Showing posts with label Ogilvy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ogilvy. Show all posts

Friday, December 7, 2018

Goodbye, David

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"And this time I'm convincing myself not to go anywhere else, unless it's for the master degree. I've explored enough, and this company I'm now working at, is too hard to get and too big to ditch."
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-- an imbecile, somewhat 2 years ago.

And that imbecile, was me.

That's the line I told myself on my second day of work at Ogilvy. Well, did I tell you already? That Ogilvy is actually a company I used to dream of working for.

Since my college days, the name was on top of my list. To work here and live life as a copywriter, was like a combination I'd kill for. When it was time for us to seek for internship program, this company was the one I approached though it didn't go as planned.

No, no, I got the interview call, indeed. It was like only one step to acceptance, then I think my chance got blown away when I told them I only had two months to do the internship—whence they required three -thanks to my already-booked Bali trip, but then, I would never regret it because it became a very memorable trip! BBDO was eventually the one accepted me.

Then came the actual professional phase. When all college bullshit ended and real shit came greeting. Again, Ogilvy was among the first I sent out my -enhanced and super beautified- portfolio. And again, I got the freaking call. I nailed the interview too, I guess. With two expats I remembered them vividly even until now. But their offers weren't really appealing it seemed they looked down on me. Well no matter how much I adored them, I still have dignity no? So I went for SOGO instead.

I quitted SOGO, went for my amazing internship in Japan, and came back home once again, unemployed. And once again too -and I guess I claimed to myself that it'd be for the last time- I turned to Ogilvy for yet another application. This time for the Social Department.

One interview -with both supervisors- nailed. Interview two, now with the boss of social, well, nailed that one too. Final interview was with the creative director, and my senior in college, so I guess I totally nailed that one. Plus two given assignments submitted on time -and on point too, I assume- plus rather smooth negotiation plus a bit of luck this time,

I got the role.

Fuck man, finally. I'm an Ogilvy-an. Three attempts for three different role in just one company, and only got accepted on the third try, well, I guess in this case third time's a charm.

See my fight to get into this company I really dreamed of, wasn't quiet easy. It took me three fucking years! No wonder if at the end of the day -during my first days, exactly- I promised myself that I wouldn't ever want to leave the company unless I was to get my masters degree eh? No other job, no other abroad internship and no other thing could steal my attention this time!

It seemed so easy to convince myself to do that though, at the beginning, because life was oh so amazing back then. I could get to live my dream copywriter life, and at the same time learn as much as I could to be a good digital-social media practitioner slash amazing creative. Overtime works were totally bearable, company benefits were really enjoyable, parties was crazy, and, don't forget about the incredible outing to Hong Kong and Macau that was interestingly exclusive to Social Team only. Yes, others didn't go because it was only us that reached our KPI.

Coworkers were another reason why I enjoyed my life in Ogilvy. Oh my God how we were like playmates at the office. Works seemed like playing, and clients were like teachers we could make fun of on their backs. Things could get tough sometimes, but with them, it felt just fine and, weirdly, fun.

But then I guess good things couldn't last forever, eh?

Tables turned gradually. Good life started slowing down to such sorrowful hole, works became too much and depressing, colleagues began leaving, and I felt like it was getting too much.

I might still look happy from the outside, but I couldn't lie, I burnt out from the inside. I didn't know what held me back from leaving, because everybody else seemed to be doing it so easily. Well I guess I know: it's my super soft inside that kept me there. You know, when you feel like you're so solid with your decision, and then some minor joy at the office -like, making it to an award finalist?- restored your faith for the company and the next thing you know, you procrastinated your resignation.

Well... I guess that's just not all.

It's my old me, me from campus life, me who got rejected for the internship, me who got disappointed for the offers, THAT me who adored Ogilvy so much I promised myself not to leave the company—yes, he was the one who held me back from leaving.

At some point I owed him so much for his struggle to get me this far. At some point I felt like I hold accountability to keep his trust for not leaving. At some point, I just, don't want to disappoint him...

But also at some point, it was him who came to me,
Telling me that it's time to let go of my stupid ego.

So I made my decision.
I quitted from Ogilvy.

It wasn't easy, I swear.
But I know it was the right decision.

I've proved myself that I could get what I wanted, and it meant that I could do that again in the future. And in order to do that in the future, I needed to get out of whatever I was clinging at, no?

So yea all my struggles to get a spot inside the company, all the lessons I've learned from literally everything I encountered there, all the sweats and tears and bloods I shed during my service, all the memories, all the fun, all the laughters, fuck, I would cherish it all.


Just some snaps from my last day in Ogilvy.

There are actually tons more, with several other people special to me but
these bunch are the ones that stick with me from the very beginning,
til the very end so... yea.



Thank you, Ogilvy, for those amazing stuff.
And no thank you for the shitty parts, really.

Goodbye.

Friday, September 21, 2018

Young, and Spiky

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Remember how I've always been complaining about work lately? And remember how, when you read me complaining, you might have this question deeeeep inside your tiny little heart: "enough talking, you wuzz, stand up and quit already!?"

Well. The answer is simple: I feel like I still need to prove myself.

Yea, it's about me and my own ambition. C'mon, spare me a little, I'm young, and I want to sharpen my spikes! I want to make my brands matter -lol bullshyt?- I want to win more pitch so I can decorate my portfolio with even prettier stuff -well now it's a genuine one- and, I want awards.

So this year, after making it to Top 10 last year in Daun Muda, I got into another award competition. This time it's a bit more international.

Young Spikes Award.

Well, alright alright, it's my boss again. He dragged me into this, once again. It wasn't my intention at the first place but after some considerations, I felt like I had to redeem for not making it into Top 3 last year so there I was, once again 'trapped' in the rollercoaster advertising award ride.

The process was basically the same. We worked in a group of two, received the brief, spent weekend at the office to crack the idea, and just wait in vein. Only this time, the deadline was only 24 hours -which oh for God's sake, was much better than 48 hours because SPENDING THE WHOLE WEEKEND AT THE OFFICE IS SO STRESSFUL! and, I had a new partner.

Remember about my old squad at the office? Well yea most of them are gone now, but as time went by and I moved on -lol wth- I found myself in yet another awesome circle. The boss is still the same, but my playmates are new. A girl and a guy, and let's call them Masha and The Bear. And all three of us, Masha, The Bear, and me, we were kinda forced by our boss to join Young Spikes.

I was partnered with The Bear. Oh God. Lol did I make it sound like I can't stand The Bear? Nooo, we're good. Too good in fact, that we tend to mock each other and jape a lot. Way too lot.

But then the 24 hours we spent at the office was quiet effective and fruitful, though the new big boss kinda questioned our idea, but then, just the next day, when we were expected to wait for a phone call should our idea proceeded to the presentation stage, well,

WE GOT THAT CALL!

I couldn't believe it. AT. ALL. Two years in a row, in two different, but equally prestigious advertising award event, I made it into the shortlist! This time was Top 7, a slightly much MUCH better result, which it alone got me all proud of myself already!

We got to present our idea the next day. God, I don't need to explain how nervous we were for that. Plus, this was The Bear's first time making it through as a finalist after joining the competitions for some years so, it's a big thing for us!

The presentation went smooth, though we were the last one to present. The idea was clever, the slides were on-point and not full of words, the speaking was clear, the answers to the unexpected questions were unexpectedly delivered in a very very satisfying quality. So then came the announcement and
We lost.
Lol do you expect this to turn out to be a super sweet dreams-do-come-true blog post where I won the award and that's why I posted it? No, I lost. They said that our presentation was top notch, and the judges were having a difficulty in deciding whether it should be us or the other team to win, so yea they claimed that if there were a second place, it should be us, but no. No second place, and no, we weren't the winner no matter what.

Still I'm writing about this as a token of appreciation to myself, and, most importantly, as a reminder that I could do anything and go as far as I wish if I want.

I started working at this industry knowing nothing -but stories from our lecturers back at the university, lacking of skills, having no experiences, needing times and times to grow and up my level, even several weeks prior me doing the competition, a stupid Malay expat at my office made fun of me and told me that I couldn't go far -well she was drunk, so she probably didn't mean it but wait, alcohol usually make someone talk what they really think of, no? and look at me now: it took me only 24 hours to show that I am worthy of a brilliant ad man, for the second consecutive year.

No, of course I'm not doing this award to show that woman that I can achieve something. She's not worth the back of my mind.

This is totally my way to show that I'm capable of doing anything I want.

I'm young, full of spikes
Ready to pop your balloon

Monday, August 20, 2018

Playmates

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One thing I like from my company is, it's not like a company others may think of.

We don't wear formal outfits like those bank employees. We don't work from 9 to 5 like other private-owned organizations. And, this is what I can say I'm so grateful the most of: we don't work with people from different generations.

Yes, my coworkers, are somewhat my age. My division head is like a big sister for us, I use "gue elo" with my direct supervisor, our executive officers, yea they're much older and some of them have kids already, but all still seem so young--so I'd rather call them playmates.

ESPECIALLY, especially this particular group of people. In which we started really small, really close and intimate, that sometimes I forgot that they'rer a part of my professional world that I have to take them seriously. Now I want to tell you more about this people, that here, I want to address as the

"Social Team"

This gon be a long post, and may not be relatable to you so if you don't think it has something to do with you, better save your time and close the tab haha!

And I think it's going to be emotional too. Not the cry-a-river type of emotional ya, more like a personal-biased type of writing. So I guess I'm ditching English for now, and let's PAKE BAHASA INDO UYEAH ULALA I'M FREE FROM MY OWN EGO! (((trus tetep pake Inggris)))

Oke.

Social Team. Jadi semenjak gue masuk Ogilvy, gue udah jadi bagian dari tim ini. Sebenernya anggotanya banyak, tapi waktu itu, dua tahun lalu tepatnya, kita duduknya masih kepisah-pisah. Jadi awalnya gue satu ruang cuma ber-8. Dan formasinya pun ganti-ganti. Sampe akhirnya semuanya bergabung jadi satu, dan Social Team jadi a bit anti-social karena meski sudah bersatu, kita duduk di ruang terpisah dan gak interaksi sama sekali dengan orang-orang Ogilvy lainnya.

But I must say sih, that was our golden era. We juggled we struggled and we made a really good business for ourselves. And because of that, I think, I start considering these people a group of playmates I really feel (too) comfortable hanging out with. That's because

Our Big Boss
Si division head yang tadi gue sebut, lebih kayak “big sister”. Humble, asik, gampang dideketin, kadang suka intimidating sih tapi dalam konotasi bagus loh ya! Trus di keluarga kecil kita ada

The Little Girl
Yang paling mungil, paling bocah, tapi pemikirannya lumayan dewasa dan suka banyak juicy gossip HAHA I love her for this. Dia sahabatan sama

The Chill Woman
Yang saking chill-nya, gue gak nyangka kalo ternyata doi udah punya anak... mayan bully nih orang, tapi chayank.

The ‘Mother’
Diberi tanda kutip karena dia lebih kayak, ehm, indung semang. WKAKAK canda euy. Ini cewek adalah salah satu orang pertama yang kerja bareng gue di Ogilvy. RECEH BANGET sehingga bisa dibilang kami cukup klop ya pemirsa.

The Mother
Ini baru beneran seorang Ibu. Yang paling tua, paling senior dan paling berpengalaman di antara para krucil, dan emang beneran udah punya anak. Kami semua sangat sayang padanya.

The Fancy Lady
Naq gaol, doyan ngopi dan hengot. One of the international-tasted pal that when I start talking to her, I feel... international.

The Twin Sister
Hmm ku agak bingung gimana cara mulai dengan yang satu ini. Hari pertama kita sama. Pas kenalan dan ke HR masih clueless, trus akhirnya dikasitau ternyata bakal satu divisi. Pas naik, ternyata satu ruangan. Pas duduk, ternyata sebelahan. Pas introduction sama supervisor, TERNYATA MEGANG SATU BRAND YANG SAMA! Hal terkocak sih, dan langsung ikrib gitu. Sama-sama doyan Disney, kucing, jokes bego, Sekala, dan segala ketololan lainnya karena ternyata standar ketololan kita sama.

The Bully Big Sis
Bosnya si twin sister. Dulunya supervisor gue, jadi lumayan intimidating karena perawakannya pun emang galak gitu :( Tapi lama kelamaan, yaelah, ternyata dodol juga. Apalagi kalo udah mulai ngomongin Jepang sama Korea adeuh inang... kalo udah ngisengin orang, rusuhnya bukan main, tapi kadang itu sih yang bikin ngangenin uuu so sweet gak akyu?

The Drama Queen
Nah ini. Salah satu yang paling muda, jadi kayak masih hijau gitu. Apa-apa dibikin drama, trus dianggap paling lemah sekantor wakakak sering banget kita berandai-andai kalo kantor kena zombie apocalypse, ini anak pasti yang die duluan.

The Tall Gal
Joinnya mayan belakangan, tapi langsung bebeb aja gitu sama aku dan anggota tim lainnya. Doyan banget nyekokin orang, jadi kadang gue suka trauma deket deket dia wkwk tapi tetep luv.

The Eonnie
Yang paling cutesy sekantor karena doyan per-Korea-an dan Disney Tsum Tsum. Trus kalo ngomong kayak inyiminyi unyumunyu aaawww -paansi gue elah. Tapi ya emang gitu orangnya gimana dong???

The Brocode
Jadi gini. Pas gue baru masuk, di ruangan yang isinya cuma 8 orang itu, 7 di antaranya wanita. Oke? TUJUH. Jadi tiap hari kalo gak ngomongin makanan, make up, gosip, ya... makanan. Lalu datanglah orang ini. Yang kehadirannya aja udah bikin gue merasa kembali maskulin. Tapi ternyata, kedoyanan kita sama. F1, kartun-kartun 90an, stupid international jokes and puns, F1, F1, F1! He completes me even The Twin Sister said that I win big time because of his arrival to the team!

The Loud Girl
Yang ini juga salah satu temen akrabku. Kenalnya baru belakangan karena dia bukan salah satu anggota akuarium-terkungkung-berisi-hanya-8-manusia-nelangsa itu. Tapi lelucon dan kebodohan kami berada dalam level yang sama, yang seringkali memeriahkan suasana ruangan kami yang sebenarnya sudah meriah—karena gue suka cot, dan dia nyablak ke-Betawi-an gitu.

The Swag-chan
Satu lagi si gubluk dari gua Social. Males ceritain soal dia karena isinya becanda mulu, takut ngalor ngidul. Udah gitu orangnya sekarang di Jepang ahelah aku kan iri dengki :(

The Best Account
Mon maap ya para account yang lain, tapi kalo ditanya siapa yang debez, wanita ini jawabannya. Karena deadline bisa ditawar, kerjaan banyak tapi bisa dicicil, dan SERING NRAKTIR GUE SESUATU. Udah gitu dodol juga orangnya. Bersama si Swag-Chan, gue dan Best Account adalah primadona dari acara paling fenomenal sejagat dunia hiburan Ogilvy.

The International Student
The most rational of all, and speaks English almost all the time that it somewhat becomes a neutralizer for me when I’ve had enough of the team’s imbecile madness. But no, that doesn't mean that she's normal sih bcs sometimes she's also crayzeehh (NO ONE IN SOCIAL IS NORMAL!).

The Unknown Uncle
Lol. Ini orang agak gajelas kehadirannya, tapi mayan berkesan karena muncul di golden era.

The Sass Counterpart
Hm ini dia. Awalnya gue kira dia semacam cewek snob yang males begaul sama kaum proletar gitu. Ternyata dia proletar juga kawan kawan haha canda. Kita berdua kan ceritanya sama-sama jetset di bidangnya masing-masing, jadi kalo lagi ketemu kayak suka gamau kalah dan ke-snob-annya pun membuncah. Tentu saja maksudnya hanya bercanda, tapi kadang beneran juga sih HAHA.

The Writer Partner
Masuk ke Tim Creative. Shoutout pertama buat cewek ini, karena kita adalah THE ONLY WRITERS OF THE TEAM. Berak berak sih, kadang suka ngap ngapan kalo ngebayangin masa lalu. Apalagi kalo udah ada desas desus pitching uhuyy lempar lemparan deh tu ah kayak main voli. Untung kita sama sama kuat, tegar, suka kucing, suka tolol, dan suka suki lainnya sehingga keakraban ini membuat kita saling mendukung untuk bisa bertahan hingga kini. Tapi itu gak berarti kita akan mau di sini berlama-lama loh ya *ea eaaa apaan nihh maxutnya?????*

The Intern(s)
Di masa masa kechayangan, kita pernah punya dua intern -dan DUA DUANYA DESIGNER YA HELLO YANG RESOURCENYA TERBATAS ITU ADALAH KAMI PARA WRITER KENAPA YHAA hehe tapi yaudah buktinya ku enjoy- yang jujur, dua-duanya di-abuse abis abisan HAHA. Yang satu bahkan balik lagi sebagai freelance untuk dipasangkan dengan diriku, dan akhirnya diangkat karyawan HAHA. Dan kisah kami berdua sekarang, mungkin tidak akan kuceritakan di sini karena bisa menodai keindahan dan kesakralan golden era Social :)

The Fool One
Dari tadi padahal udah banyak ya orang-orang tolol. Tapi kenapa hanya dia yang diberi titel “The Fool One”? Ya jelas karena dialah ratu dari segala kebodoran duniawi. Kadang suka gak ngerti sama jalan pikirannya sih, tapi kadang emang cucok aja gitu kalo udah sahut-sahutan. Hal paling berkesan tuh ya pas nginep beduaan di kantor lah! Fix gak akan lagi bisa bikin cerita kayak gini: lembur, jam 4 tersadar kalo kita ga mungkin bisa pulang, lalu memutuskan untuk nginep, bobo, dan jam 8 bangun karena kegep sama si Writer Partner. TERCYDUQ.

The Big Bro
Kehadiran lelaki yang ini juga bikin gue jadi agak waras. Emang, gue udah punya si Brocode. Tapi dia versi internasional. This Big Bro, dia yang lebih lokal. Awalnya gue pikir dia tipe orang yang gak bakal mainan sama gue kan -mukanya galak, penampilan ala ala rocker- tapi semakin kenal semakin akrab, terlebih karena kita sama-sama doyan segala kartun dan perintilan era 90an! Trus dulu awal-awal kita sering banget lembur bareng, hingga akhirnya ia merajut kasih dengan The Little Girl hingga... gak hingga apa apa sih, tetep akrab kok ampe sekarang haha. Level jokes jangan ditanya, karena kalo jayus, mana mungkin bisa betah sama gue? :)

The Big Sis
Haha makin ke bawah makin panjang nih kayaknya. Yang ini, adalah partner sejati gue di creative. Dari awal gue paling banyak kerja tektokan sama dia. Awalnya masih cool, gak bawel, mungkin karena baru kenal kali? HAHA tapi lama-lama keliatan juga aslinya. Dan interest kita banyak yang sama jadi kalo kerja kadang gak kerasa kayak kerja. Gak lama gue masuk, dia menikah. Lalu hamil. Pas dia hamil ini Social lagi sibuk sibuknya, jadi gue makin sering kongko bareng dan mengakrabkan diri dengan si jabang bayi -apeuu. Setelah si kecil terlahir ke dunia, jujur ya, gausah pake jaim lagi, gue takut dia cabut. Idk kayak belum siap aja punya partner baru haha! Ujung ujungnya doi balik sih, tapi rolenya sekarang beda karena dia harus tiga hari seminggu WFH. Tapi idk, gue kayak tenang aja gitu walopun udah gak kerja bareng lagi hehe MAKIN SO SWEET AJA NIH GUE KAYAKNYA :)

The Father
Wadu. Gimana ya. Oke. Jadi pas awal masuk Ogilvy, tim creative Social kagak punya CD LHA GIMANA ATULAH??? Jadi tiap ada campaign atau apa, kita para kodok ngide aja sendiri gitu beduaan sama partnernya, sukur sukur kalo ada intern bisa terbantu. Itu berlangsung setaun lebih, dengan iming iming “sabar ya, bentar lagi kalian punya CD” tapi ya tiba tiba sabarnya udah setaun ajatu :) Hingga akhirnya janji yang dinanti pun tiba. Agustus 2017, Social Creative AT LAST, punya CD. Masih muda, tapi kita panggil dia BAPAK -bodoamat. Jujur setelah dia tiba, beban jadi sedikit terangkat. Jalan jadi lebih terang karena sekarang ada yang ngarahin. Gak selalu mulus emang, tapi justru lebih bagus karena kita jadi terbiasa buat defend argument. Dan karena dia juga, gue sama The Writer Partner jadi terdorong buat ikutan Daun Muda dan, ehm, masuk shortlist 10 besar pemirsa hehe meski gak menang sih tapi ya ITS GOOD OLREDY! Well to sum up, he’s one of the best addition to the team, and believe it or not, he was the last one that came during our golden age.

Guys guys, tenang belum selese. Itu baru preambul. Baru perkenalan tokoh tokoh yang ada dalam novelku yang bertajuk “Bahtera dan Nestapa Ogilvy Indonesia”. Gue baru mau masuk ke inti konflik dan kenapa sampe akhirnya gue menelurkan mahakarya ini dalam blog gue. Sudah siap?

Setelah The Father masuk, of course, banyak orang lain yang hadir ke dunia Ogilvy. Tapi keadaan waktu itu mulai berubah. Social masih sangat prima, the best malah dibandingin dengan departemen lain di Ogilvy. Tapi ya mungkin benar kata pepatah, bahwa gak selamanya kita akan selalu berada di zona nyaman kita -emang ada pepatah kayak gitu?

It all began when our Drama Queen left. Agak shock awalnya, karena kita gak begitu terbiasa ditinggal resign sama temen temen Social -well life was awesome why do you have to leave?? Gak lama berselang, ‘Mother’ ikutan cabut. Gue sama Twin Sister gue udah mayan ehe ehe panik pemirsa, karena dua duanya batch kita tuu. By that time, the Swag-chan juga udah byebye karena dia menikah dan pindah ke Jepang. Well, three gone, dan kantor mulai kerasa aneh.

Trus sebuah perubahan besar terjadi di kantor, dan kayaknya ini deh point di mana Ogilvy mulai kerasa jadi agak kurang sreg. Jadi sekarang gak ada lagi tuh Social Ogilvy, PR Ogilvy, lalalili sekarang semua cuma satu, ONE, Ogilvy. Lalu terjadilah segala adaptasi, restructure dan tetek bengeknya, yang membuat beberapa orang lantas mulai gak betah. Creative pun pindah semua jadi satu lantai, meninggalkan para account di lantai bawah. Lalu The Chill Woman cabut. Disusul si Eonnie... dan The Bully Big Sis. Si Big Sis ini bisa dibilang cukup menggemparkan, karena kita semua tau dia sangat hardworking dan cocok dengan pace di Ogilvy. Tapi buat gue personally, yang lebih menggemparkan lagi sih ya yang setelah ini. Guess who?

The Brocode. Like I told you, kehadiran dia membuat gue lebih LAKI -meski sekarang udah banyak lelaki tambahan di tim Social, tapi tetep aja dia ini yang pertama kali mengembalikan kepercayaan diriku. Then the idea of having no one to talk to after a great race weekend each week, no one to go jogging with -ya, tiap minggu, bahkan pas bulan puasa pun, kita ada sesi lari beduaan doang wk- and bitch about life while running, no one to have stupid international jokes and puns with, ugh, kinda broke my heart -KINDA ya, Arga, if you read this one, remember that my pride is high up there :)

Semenjak dia cabut, sebenernya gue udah pengen banget mulai nulis cerita ini. Tapi yaa you know, works existed. And what happened after that was really, emotionally draining. Karena gak cuma satu atau dua orang lagi yang cabut, tapi banyak, dan berturut-turut... makanya butuh waktu untuk recover dan mulai nulis. My Best Account left next. Sad, tapi dia mau nikah dan pindah jadi ya... kita gak bisa berbuat apa apa -azek. Trus The Little Girl. Ini juga gak disangka-sangka karena gue selalu beranggapan kalo honey booboo-nya, the Big Bro, justru bakal cabut duluan. Tapi ternyata salah. Semua gak ada yang bisa ditebak, termasuk ketika yang satu ini juga memutuskan untuk keluar.

The Twin Sister. Tai sih -loh kok tiba tiba gak pake filter?- pas gue tau dia mau cabut. Terpukul sebenarnya. Karena pertama, ya, kita mayan deket. Tapi kedua, yang bikin gue termenung sepanjang sisa hidup gue di Ogilvy adalah... dia ini first day-nya sama kayak gue. Sesama itu, sebareng-bareng itu. Dan sekarang dia telah move on menemukan tempat bernaung yang baru, sedangkan gue masih di sini hampir mau tiga tahun. I know, it’s my call to do the same. Tapi gatau kenapa gue merasa gue masih harus stay dikiiiiittt lagi, meskipun gatau sampe kapan. Nah “gatau sampe kapan”nya ini yang bikin gue sering meratap nanar ketika temen-temen gue ini satu per satu pergi dari Senayan.

Trus gak lama si Fool One yang cabut. One of my best friend too. Makin keder gue. Dan di hari yang sama gue pun baru tau kalo si Fancy Lady juga akan hengkang. Seseorang yang gue tau sangat betah dan sangat sejalan dengan visi misi Ogilvy, pun akhirnya pergi.

Ini fix minggu yang sangat gila sih buat gue, that week commencing of June 25th. Karena banyak banget tabir tabir tersingkap, yang bikin gue mikir terlalu banyak. Dan di tengah segala kondisi gundah gulana ini, setelah berdiskusi dengan sisa sisa Social yang masih bertahan, The International Student memutuskan untuk pergi juga. Menyisakan hanya satu lagi sahabat tolol gue dari account side: The Loud Girl. Yang pastinya lo tau apa yang selanjutnya terjadi. Ya, dia juga memutuskan untuk cabut.

Beberapa hari belakangan bareng mereka bikin gue sedih sih, jujur. Karena abis mereka cabut, ya udah aja sih Social yang dulu itu udah gak ada sisanya. Apalagi pas si bachyot ini pergi. Udah deh gak ada lagi tuh temen bawel, partner berantem, pasangan norak, dan sumber gosip kehidupan... yhaaa masih ada anak creative sih, dan orang orang baru yang gue udah mulai kenal.

But these people... are the reasons why I survived so long haha tae sok sweet.

Hm. I think this is the longest blog post I ever done here. Well it’s been a hell of a journey! Almost three years now in Ogilvy, no wonder if the story gets long!

I’ve made some list posts like this before, tributed to my high school friends and uni friends -those are the ones I clearly remembered, maybe I made some others, but idk I forgot- but this one I think is the most emotional one. Well basically it’s because at first you didn’t know when it’s going to end. With high school and campus, you knew it’d only last a year, or maybe two tops. But with work, you’re clueless. No one knows who’d leave first, later, the last, no one even knows about their own future.

Well.

I don't care what others say but for me, we're still THAT Social Team.

The team that once was so solid, was having so much fun, partied like animals, went to Hong Kong while the rest of the company rotted in Jakarta.


Will attach a closing picture here.


The team that was formed in a professional scope,
Yet turned out to be playmates.

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Check Two

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So I've crossed the second point on my list.
I had an awesome trip with my company.
And that's not the only highlight.

In this second visit to Hong Kong - Macau, I brought back my book. The book I wrote, about the two cities. And I had my second experience in Disneyland. And I went here and there for the second time once again, and ultimately, I met one of my best international mate, also for the second time.


Well, first time's a blast,
Second time's a wonder, eh?

Friday, January 27, 2017

That Friday Night

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“Yea we danced on table tops,
And we took too many shots,
Think we kissed but I forgot.”

One of my favorite song, sang by a singer I’ve always loved. I always take it for granted, that the song would be just something I could only sing—never thought that when I change all the we’s with I’s, it becomes a story of that Friday night.

That, Friday night, of mine.

Pic's from here.

Well it’s actually not a thing I’m proud of. But let’s see the bright side: I had fun, and it was the first check on the list of stuff I wish I’d be re-doing this year.

Many more to go.
Can’t wait to scream,
“Do it all again”

Sunday, January 8, 2017

Sunrise

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It's always exciting to have something to wait for.

Like during Ramadan, during the whole 30 days of fasting. Each and every single day, the wait for sundown can be considered becoming the vein of the month. And topped with the Eid celebration, days and weeks after the holy month often times felt so... Empty.

Good news for 2017,
I've set many plans and stuff,
For me to wait for, along the year.

Just so I feel excited to embrace each and every single sunrise.


Well not for the whole year though, it's for at least the first half of 2017. But it's not bad, eh? Not bad at all. More plans for the latter half of the year would definitely be set within the next two or three months so, let's just stick to what has been planned first.

New Year Party
With my co-workers. It is known that this certain party is my company's best night to happen. With booze and performances, social interactions and 'social interactions' LOL JK. This year, it'll be this month really, in January, and I'm really looking forward to that.

Bonus Trip
Okay I've been working really hard these past 9 months. An outing with the company sounds like a good prize, no? Yes! It's my first ever trip with people I'm working with, and it's going to happen in February! It's Hong Kong and Macau though, in which I've been there to. But this time some other people will have everything done for me. Everything. So it's seriously going to be a rewarding moment I won't miss.

Vroom Vrooms
Mmyeah. F1 will start again. One and its first Grand Prix is in March. And thrice in April, twice in May, and so on and so on, until late November Abu Dhabi will once again close the worldwide parade. This alone, will make my year awesome.

Work Anniversary
May will mark the 12 months of me working for Ogilvy. It's a big big thing for a traveler that can't ever settle his ass down for a while like me. So I gave an idea to myself, well, why don't give me a little reward? Enter Australia Trip. Yes, that trip I told you about last month, it's actually going to happen during my work anniversary. A professional milestone in which I'm supposed to celebrate at the office, that I will party for from down under.

Ramadan & Eid
Just several days after my trip, the holy month starts. It'll give me one whole June full of joyful waitings, topped with the Eid celebration—the exact same euphoria I explained earlier in this post. Only in my case, days and weeks after the holy month won't feel empty.

Because all these plans, are excluding any random plans I'm always known to make. Local island hopping, self birthday gifts, quick weekend escape, Bali, random staycation, another Grand Prix watching, or maybe a long-haul Christmas/New Year trip?

I don't know.

I don't have to think about it now.
The past me had planned much already.
The present me will enjoy all those, so...
I'll just let the future me to surprise me.

What I know now is that, this,
Is a bright start of a wonderful thing
Everybody has always gone hunting for:
Spectacular Sunset

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Settling Down, Part Three

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I liked today, again,
And these past three weeks or so.

I've been bragging much about how Jakarta had improved in here and there, making my life easier. Well apparently it's not only the tangible outer atmosphere that has shifted. It's myself, and my surrounding too, that gave a big portion of happiness to... Myself.

Lots of things happened to me recently. And it was like boom boom boom, so fast, I even forgot to breathe. My jobs were crazy. My fast-paced activities came and went away before me. Yet somehow, I managed to get myself in the zone.

Zone of life I've always imagined I'd live.

Sweat

It's always my major weakness. But I knew I've put off enough. So I did some friendly sports I can always tolerate doing. Swim, with my family; walk, like really far - most people find my walking habit crazy, but that's the only way I exercise! - and jog, not that typical mini run at some tracks near my house, but more to real jogging at one of the city central park.

Simple exercises. Yes. But for me, for this lazy ass bastard, pulling off those movements are considered pretty cool. And if only I can keep doing this, well, it's a wonderful life I'm really living.

Nightout

Gone are my clubbing days—that's not the type of nightout I'm talking about. Well, I'm actually still eager for that, but it has become one of those mere "nice to do" activities which I'm okay not doing. So my newer type of nightout consisted of something like going to a themed dinner, a pasta night one, and having a long talk with strangers, enjoying beer—I mean, ROOT beer, conducting some ambitious discussions, dining Thai food, going on a night lone ride, visiting street fairs, picking up some random eateries by the street, having a big grilling dinner, attending musical shows, completed with a late eat at downtown hub afterwards. My city pretty much never sleeps either so, these kinds of nightout never seem to be a bad idea.

People

Well I don't know why, but recently life seems to be generous enough to me in the sense of sending great (new) people throughout my days. Old ones getting closer, new ones making me grateful of being a human: a constant mentor, helpful locals, like-minded stranger, friends for life, new friends, new co-workers—hm. 'New', co-workers?

Work

Some of you might know that I'm a proud freelancer. I work from home, doing the job I proudly claimed after returning from Japan—and some other job in film industry. When I'm pretty much sick of just staying at home, I bring my laptop out and chill at some cafe. Needless to say, it's a really nice routine. People I share my work stories with are always jealous of me not having to go to an office.

But then again, I realized I need to progress. I need to learn more, in which I need to make mistakes and have got to have a next-to-me superior I can always take lessons from. Plus, working from home is not always beautiful. The boredom and the stress you can't share with anybody else (like an office team, for instance) can sometimes be unbearable.

Therefore once again,
After all my on-and-off habit,
I'm employed one more time.

And this time I'm convincing myself not to go anywhere else, unless it's for the master degree. I've explored enough, and this company I'm now working at, is too hard to get and too big to ditch.

See, even the random restaurant I chose off the street told me to work hard.

So.

Jakarta has decided to transform, with all those elements I fond of. And I, without myself knowing it, has been slowly immersed to the life in the capital.

I think, I THINK, this is
My real "Settle Down"