Alvin and the chipmunks

Finally, it hit me! My friends have been complaining about the creature, and I have too simply because the chipmunk have no content at all to what she said - which she thought she mastered. I’ve never experience it first hand, but yesterday I did!

I want this project to be handled by this particular donor simply because I thought they will be able to handle it better since they are the country of the origin of the software. I dont want the project to be squeezed in between other, because I want to maximize what they had offer us!

And Im not being unreasonable here! The more you read to more you know that the creature have no content whatsoever! IM MAD!

Can’t hardly wait

Oh I’m so excited! Thank god its friday! Although today has been very busy. Woke up earlier than the usual time :LOL: and arrive at the office by 8:20, wow thats really sumtin comin from me! Head down for a meeting by 9:30 which took longer than I expected and finished just before lunch. I actually wanna do my nails but then I dont have the energy to go out and wait for the nails to dry so I decided to just eat my lunch in the cafeteria.

Have another meeting to attend at 3 discussing all the meticulous protocol detail. Considering the unit is pretty much handicapped at the moment with only so few people left each and every one of us has more job than we ever had during previous events.

Anyway, I cant wait till the day ends :). Planning to go to kemang for another FD Gathering with special guest star from Malta

Ciao for now

XOXO (That’s the gossip girl influence talkin BTW)

The Extra Miles

Alot have changed since I first begin my job at The Secretariat. Wait … did I just said “the secretariat”? Oh god, that must be the american influence talkin :LOL:

Anyway - back to topic - I started out assisting a senior webmaster and only handling content. The job was really brainless and it doesnt take too much effort, energy & time. But over the years somehow the job fully shifted to me. I became the sole webmaster and I’m pretty much walking in the dark trying to find my ways around my software. It took me full 3 years to fully understand and master the art of the system. The management somehow implied that all of this became my responsibilities.

There were times that I’m so fed up that I just wanna quit. But there were little things that make up this job that actually made me stays over the last 4 years. Yes! I’ve been with them for that long. I had nice colleagues, excellent bosses and the most important thing is that my unit have what most unit in the building are yearning for - Team Work!

I used to go home 5 on the dot. The amount of work have doubled even tripled over the last couple of years. Nowaydays, espescially with the natural disaster that happened over the last month in one of the member country makes me impossible to leave work at 5. I tried to squeeze in my social agenda in between the work hours because that is the only thing beside my family that keeping my sanity intact and my life feels real.

But I could not complain! Like my friend said “cyclone sudah berhembus”, and its up to the rest of us to do whats need to be done no matter how small our part in the bigger picture are. The little task makes the process works. Its not the time to point finger its mine or your work I guess.

I just wished, I had more time with my baby. The motherly side of me are screaming that I need time and my body need some rest. I havent had a decent relaxing full day since Raysa fell sick couple of weeks ago.

For now, I can only settle in with a cup of caramel macchiato for a little indulgence in the beginning of the day.

A token of appreciation

I’ve got this delivered on my desk a little after lunch on Friday

I thought it was just sweet that this simple act of thank you in return for a little help that I did for them can actually brighten up my hectic day. I already had lunch when they deliver this to my desk, but how could I resist when it consist all the goody jap food that I loved

The Game Plan

Character assassination is the oldest trick in the book when it comes to politic. Conceal just one mistake from the past and you can pretty much form generalize negative image of that person to bring him/her down. With the fast emergence of infotainment program it also brings about the same effect on one’s character.

On daily lives, gossip is the fastest way to destroy someone’s image. Join the hip Gossip Girl circle or master your way around it if you want to survive. Pick your choice.

Friend or foe?

Today’s friend might become your enemy the next day. That’s how politic works and might be the case in everyday lives as well. But your friend could be the bitchiest person on earth in front of you but he/she will speak no more or less than what you are.

 

I know I’m Annoying…

Tapi sudah saatnya saya mengeluh

1. Yang paling bikin gue mendidih saat ini adalah … hellow kayaknya kemaren ada yang komplen deh waktu gue bilang gue harus bawa anak gue ke dokter sama bawa bawa nama big boss segala. Sampe akhirnya gue bilang ya udahlah so be it. I know my job. Terus the person actually alerted us that we should be prepared for more tomorrow at 4! Dan … eng ing eng … you know what, the first of us came at 4, my partner in crime came at 5 and I came short after that. Dan kita tunggu sampe 7.30PM dan no word! Not even a phone call, yes I know dimanapun dirimu berada HP indo gak bisa bekerja dengan baik tapi di Hotel pasti ada telpon dong! Come on this is Sunday, dan karena WE know our responsibility well WE came dan nggak ada decency gituh untuk kasi tau whether its go or no go! Tau gituh gue kan bisa creambath di salon deket rumah dan potong rambut.
2. FYI! Dan gue bilang sama partner in crime gue, kalo misalnya ditanya kenapa gue masuk setengah hari besok, gue bilang sama dia untuk repeat what I’ve told her today. Gue suruh dia bilang karena gue harus masuk Sabtu dan Minggu jadi mau gak mau gue harus bawa anak gue ke dokter besok pagi and its something that I must do, even if the bulding of my office is going to fall down I DONT CARE! Sebenernya gak sepenuhnya bener. Sabtu dan Minggu emang dokter yang gue cari gak ada. Dan lagipula it took a couple of days to recover from cough & flu. But I’ve just want to be the teenage drama queen like she always is.
3. Akhirnya gue menemukan jalan keluar masalah pentransferan uang setelah harus bergelut dengan istilah Full Amount and Value Today. Gue pikir daripada gue bersitegang mulu sama si Customer Care BCA setiap mereka ngeblok kartu gue yang kata mereka overlimit, which I thought they’re such a dumb ass because they dont do their math well! Thanks to my dear jodoh yang sudah membantu mencarikan jalan keluar :). I know that people makes money from the “cut”! But sometimes they’re being ridicilous!
4. I think I know how to make my life easier, that is by activating my Mobile Banking. Tapi gue bingung katanya gue harus daftar ke ATM dulu, tapi di ATM gak ada pilihannya buat biar bisa transfer lewat SMS! Aduh asli nih dilema banget! Dimana menu itu berada!
5. Im at a crossroad now, no one else but god is the one that I can ask for a guidance. So please help me god! The more I think about it, the more I know what I want. But I dont know whether Im being fair or not. To my Sunset besties, If someday oneday you all know my problem … bukan niat gue untuk gak berbagi dengan kalian. But believe me I know it will burden you all so much, and I thought its not gonna be fair for all of you. Plus I wanna know what I want to do first.
6. Lastly, I know I’m a bitch for bitchin about other people right now when even I’m not perfect myself and there must be people that think that I’m a bitch myself. But so be it, I need an outlet. This is mine. Plus food and make up.
7. Oia tambah satu lagi lupa, gue akhirnya nyatuin FOTD2 gue baru kepikiran setelah liat blog fellow FD. Karena waktu itu ada yang nanyain portfolio. What portfolio? It can be a start rite? Mungkin kalo gue dandanin orang harus gue masukkin juga tuh! Tapi kayaknya sekarang gue sudah retire from that.

Let tomorrow be a better day …

Happiness is a Journey not a Destiny

I thought I was travelling for a destiny called paradise. But the more I think the more I realize that happiness embodied in every step I take during my journey to the final destiny. Sadness makes us realize that happiness is something that we will cherish once we have it. Therefore each and every step of our journey count toward the final ending.

Experience thought us better to be a better traveller. To deal with the turbulence once we’re up in the sky. If everything gets out of control, we can leave it to the divine being to direct us to the best flight to go to our destination.

Some frequent flyer points will help a thing or two as well in dealing with the flight.

Anyway just enjoy the ride and you will see that live is a journey, and happiness is in the menu along with the chicken or fish

For a better tomorrow

I once said my dad is a wise man. He is indeed. Nothing in this world or no one can take that pride away from me. We never exchange alot of words but when he does spoke to me, his word were carefully thought and chosen. His respect toward me and trust toward my capability have given me  strength to face anything in this world. His value, traditional and non-traditional have aid me to live the life that still have many things yet to come.

He said, that he believed that I’m strong. I know that I am. But knowing that he believed that I am have taken that to another level.

He said that in one’s life whatever hardship that one have to take, there must be some goodness behind it. Maybe its a process that we have to take to avoid an even bigger mess. Whatever decision that we have to make today, we see it just because we want a better tomorrow. Because today is not always paradise, but paradise is what we want to seek for our tomorrow.

The latest from us

Ok here’s the update from the two of us. For the last two weeks our world has been turn upside down and up again and down again.

Last week and the week before I’ve been busy preparing for the best of performance, this inaugural one is by Indonesia which was a success. I took several pictures that I need to edit. The perfomances were excellent, even for me as an Indonesian I really enjoy it. All of my friends that came there also enjoy it as well and they say they didnt regret coming there. The invitees from the dipl corps also said they enjoy it. On top of that the big boss congrulate us for the good job and he throw us some money for dinner which we spend on buffet dinner at the Marriott.

Thursday last week was supposed to be a hectic day with the ISO audit and Microsoft thingy which I ended up not going because Raysa was sick and need to be hospitalized. Started out with the usual sorethroat and fever but it got really high and we tought it only been right to put her on the hospital for observation. After few days they discharged her after doing a final lab test for bacteria infection m that was on Sunday. I’ve tried to catch up with my works with few hours on Sat & Sun. Was in for work by Tuesday but I guess my body couldnt take it anymore. I finally gave in and take sick leave on Wed & Thurs and of course Raysa was still sick, this time is diarrhea which was totally unrelated with the previous sickness but it may take a while. Ive take her to a doctor who speacially handled those things. Need to check back with 2 doctors on Monday next week.

The only day that I came back to work was Friday, and it was one hell of hectic day for me. Started really early in the morning, I took Raysa to meet with 2 doctors one was a pulmonologist for a consult and the other one was to handle her diarrhea thingy. I head straight to office to fix all the things that I left behind. I had this extremely unbearable chest pain for the whole afternoon! I couldnt take a deep breath beacuse my left part of body will hurt really bad if I did that. I once had this while I was in Aussie, the doctor said that it’s a muscle strained problem but this one got to the extent that I cant even do sujud during my prayer. It got better once I took paracetamol for my fever, considering it had a pain killer effect as well. The fact that I had a big dinner also helps the fever and chest & muscle pain as well.

Got to see an internist for this on Saturday, he said exactly the same thing with what the doctor in Aussie told me. Nothing unsual with my heartbeat and lung so there must be nothing wrong with my internal organs, he said that it must be the muscle. He gave sumthing to relax my muscle and a pain killer for the pain of course. He said I dont need to check back if the pain goes away. The pain killers really helps with the muscle pain although I can still feel it from time to time. I’ll just see how it goes in a week. If its still like this, I’m gonna pay that doctor a visit. I quite like his respond to my problem!

The Dream Make Up Bag

I thought I’d share what’s my favourite MUA Dick Page’s make up bag look like. He was once the creative director for Inoui ID one of my favourite make up line from Shiseido created exclusively for Japan market which now has been discontinued.  I know alot of people still weep at night for Shiseido’s decision. He’s now the creative director for all make up line under Shiseido and I can already see his influences on the new product launches by Shiseido the Make Up, that’s about the only line from Shiseido that we can get hold of here. Among Inoui ID stuff, MSF and stippling brush is the staple on this make up bag. He’s also the reason why I started to try on Physicians Formula bronzer because he totally recommended it.

One of the thing that I really want from his make up bag (other than his Inoui ID stash) would be the MUFE grease colour paint palette and Im dying to know more about the Alcone colour palette that he have there. From what I understand Alcone is a professional make up line, similar to Kryolan I suppose?

Evian spray would be my alternative as well for MAC charged water.