For Jakartans

What makes Jakartans rumbling these days besides the announcement of governor and vice governor candidates for gubernatorial election in 2017? After the incumbent Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) announced couples month ago that he won’t go thorugh independent scheme with Teman Ahok for the election, he decided to accept the proposal and support from some parties such as the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), NasDem, the People's Conscience Party (Hanura), and Golkar along with his companion, Djarot Saiful Hidayat. Therefore, some other parties started to make comparison and research to carry their own candidates. Voila, the Cikeas coalition consisting of he Democratic Party, the National Mandate Party (PAN), the United Development Party (PPP) and the National Awakening Party (PKB) unexpectedly announced the pair of Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono and Sylviana Murti to join the competition. On the other hand, the Gerindra and Prosperous Justice (PKS) parties officially endorsed Anies Baswedan, the former Education Minister, and the businessman Sandiaga Uno for the election.  

Following this fact, I would be saying that this will be an interesting and thrilling election. The three pairs of candidates will show the citizens about their promising programs, fair vision and mission, and healthy campaign. In my opinion, this will also be the trigger to reduce and dissolve black and negative campaign since the incumbent governor always receives racial and religion sentiment, making it unhealthy condition for the citizens. Ideally, the upcoming capital city gubernatorial election should be the representative of election for this country.

The incumbent candidates Ahok-Djarot have shown some positive impact and progress for Jakarta. Some rivers, traditional market, community health centers (Puskesmas), parking system and other public services have been upgraded during recent years. Moreover, the welfare of civil servants in the city has also been increased as the allowances provided for those who has been performed well on their tasks. However, Ahok sometimes shows his anger in front of public and cameras which is considered as his weakness for public to vote him in the election.

The former Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) joined the competition by proposing his first son, Agus Yudhoyono as the governor candidate through the Cikeas coalition. It can not be denied that SBY considered as the man who can’t be moved, like The Script’s blackboard chart song, to run and rule this country. Agus who has shown amout of achievements in the military stopped his career and turned it to the political area. Mostly, public deplored his action while some others supported his action to join the competition. Another suprising fact is that the Agus’ pair for the election, Sylviana Murti who has been received good response by public as the civil servants in the city, particularly in the education area. Some people in general might be not recognizing her well, causing problems for them.

Anies-Sandiaga would be the calmest and most heartwarming candidates as they always put smiles in the camera. After being reshuffled in past months, public might be questioning what will be the next movement by Anies for the country. Then, he suprisingly answered through the declaration by Gerindra chairman Prabowo Subianto. Anies continues his self campaign Turun Tangan (to go to the field) for better Indonesia. Public have recognized his ambition to rule the country, starting from joining the Democrat Party presidential convention in 2014, taking part as the spokesperson for Jokowi’s presidential campaign in the same year, and directing the Education Ministry until July this year. Now, he accepted the proposal to join the gubernatorial election although previously Sandiaga Uno was attracting public to come as the governor candidate.

It is time for the Jakartans to support, enjoy, and involve in the upcoming gubernatorial election next year. The citizens should have been cheerful and relieved that the three pairs of candidates have retained immense track records, compared to Ahmad Dhani or Haji Lulung who tried to get public attention in the beginning year. I belive that the following discussion related to the gubernatorial election would be more informative, educative, and comprehensive. Thus, the Jakartans deserve the best of the most qualified governor for the next period.

Teman Ahok: Another Independent Movement Not Yet Convincing

Welcoming 2016, DKI Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) is expected to give better service for public. Ahok also expected that Jakartans will have “more loaded brains”, becoming cleverer, more religious and more prosperous.

So, what do you feel about Jakarta nowadays? Is it better than yesterday or just the same old stories? Since Ahok led this capital city on 19 November 2014substituting Jokowi, a lot of changes have happened in many aspects as he would continue the good and clean governance system (e-governance), for instance: the disclosure of corruption case in Jakarta Legislative Council (DPRD) on UPS system in several state senior high schools, the improvement of drainage system, assertive action on dismissal underperformed civil servants (PNS), etc.

Meanwhile, toward 2017 – year of Jakarta Governor Election (Pilkada), Ahok who had resigned from Gerindra in 2014, needs kind of basis to support him facing the upcoming Pilkada. As tit for tat, Teman Ahok (Ahok’s supporter movement) claimed its position to support in nominating incumbent DKI Jakarta Governor Ahok to the upcoming Pilkada through independent way.Based on temanahok.com, they have collected 555,033 KTP. Indeed, to become one of governor candidates, the independent candidate must collect several supports by submitting copies of KTP (at least 7.5% of total population, estimated around 750,000 KTP) and filling form provided by the General Elections Commission (KPU) as stipulated on the regulation PKPU No.9/2015 on the governor candidates. In addition, Teman Ahok also reported that they have collected Rp797,376,000 of campaign fund by their supporters per December 2015 despite there have been rumors circulating that say Teman Ahok is also funded by Bank Artha Graha International.

However, according to Indoprogress.com, Muhammad Ridha – one of the contributors – published an article about the illusion behind Ahok’s popularity. Ridha argued that the popularity, which comes up among public in line with Ahok’s bravery to reveal the Jakarta’s bureaucracy system which has been corrupted, distransparency and unaccountable, is just an illusion. Furthermore, Ridha suggested public to urge Ahok and his government to create particular regulations in form of public politic contribution improvement to hinder the upcoming regulations which will be ruled by certain elites or parties.This statement needs to be considered by Teman Ahok which is also being participated by many non-Jakartans in order to prevent any fanatic supporting actions ignoring other experts’ opinion.

Besides, Teman Ahok needs also to consider the way Ahok played in Indonesian politic ambience. Populi Center head Nico Harjanto said Teman Ahok needs to consider any possibilities that would be taken by Ahok whether to run as an independent or to start negotiating with political parties. Moreover, Nico added that Ahok’s problem is not how to gain support, but how to compete with candidates from the political parties.

So, will Teman Ahok survive to accompany Ahok until the election? And, will Ahok remain independent without any support by existing political parties until the election? I think that Teman Ahok should reflect its movement with previous independent candidate Faisal Basri-Biem Benjamin #BerdayaBareng2 which had collected 597,719 copies of KTP and Rp15 billions of campaign funds during 2012’s Pilkada.

Five Duos You Gotta Listen to

             Music can be a daily soundtrack for every human being. People love music, they have their own favorit musicians; soloists, group, or even duo group. Despite consisting only two persons, duo group could also produce easy-listening and eargasm music by playing guitar and utilizing sythetizer. Now, I recommend you with five duos which you gotta listen to.

• Kings Of Convenience

Consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe, an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway, producing delicate tunes, calming voices, and intricate and subtle guitar melodies named Kings of Convenience, of which Øye and Bøe both compose and sing the songs, for instance; Caymand Islands, Misread, and I’d Rather Dance with You. The duo which was established in 1999 has produced four albums – Quiet Is the New Loud (2001), Versus (2001), Riot on an Empty Street (2004) and Declaration of Dependence (2009) which hit the third position on US Heat chart in 2010.

Reported by independent.co.uk, "the story of our band, the main story you need to know about, is that when the first record, Quiet is the New Loud, came out, in 2001... there was this really energetic record company [Astralwerks]," Øye says. "It was full of young people, who really wanted to do this, and I think Eirik was not at all aware of what putting out a record meant – promotion, playing, there was no end in sight, just releasing more albums and playing live, and it just seemed like he lost control of his life, Øye excitedly said.

• Silampukau

In Indonesia, Eki Tresnowening and Kharis Junandharu through acoustic guitars and vocals played harmonically made Silampukau which comes from Surabaya to produce a brilliant debut album entitled Dosa, Kota dan Kenangan in mid 2015.

The album which had been worked since 2009, tells of Surabaya in a very noble way, about how people face challenges, from earning a living in the daytime while creating stories for the future inside their minds and, later, dancing the night away in the last leg of the day. Moreover, for the new album, the duo did not use a large distribution service, but worked independently by self-releasing the album. The duo also toured Jakarta and Bandung to promote their album later on.

Reported by thejakartapost.com, “for us, folk music is way bigger than punk rock. If punk rock teaches you to be a rebel, folk music leads you to scale it up. It has the ‘rebellion’ feel, ballads and, on top of all, it guides you to celebrate life. That’s what we do with Silampukau,” Kharis said.

• She and Him

Forming in 2006, She & Him is an American indie duo consisting of Zooey Deschanel (vocals, piano, ukulele), whom become famous thorugh 500 Days of Summer, met M. Ward (guitar, production) on the set of the film The Go-Getter, in which Deschanel had a starring role. The duo has already produced five studio albums – Volume One (2008), Volume Two (2010), A Very She and Him Christmas (2011), Volume 3 (2013) and Classics (2014) – one EP and seven singles.

The duo produced must-to-see video clips with the unusual concept of clips. Deschanel and Ward whom accustomed with film production created several video clips with story plot, dancing performance and great visualization. For instance, Don’t Look Back (directed by Jeremy Konner) which mixed analogue and digital music equipments into a story. In short, you must have loved this duo when you find out their music video in Youtube. You may put smiles, clap your hands with the ideas visualized, and sometimes move your body while watching their videos.

• Banda Neira

Being famous through Soundcloud – a global online audio distribution platform – a journalist Ananda Badudu and social worker Rara Sekar made Banda Neira into a more melodic tone of duo in Indonesia. Quoted by thejakartapost.com, “we found ourselves at a spontaneous gig where we were going to play Bon Iver’s songs. But we didn’t know what to call our band. After throwing about some alternatives Banda Neira was our favorite,” said Rara whom also a sibling of Isyana Saraswati.

They bring acoustic-format performance by guitar and glockenspiel into songs with several big topics including romance and politics theme in their debut album, Berjalan Lebih Jauh (2013). The album consisted of four songs including a song about the 1998 riot which were recorded in Jakarta while they were both there but the rest were produced while they were in different cities. Responding to thejakartapost.com, Ananda said that every day, he eats politics and heavy news. Thus, the more, the merrier; the more you read, the more inspiration you’ll get.

  

• Endah N Rhesa

Different with She and Him and Banda Neira, Endah N Rhesa continues their partnership into love scene, of which they became husband and wife in 2009. Endah N Rhesa produced romantic and harmonious songs with tasty and skillful music talents, in which they have released four albums: Nowhere to Go (2009), Look What We’ve Found (2010), Escape (2013) and Seluas Harapan (2015). The latest album has finally consisted of Bahasa Indonesia lyric. Previously, Rhesa argued that it is not about the language which make them write English songs in prior albums; for them, music transcends all languages. Even if you do not understand the language, you understand the music and the meaning, Rhesa added.

Reported by thejakartapost.com, "initially we wanted to recruit more people to form a more conventional band. But we found no one suitable and decided to work with what we had. We had to accept the fact and do our best," Rhesa explained. "There are only two of us. We try to maximize each one. Endah uses acoustic guitar to keep the beat. I use an electric bass so that I am not limited in using my technique. Endah's voice is another instrument. With these three instruments, we went ahead," Rhesa said.

Meanwhile, in every their live performances, Endah N Rhesa always plays a song with intention to promote their album in the stage accidentally with current condition and the theme of event. They do that because they have to. They have to promote their album by their own because they set the duo in indie segment. That action made the audience throw claps and screams.

             In short, there are other duos which I couldn’t mention to you in detail, but those duos are my top list duos you’d better listen to. Last but not least, you may update your mixtape with songs of those duos to fulfill your daily soundtrack. 

Sekumpul #SajakMinggu

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sial!

beri tanganmu, segera!

sweet escape

untukmu Mr. J,

sampai kapan kamu sadar?

untukmu, Bapak Syarifuddin!

I see no clear response neither action.

untuk informasi saja, kalau aku....

saat aku jauh, tiba tiba merindu..

sebelum terlambat

apakah itu, kamu?

beri aku tanda. tanpa.

selalu.

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as of i'm tired to seek anybody, but you!

maukah kamu?

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Review: TOTS 2014 “Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

Salam Budaya!

Rasa-rasanya standing applause dan uang tiga puluh satu ribu rupiah masih sangat kurang sebagai apresiasi untuk teman-teman Theater of English Department (TED) yang tadi malam menghelat TED on The Stage (TOTS) 2014  dengan lakon “Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street”.

19.15 gong berbunyi tiga kali menandakan pementasan segera dimulai. Satu persatu pemain masuk ke panggung dan membentuk barisan ala ala boyband, namun kolosal. Panggung yang sudah dipenuhi berbagai property, semakin penuh dengan ballad of Sweeney Todd yang dibawakan oleh para pemain. Seketika bulu kuduk gue merinding saat semua pemain bernyanyi bersama meneriakan “Sweeney… Sweeney… Sweeney”, sampai akhirnya Sweeney Todd muncul dari bawah di panggung bagian atas - Ya, kali ini, teman-teman TED sudah berani untuk menset panggung menjadi atas dan bawah- dengan teriakan yang mendiamkan pemain lainnya.

(sumber: Path)

Kemudian, act pertama diawali dengan Anthony, pujangga galau yang shading make upnya agak berlebih, yang masuk bersama Mr. Todd tiba di Fleet street sebelum akhirnya Beggar Woman, masuk ke panggung dengan rok yang licin seperti habis disetrika, mungkin karena itu roknya berbahan sutra ya.

(sumber: WA pribadi)

Di scene berikutnya, lakon mengingatkan cerita masa lalu si Mr. Todd, saat beliau tiba di toko Pie milik Mrs. Lovett, yang dibalut tarian tarian dengan kameo bertopeng diiringi tata lampu biru yang aduhai. 

(sumber: WA pribadi)

Setelah itu, Mrs. Lovett dan Mr. Todd berbagi ruangan untuk usaha bersama, ala ala anak muda Pasar Santa kekinian yang membuka barber shop dan toko kue.

Mr. Todd dan Mrs. Lovett menyambangi kediaman Adolfo Pirelli dengan membawa perlengkapan cukurnya. Sesampainya di sana, Tobi – pemeran paling lucu not funny kerjaannya makan mulu tapi ternyata pembunuh – menyambut Mr. Todd dan Mrs. Lovett beserta cameo lainnya, yang termasuk Beadle diantaranya, sembari memamerkan utensils kepunyaan Pirelli. Seketika, terjadi perlombaan cukur janggut dan kumis antara Pirelli dan Mr. Todd. Pirelli dengan aksen Italianya memamerkan keahliannya sambil bernyanyi yang kemudian disambut gelak tawa penonton. Namun, ketengilan beliau menjadi petaka, ketika Mr. Todd dengan sekali gerakan langsung menghabiskan janggut seorang cameo. Dan, perlombaan pun dimenangkan Mr. Todd.

(sumber: WA pribadi)

Pirelli yang tidak terima dengan hasil perlombaan, menyambangi barber shop ala ala Mr. Todd bersama Tobi. Mr. Todd menyuruh Mrs. Lovett untuk meninggalkan Tobi di toko Pie bersamanya. Scene ini keren, karena terjadi percakapan dua sisi (atas-bawah) yang sama-sama penting. Penonton dibuat untuk tetap melek agar tidak terlewat satu detil gerakan dan ucapan dari mereka. Seperti, detil Tobi menggaruk kepala sambil sesekali memainkan sepatunya, dan juga detil Mrs. Lovett yang memasukan racikan aneh di Pie untuk si Tobi. Belum lagi, adegan Mr. Todd yang memukul kepala Pirelli yang dibarengi dengan hentakan Mrs. Lovett saat menipiskan adonan tepung. Keren.

(sumber: WA pribadi)

Kemudian, berlanjut ke scene Anthony yang menggoda Joanna dengan gombalan andalannya “I feel you, Joanna… I'll steal you…” Sampai membuat gue dan sebagian penonton menggumamkan gombalan tersebut di dalam hati setiap Anthony muncul di panggung. Kecantikan Joanna, tidak terlalu nampak  oleh penonton, mungkin karena scene dia selalu ada di bagian atas panggung. Sayang sekali. Sampai akhirnya, tiba juga saat adegan mereka berdua di kamar Joanna, sembari berdansa dan saling memuji sebelum ditutup dengan kecupan yang agaknya cukup romantis di malam minggu gerimis.

(sumber: WA pribadi)

Judge Turpin, orang tua (mengadopsi) Joanna, tidak merestui Anthony yang cuma bermodalkan sajak. -Orang tua mana yang merestui anaknya sama pujangga from nowhere, yang tiba tiba cipok anaknya? - Judge Turpin ini keren sih sebenernya, kalo doi lagi ngomong cepet. Kayak saat adegan mau dibunuh (dicukur janggutnya) sama Mr. Todd tapi untungnya selamet karena pas banget si Anthony dateng ke barbershop.

Masuk ke act kedua, disinilah adegan darah darahan bermunculan. Diawali dibunuhnya seorang cameo – pengunjung biasa -, kemudian Beadle, disusul Beggar Woman yang ternyata adalah mantan istri dari Mr. Todd, berlanjut ke Judge Turpin. Mayat mereka ini, diolah oleh Mrs. Lovett yang ternyata selama ini membuat Pie dari daging manusia. Tanpa dinyana, ternyata Tobi - yang ikut membantu Mrs. Lovett semenjak kematian Pirelli - menyadari hal tersebut. Akhirnya Mr. Todd dan Mrs. Lovett berusaha mencari Tobi agar anak itu tidak membocorkan hal tersebut. Adegan di sini juga dikemas cukup apik. Dengan tata lampu biru gelap, Mr. Todd dan Mrs. Lovett mencari Tobi dengan menggunakan petromak.

Mr. Todd yang menyadari Beggar Woman adalah mantan istrinya, akhirnya murka dengan Mrs. Lovett. Sambil diajak berdansa bersama, Mr. Todd mendorong Mrs. Lovett masuk ke dalam lemari oven panggangan, yang dilengkapi biang es di atasnya untuk memunculkan efek fogging. Teriakan Mrs. Lovett kurang memecah ruangan, mungkin karena sudah terlalu lama di panggung.

Sudah 2 jam lewat pementasan berlalu, scene terakhir, yang seharusnya tidak ditiru oleh anak kecil yang kebetulan menonton adalah, scene Tobi membunuh Mr. Todd, yang kemudian disambut gelegar tepuk tangan di udara, beberapa di antaranya sambil berdiri, oleh seluruh penonton.

Gue, dengan bangga berdiri dari kursi penonton di bagian atas sambil bertepuk tangan tak henti hingga semua casts dan crews dipanggil ke atas panggug. Dalam hati gue bersorak, KEREN BANGET!!.

Setelah semua casts and crews naik ke panggung, Pak Seno – Dosen ED UNJ – kembali memberikan apresiasinya percis seperti TOTS 2013 “Of Mice and Men”. Ucapan selamat dan sukses terlontar dari semua dosen dan alumni TED yang menyempatkan datang ke pementasan.

Gue, cuma bayar tiga puluh satu ribu bisa dapet hiburan teater musikal plus bisa voto-voto bareng casts and crewsnya. It’s Worth to Pay. Ga cuma itu, keluar ruangan, sudah disediakan snacks dan minuman buat para penonton! Kayaknya, tahun depan, kalo ada TOTS lagi, tiket Rp50.000 layak dibanderol.

Terakhir, gue sebagai penonton yang pernah menjadi bagian dari TED, mengucapkan banyak terima kasih buat TED Squad, TED Mates, TED Alumni, dan Dosen di ED UNJ yang sudah membantu mewujudkan TOTS 2014 "Sweeney Todd" serta 300 penonton lainnya yang sudah mau meluangkan waktu malam minggunya bersama-sama walau hujan mengguyur di tanggal tua akhir tahun ini. Terima Kasih!! 

Salam,

CM

Catatan: gue ga voto voto pas pementasan berlangsung, karena gue ga mau kehilangan momen barang sedetik pun di panggung. Voto-voto diatas, hasil colongan dari teman.

Anaknya Jokowi Banget

Gue belum sampe di level benci sama Pak Jokowi-JK cuma karena pemerintahan mereka naikin harga premium dan solar dua ribu rupiah. 

Karena, toh gue juga nyoblos beliau pas pemilu yang lalu. Masih banyak sudut pandang yang lebih baik yang bisa gue liat dan gue aminin. Tapi, gue ada di level geregetan sama orang yang pro banget sama pemerintah kali ini. Gue sih dari dulu mencoba cari pandangan yg berbeda dari pemerintah, walaupun bukan bener bener kiri. Cuma, biar pandangan beda aja. Tapi yah, ini orang orang yang dulu sebel banget sama pemerintahan sebelumnya yg mau naikin harga BBM bersubsidi, sekarang malah iya iya aja, sama malah nyerang orang yang mengkritik. 

Maksud gue, kritik itu kan sebagai penyeimbang. Masa elo, iya-iyain aja semua kebijakan pemerintah. Toh, kritik kita mah ga bakal punya efek langsung buat pemerintahan berjalan. Gerakan kritik kami yang sekarang mah ga sehebat kumpulan “salam dua jari” yang bikin konser luar biasa. Kritik kami sekarang mah, cupu. Tapi, tetep lho elo yang pro banget nyinyirin kita. Elo pada, bilang “siapapun Presidennya bakal tetep naikin harga premium-solar. Elo tetep nyinyirin, kalo kami yang ngritik: masih bisa beli rokok, bisa beli smartphone dan lainnya; sebagai pembanding yang tidak sebanding. 

Gini lho, gue ngeliatnya, serba terburu buru. Dari mulai tiga kartu sakti yang sebenernya ga bisa buat jogres ala ala kartu yugioh atau animal kaiser, sampe naikin premium-solar ini, Jokowi kayak hilang simpati sama rakyatnya. Jokowi yang baru pulang dari kunjungan luar negeri malah ujuk-ujuk ngumumin naikin harga bbm subsidi. Beda loh, Jokowi yang dulu pas pertama mimpin Jakarta, yang bener bener cari perhatian dan ambil hati rakyatnya, sekarang terkesan bergerak sendiri sama pemerintahan. Oke, kalau emang doi punya program ini itu, tapi, maksud gue, maintain hati rakyat juga perlu, di awal awal kepemimpinan. 

Waktu pertama-tama megang Jakarta, doi ngambil hati dengan beresin Tanah Abang, waduk dan segala macem. Jadi, biarpun, kemarin Banjir, rakyat (beberapa) tetep legowo, karena hatinya udah diambil. Dan, sekarang Ahok bisa lanjutin program yang udah diset di DKI. Simpati warga DKI tetep tinggi buat Ahok, karena hatinya udah diambil. 

Lah, sekarang? Kalo gue sih tetep nunggu, karena toh gue juga milih beliau, dengan pertimbangan visi misi di bidang pendidikan.

Nah, balik lagi, buat elo elo yang garis keras pro banget sama pemerintahan sekarang, be objective. Kami kami yang kritik, juga punya pemikiran kali, ga elo elo doang kali yang pinter. Gue tau kok, kita kita semua sebenernya peduli sama bangsa kita ini. Tapi, ya gitu, plis, be objective. Janganlah melulu nyinyir sama yang ga sepemahaman sama elo. Jangan karena elo tau SUBJEK itu ga suka sama Jokowi-JK (pendukung Prabowo atau anak PEKAES atau antek KMP) semua yang dia kemukakakan itu salah. Jangan karena kita liat si Subjek, kita jadi ga bisa objektif. Kalau ada yang ga sepahaman ya dikasih tau, dibimbing, kasih argumen yang masuk akal. Jangan menggebu pro, karena elo anaknya Jokowi banget.

Kerja, Kabinet Kerja!

Mungkin terlalu telat deh buat hipster untuk nulis beginian, karena hypenya udah lewat jauh. Maklum, saking sibuk kerja jadi sulit buat punya waktu untuk nulis blog. Jadi, hari Minggu (26/10) lalu, Presiden J. resmi mengumumkan kabinetnya, Kabinet Kerja. Gue sih kurang terlalu suka penggunaan kata kerja di sini. Ada beberapa argumen pribadi gue. 

Pertama, di Koran The Jakarta Post, Kabinet Kerja diterjemahkan menjadi Working Cabinet. Berbeda. Beda ketika tim editorial media tersebut menggunakan kata working. Ada beberapa alternatif, seperti doing cabinet, occupying cabinet, operating cabinet, or running cabinet. Gue, pribadi menerjemahkan working cabinet as a cabinet which is worked, functioned, and activated. Bukan working cabinet yang diartikan sebagai kabinet kerja, kerja seperti kuli, kerja seperti supir, kerja seperti pegawai, kerja yang waktunya bisa tak berbatas atau bahkan penuh batasan. Arti kata kerja lebih dari melakukan dan bergerak, tapi berfungsi dan aktif. Kalo melakukan sesuatu tapi tidak berfungsi, apa guna? Tapi tidak aktif, kapan selesai? 

Kemudian, kata kerja memaksa masyarakat menjadi lebih kaku; berbenturan dengan peraturan, waktu, dan kebiasaan. Masyarakat akan terus bergerak, bisa semakin banyak yang sikut sikutan, semakin banyak yang cari muka, semakin tinggi persaingan. Gue tidak siap. Sangat tidak siap dengan persaingan. Gue butuh ruang dan kepercayaan untuk kerja. Bukan waktu atau aturan.  Tapi, karena Belanda dan Jepang sudah membiasakan kita untuk kerja rodi, kerja paksa dan nama asing lainnya, gue rasa masyarakat kita akan merecall memori dan kebiasaan itu secara tidak langsung. Dan, kerjaan kita pun nampaknya agak sulit untuk memiliki fungsi. Masa, harus nunggu beratus-ratus tahun? 

Selain itu, image “kerja” yang ditampilkan oleh Mr. Presiden seperti hanya berupa anti tesis dari pemerintahan sebelumnya yang tidak terlihat kerja, apalagi Mr. Buds. Anti tesis ini tentu saja disambut positif oleh khalayak, apalagi mereka yang jenuh dan lelah dengan lambatnya perubahan. Padahal, nyatanya ya, secara tidak langsung, kondisi ekonomi kita ada di trek yang tepat. Indonesia bisa melewati krisis ekonomi yang dihadapi oleh Negara lain di 10 tahun terakhir. Hal yang berkebalikan ini menjadi seperti pemicu untuk pembuktian, kalo pemerintah juga bisa kerja, tidak hanya penduduknya. Bagus juga! Gue dan teman teman gue akan lebih apresiasi jika pemerintah juga mau ikutan “kerja”. 

Tapi, gue berharap lebih dengan kabinet kerja ini. Kalo gue boleh ngutip omongan orang yang gue cari di google, Maxim Gorky bilang “When work is a pleasure life is joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery”. So, I expect Working Cabinet to Work. 

Di sisi lain, isi kabinet Mr. J cukup variatif, popular, dan menarik. Contohnya, Pak Anies, yang akhirnya sesuai harapan gue dan beberapa orang yang peduli pendidikan, menempati pos Menteri Kebudayaan, Pendidikan Dasar dan Menengah. Sosok harapan, sosok yang semoga bisa membawa pendidikan wajib 12 tahun, kurikulum 2013, dan sertifikasi guru jadi berfungsi jauh dari korupsi dan taat administrasi. Gue, yang sempat jadi pengajar di SMP swasta selama satu semester, sangat berharap pihak kementrian memperhatikan kinerja guru bukan hanya dari materi sekolah dan kewajiban administratif seperti rapot, penilaian, silabus, dan rpp tetapi juga memperhatikan guru yang belum mengambil sertifikasi dan belum memiliki NUPTK. 

Pihak kementrian bisa memfasilitasi dan mensosialisasi bagaimana sesungguhnya sertifikasi itu berfungsi. Masih banyak teman-teman saya yang baru hitungan semester mengajar di sekolah, belum paham apa itu sertifikasi, apa guna sertifikasi, apa tujuan sertifikasi. Atau, jangan jangan cuma proyek kementrian bernilai jutaan? 

Ah, sudahlah. Apa daya gue meracau serampangan seperti ini? Sudah jelas kok, Mr. J meminta kabinetnya, parlemennya, dan rakyatnya untuk: Kerja, Kerja, Kerja! Lebih baik, gue kembali ke meja kerja, baca berita, analisis, dan bikin summary lagi. 

Mampang Prapatan, 4.11.14

C.M.