It's July!

Hello hello, the promise to blog in the next few days, turned out to be 12 days haha.

ada beberapa happening yg terjadi related ke wedding preparation sih, sekalian gua kasi review so far untuk para vendor2 tercinta. tsk tsk.. lebay kali.

Undangan - I-Creation.
Akhirnya hari ini kita sudah approve sample untuk undangannya. Lega... Jadi prosesnya adalah, setelah deal dan mulai mendekati hari H nya, kita akan diminta mengisi form berisi data2 yg akan tertera di undangan. Setelah itu dia akan kasih soft copy untuk di-cek. Setelah soft copy beres, i-creation akan kirim sample undangan untuk dicek sekali lagi. Sample itu bener sample kasar ya, jangan ngarepin undangan yg uda rapih gitu. Awalnya gw sempet kaget, kok berantakan haha. Ternyata sample memang belum rapih, karena mereka hanya bisa print embos dan beludru saat final produksi aja. All in all, sangat happy sama undangannya. i-creation bener2 bagus loh. Si PIC i-creation, Heru, juga responsif banget.

Butuh 1 bulan dari confirm sample sampai dikirim semua undangannya. Can't wait. Berbekal rasa kuatir undangan ga cukup, akhirnya kita nambah 75 pcs mendadak. Sekarang gua jadi bingung, aturan jumlah undangan sebenernya bagaimana ya.

Sneak peek undangan :)

Souvenir - Gimmix
Setelah ga ada pergerakan selama berbulan-bulan, akhirnya kmrn kita minta tolong Gimmix untuk start produksi, khususnya design tag untuk souvenir yg berupa luggage tag + sewing kit itu. Gua happy sama designnya sik. Dan seperti kasus parno di undangan, hal yg sama terjadi di souvenir. Kita mendadak add 50 pcs. Aslikk... Makin bingung deh gw sebenernya gimana sih metode kalkukasi undangan dan suvenir yg benerrr...

Ini sneak peak tag nya, kita milih yg paris theme. Gw suka sik. Baik banget ya si Gimmix mau design-in. Undangan dan souvenir gw beda tema, I know. Gimmix bantu design yg mirip sama undangan sih, cuman menurut gw terlalu suram kalo biru tua lagi hehe.. Bodo ahh..

 

Catering - Adhika

Kemarin sabtu, adhika ngadain test food di Empo kebetulan karena mereka juga lagi ada wedding di Empo dimana mereka jadi caterer nya. Kemarin kita ajak bokap nyokap gw untuk mengetes makanannya. Syukurlah mereka suka. Hasil dari test food kemarin banyak mengubah susunan menu kita di prasmanan dan di stall. Dan sayangnya banyak yg akhirnya malah jadi nambah (-_-) tolooong.

Dari diskusi kita dengan pemilik catering, dia banyak memberi masukan sih untuk pengaturan jenis makan dan porsi makanan. Beberapa poin penting adalah :

1. Makanan harus menuruti selera tamu, bukan selera si pengantin dan keluarga. Dhoeenggg (-_-).. Harus diukur siapa mayoritas tamunya, dilihat dari umur, daerah asal, etc
2. Makanan prasmanan itu harus dibikin variasi rasa supaya ga keblenger tamunya. Contohnya :  ayam manis, ikan gurih, daging pedas. Jangan ayam manis, ikan manis, daging manis. Alhasil tamunya enegh duluan hahaha.
3. Porsi prasmanan : hukumnya adalah stall selalu habis paling cepat dan tamu lumrah kalau stall habis. Tapi kalau prasmanan habis, itu keterlaluan. hahaha..
4. Kalau concern budget, banyakin porsi prasmanan (70:30), kalau concern service dan mau yg terbaik buat tamu, banyakin stall. Stall itu aturannya kan untuk 1 tamu, mereka bisa consume 4-5 stall, jadi pastinya jauh lebih mahal
5. Stall sebaiknya ada 2 item yg berat, seperti nasi dan kuah (soto, mie, dan teman2nya). Kalau stall isinya bebek peking, kambing guling, sate, itu semua hanya snack. Tamu pasti akan nambah terus dan akhirnya, berapapun stall yg ada, tidak akan pernah cukup. Untuk mengakali, selalu tambahkan lontong hahaha.
6. Nah, kalau yg ini aku belajar dari wedding banquet Ritz Carlton, untuk penyusunan urutan buffet pun ada aturannya, untuk menu udang, lobster, yg mahal2, diatur paling belakang setelah nasi, sayur, ikan, etc. Karena kalau udang didepan, yg ada tamu akan makan udang 5 ekor, abis itu ga makan sayur lainnya #LOL

Lucu2 yah teryata menangani tamu ini. semua ada seni dan psikologinya...

Souvenir Teapai

Nah untuk not-so-major-item ini, gw juga ga tau darimana hukummya ada souvenir tepai sih. Tapi kayanya ini kebiasaan turun temurun di keluarga untuk mengembalikan handuk ke para senior2 yg sudah menguras air mata untuk memberikan emas/uang/berlian/rumah (ngarep) saat tepai. hahaha... handuk untuk me-lap air mata.

Kemaren ini pas browsing di kaskus, aku nemu penjual handuk terry palmer yg jual cukup murah dibanding dengan di Metro. Ya iya laaaahhh bandingin di Metro haha.. Ya sudahlah aku beli..haha..

Mudah2an 50x100 cm ga kekecilan ya om tante, papa mama. Maap, budget terbatas hihihi.

sekian untuk hari ini, panjang kaaaaaan? #bangga

Random Post!

Hey Hey...

Since I am so lazy right now and have tons of random thoughts in mind, I am thinking to write. And the "great" thing is that I don't even have a topic! so, I will just follow my free mind.

I decided to write this blog in english because suddenly I realized how poor my english is, in both vocabulary, grammar including the structure of it.

I had a discussion with my colleague this morning about the handover of my tasks to my (poor) successor. At some point, we have to talk about my team and his team member in both experience, capability, attitude, potential or even, the lack of it. One of the observation that we have is, in many cases, it is not about lack of capability or lack of experience/knowledge, but the real underlying issue is the lacking of communication skill, especially when we have to use english to convey our messages.

I must admit, when you work in a company where english is equally important as Bahasa, your career is somehow can be predicted from your language skill. Sadly it is. Some people with not-so-good English skill often choose to stay silent hence their true skill/strength is never seen, some people with so-so english skill normally tries to survive, mostly survive in business related discussion, but lacking in terms of casual discussion especially high-level small talks. I considered my self as the one with so-so skill, who keep using the same (limited) vocabulary and when I have to do a small talks with my regional bosses, I suddenly turns quiet. Sometime, I don't even get the meaning of their "jokes", how can I even join the talking. Huaaaaa.. Since exposure is the 2nd most influential factor for career and promotion, there goes my career. Haha.. If I remember it right, the most influential factor is "Image".

Now, I am moving to new job that has clearly indicate that English is even becoming much more important as this new company has much more expat, so I am now having cold-feet haha. As a new joinee, I need to be more talktative, starting a small talk to introduce myself and know other colleagues, while in reality, I am a very direct in addressing my messages, instead of being politically correct.

Some real-life cases of being "not" politically correct are:

Politically correct : We have to keep them silent
Unprofessional?:p : We have to make them shut up
(Yes, you know who I am talking about, my friend *wink*)

Direct message : After company retain a person but in x months time they still choose to walk away, then "Fuck you" -> hahaha.. very improper language

I remember a situation I had when I was working in Japan where a direct message and strong feedback is not common in their culture, especially when a female (like me) giving a feedback to a male. Once, a literally smiling and confident Japanese guy was elaborating his "idea" to me in front of a few people, knowing that his "idea" is not working (trash haha) and since I'm having tons of other priority, I quickly answered "No! if you understand the system, it doesn't work that way" and I walked away. I remember a jaw dropping expression from that guy, and a Korean friend of mine came to me and told me not to be that strong in giving my feedback. haha.

Well, I regret and learned my mistake. So, I have to repeatedly remind myself to listen, give 2 seconds, and say "Well, that's an interesting idea (still trash haha), if we can add up with this XXX solution, I'm sure it will work even better *ting!!*" -> that's also means, "Hey fella, your suggestion won't work, let's use solution XXX". It's just sounds a bit better, isn't it? hahaha

Trust me, I am not that mean or aggressive in the office, but I use lots of informal words and I am not sneaking behind someone's back. and trust me, I do compliment, although not as much as I should.

So, what I am trying to do is trying to write a more structured, politically correct and simple sentences in english. And start learning new vocabulary because I can't survive with the same amount of vocabs since high school (hu hu hu).

Sorry for the boring post guys/gals :) I will try to blog more interesting and useful topics in the next few days!

Cheers,

Pre-Wedding Pic and Wedding Gown

Setelah persiapan merit terbelengkalai selama ribuan tahun, akhirnya kemaren mulai ada progress lagi. Semua ini karena:

1. waktu yg semakin menyempit. 3 bulan meritan, tp undangan belum turun cetak. cantek.
2. Baju pengantin belom dipilih. Keren
3. Semua suvenir etc yg sudah dipesan, belom diconfirm untuk naik produksi
4. urusan gereja, dekor, buku misa, masih tak tersentuh. Asek.
5. Aku akan punya kerjaan baru in 1 month. yg berarti, gak bisa cutiiiii!!
6. Mau resign bukan berarti kerjaan jadi dikit, malah makin menggilaaaa

Mulai panik!!! huaaaaa

So, mari kita bereskan semuanya bulan ini. Amin.

Kemarin, kita finalize foto pre-wed (untuk menentukan yg mana yg dicetak, yg dicanvas dan yg harus dibuang). Plus sekalian memilih wedding gown. Setelah dipikir, ditimbang, dikalkulator (ga ding), akhirnya dipilihlah 1 gown yg modelnya agak unik. Rok dalamnya mermaid, tp di luarnya di tutupin tulle menerawang yg modelnya a-line gitu.

Mudah2an dengan pilihan yg unik ini membuat gown aku ga pasaran2 amat. hehehe.

Btw, sekali lagi, gw merekomendasikan Ritz Taipei. Mereka sangat efisien, detil, sincere dan gak maksa sama sekali loh.
Ya sudah dulu ya, pikir2, mending aku beresin undangan duluuu.. bye bye.

Cheers, Cath

Pre-Wedding : Update

Hello semuahnya..

setelah beberapa post terakhir yg terkesan serius, sekarang kembali ke post mengenai wedding prep yah. Saatnya santai-santai. I wish haha..

Hari minggu kemarin, akhirnya tiba juga hari pre-wedding itu. Syukurlah berjalan lancar dan sebenarnya dibilang cape-cape banget juga engga karena kita berdua cincai (mati gaya) banget.

Acaranya sendiri sih dimulai jam 9 pagi di Ritz Taipei dan langsung capcus make up sesuai dengan konsep yg sudah ditentukan beberapa hari sebelumnya. Gaun yg dipakai pun sudah dipilih 1 minggu sebelumnya.

Make Up
Untuk Make-up, aku milih dimake-up sama Becca Jie dan assistant nya Aling. I love them both, very detailed, very nice and accomodating. All in all, I really love her make up style, very soft like what I've requested. I guess, they can do bold make up too, but if I opted for bold make up, I will look like ondel-ondel. hehe. Plus, Align has been very supportive, I guess most people work in Ritz are all very nice.

Pre-wedding property
Kita bener2 cuman bawa diri aja kemaren itu, sangking malesnya haha. Pakai balon? ga mau. Pakai taburan bunga? sebodo amat. Pakai style piknik? ogah. Pake gaya susah dikit? keseleo. Ini contoh pre-wedding yg buruk haha. Tapi Tommy sebagai photographernya + assistant nya sangat2 berusaha untuk membuat kita ketawa. Truly appreciate the efforts. Now, let's hope that my stiffness in front of camera won't be too obvious in pictures.

Dress
Konsep fotonya sendiri akhirnya ga ada yg casual, dengan gaya kita yg super kaku, rasanya pasti perlu gaya yg seru pada saat kita pake casual, which is bukan kita banget. Jadi, 4 gaun yg dipakai semuanya model yg "berat". Si BF sendiri pakai jas sendiri utk hari H plus jas hitam sendiri, which I guess much better daripada jas "lebay" dari bridal. hehe.. Btw, pas kita foto di Mangrove PIK (yeah right, pasaran), ada 6 pasangan lain dari berbagai bridal (+1 dari Ritz), dan baju aku dipuji oleh bridal lain loh. I think Ritz has a really great taste for the dresses and make up. Kudos.

Aku ga post foto ya, karena nanti narsisnya berlebihan. nanti kalo ada pre-wed pic yg sudah jadi, tak kabar2i (kalo bagus dan layak naik tayang hoho).

Have a great weekend all!

My $ 0.02 about religion

Wait, I will not talk about the same topic every blogger in Indonesia talked about in their blog.

How often we heard many people says:

1. "people who tends to be more religious, tends to act worst than most people"
2. "most people should just keep your religion for yourself and accept diversity"
3. "the more religious you are, the more hypocrite you are"
4. "Some religion will insists and force their own religion to others"
5. "some people treat other people differently based on their religion"

If we say so, isn't it the same? in terms of, being judgemental, treating and judging people based on their religion? What is the difference?

And I even more upset hearing comment from some people saying that "I am now atheist/not going to church/mosque/vihara because people who into religion acts worst"

So, I ask. "What do you expect when you are in a religion? are you expecting the people who is all saints? or, are you looking for the God Himself?" Please do NOT blame other people, and take responsiblity on your own acts and belief.

There's no one perfect in this world including ourselves. I do agree, before you get yourself right, do not try to judge other people. Even God Himself told us so that only if you have no sin, you have right to condemn others.

At the other hands, if someone acted ill-mannered, we shall not see what religion he/she is holding
onto, which God that he/she worshipped.

It's just the human who done wrong, do not blame the religion or even God.

So, it is just my $ 0.02 :) I hope and pray that I can maintain a balanced life in both socially and spiritually. Probably this is what our society needs, a balance in social and at the same time, be a living proof of the kindness and goodness of your religion.

Some religion says, "how you live your life, portray your God image". So, think twice if not many times before you act. I think, life can be more meaningful than a cat-fight about which religion is better.

A toughest decision (yet) made in life

Funny thing is , it is not the decision of getting married. It could be that I am about expired if not getting married now (ha!) or it is simply something we know and are expecting this to happen.

but anyhow, decision has been made. I pray to God to bless my way all along as He always does.

and pray for the best for all of us. AMen.