Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Sad, sad, sad day

I am torn into pieces at this moment. A month ago, my dear friend Irma has submitted her resignation letter. And now, my other close friend Dari will also submitting her resignation letter. There. All my friends in this snake hole are gone pursuing their own destiny.

It is ironically to face all these when I was the one who has been trying to find other job since the year 2005. But did I get any? Nooooo. I got calls, test jobs, but I got none of it. Sometimes, in my desperate moment, I think that God playing a very cruel joke to me. He gave me chances but then closed them again. I suppose He listened more to my Mom prayer which I believe her prayer consist of me being stayed forever in that hell. No matter what kind of position I have. As long as is safe, look dashing as that place is a foreign company. She would never want to know how miserable I am as she thought of me being exaggerated. And now look, after ten years passed by what do I have? NOTHING!

It has been a long time since my last cry. I was crying again today silently. Do not know when this torment is going to end. And hate to see how long I have to face this world alone in that place.

I guess I have to do it all alone. I came to this world alone and do things alone and eventually will die alone miserably as well. Again, I conclude that I have no one to blame but my own.

Saturday, May 26, 2007

My weekend

Irma is going to resigned herself from the office. So, she decided to gave me and Dari a treat at Samudera restaurant located at Mulia Hotel.
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We loved this restaurant ever since the price for All-you-can-eat package was still below IDR 100,000 . Yeah, mind you. All you can eat!!! Why not? The food is delicious and having a small portion was not enough.

We remembered the first time being there, we were like crazy watching those foods. We ordered so many Dim Sum, we almost skip the main course. And we ordered them all at once, and we feel obliged to finish them all in 30 second. Kidding. Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

Learning from the past experience, we decided to ordered them one by one. First of all, we ordered Chicken Porridge :
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Yummy, yummy, yummy. I never like porridge but for this one, I could have two portion at once.


After that, we ordered these :
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We waited for several minutes, before finally ordered the main course. We were so hungry and I forgot to take photo of several meals!
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And last one, we ordered the dessert which I almost forgot to take photo again. It is Avocado Puding.
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Ah, our stomach is full. What to do next? I was actually having appointment to meet my other 2 friends. But since they postponed the time, I finally end up watching Pirates Of the Carribean 3! Wrote the review here at !My Other Blog

Probably gonna watch it again next week. I love the movie! And by the way, I finally gave up watching movie at EX. I was back at Jakarta Theater again

Thursday, May 24, 2007

AI WINNER!

As many people have expected, since Melinda has been out of the picture, Jordin will walk as the first winner of the 6th American Idol.


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Funny sometimes, why even bother about this... But, this is something from America. The center of the entertainment world. If you manage to push your way in to that country, then it will be in no time that everyone in this world will know about your existence.


Which is no big surprise that there are so many local artist boasting that they wish to enter the entertainment world in America. Those with talent and the talentless.


What a joke.


Not that I underestimate them or something. But there is only one person that able to do that, and that is Anggun. She realized a lot that if she want to be known in the foreign country, she will have to fight her way in. She is willing to start from the bottom again. Living like common people, as hiring a maid is terribly expensive. And look at her now. Plus, she is a very realistic person. I heard that she was offered to become Bond girl, do not know which movie was it. But she refused, because she know her skill is singing instead of acting.


Other local artists? Please, they are bragging about want to enter the State. Wondering if they are ready to live like common people, do everything by themselves instead having so many servants and nanny. Wondering, if they are aiming to receive Grammy or Oscar, have they ever even starring in one of the American movie or even publishing a super smash hit album? And they are wondering why other people like me are laughing them out loud? GET A COMMON SENSE!

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

MOVIES!

Yikes! The third sequel of Pirates of the Caribbean is finally arrives here in Jakarta! I can only imagine that the crowd spreading in all theaters. The trauma that I have when I was watching Spiderman 3 in the beginning of this May is still on my mind. Kidding. Well, since my friends and I were eager to watch it, we just bought every seat that we could find. At that was the second row from the big screen. I was feeling a headache already when I try to imagine seeing the movie with head fell backward all the time. But I would hate myself if I do not watch the movie before the end of that week.

My friend bought the tickets for us and the schedule was on Sunday. And I usually hate going out on Sunday. Is my sleep day in every week, but for Spiderman, what the heck. And then on Saturday, when I was accompanying my Father at the supermarket, my friend called me. She said that the stupid movie theater has finally opened up another studio to play the Spiderman Movie! It means, that if we were not in such a haste buying that damn tickets, we would be getting the nicest seat at all instead of sitting in the second front row!!! GGGGRRRHHH! But, it is too late. We have the tickets for Sunday night and we can not cancel it.

But then, it turn out that my friend bought the ticket with the seats located at the right side from the screen. It was not so bad after all! It was so close, I was able to take photo from the screen.
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TRUST ME! Just do not take the front seat in the middle row. You will get your neck broken.

Even so, from the above experience, I do not want to buy the tickets in a hurry. If I do not get the ticket for this week to see POTC, then it is just fine by me. Novi is watching the movie at the moment. I think I just passed that. I am so terribly tired already. Weekend will suit me just fine. Beside, who knows if EX will add one more studio fot POTC , the same thing for Spiderman???

Sunday, May 20, 2007

The world of Idol

I hardly ever seen Simon Cowell looked so disappointed when he learnt that Melinda Doolittle did not make it to the final.


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Instead the other two : Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis manage to get the ticket to continue their battle in pursuing the title : American Idol.


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I think he and probably the other two judges and also me, are dead sure she will at least manage to get a place in the final. But I guesses, people prefer someone who still young and fresh and good looking to be an Idol.

My sympathy has been with Melinda since she walked to the audition room. She told the judges that she has been a back vocal singer all her life. And after she sang, the judges were like WHERE THE HECK HAVE YOU BEEN ALL THESE TIMES? She has the finest voice. What she does not have is pretty appearance. I suppose that is one of the reasons she became only back vocal singer all these times. I keep on hoping that she and Jordin will be the two finalists for this season. Well, at least she is at the top three. I promise to myself I will buy her first album and really looking forward to have it soon. Jordin and Blake are good as well, actually. But my vote is for Jordin. I want to see a female American Idol this year.

Not much can I say about Indonesian Idol. I can only remember several names of those people from the very first Indonesian Idol. Let me see if I can remember correctly : Delon, Joy, Lucky, Bona, Michael, Nania, Suci, Karen, Winda, Helena and I think there is another guy. But I forgot his name. Well, anyway, they are all proving that they have what it takes. If they were all sang together, everyone love it. Especially the female singers. They really have that power.

But started 2nd Indonesian Idol, I totally lost interest. Especially when I listened to the female singers. If you can call them a singer. My Gosh! You call that singing? A baby can sing better than you! What is wrong with those judges???? I do not think I ever satisfied with the contestants of the 2nd, 3rd and not the 4th. It is humiliating.

Friday, May 18, 2007

Being an agent

Last week I was sort of lured to this seminar by someone. I just applied for a life insurance lately. And the agent asked whether I was interested in getting to know the business of their company. I thought they are about to set up a new interesting business and perhaps this seminar is to explain about it. So, I said yes. I was starting to get suspicious that this is not a business seminar when the agent said that I can bring my friends along. I meant, if this is a business seminar, why would I want to bring any friend of mine? Not to mention that the time is early in the morning. Well, not that early. But it was Saturday. And 09.30 is considered early morning for me. But, since I have said yes, I went to the seminar anyway.

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So, last week, I drag myself out of my bed, while outside, the weather was not very friendly. Needless to say, it was a very good moment to keep on sleeping. But anyway, I managed to forced myself and get up anyway to go to that meeting. The place located at Thamrin street. I arrived there exactly around 09.20 AM. That was the exact moment something is not quite right.

There are already so many people in that floor. My first impression it was sort of the situation where people lining up for job interview. My first instinct was, okay. This seems a seminar to recruit and train INSURANCE AGENTS. I sighed. There is no way I can escape this. It would make me look stupid. So, I took a deep breath and decided to wait and see what is going to happen next. I met the agent and she introduced me to her colleague. A woman who is probably 10 years younger than me. And then the agent excused herself for a moment, because she has to picked up her friend at the Busway terminal.

So, there we are. Me and the youngster. Talk a bit here and there. Let me quote several of the conversation:

Her : Are you the new recruit?

Me : Hmm? Oh, I do not think so. I am her client. I just issued a life insurance through her.

Her : Oh, I see. Well, you should join us. (AHA!) We have good career here. By the way, what is your job?

Me : Currently I am working at the bank. Well, almost ten years.

Her : 10 years? What is your position, now? Manager?

Me : (Feel like getting a big slap on my face) No, I am still a clerk.

Her : Really? That would not happen here. I just been working here for 2 years, and now I am an assistant manager.

I just nodded. Pretending to take a look at my watch. The agent said that the seminar would start at 09.30. Well, it is now almost 10.00, and I have not seen any sign that this meeting is going to start. I yawned. If I know this meeting is running late, I would not be in such a hurry leaving my cool bed to go here. But the conversation is not over yet.

Her : Sorry to ask you this question, but are you still single or married?

Me : (Faintly I heard a bell ringing from a far away place; a warning bell!) Single
Her : But you are going to get married?

Me : No

Her : Have someone special in your life?

Me : No (This is getting so annoying already)

Her : Well, sorry if I offended you, but would you mind if I introduce you to my friends?

Me : (As politely as I could mustered) Thank you for your kind offer. But no thanks

Her : Why?

Me : I prefer to find him by myself.

Her : But, why? This is just for adding list of your friends, if things do not work out

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She seems a bit taken aback by my answer. I suppose she must be think I am a stubborn old woman who refuse her kind offer. The thing that I admire and also hate the most about sales agent is their persistency on almost about everything. It is okay to be determining when doing your job. But human relationship is not something you can just jump into. She and I know each other for probably how long? 15 minutes? And by that time, she think she can judge what is right or not for me? That is ridiculous. Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

Anyway, after agonizing for another half an hour, the so-called meeting finally started. All people rush in to get a better seat. I sit with the agent’s friend. She is turn out younger than me although her look and the way she talked give the other impression. And again, she asked the exact same question about marriage. My goodness, what is wrong with these people? She asked me when I am planning to get married and I answered that I have not really thought about it. And then she gave me the look as if I have antennas stuck in my head. She even blurted it out that I am old enough to get married. And asked why I still have not thought about getting married. Errrh, do I really need to explain all the reason in my life to a very total stranger who I will not ever going to meet again? Sighed. Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

But, let us get to the meeting again. One of the presenters started to talk about himself and how he decided to close down his company and choose to be Insurance agent. He classified us human into four category:

People with no money and have lots of time: Unemployment, of course.

People with money and no time: That is him, as an entrepreneurship who has so much money but have little time for himself and his family.

People with no money and definitely no time: That is people like me. Who working their ass out for a small amount of money. Uh, touched down! Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

People with money and time: That is him and other Insurance agents.

It is sound so lovely to hear him presented the job. Each agent got about 40% of commission depends on which insurance the client took. If the client paid Rp 6,000,000.00 for a year, than the agent got commission 40& for the 1st year and 2nd year. The next following years the agent got around 8%. So, the more they got customer, their income will increase more. It is sound so easy to get customer. But this is a kind of job who needs lots of acquaintances. As a former business man, of course the agent has lots and lots of acquaintances and it would not be so hard for him to get 16 customers in the first week. And now he has become Manager and the company appraises him for his good work by financed his holiday with his family to Europe!

Of course I am wondering, we are their customer and instead of appraising us by giving us more income but they giving their agents an expensive trip?????? Life is a bitch, after all! Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

After enough hearing the seminar, I ran out to meet with my other friend. I promised the insurance agent that I will give her another person who I believe will be interested to join her. But definitely is not me. The money is good. But I am not sure that is what I want in my life. Especially after the insult. Kidding.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Quotes from Samuel Mulia

I do not want to post anything but the following quotes:

There are four things that you can not recover in this life:


The stones after the throw


The word after it is said


The occasion after the loss


The time after it is gone

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Confuse

Does anyone can help me by informing me the name of the following meal and tell me how to eat them?
As I sure heck have no idea about them all...


I have to attend lunch meeting, replacing my boss who seems have something better to do. After the meeting, they served us the following:


First of all this one:
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We were a;; sort of like looking at each other , wondering what to do with the food. Is that sauces on that glass? Or juice? And what to do with it? Until I saw one of the people pour that thing into whatever name of the food, we were all follow him to do so. I suppose if he drink that liquid, we would all do the same.



The second one is this:
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completely have no idea what is this, so I just swallowed them all.



And the third one:
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Same thing as before. I just swallowed them all. The fish was okay. The rice was not.



And last one, at least I know that was a cake. IF only they served us with Ice cream..
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The result? I was still hungry after that meeting. Damn!


Sunday, May 06, 2007

DEBTS

After a while that I have not copied articles from Samuel Mulia, this one is hard not to. His article telling us about responsibility. OOOOOOH I LOVE THE WORDS SOOOO MUCH.

Here let me translate my favorite lines:

IF YOU MANAGE TO HAVE DEBTS, THEN YOU HAVE TO MANAGE TO PAY THE DEBTS. DO NOT SPILL SO MANY USELESS REASON FOR NOT BE ABLE TO PAY FOR GETTING PARDON DAN LET OTHERS TORTURED BECAUSE OF IT. IF YOU HAVE NEVER THINK ABOUT THE RISK OF HAVING DEBTS, WHY IN THE HELL YOU WANT OTHERS TO THINK AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU? IT IS BEING CALLED SELFISH!

I guess this is also goes to the people who have 7 credit cards and keep on hiding behind someone else back to avoid the responsibility to pay. Many people are like that. They can not stand not to live in style. So they started to buy everything to match up with the fashion. By using credit cards, it seems you can have everything for free. Well, the reason why the card was called credit card, and not free card, meaning that you have to pay them within times as per agreement. You can not pay full, there will be interest. And suddenly from only using 100,000 it can develop to 150,000 and soon will be 200,000.


Again, the bottom line, if you do not think you can return it, then do not borrow it!

Saturday, May 05, 2007

Supermarket for house tools and equpments

Being a single woman here in Indonesia, honestly is a pain in the ass. Especially, when you have limited fund to build and renovate house, or buying house equipment, etc, etc.

A friend of mine who is still single in the age of 36, finally managed to buy herself a house. Well, she the house is still on loan and the loan is not finished yet. Anyway, what is the first things that cross your mind? Renovate the house, of course. You probably want to fix the bathroom, the kitchen, and so on. But, since most of us are completely idiot when it comes to how many sacks of cement that we have to buy, which paint to choose, we need handymen to do so.

My Mom said, during her younger time, handymen are mostly honest person. They will teach you in a right way, what will be better for your house. They will give you several options, and it is up to you to decide. Of course it is also depends on your budgets and taste of course. They seems to realize that by being honest to their customer, they will be promoted to other customer and many more. But, that was ages ago.

Now, the handymen look at you as a single woman. With no family live near by. No siblings. No boyfriend. No man in the house. So, all they can think of is let us rob this woman by leading her to the wrong direction. They make sure that they thing that they fixed, will be broken in no time. So, you have to call them again and again and again.

I am beginning to understand why single person like me prefer to live in apartment. You do not need the unnecessary hassles. There is this house keeping at the apartment. Make sure everything fine with your place. Plus, you do not need to meet with your nosy neighborhood who seems never tired to smirk at you and keep on asking why on earth you choose to be single in this world.

But, if you still prefer to choose to buy house, well then probably you should buy the house equipment at specific supermarket for house equipments. There are two stores like that in Jakarta. Mitra10 and Depo Bangunan. The prices are all fixed, so you do not need to wonder whether the store was ripping you off or not. Then again, it will not hurt you if you explore other stores to compare the prizes. Assuming you are use to bargain.

Anyway, several photos here were taken from Mitra10. I did not go to see Depo Bangunan as the location is far away from my home. At least we can learn a bit here if we are planning to renovate our house without being rob just because we are single woman.


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Friday, May 04, 2007

It will be a very sad day

My nightmare has becoming real... Oh, my God. Maybe I am going to be the last person standing in that snake lair. One by one, I am losing my friend. If I can not find something else fast, I think I am really gonna die there...


At the time like this, the theme song from Bridget Jones came up to my mind...


All by myself
Don't wanna be
ALL BY MYSELFFFFFFFF
ANYYYYYMOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


But I guess, when everyone else start to move on to somewhere better, I kept hanging on to somewhat lesser...
Why?
Because I can not even believe that I am really that worthy for someone else...

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Beautiful view on Sudirman street

I think I can understand why people like to see view from highland. I was on a job assignment at Wisma Indocement. The view is breathtaking.


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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Starbuck at Grand Indo

Since Starbuck has opened new outlets at Grand Indo, me and my friend went to have a try. Well, actually because there was a promo from BCA credit card. Buy one and get one free.


The place is okay. But there were dusts everywhere as the place is not finished yet. But soon, it will be our new place to hang out. Not bad.


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