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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
My 2012 Resolutions

My 2012 Resolutions

Let’s start by reviewing 2011. 2011 is a wild year. One of the best years in my 28 years of life. Although I’m not fully achieving my 2011 goals, but I’m not disappointed, as I have achieved something else that could be equally or more useful. I don’t do very...
Weekend Getaway: MesaStila Spa

Weekend Getaway: MesaStila Spa

I’ve been working very hard in the past 11 months and I think I needed to reward myself with a spa getaway. I’ve been a spa and massage addict, and once every time I want, I  spend my time enjoying spa grander than usual. Spa, for me, is more than...
Korea Winter Trip

Korea Winter Trip

My assistant @navikaanggun  is crazy about Korea. Setiap kali ada kesempatan, dia akan menceritakan semua hal yang berbau Korea terutama drama Korea. Maka saat Korean Tourism Organization mengundang saya untuk Winter Trip di Korea selama seminggu, ada 2 orang yang terperangah: saya dan Vika. For me, it was unexpected offer,...
ON|OFF 2011 - Ideas Meet Opportunities

ON|OFF 2011 – Ideas Meet Opportunities

It’s been a long journey. Early May 2011, Ong & Hanny come to me and asked me to be the Chairwoman of Pesta Blogger 2011 or we call it now ON|OFF 2011. I was overwhelmed (still is). It’s been a BIG event since 2007. I don’t know if I can...
Latest entries

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...

On the First ASEAN Bloggers Conference

I am honored to be invited along with Unspun and Herman Saksono to attend The 1st Malaysian ASEAN Regional Bloggers Conference – Blogging Mindfully and Responsibly in Intercontinental, Kuala Lumpur (KL), 23 – 24 April 2011. I was totally clueless about what’s happened in ASEAN blogosphere. So, what I have in mind about this conference...

Kartini & Technology

Today is Kartini day. She’s been an inspiration for many Indonesian women to achieve more in their life. She wrote letters to her bestfriend, Stella, in Europe regularly, share her insights about women condition in Indonesia. And how she wanted women to get more education, equal to men. Mr J. H. Abendanon, the Minister for...

About New Theme

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. -Walt Disney Trying new theme by WPCharity. It’s a child theme of Twenty Ten. Tumblr style. Something I really wanted to try since ages ago. I must figure this theme out the whole...

On Being Productive – How I Work

A lot of people coming to me and ask how did I manage my time and do all those writing and business things and eventually becoming productive. And I don’t really have a proper answer. I actually have told everyone that I just do it. I just do everything at once. And it doesn’t seem...

#StartupLokal 1st Anniversary – a Personal Note

Being one of #StartupLokal initiators to nurture the #StartupLokal @startuplokal  community have changed my life. I remember a year ago, I really want to attend the first #StartupLokal meetup when something really bad happened. It was a personal problem that you already know the outcome back in January 2011. In the emotional roller coaster that...

How to Start a Startup

When I start building my first startup in 2006, online book store Kutukutubuku.com, I don’t have anything in mind. All I know, I want to work surrounded by books. And that can only happened if I make my own book store. After years, a friend on twitter @penq , ask me some tips on successfuly...

My Style of 4-Hour Work Week

Been eye-ing this book: The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris for quite some time. The concept of working only 4 hour every week really make me curious. It’s basically living like a millionaire. So, yesterday, I read reviews about the book and I took several conclusions. Delegate. Automate. I’m an entrepreneur who manage several startups....

Learning from Ireland

With the rate of unemployment rising every year in Indonesia, that eventually will create more social & economical issues, now we have to focus on starting our own company and absorbing more human resources. The famous Indonesian Donald Trump, Ciputra, said right now Indonesia only has 400,000 entrepreneurs out of 250 million population. That’s less...

My Worry Free Beijing Trip

Saya tidak pernah terpikir untuk mengunjungi China. Sebagai salah satu negara dengan kekuatan ekonomi terbesar dan tempat yang sarat dengan peninggalan kebudayaan bernilai historis yang tinggi, China sangat membuat penasaran untuk dikunjungi. Namun ada beberapa sebab yang membuat saya ragu-ragu: faktor bahasa, kesulitan mendapatkan makanan halal, dan cerita-cerita horor tentang toilet-nya. Maka ketika Indo Citra...

Welcoming Rakuten Indonesia

Ada yang seru di bulan Maret! Rakuten, online shopping mall no. 1 di Jepang, kini hadir di Indonesia untuk meramaikan online market place di tanah air. Rakuten Indonesia adalah hasil kerjasama reputable company, MNC group dengan Rakuten Ichiban Inc. Soal keamanan berbelanja online pun udah jadi jaminan dengan dua nama besar ini. Barang-barang yang di...

Gaya Hidup Hijau

Gaya hidup hijau atau green living, dalam beberapa tahun terakhir mulai banyak dikampanyekan dan dilakukan. Saya sendiri, dalam upaya ikutan kampanye gaya hidup hijau, sudah lama tidak menerima kantong plastik untuk membungkus belanjaan seperti buku, DVD, baju, dll. Lebih baik langsung menaruh belanjaan di dalam tas yang sudah kita siapkan dari rumah. Maka sewaktu Tupperware...