Handini Audita

Living Simple: Warren Buffet Way

2012-02-13T14:54:00.003Z

There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the world second richest man who has donated USD 31 Billion to charity. There are some facts of his life that could bring inspiration to people. Including myself. Here are a couple of interesting aspects of Warren Buffet life:

1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!

"Things were cheap that time.. Encourage your children to invest"

2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.

"One could bought many things with little savings... Encourage your children to start some kind of business"

3. He still lives in the same small 3 bedroom house in mid town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.

"Don't buy more than what you really need and encourage your children to do and think the same"

4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.

"You are what you are"

5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world largest private jet company.

"Always think about how you can accomplish things economically"

6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals of the year. He never hold meetings or call them in a regular basis.

"Assign the right people to do the right jobs"

7. He has given his CEO's only two rules.
"RULE NUMBER 1:Do not loose any of your shareholders money"
"RULE NUMBER 2:Do not forget rule number 1"

"Set goals and make sure people focus on them"

8. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch television.

"Don't try to show off. Just be your self and enjoy what you enjoyed doing"

His Advice For Young People:
Stay away from credit cards (bank loans) and invest in your self. And remember:
A. Money does not create man, but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simple as you are.
C. Don't do what others say, just listen to them, but do what you feel good.
D. Don't go on brand name. Just wear those things that makes you comfortable.
E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things. Just spend on the who really in need rather.
F. After all, it's your life. Why give chance to others to rule our life.

"The HAPPIEST people DO NOT necessarily have the 'BEST' THINGS. The simply APPRECIATE the things they have"

Let us choose a simpler and smarter way to live..

Pempek, something I really missed from home..

2012-02-02T21:10:00.004Z

Living far away from home sometime gives this very unpleasant feeling of missing the taste of the original traditional food from home country. Pempek, is one of the Indonesian traditional food that I missed a lot. This dish can be simply explained as fish nuggets dipped in a sweet and sour sauce. With ingredients that are limited available in the UK, my friend and I tried to make a modified version of Pempek. The fish being used should have been a special fish called "Ikan Tengiri". I don't know the actual English word for it, but when I Google it, some says that in English they called it "Spanish Mackerel". Since we cannot find the Spanish Mackerel in Glasgow, so we decide to try using "Sea Bass" because the shape and texture of the meat is similar to the "Ikan Tengiri" that we should use. So here are the ingredients for my "first try" piece of Pempek.

Ingredients For The Fish Nugget:
200gr "Seabass" Fish or "Ikan Tengiri" (Blended)
150gr Tapioca Flour
50gr Plain Flour
2 tbs Melted Butter
1/2 tsp Pepper
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tbs Salt
Water to boil + 2 tbs Vegetable Oil
Plain Flour to cover the dough
Vegetable oil to deep fry

Ingredients For The Sauce:
100gr Palm Sugar (Gula Jawa)
2 tbs Vinegar
1 tsp Blended Garlic
3 tbs Tumeric Paste
300ml water
Fresh Blended Chilly / Chilly Powder (according to taste)

How To Make The Fish Nugget:
1. Mix all the ingredients of the fish nugget well until the texture is like a "play dough".

2. Shape it into balls of long oval balls, then boil with water + oil. Boil well until the dough is floating in the boiled water. When the dough is floating, keep boiling for about 5 minutes so it will be cooked well.

3. After cooked well, take out the floating dough, cover with plain flour so it will not stick from one to the other. Leave to cool down.

4. After cooled, deep fry the Fish nugget with medium heat until it is golden brown.

How To Make The Sauce:
1. Boil all the sauce ingredients together.

To serve this dish, you can cut the fried fish nuggets into small pieces. Put it in a bowl, then cover it with the sweet ans sour sauce. This dish usually is not served while hot. It's better served when it has been cool down in a room temperature. The sensation of this dish is on the sour that are combined with the sweet and spicy. Using "Sea Bass" as the fish used in this dish does not taste as good as when using "Ikan Tengiri". But it is just fine to cure my feeling of missing the taste of my favorite traditional food.

Bon Appetit....^^

Smoked Salmon Sushi

2012-02-02T20:28:00.006Z

SUSHIIIIIII..........!!!!!
One of my favorite food. This traditional Japanese food really take my breath away. It's very nice and in fact very easy to make. As a student studying in Glasgow, I currently live in one of the student accommodation outside campus. My flat mate, who comes from Malaysia, teaches me how to make such a simple sushi. It's very simple to make. It is also very fun to make. However it needs special ingredients that should be bought in Asian Supermarket. We need to buy special sushi rice and rice vinegar. This special sushi rice is more sticky compared to the full grain rice that are sold in local supermarkets. Rice vinegar is also special. It is not too sour and it gives very rich sweet flavor to the rice. The sea weed paper, or what is called "Nori" is also needed as the cover of the Sushi. You will also need a special bamboo roll to make the round shape of the sushi.

For the fillings, I just have smoked salmon that I bought in Aldi. Normally, people like to put Cucumber, eggs, carrot, tuna, avocado, and crab stick as the fillings. But I just like the smoked salmon and mayonnaise as the fillings. Smoked Salmon are already been in a cooking process so I don't have the feeling of eating raw materials. To be noted, you can put anything you like as the fillings. Everything depends on your taste. So here is how to make the simple sushi.

Ingredients:
250gr Sushi Rice
2 layer sea weed paper (Nori)
1 tbs Rice Vinegar
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Sugar
100gr Smoked Salmon
Mayonnaise

Tools:
Spoons
Bowl
Plate
Knife
Cutting Board
Bamboo Roll
Rice Cooker

How To Make:
1. With a rice cooker, cook the sushi rice. Don't forget to put enough water in it. Not too much, not too little. A dip of a finger is enough.

2. After the rice is cooked, put in a big plate and place to cool. When it is 100% cool, add evenly the rice vinegar, sugar, and salt. Mix well until it is well spread. Divide into two even parts.

3. Put the sea weed paper (Nori) on top of the Bamboo Roll. Wet your hand with water then place evenly the rice on top of the Nori. Press the rice so it will be tight together. Spread evenly mayonnaise. Then put layers of Smoked Salmon on the top quarter part.

4. Roll tightly the sushi.

5. Follow the same steps for the second roll.

6. Cut the sushi into small pieces with a very sharp knife. Make sure you don't cut it too small so that the sushi is able to stand.

This can make about 14 pieces of sushi. The Sushi is best eaten with salty soy sauce. But I personally don't like salty soy sauce.

Bon Appetit....^^

The Awkward Day

2012-02-02T14:07:00.003Z

Today was an awkward day. Why awkward? Because my mood is very uncertain. I don't know whether I should be in a good mood or not. First I had this wonderful dream during my sleep. But then, when it gets to the part where it is my very favorite part, the fire alarm rang. The loud annoying sound of the fire alarm successfully make me awake from my wonderful dream. It was not a good start to begin this day.

So as usual, I check my BlackBerry. There is this surprising email. An email of job interview invitation at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), London, United Kingdom. I know this is a very very very good news. But I just don't know why the happiness just last for about 30 minutes. Since it is in London, I have to book flight tickets and hotels. Yes, this will cost a lot. This "money factor" really destroy my mood.

It becomes awkward since everything that happens in the beginning of the morning really effects my mood. I become very very impatience.

This is awkward.. Even the article that I am writing and you are reading right now is very awkward..

Shortest Speech By Former CEO of Coca Cola - Bryan Dyson

2012-01-30T17:19:00.002Z

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. They are Work, Family, Health, Friends, and Spirit and you are keeping all of these in the air.

You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - Family, Health, Friends, and Spirit - are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for it.

Work efficiently during office hours and leave on time. Give the required time for your family, friends, and have proper rest.

VALUE HAS A VALUE ONLY IF ITS VALUE IS VALUED

Eclairs

2012-01-30T14:38:00.002Z

An éclair is a pastry made with choux dough filled with a cream and topped with icing.
The dough, which is the same as that used for profiterole, is piped into an oblong shape with a pastry bag and baked until it is crisp and hollow inside. Once cool, the pastry then is filled with a coffee- or chocolate-flavored pastry cream (crème pâtissière), custard, whipped cream, or chiboust cream; and iced with fondant icing. Other fillings include pistachio and rum-flavored custard, fruit-flavored fillings, or chestnut purée. The icing is sometimes caramel, in which case the dessert may be called a bâton de Jacob.

The origin of the Recipe it self is actually from France. Some food historians speculate that éclairs were first made by Antonin Carême (1784–1833), the famous French chef. In Indonesia, the country in which I came from, Eclair is very popular with the name of "Kue Sus". It is predicted that Eclair was first introduced to the Indonesian by the Dutch.

Ingredients For The Cake:
200ml water
125gr Margarine
1/2 tea spoon salt
150gr Self Raising Flour
3 1/2 Eggs

Ingredients For The Cream:
200ml Full Cream Milk
100ml Double Cream
6 tbs Sugar
3 tbs Margarine
1 Egg Yolk
1 tbs Vanilla Essence
3 tbs Flour

How To Make The Cake:
1. Put all the ingredients (excluding Flour and eggs) to a boiling pan. Heat in a medium heat until boil. Mix well while boiling.

2. After boiled, turn of the heat. Directly put the Flour. Mix well until becoming slightly like a Dough. Mix well until warm.

3. Add eggs one by one into the dough mix.

4. After the mixture is mixed perfectly, scoop a spoon at a time, creating a round shape on a baking tray.

5. Bake in a 200 degree Celsius preheated oven for 20minutes.

6. Take out and cool it down. After being cooled, cut the middle of the puff to put the cream inside.

How To Make The Cream:
Mix all the ingredients in a boiling pan. After the mixture is perfectly mixed, put in medium heat until it is boiled and thick.

Last Step:
Directly put one or two tea spoon of the cream mixture to the eclair puff.

There you have it....

Bon Appetit....^^

Fudge Brownies

2012-01-30T14:19:00.004Z

Chocolate.....

Almost everyone in the world love chocolate. Especially me who is a big fan of Chocolate. This is a recipe for Chocolate Brownies that is very thick in chocolate. To make this, you don't have to use a mixer. You can simply whisks it manually.

Ingredients:
200gr Butter
200gt Dark Cooking Chocolate
100gr Milk Chocolate
300gr Sugar
4 Eggs
1 table spoon Vanilla Essence
200gr Self Raising Flour
50gr Almonds

How To Make:
1. Melt the Dark Cooking Chocolate and Butter. Mix well. Leave for around 3 minutes to warm.

2. With a different bowl, whisks the eggs and sugar until the sugar is melted and the mixture is perfectly mixed.

3. Mix the "Step 2" mixture to the "Step 1" mixture. Mix Well.

4. Add Shifted Flour and Vanilla. Mix Well.

5. Put half of the mixture in the baking tray that already have baking paper on it. Put the chunks of Milk Chocolate neatly and evenly on top of the first half mixture.

6. Put the other half of the mixture on top of the chunks.

7. Put the almonds on the very top of the mixture.

8. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.

9. After baked perfectly, let if cool for around 5 minutes. Then refrigerate it. The brownies are better served cold.

Bon Appetit...^^

Roll Cake Fiesta

2012-01-30T13:44:00.005Z

Aloha...!!!!!

Begin to start February 2012 with fabulous beginning. After finishing exams, my passion of baking rises during after exams break. One of the most delicious cake I have ever made is my ROLL CAKE...!!!!!!

Roll Cake itself has many names. Some called it roll cake. Some called it Swiss Roll. Some also called it Jell'o because sometimes people put Jam (Jelly) for the fillings. Here, I would share my recipe for the Roll Cake. It's very simple to make, and not expensive at all.

What makes the Roll Cake so much fun is that you can modify any flavors you like according to your preference and mood. Anything you like. Vanilla, coffee, strawberry, pineapple, blueberry, apricot, and many other flavors. It is worth a try to make...

Ingredients For The Cake:
4 Egg white + 30gr Sugar + Little Salt (Mixture A)
3 Egg Yolk + 10gr Sugar (Mixture B)
35gr Oil
20gr Milk
1 table spoon Vanilla Essence
1/2 tea spoon Baking Powder + 40gr Self Raising Flour + 10gr Cornstarch (Flour Mixture)

Ingredients For The Cream:
200ml Double Cream
17gr Sugar

How To Make The Cake:
1. Mix all "Mixture A" with High Speed Mixer until the mixture is thick and creamy.

2. With a different bowl, mix all "Mixture B" with medium speed until the color is pale and the sugar has mixed perfectly.

3. Mix oil, milk, and Vanilla essence to the "Mixture B" with low speed.

4. After mixed perfectly, add the shifted "Flour Mixture" to "Mixture B". Mix together manually with whisk.

5. After the mixture is mixed, add "Mixture A" to the "Mixture B" one spoon at a time.

6. When all is mixed together, put the mixture to a square baking tray that has been given baking paper in it. Pre-heat the oven in 200 degree Celsius. Put in the oven for 10 minutes only. Do not overcooked the cake.

7. After 10 minutes. Take the cake out from the oven. Leave them to cool for about 5 minutes.

8. After being cooled, flip the cake above a new baking paper. Take out the old baking paper. Then roll the cake. Leave to cool again. This step is to make the shape of the roll cake before putting cream or jam inside it.

How To Make The Cream:
Simply mix the cold double cream and sugar with a high speed mixture until it is thick and stiff.

Last Step:
1. Open the rolled cake. Spread the Cream evenly inside it.

2. Roll the cake again.

3. Cover the cake with the baking paper and make sure the roll is tight enough.

4. Refrigerate for at least two hours before serving the Roll Cake.

There you have it..! Your home made Roll Cake....

Bon Appetit...^^

The Elephant House

2012-01-02T16:29:00.008Z

On my last post about my new year celebration in Edinburgh, I wrote a little bit about the coffee shop where JK>Rowling wrote her phenomenal book, Harry Potter. The coffee shop was so memorable for me. Not just because of JK.Rowling, but the experience received in from this coffee shop was fabulous. The spirit attached in this coffee shop that gives such positive energy from every slurp of the coffee was wonderful. I just cannot stop to be thinking about it.

It will not be called "The Elephant House" if it is not filled with elephant decoration. I love the ethnic and unique decorations of elephants available in this coffee shop. Representing love, caring, and passion, elephants are the perfect figure of animals to be presented. This coffee shop have wonderful elephant decorations from paintings, porcelain, wood carving, until drawings. I also love the lighting in this coffee shop. It gives warmness to the cold feeling in Edinburgh. It makes us feel happy to be inside this coffee shop. It makes us willing to enjoy hours and hours inside this coffee shop.

One of the things that amazed me so much is their ability to engage with their customers. They appreciate every customers in a warn and friendly manner. One of the beautiful engagement that they conduct is when they put drawings of elephants that are created by their customers. I love to see how creative people are drawing elephants representing their imagination of elephants. It was cute, wonderful, and adorable.

Another special thing about this coffee shop is the strong icon of JK.Rowling. It is said that The Elephant House was the place where JK.Rowling wrote her book of Harry Potter. I do believe that this place does not only inspire JK.Rowling to write her book, but it also inspires many other writers to write their books. At least it successfully inspires me to make a wishful new year resolution to publish my own book with my name written as the author.

I love everything in this coffee shop...

The Spirit, The Joy, The Atmosphere, The View, and The Experience..

Thank you The Elephant House..

I surely will return to visit you again some time in the future..

NEW YEAR AT EDINBURGH

2012-01-02T14:46:00.010Z

New Year has come with new opportunity, new challenges, and new chance. Having the opportunity to experience the transition between years, almost everyone in the world celebrate this moment in each of their unique ways. This year I have the opportunity to celebrate new year eve at Scotland capital city, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

My friends and I started our trip from Buchanan Bus Station Glasgow on 31st December 2011 at 15:00. There was 11 of us going on a trip to Edinburgh for New Year. The trip from Glasgow to Edinburgh took approximately 1 hour by bus.

THE ELEPHANT HOUSE:

Before the New Year event started, we came to visit one of the most popular coffee shop in Edinburgh. It is called "The Elephant House". To reach this coffee shop it took about 30 minutes walk from the Edinburgh bus station. This coffee shop is so cozy. The food and drinks were not that expensive also. For a cup of Cappuccino, it only cost GBP 2.75. The taste of the coffee was also just like any other ordinary coffee sold in ordinary coffee shop even though the coffee shop itself was extra ordinary. It was delicious and it was worthed!

But then, why is it so popular? Well the one and only reason was perhaps it's because it was the place where JK.Rowling wrote her book of Harry Potter. The popularity of this book made this coffee shop becomes very popular also. Entering this coffee shop was like MAGIC. I don't know weather this feeling is attached because I know that JK.Rowling was here writing the most phenomenon book called Harry Potter, or is it this place that creates it's own magical atmosphere?

On the entrance, we can see lot's of beautiful elephants decorations. From paintings to decorative porcelain, everything is very elephant. The lighting of this coffee shop is also wonderful. Not too dark nor too bright. It gives the deep feeling of coziness and comfort. Most importantly, we can get a wonderful view of the Edinburgh castle from this coffee shop. I now understand where JK.Rowling receive such a great magical inspiration resulting Harry Potter.

Here we ordered coffee to drinks and to fill our self with caffeine since we will stay up all night long. We chat and make new year resolution in this coffee shop. We were hoping that the resolution made in this coffee shop will result such magical result in the end. For my resolution, I wanted to have at least one book published in 2012 having my self written as the author of the book. I do hope that I can achieved this resolution. I must...

We stayed at the coffee shop until it is closed. At 22:00 where the coffee shop is closing, we took a walk to the Edinburgh Castle to see the firework.

HOGMANAY EDINBURGH:

Hogmanay is a Scottish word meaning the last day of the year. It has the synonym of celebrating the last day of the year (new year eve party). The Hogmanay Party in Edinburgh is one of the most popular event in Scotland. In Edinburgh itself, there was the Street Party and the Keilidh Party. For the street party, we have to pay GBP 15. For the Keilidh Party, we have to pay GBP 35. Since we don't want to pay any money for the party (typical Indonesian Student LOL), we decided to celebrate the new year in a "no cost" way. So we gather near the Edinburgh castle just to see the fire work playing.

When we arrived in the castle, there were not many people waiting in the castle. Perhaps it's because we arrived too early for the celebration. It doesn't matter though since we're able to be in the first row to see the fire work. The only thing that matter is the freezing temperature and the hard wind that were blowing. To eliminate our feeling of tiredness and coldness, we were singing and eating like crazy. It actually works to warm us up a bit..:D

As time passes by, more and more people were coming to the Edinburgh Castle. The place that were cold, becomes warmer as more people enter the street of Edinburgh Castle. The street becomes very crowded as it becomes closer to the transition of the year between 2011 and 2012. Many people from different countries, race, religion, and ethnicity comes together in peace to celebrate the New Year together with the love of humanism.

Finally, the countdown started. As the countdown ends with "zero", beautiful fireworks started playing. Everybody was cheering for the beauty of the firework and the new spirit of entering a new beginning in 2012. The firework last for approximately 6 minutes. As the firework ended, there we are in a new year with brand new spirit. Everyone was cheering with Joy.. Everyone was congratulating for the new year.

A New Year...
A New Beginning..
A New Opportunity...
A New Challenge...
A New Spirit...
A New Chance...

Happy New Year Everyone...

Hope everyone for a wonderful year in 2012 filled with blessings and joy...

First Post Of The Year

2012-01-02T14:10:00.002Z

Hei Everyone... Happy New Year to all of you..
Finally we have reached the end of 2011 and prepared to be ready for new opportunities, challenges, and chances to conquer 2012.

My first post in 2012 is dedicated to my mom and dad.

On 1st January 2012 was my mom and dad 22nd anniversary. Every year we celebrate this day together but since I lived far away from home now, I cannot be there for the anniversary party. Anyway, geographical distance and time differences surely cannot constraints me to give them an anniversary gift showing my biggest love for them. I made a small video for them. I know I am not a professional singer, but I just wanted to deliver my love for them through this song.

This song is very special for me. It suits so much for the eternal love that I received from my parents. It gives a picture of how they play the role in my life.

Thank you so much for everything..

I am everything I am.. Because you loved me..

For my Eternal Love...
My Mom and My Dad...

What I Buy for Boxing Day

2011-12-26T21:55:00.003Z

I know it's boxing day where many products are in massive discount. But as what I have said, I have know what I want to buy in boxing day. So I just buy an Amazon Kindle that I need for my study. What's funny is that this product is not for sale or discount in Boxing day. But I buy it anyway since I need it to read journals in a "paper less" way (printing is expensive here for me). I bought this for GBP89 in Argos. Why in Argos? It's the only store selling Kindle that opens on Boxing Day. Kindle is basically an e-book reader. What makes it special is its ability to produce e-book in it's simplicity, meaning that not too much technology attached. It does not produce bright lights so we don't get easily tired when reading the e-book. For me, it's quite a bargain. The product is so slim, light, and energy savvy. It creates convenience in reading. Must have...:*

Boxing Day

2011-12-26T20:22:00.006Z

In the past, boxing day is just an ordinary one day after Christmas when the wealthy people of the Britain will give a box containing gifts to their servants. Today, as the atmosphere of Christmas has not fade yet, Boxing Day seems to raise the excitement on December for its shopping excitement. Being held just one day after Christmas, Boxing Day is just being adored. People are exited to shop aggressively due to the great big discount every shop offered. It is the time where shops have sales, often with dramatic price reduction.

This shopping moment is also adored by international students like my friends and I. Friends are exited and planning to shop together on this moment of shop. In fact, some of my friends living in a smaller city prefer to stay for some days in a bigger city to achieve better shopping deals. This craziness of sale and discount seems to transform the shopping ego of every individuals becoming irrational.

Living in Glasgow, as one of the big cities in Scotland, I am lucky enough to be able to experience the atmosphere of a great boxing day sale. To be honest, I was not prepared to shop aggressively. I have known already what I wish to buy to avoid my irrational shopping that leads me to broke afterwards. My flat mate however is so exited about this boxing day. She gathers information about which shops got great discounts, and what time each shops opens. It surprise that some shops are even open at 5 am in the morning. God..! Even the sun shines at around 7 in Glasgow.

Anyway, my flat mate went to the city center before 8am. It is also because after hearing my advice not to go there too early. I decided to go a bit late for this sale. So I went out to the city center at around 10am. I arrived at the city center a couple of minutes later. I was not surprise seeing many people bringing big shopping bags filled with many products with massive discount promotion written in their shopping bag. Girls, boys, young, old, all were exited about the sale.

Since I have known already what I want to buy, I decided to just take a walk to many shops to observe the craziness of sale. In Apple Store, I can see many people lining up to enter the store. It seems that this shop limits the amount of people entering the shop to prevent the unexpected things to happen. For ordinary middle brands like New Look, Topshop, H&M, and such, the discounts were not that surprising in my opinion. The products that are sold in discount are also very limited. In addition, the products discounted are the old products that it seems to be needed for them to sell quick. For the clothing line, it seems that "NEXT" offers great discounts. I can see many people in the street carrying a NEXT shopping bag.

The high end products in another hand, offers such a great discounts. Gucci for instance, offers discount up to 50%. The shop are very crowded by many people wanting to buy their high end luxury goods. Mulberry also got great deal. In fact, their stores are nearly empty because people are aggressively buying their products. You can get a Mulberry Alexa for GBP 477 discounted from GBP 795. Damn... If my status is not a student with limited amount of money to spend here, I will definitely buy that bag.

Christmas Dinner

2011-12-25T23:07:00.004Z

As international student in the UK, my friends and I were far away from home. That is why we like to gather together so we decrease the feel of homesick. This Christmas, we held a Christmas dinner. We all bring food to share. I bring Roasted Chicken. It was a nice little merry Christmas. We can feel all the joy and all the love. It was wonderful..

In fact, we each bring a gift that is wrapped in News Paper. We put it under the Christmas tree so that no body know which one is whose. After having dinner we play a game of randomly distributing the gifts. It was so much fun. I receive a water bottle. This is perfect since I need those to bring coffee everyday for campus.

Anyway, once again.... MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE... ^_^

Roasted Chicken

2011-12-25T22:10:00.013Z

On Christmas dinner I made home made Roasted Chicken. It is very simple to make. My friends all adore the Roasted Chicken. So I am going to share how to make a simple Roasted Chicken.

Hint: tbs = Table Spoon ; tsp = Tea Spoon

Ingredients:

1 Whole Chicken (around 1,5kg)
50gr Butter
1 tbs Chicken Seasoning
1 tbs Ginger Powder
1 tsp Cumin Powder
1/2 tsp Tumeric Powder
1 tbs Black Pepper Powder
1 tbs Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Salt

Stuffing (mix all the stuffing):
1 whole big onion (slice them in thick chunks)
1 whole garlic (remove the skin)
1/2 tsp Ginger Powder
1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
1/2 tsp Tumeric Powder
1/2 tsp Black Pepper Powder
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Salt

Utensils:
Spoon + Knife + Bowl
Baking Tray
Plastic Cling Firm
Aluminium Foil
Oven

HOW TO MAKE:
1. Melt the butter until it is soft and thick. Do not put too long in the pan otherwise it will turn into liquid like oil.

2. Mix the butter with chicken seasoning, ginger, cumin, tumeric, black pepper, garlic powders, and salt.

3. Prepare the one whole chicken on top of a "Plastic Cling Firm". Make sure the plastic is long enough to be able to cover all the surface of the chicken.

4. Cover all the surface of the chicken with the butter mix (in step 1). Make sure that it covers all the surface evenly. Don't forget to put some of the butter mix inside the chicken too. Even out with your fingers or spoon. After the butter is well spread, wrap the chicken with the "Plastic Cling Firm". Leave it to marinade for about 2 hours in room temperature.

5. After it is marinade, remove the "Plastic Cling Wrap". Put the Chicken on top of a baking tray that has been covered with "Aluminium Foil". Put all the stuffing inside the chicken body. Then, put the chicken into the oven for 60 minutes in 200 degrees Celsius.

6. After it is golden brown, remove the chicken from the oven. And that is it...! Your fresh home made delicious roasted chicken... ^_^

IMPORTANT TIPS:
1. Use rubber glove when rubbing the butter mix so you don't get your hand dirty and yellow because of the tumeric powder.

2. Turn the chicken over when it is half way cook (when 30 minutes) to get all the surface of the chicken evenly cooked and avoiding one part of the chicken to burn.

3. Change the pan for serving. The chicken will produce great amount of oil when it is cooked. So you will reduce the oil when you change your pan when serving the chicken.

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

2011-12-24T11:02:00.000Z

Have yourself a merry little Christmas..
Let your heart be light...
From now on your troubles will be out of sight...

Merry Christmas for all the Blogger

Enamel Mug: "Keep Calm and Carry On"

2011-12-23T21:02:00.002Z

On my previous post I wrote about a mug that is given by one of my best friend for Christmas. A simple mug written "Keep Calm and Carry On" actually have a very important historical background here in the United Kingdom.

It was 1939 and Britain was on the brick of war. In anticipation of this, the British Government's Ministry of Information commissioned a series of propaganda posters to reassure the population they would be defended at all costs.

The posters were to be displayed all over the country once war was declared. Using only the crown of King George VI, this particular poster simply read "Keep Calm and Carry On". It never actually made it onto the walls of Britain and was never actually issued.

A crumpled copy of the poster was however rediscovered by chance many years later among a pile of dusty old books in a book store in Northumberland, England.

This simple poster with its simple message is just as relevant today as it was back in the 1930's.

A gift where he cannot wait to give

2011-12-23T20:32:00.004Z

Christmas is coming...!!!!!!

The lights in the street and the business of the Christmas market really tell that Christmas is coming. We can find many people in the city center shop for gifts to be given to their loved one in Christmas.

A best friend of mine just cannot wait to give me a Christmas gift. Instead of giving the gift on the day of Christmas, he instead give me the gift on the 22 December 2011. He give me the gift when we have dinner together. Yes, it was a couple of days earlier from Christmas.

He said to me that it is very important to give the present as soon as possible. So I opened the gift given by him that is wrapped in a very beautiful box.

It was a simple mug with a very deep meaning for me..

To let you know, I receive one of the grade of the assignment from my uni. I worked so hard in it and put so much effort in the work. The feedback received was not bad, but I don't understand why I receive bad grade for it. I was devastated.

I panic in the moment I receive the grade. It is very important for me to succeed in this master program. I did not want to fail. That's why I always put my very best effort in it. But the output that I receive is just disappointing.

So one of my best friend give me the mug with "Keep Calm and Carry On" words written on it. He told me that it is just best to just keep calm and go on with life. It is not the end of the world, and I still can make an effort to change the final grade (by doing good in exam).

I have to say that he was right...

When we receive one problem in life, isn't it better just to face it? If we think about it all the time, what will happen is just that we cannot think and focus on the available alternative of solution to solve the problem. Every problem have a solution. So why should we stick on the problem for a long time? Why don't we just try our best to focus on the solution rather on the problem. Focus on the solution to get out of the problem rather than focusing on the problem itself and fell more deeper to the problem.

So for everyone in the world who has a problem...

"Keep Calm and Carry On"

Just remember one thing in mind...

"In the end everything is going to be okay. If it is not okay, then it is not the end"

To Love = To Bring Happiness

2011-12-22T17:53:00.004Z

One day, a best friend of mine, which I treat him as a big brother, came to me starting a conversation about love..

He started his story by saying "I have to tell you a serious project of mine... I am chasing someone.. But currently she is still in a relationship with someone else". I know that this will become a very long conversation. So I put down things that I was working on to focus on this conversation. I will always be there for my Big Brother.. >.<

Without too much thinking I give him a direct response that some people may not agree. Some people might think it's something unethical. I said to him "If she is not married yet, why not... Go for it dude... This is not the time for ethics to speak. This is the time for your happiness to speak".

I understand that this will make my best friend a bastard. But honestly, what I mean by my answer is not to steel someone to be with you by force. But it is the action to make you an option for them to put you in their life by giving them happiness. Okay, it's complicated....

He replied to me by saying "Someone said to me, what they did to you is their Karma, what you did is your Karma. I am afraid that in the future I will loose her the way I got her".

Well, yes.. I do believe in Karma. That is why I am always very careful with things I do in this world. But once again, I am not suggesting him to steal her from her partner. I explain to him by him a story about someone that I know very well in my life. Let's just pretend their name as Liliana and Bill.

Liliana was a girl that was in relationship with someone older than her age. Her ex is someone who had a good career and have a future. They seem like a happy couple. However, Liliana was not happy with the relationship. She feels that he is very dominance in the relationship. He forced her to do things that transforms her into someone that he desires. They argue a lot. Liliana was not happy.

Meanwhile, a guy name Bill known as a friend of Liliana, have deep feelings to Liliana. Bill conducts anything he can to always make Liliana happy. Bill will always be there for Liliana whenever she needs him. He respects Liliana wisely. He share his vision with Liliana. He shows that love could be shown in many different way. He shows to Liliana that she is not alone in this world, and when the world left her behind, at least she still have Bill. Isn't that what loving really means? Bringing happiness to anyone we love in this world.

The purity of love and caring that Bill shows to Liliana opens her eyes that she deserves to be happy. Not a single person in this world have the rights to take away happiness from someone life. Liliana receive very big strength from deep inside her to leave her ex. It was quite uneasy for Liliana to end the relationship with her ex. But she have all the strength and courage to say no more to unhappiness.

And yes, now Liliana and Bill is a happy couple. So does Bill do something wrong that would give him his Karma? I believe not..

What I see is the fact that in the first stage all that Bill do is just to make the person that he LOVE to be HAPPY. He brings HAPPINESS to someone without considering who she is. It is not Bill that got Liliana, but it is Liliana that choose Bill to be in her life. So what is wrong with making a human being experiencing true happiness in life?

So I continue my conversation with my best friend by saying "Look, if you want to know that girl wants you or not, just try to make her happy without the aim of approaching here. Let her choose in her own. And if she does not choose you, at least yo know that she is experiencing more happiness with someone else. And you are relief that the girl that you love is happy".

Focus on bringing happiness. Just make the one you love in life HAPPY no matter they are your family, your friends, or even strangers. You choose them to be in your life, so let them choose you to be in their life by making them happy.

Bring happiness to the world....

Have yourself a good quality sleep

2011-12-22T16:39:00.005Z

I have serious trouble in sleeping lately. I've tried to make myself as relax as possible, but it seems to be impossible to sleep. I did not know what went wrong. I was tired enough with the my daily activities. I've walked 2km to uni, climb very steep hill (my uni is located right on top of the very steep Glasgow hill), work as hard as possible to get my brain tired, but sleep still cannot be achieved. I've struggled in so many ways to get my self a nice good sleep, but nothing seems to work.

Today I saw a wonderful video on "TED" about how better life is with an enough amount of sleep. It shows how life can be more productive, creative, innovative, yet better in so many ways when we have enough sleep.

I know that today sleep deprivation has been a total issue. Many people all over the world having to suffer of not getting enough sleep. Competition in business, work place, or even school sometimes lead to the deprivation of sleep. I understand that sometime this deprivation of sleep cannot be avoided. Having assignment that has not been accomplish, deadlines, stress, or even forcing our self not to sleep because of several reasons just makes it more than enough to make our self avoid sleep.

The video explains just enough about how good quality sleep could gives you better quality of life. Isn't it nice to have a life where your emotion is better controlled, your brain is more focused, your face is as bright as the star, and your eyes could see clearer? The wonderful thing is that we can achieve that by having enough sleep.

So please, starting from the moment you read this article, organize your activities neatly so you can have a good nice sleep every single day.

Have the moment in your life where you can shut your eyes, and discover the great ideas that lie inside us, to shut your engine and discover the power of sleep.

Let The Journey Begin....!!!!!!

2011-12-19T18:15:00.003Z

It was just months after my undergrad graduation that my parents decided to send me for my master degree in United Kingdom. I know that my parents had plan to send me for master directly right after graduation, but the decision to send me to UK is quite a sudden.

Yes, I know them so well... They always make sudden decision.

But it's not sucks though.

I am very glad and enjoy every moment here in the UK. Meet new people, new friends, new life style. Everything is delightful..:D

Anyway, I come to study in the University of Strathclyde. Maybe some of you might never hear this university, but for your information, this is a triple accredited university...

I am taking Master of International Marketing. It is the marketing knowledge that focuses on International Business (that's what the uni said). To be honest, taking this course is very challenging. There are many talented students from many different place of the world. The lectures are also very demanding. So it is a challenging task to be accomplish.. GANBATE..!!!!

Can't Wait For My MAC Eyeliner

2011-05-15T09:12:00.003+01:00

I was browsing through online shops in Facebook and I fall in love with MAC FLUIDLINE eyeliner. The eyeliner is in the form of Gel. When the product arrived, that will be my first experience in using Gel Eyeliner. Well, this product does not come in a cheap price. But I think that I have to treat myself by giving my self a present since I'm graduating this month. YAY....!!!!!

Anyway, this is the picture that the online shops displayed.... ^_^

Anyway, I just can't wait for the product to arrive. I'm very looking forward to try the product on.

My Daily Everyday Make Up

2011-05-15T07:42:00.009+01:00

I'm actually not a fan of thick makeup. I really like simple and thin make up applied in me. A lot of my good friends asked me about the products that I used for my daily makeup. Well, sometimes when I'm not in the mood for makeup, I'll simply just don't wear any makeup at all. But most of the time, I use simple and thin makeup.

As an undergraduate student, to be honest I could not afford to buy high end makeups brand like MAC, Dior, Chanel, etc. Even though sometimes I save money to buy a couple of those brands, but they just don't become my priority yet. So I really like to buy those not so expensive makeup, but still comes in very good quality. A lot of people called them drugstore makeup because you can get easily at any drugstore, department store, mini market, etc. They comes in relatively affordable price but comes in relatively good quality. Maybelline, and Revlon is one of the example that are considered as a drugstore makeup product. Anyway, lets start reviewing about my daily makeup.

Moisturizer + Foundation
Moisturizer is highly important to be applied every time before makeup. It will moisturizes your skin and prevents it from getting dry. It also helps makeups to stick better at your skin. Sometimes it could also add more glow to your make up. I like to use Maybelline BB cream as my moisturizer. I love this product so much since it is able to brightens skin, covers imperfection, and moisturizes skin. It is also highly recommended since it could cover imperfection in my skin. It is also highly affordable since it costs only around Rp.45.000 or around USD.5.00.

I have very bad experience with acne in the past. This makes me have a lot of acne scars in my face. So to get perfect daily makeup, I have to cover it with foundation for total coverage. Even though for perfect coverage I highly need foundation, I don't really like those thick foundation that really shows that I'm using makeup. So I put my heart for Soft Vanilla Stay True Foundation from Martha Tilaar. Well I'm not quite sure whether this product is sold outside Indonesia or not since Martha Tilaar is one of Indonesian local makeup companies. But I love their products so much because it is highly natural and affordable. For the liquid foundation, it only cost about Rp.45.000 or around USD.5.00. I choose the liquid foundation because when it is applied, it will not go too thick so it will create such natural look. I like to apply it with makeup sponge because it is easier to apply. This foundation also have good oil control.

Compact Powder
I choose the Maybelline Angel Lift Ultra natural Affinity Foundation. I use natural Ochre for my skin color. I love this compact powder so much because it is not too thick on me. It also have like a sort of glittery effect so it adds such a wonderful glow to my face. I prefer to apply it with a brush to gain that natural look. I forgot how much this cost, but perhaps it's about like Rp.180.000 or about USD.19.00. I believe this is cheaper than other popular makeup product, but its is already enough for me to create my everyday look.

Eye Shadow
I have a couple of eye shadow, but my favorite will be my Revlon eye shadow pallet. The color that I use almost every day is the 024 Priceless Metals color. I bought this for around Rp.90.000 or around USD.10.00. Not so expensive for an eye shadow pallet. The color is not too dark, and not too soft. It also matches with almost every clothing color. It makes me look so natural in my Asian skin type. I really like to combine the silver with the dark brown. The silver could be also used as a shimmer for my finishing touch. It really looks good ^_^.

Eye Liner
For the eyeliner, I like to use Revlon Liquid black Eyeliner. It stays very good and very long lasting. It has a very thin tip so that you could apply that thin natural eye line. If you prefer thicker line, you could simply push the brush a little harder to create thicker line. This eye liner only costs around Rp.55.000 or around USD.6.5 if I'm not mistaken. I've bought it like so long time ago so I forgot the exact price of it. Sorry hun... >.<

Mascara
My favorite mascara of the year will be the Maybelline Volum Express Cat Eyes Mascara. I think the bottle is very cute. Not just that, it also creates thicker and curlier look to your eyelash. I forgot the exact price of this mascara, but I believe it comes in a highly affordable price.

Blush On
My favorite blush on will be Maybelline Clear Smooth Mineral Luminous Blush. I choose Soft Mauve for my everyday color. It is in the form of powder so it blends better. It has a very good oil control in it so that you won't look so oily at the end of the day. It is also suitable for sensitive skin so it is good for me, since I also have sensitive skin. This product comes with a very small brush, but I prefer to use bigger and thicker brush for it to get a better blend. Once again I'm so sorry that I forgot the exact price of this product since I've been having this for a very long time since it is very long lasting.

Lipstick+Lipgloss

Oops.. I almost forgot about the lipstick. I rally like to change color of my lipstick. To me, it has to match with the color of the clothing that I wear. I like to use Revlon Nude Velvet for Matte and natural look. Sometimes I use Maybelline B23 Watershine Pure Lipstick when I use darker tone clothing. One of my favorite is Maybelline C11 Watershine Pure Lipstick to be used when I'm using bright color clothing. Sometimes I just use the Revlon Cherries in the glow Super Lustrous Revlon lip gloss. I really like to experiment on lipstick color and get bored with it so easily. That's why I normally don't like to spend money above Rp.50.000 or USD.6.00 for lipstick.

Well, this is it...! My everyday makeup. I hope you enjoy it... ^^

Favourite Nail Polish of the year ^_^

2011-05-15T07:26:00.005+01:00

A couple of months ago, my aunty who currently lived in Germany visited Indonesia for a couple of days. My aunty and I spent a wonderful time in Jogja (the city where I currently lived in). When the day comes where she has to leave for Germany, she gives me a wonderful nail polish. I love it very much and it's very hard for me to get bored of it.

The product is from Lancome, the Vernis Absolu version. They named the color MARS. It's lovely and elegant. It really matches with my skin color. I mean, it looks so natural when applied at my nails and it does not look pale in my nails. I love it so so so much... ^^

It is also comes in very simple packaging. It's packaged in very small bottle so it will be easy to carry for traveling. Unfortunately, I could not found it in the Lancome outlets in Jogja. So I'm really saving the nail polish and treat it as something really precious.. lol

Thank you Aunty Tiwi for the beautiful nail polish. I love it very very much...

kisses... xoxo

NYX Makeup

2011-05-14T18:23:00.001+01:00

Today, I spend my time to browse at the online shops at Facebook. I'm very happy to find one online shop that sells an affordable price make up that comes in cute packaging and nice color range. The product is NYX. I'm not quite sure from which country this product comes from, but I've found so many good reviews about them in youtube.

So I decided to try to order some eye shadows and lipstick to try on. I can't wait for the product to arrive. I hope they comes in good condition and in the quality that fits my expectation.

Well, once the product has arrived, I'll make a review on them and let you know about it soon..

Maybelline BB Cream : PRODUCT REVIEW

2011-05-14T06:41:00.002+01:00

Hei everyone..! It's been a very long time since I post my latest update on this blog. I've been so busy lately because of campus competition and also for preparing my comprehensive test as the requirement for me to graduate for university. Anyway, I'm back writing in this blog just for you all my lovely readers ^_^..

In this post, I want to review on Maybelline BB Cream that I bought at the Maybelline counter couple of weeks ago. I would like to make it clear that I'm not paid by Maybelline for this review. I bought the product with my own money, and does not receive a penny from Maybelline to review this product. So anything I wrote in this review will be purely on my honest opinion about the product.

To be honest, I'm not a make up expert. I'm also not a makeup addict. I don't really like thick makeup applied in my face. I like my make up to be very simple and natural. Sometimes I even have the guts to get out from the house without any makeup on. But when I'm in the mood for makeup, then I'll put very simple and natural makeup on.

Anyway, is there any of you does not know what BB cream is..??? Okay then, I'll explain what BB cream is, special for my lovely readers who are still uncommon with BB cream.

BB cream stands for Blemish Balm Cream. Lately, it is among one of Asia's hottest beauty products. Many sources stated that BB cream is first generated in Germany where dermatologist prescribe it to heal laser skin surgery because it has soothing and skin-regenerating properties. Famous South Korean actresses then began using it for beauty purposes and since Asian dramas are huge all over, a craze was born. The trend that started in Korea first spread to Japan then to South East Asia and is now quickly making its way to Europe and the USA.

Because of the boom in Asia, I'm so looking forward to try BB cream. So I decide to visit the Maybelline store to ask whether they have such product or not. I'm so happy that they have such product ready in store. Below is how the Maybelline BB cream looks like.

It comes in very simple packaging. I like the packaging because it is small, handy, and simple so it's very easy for me to carry it in my bag. It's also very easy to open. You just twist the lid once, and it will come off easily. To take out the cream from the packaging is also very easy. You just have to simply squeeze the bottle and liquid will get out from the package. It's also very hygiene since liquid that has been out from the bottle will not be able to be stored in again.

Above is the picture when the liquid is put in my hand. You can see that the liquid is not thick. It is very light. Just the way I like it. It could give such natural look and glow.

My review to this product will be based on the promises that Maybelline stated in the packaging. The review will be based purely on my experience using this product for about a couple of weeks lately.

Brightens Skin
Maybelline stated that this product will be able to give visible whitening effect. Yes baby.. This is so true. The color of this BB cream really fits with my skin. I have skin color that many Asian woman also have. It's bright and light. Maybelline BB cream is able to give more glow in my face and gives the whitening effect to it. But this does not mean that after using this product my face will look like a clown where its so white. It also does not give a pale look in my face.

Covers Imperfections
This product is expected to reduces the appearance of pores, and skin redness. To be honest my face is full of imperfections. I don't take care of my skin in a good way previously. So there are many black spots in my face created by my past acne. Using BB cream from Maybelline really helps me to cover the black spots. But this does not cover the spots 100%. Perhaps it's because of the lightness of this product.

Moisturizes + Protect
With its SPF 26/PA+++ Maybelline BB cream helps to protect skin from UV rays and free radicals. Well this is a good thing so it's enough for me to not put sunscreen in my face. The moisturizer in this product is also fairly good since it gives additional softness to my skin. It does not make my skin looks dry.

Likes:

Simple packaging makes it very simple to put in my bag/purse.
Comes in a very great bargain price. I bought mine only for Rp.45.000 or about USD 5.00.
Very soft and light so it gives better natural look.
It is long lasting that means one bottle will last for more than a month since you only need a little bit to be applied every time you wish to put your make up.

Dislikes:

There are only one alternative of tones. So you cannot choose other colors because there are one tone only.
It only comes in one small size. So if you really like this product and you decide to use it in a long-term, you probably have to go back and forth to your makeup store to buy this product.
In my face, this BB cream only last no more than 6 hours. So I have to re-do my make up every 6 hours especially if I'm sweaty. But this perhaps differs among individuals since every individuals have different type of skins.

To conclude, I believe that all of you agree that this product is a good investment for your makeup inventories. It is also a good one to try. I mean, it really is nothing to loose to try this product.

So why don't you give it a try girls..???

xoxo

Handini Audita

ARISAN: 15 February 2011

2011-02-16T11:55:00.000Z

Today is the day for the ARISAN that we held every month. The ARISAN held this month is held on Shandy's house, one of our friend, member of the ARISAN. This month ARISAN is special and memorable since it is the first time we don't held it in public places. So, every member of the ARISAN have to bring food to share. It is great fun since there are a lot of different types of food shared in that event.

And yes... The Great News will be announced..

I FINALLY WON THE LOTTERY OF THE ARISAN...!!!!!

Playing Football

2011-02-16T11:39:00.000Z

Today, me and the girls are playing football. It was a great moment since we barely don't have any time to play sports together. It is quite difficult to arrange the schedule. So I am very happy because finally we can make the schedule for the game. This game is just for fun match. So we play just to have fun.

The team is divided into the white team and the gray team. It is divided randomly. The funny part about this match is that there are no rules attached to this game. No off side, no penalty, and no other rules attached. In fact, there is no goal keeper for the game. All you need to do is just to kick the ball.

The game is so much fun. We have so much fun with the girls. It is a very precious moment. I hope we can play foot ball again next time dear...

My Love For Batik....

2011-02-06T07:17:00.000Z

What I love so much about Batik is its very artistic design. It is classic, luxurious, and fabulous. The design fits in almost every event and every location. Batik could be used in events like wedding party, shopping, campus, at home, or even the funeral. batik is also one of the reason out of the millions reasons of my pride to my nation, Indonesia.

Anyway, one of the wonderful batik design, is one that I used in one of my friend wedding party. I attend the party with my aunt. And yes.. I am beautifully dressed in Batik,.. She is wonderfully dressed in kebaya and songket..

In fact... The Batik top I wear matches perfectly when combined with an orange clutch designed by PRADA...

OOooooohhh... I LOVE BATIK SO MUCH.....

A Woderfull Moment Called ARISAN

2011-02-06T06:37:00.000Z

Every woman in Indonesia must know what Arisan is.. But, for those who lives outside Indonesia and might not know what Arisan is, I would share it in this post.

Arisan is more pf a gathering. Commonly, it is done by woman. So, woman of certain groups will gather in one place. The aim is simply to gather and meet with friends.

Why arisan..???

Well the first reason is to give time for "self pleasure". When we meet with friends, happiness is what we get. we can laugh, share experience, share knowledge, or even have fun with each other. It is a very high self pleasure when we have the opportunity to have fun together with our friends. In daily life, we are so busy with each other life. So, when there is no event such like arisan, we won't be able to meet with our friends.

The second reason is for investment. Well, every month, on Arisan, we have to save a certain amount of money. This amount of money is collected and will be given to the winner every month. Every member of the arisan has the same opportunity to win the round. The names of the members is selected randomly until the arisan round period ended..

Well, I personally have an Arisan group. It consists of my very best friends in college. we meet every month for this arisan. We love doing it, and will continue to do it forever.. hahahahaha..

I love you all so much girls...
See you Every Month on Arisan..

With love,
Handini Audita

BACK TO BLOGGING

2011-02-06T06:16:00.000Z

After a very very very long time of not updating my blog, finally I found the mood to return writing for my blog..

So, see you again in this blog..

Hopefully I could update my blog everyday, and treat it as my diary..

Precious diary that I have to fill every day...

With Love,
Handini Audita

Harvard Business Review

2008-07-18T16:21:00.000+01:00

My dad are an economic lecture. Thats why he is very interested in the business world specially things that has something to do with management and marketing. Myself, are also very interested with things that has something to do with business. Thats why I took business as my major in college.

In this long semester holiday, I spend my time reading one of my dad's business magazine, Harvard Business review. The magazine is very interesting. It wrote the newest concept of management and business. The concept and the researc is simple but very deep and logic. The articles in this magazine are written by some of the lecture in Harvard. In another word, by reading the magazine, I coud get a business knowledge that the Harvard student also get.

5 "I" That Managers Should Have

2008-04-08T13:30:00.001+01:00

INFORMATION
INTELIGENCE
INTUITION
INITIATIVE
INSYA ALLAH....

Chinese Key To Success

2008-04-08T13:19:00.001+01:00

There are 3 Chinese Key To Sucess. It is known as 3 H.

HOPING : Making Conection to others.

HONG SUI : Make harmony with the surounding environment.

HOKI : Luck

2008-01-22T14:31:00.000Z

This is a picture of me Today.

A 17 years old girl

Not a girl but Not yet a women

My friends say that I have a very sensual look. My smile is very misterious. Do you thing so????

With Mom and Dad

2008-01-22T14:27:00.000Z

This picture was taken at our first house. Iwas about 5 months old.

Me As A Baby

2008-01-22T14:18:00.001Z

This is a picture of me when I was about 1 year old. This picture is taken at my grandpa house.

I am so cute!

It Just Feel So Fast

2008-01-22T14:09:00.000Z

Yesterday, I have this very strange feeling. I felt that life is going too fast.

Not just long ago from today, I felt that I was just a kindigarden kid. I still remember that my mother pick me up from school. Today, I am a university student. A grown up girl. I am not a girl but Not yet a Women.

You Know....... Life feels so fast.

New Friends To Be Better

2007-08-01T01:25:00.000+01:00

If we have a lot of friend we will be someone better. Why? Because friends will give us critics that will make us a better person. You don't belive me? Try it then.

Fail Changes

2007-07-27T02:18:00.000+01:00

People can be encouraged to change, but if the structure of the system in which the individuals work does not support them or allow enough flexibility, improvement efforts will fail.
Similarly, if the organization’s governance, policies, structures, time frames, and resource allocation are changed but the individuals within the organization do not have opportunities to learn how to work within the new system, the improvement effort will fail.”

Succesfull Performence

2007-07-27T02:16:00.000+01:00

The sign of a successful performance review is an employee who leaves the meeting feeling motivated and excited about his or her job. If the employee’s job satisfaction needs are unmet, it’s less likely they will be motivated to focus on your goals for the company.
But if an employee feels acknowledged, appreciated, and fairly rewarded for past efforts, he or she will indeed become a valuable asset to the future success of the company.

Intensive Preperation Program

2007-07-22T13:19:00.000+01:00

Thank God I was fully accepted as an IUP Student in the Gadjah Mada University. I was so happy. The letter give by IUP which told me that I was accepted as one of the student there, I couldn't be happier. To be one of the student in Gadjah Mada University is what I want and what I dream of since long time ago.

Before I start my story, I would like to say sorry because I haven't wrote anything in my blog for a very long time. I was so busy preparing my UAN and the test for IUP. I do not want to fail.

After I was accepted in the IUP, I joined the IPP which stands for Intensive Preperation Programe. It is a very good programe to increase our TOEFL and also to make our English better.

I have found a lot of good friends here. They are really nice. They never laugh if we make a mistake. They are very easy going also. We get along with each other very quick. I felt like having a new family.

The teachers are very qualified. They are very nice. What is given in this programe is very usefull for me. It is very interesting. We are also looking forward to meet more new friends who didn't join the IPP.

I LOVE YOU FRIENDS.......

Increasing Your Selling Up To More Than 200%

2007-06-15T02:01:00.000+01:00

Don't use your company name as a title on the advertisement. Because it is not interesting and will make people not interested reading it. It means that you will loose your costumer. Make a title which is interesting such as "Buy a car now in Audy Cars, you will get a house". Write it as big as you can. But in the bottom of it write "for every $1000 you will get 1 lucky draw to win a house". You will get 80% of your costumer.
Put your advertisement on the right side of the newspaper.
Sell your product anytime and anywhere.
Do something unusual on the grand opening. For example "Don't miss it! A girl(you) will be riding a horse in the city street wearing a cinderella dress". With this, people will be interested on seing it. When you do that unusual thing, promote your product.
Give something for free if your costumer buy your product.

Are you interested on trying????

International Program on Gajah Mada University

2007-06-12T15:34:00.000+01:00

There is a new program in Gajah Mada University. The program is really wonderfull. It is also really profesional.

I know this program from one of my friends which now he is one of the student of the Undergraduate International Program (IUP). His name is Catra. He was my senior on high school. He is a really nice guy. He like to help his friends so much. Any way, Catra came to my school, SMA N I Purwokerto to do a presentation about Gajah Mada University. On one of the part of the presentation, he talk about the IUP. I am a little bit intrested at that time. So, I talk about it with him outside the class room after the presentation ended. He told me a lot about the IUP.

After that meeting between Catra and I, I never contact him (at that time I was not close enough with Catra). We met once by accidently in Ambarukmo Plaza when I visit Jogja.He also ask me about the IUP."Are you intrested?" he asked me. But at that time I am still focussing on my aplication for University on overseas ( Malaysia ).

My grand mother doesn't support me to study in Malaysia. She want me to study close to my city. She said maximum in Jogja.So my parent and I are buzy looking for a university which provide an International standard. At that time I remember IUP. So I search the internet and look for the IUP web. When I opened the web page, WOW!!! It's wonderful! It's like the web made by the university on other country. The information are also very complete.

I try to find the contact with Catra. So I asked one of my teacher at school, his name is Mr.Wied. He told me Catra cell phone number. Then I call Catra and asked him about IUP. We talked a lot. He told me to ask the IUP for more information.

On the next day my father call the IUP and ask a lot about the program. They told my father every detail about IUP. It's a very good service. Because of that, my father told me to apply directly. So I directly apply online.

Not long after I apply, the IUP call me and asked me about the time of taking the test. They are very profesional. The next day I go to the bank and pay the application fee. After ariving home, I call the IUP to let them know that I have transfer the application fee. The told me to send the copy of the transfer scrip by fax.

I am really satisfied with the service they give to us. The prosedure of application are not complicated. What I like the most is that the test to be one of the student there are the same like what the university in other country do. Just TOEFL and UAT( a test which is nearly the same as SAT). So the Undergraduate International Program in Gajah Mada University are really an INTERNATIONAL STANDARD. Now, I am waiting for the test given on the 20th of June 2007 and on the 21st of June 2007. I hope I could do the test and be one of the student in the IUP.

Thank you Catra.

Thank you IUP.

Lets Help Our Friends

2007-06-06T14:57:00.000+01:00

For some of the Indonesian student including me, June 2007 are our most important month. Why? Because we will know if we pass the final exam. It is common in Indonesia that after graduation, people usually wrote message on their uniform with lots of coloured paints. I think it is better if we give our used uniform to other people who really need it, remembering that there are a lot of poorness in Indonesia. One uniform is really usefull for others.

Clean Your Wardrobe

2007-06-06T03:04:00.000+01:00

What do I mean by Clean your wardrobe? What I meant is taking out the clothes you don't wear anymore. Your clothes could be really usefull for others. You could give it to the poor or sell it cheap on a garage sale.

Intrested?

Be A Young Writer

2007-06-06T02:35:00.000+01:00

Have you ever think of writing your own book? Maybe yes, maybe no. Did you know that writing a book could be so much fun. Writing a book sometimes is related to writing a very boring educational things. But, actually writing a book are not always boring. You could write anything tou like. Even your diary could be published as a book. The most important thing of writing a book is you have to try and try. Never give up on writing.

What's the adventages of writing a book?

Well, there are a lot of adventages like :

Having the experience of being a writer
Could make your writing skills better so you don't have to worry again on english class
Your Book could make money.

How come your book could make money?

If you book are accepted by the publisher, so your book is being published. You also could get money from every book sold. The sistem are called royalty. These are how it is done :

For example in Indonesia. Just pretend your book cost Rp. 25.000 and the royalty for every copy are 10% ( standard of royalty ) and your book are published for 3000 copies ( the minimum standard copy of books ). But your royalty will be minused to pay tax ( about 10% of the total you will get). So you will get :

((10% x Rp. 25.000 ) x 3000)-(tax)=

Rp.7.500.000 - Rp. 750.000 = Rp. 6.750.000

Wow....So, are you intrested on writing a book????

White Lies

2007-05-01T06:31:00.000+01:00

People often meke white lies. They make white lies to make other people happy or not upset with what we think. For example if one of our friends wore a dress which we think it is really ugly. But our friend is really proud in wearing that dress. She or he ask us if she look ok. Of course we don't want to hurt them. So we made a white lie to make them happy by saying "Wow...You look great on that". So, is making white lies is something wrong?

How To Save Your Money

2007-04-30T05:44:00.000+01:00

A question for students :

What will you do when you got your pocket money given from your parent? The answer will be "Spend it all!!!".

If we got money, we always got this feeling. Wanting to spend the money. When we hold a lot of money, it will be easy for us to take it out and spend it. If we see something we like and we can afford it with our money, we definitly want to buy it. At the end we will find that we don't have the money anymore because we have spend the money with stuff that we actually doesn't need it.

For students, saving their pocket money will be something really difficult. At school there are a lot of delicious sweets and candy. We always want to buy them because they are very delicious. We also need the money to buy school stuff ( for some people ). There are some things you could do to save your money :

Find a bank which is close to your house or school.
Try to find a bank which got a small administration fees.
Don't ask for ATM.
Always pretend that those money are not yours.
When you got your pocket money, before you spend it, seperate at least 10% from your pocket money.
If the amount of the money which you had seperate from your pocket money is too small, put it in an anvelope and put it in a secret place ( remember not to take the money whatever the condition is).
If the amount of the money which you had seperate from your pocket money is enough, quickly save it on your bank.

If you save your money, when you need money to buy something which you really need, you will have the money to buy it, eventhough the things you needed cost a little bit expensive. Go and try on my tips! If you have finance problems, you could write your problem on the coments page. I will love to help you solving your finance problem. Remember that you could be rich if you have a willing to be rich!

How To Be Better In English

2007-04-29T04:51:00.000+01:00

Today, english is a very important language. We need english anywhere. English is an international langguage. For some people, english could be something really difficult. Like in my country, Indonesia for example, most of the people in Indonesia always say that english is very difficult. Specially talking in english. In Indonesia children are force to study english since they are still on the first grade of elementary school. I agree with that. English should be introduce to children as soon as possible. They study english until they graduate senior high school. We can say that the have been studying english for 12 years. Wow....But what I see today is that after they graduate, they could not speak english fluantly. They could only write in english.

Those are because they are lazy to use thair english. When they learn about something, they only memorise it. Then after they take the exam, they will forget it. If you got the same problem, don't worry. It's never too late to study.There are some list of things which could help you to make your english better :

Every day you have to open your dictionary and look for at least one word. Memorise it and try to understand it.
Try to listen to english old songs. Why english old songs? Because english old songs has good structure, grammar, and the words mostly are daily used words. It's better if in one day you try to listen to one song and understand the meaning of the song. Sing the song just like how the real singer sang it ( the pronaonciation ).
Watch any movie you like which is spoken in english. Look at the one with the transelated text. Firstly, watch the movie by reading the transelation. Understand the movie. Then on the second time you watch that movie, close the transelated text.

Flying With Air Asia ( My Father Experience )

2007-04-28T12:47:00.000+01:00

I love flying with Air Asia for some reasons. First, the cost is cheap. Then the plane is new. Before, Air Asia is famous for not ariving on time, but now Air Asia are mostly always on time. In the front of the check in for Air Asia is written the on time rate for this month is 85%. So on April 2007 Air Asia flight are 85% on time. Hmmmm.....Not bad.

On the aeroplane I drank a cup of coffee which I had to buy for RM.4. After that I started to open may laptop an started to work until finally the plane arive at Jakarta, Soekarno Hatta International Airport.

In the baggage claim, I was waiting for may luggage which I could not find for several minutes. Some of the other passangers are also wonder why they could not find their luggage. Do you know what happened? There are fourty two luggage left in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur International Airport. I try to ask the Air Asia official why this could happen. Then they showed us a fax sent by the oficial in Kuala Lumpur International Airport, that the official in KL are very sorry because they are overlook. Oh...So it is the official mistake. Not because the plane is over weight. The official in Jakarta could handel this problem wise and calm. "Your luggage will be sent with the next flight which will be ariving in Jakarta at 7 o'clock in the evening. They offer if we want to wait for the luggage or we want it sent to our address. They could send the luggage to the hotel or other addresses. Because I have to catch a train at 5 o'clock in the evening, so it is imposible for me to wait. They could send my luggage to Purwokerto. I was givven a form to write where I want my luggage to be sent.

So far, I am very satisfied with how they handel this problem. I also still love flying with Air Asia.

( Courtesy of Agung Praptapa on http://praptapa.unsoed.net )

UAN, Indonesian Final Exam

2007-04-28T12:23:00.000+01:00

I am one of the student in one of the popular school in Purwokerto. SMA N I Purwokerto.

UAN is held every year to decided who could graduate or not. Every year UAN had different mark passes. This year the mark pass is 5. Students whose mark is under 5, can not graduate and had to repeat one more year in the senior high school.

UAN stands for Ujian Akhir Nasional ( National Final Exam ) was held on the 17th of April 2007 until the 19th of April 2007 for the senior high school. The subject which is being tested is Economic, Indonesian, and English ( for the Social class ) and Mathematics, Indonesian, and English ( for the Science class ).

There are two different kind of question. The A and the B. This is made, so that the participant of the test can't help other participant. For the social class, the A question are much easier than the B. This is one of the unfareness of the National Final Exam held in Indonesia. The Indonesian and the english test for me is not that difficult. But the Economic test was hard. Very hard!!!

Eventhough the Economic test was difficult, I am sure that I could graduate with a good mark. We have to be optimist to every situation.

The Disney Way

2007-04-28T04:09:00.000+01:00

Writer : Bill Capodagli & Lynn Jackson

Dream...Believe...Dare...Do...Those four things is the secret of the fenomenal success of Walt Disney Company. Those concepts could help any business by using "the magic of Disney" becoming better than the traditional management way. In "The Disney Way", Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson made an indipendent research about the management and the fenomenal creative Disney.

This book talk about the actual magic of Walt Disney.

Can't wait to read it? This book is in stores now!

Rich Dad Poor Dad For Teens

2007-04-28T03:48:00.000+01:00

Writer : Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter, C.P.A

Have you ever felt that what you study at school is no use?
Have you ever felt that school does't really make you ready to face the real life?
If your answer on the question above is "yes", so this is the right book for you!

When he was at school, Robert T. Kiyosaki was not a student who always got a good mark. But, it is not because he is not inteligent. It's just because his way to study is different with what his teachers expected. Then, Robert found a mentor who teaches him about money and invesment. Robert became very success. He could retire by the age of 40.

Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens, the newest book from Robert most famous book series about money and invesment, not only giving his personal life incredible story. This book tells you how to make choises now, a choice which the rich will do. Written with daily English, with tips an quis, this book will start your success life.

So, what are you waiting for! This book is in store all over the world! It's never late to study.

Robert Kiyosaki

2007-04-27T12:57:00.000+01:00

Robert Toru Kiyosaki (born April 8, 1947) is an investor, businessman, self-help author and motivational speaker. Kiyosaki is best known for his Rich Dad, Poor Dad series of motivational books and other material. He has written 18 books which combined have sold over 26 million copies. Although beginning as a self-publisher, he was subsequently published by Warner Books, a division of Hachette Book Group USA, currently his new books appear under the Rich Dad Press imprint. Three of his books, Rich Dad Poor Dad, Rich Dad's CASHFLOW Quadrant, and Rich Dad's Guide to Investing, have been on the top 10 best-seller lists simultaneously on The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and the New York Times. The book Rich Kid Smart Kid was published in 2001, with the intent to help parents teach their children financial concepts. He has created three "Cashflow" board games for adults and children and has a series of "Rich Dad" audio cassettes. He also publishes a monthly newsletter and gives motivational talks around the world. He also writes a bi-monthly column on Yahoo Finance.

Bill Gates

2007-04-27T12:53:00.000+01:00

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft he has held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and he remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8% of the common stock. Forbes magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked him as the richest person in the world since 1995, and recent estimates put his net worth near $56 billion. When family wealth is considered, his family ranks second behind the Walton family.Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is widely admired, his business tactics have often been criticized as unethical or anti-competitive, and have, in some instances, been ruled as such in court.Since amassing his fortune, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.

Donald Trump

2007-04-27T12:48:00.000+01:00

Donald John Trump, better known as Donald Trump, Donald J. Trump or The Donald (born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, television personality and author. He is the CEO of Trump Organization, an American-based real estate developer in the real estate market and the founder of Trump Entertainment, which operates gambling casinos. He enjoyed a great deal of publicity following the success of his reality television show, The Apprentice (in which he serves as both executive producer and host for the show). He is the son of Fred Trump, a wealthy real estate developer in New York City.

Going to make a Play Group

2007-04-27T07:14:00.000+01:00

My family and I are planning to open a business. We are planning to make a play group. We already brougt a cozy house with a small swimming pool. It is located in a big road which a lot of people pass through that road. We need your good idea to support our business. Thanks!

Living in Australia

2007-04-27T06:28:00.000+01:00

I lived in Australia for about 5 years. I spent most of my childhood in Australia. In Australia, I live in a small city, Wollonggong which is only 1 hour drive from Sydney.
Living in Australia was great!!!Australia is a very beautifull country. Its beaches are great! When I was there I really like playing in the beach with her family and friends. In Australia, I had travel to many wonderfull places such as :

The Blue Mountain
Ballarat
Movie World, Gold Coast
Fox Studio
Darling Harbour
The Opera House
and many other places

About Handini

2007-04-27T05:58:00.000+01:00

Handini Audita is an Indonesian. She was born in Purwokerto, a little city in the central Java on the 30th of October 1990. Her friends and family called her Dini. She like travelling and playing the piano. She has a wonderfull family. Her parents love her very much. They always support Handini. Her mother, Restu Wardhani is a mathematic teacher in SMA 1 Purwokerto. Her father is an economic lecture in Jenderal Sudirman University. She has 1 sister named Nadila. When she grow up, Handini want to be a sucess business women. She want to be as rich as Donald Trump.