LOVE YOU DAD

LOVE YOU DAD!

BE HAPPY IN THE HEAVEN!

LOVE YOU MOM

LOVE YOU MOM!

BE HAPPY IN THE HEAVEN!

Mr. WASKITO'S BEST FRIENDS

The followings are my best friends who have shaped my life!

1. Dekananto Eko Purwono (DK)

2. Rudi Priyanto

3. Agus Wijayanto

4. Susi Fatmasari

5. Tina Mawardianti

6. Nurul Janah Azzubaidah

 

7. Agung Budiarso

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Mr. WASKITO'S TRANSFORMATION

 

1993

 

PRESIDENT CUP 1993

HALLO GUYS! 

DO YOU STILL REMEMBER THIS MOTTO:

"JANGAN SAMPAI KULIAH MENGGANGGU SEPAKBOLA!"

(This photo was taken at moments during the training centre prepared for President Cup 1993)

Mr. WASKITO'S BEST FRIEND 2

 

AKBP. DEKANANTO EKO PURWONO

Now he is the chief of POLRES (KAPOLRES) Tabanan Bali.

Good Luck DK!

THE DREAM TEAM OF JEMBER UNIVERSITY 1992/1993

Mr. WASKITO'S WORDS 12

We have a plan, God has a plan.
We must be sure that God's plan is always better.

STORY 2 : A WEIRD NIGHT

A Weird Night

I have experienced many strange events during my life but this is one of the most unexplainable ones.

It was an evening in September 2009. My wife and I were watching TV in the livingroom when my two-months baby, Nafisa, slept in the bedroom. We watched an exciting film so we enjoyed the night joyfully. Suddenly, we heard a loud cry from the bedroom. We're startled to realize that it was our baby's cry. Directly both of us ran to the bedroom. I opened the door and saw an unbelievable sight. My baby was lying on the floor!

In a second, my wife took her and shouted in cry. She was shocked to see the horrible view. She tried to find out which parts of our baby's body were injuried. Strangely, she didn't find the injured parts. She looked at me in a wondered look. I also got confused to know the fact that my little baby was unhurt. It was more amazing to see that the baby continuing her sleeping comfortably on my wife's arm. 

A moment later, we sat on the sofa confusing to what had happened. You know that the height of the bed was about 1 meter. And our baby wasn't able to move to such a distance. It was really unbelievable to think about. We just sat in silence. At last we praised to God who had shown His authority to us. But I have been wondered to the weird incident until now.

SECRET OF WORDS 3 : BRANCH

BRANCH

(ca-BRANCH)
Read = cabrang = CABANG
So, branch is cabang in Indonesian.

Example:
He cuts a branch of the tree.
(Dia memotong batang pohon itu.) 

TRUNK

(ba-TRUNK)
Read = ba-TRANG = BATANG
So, TRUNK means BATANG in Indonesian

Example:
Trunk of the tree is very big.
(Batang pohon itu sangat besar)   


SIN

(i-SIN)

Read = i-SIN = malu = DOSA

So, SIN means DOSA in Indonesia

Example:

He did lot of sin during his life.

(Dia melakukan banyak dosa selama hidupnya)

SECRET OF WORDS 2 : DECREASE

DECREASE

(DE CREA-kiti SE-mut)

Read = DI KRIKITI SEMUT = BERKURANG


So DECREASE is "BERKURANG" in Indonesian
Example:

His income decreases from 6 dollars into 4 dollars a day.
(Pendapatannya berkurang dari 6 dolar menjadi 4 dolar sehari)

ENJOY

(EN-ak JOY)
Read = ENak JOY = asyik = MENIKMATI
So, ENJOY means MENIKMATI in Indonesian

Example:
Santi enjoys the film.
(Santi menikmati film itu)

 
TUBE

(TU-engahnya BE-rlubang)
Read = TUengahnya BErlubang 
= TENGAHNYA BERLUBANG = TABUNG
So, TUBE means TABUNG in Indonesian

Example:
I need a tube for this water.
(Aku butuh sebuah tabung untuk air ini)

SECRET OF WORDS 1 : KID

KID + CHILD
(READ = KECIL) 

So, KID and CHILD mean
KECIL/ANAK-ANAK/ANAK KECIL.

Example:
I have one child.
(Aku punya seorang anak)

When I was a kid, I liked crying.
(Ketika aku masih anak-anak, aku suka menangis)

STORY 1 : A LUCKY DAY

A Lucky Day

This is one of my true unbelievable stories I ever experience during my life.

It was about nine o'clock in the morning in June 2012. I was heading to my school at SMP Negeri 1 Bubulan. I went by my Supra Fit in a normal speed. 

After five minutes entering the forest of Dander, I was about reaching Balung Panggang. It was one part of the routes I had to pass to go to Bubulan. The area was a turn right-and-left with up-and-down street. A while after I had passed the bridge, a motorcycle with a high speed suddenly appeared in front of me. I was really startled. Before I realized what had happened, the cycle hit my bike badly. 

In the moment of conscious and unconscious, reflectly I jumped and left my bike. I heard a terrible sound of the crass of two motorcycles. I saw the biker of the cycle flying high and falling down on the street horribly. He rolled down along the street and stopped ten or twelve meters away. He looked badly injured.

I was surprised to see what had happened to me. I stood firmly on the ground holding my bleeding hand. Then, I looked for my bike. It was in the bottom of the dried river. It seemed seriously wrecked. My laptop was laid under my legs. Its bag was torn. 

Amazingly, I got only a minor injured. I felt my worst injury was my bleeding right hand. Firstly I called my brother, Anam-a Military Police officer, to tell him the accident. After that, I called my friend who was in my school to come for help. Several minutes later Mr. Priyadi, Mr. Lumayan, Mrs Endang, and Mrs. Istiqomah came by motorcycle.  Mrs. Istiqomah and Mrs. Endang picked my laptop. Mr. Lumayan took care of my bike. Mr. Priyadi fetched and brought me to a health cetre near my school. A doctor helped and treated me well. 

About an hour later, my brother came and helped me handle the matter related to the accident. He went to police station to report it. When he came back to the medical centre, he told me that my bike would be repaired by the family of the hitter. He also gave me info that the hitter was badly injured. He was wondered to know that I only got such a minor injured for the crash was so terrible.

Thanks God! It was my lucky day!

Mr. WASKITO'S WORDS 11

I used to think that a successful man was the one who had a high rank, abundant money, uncountable properties, one (or more) beautiful woman/women, jet-set sociality, or untouchable authority. But I was wrong!

This kind of man hasn't understood well where he will go at last. God creates us only for one purpose; to commit a deed for Him. That's why we have to set our goal for one focussed destiny; Allah SWT. Therefore whatever we get and posses in this world must be dedicated to Allah SWT. Unless, we get and posses nothing actually.

Mr. WASKITO'S WORDS 10

LIFE IS NOT ABOUT WHERE ARE YOU FROM, BUT WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO!

The quality of a certain people is not strongly related to what his past.

Mr. WASKITO'S WORDS 9

WHO KNOWS HIMSELF, HE WILL KNOW HIS GOD!

Allah SWT blesses us with perfect body, soul and mind. He gives us knowledge and insight to conquer and to rule the world.

Have we known all of the gift well? It has been our duty to learn all His gift. Then we can use them as our property to get closer and closer to Him.

We must learn what we have got from Allah SWT to devote our life as we are. We must find our own ways to deed. It is not necessary to be other people to do it.

Mr. WASKITO'S WORDS 8

A WINNER IS NOT THE ONE WHO NEVER FAILS BUT WHO NEVER QUITS TO REACH HIS GOAL!

What is the difference between the winner and the losser?

A winner always keeps struggle to reach his goal of life eventhough he experiences a lot of failure during his way. But a losser always quits as soon as he faces his first failure.  

Mr. WASKITO'S WORDS 7

BUILDING A TOWN IS STARTED WITH A STONE!

Nothing appears suddenly!
It is always started with a small step. It is always begun from a single point.

Be patient to gain every ideal we have set up. It, of course, takes time until we reach it.  

Mr. WASKITO'S WORDS 6

No matter wherever we go, we must start it by choosing one of the destinies available in front of us.

Will we choose the success or failure? It will determine our gain at the end of journey. 

Having chosen the success, we tend to focuss on how to succeed. But having chosen the failure, we are going to focus on how to fail. Of course God will let us to get what we have planned.

Mr. WASKITO"S WORDS 5

TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS!

I have experienced the most painful parts of life.

My Dad passed away in 1997, so did my Mom in 2006. I felt that it was too difficult to bear. I even thought that God had left me alone. I lived in sorrow day by day. I faced the world gloomily.

Until I met someone who could show me the truth. She enlightened my vision about the life. God always gives His creatures a test when He wants to elevate their degree of faith. It makes me realize that all pain I have got are also test-cases from Allah SWT for me.

But I need more than ten years to know and to understand it!

Mr. WASKITO'S WORDS 4

A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED!

We don't expect to have a friend who appears only when we're happy. We do hope to have a friend who knows when he must get in touch with us. A friend who always offers his shoulder to cry, gives hands to help, and share bitter-sweet memories.

Most of our friends are truly friends! However, it's hard to find a friend who is also our soulmate. 

Don't give up to find that kind of friend! Once we get, he will be our best friend forever.  

Mr. WASKITO'S WORDS 3

NO PAIN NO GAIN!

Can you think we get something without any efforts? Yes, most of Allah's bless are free of charge for His creature. But Allah SWT also provides us many things to reach by our own attempts. 

Mr. WASKITO'S WORDS 2

Never Put the Eggs in The Same Basket!

Why does someone feel frustated or annoyed in facing his life? That is because he expects too much that his plan will go as he wants to! He never thinks about the failure of his plan. He hasn't learned to accept the mistake of his decision.

That's why, I have never had only one plan for every single expectation I build. When I started laying my future step by step, I set at least five big plans. The first I prepared myself as a football player. Then, I trained hard for being a musician. I also managed my hand for being a cartoonist. Next, I learned to be a writer. And the last, I entered faculty of teaching and education to prepare myself as an English teacher. 

Look! What am I now? 
We know that only the fifth plan runs well. However, It doesn't need to be frustated and annoyed since I got the whole plans actually. I am a teacher who still can play football on weekend, can enjoy music in my leisure time, can draw a picture during my teaching season, and can write everything as I like.

This way of thinking ensures us to always set up as many as possible the plans we have and try to reach them. When we fail to reach all of them, at least we still have one of them.

Mr. WASKITO WORDS 1

"Where there is a WILL there will be a WAY"

This is the precious words we should believe to go through our life. "Di mana ada kemauan di situ ada Jalan."

We often think that we are encountering an unsolved problem only because it is too difficult to bear. When we're in such a situation, please always remember that nothing is existed unless by the permit of Allah SWT (Al-Baqarah 255). 

Therefore, solve the problem step by step, keep struggling to overcome it, get closed to Him, beg Him his bless, and think positively. Be sure, there are a lot of ways available in front of us provided to solve our problem. The matter is that we must find them ourselves.

Once we find one of them, learn how to manage it on our own ways. We must not be a prophet to succeed to overcome the problem perfectly.

Islam teaches us to try to struggle hard before we expect the God's hand (Al-Insyiroh 5-8).

Mr. WASKITO'S HOPE

This time, I live in Bojonegoro. It is a small peaceful town about 100 kms west of Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.


I always try to practice my English in every opportunity I have. However, there is only a little chance to do it in a small town like Bojonegoro. So I will be very glad if there is someone who is interested in communicating with me in English in this blog. I hope to have enough friends to share the eperience of life or job in English.

Perhaps, if you feel afraid of making any mistake in practicing your English, I will help you improve the level of your mastering this language. 

Mr. WASKITO'S FAMILY

My name is Waskito Arifin. You may call me Mr. Was or Pak Was.

I am an English teacher of SMP Negeri 1 Bojonegoro. I have been a teacher at SMP Negeri 1 Bubulan for more than 14 years. I have been tranferred to my new school since March 1, 2013.

This is a picture of my family.

My wife is Iffa Umma Farida. She is a beautiful kind-hearted woman whom I love very much. She was my schoolmate when we were at SMPN Balen. We were married in 1995. So she has been accompanying me to go through this life patiently and joyfully for more than 18 years.

My son is Hadid Fawwazar Alfaruq. He likes computer very much. He is able to operate computer and its program well. He is studying at SMAN Model Terpadu Bojonegoro at tenth grade. He is a quiet boy. It makes him speak only little words.

My daughter is a little cute girl named Nafisa Zahra Nur Adina. She likes playing her otopet and bike. She is interested in singing, reading Qur'an, and collecting any kinds of book. She is a kinestetic girl so she always moves, runs, and jumps every where. She is studying at PAUD near our house.

The followings are some pictures of my family: