The Colorful Work World
Ch. 33 Sofhouse

Even though I failed a job test in Jogja. I'm not discouraged, there are still many companies out there that need my abilities. The thing I can do is to deepen the knowledge that already exists so that in the future can pass the job test. Of course, other knowledge such as interviews and how to answer various kinds of job tests must also be improved.

If I previously got the job info from my father, this time I get new vacancy information from my aunt. In contrast to my fierce budak, my aunt one comes from my father's family. He is the younger brother of the father and is named Aunt Yeni. He is a practicing doctor who works in Bogor.

I got this vacancy because one of his kids just got out of the place. So that led to a vacancy that I could try to enter. Just like other vacancies, I have to send CV and other information to the company concerned. Then just need to wait for the results of the file selection.

This waiting process takes time. Sometimes companies are good and respond quickly. There are also some who have long made announcements. The longest waiting time is 2 weeks.

After that if not a response, it usually indicates that the positive does not escape. Rarely is there a company that tells us to fail in the selection. It is common knowledge that happens if for 2 weeks there is no reply to the results of the work test.

*Ting*

New notifications appear in the email. I read carefully and the title of the email was “Announcement of psychotes tests as well as interviews.” The sender is Softhouse, the company I got the info from aunt Yeni. The email must have been read carefully in its entirety. Do not let any information be missed.

Then I recorded the time, place, and date of the exam. Don't forget I prepared transportation to take me to the place. This office is located in south tangerang. Automatically from where I have to use transportation other than motorcycles.

Not isolated the motor, but my body is not used to riding a motorcycle in the long distance. At most I only ever drive for 2 hours nonstop. More than that I have to stop often to stretch on the road. That's why I prepared the driver and borrowed my father's car to go there.

Both parents must have been very supportive and allowed me to use their vehicles. Most parents will definitely support the positive activities that their children do. As long as it does not harm others and the child himself.

I use the car because I still do not know how to go to Tangerang by public transportation. In addition, in order not to be late during the test, I used a private car faster.

After the transportation is done, I prepare for the materials to be tested. Because there is no practice test, I focus more on training to answer the writing test and practice for the interview test later. I hope I can run this test well.

*Test day in Tangerang*

Time has passed since the email from the softhouse came. Today was the moment the test and interview was conducted. At this moment, I still use old school phone so it's a bit difficult to see email through mobile phone.

Especially with a slow hp machine and already many scratches that appear because of long use. Unfortunately, this phone is still my main driver at this time. I hope I can replace it as soon as possible.

“A ready huh? Has anyone missed?”

“No om, let's go”

This time I left for southern Tangerang not alone. Om Maman is the brother of my father. Currently he often helps the father when traveling as a driver and also in the workshop business that you wrestle. We will both go to south tangerang with the car provided.

The car I'm using this time is an old opel blazer. With the size of the car is large and using a manual transmission, it is rather difficult to use this car. because I am more accustomed to using the car matic.

It's up to you to say men have to wear 3 pedals or what, I think if there's something simpler and better, why not just wear that one. Surely cars with manual or matic teeth have their own advantages and disadvantages. We as drivers prefer which. Because the car should suit the taste of the owner, not see the prestige of fear of being seen by others.

Our journey starts in the morning. Because the trip was about an hour, we left early. Rather than hurrying on the road, it was better to arrive early before the test hours began. So the journey is more relaxing.

For those of you who do not know, e-money is an electronic payment instrument that is used for many purposes. In addition to paying tolls (now all must use e-money), this tool is also used for public transportation such as KRL and transjakarta. MRT will also use this card as payment.

We can fill it in many places, both through minimarkets and atm from banks that issue cards. The advantage of this card is that there is no need for toll officers to receive paper money again. Use a machine to read cards. As well as further speed up the transaction process that occurs at the toll gate.

Unfortunately, this most likely makes toll road employees reduced. Somehow the drama that appeared when the enactment of this e-money happened. But I don't think that's the case because the government should already have a solution to overcome that.

Nowadays more practical, we can charge e-money through mobile phones by using the NFC feature. But cheap HP can not use this feature. If now maybe Hp 3 millions already have this feature. But ancient times were more expensive than that.

Indeed, technological developments should make the price of electronic goods cheaper. At least, that's what I've heard from one of the youtubers I watched.

For now I still have to go to the minimarket to fill the e-money balance. This process requires a lot of effort so that if you can use NFC, surely I will choose to use it to fill the balance. Because it is simpler and only with an internet connection. Instead of having to be tired to the minimarket outlets.

Sometimes there are also cases of empty balances when filling the e-money balance at the place. I am confused why it can happen, but if the balance of empty indomaret mah should stay in the contents only. I don't know what happened behind this empty balance incident.

Usually this happens when the Eid season arrives, because many people fill their e-money balance to use the toll road. The number of requests to make the balance in indomaret makes the electronic balance empty. Eid is also one of the things that stimulate the economy.

We continue our journey after completing the balance. On the way we talked about many things. But personal problems as much as I can not express, even though we are still brothers. Because I heard a lot of unpleasant issues about this Om Maman.

I'll talk about this more in the future. I will have some problems with this one. But for now, things are still pretty and I have to use her help to go to Tangerang.

The journey went smoothly without any obstacles. On the way I mostly sleep so I do not know in detail the scenery I see on the road. This is a habit because when traveling far we usually take more than 12 hours.

At that time there was no cell phone so just sleeping and joking with my sister can do. But if today we can do many things through the devices we have. Listen to music, for example.

“Ray, have arrived, try to show where the place is”

“Huah..? Yes, um, briefly”

When we entered the South, Om Maman woke me up to show me the way. An email from Softhouse already provided a link to the gugel map so I just had to open it. Of course with the weak HP I have, a long time ago the process of opening the map.

“Belok to here Om”

“Ok”

I led Om Maman to the exam site. Although he knows the way of the area of Tangerang and Jakarta. The exact location of the building is unknown. After going through several turns and climbs, we finally reached the exam site.

“So this is the exam building” I replied while looking at the building where I will be testing this time.

After a long journey, I finally got here. The closer I got to the time of the exam, my chest was also pounding. What will the test be like this time? Will I succeed in being an employee this time?