Grand Opening of the new store

Alhamdulillah, finally…..

After all the hard works, the gift shop was officially launched on Dec 31 20088 at 9 am.

and the stories behind the work will be shared soon :)

2 comments January 4, 2009

Headache oh headache

Belakangan ini sakit kepala sejenis migrain sering mengganggu. Well anyway, looking back to my health history, sakit kepala pernah jadi langganan. Dulu sih muncul tiap kali abis ujian, atau lagi intens mengerjakan sesuatu. Dan pernah nanya ma dokter katanya ada gejala anemia. Nasiiiib jadi orang kurus ;p

Kalo dipikir-pikir, iya sih sekarang lagi intens mengerjakan something…. or let me say – many things. Running three businesses at once – all of them are less than 6 months old babies – means only one thing, too many things to do and so little time. Belum lagi kerjaan-kerjaan tambahan dari lingkungan sosial (heuheu bingung kan…. maksudnyaa??).

Eniwei baswei, yang lebih bikin iq khawatir adalah Mila sekarang sering ngeluh pusing dan terlihat pucat. Aduuuh anakku sayang, mengapa mesti menurunkan gen itu dari mamamu, bolehlah nurunin pinternya dan baik hatinya…. tapi kurusnya??? jangan atuh nak :(

2 comments December 12, 2008

Saat harus banyak-banyak bersyukur

Yang perlu disyukuri minggu ini adalah…..

Alhamdulillah pengajian bulan kedua di cluster jadi diadakan, dan tausiah dari Pak Muz benar-benar mengetuk hati, bahwa melatih kesabaran dan mampu menahan amarah adalah ciri-ciri orang bertaqwa, dan meskipun sulit – it’s something do-able Insya Allah. Sore itu hati terasa lebih ringan saat melangkah pulang sehabis pengajian.

Alhamdulillah sukses menjadikan Alith the happiest boy in the block hari Minggu yang lalu – it’s his birthday party. Aduh terharu deh dengar kalimat ini keluar berulang-ulang dari bibir mungilnya “makasih mama sudah bikin ade senang banget” sambil nge-kiss pipi kiri, kanan, hidung sampe basah hehehe

Pagi ini bangun dengan hati galau, secara harus membuat keputusan yang crucial tapi belum yakin sama diri sendiri. Siangnya habis Dhuhur, sholat sunat dua rakaat dan membuka Al-Quran, berdoa dalam hati minta pertolongan saking bingungnya apa yang harus diminta. Alhamdulillah, one unexpected phone call yang datang malam ini ternyata membukakan jalan keluar.

Thank you yaa Allah yaa Robbi

2 comments October 31, 2008

7 weird things about me

Okay, my dearest Ika tagged me about a month ago, so there we go – I gotta do my homework.

7 weird things about me

1. I hate being thin, while most of my friends struggle on reducing weight, I urgently need to gain some.

2. I stick to Disney channel even when my kids have gone to bed, I faithfully watch Hannah Montana, That’s so Raven, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Life with Derek, also High School Musical over and over again.

3. The first years I was in college, I sat in the front during exams so that I can not cheat – and that’s only BECAUSE my best friend’s wise words always stinging in my ears – Ulie, cheating is no good :D

4. I bought and collected too many toys which my kiddos only play for a while (and that’s how I got the idea about toys hiring)

5. My most relaxing seating position is having one leg curled under the other leg – but in some cultures it’s considered inappropriate though :(

6. My last paid job was a 5pm – 10pm work as a test reader for Elementary School’s Math Evaluation project – a job I got after passing an easy math test :)

7. My fave drink is a mix of coke and sweetened condensed milk – a deadly drink a friend once called, and she called me weirdo coz I prefer it over a glass of beer :D

haiya, I am done!

1 comment October 27, 2008

WordPress oh wordpress

frequently asked questions and the answers:

q : website kadoanak.com keren, bikin pake apa?
a : wordpress

q : wordpress itu apa?
a : nggg, apa ya… semacam software untuk bikin website (haiya lah – say something better). Jadi begini…. website itu ada yang statis, contohnya website jadul – bikinnya pake html. Nah kalo yang dinamis pake wordpress.

q : emang website dinamis bisa ngapain?
a : tentang website statis dulu. Website statis terdiri dari halaman-halaman yang biasanya gag perlu sering diupdate, dan content-nya juga gag banyak jadi masih mudah dikelola. Mengubah isi website statis berarti harus ngubah per halaman- halaman yang ada.
Nah bayangkan kalo harus mengelola website yang berisi ratusan halaman – bisa gempor tuh bok. Nah dalam hal ini, boleh deh melirik CMS – content management system – yang jamak digunakan untuk bikin website dinamis. Dengan CMS, website bisa diisi ratusan content, ada database dsb sehingga kerjaan mengupdate jadi lebih simpel.

q : hubungan CMS ma wordpress?
a : baik-baik aja (getok….) err maksudnya wordpress adalah salah satu CMS yang makin banyak diminati saat ini karena konon lebih mudah digunakan, lebih SEO-friendly (nah ini jangan minta dibahas sekarang yak), dll. Selain wordpress ada banyak CMS yang lain kek Joomla, Drupal (bukan krupal lho hehehe), Mambo, wuihhh banyak deh. Tapi eike belajar wordpress ajah, cukup satu bikin mabok heuheuheu – janganlah ditanya bikin program CMS sendiri, ampuuun deh.

q : kok milih wordpress?
a : duh gimana sih kan dah dibilang, eniwei awalnya sih eike terpesona tampilan website-website yg ternyata dibikin pake wordpress, bisa di-customize sedemikian rupa seakan dibuat sama web designer pro. Lagian, ternyata dah ada plugin untuk shopping cart nya kan penting tuh buat bikin toko online. secara cita-cita eike dari dulu ya disitu2 aja

(segitu dulu, 8 minutes to 12 – waktunya cinderella pulang hihihi)

5 comments October 14, 2008

Mamma Mia! aaaaaahhhhh…..

Akhirnya nonton Mamma Mia! at the comfort of my black sofa in the cozy family room – ditemenin abang. Thanks honey I know this is not your favorite kind of movie. But we had a real good time, didn’t we? Cekakakan teyus secara banyak adegan dan percakapan yang hilarious.

did I mention that I love ABBA? Kalo lagi bete di rumah sering nyanyi karaoke lagu-lagunya ABBA, jingkrak-jingkrak bareng Mila sampe doi ikutan hapal liriknya, CDnya sering distel keras-keras di mobil sambil menyusuri Interstate-10 berisikin abang yang lagi dapat giliran tidur heuheuheu.

Mama Mia! filem musikal….. jadi deh sepanjang filem iq ikutan nyanyi, kasian banget deh untung tabah yg nemenin. Sinopsis baca disini. Meryl Streep did a very good job in singing and jumping around…. jadi ingat waktu doi main di Devil Wears Prada, haaa what a completely different person.

Si cantik Amanda Seyfried juga tampil keren, fave gw waktu doi nyanyi Honey Honey – dengerin lagunya disini

“Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honey
Honey honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honey
I’d heard about you before
I wanted to know some more
And now I know what they mean, you’re a love machine
Oh, you make me dizzy…. “

Hampir semua hits ABBA dinyanyikan di film ini, kecuali – yang gw ingat – Fernando (haiya lah isinya gag cocok susyah nyisipin entar maksa dot com lagih).

…and the scene Slipping through My Fingers reminds me to my sweet little girl and that someday I have to let her go, hiks…

” Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I’m losing her forever
And without really entering her world
I’m glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what’s in her mind
Each time I think I’m close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time “

Buat yang belom nonton dan cinta ABBA, this is a must see!

1 comment October 4, 2008

Software untuk nyatet transaksi dan stok

Sharing mode…. ON :D

Cerita dulu…. saat awal menjalankan Toko Kado Anak, pencatatan keuangan, penjualan dan stok dilakukan manual, pake MS Excel tentunya. Lama-lama pegel juga secara tambah banyak yang harus dicatet plus harus diupdate satu-satu (duit, penjualan, dan stok/inventori) karena sistemnya tidak berhubungan.

Yang paling urgent buat daku sih software buat bantuin nyatet penjualan dan ngecek stok, secara jenis barangnya lumayan banyak. Pinginnya yang bisa setelah input pembelian barang dari vendor/suplier atau input penjualan ke customer – langsung bisa mengupdate stok. Excel jelas jongkok urusan yang satu ini, dan daku juga malesh bin gag sanggup ngutak-ngatik macro Excel untuk memungkinkan itu terjadi (kalopun bisa hihihi)

Gag puas sama Excel, coba bikin program sendiri di MS Access (haha gila kali ya gw). Tentu saja hasilnya membuang waktu, tenaga dan pikiran – programnya gag selesai-selesai dan kesimpulannya: proyek di cut-off

Sebenarnya sih software bajakan banyak tuh dijual, di Mall Ambassador Kuningan tinggal pilih-pilih aja Rp 50.000 udah dapat software yang canggih. Namun… namun…. partner bisnisku yang baik hati adalah penganut anti-piracy, gag tega ngebajak hasil karya orang lain. Lagian kan biar bisnis-nya berkah, sebaiknya unsur yang mengandung ketidak-halalan dihilangkan.

Akhirnya, daku balik lagi ke mbak Google mencari dan mencari software bagus, murah meriah dan halal.

Dan…ketemu deh software Omset dari Rulisoft. Harga Rp 149.000 + Rp 20.000 biaya kirim CD (kecuali download langsung gag perlu biaya kirim) – relatif terjangkau palagi kalo ingat susyahnya bikin program sendiri (wuihhh gag lagi deh) :D

Sekedar info, Rulisoft merelease beberapa software i.e. Omset, Benefit, Pajak21, RuliGaji, dst. Buat bisnis kecilku, pake Omset dan Benefit dah cukup. Omset adalah software untuk mencatet penjualan ke pelanggan, pembelian dari suplier, cek inventori/stok, dan banyak fitur yang lainnya tapi buatku sih itu yang terpenting. Benefit adalah software akuntansi untuk mencatat pengeluaran, pemasukan, aset dan depresiasi, dst. Software2-nya bisa di-link, jadi dengan meng-input satu aktivitas penjualan dan pembelian, otomatis laporan-laporan ter-update.

Tampilan sih emang gag sekeren software dari Microsoft (lha iya lah harga juga jauhh hehehe), secara basis programnya pake MS Access. Buat daku sih tampilan gag penting, yang penting user friendly-nya.

Nah sekarang pertanyaannya…. software-nya reliable gag?

Setelah lebih dari 3 bulan menggunakan, daku bisa bilang Can’t live without it (hehe hiperbolik banget dey). Tapi serius bantu banget, paling senang kalo dah ngecek laporan penjualan bulanan, hehe duits duits. Terus kalo mo beli barang dari suplier tinggal ngecek laporan inventori, ketahuan deh item mana yang udah menipis atau bahkan kosong jadi perlu dibeli lagi. Jarang banget crash, kalopun terjadi biasanya karena kesalahan sendiri hihihi.

Kalo butuh, pesan aja di websitenya Rulisoft.com. Pesan daku…. beli asli ya jangan bajakan, gag mahal kok itung-itung mendukung anak-anak muda yang kreatif. Semoga bermanfaat!!!

Add comment September 29, 2008

Enjoying Me & Kids Time

Several days ago I was a little upset as the maid asked for 10 days off, despite of the fact that she got 1 day off every month which she occasionally or let’s say most of the time extended to 2 or even 3 days off. Come on…. my last job would not even let me have off-days until I worked there for more than 1 year. In addition, I figured out that I am the only one in my housing cluster that give monthly day-off as well as pay for the transportation or give a ride home.

But then I changed my mind and sent her off yesterday, even drove her home – for one reason I needed to be the true owner of the house, cleaning and cooking and doing the chores my way, and most importantly taking care of Mila & Alith by myself. Another reason – I want my privacy.

The thing about having a maid around you…. she will do things even before you speak them out. I talked to Alith if he would like to have macaroni and cheese for breakfast – and she was already there in the kitchen preparing the mac-cheese.

You are lucky!!! A friend used to say. “That’s exactly the kind of assistant I would love to have. My maid would need to be told twice at least before she got up to work on it” – she complained.

Well I said – it came out handy most of the time, but annoying sometimes. At least she need to let me confirm if I want her to do it or not.

Eavesdropping my phone conversation is also another unacceptable fault. In one occasion I talked to a friend over the phone and she asked if I’ll ask my assistant to escort the kids during our next Thursday swimming session, and I said – no, I’ll do it myself. After I hung up, the maid muttered something like ‘even if you ask me to, I will not go’. Whaaaattt??

After all, I am enjoying my time only with the kids, take them wherever I go or just spend quality time playing at home – like the old days. It gives me a full chance to reinforce the emotional bound, listen to them to know what they love and hate, fix their daily activities and meal schedule (maid tends to let them play with electronic games all day long which is a lot easier for her), and self-evaluate what I’ve done well and not so well in terms of parenting.

Add comment September 27, 2008

On moving my blog

I’ve undergone the hassle of creating a new blog in wordpress and left my old Friendster blog simply because I prefer to use wordpress for my blogging platform.
However, early this month I figured out that Friendster had started to use wordpress too – what the heck!!
Well, it was quite a struggle to decide whether to stick with the new blog or go back to Friendster – but then again, life is about moving forward and it sounds a bit stupid to undo the hassle so let me say goodbye to my oldie blog ;)

ps: at least I’ve done something to make ms. oldie looks nicer instead of just using the blue and white wordpress theme – call it a waste of time and bandwith but it sure makes me happy!!!

Add comment September 26, 2008

About DuniaBermain.com

DuniaBermain.com is now officially launched!

Bermula dari obrolan dua orang ibu yang hobi berkhayal :D dan hobi mengoleksi mainan anak-anak, lahir ide untuk membuat usaha penyewaan mainan – tentunya untuk memanfaatkan koleksi mainan berdua!

DuniaBermain.com menghadirkan koleksi mainan anak-anak dan perlengkapan bayi – saat ini dengan lebih dari 60 jenis mainan dan terus bertambah. Penyewaan dapat dilakukan dengan pilihan rentang waktu 1 minggu, 2 minggu atau 1 bulan. Beberapa jenis mainan dapat/hanya dapat disewa sehari khususnya untuk keperluan pesta ulang tahun atau acara lain yang dihadiri anak-anak.

Untuk sementara DuniaBermain.com hanya melayani area Cibubur dan sekitarnya, kecuali untuk customer yang bersedia datang mengambil/mengantar mainan sendiri. Untuk dapat menyewa mainan, calon customer harus mendaftar dengan mengisi form, menyertakan fotokopi 2 jenis ID card (KTP, SIM, Kartu Keluarga, rekening listrik dll), serta membayar deposit sebesar Rp 100.000,-. Info lebih lanjut serta pilihan-pilihan mainan untuk disewa dapat dilihat di website http://duniabermain.com.

Add comment September 6, 2008

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