Civil Servant?

As you can see from the title, I am going to discuss about the civil servant test.

Here, in  my country, there are a lot of people who want to be a civil servant. Why?
I don't know either they really want to give a service to citizen or it is a safe place for a worker.

Why is it a safe place? Being a civil servant is a way different from being a regular office worker in a private company (from what I've seen all my life). Your competence is important, but not that important. Your honesty is important, but not that important. Your idea is important, but again, not that important. Because the system is just like that. Static. Closed system model. If you can work just like how the system works, then you will pass. If you can't? No problem, you will still pass and get your income every month.

You work hard but not that hard. Yes, your competence will be valued because the government will give you tip as "tunjangan kinerja", but are you really doing your job effectively? The human resource management in government level is still not that good. They say the merit system is applied, but now there are still people who lack of competence get the reward which they don't deserve. Then, is it fair for those who really work hard? They get the same treatment but the efforts are different. How sad :(

Lately, the social media I am in is kinda a mess because of the requirements which are given by each ministries for becoming a civil servant. I thought they will give a chance fairly. I thought they will see our competence. But you know what do they see in the first place? It's your GPA.

I know, I know. Seeing someone's GPA will make it easier for the government to cut the line. And it is a standard that they make from a long long ago. But is it fair? They need people who are cum laude. Yes, they also need the regular one (not cum laude but still GPA is more than 3). But it's 5:1 for some positions. Like really?

(Imagine if the six of them are gathered. Pointing one person saying "Oh you are not the cum laude one right? Because five of us here are cum laude) (Sorry, this is just my imagination lol)

If it's like this, then your education won't be seen as an education anymore. You work your ass off in your college, thinking about a b c and d. It won't be seen. Because what they see is your GPA. So don't feel strange if you see your friend cheat in exam to get an A point. Don't feel strange if your friend doesn't do their task by themselves (maybe from google or seniors) but get an A point. Don't feel strange if going to college is not for getting an education and increasing knowledge anymore, but an A point. The system is just like that.

It makes you think that to be a civil servant, what you have to do is having a good good GPA. So, for you who are still in college, get A point in every subject as much as you can, however it takes. Because they won't see your knowledge in the first place.

Why don't they make the test like SBMPTN when all people can try? Then you can see the result of those who are not cum laude as your consideration. But here you don't even see the test result, you just cut those who are not match with the requirement... I mean, it's up to you, dear government, to put a GPA requirement. But don't just place the cum laude for 5 and regular for 1. Competencies can't be seen by GPA. You know that and it is proved by our minister, Susi Pudjiastuti. Why don't you learn and give a fair chance?

I know. I don't have to be one if I am feeling pressured. It's not that my GPA is low so I am making this (and it's not high either lol). There are still a lot of job vacancies. But in my deepest heart and thought, as a public administration student, I want to be a civil servant. Why? Because that's what I learned in college. Giving services, making policies, management, etc. I just want my knowledge can be used in work life :(
But yeah, you won't know until it happens to you.

Life is just like that. Should we keep it or change it? It's up to you. No, it's up to the government....


(This is my personal opinion. Don't cyduq me)

Love,


Shabrina Tri Andini

Halo (Bahasa)

Kita semua pasti udah biasa banget ya denger kata halo. Biasanya orang pake kata ini buat memulai percakapan, khususnya di telepon.

Kata halo sendiri menurut gue adalah kata yang manis, ditambah kalo ngucapinnya pake senyum. Yaaa.. gak usah halo juga deh, mungkin kata assalamu'alaikum dan hai juga manis menurut gue. Lalu kenapa gue bahas tentang halo sekarang?

Buat kalian (atau bahkan gue juga) yang suka nyapa orang duluan pasti gak ada pikiran gengsi atau gimana karena balik lagi,  menurut gue sebuah kata sapa itu manis, kadang bisa bikin senyum sendiri, mengenang masa lalu, atau bahkan langsung kepikiran prospek ke depan hidup bersama si pembawa sapa. (Loh?)

Lalu apa yang terjadi dengan halo sekarang? Halo disaat semua sudah beranjak dewasa?

• Bukan suatu hal yang aneh kalo setelah lulus SMA, temen-temen lu punya kehidupan sendiri.
• Bukan suatu hal aneh juga, temen lu bisa seneng-seneng tanpa lu.
• Bukan suatu hal aneh kalo saat tiba-tiba temen lu yang tadinya selalu curhat sama lu, terus dia curhatnya jadi ke orang lain.
• Bukan suatu hal aneh, kalo temen lu sukses, lu gak ada di saat-saat menyenangkan hidupnya karena lu gak dikasih tau. Paitnya, lu tau dia sukses cuma lewat sosial media.

Kita, sebagai manusia pasti bertransformasi dan menjalani masa puber. Yang tadinya gendut, gedenya kurus. Yang tadinya butek, gedenya bening. Dan sebaliknya.

Saat umur memasuki 20-an, bakal berasa yang namanya mau nyapa tapi takut. Takut orang yang disapa ini gak kenal siapa kita (lupa). Takut mereka malah ngerasa risih.

Karena pasti ada dari kalian semua yang nyapa temen lama tapi malah jadi kikuk... Ya gak sih...

Walau banyak orang yang bilang "sapa aja kalo ketemu", tapi menurut gue kalimat itu gak mudah buat dilakuin.

Takut untuk dilupakan walau hubungannya hanya sebatas "cuma tau", "pernah kenal", "temen", dan "sahabat" adalah hal wajar bukan?

Last but not least

Last but not least.

As the name of the title, this story will be about something that will last, and yes, not the least.

Being in college for about 3 years is making me such a different person because I met so many people like from all around the world. No, not the world. All around Indonesia? Maybe, but not like that either.

People say that studying abroad is hard because you are far far away from your home.
What about those who study in other city or even other province or other island? What about those who come home twice in a year? What about that? What about me?

That's hard too. Like, real hard. Not only because I am far from home but also because it is hard to adapt with a different culture in such a multicultural country. So many differences between living in my neighborhood and here, in the "abroad" of mine.

What is the last from all of these?

What last is.. hopefully this is the last semester that I will take. Seventh semester. The last semester that I will study about public administration in here, Jenderal Soedirman University.
I don't wanna have another semester. It's enough for me.

I'd rather go to other country than being here..

It's not because the univ is kind of bad. Nope. But I can't stand with the ideology of them who are always saying yes for things that is not even true. Not even right.

So, this is just the little cringe of my heart after all this time.
Last but not the least. I hope this is the LAST semester I have here.
But, I don't wanna stop studying. I wanna keep learning and knowing about new things.
Hopefully, there is such a way for me to learn things in a good surroundings.