Jakarta in July

Another satisfying trip. Three days of unrelenting golf, three days of camaraderie, and three days of not talking about deadlines and deliverables. I am still recovering from my trip, and perhaps am still having the blues about having to once again get back to work. But heck, it pays the bills, so here I am hacking away. Life has taken many interesting twist and turns these last few months. The guy in the mirror is someone I barely recognize anymore. He seems to have taken a life of his own!

Anyway, back to Jakarta in July.

We started off in Cenkareng just five minutes from the airport. It is really an easy going course, with the occasional airplanes flying overhead taking off. Perhaps not playing the last two months didn’t help my score here, so shot a 96.

Next – Sentul Highlands. A newly renovated course, and one that is rather tight and undulating. Very rewarding if you can drive straight, else better to stick to the three woods. Course management is a must.

Finally, my favourite – Klub Golf Bogor Raya. Two days of golfing may have prepared me when I shot 5 pars on the first 9! Bogor Raya is a golfer’s Disneyland. Scenic, fantastic club-house, and caddies that makes you feel that 18 holes is just not enough. The food here is very good too. I had Nasi Timbal, and I would recommend this. My friends had the Gurami Dabu-dabu another dish that I would strongly recommend.

So that was golf. Final scores? 96 – 94 – 91. Got better along the way, and am really looking forward to more golf.

I am still having a few crisis burning holes at work, and am very concerned about how to implement a process that will ensure that balls are not dropped along the way. Then again that's what I get paid for. Enjoy the rest of the week folks, while I scheme my way for the next event - Surabaya in September!

When do’s and don’t collide

I seek security
I seek clarity
Yet all I find is insanity
And believe you me
I am happy!

I have longed wondered why something so easy for so many, can be so difficult for some? Why common sense is so uncommon? Why politics is just a big word for - I like it my way, and your way sucks, and if I don’t get my way then it’s because of politics? Why it is so hard for people to simply pick up the phone and ask? Why they wait for days on end, only to answer when asked – “Errr… I was waiting for your instruction?” I also wonder why they go to the toilet when I didn’t instruct them?

Alas, I beseech understanding - only to find myself further in a quagmire of human fallacy much to my dismay. Then, upon much thought it struck me!

Eureka! I know now the answer I seek.

Alas how thankful I am finally realizing that the enigma that lies upon me isn’t much of pain - as it is so much more of a gain.

You see when human is too lazy to seek answers to something so simple, it makes my work easy. When human would rather focus more on how to kill each other, it makes my work easy. When human is too lazy to simply pick up the phone, it makes my work easy. All I have to do is tell them how lousy they can be, and then I move on pretending to be a busy bee… And here I am writing for thee!