My Man on his Birthday

Yes, I do smell Birthday Cake

Yes, today is my special day. How it becomes so special? Well, today is a bornday of my very special one.
He reaches his thirtysomething today. hehehehe.. Welcome to thirty something’s world bee. It’s quite a long journey life in this world for thirty years, dont u think so? In thirty years old, you must be wise and mature already, have been trained by facing many things, meet many people, been enough of get someone special, love someone, to be loved by someone and lose someone. Been enough experiment of getting or not something you want. And there He goes.

Have some age means u have to get ready for more responsibilities, not only for yourself as a human, but also for ur family, community, your nation, or maybe to this world. Ready to facing new life with more obstacle ahead. And for that, u need more spirit, more believing, more focus and many other more.

Birthday maybe is just a day. People could say, birthday is Greek’s product that turn a moment into number, and turn it into date, represent when u was born. Or maybe is just a day when u have to pay for ur friends lunch. Or just another day to party and get drunk, like there’s no other day. it could be just a day.

Me myself, like to see birthday as a moment when He decides to create me and put me to my mom’s belly. To memorize all my parents story about the day. Because on the day we was born, many things could happened. Maybe ur fathers stuck on the way to hospital, or maybe it is a day when new comet just arrived in your town, or maybe the day when you was born is anybody last day on earth.
For that I choose to be thankful to God, because he creates me with perfect body, perfect eyes, perfect lips — and put me on sexy belly, put me on my family that finally put me on this desk, meet someone I <3 love, ready to pursue my dreams and types it here on this notebook to share.

Bram Essy

This is my gift for him. I decide not to sent him because we will meet on this weekend cant hardly wait.
Dont forget to bring me “sambal Bu Rudy” ya sweetie (I’ll tell u about this sambal later :p).

He already said on Al Asri 1-5, “People who didnt use their time well is in a big lose”
I dont want becoming that kind of people, so I wont stood my seconds over for saying this: I heart u birthday boy! Will be always beside u. Amin.

Happy Birthday Bram Prasetyo, SIP, MM!

*note : a day after we will have Great Day, Idul Adha!!
Dont forget to shaum arafah anyone, its an easy way to filled up your account! (since 2012 would be not so long — Hohoho). Ciao!

Being Popular or being Professional?

Remembering when I just arrived at the office and the package was there, right on my desk. It looks so much fun. Dont judging first ya. lemme finish the story first.

Side A

Side B

Side C

And heyyy.. thats me on the cover. as a badminton model for Astra Magazine. They gimme that picture with ellegant frame as an appreciation. It’s a thank you program, indeed.

Sometimes, it happens. again and again. When somebody not on your command line ask your help to support their activity. Being a model (it happens many times to me), being a MC of the event, from the formal one until just for fun event (I moderate at least once a month), being a guest guide, presentator or any other kind that didnt use your competence in the office (reason why they hire you).

What do you think of this?
Now, i often deny this kind of job, because outside of the office, I do this job professionally. Besides, there is no such kind of this activity in my job description, rite? I have to admit this is short way for being popular at the office, but they hire me to do the social responsibility thingy, not as public relation or human relation or any division that related with this activity.

I think have enough of saying YES of this proposal as a new employee. Recently, Mostly for unformal activity, I boldly says NO! But still, it lefts me a guilty feeling after rejected the ‘thank you’ project. I still accept the thank you project for formal event. I have another consideration for formal event, which involving my boss and board of management to get an exposure for my carreer. Besides, formal event do the activity in order than informal one. What you have to do is just reading the flow of the schedule and the activity run smoothly. In Abang None, it said as protocoler thingy, in line with the reason why Abang None is still exist until now. The Government need them as protocoler (their job description is doing the protocoler thingy).

Lemme get this thing straight. Professional would get u on popular box. But popular not always represent professional. Thats Why, I’d rather known as ‘professional essy’ than ‘popular essy’.

Get it in positive way, use any chance of it as a media to learn it more n more. Never satisfied with what you have. Cause in life, what u need isnt just a brain, but a heart and behave a-t-i-t-t-u-d-e, again atittude. Bismiillahirahmanirohim, atittude. Godspeed!

Welcoming Adobe Photoshop CS4 & CorelDRAW X4

Oh, how I love designing in detail.
Since my war equipment is no longer update, I request to my IT for providing a new one about 2 months ago. And now tarra, those cute babies just arrive here, right on my desk.

Original and fresh. When I filling the form, the CorelDRAW Graphic Suite X4 is 3.6 million rupiahs worth and Adobe Creative Suite 4 is 6.9 million rupiahs worth. Hehe.. Remembering old school time when I can get both for only 10 thousands rupiahs. Hehe, Piracy is a crime., ladies and gentlemen!
So welcome home, babies.
I promise will take carefully you both, using you as well.

Hey, they provide the tutorial disc too ^^ (It named Learning Adobe Creative Suite 4)
Yeehaaaaaaa!!!!!

Welcome home CorelDRAW X4 & Adobe Photoshop CS4

Accessories is A Must Stuff

It completes you.
I adore the elegancy of being simple and look professional. But sometimes, it’s fun being playful and put some accessories on your style. Yes the world wouldn’t be so much fun if the member is just Angelina Jolie that plays plain and classic every time, well Mari Kate and Paris Hilton put some playful colour on it.

Me and my family enjoying accessories so much, that’s why we love Alun-alun Indonesia, Grand Indonesia. It is so refreshing and even it’ll refreshing more when you continue it with Fountain Show. Yeehaa!!
Alun-alun Indonesia becomes so much inspiring, mostly for my sister who starts to run her business as accessories maker and also a dealer (Yes, I push her :p). The market is around her and I believe She can. Even she sells chips that made by my mom in her elementary age. Business blood is in her body, indeed.

Next DIY: After statement necklace, my next project is hairpiece. Crazy about it. Gonna push my sister to buy what I need to make it happened.

Short message: Bee, at the time u visitting me, would u please accompany and buying me sm hair piece in ambassador as a gift because I’m already being a good girl, being invisible and say yes on your command yesterday, please. I really want some :p

Happy Preparing Idul Fitri

Happy Ied Mubarak, Everyone, Alhamdulilah

Proudly Present Abang None Jakarta Utara 2009

Hope you never bored about this topic :p Hehe..
After long long and hot (I do mean it) photoshot, a lovely moment still.
We proudly present You:
Abang None Jakarta Utara 2009
(Taking location in Sunda Kelapa and Batavia Cafea, North Jakarta ofcourse)

Very tight schedule that day, After photoshoot, I have to attend another corporate event in Ancol..

Anyway, I upload this review with wordpress for blackberry. Can’t wait to see the result.. Hope my baby could make it as smooth as others.

Ciaoo..

Why Everybody speak Javanese?

Recently, I’ve been invited by someone to go along with Pestaphoria XL tour in East Java. So there I am, have a tour in Kota ‘mbledag mbledug’. Pertama di Ponorogo, Malang, Blitar.. Aargh.. Jawa kabeh!! Hellooo, kayaknya Kita tinggal di Indonesia deh, terus kenapa tidak ada satu orang pun disini yang berbicara bahasa Indonesia??

XL Pestaphoria J-Rocks

Di kantor juga: everybody talks Javanese. Kalo ini ga heran sih, soalnya team rekrutmen di perusahaan saya sangat semangat mencari karyawan baru dari Jawa sono. Katanya kalo orang Jawa lebih loyal sama Perusahaan dan lebih tough. Jadi ga kutu loncat (kaya anak-anak ITB) hehehe.. Hal ini pun diiyakan oleh tante saya yang saat ini berprofesi sebagai Head Hunter. She likes Student from East Part of Indonesia’s University much more. She said they loyal and (again) tough.

Bahasa Jawa, tidak bisa dipungkiri kemudian menjadi salah satu syarat ‘gaul’ disana. Beruntung pacar saya yang pindah ke Surabaya bisa bahasa Jawa. Hal ini sangat memudahkan dia berkoordinasi dan mendapat ‘tempat’ di kantornya. Sempat ingat waktu saya bekerja di salah satu perusahaan lokal yang sekarang sudah dibeli perusahaan lokal asing. Walaupun wara wiri di Belakang JW Marriot, berkantor pusat di Malang, membuat para GM area di kantor lama saya itu selalu berbahasa Jawa. Berbahasa Jawa sangat memberikan keuntungan dalam bergaul di dalam sana.

*Malu sebagai orang (yang ngaku) berdarah Jawa tapi tidak belum bisa bahasa Jawa*

Tapi heran juga, perasaan berdasarkan karakter ‘mangan ora mangan asal ngumpul’, harusnya orang Jawa ga banyak Mobile tho, beda sama orang Padang yang emg karakaternya saudagar, bertualang. Tapi di dunia industri, saya jauh lebih sering menemukan orang ber-Jawa ria dibandingkan ber-Padang ria. I beg u pardon.
Tapi masuk akal juga sih mengingat Kerajaan Majapahit pernah begitu besarnya. Eh, tapi kan Kerajaan Sriwijaya lebih besar!! Eh?!?

Anyway, Malang cantik banget kayak Bandung, Jalannya kecil dan banyak gedung tuanya. Plus banyak Apel di batu. Ponorogo mirip sama suburb di Jawa Barat. Hehe, target audience nya pun mirip sama audience punya ‘Sejati’, kalau konser di Bekasi (hehe, did I say Bekasi = suburb?).
Terus yang bikin jatuh cinta adalah semuanya murah meriah. Saya makan baso hanya dengan 3500 rupiah sajah. Mie Jawa di Hotel di Blitar seharga 12000 rupiah sajah. 1 porsi Sate ayam Ponorogo yang bumbunya sangat yummy (warnanya oranye terang tapi rasanya kayak kacang plus lengket2 nikmat gitu) hanya seharga 9000 rupiah sajah. Waooowww.. What a city!!

*muyah muyah muyah* Senang!!

Naik Kuda-kudaan Kayu di depan Warung Bakso

Batak-ers

For Me, Sumatera’s girl, Its a bit rare for me visiting another part of Java. hehehe.. Kalo Sumatera kan udah sering banget tuh dari kecill. Sebut deh kota apa.. sebut. :p Lil bit strange since actually I have Java’s blood in my body. (I usually call myself: Pejabat : Peranakan Jawa Batak). Jangan tanya boru apa, karena walaupun Darah Batak saya 75% (saya punya opung, om ucok, bou, tulang, nenek laki-laki dan banyak lainnya), tapi si 25% resesif ini terlalu dominan sehingga membuat saya tidak legal untuk digandeng dengan boru Batak (yang mungkin paling legal) untuk disandingkan dengan nama saya, : Sitompul. hehe.. Alhasil ini karena ulah Kakek Sayayang kelahiran Muntilan dan menikah dengan Gadis Siregar di tanah Istana Maimun sana dan ‘membeli’ marga untuk mendapatkan ‘kursi’ dalam adat dengan cara potong sapi. Itu baru kakek dari Papa. Kakek dari Mama. Asli Hutasuhut. Nah Lho? Hutasuhut jarang denger ya? Well, ini adalah versi islamnya ras Harahap. Tinggal beberapa yang bermarga Hutasuhut, bahkan di Tanah Tapanuli Selatan sana. Tapi tenang aja, Hutasuhut beken berat disana. Hehe.. Hutasuhut ini sangat kompak, dan saya bisa memastikan, saya bisa merunut semua Hutasuhut di Indonesia ini dan PASTI ada hubungannya sama saya. Sedemikiannya sehingga dengan para Siregar Islam di tanah Indonesia ini, PASTI ada hubungannya dengan saya. Tapi ga begitu dengan Sitompul, meski (agak boleh) memakai marga sitompul, tidak semua Sitompulers ada hubungannya dengan Saya. Hehe, beberapa kali asumsi saya ini terbukti dengan baik dan saya selalu terkaget-kaget ketika tahu.

Misalnya waktu Opung saya dengan bangganya bercerita bahwa Zivanna Letisha Siregar, si Puteri Indonesia 2008 adalah ‘juga’ cucunya dari sepupunya. Secara saya juga cucunya Opung, berarti masih sodara juga dong ya. Pantesan kita sama-sama oke. Walopun ga sempet menang jadi Puteri Indonesia (Sempet menang lah di Jabar jadi Puteri Indonesia Jawa Barat 2007 — sebelas duabelas lah sama Zizi, ya kan Zi?) Hehehe..

Saya sempat bingung nih (ok, ralat: masih). Sebagai keturunan Jawa berdarah Batak, dengan nenek berdarah Jambi tinggal di Lampung dan Opung (people usually write it with ‘Ompung’) tinggal di Medan dan di Jakarta. Namun saya dari kecil tinggal di Bandung, bertitel Puteri Indonesia Jawa Barat 2007 dan sempat menang ajang serupa di Jakarta.. Ntar kalo kawinan pake Baju adat apa ya?

Sumpah mati saya sukaaa sekali dengan tas anyaman tasik, sendal bali, kalung lombok, klomp geulis, baju bodo, Kalung Makassar, Cara Dandan None, Heyna India, duh saya sukaa sekali Produk Budaya Tradisional. Tapi kalo gini caranya, gabisa pilih satu dong. Atau ikut adat calon suami saja kah? Atauuu..
*triiinngg*

Boleh ga sih, secara saya lama di Bandung, Saya pilih Nu Art sebagai tempat trus Saya bakal pake baju kebaya (Mas Raden Sirait, sponsorin doong atau Mas Joko Sasongko, hehe, I love masterpieces from them both), terus makanannya makanan padang (Ayam Pop dan dendeng Balado, nyam nyam) pake hiasan khas Rumah Gadang di Meja sama campuran makanan Jawa, pake Gudeg gituu (dan Mie Jawa. Nyam-nyam) (Eskrimnya dicampur karamel Gula Jawa), plus pake cemilan-cemilan Jajanan Pasar yang enak-enak (walau kalo kebanyakan bikin batuk… hehe), dekornya campuran gebyok Jawa dicampur India (jadi abis akad langsung naik pelaminan gitu). Jadi campur-campur gituu. Hehe.. aneh ya? Maksa ya?
Saya pengen banget yang nerima tamunya anak-anak abnon, warna warni bajunya kan lucu banget tuh. Asyiikks.. Ato temen2nya Ghea ajalah. Terus Bandnya, umm, harus nyanyiin ‘Can I walk with U – Desree’ sama soundtracknya Aladin : A Whole New World. Ummm.. Annemarie Sayang, mau ga?

Hehe.. pertanyaan saya sekarang: Masih ada ga ya yang mau nikah sama saya ga kalo gini caranya?
Huehehehe.. (Keliatan Ribet ya, padahal maksudnya ya Campur Sari gitu, Simpel, Gausah pusing mikirin harus sesuai sama adat mana )

One of Joko Sasongko's Masterpiece

The 17th Indonesia International Motor Show

Ha.. Going to the opening of the 17th IIMS at Jakarta Internatinal Expo, Kemayoran to finish my duty as Astra Daihatsu Motor Corporate Social Responsibility Section Head. Lil bit unfair, got called a day before to help the event. How? Bring 6 kids, 3 girls, 3 boys to fulfilled our Kids Corner so it would be nice when SBY and Ibu Ani (She like children so much) visit or booth there. But, come on, they called me at 8 PM to get those kids at 9 AM in the morning… What the.. %$@!!!!s..

Managing my emotion then. Trying on to spread the unbreakable Happy Energy..

Kids, Say Cheese! Welcome the 17th IIMS

Ssstt.. I put accross them to ride the Harley

Yeah, I'm riding Harley

Fun Facts : a minute after: “Miss, sorry u can’t ride the bike”. *ups* :p

See our booth. We won the biggest investment at the event.

Daihatsu Booth at IIMS 2009

The event itself not so crowded as usual, since our global crisis economic is still going on. Many car brand holder didnt join the event, including our brother, Astra Peugeot. Too Bad

DIY Project : Statement Necklace

Dont Have any of them. Didnt catch any with proper price.
So, I decide to follow my mom to buy some beads. She usually put it in her veil.
Plus scissor and friends, nice glue and tough rope. Please Welcome: My Statement Necklace.
Simple but still Wonderfull.

My Statement Necklace

See how cute those babies when I’m wearing it ^^
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