how to be a successful person?

the famous Albert Einstein once said:

"if A is success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z.
Work is X, Y is play, and Z is keeping your mouth shut."

:D

and i got interesting facts from here

If A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, E=5, F=6, G=7, H=8, I=9, J=10, K=11, L=12, M=13, N=14, O=15, P=16, Q=17, R=18, S=19, T=20, U=21, V=22, W=23, X=24, Y=25, Z=26.

what makes our life 100% successful?

yes HARDWORK , KNOWLEDGE and LEADERSHIP are three key elements here:

H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

L+E+A+D+E+R+S+H+I+P
12+5+1+4+5+18+19+8+9+16 = 97%

but it was ATTITUDE and DISCIPLINE could make you a 100% successful in life.

A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100%

D+I+S+C+I+P+L+I+N+E
4+9+19+3+9+16+12+9+14+5=100%

Attitude (n): A frame of mind affecting one's thoughts or behavior

what im trying to say is, yes our ability (knowledge and leadership) and passion (hardwork) could drive us to a successful life, but something missing here, it isnt complete without positive attitude and your discipline towards life and work.
Attitude could affect not only yourself but also people around you. People could losing job,even friends when they have this lousy attitude.

My dad once told me a story about his boss back when he still a newbie in his office.

Waktu itu papah masih anak baru di kantor, baru lulus kuliah satu tahun, terus di pindahin ke Pangkalan Berandan, Medan. Suatu saat papah di suruh ke Jakarta, karena ada urusan kantor, Boss Papah di Medan bilang, "kalo kamu nanti ke Jakarta, jangan lupa ketemu sama Pak ****, ngadep ke dia, basa basi aja, Ed, Kamu nanti silahturahmi ke rumahnya juga soalnya kan mau lebaran" Karena dipesanin kayak gitu, yah Papah ikutin aja,
Dia dateng ke ruangan Boss "Besar" ini..

Papah: Saya Eddy Pak, bla bla bla
Boss: Hmm.. (sabil nulis2, ga ngeliat muka papah)
Papah: bla bla bla.. (lupa ngomong apaa..)
Boss: siiiinggggg...* (diem, papah dikacangin)

Papah ngerasa di kacangin dan takut nge ganggu, dia pamit...

Papah: Baik kalau begitu, saya pamit ya Pak, Terima kasih banyak atas waktunya, nanti sebelum kembali ke Medan, saya silahturahmi ke rumah sebelum Lebaran, karena saya lebaran tidak kembali ke Jakarta...
Boss: HAH, buat apa? siapa juga yang nyuruh kamu ke rumah?
Papah: ______ oh iya Pak, Baik Terima Kasih... (keluar, dongkol....)

Time goes by, beberapa tahun kemudian Papah pindah lagi ke Jakarta, dia salah satu dari beberapa karyawan yang dapet beasiswa dari kantor untuk sekolah lagi, mengambil master degree di States. Si Boss besar ini kayaknya ga suka bgt ada program sekolah2an ini (mungkin iri, HAHA well i dont know). Dia selalu marah2 saat melihat ada yang ke kantor tapi sambil belajar buat persiapan s2...Well, OK I think he was right here.. cuz ur duty at the office is to do ur job, not doing ur campus stuff, and what not.
As time passed by, setelah menyelsaikan s2, Papah kembali ke Jakarta, dan ternyata si Boss besar lagi ngambil s2 di salah satu univ. swasta di Jakarta, and you know what?! dia minta Papah buat ngerjain tugasnya kuliahnya di jam kerja (YES, he requested my dad to do HIS assignment during an office hour). Padahal dulu dia yg jelas2 marah2 dan ngelarang.. Hufffh Can you imagine that?

He said : "Ed, kamu kan baru pulang dari America, pasti yang kayak gini aja bisa kan ya?"

BLAAAAAAAAH! shame on you, Mr!

As you could predicted, no one like him. Despite of his position in the office, people loathe him. Ironisnya, waktu dia pensiun, semua senang dan merayakan the fact that si Boss will no longer be around them, oh yes no more.. Waktu dia pensiun dan punya usaha yang masih nyangkut sama bisnis di kantor (well, my dad works in the oil and gas company), ga ada yang mau ngasih dia project buat kerjasama, karena mungkin udah trauma atau dendam sama orang ini...

well, i feel bad for him. and i hope, (Please dear God) ... i dont want to be anything like him.

vacances ;D

i spent last weekend with my best friend, Mira at Indonesia's neighboring country, Singapore. 3 days & 2 nights full of fun, sore feet couldnt stop us from hours of trudging from one store to another. HAHA

DAY 1
arrived at Changi Int'l Airport, we were heading to Orchard Road to check in and put our luggage(s). Then, we strolled around the street, shop-hopping from Nge Ann City (Takashimaya) to Far East Plaza.
i met my best bud, Anetta and Mita who already got there one day earlier and 4 new friends, Indonesian student at Spore. We spent the night at one of the local bar, sipped our drink and ate pizza & calamari..
fffun!
we got back to the hotel at 2 am and decided to took a shower and get ready for Mustafa Shopping Center. We popped into the taxi. paid $6 and start for another hours of shopping. (Well, it was Mira, i didn't bought anything, well except for wrist watch(es). haha)
Im so sleepy, i must have slept a wink! At 4 am, (yes it was 4 in the morning!!) we were starved to death and decided to hunt for some foods. We ate indian food which pretty nice in front of Mustafa.as soon as we finished it, we were going back to the hotel and catched some sleep, zzzzzzzzz until 11 pm

DAY 2
quickly rushing out of the hotel at 11.30 am.
went to the heeren, cuz my boyfriend asked me to looking out for imperial jeans and they said that they running out of the stock. it's sold out! (well, luckily you could still get that in 707, yes?)
the rest..oooh i forgot how many stores we go into and out.



DAY 3
woke up early
time to go home
hiks holiday's over.......
thank you anyway for accompanied me in our un-plan holiday, Miwa... love you!
we should arrange for another short trip holiday, okay? :D

catch up

i think, my ability and urge to write seems to be draining out of me.. completely.
erhm,
never mind.

lately, i've been busy with all those applying-for-jobs stuff, which pretty much exciting (sometimes) and boring (most of the time). well i dont want to write about that here (cuz it'll be pretty long and unexciting for you to read) so yeah just skip that part.

..well guess what!? i've been hit by what so called a reverse homesickness (heydi said that before and i couldnt agree more with her).
i miss everything in brisbane, even those stressful time during an exam period...
thanks to bne,
i found myself learned to be more responsible, cuz you know.. being far away from your family, you could do whatever the hell you want.. my mom wasnt there to warned me this and that, my dad even called me once a month. it shows me that im the one who could looking after myself & took full control of it..

another great things are, hey, i could managed money better than i used to be. and im really proud of it haha :D

city, great place for me to do some session of retail therapy :p

my bedroom,
i could lock myself and hanging loose around all day here, doing nothing.

it only 2 things i miss about brisbane, i got plenty more to come if i push myself a little bit harder to write down all of it yet im too sleepy and im going to bed and hopefully have a nice dream tonight and see you guys later!

xx

JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE PACUL!

happy birthday to mon petit-ami OMAR AZIS!!! YAYYY!

i wish you all the wonders and wishes on your 22nd birthday.....

that you will be a better person each day & keep bringing warmth and kindness to everyone around u....you deserve all the good things that have come your way!!
you're no longer a teenager ahahaa welcome to full-fledge adulthood, dude! :p
(aku segera menyusul.. one more month! hiksss.....)

i love you to pieces aziskaa !
Tu es une personne très spéciale pour moi :)

Amuses-toi!


we had dinner to celebrate his b'day at "the cafe", mulia hotel
Une très belle nuit :D and overly full tummy!!

i ate spaghetti aglio olio, beef fillet mignon and baked pasta, tenderloin steak, dim sum, garlic naan with tandoori chicken masala, sushi and sashimi...etc etc + frozen yogurt, creme caramel, and strawberry trifle as dessert ...... groaaahm! we gobble up and ate heartily like there's no tomorrow HAHAHA
pardon me for being such a piggish lady that night.
thank you pacul :D aku senangggg dan kenyaaaang sekali hihihi

polaroid snaps!

chomeur

Hello folks~
i've been so busy lately. (NOT) hahaha
let me introduce myself.. je suis chomeur.. :p im unemployed right now hahahh
it (still) feels good though being free as a bird, go wherever i want to go, do whatever i want to do, without any obligation to go to work yet.
however, i cant do this for longer period, i promised myself to begin spreading my resume, today or the day after tomorrow.. crossing finger!

this my weekly activities:

monday: learn french at ccf
tuesday: piano lesson with my private teacher at home
wednesday: jazz ballet at namarina
thursday: learn french at ccf
friday: jazz ballet at namarina (still havent decided what class i'll choose, whether miss riri/miss lita's class hihi)
i also 'busying' myself to go to the gym, doing exercises for an hour or two, errr mostly it located at the mall around jakarta, so it literally means i go to the mall (almost) every day.
hmmm.... what a life.. hahahah

with my youngest sister, rininta.
sydney, NSW

home is where the heart is.

ever since i was setting foot in brisbane, i felt a sudden burst inside my mind that i wont really like this place. time goes by, and still, there was no single change on it, maybe because i did not open my heart to begin love the place. i always left my heart in jakarta as all of my family, my closest friends, even my boyfriend living there.

something weird happened when it was approaching to the day i'll back home for good.
suddenly, out of the blue, i love brisbane and hate to living the town. what on earth is happening to me? it supposed to be my favorite day, the day i went to airport to fly back to jakarta..

already miss my housemates and those days when we spent our time together in our mess yet comfy apartment, i miss shopping day at city, fortitude valley, indooropilly and chermside, do the online shopping and picking up the item at the post office, walking alone to/from campus, waiting for bus to come, grocery shopping at coles.. and the list will go on and on.

but HEY! now im here in indonesia, the place where all of my beloved people live.
surely i do feel soo good to be home... but somehow, i think im going to miss breezybane sooo much!!

auf Wiedersehen, adieu..au revoir sunshine state!
Tu vas me manquer...

until we meet again!!

at the apartment with my girls.

my heartfelt condolences..

i want to send my deeply sympathies to the families and friends of the victim in Jakarta bombings this July 2009. I really am sorry and express profound sorrow & condolences.. may they rest in peace....

last but not least, i'd like to extend my utmost personal condolences on the death of my boyfriend's grand dad, Alm. Omar Dani, yesterday. we're all saddened by his death, cherish his memories and lets pray for his soul to be rest in peace... amen.

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal"

welcome to the jungle

lately i have lost my appetite for writing. i dont know whyyy..
actually, there are tons of stories that i would like to share, but it always ended here, stuck in my mind. but today, out of nowhere, my writing mood is back.. hahah

first thing first i want to congratulate to all of my friends that already successfully finishing their study this semester. YAY! FINALLY, WE MADE IT GUYSSS! :)

im proud of all we have accomplished, esp for those hard work and willpower.
its not all about what happen in the end, whether we successfully finish it or not. yet, it was our effort, exertion, ambitious, and endeavor to reach the goal and the process to get to finish line, which important.

The outcome's just the reflection for what we've been done in the past and to discriminate the A and the B. it is a huge-present for those of you who fight and struggle until their 'titik darah penghabisan'. yet it is a hard slap in the face for people who wasting the time, and remain themselves behind the racing line, without even try to shoots for the last ammunition there is.

well, people say, experience is the best teacher. lets hope it is.

i've been through tough period (ever) in my life (so far). i got head over heels, being a crybaby, cursing brisbane over and over again, mourning in the name of long distance relationship, et cetera. living and studying abroad and being far away from family and friends wasn't such an easy task (well, at least for me)..

i wont forget those late night study in library, going back home in a freakishly cold weather, catching up with thick books and never ending lecture slides and tutorial questions a month or two before the exam..pfff.
well, from now on, my undergraduate history book is closed. yet another book, the heavier one, is waiting to be open. wish me the (very) best of luck, guys! :)

one of my happiest day of the year :) thank you thank you thank you my Lord..

my supporters from the day i was born :)
im happy seeing them smile all the time that day..
thank you God,
i ♥ you.

indescribable..

it's been ages since this online diary of mine was updated. i have been extremely busy preparing for the final exam which finally have finished in a couple days ago. WOOO-HOOO!
and YES, im here in my very own bed, in my bedroom, in my house, in jakarta!

im sooooo nervous waiting for the D-DAY but in the mean time, i try to enjoy this holiday without overthink about the day when all of my exam results being released.
yet, i still couldnt get those thought of failing in one of my subject out of my mind. *knock on the wood!* wish me luck everybody i really need that. a luck it is.

my second baby, fuji instax :)

june will come (soon!)

i will soon welcoming winter season to come in June. i guess its still fall/autumn righty right now.

april.
may

OH GOD!
June is getting closer. on the one hand, i feel so much pressure on it,as i havent prepare for the upcoming exam period yet, but on the other hand,i really really cant wait to go hooooome! my boyfriend said, "just study and dont over think about it".
i tried to, but still... so much pressure on me. i really hope this will be my last semester in here. huhuh

i should come to campus more often cuz surely, i cant study at home!
i dont know why cuz it (always) will ended on me lying on sofa, watching tv, browsing something unimportant, etc etc.
quoting from what my friend manda said in twitter, 'and cubicle days begin...' (read: 'study at library' days begin..)
yeah, cant agree more!

soo, maybe start from tomorrow?
ummm i think i cant make it.. i have this saman practice start at 1.30 till 4. (while library already close at 5) and sandra said (she is our saman manager hihihi) there are rules apply starting from now which is "if we're tardy for 3 practices, we'll be forfeit the right to perform for the subsequent performance"...

umm.. perhaps, sunday?
nah! i should do my marketing group project with piduth.

sooooo monday it is. yes monday will be!

evening.

my campus.. forgan smith building...
library will be my second home.
i will be a totally geek for roughly 1 month starting from monday...
HAHA
what else i can do in the time like this?
besides study.
pray, and
(still) smile.. (hopefully)

in front of the art museum at my campus

forgotten black dress

Last sunday, was Anin's birthday party in Paddington. the dress code was black and white & i really have no idea what i should wear at that time. i looked at my closet and found this black dress, which i dont even remember that i ever bought it (well, it was Bardot, and i guess it is one of the item that i bought at boxing day)


at first i thought i will wore those ankle boots (or whatever u call it); but when i came to mya's house, (before i went to anin's) i suddenly changed my mind. cuz honestly, it sooo damn painful wearing this damn shoes!

here some photos which of course took from Vanessa's.. as always hihi

end of April.

brisbane's weather totally makes me nuts!
i went out today at 1 pm, as you could imagine it was hot as hell. so i decided to dressed like this.


and it was a big no no! sooo wrong! big mistake!
at 7 pm, it was freaking cold and windy.. urrggh it was just not supposed to be that cold at 7!
(fyi i didnt bring any jacket or sweater, because i brought this thick and heavy corporation law's book with me, and i regret it!)
i got goosebumps all over my body everytime those frigid cold wind blows. brrrr !!
i have to wait the bus to come, means half an hour tortured patience.
lucky me, i met sabrina-mira-andhira-suli at bus stop. they also complained about this unpredictable weather and we swore to those wind chills that seep into our bones.

is it winter already or what?

nothing lasts forever.

i just have finished read one chapter in my consumer behavior's book and found some interesting thing. it said that in this wild and wacky world of marketing, nothing is forever.
lets take sony walkman for example. as we know, it was a successful product back then, but now, ipod is incredibly popular! replacing walkman, even portable cd player.
in extreme, todays's teen see portable cassette players like seeing a dinosaurs (i wonder whether they even know what the word cassettes mean..) hahaha

how about fashion trend? it is also changing from time to time, right? every year will have a different trend so on and so forth. yet, some said it keep running in a circle,as the trends keep repeating from time to time.

lot of my clothes, shoes, bags which in the past were in my must-have-items, ended as forgotten-items in my closet now, LOL
oooh i remember how much i love my anya hindmarch bag (the one that known as 'be a bag' bags) i will never ever forget when the first time my mom bought it for me, it was in 2004.
on 2006,when the fake 'be a bag' - which you could get for so fckin cheap from itc - not yet made an appearance in the market, i still craving for it. i bought it for the last time from AH store in pont st, london and they were lot cheaper!
but hey! where the hell are the bags gone now? errr. they still there, errr .. still hangin around in my closet by the way ,, errr..and i hardly ever used it. ups!

there also few items that i even never look at it no more when i want to pick some item in my closet and sometimes there are some thought in my mind like "oh geez, intan..why on earth you bought THAT beforeee?"
aaaaargh!
from now on, i hope that i could be wiser to pick/buy something which will be long lasting instead of buying oh-it-so-up-to-date-now-so-i-buy-it-then item. hihi


i think this varina shoes by salvatore ferragamo will be a long lasting model...
i love it cuz its simple yet très chiches et classique at the same time :)


love
intan.

im so over it!

Finally, my mid exam period is officially over! im so sick studying in library till night!
see you in a while, cuz i will come back there in june, i guess... teeheeee
today i got this international financial management exam. some questions from those 35 MCQ are damn too easy, which im quite sure that everyone in the class could easily answered it in less than 2 secs. (ah ok a little bit exaggerated here hihi) but, the rest is BLAH!
the problem is the time was running sooo fast! and when my lecture announced "students,you only have 10 more minutes ....." i saw my answer sheet and great, there were 3 more questions that i need to answered, and it required pretty long calculation. great great great!
i wonder if i got more time, im sure that i could answer those damn questions. arrrrgh! im a person that cant work in a pressure. i dont like to be hurry to do something! :((
anywayss, lets skip those oh-so-boring things.
cuz i want to show you some random photos from my cellphone. i took it when im feeling sooo bored, walked alone on the way back to my apartment.
hihi kurang kerjaan bgt emang, soalnya bener2 super bosen harus setiap hari pagi dan sore pulang lewat jalan panjang yang sama.

welcome to maryvale st!

h h h h

sooo tired.
are we there yet?
nope!
keep walking..

almost..
but we still in little maryvale st
keep straight ahead until the end of the road!
aaaaand...

Ah, finally ....
home sweet home :)