Hey...! The water's still not running! We've been filling our baks by using water hose from our neighbour's house! Horray to PAM! at least 48 hours of water shortage and counting!
Friday, August 12, 2005
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Common water shortage
PAM Water Shortage
Yesterday when I got home from work, the water was "dead" (again). Fortunately we still have water in our bak (the water basin in the bath room). Even this morning it was still not working. Bak is like an oasis...
Water shortage from PAM (Perusahaan Air Minum) is common. It has happened before, and a lot of time. Once it happened for several days in a row -- what a nice service! We had to use water very carefully. There are the 7 of us with one big bak and two small ones. For a few days we could not wash our clothes, although after about 24 hours of the first water shortage we used our kind neighbour's water through a long water hose to our bak, which we only used for bath and dish washing.
Perusahaan Air Minum (PAM) literally means Drinking Water Company. It's a company owned by government, and the only company that runs water through pipes throughout the city, which people use in daily life for bath, washing, cooking and drinking (of course after boiled to 100 deg. Celcius). So when we depend on PAM and it disappoints us, we have no alternative -- they have no competitor. (It's the same story in electricity, and almost the same in home telephone.)
Fresh Water or Salt Water?
Why did the neighbour still have water running in their pipes when we didn't have it? Because they use water pump. They pump water from under the ground. We used to use that too, but a few years ago we switched to PAM (our water pump can't function anymore). We should still be using the water pump although it will contribute in draining the water from the ground, and soon salt water from the sea will reach our soil. It already reached North Jakarta soil for sure (I've seen and felt it for myself at my grandmother's house years ago). And perhaps it's reached Central Jakarta by now.
Anyway, hopefully when I get home this afternoon/evening, the water will be running well! So I can take a hot shower .
Yesterday when I got home from work, the water was "dead" (again). Fortunately we still have water in our bak (the water basin in the bath room). Even this morning it was still not working. Bak is like an oasis...
Water shortage from PAM (Perusahaan Air Minum) is common. It has happened before, and a lot of time. Once it happened for several days in a row -- what a nice service! We had to use water very carefully. There are the 7 of us with one big bak and two small ones. For a few days we could not wash our clothes, although after about 24 hours of the first water shortage we used our kind neighbour's water through a long water hose to our bak, which we only used for bath and dish washing.
Perusahaan Air Minum (PAM) literally means Drinking Water Company. It's a company owned by government, and the only company that runs water through pipes throughout the city, which people use in daily life for bath, washing, cooking and drinking (of course after boiled to 100 deg. Celcius). So when we depend on PAM and it disappoints us, we have no alternative -- they have no competitor. (It's the same story in electricity, and almost the same in home telephone.)
Fresh Water or Salt Water?
Why did the neighbour still have water running in their pipes when we didn't have it? Because they use water pump. They pump water from under the ground. We used to use that too, but a few years ago we switched to PAM (our water pump can't function anymore). We should still be using the water pump although it will contribute in draining the water from the ground, and soon salt water from the sea will reach our soil. It already reached North Jakarta soil for sure (I've seen and felt it for myself at my grandmother's house years ago). And perhaps it's reached Central Jakarta by now.
Anyway, hopefully when I get home this afternoon/evening, the water will be running well! So I can take a hot shower .
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
SPOF
Ha! They freaked out! After receiving my vacation request - a 19-workday vacation. (I've been saving my annual vacation for my travel plan this year. I've been waiting for this for a long time.)
I guess they consider me a SPOF. As in Single Point Of Failure. As in "If I'm gone, they're dead".
I never had a long vacation. One week vacation to a place pretty far away is just too short. I want to travel. Explore. Enjoy myself. Refresh. Recharge my batteries.
They've been keeping me in the same position for six years! They won't let me get a rotation. I am a SPOF. Their SPOF. If I'm gone, they're dead. But they won't let me grow. I need another soil and air to grow. They've been keeping me in the pot in a green house for six years, now I need to move out to the soil in the garden.
I guess they consider me a SPOF. As in Single Point Of Failure. As in "If I'm gone, they're dead".
I never had a long vacation. One week vacation to a place pretty far away is just too short. I want to travel. Explore. Enjoy myself. Refresh. Recharge my batteries.
They've been keeping me in the same position for six years! They won't let me get a rotation. I am a SPOF. Their SPOF. If I'm gone, they're dead. But they won't let me grow. I need another soil and air to grow. They've been keeping me in the pot in a green house for six years, now I need to move out to the soil in the garden.
Monday, August 08, 2005
Updates from the developing city
Traffic is getting worse and worse. Not long ago, Saturday was known as having the worst traffic through the week, and Sunday was usually not so crowded on the street. But now, everyday is the same: crowded and traffic jams almost literally everywhere.
I spend at least one hour car ride to go home from work, when I had found out a while ago when traffic was fine on weekends that it should only take 20 minutes or so. So now it's 3 times longer.
The underpass at Pondok Indah Mall (PIM) intersection is now operational. And PIM 2 is open, although it's not yet 100% ready; shops and restaurants are still under construction, but the gym is ready and open since end of July.
They've been starting the construction of the monorail facility. Somehow it seems like the railway is going to collide some pedestrian overpass(?).
I spend at least one hour car ride to go home from work, when I had found out a while ago when traffic was fine on weekends that it should only take 20 minutes or so. So now it's 3 times longer.
The underpass at Pondok Indah Mall (PIM) intersection is now operational. And PIM 2 is open, although it's not yet 100% ready; shops and restaurants are still under construction, but the gym is ready and open since end of July.
They've been starting the construction of the monorail facility. Somehow it seems like the railway is going to collide some pedestrian overpass(?).
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