This is How Pandemic Affected Hospitality Industry. An Interview Report

I have interviewed someone who have a good knowledge for the topic that I brought. He is Muhammad Alfan Hakim who is a Student of hospitality study in Sahid Polytechnic of Tourism Jakarta. His background has convinced me to decided interviewed him about this.

Currently, he has been working as an Intern in one of a Hotel in Bandung. I asked him about the topic with several questions, started with the different that he felt before pandemic situation and in the pandemic right now. He said that, "in the hospitality industry, he felt the different with right now situation". As we know, right now every industries in global nor in our country are affected with this pandemic as well as Hotel Industry. Hotel industry seems related with tourism because before the pandemic everyone could go whenever they want without any worries and warning. Furthermore, Hotel is a vital place where everyone decided to staycation. Ever since the pandemic, so many Hotels were closed permanently because they experienced a significant decrease in income. as he said that "The occupancy have decreased and the income to the hotel's also having dwindle" which it made the management should take a risk in order to overcome the situation, he said that the hotel management have applied health protocols to guarantee that all the guest are safe to stay, in the early pandemic they stopped all the interns and several workers with no limit discernible time. and while the others, they do shifting system works. Those all the thing they did just to reduced expense of the hotel, so the hotel could survive. Also they stopped the buffe and changed into room service delivered, the guests ordered menu and will be delivered to their room. 

As Indonesian's Governments suggested that the workers in the hotels should using mask and face shield. In addition, they restricted the usage of ballroom with 50% capacity in maximums. We knew from the interview session that the hotel already do all the best and trying best to obey all the strict protocols. for the shake of surviving in this pandemic. "May the pandemic gone soon" he stated.

To sum up, everyone could staycation with notes that they must obey all the protocols applied in the hotels because the management tried so hard to giving the best service they could to all the guests.

Photograper Interview Report

I interviewed one of the students from University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka who is also a freelance photographer. His name is Dhion. I asked him how long he had experienced in photography and he said that he had been working as a photographer for almost 3 years. I wonder why did he choose this field as his hobby and he said that he liked travelling and took some pictures. He gave an opinion about some of the main duties of photographer, he said that the main duties of photographer is take a photo with different point of view. 

Then, I asked him what challenges he faced the most and how he handled them. He said the challenge he faced the most was the unpredictable weather and to deal with that he had to check the weather conditions before he went to the place he was going to visit. On the next question, I asked him what he likes the most about his hobby and he said he could captured many things and post it in instagram. He also said that many professional photographers are his inspiration and he wants to be like them. I asked him what photography means to people and he said photography for people is a way to see or captured many things around us from different point of view. That's why so many people likes photography. I'm also asking for his opinion on what photography means to him and he said photography means a lot to him because from there he can make money. He said his hobby started since he did it just for fun, then he felt very comfortable doing that and finally he became a freelancer. 

On the last question I asked him to give advice to people who are starting to become photographers. He said to start being a photographer of course you must have a camera and start from capturing the little things around us and don't be lazy to keep trying until we get the best results.

Interview Report

I interviewed one of the college students from Trisakti School of Management in Bekasi, her name is Alyani Khairina. I asked about her perception about Covid-19 pandemic. The first question that i asked was her daily activity during this pandemic situation. She said that the pandemic has changed her daily activities, she gets limited to go anywhere and meeting her close friends during this condition and just studying at her home almost every day. Then, she said that this pandemic is occur naturally, so she just used the health protocol if she want to go outside, or maybe if she was bored she would like to had some “me time” before she continue to study.

The next thing that I wanted to know is this pandemic situation disrupting her studies or not. And she responds that sadly yes, she gets hard for understanding what her lecturer is saying because there's a limit that she can’t do some practical, meanwhile, she had some practical in computer laboratory to learn about SAP system that important to accounting studies. Also she felt that home is not a great place to study because there's so much distraction like families or connection. 

Furthermore, she doesn’t think that online learning prevented her to study or making an assignment since she just finishing her paper recently. She said that if she had to choose to study online or face-to-face learning she rather choose online because she thinks she enjoys online learning, but sometimes she wants to go offline too because she could meet her friends and study together. At the end of the interview she hopes in this situation the lecturers could understand us because there are many student that hasn't had a good connection while doing classes, so she hopes there’s a tolerance for them and just dont be really strict to them.

Adventure to the Museum Ghibli from Home

 

Museum Ghibli located in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

For anime lovers made by Studio Ghibli, surely, familiar with this tourist spots located in Japan. 

Museum Ghibli is a place designed to present and bring to life the characters created by Ghibli. Not only present the iconic characters from Ghibli animation, this museum, which was designed by Hayao Mazuki on October 1, 2001, also shown different short animated films. Unfortunately, in February 2020 this museum had to be closed after Japan became one of the countries that had to contend with pandemic. To treat tourists' homesickness, Museum Ghibli now offers virtual tours for tourist who are just at home. 

Fans of Studio Ghibli films can visit the museum via videos shared by the Studio Ghibli's official youtube channel.

BTS Announced the Release of Second English-Language Single ‘Butter’

by Medianissa Brigita

Korean fenomenal Boy Group BTS will be releases ‘Butter’ in May 21. They announced it by doing a livestream on their youtube account.

It is rumored that ‘Butter’ was the second song in English to follow the 'Dynamite' that released in August of last year. In a livestream video uploaded by BTS on the youtubenya account some time ago, ARMY watched the yellow screen with a box of butter with its logo melted every second. There's no explanation at all except the ASMR melting sound of butter.

Bighit music which is the label that cope BTS also dropped more details about the track trough weverse, the fan community platform. According to that big south Korean agency explanation, ‘Butter’ is a dance-pop song where the listeners can feel the soft yet charismatic charm of BTS.

In addition to the release of the new single BTS, May also bring another happiness for the ARMY. because McDonald's would introduces a BTS themed meals on May 26. This is the BTS 'first collaboration project with the world's leading fast food restaurants. Does the release of the single 'Butter' relate to that phenomenal collaboration? Let's wait for the answer next month!

Pros and Cons Working at Startup Firms than Corporate. Which is Suitable for Freshgradute?

Nowadays, Millennials seem to have their dream job to work in a startup firm rather than corporate once they graduate from university. The rapid growth of startups seems to be more attractive to millennials. Furthermore, now, more than 80 ecosystems globally have produced a billion-dollar startup when the term was popularized in 2013, only 4 ecosystems produced unicorns or billion-dollar exits. Southeast Asian startups raised US $ 8.58 billion in the first few months of 2019, which is very close to what US startups have accumulated. And it will be increasing over time. Here’s the pros and cons working at startup over corporate: 

1. Flexibility. 

The flexibility is usually sought by fresh graduates because the flexibility of working hours will bring the opportunity to explore more about their job. 77 percent of millennials say that flexible work hours are a key to productivity in the workplace" - Forbes Meanwhile, in Corporate is usually more strict. The corporate has the rules to work within the stipulated time and some people will feel under pressure to do their job. 

2. The Stability. 

Corporates offer higher pay and stability to their employees. With start-ups there is a risk involved about whether the company will actually be able to achieve success. Whereas, startups mostly offer lower salary, so it’s instability that comes with start-ups which makes many turn to corporates. Research by UC Berkeley & Stanford and other contributors suggests that over 90% of startups fail within their first three years. 

3. The Innovations 

Startups fast growth, and this comes from employees innovating and trying new things. No good CEO of a startup will hold you back from trying something new. This is how companies deliver results with fresh designs and new concepts that their competition can’t. You can innovate and explore more to gain innovations instead of just work to pursue the target that the corporate have. 

4. Fewer Benefits 

Startups offer many opportunities to growth. If the business goes well, you get a part of the spoils too. And also, you get to work in many roles and gain valuable skills and experience to add to your resume. Fresh graduates who have no experience in working can learn new skills in startup firms rather than working in a corporate that usually needs to master a skill to work.

Despite, the startup seems to be more beneficial, working at the corporate is no less cool, because the corporate have fixed working hours, stability pay, while startups are more flexible. Both startups and the corporates have pros and cons, and it depends on your personal situations. If you already have mastered your skill, the corporate is a good choice. And as fresh graduates, you may need time to explore more about the working environment, innovations, and seeking a lot of benefits. Startup firms are the right place for you to learn a lot. Moreover, the experiences that you learn will path you to find your future career.

Kartini Nowadays : Female Researchers Fight for the Advancement of Research in Indonesia

Since long time ago the issue of gender equality has become a social phenomenon that has placed women in an important position for the advancement of national civilization. R.A Kartini who strives hard to uphold the emancipation of women and opens the way for Indonesian women to get the same opportunity to get education and pursue their dreams as high as possible, has succeeded in giving birth to a generation of extraordinary women. 

Because of her strives hard, Indonesian women can contribute and take part in advancing the nation from all fields, including being researchers in the fields of science and technology. Although the number of female researchers in Indonesia is still relatively low, it continues to increase. Based on data from UNESCO, women who work in the science and mathematics industry are around 20 percent. And according to the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), the ratio of female researchers is around 41 percent. 

So far there have been many female researchers who have successfully conducted research. And going forward, female researchers will continue to fight for the advancement of research in Indonesia.

Face- to-Face Learning Will be Started in July 2021, How's the systems?

Nadiem Makarim, The Ministry of Education and Culture

The government stated that, The school year begin in July 2021 and it allowed to do face-to-face learning activity in school, on condition that, there will be an advance limited face-to-face learning.

The ministry of Education and culture’s, Nadiem Makarim stated that, “the situation will be different because every class has to be filled by 50% maximum capacity from the total of students in class.” The strict protocol are implemented because, we will have an activity with people in class so it’s for the safety all of us. "The student health is a priority" He added.

Quoted from the Ministry of Education and culture's website, factors that need to be taken into account by local governments in granting face-to-face learning permits include: 

1. The level of risk of spreading COVID-19 in the region. 
2. Readiness of health facilities and health services. 
3. The readiness of the education unit in carrying out face-to-face learning according to the checklist. 
4. Access to learning resources / fun Learning From Home. 
5. Psychosocial conditions of students. 
6. The need for educational services for children whose parents / guardians work outside the home. 
7. Towards safe transportation access to and from educational units. 
8. Residence of residents of the education unit. 
9. Mobility of citizens between districts / cities, sub-districts and sub-districts / villages. 
10. Geographical conditions.

Face-to-face learning in educational units is still permitted if it has fulfilled the checklist. A checklist that can accommodate the number of sanitary facilities and clean and proper toilets, hand washing using soap with running water or hand sanitizer, and disinfectants. Furthermore, being able to access health service facilities, apply mandatory masks, the body temperature measuring device (Thermogun). 

 So, are you ready to get back to school with all these protocols?

Tottenham Hotspur Fired Their Coach

Portugal coach Jose Mourinho is expected to be the coach who brings good luck to the British league club, Tottenham Hotspur. But it turned out Mourinho's life in Tottenham was only temporary.

Mourinho is in charge of tottenham since November 2019, after Pochettino failed to lead Tottenham. In this season, Mourinho was able to take Tottenham to the top of the premier league championship in the early half of the competition. But after that tottenham's performance declined in the second half of the competition.

Mourinho was fired in less than six days between Manchester city and tottenham matches. This layoff earned him the nickname "The Sacked One". Because, this is the third time Mourinho was fired by his team trained in a row after his previous career as coach Chelsea and Manchester United had to be stopped by force.

Mourinho is estimated to be compensated for his dismissal from Tottenham by 20 million pounds or equivalent to Rp.406.9 billion. Mourinho could have made more pay if Tottenham's position in the championship had been better than right now.

The Pandemic Keeps Us at a Distance

Winda, an English education student at UHAMKA, in collaboration with her friends from various study programs students in the Faculty of Education to run a teaching program intended for children who cannot attend school. 

She joined a program on her campus called UCFOS (UHAMKA College for Students) since 2nd semester. Winda regularly conducts this activity with his friends every Saturday. They explore the Pasar Induk Kramat Jati and Kampung Tengah to invite the children to study together. However, due to the pandemic since March 2020, these activities must be stopped until an indefinite time. This causes them to be distant and unable to carry out their usual activities. They cannot even learn with the online system because not all children have gadgets.

At the present time, Winda and the UCFOs team hope that this pandemic will end soon so that they can get back to learning, playing, and sharing stories with children like in the past.

She Made Her Own History in Life: Accepted Internship at US Company in aged 21 Years Old

 

Twibon introducting

Indah Pusvita, 21 years old is a 3rd year student of English Education Department, Uhamka University Jakarta. She made her own history on March 2021. She challenged to apply for Internship in a US Company, a small company which looking for Interns from Southeast Asian. At the time she felt unlikely to be accepted as Intern.

first meeting with team.

In the end of March, she said that she was reached through email by the Company’s member. They asked her to make a schedule for Interview Session. After the agreement, she was interviewed by Zoom Cloud, and the session took around 30minutes interview with Native speaker. And she did, she could accomplish her dream to make history in her life. However, it's out of context from her major, because the position that she applied was Social Media Management, it didn't connect with her Education major. She said “We can learn anything from everything, even though we feel the curious upon something that out of context. Because skill needed to be honed”

She also believes that the skill she learned will be useful in the future, especially in her future career. She mentioned “working with differences time zone was quite challenging because we faced different circumstances and brainstorming with people from different countries and adjusted with the tools we were using because, the internship was conducted remotely.”

Last word, she hopes that, every youth don’t need to be scared to try something new, to keep learning and challenge your-self in terms of self-developing.

Medianissa was Infected with the Covid-19 Virus

Student of Uhamka, Medianissa Brigita infected with Covid-19 virus in the middle of February 2021. The sixth-semester student described the sick chronology she had suffered. 

She mentioned that the first time she knew positive covid-19 after conducting tests through PCR. She also mentioned that her whole family had contracted the same disease. After positive avowed of covid-19, she and her family immediately decided for independent isolation.

But unfortunately, conditions began to deteriorate at the end of February. Her mother must be rushed to the hospital and receive treatment there, it was a disaster for her at that time. That also made it difficult for her to manage the house by herself.

It was so stressful for her and made her condition drop as well, she had to go to the hospital after her mother allowed her to return. She took her mother's place and get treatment there for 10 days.

It took time for her and the rest of his family to be reunited. She said that it was a terrible 2 months and she hoped it would never happen again in her life.