April 05, 2011

STULA PART FOUR: LEAVING MALANG!

I have just got the lesson that we have to finish what we have started. STULA is one story I have started. although it has been so long time ago, i will finish it.

After some complicated debate, we ultimately chose Parikesit travel for our STULA. We made fast decision that we have to change our mind which was only 2 days after I felt something unfair (well I was the treasurer. Finance always becomes the problem), while the process was only one day. We got the little higher price, but it doesn’t matter as long as everything could be clear.
We talk to the chief, Mr. Yudo and tell him that we mean to cancel the X agent travel and turn to Parikesit. He was mind but he could agree to us. We met the manager of Parikesit, Mas Agus. At 8PM, the MOU was made. Alhamdulillah…
I started to manage the finance with the help of treasurer of every study program. Everything ran well until the day of leaving. We had three bus of Pahala Kencana. The driver had the experiences of driving to Lampung for about 4 times before for the same agenda, but different tour leader (TL). The preceding TL was from X agent travel that had already lead for STULA about 4 times too. It doesn’t matter for us.
I had to leave Working Camp of IAAS for this job, hahaha…
Bismillah. We started our journey at 12th July 2009 in the morning. We had three buses: Bus 1, bus 2 and bus 3. I was in bus 1. The first journey was BALITPA (Balai Penelitian Tanaman Padi) Sukamandi which was predicted to arrive at 13th in the morning.
At 12th night, on the road, I can remember the exact location, we got some problem that the bus 2 got the accident by the breaking of the window glass because of the rock. Someone told us that
 it could be cause of some people or the wheel movement of other vehicle that moved so fast so that would threw the rock above. A friend got suffer in his head, but it was not serious. Bismillah, we continue our journey. At day time, we was little late, but it doesn’t make a serious problem and everyt
hing run well and hurried.
BALITPA had ever been generated to become IRRI (International Rice Research Institute), but the IRRI is now moved to Philippine. I didn’t find the exact reason for that. In there, we learned about the cultivation, research, test, marketing and the breeding. And of course the most interesting lesson for me was how to breed the rice. Waw, that was absolutely difficult and need the more patie
nce. Since the flower was so small and it was categorized as Kleistogami, so we had to cut off the layer which was called Palea (if I am not false). Just imagine the number of the flower! To make a hybrid of rice the special technique must be practiced, especially biotechnology. Male sterility take important part in this process.
Hmm, I was tired enough to focus on the explanation, lol… I was about like to sleep!
We leave BALITPA in the evening. The next agenda was Lampung… oh, I was so excited.
We passed Jakarta, Tanjung Merak, and arrived at Arinas Hotel, Bandar Lampung, after midnight. Hmmpphh…
Welcome Lampung…!

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