ANISSA RATNA PUTRI: 2014

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My Favorite Places to Study/Work (Bandung)

By Anissa Ratna Putri - Juni 30, 2014

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Tentang Tugas Akhir

By Anissa Ratna Putri - April 25, 2014

Waktu jaman ngerjain TA, saya pengen banget buat post tentang:

1.Kiat-kiat efisien mengerjakan TA

2.Tempat-tempat asik mengerjakan TA

3.Sampah: Kenapa saya peduli sampai jadi topik TA

Dari tiga post ini belum ada yang terealisasi, masih draft terus di kepala saya. Setelah iseng-iseng buka blog Swargalokanata, saya pun jadi semangat lagi untuk menulis tentang TA. Post kali ini akan menceritakan bagaimana saya (berusaha untuk) efisien dalam mengerjakan TA dalam 8 bulan.

Picture from onwe.bioinnovate.co

1. Cari topik yang kamu suka

Ini penting banget. Mengerjakan TA itu berat, banyak mikir, menghabiskan banyak waktu. So for these reasons you better find something you passionate about to work on. Saya yakin, di setiap jurusan ada berbagai sub-bidang atau kelompok keahlian. Saya misalnya, anak Teknik Lingkungan, tapi saya sukanya sama sampah. Teman saya ada yang sukanya sama polusi udara, dsb. Cari dulu apa yang kamu suka di jurusan kamu.

Gimana kalau ga ada? Misalnya kamu anak Teknik Lingkungan tapi sukanya ngoprek komputer, gimana dong? Coba cari TA tentang permodelan, siapa tau karena kerjanya computer-based, kamu (sedikit) lebih semangat. Gimana kalau passion kamu ga ada nyambungnya sama sekali sama jurusan? Well, kalau begitu cari topik TA yang nggak menyulitkan kamu dalam mengerjakannya (baca: yang simpel dan mudah). Tapi, kamu tetap harus paham sama topik itu dan punya interest untuk mengerjakannya. Jangan yang terlalu simpel juga terus boring dan kamu malah jadi males ngerjainnya.

2. Cari dosen pembimbing yang passionate sama ide kamu dan expertise di bidangnya.

Nyari dosen pembimbing itu ibarat nyari jodoh. Harus cocok, bukan sekedar cari yang ahli. Dia harus mensupport ide kamu (terutama kalau kamu bawa topik TA sendiri dan bukan minta proyekan), open-minded sehingga nggak saklek dan mau menerima ide-ide kita, mudah ditemui kapanpun dimanapun (entah di kantornya, di rumahnya, atau di tempat-tempat beliau biasa kongkow), mudah dikontak via sms, via whatsapp, via email, pokoknya usahakan dosbingnya kekinian dan paham teknologi, dan tentu saja – dia menguasai bidang topik TA kamu.

Kadang ada yang bingung lebih baik pilih dosen pembimbing yang masih muda atau yang sudah senior? Menurut saya, itu tergantung kenyamanan kamu. Satu catatan dari saya – jangan takut ke dosen senior karena takut dianggap bodoh. Benar, kita harus sudah tahu apa yang kita mau kerjakan, tapi mereka akan memberikan saran-saran kok. Proposal TA saya saja berubah tiga kali dalam sebulan, bro.

3. Define your goal, create your flow of idea, set your timeline.

Kalau kamu sudah ada bayangan TA kamu mau ngapain, segera jabarkan tujuan TA kamu ini apa, langkah-langkah kamu apa aja, apakah ada logistik khusus yang dibutuhkan, dan kira-kira berapa lama kamu akan mengerjakan TA ini. Buat timeline versi ideal banget dan timeline versi mepet banget. Ideal banget adalah ketika kamu bisa selesai beberapa bulan/minggu sebelum target, sementara mepet banget adalah ketika kamu selesai tepat di waktu yang ditargetkan. Mepet banget perlu ada sehingga kamu tahu target kamu kapan mau selesai, jadi, apapun yang terjadi kamu harus selesai sebelum tanggal target kamu itu. Supaya selalu ingat, coba dipasang deh timeline ini di tempat terdekat dengan meja belajar kamu.

4. Beli notebook khusus untuk coret-coretan TA

Saya dulu punya dua notebook: satu untuk bimbingan dan catatan lapangan, satu untuk catatan timeline dan catatan literatur. Saya pisahkan karena sebagai anak lapangan saya sering banget coret-coret ga jelas, bimbingan pun berantakan tulisannya. Nah untuk literatur yang mana saya suka mengutip quote-quote penting untuk tinjauan pustaka TA dari buku di perpus, saya gunakan buku yang berbeda, supaya nanti ketika butuh mencari referensi, nggak susah nyarinya di antara tulisan lapangan yang berantakan. Terserah preferensi kamu gimana, yang jelas minimal kamu punya satu notebook khusus TA dengan judul TA kamu ditulis di halaman pertamanya disertai nama pembimbing kamu lengkap dengan gelar beliau. Ini memudahkan kamu kalau ada proses administrasi-administrasi TA. Nggak hafal gelar pembimbing atau judul TA yang panjang banget? Lihat di notebook aja.

5. Buat peraturan untuk mengerjakan TA

Rintangan paling besar dalam mengerjakan TA adalah diri kita sendiri. Waktu cari data mungkin masih agak semangat, tapi begitu mulai menulis.... kok rasanya males banget ya? Nanti nanti aja deh, habis ini, habis itu. Bisa besok, bisa lusa, bisa besok besoknya lagi.... Nah untuk menghindari kemalasan tingkat tinggi macam ini, buat peraturan untuk diri kamu sendiri. Misalnya, minimal mengerjakan TA dua jam sehari. Tapi kalau memang sedang mumet banget, saya prefer untuk hura-hura dulu cari hiburan, kemudian setelah happy, segera ‘membayar’ jam kerja saya yang terbuang itu. Bisa juga dengan set target progress, misalnya minggu ini harus beres A, B, C, D – terserah mau dikerjakan dicicil atau langsung dirapel, tergantung kenyamanan cara kamu bekerja, yang penting selesai di waktu yang ditentukan.

6. Banyak jalan menuju roma

Ketika deadline kamu lewat dan progress kamu lamban dikarenakan faktor X, Y, Z: tenang jangan panik (Dohets, 2014). Mengerjakan TA nggak mungkin langsung berhasil, pasti ada aja salah disini, revisi disitu, apalagi kalau bekerja sama makhluk hidup atau faktor eksternal lainnya. Karena itulah bikin beberapa plan, kalau ini ga berhasil, pake plan B, kalau nggak berhasil juga, pake plan C. Jangan menyerah! Nothing worth having come easy.

7. Cari tempat dan teman asik untuk mengerjakan TA

Suasana dan partner adalah kunci kesuksesan menulis TA. Meskipun sebagian besar waktu kalian mengerjakan TA dihabiskan di kampus/kostan/rumah, tapi sekali-sekali nongkrong di kafe-kafe asik juga boleh, untuk cari suasana baru supaya your mind refreshed. Sementara, partner mengerjakan TA dibutuhkan untuk membuat kita tidak menyimpang dari tujuan awal. Kadang, niatnya mengerjakan TA, begitu ketemu internet, malah jadi browsing ini itu. Partner juga bisa dimintai tolong mengecek apa yang kita tulis. Kadang, setelah mumet mikir, kita butuh fresh eye untuk sekedar mengecek EYD, tata bahasa, atau bisa juga untuk diajak sharing ide.

8. Everything becomes second priority

Ketika mengerjakan TA, hidup kamu akan berubah mikirin satu hal aja: TA. Pacar, temen, keluarga, kalau ganggu progress TA kamu, mending dinomorduakan saja. Pastinya kita harus tetep punya work-life-balance, tapi suatu hari akan ada momen dimana kamu harus memilih antara deadline TA dan kongkow asik atau acara keluarga besar. Kalau nggak bisa disinkronkan antara dua hal tsb, TA should comes first. Terus urusan macem putus sama pacar, berantem sama temen, dan konflik-konflik lainnya, sebisa mungkin ditunda dulu aja. Kalau nggak urgent-urgent amat, nggak perlu mikirin atau melakukan sesuatu yang nambah-nambahin beban pikiran deh.

9. Set the final goal in your mind!

Menyimpang dari timeline dikarenakan kemalasan kita itu mungkin banget. Jadi, ingat lagi tujuan awal kamu mengerjakan TA ini apa? Mau lulus supaya bisa S2 di negara X? Mau lulus biar bisa jadi enterpreneur? Mau lulus buat mengurangi beban orangtua? Yang manapun, coba di recall setiap kamu malas. Ingat, ini satu tantangan yang harus kamu lewati. Setelah ini, kamu bebas. Bebas menentukan pilihan, bebas memilih jalan hidup. Yuk selesaikan satu tantangan ini, and if your mission accomplished, you’ll win over yourself. And that means, you’re the champion, you’re the best J

Love,

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On Work

By Anissa Ratna Putri - April 05, 2014

I graduated less than a year ago and I only have a few working experience, which mostly are project-based. You can say I still lack of experience to define my working personality. Yet, personality test always curious me. This image above shows my result on working-type-personality-test from good.co. I took a few similiar test from different website and I think these three characters are the most suitable and the most representative of all. Here, instead of copy-paste the details from personality test result, I want to share you what I think about my working personality.

First thing first.

People say (most of) women can do multitasking, and I used to think that I am one of them. Then I realize that, actually, I am not. When I have so many things to work on, I don't do all of them at once. I always make a to-do list first and I will do the task one after another, in an arranged order. Interruption to my to-do list is a nightmare. Panick will strikes first, yet I will manage to respond it calmly as I add the-new-interrupting-task to my to-do list. Sometimes, people will found me as this careless-and-flexible-person, and I did it on purpose: to prevent my mind from having unnecessary stress for being too strict and perfectionist.

Keep me busy and I'll work efficiently.

I am not a workaholic, but I found out that I work more efficient when I have more task to be done. When my task is slightly less than usual or less urgent, I'll found myself strolling around doing other things and prioritizing other non-compulsory tasks (which mostly I made by myself).

I love deadline, but I hate imperfection.

Though I work in a neatly-arranged-order, I do not (or rarely) working in a step-by-step-progress-type. I am more a deadliner because I feel more energized and productive for being one. Yet, as a perfectionist, in such a short time I still want to give my best above all. Yes, it's kinda irrational. I am one of those people who more likely to miss a deadline working on something "perfect" than to turn something I think is crappy on time. I am still working on to balance the speed and the quality of my work.

I like to work alone, but I don't like to feel lonely.

Our society believes that a good employee is the one who can work together with others in a team. A collaborative working, they said, will deliver ideas and innovation which help company to develop. Having read "Quiet" book, I realize that it is not completely true. Instead, ideas and innovation mostly derived from introverts who work alone, in pairs, or in a small group. And that's what I've been up to. I feel more efficient when I work alone, but please don't imagining me locking myself in a room and don't care about other things in this world. Instead, I like to work in a place where I could control my environment. Sometimes I just sitting in and being observer while working, sometimes I socialize with others even only for grab some chocolate and then go back to work. This is why I rarely feel lonely when I work alone in a cafe, because I already feel accompanied by people presence. Yet, I actually don't mind to work together with others. I love brainstorming, and I like to find out others point of view.

I prefer to stay behind the curtain, yet I will stand up if I want to.

I found out that I am more a planner than a doer. I can plan something very details, but when it comes to execution, I need others to assist me. When executing my work I also need a continue support, something that makes me feel I do this right and I do this for something, not for nothing.

I speak what I think, what I feel, and what I believe. I don't waste my time speak up only to show off.

For extroverts, it maybe easy to speak up, even if they actually don't have any idea about what they talk about. It is different for me. I analyze everything before I decide to give my opinion. I remember the first time I spoke at my first year of college. I am this shaky-little-girl who tried to defend my candidate on U-green's president election. That day I decided to speak up because I believed in my candidate potential and I thought he is worth it to defend on. As years goes by, I learned how to manage my nerve and how to be more relax instead of shaking when giving my opinion. Today, I am not afraid to speak what's on my mind to others, yet I still learning to take initiative. One thing for sure, I'll always analyze everything first, so when I speak, I'll speak straight-forward to the point.

Working for something I passionate about brings me happiness.

Yes, I am this sensitive-woman who will found in tears after successfully finish my work. I always try to give my all, which mostly comes because I love what I do. I find happiness when people can feel what I feel. I find happiness when people understand what I trying to explain. I find happiness when my work is used, applied, read, or anything. That happy feeling encourage me to learn more, do more, and give more. That's why when I work, I'm an idealist. I don't do work only for living - I do work because I love to do it.

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Bandung

By Anissa Ratna Putri - Maret 04, 2014

For most people who ever lived here, Bandung is a memorable city. "It's not about the city, it's about the story", they said. Yet, they moved on from this beautiful city to pursue what they call "dream" and "experience" in Jakarta or anywhere else. They will always miss Bandung, as they will miss their dorm room, their campus, their favourite eating place - they will miss everything. But things have to change, people need to move on to gain a better life, no? At least that's what people said and done.

For me, Bandung is not just a memorable city where I spent my college years - it’s always more than that, and I know it even before I start living here.

I met Bandung as a teenager who fell in love with someone who lives here. Thus, I always love to came and visited this city – as it was a rare opportunity for us, the LDR-couple, to met. At that time I saw Bandung as a perfect living place for study. It’s not only because I had my bf here back then, and it’s not only because I wanted to be ITB’s student so bad. I said studying in this city would be the best since Bandung has it’s ‘different’ atmosphere. A comfortable, warm, relaxing atmosphere which makes me feel like this is where I belong. And that’s what I said to encourage myself while preparing for SNMPTN exam back then on my final year of high school: ITB is the place where you belong. Bandung is the city where you belong.

For the last four years, God gaves me the opportunity to live in this city. As the result, I fell more, more, and more in love with Bandung. While my friends prefer to went back home on weekend, I prefer to spent my weekend in my dorm room – watched serial comedy or read books. Sometimes I spent my weekend took a walk around – be it joining Car Free Day, having morning walk around Dago, or spending time at my campus’ event. Sometimes I did things with my friends – sleepover at friends’ house or cooking breakfast together with dorm girls. I rarely went home, and it wasn’t because I didn’t miss my family. I missed them. I just think our house should not be in Bekasi, because I never feel comfortable live in there.

I dare say I know Bandung like it’s a heart beat away. I do not know everything about the city, but there is something in my heart that always feel curious to explore it. I never had enough. When I feel bored, I sometimes decided to went to the park, mall, bookstore, cake shop, cafe, anywhere I could possibly think of. And I never feel exhausted to reach those place (if you know what I mean). It’s only need ‘Angkot’ to get you from one place to another. You can even take a long trip from Setiabudi (North Bandung) to Margahayu (South East Bandung) by only take one single Angkot where you can sit down and wait for your stop. For being able to remember Bandung’s Angkot routes, my friends in college called me “Angkotpedia”. I feel honoured :)

Of course, there were several times when I feel bored living here. There were time when all of sudden I hate people here, I want to be with anyone else and go to somewhere else. And there was a time when I have this “ilfeel” feeling to Bandung after I went to Surabaya. All this time I think Bandung is the one and only city which has facilities nearly as much as Jakarta does, compared to other cities in Indonesia. But when I visited Surabaya, I realized that this city is so much more than Bandung! And suddenly I feel betrayed. Why Bandung is not a green metropolitan city like Surabaya? Why, Surabaya has much more bigger mall than Bandung but still has nice, beautiful, clean parks and river? Why? Why?

And then as I prepared myself to leave Bandung-which-I-don’t-love-anymore, the new mayor in town, Mr.RK, changed everything. He renovated and cleaned up parks, designed it to be a cool place to hangout, put wi-fi on it, and promote it on his instagram. And I must say, it’s not only his work that makes me rethink about hating Bandung. As I spent my jobless time here last month, I realize Bandung gives me something that Bekasi would never give me: independence and privacy.

Though I love spending time with my friends and family, as an introvert, I regularly need time alone for myself. And last month in Bandung becomes special because I manage to balance between me-time and friends-time. I spent time reading comics and books without even care about how many hours I spent and what should I do next. I did painting – if you can call it so – eventhough the result looks like a kindergaten’s doodle. I strolling around city, staring at places I rarely will see for the next two months. Yet I also spent time with friends, talking a lot – from delicious food to quarter life crisis problems.

At the end, Bandung never fails me, and I could never really hate this city. But as I enjoy every moment here, I start questioning – is this really a place where I belong or is it just my comfort-zone?

Because I see so many opportunities out there (which unfortunately mostly in Jakarta) and I feel like something holding me back to grab these opportunities. And yes, it’s Bandung, holding me back.

I do not want to work in a hectic-and-hot Jakarta, I want here in Bandung where I could feel the wind breeze and where I don’t necessarily need to worry about traffic. I do not want to move to my hometown in Bekasi where I could rarely meet my friends, I want here in Bandung where I could meet my friends anytime anywhere. I do not want to go back living permanently in my parents’ house, I want here in Bandung where I could have some privacy and where I could manage my time without have to be monitored all the time.

As much as I want to make the pros and cons of Bandung and Bekasi to prove that living in Bandung is way much better, I realized that opportunity did not come twice. I also realized that taking risk is necessary because unlike the predictable comfort zone, we never know where it will lead us. I then decided to leave Bandung temporarily, for around 2 months, due to working on extended producer responsibility project with Greeneration Indonesia and Waste4Change in Bekasi.

I don’t say leaving temporary is easy. It’s nothing like leaving your dorm room for college summer holiday. I never know will I come back and live here again or will I come back only to pick things up. It’s hard, and I am emotionally exhausted. I am not ready and I would never be ready. Yet, I tell myself I leave Bandung for something worth it. For something I passionate about. For something that would help me pursue my goal and live my dream. And by taking this opportunity I would be able to identify what Bandung really means to me.