Not the day I always dreamed of

This morning, sky looked so gloomy, the sun was to shy to show its shine. Just like me. I’ve done a lot of things here, made friends, learned some skills, experienced the chill of Korea’s winter, and even watched demonstration in front of my eyes . It was to sweet to me, gonna be hard for me to leave.

Started in late August 2010, I just graduated as electrical engineer. Then tried to apply a job as R&D engineer in this company. Thank’s to Mr Hee Young Cho, Mr Im Gisoo, Mr Rudy, and Mr Arvin for giving me the opportunity to join. My first day was quite a bit shocked, but then I felt the support from everybody. And also thank’s to Pak Ferry, Mas Henry & Karenita for the new employee orientation.

My C language training, I should say thank you very much to Mas Yovi, Mba Ayu, Mba Faida & team, and also Yudis & Fitri. Mas Andias & Mas Riyanto also support me with some materials and courage. And yes, I still felt confused with those whole C language .

SEIN – KS Microwave (2011 squad)

But then I joined Microwave (SEIN – Kitchen Solution) team. Great thank’s to Pak Vicky, felt like you saved me from a dark place *halah*. Thank’s to Mas Tosan and Ida, we sure made a cool Software Engineer team! Ida, feels so sad to leave you, I hope we can get closer than before, though we can meet everyday again. Yuris, thank’s for your annoying behaviour, unfortunately I think I’m gonna miss you . Adrian, buy your own foods! *LoL*. Mas Bagus, stay healthy and eat carefully. Mas Pras, viva pulsor! . Mas Nana & Mas Edwar, semangat yah testingnya, semoga harapannya terkabul & jadi karyawan tetap . Mba Rizka, Agung, Yoga, I’m gonna miss the crowd , Dora masih utang cerita ya! Mas Felix, ah uda mau ngacir aja :p

First time I go to Korea, is the best Samsung experience. The snow was amazing, it was beautiful. Mr Joseph Cho, I’ll always remember you as one of my best teacher. You taught me with patience, courage me, and made me feels proud to call my self a “Software Engineer”. Thank’s to Ms Sookyoung Ji & Ms Jungmin Chae who also give me a nice experience while I was in Korea, and when you came visit SEIN. Thank’s to Mr Joohong Lee for the Korean language training, and also thank’s to Ms Eunju Song for the SE training. I also want to say a big thank’s to Mr Yunbong Chun and Mr Jinhyug Kim for teaching me so many things until I got this far. And also thank you for Mr Byunggwon Park, hopefully you and our SEIN KS team will achieve more success. It’s hard for me to leave, after all of these work with this team.

Mba Ayu, Acung, Mira, Sindy, I’ll always remember our Java Jazz Festival 2012. Especially for the Fortuna incident :p. Yuris, Sindy, Prita, watching 2PM with you guys, made me drown in Hallyu fever . Najib, if it’s not because of you, I would regret my self missed the Dream Theater concert!  And today I looking forward to watch NKOTBSB with Mba Elly & Mba Dina! I hope I will be able to watch another music concert

My karaoke gang *nama geng disamarkan*, Dora, Yuris, Acung, Riwe, Mba Elly, Mba Rizka, Rina, dan beberapa bintang tamu Tomy, Rainy, Mba Dina, Uming & Ricky, I promise you’re gonna miss me! Anggita, my sweet girl, I wish you a happier life, success for you master degree plan, and take a good care of Ida . Mba Ani & Ucup, don’t forget to invite me for the happy day! And also for Mba Tara, for your great help during my day here, what a patient woman you are!

Family’s smiles

My volley team, BIJI-BIJI BURGER!! This day is extremely hard for me. Got excited for my participation in volleyball competition, after more than 2 years not touch that ball, but now I have to leave you for the final round. Mas Beben, I owe you an apology, captain . I wish you can reach the top position, become the champion and get the trophy! And for Kepala Burung & Belalai Kangmas, do your best, beat your enemy! Dini masih boleh ikutan GWP ga nih kalo pada menang?

My batch, Sekar, Yudis, Fitri, Nana, Prita, Rahmat, Mba Lia, Ade Rizki, Mas Andy, Mukti, Ardit, Aa Yuki, Nanang, Gede, Mas Sisko, Lina & Tira. I’ll never forget we’re hanging out at Pavilion, watching Wall Street at Metropolitan Mall, and our little “barbeque” *bisa dibilang sate* party after Idul Adha 2010 . Thank’s for became a good friend of mine, wish all of you for the best.

Bendol, Litut, Tupil, Sekar, Mas Sisko, Mas Ipul, Mas Bagus, Mas Sindu, Pak Ariful, Mas Jati, Mas Aswin, Mba Rizka, adik2ku 2007, dan senior2 yang saya belum kenal ato sudah kenal tapi ga tau kalo senior *ampuuun*… 1, 2, 3, TEKNIK!! 6, 3, ELEKTRO TEKNIK!! Wish you have a succesful career here in Samsung, I wish we can meet again someday…

For the experience, for skill, for the happy moment, for the courage, thank you to all of you my friends. Please wish the best for me, for my master degree education, for my career, and also for my family life. And I also wish the same best things for you. And for my bad behaviour, I beg your apologize from my deepest heart. And I’m so sorry because I’m too hard for me to write down all the names, since it makes me cry more and more remember you one by one. But more than that, you are truly my best co-worker and friends ever!

*PS : poor english, please understand and forgive me :p

Jakarta dan Ranjau Paku

Pada awalnya saya berniat menulis artikel ini dengan bahasa inggris seperti biasanya. Namun kemudian saya berpikir ulang, lebih baik mempersempit peluang orang asing tau hal yang satu ini, karena ini bisa dibilang aib. Aib yang selama ini cuma saya dengar dari TVOon, Metro Mini, atau Reportashit.

Berawal dari saya yang kemarin jalan-jalan ke Jakarta, tepatnya Grand Indonesia Shopping Town, mall super gede yang terletak di daerah Bundaran HI. Saya dan dua orang teman saya pulang dari GI kira-kira jam 9 malam, lewat daerah Kebon Kacang (masih deket banget sama GI). Tiba-tiba saya yang saat itu di belakang kemudi merasakan hal yang aneh, yaitu ban terasa gronjal-gronjal. Lalu saya berhenti, dan 2 teman saya turun dari mobil untuk mengecek masing-masing ban. Singkat kata, ternyata ban depan kiri disinyalir terkena paku.

Daripada berhenti di jalan trus ada hal-hal yang tidak diinginkan, kami memutuskan untuk tetap jalan pelan-pelan sampai ada pom bensin yang ada tambal ban tubless-nya. Alhamdulillah setelah jalan +/- 1km, kami ketemu tuh pom bensin. Setelah diperiksa, ternyata bukan cuma paku yang menancap ke ban, tapi baut yang ujungnya diruncingkan! Serem gak tuh? Gila aja, mereka sempet dong ngeruncingin baut gitu?! *ga habis pikir*

Akhirnya, setelah beres nambal ban, kami pulang. Di dalam mobil rasanya masih heran aja tentang isu “ranjau paku”. Ya, Jakarta emang kejam. Bahkan relawan-relawan yang “menyapu” jalanan dengan magnet itu katanya sering diancam atau diteror oleh penebar paku tersebut. Selain itu, model paku yang disebar juga macem-macem. Mulai paku biasa, paku yang dibengkokkan, paku yang dibakar, bahkan yang parah itu paku yang tengahnya dilubangi. Kebayang ga? Jadi paku dengan diameter sekecil itu, masih bisa dilubangi tengahnya. Tujuannya? Sadis! Biar angin dari ban makin cepet abisnya! Selain itu ya ada metode seperti yang saya alami, yaitu menggunakan baut yang ujungnya diruncingkan. Ga kebayang deh kalo korbannya motor, pasti langsung meledak itu ban luar-dalem.

Baiklah, demikian pengalaman saya terkena kejamnya Jakarta dan ranjau paku-nya. Kalo temen-temen lagi apes dan ngalamin hal kaya gini, saran pertama tentu jangan panik. Cari tempat yang terang dan jangan berhenti di tempat. Jika berhenti, kemungkinan kamu akan didatangi sejumlah orang yang sok mau ngebantu, tapi yang ada malah dikenai tarif mencekik. Itu masih mending, worst case-nya adalah perampokan! Untung saat itu saya ga sendirian, ada temen yang masih bisa bantu saya berpikir jernih dan ngerasa malu kalo nangis. :p Semoga para penebar paku itu diberi hidayah deh ya, cari rizki yang halal biar berkah.

Dream Theater World Tour – Dramatic Turn of Events

Jakarta, April 21st 2012 was one of my historical day for me. As a Dream Theater fan, I couldn’t imagine my self miss the great concert of Dream Theater World Tour in Indonesia. This is their first time after 25 years of musical career. Well, at first I were not sure to watch it, for some reason. But then, I think how could I possibly say goodbye to once in a lifetime chance? That day, I went to Ancol, bought ticket on the spot to watch John Peter Petrucci and friends.

At 7:30 pm the gate is opened, more than 8000 fans were hurried to get inside Mata Elang International Stadium Ancol including my friends and I. We were in festival class, standing. Since most of DT fans are guys, I felt humiliated because of my figure. I think that might be my first time felt so short . But well, I were really excited waiting for the show. At  8:30, the audience lights were turned off and suddenly it’s getting extremely crowd! And the opening artist came up, Andy McKee.

It was the 1st time I heard him, but he’s damn so good with his acoustic guitars. Played 5 of his songs including “Drifting” and “Rylynn”, very clean and super neat! After Andy McKee finished his last songs, I thought the management didn’t prepare well, we had to wait more than 30 mins for Dream Theater. I already felt tired, since I didn’t have a proper food that day, only a small amount of noodle in the morning. Beside that, I was lack of oxygen!

From the edge of the stage, try to catch some oxygen

“Bridges In The Sky” was their opening song, all members of Dream Theater showed on the stage. Oh God, I even couldn’t believe my self seeing Mike Mangini, John Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess and James LaBrie performing in front of me!

After that, they played “6:00″ and “Build Me Up Break Me Down”. Unfortunately, during their 3rd songs, I felt really dizzy. Everything in my eyes were pitch dark. I told my friend that I should get out from the crowd to save my self. I tried to catch my breath at the side of the crowd since the air cond was much better. Then I bought a bottle of tea, and suddenly I felt fresh again, magic! So I stood up (still at the side) and enjoyed the show with full power!

Their next songs were “Surrounded”, ”The Root of All Evil”. After that, The Fastest Drummer in The World, Mike Mangini performed hypnotized us by playing solo! He’s crazy, man! *describing his playing is too complicated for me, just check out on YouTube guys* . After Mangini’s solo, they continued with  ”A Fortune In Lies” and “Outcry”.

LaBrie and Petrucci sat down together, made us feels more relax, and showed their acoustic performance, “Silent Man” and “Beneath the Surface”. The Grammy nominee, “On The Backs of Angels” was also played and continued with “War Inside My Head” and “The Test That Stumped Them All”.

Petrucci performed solo

After that, one of my most favorite guitarist in the world, John Peter Petrucci performed solo with his outstanding skills. Guitarist who also will be joined with Joe Satriani and Steve Morse in the G3 tour this year was managed to make the audience amazed and gave a rousing applause for his stunning solo performances.

Then their performed the mandatory song in all Dream Theater concert, one of the mandatory song during the audition to replace Mike Portnoy position, “The Spirit Carries On”. Suddenly, MEIS became like a choir stage, everybody sang along with LaBrie. After that, they finished the concert by played “Breaking All Illusions” which is written and composed by John Myung, the bassist. After that song, all members left the stage and say goodbye to fans.

It was like, “Oh God, after all the suffering part, should it end now?”. So everybody, include me were screaming “We want more! We want more!” or “Encore! Encore!”. Finally they’re back to the stage (though I knew it’s all planned anyway ), and we’re getting more and more crowded. They played “Pull Me Under” for the very last time in this show. It was a great-great closing song! Feels like it’s too soon to end the show, I wish they also played one of my favourite song “Another Day”, but they did satisfied all Indonesia fans that night.

A little evidence

Thank you for coming to Indonesia, thank you for introduce me to progressive metal, thank you for made me love Dream Theater from the 1st time when I heard my cousin played “The Spirit Carries On” with his band 8 years ago, and thank God for gave them a magical talent (it’s not Harry Potter, Dude! ). Glad that I have the opportunity to enjoy “The Professors” show. Thank’s to my understanding husband who allowed me to go, and thank’s to a dear friend who allowed me to join him, had an awesome time and took me to get home safely.

History of Soap Bar

Soap bar is the most traditional and proven method to cleanse the body. The first known soap bar is a mixture of fat and ash even be used for styling your hair at the time ofancient Babylon (about 2800 BC).

About 1500 S.M. Egyptian oils of animal and combine vegetables with alkaline salts to treat skin diseases and skin clean.

In the 17th century, the manufacture of soap in Europe became an established craft. The main producers are Italy, Spain and France; the countries which also produces rawmaterials for soap bars of olive oil. At present, soap is produced by a mixture ofvegetable and animal oils, herbs and fragrances.

In the 19th century, modern production techniques have been developed modern soaps and it can be produced in large quantities as we know it today.

 

Source : http://www.oriflame.co.id/

Pajak Investasi dan Tabungan

“Konon katanya, di dunia ini hanya ada 2 hal yang pasti. Yang pertama adalah mati, dan yang kedua adalah pajak!”

Quote di atas pertama kali saya baca dari tulisan M. Andoko dalam buku yang saya dapat dari IFP Expo hari Sabtu lalu. Perkara pajak selalu bikin nyinyir ya bo’ . Emang bener sih, sekarang apa coba yang ga dikenain pajak? Penghasilan jelas kena pajak, makan kena pajak, pasang iklan kena pajak, jual-beli rumah kena pajak, apaaa aja kena di-pajak-in deh.

Pajak sendiri tentunya merupakan salah satu sumber pendapatan pemerintah untuk menggerakkan roda kepemerintahan. Dan Indonesia saat ini merupakan negara yang sangat bergantung pada pajak untuk APBN dengan nilai +/- Rp 1032,6 Triliun (gila nol-nya 12 cuy). Nah, jadi ga heran dong kalo kita ngerasa pemerintah lihai banget kalo cari-cari celah buat nge-pajak-in apa aja .

Nah, sebagai warga negara kita mau ga mau pasti kena dong ya, namanya juga bayar pajak wajib *sigh*. Tapi kayanya bisa deh kalo kita coba telusuri beberapa objek yang sampai saat ini masih bebas pajak.  Sebagai contoh, claim asuransi jiwa yang diberikan kepada ahli waris atas meninggalnya subjek tertanggung adalah objek bebas pajak. Selain itu ada juga emas, barang berharga, dan deposito (meskipun bunga depositonya kena pajak) juga merupakan objek bebas pajak. Sedangkan warisan dalam bentuk seperti rumah dan tanah akan dikenakan Bea Perolehan atas Tanah dan Bangunan saat pengalihan nama kepemilikan.

Dalam perencanaan pajak individu, ada beberapa hal yang perlu diperhatikan misalnya pajak atas investasi dan tabungan. Jika kita hanya menempatkan uang kita pada produk investasi/tabungan dengan pajak cukup tinggi, tentu saja nilai uang kita akan terus tergerus pajak. Yuk kita tilik beberapa jenis pajak untuk investasi/tabungan :