Evaluation is...

GOOD CONVERSATION period

When you asked someone as if they are being evaluated, they'd probably trying to put a fake face before you. Somewhat trying to make you happy....
So, conduct a relax conversation instead and let them tell you all things you need to know. And at the same time, get a bonus of things you don't really want to know. He he

That's what our evaluator did these past two days. We chat and tell stories, because he came as a friend. He's still doing his evaluation for he keeps asking questions. All wrapped in a smooth conversation.

Anyway, he's still have that facilitator attitude despite his evaluator role. :)
He's still Om Dani that is wiling to listen. Actively listen and giving us some advice too. *BLINK*

Hub..

Today's Monday.
Holiday...but an extraordinary holiday for us here. Today the word hub is best describe our secretariat. Some of the people are still coming to the office despite the holiday. Because we have an evaluator come to asses our programs.

Ok, back to the word hub. Today our secretariat is a meeting place for quite a lot of people from different place. The evaluator, Dani Wahyu Munggoro comes from Bogor. Bang Berry, our director have just arrived from Bali. And Pak E, our deputy director have just came from his wedding ceremony in his hometown in Trenggalek.

I'm excited as the evaluator is also a master facilitator for me. He is the one introduces the world of facilitation for me. Very nice to meet Om Dani again...:)

Friends

This past few days, all I have in my surrounding are my friends! Literally. Because I'm still in Malaysia and so far I haven't found any family of mine here. Since I came here on Monday..11th June 2007, guess all I have is just one word. Friend.

Coming here representing Walhi Kalsel, for attending two workshops held by Seacem, I'm feeling really blessed. Yess, blessed! What other word can I say as I apply for two workshops and taken as a participant for both of it!

So, this week has been an adventure for me. Aside from the two workshop, I joine the last day of Fiesta Feminista. A nationwide Malaysian women gathering take place in University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.

The workshop trip has enable me to make new friends, to meet face to face with my online friends and to be able to meet again with my old friends! Happyyyyyyyyy....:D

Today, I hang out for quite a long time in a food-stall in Bangsar...right in front of Malaysiakini's office. Come with Intan, my friend the young artist from Shah Alam [I spent three days with her in SA and having great times with her fellow at Art Galeri of Shah Alam. The two of us come and meet again with Amin 'Black' and his pretty girlfriend. Also meet again with Redzuan 'Wantong'. Well, Wantong now has a car!!

Intan, Black and Wantong were in the same mission with me last year. We were the electoral observer of Anfrel for Afghanistan Parliamentary Election. Unfortunately, Erna, Badrul and Abror can't be with us. . Actually there's another former observer I wanna meet. Shriyanie from Srilanka. She's happen to be here at the moment. Myself, Intan and Wantong already came by to the hotel she stayed in. But she's out for dinner as we came. So, tonight we cannot see her, and only been able to send her a note telling her how we miss her.

Future reunioun...with Quang and Massoud from track 1 Asia Source 2!! Already meet Quang at the lobby tonight, but haven't seen Massoud yet...

Malaysia is Teh Tarik

At present,I'm blogging at Starbucks KL Sentral with the fluctuating internet connection. Not really bad, cos somehow I still can upload the pic. Bad enough to make M'sian people said their internet connection sucks!

Well, I'm here not for the drink. Cos for me, the best drink to have while I'm here in M'sia is TEH TARIK (pulled tea, literally..). Actually, it is tea with milk, served with soft bubbles as before it is presented the maker 'pull' it from one glass to another several times.

The above picture is all the participants of a workshop I attend here..taken by Sam. I'm going to stay another week here, as I also will attend one more workshop. Another one held by SEACem, the web video delivery workshop.

Yay!! Website Admin

Today I get the real access to the official website of the NGO I work in, Walhi Kalsel. I'm the super admin, as the manager of the website simply gave me his username and password.

From today and on, I'm not only in charge to translate the Bahasa contents into English, but also I'm going to deal with the publishing matter at the English section of the official website.

Add more responsibility for me, but another way for me to learn some other new things...

I'm a full time NGO worker now. As a facilitator for the environmentalist training, resource mobilization staff under the resource department and web translator+administrator :D

Have a farewell party tonight at Kemang food fest, a food fest in the bunch of food stalls all along Kemang street In Jakarta. Kemang is widely known for the food stalls, clubs and cafes. The farewell party for the participants of the resource mobilization training and the National Executive staffs of Walhi.

We're in complete formation. All the six participants are here. Bardan, Ponco, Dita, Ipang, Dessy and myself. The facilitator, Agi also come. Desty the facilitation's notulen, Utut the committee buddy, the resource mobilization's manager of Walhi, Estee, Igor the "bojo" of Estee, Randu the media girl, Bang Dalil,Dodo and the chairperson of Walhi...Bang Chalid, the executive director himself.

We spent great times together. Each of the participants get a DVD from the director. And everyone involved in the training awarded a star by the facilitator and the Manager...

I'm leaving Jakarta on Saturday evening. Have a home trip to meet my lovely parents in my home village right after I reach Kalimantan and then get back to work on Monday!!

Enjoy my times in Jakarta...Hope to be here again soon...

Resource Mobilization, again :)

Today is a great day of my training. We're having an outdoor class. Spending some times practicing our new skill, direct dialogue skill, at the public place. Then, we have a relax discussion at a park in the center of Jakarta. What is surprising for me, in the heat of Jakarta, we can hear the chirping voice of the bird and a very fresh air under the trees...We're spending the afternoon in a park nearby Gelora Bung Karno.

Yesterday, I meet people from Oxfam Netherland/Novib (Leo and Sofia)and IUCN Netherland (Matthew, the Livervool guy). They're coming for a discussion with the board of director and managers. To have a presentation on the program, they're coming as funding agency. I was there just to listen and add more friends..:)

Great training here, and now I'm trying to make a step forward here. But, as with my word to the director of Walhi South Kalimantan, I'd stay and take care of the resource mobilization for a year. I love these stuffs I'm learning here. Still, I'm shaping myself towards integrity. I'm still in the passion to be a facilitator. As I said, my life is a journey. And I'm making it a meaningful journey.

Resource Mobilization

I'm in Jakarta. Here for a training and workshop held by the National executive of Walhi. It is training for resource mobilization staff. Mainly human resources of Walhi, the friends of Walhi. People who supported Walhi in their own ways. Volunteering or donating.

I've been here for five days now. Since last Sunday. And today is the fourth day of the workshop. Get another new things today. The class got a special guest (again!, yesterday she came here too). Ika the peniti pink, came as a friend of Walhi. She came to share about food not bombs movement. She's cool. Really is. She tells me she owns 6 blogs. Wow! Yeah, as we enter the pepi (Peniti Pink is clipped into Pepi) blog, we'd find the link to her other blogs.

With Ika, today we're watching a film about food not bombs event in Malaysia. Have just finished watching the movie. And now sitting in front of one of the office's computer, blogging, chatting and browsing. (wuih.. need a good partition to do such things at once..hehe)

Yesterday Ika also came. She shared about zine to us. And we were really surprised as we found out that one of the participants of the workshop, Ipang from Makassar, is a contributor for Ika's zine.

Great days I've spent, great people I meet. Another step towards environmental justice for all. And in Walhi, "Fundraising is friend-raising, a gentle art of giving"

Back to work. All day long meeting. Morning, meeting for programming and evaluation. Here, We talked about all activities we've done in the past three month. In sharing session, we have brief presentation of events we attended. I, off course, shares about the great Asia Source 2 camp! This is the one and only formal session in which I talked about what I get in AS2 camp in Sukabumi. Previously, I only reported to the Deputy and have a discussion with my friends in the environmentalist training facilitators team.

Afternoon, meeting for preparing another environmentalist training in Medical Faculty.This one is the second special class. Unlike the regular class that takes place every Sunday afternoon, the special training is held based on any available time can be provided by our partner. With the students of Medical faculty association, we agreed to have a two days training. The training would be held next Thursday and Friday (8-9 March). As we've had the overall plan for the training, using appreciative inquiry, all we need to do is modify the approach to fit the allotted time

I've just finished the second meeting now. And back in front of the office's desktop. Good news is, we have an unlimited internet account now. So, it would be all fine for me to blog from the office comp. Hehe... But still, downloads takes almost forever due to the limited bandwidth