Latest Work

My lazy days with no works.
Trying hard to remember when was the last day of my work days.
And all I can remember its about a week ago.
As a day fixer for The Australian.
Worked with Stephen Fitzpatrick for Garuda Yogya crash update story.

Here is the copy..ENJOY...

The Australian
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Top cop tackles Garuda case

Bali bombing sleuth assigned to plane crash

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta correspondent,

Additional reporting: Mark Dodd, Patricia Karvelas, Ean Higgins

INDONESIA'S national deputy chief of detectives, Gories Mere, has taken a hands-on role in a reinvigorated criminal investigation into the Garuda disaster in March that killed 21 people.

In a strong indication of how seriously Jakarta takes the case-- which claimed the lives of five Australians --Inspector-General Mere will have broad oversight of the inquiry, following the release of a national transport safety committee report into the plane crash.

Inspector-General Mere cracked the 2002 Bali bombing case and, as head of the national anti-narcotics division in 2005, first got Bali Nine ringleader Andrew Chan talking about his role in that heroin smuggling plot.

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer yesterday described the national committee report, handed down on Monday, as ``very credible'' and pressed Indonesian authorities to take criminal action based on its findings.

``I want to see people who have negligently allowed Australians... to be killed, I want to see those people brought to justice,'' Mr Downer said.

The report found that major institutional failings, including the Director General of Aviation Safety's poor supervision of a substandard training program at Garuda, as well as serious failures by the two pilots, contributed to the crash. It also found that inadequate emergency services at Yogyakarta airport probably contributed to the loss of life.

John Howard said he was astonished at the report's finding.``Obviously, there are processes in that country and we have no control but I can understand how people who are still grieving, both in Indonesia and Australia, might feel,'' the Prime Minister said.

Labor leader Kevin Rudd said he had telephoned Indonesia's Foreign Ministry head, Imron Cotan, and ``made my views known very clearly'' on the need for prosecutions.

National police spokesman Sisno Adiwinoto was adamant yesterday the investigation would continue towards a full criminal case.``We can call anyone we think is capable of being an expert witness, including members of the KNKT (transportation safety
committee),'' he said. Police would be able to use the safety committee's report as part of their investigations, Inspector-General Adiwinoto said.

Safety committee chairman Tatang Kurniadi, in handing down the findings, warned that international conventions prevented the data collected by his agency being used by prosecutors. However, aviation experts and others confirmed yesterday that although
the safety committee was prevented from releasing raw data, the contents of its publicly of a powerful criminal case.

The two men, captain Marwoto Komar and co-pilot Gagam Rochmana, are expected to be summonsed for counselling with their employer within days. They remain stood down from active duty.

Peter Mellish, the father of one of the dead Australians, journalist Morgan Mellish, said yesterday he expected to sign up to a class action being proposed by a British law firm.

Mr Mellish said the firm specialised in aviation lawsuits, approaching families of victims internationally to run cases on a no-win, no-fee basis

About The JourNey-2

So this is what happen after Yogya shoot.

Finished around 10 PM.

I sneaked into Ibis hotel at Malioboro to have a quick teethbrush and change underwear and stuffs..called it fresh in up.

We leaved Yogya to reach Tasik in the morning.

Got lost, thanks to our ‘expert’ driver.

The best part was our cameraperson willing to replace him, in order to guarantee we can send the picture to Jakarta…(Aw that’s absolutely crazy !)

So we transit at Purwokerto around 5 AM and try send the pic in one internet café which somehow become my place to have a quick shower and awfull breakfast.

We reach Tasik, so much late then its expected.(Well, I don’t anyway..)

Shoot some activities there, still bored with the same subject I have to write but we got the change to see Itje Trisnawati new husband look alike, hahaha….

I got a blood pressure check from the Flexi official who’s always nice to us.

Its very low indeed..only 84/64..huhuhu…

I said I really need liquor…not healthy food as he recommend me..hahaha…

Without any lunch we tried to get to one of the best restaurant that our cameraperson recommend. Its on our way to Bandung, before Nagrek.

But as I thought before, the bad dreadful traffic jam made us stuck with carzy starveness and finnaly have our lunch plus dinner in the nearest point we can reach.

As we need to reach to Bandung right away those afternoon but definitely can’t do it since the traffic jam, one agenda is postphoned.

We got Bandung, directly find Jakarta’s team at the internet café point and doing nothing.
I was so disappointed. They didn’t even check whether the internet is work !
The CRAZY part was that they knock my door at 4 dawn to lend my internet connection !

We sleep at 2 dawn, after a very long searching for 2 available rooms in any hotels at Bandung. Its something that I really hate. They should prepare it. It’s the IED. How could they didn’t book rooms ?????

Well, somehow craziness at Bandung finally end for two days. Lost my mood to do almost everything. We leaved Patra Jasa Hotel Bandung in the morning to reach our final point at Puncak.

There were almost nothing to be written or report. But finnaly able to cope with it and I lost my beloved glasses !

So SaD..But there’s nothing I can do.Only regrets for being so clumsy.

We close the journey with a delicious lunch at Malayang reataurant and say goodbye and sorry at Samuan’s office around 8 PM.

So guys, that’s the recap. Its not as descriptive as I planned to write it down here.

Its about another job from national production house company named STUDIO SAMUAN, who asked me to become their REPORTER on Flexi Lintas Lebaran 2007-news informecial-which on air by Liputan 6 SCTV during the 8^th-18^th October 2007.

AbouT The JouRnEY

It begins from Puncak. Heavy rains...
Very cold and remember one sweet sensitive best friend.

The next day end up at Merak.
Met old friend who very much currios about skinny me.

Early Wednesday morning leave Jakarta to Tasik.
Its a Crazy town.
Went to like 5 different restaurants, and none of them willing to serve us food on spot.
Barely dying in this wanna be syaria place.

Next stop were Yogya. Not doing much joB.
Even have chance to wildly SHOP !

Early this morning leave the town to Ngawi.
Very much sleepy and cold.
Then somehow end up with the heat at Delanggu Solo.

Next job is at Tugu station Yogya.
Obviously will get too late.
And definetelly will spent the night at the damn freezin' car.
Spend the next 8-9 hours to reach Tasik for morning shot without any chance to take a quick shower..huks.

Wish me luck guys...

LeBaRaN nih

Dari Kota GudeG..kota ketiga dalam journey ini, dengan tulus saya ucapkan Selamat Ied 2007.

Maaf Jika saya kerap tak peka dengan kesilapan yang saya perbuat.

Semoga saya (dan mungkin jika kalian berminat), menjadi manusia-manusia yang berani mengakui kesalahan dan meminta maaf karenanya.

Semoga Ied ini menjaga kuat tali silaturahmi dan damai di hati kita.

Amin…

The JouRneY Begins

The 1st day of the journey has just finished today.
Still have to put my anger for an hour late.
But its ok...
It managed fine and smooth..

Ponimin sayang Ponimin malang

Baru saja kembali dari Desa Pasarawa Gebang Binjai SUmatera Utara, Minggu siang 7 Oktober 2007 lalu.
Berangkat JUmat siang,5 Oktober, demi satu penugasan lagi dari 101East Aljazeera English.
Padahal Kamisnya, baru saja rampung dengan proyek dari AsiaWorks untuk film internal BP Indonesia.

Luar biasa ngga enak badan...maag migren kambuh.
Bodohnya tak bawa itu obat2an, karena merasa sudah stabil dengan kondisi kesehatan...hmpft...

Apapun keadaannya, saya masih jauh sangat beruntung dibanding nara sumber saya disana.
Sedih dan nangis juga..dikit.
Meminta mereka menceritakan kembali kisah sedih mereka.
Meminta Ponimin 25 tahun dan ibunya Norma 50 tahun, membangkitkan lagi memori buruk 8 tahun silam.

Memori dimana Ponimin yang masih begitu muda, tampan dan penuh semangat juga amarah harus cacat hingga sekarang.
Cuma bisa makan dan tidur saja.

Selebihnya, kegiatan pokok nya diurus ibunya yang janda, tak ada kerja, buta hurup dan menerima kekerasan oknum Brimob atas anaknya sebagai takdir tak terelakkan.

GUrat lelah yang nampak di mata coklatnya.
Juga sesak dan tangis yang ia urai ketika mulutnya bertutur...

Tapi Ponimin tetap terus akan berjuang...
Yang salah harus dihukum.
Warga sipil berhak diperlakukan sama di mata hukum !

Mobile Life 2007

Hm...lately, my working days are fill with short notice and last minute briefing.
About to go to Medan tomorrow for another 101East Program with The Aljazeera English, and just finished shooting today for a big oil and gas company BP Indonesia film or it more suitable to called as company profile.Thanks to Tim Deagle from AsiaWorks who just pop up with my name on his "mysterious" brain ;) to help with this job.

It seems that, my life is going almost on the same circle.
Last year, I have a mobile life with lots of travelling.
And likely it happens again.
Start next Monday, my journey will really begins (deuh kayak Batman begins yak ? hehehe...)

Well ..Wellcome...
Stay healthy girl !

JObs & ResponsilibitY

Adoh...The Journey about to begins
And My Body Just about to give Up
Overloaded jobs ?

My SpiDer WeB

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