tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57671644292835279972024-03-14T01:45:48.202-07:00thelifepassport.blogspot.comThe journey of the world citizen wannabe.WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-56845754577014394412014-10-26T05:22:00.001-07:002014-10-29T22:01:20.080-07:00Good News / Bad News<div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Kalau scrolling path dalam sehari terutama hari minggu, coba hitung ada berapa banyak wajah ceria dengan senyum sumringah di tengah panasnya pagi sedang ber car free day. Atau sarapan mewah dengan susunan gadget di kiri kanan makanan yang di potret dari sudut atas ala fotografi majalah monocle. Dan foto manja para bayi dan balita dengan caption unyu yang mengundang icon icon tawa atau love. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ternyata memang hidup orang-orang yang gue kenal itu sepertinya menyenangkan. Mungkin memang orang-orang enggan utk berbagi kesulitan hidupnya, jadi mungkin mereka mencoba berbagi yang bagus-bagusnya aja. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mungkin supaya mereka ingin terlihat lebih baik dari teman-temannya. Wajar sih. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sekali waktu ada seorang teman berbagi cerita melalui facebook message nya dan bahwa dia menderita gagal ginjal karena obat hipertensi yang dipakai nya selama menahun, dan harus melakukan transplatasi ginjal segera. Namun tentu saja biaya nya tidak murah. Dia membutuhkan sekitar 1 M untuk mengambil prosedur ini. Kaget karena orang ini sangat baik dan sincere, bahkan dia salah satu teman yang mau menolong pada masa sulit dulu. Dan jelas bahwa ia membutuhkan dana yang tidak sedikit. Bahkan tidak juga setengah dari biaya itu dia miliki saat ini.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mendengar cerita ini gue berpikir, ternyata tidak semua orang-orang terdekat yang hidup nya baik baik saja. Timbul pertanyaan; kita memang terbiasa untuk membaca cerita bahagia orang lain, memberikan icon love, menekan tombol likes, dll. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Pertanyaan berikutnya apa kita siap membaca cerita sedih teman-teman kita? Kemudian tentu saja tombol likes, icon sad, bahkan tombol RT atau quote jadi tidak terlalu berguna sampai akhirnya kita tidak berhenti begitu saja jadi pendengar, tapi juga berusaha membantu mereka. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Saya pun akhirnya berujar ke diri sendiri siap atau tidak siap kita mendengar berita tidak baik, dari keluarga, teman, rekan kantor, ada baiknya kita buka mata dan melengkapi diri dengan amunisi utk membantu orang terdekat yg kesulitan, baik dalam bentuk waktu atau uang... Jadi selalu siap utk segala macam berita.</span></div>
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Tuhan itu cuma satu. Jalan menuju Dia yang banyak. Ada yang panjang, berliku, pendek dan lurus tanpa tanjakan. Ada juga yang curam penuh halangan.<br />
Terserah kita mau pilih yang mana. Sesekali kita tersesat. Sesekali kita menghabiskan waktu yang lama di tengah jalan. Kadang kita menepi, terdiam, dan kehilangan arah. Kadang kita asik sendiri sampai akhirnya lupa arah yang benar menuju Dia yang mana.<br />
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Akhirnya gue punya pengertian akan adanya faith yang beragam di dunia. Bukan soal siapa yang benar. Kalau tujuan akhirnya Tuhan, jalannya apapun harusnya benar. Walau sulit atau berliku kadang lurus dan mudah, bukan berarti satu yang benar yang lain salah. Cuma perjalanannya aja yang berbeda. Pastikan selama perjalanan tidak mengganggu orang lain, menyakiti orang lain, karena setiap orang punya rutenya masing masing. Mereka akan sampai destinasi yang sama. Tuhan.WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-70460837375087610152014-07-22T04:42:00.002-07:002014-07-22T04:50:28.230-07:00Latihan Kalah<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gue inget waktu TK sampai SD kelas 3 dulu suka main dengan saudara seumuran dan tetangga rumah. Main kartu, petak umpet, patok lele, main bola, main benteng dan lain lain.<br />
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Memang sewaktu kecil dulu gue sangat emosional namun sering merasa tidak berdaya karena saudara saudara gue lebih tua dan begitu juga tetangga sekitar rumah. Rasanya dulu waktu kecil sulit sekali menerima kekalahan setiap main. Selalu suka ngambek dan manja. Setiap main kalah pasti minta diulang. Memang gue nya bolot dan emang ga jago, juga selalu kalah. Kalau sudah beberapa kali kalah bubarlah semuanya karena gue akan mengamuk habis habisan setelah mencoba dan minta permainannya diulang lagi berkali kali.<br />
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Well that was me many years ago, when I was little boy. Mungkin sekarang lebih biasa menghadapi kekalahan. Dari kalah lari bareng temen di senayan,<br />
tidak diterima kerja padahal sudah excited nya setengah mati, tugas akhir yang direject pada saat s2 kemarin sehingga mesti ulang lagi researchnya, sampai pitching new business yang udah still yakin tapi eh kalah juga.<br />
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Rasanya bertahun-tahun kita diajarkan untuk terbiasa kalah dan menyikapi kalah secara normal. Karena setiap aspek hidup kita itu kita berkompetisi. Entah dengan orang lain atau diri kita sendiri.<br />
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Memang menit menit pertama menerima berita kekalahan itu seperti kejatuhan lemari besi dari langit. Tapi menit-menit itu yang menentukan karakter kita. Mau marah-marah menyalahkan semua orang kemudian ngamuk gak ada juntrungannya atau justru mengambil sikap sportif menerima kekalahan. Karena ngerinya saat kita sudah ngamuk dan beberapa jam kemudian kita menyadari bahwa yang barusan itu sangat memalukan. Dan kekanak-kanakan. Kita sudah nggak di TK lagi dan sudah punya urat malu. Sebelum berani ikut kompetisi apapun, saran saya terbiasa kalah dulu. Latihan kalah kemudian baru mengerti yang namanya mengalah dan menerima kemenangan orang lain.WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-68043123825686464442014-07-18T23:21:00.001-07:002014-07-18T23:27:39.947-07:00World on FireMenyaksikan televisi, sosial media, koran semua berisi tragedi-tragedi dan korban keganasan ambisi manusia. Invasi di Gaza dan MH17 yang di tembak jatuh keduanya korban ambisi orang-orang haus kekuasaan.<br />
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Nggak satu pun warga sipil yang punya kepentingan dan mau jadi korban politik ini. Begitu banyak nyawa terbuang akibat ambisi, invasi dan politik.<br />
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Mengerikan karena banyak orang tidak berdosa jadi korban konflik politik. Mengerikan karena sebenarnya mereka cuma mau hidup bernapas makan dan membesarkan keluarganya dengan aman seumur hidupnya.<br />
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Saat orang yang salah memegang kekuasaan semua hal yang mengerikan jadi mungkin. Jadi kenyataan. Harusnya manusia bisa melihat dan berpikir lagi saat orang-orang haus kekuasaan ini mau berkuasa. Dan bukannya malah bangga ada di sisi mereka membela mereka mati-matian. Bahkan orang-orang tanpa dosa tadi ikut ikutan ambisius. Lihat dan pikir.<br />
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Saat sebelum berkuasa orang ini seperti apa? Nothing to lose kah? Menghalalkan segala cara kah demi kepentingan dia dan segelintir orang? Ada kasih tidak dalam hidupnya? Lihat track record nya. Sejarah hidupnya. Jadi jangan buta akan ambisi juga. Apa tujuan dia berkuasa? Yakin dia peduli dengan kita dan segala pelik permasalahan negara kita? Apa yang sudah dia lakukan untuk orang banyak? Adakah kegiatan sosial nya yang membuat perbedaan dalam hidup orang banyak? Sabarkah dia? Mau kah dia melayani kepentingan orang banyak? Pikir lagi.<br />
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Gue percaya orang yang memiliki cinta kasih dalam hidupnya dan orang yang memiliki seseorang yang menemani dan mencintai mereka setiap hari, akan berpikir dua kali untuk melakukan hal buruk. Mereka akan sangat menyayangkan seandainya sesuatu terjadi di keluarga mereka. Sounds like insurance campaign. But it's true. Think about your family first before u do stupid things. Bahkan ada yang pernah tanya ke Mother Teresa; "what would you do to promote world peace?" Dia bilang ; "Go home and love your family". Nah make sure your new leader itu punya keluarga yang dicintai nya. Sehingga dia akan mikir beribu-ribu kali saat dia akan bertindak menyerukan "perang!".<br />
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Kita tidak perlu pemimpin haus kekuasaan dan ambisius. Kita perlu pemimpin yang melayani, yang melindungi hidup orang banyak, yang mencintai perdamaian dan menghindari konflik. Kita perlu damai. Kita perlu cinta kasih. World is already on fire. We need someone who can give us protection. A safe home.<br />
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Pencarian terbesar dalam hidup manusia adalah penebusan.<br />
Penebusan? Kedengerannya terlalu agamawi.<br />
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Pemikiran gue sebenarnya simple. Coba bayangkan hidup di dunia ini tanpa agama, tanpa Tuhan. Apakah masih ada dosa? Kalau memang sudah nggak ada dosa di dunia ini, kenapa saat kita melakukan hal buruk (ke orang lain atau ke diri kita) kita masih merasa bersalah? 'Guilt'nya tersisa di kepala.<br />
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Memang kenapa kalau punya rasa bersalah? Tau nggak rasa bersalah itu adalah sumber dari segala macam penyakit pikiran; dari marah, menyesal, stress, insecure, malu, rendah diri, dan lain sebagainya. Yang namanya 'anger' alias marah itu bisa sampai ke level destruktif. Ke orang lain atau pun diri sendiri. So rasa bersalah tadi ternyata sumber dari segala macam negativity. Nah mari kita kembali ke dunia yang beragama dan dengan Tuhan. Dosa itu adalah ganjaran dari hal-hal buruk yang kita lakukan ke diri sendiri dan orang lain. Dosa adalah rasa bersalah.<br />
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Trus bagaiaman menghilangkan rasa bersalah? Simple. Forgiveness.<br />
Pak Ganda, supir gue sempat bilang, kalau kita minta maaf sama orang dan pas kita di maafkan ... Rasanya beban kita seperti terangkat.<br />
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Ada tiga permintaan maaf yang bisa kita lakukan untuk menghapus rasa bersalah tergantung kita bersalah ke siapa.<br />
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<li>Minta maaf ke pihak atau orang yang kita perlakukan buruk. Simple. Tapi nggak gampang karena ada ego dan pride. Butuh keberanian besar untuk minta maaf sama orang lain.</li>
<li>Memaafkan diri sendiri. Terkesan gampang, padahal nggak. Malah paling sulit. Karena sering kali kita nggak sadar kalau kita menyalahkan diri sendiri akan hal-hal buruk yang kita dapat. Seolah kita menuntut harusnya nggak begini, harusnya kita punya kontrol atas apa yang terjadi. News flash! Few things are beyond our control. And you just have to let go. Setelah itu kita baru bisa move on.</li>
<li>Lewati dua hal tadi baru kemudian meminta maaf sama yang di Atas. Be honest about what you feel, say it, admit it, jangan tutup2in. Put in your pray. Dan lo terbebas dari rasa bersalah itu. Lo terbebas dari dosa. Kalau belum juga mungkin lo belum melewati dua hal di atas. Atau lo gak punya keyakinan kalau Tuhan can forgive your sin. Have faith. Pernah dengar tobat kan? Pernah dengar pengampunan kan? Itu beneran ada.</li>
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Manusia setiap hari nggak luput di dosa, dan setiap hari juga kita rasa bersalah. Ya mau gimana? Human fails! Tuhan nggak. Dan cuma sama Dia kita bisa minta forgiveness.<br />
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Numpung nanti lebaran, kenapa nggak manfaatkan momen itu dengan minta maaf ke orang-orang yang lo punya salah ke mereka, mereka bisa jadi nggak merasa lo bersalah. Bisa jadi lo sepihak. Doesn't matter, rasa bersalahnya tertinggal di elo. Dan setelah lo terbebas dari rasa bersalah pikiran lo bisa kembali damai.<br />
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Konsep Ketuhanan itu sebenarnya simple banget. Pencarian terbesar dalam hidup umat manusia cuma satu. Penebusan. Keselamatan. Salvation. Every day.<br />
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Kita sudah siap kalah belum?<br />
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Kok gue kedengeran pesimis banget ya. Tunggu bentar. Coba lihat nya begini.<br />
Pemilu kali ini bisa jadi beda dengan yang sebelumnya. Pilihannya cuma 2 kalo pilihan lo nggak kalah atau pilihan lo menang (kec kalau lo golput). Kalau tahun2 sebelumnya kan pilihannya banyak, sekarang semua terbagi dua. Kalau nggak X ya Y.<br />
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Dan semua orang terlepas pilihannya X atau Y yakin banget kalau jagoannya menang.<br />
Sampai ada yang bilang "kalau jagoan gue menang mau gue sukurin tuh semua yang ada di facebook dan path gue". Padahal yang disukurin temen temennya sendiri juga.<br />
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Gue juga sempet mikir gini kalau jagoan gue menang, 'nah lho, temen gue yang jagoannya kalah bakal gue katain apa ya?' Atau 'Mau ditaroh di mana tuh muka dia yang tadinya koar-koar tau taunya jagoan dia kalah?'<br />
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'Gue bakal posting meme kocak kali ya setelah pengumuman dan ngetag temen gue yang jagoannya kalah'<br />
Atau 'wah ntar di kantor mau gue kasih victory face gue ke depan muka temen gue yang sok debat melulu'<br />
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Nah itu kalau menang, kalau kalah?<br />
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Gue sih paling sulit mikirin reaksi kekalahan gue apa ya. Gue bahkan gak tahu reaksi gue apa pas temen gue ngata-ngatain gue karena gue emang ngebelain jagoan gue cukup emosional sebelumnya. Atau waktu di kantor, temen kantor sok pasang muka menang. Mungkin bisa jadi gue tonjok. Eh jangan ya. Tapi gimana dong. Kecewa pasti, cuma belum kepikiran bakal nanggepin mereka yang menang seperti apa.<br />
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Sampai pilihan gue kalah akan lebih gampang kalau temen gue yang pilihannya menang gak punya pikiran-pikiran seperti gue tadi ya. Nge bully, nge tag, ngata ngatain. Dan mungkin seandainya gue menang gue pun ga boleh punya pikiran itu ya.<br />
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Gue nggak siap kalah tapi paling nggak gue pengen kalau temen gue yang jagoannya yang menang siap untuk nggak meperlakukan gue yang kalah nanti dengan cara yang menyebalkan dan menyulut perdebatan, perkelahian atau permusuhan. Dan sebaliknya juga.<br />
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Menang boleh bangga tapi jangan sampai bikin peperpecahan.<br />
Kalah memang kecewa tapi harus terima dan tetap respect dengan hasilnya.<br />
Both sides through the same fight, both sides give amount of tremendous efforts. Siapapun yang menang dia bakal jadi pemimpin kita nanti, like it or not we better live with that. Peacefully.<br />
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<br />WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-56957152328176139642013-12-05T09:15:00.000-08:002013-12-05T09:27:48.248-08:00Usia Menentukan Topik Obrolan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Barusan dokter akupuntur gue bilang, "Mas.. orang kalau beda usia beda banget ya obrolannya... Misalnya nanti udah usia kepala 4 pasti obrolannya seputar kesehatan, berobat bagusnya dimana dan seputar penyakit..." dan seorang teman menimpali "kalau usia masih 20-30an obrolannya ...'udah ke tempat ini belum? udah nyoba ini belum? ya gak Mas?"..</div>
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Hmmm bener juga ya. Makin usia bertambah dan badan pun makin rentan dengan segala macam virus, bakteri dll. Bukan maksudnya bikin merinding dan parno sih, tapi emang bener yang namanya kesehatan itu bentuknya investasi. Yang kita makan, gaya hidup yang kita jalankan sekarang ternyata dampaknya gak segera setelah makan tapi bisa jadi beberapa hari, bulan atau bahkan tahun-tahun mendatang.</div>
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Dari semua hal yan gue takutin soal penyakit-penyakit tersebut adalah... gue jadi gak bisa jalan-jalan lagi. Gak bisa traveling jauh yang muter jalan kaki keliling satu tempat ber kilo kilo meter dan berjam-jam. Karena apa, ya karena gue pun masih 30 tahun. Masih banyak obrolan-obrolan yang seputar "Lo udah kesini belom...Udah nyobain ini belom?" Nah kalo kita udah rentan penyakit kan mau nggak mau topik obrolan pun berbeda. Sigh....</div>
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Tantangan konstan terbesar dalam hidup ini sebenarnya adalah menjaga segala sesuatu dalam sebuah keseimbangan. Nggak heran yang namanya work-life balance itu jadi semacam keharusan bagi setiap individu. Yah pekerajaan kalau mengambil porsi terlalu besar bisa berakibat buruk ke kesehatan, hubungan keluarga, pertemanan, lingkungan sosial bahkan kalau yang sibuk usaha cari jodoh, bye bye deh, jangan harap nemu jodoh kalau Sabtu Minggu mantengin komputer di kantor yang sepi.</div>
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Ngomongin soal kesehatan, beberapa waktu ahli akunpuntur langganan menyarankan untuk menyeimbangkan makanan antara asam dan basa. Hmmm apalagi tuh. Jadi makanan/ minuman basa adalah makanan yang ber pH tinggi. Menurut sumber sumber di Internet pH 7,3 - 7,5 di dalam badan kita itu yang baik untuk kesehatan. Seandainya tubuh cenderung asam dengan pH dibawah 7 besar kemungkinan akan gampang terkena penyakit dari flu sampai kanker. Duh serem ya.</div>
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Dan tercetuslah keputusan tahun baru ke 2014 nanti ke Lombok & Bali. Sejujurnya gue belum pernah ke Lombok. Excited! Bakal ada 8 orang yang pergi ke Lombok kemudian lanjut ke Bali. Jadi kebayang serunya gimana.</div>
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Holiday season is here. Ini natal ke-4 yang bener-bener gue rayain.</div>
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Sendirian. Tapi saat yang tepat untuk bikin itinerary sendiri numpung cuti masih ada 3-4 hari sisa sampai akhir tahun nanti. Kalau gak diambil rugi bandar.</div>
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Karena seorang temen rela memberikan miles SQ nya untuk dipakai Oktober kemaren ke Taipei, walhasil hasil buruan tiket promo FlyScoot pun tak terpakai. Nah si tiket ini bisa dirubah tanggalnya, jadi sengaja dirubah ke 20 Desember. Sekalian bablasin Natal. Cuma kalo sudah sampai ke Taipei kok sayang ya, kenapa gak lanjut ke Jepang? Maruk.</div>
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Setahun terakhir komunitas 3 Little Angels (3LA) sibuk banget mengumupulkan bantuan yang berdatangan dari kanal sosial media @3_Little_Angels di Twitter, ajakan dari founder 3LA @justsilly di kanalnya dan juga para sukarelawan 3LA sendiri. Memang banyak yang membutuhkan bantuan baik dalam bentuk dana maupun moral atau dukungan. Tapi menyalurkan dana itu juga ternyata gak segampang itu. Para sukarelawan 3LA sebelumnya sudah harus mengecek latar belakang penerima bantuan dan juga jenis penyakitnya. Jadi penerima dana pun memang benar-benar anak dan keluarga yang layak menerima.<br />
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Pada saat mendampingi anak-anak sakit ini, kita sering sekali menemukan sakit yang seperti malnutrisi, atau usus yang lengket dan lain-lain. Dan menurut para dokter dan suster yang merawat mereka, itu karena pola makan mereka yang kacrut. Siapalagi kalau bukan ibu nya yang patut bertanggung jawab atas pola makan anak mereka sendiri.<br />
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Pola makan anak-anak entah itu dari keluarga tidak mampu atau bukan, sangat sembarangan sekali. Dari konsumsi mie instan yang sangat sering, juga makanan seperti snack dalam kemasan, dan minuman-minuman manis yang mengandung pewarna buatan. Makanan-makanan tadi gampang sekali di akses oleh anak mereka sendiri karena umumnya warung, mini market macam alfa atau indomaret bertaburan di mana-mana. Rengekan anak-anak segampang diatasi dengan uang 5,000-20,000 setiap kali jajan. Okay nanti masalah keuangan kelaurga kita bahas di post lain.<br />
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Tapi serius, Ibu-ibu pada umumnya udah gak peduli dengan pola makan anaknya. Jadi gak heran kalau si anak-anak ini gampang sekali terkena sakit keras yang berhubungan dengan gizi.<br />
Berangkat dari situ, 3LA bulan Juli nanti ingin mengadakan acara sosialsasi pola makan dan gizi yang sehat utuk warga di daerah Guntur. Di daerah ini ada sekitar 30 ibu yang akan ikut diskusi dengan ahli gizi dan satu orang dokter yang akan berbagi cerita bagaimana punya pola makan dengan gizi benar. #NgertiGizi akan jadi nama acaranya dan memang diharapkan setelah ikutan acara ini banyak Ibu yang benar-benar #NgertiGizi dan bisa menerapkan langsung ke pola makan anak mereka.<br />
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(Dan lebih murah).WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-84364692844545692492012-03-23T15:45:00.005-07:002012-03-23T16:31:17.446-07:00Good Deeds: Should We Think Twice?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0i8FMNaYk5u5OmlT7lUshqVtZl0lqQ9rEKaRlTYsnOTndyumnsp_tr-uGgkmFWN40EGROh9SyYirvPjV_49ZPAU5KabXP6fQVt9AvbXk5iTQg_WLpdZ2N8cfRw7S37TsZpazzVkrHqOY/s1600/helping-hand.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0i8FMNaYk5u5OmlT7lUshqVtZl0lqQ9rEKaRlTYsnOTndyumnsp_tr-uGgkmFWN40EGROh9SyYirvPjV_49ZPAU5KabXP6fQVt9AvbXk5iTQg_WLpdZ2N8cfRw7S37TsZpazzVkrHqOY/s400/helping-hand.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723232853509475634" /></a><br />How many times you can get second chance to help others in one day?<div>Seriously, this is might be a silly question. But I started wondering about this matter few months ago.</div><div><br /></div><div>One day, around 1 am at the airport in Jakarta, I was just get back from my trip, and there was this young lady, stewardess, she was looking for a transportation to get home or something. And I was waiting for a taxi as well, and she was a little bit nervous because she's expecting to get regular taxi, not the premium one. While I was there about to put my luggage to the taxi trunk. I asked her, "where you going?". And she said Bekasi (a place that is really far from the airport). I said to her I'm going to the city.</div><div><br /></div><div>I was so stupid I didn't offer her any ride, well at least until I arrive to the city so we can split the bill and she will pay cheaper price then she would be able to continue her trip to home. I knew I could just say it to her, but I didn't! From the airport to her place probably could cost her around Rp 230.000 something. While from airport to the city could cost around Rp 100.000. She could just pay Rp 130.000! For the whole journey to home, I felt guilty and regret because I didn't offer her any help or whatsoever.</div><div><br /></div><div>After that moment, I wouldn't think twice If someone else around me need help. When someone needs help you can't reconsidering few minutes, because sometimes the moment just passing by in a split second. </div><div><br /></div><div>In London, people are walking so freaking fast and not really paying attention to what happen around them. But if we slow it down little bit, probably, there are senior citizens need your help to bring their luggage when they are using a normal stairs. If you think twice to give a hand and you will miss that chance to help them.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, what I'm trying to say here, you will probably facing this kind of situations every day. Where your help is needed at that moment. Read the whole situation in one second, and don't think twice, the chance for you to give a little help probably wouldn't come twice as well. Do it before it's too late. </div><div><br /></div><div>I don't need to explain why we need to do good things. It's not sunday class for kids. But pushing yourself to react spontaneously to help others is shaping your character. When you expected to give support, initiatives and help, you won't have to rethink it. It's in your blood. God use you to become useful for someone else. You are probably favour or blessing to others. Or superstar. Like the old lady on the Bond Street underground stairs said to me. I'm her superstar of the day. :p</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-60071625968625372032012-03-08T11:27:00.006-08:002012-03-09T00:23:52.639-08:00Not Just Another Campaign<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASFJ7Ba7Cp8wjSG74O0A11r_3__F52ruX1de9GAu7kG30QaadWtGXyPUXfxxOGfLoxqFHVy_DKicYvxvQ88sNh_hnM35xE7IqAA2JhRyqwGzhZ04l_F7qsGtRzrzCGtMGZo7IrvajlZU/s1600/intropage.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASFJ7Ba7Cp8wjSG74O0A11r_3__F52ruX1de9GAu7kG30QaadWtGXyPUXfxxOGfLoxqFHVy_DKicYvxvQ88sNh_hnM35xE7IqAA2JhRyqwGzhZ04l_F7qsGtRzrzCGtMGZo7IrvajlZU/s400/intropage.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717613669021160754" /></a><br />I finally able to wrap up all activities that 3 Little Angels did for the whole February in one video. The amazing thing about this movement is we are able to collect more than 75mio rupiah in one month to distribute to kids with serious illness in Indonesia.<div><br /></div><div>We started the campaign at the beginning of February, and now people still keep ordering the tshirt as their contribution to help others. We are not selling tshirt, this is why sometime people come to us and donate more than Rp 150.000.</div><div><br /></div><div>Those people who amazed me are those who work behind these projects. They are volunteers with great heart. They don't expect any money, since we don't use donation money to our daily cost. They don't expect fame or to be recognised by public. They just doing it to serve others, and it comes from their heart. For me they are truly angels.</div><div><br /></div><div>I do believe that this AngelsHeart Campaign is just the beginning. I'm sure God will be still using us in future to reach others and help those who need. </div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/N6fXY3B6A90" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-50378441681003313402012-03-06T01:46:00.009-08:002012-03-06T02:23:04.970-08:00Write Down Your Aspirations<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSrMWljjgysyeRZ1txjC3RzDxvgHxRaZulrEE1TWJ1KMmZQcvhrfTcogyRCzk-Z-kswF8RZnsawc5CGXkHlN9eSxL13wtqUwhXmxBAN0bIgxiCLXWkSxZoF52bac_BmMGkjdM6S-C6hA/s1600/lacklusterco.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSrMWljjgysyeRZ1txjC3RzDxvgHxRaZulrEE1TWJ1KMmZQcvhrfTcogyRCzk-Z-kswF8RZnsawc5CGXkHlN9eSxL13wtqUwhXmxBAN0bIgxiCLXWkSxZoF52bac_BmMGkjdM6S-C6hA/s400/lacklusterco.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716724637312494274" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Kalau flash back ke belakang lagi, semua yang di achieve saat ini adalah aspirasi dari masa lalu. Suatu sore gue pernah nemuin buku coret2an 5 tahun lalu gue yang isinya aspirasi karir, pendidikan, traveling, rumah dll. Dan pas dilihat lagi.. wow.. amazed aja. Ternyata semuanya kesampean. Walaupun keringet darah dan basah ketek untuk ngelwatinnya.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ternyata punya aspirasi itu bisa ngebawa kita kemana-mana ya. Mungkin tanpa sadar pikiran kita ngebawa tingkah laku kita dan aiming ke aspirasi aspirasi tadi. Nah kenapa gak coba bikin aspirasi2 kita dalam sebuah catatan, tulis di blog, print gambar nya kalau perlu tempel di samping layar komputer. </div><div><br /></div><div>Seperti yang gue lakuin sekarang ini; writing down my goals.</div><div><br /></div><div>1. Car:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMHWDbK9HPJkhNHc62CkYO3w45vWvYR5P7ajZycgpCWePFV0kxeobP2C0kYCWLUIcNToTAGpfDjeOfrNz0OHPaBdlH9k6W74TRpMUKcVxu3fKbl-f9_M8sGAoI2rM4sBibXroXuzNdkE/s1600/HITAM.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMHWDbK9HPJkhNHc62CkYO3w45vWvYR5P7ajZycgpCWePFV0kxeobP2C0kYCWLUIcNToTAGpfDjeOfrNz0OHPaBdlH9k6W74TRpMUKcVxu3fKbl-f9_M8sGAoI2rM4sBibXroXuzNdkE/s400/HITAM.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716723195037114162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 231px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqFA8q-9SUWYF8mvC1GNgSBZ0gd8zUMNmodFijn4fBdeotZwt4BLeen4GSGwyWIfwvUoh0UTJiuPQVuGryFvDp8g_1Bx87fXAofKN-lFNRzUk_ton1Pdhk5bGJTjFOC3z2k68QWa1qyJg/s1600/WHITE.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqFA8q-9SUWYF8mvC1GNgSBZ0gd8zUMNmodFijn4fBdeotZwt4BLeen4GSGwyWIfwvUoh0UTJiuPQVuGryFvDp8g_1Bx87fXAofKN-lFNRzUk_ton1Pdhk5bGJTjFOC3z2k68QWa1qyJg/s400/WHITE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716723124574930882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMkYWsnHT18mZIINKK7y3Nt7M_kuxmnojPLheLQ6fxk1RYpzGKpR0MawleMH7T4efO8T_lYrIt9nd4Jks9Mz1ZmzAf1H-BWxFk1r4JKP4_lmjUssBwB6rS61TKIATN0HyZKi6OIb7tdA/s1600/COKLAT.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMkYWsnHT18mZIINKK7y3Nt7M_kuxmnojPLheLQ6fxk1RYpzGKpR0MawleMH7T4efO8T_lYrIt9nd4Jks9Mz1ZmzAf1H-BWxFk1r4JKP4_lmjUssBwB6rS61TKIATN0HyZKi6OIb7tdA/s400/COKLAT.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716723022585901218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px; " /></a></div><div>Walaupun memang khayalan tingkat tinggi, tapi sebenarnya mobil ini cukup affordable di UK. Tinggal dipilih aja warnanya yang mana.. :p</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>2. Home:</div><div><br /></div><div>Apartment at The Grove</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindgLtXk-6nQsQc2zIBQIbkqSF3linoDjUJzHU7n6JgGPm9y8F1SbXXhel4jWWSS0UlTs7c4bcskMFKuNAxnJ1t9nogDN79Q92XNND1gB4s3cPRVtld5Nd4xnMVSY0pu9bYOM6wk4-UyU/s400/GroveCondo-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716725222466391346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div>Dua minggu lalu ke show unit nya , damn... keren banget. Walaupun harganya mencekik leher, tapi spacious dan well designed banget. Ya namanya juga show unit. Tapi daripada punya rumah yang ngurusnya ribet, mungkin apartemen lebih simple.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hmm.. ternyata so far itu doang aspirasi gue.</div><div>Walaupun terlihat sangat superficial, tapi memang perlu punya aspirasi. Nanti coba lihat lagi 5 tahun kedepan. Pas nyadar udah tercapai jadi bisa lebih bersukur.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-91057199984627707752012-03-04T02:18:00.004-08:002012-03-04T02:36:20.455-08:00Location & Location<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBmBtxHL63K0Kx5fOd4cnY4CmeNwKyPgs7CBtyy4T-rvqSa1PivTzwaVZ2mQA_Xzdb63SbC9tnhu8DfWhceFqrYx4vCZ0vZWc8cT7wsxN-HXdWg-K-v08TF2R8GCni0HSklU7hQbOLHM/s1600/Canary-Wharf-HDR.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBmBtxHL63K0Kx5fOd4cnY4CmeNwKyPgs7CBtyy4T-rvqSa1PivTzwaVZ2mQA_Xzdb63SbC9tnhu8DfWhceFqrYx4vCZ0vZWc8cT7wsxN-HXdWg-K-v08TF2R8GCni0HSklU7hQbOLHM/s400/Canary-Wharf-HDR.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715988635319982738" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>I'm talking about how difficult to find perfect place based on specific location in London. I used to stay Canary Wharf area for more than 9 months. Which it's very convenient and quiet on weekend. Lived in the CBD area, like it or not, I always surrounded by people with office suits. There's a pressure for you to dress up little bit if wandering that area. Yes I know, I'm very pretentious.<div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarRWmVztGvesDVov2u0OEbmqXTJNv8_jQLNCijrkcZ75iqvKPlP1fFq3Cu7iWqTVT7ZMQps1UBRUY_fGfaspBCrMdg_rs6RRCooJLjBFC1Zj7BVhK_B6gI8Q4GQToMZoAmeO2ExT7zmU/s400/belsize.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715988804650018994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div>But I don't wanna live in dockland anymore. It's too modern. And it's cold and windy during March. So I figure it out, I think I could stay somewhere in Swiss Cottage. It's very nice area. Surrounded by victorian houses, wine stores and accessible through 3 stations. However, the price is not really friendly. Especially for short term letting. Arrgh.</div><div><br /></div><div>So this Sunday, it's final day to do viewing. And I hope I can find something suitable to live. At least for 3 weeks. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-45218384316209530322012-03-03T15:27:00.007-08:002012-03-03T16:55:58.286-08:00A Place Called Home.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr4bzedN2jDBIJ4HL4E3LNpHCHlkay8c43bfsqFMyfEsRG5w3aNJZIchYUDZ0oMa6ksnd4AIAgIFgH3HGxWtl9o5ZlPbJ063j3VpRc6iO0pTeyUpS4bmEHINP9-U8c37XzOJRqPYYYBY/s1600/london.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr4bzedN2jDBIJ4HL4E3LNpHCHlkay8c43bfsqFMyfEsRG5w3aNJZIchYUDZ0oMa6ksnd4AIAgIFgH3HGxWtl9o5ZlPbJ063j3VpRc6iO0pTeyUpS4bmEHINP9-U8c37XzOJRqPYYYBY/s400/london.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715837756430660786" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Few second after Etihad landed to Heathrow, I realised that I finally found my home. Yes. But it's not London. It's Jakarta. It's my 5th time stepping in this country for the past 12 months. The last time was mid September 2011 after my trip to Sweden, and I went out again around Europe on early November 2011 before finally arrived in Bangkok, stay there for 3 days, and moved to Jakarta. What a crazy life. I know. But the utmost life changing experience was actually between December to February 2012 in Jakarta. It's the moment where I found the value of life. Not just because I can finally contribute something to others, but the acceptance of the local society, how they appreciate talents, and also never ending possibilities in professional life.<div><br /></div><div>The fact in how great is your own hometown make me realise that it takes thousand miles away to getting this kind of consciousness. If I live with my curiosity and not having a gut to get my Master degree in London, I probably wouldn't be able to understand this whole thing. You never know if you never try.</div><div><br /></div><div>I think after this April, I'm just gonna focus on my career in Jakarta. It's the best job ever anyway. The dream job! Settle down, buy an apartment at the end of the year. Travel somewhere near, probably HongKong or Vietnam, or Samui. Maybe hire personal trainer to get more discipline in shaping out my flabby love handle. It's time to take off my adventure badge. But till April '12, I'm just going to enjoy London, submit my final research, wandering around Amsterdam and Paris and finally facing the real challenge and get down to the business.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's a good life. </div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jZhQOvvV45w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div>WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-18896518128695389372011-10-19T12:15:00.001-07:002012-03-03T17:01:12.104-08:00Indonesia – The country branding puzzle<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRs0qx9nUPv8ZAUvKnUcbUOLtljxasDbZ4X8D4yAeaWn6cCz23p4g-Fxk0z-YJidyiuKNej5peMXUrVK9pjiVmYCqdTjf2TGDbzkY0CQY9G1SMHfFya89cNM9EdtCP8pmDkrdO1MhWS54/s1600/raja-ampat.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRs0qx9nUPv8ZAUvKnUcbUOLtljxasDbZ4X8D4yAeaWn6cCz23p4g-Fxk0z-YJidyiuKNej5peMXUrVK9pjiVmYCqdTjf2TGDbzkY0CQY9G1SMHfFya89cNM9EdtCP8pmDkrdO1MhWS54/s320/raja-ampat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665288030316564386" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">by:<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14px;">Martin Roll(Business & brand strategist):</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:14px;">http://www.venturerepublic.com/resources/Indonesia_–_The_country_branding_puzzle.asp<br /></span><span class="teasertext" style=" line-height: 13px; font-size:11px;color:black;"><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; ">Asia is a global economic hotspot. Asian countries are fast emerging as global economic super powers. If the Asian Tigers ignited the economic boom in the 90s, the Asian giants – China and India – are powering the Asian rise in recent years. Many factors make Asian markets more lucrative for quantum growth than many of the highly developed, sophisticated Western markets. Asian markets offer a huge captive market of more than 4 billion people, majority of whom are young, gradually making the transition to middle class, with high disposable income and craving for branded products. Such a combination has not only made home grown companies take advantage of the tremendous market potential, but the Western companies have also made a grand entry over the years.</p><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; ">In spite of the dominant Asian trading mindset, Asian companies have started to make strategic investments in building brands in order to attract and retain customers, and to earn better margins. In addition to demands for branded products, Asians and Westerners alike have unanimously supported Asia’s thriving tourism industry. Such demand has further propelled the tourism industry to invest heavily in building strong brands. The last decade has seen cities, islands and even countries very aggressively branding themselves in order to create a resonating identity among the customer base and build sustainable life time customer relationships. This article examines that very topic of country branding in the specific context of an Asian country, Indonesia.</p><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; ">Country branding refers to a process in which a country claims a distinct positioning in the minds of its citizens and the global customers. To claim such a positioning, the country does a lot of coordination and integration of a multitude of activities. Take for example Germany. The country is known across the world for precision engineering, and quality, so much so that German cars such as the BMW claims German engineering as one of its strong advantages. To achieve this global positioning, Germany ensured that it trained the best engineers, invested in developing the required research and development facilities, cutting edge technological infrastructure and the government also facilitated regulatory assistance for Germany to emerge as the leader in precision engineering. As is evident, claiming a distinct position is almost the end of an entire process whereby all the constituents of a country – the government, public and private corporations, the people, the many institutions, investors and others – are aligned to achieve an all encompassing goal. As such, branding a country is highly challenging.</p><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; ">Any country that has a strong brand also benefits the products and services that come out of that country. The country, from which a company (product/service/brand) originates, has an effect on the company’s perceived quality and likeability in the minds of consumers – this is the country of origin effect (COO). Swiss watches, French wine, Danish designs, Thai hospitality, Italian fashion, the 100% pure New Zealand are some of the well known examples. Research has proven that COO has a very strong influence on customers’ willingness to purchase products and the price level they are willing to consider.</p><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; ">Given this introduction, what is the position of Indonesia? Even though many other Asian countries seem to have captured a very strong brand position in the minds of customers worldwide, Indonesia does not readily conjure any particularly strong images and connections. Singapore: state of the art technology, Thailand: exotic beaches and cuisine, Malaysia: Truly Asia, and South Korea: Thriving cultural movement, world class electronics and scenic beauty. None of these connections are automatic. These countries have invested millions of dollars in building such a brand identity and then have ensured that the identity is consistently communicated to all possible stakeholders through all possible touch points worldwide.</p><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; ">In spite of being surrounded by such global branding jewels, Indonesia does not seem to have realized the value of developing a strong country brand for itself. Even though it might seem surprising to an onlooker, for a branding expert this is not very surprising. Branding trajectories are closely tied to a country’s economic situation, regulatory frameworks, dominant cultural roots and the customer mindsets. But given the strategic importance of branding countries, Indonesia should be very aggressive and proactive about building its country brand. Below are some suggested actionable guidelines.</p><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; ">To be successful in branding their countries, the following four steps can be strategically important:</p><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; "><strong>Create an overall positive brand image:</strong> The fundamental step for countries is to create a very positive brand image. This not only ensures that tourists, customers, investors and corporations are attracted, but also projects a positive facet of the brand to prospective stakeholders around the world. This can be achieved through a phased system of creating basic awareness, creating excitement about the many facets of the country and then offering these many stakeholders a memorable and enriching brand experience (such as special showcases of the country, brand visits etc).</p><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; "><strong>Establish brand associations through alliances:</strong> Some of the best country brands – Germany, New Zealand, and Switzerland – were not created in a vacuum. All these countries created an intricate network of alliances with their cities, their unique cultures, their people and cuisines, and their unique national heritage and exotic places. Such a thing can be achieved through consistent communication strategies, comprehensive tourism packages and showcasing of Indonesia to tourists who visit the country. Such moves will allow Indonesia to achieve the first step of creating an overall positive brand image and a unique position among all the other countries competing for attention.</p><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; "><strong>Offer credible tangible product features:</strong> Once Indonesia is successful in creating positive brand image and associations, it will have to back them up with strong tangible product features. In this case, such features could be a well implemented public safety program, a world class infrastructure that would continue to awe the different stakeholders, a robust regulatory environment that would protect intellectual properties, and an overall enriching brand experience. Such tangible measures would reduce the gap between the brand vision and the brand experience, thereby allowing Indonesia to create a consistent and resonating brand identity with all the multiple stakeholders.</p><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; "><strong>Manage the holistic brand experience:</strong> The final and most important step is to proactively manage the holistic customer and stakeholder experience. The government, public and private corporations, many other service providers, and the general population of the country together should take consistent steps to ensure that tourists, businesses and investors are offered enough opportunities to enjoy, grow and prosper. Further, any and every interaction that these stakeholders have with the outside world should be monitored to gain valuable feedback. An integral part of managing experiences is to constantly evolve the processes and procedures to ensure that the customers gain a reasonable rate of return on their investment.</p><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; "><strong>Conclusion</strong></p><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; ">There is no denying the fact that branding countries has become a strategic issue for most countries. Gone are the days when only global tourist locations invested in building brands. But given the ever changing global competitive landscape and the ever increasing choice set for investors, customers and tourists, creating a resonating identity and offering excellent opportunities become a matter of survival for countries, especially for developing countries that strives to carve out a strategic position in the competitive landscape. It is high time that Indonesia takes some concrete steps to build a global country brand and showcase all the assets Indonesia has to offer. The guidelines offered in this article will provide an excellent beginning towards that goal.</p><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; "><br /></p><p style="font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 13px; "><br /></p></span></span></div>WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-28190125319708316802011-05-18T15:34:00.001-07:002012-03-03T13:44:46.285-08:00Book Review, May 2011: From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS78jr3KLIYsCX35VW24dGuro0Cx01R0NywxIyrN42Zz7v5luUoY1sEJc265isqA4QsfstUP4cL8oEmUXhDa96xCOqafql1C-WhEWqnYkPaEN885VLXs9CCTCTm2vtum4unMy77vyjEyE/s1600/mm-season-4-key-art-590.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS78jr3KLIYsCX35VW24dGuro0Cx01R0NywxIyrN42Zz7v5luUoY1sEJc265isqA4QsfstUP4cL8oEmUXhDa96xCOqafql1C-WhEWqnYkPaEN885VLXs9CCTCTm2vtum4unMy77vyjEyE/s400/mm-season-4-key-art-590.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715789991397648050" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-9/1216575/from-those-wonderful-folks-who-gave-you-pearl-harbor-196x300.jpg" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">About the writer: </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Jerry Della Femina is one of the old school of Madison Avenue ad men who defined American Advertising during its golden age of the 1960s. This book apparently the inspiration behind the TV show ‘Mad Men’ and straight out of the block, Della Femina’s writing hits you like the kick from a three Martini lunch.</span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As someone that grew up in creative industry, I have to admit and believe that t</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">his book is exposing the hate and love of surreal world of advertising, and not even one piece of statement of the fact that mistakenly wrote with actual situation in these days in most of agencies. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It's enjoyable ride in every chapter. And what so interesting about the this book is, he's coming from creative side, not the account side. It's like taking few pints after long days with your creative colleagues and laugh about stuff of what your AE did this morning. Unlike modern advertising, taking the 60s - 70s era, advertising was genuinely creative driven, but he didn't deny the fact that client interruption, account people common sense </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(as if they have), censorship, and many things that affecting the result of the creative work. This book spill the truth of creative people (those always late comers-excuse-complaining kind of people-lol-I was one of them too), the fact that account people got nothing but dance to survive, and also agency cocky cranky boss.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">One of the chapter:</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"What account guys have to do to surviving today is dancing, I mean they've got to be agile, with very, very good footwork so they don't get shot easily. You see, they've got nothing to sell. Your copywriter, no matter how young or how bad, has his book-his portfolio-to show. An art director also has a portfolio. Or they've got reels, short presentations containing all the commercials they've ever shot. But what does the account man to show? Nothing...."</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Witty but so true.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But he mentioned about that fact about creative people and their career above their 40s. They are so replaceable with younger creative lads. Isn't it?</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This book is highly recommended for those people who spend their life in one corner of their agency's office (or their client's office), sucking their cigarette while waiting for their late night snack. Or for those who trying to get into advertising world and believe that it's one fun glittery glamorous and (not so) </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">healthy job for their professional life. You decide. Like </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Della Femina said: "Advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on" (only applied for some clients).</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;font-size:100%;color:#202020;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></div>WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-72636063843109180202010-02-03T02:17:00.002-08:002012-03-03T13:31:51.742-08:00Purpose<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmU_vijdgyzBX2Rw9o_pwNeQkecTBwTpYR9subrOSQ58Ydcn8RA6Rge-g9vom3kfEFYZA7nixpbMePQsVIdsGvo4GhprmSzBaSxIBT5lbDf545yG_NJwA5rTEKDxB0iohVYyIhPJzz4yY/s1600/72890551.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmU_vijdgyzBX2Rw9o_pwNeQkecTBwTpYR9subrOSQ58Ydcn8RA6Rge-g9vom3kfEFYZA7nixpbMePQsVIdsGvo4GhprmSzBaSxIBT5lbDf545yG_NJwA5rTEKDxB0iohVYyIhPJzz4yY/s400/72890551.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715786717888452994" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: pre; font-family:georgia;font-size:12px;"><img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-9/1216575/72890551.gif.jpg" /></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Everything that exist in this world have a purpose. There's no way a thing suddenly shows up in front of us without meaning or a reason behind it. And God created human on earth with a purpose too, even before we born.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">"</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Your eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in your book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">." Psalm 139:16</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">So there's no doubt that even if we live in our own will, God gives us purpose before we become a flesh and bone. That means, there is no one born on earth without having a purpose in life at all. I think they just lost, and they haven't found it yet. But how do we know what is God purpose for us?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">What you believe about your origin will determine what you believe about your purpose in future. But how do we know our origin?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Look at your blackberry. How do we know about all details and feature that this device have if we had never read the manual? For sure you will know when you trying to push this and that button, and there's a possibility you will get your blackberry error or spoiled, because you change the setting randomly without knowing it from the manual book first. You make your blackberry as an experiment. And there's always a geek friend of yours or an ITC ambassador who will fix up your problems. But life is not a blackberry. You can not make an experiment in life. Because when you do a big mistake at the time you experimenting your life, no ITC Ambassador or geek friends will fix you up easily.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">So read our manual book. A holy bible. Open it, you can always find something interesting there. I read this book before; Life's Missing Instruction Manual : The Guidebook You Should Have Been Given at Birth written by Joe Vitale. But this is nothing compare to the Bible. Seriously.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">There are so many people live their life out there, by clicking the autopilot button, just remember my posting about life in autopilot. We do same things everyday. If someone ask them what is your purpose in life. They are going to say; "Well I just let my life flow like a wind, go wherever it is..". Sadly to say, I think more than 50% people that I know, having this kind of mindset. Have you ever wonder, do we live only to become what we do right now? Don't you intrigued by thinking that is so much more than we have now. As we know, people are evolving.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Again, blackberry, with GPS, push email, browser and many more features, will be very useful if we are able to use its full functionality. But if we only use this device for sms and phone, it will degrades the value if it. I mean why not buy a flexi phone or something less expensive than that? It's the same for us, if we're not maximizing our abilities and skills, we will make ourselves less valuable than we should be. Think Big about yourself. This thought will bring you to achieve the next level of your life.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Remember Genesis 1:26 "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">." </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">We are meant to be conqueror. Remember that.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">A questions that pops up when we ask about our Our Value.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">1. Are we valueable to Society? Are we matters to our working place?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">2. How many people under our influences?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">3. how many people affected and inspired by us?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">4. how many people listening to your words? Read your tweets?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">5. How many people will miss you when you die?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The life after we know Jesus should make ourselves reach many people's lives, not making our life solitude. So that people will see God's Glory in you.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">When God gives us purpose, sometimes, to achieve that purpose we have to face many temptation. But when we face the temptation, don't ever complaining and whining that the temptation coming from God. James 1:13 "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God never tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">"</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">But who are we kidding, we human, make mistake, and the temptation is coming from our flesh too. This is the real battle of life. The true battle is with our own flesh. And how do we know which one is God's purpose in us and which one is not? Should we doing praying or fasting for 40 days? Or should we meditating in the dark to know the God's purpose? But don't worry, I believe we have our own way and time to connect and feel very close to God. Some of them feel connected with God when they drive alone, some of them takes one week vacation to get the real connection. But if you really close to God, you will have an automatically response and you will know what wants you to do. It's like relationship, when you close to someone and very intimate, for sure you will get connected easily.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">So few things that we should ask to ourselves about the purpose in life:</span></span></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">What do you want? He will give you desire of heart. Just do something that you like. Don't do things that you hate, otherwise you will never stop complaining for the rest of your life.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Why do we want this? Don't do it for your own glory. Do it for God's Glory. And people will see Jesus in you.</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">What do you need to do to make it happen?</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Are we living in the purpose of God?</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Can we be the salt of the world and light to the world? Check your fb and twitter. Do they bring salt and light?</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">When people mention your name. What do people remember the most about you?</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Let's think about it. Make a purpose to Glorify God's name, and God will </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">bring you to anywhere you want, anything you can b</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">e.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">CoB-01</span></span></p>WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-13901276570579414602010-01-07T20:46:00.002-08:002012-03-03T15:18:07.212-08:00Where to Live<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKvHupq55LhYyCZaicmAfXBW2W_Cy0Au5jTkzgwejnIH-TVHgx_TzMgy2kZEMoABttmCjIrhsu87vMFz4fLNZEDUDyV_mFeHk0aE_Qas9mi_q6xIqugTYAY8olJYsTAk_z6Rq-kqlCHg/s1600/254630-frederika.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSKvHupq55LhYyCZaicmAfXBW2W_Cy0Au5jTkzgwejnIH-TVHgx_TzMgy2kZEMoABttmCjIrhsu87vMFz4fLNZEDUDyV_mFeHk0aE_Qas9mi_q6xIqugTYAY8olJYsTAk_z6Rq-kqlCHg/s400/254630-frederika.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715814105524086626" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>I've been wandering around Asia this last 4 years, I haven't found the right place that I would love to call home. Singapore it's too humid, while Bangkok can be very hot and I can't understand their nasal language, Hong Kong it's too crowded, and yes my city Jakarta, is packed with motorbike, and polluted air.<div><br /></div><div>I should probably find other place beside Asia. Melbourne seems like a great option. While Sydney is too rough for me. And Auckland is too Korean. Seriously, get yourself to the city centre and you find yourself surrounded by countless Korean and Mainland Chinese with their tofu jacket. Even though Davenport is a very comforting to live.</div><div><br /></div><div>However, finding a job to move to other cities outside Asia is not easy. One of the way is to get a Master degree in one of the big cities in the world and try to apply working Visa or post work study. Hmmm.. how about Europe?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-90538803018795129262008-04-22T22:17:00.001-07:002012-03-03T13:28:45.512-08:00Life in Autopilot<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFYQdKRaAUO_i_29P5Zc6jvz_G1SwFyo5NmbP1ZTPvs8m-i7dXBAoVZGAdhuhXNil0qyUBljCX_zVBeqJCOvAPMlFU0E9g3l6j7uCl29nCsz9IP9u298uKl2XTso8ggR9E9XJcQ6Q_rw/s1600/fighter_pilot_helmet-800x600.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFYQdKRaAUO_i_29P5Zc6jvz_G1SwFyo5NmbP1ZTPvs8m-i7dXBAoVZGAdhuhXNil0qyUBljCX_zVBeqJCOvAPMlFU0E9g3l6j7uCl29nCsz9IP9u298uKl2XTso8ggR9E9XJcQ6Q_rw/s400/fighter_pilot_helmet-800x600.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715785935084981650" /></a><br /><img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-9/1216575/dv2022008.gif" /><br />Just this morning I realized that I've been driving my life in autopilot. On my way to the office, I should have taken the fastest way since there was no more 3 in one instead of taking my usual way with all the traffic and crazy buses. It's funny coz I only realized it half way to office. I knew something wrong was happening to me. That was not the first time.<br /><br />I used to be the guy with a lot of guts and had no fear in doing different things in my life. I didn't mind traveling with strangers. I was not afraid of wandering alone in a city where I knew no one. I can say "I want to resign today" without making any sense at all. I even go fishing! Now, those things would not happen spontaneously. Even if I want to take the chance, there are so many considerations. Work that I can't leave, partner to worry about, car, dog, wet ceiling, plant to shower, and so on, and so on.<br /><br />Maybe, I'm trap in my own web so called comfort zone. The ironic thing is my thoughts about comfort zone really happen to myself. Am I losing my freedom? The word of freedom is not as simple as it used to be. Now life brings so many responsibilities much much more than it had. Sometimes, it's okay to press autopilot button, but I hope the pilot will still be able to control his airplane before same things happen to adam air.WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-18377416139723860552007-10-28T19:15:00.004-07:002012-03-03T16:12:27.198-08:00Soundtrack of Your Life<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECJf81viPnA2Bql5LpqEQhTtpiyZ7jpl5kdgmxgoJ1ACHwcuRFyon6P0uVdK2V5mfNwi23xRc61WGK1z3Ua0C0A0MHEHtIJF6fQO8mj4I0G7-m4zsIGHbon12_gzXkcHir6qXHe99nrM/s1600/Headphone-man-at-LGF-180911-2k-px.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECJf81viPnA2Bql5LpqEQhTtpiyZ7jpl5kdgmxgoJ1ACHwcuRFyon6P0uVdK2V5mfNwi23xRc61WGK1z3Ua0C0A0MHEHtIJF6fQO8mj4I0G7-m4zsIGHbon12_gzXkcHir6qXHe99nrM/s400/Headphone-man-at-LGF-180911-2k-px.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715797272002091154" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Imagine life without music. The train station would be so boring. The go-out-from parking space moment would be so empty, and yes, bit scary if I go home at midnite. Sunset would be just yellow light in horizon, night jogging would be more into jail-escaping, sitting alone in coffee shop and watch people pass would more like sitting in coffee shop, coz I'm deadly thirst and I dunno why so many people passing by.<br /><br /><div>Having a soundtrack of your current moment is amazing. Two hour train ride from London to Portsmouth with music from Passenger and Kings of Convenience feels like romantic gateway, even you are alone. Traffic jam from my office to home in Jakarta feels like a splash of city light, what you have to do, put the John Mayer, Neon. Or even if you try to burn some fat at the gym, you can always put on some beats from Keri Hilson. It's necessary to bring your iPod/iPhone to the gym, (yeah not iPad)... just to make sure that you run away from the never ending approach from Personal Trainer, the gossiping noise from chatty chatty sissies in the lobby or steroid scream from Bulgy-over-protein guys in weight-lifting area.</div><div><br /></div><div>Having a soundtrack while you doing something, it's like you are the star of the movie. It's like everybody is watching you from cinema. Music gives you added value of your activity. Jerk off is included.</div>WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-61375225562136963702007-10-17T01:19:00.005-07:002012-03-03T14:51:30.265-08:00Summer in Seoul<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZ74w9D8oTzxoHmP1NAxMJ_USmP8G6-KN7Y0wEYsa3OFgEyLFYU-_C98PnoVrAuywlsdpaATF7vxraxnrItx_5mZppGwcY3Whybo3XWOapShG4nE18rNkhN0BFipKRegpMpPmsNNy43c/s400/inseoul.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715805667769136834" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Seoul.<br />Yang gue pikirin pagi ini cuma teh. Dan yang gue lihat di kamar hostel ini cuma ada green tea dengan tulisan hangeul. Lebih baik daripada cari teh di luar, mahal. Masih belum terlintas satupun rencana hari ini. Cuma ada peta wisata kota dan buku lonely planet, dan waktu yang tepat untuk baca, saat buang air besar. Paling nggak ada waktu 10 menit untuk baca sampai semuanya kelar.<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLCsRtTFeu6MR9xkhrm2JZjfsdGOn_JQ7_qt6cucFUl4_NgixnXSCUsEXtEiyCWY3SfFq_aYKevQAsNukRMtgqHpDKHqVwQEP3blTvbvOA6DIbmkLkowVuiqmC5BRAUDoyEbkddVc-wv0/s400/eoul.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715805878643537954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px; " /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Insa-dong<br />Art gallery di kiri kanan jalan, museum mainan, barang-barang traditional sebagai cinderamata, caucasian yang sibuk berphoto-photo. It's the best place to stay. Gak sehiruk pikuk Myong-dong yang kiri kanan penuh dengan orang bejubel jubel. It's summer, so the whole city is damn humid. Setelah mondar mandir sekitar kota kok gue notice simbol love hotel alias hotel jam-jam-an. Kok rasanya pernah lihat simbol itu... tapi dimana ya??<div><br /></div><div>Pas pulang ke Insa-dong balik ke hostel gue.. damn.. itu simbol gede banget di depan resepsionisnya. Semoga sepreinya mereka bersihin.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKj_jdj1k_OTixcEJs9HaHTnujtxjFXm0xj_la1oSkZYh0gu6E_tTw3RWr47wtJiRGtYSaTT55grUJxcZvJI8dD9vFNEP2hZi_nhYq4Oias_YUz-egYBV93dG4NIpb51E2UzPscso9fjs/s1600/227000_19107545024_674880024_259147_9332_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKj_jdj1k_OTixcEJs9HaHTnujtxjFXm0xj_la1oSkZYh0gu6E_tTw3RWr47wtJiRGtYSaTT55grUJxcZvJI8dD9vFNEP2hZi_nhYq4Oias_YUz-egYBV93dG4NIpb51E2UzPscso9fjs/s400/227000_19107545024_674880024_259147_9332_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715806329825008818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /></div><div>Han River.</div><div>Hari berikutnya nekad nyewa sepeda muter muter sekitar Han River. Gak banyak yang bisa dilihat, selain kakek kakek dan nenek nenek berteduh dan piknik. Ah gak terlalu berkesan Seoul ini.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-1778223833452647122007-10-17T01:00:00.003-07:002012-03-03T15:09:24.318-08:00Bad Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXocdxS5Y9dErSBRifsz7H8nmLt_VNv-FfVPlL2alc7-rA_ppf1VA2khLA0den2cyn0t2UmT7JtxCWkEjlMHK7eOT6qiXE0k9KPB8n5BHwQDiF5zFH4YfXC00msmZL_qFFWav2LwR-VQ4/s1600/slip-and-fall.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXocdxS5Y9dErSBRifsz7H8nmLt_VNv-FfVPlL2alc7-rA_ppf1VA2khLA0den2cyn0t2UmT7JtxCWkEjlMHK7eOT6qiXE0k9KPB8n5BHwQDiF5zFH4YfXC00msmZL_qFFWav2LwR-VQ4/s400/slip-and-fall.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715811873362626546" /></a><br />Seberapa sering kita ingat akan kesialan kita dalam satu hari? Kehilangan dompet, cellphone, mobil ketabrak, kacamata keinjak, atau hal-hal kecil seperti kehilangan karcis parkir. Walaupun cuma bayar Rp.20.ooo cuma rasanya nggak rela aja kan? Sebarapa sering kita wondering kenapa hari ini sial? Apa cuma karena ceroboh? Dan seberepa sering juga kita mengumpat karena kejadian tadi? Pernah gak nyalahin diri sendiri atau menuding diri kita "mungkin karena kita jarang bersedekah..." Pasti pernah. Dan at the end of the day kita ngomong gini "Hari yang aneh.. jangan-jangan gue dikerjain Uya..."<div><br /></div><div>Coba deh lihat kiri kanan jangan-jangan beneran ada kamera. Kalau nggak ada anggep aja besok mungkin mau menang lotre gila gilaan. </div>WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767164429283527997.post-71536240591156206002007-08-05T23:59:00.004-07:002012-03-03T16:11:28.655-08:00Life is Waiting<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDp3So2Mpaxuw-hWDWee1jmFRXuYZJDVbIPQaOkUN-68hKLSFQ6S338NL2wY4Q2rKif_eBReSIR2qupObQNbYqlGq2d6oSnpMWB8BAwP34yDXVsMhLE5v2NJ5o_Umb2NrEz9rczuZBm_E/s1600/photo_business_man_suitcase.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDp3So2Mpaxuw-hWDWee1jmFRXuYZJDVbIPQaOkUN-68hKLSFQ6S338NL2wY4Q2rKif_eBReSIR2qupObQNbYqlGq2d6oSnpMWB8BAwP34yDXVsMhLE5v2NJ5o_Umb2NrEz9rczuZBm_E/s400/photo_business_man_suitcase.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715820020675646066" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>I'm waiting for my paycheque. Monthly paycheque. While waiting for it, I put myself in difficult situation, doing something that I don't like anymore. Oh yeah this job is so irritating. The initial brief from Account people is so exciting, but doing it, getting through thousand revisions and till finally you see your work (that is not 100% original anymore) at the news paper, next day, is so painful.<div><br /></div><div>I'm sure there are another stories that wait for me outside this building. Story of one man who try to strive in big cities, chasing never ending possibilities, doing what he likes and finally settle down, or maybe not. Or maybe, at the end of the day, end up in this kind of situation. Again.</div><div>I don't know. But it's worth to try. Otherwise I would not know. But I know for sure, Life is Waiting out there. Cheers, I'm preparing my resignation letter now. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>WilliamApriandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054724642513730455noreply@blogger.com0