Harus mulai dari mana?

Buku - sekolah.
sekolah - buku.
Dua hal ini seperti pasangan yg tdk terpisahkan.

Hari ini aku baca er-be online..ada berita ttg guru2 di salah satu SD di Manna yg 'jualan' buku2 dari salah satu penerbit kepada murid2 di sekolah. catatan: murid2 T.i.d.a.k d.i.w.a.j.i.b.k.an beli.
Aku jadi ingat pengalaman sekolah dulu, kalo ada guru jualan buku, pasti dibilangin 'tdk wajib beli' atau 'boleh foto kopi'... Tapiiiii....kalo kita tdk beli atawa tdk fotokopi, dijamin bakal merasa 'terasing' pada saat ada pelajaran, dan kita tdk punya buku yg 'tdk wajib' itu. kenapa? karena materi yg disampaikan kebanyakan adalah dari buku yg 'tdk wajib' tsb. Padahal ada buku yg 'wajib/ utama/ pokok' yg biasanya sdh tersedia di sekolah...tp yg lebih sering dipakai atau yg lbh sering jadi acuan adalah buku yg 'tdk wajib dibeli' itu tadi...Kesan-nya kan mau tdk mau tetap harus beli deh ;p

Masalah buku itu hanya sekelumit saja. sentilan seujung kuku. banyak masalah lain mulai yg kecil remeh temeh sampe yg skala besar dan penting.
Semakin 'belajar' dan semakin 'ngerti' ttg keadaan di Indo kok semakin miris ya?
di sangat banyak bidang kok adaaaa aja fakta2 yg bikin istighfar...Hampir semua bidang di hampir semua tingkatan...
Harus mulai dari mana biar bisa jadi lebih baik?

Aku punya temen SMA yg setamat kuliah di jakarta balik ke Manna, jadi PNS. Aku nggak tau dia di kantor apa. tp waktu pernah ketemu dulu, dia sempat bilang...gimana Manna (dan Bengkulu) mau maju Dek? Orang2 yg kuliah dan pikirannya lbh terbuka seperti kamu2 sangat jarang yg mau balik dan membangun Bengkulu, Manna, Curup, Rejang...
Kalian lebih milih kerja dan hidup di jawa, di kota2 besar itu... Mana daerah kita bisa maju?

kayak 'ditampar' deh rasanya waktu itu... :(
Ada benernya juga. Tapiii...dulu aku sempet nyari kerja kok di bengkulu, cuma tdk mau melewati jalur koneksi, dan ternyata tdk masuk2. idealis ceritanya..nyari sendiri,... tdk mau minta surat 'mesem' dari wak ini wak itu...akhirnya nggak dapet2 kerjaan. ujung2nya keluar daerah lagi.:( aku pikir memang blm rejeki sih di bengkulu. aku masih masukin lamaran2 juga pas dipanggil ke almamaterku di jogja, dan aku balik kerja di kampus.
...Gimana mau ngubah kondisi di daerah biar lbh baik? mau masuk kerja di 'daerah' saja tdk diterima ;p Aku yakin, temen2 dari daerah yg akhirnya memilih untuk hidup dan kerja di luar daerah itu juga bukannya tdk mau ikut memajukan daerah. Kadang memang 'kesempatan'nya yg tdk ada di daerah, kadang jalan-nya yg tdk memungkinkan.

But, frankly speaking, i feel sorry when 'looking' at my country's condition... especially from here, where everything feels so well organized. I'm feeling sorry coz i don't know what to do and how to make it better. :(

a mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee

dari milis-nya monash-iap (posted by kartika angkawijaya).
cuma copy paste...coz i like the story and hope it can enlighten anyone who reads it.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous 'yes.'

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

'Now,' said the professor as the laughter subsided,

'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things--your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car. The sand is everything else---the small stuff.'

'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.'

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.

The professor smiled. 'I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.'

When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day seems not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.