The Commuter at Sunset

by soegianto on Jan.14, 2008, under Life, Photo, Sunset, Thoughts

It was another Sunset in Jakarta, location on the fly over Karet. the clock in the dashboard shown it was at 18.30. And when I turn my head to the right, I can see the sun dawn at the west. I slowed down my car, grabbed my digital camera, and took a view shot with flash. Another romantic sunset, with a commuter was trapped between the dawn of the sun and me.

Soon I was realized, this is the life of commuter, we went to office early in the morning, and came home after the sun dawn. Many times, we can’t enjoy the sun set, we miss it, another common grace from GOD.

This picture is presented to all the commuter, whom is trapped in the traffic jam around the mother city of Indonesia.

Kata komuter (berasal dari bahasa Inggris commuter; dalam bahasa Indonesia dikenal sebagai penglaju), berarti seseorang yang bepergian ke suatu kota untuk bekerja dan kembali ke tempat tinggalnya setiap hari, biasanya dari tempat tinggal yang cukup jauh dari tempat bekerjanya.

Sebagai contoh, para pekerja yang bekerja di Jakarta biasanya bertempat tinggal di Tangerang, Depok, Bekasi, dan Bogor, bahkan di tempat yang lebih jauh seperti Karawang, Sukabumi, dan Pandeglang. Mereka disebut komuter jika mereka pulang pergi dari tempat tinggal mereka ke tempat kerja mereka hampir setiap hari.

Komuter di kota besar seperti Jakarta banyak menghabiskan waktu mereka di perjalanan. Berangkat pagi gelap dan pulang setelah malam menjadi gelap. Hal ini disebabkan kemacetan yang menjadi langganan di kota-kota besar di Indonesia terutama di Jakarta.

Para komuter menghadapi masalah mahalnya harga sewa rumah atau tanah di dekat tempat bekerja mereka, sehingga mereka tidak mempunyai pilihan lain kecuali tinggal di tempat yang cukup jauh dari tempat bekerja mereka. Daerah di sekeliling pusat pertumbuhan seperti Jakarta yang merupakan daerah tempat tinggal para komuter yang bekerja di pusat pertumbuhan tersebut secara demografis disebut sabuk komuter (commuter belt).

(Sumber : Dari Wikipedia Indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas berbahasa Indonesia.)

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12 Comments for this entry

Jan Prana
January 15th, 2008 on 4:33 pm
Mostly commuter in Jakarta surroundings were supported by FIF the official motorcycle financing owned by Astra International..

So, I would like to suggest some adjustment in your writing :
“Soon I was realized, this is the life of commuter, which mostly supported by FIF, we went to office early in the morning, and came home after the sun dawn. Many times, we can’t enjoy the sun set, we miss it, another common grace from GOD. Even though we still can experience enormous influence from FIF in our daily existance”

Thank you :)
Eirene
January 16th, 2008 on 12:12 pm
gue jarang melihat sunset karena….
pulang ke rumah waktu sore baru MENJELANG sunset, pas sunset uda di rumah,
udah males keluar, karena biasanya keluar lagi SETELAH sunset..

kayaknya kudu liat2 sunset sekali2 neh…
hehehe..

thanks for the inspiration ^_^

e.
oegi
January 16th, 2008 on 12:35 pm
Hi Eirene,
ho..ho..ho.. itu mah namanya MALES… melewatkan anugerah TUHAN, tapi memang 2 mg lalu itu langit lagi bagus-bagusnya… thanks 4 visiting…keep on blogging…

Gbu
oegi
January 16th, 2008 on 12:36 pm
Hi Jan,

No comment… btw itu memang motor honda supra yah yang ketangkep digambar… lain kali gw cari yang yamaha vios deh… hihihihi, sayang moment itu susah dibuat… , harus dicari… thanks 4 visiting (btw perlu gw nyanyiin mars FIF kaga yah hehehe…)
Vonny T
January 16th, 2008 on 5:50 pm
ya.. beryukur kantor gua deket banget ma rumah, apalagi naik motor. kalaupun macet, kan bisa nyelip. ha.ha.ha.

Apakah kita bisa menikmati anugrah Tuhan, itu tergantung ma hati kita kok. yang indah bukan hanya sunset saja. (walaupun gue juga punya foto sunset di lapangan alat berat di kantor gue he.he.he) kadang gue juga menikmati pemandangan jalan raya, sebenarnya bagus juga lagi, ada banyak pohon rindang. dll. (gua diceritaain ma koko gua, ada tamu dari LN, dia buka kaca, dia bilang Jakarta itu bagus juga pemandangannya karena banyak pohon, tapi kemudian segera tutup kaca lagi, karena banyak asap knalpot… ha.ha.ha.)

Tetapi apa yang biasa dilihat sering kali tidak pernah kita hargai kita cenderung menghagai apa yang jarang ada ataupun yang tidak kita punya.. ya.. begitulah manusia. Harus banyak belajar bersyukur nich
oegi
January 16th, 2008 on 6:07 pm
Hi Vonny,

Yup, yup banyak hal yang menjadi anugrah umum (common grace) namun seringkali tidak kita nikmati, it’s just only an example… that capture by my old digital camera , anugrah umum itu dilihat oleh banyak orang… tapi kadang” yg sulit tangkep momen… sebenarnya sore ini dari gedung wisma mulia, sebrang gw memantul lagi sunset yg indah.. sayangnya ruangan terlalu gelap untuk menangkap gambar … anugerah umum sifatnya gratis… tapi terlalu sayang untuk dinikmati sendiri … apalagi anugerah khusus yah von

Thanks 4 visiting… keep on blogging
happy
January 16th, 2008 on 7:17 pm
heheheh
nice picture bro, btw dah daftar ad sense?
oegi
January 17th, 2008 on 9:48 am
Thanks for visit Happy,
Daftar di Ad sense, belum bro… belum rencana komersil, lagian masih banyakan posting pribadi… semoga jadi berkat buat semua … ditunggu comment-commentnya atas artikel yg lain…
semoga terus jadi berkat…

Thanks 4 visiting… keep on blogging too
News.Clair
February 26th, 2008 on 7:01 pm
Very interesting, but I think that you could describe the second part in more details … : – \
oegi
February 27th, 2008 on 9:27 am
Hi Clair…

Thanks 4 visit, the second part i wrote in in Indonesian Language, I quote them from Indonesian Wikipedia. Here is the definition of Commuter according to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commuter

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Commuter)

Commuting is the process of travelling between a place of residence and a place of work. Students who are enrolled at a college or university but who live off-campus are also typically referred to as commuters; institutions that have few dormitories are called commuter schools in the United States.

Commuting is largely a phenomenon of industrialised societies, where access to modern modes of travel such as automobile, trains, buses and bicycles has enabled people to live far from their workplace. Commuters, however, do not necessarily live far from their workplace by choice, but may be forced to do so by the high cost of housing in city centres. Prior to the 19th century most workers lived less than an hour’s walking distance from their workplace. Modern commuting usually refers to people travelling, usually daily, to workplaces beyond their own towns, cities and villages.In US commuting chore is becoming more demanding.(In 1980 the average commute was 21.7 minutes,in 1990 average commute was 22.4…(In CUSAT commuters are few) by SARITH )

The advent of modern commuting has had a large impact on life. It has allowed cities to expand to sizes which were previously not practical, and it has led to the proliferation of suburbs.

Many large cities or conurbations are surrounded by commuter belts, also known as metropolitan areas, where people who work in the city or conurbation live. These regions are often called commuter towns, dormitory towns, or bedroom communities.

As urban sprawl pushes farther and farther away from central business districts, new businesses can appear in outlying cities, leading to the existence of the reverse commuter who lives in a core city but works in the suburbs, and to a type of secondary commuter who lives in a more distant exurb and works in the outlying city or industrial suburb.

Commuting by car is often regarded as a major contributing factor to traffic congestion and air pollution. In response, some governments and employers have introduced employee travel reduction programs that encourage such alternatives as carpooling and telecommuting.

The word ‘commute’ is derived from the reduced or ‘commuted’ fare paid by the purchaser of a rail season ticket, where a lesser amount is paid, in advance, for a ticket covering journeys for a period into the future. In general, the longer the validity of the ticket, the greater the discount will be.

Keep on blogging ^_^…
Elvin_Bobby
March 5th, 2008 on 9:09 pm
halo… Ko Soegi akhirnya aku buka juga website koko… Wah.. Bagus2…Hahahaha…..
Yah… Semoga sukses trus…
GBU…
oegi
March 24th, 2008 on 2:42 pm
Thanks bobby … tetap terus berkarya en berkunjung yuah