February 29, 2008
Larkspur 2008 SOTB (State Of The Business) in Monterey
Tiap tahun companyku: Larkspur Hotels tuh ngadain SOTB - acara tahunan buat Managers dan biasanya selalu di minggu terakhir bulan October & nginep di hotel. Tahun lalu aku nggak diundang secara aku baru aja kerja 5 hari. Tahun ini SOTB diadainnya di hotel Casa Munras di Monterey dari hari Rabu Feb'27 sampe Jumat siang Feb'29.
Untung aja ada Mama Papaku yaah jadinya aku bisa ikutan, soalnya aku denger2 acaranya FUUUN banget udah gitu dinnernya juga TOB banget deh....
Tadinya aku kepengen juga nyelundupin Mama-Papa & Josh, soalnya accomodasinya kan kita2 dapet 1 orang 1 kamar, jadi nggak share sama sapa2.....jadi sekalian ngajak mereka jalan2 gitu ke Monterey walopun akunya ada acara sendiri....
Cuma setelah di pikir2 takutnya aku malah jadi repot ngurusin mereka, padahal acara2 kantor juga udah padat, takutnya MaPaku nggak tau ntar lunchnya/dinnernya dimana....kan ribet....trus blom kalo ntar Joshnya lari2 nggak karuan di lobby or lapangan parkir....naaah kalo ketauan aku mbawa bonyok & anakku kan rada2 memalukan gitu loh.....
Makanya setelah dipikir2 aku nggak jadi ngajak mereka ikutan nginep deh...tapi aku malah ngajakin Didi....yiihiiiii...nggak mau rugi....
gimana yaaah...nggak biasa tidur sendirian siiih....ceile segituhnyaaa......whekkekekekek...
Wednesday - Feb-27'08
Jadilah aku Rabu pagi brangkat sama Eli (HR Director) yang tinggalnya deket ma rumahku....trus Didi nyusul malemnya....
Acaranya padat....begitu checked in langsung dibagi2 jadi 12 groups jadi biar kenalan2 sama managers2/directors2 dari hotel/property laen....salutnya yaah sama Larkspur, walopun company baru (baru 10 tahunan) tapi GM-GM or Director of Salesnya kebanyakan ceweks-ceweks loh....(makanya aku jadi kepengen juga nih nyoba2 jadi GM - capek di Accounting muluk)....
L: Yoolim & Ruthy - R: Yoolim, Clinton, Amanda, Reuben & Ruthy
& rata2 masih muda2 semua......apalagi orang2 Finance & Accounting di Home Office....Bossku si Binoy-orang no 3 di bagian Finance itu umurnya baru 31 saja....Master dari UCLA....mo marah nggak sih?....waktu interview dong bilang "we work hard - but we play harder!!"...tuuuh aseek kan punya boss kek gitu....
Temen2 Finance yang laen masih 25-29thn - lebih mo marah lagi nggak sih?? (ituuh si Yoolim -korean girl baru aja 25 thn...trus minta aku kenal2in cowok lagi...hhhmmmm...sapa berminat let me know :-))....aku dah berasa bangkotan deh dah kepala 3.....cuma eikeh kan ber-jiwa mudah loh.....liat2 aja ntar foto2 pas karaoke-an....:-D
Di bandingin sama orang2 Accountingnya di Kimpton (company ku yang dulu)...wadoooh orangnya dah toku2 yang mid 40-60 gitu deh....yang excell aja taunya cuma alakadarnya banget.....jadi yah suasananya beda deh....
waalaah jadi nglantur....ok balik ke acara SOTBnya yaaah....jadi setelah di bagi2in jadi 10 team kita makan2 & minggle deh di tendanya....trus ada oysters bar & open bar....yuuhuuuuu!!!
Slesai acara di sini kurang lebih jam 10.30pm - trus aku sama temen2 hotel manager pada ke Karaoke-an (hotelnya di dontown jadi kemana2 lumayan deket)..did we have fun?..nggak perlu di ceritain deh ada bukti2nya kan?.....cukup memalukan kok! wahakkakkakaka.....kita disini sampe jam 2:00am saja tuuh.....
Thursday - Feb-28'08
Breakfast mulai jam 8.30am - hebat euyy eikeh nggak ngaret....abis itu mulai deh acara2 bagi2 hadiah, award & penghargaan.....
jadi hotel2 yang revenuenya paling tinggi, hotel yang customer servicenya paling tinggi, paling efficient, yang serba paling deh...naah semuanya di kasih penghargaan pas acara ini....
Trus aku juga dapet penghargaan looh...soalnya udah kerja 8 tahun di hotel (well hotelku baru di beli Larkspur tahun lalu sih, cuma bagusnya senioritynya tuh nggak di-ilangin, jadi hired dateku tuh diitungnya pas aku masuk pertama kali ke Villa Florence which is 02/11/00 - yup 8 years ago!) - 'mayan bangga juga...soalnya nggak banyak yang lama2 kerja di Larkspur, maklum companynya kan lumayan baru, baru 11 tahun kok..
Abis kelar acara2 siang....trus kita istirahat bentar, soalnya jam 6 ada Dinner & Award Night....naaaah disini kita2 mesti dress up & rapi gitu deeh.....
seru juga ngeliatin temen2 yang biasanya pake seragam/suit eh tiba2 pada gaya2 & cakep2....apalagi orang2 IT yang biasanya nge-jeans & kaos, trus mereka pake suit gitu....hihihiiiiiii...kereeen....
Jam 6-7pm kita cocktails & appetizers dulu...waaah champagne, wines, liquor & oysters, prawns dimana2....maaak panik.....maklum nggak biasa makan oyster gratis...whiihiiiiiiii.....jadilah aku nongkrongin mulu di tempat oysternya.....glug glug glug.....
Owiyah lucunya lagi....temen2ku dari SF masak pada pake sepatu warna merah...padahal kita nggak janjian looh....coba itu yaah bisa sama-an gitu...
Kelar cocktails kita trus mulai deh sit-down dinner.....setiap chef dari tiap2 restoran nyumbang 1 makanan (salad or soup or entree) udah gitu setiap makanan dikasih wine pairing....widiiihhhh......jadilah itu meja kita penuuuh buangget sama gelas2 wine....hihihiiiiii......
makanya suasana dinner jadi meriah & fun banget....cekakakan cekikikan semua......enak bener deh kalo makan & minum enak tanpa takut mikir ngeluarin duit.....
Kelar dinner sekitar jam 10.30pm...abis gitu trus kita2 pindah ke Bar lagi....& di jadiin tempat dance pulak....waaaah.....darah dangdut eikeh langsung bergetar2 deh.....jadilah dancing2 ma temen2.....
Selain hang-out di Bar...ada ruangan laen yang di jadiin exercise room - jadi ada yang maen ping pong, basket etcnya....seruu juga sih aku sempet maen2 sama orang2 IT & bossku...
tadinya sih rencana pada mau ke bar di sekitar hotel lagi...cuma tunggu2an & tau2nya udah jam 01.30am....bar2 udah pada mo tutup kali yaaah...nggak jadi deh....jadi tetep aja di dancing2 di restorannya sampe tutup (sampe di-usir secara pelan2 sih aslinya :-D) kira2 jam 2:00-an pagi....
Udah gitu masih pada nggak mo balik ke hotel pulak...jadi ngobrol2 aja di luar di samping fire place....aku sih nggak lama ngobs disini...udah ngantuk....jadi sekitar jam 2:30-an aku balik ke hotel, secara besok pagi ada acara breakfast mulai jam 08.45-09-45am....Pas nyampe hotel, Didi mah udah ngorok....
pada pengen tau Didi ngapain aja pas aku ada acara2 ma orang kantor?....ya golf la yao....tau aja Monterey kan terkenal banget ma Pebble Beach golf coursenya..tapi Didi nggak maen disitu kok...gag mampu....masak maen golf $500...ckckkckck gile aje....trus Didi bilang sayang maen di tempat2 mahal kalo masih bloon maennnya....ntar kalo dah rada jago-an deh baru maen di tempat2 kek gitu....
Friday - Feb-29'08
Aku nggak bangun pagi2 amat...soalnya ngantuk & emang rencana aku mo datengnya mepet2 aja pas breakfast...kira2 jam 09.30am gitu.....'mayan deh masih bisa makan omelet ngebut deh makannya sebelum masuk ke session penghargaan lagi jam 09:45am & group performance dari team2 yang di-bagiin....'lumayan deh ada hiburan juga...
Acaranya slesai jam 12:00 pas - teng juga yaaah...udah gitu kita dikasih lunch box deh & pulang grak!!.....Bye Bye SOTB - see you all next year yaaah...
Kelar beres2 kamar - aku ma Didi checked outnya sekitar jam 1 siang-an....tapi kita nggak langsung menuju SF...biasa deh Didi mo pamer2 ke aku kemaren dia maen golfnya dimana...jadi yaa kita jalan sekitar Monterey sebentar.....& pura2 interested gito loh pas dianya seru2 cerita tentang golf...padahal sih...whekekkekekek....:-)
Monterey enak juga daerahnya....bener2 daerah orang kaya deh...banyak bener golf coursenya....Didi ampe bilang kalo dia don't mind kalo mau pindah ke Monterey....yeeee sapa juga yang nggak mau? aku juga mau2 aja....duitnya dari mana atuh?...
Kelar liat golf course di Monterey....on the way pulang di Gilroy, kita detour lagi liat golf course lagi.....Didi penasaran aja pengen tau golf coursenya bagus or enggak.....tapi disini cuma bentar kok...abis itu kita menuju ke San Jose....soalnya mo lunch disitu, abis tadi lunch boxnya cuma beef burrito which is aku nggak makan....
Kita nyampe San Jose sekitar jam 3 sorean...makan makanan Vietnam di salah satu mall disitu...udah gitu aku ngeliat buah manggis asli dijual di pinggir jalan...iseng2 nanya harganya brapa seplastik (kira2 10 biji)....mana emaknya nggak bisa bahasa Inggris lagi, jadi ngomongnya pake bahasa Vietnam...selidik punya selidik taunya harganya $25.00 saja....wadddooooh......tak uk-uk yaaah.....yaa udah deh nggak usah makan...toh udah 11 tahun nggak makan manggis juga sehat2 aja tuuh....yaa kan?
Nyampe rumah sekitar jam 5 sorean.....uuuh senengnya ketemu sama si unyil satu lagi......kangennya deh kita berdua sama Josh.....
Yang mo liat foto2 SOTB lengkapnya ada disini
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January 12, 2008
Holiday hotel party at SF Marine Memorial club
Tiap tahun kita selalu ngadain holiday party...berhubung kita bisnisnya di perhotelan jadi holiday partynya pasti di awal tahun gitu...nggak bakal pernah di bulan desember...soalnya lagi penuh & sibuk banget.....nggak sempet mikir buat pesta2...
Kali ini diadainnya di SF Marine Memorial Club, 3 hotel Larkspur (Villa Florence, Monticello Inn & Cartwright Hotel) yang di SF di gabung jadi 1 aja pestanya....toh emang kita2 incharge buat 3 hotels kayak Sales, Reservation, Accounting, Engineering tuh semuanya responsible buat ngurusin hotel2 itu....
Seharusnya acara2 holiday party ini boleh ngajakin spouse or significant other....tetapi berhubung swamiku itu anti-social jadi akunya yaah ber-solo karier aja....trus brangkatnya nebeng Eli, HR Director yang rumahnya deket sama rumahku.....
Intinya fun banget deh....orang2 accounting yang cuma ber-5 cuma 1 yang nggak dateng.....
Pestanya selesai jam 10pm, trus aku di jemput sama Didi jam 09:30-an pm deh....
Foto2nya nyusul yaaaah....
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September 03, 2007
Labor day picnic at Golden Gate Park
Berbubung Labor day kali ini kita nggak kemana mana....trus companyku ngadain Employees Picnic di Golden Gate...yaa udah aku decided buat ngajakin Josh pergi aja ke sini....
Si Didi nggak ikutan soalnya lagi golf, dan dia cuma ngebolehin aku pergi kalo aku bisa ngajakin temen, kalo cuma aku sama Josh aja, dia agak2 keberatan....takutnya ntar aku keasikan ngobrol ma temen2 kantor, trus taunya Joshnya kabur2 nggak tau kemana....duuuh.....nggak mau deh ngebayanginnya....
Setelah telpon kiri kanan, akhirnya aku ngajakin Grace deh (temennya si Dede yang barusan pindah dari Sydney)......
Ternyata yaaah....nyari tempatnya di Golden Gate Park itu rada2 semrawut.....soalnya banyak jalan2 yang di tutup, jadi mobil nggak boleh masuk, cuma boleh pejalan kaki & orang naek sepeda aja.....jadi kita jalannya lumayan jauh & muter muter.....uuuh untung aja aku ngajakin Grace, kalo enggak udah nyasar kemana mana kali tuuh muter2 nyari tempat picnicnya....
Kita nggak lama kok di sana....cuma makan2 bentar, ngobrol2, trus maen2 di jumper......jadi lah jam 5-an kita pulang....abisan udaranya juga udah lumayan dingin....
Aku terus pulang & nganterin Grace dulu, abis gitu eeeh taunya dapet makanan dari Jeng Novs yang baru pulang dari barbequan juga...ada sate padang & sate ayam....hmmmmmmm......sate ayam siih nggak kepengen samsek....sate padangnya ituu looh.....batal?...enggak?.....batal?.....enggak?.....batal?....enggak?
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June 01, 2007
Hung out sama orang2 kantor - Happy Hour at Frisson
Cuma mau memperkenalkan muke2 temen kantor di Accounting....Orang2 accounting (idenya yaah dari kita2 aja) emang ngadain luncheon every month...jadi pergi makan di luar bareng2 trus di yang mbayarinnya take turn aka gantian..
Kali ini kita lunch di B44 (Catalan/Spanish restaurant) yang jatah mbayarinnya aku sama Lucia (another accounting staff yang orang Indonesia juga)...
Jadi deh yang pergi: Cirilo (controller kita - orang Pinoy), Hon (accounting staff- chinese), Lucia (Accounting staff - Indonesia), aku & trus kita ngajak juga 1 anak front desk (orang Indonesia juga) namanya Johanes aka: Yoshi, aka: Ndut...hehehehhee.....
Trus hari Jumat tgl 1 Juni temen2 kantor pada pengen Happy Hour-an...kebetulan Novi juga lagi pengen ngajakin Girls Night Out...yippie!!....berhubung gag pernah nih eikeh Happy Hour-an setelah ada Josh....dan setelah hubby bilang oke2 ajah.....naaah yaah wes eventnya aku gabungin aja.....
Kita ngadainnya di Frisson abis kalo dari jam 5-7pm cocktails & appetisernya cuma $5 saja tuuh....
Aku kirain bakalan banyak yang dateng dari Larkspur Home Office....taunya yang nongol cuma Reuben (Accounting), Amanda (Accounting), Marit (Finance), Sarah (Finance), trus Todd (VPnya IT) dateng cuma sebentar doang.....oh iya ada Shawn (GMNya Kuletos) yang dateng juga bentar....
Sementara gang Indonesianya yang nongol cewek semua (lah kan lagi girls night out), jadi ada aku, Novi, Wenny, Ina & Femia - yang 2 terakhir masih single....
Seruuu deeh Happy Hournya....cuma waitress kita agak2 rese....masak kita di usirin di suruh pindah ke bar....yeeeehh nyolot deh, mending restaurantnya rame gitu...lha wong kosong2 aja....makdarit - kita nggak tinggalin tip buat doi....plus kita ngasih note juga kalo dia mesti work on her attitude....
Aku & orang2 Larkspur pulang sekitar jam 9-an....trus Novi cs mereka lanjut makan bubur di Chinatown sampe jam 12-an.....
Waaah kayaknya mesti diadain sebulan sekali nih girls night out kayak gini, swami udah ngasih lampu ijo lagi...hehehehee...aseeeek..
Trus orang2 kantor juga mau ngadain company wide Happy Hour every last Friday of the month......sip deeeh!!!!
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January 28, 2007
Chronology: How did I get the job
Tuesday, Jan 2'07:
aku telpon Mary Ann said Happy New Year, trus Mary Ann ngasih kabar kalo Larkspur Hotel mau beli Villa Florence & Kuletos, trus hari terakhir Kimpton masih manage itu Jan 31'07.
Jumat, Jan 5'07:
Aku di telpon sama Mary Ann, dia nanya aku mau kerja lagi nggak sama dia, tapi jadi Controller buat Kuletos. MAUUUUUUU!!!!
Ternyata Mary Ann ditawarin kerjaan sama LH, tetep jadi Property Controllernya VF&K sama Monticello & Cartwright Hotel, makanya doi telpon aku dunk deh. Tapi blom dikasih tau brapa $$$nya, jadi masih nunggu kepastiannya hari Jumat Jan 12'07.
Jumat, Jan 12'07:
Seharian nungguin telponnya Mary Ann di kantor, eeh nggak ada ada.
Iseng2 aku nelpon ke dia, dijawabnya cuma "I'll call you back!", gile short banget. Duuuh nggregetan deh. Bikin nervous aku juga.
Selasa, Jan 16'07:
Mary Ann telpon aku di rumah (kira2 jam 8 malem), taunya dia ngasih tau kalo dia nggak ambil offered dari LH, soalnya KG juga nawarin Mary Ann buat kerja di bagian Human Resources di Home Office, naaaah dia Jumat lalu bilang ke LH kalo dia nggak interested buat kerja sama mereka. Oooooh NOOOO!!!!
Aku brasa langsung sediiiih bener. Ilang deh harapannku buat balik kerja ke VF&K lagi. I miss downtown beibih!!
Aku di hibur2 sama Didi, keliatan banget kali kalo akunya rada2 kuciwa.
Rabu, Jan 17'07:
Pagi2 ada message di telpon kantor dari Bob Helstrom (Exec. Chefnya Kuletos) kalo aku di suruh nelpon dia.
Jadilah aku ngobrol sama Bob, dia nanya aku kira2 interested nggak buat jadi Controllernya Kuletos?...huuuah??? Bob juga nanya boleh nggak dia ngasih no telpon ku ke Presidentnya LH: Dennis Markus.
Wadooohh....jadi bingung ente. Aku bilang ke Bob, aku mau pikir2 dulu & mau telpon dia balik besok.
Di rumah aku ma Didi diskusi, udah gitu aku telpon Mary Ann juga minta pendapatnya dia. Katanya sih Go for it!
Kamis, Jan 18'07:
Aku telpon Bob & bilang aku oke2 aja ngasih no cellphoneku ke Dennis, cuma aku bilang bahwa aku bakalan nggak bisa njawab telpon, jadi palingan kalo Dennis telpon pasti aku biarin masuk voicemail trus aku yang telpon balik setelah nyari ruangan sepi biar bebas ngomong.
Jam 11 am: ada voicemail dari Dennis, nanyain aku bisa ketemu sama dia nggak besok hari Jumat. Aku langsung keluar & berusaha telpon balik eh taunya masuk voicemail juga. Ada kali kita 4 kali maen phone tag (Dennis telpon masuk vm, aku telon masuk vm, gituuuh aja teruus...itu yang namanya phone tag).
Jam 5 pm: Aku barusan nerima vm dari Dennis lagi, heran deh, pdhal telpon aku pegang terus. Langsung aku telpon balik, untung aja langsung di angkat sama Dennis. Pheeeuuuh. Finally.
Kita decided buat tentavively ketemu besok setelah Dennis selesai meeting, kira2 around noon time deh.
Kalo nggak ada telpon dari dia besok, berarti meetingnya kelamaan & dia nggak bisa nemuin aku.
Jumat, Jan 19'07:
Telpon2an sama Dennis Markus - President & CFOnya LH, lebih tepatnya sih maen phone tag (dia nelpon - ninggalin pesen, trus aku telpon balik - ninggalin pesen juga, gitu loh yang namanya phone tag).
Rencananya janjian di Starbucks di deket kantorku, cuma akunya geblek, salah ngasih cross streetnya, yang ada si Dennis ninggalin message kalo dia nggak nemuin Starbuck & lagi berdiri di depan Argonaut.
Eniwai, akhirnya sempet ngobrol juga & kita janjian ketemu di Oakville Grocery buat ngopi2.
Duuh taunya orangnya baeeeeenyaaaaa & down to earth banget....nggak nyangka kalo dia tuh orang ke-2 di LH. Udah gitu dianya yang thank you thank you ke aku yang udah mau nyempetin nyuri2 waktu buat nemuin dia. Intinya pas ngobrol ma Dennis aku nggak ditanyain apa2, yang ada dia yang malah cerita2 soal companynya yang lagi growing, pokoknya semua yang bagus2 soal LH diceritain deh.
Bener kata Mary Ann, karena mereke butuh orang Accounting makanya justru mereka yang 'njual' companynya ke kita, jadi biar kita mau kerja sama mereka. Heeh, baru kali ini aku interview or ngobrol2 tapi aku nggak ditanyain macem2. Ada2 aja yaaah....
Ngobrol kira2 1 jam-an, abis itu Dennis bilang aku mesti ketemu sama Sue Hefty (VP Controller) & Binoy Patel (Director of Accounting).
Senin, Jan 22'07:
jam 1 pm - 30 menit interview sama Binoy, trus abis itu 30 menit interview lagi sama Sue. Aku ngerasa kalo interview sama Binoy went very well tapi kalo sama Sue kok agak2 nggak yakin yaaah....
Pulang ke rumah langsung ngirim email ke mereka berdua, intinya bilang 'Terima Kasih udah nyempetin waktu buat interview aku & aku bilang kalo aku berminat banget buat kerja sama mereka'. Kira2 inti bahasa prokemnya: 'ane jamin ente gag bakal nyesel deh nerima ane jadi pegawe'. Kalo di sini udah tradisi or etiket kali yaah, setiap abis interview kita bilang thank you, seringnya sih pake thank you card, cuma kali ini aja aku decided buat pake email aja.
Rabu, Jan 24'07:
Dapet email dari Sue, dia bilang aku ada waktu buat ngobrol di telpon sama dia either hari ini or besok.
Karena aku nggak bawa cell phone, aku ngemailin balik, kalo mendingan besok aja jam setelah jam 12 siang deh dia telpon aku.
Kamis, Jan 25'07:
12 pm: ada voice maill dari Sue, kalo aku disuruh telpon dia balik.
3 pm: aku telpon Sue & Sue bilang kalo aku dapet tawaran buat kerja jadi Controllernya Kuletos (Thank you Lord!)....pas aku tanya salarynya brapa dia bilang $200,000...(Dueeerrr!! bo'ong deng!! :-D).....oke balik lagih yaaah, pas aku tanya salarynya brapa, Sue mentioned sejumlah $$$ yang not bad lah, kira2 20% kenaikan salaryku yang sekarang.....dalem ati aku langsung OMG!!....tapi menurut buku2 strategi, kita tuh mesti jual mahal sedikit, jadi aku pura2 masih nggak yakin....trus aku negosiasi minta tambah gaji lagi, jadi total aku minta kenaikan 30% dari gajiku yang sekarang (boleh dong nawar....). Sue bilang dia mau tanya beberapa orang dulu buat hal itu & mau telpon aku besok jam 12 siang.
Abis hang-up ma Sue aku langsung telpon Didi.....uuuh senengnyaaaa.....aku juga nggak brenti2nya berdoa & bilang Terima kasih ke Tuhan.
Friday, Jan 26'06 :
12 pm: Sue telpon bilang kalo dia belom dapet approval buat tambahan gaji yang aku minta, dan bakal telpon lagi jam 4 sore.....aaaahhhhh aku sempet ragu2 juga dalem hati, jangan2 udah nge-hire orang laen lagi.....udah aja mo teriak "I'll take it - I'll take it!"
4 pm: Sue telpon lagi, bilang kalo dia udah nanya2 & diapprove tuh gaji yang aku mau....dia nanya aku masih interested apa enggak? of course aku jawab IYA, trus langsung bilang kalo aku butuh at least 2 minggu buat re-sign....& kita tetapin aku start di Kuletos hari Senin tgl 12 Feb'07.
4.30 pm: Aku telpon Mary Ann ngasih tau kalo I got the job....trus ngatur strategi gimana enaknya ngasih tau Celia (my controller)
5.30 pm: Bilang ke Celia kalo aku re-sign & hari terakhirku kerja Jumat, Feb 9'07
Senin, Jan 29'07
9 am: aku ngasih tau GMku (David) kalo aku resign, David kaget & bilang dia mau telpon VP Controllernya Kimpton Group & Celia soal ini
(Celia ngambil off hari ini, tapi pas aku balik dari meeting sama David ada message dari dia & aku di suruh telpon ke rumahnya...)
10 am: Telpon Celia & Celia nanya aku bakal consider nggak kalo gajiku dinaekin or at least disamain. Aku bilang aku bakal kasih jawaban besok. Oh man! pushing nggak sih? jadi ge-er juga sih...ternyata aku laku keras yaaah...whakakkakakaa
Selasa, Jan 30'07:
Aku ada short meeting sama Celia & Celia bilang kalo gajiku bakal di naikin 20% & bonus 15%, jadi total salary year to datenya sih bakal ngelebihin base salaryku yang baru......hmmmmmm......not good enough (dalem ati sih)....aku bilang mo pikir2 dulu & ngasih tau jawabannya besok....
Rabu, Jan 31'07:
Aku ngasih tau Celia kalo aku tetep mo resign.
Jumat, Feb 2'07:
Celia announced ke seluruh Argonaut employees kalo aku resign.
Jumat, Feb 9'07:
Hari terakhirku kerja di Argonaut deh.
Mohon doa yaaah prends...moga2 semuanya lancar2 aja nih di tempat yang baru....aku sempet jiper juga kerja sama company baru & deal sama orang2 corporate baru....tapi mo gimana lagi.....suasananya temen kerja & orang2nya udah kayak keluarga banget di VF&K, trus commute cuma 25 menit dari rumah (kalo sekarang kan 35 menitan), balik lagi ke downtown yang rame bisa window shopping (or shopping beneran) & jajanannya itu looh....di Fisherman's Wharf kan kering kerontang...jadi aku mesti bawa makanan sendiri (bfast & lunch) biar ga bangkrut & kena kanker (abis pilihannnya cuma chinese or vietnamese yang notabene kan dikasih msg melulu....:-D)....and juga kalo di VF&K aku makan kan gratis tis...dari kopi or latte, bfast, lunch, snack...tinggal order & makan tanpa bayar.....
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November 21, 2005
Managers' Retreat & Alvin Pulang For Good
Pengumuman Penting!!
Berhubung si bumil 2 minggu terakhir ini sakit, jadi apdetannya agag2 lemot, tapi tanggalnya bener smoa kok, yang di apdet kejadian yang dulu2, abis bermakna smoa sih....gituuuu....jangan pada bingung or protes yaaa...Awas kalo protes gue poles
Senin, Nov 21'05 - Managers' Retreat ke Napa Valley
Aku sebenernya udah nggak pengen masuk sih, abis agak2 nggak enak badan dari pergi ke Tahoe kemaren, cuma nggak enak aja abis udah diwanti2 smoa managers mesti ikutan gituuu...dan kita nggak dikasih tau kita mo pergi kemana sampe paginya gitu..Dan begitu tauk kalo kita mo ke winery di Napa Valley buat wine tasting aku dah makin kepengen pulang aja...abis percuma bener aku juga nggak bakal ikutan wine tasting kan....aaaargggghhhhh!!!!....makin pengen pulang aja jadinya....cuma dengan pertimbangan2 aku putusin buat ikutan aja...
Kita brangkat dari hotel jam 9 pagi naek limo ke Napa, rame2 ber-9, ada Michael (GM), Mary Ann (Controller-my boss), Joey (Director of Sales), Hylton (Director or Revenue), Claudia (Front Office Mgr), Ondina (exec. HouseKeeping), Doeun (Chief Eng.), Amy (Sales Coord.) and aku.
Perjalanan ke Napa tuh normally 2.5-3 jam gitu deh, cuman setengah jalan kita udah mampir ke Viansa Winery yang di Sonoma (1 jam-an dari hotel), disini kita cuma duduk2 & ngobrol2 sambil nge-wine or ngopi...akunya yaa bengong aja, abis tadi udah breakfast & nge-tea sih...
Trus abis dari situ lanjut ke Conn Creek Winery, nah disini baru deh serius wine tasting gitu dari barrel tempat buat nyimpen winenya, akunya yaa cuma bengong2 aja....pertama2 masih semangat ndengerin asal usul winenya, tapi berhubung tastingnya ada 10 wine, lama2 bosen juga yaaak....capek juga lagi berdiri terus ngedengerin orangnya ngomong...
Cuma trus pas akhriannya kita semua dikasih 1 botol kosong trus kita bebas buat mbikin wine campuran kita sendiri....ada yang 1/2 dari barrel A, 1/2 barrel B or 1/4-an dari A-B-C-D....aku sih nggak mo ambil resiko aku isiin aja Merlot...udah tau jelas ini rasanya.....dan katanya Merlotnya tastenya fruitty gitu....that's what I like.
ps: itu yang aku foto bertiga sama Michael (GM) and Mary Ann, aku cuma gaya megang glassnya doang looh....nggak ikutan tasting kok..
Selesai dari sini, kita lunch bentar di Dean Deluca abis lanjut deh wine tasting lagi lupa tauk tuh dimana....aku sih udah di point yang bored bored bored banged....mana panas bener lagi....
Untungnya abis wine tasting ini kira jam 4- trus decided buat pulang aja, pdhal seharusnya masih ada 1 tempat lagi yang mo didatengin buat champagne tasting, cuma kayaknya managers2 yang laen juga had enough deh...
On the way pulang aku bener2 lemeess bener, tutup mata terus sepanjang jalan....yaa ngantuk yaa capek yaa nggak enak badan....trus pulangnya minta jemput Didi deh...
Besoknya bener deh aku sakit, aku called sick jadinya...istirahat dirumah aja...
Oh yaa, dapet kabar gembira dari Dr. Susan Huang, taunya aku nggak diabetes, soalnya hasil testku yang 3 jam tuh taunya normal2 aja.....Allright!!!!!
Kamis Nov 24'05 - Alvin Pulang for good
Hari ini Thanksgiving day - kita nggak ngapa2in, Didi cuman masak turkey lagi aja dirumah pagi2 (abis tiap tahun dapet turkey gratis, yaa masak nggak diambil, rugiii laahh), yaa jadi lah kita makan berdua aja, cuma nggak sepiring berdua kok...whekekekee...
honestly kali ini turkeynya lebih juicy dari yang dia bikin pas di Lake Tahoe kemaren, soalnya kali ini turkeynya ukurannya lebih kecil 11 lbs, compared yang kemaren dibawa itu kan 30 lbs...
Trus malemya kita nganter Alvin ke airport. Seharusnya hari Rabu kemaren ada makan2 buat farewellnya Alvin di Pizza Orgasmica, cuman karena aku masih sakit, kita nggak dateng deh...katanya sih seruuu banget, pas diminta speech taunya si Alvin jadi bercucuran air mata gitu nangis....whooooaaaa???....ternyata yaa si Alvin, muke boleh kumis & jenggotan, tapi hati mah tetep Rinto bo! weell aku ngebayangin sih sedihnya ninggalin kita temen2 maennya di SF.
Apalagi kita kan tinggalnya cuman 2 menit dari SFO ini, jadi yaa deket bener....aku pas kesana sengaja mbawa kleenex/ kotak tissue sendiri soalnya kan masih batuk pilek, eeeh anak2 yang laen nyangka aku nyindir Alvin yang nangis kemaren...whekekekeke.....nggak kok
Cuman trus pas finally said goodbye ke kita satu2....mulai nangis lagi deh Alvin....aku juga siih....abis sedih & terharu juga lah...dan aku emang dasarnya cengeng / berhati lembut (cie cieeee...), ngeliat orang nangis jadi yaa ikutan nangis juga...
Alvin gutlak yaa di Jakarta & ntar di Beijing nanti...moga2 sukses deh apa yang loe kerjain...Sampe ketemu nanti yaaaa....sometimes and somewhere.....You'll be missed!!!
Oh yaa kita Jumat ini libur juga..mayan deh ada tambahan waktu istirahat dirumah.
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March 24, 2005
Happy Birthday Hon Tran & Happy Retirement Tom
Tuesday, March 22nd my co-worker, Hon Tran, turned big 40. As always I was in-charged for putting flyers/notes everywhere around Kuletos so around 150 employees knew his Birthday.
And some of the managers chipped in and got him presents, 2 Kenneth Cole shirts and 2 ties that he can macth with his shirts. Somehow we were not comfortable to give him gift certificate, we don't trust his fashion taste. Ooh gosh, I'm bad! Mary Ann got him sweater.
Hon is such a character. Good man and always in hyper mood.
Also this week we said Good Luck to one our Purchasing Manager, Tom Anderson. He'll retire after 10 years working for Kuletos. So we had a little luncheon on Thursday.
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February 11, 2005
5 years ago........
Today marks my 5th year working for Kimpton Group.
Yup, quite a long time for me, consider I’ve never had 1 year milestone when I was still in Jakarta. The longest was 9 months when I worked for Lippo Development Group as a sales person. After Lippo I worked for a Hongkong Souvenirs company (as an Assistant GM) for just 8 months before I moved to SF. (Before Lippo I survived for only 3 months). The reasons were always: I was easily bored with what I do. Luckily with I’m doing right now, I know how to keep myself busy. Yes, You got it right: BLOGGING!!!! Psssstttt…….
And here is the time frame:
In the early year of 2000, I just met my ex boyfriend – Didi (well he’s my husband now). And I was working at Gianni Versace Boutique in SF as a sales person. Didi was surprised that I have my Accounting Degree but work in sales. And honestly after I graduated I’ve never worked in my field, not even once. I even promised myself, I would never work behind the desk as an Accountant, because I just don’t like it (and look what I’m doing right now).
I always worked in Sales, and maybe that is what I like, meet new people. Not sure why I pursued my Degree in Accounting. I guess, I was being a good daughter; I followed what my Mom told me to do (Thanks Mom, I realize how important it is nowadays).
Anyway, after considered what Didi told me, I started look for a job. Honestly I was pretty lucky, I saw the advertisement for Acctg. Staff at SF Chronicle, faxed my resume, got interview with the Controller (I did it during my lunch hours), got 2nd interview the next day, and then they hired me. It happened very fast. (The 2nd interviewed was with Eric, he is the Property Controller at Prescott Hotel now, and we are become friends, sometimes we have drinks together).
So 5 years ago, on 02/11/00 I started my 1st day as Accounting Staff at Kuletos (I was also Part Time student at City College). Two months later, the Rest. Controller left the company and took the other Acct. staff with him. And that was when Mary Ann replaced him and she became my boss. We were short staff and I told Mary Ann I’d love to have more responsibilities (also more $$). And she gave me what I needed. Two months later, it happened again, I’d want to learn more. I asked her I wanted to do Journal Entry and Payroll. She trusted me and trained me and I got promoted as Restaurant Assistant Contoller (and of course I asked for another extra $$. More responsibilities = more money…..hehehehehehe)
In 2001 Mary Ann got promoted as Property Controller for Villa Florence & Kuletos, and the former Hotel Asst. Controller left the company. I knew that Mary Ann was looking for assistant for the hotel, and I promoted myself. Mary Ann was concerned I couldn’t handle the Hotel system. But I kept telling her that I would learn, and yada yada yada. And Thanks to her, she hired me! Yup a year later, I was Assistant Controller for Villa Florence Hotel (and also got 70% increase from my starting salary, not bad). Moral of the story: Keep asking, you have nothing to loose and you might get what you’ve asked for.
Even at work I had my ups and downs, during those dot com boomers, I had to supervise 2 Accounting staffs, but we had to laid them off after 9/11. And now I’m just by myself. Can’t describe how lucky I’m working with Mary Ann. She’s a great boss, and we develop relationship way more than just co-workers. Hey, I think that’s the reason why I’ve been working for 5 years. And Cheers to me!!!!
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January 25, 2005
Kimpton Accounting Luncheon & The Rising Star Award.
I went to Sir Francis Drake with Mary Ann & Hon for Kimpton Group Accounting Luncheon. This was annual gathering they usually have. Anton, my brother’s friend, who works for P&P was also there. He was surprised that most of the Accounting people are Chinese. Well, get used to it Ton.
Basically on this luncheon, we had lunch, played whatever games they threw us, and done. This time the 1st game was, the price is right (our table win this game) and the 2nd was decorating our table with Valentine’s theme. Hon was soo excited and enthusiastic about the 2nd game, meanwhile the rest of us were in ‘whatever’ mood, didn’t really care.
After the luncheon back to work, and we had a meeting. This meeting was to nominate hotel employees for the Hotel Hero Award (www.hotelheroes.com), and Jean-Pierre nominated me for The Rising Star Award. Hhhmmmm….Rising Star, maybe it should be Rising Super Star…..hahhahaha…That would be perfect for me.
We also nominated Ondina (Exec. HK) for Life Time Achievement Award. She’s been working with Kimpton Group for 20 years, yeeaahh she deserves that. Hopefully someone from KG will win something this year. Heeyy that could be me, in that case, allright then, gotta go, I better start prepare my accepting speech…
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December 29, 2004
Villa Florence Holiday Party & Forever Tango
We had our annual employee’s holiday party at work (Villa Florence and Monticello employees). The idea for this party, we as the manager wore the aprons when we served the appetizers for the employees, just for fun. And I brought also my Santa Claus hat. (I should’ve brought these hats when we went to NY –but I forgot).
There were a lot of people showed up, and we gave away all kind of prizes. DVDs, TVs, CD players, gift certificates, etc etc. Food from Kuletos was good as usuall.It seems like everybody had fun. Cool!!
And after work Didi & I, Novi & Steve went to see Forever Tango @ 8pm at the Post Street Theater. First Me and Didi picked up Novi then we went back to Villa Florence again to meet Steve. We had dinner at Pagolac – Vietnamese Rest. around downtown. I love this little place. They have the best vegetarian vermicelli noodle.
After dinner we went to the show, and the theater was pack. However, honestly I and Didi didn’t like the show at all. But Novi and Steve seem to like it tough. I know the dance was extremely difficult. Well at least we didn't have to pay for this.
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December 17, 2004
Villa Florence Managers' Party @ Benihana Rest.
After worked all the Villa Managers had Christmas dinner at Benihana Rest. in Japantown. Our significant others were invited too; but I decided to go alone.
And actually only Douen (Chief Eng.) and Jean-Pierre (GM) brought their spouses. Me, Ondina (Exec. HK), Claudia (Front Off Mgr) & Mary Ann came alone and we went together. And Mary Ann forgot which floor she parked her car. Hehehehe…oh well..we were late, but it was oke.
This was the second time I went to Benihana, the 1st time was quite a long time ago, with the Kimpton Group Accounting Dept. I think it was in 2000.
Actually nothing really special with this Rest.in terms of food, what makes this rest. unique is the cook made our order in front of us, and when they cook them they’ll perform special acts with their cooking tools or with the meals.
Our cook made a volcano from Onion, which was very interesting. And even though Benihana is Japanese Rest. most of the cooks actually are Mexican….hahaha not authentic Japanese.
Overall we had fun, I sat next to Jan, and so we talked a lot about many things too. I knew that Jan contacted the servers and told them that we were celebrating 2 birthdays (Mary Ann & JP), therefore towards the end they sang Happy Birthday and brought Mary Ann/JP a piece of cake. That was quite a chaos the way they sang Happy Birthday. Very funny.
We finished around 9.30 pm and I said goodbye to Mary Ann & JP. Doeun dropped us (me, Ondina & Claudia) at the Villa Florence because all of our stuff was still there, and then Didi picked me up. As soon as we got home, I was just dead sleepy. I think I drank too much. I slept a few hours until around midnight, and then started to pack for our long trip to DC & NY. We finished packing around 1.30 am, and we had to wake up at 6 am for 8.55 am flight. I was so excited, I couldn’t sleep.
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