A Fasting Telephone Operator

It was a fasting month, when Muslims didn't eat, drink, and other prohibitions from dawns to dusks  for the whole month. Muslims had pre-dawn meal before the decided time called imsak, which began before 5 a.m in Indonesia. Generally, Muslims had some sleep after imsak and before going to office.
At 5:30 a.m, I called a telephone operator to report my complain about the internet service. I dialed the popular numbers for help. I had to wait for the reply. When there was an idea to cancel the complain, the operator replied and greeted me. It seemed that he just fell asleep.
He guided me to do some instructions. "Please open the browser. Type the IP address. Type user name and password. Click quick start. Click next.", he continued to guide me until the last step. I had to wait for some time to restart the configuration. He and I didn't say anything. Silent. I was waiting until the system ready. When it was ready, I found my internet connection still disconnected.
I wanted to tell him the problem. But I heard he was breathing like someone sleeping. I was curious whether he was falling asleep. I was waiting. I kept silent. After a few minutes waiting, it was no respond. I didn't hear his closing sentences, "Thank you for calling. We're sorry for the inconvenient services. We'd like to fix it during 3 time 24 hours. Please don't give any tips to the repairman who come to your house." What I was listening was his breathing instead of the last statements.
I knew the operator must be very sleepy after having pre-dawn meal. I was sure he was fasting and so was I. I hung up the phone slowly in order it would not wake him up.
After that I went to office. I forgot I had called the telephone operator. Then, there was a call from home. A technician was at home fixing the internet connection.

New Curriculum, New Challenge

The first week of the Indonesian Curriculum of 2013 implementation need more time and work to run it smoothly. In senior high school SMA level, there are still a lot to know either for teachers, students and parents.

In Balikpapan, grade ten students had had to choose what is called as interests offered namely, mathematics and natural science (MIIA), social science (IIS), and language science (IIB) when they enrolled at an SMA. After that, they have to decide what is defined as an interest cross in which they must choose two subjects outside their own chosen interest.

Then, the school prepares the teachers, rooms, and schedules to serve based on the student's interests. The students, after deciding the interest cross, must find the teacher, room, and schedule which suit their interests.

Welcome Curriculum 2013

The high school principals of East Kalimatan prapare fo the new curriculum which will be started on July 15, 2013.

Curriculum of 2013 Training for Principals

Training of the Indonesian Curriculum 2013 Implementation for High School Principals is being held in Mirama Hotel, Balikpapan, July 8-14, 2013. The principals are those who come from certain high schools in East Kalimanatan.
The training is so essential as implementation of the curriculum is set to start on July 15, 2013. So, after the training is done, the following day the principals have to manage the curriculum implementation in their schools.