Finished my part of CSR

I've finished the painstaking task of CSR. Research CSR of 4 companies, especially when you think the task is not really usefull, really make me tired.

Have a frech fries & nuggets. Yummy...

Talks with Agan, hehe, he's sooo funny. Luv u bundgan & agan.

May 8, 2012

Start daily gratitude again! yeayyy!!

Woke up early in the morning, and started my research proposal.

Finished writing my research proposal, and reward myself with Avengers in Pathe. And I subscribed to unlimited gold ticket. 20.8 euro for this month, 26 euro for next months. I promise I'll watch all movies showing in Pathe ;p

Sunday

Cooked Nasi Goreng. with instant seasoning, hehe

Had a nice & lively discussion in my study group.

Done with our assignment!

Saturday

Wake up late and have a good sleep. Jetlag is totally gone.

Spent some hours reading case. Simple one.

Have a good laugh, found a new "sport". Serious one, but very funny!

Let's Start Again

Why the break? I went to Indonesia and I had just arrived Monday this week. Needless to say, my time in Indonesia is always great. Agan got sick, but he's fully recovered in a week and even gained 1.5 kilos, hehe..that's my son. In Indonesia, I got somehow limited access to internet, so this blog is in a pause for a little while.

Let's start again. Today I went to US Consulate Generale in Amsterdam for Visa application. It went well. The approval of the visa will be received in 4-5 days.

My jetlag is diminished. I still woke up at 3, but this time I can sleep again and fully awake at 6.

Sent 2 applications. For management project and full time job. Let's wait and see.

Block 3 is officially over

Time flew fast. Block 3 is officially over today. HRM exam was so so. It's open book, 8 questions with sub questions, 4 hours. I was looking for copy-paste button during exam but I couldn't find it ;p

I bought new ink for my printer. Ridiculous price: 23.4 for one black ink. 24 for coloured ink. New printer costs about 50-60. However, I need it, so I bought the black one. I've printed my CV for tomorrow's company day.

Recalling my job seeking period during college. Oh what a nice memory.

3rd day

I should remind myself that this blog is all about gratitudes. Darn. I hate today's exam - the worst so far.And no, I'm not gonna whining further about this because it's not a grateful act :). But here's my gratitude: it's finally over, I'm sure I'll pass, and hopefully a B+.

The good thing about exam week: I always enjoy powernap. That fresh feeling when you wake up at 4.

I ate lamb-steak for dinner, hehe.. I bought marinated ones, and the only thing I need to do is put it in a heat pan, stir it, and wait until it didn't show red colour. It's grilled lamb - delicious :))

Strategic Management Exam Day

I managed this exam well, I think. Finished 20 minutes before deadline :)). But you know, in soft side of management like this, you'll never know.

Had a power nap and feel vigor now.

I have no idea for tomorrow's exam - Innovation Management. Gosh I hate subject with fuzzy and abstract concept, so I'll just get to bed early tonight, wake up very early tomorrow, and try to learn again.

First Day of Exam Week

One down, three to go. I think I'm doing fine in Operation & SCM exam.

I'm happy that my work to go through all materials was paid off. I didn't find any difficulties to go to the source in the slides or books during exam (the exam is open book).

It's 22:30 now, and I'm done with Strategic. I need to cover the subjects again tomorrow, but the fact that I'm entirely finishing it today is great, since usually I'm done with all the chapters in the morning before exam. :)

Newcastle retained 5th position this Sunday

Super. I watched Newcastle's match vs Aston Villa, though I had exam tomorrow and there's huge amount of material to study :p
It's worth the time, newcastle hammered villa, 2-1. More good thing: the two Senegalese strikers, Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse, whom just came back early from African Cup, scored. Cisse scored in his debut. Looking forward for more goals from them!

However, the study went well. I go through all materials and can finished it :)

I even managed to watch Chelsea vs ManU game. Superb game. 6 goals! Truly entertaining.

Saturday Before Exam

Spent my morning reading Strategic Management. Not so much material. Finished at 12.

Had a good skype session with Agan & My wife. He's so funny - he followed everything I did. I ate banana, he immediately asked for one, and said "this is Agan's banana", hehe.. then I drank orange juice, and he asked for juice too, and we drank together, haha

Then I had some nap, and continue with innovation management. I'm glad I'll have a relaxed exam - 3 of them is open book exam, and most of the material is on the soft side of management. Well, operation should be technical, but I don't think that's the way my professor would test us.

Friday before exam

Heavy snow in Tilburg. beautiful. This is a picture I took from my balcony:

And since it's snowing, I had a good sleep,haha..almost 10 hrs of sleeping!

My grocery supply is safe for next week's exam, including 4 cans of energy drink. :)

End of This Block

Finally, I reached the last day of this 3rd block. Though I found this block is less interesting, but still I'm happy this finally ended. It's an easier and more relaxed block :)

Got 9.5 & perfect 10 for last 2 quizzes in IHRM :)

Exciting chitchat with my 2 fellow Indonesian this evening.

Am very ready for the exam :)

Being Thankful

It's ironic (and a little pity), that sometimes we felt really thankful when we learn that we're in much better state than, say, Imam, a binman in Jakarta covered in BBC documentary. However, yes, I'm grateful, and I hope Imam and other people could also improve their life (and hopefully I could do some contributions).

I just realized that I grow up and live in a very interesting time, in one of historic decade in the modern human history in terms of... crisis. In 2000-2001 we got internet boom & bust, 911, war on terrorism, Iraq & Afghan invasion, housing bubble, great recession, european debt crisis.Surely we live in interesting time.

Spot an opportunity for management project. Finished my cover letter and CV, and ready to send. *fingers-crossed*

After Snow

I walked out from my apartment this morning with amazement: everything was white. It's not snowy today, but the remnants of yesterday's snow created perfect white scene. Beautiful.

And the sun shined. The white snow reflected the sunlight. It's winter, but it was very bright. I should have walked to my campus with my camera... Too bad i didn't wake up early.

The strategy case I read this evening was short but very interesting.Check this: http://www.gore.com/en_xx/. A company, pretty big one, with no hierarchical structure. Everyone is associate there. They're really innovative, and was established since 50s. 

Monday, Last Week in This Block

I had my first snow in my life today, hahaha finally! Winter's been almost 3 months, and it's finally snowing here in Tilburg. It's like "es puter", really white, cold, but a bit sticky - you can make a ball and throw it before it crashes.

The class was over at 7 PM. Long day, I started since 9 AM. My last professor is cute little woman :).

Got a free Financial Times with a free magazine inside. An edition for Global MBA ranking in 2012.

Ready for last week in this block

Sunday. Finish my laundry and iron my shirt. got full supply till next month. hehe

Talk with Agan on the phone. He responded really well, and we had nice chat about me having nasi goreng, and he asked directly to my wife, "agan juga mau nasi goreng", hehe.. In skype, he's always busy playing and didn't really talk to me :)

No homework, no nothing this weekend. Perfect. Went to albert heijn, the only one that opens on Sunday, and bough yoghurt, juice, chocolate, and milk. Now I'm about to read chapters for my strategy class. Should be fun.

Saturday

I love holiday. Good rest and wake up really fresh in the morning.

I cooked nasi goreng - enough for 3 meal times, hehe

Had a fun chat with wifey. Luv u much hun.

Friday, Holiday.

I talked with wifey and agan. It was on maghrib time, and Agan said: Bunda agan sholat dulu yah. Then, he went upstair (he always think that musholla is upstair) and sholat,hehe.. Smart boy. Alhamdulillah.

Done with my photograph for  US Visa. Cost me 12 euros for 2 photographs, and an additional 5 euros for the softcopy file.

It's holiday, so is tomorrow and of course Sunday :)

Asian Party

The Asian party went well. There were games (gambling, hahaha, very "asian" ?), fortunetelling based on your shio, and great music.

The food was delicious as well. I enjoy taiwanese marinated chicken made by David.

Had a good chat with my wife in skype. Miss u much hun :*