Sebagai orang yang punya rumah di Depok dan bekerja di Jakarta Barat, saya paham sekali bagaimana GILA-nya commuting Depok-Jakarta setiap hari. Selain jarak yang berpengaruh pada waktu tempuh terutama saat harus menembus kemacetan di jam kerja, commuting juga besar pengaruhnya ke dompet dan budget untuk transportasi. Boro-boro mau nabung dan berinvestasi, kalau biaya transportasi harian […]
When I say I love you, this is what I really mean… I have the needs of love. I need you to remember me in the morning, during the day, at night and telling me about it. I need you to clearly express with words how your world is turning upside down without me in […]
Yesterday, I had duck dinner with Yiping Goh, Chief Product Officer of MatahariMall.com and also MatahariMall.com first employee. Yiping is originally from Singapore, so I asked her about her decision to move to Jakarta and build MatahariMall.com, a company with hundreds of million dollars in investment, from scratch. Did she ever felt intimidated and having […]
“Authentic leadership is a product of clarity. Clarity in what you stand for, and what you will not stand for.” -Rodger Dean Few weeks ago I got a question through email from a young womanpreneur I met in Jogja. Setelah ngobrol sebentar kemarin, aku jadi berpikir, sepertinya aku belum punya modal utamanya entrepreneur yaitu attitudenya. […]
I remember vividly when I was at a beautiful island of Gili Trawangan, a friend wanted to ride bicycle to circle the island. Now, the island look small from the map, but it took at least 1,5 hours to circle it around. The most difficult part is when you have to go through the sand […]
Oh wow, it’s that time of the year again! In short, the highlight of 2016 is meeting and losing the love of my life in the same year *OUCH! While I’m licking my wounds and keeping my integrity as a stoic, let’s see what’s 365 days really mean to me in 2016. January 2016 Signify […]
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