The Intern Diary: Day 2 - working overtime

My manager told me at the end of my first day: come again Monday, 9.30-ish. Note the ish.
So I left dorm at 9 this morning. and I arrived at my office at 9.30 sharp. That's awfully close! To reach another point in Beijing in less than 30 minutes is super fast! And I was among the first ones to arrive at office.
Today was pretty busy and I left the office at 7.30pm. That means I worked 10 hours today.
Tomorrow I dont have to go to the office but to 3.3 Sanlitun instead. There's an event there. Gonna update more tomorrow.
Cya

The Intern Diary: Day 1 - What interns do

Woohoo... I have a great news, guys... In my last semester of university, there's an expat magazine in Beijing called The Beijinger that recruited interns for marketing. I applied and got accepted and they asked me to start immediately (only 4 days after the interview and 3 days from the day they told me I was accepted, apparently it's obvious that they desperately need people to help).I thought of a friend who once had unpaid internship at Vogue New York and I just pretend that mine is just as cool.

And on my first day, I didnt have my own computer yet and my boss who went out for a meeting let me use hers. She told me to look through 1 folder and I found pretty funny things. Westerners are more humorous and not as strict as the Chinese.

So my office has a kitchen where we can make coffee etc, but I havent figured it out how to use the machine btw. There are also microwaves and fridge so I can bring my own lunch. There are 60ish people in the office. My boss walked me around and introduced me to everybody but I couldnt remember any single name!

Later on that day helped them making cards for the winner announcement of the restaurant awards. I didnt make the best card in the world but anyways they didnt expect the best either.

I will have to work on weekends sometimes and it gets compensated on weekdays. So it's fine. And the events on weekends (usually for kids and families) are kinda fun so I really don't mind (especially it's nice to work like 5 hours in a 5 star hotel venue then have a whole weekday off).

Days in Indonesia

Udah lamaaaa banget ga nulis nich... skrg jem 1.50 in the morning. i have 10 minutes to ngocehhh....

well my days in indo berlalu cepettt banget... seperti yang udah gw itung dulu.. 2 minggu setelah gw sampe indo, cc gw married, abis itu 2 minggu kemudian udah sincia, trus 2 minggu kemudian lagi udah balik china lagi... banyak hal yang gue pengen kerjain tapi ga sempet dan kurang motivasi... yaitu lancarin mobil dan ngambil SIM, lalu belajar gitar... well at least skrg gue udah bisa maen 1 lagu pake gitar... hahahaa... mudah2an suatu saat bisa dipraktekan pake gitar beneran. gitar gue abal2 banget soalee... jelek suaranya.. kalo soal mobil.. emang ga sempet pergi ambil sim. kalo ngelancarin... gue rada2 unmotivated karena gw latihan pake mobil baru bokap yg masih MINT CONDITION kinyis2 dan mulus..... segede gaban pula... sapa yang berani bawa itu ke jalanan??? cicilan kedua aja belon dibayar. hwhwhwhw

meskipunn gue ngerasa baruuu aja di indo.. tapi gue udah harus balik kesana... tgl 6 maretada ujian TEM 8 yang malesinnn banget... dan sebelon itu gue mau ke HKG-Guangzhou dulu... and possibly macau... mudah2an rencana gue diamini sama yg di atas dan dilancarkan... dan abis itu udah deh gue ujian TEM 8 (dengan zero preparation) asal lewat aja... abis itu mudah2an bisa serius kerjain skripsi... well dengan internet terbatas di sana, mudah2an bisa selesai. kalo di sini sumpah suasananya ga mendukung banget... udah gitu di sana siap menelorkan another cabe rawit dan mudah2an ada 1-2 event yang bisa diadain cabe :)

di indo kali ini selain wedding of my sis ga gitu ada ngapa2in yang seru seh.... temen2 gw pada sibuk kerja or whatever sibuk apaan... gwnya juga actually sempet sibuk tapi puji Tuhan selama ini jarang ada hari2 di mana gue bengong seharian ga tau mau ngapain di rumah... for the rest 6 days, gue harus memanfaatkan sebaik2nya karna abis ini ga tau kapan bisa balik ke indo lagi =(

dalam 6 hari ini gue harus makan: bakmi GM, nasi campur harum, sama martabak pecenongan!!!
lalu gue harus berusaha: membagikan sisa2 cabe, lanjut baca selimut debu, ngerencanain perjalanan gue di HKG-macau-guangzhou

China, I'm back. I'm so ready to go back :)

Curly fries!!!

Karena keadaan yang memaksa, sekarang rambut gue keriting ikal banget!!!! argh!!! gue ga suka seh benernya.. tapi abis dari salon waktu itu gue langsung pergi karoke dan temen2 gue bilangnya bagus... rencananya seh abis ini gue pengen balik lurus lagi tapi ga pengen dibonding! lah trus gimandang donk?? haha ga tau deh gelap.. btw ini foto before and after..
before


after


well ini 2 perbandingan yang agak ekstrem seh soalnya yg pertama itu udah lama juga fotonya dan (kayaknya) itu abis dicatok. dan yang kedua itu kayak beberapa menit setelah dikeriting.. so which one is better?? gw lebih suka yang pertama. :|

anyway busway, i'm in indo now. and i'm busyyy!!! palingan cuma hari ini doank yang bangun tidur trus bengong nonton gosip artis di tv (karna inet mati) hehehe. hari lainnya slalu ksana kemari ga jelas.... besok aja udah ada plan seharian (cieh) pagi2 mo ke pasar baru (yay!) dan malemnya mau ke kawinannya jujui! yayy!! finally! hehe...

dan gue belon ada rencana kapan mo balik beijing neh... lol.. parah yah.. gue juga udah kaga ada yang namanya pikiran soal SKRIPSI. hahaah kelaut aja.. padahal lagi ada 1 topik bagus yang bisa diangkat: gempa Haiti. ah tapi gampanglah ada internet ini pasti ada archivenya. hahaha tipe2 mahasiswa GA KOMPETEN neh... bener rupanya kata orang tentang gue.

anyway busway againnn... kmrn ini ngbrl2 sama patty nc mcel dan gue bersyukur karna kita berempat sehati sejiwa putra putri santo don bosco mengenai 1 halll yang ga bisa diomongin di sini (halah padahal org yg diomongin juga ga bakal baca blog ini). ituloh.. yang soal 'tanggung jawab diri sendiri'. sisanya, figure it out yourself.

masih banyaaaak hal yang belon gue lakuin di indo... catch up with my fam (parah ye), comal-an sama mel dan gesyu, NONTON (avatar, chipmunks, new moon, sherlock, dll dsb dst), ke bandung, belajar 1 lagu piano, belajar gitar (hahaha smoga tidak omdo) dan lainnn sebagainya.. oleh sebab itu gue ga bisa nentuin kapan gue balik beijing.. secara summer ini gue juga ga balik jkt kayaknya.. jadi puas2in dulu di jakarta yang hangat ini...

segitu dulu...

xoxo

Cindy

The Big Bang Theory - Smart is the new Sexy

Gara-gara semua series yang gue ikutin lagi season break, jadilah gue mencari-cari TV series yang bisa ditonton. Waktu itu pernah direkomen TBBT, dan gue liat di Kaskus Forum TV ada 5 bintang jadinya I gave it a shot
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Dan seperti yang sudah diperkirakan. Gue ketagihan dan gue abisin itu 3 season ga sampe 1 minggu. Sekarang gue harus menunggu beberapa minggu sebelon gue bisa nonton yang terbaru. Dammit!

So why do I love it?

Pertama, karena ini comedy sitcom. Ceritanya ga belibet dan ga ga masuk akal macam Desperate Housewives (sungguh pengkhianat aku ini! hehe tapi I STILL LOVE DH no matter what). Udah gitu yaaa unik aja liat orang-orang macem Sheldon yang actually mengingatkan gue pada beberapa orang yang bener-bener eksis di kehidupan gue. Tipe orang-orang yang terkekang sama peraturan-peraturan dia sendiri dan bahkan dia menikmatinya!!! (hari senin makan A, hari selasa makan B, dan seterusnya, dan THIS IS MY SPOT!)

Tapi setelah dipikir-pikir lagi, yang gue bener-bener suka di TBBT itu cuman si Sheldon, Penny, dan Beverly (nyokapnya Leonard). Yang laen kayaknya comic banget ga gitu penting... Apalagi si Raj.

TBBT classics that I loveeee:
1. Soft Kitty
2. knock3x Penny? knock3x Penny? knock3x Penny?
3. Dinner in S and L's apartment. Thai, Indian, Chinese, and anything-can-happen Tuesday.
4. Penny Blossoms (ada websitenya beneran loh!)
5. Sheldon ngejelek-jelekin Penny.
6. Dan di 1 episode Penny bilang "oh yeah? who's Radiohead?"
7. Kalo Sheldon ngambek. dan waktu dia ga berperasaan. "there there..."
8. BAZINGA!
9. Klingon boggle.
10. AFK (Away from keyboard). Love that episode!
11. Leslie Winkle berantem sama Sheldon ("I don't have incorrect equation on my board")
12. The theme song!
~ Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock is classic too but I don't find it amusing :P

What I hate:
1. Howard and his mother shouting to each other
2. Raj

Sekarang sih baru confirmed 4 seasons (which mean 1 more season to go). Mudah-mudahan diperpanjang to the infinity and beyond.

xoxo

Cindy

Flashback of 2009

January - Big High School Reunion @ Bandar Djakarta


February - Soto Ngatidjo @ Roxy Jakarta, our family's favorite


March - Retret in Beijing. a memorable experience


April - I changed my hairstyle which surprised many people


May - Dinner @ Sanlitun, continued with crazy chatting in McDonald's. with Nico, Ochi, Astrid, Agnes, and Jimmy


happy and broke @ Tsim Sha Tsui Hongkong, one of my favorite moments of 2009


June - An unforgettable night @ Xihe barbecue near our campus


July - Finally! 6 of us can gather in one room after our prom night in 2006 @ Joe's house


August - Crazy Sarwang moment with high school friends @ Bandung


September - Hang out with Taufik, Bobby, and my new Mickey mp3 player @ Solana, Beijing


October - Me on a camel in Inner Mongolia on Labor Day Trip


November - "Terima kasih cinta" @ Patrick's apartment


December - Last day of 2009, getting ready for Taufik's 21st birthday and new year countdown


Hopefully this year's flashback will show a slimmer, more-successful, better me. Amen =)

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