He winks at me

It was the time that I think enough is enough. Ok, I like challenge and I know what is “no pain no gain” but enough is the time when I realize I’ve been trying really hard to work on something that won’t work , no matter how hard i’ve tried. I really need air to breath and the way to back into the big dreamer life I used to have. I can feel my spirit fades away day by day. Until that friday afternoon (28/3) when I got a phone call. I was on the way back to office. It was from my ex-boss. We say ‘hi and how are you’ talk to each other and he came to the part to ask me this question:

“do you still remember Mr.*****? He’s looking for someone to help his business. I told him about you. Do you think you’d be interested to give a try?”

The guy he mentioned to me is my ex- company’s client. They handle this famous brand as one of their representative office in south east Asia. I must be out of my mind if I refuse this big offer. The phone had made my day.

Last Saturday (29/3) I had this ‘friendly’ interview at Star bucks PS and finally made the good deal. The great day ended by watching “An Empress and the Warriors” with Ratna, my dear co-worker who had kindly took me to PS and took me home and had a good dinner at kwetiaw 99. Love you my pren.

Thank you, God. You did it again, just at the right time. I should never ever hesitate you

Devil Wears Guess

I can’t remember anymore, when was my last post. Recently it feels like I’m selling my soul to evil. To many things to tell but just to make it short, recently I found the reality my manager is the evil and I’m selling my soul to her for nothing.

After 2 months of adjusting myself well with my job suddenly my company came up with this idea to do customer rolling based on the business field. My manager wants me to handle the five stars hotels. It’s not gonna be easy, and I know they gonna give this HUGE burden to my tiny shoulder.

It’s not enough ladies and gentlemen. Few days after my co-worker came to my manager and said she’s exhausted of the job & responsibility they’d given them for past a year. She got this VIP customers which used to be handled by a person who now is a manager at one of our office branch outside this city. She told my boss she planned to quit the job ASAP as she couldn’t take the pressure anymore.

Then my manager came up with this idea: “hey, easy girl, don’t give up that way, plz reconsider thing. If your problem is the VIP customers, then I’d give the job to xxxxx (mentioning my name)”

Last Friday I found my new customer list. my co-worker got the finest customers I used to have and I got the worst VIP customers she gave up to my manager. No product knowledge, no training, NOTHING.

So now they give me not only one, but TWO BIG burdens to my lil tiny shoulder. I don’t know should I be proud or pity to myself. Deep down I felt like I wanna shout right up to my manager’s face: Ok, got it, I love challenge, but please note, I need you to pay me properly too, lady! I wish I had the courage to do that, but i just don’t

Now the only thing I can do is think positively, she’s giving me this BIG challenge coz she believed in me. ( you better do lady…) I’m not a looser and I should show her.

The only good news of the week is this devil, who loves Guess so much (as I can see from all of the bags she took to work) will leave to Australia for 3 weeks. At least I don’t have to see her so often for this couple of days. Just love that

Good Side & Bad Side

One of things I love from my new job is my daily visit to the customer which is fun because I can get in to the customer’s kitchen to meet the chef. Some chefs or owner are so nice that if it’s your lucky day you can get a free meal from the restaurant, yummy! But get a free meal doesn’t mean I’m taking the advantage of it and do it on purpose. At first we plan to try and of course, plan to pay it ourselves, but the customers were so nice that they insisted to treat us

like 2 days ago, me & my senior staff get a free lunch at En Dining. That place is recommended for people who love Japanese food (I’m telling you this not because few days ago I get free lunch from the chef :p) Even the price is pretty expensive but it is really worth it! And about 2 weeks ago I also get a free lunch from Hay Thien at Mangga Besar, the owner was really nice

But there’s always a price to pay for good things… There are hundreds of products I must learn and remember and there’s a target of selling I must deal with. Most of the products are imported products, those food materials mostly are in Japanese language, so I have no choice but to remember one by one to recognize them. Moreover, not all customers are so understanding so I must learn to deal with some kind of people too. And 1 more thing, I still have 1 home work: learn to drive within this 5 months. Can only say: jia you

It’s Been 2 Weeks: The Job

Time is like an arrow. It’s been 2 weeks already since I join the new company and moved to the new place. It feels like ages and I really miss to write and read other’s blogs!

The new company is just like what I thought before: gotta work harder and learn many things, especially it’s when I have to deal with many people. My main job is selling and there’s a selling target to be reached, so I really gotta give my best shoot here :p

I’m still accompanied by the senior staff who plans to quit his job by this end of December. I’m so lucky that he’s so cooperative and helpful in this matter. I really appreciate his supportive help, although he will soon leave this company but he still has the spirit to do his best on his last days.

My manager and my director are women. People I deal with (mostly are purchasing staff) some are women. I think I could learn a lot from these smart women around me. The assistant of manager is a guy. Actually he does more stuff more than the manager. He’s so smart and responsible. New comer like me can count on him to get more clue about my job.

The foreign employees also more handsome friendly than foreign employees at my last company.  I’m pretty amazed that their Bahasa Indonesia is so fluent too.

To keep my blog private I decided not to update my blog at office. Because at my department one PC is used by more than 2 staffs there :(  I really wish to have a note book. anyone interested to give me one as xmas gift? :p

Btw, may be my body still need to adjust with the rhythm of my new job, today I wasn’t feeling well but I insisted to go to work. Thanks God the assistant of manager who was as nice as an angel that he suggested me to go home and take a rest rather than to continue the work and he even took me to meet bf.

Bf said he also think this new job is better than the last one and can say I’m glad I decided to move : ) That’s all about the job. Will talk about the place I live (kost-an) later

Jobless Me

I’m jobless from today on to Friday Free as the wind. But not totally free because I still gotta prepare many things for my moving T.T

Btw, I found it’s really weird that this morning I woke up easily at 5.30 while it was really hard to do when I had to on my previous working days T.T

I spent my day by watching TV: infotainment and news all day long. The news were almost the same all day long. Drink 2 cups of tea, and preparing some stuff I want to take on Friday to Jakarta for the ‘new life’.

I don’t miss anyone or anything from my previous company, but I do miss the computer and free internet line I got from office :p

I also would like to let you know that seems like I can’t update my blog anymore until I can take the advantage of free internet line from my new company adjust myself well to the new company. Or maybe I could update my blog at bf’s home if I have time on sunday

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Farewell

Dear xxxxx,

We thank you for your kind information of the changes by management as well as your departure which really sadden us. Your conscientious effort & assistance rendered to us have always been greatly admired and appreciated.May we also take this opportunity to wish you all the best& success in your future endeavor.

Best regards,
xxxxxxxxx

Today is the last day to be part of this company where I’ve learned for exactly 2 years. The commissioner to president director to all the managers are nice. They are always nice to me. I get an envelope and a gift of one exclusive dinner set which my monthly salary here can’t afford :p Not every employee gets this privilege and treated this way on his/her last day of resign. I’m so lucky. So glad that on the path of my life I ever be part of this company as my first job. Thank you, Sirs

Kost Hunting

Sunday (25/11) I continued the Mission of looking for place to live ‘kost’ in Soenther area. Actually last Sunday (18/11) I already went to a place recommended by Fanny. The place is nice but it costs lil bit more expensive because it’s one of the best rooms there and the cheaper rooms are fully rented. No wonder I think, because the house is pretty organized and when you’re there you can feel the atmosphere of home because the host still lives there.

 

After getting a bad news from the host that the cheaper room is not available. I tried to find other options. Yesterday bf helped to take me to see some place recommended by my high school friend, Rb.

 

1^st House: the room is installed with air conditioner, an old cupboard and a bed. The house is not really clean, the only room available is one that not so nice for me. Only one bathroom to be used by many people lived there. I can imagine the ‘chaos’ every morning when everyone needs to use the bathroom.

 

2^nd House : The building was near the 1^st house. I was lil bit shocked to see the house was under renovation. Price of the room is still unknown; the house is lil bit scary, dark and unorganized. Some worker (tukang) passing by because it is under renovation. I don’t think it’s a good idea to live there, so there’s no point to ask about how much it cost for one of the rooms there.

 

3^rd House : This house belongs to the 2^nd host. He offered me to see another one after he heard my shocked reaction to see the 2^nd house. I expected him to offer me much better house. But the 3^rd house burst my bubble. There’s no renovation there, but the rooms are not as nice as I thought. I can’t imagine living there. I saw some cockroaches inside the empty room (Suddenly Epi crossed my mind. I imagine how if Epi saw this room, I think she could collapse on the spot!) :p But the host is nice. I really appreciate his effort.

 

Bf & me decided to go to the place we saw last week. Although the price is lil bit more expensive we think it’s the better place to live. The house & the room is the best I could find. The host said it’s really hard to give more discount for me, so he could only gave such a small discount. However I found it’s fine than no discount at all, because the room is nice, there’s a bathroom inside, a desk, a chair, a cupboard, a bedroom. The furnitures there are newer than other place I’ve seen. So I guess no regret to chose this one. And I found that seems like I can reach to my office by walking, although seems like it will take about 20 minutes. I prefer to walk to save up my budget actually

 

This mission accomplished. Thanks to all my friends who had shared information regarding kos-kosan, especially Robin & jeng Fanny

Counting Down the Days

4 days to go before I leave  this company,

6 days to go  before I get  out from my uncle’s home,

7 days to go before I join  the new company,

And 9 days to go before I move to soenther.

I haven’t found the right place to live (kost-an). But I’m so sure this sunday I will get one :D  Can only pray things will go well

Balada si Tukang Ojekz

Warning: Cerita ini terdiri dari beberapa paragraf panjaaang tetapi boleh dibilang isi ceritanya  kurang penting, jangan nyesel uda spend some times buat baca yak :p

Seumur-umur, sampe gw umur 24 menapaki 25 ini :p ga pernah namanya gw berantem sama orang, apalagi dimaki-maki orang. Bahkan adu argumentasi sama temen/ orang lain dalam segala macam hal pun gw sangat ogah. Secara gw orangnya punya prinsip: “yg waras ngalah” dan “suka2 lu lah, yg penting you do it your way, gw juga do it my way“. Kalopun ada hal yg gw ga suka dari tu orang gw lebih memilih ga usah banyak berurusan dilain waktu. Jadi bole dibilang ilmu berdebat gw tuh sangat memprihatinkan :p

Alkisah gw sejak kerja di sini (=almost 2 years) gw selalu ke kantor pake ojekri. Tadinya dapet fasilitas jemputan mobil kantor, tapi berhubung supirnya jemput 2 orang: gw & manager HRD, gw ga gitu comfy dengan situasi dimana harus nyesuain jam berangkat sama si manager. Ga bebas rasanya. Jadi gw pun memutuskan ngojek soalnya kalo naik angkot musti 3 kali.

Konsekuensinya pengeluaran gw nambah. Gw pun memutuskan langganan sama 1 tukang ojek aja. Dari semua tukang ojek yg bejibun dan gw lumayan kenal baik di komplek perumahan om gw ada 1 yg gw tau tukang ojek tsb keknya baik dan punya keluarga yg gw liat memprihatinkan (wkt itu dia blum ada ker lain selain jadi tk.ojek).Kebetulan dia tinggalnya diperkampungan kecil deket perumahan om gw. Gw pun merasa keknya dengan langganan sama tu bapak tukang ojek, selain lebih aman, gw jg secara gag langsung bisa membantu sedikit perekonomian dia. Gw bayar 25% dari gaji gw/bulan dimana sebenernya banyak temen kantor / ojek lain yg nawarin harga lebih murah. Ternyata bener, bukan sombong bukan congkak *minjem istilah cie lita :p* sejak ngojekin gw dia mulai usaha dagang es kelapa gitu pake gerobak kecil2an.

Pernah si tk.ojek ga jemput gw dan ga ada kabar, dan gw pun 1 jam nungguin, ternyata dia ga dateng dan ngaku ketiduran, pernah juga dia ngebut2 sampe jantung gw mo copot , pernah juga dia asal kalo bawa motor sampe2 kaki gw biru lebam ketabrak motor laen. Sampe istri tu bapak yg minta maaf minta gw maklumin, muji2 gw katanya berkat gw mereka bisa bayar cicilan motor. Dasar gw orangnya oon ga tegaan & ga suka ribut, gw maklumi lah insiden2 kecil itu. Toh manusia pasti ada salahnya gw pikir.

Selama hampir 2 th ini gw selalu bayar full ongkos ojekri itu meskipun kadang gw cuti, libur, ataupun kadang ada event khusus dapat jemputan kantor. Ada makanan/ hadiah dari kantor/ customer2 pun selalu gw kasi ke bapak tk.ojek ini, soalnya selama ini bapak tk.ojek tsb baik dan gw gampang diboongin suka kasian sama istri dan anak2nya.

Sampai hari selasa (20/11) kemaren. Pas gw telat keluar dari kantor gara2 meeting dadakan pengalihan kerja sebelum resign sama bos. Pas keluar gw ga liat si bp.tukang ojek. Gw telp ke hp dia. Ternyata dijawab dengan ketus “kamu ngojek aja!”. Gw sih masih maklumin mungkin dia kesel nunggu kelamaan. Meskipun gag biasanya sih dia keberatan nunggu. Uda “perjanjian” dari awal kalo dia bersedia nunggu soalnya kadang gw pulang suka ga jelas waktunya. Besok paginya tu bpk tk.ojek nelp lagi dengan ketusnya: “kamu ngojek aja!” So, that’s it. Gw pun udah tau tu bapak ga ada niatan ngojekin gw lagi. Jadi gw pun ‘nyewa’ ojek lain. Lewat sms gw kasi tau ongkos ojekan akan gw bayar besoknya.

Dia pun miscol tu malem. Gw telp balik, tau2 tu bapak maki2 dengan kata2 yang sangat tidak enak diulang di sini. Mulai dari ngatain gw “dasar Cina!” sampe kata2 kasar yg bener2 bikin gw shock. Nyerocos trus dia kek kreta api. Gila aja tu bpk, apa salah gw??? Gw cuma bisa ngurut dada dan nimpalin orang aneh itu: “udah pak, saya ga level mau ribut2 sama bapak” , click, gw putus tilponnya.

Karena ga puas si tk ojek itu masi sms2 kasar ke gw. sms konyol yang isinya tidak relevan sama sekali. Gw cuma bales 1 kali: “Semoga Tuhan yang balas kebaikan bapak. Terima kasih.”

Ternyata Ama (grandma) gw sangat ga terima dengan si bpk tk ojek itu.

Ama: ” Liat aja besok pagi tu orang bakal gw semprot!”

gw: “janganlah Ma, orang gag sekolah gitu jangan diladenin”

Ama: “ga bole dibiarin orang kek gini! dipikir kita takut sama dia!?”

gw: “udahlah Ma, ga usah, acia aja yg bayar besok sore pulang kerja”

Gw kirain Ama nurut sama omongan gw, gw lupa Ama gw itu Fun Fearless Female :p Pagi2 pas gw mao berangkat ke kantor si Ama bilang dia udah bayar uang si ojekri. walaah ternyata Ama dengan gagah berani nyamperin ke rumah si tk ojek (yang ga gitu jauh dari perumahan om gw) dan nyemprot tu orang trus bayar ongkos yg blom kebayar.

Sukur deh Ama baek2 aja ga diapa2in…kata Ama si tk ojek juga mingkem aja pas disemprot Ama. Mungkin segan, mungkin takut juga mo ngapa2in soalnya Ama kan udah terkenal di komplek gw soalnya Ama kalo sama semua tetangga terkenal supel.

Dan ternyata si tk.ojek ga berani lagi nelp/sms dll sampe skr. Dan kagetnya lagi ternyata tante tetangga sebelah rumah cerita kalo tk.ojek gw itu juga bermasalah sama dia. Padahal tu tante baik orangnya dan tante ini juga dulu jadi orang yg super sibuk galang dana waktu si tk.ojek itu kecelakaan sekitar 3th lalu. Ternyata selain gw dan tante tetangga si bpk tukang ojek juga punya masalah sama beberapa tk.ojek lainnya. Beberapa nyamperin gw dan cerita2 mereka juga ga habis pikir sama orang yg udah dikasi kerjaan selama ini bisa begitu.Harusnya dari ‘insiden2 kecil’ itu gw udah tau dan segera ganti ojek. Tapi ya udahlah, gw ikhlasin aja. Anggap aja dulu gw ada karma sama si bpk tk ojek itu.

Gw cuma ga habis pikir, how come orang yg udah kita baikkin selama 2th itu bisa lupa kalo “cina” ini yg udah jadi salah satu sumber mata pencaharian dia. Dan “cina-cina” lainnya yg udah menggalang dana waktu dia terkapar ga punya biaya di RS. Yang paling gw heranin si bapak niat banget merusak hub baik dihari2 terakhir gw ngojek sama dia (dia udah tau gw tgl 27 resign). Ada untungnya juga sih, gw ga jadi ngasi ‘bonus’ yang tadinya mau gw kasi dihari terakhir :p

Menurut tukang ojek lain sih tu bapak tukang ojek cicilan motornya udah lunas dan udah ada dagangan, selain itu juga dia udah tau toh per tgl 27 dia ga bakal ojekin gw lagi, jadi rada blagu dikit. Padahal kalo dia ngomong bae2 ga mo ngojekin gw lagi juga gw wokeh2 aja. Yaa…namanya juga manusia sih, model apa aja ada sih di dunia ini, apalagi kalo orang yg ga makan bangku sekolah *rayap kalee* tul ga? :p

Mungkin yg di-atas pengen gw belajar lebih aware sama sekeliling, jangan suka asal ga tegaan dan yg paling penting: harus lebih tegas jadi orang.

I’ve learned the lesson again