Destiny

Destiny is not meant for us to sit and wait for things to happen to us without our control to change it. Destiny is the way we accept things after it happened; either we choose to give up or to improve/worsen it, completely depend on us.

I always believe all of people in the world are destined to be better than their previous generation, hence my father always told me... All my kids have to be better than me...

I always believe that I am destined for something greater and better for me, for my family, for people that surrounds me.. Don't know what that is; but i just know.. I can feel it 

Another milestone in life

Another change in life.. As we always know, what constant in life is a change. About 18 months ago, I took the position to move out of Iraq to start my life; to be in Jakarta is a quite challenging things, since it changed me culturally and socially. I was pretty much solitaire and liked it that way, but then I had to mingle with many people frequently, etc. Then the oil price drops brought everyone into the "brace for impact" situation where me, as a leader, has to take necessary step.

Yesterday, is my last day to work in Cougar Drilling Solutions, where I learned many different things compared to my assignment in either Schlumberger or Weatherford. Learned and practice more hands on things in the sense of business decision, etc. Many aspect of management is shown to me, that I would think is somehow breath taking but rewarding.

While preparing my presentation for my 1st session in France next month, I am ready for my next big assignment.

Like I am gonna lose you

All of the sudden, i need this song...

I found myself dreaming
In silver and gold
Like a scene from a movie
That every broken heart knows we were walking on moonlight
And you pulled me close
Split second and you disappeared and then I was all alone

I woke up in tears
With you by my side
A breath of relief
And I realized
No, we're not promised tomorrow

So I'm gonna love you
Like I'm gonna lose you
I'm gonna hold you
Like I'm saying goodbye wherever we're standing
I won't take you for granted 'cause we'll never know when
When we'll run out of time so I'm gonna love you
Like I'm gonna lose you
I'm gonna love you like I'm gonna lose you

[John Legend:]
In the blink of an eye
Just a whisper of smoke
You could lose everything
The truth is you never know

So I'll kiss you longer baby
Any chance that I get
I'll make the most of the minutes and love with no regrets

Let's take our time
To say what we want
Use what we got
Before it's all gone
'Cause no, we're not promised tomorrow

[Both:]
So I'm gonna love you
Like I'm gonna lose you
I'm gonna hold you
Like I'm saying goodbye wherever we're standing
I won't take you for granted 'cause we'll never know when
When we'll run out of time so I'm gonna love you
Like I'm gonna lose you
I'm gonna love you like I'm gonna lose you

Hey
Whoa

I'm gonna love you
Like I'm gonna lose you
I'm gonna hold you
Like I'm saying goodbye wherever we're standing
I won't take you for granted 'cause we'll never know when
When we'll run out of time so I'm gonna love you
Like I'm gonna lose you
I'm gonna love you like I'm gonna lose you

Wisdoms

Kepada Para Istri...

Renungan:Aku milik suamiku dan suamiku milik ibunya

Ditujukan buat para menantu.... tetapi lebih ditujukan buat para ibu/istri....

Seburuk apapun mertua.. aku selalu ingat bahwa..

Dia.. adalah wanita yg mngandung suamiku dalam kepayahan selama 9bln..

Dia.. adalah wanita yg air susunya menjadi makanan pertama bagi suamiku..

Dia.. ialah wanita yg mendidik dan membesarkan suamiku, yg mngajarkan kepada suamiku akhlaq sehingga aku nyaman di sisi suamiku.

Aku.. ga pernah keluar uang sepeserpun untuk nyekolahin suamiku.. hingga ia dapat ijazah, yg sekarang ijazah itu ia gunakan utk mencari nafkah.. untuk menafkahi aku!!

Aku.. ga sedikitpun mendidik suamiku hingga kini ia jadi pria yg penuh tanggungjawab.. dan aku merasakan bahagia menjadi istrinya.

Setelah pengorbanannya yg bertubi tubi.. anak laki lakinya menikah denganku.. dia bagi kasih sayang anaknya denganku..

Cemburu?? Pasti dia cemburu.. aku wanita asing, yg kini selalu disayang2 oleh anak laki lakinya..

Harta anak laki lakinya tercurah untuk kunikmati.. padahal ia yg melahirkan.. membesarkan dan mendidik..

Aku memahami cemburu itu.. walau aku pun merasakan cemburu ketika suamiku lebih memihak mertuaku..

Aku bukan malaikat yg ga pernah jengkel dgn mertuaku.. dan mertuaku pun bukan malaikat yg selalu kubela.

Adakalanya aku marah.. cemburu dan sakit hati..

Namun aku ingat semua jasanya pada suamiku.. jasa yg sampai akhir hayatpun aku ngga akan mampu membayarnya..

Pada ujung tangisku.. terngiang nasehat ibundaku tercinta..

"Nak, dukunglah suamimu utuk berbakti pada ibunya.. jangan suruh ia memilih antara kau dan ibunya.

Karena.. kelak kau akan merasakan bagaimana sakitnya diperlakukan seperti itu oleh anak laki lakimu..

Apa yg kau lakukan pada mertuamu.. akan dilakukan pula oleh menantumu.. segala sesuatu pasti ada timbal baliknya"..

Dan tangisku makin deras..

Oh suamiku.. bahagiakanlah org tuamu semampumu..

Semoga kelak anak2 kita pun membahagiakan kita, sebagai balasan Baktimu pd Orang Tuamu.

For those lazy people who thinks they are invisible

Good steak house

New training schedule...

To ensure sustainable weight loss, apart from balancing the intakes, below is the training schedule and portion...

Sunday - 50 mins run + 15 mins weight + 5 mins sprint

Monday - off

Tuesday - 30 mins run + 15 mins weight + 15 mins swim

Wednesday - 45 mins run + 15 mins swim

Thursday - off

Friday - 60 mins run + 15 mins weight OR 15 mins swim

Saturday - off

So, what do I want to become?

How rich... How smart.. How high.. How great...
Those are not the questions...

The question is, what do I want to become? A man amongst man in this world, or something else, the better one, the one that has and moreover creates values amongst the living.

Sometimes, I look at my self in the mirror and figure out, what is it that I am aiming for? it certainly does confuse me

Differences between DBA and PhD in Management

After seeking for a while, I get a comprehensive difference between them...

In between joy and family

Day before yesterday we finally met Bryan, our long gone nephew that we didn't see in the past 6 years... Full of fun and food

Last day of fasting for this Ramadan

Feels sad somehow... But i know hopefully I can make it better next time.

Got accepted in Doctoral of Business in Grenoble Ecole de Management

Thanks to everybody that has been wishing me for good luck... Finally I get accepted in Doctoral of Business in one of the most reputable program/school inbthe world... 

Now the hard work begins!

Meeting done, now heading back to Jkt

Alhamdulillah...

Morning contemplating

Wealth has no permanence: it comes in the morning, and at night it is scattered to the winds.

Physical beauty too has no importance,
for a rosy face is made pale by the scratch of a single thorn.

Noble birth also is of small account,
for many become fools of money and horses.

Many a nobleman's son has disgraced his father by his wicked deeds.

Don't court a person full of talent either,
even if he seems exquisite in that respect: take warning from the example of Iblis. Iblis had knowledge, but since his love was not pure, he saw in Adam nothing but a figure of clay.

Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski

"Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance"

Here in Damansara for follow up meeting

Arrived in KL yesterday late night for follow up meeting today with the group. Let's hope for the best!

Bismillah... 

In Ramadan...

Masih jauh dari surga-Mu (still a bit far from heaven)

Selama ini, saya selalu berfikir that I already reserve a place in heaven (Jannah), by doing decent and ordinary stuff such as praying, fasting, etc. The confidence is built up every single day... Until...

Until one day, i saw in local TV that 4 yrs old memorize and recite the Quran... I am  petrofied and warm tears coming out of my eyes, and all of sudden i know that my way to heaven is way far and might have to do better than this... Way better than this... 

Hopefully!

Final interview on my PhD in Business (DBA) selection process

Got the date for my final interview for DBA selection process. Let's work and pray for the best!

Today's Out and About

Today's schedule be...

1. Meeting with Malaysian partner - FX @08.30
2. Meeting with Indonesian partner - FX @10.30
3. Back in hospital
4. Friday's prayer
5. Meeting with VC - Dharmawangsa @15:00
6. Meeting with PE - Kemvil @19:00

Be a warrior not a worrier

Life can never get easier, people said; it's just we got stronger

Activities for the next 2 weeks

I can only be thankful to God to all the strengths I have for...

1. Accompany my wife throughout her speedy recovery
2. Being a lecture in one of the top reputable Business School in Indonesia
3. Preparing final interview for my DBA (Doctorate in Business Admin) @Grenoble Univ
4. Final stage in M/LBO
5. Handling all the work related within the work as usual
6. Among other things

Insha Allah all will be good...

  

M... B... O...

In the middle of MBO... A critical plan and path to develop my entrepreneurship

My mood today

This morning, went to nearest groceries to buy sketch book and coloring/pencil... And here are the two results

1. Title: War between knights in highlands

2. Title: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

My typical Sunday activity (part 1)

Normally I start my Sunday by going to Mosque to pray Subh with others, i just feel it is good from time to time mingling with others for this time of prayer. And guess what? Then i will take a picture after the pray and post it in the social media that no one sees such as Tumblr and Flickr, just for my personal galleries; i mean how many of you do really use apps such as Tumblr and Flickr, there might be, but very little. Then what?

The next activity is to start the engine of the car just to 'warm' it; what is it for? It is usually to ensure all the combustion parts of the machine keeps working well regardless later in the day the car will be used or not. Honestly, my wife told me so, because if it were up to me, i don't put attention that much on such thing.

(To be continued)

Hopefully my travel schedule till the next 4 years

While in the midst of selection process in Grenoble, France and Switzerland, I have asked how the schedule of the residential modules look like, cause I need to adjust it with my normal activities such as work, life, etc. 

They give me below schedule, definitive up to 2016 but tentatively for 2017 cause it might need some tweaks...

At the end, there will be project and defense back in France. But now, lets focus on the selection process first!

Today's dream is tomorrow's actualization

This is what I learned from my father, that work harder and smarter from everyone else, because the best never rest

Selection process

Here we go again, the selection process. I always have a mix feeling on the selection process, there is an excitement but at the same time unnecessary grace period that normally is boring. This time is a selection process for my DBA, Doctorate in Business, the continuation of my MBA.


I already submitted the research proposal, now waiting for my transcript to be sent by both Electrical Engineering ITB (my undergrad) and WBS (my MBA) to my next university.

But then, there will be series of interviews and all prior to getting my seat in the DBA class

Let's rock and roll!

Start working on my DBA (Doctorate of Business) research proposal

I don't want to lose the infatuation of being academia by having graduated from my MBA-only, it has to continue. Today, I start working on my DBA selection process, that is planned to be in Grenoble Ecole de Management in France and Swiss.

Some credentials have to be collected from Medan, my hometown, where my sister saves all of my important papers. Then tomorrow, I will have to write the research proposal, doesn't need to be that long, but it needs to be what it takes to be a great proposal.

... and that's how it's done! Thesis is marked...

So today whilst spending some time with Wife right after evening prayer, I unintentionally opened my University internal sites (https://my.wbs.ac.uk), and checked whether the thesis is already evaluated or not; had to admit that I am a bit trembling. And voila!

The thesis (we called it P&D, stands for Project and Dissertation) is already marked, and got a merit! I have to admit, that it marks an end of a long journey, that started...

2012 - I enrolled to the global energy MBA in Warwick Business School. Friend told me that it is a good programme, especially for those who works in Energy business, but then it won't be only about Oil and Gas, but it will touch base electricity, renewables and clean energy, and many other things.

My friend, Singab, helped me through the selection process, by guarding the door in WFT training room in Buzurgan (one of the operating base in Iraq), so it couldn't be accessed by anyone else. The purpose was to ensure that my internet connection would be decent enough to teleconference during the interview with University. The effort was paid off. I got scholarship for this program, a 50% cut of the tuition fee. For me, it's a lot of money to save...

Had to admit, that my former company, WFT, helped me a lot for this MBA, especially in the first 1.5 years, cause it paid my air ticket to UK, and at the same time I can comfortably adjust my time off based on the time I had to be in UK to study, take the exam, and discuss amongst students.

2013 - I had to take the sustainability courses in University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. A very interesting perspective of sustainability business case and approach, good professors lecturing here, etc. The complete video can be seen in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OraQcmyrtNE

2014 - The final course that is Strategic Advantage was conducted in Shanghai, in conjunction with Tongji School of Economic and Management. The visit to Siemens, the coal-generated electricity company and all, made this course an interesting one.

2015 - Finally submitted the thesis on 20th-sh of April, and got the mark just last week!

Alhamdulillah, Thanks God!

Now, I am waiting for the procedures for the graduation ceremony in WBS, UK (probably in July 2015), which unfortunately clashes with Eid Fitr :( (what a predicament!)

Anyway, I am happy for now, but the greater challenge already exists ahead; that is the selection process for my DBA (PhD in Business) in Grenoble (France), http://en.grenoble-em.com/doctorate-business-administration-dba

Bismillah...

Meeting tomorrow

There will be an important meeting tomorrow, conducted in Bimasena meeting hall in Darmawangsa hotel. It will be very crucial since it will define the destiny for some people...

Bismillah

Being challenged differently

So, here's the summary to date (from the view of my professional life)...

2002 - Joined SLB
2010 - Joined WFT
2014 - Joined CDS

in between,

2012 - Enrolled to WBS
2013 - Took courses in UBC Business School
2014 - Took courses in Tongji School of Economic and Management

The one that really made me having all the knowledge in oilfield is when I was in SLB. Training is excellent, the opportunities and experiences are top notch.

Whilst in WFT, the environment I was in (Iraq), made me tougher than I thought I could be. In CDS, is the first time of taking a senior management level.

In WBS and other business schools i was taking the courses in, it taught me something different, broaden the horizon in term of knowledge (theory), city-wise, etc.

This year, it should be something else more challenging...
Bismillah...

This part of my life is finishing

I started this back in 2012 when I was pretty much having a lot of spare time; so instead of wasting it for nothing, so I took the GEMBA (Global Energy) MBA as advised by one of my dear friend, Sheharyar Khan.

The whole process even though complicated, but made easy, including awarded scholarship about GBP 4,500 for the first semester.

After 2 years+ of having blended (modular) learning of occasionally flying to UK (Coventry) to have mid-term and classes there, now it (almost) comes to an end. Just last week, I submitted the thesis (sent it soft copy and hard copy) to the university.

Within this 3-4 weeks, there will be announcement of hopefully I can get my graduation in June or July 2015, but not too sure if I can attend the ceremony in UK, cause it clashes with the Eid, which normally celebrated with family in Indonesia.

Now, this part of my life (MBA part) is though tough and fun, but almost there. I am in the process to enrol to DBA study program, that will be 4-5 years of blended learning. Let's hope and try for the best as always.