The Rejections

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One week ago, while I was lying on my bed with bad cough and high fever, I received an e-mail from a stranger offering a pretty interesting job opportunity. He found me through Linkedin, so I clicked his profile right away, interested to know more about him and his Company.

I was actually and literally very sick. I was too tired of my crazy working hours in the office. However, I was committed to myself. I would never leave something unfinished. I have a responsibility to finish that one big thing I’m doing at work right now. Besides, deep in my heart, I still like my job here, I’m still proud of being a part of this Company, and I still want to give it a try.

Without any further chance to get to know about the opportunity that knocked, I said no, again for a few times in the past ten months.  But this time, I don’t know why, rejecting this one reminds me to a few past opportunities that I pushed away.

Just like rejecting the guys who came close to me, rejecting a job offer is also never easy to me. There’s always that time where I wonder…

What if I was wrong? What if that was actually the best thing that I could ever have?

What if that company could be one big thing that I desire in the future?

What would I learn if took that job?

Who would I meet?

Where would I be?

What would I have?

And would I be happier if I were there?

It’s not that I regret the jobs that I finally ended up with. I know that I have achieved so much and I’m so grateful for it. But you know… no matter how awesome the life that you have, a wonder will always cross your mind once or twice in your lifetime.

So I don’t write this blog as an expression of regret, I write this to remind myself to always think before I make such a big decision in my life. I want to take that one decision that will not make me keep looking back at my past over and over again. I hope that I will never hope to turn back the times. Because sometimes, when we reject something, it’s not always their loss, it can be our own loss instead.

Think before rejecting, and once we make our mind, we have to do our best to make the most of it. Make sure that even if someday we do look back to our past, we can be the one who says, “I used to have that one option, but I’m proud that I chose this path. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have this decent life and I wouldn’t have met these people of my life.”

Make the decisions and grow awesome!

My Kind of Guy

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Berawal dari pertanyaan seorang teman beberapa hari yang lalu, gue jadi serius berpikir tentang tipikal cowok yang gue suka. Fisiknya harus tinggi? Naksir yang lebih pendek pun gue udah pernah. Harus cowok pintar dan sukses? Naksir cowok yang termasuk lemot pun, kalo diinget-inget ternyata pernah juga. Lalu harus cowok yang terkenal baik hatinya? Naksir cowok raja tega pun ternyata udah pernah juga!

Kenyataannya, gue enggak pernah benar-benar tahu tipe cowok seperti apa yang selalu gue sukai, sampai akhirnya dua hari yang lalu, ada satu kejadian sederhana yang membuat gue berhasil menemukan jawabannya. Dalam sekejap, gue langsung bisa ‘merumuskan’ kesamaan di antara cowok-cowok yang pernah gue sukai. Dan ternyata, jawabannya sangat sederhana!

Yang paling pertama, gue suka sama cowok yang bisa nyambung ngobrol sama gue. Harus tipe orang yang bisa bikin gue tanpa terasa udah ngobrol berjam-jam sama dia. Tanpa perlu dipikir, percakapan akan terus mengalir dari satu topik ke topik lainnya. Kenyataannya, ini dia hal pertama yang gue lihat dari cowok yang baru gue kenal.

Setelah cocok ngobrol, gue akan dengan sendirinya mencari rasa nyaman. Rasa nyaman untuk menyampaikan isi pikiran gue, rasa nyaman untuk menunjukkan diri gue yang sebenarnya, dan rasa nyaman hanya untuk sekedar menghabiskan waktu dengan dia, lagi dan lagi.

Bersamaan dengan poin ke dua, gue punya ketertarikan yang konsisten dengan cowok yang bisa bikin gue tertawa lepas. Enggak mesti jadi cowok lucu yang dijuluki ‘badut kantor’, asalkan dia bisa mencari celah untuk melempar jokes yang bisa bikin gue tertawa lepas, itu saja sudah cukup. Apalagi kalo leluconnya sudah diselipkan dengan unsur flirting… asalkan jatuhnya terdengar pas di telinga gue, dijamin bikin naksir!

Yang paling akhir, ketika gue udah ngerasa cocok sama dia, nyaman untuk berada di samping dia, dan banyak terhibur hanya dengan keberadaannya, cowok yang akhirnya bisa bikin gue jatuh cinta adalah cowok yang bisa memperlakukan gue dengan baik. Perhatian-perhatian kecilnya, pertolongan tanpa pernah gue minta, atau sekedar menangkap basah dia yang sedang diam-diam memperhatikan gerak-gerik gue… aaah, bener-bener bikin hati luluh!

Hanya saja sayangnya, cinta memang tidak selalu datang pada tempatnya. Tidak semua cowok yang memenuhi kriteria di atas melakukan semua itu karena mereka juga memang beneran jatuh cinta sama gue. Sudah pasti mereka termasuk dekat dengan gue, teman baik atau rekan kerja terbaik yang gue punya, tapi bisa jadi, memang hanya sebatas itu saja.

Jadi kabar baiknya, gue tidak separah itu untuk urusan pilih-pilih cowok. Hanya saja kabar buruknya, itu justru bikin gue bisa saja terjatuh di tempat yang salah. Tapi, seperti yang pernah gue tulis di sini… tidak ada yang perlu gue sesali dari mencintai seseorang dengan tulus. Falling in love has created my own version of fairy tale. And according to that fairy tale, I may need to kiss a ton of frogs before I end up with my final prince.

Adios XL Axiata!

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Sebenernya, ini bukan pertama kalinya gue kecewa sama service provider di Indonesia. Tapi karena sebelum-sebelumnya Customer Service perusahaan yang bersangkutan selalu bisa memberikan solusi hanya dengan telepon atau e-mail, jadi ya sudahlah, enggak usah diperpanjang. Tapi kali ini, gue bener-bener fed-up sama XL Indonesia.

Singkatnya, tiba-tiba aja hari ini simbol 3G di layar hp gue hilang berjam-jam lamanya. Lalu pas mau pake buat telepon, eh langsung terputus gitu aja. Gue lalu jadi ingat… tiga hari yang lalu, XL kirim SMS nyuruh gue melakukan pembayaran untuk tagihan bulan ini yang jumlahnya hanya 150ribu-an, jika tidak, nomornya akan diblokir. SMS itu gue cuekin secara pembayaran kartu XL gue kan otomatis dilakukan via kartu kredit, jadi ya sudah, nanti juga secara otomatis akan nge-charge ke kartu kredit gue seperti bulan-bulan sebelumnya.

Setelah tahu kartu XL gue diblokir, hal pertama yang terlintas di benak gue jangan-jangan kartu kredit gue bermasalah. Sebenernya gue yakin banget limit kartu kredit gue masih lebih dari cukup, tapi ya just to be sure, gue cek sisa limit dan ternyata masih sisa banyak banget! Ya jelas masih banyak secara tanggal 23 yang lalu tagihan karu kreditnya sudah gue bayar sesuai tagihan kok.

Karena bingung mau gimana lagi, gue pinjem hp bokap gue buat telepon ke call center XL. Awalnya, si mbak-mbak yang terima telepon gue enggak punya jawabannya. Gue disuruh nunggu dan katanya akan ditelepon balik. Dan benar ditelepon balik (masih ke hp bokap tentunya, secara nomor gue udah diblokir), tapi yang bikin kaget, katanya nomor gue diblokir karena kartu kredit gue udah expired!

Ya langsung sewot dong gue. Kartu kredit gue expired tahun 2018 kok. Si mbaknya sempet pamit lagi sebentar, tapi abis itu dia tetep kekuekuh menurut data di sistem dia, kartu kredit gue udah expired di 2014 dan gue harus dateng ke XL center buat update data kartu kredit. Gue makin kesel denger jawabannya. Apa yang mesti di-update? Bulan lalu dan bulan kemarin, data kartu kredit gue masih sama persis, expired-nya 2018!

Si mbaknya terus ngoceh-ngoceh apa gitu tapi bodo amat lah. Gue tutup teleponnya. Percuma juga dengerin dia ngoceh, enggak membantu sama sekali.

Yang gue bingung dari XL:

  1. Kok bisa ya, mereka ngarang alasan kartu kredit gue udah expired? Itu kan alasan bodoh yang gampang banget dibuktiinnya; dan
  2. Misal bener kartu kredit gue udah expired, masa’ iya enggak ada warning dari mereka untuk update data kartu kredit gue?

Dua tahun yang lalu, gue pernah dapet e-mail dari WordPress memberitahukan bahwa kartu kredit gue sudah akan expired, dan WordPress juga menyediakan link buat gue update data kartu kreditnya. Menurut gue, begitu etika bisnis yang benar dan bukan asal blokir saja! Trus ya itu tadi, untuk kasus gue ini, kartu kredit gue bahkan belum expired!

Tapi sudahlah. Mau ngotot juga bingung mau ngotot ke siapa. Semua CS ya hanya sekedar representative yang jadi korban dari buruknya sistem perusahaan mereka sendiri. Gue rasa mereka sendiri enggak gitu ngerti apa yang salah dari kartu pasca bayar gue ini.

Senin nanti, gue akan datang ke XL Center terdekat. Bukan buat update data, tapi buat bayar sisa tagihan dan tutup saja nomor hp gue itu sekalian. Setelah dipikir-pikir, pake XL banyak masalahnya. Suka SPAM yang isinya Elevania lah (padahal gue nggak pernah belanja di situ), sinyal 3G-nya putus-putus melulu, suka mendadak putus kalo dipake telepon agak lama, push e-mail banyak error dan sering delay, waktu di Anyer dan Lembang malah enggak bisa akses internet sama sekali. Jadi sudahlah… meskipun merepotkan, mendingan gue ganti nomor hp aja. Satu kali repot untuk kemudahan di kemudian hari.

My Wish List ;)

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Kali ini, iseng-iseng gue mau share wish list gue. Kenapa masih wish list? Kenapa judulnya bukan shopping list? Karena enggak mungkin gue beli semua barang ini bersamaan, bisa-bisa gue gagal nabung, hehehehe. Kalo kalian punya rekomendasi atau product review, please let me know yaa!

  1. Standing iron. Belakangan ini, gue lagi sering banget pake rok atau atasan yang ada pleats-nya. Dan tentunya, nyetrika lipatan itu ribetnya setengah mati! Salah-salah malah bisa ngerusak bentuk! Terinspirasi dari setrika uap yang suka ada di toko baju, gue pun jadi kepingin beli satu buat dipake di rumah gue, hehehe;
  2. DKNY MY NY. Ini parfum katanya sih lagi naik daun banget di US dan UK sana. Belum sempet nyobain wanginya sih, tapi botolnya itu lho… lucu banget! Gue belum punya botol parfum yang model begitu, hehehehe;
  3. Glamglow. Masker lumpur yang satu ini juga lagi populer di kalangan aktris Hollywood. Ampuh bikin muka jadi lebih mulus dalam sekejap katanya sih. Gue mau coba beli ini nanti aja kalo masker lama gue udah mau abis;
  4. Tablet baru. Untuk yang ini, gue masih belum tau mau beli merk apa, yang jelas bukan iPad. Handphone udah pake iPhone, jadi tablet harus OS Android supaya aplikasi berbayar yang udah gue beli enggak terbuang sia-sia 😀 Tadinya sempet mau beli Galaxy Note Pro, tapi ternyataa, size-nya gede banget!
  5. iPhone 6. Gue udah fed up banget sama iPhone 5 gue. Daya tahan baterainya payah banget! Blitz kameranya juga udah rusak parah. Pengen ganti secepatnya tapi gue masih sayang banget sama koleksi iPhone 5 case gue yang lucu-lucu itu, hehehehe;
  6. Kate Spade. Gue udah lama banget naksir sama merk tas ini, kepengen beli tapi selalu aja batal karena masalah ukurannya yang terlalu kecil. Ada beberapa size besar, tapi gue enggak gitu suka sama modelnya. Tapi sudahlah, I MUST have at least one or two (or three?) Kate Spade handbag 😉
  7. Sarung jok mobil. Waktu kapan itu udah sempet tanya-tanya, udah sempet lihat-lihat juga contoh gambar di Google, tapi selalu aja mentok hanya karena dilema mau beli material kulit asli atau cukup yang sintetis aja. Life is made up of many difficult choices, hehehehe.

If You Hate Your Job that MUCH, Then Just Quit

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A few minutes back, I’ve just finished reading a blog shared in Linkedin titled “10 Signs You Need a New Job in 2015.” A nice article that reminds me to a few random people I know. The people who really hate their job, who constantly saying bad things about their own employers, and the ones who told me they would leave their job for like a hundred times before.

So many well-said words written in that blog until I spotted one line that really caught my attention. The writer simply said, “If your colleagues are excited by the work they do or simply excited to be a part of the organization, don’t kill it for them.”

I find it absolutely true. Hatred is contagious. Hence if you genuinely hate your job, never ever let your hatred kills your colleagues’ excitement to work for your company. Don’t make them feel stupid for enjoying and loving their job. If the company is not right for you, it doesn’t mean it’s not right for them either.

I know that at this point, some of you may think, “It’s your own fault if you let this kind of thing gets under your skin.” But the thing is… I’ve been there before. I know how hard it is to stay happy after hearing so many bad things about my own job. I needed to struggle a lot, and keep saying positive things about my job to myself, just to hang on and keep going.

Sharing how you feel about your job is normal. I’m even a strong believer that sharing with friends can reduce my burdens. It’s just that now I realize that I can’t do it to every people I meet in the office. And I think, all of us need to start doing the same.

Stop saying how stupid your company is. Or saying how your company is run by a bunch of stupid people.

Stop announcing that your company will go down and running out of money in the next few years.

Stop bragging that you already have so many job offers which are much better out there, and stop saying that only hopeless people who are willing to stay in such horrible place.

Stop laughing when your colleagues say they are happy with their jobs and then telling them how wrong they are.

Or maybe, stop being annoying to your colleagues just because your personal feeling to the company. Stop answering people’s short and simple question with rage. Stop yelling and putting innocent people’s life in hell just because your own life feels like one.

So guys, if you already come to a point where you hate your job that MUCH, then just quit. Find a new job and start fresh. Until then, there’s no point to exaggerate your desperation and irritate all people around you. Even if later you’ve found a new one and about to leave the company, there’s no need to convince your colleagues to do the same. It they do feel the same about the company, they will find their own way.

Love It When You Have It

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Have you ever had a very best friend who used to know every little thing about you? The person you ran into everytime your life was falling apart, and the first one whom you called when something awesome just happened to you? It felt like you would be best friends forever with them, but then, they were just a stranger that you used to know. Now you don’t even know how their life is going, either they’re still single or taken, where they work, or maybe, you simply never see their face no more.

Have you ever loved somebody so deep that you thought you couldn’t imagine a life without them? The one who made you think you would do everything just to stay with them forever. The one that apparently was just temporary. Now if you think again, even if you had that second chance, you would never ever choose to get back together anyway.

Or have you ever loved your job and felt that it was exactly the place where you belong? You used to feel that you were so lucky to get that job, so excited waking up in the morning knowing that you would go back to work again. That one job that you never thought you’ll ever get bored. A job that finally starts to make you wonder, “Why am I still here?”

As a grown up, I’ve learned so many times that many feelings that heart can feel is temporary. It rapidly changes. From love to hate, from best friends to strangers. It was always beautiful in the beginning, but then it ended miserably.

So many years ago when I was still a little kid, a friend of mine told me, “My Mom said that I don’t need to look for a best friend. They don’t really exist. I’ll only be upset.”

As those many years passed me by, I never really listened what she said to me back then. I do believe in friendship. It’s just then I realized, not all friendship was meant to last forever. And it’s not only about friendship anyway. The job that felt right for me may no longer be a place I want to be in the next few years. The man I loved a lot may only end up as one of my ordinary good friends. It can happen in years, in months, in weeks, in days… I mean, who knows?

The hellos and good byes were there in our lives to make us learn. We learn what we did wrong that made them leave. We learn what we can and we can’t accept from people in our lives. We learn to appreciate the ones who stay with us with all our flaws. And the most precious thing, knowing that some things may only last for a while has made us learn to embrace every moment of our lives.

That’s why guys, don’t think too much. Keep making friends, keep making memories, keep falling in love, keep searching, simply keep living your life to the fullest! Cherish every second of your life as they may never ever happen twice. Believe me when I say, love it when you have it.

Have a great life!

Apa sih, yang dimaksud dengan ‘menemukan jati diri’?

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Tahun 2013 yang lalu, salah satu pencapaian terbesar gue adalah berhasil menemukan jati diri. Lalu sebetulnya, apa sih, yang dimaksud dengan menemukan jati diri itu sendiri?

I’ve spent the whole year trying to define this but I never managed to explain it in just a few words. Tapi rasa-rasanya, gue bisa sharing perubahan apa yang gue rasakan setelah satu tahun menemukan jati diri gue itu. Please check below!

  1. Setelah menemukan jati diri, gue jadi tahu pasti apa yang gue inginkan serta apa yang tidak gue inginkan dalam hidup gue ini. Hal ini udah sangat membantu gue dalam mengambil keputusan-keputusan penting dalam perjalanan hidup gue selanjutnya;
  2. Gue jadi sangat mengenal kelebihan dan kekurangan diri gue sendiri. Gue jadi tahu bagaimana cara memanfaatkan kelebihan gue untuk mendapatkan hal-hal yang gue inginkan, dan gue jadi bisa ikhlas menerima segala kekurangan dalam diri gue ini. Mengakui kekurangan yang gue punya udah jadi jalan pembuka buat gue mencari cara untuk memperbaikinya. It really makes me feel comfort about myself;
  3. Buat gue, menemukan jati diri udah jadi puncak kematangan prinsip-prinsip yang gue miliki dalam menjalani hidup. Pada titik ini, gue tahu bahwa enggak ada prinsip yang sempurna. Setiap prinsip, setiap keputusan, pasti ada kekurangan dan kelebihannya masing-masing. Yang paling penting adalah gue menjatuhkan pilihan pada ‘what’s fits me best’. Cuma gue sendiri yang pernah berjalan ribuan mil dalam sepatu gue sendiri, jadi sudah tentu hanya gue sendiri yang paling tahu apa yang paling sesuai untuk diri gue sendiri;
  4. Gue jadi tahu dengan sendirinya hal-hal apa saja yang pasti akan bikin hidup gue jadi bahagia. It leads me to do the things that are necessary to make me happy. Kadang ada saja pengorbanan atau perjuangannya, tapi gue juga jadi sadar bahwa tidak selamanya mendapatkan kebahagiaan itu sama mudahnya dengan membalikkan telapak tangan! Embrace and be happy with the small things, but keep fighting to get the best of it;
  5. Setelah menemukan jati diri, gue jadi tahu persis kapan saatnya gue membuka telinga untuk mendengar saran dari orang lain, serta kapan saatnya gue harus menutup telinga rapat-rapat. Gue jadi sadar… menerima saran dari SEMUA orang enggak akan pernah bisa bikin gue jadi lebih baik. I will never be able to please everyone on earth so that I don’t need to agree to everything I hear on my ears;
  6. Gue jadi lebih mudah untuk memutuskan siapa saja yang baik untuk gue, dan siapa saja yang tidak baik untuk hidup gue. Dan sebaliknya, gue juga tidak perlu sakit hati kalau ada orang lain yang menganggap gue ini enggak baik untuk hidup mereka. It’s not about right or wrong, again, it’s just about the persons that fit us best; dan
  7. The best part of finding me is finding the definition of true happiness. Sekarang gue jadi sadar, gue enggak akan pernah bisa jadi sempurna, enggak akan pernah menemukan orang yang sempurna, tempat yang sempurna, waktu yang sempurna, apalagi hidup yang sempurna. However, I don’t need to be perfect just to be happy, and that is the definition of true happiness. And one more thing… I can’t be perfect, but I can be awesome, and being awesome will always make me happier than before, hehehehe.

Then what should we do in order to find ourselves? That is indeed the most difficult question. For me, I only worked hard and pursued my dreams, lived my life into the fullest, made mistakes and learned from it, made friends and losing some, fell in love and letting go, traveled to many new places I’ve never been, and I even once traveled alone right before I found me.

What I’m trying to say: you’ll never find yourself if you’re only sitting by the window everyday of your life! Make some adventures and find yourself along the way. Once you get it right, I’m sure you’ll be happy and satisfied for the one that you’ve become. Good luck!

The New Year’s Eves

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Jakarta, December 31, 2014

One year ago, something terrible happened to me. It was definitely the worst new year’s eve I’ve ever had. One devastating event that I may never forget for the rest of my life. It was so heartbreaking that I couldn’t stopped asking myself, “How could this happen to me? I’m only trying to do the right thing, but why did I get this in return?”

That night, I didn’t curse. That night, I hoped nothing but the best for me in the year to come. Deep in my heart, I only had one big wish for myself: I wish for a better life, I wish that I’ll be somewhere I’ll smile and laugh a lot more, I wish that I find a place where I belong.

One year later, here I am… writing this post, in a peace that I finally found. God granted my wish to move forward and leave all of that pain behind. I had my new life, a better one. It’s a better life which I believe that I deserve.

Today, if I look back, I finally understand why that terrible new year’s eve happened to me back then. It happened so that I moved on. It happened to bring me here, to the place that I belong.

In 2014, I met so many great friends along the year. Caring friends who texted me and told me to go to the hospital when I was sick. Lovely friends who gave me one of the sweetest birthday surprises I’ve ever had.  And genuine friends whom I never doubt their sincerity to me.

This year, for the first time ever, I work with colleagues with various nationalities. I’ve counted that I work with colleagues from 23 different countries! A few months back, a conference call always terrified me. But now? It’s a piece of cake! 😉 Some of them did come and go in no time, but it’s always a pleasure to have them along the way.

Again this year is also another year of achievement to me. An unexpected promotion was granted to me three months ago. I never thought that I would go this far by now. I’m so blessed and of course, so proud of myself 😀

Finally this year, I did learn to love again. After three years passed me by, I finally found someone new. It was not a happy ending, frankly it was only one sided feeling, but that’s okay! It made me learn how to be a big girl with a big heart. Whatever happened, I’m still glad that I met him. It was such a reminder how falling in love can be so beautiful to me 😉

And you know what… all of that beauty would never ever happen if that terrible night did not happen to me one year ago. It happened because it had to happen. It was not only a wake up call, but I have to admit, it was also a reminder to me to control myself. A part of it was indeed my own fault. It was harsh, but it was necessary to make me learn how to be a better one.

2014 is about to end. For sure that I can tell… I have a great, wonderful, and happy year. Forget about the hard times, the downfall, the heartbreak, it was still an awesome year to me. Yet of course I still hope, 2015 will be also an awesome one. I’m hoping to live more, love more, and I just can’t wait for the surprises in the year to come!

Happy new year for my blog reader. As written in my new year’s resolutions, I hope that in 2015, I can write for you much more often than before. I love writing and I simply want to do more things that I love in this new year. Thanks for reading, for the warm and supportive comments in my posts, and I hope, you guys will never get bored, hehehehe.

Have a great year, everyone!

2015 New Year’s Resolutions

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Biasanya, new year’s resolution gue itu nggak jauh-jauh dari: naikin berat badan, nyelesain novel, dapetin beasiswa, dsb dsb. Sampe lama-lama, gue bosen sendiri. Kayaknya, semua hal yang gue sebutin tadi itu emang akan jadi my lifetime’s project. Gue akan selalu menginginkan semua itu, but it takes a long way to go!

Makanya untuk tahun ini, gue kepingin bikin resolusi yang agak berbeda. Cukup tiga saja, tapi gue harap, gue bisa mencapai ketiga-tiganya di tahun baru ini.

Here are my three new year’s resolutions for 2015:

  1. Be a little bit nicer. Gue emang nggak akan pernah bisa jadi orang selalu senyum-senyum ceria, it’s just not in my blood. Tapi seenggaknya, gue kepengen lebih bisa mengontrol emosi gue. Ada rekan kerja menyebalkan? Pemalas? Kekanakkan? Tukang bohong dan tukang bikin excuse? Stay calm! Angry all the time will never solve my problems. Makanya, gue kepingin lebih sabar, sedikit lebih nice, dan marah-marah seperlunya aja, hehehehe;
  2. I want to update my blog much more often. Biasanya, gue bikin new post di blog ini sesempatnya saja. Padahal ada banyak ide, tapi nulisnya nanti-nanti saja. Padahal kalau dipikir lagi, kenapa harus ditunda? Writing always makes me feel happy. Jadi kenapa gue harus menunda melakukan hal yang bisa bikin gue happy? Target gue, dalam satu minggu, setidaknya gue bisa nulis 3 judul baru. Dan tentunya gue berharap, semakin sering nulis, semakin terkenal pula blog gue ini, hehehehe; dan
  3. I want to fall in love again. Di tahun 2014 ini, gue kembali ngerasain indahnya jatuh cinta. Senyum-senyum sendirinya, berdebar-debarnya, dan heboh-hebohnya cerita ke teman-teman gue tentang dia… Kemudian saat akhirnya perasaan itu harus berakhir tanpa sempat dimulai, barulah gue menyadari… “I’m happy with my life, but I’m happier when I’m in love.” Jadi, karena pada prinsipnya ‘I will do whatever makes me happy’, maka ‘kembali jatuh cinta’ udah jadi salah satu resolusi tahun baru gue 😉 Doakan terkabul! Dan semoga kali ini bisa happy ending juga tentunya, hohohoho.

30 Things to Do Before 30 – 2014 Update!

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Melanjutkan blog gue yang ini, berikut update gue untuk tahun 2014. Ternyata oh ternyata, cuma sedikit banget yang bisa terealisasi! Kemudian ada pula beberapa wish yang gue ganti dengan wish lain. Bukan karena gue pesimis nggak akan bisa terealisasi, gue cuma udah enggak lagi menginginkan hal-hal yang gue ganti itu aja. Berikut daftar lengkapnya!

Sudah terealisasi di tahun 2014

  1. Lihat bunga sakura bermekaran di Jepang. Bunga sakuranya udah nggak banyak mekar siih, secara baru bisa pergi bulan Mei. Malah honestly, gue cuma nemuin nggak sampe sepuluh pohon yang masih ada bunga sakurannnya 😦 Tapi lumayan lah, that Japan trip was still one of the best trips I’ve ever had! Dari semua negara yang pernah gue kunjungi, Japan is my most favorite! I’m dying to go back there someday;
  2. Duduk di business class saat bepergian dengan pesawat. Lalu gimana rasanya? Bener-bener bikin ketagihan! Bukan soal makanan atau pelayanannya, tapi kursinya! Lebih nyaman dan lebih enak buat tidur, hehehehe;
  3. Mulai merintis bisnis kecil-kecilan. Sebetulnya buat ukuran pemula, bisnis aksesoris gue berjalan cukup mulus. Hanya saja sayangnya, gue malah makin sibuk sama kerjaan di kantor. Jadi sudahlah, sementara ditutup dulu. Nanti dibuka lagi kalo udah ada orang yang bisa gue percaya buat bantu-bantu; dan
  4. Naikin GMAT score, kalo perlu ikutan kursus. Kursusnya sih, udah sempet ikutan, tapi cuma berjalan dua minggu aja, :p Skor lumayan lah naik dikit. At least, I already knew some of the tricks, hehehehe.

Masih belum terealisasi

  1. Pergi ke dokter ahli gizi supaya naik berat badan minimal 10 kg. Yang ini gue janji… akan gue realisasikan secepatnya 😀 Sepertinya sih, gue enggak perlu ke ahli gizi buat masalah berat badan. I already knew my body’s problem and I even knew what I should do. Cuma belum sempet direalisasikan aja, hehehehe;
  2. Mulai investasi reksadana atau logam mulia. Siigh… ini masih belum juga! Ini harus segera dimulai, secepatnya!
  3. Berani nyetir mobil sendiri. Tahun ini udah lumayan kemajuannya… udah berani nyetir sejauh 10 KM di tengah hujan lebat… tapi ya gitu lah, masih ada orang yang nemenin di sebelah gue. Jadi sepertinya, gue masih belum lulus buat urusan yang satu ini. I have a feeling that I will nail it in 2015 😉
  4. Nonton konser penyanyi luar negeri. Ini masih aja belum gue wujudkan karena masih belum ada penyanyi favorit gue yang ngadain konser di Indonesia;
  5. Tinggal di apartemen pribadi… Pembangunan apartemen gue ngaret lagi! Grrr…
  6. Liburan keliling Eropa… Rencananya, musim gugur 2015 gue mau ke Eropa, tapi cuma ke Yunani aja. Keliling Eropa-nya nanti aja ah, kalo udah ada pasangan. Kan supaya romantic getaway gitu lho, hehehehe;
  7. Punya 1 tas Louis Vuitton, beli langsung di Paris;
  8. Lihat salju. Ini agak dilema. Sebenernya gue paling anti liburan pas winter, takut nggak tahan sama dinginnya. Tapi gimana cara mau lihat salju kalo bukan pas winter?
  9. Terbitkan novel perdana. Aaaarrrrrghhh, sepanjang tahun ini gue enggak nerusin novel gue! Nooo!
  10. Membawa novel gue ke layar lebar… Dan gue mulai pesimis ini akan pernah jadi kenyataan, huhuhu 😦
  11. Membukukan tulisan-tulisan terbaik di blog gue. Ini sebabnya salah satu resolusi tahun 2015 gue adalah nulis blog lebih sering, hehehehe;
  12. Tampil di cover majalah atau tabloid Ibu Kota. Dan sekarang gue jadi geli sendiri kalo baca wish gue yang satu ini! Hehehehe;
  13. Coba apply beasiswa S2 ke luar negeri… sekali lagi. Doakan doakan!
  14. Mendapatkan pekerjaan di salah satu kantor impian;
  15. Umrah, trus lanjut ke Dubai nyobain naik unta, plus ke Mesir lihat pyramid. Rencana diundur ke tahun 2016, hehehehe;
  16. Menghampiri mantan gebetan dan bertanya, “What was that between us?”. Ironisnya, saat gue udah nggak lagi penasaran sama cowok yang dulu bikin gue nulis wish ini, eeh… gue malah namuin satu cowok lain yang bikin gue mempertanyakan hal yang sama! What a life!
  17. Meet my Mr. Right. Seems like 2015 will be my year for this, hahahaha; dan
  18. Merayakan ultah gue yang ke 30… ngundang teman-teman dekat dari jaman SD sampai kerja.

Diganti dengan new wishes

  1. “Pelihara kucing persia asli” gue ganti jadi “punya anak asuh”. Sebetulnya gue masih pengen punya kucing persia, tapi enggak dalam waktu dekat. Kenapa? Karena gue pengen kucing gue itu punya backyard cukup luas dan bukan hanya terkurung di apartemen sempit gue. Jadi gue beli kucing persianya nanti aja kalo gue udah punya landed house, dan kemungkinan besar, itu bukan dalam waktu dekat;
  2. “Ambil minimal satu gelar profesi” gue ganti jadi “mulai rutin olahraga”. Kenapa gue udah nggak kepengen lagi ambil gelar profesi? Gelar profesi yang gue maksud lebih relevan dengan karier sebagai accountant, dan sekarang gue udah yakin gue enggak mau selamanya kerja di bidang ini. It’s a good job which already provided me a good living, it’s just that it’s time for me to pursue my true passion; dan
  3. “Ngerasain berlibur naik kapal pesiar” gue ganti jadi “nonton The House of Dancing Water di Macau”. Waktu ke Macau dulu, gue batal nonton show ini dan jadi nyesel banget! I should go back there and watch this show anytime soon.