Workplace behaviour

I admire Rene Suhandono. I think that he is a good, if not great, career coach. I used to listen to his program on radio.

Here are some "tips" regarding Being Assertive on Workplace i noted while watching a morning program on O Channel which featured Rene Suhandono:

• Being assertive [in this case: SAYING NO] is NOT an evil thing to do! Stop feeling bad about yourself when you have to refuse people's request came upon you.
  

• You yourself decide your own career. It is not your superior that pays you; it is the business that grants you money. I believe that Indonesians tend to worship the path their superior walked upon, dishonestly...

• There is no such thing as being TOO NICE! It's just another way to say "I'm stupid/silly" for letting other people to take advantage of me. This often happen to one of my closest friend, C. I hope she's doing fine with her current job. See girl, stop being "too nice"!

• HELPING OTHERS IS NOT OUR OBLIGATION. IT IS OUR RIGHT. People tend to misunderstood this. Yeah sure, with all of those "lessons" we learned back at high school days.

• It is okay not to help other people if you DO have other priorities to be done. Example: Don't go fulfill whatever your boss' wife crazy requests if you do have much more important matters and workload to deal regarding your boss' business. You work for your boss' anyway...

• Working in the business filled with fake appraisals is not healthy for one's personality. Be careful, you may turn to to be one of the suck-ups. This phenomenon usually occurs on entertainment business as well as governmental business (esp in Indonesia).
  

• Being nice is only genuine when it comes from the heart. Yes, it is quite obvious on the eyes.

Nicely said, right?
So, Rene, I'm looking forward to buy your book!

What's real, babe?

People always say "BACK TO REAL LIFE" every time they have to deal with the first day working day after holiday, deal with their own itsy-bitsy problematic life.

But, what's REAL life anyway?
Let me tell you something about real life (My version, for working people)

The real life is everything UNreal.
It's where all the women wear heavy make-up, wonderbras, finest clothes, and stilettos to be considered equally beautiful.
It's where all the men wear the Hugo's suits, fancy cars, and Viagras to satisfy their sexual selves.
It's when you have put a smile on every time your bosses pass by, or say "Hi!" (of course, with a friendly tone) to your colleagues who apparently you hate the most.
It's when you have to stop eating the things you LOVE the most just because you have to fit into the groups of perfect people of which you disgust <<>

Whatever unreal things that occur to you at this very moment is the real thing that we all have to live with. It SUCKS, i know.

That's why most of the time we always dream of holidays, a great moment when we can finally gather with our closest people.
Only among those that we (I) can breathe the fresh air of being real.

Among them.. What's left of me is ugly face, big sized t-shirt and super baggy pants. For once, i will thank for the opportunity of being among the people in which i do not have to be nice, nor smart, nor brave, nor confident.

I want to be angry and sad when i want to. Smile only to people who (can be considered) deserve my smile.

And this smile, right here, is the smile i shall give to those who know the UGLY me inside and yet love me.

Menghapus jejakmu

Ada lagu baru dari Peterpan. Judulnya MENGHAPUS JEJAKMU. Bisa dibilang klo lagu ini jadi lagu perjuangan baru buat orang2 yang lagi patah hati gara2 ditinggal pacar dll.

Lirik lagu ini sih realitis kok, gak mengada-ada, gak gombal juga.
Sederhana dan apa adanya.
And I totally love the video clip. Brilliant concept :)

Tapi setelah ditelusurin dan didengerin baek2 and berulang2, of course, gue punya hipotesa baru. Ada kemungkinan klo lagu ini dibikin and ditujukan buat awak2 peterpan yang sekarang udah bikin band baru.

Lagu ini jadi mengingatkan gue pada lagunya Robbie Williams (SUPERB CONCERT, btw) yang judulnya No Regrets. Lagu itu sebenernya gambaran emosi Robbie buat temen2nya dulu di Take That. There was no regret in leaving them and having a solo career (which turns out to be very very very successful).

Friendship and career in showbiz can become quite dangerous, huh?

facing the reality

Djakarta. Placement udah jalan 3 minggu. Sekarang lagi lunch break... bawa makanan dari rumah. Seadanya laaah... nasi, tempe bacem, telor ceplok, and few pieces of chicken nugget. Maklum, Kuningan daerah mahal klo mo makan. Hemat2 dikit laaah. Masa udah segede gini masih minta duit mulu ma bonyok (cieeeeeeeee.... dewasa juga yah gue?). Harus bisa nabung duit transport yang di kasih ama perusahaan gue, Rp. 15.000, 00 per hari kerja. Lumayan lah... namanya juga internee (>>kata orang sini 'anak magang'<<) daripada ga sama sekali kaaaan. fuuuuh... Kompeni gue nie (kompeni... kaya penjajah aja, lagian kenapa pula ya belanda di bilang kompeni?) namanya Virtual Consulting. Check it out in: www.virtual.co.id hehehhe... setelah sekian lama n perjuangan mati2an akhirnya ada perusahaan yang mau 'menampung' gue selama 5 bulan huxhuxhux... ya.. benernya ada beberapa tawaran sie *tink2* ^^.. tapi berhubung Virtual ini perusahaan pertama yang sadar akan keberadaan gue (desperate bgt) jadilah gue kerja di sini :D

Sesuai dengan namanya... Virtual Consulting is a virtual company yang mainly deals with web2 gitu deeee. Pertama2 serasa ikutan project Virtual Consultancy pas period 7 duluuw heheheh. Asik deh di sini. Betah. Mainly because the working environtment nya. Serius tapi santai! or santai tapi serius yah?? Orang2nya baek2 n gokil2 en mau bgt ngajarin hal2 baru yang gue sama sekali blom ngerti. Blajar banyak deh di sini.

Tugas gue ngapain ya di sini? Kebanyakan sie bantu2in.. jadi web designer gitu de. Kemaren abis bikin logo, buat web layout, ikutan training/workshopnya. Nice. Kerja di sini bener2 bisa bikin gue (sejenak) melupakan masalah2 gue yang numpuk bgt...

uhm.... sapa tau ntar klo gue udah lulus boleh kerja di sini yah? it'll be great! hehehhe..

Back to work.

Still lokking for placement

Quite a hard day today. Not because I'm workin' on somethin.. but because i need to rethink about a lot of things. I really really want to go back to indo for this summer holiday but i haven't found placement yet. The thing is if i want to go, i have to pay for the ticket tomorrow [payment day ><']!!! But if I decide to go for this holiday, it's too risky because *fool me* the return date is on August 29 while the placement starts +/- on September 1. fuh!

I called my mom and she said that i have to focus more on placement. I shouldn't worry about going home and stuffs. Well, i know it for sure that my family desperately want me to go home and i also want to celebrate my birthday back home with my family. If only i could find placement... things will surely be easier.

Gambarumasu!!!!

p.s. cool site ;) www.2advanced.com