Tuesday, February 20, 2007


THERE ARE ALWAYS FISRT EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYTHING. In this case, i just had the first experience of missing my plane. Believe me it was as sucks as you can imagine. Arrived at the airport on 4 pm (the plane leave on 3.45 pm but i still got 20% of positif thinking at this state), half running with my big suitcase filled by gifts for my beloved family and when i arrived at the Lion Air check in counter, sang mbak2 lion air dengan judes mengumumkan bahwa pesawat Lion jkt-mks sudah tinggal landas. 15 minutes AGO. ON TIME. I mean can you believe it?? During my lifetime experience getting on & off the local plane, i rarely take off/arrive ON TIME! There are always delaying time around 0,5 - 1,5 hour and why does now when i happen to be late, the plan suddenly decide that it want to take off ON TIME for once?
Tried to switch my 15minutes-expired-ticket to the next flight, but the supposedly lion customer service harshly explain (without even bother to look at me while talking) that there is now way i can switch my promotion (CHEAP) ticket to any other flight, with that special jerky tone.
me: OK! (unsaid:bitch) i was just asking!!
me: can i then just buy a new ticket for next flight?
customer service: sold out!
me: what about the next next flight?
customer service: sold out!
me: what about the next next next flight?
customer service: ALL SOLD OUT FOR TODAY!

Feeling Sad, angry & frustated, i had to take it out on something...or someone. Since J is always around, since he is the one who is suppose to pick me up on 1 pm and came on 3 pm instead, he literally became my punchbag for the next 2 days hehe.

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Sunday, February 11, 2007

CATATAN BALI TRIP

Jumat 02/02/2007

Going to Bali today! Barengan anak-anak kantor: ollie, kitin, yani, eel & ronni, we can’t wait to start our holiday. Tiket sudah dibeli dari bulan agustus 2006 waktu air asia bagi-bagi tiket murah hanya Rp 250rb pulang pergi! Untuk penawaran tiket murah tersebut hanya dapat dibeli secara online menggunakan kartu kredit di www.airasia.com

Jumat pagi begitu bangun cuaca sangat gelap dan hujan deras, ternyata hujan dari kemaren belum berhenti juga. Pemandangan dr lantai 26 apartment cukup bikin kaget karena jalan depan apartment sudah tergenang, tapi sepertinya tidak terlalu parah karena masih ada mobil yang lewat. Rencananya, kami akan tetap kerja seperti biasa hari ini, kemudian sorenya berangkat bareng ke bandara dari kantor. Pesawat kami take off jam 8 malam. Sampai di kantor (telat) ternyata kantor diliburkan hari ini karena banyak yang tidak masuk akibat kebanjiran, kitin sms bahwa dia tidak jadi ikut karena rumahnya sudah kemasukan air, eel dalam perjalanan menuju kantor sempat keperosok ke dalam got yg meluap (untung tidak luka), ronni harus ke rumah sakit karena mamanya tergelincir di kamar mandi dan kepalanya terbentur, dan yani tidak dapat transportasi menuju kantor. Setengah panik karena nothing seem to be on plan!

Jam 1.30 Yani akhirnya berhasil tiba kantor dengan selamat, ronni confirm bahwa dia jadi ikut karena mamanya thank God baik-baik saja. Ronni terjebak macet menuju kantor selama 2 jam, dan kita memutuskan begitu dia tiba, kita akan langsung berangkat ke airport lebih awal karena menurut radio jalanan menuju bandara banjir bin macet. Jam 4.15 we are on our way menuju airport! Kita sempat melewati daerah-daerah dimana ketinggian air sudah sangat memprihatinkan, banyak mobil mogok di jalan, orang-orang yang terpaksa turun dari bus karena busnya mogok, tapi yah karena kita sudah ditakdirkan untuk liburan, somehow kita berhasil juga tiba di bandara dan tiba di bali dengan sukses. Sempat kesal juga sih karena pesawat di delay 1,5 jam dengan alasan: kru terlambat siap-siap.

Sabtu 03/02/2007

Nginap di hotel Melasti di daerah kuta cukup menyenangkan karena tempatnya strategis, harganya tidak mahal, dan yang paling penting, kamar mandinya cukup bersih. After breakfast, kita memulai perjalanan keliling bali dengan van yang spacious dengan driver merangkap guide Bli Wayan yang ternyata berselera humor agak-agak garink dengan muka serius. Perhentian pertama adalah kintamani. Udara di kintamani dingin seperti layaknya daerah gunung, dan saat itu sedang hujan rintik2. Kami bersantap siang di puncak kintamani dengan pemandangan gunung kintamani yang soooo beautiful. Ternyata di kaki gunung kintamani terdapat penginapan dimana para tracker dapat memulai perjalanan menuju puncak kitamani yang biasa ditempuh dalam waktu 3 jam. I wish to try this the next time I go to bali.

Dari kintamani kami melewati ke ubud dan sempat foto2 di rice terras yang kemudian dilanjutkan dengan perjalanan ke the current hottest beach in Bali: Dreamland. Jalanan setapak menuju ke pantai dreamland ini belum selesai dibangun jadinya akses ke sana masih agak sulit. Sampai di sana wah! It really was a dream beach! Kita menyewa kursi malas di tepi pantai dan duduk-duduk disana setengah tertidur dengan bunyi ombak dan angina semilir yang membuat ngantuk. Sesaat, semua masalah, beban dan pikiran kerjaan tiba-tiba hilang entah kemana. It was so relaxing and I thought I could sit there forever ehhehe. Pantainya masih sangat bersih (unlike kuta) dan orang-orang yang kesana pun belum terlalu banyak. Sangat menyesal lupa bawa swimwear =(

Perjalanan selanjutnya ke Uluwatu untuk nonton tari kecak yang legendaries. Tempat nonton kecak ini disusun seperti half colloseum diatas tebing dengan pemandangan sunset. Kursi penonton yang full house menyiratkan betapa populernya tarian tradisional Bali ini. Yang unik dari tari kecak ini adalah sama sekali tidak ada musik mengiringi tarian drama rama & sinta ini. Suara latar yang mengiringi tarian adalah seperti paduan suara sekitar 70 pria bali yang menyuarakan suara-suara harmonis sehingga menyerupai alunan musik dengan ritme tertentu.

Oh ya sebelum ke uluwatu, kami sempat singgah di art gallery nya salah satu pelukis Bali yang cukup terkenal. Lukisan disana berhaluan klasik tradisional dan tampaknya terlalu berat dan rumit untuk bisa kumengerti.

Dari Uluwatu, kami langsung menuju Jimbaran untuk makan malam di tepi pantai. Kalau selama perjalanan kami berusaha untuk menjaga pengeluaran on budget, tapi kalau untuk makanan we splurge on it! Kami memesan udang, kepiting, kerang, kerapu and it’s all yummy! Yah tapi mungkin memang makanan apapun akan terasa super enak kalau dinnernya di tepi pantai dengan teman-teman yang asik, diterangi cahaya lilin, beratapkan bintang-bintang dengan alunan live music yang sayup-sayup terdengar.

Setelah dinner, kita ketemuan ama iven yang kemudian mengantar kami balik ke hotel untuk mandi and kudeta here we come!

Iven membawa kami ke salah satu lounge di kudeta yang sangat asik tempatnya! Kami memilih tempat duduk di teras yang menghadap ke laut dengan sofa yang saking besarnya hingga bisa dipake buat tidur-tiduran sambil minum susu coklat. Penerangan di lounge ini pun semuanya hanya dengan lilin saja so you can imagine how romantic it was. Asik sekali!

Pulang ke hotel sudah jam 1 lewat and I almost didn’t sleep that night and chat with iven instead. It’s always nice to catch up with old friends!

Minggu 04/02/2007

Rencana untuk bangun jam 7 pagi dan jalan-jalan kaki ke pantai kuta jelas tinggal rencana karena kami semua bangun jam 8.30 meninggalkan kami waktu yang sempit untuk siap-siap dan sarapan. Tujuan kami hari ini: naik kapal di benoa untuk melihat ikan-ikan hias, ke pulau penyu, ke bedugul, ke pabrik kaos jangkrik dan terakhir: SPA time.

Sempat liat di TV, jakarta banjir dimana-mana. Tiba Di jakarta udah malam banget, disambut hujan keras. *Sigh* but still, it's unexpectadly good to be home as there is no place as cozy as home.

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Monday, November 27, 2006

Interview with Femina

Guys!!

Interview kutukutubuku kemaren dengan Majalah Femina sudah diterbitkan lohhh minggu ini!!!!…(lupa edisi berapa). Anyway, judul artikelnya adalah “Berjaya di Dunia Maya” dan ada memuat 3 profil toko online yaitu kutukutubuku.com & barangbaru.com & bungabunga.com
Artikel tersebut pada dasarnya mengulas dasar-dasar yang paling penting sebelum memulai bisnis online plus beberapa tips “to stay in business”

Special thx to mbak2 cantik dari Femina (Ms. Jo) yang sudah menginterview kita2 hehehe =)

Beli ya guysss majalahnya =)

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Wednesday, November 01, 2006


Sate Maranggi

Kemaren pergi lunch di sate maranggi Ibu Yayah bareng anak2 CSD. Tempatnya cukup rame dan dengar2 tempat ini sempat diliput oleh transtv dalam acara wisata kuliner (oleh pak Bondan Winarno) dan majalah femina.
Satenya ada 2 macam (daging sapi & kambing) jadi kami memutuskan untuk mencoba dua-duanya. Gigitan pertama...*kreshh* wah dagingnya diluar dugaan empuk sekali dan uenak! isinya juga daging semua, maksudnya tidak ada lemak2 nya sama sekali. Satenya dimakan dengan acar tomat yang dikasi sambel kecap. Sedap =).

Alamat Sate Maranggi:
Jl. Laboratorium No.3 Komp PLN Duren Tiga - Jakarta Selatan 12780
Phone for reservation: (021) 7944104

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Can You Keep a Secret?

i can't. Especially not when people look me in the eye and ask me the truth. Especially not to the people i'm close to. Even when i succeed not to answering the question directly, i will instantly feel quilty and nervous (plus cold sweat sometimes) for the next questions and so eager to end the conversation asap. ckckck so obvious. No wonder people always manage to dig secrets out of me. I should really learn from politician. The skill must be very handy.

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Sunday, October 29, 2006

Back to work after 1 week of refreshing holiday. I didn't how exactly i survive this whole week without internet, but yeah i did. J's parent and sister came to town for holiday so we've been busy entertaining them which mean a lot of shopping and of course, food. I put on weight obviously.

Oh yeah, i'm officially move to the new apartment for good now =). The apartment is still rather empty but it's ok for now. J's mom give me a lot of "feng shui" advices such as how it's not good having the front door facing the lift because...hmm i can not really remember why...but it must have been something bad.
Anyway, to overcome this unlucky position of the front door, she advises me to hang a "pak kua" (which i silently refuse to do) or to the respect of my believe, a blessed cross facing the front door. For those who dont know, a pak kua is a chinese device used to prevent the unwanted lost soul coming to your house and create chaos (such as sickness, pennyless, etc) in your household. As much as i dont like the idea of something transparant living with me, i'm also not that desperate to let my home looking like the set of chinese ghosthunter movie.

"feng shui" is originally a living environment science that exist to create a more harmonious and balanced living. I have nothing against a harmonious living, really, but i dont know...maybe i simply not a believer. I mean...IF people got pennyless or bankrupt, can they really blame the position of their front door? (or the fact that they such a big risk taker, or misplaced their trust to the wrong person, etc) IF a person got sick often, is that really because of the aquarium in the house or the fact that the person is not eating right, less exercise or bad circulation of air in the house?

Ah, but i guess a simple cross wont hurt anyone's feeling.

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Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Chicklit: Last Chance Saloon - Kesempatan Terakhir

Buku ini kubaca selama weekend barusan sambil ngemil oreo tanpa henti. asik juga =)

review:
Sahabat sejak kanak-kanak di sebuah kota kecil di Irlandia, Katherine, Tara & Fintan umur 30-sekian merantau di kota gemerlap London sejak mereka mempunyai cukup uang sebagai tiket untuk keluar dari kampung mereka. Persahabatanlah yang membuat mereka bisa tetap bertahan.
Tara, percaya 100% jika dia memutuskan hubungan dengan pacarnya si-tukang-mengasihani-diri-sendiri-egois-nan-brengsek-Thomas, maka dia yang saat ini berumur 31 tahun tidak akan mempunyai kesempatan lagi selama-lamanya dan akan berakhir menjadi wanita tua sedih kesepian.
Katherine, wanita karir sukses yang setelah 6 kali menjalin hubungan dengan laki-laki yang salah, semakin manarik diri dari pergaulan hingga mencapai titik dimana satu-satunya hubungan intim yg dia punyai hanya dengan remote control tv nya. Dia percaya bahwa laki-laki hanyalah pembawa petaka.
Fintan, gay ganteng dengan karir gemilang di bidang fashion menemukan soulmatenya dalam diri seorang lelaki itali mungil bernama Sandro.
Katherine, Tara & Fintan menjungjung tinggi persahabatan mereka, tapi krisis kesehatan antara hidup dan mati yang kemudian dialami Fintanlah yang membawa mereka lebih dekat dari sebelumnya, membuat mereka berpikir akan arti kehidupan sesungguhnya dan bagaimana untuk mejalani hidup sebaik mungkin seakan-akan tidak ada hari esok.
Dengan menggunakan alasan dirinya yang sedang sekarat, Fintan memeras kedua sahabatnya, kathrine supaya menerima ajakan kencan teman sekantor yang memujanya, dan tara supaya dia meninggalkan Thomas yang brengsek.

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Monday, October 16, 2006

Sony Ericcson K610i

pretty gadget! i have no plan to upgrade my mobile but if i do in near future, this will be my first choice! noticed the glossy and shiny surface! and yes it's 3G people



Detail Specifications
Network Coverage: UMTS / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
Display Type: TFD, 256K colors
- Second external OLED display (128 x 36 pixels)
- Reflective exterior surface
Display Size: 176 x 220 pixels
Ringtones Type: Polyphonic (72 channels), MP3, AAC
Std. Memory: 16 MB internal memory
Memory Slot: Memory Stick Micro (M2)
GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots)
Bluetooth: Available
Camera: 2MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels
Video & Voice Recorder: Available
PC Connectivity: USB

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Sunday, October 15, 2006

HABB - hair gallery

I was so sick of my hairstyle, not because of the fact that it was last cutted by katrin, my unexperienced-hairstylist-wannabe friend, but simply because i'm dead bored with it. Ok, the unbalanced lenght and the messiness of my hair also has something to do with it.

i've always had a short-funky kind of hairstyle since forever, and just for once i'm dying to try having longer hair like all pretty feminim girls seems to have. Now that my hair is getting longer, i decided that this is the time to let my hair down, therefore i need to find a suitable hairstyle for a longer hair.

Yani, my colleague, chant along that she is also want to have a brand new hairstyle and how she has never find a good hairstylist. Having found my partner in crime with the same vision, the search of hairstylist began.

After days of conspiration, friday on lunch break we were heading to Taman Anggrek Mall. We browse around for a while in the hair&beauty section and became very interested in this Korean hair gallery called HABB. We decided to give it a shot. Yani, much impressed with the cute Korean hairstylist, choose the Korean hairstylist for 350rb. I went with the Indonesian hairstylist for 150rb thinking if he is working in a korean hair gallery the he must have at least inherited the Korean hairstylist technique. And he is cute 2 =)

I told my hairstylist (his name is danu) that i want to have a longer hair style that complimented my face-shape (round, that is) and suitable to my wavy-messy-undiscipline kind of hair and it must requires not too many daily attention. Too little information, too much to ask i know...but he did it just as well! i loooveee the result and definitely going back there for my next hair makeover. I notice their cutting techniques is different and they really put attention to details which i really appreaciate. While he is cutting my hair (wet hair), i told him that when my hair is dry it is getting big and messy which is really touble coz i'm not a blow-dry kind of girl. Half way cutting he decide to dry my hair and adjusted his cutting with my dry hair. See...attention to detail. i like it. Now my hair looks ok when its dry and i dont have to tied it up all the time. Here is my new hairstyle hehhee



Anyway, as much as i like my new hair, I'm still thinking that short hair is more practical though. I dunno, there is something with this longer hair that put my nerves on. It keeps errr.."stucked" everywhere. it stucked to j's watch many times while he is caressing my hair, it stucked to the label of my shirt while i change, it stucked to my neckleace, it stucked to my comb, it stucked to my glasses (i dunno how but it happens) and the most disgusting is it also sometimes stucked in my mouth while i eat. *sigh* i never have this problem when my hair is short.

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Thursday, October 12, 2006



moi pump shoes =)

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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

What is The Value of Your Website?

This is an interesting link dimana Anda dapat mengetahui "NILAI" sebuah situs website berdasarkan jumlah pengunjung yang membuka situs tsb.

Penasaran situs anda nilainya berapa?? Check this out http://directory.sootle.com/website-worth

Caranya gampang! tinggal memasukkan alamat lengkap situs anda; misalnya (http://www.kutukutubuku.com) di kolom yang sudah tersedia dan klik enter! Dalam sekejap nilai situs anda akan muncul di layar monitor.

1. Detik.com = AS$ 422.513
2. The Jakarta Post = AS$ 102.641
3. Suara Merdeka = AS$ 8.457
4. Kompas = AS$ 7.956
5. Majalah Ilmiah Quad (Brawijaya) = AS$ 6.546
6. Suara Hidayatullah = AS$ 3.457
7. Jawa Pos = AS$ 1.949
8. Harian Batam Post = AS$ 3.75
9. Republika = AS$ 302
10. Pontianak Post = AS$ 197
11. Serambi News = AS$ 152
12. Tempo = AS$ 137
13. Insinde Indonesia = AS $ 134
14. Gatra = AS$ 122
15. Sinarharapan = AS$ 116
16. CBN (SWA) = AS$ 81
17. Bangkapos = AS$ 81
18. Pikiran-Rakyat = AS$ 63
19. Kedaultan Rakyat = AS§ 59
20. Suara Pembaruan = AS$ 44
21. Toko Buku Online kutukutubuku.com = A$ 489 --> not too bad xixixix....

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Thursday, September 21, 2006




13-inch: White Macbook
2.0GHz Intel Core Duo
$1,299.00

13.3-inch widescreen display
1280 x 800 resolution
2.0GHz Intel Core Duo1
512MB memory (2x256MB SODIMMs)
60GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive2
SuperDrive (DVD±RW, CD-RW)

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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Finding a Soulmate for Eel Project
http://www.salsabeela.com/eelproject/

Eel is our dear friend, she is 24 years old, sweet, quick tempered, smart, loyal & dedicated (to her job, family and friends) yet so loveable. Currently, she occupied as a personal assistant in an IT company and also as Operational Manager at kutukutubuku.com Yeah! she is very hard working too! what more could you ask from a girl?

Here is how it was all started. Once upon a time during our lunch break, somebody brought up the issue of soulmate. The thing is...everytime we discuss about love life, somehow we always ended up focusing on Eel. I mean with all the plus points she has, is a wonder why she has never have a boyfriend before or fall in love to a guy in that matter. Wery nosy you may say and i'm not going to denied that hehe but we also truly care about her. She point out that she simply has never met anyone that "click" and after all this time she becoming skeptical about this soulmate idea.

After weeks of the endless soulmate conversation, we have finally manage to pull this project together. The idea is to assist our friend eel to find her soulmate. We made a website http://www.salsabeela.com/eelproject/ where people can find out about eel, about this project, the gallery, the instruction of "how to date" with eel, also a link to eel's blog.

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Entourage

HBO presents Entourage, the hit comedy series executive produced by Mark Wahlberg that takes a look at the day-to-day life of Vincent (Vince) Chase, a hot young actor in modern-day Hollywood, and his entourage. He's brought with him from their hometown in Queens, NY: manager Eric, half-brother Drama, and friend Turtle. The series draws on the experiences of industry insiders to illustrate both the heady excesses of today's celebrity lifestyle, as well as the difficulty of finding love and success in the fast track of show biz. Now that the boys are getting used to the perks of stardom, Eric, along with superagent Ari, keep Vince's star rising while making sound decisions for a long-lasting career in a world of fleeting fame.

What interesting about this show is not how they enjoy their new life as "someone" in hollywood, not their glamour and expensive lifestyle, not the heavy partying with hot chicks sticking hard like stamp to envelop, but it's their cute-kinda-way friendship that interest me. I like how they are still stick with each other after too many years of friendship, how they try to solve each other problems, how they seem to know everything about each other so well that it's sometimes annoying, and how they fight with each other of course!

loooveee this show, it's on HBO tuesday night

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