body, mind and soul expression

i love this life :)

2010-07-21T22:21:00.004+07:00

i dunno where to start

hmm...

let's rewind back to 2005...

in 2005, this is what my life looks like :

i lived in jogja,

a college students whom still try to finished the architectural bachelor degree,

don't have a regular income but very good at spending money :),

lived in a luxurious parent's house - functioned as a basecamp with 2 housemaid,

drive a car but mostly cannot afford full tank gasoline,

often went to bude's house for free meal :),

have a pentium 4 PC in my room with dial up internet connection

(still remember the sound when the modem dial to telkomnet instan :P),

i use Panasonic GD92 mobile phone with pre-paid number (ngirit abis deh !),

but most importantly, i have a huge dreams and a lovely girlfriend :)

then...

life begins !

i graduated (after 9 years of college)

move to jakarta,

find a job (quite interesting process though :D),

starting to have regular income (it looks good at that time :D),

lived in an OK parent's house in jakarta (very strategic location),

drive a car and starting to afford full tank gasoline (sometimes),

less free meal,

don't have own computer,

using 'family' computer with (still) dial up internet connection,

still using Panasonic GD92 (can't afford new one at that time),

with pre-paid number (still quite 'ngirit') :P,

but still...

i have a huge dreams and very lovely girlfriend :D

and now...

around 5 years later,

i still lived in jakarta,

i'm the country head of an american manufacturing company,

with the salary almost matching my age (in million rupiahs),

still very good at spending money but prefer to invest it :),

lived in a small yet cozy 'kontrakan' in a very strategic location

(i can afford to buy own house in serpong area,

but choose the kontrakan for a 'practical reason')

drive car and always buy fulltank when it's time to fill the gasoline :)

eat decent meal almost all the time,

i use Lenovo T61 laptop (this is my 3rd year using it)

with the Wi-Fi internet connection at home :)

i'm using iPhone 3G[S] with post paid number :)

and still i have a huge dreams, but no girlfriend anymore,

coz the lovely girlfriend has become my lovely wife,

and oh...

i have a baby boy now :)

yes right... i'm a daddy now :D

one thing for sure...

i know the future is bright, as long as we fight for it !

coz i already fought for the last 5 years to have the life i live now,

i also know that there will be much more ups and downs,

and i need to learn more, read more, action more...

and yes of course money helps...

it helps a lot !

but again... money it's not everything...

'our way of thinking' is much more important !

i'm extremely grateful for this life...

Alhamdulillah... Thank God,

You gave so much to me, and i'll do my best to give back to You...

the conclusion...

have a huge dreams, and have a lovely girlfriend !

that's the secret of my life :)

- My 31st Birthday -

2009-05-07T06:55:00.002+07:00

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL...

some irony in life

2008-09-25T11:19:00.014+07:00

life is always full of surprise,
i remember exactly that there's one day in 2005
when i had to borrow IDR 10,000 from my hunnybunny
to buy a petrol for my car...
and at that amount, i only get 2.22 liter...

the paragraph written above,
actually enough to explains my financial situation at that time.
i'm still grateful for what i have at that time though,
i mean...
thank god i still drive a car, i still can eat,
and most important thing is i still have someone who love me,
and i still have my health.
but financially...
i'm so inadequate.

and then after struggling for at least 1 - 2 years,
now i'm starting to have a good life.
and sometimes i feel this is a bit irony.
how come ?

well...
last week...
i went to dinner with my dad and his wife,
we went to Thai Restaurant near Ratu Plaza,
i took them there just because my dad wants to go there,
and since now thank god i can afford decent meal,
i took them there.
the place was nice, the food was also very nice,
but the price...
hmm... actually i'm not yet familiar with the price range,
it's obviously too high for my previous/regular standard :)

amazing things happened...
the person who sat on the table beside me
is the boss of one of my Panduit partner.
we chit-chat a bit,
and later on...
i'm so thrilled when i check for my bill,
he already paid all of my bill...

man... this is ackward,
i mean...
i never experienced such things in my life before,
of course this situation automatically edifiy me in front of my dad.
but still, feels ackward to me

on the way home,
my dad reminds me to thank god for the blessing in my life.
and once again i'm totally grateful for what i have in my life.
(thanks for the reminder dad...)

and then i'm started to think...
when we didn't have the money,
we cannot afford to buy things we want or even need,
but when we starting to have the money,
sometimes we don't have to use the money
to buy things we want / need.

referring to 1st paragraph,
i had to borrow money from my hunnybunny to buy a petrol,
now when i'm starting to have money and i can afford to buy petrol,
my company covered my petrol so i don't need to use my money
to buy petrol.
so basically we can say it's a free petrol for my car now.

it's also happened on many other things in me,
such as...
communication, meal (lunch / dinner), and even my car maintenance.
once again... how come?

well...
sometimes i eat lunch / dinner for free,
since my company covered some entertainment meals when required,
or somebody else paid the bill for me (like the example above).
my mobile monthly billing is totally covered by the company,
and they also provide transportation allowance
which i can use as a maintenance fund for my car,
they even covered my internet bill at home.

so now we can say
i have free petrol, free communication, free home internet,
sometimes free lunch / dinner,
and even free rebuild / refurnished my lovely car step by step.
it's all for free, even though now i can afford all those things myself.

isn't these an irony ?
well...
actually it's not (totally) free,
since i work for them,
so it's just a facility provided by the company to me,
beside my monthly salary.

"what a good life..."

Remember : the enemy of a great life is a good life.

so...
for me it is an irony,
but perhaps life is full of irony,
who knows?

considering my situation,
actually i personally think that this is just the beginning,
because i still expecting more greatness to be happened in my life.
because i want my life to be significance to others.
and because once i heard :

"success is when you can bring value to yourself,

significance is when you can bring value to others..."

- nancy dornan -

always expect the best in life, and prepare for the worst.

- peace -

entourage (TV series on HBO)

2008-09-18T08:25:00.002+07:00

finally...
Entourage is back on air !
i can't wait to watch 'the gank' again,
especially Mr. Ari Gold - the hyper aggressive agents.
he's my fave :D

can't wait to see his expression,
and i can't wait to hear the 'curse' from his mouth !

life after voltus-v

2008-05-03T18:06:00.004+07:00

after voltus-v, life isn't much intresting anymore
hehehe... just kidding !

well...
after voltus-v,
there are job training in Shanghai - China,
attended Network 21 Leadership Seminar,
Got Indovision Installed at my home,
spend around IDR 1 million on 1 day on a meal
(for lunch-with family and dinner-with hunnybunny),
what a life improvement !

and... i love my life even more
due to i'm starting to have and feel a balance in my life,
in this level of comfort zone.

if i still want to improve my quality of life,
i need to get out of this comfort zone,
being imbalance again, to achieve my next goal !
so...
bye-bye comfort zone...
let's work smartly harder !

after 22 years...

2008-03-09T21:15:00.009+07:00

finally...
after 22 years of dreaming,
i've bought a VOLTUS-V Robot !

hahaha...
silly? maybe...
crazy? absolutely !

actually,
the first time i've seen and touch this robot
is when i'm still in 3rd grade of elementary school.
i still remember the moment i drop my jaw
seeing the voltus-v robot, touched it, played it...
it was in my friends home at permata hijau,
wow ! seems like yesterday...

today...
my huny told me to buy the robot,
i'm glad she's fine with that,
due to the very expensive price,
voltus-v robot and big falcon (the headquarter)
cost more than IDR 2 million :)
well...
first she doesn't agree at all,
that much for a robot ? and its home?
it's like a barbie and its house right?
in this age ?
come on...
but after we both exploring the 'sample' of the 'thing',
she's started to change her mind :)

so...
i just bought it !
hehehe...

the famous v-together formation

volt machines at big falcon

lack of health...

2008-02-24T09:16:00.002+07:00

cough... damn you !
huhuhu...
gw batuk2 sampe hari ini kok blm ilang yah,

flash back dikit ya...
after 24 jam gw stuck di KL,
akhirnya gw landing juga di jakarta
and sampe rumah, naro barang,
langsung pe'gi lagi ketemu 'hunyku'
kangen bo !
maklum tipe cowo setia,
walaupun di cancun 'da chicks' nya sangat menggoda,
tetep aja no one can compete with hunyku,
not even sandra dewi,
yang kayaknya belakangan sering banget me'marketing'kan dirinya

nah setelah hari senin yang sangat melelahkan tersebut,
hari selasanya kok mulai batuk2...
dan ternyata sampe hari ini masih :(
walaupun sudah berkurang banyak,
walaupun sudah di-hajar pake vitamin, antibiotik,
obat batuk hitam, woods peppermint, dan terakhir...
vectrine... (thanks to dr. boni... it does help !)

klo lagi gini,
kerasa banget ya, dalam kehidupan duniawi
kesehatan is the most important thing !
bhu...
pokoknya besok senin udah harus segar-bugar...
that's my ultimate very short term goal,
so help me god !
:D

cancun part 2

2008-02-17T23:46:00.002+07:00

gile man...
gw di cancun dari feb 11 - 15, 2008.
wuih... kamarnya mewah bouanget !
masyaallah !
trus yang ironis,
pas tanggal 15 feb, sebelum berangkat,
gw lunch ama team singapore,
dan semua dari mereka termasuk gw,
udah bosen ama cancun, pengen cepet2 pulang...
hehehe, humans...

trus tanggal 15 feb 2008 jam 17.35,
gw terbang balik ke jakarta,
rutenya sama kaya pas berangkat tapi dibalik.
jadi cancun - amsterdam - kl - jakarta.
nah gokilnya...
pas sampe amsterdam sempet delay 1 jam.
coz semua orang yang udah booking tiket amsterdam - kl, hadir !
maksudnya apa?
jadi ternyata setiap airlines sebisa mungkin overbooked the ticket,
dengan harapan ada yang gak nongol kan mereka bisa untung.
dengan sedikit gambling klo semua nongol kaya malem ini.
bingung lah mereka.

trus mulai lah, salah satu stewardess nya menghampiri gw.
dia nanya apa gw mau jadi volunteer untuk tidak berangkat.
dengan catatan mereka kasih overnight hotel di schiphol + cash 600 euro.
what ? tempting isn't it ?
trus gw tanya bisa nego gak ?
begitu dijawab nggak, ya gw tolak offernya.
gw mikir,"ok, it's quite amount of money,
but compare the potential time i've lost, especially with huny-ku,
... well it's not worth it !"

jadinya para penumpang KLM flight number KL 809,
dipindah dari gate E22 ke gate E18,
dan ganti pesawat dengan Boeing 747-400.
(kali tadinya Boeing 747-300)
akhirnya kita take off jam 21.45.

setelah terbang selama 12 jam 30 menit.
akhirnya kita landing di KL Malaysia.
dan ternyata pesawat nya delay lagi,
technical problem katanya...
nah, setelah nunggu lebih dari 1 jam,
"the flight has been cancelled due to the crack found
on engine number 1, 2, and 3)
what the f&#k !?
alhamdulillah gw bisa landing di KL dengan selamat.

trus mulailah muncul 'hawa' negatif di waiting lounge C3 KLIA.
orang pada nanya2... ada yang sopan, kasar, bahkan ngamuk.
trus sebagian penumpang (termasuk gw) diputuskan ditaro
di hotel royal adelphi, seremban, malaysia.
gw gak tau itu di mana...
tapi lumayan bisa sight seeing di Malaysia gratis!
bhu...

planning nya sih kita stay overnight,
besok check out jam 12 siang,
trus jam 12.50 diangkut pake bus ke KLIA lagi,
untuk naek pesawat ke jakarta jam 16.00
wow... 24 hours delay then...
let's see the progress and result tomorrow...

-peace-

Cancun…

2008-02-10T11:33:00.007+07:00

apaan tuh cancun ?
maksudnya kota cancun yang di mexico itu?
yup…
ternyata gw jadi juga berangkat ke cancun, mexico
tanggal 10 feb 08 ini.
tapi biar seru,
kita flash back dulu ye…

dec 5 07,
di pesawat SQ route sing-jkt, gw lg pulang abis induction training.
gw lagi ngobrol2 ama James Tan (supervisor gw yg di singapore),
tiba2 dia bilang,”… btw, you will be on the trip to cancun!”
gw cuma mikir ‘what the f*%k…?’

well sebenernya pas lagi induction training, gw udah denger sih selentingan2
klo bulan February bakal ada some Panduit conference di cancun,
tapi gw gak nyangka klo gw juga bakal ikut ke sono,
lha wong gw aja baru start kerja buat Panduit per tanggal 3 Dec 07.
masa iya sih gw ikut ke sana ?
lagipula emang pernah gitu di otak gw kebayang
klo someday I will go to Cancun-Mexico?

hmm…
let me think…
mungkin pernah kali ya…
klo gak salah waktu itu sekitar tahun 2004 – 2005,
gw pernah nonton vcd yang judulnya ‘the real cancun’,
tapi kan itu semi-bokep gitu ?

emang sih di situ gw sempet ternganga…
ooo…
ada ya tempat keren gitu yang namanya cancun.
tapi kayanya waktu itu impresinya cuma segitu doang deh…
eh, gak tau juga ding klo alam bawah sadar yang bekerja.
hehehe…

ya sudah,
dimulailah segala aktifitas yang mendukung supaya gw bisa berangkat,
mulai dari gw dikirimin surat dari Panduit Singapore
(yg menyatakan bahwa gw representatif dari Singapore di Indonesia),
trus ada juga surat dari Panduit Mexico
(yg menyatakan bahwa gw diundang untuk hadir ke
Panduit World Strategy Summit 08 di cancun mexico –
suratnya ada dua lho, satu pake bahasa mexico,
yang satunya pake bahasa inggris).
trus gw juga mulai nanya2 gimana caranya ngurus visa mexico.

nah, setelah syarat2nya komplit,
mulailah gw dateng ke Mexican Embassy – di Menara Mulia lt. 23,
bla… bla… bla…
ternyata dateng jum’at, senin nya tuh Mexican Visa jadi !
cepet be’eng !
gw sampe kaget, mana murah pula… cuma USD 36.00,
dan bayarnya via citibank.
jadinya si huny-ku gw kasih kerjaan deh :)

eits…
belom kelar urusannya,
ternyata di flight itinerary nya ada overnight transit di USA,
dan itu juga perlu US Visa.
mati dah gw…
ngurusnya kan gak gampang !
mana waktunya mepet pula !
bhu…

ya udah, berubung syarat2nya kurang lebih sama,
gw apply deh tu US visa.
ternyata proses applikasinya udah on-line,
yang masih manual Cuma interview nya aja… hehehe ya iya lah !
dan setelah kelar proses aplikasinya,
jadilah gw dapet jadwal interview tanggal 1 feb 08.
gila man !
padahal tanggal 10 feb 08 udah harus berangkat.
kan koleng gw…
bisa gak berangkat nih !

1 feb 08,
astagfirullah tu yang namanya ujan,
guede banget !,
sampe taksi blue bird yang gw pesen untuk ke US embassy gak mo dateng.
gw cukup bingung juga, kan ke US Embassy gak bisa bawa mobil,
taksi gak ada, padahal ujan deres banget ! gimana coba?

akhirnya gw decide bawa mobil sampe hotel mulia,
trus naek taksi dari sono ke US Embassy.
alhamdulillah lancar…
cuma pas sampe US Embassy ujannya makin gila2an…
jadinya pas interview basah kuyup deh.
trus mulai lah proses nya,
pertama2 dateng ke kasir, disuruh bayar di muka IDR 1,2 mil cash !
jadi klo visa lu gak di approve, ya angus aja deh tu duit…
what ?
kaget juga gw… tapi I have no choice…
trus, setelah gina-gini,
akhirnya masuklah gw ke ruangan untuk antri interview.
masyaallah, itu ruangan hawa nya negatif banget bo !
ada yang marah2, ada yang ngemis2 biar dapet visa,
ada yang was2 takut interview…
wuih, segala macem deh…
tapi hebatnya yang ngantri ada kali 100 orang,
itu pun katanya bukan pas high season.
gile nih amerika !
walopun banyak yang sebel ama mereka,
tetep aja banyak orang indonesia yang ngotot pengen ke sono.
emang bener2 land of dream kali ya…

finally, visa gw di approve (Alhamdulillah)
tadi nya di jadwalin jadi tanggal 11 feb
(yang bener aja… telat kali)
trus gw nawar bisa ngga tuh visa jadi sebelum tanggal 10,
krn jadwal gw berangkat tgl 10.
ya udah, mereka janjiin tanggal 8 feb,
dan alhamdulillah tanggal 6 udah kelar !
hebat juga nih birokrasi nya orang Amrik…
beda jauh ama birokrasi indonesia :D
nah yang lucu, setelah gw ambil tu Visa tanggal 6,
pas sampe rumah gw buka e-mail
gw dapet alternative flight itinerary naek KLM lewat Amsterdam.
jadi gak harus ke US.

gw mikir…
yey… gimana sih ni EO nya,
tau gini kan gw gak usah cape2 ngurus US Visa.
tapi kata James Tan, “it’s ok u still can claim for the US Visa reimbursement”
WOW… OK !

jadilah gw pilih yang pake KLM (maklum belom pernah ke eropa bo !)
hehehe…

and finally,
eng… eing… eng…
tanggal 10 Feb, berangkatlah gw ke soekarno-hatta airport,
naek silverbird mercedes C-240, ditemani huny-ku…
sampe akhirnya kita berpisah –
tuk nantinya ketemu lagi seminggu kemudian ya huny :)

gw naek KLM, route nya jakarta – kuala lumpur,
transit di KL sekitar 1 jam, trus langsung cabut ke Amsterdam.
gile, koleng juga di pesawat 12 jam !
mana dingin banget pula !
tapi gw bobo 8 jam… mmmm, nyaman…

trus sampe di Amsterdam gw sms an ama huny-ku, family and the gank !
ada kali 5 jam gw nunggu di schipol,
sebelum akhirnya cabut lagi direct Amsterdam – cancun !
sekarang juga gw masih di pesawat nih,
lagi bete gak ada kerjaan,
iseng aja gw ngetik report so far
buat ntar klo udah nyampe cancun gw tinggal cari wi-fi (klo bisa sih yang free)
buat nge-upload ini tulisan ke blog gw.
jadi sementara sekian dulu laporan dari udara…
(gw udah terbang selama 6 jam, kira2 masih 5 jam 20 menit lagi)
bhu….

-peace-

my new job

2008-01-26T05:06:00.000+07:00

hmm...
i'd never knew that there's such a job like this one.
since all i've ever heard from everybody around me,
a 'job' is usually define as an activity which most people dislike,
but they do it anyway due to the need of the income.

well...
i think i discover a new phrase to define what a 'job' is.
but first let me explain with a brief chronology...

commencing Dec 3, 2007,
i'm working for Panduit Corporation - www.panduit.com
as an Account Manager, Electrical Group for Indonesia.
which means...
i'm responsible for Panduit Electrical business in this country.
WOW !

on my 1st day at this JOB, Panduit invited me to Singapore
for induction training from Dec 2 - Dec 5.
hm... not bad for a start...

Then i found out that the Jakarta rep. office
is located at Sampoerna Strategic Square,
a very great office building, very luxurious,
and very really trully strategic from almost anywhere
of my daily route

For facilities...
Panduit also provide me a mobile phone and a laptop,
it's a lenovo thinkpad T61 full spec. (quite good...)
and...
they also provide a monthly communication allowance
and a monthly transport allowance
with the amount of most junior manager monthly salary in indonesia.
(it's a WOW ! again for me...)

but for me, the crazy thing is...
they provide me a home broadband internet,
covered the installation cost up to USD 100,
and also covered the monthly cost up to USD 50.
so basically it's a free internet at home :)

and the irony is...
with all of those benefit,
i'm able to work from home !
(this one is definitely WOW !)

so...
very nice JOB position,
very nice Office (the location, the luxury, and nice room of course...)
very nice laptop :P (i've never use laptop on a daily basis before)
very nice monthly communication and transport allowance,
very nice free home internet c/w wi-fi
barely working from home...
and...
a very NICE salary (of course)

btw one more thing...
if everything's OK,
i will go to Mexico on feb 10 - feb 15
just waiting for US Visa now.
(wish me luck)

conclusion :
honestly,
alhamdullilah i actually can live only from the transport allowance :)
but as a person who are willing to explore the human potential,
this situation is not too good, coz it's a very HUGE comfort zone !
remember "the enemy of a great life is a good life"
it means, as long as i didn't define my life as a great life,
everything will be fine.
coz i still need to learn more,
i still need to grow more,
i still need to explore more,
i still need to absorb more,
and...
i still need to be 'hungry' !

so back to the topic,
the new definition of 'job' is...
'an activity we need to do on a daily basis,
which we should learn to really like it (we don't have to love it)
so we could have a passion to do it,
and it give back lots of rewards to us'

one thing for sure is...
we have an option in this life...
we DO have an option...
we ALWAYS have an option...
the question is,
do you have a courage to take the option ?
are you willing to take the risk of the option?
do you want to pay the price of the option?

what's on 2007

2008-01-02T10:16:00.000+07:00

2007 ?
lets begin...

january
got the commission for the dec 2006 project.
(please find previous post)
wow !, money... money... money
then surprisingly...
i've got a new job offer from PT. Multi Tarex Mulia.
they're not in architectural lighting business,
they're an electrical and instrumentation supplier for Oil and Gas Industry.
(what the heck are those ?)
well...
i actually don't know anything about this field
but since the salary is better, i took the opportunity.
so january 31st 2007 became my last day for PT. Karsatama.

february
1st of february 2007 is my first day at my new company.
dunno anything and anyone about this business,
so i learn a new thing once again in my life.
and you know what...
on the 2nd of february, jakarta was heavily flooded.
phew... what a start !

march
24th of march is always special,
it is my hun's b'day.

april
i'm pursuiting my 1st potential PO in PT. Multi Tarex.
the end user for this project is PT. Perusahaan Gas Negara,
with PT. Nippon Steel Corporation as the main contractor,
and PT. Rekayasa Industri as the sub contractor and also the buyer.
It's the SSWJ1-CP5 project.
I'm going for the instrument junction box package.

may
7th of may, is my birthday. hehehe
i've got my first PO for this company.
yup... i've got the project i mentioned above,
valued around USD 35,000.
not bad for a rookie.
i'm beginning to understand the business,
although there are still lots of things to learn.

june
i've got another potential costumer, premier oil.
feels fantastic,
pursuiting another potential electrical and instrument package.

july
got my 2nd PO for PT. Multi Tarex,
it's from Premier Oil.
i'm starting to love this job.

augst
on 17th, it's indonesia's independence day.
now indonesia is 62 years old.
and it's obvious that we cannot rely on goverment.
so let's do something ourself for our life.
i also got an interview by a head hunter for PT. Panduit.

september
my hunbun resign from HSBC due to something. :D
she's now becoming unemployed but quite rich
(the compensation is good enough)
i'm still pursuiting my next project,
PT. Rekayasa Industri and Premier Oil became my main account.
meanwhile PT. Pandut starting to have an intrest in me,
and so do i.

october
Got quite big PO from Premier Oil (worth around USD 50,000)
at the same time, Panduit make an offer i can't refuse.
it's a multipliers from my Multi Tarex salary.

november
2nd of november, i sign a contract agreement with Panduit.
stating that commencing Dec 3rd 2007, i will be working for them.
and on mid november,
Panduit inform me that there will be an induction training in S'pore.
meanwhile on 3rd weeks of november,
i got my 'elephant' project for Multi Tarex.
it's from Premier Oil (worth around USD 100,000)
not bad, and it's my resignation gift for the company i worked for.
so...
November 30th 2007 became my last day for PT. Multi Tarex Mulia

december (a bit detail)
since now i'm beginning to have money (alhamdulillah)
i'm thinking of having a healthier life,
so hopefully i can life longer to enjoy the money :D
that's why i start to eat & drinks healthy f & B,
more exercise, and i quit smoking !
wow... that easy.

Dec 2 - 5
i went to s'pore for Panduit's induction training.
this company (www.panduit.com) is really amazing.

Dec 7 - 9
i'm attending the network21 leadership seminar
with peter cox.
that was fantastically amazing event !

monday Dec 10
my first official day at new job (Panduit Indonesia).

friday Dec 14
goes to jogja, my friend Prast is married.
hunbun and i went there using a bisnis class train.
our meeting point is starbucks coffee @ jl. thamrin,
from there we use bajaj to senen train station,
bought 2 tickets through 'calo' and then board to the train.
spent the night on train...
hmmm... can't forget the smell of iron inside the train :D

saturday Dec 15
arrived @ jogja around 5.00 am, picked up by dr. Boni (my coz)
and go straight to his house at babarsari area.
from here hunbun and i went to my home @ seturan
using dr. B's motorcycle and then go back to babarsari due to
dr. B's dad want to take us to lunch.
We went to lunch at ... (i don't know the name of the resto) :P
but it's quite special due to shark satay and shark soup on the menu !
and you know what...
shark is very delicious, the meat is so smooth.
at night, we went to Prast's wedding (what a journey man !),
and then hunbun an i stayed on dr. B's home.
wow... dr.B's dad invite hunbun and i personally to stay at his home.
what a very positive progress for our relationship.

sunday Dec 16
had breakfast at dr.B's home, quite big one :)
then i borrow dr.B's car to drive around jogja with my hunbun.
well...
something's change and some remains the same in jogja.
at 3.30 p.m we went back to babarsari, starts packing, etc.
at 4.00 p.m, we went to adisucipto airport.
it rains quite heavily.
(even jogja cries when we went back to jakarta) :P
our flight delayed for about 1 hour.
so hunbun and i spent more time at the airport.

dec 31
click on www.exoticlittleangel.blogspot.com for details.

wow... !
for me december is the best month of 2007 !

as conclusions...
2007 is a fantastic year !
3 company in 2 years ?
hmm...
you tell me.
next year... i'm planning to marry my hunnybunny.
i thank God every single second for the blessing i have in my life.

can't wait to achieve my next goal for 2008...

2006 resume

2007-03-13T11:11:00.001+07:00

what a year...

january
i've got a new job at an architectural lighting company
dunno what is what, which is which, who's who, etc...
a bit confused (a lot perhaps)
but i kept go on, coz i needed the money hehehe...

february
valentine
time to give present to my hunnybunny,
this time (since i got no money) just the 'samson' album
packed in a pink paper with ribbons on them

march
we were attending the leadership seminar n21
this is the first time we went there both and in full session
with jim-nancy dornan and mitch-deidree sala as a guest speakers
it was fantastic moment...
and...
my hunnybunny's birthday at 24th

april
i went to jogja for work, visiting my grandma who had stroke
and i don't remember anything happenned at this month anymore
hehehe

may
my birthday at 7th, nothin' special (since i don't have much money)
got my 1st project in somerset berlian apartement - permata hijau,
not bad for beginning,
coz i got the landscape and exterior lighting package
for that project...
estimated project value : 500 million rupiahs
(money... money... money...)
:D

june
really2 enjoy the work...
got salary raised.
and my financial life was getting intresting

july
2nd leadership seminar with my hunnybunny at the end of july
guests speaker from hungary enico goncz

august
Independence day at 17th
didn't remember anything more special...
sorry :(

september
...hmm nothin's special i guess...

october (edited-added)
28th october, Sumpah Pemuda
and nothin' else matters...

november
this one's also...

desember
another leadership seminar with my hunnybunny
guest speaker doug wead !
this one is unforgettable moment
and also...
i've got my 'elephant' project
penerangan jalan umum kab. musi-banyuasin, sumatera selatan
estimated project value 2,5 billion rupiahs
(more money... money... money...)
and i've been promoted as a sales and marketing manager...
:D

in the end,
2006 was a fantastic year,
there's up and down,
joy, happiness, and also sadness,
and as i told you hun,
someday we are gonna be so rich until we are sick of our richness
- amen :D-
so, this is not even begin hun...
- i love you -

jogja (again) ?

2006-04-25T12:29:00.000+07:00

kok jogja ?
iya dong...

jadi dalam bulan april ini gw udah 2 kali ke jogja...

gw sih seneng2 aja,
bisa punya waktu untuk jual meja gambar,
ng-arrange tuh rumah di jogja mo diapain,
nengokin eyang gw yang abis kena stroke,
meet the gank,
etc, etc...

tapi ada juga yang bete klo gw ke jogja,
namanya marlene rael s.
soalnya dia gak bisa ikut !
:D
padahal dia tuh yang pengen banget2 ke jogja
gw dibilang pelit lah, curang lah...
apa lah...
malah pas ke jogja yang pertama dulu,
dia sempet sakit pas abis gw berangkat...
gile... sampe segitunye... !
hehehe...

tapi honestly,
gw sih pengen banget ngajak dia ke jogja,
tapi apa mo dikata hun,
money is still the object...
ntar deh, klo money is not the object anymore,
baru kita jalan2...
(jagonya jual impian doang...!)
hahaha...

miss u so much hun...

same company, new office and new spirit !

2006-02-18T09:36:00.001+07:00

at january 5th, 2006,
gw resmi jadi pegawai...
:D

buat elu2 yang pada kenal gw...
(emang ada gitu yang baca blog ini?)
pasti pada tau banget klo gw tuh paling males
yang namanya kerja ama orang laen...
tapi apa mo dikata,
wong kocek gw lagi bokek sebokek-bokeknya :(

tapi at lease gw belajar sesuatu dari semua ini...
waktu itu situasi gw begini :
duit gak punya,
rumah tinggal nebeng ama bokap,
makan nebeng ama bokap,
sehari-hari bawa mobil,
2 bulan nganggur tapi klo ada tawaran kerja malah milih2,
bokap ngasih kerjaan tapi gw nya malah nolak,
temen2 ngasih kerjaan, gw nya juga nolak,
tapi hebatnya... gw punya cewe super kece yang always support gw...

nah ngeliat dari situasi tsb,
gw jadi punya evidence klo manusia tuh emang gila !
cuma di sini yang gila tuh gw ato cewe gw yah ?
:D

lagian...
sebagai perokok profesional yang bisa-nya cuman ngomong doang,
gw kan bingung mo kerja apa...
malah kata john c. maxwell (gw translate aja kali ye...)
"kerjaan tuh gak ada yang punya masa depan,
krn yang punya masa depan adl orangnya"
nah lho?! makin bingung kan gw...

tapi anyway sekarang situasi gw udah getting better deh...
right now, my situation is :
penghasilan lumayan (alhamdulillah),
tinggal masih nebeng ortu,
makan kadang nebeng ortu,
sehari-hari tetep bawa mobil,
jadi pegawai udah 2 bulan dan pindah ke kantor baru,
bokap udah gak nawar2in kerjaan lagi (finally),
temen2 banyak yang mau kerjasama ama gw,
dan gw tetep punya cewe yang makin kece yang makin support gw,
...and still changing to a better phase...
- amin -

the point is...
gw sebenernya mo cerita banyak soal kantor baru gw,
tapi ntar malah dikira pamer, sombong, belagu, dst, dst...
(padahal sih emang...:D)
jadi gw kasih foto2 kantor baru gw aja deh...
lagian kata bread di lagu if ,"a picture paints a thousand words"
so... let's check these out !

tampak depan kantor baru gw..
pintu masuk..
kalau yg ini, ruang meetingnya..
ruang kerja..
ruang kerja..
ruang kerja..
kalau yg ini, gudangnya..
salah satu produk, lampu trilux...
another trilux light..

jakarta, i'm back... !

2006-01-04T12:56:00.000+07:00

after 12 years leaving jakarta,
now i live in this megapolitan city again
and i think the hardest thing for me
is in terms of 'adaptation'

what's that suppose to mean ?
well...
in the last 9 years in jogja,
i live by myself...
i mean there's no parents, nor sister,
only friends and relatives...
so basically, i'm free...

but for the last 2 months,
consider i'm staying with my family (again),
of course there's a slight different opinion among us
some of which are good, some of which are not good
depends from each person's point of view...
and each person has different way to handle things,
and boy... it stresses me a lot in the beginning...

thank i god i have "someone special" beside me
and 'she' always reminds me
about how good i really am in dealing with people,
only this time, the 'people' involved here is my family,
so there's always emotional factor involved
in the way i look at those things....

and once again, i've realized that i really2 need
that "someone special" to be there beside me
and i will always love her...

- peace -

there's also several strange things i found in jakarta...
for example in this picture, do you find somehing unusual ?

good bye bro...

2005-12-01T08:13:00.000+07:00

wikan ndaru waskito...
'goddammit' man !

gak ada yang nyangka
dia yang bakal check out duluan dari dunia ini...
kita semua sempet bingung,
knp juga dia yang dipanggil duluan ?

ndaru tuh orangnya jujur,
gw bukannya mau muji2 krn dia udah gak ada lho...
suwer...
lha, gimana gak jujur coba, wong klo ngibul ketauan mulu...
:D

pokoknya dibandingin temen2 se-gank,
kayaknya dia deh yang paling 'lurus'...

tapi knp malah dia yang 'dipanggil' ?

ato justru krn dia yang paling 'lurus'
makanya dia yang 'dipanggil' duluan ?
jadi yang di atas ngasih kesempatan buat kita2
untuk memperbaiki diri... gitu ?

bisa juga sih...

whatever... !

yang jelas...
gw bener2 kehilangan sosok makhluk hidup yang satu itu...
bouanyak banget memori yang gw alamin ama dia
setaon belakangan ini...
so this is really a great loss for me...

gw berharap orang2 yang ditinggalkan bisa tabah,
yah minimal sok tabah kayak gw juga gpp...

insyaallah lo diterima di sisi Allah S.W.T man !
gw tau gw sering banget ngucapin ini ke dia buat bercanda,
tapi gak ngira bakal secepet ini ngucapin buat beneran...

see you in the next level from the circle of life man...

may you rest in peace bro...

done !

2005-10-27T09:09:00.000+07:00

finally, after 9 f@%kin' years (well... 3 years of doing nothing)
i've finished my academic education (s1)
and this is what i'm personally thinking :
this wasn't even my dream, my goals, nor my strategy...
but i'm the one who's doing the work...
and still i can succeed...

so...
how about you, people ?
what if it's our dream ?
would we make some goal ?
would we make some strategy to achieve the goal ?
and are we willing to do some work to pay for the price ?

well...
perhaps that's the meaning of life isn't it,
knowing why we are here
coz once i've heard that the greatest thing in this life,
is knowing why we are born in this planet earth...

*whatever...*

yang penting abis lebaran gw mau pindah jakarta for good...
n setelah gw pikir2... (emang gw pernah mikir gitu?)
ternyata gw tinggal di jogja udah 12 taon !
gile man !
berarti udah 44,4 % dari hidup gw gw habisin di jogja...
well... not actually like that sich...
kan gw juga bolak-balik jakarta :)
tarohlah... 40 % of my life was spent in jogja,
it's still a huge number of precentage you know !
wuih... gak ngira...

klo gitu mestinya jogja bener2 impress bagi gw dong ?
well... kind of...
coz after 12 years of living in jogja...
my concusion is that everyday is holiday in jogja...
:D

don't worry jogja... you won't be missing me,
coz i'll be in your heart and the most important is...
jogja is always in my heart...
i'll visit you again soon...

(kayaknya ntar lagu kla project yang 'yogyakarta'
bakal jadi soundtrack di kehidupan gw tuh...)

- peace -

- love -

2005-09-12T16:53:00.000+07:00

hehehe... apa lagi nih ?

bagi para rekan2 yang udah kenal gw dari dulu,
harap sabar... tenang... tenang...
i haven't change that much kok :D

gak tau knp gw tiba2 pengen nulis tentang cinta,
tapi gw pengen nulis ini dari sudut pandang suka2 gw
jadi ini seperti fakta2 yang ada tentang cinta gitu...

cinta...
dia cuma berupa kata yang simpel,
terdiri dari 5 huruf (bhs ind.) ato 4 huruf (love-in english-red.)
tapi bagi yang bener2 udah pernah ketemu ama dia...
wuih, dahsyat bo' responnya...

biasanya orang klo lagi jatuh cinta senengnya bukan maen
gak tau gimana tapi semua kerasa indah...
begitu pula klo ditinggalin ama si cinta,
wuih responnya lebih dahsyat lagi...
sampe2 ada orang yang rela meninggalkan hidupnya

kali u2 emang bener,
mrk bilang "love is like a drug that takes u higher..."

emang,
biasanya cinta bisa membuat seseorang mengalami reformasi total
dan hebatnya keinginan untuk mereformasi ini berasal dari diri sendiri,
contoh fiksi :
- superman rela jadi clark kent selamanya
gara2 dia jatuh cinta ama lois lane
- anakin skywalker nyeberang ke darkside n jadi darth vader
gara2 begitu cintanya dia sama padme, dan gak pengen kehilangan padme
contoh real :
lu bisa ambil cermin trus ngaca,
ato klo males lu tinggal liat orang2 di sekeliling...

malah sekarang ini si cinta udah jadi barang komersil
kayaknya apapun klo diembel2in cinta
cenderung banyak yang tertarik...
mulai dari film, lagu, buku,
sampe perang aja kadang2 meng-atas namakan cinta

tapi bagi gw sendiri, love is a verb !
cinta tuh kata kerja...
perlu di perjuangin, kerja keras, kompromi, full effort deh...
tapi juga harus bisa dinikmatin

malah konon kabarnya...
albert einstein lebih milih mempelajari quantum physics
daripada meneliti tentang cinta,
padahal dia sempet bikin hipotesa loch...
he said that love is just another form of energy...
(dan teori ini didukung sama celine dion - the power of love-)
emang iya gituh ? :)
*asal deh gw...*

what happenned last weekend ?

2005-09-08T13:18:00.000+07:00

what ?
well...
for most indonesian citizen,
last weekend was special coz it's a long weekend...
but for me,
last weekend was one of the most fantastic weekend
in my life...

why ?
coz my hunnybunny was came here to jogjakarta
and everything was very highly under control...
i mean usually, we had a slight different opinion,
and sometimes we fought, and things like most couple did
when they had no understanding between them...
but this time, everything went very smooth...

who ?
i'd like to thank to all the people whom involved
in one of the most fantastic weekend i've ever had,
and here they are :
1. dr. bonnie-my cousins, which now has gone to aceh...
2. baby-dr. b's girlfriend, which now has went back to balikpapan
3. nena-baby's friend, which now has went back to jakarta
4. rully-nena's boyfriend, which now has went back with nena
5. said-baby's friend, which now has went back to balikpapan
6. said's mom-which now has went back with said...
7. wawan, my pool rival-which now has went back to malang
8. my beloved hunnybunny-which now has went back to jakarta
but she's always in my heart all the time...

when and where ?
friday, sept. 2nd 2005 :
stasiun tugu - warung burjo - home - jum'atan - home- angkringan -
home - borobudur - home - galeria mall - home
saturday, sept. 3rd 2005 :
home - campus - angkringan - home - wash the car - bakmi ganja -
mirota - campus - home - langen sekar resto - hanggar billiar -
alun2 selatan - home
sunday, sept. 4th 2005 :
home - stasiun tugu

how ?
- my hunnybunny came here with train (bisnis class) sat on the floor,
went back to jakarta with argolawu (executive class) train.
- we went to borobudur with dr. bonnie's red aerio
- i had dinner w/ my hun using my own car, also when i pick her
up to the train station, took her back there, hanggar billiard,
campus, bakmi ganja, mirota, and alun-alun selatan.
- we went to angkringan by walking, coz the angkringan is located
right beside my house
- nena and rully brought a green new corrolla from jakarta
and they drive it all the time in jogja
- nena, rully, baby, said, and said's mom stayed at hotel (...)
(i forgot the name) located on dagen street, jogjakarta,
while my hun stayed with me at home...

that's all folks,
i hope you can see why i called it one of the most fantastic weekend
i've ever had in my life...

me and my hunnybunny at borobudur

studio

2005-08-24T17:08:00.000+07:00

wah skrg udah tanggal 24 agustus 2005,
studio masih kurang sebulan lagi...

gw tadi sempet diskusi ama temen2 studio,
menurut mereka gw ngerjainnya cepet banget,
padahal gw bilang sih biasa aja...
ternyata konklusi nya adalah :
mereka take it for granted klo asistensi ama dosen,
sedangkan gw justru paling seneng klo asistensi...

lucunya, setelah ditelaah lebih lanjut,
mereka take it for granted
sebenernya krn asistensi nya tuh gratis,
maksud gw...
seandainya asistensi ama dosen, kita perlu bayar per jam,
pasti mereka pada ngebut kaya gw...

jadi...
itulah knp mereka ngira gw cepet banget...
malah ada yang bingung klo asistensi mo ngapain,
gara2 gambar nya blm ada perkembangan...
coba klo asistensi nya bayar,
wah... gak bakalan deh tuh ada yang namanya no progress...

apa lagi yah..
o iya hampir lupa...
i miss u hun <--- padahal ini yang paling penting !
:D

pulsa = napas ?

2005-08-14T21:56:00.000+07:00

apa sih maksud sinonim diatas ?
kok pulsa = napas ?
btw lu jangan coba2 cari sinonim tersebut
di kamus besar bahasa indonesia-nya balai pustaka
apalagi di webster dictionary...
kagak bakalan nemu !

tapi klo lu tanya langsung ke gw,
ya itu lah sinonim yang paling 'match'
ama situasi gw skrg ini...

sebenernya sinonim tersebut sangat berkaitan dengan
perusahaan penyedia jasa selular (cellular provider)
di indonesia yang bernama *********
sejak meluncurkan program 'dahsyat' yaitu
tarif flat rp 150,-/30 detik antara pk. 23.00 s/d pk. 06.59,
tanpa zoning di seluruh wilayah indonesia...
mereka telah 'menyelamatkan' banyak sekali pasangan
di indonesia ini

bayangkan...
para pengguna jasa ********* di seluruh indonesia
bisa saling berkomunikasi dengan tarif semurah itu !
ini benar2 suatu terobosan
dalam dunia komunikasi antar pasangan...
apalagi yang long distance relationship kayak gw gini...
wah... bener2 mukjizat !

coba program ini diluncurkan di tahun 2002,
mungkin bukan hanya kualitas hubungan kita bersama
yang bisa ditingkatkan, melainkan juga kualitas finansial !
hehehe...

pokoknya bagi gw sekarang...
prioritas alokasi dana adalah untuk membeli pulsa ******* **** !
krn me'refill' pulsa bagi gw
kaya lagi nyelem, trus naek ke permukaan ambil napas...
apalagi di permukaan gw bisa mendengarkan
suara terindah
sejagat alam semesta raya ciptaan tuhan yang maha kuasa ini !
wah...
itu baru namanya napas !

jadi gak salah dong judul postingannya,
judul tadi betul2 merefleksikan
apa yang ada di benak gw beberapa minggu terakhir ini...
(lho ? bukannya mikirin studio ?)

tapi yang jelas...
i'm re-'falling in love' after 3 years of 'special' relationship
with someone...
and we all know that it is NOT easy...

thx to ********* buat programnya...

could we choose our destiny?

2005-08-12T16:38:00.000+07:00

<--- when i was 3 y.o.

the lovely lady --->

guys.. do you think it's easy for the cute little boy to find ways

and finally met his future wife ?
i believe you all know the answer...

and if you knew his journey like i did,
you'll surprised !
and you'll ask yourself,"is this for real ?"
"or it's just another silly reality show on tv ?"

well...
one thing for sure,
the cute little boy now has become a man...
and that man loves the lovely lady very much !
he said that
she's "sedikit galak, luar biasa cerdas dan sangat cantik mempesona"
and she's also "hangat, liar dan sensual..."

anyway...
he thanks to god every second in his life for her presence
and if we really could choose our destiny,
i believe he will choose what he's already have right now...
it's true...

when i look at the stars in the sky,
i don't see the true form of the stars
coz it's just reflection from the past...
but when i look into your eyes,
i could see the true form of my life
coz i'm seeing my future...
- qnoy marcelino -

from down till late afternoon

2005-08-11T16:08:00.000+07:00

the sexiest photo in this universe

gara2 wanita (lihat di atas)
yang bernama marlene r. katarina (satyagraha),

gw semalem baru bisa bobo jam 5.00 pagi...
itu pun selepas gw sholat subuh,
gak tau knp gw semalem kangen sekangen-kangennya...
padahal jam 8.00 udah harus berangkat ke kampus,
tapi untung, malem sempet bobo dari jam 19.00 sampe jam 22.00
jadi di studio gak ngantuk...

anyway... tadi siang si pras ke studio,
dia lagi bayar spp, heregistrasi sekaligus nengokin gw
trus kita ngobrol di studio sejam lebih...
wuih, thx god ada dia, jadi tadi gw bisa ketawa2 sampe ngakak...
nah pas dia balik, gw pikir studio bakal sepi,
eh...
gak taunya ada anak studio yang namanya angga bikin demo sulap..
dia bisa ngebengkokin sendok, melintir sendok,
trus dibalikin normal lagi !
gile... ada tukang sulap di studio...
yang seru... pas dia lagi gitu cewe2 pada histeris,
yang cowo2 pada ngakak...
top !

btw...
jangan2 si angga bikin konsep design yang nggabungin antara
magic + architecture...
mungkin bikin konsep illusive building kali,
gedungnya kadang keliatan kadang ngga :D

anyway...
overall, this day is fantastic !
but... there's a story behind every story...
yup... my hunnybunny is having a 'slight' difficulties
with her hsbc card
have a nice stress hun !
love you very much...

what a day...

2005-08-10T16:40:00.000+07:00

first post of my life...
well...
hari ini studio spt biasa, tadi asistensi ama pak yoseph...
trus disuruh ngubah site plan dikit, denah dikit, katanya biar ntar pendadaran nya lancar...
ya udah daripada puyeng langsung gw 'edit' deh tuh draft gambar...
15.30 langsung cabut ke rumah boni,
maksudnya sih biar bisa chatting ama hunnybunny...
tapi ternyata dia lagi sibuk...
jadi chattingnya cuma sepotong-sepotong...
but it's still better that having no contact at all
coz i miss her so f*%kin' much !
hehehe...