Update setelah sekian lama

Hallo semuahnyaa..lama tak jumpa! Uda hampir sebulan loh gw ga nulis blog lagi. Alasannya ya pastinya karan kerjaan kamfreto haha.. Beberapa minggu terakhir gw super sibuk siapin pre-season utk autumn/winter season next year.yup! I am working in a fashion industry. Tapi gw bukan bagian fashion yg kita liat di TV itu loh, gw kerja di bagian analyst kind of. So not as cool as it sounds haha.

Minggu lalu gw ke Shanghai untuk prepare strategy menghadapi season berikutnya. Nah hal-hal kaya gini membuat wedding preparation gw berantakan hehehe.. Yg parahnya, cowo gw juga lagi super sibuk. Kombinasi mematikan! Gw kasi update terbaru aja ya ttg wedding preparation gw, toh tujuan blog ini, sampe tgl gw merit at least, untuk sharing wedding preparation dan mudah2an bisa membantu calon penganten yg lain.

Pre-wedding : fotonya sudah selesai, tapi canvas dan album belom selesai. Hasilnya bagus kok. Edit nya cukup rapih dan ga merubah gw jadi Mirranda Kerr. Bridal : in less than 2 hours, gw bakal ke Ritz untuk 1st fitting. Tapi setelah ngobrol2 sama geng babu gorjes (itu nama geng ex kantor yg berisi orang2 terkeren satu company *please laaa*), gw mau ubah ah. Mana gown macam grace kelly?!??!? Mudah2an Ritz ada ya..

Nasi kotak untuk gereja : finally kita decided untuk pake Ny. hendrawan aja. Setelah masa2 keemasan lewat, harusnya semua orang uda kangen lagi sama nasi kotak ny. Hendrawan dong ya? Seriously, bbrp tahun lalu di saat jayanya dia, gw sampe eneg makan hendrawan mulu hehehe

Wedding band : aku pake aglioo olio entertainment dari Juzzon and trust me, they are GOOD, best i've ever heard so far. However, adminnya agak berantakan, krn ada yg resign, mereka kehilangan catatan ttg team mana yg sudah kita pilih. Tapi all in all, it brings an advantage, karena mendadak singer yg kita mau jdi available hehehe. Sebelumnya dia uda keburu di booked orang lain. Untuk music piece-nya, kita pilih : baby grand piano, saxophone, bass and satu lagi either violin/guitar. Terus terang gw ga ngerti gimana caranya ada 3 melody type jadi 1 (piano,violin,saxo). Tapi yah, they know better than me lah.

Sangjit : ya bagian toilettries, baju dan sepatu sih uda beres. Tinggal buah dan kaleng2 yg akan diurus pihal cowo. Cuman belom mesen makanan nih. Kayanya i'll go with nasi tumpeng beautika. Enak dan bahagia! \

Bride shoes: finally go with schutz shoes. Warna royal blue sprt tema pestanya, dan haknya 9cm sajah! Mudah2an ga membunuh ya pas hari H. Dia modelnya tali tali gitu, jadi harusnya kelingking aku ga kejepit. Oh derita cewe itu selalu di sepatu.

Tech meeting kita bakal dilakuin di hari selasa besok, dan dekor gw ga mau ikut dengan alasan : mau jemput anak sekolah. Asek! Tapi terserahlah, santai aja, kalo agak berantakan pestanya, ya itu dua nasibnya hihihi.. So far, gw happy kok sama wedding progressnya. At least gw mewujudkan pesta yg ga cheesy hihi. Itu doang harapan gw, pas anak cucu gw nanti liat pesta gw, at least mereka ga menemukan hal2 jadul dan norak. Say no to norak! But, say yes to budget! Penting itu

For you who is interested and not judging about preference and our financial ability, this might help you to know the cost for decent (quite humble) wedding in jakarta in 2013. We spent almost 300mio, but that really includes all, all as in wedding reception, honeymoon, angpao2 for everybody who helps us. That's for 550 pax of standing party.

Again, this is to help other couple preparing for their budgetting loh ya. You can always go higher or lower and its always up to each couple on how they want to decide their wedding. See ya! 3 weeks to go

Contemplating 2004 event

Minggu lalu, gw baca diary gw yg ditulis di tahun 2004. Tetiba diary ini muncul dalam bentuk sobek2an yg uda dicopot dari buku diarynya sendiri. Aneh kan?

Ceritanya dimulai waktu ART gw pulang kampung beberapa hari menjelang lebaran. Berbekal beberapa kecurigaan yg sudah terbukti sebelumnya, kita yakin kalau ART ini punya karakter suka membawa pulang barang milik orang lain. Jadi waktu ART ini lagi berkunjung ke rumah nyokap yg lain, kita mencoba melihat2 barang2 dia (tidak mengambil kok, kecuali yg memang merupakan milik kita). Hebatnya sang ART ini bisa mengunci pintu kamar dia (padahal kita aja ga pernah kunci kamar kita loh). Tapi even pintu kamar dikunci, ada tas dia yg tergeletak di luar, dan pada saat kita buka, yah begitulah banyak barang2 yg tidak seharusnya diganti kepemilikannya.

Tas yg terkunci didalam kamar akhirnya ga kita cek lagi, kita udah keburu males dan sudahlah prinsip kita adalah: kalau kita ga merasa kehilangan, berarti barang itu ga penting2 amat :p Yg paling menarik, ada 2 barang yg sampai sekarang kita ga tau kenapa juga perlu diboyong pulang ke kampungnya sang ART, yaitu : Pass foto gw 4 biji dan diary gw -_- Mungkin foto itu dibawa untuk dipelet , kalo ga buat dijodohin kali ya?

Back to diary, karena adek ipar gw menyelamatkan part dari buku diary yg berisi curhatan gw, kita sobek bagian itu dan kita bilang, silahkan ambil bukunya, tp bagian yg ada isinya kita sobek. Jadilah malam itu gw flashback ke 2004 pas baca entries di diary gw itu. Diary itu gw tulis saat minggu pertama gw kerja di perusahaan gw yg sebelumnya.

Di minggu pertama itu, gw “meraung-raung” on how hard it is to become a new joiner, tapi yg paling sering diulang—ulang adalah kesengsaraan gw kerja di suatu pekerjaan yg gw ga suka dan gw pandang sebagai madesu (di kala itu). But guess what, I celebrated my 9 years of working anniversary in that company. Dan sesuatu yg gw pandang madesu dikala itu ternyata membuahkan suatu perjalanan hidup yg menyenangkan. Sekarang saat gw kembali ke masa-masa anak baru lagi dimana, bisa jadi gw sekarang juga meraung-raung exactly the same thing.

 I believe, one day, I will say the same thing, “all of the difficulties in the beginning, paid off and it has been a wonderful ride” Life is about learning and taking steps forward. Fear not and enjoy the ride!

ohoiiiiikkk! *judul gak jelas*

Another update:

There’re few things finalized for wedding preparation:

1.       Invitation : yeay! Finally sudah dideliver loh sama vendornya kemarin, tapi gw cuman 80% happy -_-“. Gw ini rada perfeksionis dan sangat ngeh kalau ada hal yg tidak simetris. Dan problemnya adalah kita merasa cetakan undangannya ga centric tp rasa skew ke kiri. Even model dan printingnya rapih, gw terganggu huhuhu… Tapi sudahlah, meremin mata aja..

2.       Honeymoon hotel : setelah kita pending-kan booking utk hotel di Bali, kita finally book 2^nd villa J Horee… seperti post sebelumnya, kita decide untuk honeymoon di Bali selama 5D/4N. Untuk 2N pertama, kita sudah booked villa di Astana Kunti, dan kita keep 2N terakhir di saat2 menjelang merit. Tau dong kenapa kita begitu? Karena kita mau liat sisa budget kita berapa hihihi… kalau budget tipker, kita decide modest hotel room, kalau kita kayo, kita mau banget milih antara The Bale atau Alila Uluwatu hehe. Setelah most budgeting beres utk wedding day dan renovasi, kita memutuskan, kita ada sisa dana! Yeaaay!! Pas banget di pameran JWF kemarin, The Bale offer paket yg bagus banget a.k.a 1 mio cheaper + free upgrade delux atau 60 mins couple spa. So The Bale it is!

3.       Kanonik : yeaay!! Sudah selesai loh, kita juga sudah meminta Romo MBK untuk menjadi Romo yg memberkati kalau tidak berhalangan. Makasih untuk inputnya ya Romo, maafkan kalau kita-kita ini agak lemot dalam menjawab pertanyaan haha…

Dan… hari ini rasanya hari terakhir sebelum Jakarta akan lengang dan off-beat selama 1 minggu kedepan. Yihaa!! Sebagai anak baru, gw bakal duduk di kantor dong -_-. Plus, bakal sendirian di kantor selama 2 minggu kedepan karena team mate gw akan berkelana. Hadooo… rambut botak karena stress!!! Belom jerawatan aja nih.

Please give me more brain!

 X_X

A change of plan

Sabtu kemarin, kita pergi ke pertemuan antara gereja Regina caeli dengan 4 pasang pengantin yg akan merit berbarengan. 1 pasang di hari jumat, 3 pasang di sabtu dan 2 pasang yg merit di hari minggu. Total 6 pasang. Nah bingung kan kenapa gw blg kita ketemuan sama 4 pasang lain, bukannya 5? Nah,  ternyata,  pasangan yg merit hari sabtujam 10 pagi, batal sodara-sodara!!

Pertama-tama, we are sorry that you cancelled your wedding, tp kita happy bisa pinda ke jam 10 instead of jam 2. Berhubung pasangan itu belum menyerahkan surat pembatalan, jadi kemungkinan kita pindah masih 90 persen.

Yg kita lupa adalah, undangan uda naik cetak!! Hahaha. Tp gapapalah, gw rela pake sticker di undangan drpd kebaktian jam 2 sore. Yg panik malah tukang Undangan nya haha.

2nd great thing is,  biaya dekor gereja gw murah sekali loh. 700rb salah!!  bahagia.

Ini jurusnya pake mobile phone nih, jadi susah ketik. Lanjut nanti2 lagi ya.  But most important thing is, God has been great and showing His kindness and awesomeness. So I Thank You, God.

another wedding update

Hari ini adalah 66 hari sebelum hari H! Thoeng! Dan progress persiapan weddingnya sungguh sangat mengenaskan. Kalau ditanya-tanya, gw ga tau sih kurangnya apa, tapi gw yakin pasti buanyak printilan yg belum diurusin.

Beberapa deadline terdekat adalah:

·         Jumlah tamu masih kira-kira : yg paling memusingkan adalah jumlah tamu orang tua yg selalu menjawab dengan kira-kira X undangan. Tetiba merasa kuatir, kira-kira nya seakurat apa ya makk? Tapi sejujurnya pun, undangan gw belom final karena opis baru thingy ini haha

·         Souvenir yg mendadak diminta berubah. Lessons learned, kalau ada doubt ttg souvenir wedding (e.g. souvenir warna hitam, ada jarum/benda yg agak tajam, etc), mendingan jangan diambil deh. Di case kita, mertua setuju2, eh di saat2 terakhir minta berubah

·         Kanonik – wuaaa… masi ganti2 nih saksi kanoniknya

·         Misa related : Buku Misa, Lagu Misa, saksi gereja  dan dekorasi misa – beberapa harus menunggu kanonik selesai baru bisa dikerjakan

·         Tea-pai related : Pengaturan venue dan schedule untuk tea-pai. Karena jadwal misa kita sangat cantik waktunya (which is jam 2 sore), banyak schedule kita yg jadi sulit diatur. Idealnya tea-pai dilakukan 1-2 jam sebelum resepsi jadi tidak merepotkan banyak keluarga, tp karena misa selesai jam 4, semua jadi kalang kabut. Plus, hotel yg dijanjikan selesai di sept 2013, tak kunjung selesai, jadinya option untuk tea-pai di hotel di pagi hari juga musnah. Huk huk…

·         Resepsi-related : Dekorasi resepsi, daftar lagu, rundown (btw, WO ayok mulai kerja yukkk), daftar para greeter, flower girl (mau atau engga), beli vocher utk pemenang tangkap bunga (detil printil tp perlu dipusingin juga), VIP table setup, catering stall, bla bla bla

Wuaaaahhh.. keknya banyak yg belom yah #Pengsan#

Mari kita kerja :)

Reason of not blogging recently

Wondering the slow blog update? Here’s why J

Today is day number 8 in new office and how I feel now? Mixed!

Culture wise, it is a very different between new and old office. There’s always a plus and minus. For the plus side, I learned a lot of new thing and these are very valuable learning in life. My boss seems to be a very good boss, although I can see how high he put his expectation on this role. So, I’d say that’s the not-so-comfortable one. This is a damn fine organization and I’d say a truly multi-national company.

The less comfortable part, of course, is when you used to know who/where to go in old office, but now it seems that all the connections you once had is now disappear and you start brand new day, as a stranger in a new place.

To add up, this organization is a very independent organization where people seems to walk alone, focus on work, not so much into social and relationship. While in the old office, our bond encompass office, family and personal relationship. Well, things has changed for me and I have to realize that it is always different elsewhere.

I once told my colleague during my in-between job period, “Mbak, surprisingly I don’t feel nervous of joining to a new company” and I contemplated her reply “Well, when I was in your position, I didn’t too. But you will feel nervous once you are in the company for the first weeks to months, coz it is where you start to feel that you no longer have the power and connections you used to have”. You are definitely right, mbak.

Definitely it is not comfortable when you do 2 major events in life at the same time, moving to new office and getting married. The one that need to sacrifice now is the marriage, as for me now, marriage is just another event that is less occupying my mind now. I know I shouldn’t do that, but I have no choice. Because I simply can imagine what and how to prepare a wedding, but I am still in dark and struggling to find a way to cup to a new job in new industry.

A lot of anxiety, huh? I can’t help it, but this is how I feel now.

Last day in office

Well, as much as I can say, it was surreal. It's just funny to think that at some lowest point of your days in office, resignation seems to be an oasis in the dessert.. But when the day finally came, all the bad memory disappeared and only the good memory lasts. And something you have been waiting for, doesn't seems to matter anymore.

Looking back to my working experience, this company is my all. This is the first company I ever joined since graduate. This is a company which I murmured about but at the same time, I admired. Simple, this is the company who has taught a youngling like me, from a stupid graduate that knows very little of professionalism, know very little english, zero experience except being a tutor for a few months to who I am today. This company has taught me what is the meaning of patience in developing your employee. I made an awful lots of mistakes but opportunities were still being given.

I always wanted a living/working/studying abroad experience, but my financial didn't allow me to do so. Joining this company as a "common" employee seemed to have killed my hope for international experience. But, who knows that chance still being offered to me. All in all, I owe a lot to this company. I can only hope that I returned their favor while I am with them. I take this company as my own, as bible said "Work as if you are working for God".

A lot of great friends I met, friends who accepts you as who you are, with all the weaknesses and strength. That's the most excitement in life, finding a good friend is like finding a gem of life. I thank you for who you are, friends. Keep up the stupidity!


However, life must go on. I have decided to embrace a new world to see how far can I go.

Now that all decision has been made, I pray that God shall be with me, yesterday, today and tomorrow. and be with you too!

Mellow mode.

Cheers, Cathy