Teman teman yang pernah sakit gigi tentu bisa merasakan bagaimana menderitanya kalau sedang terserang sakit yang satu ini.Tidak enak makan dan tidur.
Setelah bangun bagi,saya merasakan sakit di gigi saya bagian belakang.Sangat tidak nyaman rasanya apalagi hari ini saya berencana untuk menyelesaikan legal report salah satu tugas akhir dari kampus agar bisa wisuda taggal 9 Desember 2009.
Saya langsung online dan mengunjungi situs http://www.cbdmedical.com.au/,memasukkan nomor telepon saya dan klik CALL.Pihak CBD 7 Day Medical Centre langsung menghubungi saya.Kami pun menyetujui appointment hari ini pukul 13.20.
Pukul 12.15,saya berjalan meninggalkan Campus Living Village Kelvin Grove (CLVKG) menuju QUT Kelvin Grove Busway Station (QKGBS).Setelah menunggu dua menit,tepat pukul 12.24 Bus Nomor 333 mengantar saya ke Kota Brisbane.
Bis berhenti di King George Bus Station (KGBS) karena sebelumnya saya memencet tombol stop.Turun dari bis,saya ambil lift menuju Commonwealth Bank Australia (CBA) untuk mengambil sejumlah uang di ATM CBA.CBA terletak diseberang jalan KGBS.
Saya bergegas menuju CBD Medical karena ini baru pertama kali saya berobat.Seorang receptionist yang cantik dan ramah menyambut kedatangan saya.Saya jelaskan datang lebih awal karena baru pertama kali berobat disini dan juga ingin mengisi formulir.Receptionist ini pun menyerahkan formulir dan pulpen.Saya menyerahkan kembali formulir itu dan memberitahu bahwa saya akan kembali pukul 13.05.Petugas ini menyetujui.Saya berjalan menuju Harvey Norman Computer Superstore di Broadway On The Mall lantai 2,170 Queen Street Mall,Brisbane,tel.07 3013 2800 untuk membeli TOSHIBA USB Flash Memory 4 GB.Harganya cukup mahal AUD $ 24.95 atau sekitar Rp.212.075,-.USB ini akan saya pakai untuk menyimpan semua Appendix legal Report yang sedang saya susun.Setelah melakukan pembayaran,saya bergegas menuju CBD Medical.Suasana lumayan ramai karena ini jam makan siang.
'Suparwata' seseorang terdengar menyebut nama saya.Saya pun berjalan menuju sumber suara tersebut.Dr John CORFE menyambutku dan mempersilakan saya duduk.Dia menanyakan apa yang terjadi.Saya jelaskan bahwa gusi bagian belakang saya bengkak.Dr ini kemudian memeriksanya.Kemudian dia menulis resep dan berkata "Take ONE tablet TWICE a day immediately before food until all finished.If nothing happen within five days,please see dentist".Saya bisa mengerti maksudnya meskipun English is my second language.
Saya membawa semua document dari Dr John CORFE ke receptionist dan bertanya "How much is it?"."Sixthy five dollars" jawab si receptionist.Setelah melakukan pembayaran,tempat yang saya tuju adalah City Green Spot Chemist yang terletak di 103 Adelaide Street,Brisbane 4000.Telponnya 07 3839 5888.Setelah masuk ada beberapa orang yang sedang antre membeli obat.Saya melihat tulisan yang cukup besar "prescription".Saya langsung menuju kesana.Seorang petugas yang usianya cukup tua menyambut saya dengan ramah.Setelah menyerahkan rsep dari Dokter,dia berkata "It won't be long".Saya menjawab "Thank you".
Lima menit kemuadian muncul wanita dan membawakan obat yang saya pesan."Fifteen dollars please" katanya.Junlah yang sama bisa saya lihat di cash register.Saya pun merogoh kocek saya.Setelah mengucapkan terima kasih saya bergegas menuju Medibank Wintergarden yang berlokasi di Shop Q 230 Wintergarden 171,209 Queen St Mall Brisbane QLD 4000.Begitu masuk,saya melihat sebuah mesin menyambut kedatangan saya.Saya pun langsung membaca dan mengikuti petunjuk yang tertulis di touch screen machine ini.
Nomor antrean (424) saya muncul di layar.Saya langsung menuju counter yang tertulis di layar."Good afternoon,how are you today",kata petugas counter."Not so bad,thank you",jawabku karena sedang sakit gigi.Akupun menyerahkan receipt dari CBD Medical.petugas menyerahkan formulir untuk akau isi.Kemudian meminta kartu ATMku."Which one do you prefer?",kataku sambil menyerahkan Kartu Debit Mastercard dan Key Card CBA.Petugas mengambil key card.Setelah menggesek kartu ATMku,dia memintaku untuk memasukkan nomor PIN.Akupun menuruti kemauannya.Pukul 13.29,aku disodori receipt sebagai bukti bahwa petugas telah melakukan pembayaran.Aku mengucapkan terima kasih kepada petugas dan bergegas menuju Coles di Queen Street Mall untuk membeli beras dan roti.Disebelah Coles ada ATM CBA.Akupun mengecek saldo terakhirku.Uang dari Medibank sudah masuk rupanya.
Pukul 13.50,aku melakukan pembayaran di Coles.Satu kilo beras harganya AUD$ 2.49 (Rp.21.165,-) sedangkan Roti 340 gram harganya AUD$ 1.95 (Rp.16.575,-).
Kemudian aku langsung berjalan menuju KGBS.Entah kebetulan atau bagaimana,bis 333 mengantarku ke QKGBS.Pukul 14.15,aku tiba di CLVKG.Akun pun langsung log in di komputerku karena tugas tugasku menunggu.
Meskipun menderita karena sakit gigi,aku bersyukur bisa melakukan banyak hal dalam satu hari.Semoga sakit gigiku lekas sembuh sehingga aku bisa kosentrasi untuk menyelesaikan tugas tugasku dari kampus yang cukup banyak.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Swasti nyanggra rahinan jagat Galungan lan Kuningan
Om Swasti Astu
Titiyang ngaturang swasti nyanggra rahinan jagat Galungan lan Kuningan.
Dumogi ida dane setata ngemanggihin kerahayuan lan kerahajengan.
Om Santi Santi Santi Om
I Gede Suparwata
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Suka Duka di Australia
Lyric by I Gede Suparwata
Song by I Gede Adrianta
Suka dan duka bagian dari hidup manusia
Suka jika bertemu teman teman tercinta
Duka bila ingat keluarga nun jauh disana
Suka dan duka datang tak terduga
Berita dari keluarga menghapus dahaga
Tidak ada pengorbanan yang sia sia
Pengalaman berharga hidup di Australia
Bertemu teman teman yang suka bercanda ria
Pemerintah Australia sangat mulia
Memberikan saya beasiswa
Belajar giat kewajiban siswa
Ini semua demi cita cita
Berita dari keluarga menghapus dahaga
Tidak ada pengorbanan yang sia sia
Pengalaman berharga hidup di Australia
Bertemu teman teman yang suka bercanda ria
Friday, September 18, 2009
Selamat ulang tahun dari seorang sahabat
Selamat Ulang Tahun
Oleh I Gede Adrianta
Untuk I Gede Suparwata
Detak jantung tak kusadari
Waktu yang telah kunanti telah tiba
Cerah wajah berseri seri
Hariku datang menjemputku
Dua puluh september tiba
Cerah hari secerah bunga
Hari ternanti telah tiba
Setahun bertambah umurku
Selamat ulang tahun !
Selamat ulang tahun !
Selamat ulang tahun !
Selamat ulang tahun !
Kawan kawan semua
Mari bergembira ria
Dengar musik yang ceria
Di hari ulang tahunku
Selamat ulang tahun !
Selamat ulang tahun !
Selamat ulang tahun !
Selamat ulang tahun !
Saturday, September 12, 2009
QBE RIVER FIRE 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Why 09/09/09 is so special
Yahoo!7 September 9, 2009, 9:09 am
Have special plans this 09/09/09?
Everyone from brides and grooms to movie studio execs are celebrating the upcoming calendrical anomaly in their own way.
The Beatles have re-released their entire catalogue and a video game.
In the US, at least one Florida county clerk's office is offering a one-day wedding special for $99.99.
There has been a three-fold increase in the number of Queensland couples tying the knot today.
Registrar-General Helen Lucas says the ninth day of the ninth month of 2009 has proven a popular date to swap wedding vows.
"Some of them are from Chinese heritage and it is about the significance of nine meaning forever' - so a great day when all of the nines are there," she said.
"For other people it's as simple as having a wedding anniversary that you can never forget."
The rarity of this September 9 has not been lost on the creators of the iPod, who have moved their traditional Tuesday release day to Wednesday to take advantage of the special date.
Not only does the date look good in marketing promotions, but it also represents the last set of repeating, single-digit dates that we'll see for almost a century (until January 1, 2101), or a millennium (mark your calendars for January 1, 3001), depending on how you want to count it.
Though technically there's nothing special about the symmetrical date, some concerned with the history and meaning of numbers ascribe powerful significance to 09/09/09.
For cultures in which the number nine is lucky, Sept. 9 is anticipated - while others might see the date as an ominous warning.
Modern numerologists - who operate outside the realm of real science - believe that mystical significance or vibrations can be assigned to each numeral one through nine, and different combinations of the digits produce tangible results in life depending on their application.
As the final numeral, the number nine holds special rank. It is associated with forgiveness, compassion and success on the positive side as well as arrogance and self-righteousness on the negative, according to numerologists.
Though usually discredited as bogus, numerologists do have a famous predecessor to look to. Pythagoras, the Greek mathematician and father of the famous theorem, is also credited with popularizing numerology in ancient times.
"Pythagoras most of all seems to have honored and advanced the study concerned with numbers, having taken it away from the use of merchants and likening all things to numbers," Aristoxenus, an ancient Greek historian, in the 4th century BC, wrote.
As part of his obsession with numbers both mathematically and divine, and like many mathematicians before and since, Pythagoras noted that nine in particular had many unique properties.
Any grade-schooler could tell you, for example, that the sum of the two-digits resulting from nine multiplied by any other single-digit number will equal nine. So 9x3=27, and 2+7=9.
Multiply nine by any two, three or four-digit number and the sums of those will also break down to nine. For example: 9x62 = 558; 5+5+8=18; 1+8=9.
September 9 also happens to be the 252nd day of the year (2+5+2=9).
Both China and Japan have strong feelings about the number nine. Those feelings just happen to be on opposite ends of the spectrum.
The Chinese pulled out all the stops to celebrate their lucky number eight during last year's Summer Olympics, ringing the games in at 8pm on 08/08/08.
What many might not realize is that nine comes in second on their list of auspicious digits and is associated with long life, due to how similar its pronunciation is to the local word for long-lasting (eight sounds like wealth).
Historically, ancient Chinese emperors associated themselves closely with the number nine, which appeared prominently in architecture and royal dress, often in the form of nine fearsome dragons. The imperial dynasties were so convinced of the power of the number nine that the palace complex at Beijing's Forbidden City is rumored to have been built with 9999 rooms.
Japanese emperors would have never worn a robe with nine dragons, however.
In Japanese, the word for nine is a homophone for the word for suffering, so the number is considered highly unlucky - second only to four, which sounds like death.
Many Japanese will go so far as to avoid room numbers including nine at hotels or hospitals, if the building planners haven't already eliminated them altogether.
Source:http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5985654/why-09-09-09-is-so-special/
Have special plans this 09/09/09?
Everyone from brides and grooms to movie studio execs are celebrating the upcoming calendrical anomaly in their own way.
The Beatles have re-released their entire catalogue and a video game.
In the US, at least one Florida county clerk's office is offering a one-day wedding special for $99.99.
There has been a three-fold increase in the number of Queensland couples tying the knot today.
Registrar-General Helen Lucas says the ninth day of the ninth month of 2009 has proven a popular date to swap wedding vows.
"Some of them are from Chinese heritage and it is about the significance of nine meaning forever' - so a great day when all of the nines are there," she said.
"For other people it's as simple as having a wedding anniversary that you can never forget."
The rarity of this September 9 has not been lost on the creators of the iPod, who have moved their traditional Tuesday release day to Wednesday to take advantage of the special date.
Not only does the date look good in marketing promotions, but it also represents the last set of repeating, single-digit dates that we'll see for almost a century (until January 1, 2101), or a millennium (mark your calendars for January 1, 3001), depending on how you want to count it.
Though technically there's nothing special about the symmetrical date, some concerned with the history and meaning of numbers ascribe powerful significance to 09/09/09.
For cultures in which the number nine is lucky, Sept. 9 is anticipated - while others might see the date as an ominous warning.
Modern numerologists - who operate outside the realm of real science - believe that mystical significance or vibrations can be assigned to each numeral one through nine, and different combinations of the digits produce tangible results in life depending on their application.
As the final numeral, the number nine holds special rank. It is associated with forgiveness, compassion and success on the positive side as well as arrogance and self-righteousness on the negative, according to numerologists.
Though usually discredited as bogus, numerologists do have a famous predecessor to look to. Pythagoras, the Greek mathematician and father of the famous theorem, is also credited with popularizing numerology in ancient times.
"Pythagoras most of all seems to have honored and advanced the study concerned with numbers, having taken it away from the use of merchants and likening all things to numbers," Aristoxenus, an ancient Greek historian, in the 4th century BC, wrote.
As part of his obsession with numbers both mathematically and divine, and like many mathematicians before and since, Pythagoras noted that nine in particular had many unique properties.
Any grade-schooler could tell you, for example, that the sum of the two-digits resulting from nine multiplied by any other single-digit number will equal nine. So 9x3=27, and 2+7=9.
Multiply nine by any two, three or four-digit number and the sums of those will also break down to nine. For example: 9x62 = 558; 5+5+8=18; 1+8=9.
September 9 also happens to be the 252nd day of the year (2+5+2=9).
Both China and Japan have strong feelings about the number nine. Those feelings just happen to be on opposite ends of the spectrum.
The Chinese pulled out all the stops to celebrate their lucky number eight during last year's Summer Olympics, ringing the games in at 8pm on 08/08/08.
What many might not realize is that nine comes in second on their list of auspicious digits and is associated with long life, due to how similar its pronunciation is to the local word for long-lasting (eight sounds like wealth).
Historically, ancient Chinese emperors associated themselves closely with the number nine, which appeared prominently in architecture and royal dress, often in the form of nine fearsome dragons. The imperial dynasties were so convinced of the power of the number nine that the palace complex at Beijing's Forbidden City is rumored to have been built with 9999 rooms.
Japanese emperors would have never worn a robe with nine dragons, however.
In Japanese, the word for nine is a homophone for the word for suffering, so the number is considered highly unlucky - second only to four, which sounds like death.
Many Japanese will go so far as to avoid room numbers including nine at hotels or hospitals, if the building planners haven't already eliminated them altogether.
Source:http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5985654/why-09-09-09-is-so-special/
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Noosa di Australia
Pagi ini aku pergi ke Noosa diantar oleh Bapak I Gede Sumantara dan keponakannya I Gede Adrianta.Toyota Kluger meluncur meninggalkan Kelvin Grove menuju Noosa.Suasana cukup ramai karena hari ini adalah Hari Minggu.Setelah satu jam kami memutuskan untuk beristirahat sejenak di Caboolture Food Court.Tempat ini mengingatkanku pada peristiwa setahun silam yang tak pernah kulupakan.Saat itu kameraku ketinggalan di salah satu meja Food Court ini.Syukurlah mereka sangat jujur.Saat aku kembali ketempat ini kameraku langsung dikembalikan.
Setelah beristirahat sejenak,perjalanan kami lanjutkan.Tempat pertama yang kami tuju adalah Noosa Botanical Garden.Tempatnya sangat asri.Ada tempat piknik,kamar kecil,dam dan juga amphitheatre.
Setelah puas berkeliling dan mencoba fasilitas kebun raya ini,kami kembali ke parkir dan perjalanan kami lanjutkan menuju Noosa Heads.Untuk mendapatkan tempat parkir tidaklah mudah.Setelah keliling keliling cukup lama,akhirnya kami menemukan tempat yang cukup bagus untuk parkir.Kami bergegas menuju main beach.Setelah melihat lihat situasi sejenak,kami memutuskan untuk makan siang karena terlalu panas kalau berenang dibawah terik matahari.
"Can I have one chicken kebab please?",kataku kepada pegawai Noosa Kebab.Petugas langsung menjawab "Yes,surely Sir.It's eight dollars".Akupun langsung merogoh kocekku untuk membayar Kebab tersebut.Langsung aku mencari tempat duduk yang nyaman untuk makan dan memberi tahu dua orang temanku.Setelah makan siang kami berbincang bincang sejenak."Ngalih kopi?" tanyaku kepada sahabatku."Ide yang bagus" kata mereka.Akupun langsung menghampiri petugas Hard Coffee untuk memesan capucino.Minum kopi setelah makan merupakan kebiasaan kami sehari hari.
Matahari secara perlahan namun pasti mulai bergerak ke ufuk Barat.Suasanapun tidak sepanas sebelumnya.Kami memutuskan untuk pergi ke changing room kemudian get ready untuk mandi.Aku pun langsung menceburkan diriku ke pantai.Aku sedikit terkejut karena airnya dingin.Aku mengira airnya akan hangat karena suasana cukup panas saat itu.Cukup banyak masyarakat Australia yang berkunjung ke pantai dari anak-anak hingga dewasa.Ada yang berenang,bermain surfing dan bermain main dengan pasir.
Setelah mandi dan santai sejenak,kami kembali ke ruang ganti dan berjalan kaki ke tempat parkir.Tepat pukul 16.12,kami meninggalkan Noosa Head menuju Brisbane.Pukul 16.43 kami masuk motor way..Kemacetan menghambat laju kendaraan kami.Ada pengemudi yang banting setir dan memutuskan lewat off road track yang ada disebelah motor way.Tiba tiba ada yang menyetop kami di perjalanan.Setelah kami tanya ternyata orang ini mau numpang.Kami pun mengajak orang ini karena kasihan.Dia turun di Alderly train station.Akhirnya tepat pukul 18.43,kami tiba di Kelvin Grove.Thank you to I Gede Sumantara and Adrian for taking me there.I really enjoy it.
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