Diary of an Mature Guy

Sitting in front of me is nobody, but there are a book and a laptop, belonging to a mature American guy, on a table. Slightly, I just opened the book and read some neat hand writing words, which is actually not a good attitude to do this. 

Surprisingly, the book contains sharing story of his life. I didn't really expect that this man, who is aprobably in his late of 40's, a actory manager, and in which somebody told me that he has a problem with his wife at the moment, would write his life stuff on pieces of papers. Oh ya, human being is unique.

Dithe

Did I Win a Lottery?

Saying 'I am lucky' for achieving something you don't believe it'll be on you is sometimes loosing memory how the energy you have spent for this. I did it. Yes, I used to say it, but my friend Andrian Liem reminded me that I have to appreciate myself by rembering how big the effort I have given to reach that dream. 

Here I am in the U.S, a country I've ever dream to live in since I was in junior high school.

I ever failed 4 times in applying a two-month stay scholarship, but now I even made it for a year study. There is a will, there is a belief, there is a try . . . then it happens.

Dithe

The Diplomatic Tips

Exactly two weeks ago, I grabbed my old job I used to do when I was a student, that is giving tourists a ride. This old job was kind of for refreshing.and not really bad to fill the time. Here the trip began. There were six motorbikes, six drivers, and six Germans as one big family taking the tour to Prambanan temple and the surrounding small ones. I got the head of the family who is tall and big on the belly, OMG. At first I called him Mr. Pizza with a laugh from both of him and me, which then an hour later he corrected his name as Dieter. It was really funny. Then I found out that he is a German diplomatic and once lived in Indonesia in the Soeharto reign. To him I got some questions since becoming diplomatic used to be my dream. One question I love the answer was "What specific skills should a diplomatic have?" and his answer was "NICE, OPEN, and TOLERANT", which is actually so simple, but frankly so meaningful. Yes, he is that nice humble person who ever faced and solved some difficult cases in the fall of Soeharto. And in the next two years, he will be an ambassador in which he wants Indonesia, Thailand, or Vietnam as the country to be in charge for. The last sentence as saying good bye he told me was "When you have become a diplomatic, you have to visit me in Berlin". "Yes sir, I will" I said.

Thak you, Mr. Dieter, for the tips and sorry for calling you Pizza.

Dithe

An Unusual Massage

Today I went for a massage, the therapy one. It's Pak Wahdan, the name of the masseur. Pak Wahdan is a super duper magic person. He is kind of having a supernatural power. I am being too much ha ha ha, but one thing to notice is that in the beginning of our meeting he could knew the problem I was facing, which was the job I didn't fit, by just looking at me. Wow . . what an impressive initial encounter it was! During the massage time by without telling him anything, he clarified this that these those of the problem condition which all were true in me. 

This morning was the third or, I guess, the fourth time I went for Pak Wahdan's massage. As usual we talked a lot along the time and the topic he chose for me was more on job. I don't really know why he always preferred to talk about my job than the other parts of mine, such as love story I expected to discuss. *I wish. Somehow, he still felt pity toward my past one-year job. Thanks Pak.!!

Last but not least, thing to note and remember of what he told me is about Chinese saying on job. There are three good things to apply in relation to related to choose and run a job:

1. first, you have to love the job, 
2. second, you have to put the job in your soul,
3. third, you have to focus on or be diligent in that job.

Those will lead me to be successful in my career. He said so. He also reminds me not to be 'tolak pinggang', meaning arrogant, once I succeed. Because it will ruin my everything.

Thanks, Pak Wahdan for the advices . . . I really get good learning today.

Dithe

I Got Slapped in the Early Morning

Today is Thursday, 4 August 2011. And one of my best friends, Marina Oktalina, just slapped me this morning. Was it hurt? Now way. It didn't hurt my face at all because she did literally. She mentioned my weak characteristics which then I take them as a wake-up call in evaluating myself. Here, I want to write my chat with her via BBM down, so that I will use this as a motivation to be a successful young man in the future:

..... previous chat 

Marin : Silahkan...

Me     : Silahkan m?

          : Nanti maksudnya

Marin : Skrg boleh..

Me     : Lo dah gak kerja lagi rin.

          : Gue mau tanya kalo di *the hotel struktural PR itu bagaimana

          : Staff disana berapa untuk PR

          : Pia tanjung itu PRnya yak

Marin : We don't use PR, we r using Marketing Comm

Me     : Hmmm ok
          : Strukturnya bagaimana itu

Marin : Pia is Marketing for FB only

Me     : Dibawah markom manager ada siapa/ jabatannya

Marin : Lo mo yg ada skrg or yg idealny?

Me     : Yang sekarang

Marin : Kosong....

          : We don't have marcom at all

          : HaHaHa !! .. .. 

          : 3 org yg pernah ad slama gw d *the hotel,

          : ga ad yg b'tahan lbh dr 6 bln

Me     : What

          : Gila, kenapa

Marin : Pressure nya cin

Me     : Bushet deh

Marin : Lo pikir d *the hotel pressure nya kecil????

Me     : Kagak

          : Gue juga mikir pressure tinggi kok

          : Weekz

Marin : Dr yg lulusan amrik, London school en S2 dr England, 

          : mpe yg skrg lulusan Marketing dr Queensland aussie

Me     : (emoticon - patting the forehead)

Marin : Smua ga pernah ada yg lbh dr 6 bln

          : (emotico - smiling)

Me     : Lhah gue mau merintis karier PR dari nol

Marin : Mirta yg aq ceritain gt jg keder

          : Enjoy it honey

Me     : Mau belajar dimana donk gue

          : (emoticon - crying)

Marin : D bali saingan parah

Me     : *harapan ini ga boleh pupus

Marin : Jujur ya, tipe2 kyk lo agak susah b'tahan disini...

Me     : Ha ha ha

Marin : Lo merintis dari yg agak gampang aja dl

Me     : Tipe gue yang kayak gimana

          : Mental tempe maksud lo

Marin : Soalnya pas gw recruit yg S2 London tu, 

          : gw dah yakin bgt dia bs b'tahan, tp nyatanya resign jg

          : Lo terlalu sensitive or perasa

Me     : Wkwkwkw

Marin : Org itu, tough bgt... 

          : Tuntutan tinggi bgt lho te

          : B.inggris hrs excellent

Me     : Gila ya *the hotel

Marin : Gak boleh salah sdikit aja...

          : Krn bw image ke luar

Me     : Hebat lo ya jadi bagian dari *the hotel

Marin : 3 org sebelumnya aja pernah stay di negara native English

          : HaHaHa !! .. ..

          : Makanya mesti tough

          : Jgn dikit2 mundur

          : Lo kan tipenya gitu

Me     : Nggak lagi

Marin : Gw aja males liat lo

Me     : Ah shit

Marin :  I wish u have changed

Me     : Gue udah dapet pelajaran saat ini

          : So I am changing

          : Ada reference tak buat gue

Marin : Reference for what

Me     : Hotel mana yang bisa bimbing gue dari nol di bali

Marin : Gw lum ada gambaran te....

          : Tp gw agak sayang nyaranin lo kalo bukan 5*

Me     : Iya, gue ngincer bintang lima.

          : Baiklah nanti saya akan cari cari informasi buk

          : Makasih buk HRD manager

Marin : Haruslah, jgn turun kasta lo

          : Skali turun even buat posisi, susah naeknya

Me     : Siap buk

Marin : HR director dunk

          : (emoticon - blushing)

Me     : Bajingukik

          : Congratz

Marin : (emoticon - big smilling)

..... end

Note : *the hotel is not the real name, as a code of conduct.

Dithe

2 Keys for Public Speaking

Public speaking course was something I was about to register myself to join in. But considering only 5 sessions of 12 that I can attend, I consulted with Pak Aryo, the former of Eltira radio station manager and the current marketing manager head of Elti, who knows the trainer I was about to chose pretty well and knows this kind of stuff very well. We got a lot to talk. But from the main point of our conversation, I got two simple keys of public speaking given by him. Here they are :

1. product knowledge ; should know what is going to convey to the audience,
2. mental ; should be brave and need to practice it frequently.

After thinking twice, I postpone to take the course because I actually have experienced with those two  keys, what I need to do is just practising, and also I prefer to take a better institution, John Robert Power, that I may take next year. However those two keys are good to remember when speaking for public.

Thank you, Pak Aryo, for the lesson.

Dithe