Is it the outcome or the process that matters? :)

As we all know, as always, Starbucks launch their 2012 planner during November-December 2011 by trading 1 cup of (minimal) tall beverage with 1 sticker. And if your stickers have already reached 25 stickers, you can redeem it with the planner.

I was one of the stickers’ enthusiast. But I didn’t drink Starbucks’ beverages just to get the stickers. I’m a big fan of their coffee. It’s just when there’s this promo, I become more ‘crazy’ with coffee.. :p

Finally, yesterday I got my Starbucks’ 2012 planner. Am I happy? Of course.

The problem is, my boyfriend thinks that the planner is so “usual”. Nothing special with the planner. It’s just an ordinary planner. But he doesn’t realize, it’s not the planner that makes me happy. It’s the strive to get the planner that makes me happy.

Strive.. An usual thing that we always do in our lives. But sometimes we don’t realize the true meaning of striving..
Which is important for you? The result which you can achieve by striving, or the process of striving itself?

For me, the process is way more important than the result. No matter how the result is, it’s the process that makes us learn. We can learn something by striving for whatever it is. The result is just a “bonus” for our hard work.

So, which one are you? A “result” person or a “process” person?

Regards,
-P

A Tribute to Steve Jobs

Today, the world has lost one of its greatest person..

As we all have known, Steve Jobs has died because of pancreatic cancer. A great man with a great innovation who has changed the world, has gone forever.

I’m not a huge fan of Apple. I’m just one of the Apple products’ admirer. I haven’t buy any Apple products (but soon I’ll get one :p), but I knew how Steve has inspired and influenced people in this world. His dedication to his work, his ideas to change the IT world, and his inspiring quotes are somehow influenced my life, motivated me to follow my dreams, follow what I wanna do in this life.

Rest in peace, Steve..
I’m sure gonna get one of your masterpieces!

Here are some of my favorite inspirational quotes from Steve Jobs. I hope it can change our mind set.. Enjoy!

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”

“I was worth over $1,000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important because I never did it for the money.”

“Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?”

“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.”

“Life is brief, and then you die, you know?”

“And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.”

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

“It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much.”

“Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?”

-P

What’s your worst-yet-sweetest mistake?

Every human has their own mistakes..

If there’s someone who says that s/he has never made any mistakes at all, it’s a big LIE!
We all made mistakes. We all fell in sins. But, of course we made the different mistakes. Some are bad, some are awful, yet sometimes it could be sweet.

My biggest/worst (yet sweet) mistake is when I fell in love with another guy when there’s always one man who loves me so much. Why do I call it sweet? Love is always sweet, isn’t it? Although sometimes it can be bitter, too, but there’s always the sweet parts.

I did that mistakes. It makes me really awful. But however, I don’t regret it. It’s too late for a regret. Just because I’m not sure with this man who-always-loves-me, I tried another relationship with another man. But, no matter what has happened, seems like we’re not meant to be together.

So, at the end, I asked to myself: “Which one I want? Loving the man who doesn’t love me back? Or loving the man who always there for me and loving me endlessly?
and I chose the second choice..

I could get another men with better life or personality, but finally I realized I can’t get any love bigger than my man offers me. Another men could love me, but do they really love me for what I am? Are they there beside me in my weakest point? Do they want to take care of me when I’m sick.

I’ve already had the greatest man in this whole world, and I’m proud of him..

So, by God’s will, I will wait for you in the aisle, honey.. :*

-P

Skripsi: Karya Mahasiswa atau Dosen?

Siapa bilang skripsi itu hasil karya mahasiswa?

Siapa bilang mahasiswa bisa “berkarya” dengan melakukan penelitian (untuk skripsi)?

 

Well, that’s just a theory!

Faktanya, skripsi itu ga murni 100% hasil dari seorang mahasiswa! Seorang mahasiswa pada dasarnya “dikendalikan” oleh dosen (pembimbing maupun penguji) untuk membuat suatu “karya” penelitian yang sesuai kemauan mereka.

Intinya mah, mahasiswa cuma “dipaksa” bikin tugas akhir dengan diiming-imingi reward kelulusan. Tugas akhirnya apa sesuai dengan tulisan yang sebenernya ditulis mahasiswa itu sendiri? Jawabannya engga. Dosen memegang peranan penting saudara-saudara! Dosen “mengendalikan” mahasiswa untuk membuat skripsi yang sesuai dengan maunya mereka. Walaupun kadang yang si dosen suruh itu belum tentu bener secara teoritis.

Kan ada rules-nya. Rule #1: dosen selalu benar. Rule #2: kalo dosen salah, tetep aja lo mesti anggap dia benar.

Well, it happened to me.

Di saat dosen pembimbing 1 dan pembimbing 2, beserta dosen penguji 1 gw (yang adalah Ibu Dekan Fakultas Psikologi) sudah menyetujui revisi skripsi gw (final), tiba-tiba dosen penguji 2 gw (sebut saja bapak X) nyuruh gw rombak total susunan bab 4 gw dengan alasan ga sesuai format dia!

Hebat kan? Di saat (hampir semua) penelitian kualitatif fakultas Psikologi menggunakan format yang sama kayak yang gw bikin (yg notabene udah disetujui ama dosen pembimbing dan penguji yang lain), dia bilang ga sesuai format.

Gw emang curiga dia punya dendam kesumat ama gw. FYI, si bapak X ini dulu pembimbing 2 gw. Karena ada masalah, gw ganti pembimbing 2. Karena masalah itu, skripsi gw molor ampe 3 semester! Bayangkan! Seharusnya 1 semester pertama udah hampir kelar, udah bab 3, tinggal maju proposal, tiba-tiba si bapak X ini nolak skripsi gw dengan alasan ga ada teori yang pas sama topik penelitian gw.

Di saat semua teori mengenai penelitian kualitatif mengemukakan bahwa penelitian kualitatif tidak perlu teori yang bersangkutan secara langsung, which means nantinya teori bisa terbentuk dengan meneliti di lapangan, dia bilang teori is a must! Toeng.. –”

Masalah itu udah gw anggap berlalu lah ya.. Anggap sial aja dapet dospem kayak gitu. Akhirnya gw ganti dospem & kelarin skripsi gw, eh tau-taunya dapet pengujinya dia lagi! Kenapa mesti dia sih? *nangis darah*

Pas sidang proposal + skripsi udah “dibantai” ama dia. Eh, sekarang ampe revisi juga dipersulit dengan alasan sepele yang menurut teori ga bener. Tapi tetep aja dia ngerasa bener, dan malah bilang “kamu tuh selalu merasa pintar.” ke gw.

Sori aja, bukannya gw merasa lebih pintar dari dia. Tapi gw cuma membela apa yang gw tau itu emang kebenaran. Kalo gw dijerumuskan ke jalan yang salah, masa gw harus ikut-ikut aja? Engga kan..

Dan sekarang, di saat semuanya udah hampir deadline, dia cari gara-gara lagi. Gw yang ga tahan, akhirnya nangis (lagi). Ditambah dengan mood swing dan PMS + stress, nangis lah gw di fakultas (kalo dipikir-pikir malu juga sih, tapi bodo amat lah).

Kebetulan cuma dosen pembimbing 2 gw yang lagi ada di fakultas. Langsung aja deh tuh gw ceritain semuanya (sambil terbata-bata & sesengukan). Komentar dia: “Harusnya dosen penguji ga boleh rombak gitu, dosen penguji cuma bisa memberi masukan aja, itupun masukan dia pas sidang aja yang perlu kamu revisi.”

Lah ini? Ini bukan masukan pas sidang. Ini masukan (baca: paksaan) yang baru dia suruh hari ini! Hebat kan tuh!

Sekarang gw tinggal nunggu keputusan dari dosen pembimbing 1 gw aja, apakah gw harus ngikutin “masukan” si bapak X, ataukah gw tetep ngikutin format yang udah disetujui oleh 3 dosen yang lain.

See? Skripsi itu bukan seutuhnya “hak” mahasiswa untuk berkarya. Pada nyatanya mahasiswa dibatasi untuk melakukan eksplorasi terhadap fenomena-fenomena di lapangan yang menarik untuk diteliti.

Berbanding terbalik dengan kemauan dosen yang (konon katanya) ingin mahasiswa tuh kreatif dalam penelitian. Nyatanya? Tai kebo a.k.a bullshit!

Tapi tenang, wahai adik-adikku yang belum ngalamin skripsi. Ga semua dosen kayak gitu kok. Ada kok dosen yang membiarkan mahasiswanya untuk eksplorasi maksimal dan kreatif.

Makanya buat adik-adik yang belum skripsi, nanti kalo udah waktunya skripsi pinter-pinter ya pilih dosen pembimbing. Kalo dosen penguji mah udah nasib deh ya, banyak-banyak doa aja.

Yang paling penting, ga usah ngarep lo bisa berkreasi dalam penelitian. Karena ujung-ujungnya penelitian lo akan bergantung pada dosen (pembimbing maupun penguji).

 

Jadi, apakah skripsi itu benar-benar karya mahasiswa? Silahkan jawab masing-masing..

 

 

 

Hello, strangers! :)

Finally I made this blog..
It’s time to share the happiness (and some sadness, too).. :p
But I’ll try to keep the sad stories for myself..

Enjoy another side of me!

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