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My name is Ollie and this is my blog. I'm a writer, startups founder & community organizer, one of them is #StartupLokal. Email me: auliah5 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Money Diary

I’m inspired with an article from Marie Claire magazine about women’s money diary. It’s actually important to have one, because we will find out which area really draining our money and we could be more careful, if of course, we already decide to be wise on money (like me now hehe). As a 28 years...

On Celebrating #OllieBday

Can’t believe it’s my birthday again! This year, I spend my birthday in Singapore with friends while attending Echelon 2011. This year’s birthday is officially the first birthday without him. It’s been 10 years, and he’s always around. But last year, I felt like I already ‘lost’ him anyway. So, for this year, I have...

Echelon 2011

After judging Echelon Satellite Event in Jakarta, I’ve got a chance to visit Echelon 2011 event in Singapore with 5 of my #StartupLokal buddies. Startup scene is currently very vibrant in Indonesia, and of course as founder of several startups like NulisBuku.com and organizer for one of the biggest startup communities in Indonesia, #StartupLokal, I’m...

The Quest of #IndonesiaJujur

“Always speak the truth, even if it is bitter.” (Baihaqi) Hashtag #IndonesiaJujur muncul di twitter setelah kabar mengejutkan tentang seorang anak pintar di sebuah SD di Surabaya, yang diminta untuk memberikan contekan kepada teman-temannya oleh sang guru. And this is not the shocking news. Ibunya, Siami, yang mengetahui hal itu, langsung melapor ke Kepala Sekolah,...

A Day with Saphia

I have this photo blog called Jakarta Daily Photo and I have a lot of foreigners appreciating the blog because it shows the beauty side of Jakarta. One of the comment I got is from Saphia, a French girl who’s coming visiting Jakarta for work related and would spend months here. We met at National...

Perjalanan Umroh ku (Catatan Pinggir)

Dua hari terakhir saya di Mekkah, sebelum pulang ke Indonesia, tamu bulanan saya datang tak diundang. Jadilah saya mendekam di kamar sambil membaca buku Naked Traveler 3 yang saya bawa dari Indonesia. Buku Trinity ini, menurut saya yang terbaik dari ketiga buku. I love it very much. Ceritanya makin komplit dan makin vulgar a la...

My Umrah Journey

Living in Indonesia, country with largest Muslim population in the world, I’ve been a Muslim all my life. I automatically become a Muslim because my parents are Muslim. I didn’t walk thru process of ‘searching’. I accept Islam they way it is. And I didn’t questioned it. The 5 times praying ritual started become a soul-less routine....

Rethinking March & April 2011

8 minutes past midnight. A good time to write about what I’ve done in March & April 2011. Actually, after writing my January and February summary, I tried to pretend to forget writing this, until @fajarh  come to remind me :P So, I guess… I can’t get away from posting this LOL March was a...

Life After Crisis

Let’s talk about life. Lately I met a lot of people who share me their personal problems. And as far as I remember, everybody have problems. Problems are there, not only to be solved, but also be the point of our learning process. So, if you face problems then whine, pity yourself, sulk and giving...

The Amazing February

So I wrote about my progress in January 2011. Now I want to share what’s happened in February 2011. February has been fabulous for me! Not because it’s a month of love (they say), but because I (and friends) hosted 5 events in a month! For me, who was once a painfully shy girl and...

What Bill Gates & I have in common

So yesterday I went to Mekar‘s office with @chandramarsono  to have a private assessment on our new business together. Razz from Mekar gave a lot of useful insights on what kind of startup that investors looking for and how to make our business plan works the charm. One of things that Razz did was identify-ing...

It’s Over

After 7 years of relationship & 2 years of marriage, me and Anang Pradipta, have decided to divorce. All the painful process has been done and taken care real well by our lawyer. We’re really sad for what’s happened and hope our big family & friends could understand our decision. We care for each other...