the magic around me

Here are some crew of Bisnis Indonesia. Well,... I'd say the people in the very center of the newspaper. They are in compartment one where 70% of the readers, according to the latest survey, run for the news.

This desk provides hottest corporate actions and issues in financial and stock exchange activities. But I won't make any promotion or salutation for their works. On the opposite, hehe... I will tell how "magical" they are.

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OK, let's start..from the left.

His name is Abraham, our editor in stock exchange desk. His writer code is ABR Perharps, he's the only boss in the world that unable to mad at his boys, and never complained about them.

We revealed his magic when in an afternoon he came to us with his new passport on his hand and gloomly said, "Oh God... I looked like a terrorist.. look at this picture! I have sideburns on my jaw."

We checked, and yes, he has sideburns there, which actually impossible for--as a good Catholic--he never let them grow even a milimeters. We bursted in more terrible laughter when he said, “guys, do u think I really have that terrorist look?"

The other magic he has is when he suddely silence and writing on his desktop, not in his working hour. Hours later, we usually find beautiful argument and thinking passage filling our mailbox, about the right of being atheist, democracy, and philosophy.

Well, perharps he really is terrorist, with philosopher brain.. : )

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The next ghostly shape beside Abraham is Herry or HTR, an editor assistance. His magic is to disappeare in a picture. Look.. you can prove it. He has magic too in making Bank Indonesia's (BI) office rocks for his news about that central bank's internal budget.

He is gilang's senior in Balairung, and somehow know my story with her. hehe... damn it, he got my card!

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Next to him is Munir, a reporter with "operation code" MMH. He has several cars for personal renting business, but like to ask for a ride on our motorcycle.

He has magic too. Everytime he sits behind me on my bike, then my motobike felt different as if I’m reading Harley Davidson. I don't exactly know what happened for I'm in front of him. But according to some mystical message I get, it's related to SIZE factor. XD

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Behind Munir is Fahmi. He’s my senior. His magic is in teaching. He’s my teacher, he can explain something clearer than we expect to. I would never be like this without his guidance.

And as the law of Karma, contradictorily he has bad magic too. Somehow he has lots of “evil” pictures and movies, thousands of them, fulfilling our mailbox like flood, and make us unable to avoid watching them.

If you need some, I’ll send you. He’s always updated. The Iranian actress, that made photograph as Paris Hilton and Paris Latsis did? He has, I tell u.

His only weakness is when he is with Munir. He can suddenly dissappear, like in this picture. Once again, it’s SIZE factor.

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Then Aditya, editor assistance with operation code ADN. We have folklore about his magic some years ago. It is said that several minutes after he finished his job and went out to the elevator, three time small earthquake about 1 richter scale occured in the office.

When I asked Munir about that, he said, “It’s Adit’s magic to summons his girlfriend. He stepped heavily on earth three times, and his girl appeared.”

Amazing? Yes it was, until I finally found out that his girl, which is now Adit’s wife, actually worked on the 6th floor, right below our office. We are on the 7th floor. The three steps are a kind of sign says, “honey... come and go home together..” :p

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In the middle of the table is Nugi, with operation code ASA. He has magic related to his voice. He can sermon us and make us listening to him as if listening to a wise gentleman on the phone.

I was dazed too, once, when he was Pantau’s crew and told me that Pantau took me as one of their chosen people to join Kursus Jurnalisme Sastrawi (narrative journalism training) VII. On the phone, I replied, “Yes sir... I will sir, yessery.. etc...” Poor me. ;O

But it only works on the phone. Yes, it does.

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Sitting on the corner is Bambang, with M04 code. He’s apprentice, a friend of Gilang. He’s..rrrr... let’s see.. well... he’s just an apprentice so he has no magic, yet. Hahah...

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Next to Bambang is Wisnu, the shining star of Bisnis Indonesia. His magic is to create issue. Some news that “doesn’t exist” suddenly exist on the public. He often know first above other journalist in Indonesia.

The other magic is he can help someone not even when he’s around. An editor named Neneng once got an exclusively short cut to banking service of a foreigner bank, just by mentioning the spell, “I am a friend of Wisnu Wijaya in Bisnis Indonesia.”

What a magic.. hehe..

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Right beside Wisnu is.. Arif, me. My code is AGS. And what is my magic? I’ll tell you later..

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Next to me is Erna, the ESU. She montlhy shares 10% of her earning for the church, out of her share to the poor and unlucky. Dear, God! Isn’t that a magic?

She’s one of the richest girl in the world, I’d say.

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And then, there is Ayu or RNI. Her biggest magic is that she can stand to sit and do daily jobs, right beside me, without falling in love with me, eventough she’s jomblo. Hahah...

I owe her a big bowl of ice cream. I’d love to take her out and have that ice cream but only in one condition; she wears a gown or evening dress. Till now, she can’t do that for too shy to be a real woman. Hehehe... It’s not my fault, right?

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How about Puji, the reporter with nickname PUL? Well... I think her magic is able to appear in the office all the way from her home located near Tanjung Priok. every day, by bus.

That’s crazy... for I know how far it is. I always feel like from hell everytime I attend some corporate press conference or public expose in Ancol, by motorbike. It makes me feels like finding “the nemo” everytime I arrive to the office from there. ;p

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Berli or BES... I haven’t found her magic, yet.. But she can neutralize our magic by putting her slimmy smiley face. That’s suck,.. but what can I say, we’re just normal males.

We are now being terrorized by her illness. She got h***** from Singapore, after attending a press conference. I hope she’s fine, soon. So we can tease each other like we used to do.

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And Hanna, a contracted journalist coded 08. She has magic now, in her womb. Yes, she’s pregnant. Sometimes I think she’s just too cute to be a mom. She always think that she is pretty, which I hardly agree. The fact is, she’s a damn pretty-lovely-nice-girl. Hahah..

We always share our magic. I’m happy to be one of her best friend since we used to runaway to malls and buy some chocolates, cakes, ice cream. : )

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And the man who took the picture, it’s Bayu, the editor in insurance and banking desk. His code is YBW. His magic is lost now. His wife passed away a years ago, weeks before my mom’s death.

But I never show my shympathize to him since I know exactly how it feels like. I mourned when he mourned a year ago. He know I can understand his feeling without I have to express it. He loves his wife so much that her picture is in his computer’ wallpaper. She’s in his stories everytime he talked to us personally.

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And my magic? Well.. I have many. It is them. Yes, they are my magic. When I’m alone, sad, and happy, they’re always there to console me, in a way that they don’t realize. It’s not everything, but it’s enough for me.

p.s. In the very morning after that sea food party, Wisnu and Adhitya have rashes on their face , and Fahmi has his stomach ache. The rest is safe, especially me for I has allergetic to shrimp and avoid it very well that night, and took crab and lobster instead. yummy!