ANISSA RATNA PUTRI: Mei 2017

Proses Dokumen KUA untuk Pasangan LDR

By Anissa Ratna Putri - Mei 31, 2017

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Beberapa hari yang lalu saya mengurus dokumen pendaftaran untuk menikah ke KUA setempat. Berdasarkan pengalaman yang saya baca di blog-blog bride-to-be, disarankan untuk mendaftar sekitar 3 bulan sebelum hari H. Hal ini dikarenakan persaingan kebutuhan akan penghulu. Mengantisipasi terdaftarnya orang lain di hari yang sama dan waktu yang sama, juga mengantisipasi jumlah penghulu yang tersedia di KUA, sebaiknya tidak menunda pendaftaran ke KUA ini.

Sebenarnya sudah cukup banyak blog yang membahas kelengkapan dokumen apa saja yang diperlukan untuk daftar menikah. Panduan saya adalah blog ini karena penulisnya sama-sama daftar di Kecamatan Makasar untuk menikah di Gedung Pewayangan Kautaman. Tapi setelah mengalami sendiri, ternyata ada sedikit hal yang berbeda dari panduan blog tersebut, walau tidak signifikan. Jadi saya akan tetap menjelaskan sedikit tentang perdokumenan ini ya. Tahap pendaftaran ke KUA nomor 1,2,3 diurus di wilayah KTP masing-masing CPP dan CPW. Tahap keempat diurus bersama, sehingga ada 2 dokumen yg harus disiapkan: 1 rangkap dokumen CPP dan 1 rangkap dokumen CPW. Tahap dan dokumennya yaitu sebagai berikut.

Catatan:

1. Untuk dokumen no.11, Mamanya Rizky melampirkan buku nikah orang tua Rizky instead of KTP, dan masih diterima oleh KUA

2. Pas foto di KUA Kecamatan Makasar dibebaskan berlatarbelakang warna apa.

Setelah melengkapi berkas, tahap selanjutnya adalah melakukan pembayaran biaya menikah di hari libur, yaitu sebesar Rp 600.000,-. Untuk kalian yang berencana menikah di hari kerja, biayanya Rp 0,-. Cara pembayarannya akan dijelaskan oleh KUA setempat. Di KUA Kecamatan Makasar, saya diberikan sebuah kertas bertuliskan kode pembayaran yang perlu saya tunjukkan kepada teller saat melakukan pembayaran. Kode pembayaran ini hanya berlaku selama 7 hari, sehingga pembayaran sebaiknya dilakukan sesegera mungkin. Pembayaran hanya dapat dilakukan melalui teller bank, tidak dapat melalui ATM, iBanking, apalagi titip ke pengurus di KUA.

Kemudian, hal-hal apa saja yang perlu dicatat untuk pasangan LDR beda negara yang mengurus dokumen pendaftaran menikah?

1. Minta bantuan keluarga calon suami/istri kalian untuk mengurus dokumen pendaftaran no.1-3 (pendaftaran di lokasi KTP CPP/CPW)

Karena Rizky masih di Jepang, maka proses pendaftaran Rizky untuk daerah Bandung (no.1-3) dibantu oleh Mamanya Rizky. Dokumen yang sudah disiapkan Mamanya Rizky dari tahap 1-3 kemudian saya bawa untuk mendaftar di KUA Kecamatan Makasar, karena Gedung Pewayangan Kautaman lokasi tempat menikah saya nanti terletak di kecamatan tersebut. Selama proses pendaftaran no.1-3, tidak ada dokumen yang terhambat karena butuh kehadiran Rizky.

2. Konfirmasi waktu tenggat pelengkapan dokumen pendaftaran di KUA

Ada satu dokumen yang menghambat saya untuk melengkapi pendaftaran di KUA Kecamatan Makasar: Surat Pernyataan Status Jejaka/Perawan yang harus ditandatangani oleh Rizky. Awalnya saya mengusulkan untuk men-scan tandatangan Rizky, namun tidak direkomendasikan oleh pengurus KUA yang saya temui. Sebenarnya bisa dikirim melalui pos, namun jadi bolak-balik dan keluar biaya. Kemudian setelah saya konfirmasi, ternyata walau ada dokumen yang kurang saya tetap dapat mendaftarkan tanggal pernikahan saya dan pelengkapan berkas dapat dilakukan maksimal 10 hari sebelum hari H. Hal ini cukup melegakan, karena insya Allah Rizky akan pulang paling lambat satu bulan sebelum hari H. Bagi kalian yang memiliki tantangan yang sama seperti saya, coba konfirmasi pada KUA tempat pendaftaran kalian kapan waktu tenggat untuk melengkapi berkas. Seharusnya sih sama ya, 10 hari sebelum hari H.

3. Catat tanggal penyuluhan calon pengantin yang tersedia

Ternyata sekarang KUA membuat semacam penyuluhan untuk calon pengantin, dilengkapi dengan sertifikat setelah lulus penyuluhannya. Baca-baca di berbagai sumber sih katanya untuk membuat pasangan muda jaman sekarang lebih menghargai arti pernikahan (mungkin banyak kasus cerai muda?). Setahu saya penyuluhan ini sifatnya wajib diikuti satu kali sebelum menikah. Di KUA Kecamatan Makasar, penyuluhan calon pengantin ini diadakan setiap satu bulan sekali. Untuk kasus saya, tanggal di bulan September yang ditawarkan sudah dekat sekali dengan hari H, sementara tanggal di bulan Agustus yang ditawarkan masih terlalu early untuk Rizky pulang. Nah, karena itulah penting untuk mencatat tanggal penyuluhan di KUA pendaftaran kalian, agar dapat mendiskusikan baiknya mengikuti penyuluhan yang tanggal berapa dengan calon suami/istri.

Sekian pengalaman saya tentang pendaftaran menikah di KUA. Semoga membantu dan bermanfaat untuk sesama calon pengantin di luar sana!

Cheers,

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How to Instantly Get Updated & Get Inspired: My 10 Favorite TED Talks

By Anissa Ratna Putri - Mei 29, 2017

Grew up as a girl who is not a fan of TV shows, I sometimes feel like I knew nothing when I talk with my friends. Not only on cheesy issues such as celebrity gossips but also on important issues such as science, politics, socials, and so forth. When I started my master especially, I found that there are so many interesting global issues out there that I have no idea about. To be able to keep up with the conversation with my friends as well as to feed my curiosity, I decided that I need to regularly read or watch news. But I think a regular news is not enough - I need something that gives me inspiring knowledge that not only informing but also motivating at the same time.

That is when I met TED. TED's tagline is "Ideas worth spreading" - shows that TED is a media like no other. It shares curated ideas in a form of talks (known as 'TED Talk') that related to various topics: social, health, environment, economics, religion - you name it. Surely, the topic is also updated with current hot issues.

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Watching TED Talk is like watching a short and concise seminar online. The ideas is delivered in a way that trigger your curiosity: it makes you ask for more elaboration and explanation. I sometimes find myself browse more on the topic right after I finished watching the talk. What I like the most is, TED has lots of talk playlist that classified based on its topics or its trend - which is really helpful when you need to learn on one topics yet need several different point of views. At some other time, it is not only the talk that makes me curious, but also the speaker. Who is he? What is he's been doing in this field? Does he runs any organization working on this issue? How did he achieve into this point? Questions are popping in my head, desperately need to be answered.

Committed to learn consistently about global issues, I set a target on how many TED Talks I should watch in a week. I love to watch the talk every morning so I get motivated and inspired before I start my day. However I sometimes also spontaneously open TED page and browse for some talks every time I feel like I need inspiration. There are many interesting TED Talks, but I found that I have my favorites: those that knock me just at the time when I need it. The 10 of my favorite talks, in no order, are:

Being introvert myself, I surely connect with what Susan Cain discuss on this talk. Most introverts don't enjoy public speaking - but don't judge their capability based on their speaking performance. It is possible that they who are not good at speak, has an excellent ability to write or to organize - compared to those who excel at speaking. Introverts most likely will escape social gathering - but it doesn't mean that they hate you, they just don't feel comfortable. These messages are important to be spread, so people will understand better when keeping their relation with others. That if you have some 'different' friends is not because your friends have abnormalities - it's just that they are introvert being introvert.

Probably the most career-motivating talks of all time for me. Larry Smith, in his straight-to-the-point kind of way, talks about how people tends to lean back towards their dream or their passion, and often ironically state 'having a family' as their excuse. Watching this talk again, I am being reminded of why I want to pursue my dream and not letting the family thing getting in the way: because one day I want to encourage my children to pursue their dream just like I did.

Exactly at the time when I am working on my thesis, this talk came up. Tim Urban shows how someone can procrastinate again, again, and again - despite their experience about how uneasy it is being a deadliner. Definitely a slap in the face for a deadliner (like me) who oftenly postpone work just because I know I still have time. Watch this and hopefully you'll get inspired to change your working habits!

"Find your one true calling", as easy as a motivator said. The truth is, not all of us have 'one true calling'. In this modern society especially, a person can be a doctor and a photographer at the same time. To ask them to leave one profession and focus more on another one is, based on this talk, actually not a good way to develop them. Apparently, it may cause a collapse in their career instead. A talk that inspires me that it is possible to work on fields that not related at all - because if you leave one of them, you will lose the interest to work on the other one.

I have always believe that women should have the opportunity to choose what they want to do with their life: be it a full time mom at home or a career woman. In this talk, Sheryl Sandberg elaborate on why woman who choose to be a career woman most often does not excel to the top level: because they don't believe they can do so, because they feel they should be responsible of all the housework, because they lean back even before they started. A talk that reminds me to not overthinking, give the best you can do, and let God do the rest.

How come we have abundant food here at my home but there are people out there starving to death? Tristram Stuart answered my question by explaining statistic data about food around the world. It shows how 'perfectionist' human being is, as they tend to throw away something just because they are unappealing - despite the fact it is edible. A must-watch talk, especially for those who still left leftover in their plate or those who stock food but never get a chance to eat it until its expire date.

This talk was introduced to me by Izul when I first joined Waste4Change. I have always curious on the environmental friendliness of materials: paper or plastic? book or e-book? and so on. This talk gives the information on the use of plastic or paper as a shopping bag seen from environmental perspective. Practically answer my question on which material is better for a particular propose. However, it also clarify the fact that environmental friendliness of a material cannot be generalized for every item as it might different in other part of the world.

Two things that I love about Topher White's innovation: it aims to save the rainforest, and it uses used cell phone - which is one of the main source of electronic waste problem - to prevent the rainforest illegal logging problem. And oh, he did the trial in Indonesia. A brilliant way to utilize technology: to save the environment, and later, the world.

I barely know about muslim culture other than in Indonesia. Watching this talk, I realize as a fellow muslim there are different level of values that they apply in the daily life. I didn't know that in this modern society, such conventional value is still strongly hold by some community out there - and who knows what it may affect the young generation? This talk open my mind on how someone can interpret Islamic teaching in a different way and it triggers my curiosity to learn more about Islam and its teaching implementation in the daily life.

So, after watching TED Talk consistently, do I know everything now? Not really. There are still many, many issues out there that I have no idea about. As Hans and Ola Rosling said, you will never have time to read all the books or watch all the news. And you will never get enough of abundant information out there. So how to keep up? Watch this talk and find out how to improve your way of understanding life worldwide.

Cheers,

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Cafe

Maccha House

By Anissa Ratna Putri - Mei 13, 2017

If you are walking around Kawaramachi Station, you might notice there is a spot where people lining up almost every day in a week. I have never interested in lining only for eating – for me there are a lot of places out there offering similar food to be enjoyed without have to struggle waiting. But then Japanese students from Niigata told me what place it is.

Maccha House is the name of the place. It sells variety of matcha (green tea) products – start from basic tea drinks to parfaits to their most popular item: matcha tiramisu. Kyoto is famous for its matcha and if Japanese are lining up for matcha in this place, it means it is really a good one. It was not until I was told about this place by my Japanese students from Niigata that I tempted to try. The Japanese students from Niigata were really tempted to try the tiramisu but didn’t have enough time during their study trip in Kyoto. As a Kyoto citizen, to not try the cafe that everyone from other parts of Japan really want to visit almost makes me feel like guilty.

I decided to pay a visit to Maccha House one late afternoon. I had to line up for 2 hours before finally got my seat. When entering the cafe, I ordered my choice of food and drink at the first floor, paid the fee, then went upstairs where they provide the seats. The cafe is quite small, with only 24 people inside at maximum. At my first visit I was with Muthi and two others. I and Muthi ordered Matcha Tiramisu set (850¥). The set comes with one choice of drink. I picked Morihan Maccha “Tomo-no-mori”, while Muthi picked Iced Matcha. The others ordered Chocolate Matcha drink (700¥) and Maccha House Parfait (900¥).

We scooped our first bite of tiramisu while thinking whether our 2 hours of waiting was worth it or not. And apparently, it is.

The matcha tiramisu was so soft yet has intense matcha flavor in it. Our two other friends – one is a parfait expert and one is a picky eater – said both of their order was also delicious. The most important thing is that all the food has intense matcha, yet it is in a comfort bitterness level that we can enjoyed. However, I made a mistake by ordering Morihan Maccha as a drink to accompany the tiramisu. The bitterness of Morihan Maccha caused a double-bitter taste when combined with Matcha Tiramisu. Muthi was better with Iced Matcha, she put liquid sugar to reduce the bitterness – even though it was quite bitter, still.

Learning from my first visit experience, on my second visit, I decided to order something else. This time, I had to line up for almost 3 hours (!). At that time, I ordered new menu: Houji-cha tiramisu, while letting my Tokyo-friend tried the Matcha version. I chose Sen-cha as a drink, hoping it will not cause double-bitterness like I had before.

Houji-cha is my favorite Japanese tea of all time, and having it modified as a tiramisu is really interesting. The Houji-cha tiramisu was sweet yet bitter, a different kind of bitter from matcha tiramisu. My Sen-cha was one of a kind: it tasted salty. The water was yellowish with some sprinkle of green from the pieces of tea leaves, make it looked so luxurious. However, I cannot say I love the taste of Sen-cha. Having a sweet-bitter dessert with a salty drink is quite too-much-taste-happening-in-my-mouth moment for me.

Next time, I probably should just order Orange Juice instead.

Maccha House
604-8026 Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Nakagyo Ward, 河原町通四条上ル米屋町382‐2
Phone: 075-2531540
Hours: Monday-Friday 10 AM – 9 PM, Saturday & Sunday 10 AM – 10 PM

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Average spend: 1000¥/person

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Applications to Support Your Work

By Anissa Ratna Putri - Mei 11, 2017

Started my working experience in a socio-enterprise, I had the privilege to work remotely. This means I didn't have to be in the office for 5 days a week. I was allowed to work anywhere I wanted, as long as I could get my tasks done. Okay - so what is this fact has to do with apps for work?

Being away from the office means I need good tools to connect with other co-workers. Be it communication tools, working tools, or sharing tools. Fortunately, at that time I had a gadget/apps-freak manager, who eagerly introduced me to some fancy apps that I managed to use constantly until now. Having friends who get used to 'conventional' working system, I found that not many of them understand the availability of various media and software that may help them to work easier. Without intend to eliminate the function of conventional media such as notebook and others (I still keep my agenda book every year!), here I proudly present a brief introduction to some technology that I use to manage my work.

On To-do List

If you are a typical person who regularly has to run for a list of errands in a day, then a to-do list application may suit you. Not only for a personal list, these apps are also useful for your office tasks as well as for your study targets. My two favorites are:

1. Todo-ist

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Being the first to-do list I've been introduced to, it's hard to move on from this apps. It has a simple yet user-friendly layout, with some colors as a mark to differentiate your projects. It also able to synchronize between the apps in your phone with the one in your laptop, create recurring tasks, create a different deadline for sub-tasks, and share your task with colleagues. My favorite feature is the Todo-ist reward, which in a form of levels for a number of tasks you successfully completed. As a competitive human being, when I was working with my manager, this reward is what encouraged me to work more and more tasks to achieve a higher level (yeah I am as cheap as a Todo-ist reward). Unfortunately, one important feature is missing from the free version of Todo-ist: a reminder. The reminder is only available for the premium version. And for those who are looking for a calendar view of your todo-list, unfortunately, it is also not available in this apps.

2. Any.do

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My current apps for managing work is Any.do. Any.do is recommended for those who wants an application with a simple layout, a calendar view, and a reminder. When I think of it, I prefer Todo-ist layout, though. The downside of Any.do free version is that you can't create recurring events and you can't create a different deadline for sub-tasks. However, the reminder is very useful, especially because I can't stand to see a notification on my screen without checking on it.

On Cloud Service: Google Drive and Box

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The most important application in my working/study life is a cloud service. My gadget-freak manager taught me that to be able to work remotely, my documents should be accessible, anywhere I am. Not only from my laptop, but also from my phone, or even from my friends' phone - in case of emergency. There are several options of cloud service, but up until now, I use Google Drive and Box.

Providing 15 GB space, I've been using Google drive since I was in high school. The main function of Google drive is as my knowledge data center where I save most of the academic papers, publications, and such - mainly about waste management and environmental issues. Meanwhile, I use Box to save my latest documents. The default space provided by Box is 10 GB. I prefer Box to Dropbox because at that time the free space provided by Dropbox was only 2 GB.

People might think to synchronize, you have to upload documents via browser - especially to use Google drive. In fact, you can install the Google drive into your laptop, then you can use the space from Google drive like you use your explorer. Simply save your document in a folder inside the Google drive space, it will automatically synchronize every time you are connected to the internet.

I was quite sad when I heard one of my friends had to go back to her house just to pick up her laptop while actually on campus she has another laptop to work with. With Google Drive and Box (and any other cloud system, actually) you don't have to waste your time picking another laptop - access your documents anytime anywhere!

On Taking Notes: Evernote

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I do love writing by hand, but sometimes you just need to type to make it easier. Evernote has a simple and user-friendly layout, and again, a synchronization feature that allows you to access your documents from various gadgets. You can organize your notes in a notebook, even in a sub-notebook. I love their presentation mode, which unfortunately a premium feature that only available free as a trial for 30 days. As it allows you to share the note with others, it also allows you to chat with your colleagues to whom you share your note. The free space provided is up to 60 MB - which is quite plenty except if you are uploading photos to your notes.

For application reviewer, this post might feel boring. But I believe there are people out there who not understand how useful these apps to support your work and study, and I hope this post might inspire them to start to utilize the technology. Technology is not only social media. Use it to support your study and work, make it a facility to raise the productive you.

Love,