Short note on OIS

Hi there! Damn it has been a while i havent posted any stories here,so here i go. So this time i’m not gonna write anything about political issue as the last one (if you considered Suharto as political issue,i tend to describe it as “dead-man agenda”). 

 Before i talk about OIS, i want to go back to what i said a while a go when i was about to finish high school. I remember saying that i’ve had enough working on events commitee. You know…all that “been there-done that” kinda statement, whatta shmuck i was -as always. Fyi…my junior high and senior high were having so many events -not all of them were usefull i must admit,but there were lots of them. Having th position as ketua umum was ridicoulusly making me feel that i know everything. (keep reading cuz you’ll get the wrong impression of me if you stop here).

Then time revealed itself to me. In university, i got bored easily. Man! i cant stand going to classes after classes without doing anything else. My brain freezed up…my creativity was gone (if there had been any). Then it happened to me some vicious offer to help OIS, and the year after i was offered to be the PO. Honestly i freakin’ didnt know why did i still accept such offer since the feeling of “hell yea i know everything” was still evident at the time. I guess it was just some random drive to keep me saying yes to any activity that makes me busy, the hunger for the next challange…the thirst of…i dont even know the word…stupidity i thought…

Ok…so the same things happen in the events…fundraising…shouting…money…schedule…basically all kinds of madness you can think of. You dont know what kind of madness i’m talking about when it comes to me unless you’ve worked with me. I’m an a**hole i must admit, in a good way (sorry it it’s too hard to imagine).  The events itself went more or less well i suppose…with hundreds of flaws here and there but generally it went ok. Then there came thoughts…something that i always try to get use to doing periodically.

Then i give myself some time to think. The conclusion : there are no such thing as “been there done that” paradigm. There’s always new things to learn from. Never in my comitee before had i found a kestari like this Medanese Girl. She’s so sincere, honest…although those are not necessarily enough due to her “limited experience” in typing -and cellphoning. I’m not trying to single out her…but my point is that…there are always millions of details that you can see and learn. So many stories behind everyone you’re working with. These new details thrill me so much…Forget the work (some people might say as i type this…yea right Pat, you peace of s**t,look who’s talking)…i dont think it’s the work that i’ll remember…but the opportunity i took and opportunity i didnt take to understand people. It was so difficult to see these when you work, shoot!

So umm,i know, dull conclusion eh? sorry to dissapoint you. This is just to remind us that often we are too cheap in saying that we’ve had it all whereas we actually havent learnt enough. Having say that,i dont think i’ll never say never again.Only time will tell.

PS: OIS=olimpiade ilmu sosial UI, sebuah ajang menempa ilmu sosial tingkat nasional bagi siswa-siswi SMA terbaik se-Indonesia, lengkapnya hubungi Friendsternya, ato ga humasnya