I gave up. I started to reconsider to use another techonology of cellular phone. That is CDMA. I used to have GSM cell-phone. And the current number that I have right now, means a lot to me. Well, perhaps I just being over reacting. The thing is, when I was finally able to get myself a cell-phone, I was unable to buy a number to be used. The price was terribly expensive. Until a colleague of mine help me out to get it with fair price for me. So, even the number is not so easy to be remembered, I never throw it away.
But this time, I realized that the expensed has become too much. Now, many of my colleague using 2 cell-phones. Not because they are rich or anything. But, the other one is usually with the old fashion style of cell-phones, it turn out for CDMA. According to them, is much, much cheaper compared with GSM. So, cheap that you can talk in a very long duration and probably you will get a cancer for letting that phone too long near your head. Most of my friends now did not care about the new style of cell-phones anymore. What good of that cell-phone of yours if you have no money to pay for using it?
Usually, our consideration to buy cell-phone is there any camera on it? And how about the radio? Can this cell-phone be used to browse the internet? Now, come to think of it, what is the real purpose of this cell-phone? To call someone, right? Not to take pictures, for heaven sake! You can use a camera digital right now. It will not be a bother to bring it everyday, since they are so small these days. Listening to radio or music? Then just get an MP3 player or Ipod to keep as many songs as you like, depend on how many capacity the device able to store it. Browse the net? Errh, are you sure you are ready to receive the bill after you browse the net? Beside? What is so important that make you can not wait until you use your laptop or pc? And how can you stand to look in that those so tiny little miny screen on the cell-phone?
Well, now I am still looking whether to use Fren, Telkom Flexi, Star One, or Esia for my CDMA phone. I can not believe that finally I have to join the community of 2 cell-phones user. And all in the name of reduce my expenses.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Friday, September 29, 2006
I went to Sushi Tei (again?) with Tina. She is a Sushi-freak like I do, so there we were on our way to Senayan City. The mall is way to big for me ( I think) to stroll around in just 1 -2 hours. There are still many places that still empty. I guess in another 2 months, this place will be crowded with teens.
Anyway, during our dinner Tina started to complain about her situation in the office. There was this new guy in her section. And this new guy got higher responsibilities than her. With bigger responsibilities, this will allow this new guy in the future to have upgrading for his staff level. She said she felt unnoticed. After all her work there in almost a year time, she was not given more responsibilities. To add to her frustration, she has to taught this new guy the job that she has already known but was not been given trust to do it.
So, I said to her that I hope now she will understand why all her senior, like me for one, really hate the new kids, although we realize it is the situation that give them more advantage.
I have to start from level A, when I finally have the chance to be a permanent staff after wasting my youth for about 2 and a half years being a temporary clerk. I once argued with the Human Resources Dept about why in the heck I have to start over again from level A? The lowest level of being permanent staff. Did not my previous experience as a temporary clerk count? They said that if I have experience from another company, that would be counted as a job experience. In the end, I did not reach the D level until last year. And all that time, I have to teached and teached other person who got transferred from another section and watching them going up. Perhaps, I did not do my job very well. Okay, but why did I get a good appraisal year after year? And right now, kids who has work experience from another company, even if the previous job did not related with the current job, they are all rewarded with level D. The level which I have to struggle to get it for 6 years being permanent staff. Several of them only wait for 3 or 4 month after their probation and got rewarded with level E. The highest level for being a permanent staff. While their senior have to beg and beg to get the level E, considered that they got good appraisal for their work.
Just like me, I added the information to Tina. I was the one who teach her without hesitation. And what did I get? A transfer to another section. She got my position. Well, life is suck.
But you know what? I started to think that this year perhaps I should be realistic and end my dream about getting out of this nutt house. I am 34. No company will hire me. Especially I have no experience what so ever other than my current job. I am suck in writing, in business, totally a looser in everything. So, rather I hurt my mind and heart and bickering about my job, perhaps I just have to realize that I am DESTINED to be a nobody in this world and in short, in the office. All my hope has vanished along with the time passing me by. I looked in the mirror and smiled bitterly, that this is me. Being 34 and have nothing.
But, probably I will live my life in peace if I ignore all that and just live my life. And for Tina, I advise her to start looking for another job if she really that dissapointed. I laughed at her that she only be here in our office for less than a year and already she felt resentment to the office policy. Well, she is still so young. She still can hope and hope for a better future. But that hope is no longer available for me. My dream ends here. Life is a bitch. Face it.
Anyway, during our dinner Tina started to complain about her situation in the office. There was this new guy in her section. And this new guy got higher responsibilities than her. With bigger responsibilities, this will allow this new guy in the future to have upgrading for his staff level. She said she felt unnoticed. After all her work there in almost a year time, she was not given more responsibilities. To add to her frustration, she has to taught this new guy the job that she has already known but was not been given trust to do it.
So, I said to her that I hope now she will understand why all her senior, like me for one, really hate the new kids, although we realize it is the situation that give them more advantage.
I have to start from level A, when I finally have the chance to be a permanent staff after wasting my youth for about 2 and a half years being a temporary clerk. I once argued with the Human Resources Dept about why in the heck I have to start over again from level A? The lowest level of being permanent staff. Did not my previous experience as a temporary clerk count? They said that if I have experience from another company, that would be counted as a job experience. In the end, I did not reach the D level until last year. And all that time, I have to teached and teached other person who got transferred from another section and watching them going up. Perhaps, I did not do my job very well. Okay, but why did I get a good appraisal year after year? And right now, kids who has work experience from another company, even if the previous job did not related with the current job, they are all rewarded with level D. The level which I have to struggle to get it for 6 years being permanent staff. Several of them only wait for 3 or 4 month after their probation and got rewarded with level E. The highest level for being a permanent staff. While their senior have to beg and beg to get the level E, considered that they got good appraisal for their work.
Just like me, I added the information to Tina. I was the one who teach her without hesitation. And what did I get? A transfer to another section. She got my position. Well, life is suck.
But you know what? I started to think that this year perhaps I should be realistic and end my dream about getting out of this nutt house. I am 34. No company will hire me. Especially I have no experience what so ever other than my current job. I am suck in writing, in business, totally a looser in everything. So, rather I hurt my mind and heart and bickering about my job, perhaps I just have to realize that I am DESTINED to be a nobody in this world and in short, in the office. All my hope has vanished along with the time passing me by. I looked in the mirror and smiled bitterly, that this is me. Being 34 and have nothing.
But, probably I will live my life in peace if I ignore all that and just live my life. And for Tina, I advise her to start looking for another job if she really that dissapointed. I laughed at her that she only be here in our office for less than a year and already she felt resentment to the office policy. Well, she is still so young. She still can hope and hope for a better future. But that hope is no longer available for me. My dream ends here. Life is a bitch. Face it.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
do not know why, everytime I felt sad or happy, I always want to hug someone. Later, I found out that hug can help to release the stress. Unfortunately, I am unable to perform hugging as many as I want it to. Why?
First of all, helloooo! I am 33 years old. Everytime I hug my dad, he probably just look at me in bewilderment as if he want to say like am I not too old for this?
Sometimes I want to hug my friends whenever I was happy or sad. But again, I have heard a rumour that since I have no couple, I probably like to have relationship with the same gender. So, in order to avoid being the centre of the gossip just because I wish to express my sadness or happiness, I hold back in this hugging business.
Plus, Asian people is not very good in expressing their feeling. I hardly seen my friends hugging each other whenever there was good news or even bad news. They probably only give each other pat on the back or a quick hug. My mom is probably one of this kind of person. She hugged me a lot when I was still a kid. But, as soon as I entered the University she always rejected my hug. Sometimes, I feel so sad. She always said to me that I should not behave like a ten years old kid. But, the worst part when she said that if I like to hug so much then how come I did not try to find myself a good husband. I was taken aback at that time, si I withdrew myself from her and I hardly hug her anymore. Mostly right now, I hug my teddy bear and end up coughing because it has been long time since I send my doll to the laundry house.
I still need someone that I can hold to and to be hold. It does not have to be a man, does it? A friend will do. Just hug each other and do not have to say a word to one another. I will get better from my stress. I just know that. The problem is, I do not know to whom I can give my biggest hug to... Maybe I should get another big teddy bear to hug and to hold and probably to be punched
First of all, helloooo! I am 33 years old. Everytime I hug my dad, he probably just look at me in bewilderment as if he want to say like am I not too old for this?
Sometimes I want to hug my friends whenever I was happy or sad. But again, I have heard a rumour that since I have no couple, I probably like to have relationship with the same gender. So, in order to avoid being the centre of the gossip just because I wish to express my sadness or happiness, I hold back in this hugging business.
Plus, Asian people is not very good in expressing their feeling. I hardly seen my friends hugging each other whenever there was good news or even bad news. They probably only give each other pat on the back or a quick hug. My mom is probably one of this kind of person. She hugged me a lot when I was still a kid. But, as soon as I entered the University she always rejected my hug. Sometimes, I feel so sad. She always said to me that I should not behave like a ten years old kid. But, the worst part when she said that if I like to hug so much then how come I did not try to find myself a good husband. I was taken aback at that time, si I withdrew myself from her and I hardly hug her anymore. Mostly right now, I hug my teddy bear and end up coughing because it has been long time since I send my doll to the laundry house.
I still need someone that I can hold to and to be hold. It does not have to be a man, does it? A friend will do. Just hug each other and do not have to say a word to one another. I will get better from my stress. I just know that. The problem is, I do not know to whom I can give my biggest hug to... Maybe I should get another big teddy bear to hug and to hold and probably to be punched
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Yesterday was the second day in this fasting month for the Moslem. And they all rushed from their office to go home as fast as they can to have a fasting break at home. I have been through this years after years. So, when Novi asked me to go to the movie, I agreed without hesitation...
First of all, I think is okay to have some fun on Monday... Then, I really, really need someone I can talk to about the Cyber Cafe. Well, I have decided to let go my ownership. I do not even care if in the future that Cyber Cafe manage to get huge profit. If that is the case, well good for them. I do not wish to jeopardize my life with something that is not that worth it. I mean, I can find another 10 Million Rupiahs in this world but I can not get my sanity back. If I have to deal with that PYSCHO for another 4 years... I think I am going to loose my mind.
However, I do not wish to let go the money that easily. So, I asked my friend who introduce me to that PYSCHO to return the money that I consider now as A LOAN to her only and not as a part of my ownership. I email her and sms too, even though I got no reply up to now. But, at least I want her to know that this is my decision right now. And I do hope she will notify when she will be able to return the money. I want nothing more or less. Just the above amount. I also advise her that next time, and of course this goes for me too, that she should be more carefull in finding a partnership for joint business. Do not mesmerized by the numbers on the proposal which we are still not sure is it going to happen or not. Also to be more carefull with legal stuffs like the receipt should be add with legal stamps, The Business Agreement must dated on the day the business started, stuffs like that. I also a bit concern that this PYSCHO seems very careless in using money as he do not have a proper record and I would like to laugh that he did not even remember to give the employee a holiday allowances. But then again, it is not my business anymore...
So, there I was with Novi... I watched Devil wears Prada. Looking at the character, which somehow remind me a bit about my boss in the office. So, I finally realized that we can not expect all people to be so kind. I am still lucky to have only a few obnoxious human being in this working area. The main character live in New York, which seems containing 80% obnoxious people...
We just have to be thankfull for everything that we got, I suppose...
First of all, I think is okay to have some fun on Monday... Then, I really, really need someone I can talk to about the Cyber Cafe. Well, I have decided to let go my ownership. I do not even care if in the future that Cyber Cafe manage to get huge profit. If that is the case, well good for them. I do not wish to jeopardize my life with something that is not that worth it. I mean, I can find another 10 Million Rupiahs in this world but I can not get my sanity back. If I have to deal with that PYSCHO for another 4 years... I think I am going to loose my mind.
However, I do not wish to let go the money that easily. So, I asked my friend who introduce me to that PYSCHO to return the money that I consider now as A LOAN to her only and not as a part of my ownership. I email her and sms too, even though I got no reply up to now. But, at least I want her to know that this is my decision right now. And I do hope she will notify when she will be able to return the money. I want nothing more or less. Just the above amount. I also advise her that next time, and of course this goes for me too, that she should be more carefull in finding a partnership for joint business. Do not mesmerized by the numbers on the proposal which we are still not sure is it going to happen or not. Also to be more carefull with legal stuffs like the receipt should be add with legal stamps, The Business Agreement must dated on the day the business started, stuffs like that. I also a bit concern that this PYSCHO seems very careless in using money as he do not have a proper record and I would like to laugh that he did not even remember to give the employee a holiday allowances. But then again, it is not my business anymore...
So, there I was with Novi... I watched Devil wears Prada. Looking at the character, which somehow remind me a bit about my boss in the office. So, I finally realized that we can not expect all people to be so kind. I am still lucky to have only a few obnoxious human being in this working area. The main character live in New York, which seems containing 80% obnoxious people...
We just have to be thankfull for everything that we got, I suppose...
Monday, September 25, 2006
Out of the blue, I just remember that most of the time, I pray only for my family and me. I hardly ever pray for everyone else.
So, right now… I think I want to make a list to all the people that help me for what I am right now…
To all my teachers starting from Kindergarten School to my counselor in the university. You guys help me out to pass my youth days by studying and studying… He…he…he…, maybe my Mom should be saying this prayer because I once think that this studying things will never gonna end… I hope you all are blessed with good health always… May all the bad things been driven away from you. To those who has passed away, may your soul rest in peace.
To all the people who I have never got a chance to thanks them in person for their help:
To the taxi driver who helped to drive me and my mom to the hospital after we got a car accident and of course to all the people who helped us to get out from the vehicle at that time…
To someone who is kind enough returning our wallet along with the money in it
To someone who let our family know that we got a car accident.
To all the people who offer my mom and me a sit at the public transportation.
To someone who is kind enough to show us the right way when we got lost…
And to so many others…
I can only pray that may you received many kindnesses in your life and be blessed always
And to all the people who manage to make my life miserable…, darn… I can not give you my prayers… Sorry…, I do not have enough will to give my prayers for you…
So, right now… I think I want to make a list to all the people that help me for what I am right now…
To all my teachers starting from Kindergarten School to my counselor in the university. You guys help me out to pass my youth days by studying and studying… He…he…he…, maybe my Mom should be saying this prayer because I once think that this studying things will never gonna end… I hope you all are blessed with good health always… May all the bad things been driven away from you. To those who has passed away, may your soul rest in peace.
To all the people who I have never got a chance to thanks them in person for their help:
To the taxi driver who helped to drive me and my mom to the hospital after we got a car accident and of course to all the people who helped us to get out from the vehicle at that time…
To someone who is kind enough returning our wallet along with the money in it
To someone who let our family know that we got a car accident.
To all the people who offer my mom and me a sit at the public transportation.
To someone who is kind enough to show us the right way when we got lost…
And to so many others…
I can only pray that may you received many kindnesses in your life and be blessed always
And to all the people who manage to make my life miserable…, darn… I can not give you my prayers… Sorry…, I do not have enough will to give my prayers for you…
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Indah invited me to her birthday treats today… Her birthday was on 15 September 2006 and I have to admit, I was confuse to find a suitable birthday present for her.
At first, I was considering to give her this Graphic Novel by Marjane Satrapi. But something came up, so I did not give the book to her in the end. Then, I thought about buying her children stories, as right at this moment she loves to read those books. But then, I did not know how many books she might have as her collection and finally I cancel the thoughts.
I did consider to get her a cow doll. This idea also meets with dead end because she can be very picky when it comes to the eyes of the doll. Yes, THE EYES, ladies and gentlemen. This idea seems not be working… I started to get frustrated.
And finally, when I was browsing Passar Baroe with my mother I spotted this pinkish lip gloss from ETUDE. Then it hit me, that I hardly seen Indah with lipstick. So, this is going to be a very unique gift for her. Of course I am rather worry that she might not like it. But, I think is okay to give a rather bizarre present for one or two times.
So, when we met, I gave her the present. Thanks for the lunch, Indah ^_^ But, it is a pity we have to departed very soon. And at home, I called her to ask if she has opened her present. She said not yet and she will call me if she has opened it.
Finally she called and thanking me for the present and asked this question: “That’s a nice gift. Erh, what should I do with it? Is that for my lips?”
I sniggered at the questions as I have expected that she would asked. Indah, for a woman who like everything about women stuffs like PINKISH, Miss Universe, I think you should put a woman-thing on you. And don’t worry, next time I will get you a make up powder v(^_^)v KIDDING! Happy birthday, dear friend !
At first, I was considering to give her this Graphic Novel by Marjane Satrapi. But something came up, so I did not give the book to her in the end. Then, I thought about buying her children stories, as right at this moment she loves to read those books. But then, I did not know how many books she might have as her collection and finally I cancel the thoughts.
I did consider to get her a cow doll. This idea also meets with dead end because she can be very picky when it comes to the eyes of the doll. Yes, THE EYES, ladies and gentlemen. This idea seems not be working… I started to get frustrated.
And finally, when I was browsing Passar Baroe with my mother I spotted this pinkish lip gloss from ETUDE. Then it hit me, that I hardly seen Indah with lipstick. So, this is going to be a very unique gift for her. Of course I am rather worry that she might not like it. But, I think is okay to give a rather bizarre present for one or two times.
So, when we met, I gave her the present. Thanks for the lunch, Indah ^_^ But, it is a pity we have to departed very soon. And at home, I called her to ask if she has opened her present. She said not yet and she will call me if she has opened it.
Finally she called and thanking me for the present and asked this question: “That’s a nice gift. Erh, what should I do with it? Is that for my lips?”
I sniggered at the questions as I have expected that she would asked. Indah, for a woman who like everything about women stuffs like PINKISH, Miss Universe, I think you should put a woman-thing on you. And don’t worry, next time I will get you a make up powder v(^_^)v KIDDING! Happy birthday, dear friend !
Friday, September 22, 2006
Death penalty. Up to now, many people stil has disagreement whether death penalty should not be apllied for whatever reason. While there many others still thinks that death penalty still be needed.
I do not know what my own feeling about this. I meant, if I have a family member brutally murdered by someone and then the police able to catch that person... I would personally want this person to be executed if he or she found guilty as charge. Their death will not bring back the loss, but at least I know this person will not be able to do evil things anymore.
But then I remembered about this true story. A young man was shot in his head and left to die by the bad person. However, he managed to survive his ordeal and alive until now. Finally, the police able to catch the shooter and sentenced in prison. I forgot whether for life or not. Anyway, this young man not only able to forgive the shooter who almost took his life for nothing. But he also become a regular visitor for the man who has harm him for no reason. And when his shooter was sick because of cancer (if I was not wrong), he was also the one who visit this bad person and pray for him. Finally, his shooter was touched by his kindness and repent for his sin.
When I read that story, I was like... wow... That young man has such a big heart to forgive and to forget... Will I be able to do that? I do not think so, I admit that. Even up to now... , I am still holding grudge to several people who I considered have hurted me so bad.., I do not think I will be able to forget about it and do not even think about to forgive them. We never know whether this person is worth enough to receive our forgiveness. Will they use it for their advantages?
Death penalty I guess is a living form for our distrust to people who went to the wrong side of the road. If we give them a life sentence, perhaps they through the law will able to find the way out to escape their sentence and do exactly the same bad thing again in the world. But then, who we are to judge whether this people can be forgiven and be given a second chance and that person is evil and can not be let alive to live in this world?
I do not know what my own feeling about this. I meant, if I have a family member brutally murdered by someone and then the police able to catch that person... I would personally want this person to be executed if he or she found guilty as charge. Their death will not bring back the loss, but at least I know this person will not be able to do evil things anymore.
But then I remembered about this true story. A young man was shot in his head and left to die by the bad person. However, he managed to survive his ordeal and alive until now. Finally, the police able to catch the shooter and sentenced in prison. I forgot whether for life or not. Anyway, this young man not only able to forgive the shooter who almost took his life for nothing. But he also become a regular visitor for the man who has harm him for no reason. And when his shooter was sick because of cancer (if I was not wrong), he was also the one who visit this bad person and pray for him. Finally, his shooter was touched by his kindness and repent for his sin.
When I read that story, I was like... wow... That young man has such a big heart to forgive and to forget... Will I be able to do that? I do not think so, I admit that. Even up to now... , I am still holding grudge to several people who I considered have hurted me so bad.., I do not think I will be able to forget about it and do not even think about to forgive them. We never know whether this person is worth enough to receive our forgiveness. Will they use it for their advantages?
Death penalty I guess is a living form for our distrust to people who went to the wrong side of the road. If we give them a life sentence, perhaps they through the law will able to find the way out to escape their sentence and do exactly the same bad thing again in the world. But then, who we are to judge whether this people can be forgiven and be given a second chance and that person is evil and can not be let alive to live in this world?
Thursday, September 21, 2006
hiks, hiks... Our office remove the drive for USB so I can not use it anymore... Why oh why they are so cruel...??
Perhaps later they will shut down this internet connection... Well, to tell you the truth I got this connection illegally... I need it to find information related to my work and of course to have a bit of relaxation by blog-walking or finding recent news about what is going happen out there...
So sad, so sad...
Perhaps later they will shut down this internet connection... Well, to tell you the truth I got this connection illegally... I need it to find information related to my work and of course to have a bit of relaxation by blog-walking or finding recent news about what is going happen out there...
So sad, so sad...
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
It has been three days I have been practicing not to use the lift to go to the 3 floors above mine… And it hurts my knee and heart so much. I guessed I have gotten old, huh?
Well, I have thought about this, and considering that I hate sports but in reality I have to have a bit exercises… so… climbing the stairs for three floors will be sufficient enough… for now... Perhaps it could help me out in reducing my oversuperduper weight ^_^
At least I have something else to do to keep my mind elsewhere rather just thinking about that business problem that I have at this moment…
Well, back to my weight problem, now is getting near the fasting month for the Moslem. I have been thinking about to join the other and fasting as well. Well, the main problem is… with this new location of my office…, there are not much food vendors in regular day. So, I can only imagine the situation during the fasting month. I have to depend on my mom to bring me lunch. But, if comes the moment when she can not find anything in the market for me to bring…, well… probably bread will do to keep my stomach from being hungry. But, that is just a thought. Usually, my Moslem friend loss their weights because fasting for about a month. While I am getting fatter, because I am not fasting, but I always joining them whenever they have fasting break… ^_^
Perhaps, I should be climbing for more than just 3 floors …
Well, I have thought about this, and considering that I hate sports but in reality I have to have a bit exercises… so… climbing the stairs for three floors will be sufficient enough… for now... Perhaps it could help me out in reducing my oversuperduper weight ^_^
At least I have something else to do to keep my mind elsewhere rather just thinking about that business problem that I have at this moment…
Well, back to my weight problem, now is getting near the fasting month for the Moslem. I have been thinking about to join the other and fasting as well. Well, the main problem is… with this new location of my office…, there are not much food vendors in regular day. So, I can only imagine the situation during the fasting month. I have to depend on my mom to bring me lunch. But, if comes the moment when she can not find anything in the market for me to bring…, well… probably bread will do to keep my stomach from being hungry. But, that is just a thought. Usually, my Moslem friend loss their weights because fasting for about a month. While I am getting fatter, because I am not fasting, but I always joining them whenever they have fasting break… ^_^
Perhaps, I should be climbing for more than just 3 floors …
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
THis photos are actually for Indah who wishes to mix animal and create a new form. Hopefully, they are not going to be like these creatures :
Kinda creepy, right??
Monday, September 18, 2006
Still no letter containing the Financial report or Cash Flow for the month of August 2006 from the administrator.
I don’t think I can relax before I get my money back as soon as possible. I do not care how he is going to return it. But, I WANT MY MONEY BACK. I can not imagine that I have to deal with him for another 3 years to come… Urrghhh
You asked for one thing, he gave you another answers. My friend said that perhaps I was being too rude to him. Hmmm…, before I finally using abusive words to him; which I can assure you it give no effect what so ever…, I have been trying so hard to be polite.
I started to loose it, when he sent sms intending to be sent to the other investor but wondered why he sent it to me. He said that he has some looses as well. And that we the investor did not invest the money in the beginning of this whole business started. Which, in fact…, there were investors who already invested the money before the business began. So, I said to him, if he wants to talk about loss, then both parties suffered with the loss and not just him. Second, he should understand that we invested in a large amount (well, for me it is a large amount) without any legal paper or anything else. All because, we have trust. Well, probably because we were being ignorant with the details. But he has several months to operate without us bugging him. So, did he find this a good moment to screw with us?
Second, he told my friend that the investor should be grateful that he did not take all the money away and just ran off with the money. Hmmmmm…
Third, when he finally sent to us the Financial Report… they were all scanned. So, we were unable to check whether this calculation is correct or not. And when I finally check them, I realize that there is a missing page for one month report. So, I hurriedly email him to send the rest of the missing paper. He did not response. I sent sms as well. But no reply. Then, suddenly around 18.00… I receive a VERY STUPID sms saying that he has sent the financial report for 5 months… I KNOW THAT, IDIOT! But, I need the rest of the file… NOW!!! See? I was beginning to wonder, whether the so-called phone number really belong to him or not… Because he rarely answered it … and do not bother about email… He probably never checked it…
Fourth, I have sent the revised version of the Business Agreement before we went to Jatinangor… And he has replied our questions in that email… BUT, when we got there… He STILL HOLDING the OLD version of the Business Agreement and he CLAIMED he DID NOT RECEIVED IT. LIAR!
FIFTH, He gave the receipt to my friend without the legal stamp on it… I meant, without it… I could make any receipt stated that this person has received 1 billion Rupiahs or something.
SIX…, Speechless… Speechless… Speechless…
And up to now, I have not received any news about the Business Agreement… Whether it has been sent or not or maybe just gone with the wind?
I don’t think I can relax before I get my money back as soon as possible. I do not care how he is going to return it. But, I WANT MY MONEY BACK. I can not imagine that I have to deal with him for another 3 years to come… Urrghhh
You asked for one thing, he gave you another answers. My friend said that perhaps I was being too rude to him. Hmmm…, before I finally using abusive words to him; which I can assure you it give no effect what so ever…, I have been trying so hard to be polite.
I started to loose it, when he sent sms intending to be sent to the other investor but wondered why he sent it to me. He said that he has some looses as well. And that we the investor did not invest the money in the beginning of this whole business started. Which, in fact…, there were investors who already invested the money before the business began. So, I said to him, if he wants to talk about loss, then both parties suffered with the loss and not just him. Second, he should understand that we invested in a large amount (well, for me it is a large amount) without any legal paper or anything else. All because, we have trust. Well, probably because we were being ignorant with the details. But he has several months to operate without us bugging him. So, did he find this a good moment to screw with us?
Second, he told my friend that the investor should be grateful that he did not take all the money away and just ran off with the money. Hmmmmm…
Third, when he finally sent to us the Financial Report… they were all scanned. So, we were unable to check whether this calculation is correct or not. And when I finally check them, I realize that there is a missing page for one month report. So, I hurriedly email him to send the rest of the missing paper. He did not response. I sent sms as well. But no reply. Then, suddenly around 18.00… I receive a VERY STUPID sms saying that he has sent the financial report for 5 months… I KNOW THAT, IDIOT! But, I need the rest of the file… NOW!!! See? I was beginning to wonder, whether the so-called phone number really belong to him or not… Because he rarely answered it … and do not bother about email… He probably never checked it…
Fourth, I have sent the revised version of the Business Agreement before we went to Jatinangor… And he has replied our questions in that email… BUT, when we got there… He STILL HOLDING the OLD version of the Business Agreement and he CLAIMED he DID NOT RECEIVED IT. LIAR!
FIFTH, He gave the receipt to my friend without the legal stamp on it… I meant, without it… I could make any receipt stated that this person has received 1 billion Rupiahs or something.
SIX…, Speechless… Speechless… Speechless…
And up to now, I have not received any news about the Business Agreement… Whether it has been sent or not or maybe just gone with the wind?
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Do you know what is my biggest regrets this year? Hurt my friends feeling. One of them, I forgot that I once did that... Terribly sorry, Indah. And the other for accussing her to misuse my trust.
The second biggest regret of all times, other than so many regrets that I have in my life ... is to invest money in this stupid cyber cafe. Why I call it stupid?? Because of this cyber cafe, I almost loose my trust to a friend. Why did I do that....? It’s a long story.
Oh, anyway... if I want to list down how pissed I am with this cyber cafe ... well, please note that all of these happening because I think only about the profit that I am going to have... And I am not so sure anymore right now...
When my friend told me about this cyber cafe in the early of this year, I was still out of cash. So, I did not join the investment from the very beginning. Then, around May... , I have a bit of fund from good appraisal in the office. I decided to invest the fund because if I keep it with me... it will all go wasted to electronics stuffs, or to my parents (better this one!) or using it to go to Korea, again! And when she said that one of the investor would like to withdrawn the investment..., her offer to ask me to replace that person... I agreed to it without thinking. I did not ask her whether the Business Agreement has been legalized or not..., I did not read thoroughly on the proposal... I just sent my money to be invested and have full trust on my friend about it. I figure..., my friend must have checked the person who will be in charge with the cyber cafe. And when I asked, she said that this person have a good capability in running a cyber cafe as this new soon to be cyber cafe was not the first. I did not involve in anything else like searching the equipment, installing the equipment and other stuffs. I was a bit wondering though..., why this administrator... the one who run the cyber cafe did not contact me for details such as my account number or anything... But, then... I just let it all pass me by...
So, months after I transferred the money... and finally the month of August arrived. My friend said, that this is the month I will be receiving the profit. The three first month profit was not for the investor as it will be used to developing the cyber cafe. Yeah, right... However, I noticed there was an email from the administrator which indicating that the Cyber Cafe does not operate like he expected. That was when I realized that :
The Business Agreement has not been legalized. This was discovered around August… Can you imagine, me and the other investors have invested money based on what…? Trash bin or something? There are no legal paper proving that we all investing on something… In the future, if there is something happened… like the cyber café goes bankrupt… can we ask the administrator to be responsible??? OF COURSE NOT! And what make me more furious: we went to Jatinangor for NOTHING! There has been no significant progress since then. The Business Agreement still somewhere in between… So, until this Business Agreement signed, the administrator has no obligation to report anything. Is this deliberately? I wonder…
Is that all? Noooo, there are moreeee to gooo….
Since my friend is busy with her studies, and her other friend who also investing was also busy with her children… (maybe we the other investor considered not so busy with our works)… in the end, the other 2 investors and me finally contacted the administrator ourselves. And we did not like what we find…. Oh, this is going to be a very long list…
What can I say about this person… Hmm, dishonest? Too cruel… Complicated probably the perfect word to describe this person. He is very good in twisting every word that he has spilled out. I do not know should I laugh or cry facing with this kind of person…
At first, the Business Agreement stated:
The Financial report will be delivered at the latest 1 month after the operational month. So, if the operational month is on July, we will be receiving the report on August.
The calculation between profit and loss will be done at the latest 3 days after the completion of the Financial Report. Okay. Fine.
Then…., if there is a profit…, it will be delivered to the investors at the latest one month after the calculation of profit and loss… WHAT?????
It seems, this person never done a tidy bookkeeping. Possibly, he never recorded his daily activities like how much money the cyber café spent and how much money that has been received. If he has done that in a proper manner…, he WOULD NOT NEED A MONTH to finish the SO-SIMPLE-FINANCIAL-REPORT.
And to have this report done, he have 1 extra person to do it, other than 3 operators who execute daily activities. According to the other two investors, this has never been discussed yet…
He wants all the expenses to be included as the expensed of the Cyber Café. Like to reward all the three operators because they are also doing the cleaning… Huh? If my desk job in the office is to confirm transactions…, I did not recall I can say no if my boss ask me to do something else…and ask to be rewarded???? And if I go the office by my own car, and the tire finally get damaged. can I go to my boss and tell the boss I can not go to the office and work because my tire is broken. But, if you give the compensation to replace my tire, I will be able to work again… Hmmmm…
Talking about giving report at the latest 7 calendar days (we all asked this to remove 30 calendar days…)… WHAT A CRAP… I once called him and ask the report because today is the due date. And you know what is the answer? Well, up to 12.00 PM is still the same day… JEDHIGG! And for the report on August… YESSSS, if you guess that he has not deliver the report… IT IS CORRECT…
Lack of communication. According to my friend, he rarely opened his email. Hmmm, fine. But is this means he also never pay any attention to message arriving on his cell phone??? Is he still living in a stone age? Or perhaps he just pretend he rarely opened email and answering queries from SMS… because (as he once admitted) he is afraid with the other three investors (including me). That’s not a very professional answer. My boss is always barking to us when he want us to do something. So, because I am afraid to him meaning I can escape elsewhere and do not do my responsibility?
Ohhhhh, there are so many things I wish to write and scream,,, but… dealing with this person already make my blood pressure going up. Salute to my friend and her friend, who manage to deal with him for all these times. However, I am not that patient. I think I want to demand my money to be returned with the exact amount that I invest. Nothing more. Nothing less. Enough of this crap. I do not intend to give away my hard earn saving for a lousy cyber café with a unbelievable administrator who can not be responsible to record something small in his daily activities.
FOR the record, I wish to write this in Indonesian. But, I will write this with more wicked words…, so to control myself… English will do.
The second biggest regret of all times, other than so many regrets that I have in my life ... is to invest money in this stupid cyber cafe. Why I call it stupid?? Because of this cyber cafe, I almost loose my trust to a friend. Why did I do that....? It’s a long story.
Oh, anyway... if I want to list down how pissed I am with this cyber cafe ... well, please note that all of these happening because I think only about the profit that I am going to have... And I am not so sure anymore right now...
When my friend told me about this cyber cafe in the early of this year, I was still out of cash. So, I did not join the investment from the very beginning. Then, around May... , I have a bit of fund from good appraisal in the office. I decided to invest the fund because if I keep it with me... it will all go wasted to electronics stuffs, or to my parents (better this one!) or using it to go to Korea, again! And when she said that one of the investor would like to withdrawn the investment..., her offer to ask me to replace that person... I agreed to it without thinking. I did not ask her whether the Business Agreement has been legalized or not..., I did not read thoroughly on the proposal... I just sent my money to be invested and have full trust on my friend about it. I figure..., my friend must have checked the person who will be in charge with the cyber cafe. And when I asked, she said that this person have a good capability in running a cyber cafe as this new soon to be cyber cafe was not the first. I did not involve in anything else like searching the equipment, installing the equipment and other stuffs. I was a bit wondering though..., why this administrator... the one who run the cyber cafe did not contact me for details such as my account number or anything... But, then... I just let it all pass me by...
So, months after I transferred the money... and finally the month of August arrived. My friend said, that this is the month I will be receiving the profit. The three first month profit was not for the investor as it will be used to developing the cyber cafe. Yeah, right... However, I noticed there was an email from the administrator which indicating that the Cyber Cafe does not operate like he expected. That was when I realized that :
The Business Agreement has not been legalized. This was discovered around August… Can you imagine, me and the other investors have invested money based on what…? Trash bin or something? There are no legal paper proving that we all investing on something… In the future, if there is something happened… like the cyber café goes bankrupt… can we ask the administrator to be responsible??? OF COURSE NOT! And what make me more furious: we went to Jatinangor for NOTHING! There has been no significant progress since then. The Business Agreement still somewhere in between… So, until this Business Agreement signed, the administrator has no obligation to report anything. Is this deliberately? I wonder…
Is that all? Noooo, there are moreeee to gooo….
Since my friend is busy with her studies, and her other friend who also investing was also busy with her children… (maybe we the other investor considered not so busy with our works)… in the end, the other 2 investors and me finally contacted the administrator ourselves. And we did not like what we find…. Oh, this is going to be a very long list…
What can I say about this person… Hmm, dishonest? Too cruel… Complicated probably the perfect word to describe this person. He is very good in twisting every word that he has spilled out. I do not know should I laugh or cry facing with this kind of person…
At first, the Business Agreement stated:
The Financial report will be delivered at the latest 1 month after the operational month. So, if the operational month is on July, we will be receiving the report on August.
The calculation between profit and loss will be done at the latest 3 days after the completion of the Financial Report. Okay. Fine.
Then…., if there is a profit…, it will be delivered to the investors at the latest one month after the calculation of profit and loss… WHAT?????
It seems, this person never done a tidy bookkeeping. Possibly, he never recorded his daily activities like how much money the cyber café spent and how much money that has been received. If he has done that in a proper manner…, he WOULD NOT NEED A MONTH to finish the SO-SIMPLE-FINANCIAL-REPORT.
And to have this report done, he have 1 extra person to do it, other than 3 operators who execute daily activities. According to the other two investors, this has never been discussed yet…
He wants all the expenses to be included as the expensed of the Cyber Café. Like to reward all the three operators because they are also doing the cleaning… Huh? If my desk job in the office is to confirm transactions…, I did not recall I can say no if my boss ask me to do something else…and ask to be rewarded???? And if I go the office by my own car, and the tire finally get damaged. can I go to my boss and tell the boss I can not go to the office and work because my tire is broken. But, if you give the compensation to replace my tire, I will be able to work again… Hmmmm…
Talking about giving report at the latest 7 calendar days (we all asked this to remove 30 calendar days…)… WHAT A CRAP… I once called him and ask the report because today is the due date. And you know what is the answer? Well, up to 12.00 PM is still the same day… JEDHIGG! And for the report on August… YESSSS, if you guess that he has not deliver the report… IT IS CORRECT…
Lack of communication. According to my friend, he rarely opened his email. Hmmm, fine. But is this means he also never pay any attention to message arriving on his cell phone??? Is he still living in a stone age? Or perhaps he just pretend he rarely opened email and answering queries from SMS… because (as he once admitted) he is afraid with the other three investors (including me). That’s not a very professional answer. My boss is always barking to us when he want us to do something. So, because I am afraid to him meaning I can escape elsewhere and do not do my responsibility?
Ohhhhh, there are so many things I wish to write and scream,,, but… dealing with this person already make my blood pressure going up. Salute to my friend and her friend, who manage to deal with him for all these times. However, I am not that patient. I think I want to demand my money to be returned with the exact amount that I invest. Nothing more. Nothing less. Enough of this crap. I do not intend to give away my hard earn saving for a lousy cyber café with a unbelievable administrator who can not be responsible to record something small in his daily activities.
FOR the record, I wish to write this in Indonesian. But, I will write this with more wicked words…, so to control myself… English will do.
Monday, September 11, 2006
We all can not be the same person. Each of us has our own personality. Whether it will be annoyed to others..., that another story.
But, what is the right way to handle your own annoying friend? Your friend, who already knew you perfectly well that:
1. you despise waiting for more than half an hour
2. you hate to get a cancellation on a gathering in about 3 seconds before the due time
3. You hate being a second priority, like you are meeting with your friend but instead chatting with you, she or he busy talking with someone else.
4. People who never understand which things that need to be taken seriously or not.
Examples for the above:
I have this friend who always late on about everything. She is late when she was supposed to show up on our gathering. Or in another time when I came to her flat, she was still not ready and I end up sleeping on her couch because I have to wait for her to take a bath and get dressed. And she do that again and again. Later, I found out that all her old friends are like that. When they promised to meet each other at five, usually all of them finally meet up around eight. Or like this someone that I knew in the office. While all her team was ready to get back to the office from their meeting at this hotel, she without hesitation... take a spa and let the others wait for her for 1 hour!
2. Okay, let's meet up at Metro around 2. And when I arrived there, 2 minutes to go before 2, I got a call with cheerfull voice saying that she or he (mostly is a she) will not be able to go because she has another long time no see friend coming over or she just got lazy.
3. You went to her house, as promised. To have a chat or whatever. But, suddenly her phone ring..., it's from old time long time not heard friend... and since meeting with you is already common... she choose to have a very loooong chat with her buddy and left you stranded in her living room.
4. Thanks God, this never happenned to me. A friend of mine who is usually very gentle, kind, soft ... for the first time was close to explod when her acquantaince almost failed to make a confirmation on tickets to fly to Bali. Her friends, with a very stupid voice (according to her), asked that , she has already book and she has not confirmed, because booking and confirmation are the same, right? They nearly did not make it to Bali and have to wait for other people who cancelled their ticket.
So, what to do if you have friend, like this? From my experience, getting mad or angry is such a waste of time. Because it will do no good to both of you. This kind of person, practically did not understand that they did something wrong. It is beyond their imagination, that their act has driven other people mad. Probably, they will say to you like, with their innocence voice: Oh, did I make anyone else angry? I am sorry then... if they are angry...
Please note, that this people apologizing, simply because you are mad and not because she knew her doing is wrong.
Then what to do? Simple, really. For once, forget that you are you. Act as if you are them. Since, they do not think that make you waiting forever is annoying... then it would not be a problem if you just ditch them, right? If they asked you in bewilderment (not angry, just confuse)... Just said innocently that you thought they could not make it because you have already waited for them for more than 20 minutes. And, please do not expect them to changed after you did that. They will not. And so, you just have to do that everytime they are late.
And if they like to cancel in the very last minutes... well, you are the foolish one. Do not take it too seriously everytime you make an appointment. You have to make another appointment and use the appointment with them as a back up plan. So, if this back up plan can not be done... well, it is only a back up plan anyway...? Why Bother?
You got neglected? Oh, do not be such a baby. Call your other friend as well... and do not think too much about how much that call will cost you... Just having fun and talk as long as you can. If possible, talk longer than they are... So, you will be busy to even think that you are being ignored.
And the last one... Well, this kinda tough... Usually, this is your first experience and after that ... you probably will never ever travelling with this person again. Usually, you could avoid them during your trip. This people tend to be lazy and you surely do not wish to wait for them to wake up from their long sleep while actually you could browse the town, right? Leave them. Go with your other friend. It will be fun. And your holiday will be worth it ^_^
But, what is the right way to handle your own annoying friend? Your friend, who already knew you perfectly well that:
1. you despise waiting for more than half an hour
2. you hate to get a cancellation on a gathering in about 3 seconds before the due time
3. You hate being a second priority, like you are meeting with your friend but instead chatting with you, she or he busy talking with someone else.
4. People who never understand which things that need to be taken seriously or not.
Examples for the above:
I have this friend who always late on about everything. She is late when she was supposed to show up on our gathering. Or in another time when I came to her flat, she was still not ready and I end up sleeping on her couch because I have to wait for her to take a bath and get dressed. And she do that again and again. Later, I found out that all her old friends are like that. When they promised to meet each other at five, usually all of them finally meet up around eight. Or like this someone that I knew in the office. While all her team was ready to get back to the office from their meeting at this hotel, she without hesitation... take a spa and let the others wait for her for 1 hour!
2. Okay, let's meet up at Metro around 2. And when I arrived there, 2 minutes to go before 2, I got a call with cheerfull voice saying that she or he (mostly is a she) will not be able to go because she has another long time no see friend coming over or she just got lazy.
3. You went to her house, as promised. To have a chat or whatever. But, suddenly her phone ring..., it's from old time long time not heard friend... and since meeting with you is already common... she choose to have a very loooong chat with her buddy and left you stranded in her living room.
4. Thanks God, this never happenned to me. A friend of mine who is usually very gentle, kind, soft ... for the first time was close to explod when her acquantaince almost failed to make a confirmation on tickets to fly to Bali. Her friends, with a very stupid voice (according to her), asked that , she has already book and she has not confirmed, because booking and confirmation are the same, right? They nearly did not make it to Bali and have to wait for other people who cancelled their ticket.
So, what to do if you have friend, like this? From my experience, getting mad or angry is such a waste of time. Because it will do no good to both of you. This kind of person, practically did not understand that they did something wrong. It is beyond their imagination, that their act has driven other people mad. Probably, they will say to you like, with their innocence voice: Oh, did I make anyone else angry? I am sorry then... if they are angry...
Please note, that this people apologizing, simply because you are mad and not because she knew her doing is wrong.
Then what to do? Simple, really. For once, forget that you are you. Act as if you are them. Since, they do not think that make you waiting forever is annoying... then it would not be a problem if you just ditch them, right? If they asked you in bewilderment (not angry, just confuse)... Just said innocently that you thought they could not make it because you have already waited for them for more than 20 minutes. And, please do not expect them to changed after you did that. They will not. And so, you just have to do that everytime they are late.
And if they like to cancel in the very last minutes... well, you are the foolish one. Do not take it too seriously everytime you make an appointment. You have to make another appointment and use the appointment with them as a back up plan. So, if this back up plan can not be done... well, it is only a back up plan anyway...? Why Bother?
You got neglected? Oh, do not be such a baby. Call your other friend as well... and do not think too much about how much that call will cost you... Just having fun and talk as long as you can. If possible, talk longer than they are... So, you will be busy to even think that you are being ignored.
And the last one... Well, this kinda tough... Usually, this is your first experience and after that ... you probably will never ever travelling with this person again. Usually, you could avoid them during your trip. This people tend to be lazy and you surely do not wish to wait for them to wake up from their long sleep while actually you could browse the town, right? Leave them. Go with your other friend. It will be fun. And your holiday will be worth it ^_^
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Finally I went to Bandung with colleagues of mine. There were five of us. Me, Sriana, Ranta, Dirga and Tina. We have been off and on about this trip. I even thought that we would not go anyway. But, then… we finally made it yesterday ^_^
We leave Jakarta around 06.30 in the morning… Very persistent, huh? We all met at our office. As usual, I was the one who arrived there first. Then, came the car along with the driver. Then, Tina with Dirga and Ranta. Sriana, surprisingly….was the last.
So, we started our journey. At first, everybody was planning to take a quick nap. Well, most of us woke up around 03.30 in the morning. Yeah, my body always knew… that this was a fun trip instead of going to the office. So, I woke immediately without the help of my alarm. However, one started a joke, and then the other came around… we forgot our intention to go sleep. Without realizing, it was already 08.30 and yes, we have arrived in Bandung.
I was actually, intended to took this photos of this bridge, you will find it not long after you were out from the toll… But, it seems embarrassing enough. Furthermore, with Tina who was so narcisst… , this bridge would probably was not going to be in the picture… so I supposed, we better get a moved on.
Since we arrived very early in the morning, we decided to have breakfast. We went to this Red-rice vendor and began our breakfast. Most of the Factory Outlets were still closed. So, we thought it would be best to spend our time here, waiting for them all to be opened. However, Tina felt sick because of her PMS attack. We were a bit worried that she would collapsed. But, after drinking the medicine and with Dirga acted as a massager boy, she started to get better. She even get more healthier as soon as we arrived at our first stop : Rumah Mode. There were no traces of her sickness. So four of us sniggering, that it was a pity we did not take her picture BEFORE entering the factory outlet. And comparing later with a picture taken AFTER she entered the FO. We did not take a long time. Since Sriana and I lost interest immediately when we did not find the thing that we were looking for. But, Tina was a bit sad, because for her this was her shortest visit to Rumah Mode. We were all assuring her, that there were more FO to be seen. We did not waste time to drop by at 2-3 FO again. I forgot their names. But they are located around Dago. It was getting noon. So, we started to feel hungry. We hurried to go back to Riau Street and have our lunch at Riung Sari. We did not want to eat too much. Because, Sriana insisted that we visited Batagor Kingsley. If we go there now, the boys will be hungry because there were no rice to fill the stomach ^_^
Now our stomach full already. We continue our journey to visit The Summit, Heritage and Cascade. But, in these last three FO…, Sriana and I decided that we had had enough. Ranta already resting inside the car. Dirga was standing outside the building, listening to the band performing in the Summit parking lot. He said, that the band probably would be the next Peter Pan. That was the great things for newcomers in Bandung. There are always a place who is willing to have them, performing for the audience. You can not find that opportunity in Jakarta.
As usual, we waited for Tina to finished her shopping. Then, we went to Kingsley. I bought some to be brought home.
All of them saying that I would regret it if I do not even try it. I hate to try good food if the place is so far away. Because, I rarely visited Bandung. And I do not wish to spend another 2-3 years, before I would be able to taste the food again. After Kingsley, we go straight to The Valley.
I like the Hot Chocolate in The Valley. I think it is better than those in Starbuck and Coffee Beans! But, it was not an easy place to be reached. Thanks God, Tina still remember all the roads. She was leading the driver very well to the places that we want to visit. I think, next time to visit the Valley…, it would be best to be done around noon or afternoon. Do not even think to go there, if you are not sure about the correct way.
When we arrived, we were given table at the terrace. At first, we love the sightseeing. But the wind start to blow very hard. Since, most of us are old already, except Tina… of course… we gave up and asked to be moved to another table inside the restaurant. The ambiance is still romantic. But, the food was a bit disappointing. The appetizer and the hot chocolate are still as good as ever. But, the main course were not so delicious. It was a pity. But, perhaps is a good thing. Then, I would not dream to visit there again so badly. Except for the hot chocolate , anyway….
The time has come to an end. We went back to Jakarta around 19.30… but only managed to get to the toll around 20.30! The traffic jam was terrible! All cars were from Jakarta! No wonder people in Bandung really stress out whenever weekend has arrived. All main streets would be full with cars and teenagers and couples. Most of them, are from Jakarta…
Anyway, around 22.15 we finally arrived back in our office building. Oh, it was fun. Hopefully, next time… we will be able to stay for a night or two…. Traveling always fun!
We leave Jakarta around 06.30 in the morning… Very persistent, huh? We all met at our office. As usual, I was the one who arrived there first. Then, came the car along with the driver. Then, Tina with Dirga and Ranta. Sriana, surprisingly….was the last.
So, we started our journey. At first, everybody was planning to take a quick nap. Well, most of us woke up around 03.30 in the morning. Yeah, my body always knew… that this was a fun trip instead of going to the office. So, I woke immediately without the help of my alarm. However, one started a joke, and then the other came around… we forgot our intention to go sleep. Without realizing, it was already 08.30 and yes, we have arrived in Bandung.
I was actually, intended to took this photos of this bridge, you will find it not long after you were out from the toll… But, it seems embarrassing enough. Furthermore, with Tina who was so narcisst… , this bridge would probably was not going to be in the picture… so I supposed, we better get a moved on.
Since we arrived very early in the morning, we decided to have breakfast. We went to this Red-rice vendor and began our breakfast. Most of the Factory Outlets were still closed. So, we thought it would be best to spend our time here, waiting for them all to be opened. However, Tina felt sick because of her PMS attack. We were a bit worried that she would collapsed. But, after drinking the medicine and with Dirga acted as a massager boy, she started to get better. She even get more healthier as soon as we arrived at our first stop : Rumah Mode. There were no traces of her sickness. So four of us sniggering, that it was a pity we did not take her picture BEFORE entering the factory outlet. And comparing later with a picture taken AFTER she entered the FO. We did not take a long time. Since Sriana and I lost interest immediately when we did not find the thing that we were looking for. But, Tina was a bit sad, because for her this was her shortest visit to Rumah Mode. We were all assuring her, that there were more FO to be seen. We did not waste time to drop by at 2-3 FO again. I forgot their names. But they are located around Dago. It was getting noon. So, we started to feel hungry. We hurried to go back to Riau Street and have our lunch at Riung Sari. We did not want to eat too much. Because, Sriana insisted that we visited Batagor Kingsley. If we go there now, the boys will be hungry because there were no rice to fill the stomach ^_^
Now our stomach full already. We continue our journey to visit The Summit, Heritage and Cascade. But, in these last three FO…, Sriana and I decided that we had had enough. Ranta already resting inside the car. Dirga was standing outside the building, listening to the band performing in the Summit parking lot. He said, that the band probably would be the next Peter Pan. That was the great things for newcomers in Bandung. There are always a place who is willing to have them, performing for the audience. You can not find that opportunity in Jakarta.
As usual, we waited for Tina to finished her shopping. Then, we went to Kingsley. I bought some to be brought home.
All of them saying that I would regret it if I do not even try it. I hate to try good food if the place is so far away. Because, I rarely visited Bandung. And I do not wish to spend another 2-3 years, before I would be able to taste the food again. After Kingsley, we go straight to The Valley.
I like the Hot Chocolate in The Valley. I think it is better than those in Starbuck and Coffee Beans! But, it was not an easy place to be reached. Thanks God, Tina still remember all the roads. She was leading the driver very well to the places that we want to visit. I think, next time to visit the Valley…, it would be best to be done around noon or afternoon. Do not even think to go there, if you are not sure about the correct way.
When we arrived, we were given table at the terrace. At first, we love the sightseeing. But the wind start to blow very hard. Since, most of us are old already, except Tina… of course… we gave up and asked to be moved to another table inside the restaurant. The ambiance is still romantic. But, the food was a bit disappointing. The appetizer and the hot chocolate are still as good as ever. But, the main course were not so delicious. It was a pity. But, perhaps is a good thing. Then, I would not dream to visit there again so badly. Except for the hot chocolate , anyway….
The time has come to an end. We went back to Jakarta around 19.30… but only managed to get to the toll around 20.30! The traffic jam was terrible! All cars were from Jakarta! No wonder people in Bandung really stress out whenever weekend has arrived. All main streets would be full with cars and teenagers and couples. Most of them, are from Jakarta…
Anyway, around 22.15 we finally arrived back in our office building. Oh, it was fun. Hopefully, next time… we will be able to stay for a night or two…. Traveling always fun!
Thursday, September 07, 2006
I tried this from http://www.paulsadowski.com/
some of the words are so true...
Birthday Calculator
XX XXX 1972
Your date of conception was on or about 22 March 1972 which was a Wednesday.
You were born on a Wednesday
under the astrological sign Sagittarius.
Your Life path number is 8.
---->8 (8, 17/8, 26/8, 35/8)
The Life Path 8 suggests that you entered this plane armed to lead, direct, organize and govern. You are very ambitious and goal-oriented. You will want to use your ambitions, your organizational ability, and your efficient approach to carve a satisfying niche for yourself. If you are a positive 8 you are endowed with tremendous potential for conceiving far-reaching schemes and ideas, and also possessing the tenacity and independence to follow them through to completion. In short, you were born to be an executive.
You know how to manage yourself and your environment. Your ability to judge the character and potential of the people around you is an asset used to your advantage. A large part of your success in life comes from how hard you work. This Life Path is the most prone to producing workaholics. But your ability to spot good people and engage them in your endeavors is a special trait not to be overlooked. There is an inspirational quality in your makeup which allows you to become a great leader. You are practical and steady in your pursuit of major objectives, and you have the courage of your convictions when it comes to taking the necessary chances to get ahead.
With the Life Path of the number 8 you are focused on learning the satisfactions to be found in the material world. The Life Path 8 produces many powerful, confident and materially successful people. Most of your concerns involve money and learning of the power that comes with its proper manipulation.
This Life Path is perhaps the one that is the most concerned with and desirous of status as an ultimate measure of success. You want to be recognized for your hard work and achievements. The attainment of honors and acceptance into the club of executive leadership is all important. For this, you may find yourself very well suited to compete in the business world or in the political arena.
In relationships, you are frank, honest, and steadfast. You may be very much in love, but watch that you are not too busy and preoccupied to show it. Being the lavish provider is not always an adequate substitute for showing your devotion and affection in more personal ways. You have a great need for close personal relationships to mitigate and somehow soften your nature. You must find the time for love and keep it as an important project in your life.
The negative 8 can be dictatorial and often suppresses the enthusiasm and efforts of fellow member of the environment. Often, the strength of their own personality excludes close feelings for other people with whom they come in contact. Material gains and rewards often become issues of utmost importance, even to the neglect of family, home and peace of mind. Dedication to success can become an obsession. Emotional feelings are often suppressed by the negative 8, resulting in isolation and loneliness. All Life Path 8 people must avoid discounting the opinions of others
Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path number 6.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1 & 5.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 7 & 9.
The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2441664.5.
The golden number for 1972 is 16.
The epact number for 1972 is 14.
The year 1972 was a leap year.
Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/15/1972 and ending 2/2/1973.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rat.
Your Native American Zodiac sign is Owl; your plant is Mistletoe.
You were born in the Egyptian month of Menchir, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).
Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 8 Tevet 5733.
The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 2 April 1972.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 9 April 1972.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 16 February 1972.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 21 May 1972.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 28 May 1972.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Saturday, 9 September 1972.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Thursday, 30 March 1972.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 15 February 1972.
As of 9/1/2006 9:45:41 AM EDT
You are 33 years old.
You are 405 months old.
You are 1,759 weeks old.
You are 12,315 days old.
You are 295,569 hours old.
You are 17,734,185 minutes old.
You are 1,064,051,141 seconds old.
Celebrities who share your birthday:
Tom DeLonge (1975) Christie Clark (1973) Jamie Foxx (1967)
Ted Nugent (1948) John Davidson (1941) Christopher Plummer (1927)
Dick Van Dyke (1925) Archie Moore (1913) Kenneth Patchen (1911)
Top songs of 1972
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan
American Pie by Don McLean Without You by Nilsson
I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash A Horse with No Name by America
Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me by Mac Davis Me and Mrs. Jones by BillyPaul
The Candy Man by Sammy Davis, Jr. Lean On Me by Bill Withers
Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.81996086105675 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)
There are 103 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 34 candles.
Those 34 candles produce 34 BTUs,
or 8,568 calories of heat (that's only 8.5680 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.89 US ounces of water with that many candles.
In 1972 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US.
In 1972 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1972 in the US there were approximately 2,158,802 marriages (10.6%) and 708,000 divorces (3.5%)
In 1972 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.
In 1972 the population of Australia was approximately 13,409,288.
In 1972 there were approximately 264,969 births in Australia.
In 1972 in Australia there were approximately 114,029 marriages and 15,655 divorces.
In 1972 in Australia there were approximately 109,760 deaths.
Your birthstone is Blue Zircon
The Mystical properties of Blue Zircon
Zircon helps one be more at peace with oneself.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Blue Topaz, Ruby, Lapis Lazuli
Your birth tree is
Fig Tree, the Sensibility
Very strong, a bit self-willed, independent, does not allow contradiction or arguments, loves life, its family, children and animals, a bit of a butterfly, good sense of humour, likes idleness and laziness, of practical talent and intelligence.
There are 115 days till Christmas 2006!
There are 128 days till Orthodox Christmas!
The moon's phase on the day you were
born was in its first quarter.
some of the words are so true...
Birthday Calculator
XX XXX 1972
Your date of conception was on or about 22 March 1972 which was a Wednesday.
You were born on a Wednesday
under the astrological sign Sagittarius.
Your Life path number is 8.
---->8 (8, 17/8, 26/8, 35/8)
The Life Path 8 suggests that you entered this plane armed to lead, direct, organize and govern. You are very ambitious and goal-oriented. You will want to use your ambitions, your organizational ability, and your efficient approach to carve a satisfying niche for yourself. If you are a positive 8 you are endowed with tremendous potential for conceiving far-reaching schemes and ideas, and also possessing the tenacity and independence to follow them through to completion. In short, you were born to be an executive.
You know how to manage yourself and your environment. Your ability to judge the character and potential of the people around you is an asset used to your advantage. A large part of your success in life comes from how hard you work. This Life Path is the most prone to producing workaholics. But your ability to spot good people and engage them in your endeavors is a special trait not to be overlooked. There is an inspirational quality in your makeup which allows you to become a great leader. You are practical and steady in your pursuit of major objectives, and you have the courage of your convictions when it comes to taking the necessary chances to get ahead.
With the Life Path of the number 8 you are focused on learning the satisfactions to be found in the material world. The Life Path 8 produces many powerful, confident and materially successful people. Most of your concerns involve money and learning of the power that comes with its proper manipulation.
This Life Path is perhaps the one that is the most concerned with and desirous of status as an ultimate measure of success. You want to be recognized for your hard work and achievements. The attainment of honors and acceptance into the club of executive leadership is all important. For this, you may find yourself very well suited to compete in the business world or in the political arena.
In relationships, you are frank, honest, and steadfast. You may be very much in love, but watch that you are not too busy and preoccupied to show it. Being the lavish provider is not always an adequate substitute for showing your devotion and affection in more personal ways. You have a great need for close personal relationships to mitigate and somehow soften your nature. You must find the time for love and keep it as an important project in your life.
The negative 8 can be dictatorial and often suppresses the enthusiasm and efforts of fellow member of the environment. Often, the strength of their own personality excludes close feelings for other people with whom they come in contact. Material gains and rewards often become issues of utmost importance, even to the neglect of family, home and peace of mind. Dedication to success can become an obsession. Emotional feelings are often suppressed by the negative 8, resulting in isolation and loneliness. All Life Path 8 people must avoid discounting the opinions of others
Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path number 6.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1 & 5.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 7 & 9.
The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2441664.5.
The golden number for 1972 is 16.
The epact number for 1972 is 14.
The year 1972 was a leap year.
Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/15/1972 and ending 2/2/1973.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rat.
Your Native American Zodiac sign is Owl; your plant is Mistletoe.
You were born in the Egyptian month of Menchir, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).
Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 8 Tevet 5733.
The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 2 April 1972.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 9 April 1972.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 16 February 1972.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 21 May 1972.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 28 May 1972.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Saturday, 9 September 1972.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Thursday, 30 March 1972.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 15 February 1972.
As of 9/1/2006 9:45:41 AM EDT
You are 33 years old.
You are 405 months old.
You are 1,759 weeks old.
You are 12,315 days old.
You are 295,569 hours old.
You are 17,734,185 minutes old.
You are 1,064,051,141 seconds old.
Celebrities who share your birthday:
Tom DeLonge (1975) Christie Clark (1973) Jamie Foxx (1967)
Ted Nugent (1948) John Davidson (1941) Christopher Plummer (1927)
Dick Van Dyke (1925) Archie Moore (1913) Kenneth Patchen (1911)
Top songs of 1972
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan
American Pie by Don McLean Without You by Nilsson
I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash A Horse with No Name by America
Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me by Mac Davis Me and Mrs. Jones by BillyPaul
The Candy Man by Sammy Davis, Jr. Lean On Me by Bill Withers
Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.81996086105675 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)
There are 103 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 34 candles.
Those 34 candles produce 34 BTUs,
or 8,568 calories of heat (that's only 8.5680 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.89 US ounces of water with that many candles.
In 1972 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US.
In 1972 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1972 in the US there were approximately 2,158,802 marriages (10.6%) and 708,000 divorces (3.5%)
In 1972 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.
In 1972 the population of Australia was approximately 13,409,288.
In 1972 there were approximately 264,969 births in Australia.
In 1972 in Australia there were approximately 114,029 marriages and 15,655 divorces.
In 1972 in Australia there were approximately 109,760 deaths.
Your birthstone is Blue Zircon
The Mystical properties of Blue Zircon
Zircon helps one be more at peace with oneself.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Blue Topaz, Ruby, Lapis Lazuli
Your birth tree is
Fig Tree, the Sensibility
Very strong, a bit self-willed, independent, does not allow contradiction or arguments, loves life, its family, children and animals, a bit of a butterfly, good sense of humour, likes idleness and laziness, of practical talent and intelligence.
There are 115 days till Christmas 2006!
There are 128 days till Orthodox Christmas!
The moon's phase on the day you were
born was in its first quarter.
I got this from http://www.paulsadowski.com/
Try it... it's fun ^_^ I marked several words that I think is match with my own personality.
What Your Name Means
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You entered: XXX XXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXX
There are 25 letters in your name.
Those 25 letters total to 119
There are 12 vowels and 13 consonants in your name.
Your number is: 11
The characteristics of #11 are: High spiritual plane, intuitive, illumination, idealist, a dreamer.
The expression or destiny for #11:
Your Expression number is 11. The number 11 is the first of the master numbers. It is associated with idealistic concepts and rather spiritual issues. Accordingly, it is a number with potentials that are somewhat more difficult to live up to. You have the capacity to be inspirational, and the ability to lead merely by your own example. An inborn inner strength and awareness can make you an excellent teacher, social worker, philosopher, or advisor. No matter what area of work you pursue, you are very aware and sensitive to the highest sense of your environment. Your intuition is very strong; in fact, many psychic people and those involved in occult studies have the number 11 expression. You possess a good mind with keen analytical ability. Because of this you can probably succeed in most lines of work, however, you will do better and be happier outside of the business world. Oddly enough, even here you generally succeed, owing to your often original and unusual approach. Nonetheless, you are more content working with your ideals, rather than dollars and cents.
The positive aspect of the number 11 expression is an always idealistic attitude. Your thinking is long term, and you are able to grasp the far-reaching effects of actions and plans. You are disappointed by the shortsighted views of many of your contemporaries. You are deeply concerned and supportive of art, music, or of beauty in any form.
The negative attitudes associated with the number 11 expression include a continuous sense of nervous tension; you may be too sensitive and temperamental. You tend to dream a lot and may be more of a dreamer than a doer. Fantasy and reality sometimes become intermingled and you are sometimes very impractical. You tend to want to spread the illumination of your knowledge to others irrespective of their desire or need.
Your Soul Urge number is: 1
A Soul Urge number of 1 means:
Your Soul Urge is the number 1. With a Soul Urge number of 1, you want to lead and direct, to work independent of supervision, by yourself or with subordinates. You take pride in your abilities and want to be recognized for them. You may seek opportunities to display your strength and usefulness, wanting to create and originate. In your desire to manage the big picture and the main issues, you may often leave the details to others.
The positive 1 Soul Urge is Ambitious and determined, a leader seeking opportunities. There is a great deal of honesty and loyalty in this character. If you possess positive 1 Soul Urge qualities, you are very attainment oriented and driven to success. You are a loyal friend and strictly fair in your business dealings.
The negative side of the 1 Soul Urge must be avoided. A negative 1 is apt to dominate situations and people; the home, the spouse, the family and the business. Emotions aren't strong in this nature. If you possess an excess of 1 energy, you may, at times, be boastful and egotistic. You must avoid being too critical and impatient of trifles. The great need of the 1 Soul Urge is the development of friendliness, and a sincere interest in people.
Your Inner Dream number is: 1
An Inner Dream number of 1 means:
You dream of being a leader and one who is in charge. You want to be known for your courage, daring, and original ideas. You seek unconquered heights. People may get a first impression that you are very aggressive and sure of yourself.
Try it... it's fun ^_^ I marked several words that I think is match with my own personality.
What Your Name Means
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You entered: XXX XXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXX
There are 25 letters in your name.
Those 25 letters total to 119
There are 12 vowels and 13 consonants in your name.
Your number is: 11
The characteristics of #11 are: High spiritual plane, intuitive, illumination, idealist, a dreamer.
The expression or destiny for #11:
Your Expression number is 11. The number 11 is the first of the master numbers. It is associated with idealistic concepts and rather spiritual issues. Accordingly, it is a number with potentials that are somewhat more difficult to live up to. You have the capacity to be inspirational, and the ability to lead merely by your own example. An inborn inner strength and awareness can make you an excellent teacher, social worker, philosopher, or advisor. No matter what area of work you pursue, you are very aware and sensitive to the highest sense of your environment. Your intuition is very strong; in fact, many psychic people and those involved in occult studies have the number 11 expression. You possess a good mind with keen analytical ability. Because of this you can probably succeed in most lines of work, however, you will do better and be happier outside of the business world. Oddly enough, even here you generally succeed, owing to your often original and unusual approach. Nonetheless, you are more content working with your ideals, rather than dollars and cents.
The positive aspect of the number 11 expression is an always idealistic attitude. Your thinking is long term, and you are able to grasp the far-reaching effects of actions and plans. You are disappointed by the shortsighted views of many of your contemporaries. You are deeply concerned and supportive of art, music, or of beauty in any form.
The negative attitudes associated with the number 11 expression include a continuous sense of nervous tension; you may be too sensitive and temperamental. You tend to dream a lot and may be more of a dreamer than a doer. Fantasy and reality sometimes become intermingled and you are sometimes very impractical. You tend to want to spread the illumination of your knowledge to others irrespective of their desire or need.
Your Soul Urge number is: 1
A Soul Urge number of 1 means:
Your Soul Urge is the number 1. With a Soul Urge number of 1, you want to lead and direct, to work independent of supervision, by yourself or with subordinates. You take pride in your abilities and want to be recognized for them. You may seek opportunities to display your strength and usefulness, wanting to create and originate. In your desire to manage the big picture and the main issues, you may often leave the details to others.
The positive 1 Soul Urge is Ambitious and determined, a leader seeking opportunities. There is a great deal of honesty and loyalty in this character. If you possess positive 1 Soul Urge qualities, you are very attainment oriented and driven to success. You are a loyal friend and strictly fair in your business dealings.
The negative side of the 1 Soul Urge must be avoided. A negative 1 is apt to dominate situations and people; the home, the spouse, the family and the business. Emotions aren't strong in this nature. If you possess an excess of 1 energy, you may, at times, be boastful and egotistic. You must avoid being too critical and impatient of trifles. The great need of the 1 Soul Urge is the development of friendliness, and a sincere interest in people.
Your Inner Dream number is: 1
An Inner Dream number of 1 means:
You dream of being a leader and one who is in charge. You want to be known for your courage, daring, and original ideas. You seek unconquered heights. People may get a first impression that you are very aggressive and sure of yourself.
Monday, September 04, 2006
I once joking around with my friend, when she said that she will not be able to hang around with me due to her mother request that she must accompany her to somewhere else. I told her that she is too busy becoming a career woman, she forgot that her mother need her attention too.
TO this, she laughed out loud
and said something to me:
“Bri, if you are able to make other people life miserable like that stupid ignorant XXXX of yours, then you could call yourself a career woman. But, if you still feel miserable and fed up in doing your job… then you are still a small time clerk… Which is exactly I am doing at this moment…”
Her words still on my mind, up to now. I mean… to call yourself a big shot or a high level position, it means you have the power to make other people life going up or down. And you have to be ruthless and mad too in doing that.
Just like many of our high executives here.
Some of them do not have the clue on what they are doing. Most of them like to bark at their workers and treat them exactly the same when a big master controlling his slaves. They throw paper works at their staffs when they are not satisfied with the job. They yelled and barking when they found out a very tiny little mistakes. They insult your intelligence, as if they are the only one who was blessed with brain and others are not. They prefer try to find the scapegoat if something went wrong during the job was being done rather than to find out the solution in such a short time. So, they are whining and whining, make other people nervous, the problem finally failed to be settled on time. 
Well, life is a bitch. Nobody said that life will be beautiful forever and ever. All you can do is hope for a better condition. Even though we all know that HOPE is the BIGGEST lie that ever existed.
TO this, she laughed out loud
and said something to me:
“Bri, if you are able to make other people life miserable like that stupid ignorant XXXX of yours, then you could call yourself a career woman. But, if you still feel miserable and fed up in doing your job… then you are still a small time clerk… Which is exactly I am doing at this moment…”
Her words still on my mind, up to now. I mean… to call yourself a big shot or a high level position, it means you have the power to make other people life going up or down. And you have to be ruthless and mad too in doing that.
Just like many of our high executives here.
Some of them do not have the clue on what they are doing. Most of them like to bark at their workers and treat them exactly the same when a big master controlling his slaves. They throw paper works at their staffs when they are not satisfied with the job. They yelled and barking when they found out a very tiny little mistakes. They insult your intelligence, as if they are the only one who was blessed with brain and others are not. They prefer try to find the scapegoat if something went wrong during the job was being done rather than to find out the solution in such a short time. So, they are whining and whining, make other people nervous, the problem finally failed to be settled on time. Well, life is a bitch. Nobody said that life will be beautiful forever and ever. All you can do is hope for a better condition. Even though we all know that HOPE is the BIGGEST lie that ever existed.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Indah once asked me, what would I like to do as my job... within conditions that nothing to prevent me in doing or getting the job.
Then, I would say that anything to do with travelling. Either I becoming a travel journalist or reporting about travelling in this place or that place. But, it will have to do with travel.
Why?
Perhaps because all my life, I felt like I have been locked up in the same place... between home and school... then in my adult time: between home and the office. Of course, this is also my fault... I never want to stay outside my house. Why should I? I would prefer the money that I earnt to be spent for household rather than to pay the rent...
Anyway, it would be a different story, if my job require me to travel abroad. It is my responsibility, right?
I always people that, realizing or not... searching only the same thing that they can remember. Like when you heard, chicken noodle in Spore..., you will expecting it to be the same with the one you eat at Bakmi Gajah Mada. But it turn out..., it will be totally different!!
I think, since I went to Korea with Icha ... I started to open my mind to try new things. But of course, once I knew the food or the place , is not good at all... there is no way ever again I will go to that place.
So, if I can... to where I would like to go abroad? If money, is not a problem...:
Italy...., I would like to go to Venice...
France, to see Eiffel tower, of course!!
Japan,... want to feel the Spring time over there...
TO local place....,
I can never be bored with Bali..., perhaps next time I will go to Lombok. I always want to go there.
There are so many beautiful places also in Indonesia. But..., since there are so many natural disaster right now..., one might gonna think very hard before deciding where to go... ^_^
Then, I would say that anything to do with travelling. Either I becoming a travel journalist or reporting about travelling in this place or that place. But, it will have to do with travel.
Why?
Perhaps because all my life, I felt like I have been locked up in the same place... between home and school... then in my adult time: between home and the office. Of course, this is also my fault... I never want to stay outside my house. Why should I? I would prefer the money that I earnt to be spent for household rather than to pay the rent...
Anyway, it would be a different story, if my job require me to travel abroad. It is my responsibility, right?
I always people that, realizing or not... searching only the same thing that they can remember. Like when you heard, chicken noodle in Spore..., you will expecting it to be the same with the one you eat at Bakmi Gajah Mada. But it turn out..., it will be totally different!!
I think, since I went to Korea with Icha ... I started to open my mind to try new things. But of course, once I knew the food or the place , is not good at all... there is no way ever again I will go to that place.
So, if I can... to where I would like to go abroad? If money, is not a problem...:
Italy...., I would like to go to Venice...
France, to see Eiffel tower, of course!!
Japan,... want to feel the Spring time over there...
TO local place....,
I can never be bored with Bali..., perhaps next time I will go to Lombok. I always want to go there.
There are so many beautiful places also in Indonesia. But..., since there are so many natural disaster right now..., one might gonna think very hard before deciding where to go... ^_^
I spent this Saturday afternoon with my Mom. We went to Pasar Baru. She was planning to buy fabric cloth. And I was planning to get myself a sporty shoes or sandal. Of course, when we arrived there, we also visited Melati Store to see kitchen ware, houseware, or other ware...
Indah asked me did I bring my camera. Unfortunately... no, I did not. The reason was... HELLO... I was going with my mom. SHe would be annoyed and freak out if she saw me busy taking photos here and there.
Yeah, recently I love taking pictures of the city, especially in Jakarta. There are so many things that have changed lately. I thought it would be best to take photos in this year and then compare it with the development in this city in the couple years to come.
My biggest regrets are:
1. Did not take photos of the Mother statue near Suropati Park. The statue now has been removed to somewhere near Monas and the statue of Prince Diponegoro is now standing there.
2. The old building and it surrounding in Pondok Cina. The coldness of the building, and the creepy environment... would be a very interesting collection of photos...
So, here I was... at Pasar Baru. I hardly visited here since there are so many comfortable Malls to go to. Of course, not every old store still here. Most of them are gone. Some because of fire. Some just gone bankrupt, I suppose. I remembered this bakery shop where my Mom and I used to sit there resting our feet. And of course I begged her to buy the biggest Ice cream there. But, the store was not there anymore for more than 5 years, I think. Other old store who still manage to stand still is Bakmi Gang Kelinci. They used to have this super duper meatball with the size of tennis ball. And it's yummy. Now, the noodle is still good. But the meatball has been reduce almost half and the taste is ... what is the word... there is no taste at all... It was sad. Because, we used to think... oh, I want this huge meatballs... then let's go to Bakmi GK... Now... it's the same like any other noodles restaurants.... And the waitresses..., the look on their face as if to tell the customer... oder quick and eat your fast fast so I can clean this mess and go home early.... I guessed you would be fed up to see noodles and meatballs everyday and so on.
And what did I finally get after strolling Pasar Baru with my Mom? A new bag! She spotted this cute green bag and I just fall in love when I see it too. I forgot all about the shoes that I have been desperately look for ...
My Mom get herself a pair of sandal and this kitchen ware which I do not how to say it in English...
Women... They want something, but always end up with something else in the end.... THis is why making a list is a total necessary ^_^
Indah asked me did I bring my camera. Unfortunately... no, I did not. The reason was... HELLO... I was going with my mom. SHe would be annoyed and freak out if she saw me busy taking photos here and there.
Yeah, recently I love taking pictures of the city, especially in Jakarta. There are so many things that have changed lately. I thought it would be best to take photos in this year and then compare it with the development in this city in the couple years to come.
My biggest regrets are:
1. Did not take photos of the Mother statue near Suropati Park. The statue now has been removed to somewhere near Monas and the statue of Prince Diponegoro is now standing there.
2. The old building and it surrounding in Pondok Cina. The coldness of the building, and the creepy environment... would be a very interesting collection of photos...
So, here I was... at Pasar Baru. I hardly visited here since there are so many comfortable Malls to go to. Of course, not every old store still here. Most of them are gone. Some because of fire. Some just gone bankrupt, I suppose. I remembered this bakery shop where my Mom and I used to sit there resting our feet. And of course I begged her to buy the biggest Ice cream there. But, the store was not there anymore for more than 5 years, I think. Other old store who still manage to stand still is Bakmi Gang Kelinci. They used to have this super duper meatball with the size of tennis ball. And it's yummy. Now, the noodle is still good. But the meatball has been reduce almost half and the taste is ... what is the word... there is no taste at all... It was sad. Because, we used to think... oh, I want this huge meatballs... then let's go to Bakmi GK... Now... it's the same like any other noodles restaurants.... And the waitresses..., the look on their face as if to tell the customer... oder quick and eat your fast fast so I can clean this mess and go home early.... I guessed you would be fed up to see noodles and meatballs everyday and so on.
And what did I finally get after strolling Pasar Baru with my Mom? A new bag! She spotted this cute green bag and I just fall in love when I see it too. I forgot all about the shoes that I have been desperately look for ...
My Mom get herself a pair of sandal and this kitchen ware which I do not how to say it in English...
Women... They want something, but always end up with something else in the end.... THis is why making a list is a total necessary ^_^
Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi.
When Ugi first promoted to me about this book, I was half listening. First, I did not like the cover. Moreover..., the cover said that this book is a Graphic Novel... What in the heck is a graphic Novel anyway? I took no notice about it. Then, on our next meeting, she brought that book and insisted that I must read it. So, I took it and I have to say... I love the book immediately. I took a quick look and found that the book contain a one day story from this writer about her family gathering. That's it. But, the story came from several different person. About their love life, sex, relationship, and society. It is a very good book for women, and I totally recommended it to be read.
Anyway, when I brought the book from Ugi, I accidentally splashed the book with chocolate... I can imagine how bad this would be and I decided to get a new one for Ugi. I was going to buy this book anyway for my collection. So, it was okay to get another one for her replacing the old one. Then, in the office I lent this book to a colleague of mine. She is also a bookworm and I am sure she was going to love it. I also try so hard promoting this book to Indah with no success. First, she dislike the cover. And of course, she despise the pictures in it. But, my old habit to push someone else to read things that I reconsider good is still in a high level. So, I get a new one and planning to give it to her on her birthday. But, today my colleague told me that she was accidentally torn the book apart and she is willing to replace it with a new one. I sighed. Ugi's book has been travelling first from her and then to me and finally end up with another person again. So, in the end, my colleague paid the book that was supposed to be given to Indah....
I guess, I have to find another present for her birthday....
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