Fogging di Muding Tengah

Pada hari minggu 7 May 2006, kembali IHKA Bali mengadakan kegiatan yang bersifat social. Kali ini yang menjadi fokus perhatian adalah masalah lingkungan yang masih sering menjadi masalah setiap tahun. Terutama masalah wabah demam berdarah yang menjadi momok bagi masyarakat setiap awal maupun akhir musim hujan di Bali.

Seperti kita ketahui Bali sempat mengalami wabah ini pada akhir masa musim hujan tahun ini. Dimana banyak sekali masyarakat harus dirawat dirumah sakit karena terinfeksi penyakit yang ditularkan oleh gigitan nyamuk Aides Agyptie.

Sebagai professional yang bekerja di bidang Housekeeping yang salah satunya menangani pest control tentu kita mengerti betul bagaimana kita bisa membantu masyarakat supaya perkembangan investasi nyamuk bisa ditekan. Salah salah satu cara yang cukup efektif adalah dengan metode fogging atau pengasapan.

Inilah yang kita lakukan di banjar Muding Tengah, Kerobokan, Kuta. Desa yang berpenduduk tidak lebih dari 100 KK ini terjangkit demam berdarah dan banyak yang harus dirawat di rumah sakit. Bapak Nyoman Sugiarta, ketua IHKA Bali terjun langsung ke masyarakat dan memimpin kegiatan ini. Kegiatan Fogging ini disupport penuh oleh Pradipa Pest Control dari mulai peralatan sampai pada tenaga professional yang melakukan fogging ini. Bahkan bapak Ir. Nyoman Suastra, yang merupakan direktur sekaligus owner perusahaan ini terjun langsung memantau dan memberikan arahan supaya fogging ini bejalan secara effektif dan berhasilguna.

Semua masyarakat Muding Tengah begitu antusias dan mengucapkan terima kasih atas keperdulian organisasi kita pada masyarakat dan lingkungan. Kepala dusun sendiri merasa sangat beruntung karena mereka tidak perlu lagi menunggu tindak lanjut pengasapan dari pemerintah. Dengan adanya fogging yang dilakukan oleh IHKA Bali bersama dengan Pradipa Pest Control ini penduduk dusun ini merasa lebih tenang dan bebas dari kekhawatiran terjangkit penyakit demam berdarah yang biasa disebut dengue pever karena penyakit ini tidak ada obatnya dan mengandalkan tingkat kekebalan dan stamina tubuh dalam proses penyembuhannya.

Mudah mudahan apa yang kita laksanakan ini dapat membantu masyarakat sekitar kita dengan segala permasalahannya. Namun fogging adalah tindakan darurat dimana kita perlu lakukan kalau sudah ada yang terjangkit. Masyarakat tetap diharapkan mencegah berjangkitnya penyakit ini dengan cara memelihara lingkungan supaya lebih sehat, memutus rantai kehidupan nyamuk pembawa malapetaka ini dengan 3 M yaitu: Menguras, Menutup dan Menimbun. Menguras bak penampungan air seminggu sekali, Menutup penampungan air setiap waktu, dan menimbun barang bekas yang bisa membuat air hujan tertampung sehingga nyamuk yang sangat berbahaya ini tidak bisa berkembang biak.

Kunjungan Sosial Ke Desa Binyan

Hari Minggu, 30 April 2006, semua pengurus inti IHKA Bali dan Pak Rantun sebagai koordinator wilayah Karangasem berkumpul di halaman parkir Sanur Paradize Plaza Hotel. Sesuai dengan rencana yang sudah disusun kita akan melaksanakan program kerja IHKA Bali 2006 yaitu mengunjungi Desa Binyan, Kintamani Bangli. Ada dua hal yang kita akan laksanakan di desa terpencil ini. Yang pertama adalah mengunjungi dan memberikan bantuan kepada masyarakat desa Binyan, dan yang kedua adalah mengunjungi sebuah Keluarga yang tidak beruntung dan memerlukan bantuan kita bersama.

Acara ini juga didukung oleh 3 suppliers yang sangat menaruh perhatian pada masalah social. Ketiga supplier itu adalah:
Diversey-lever, yang mana diwakili oleh bapak Ketut Sukarta sebagai Manager Wilayah Timur Indonesia. Beliau memberi mendukung dengan traortasi yang mana beliau langsung sebagai pengendara.
CBM yang diwakili oleh baka Darmawan Rivai bersama ibu Julia. Beliau memberi dukungan konsumsi breakfast dan lunch box.
Kimberly-Clark yang mendukung dengan menyediakan transportasi bagi kita yang berangkat dan sebuah mobil box yang kita gunakan mengangkut barang yang akan disumbangkan. Sebelumnya Kimberly jugalah yang mendukung acara ini mulai dari pengambilan sumbangan ke hotel – hotel yang dengan tulus dan ikhlas menyumbangkan pakaian dan linen mereka dan menyimpan dalam gudang mereka sebelum acara dilaksanakan.

Tepat jam 10;00 kita berangkat beriringan mengambil jalan wilayah Ubud, Payangan ke utara. Melintasi jalan berliku dengan pemandangan bukit hijau dan indah di kiri dan kanan. Setelah beberapa kali bertanya pada penduduk di perjalanan akhirnya kami sampai di desa Binyan, Kecamatan Kintamani, Bangli.

Bantuan berupa pakaian bekas yang masih layak pakai, handuk, dan selimut kami serahkan kepada kelihan dusun Binyan dan diterima dengan senang hati dan ucapan terima kasih. Setelah penyerahan bantuan kepada penduduk desa, kelihan dusun mengantarkan kemi ke rumah seorang warga yang menjadi tujuan utama kita, yaitu keluarga bapak Nyoman Astika.
Tinggal di lereng sebuah bukit di dalam sebuah rumah gedek bapak Nyoman Astika menjalani hari harinya dengan berat. Betapa tidak, dia adalah seorang kepala keluarga yang kurang beruntung karena menderita lumpuh kedua kaki sehinga tidak bisa mencari nafkah secara maksimal untuk menghidupi kedua putri dan istrinya. Hal ini diperparah lagi dengan keadaan putri pertamanya yang juga mengalami nasib yang sama dengan bapaknya, lumpuh kedua kaki. Bahkan kami menyaksikan kedua kaki gadis kecil ini melengkung setengah lingkaran.
Kepada keluarga ini kami menyampaikan keprihatinan kami dan memberi bantuan berupa pakaian, handuk, bantal, selimut, beras, mie instant, dan bantuan berupa uang tunai. Secara spontan bapak Sugiarta dan ibu Julia dari CBM memberikan bantuan pribadi.
Dengan haru Nyoman Astika menerima bantuan kami dan mengucapkan terima kasih yang sebesar – besarnya atas perhatian yang kita berikan.
Yang membuat kami kagum adalah ketegaran pak Nyoman Astika yang sangat luar biasa. Dalam keadaan lumpuh ternyata nyoman Astika mempunyai semangat dan mental yang kuat. Dengan segala keterbatasannya dia masih mendemontrasikan keahliannya dalam memotret, sebuah profesi yang pernah dia geluti sebelum penyakit menderanya. Bahkan sampai sekarangpun profesi ini masih dijalaninya kalau diperlukan oleh sekolah atau pihak desa untuk mengabadikan sebuah acara atau pembuatan pas photo.
Mudah – mudahan suatu saat kita bisa membantunya dengan memberikan kesempatan dalam acara yang kita adakan.

Kami berharap program sosial ini bukanlah yang terakhir. Karena sebagai makhluk social kita tidak boleh menutup mata terhadap saudara kita yang kurang beuntung. Oleh karena itu kami mengucapkan terima kasih atas dukungan semua anggota yang memberikan dukungan berupa sumbangan yaitu: Hotel Nikko, Alila Manggis, The Uma, Alila Ubud, Maya Ubud, For Season, Jimbaran dan Sheraton.
Selain itu kami juga mengucapkan terima kasih atas dukungan vendors yang mendukung kegiatan ini yaitu: CBM, Kemberley, dan Diversey – lever.

Walaupun dari segi jumlah apa yang bisa kami serahkan tidaklah bisa dikatakan besar namun kami berharap apa yang kami lakukan dengan ketulusan hati bisa bermanfaat bagi desa Binyan dan keluarga bapak Nyoman Astika.

People Behind the Great Event

Seminar and Rakerda IHKA BALI 2006 was organized very well. Attended by more then 200 participant the event was the biggest that we ever had. An appreciation should be given to all of the team which was lead by Bapak Ketut Muliarta and involving all IHKA BALI Committee Period 2006 - 2009. All of them have done great job to make sure everything as expected. If you would like to know their profile please simply klik page Committe Peofile. Of course that huge event would not run well without support and contribution from member. In this event apart from IHKA Bali Committe we also have imvolved few people to be part of the team. They also have done great job and tremendous support to our oraganisation. Their profile is below:

Aghnes Pakpahan

Aghnes is former IHKA secretary for two periods. She currently works in Bali Mandira Hotel and Spa as Executive Housekeeper. She loves swimming, Body Language and Aerobic. Gospel’s music is her favorite.

In our recent Rakerda 2006 she was in charge for the registration and preparing tag for all committee and seminar participant. As a secretary of IHKA Committee for two periods almost none of our event was without her involvement. Start from Rakerda in Sahid, Hilton, Le Meridian and the recent Rakerda in Sanur Paradise Plaza. She always gives her hand to help all committee members. We all have to thank her for her dedication and contribution to our organization as no doubt that she has done an important role in all of our successful events.

This beautiful girl who was born in Surabaya has quite simple yet meaningful motto, “today should be better then yesterday”. And the thing that need to note is she is still single. If you are a single man you might try to approach her. What are the criteria? The man must be tall, macho, smart, and intelligent and of course should earn money more then her. The last criteria is from me, just to make yourself more confident.

Syamsudin

In our Rakerda 2006 Abang Syam has taken quite big role. Responsible for our main event in the ball room start from preparing the run down event end with supervising all activities in the ball room on the date of the event. His expertise and his experience in arranging seminar have contributed tremendously to make our event successfully run as expected.

Want to know who is he? He is the Executive Housekeeper of The Viceroy Ubud when we held the Rakerda 2006. And the good news is when I am writing this, he is just promoted to be a Resident Manager in his lovely property. But his career is not automatically bright like now. The same as most of us he started his career from the position of Room Attendant in Century Park Hotel Jakarta, our capital city where he was born and grown up. Resigned from this property he joined with Accor Ibis Slipi to be Housekeeping Supervisor.

His eagerness to work in five star hotel was the motivation when he resigned from this property to join Borobudur Intercontinental. Here his position was Floor Supervisor. Interested to work in cruise ship, he left the country to work in cruise ship only for one year. After experiencing to work both on cruise ship and inland he came out with conclusion that working inland is more enjoyable for him. He then decided to take the position in Rosewood Darmawangsa, a boutique hotel in Jakarta. After one year in this hotel he was hired by Alila Jakarta as Assistant Executive Housekeeper. After two years in this property he got information that there was vacancy in Bali, the island that many people dream of. Puri Wulandari, one property in Ubud was the resorts that hired him as Executive Housekeeper. When the beautiful Viceroy due to open he was hired to be Executive Housekeeper as the company need someone who has experience to set up Villa Style property. As I said before now he is just promoted to Resident Manager.

Where your next step will be abang Syam? “Only God knows. Life is unpredictable. But as long as we alive we should make sure that our life is meaningful to other people” he said with smile.
Wherever he will be in the future, the most important thing is he loves his live; he is enjoying being hotelier and loves housekeeping.
Become a member of IHKA Bali is very meaningful for him. As he can improve his knowledge, sharing information, new friends, building network, socialize etc. He will never forget this organization wherever he goes.

If you ever meet him you might don’t believe that the sport that he loves most is Taek Won Do. But this is the fact. Holding black belt, he even won several tournament in Jakarta when he was teenage. So please be careful and behave. Unfortunately he was still single. Still hunting. If you are a single lady, his mobile phone is always on. His criteria are smart, sexy, charming, inner beauty. “Happy hunting abang Syam, hope you will find one in Bali”.

A.A Sri Laxmi Aryani

Ibu Agung is a committee member of Rakerda IHKA Bali 2006. Giving lots of advises and ideas to make the event done successfully.
She currently works in Sanur Beach Hotel as an Executive Housekeeper however her experience in tourism industry is not only in housekeeping department. In fact she has background in many other departments. Her career history is very inspiring. She started her step in the industry in 1972 in Japanese YUZURU Restaurant and then joined Sanur Beach Hotel as F&B receptionist in 1974. She was transferred to Front Office Department two years later to take several roles until she was promoted to Assistant Front Office Manager. In 1981 she moved to Sales and Public Relation. Her last position in this department was Sales Manager. In 1991 she was given opportunity to come back to front office department to take a challenging position as Front Office Manager. She managed front office department of this hotel for 11 years. In 2002 another challenge was offered to her by the manager. Has no background to work in housekeeping department she has to manage this most tiring department as an Executive Housekeeper. She managed housekeeping for only one year and then in 2003 she left this beautiful island to Lombok to take the top position as General Manager of Senggigi Beach Hotel & Pool Villa Club, a position that everyone dream of.

What will you do when you are in love? You will do whatever possible. Won’t you? It happened to this incredible lady. Because of her love to Bali she decided to come back to her homeland in 2005 although she has to take her previous position as Executive Housekeeper in Sanur Beach Hotel. Until now she is still there. Become a mom for all of her staffs.

Ibu Agung is a great motivator for her friends. If you ask her to share her experiences she will proudly tell you about her interesting experiences which all are very motivating.
She will tell you the story about her first time training in Sari Pan Pacific Jakarta in 1979. Imagine… it was shocking at that time as tourism was just about started where the occupancy was only about 20 % average. The work load and speed was just in comparable to resort hotel. But by the grace of the GOD everything was successfully done without any difficulties.
If you would like to know more interesting one she then will tell you when she first time attended the Top Reza annual tourism event in Paris. Being first time traveling to Europe she learned a lot of things from pre-registration process, decorating the booth, take underground metro transportation etc, etc,

If those are not enough and want to know further more she will freely tell you about her experience in several occasions such as inaugural Garuda Indonesia flight to Osaka, Pata Travel Mart in Adelaide, and Sales trip to Melbourne, Garuda Indonesia Anniversary to Bangkok and much more. Even she will tell you about her most exiting memories when traveling to Europe for holiday with family. It is interesting to know how she explored all beautiful and super modern countries such as Holland, Germany, Belgium, France, and United Kingdom not just by air plane but also by train, bus, and even across the sea by ferry. What a wonderful and unforgettable holiday, isn’t it?

Is she being snobby when telling this to all of us? No…..she is not. She just would like to give motivation to all of us. In one occasion she told me that in whatever field we work we have to make an effort to get the top. After achieving the highest position, it doesn’t matter whether we want to stay or decide to step down.

If you are a lady and want to balance your success both in career and life then ibu Agung is a model. Even though her motto is “let life flow like water” but she has successfully balanced her achievement in career with her personal life as wife and as a mother. Her endless love to her family is reflected by her effort to facilitate excellence education to both her son and daughter. Her son has graduated from International Affair of Social and Politic Faculty, Indonesia University Jakarta and now is working in Foreign Department under Minister of Hasan Wirayuda.
Her daughter has graduated from French Roman of Letter Faculty, Indonesia University Jakarta and now is working in Grand Hyatt Jakarta.

Ibu Agung. Thank you very much for your involvement in the committee of Rakerda IHKA Bali 2006. We learned a lot of things from you.