HANZKY

good morning everybody...=), it's moving day today..yay, i will be sleeping in my new place starting from tonight. but i don't think i will be online that much in a week or so though, cause the earliest the DSL guy can come to install everything is june 3rd. on the meantime, i'll try dial up.....hopefully it won't be as bad. OK, gotta load these boxes to the moving truck right now....bubbye..have a nice weekend peeps..=)

Watch out world, here SHE comes......=)..hehehe.....shinta darling, this is your day and by golly you earned it!!...... congrats yah..=)

the picture on the right is a 5 year lil old me..and i’m 24 now…old and cranky..hehe...i guess i've gone along way eh?

so i was born on may 21, and what does that makes me? a taurean? or a gemini?..it’s on the cusp, some sources say i'm a taurean but some sources say that i’m definitely a gemini..i check both of them whenever I feel like reading my horoscopes and I usually just go with the one that has more good news..hehe. but i feel like a taurean most of the times though…=)

anyway, i'm so grateful that life has been treating me good these past 12 months, it’s been a bed of roses.. basically what hanzky wants, hanzky gets. sure there are things that i wish didn’t happen, but the good stuff that happened far outweigh the bad stuff. i’m happy that it wasn’t just a matter of time passing me by, cause this past year is the highlight of my life so far. i managed to accomplish all the things I want.. took a big step to declare my vow about life time commitment...i guess everything that i have done and everything that happened to me during my 23 yo days represents the beginning of a wonderful future…and i just can’t wait to see what the future holds for me..=)

sometimes when I’m feeling good i like to think that i’m not bad for a 24 y.o..but there are times when i beat myself up mentally and think that i’m waaay behind other people and should have achieved more things by now, yea..i tend to compare myself with others a lot, cause i think that’s the only way you can see how far ahead or how far behind are you in the competition. but now i’m trying to understand that it doesn't work like that at all..we all come from different worlds, our brains do not work in a similar way, we have different talents and opportunities, each of us have different dreams and vision, there are things that are important to me to achieve that no one cares about at all and vice versa, we also have different strengths and weaknesses and our dynamic of life is different from the day we were born. therefore it’s just useless to compare ourselves to others and think that we have to match them in every aspects in life. so now i’m trying hard not to compare myself to the best others can do, but to the best i can do and whether i have maxed out my full potential..so when i look back in retrospect i know i won't regret a single thing knowing i have lived my life to the fullest...=)


anyway...thank you ya semuwanya who makes a point to send me birthday wishes…it means a lot to me to know that you care…=)..

I’ve been in panick mode these past couple of days, and the people at cypress hill village should be held responsible for it!!

You see..i was supposed to be moving out of this apt this Friday, I’ve already found an apartment that I like, signed the contract, paid the deposit and all that since more than a month ago. But suddenly the manager in the new apt called me last thursday, saying that the unit is not gonna be ready by this weekend or any other weekends for that matter cause she said the last tenant had a fire incident so now they have to get some serious inspections done and it will cost them a fortune. So that’s a bummer..but she gave me another unit that she said will be available come Friday, and the unit turns out to be a lot better than the one I chose, so I was okay with that. Even though I was still upset with the fact that I had to call all of the utilities’ company to switch the service to different address..erghh. trust me it is frustrating to call the 1-800 number, listening to all of the menus, and waiting for a few minutes till the sales representative finally answered the calls, and mind you, there are more than 10 phone calls that i have to go through!!! But anyway, I didn’t make a big deal out of it, still happy and excited to be moving to a new place.

But you know what happened?...just right when I finished making all those phone calls on friday morning, the manager called me …and told me that she apparently messed up the paperwork and somebody else had just moved in to that particular unit so she has to give me another one again . WTF?!?!.. How could she tossed me around like that?!?! I was soooo pissed off I couldn’t even say anything.. feeling like banging my head against the wall. that means I have to call each of the utilities’ company again one by one and asked them to switch the service to another address all over again!! And you know what frustrating me even more?? I took a look at the unit that she gave, and I don’t like it at all!!! Basically the floor plan/the interior is the same. But the building is far away from the apt’s entrance, it’s all the way to the end, next to the cemetery complex!!! Plus the exterior of the building looks very old..pokonya it was very disappointing. So I told her that there’s no fucking way i'm gonna move to that shitty unit, cause had she told me in the first place that that's the only unit available, i wouldn't even bother to think about moving there. i agreed to move there to the unit i chose, not to any units that she gives me...she apologized and everything, but shit her apologize didn’t do me any good..i need more than apologize..i need a place to live!!!...But in the end I just told her that I’m going to think about it over the weekend...and after thinking about everything thoroughly, dendre and i decided to give it a shot and move in anyway, cause there is not enough time to find a new one cause the contract in this apt will be expired this weekend, and we don’t wanna be homeless that’s fo sho!!!.

So anywaaay..she called yesterday morning and asked about my decision, I was about to tell her that I will take the apt but she was talking crap about how she doesn’t understand why I don’t like the unit. somehow, i got the impression that she was trying to make me feel like I should be thankful and grateful about it, as if she's giving out some kind of freebies or something..and what pisses me even more was the way she asked if i was going to move in or not, she made it sound like i was wishy washy about it and only cause her troubles..WTF??..she's the one who messed up everything...i’ve had it up to here *point to forehead* and at that minute I was like..that’s it!!...fuck this..i don’t need this, she has given me too much headache and if I move there that means I’ll be dealing with her from time to time and honestly i'd rather undergo a root canal that having to deal with her ever again...erghh..i feel like shredding her to pieces right now!!....so i canceled the contract right away......4 days before the day that I’m supposed to get my azz from this apt!!..poor lil old me..! I’ve told the management in this apt about my situation…and they said I could extend the contract to another month so that I will have enough time to find a new apt. so at least that’s a relieve, but I still wanna move as soon as possible though so I can just get rid of it and carry on with my life…*sigh*..

thank you mavs...you just made my day....=)

these are the reasons why i hate the kings so much, cause they're cocky, they whine too much and never stops making excuses, and they didn't even credit the other team for winning the game nor showed emotion and dedication towards the game, what's with bibby eating skittles during the post game interview like it's just another game, no big deal huh?!?! classless!! so sorry kings fans...still no bling bling in any of the players' fingers this year....;)

Lakers dynasty has died..*at least this season*...they were literally falling apart in this game..*hiks*..kobe and fisher was crying, and kobe looked like he was trying to hold back his tears during the post game interview..now let's just hope the mavericks will win tonite..cause if my lakers can't win it, i certainly don't want the kings to win it!!!

This guy is becoming more and more familiar to me, cause I saw him on TV like almost everyday now that it’s playoff season for the NBA especially since the Mavericks is still ALIVE. Yupe, he’s none other than the owner of Dallas Mavericks, the baby boomer tycoon named Mark Cuban. I’ve heard a lot about him, but never in details, so I did a little bit of googling to find out more about him, and after gathering so many information, I think now I can say that he’s quite something, not just your regular billionaire..he's the work hard party hard kinda of guy and he sets a good example to a lot of business minded people, He gave quite a few advices to lil mark cuban out there, i know some of his advices can be found in marketing or any business textbooks, but i've never seen anyone works them in the real world as perfect as he does. so i thought i'd share it with you..=)..*ps: this may be boring though, but who knows it could be useful for some of us..*

1. Say Yes to Anything, Never Say NO!

when he was in college, he came up with the idea of having his own computer networking company..*MicroSolutions, Inc* . He didn’t know anything about computer at all at that time, never taken a computer class. But he believed in himself that he can learn anything if he has the will to do it, so he never turned customers’ request even though he didn't know shit what the customers wanted and managed to pull it all together and delivered a top notch work. The company was a success, setelah beberapa tahun..CompuServe was interested in his company and he sold it for a few million dollars. Setelah itu dia sempet juga built broadcast.com from scratch yang akhirnya di beli sama Yahoo!

2. Be passionate at what you’re doing and show it to the world.

When he bought the Mavericks, the team wasn’t in a good shape and they were trapped in a long losing streak season. But he turned it all around by getting involved in every single activity that has anything to do with the team. He's very passionate about it and he's able to encourage the community to support the team in his own way. One of his unique way is by sitting at the bench with the players and the coaches during the game. Most of the NBA owner would sit somewhere in private, out of public eyes, wearing their expensive suits and ties. But not Mark Cuban, he is there near the baseline, yelling and cheering on his teams, wearing just jeans and a regular t-shirt…making sure the referees are doing the job right. He complains to the referees a lot, and of course, as a result, he got fined a lot!!. But that shows character right there, that he is willing to do anything in his power to protect his players and stand up for them.There was one time when he got a $500,000 fined—for saying of the head of NBA officiating : “I wouldn’t hire him to manage a Dairy Queen”…hihi. Dan akhirnya dia malah dapet surat dari Dairy Queen, yang mungkin felt somewhat insulted by his statement and invited him to be a dairy queen manager for a day, saying that it's not as easy as it seems to be a dairy queen manager. And being a humble man that he is, he accepted the job…and of course, thousands of people were waiting in line in dairy queen to see him serving ice creams… And I think that’s a good marketing, cause that’s a chance to prove once again that you’re indeed the coolest billionaire. You think Bill Gates would ever wanna do that?

3. Connect with your customers/clients/fans…anyone that has something to do with your company.

Unlike any other public figures who hide their email address/contact number, Mark Cuban put his email address everywhere and encourage anyone to send him email if they have question/complains/suggestion or anything and he actually reads and reply the email right away. He has answered thousands upon thousands of email, and even though he is such a busy man he makes himself approachable. In fact, his desk in his office is the one near the entrance door so it is easier for him to talk to the customers, he’s also make time to sign autographs before and after the game..and also very closed with his employees and always does his best to give a great working environment for them. When he owned the MicroSolutions, he only had 85 employees, but over the course of seven years, he only had four employees leave. And all of them came back to work for him at some point.

4. Customer is always right.

I know it sounds lame, but it’s true and he also believes in no detail is too small when it comes to taking care of customers to create any excuses for them to go and spend their money somewhere else. He even handle complains from people who found chewing gum on the seat at the arena, or when the restrooms are not clean enough, etc.

5. Low Profile

Yes he’s a billionaire now, but that doesn’t mean he would trade his sweatpants for a suit and tie. There is nothing about his appearance that signal his status as one of the country’s richest man. He doesn’t feel the need to remind the world that he is now an important person. In fact, he still go to 7-11 to buy a diet coke and tuna sandwich if he’s hungry…

6. You Don’t have to be an innovator to succeed.

It's becoming more and more impossible for anyone to come up with such a unique idea that no one has every done before. But there’s usually a place to sneak in and do something a little different and work harder at executing them. He admits that mostly he stole his ideas from somebody else, he never really invented anything, he just put the pieces and the information together better.

7. Never invest money in the market.

This is what he said..”Put your money in the bank. The stock market is probably the worst investment vehicle out there. NEVER put your money in something where you don't have an information advantage. Why invest your money in something because a broker told you to? If the broker had a clue, he/she wouldn't be a broker, they would be on a beach somewhere..”..hehe, i couldn't agree more with Mr. Cuban.

Anywaaay...now you know who i'll be rooting tomorrow, of course the dallas mavericks, not just because i like the owner, but because i basically root for anyone who plays against the kings...hihi...one more win for the mavs and the kings will be sent straight to the basketball hell..

Today is my brother birthday, he’s turning 9…=) masih kecil banget yaa..masih kelas 3 SD, we were born 15 years and 10 days apart. I miss him like hell. I flipped through my photo album a few days ago, and I saw one picture consists of my family members that was taken in cengkareng’s airport, right before I skipped the country for the first time, circa 1997, so it was 6 years ago. he was 3 years old back then.. that means i've been missing his childhood days and it gives me this sharp pang right in my heart when i thought about it..i feel guilty inside. I guess i’ve been away too long, and maybe even for a much longer time to come.....=(

Pas balik kemaren, I noticed quite a few little things he did that amazed me. My brother is all grown up now. Salah satu contoh kecilnya..waktu itu, gue jemput dia sekolah…and I decided to go to carrefour first before we go home. And my brother was like..”yaah, mau ke Carrefour yah?..pulang dulu deh, inu gak bawa uang…uangnya di rumah”..trus gue bilang nggak pa pa , nanti kalo mo beli beli pake uang gue aja dulu..*hehe..enggak laah gue nggak bakalan minta ganti, gue ngomong gitu iseng aja* So we went to Carrefour and he grabbed a few snacks, chocolate, etc..trus bayarnya pake uang gue kan. Pas baru masuk rumah, dia langsung lari ke kamarnya, and to my surprise, ternyata dia langsung ganti uang gue. I was so proud of him, he is this little kid, who only have money on a very rare occasion (kemaren abis lebaran) but yet he understands about responsibility, that he has to keep his promise, dan yang namanya utang itu biar gimanapun harus di bayar!!. Emang sih, it’s such a little thing, but it’s the little thing that's often forgotten. Coba deh di pikir, berapa kali kita pergi makan rame rame sama temen dan pas waktu nya bayar, pasti ada yang bilang..”eh pake uang lo dulu yah, gue nggak ada cash nih, ntar gue ngambil dulu di atm” and all other excuses yang akhirnya malah yang minjem uang lupa untuk nge ganti, entah bener lupa atau emang pura pura lupa….apalagi kalo yang minjemin nggak nagih. Makanya…yang punya utang dan sebenernya udah punya uang tapi masih sayang buat ngebayar…huhu..i’m sorry…but shame on you...:P

Anyway, I think I spent quite a lot of time with my brother when I went home, but of course there’s no such a thing as enough time to be spent with your loved ones. And I still feel bad that I didn’t manage to buy the hamsters that I promised him the other day..huhu. But I did take him to his first plane ride though..=), introduced him to something new and gave him the kind of experience that will make him smile whenever he thinks about it!...Happy Birthday Ibnu sayang....hope you enjoy your pressies…=)

I miss my cat terribly, it’s a cute 4 months old bob cat, or a.k.a kucing hutan!!. I only had a chance to play around with him for a short 2 weeks period when I went home, karena emang baru di beli 2 minggu sebelum gue balik kesini, dan umurnya dia juga masih 2 minggu. Waktu itu, dendre and i walked along Jl. Barito on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. I had been looking for a kitten at that time tapi masih belum nemu yang di suka. Dan disana, I came across with this cute little creature in one of the animal shops, it looked so cute I couldn’t resist to let it go from my lap, so I decided to take it home with me..=). Nggak lupa abis itu mampir ke setra sari pet shop di radio dalam buat beli makanannya. Everybody at home adores him, even my dad, who I don’t think has the nurturing ability, fell in love with him. Kalo pagi, sambil nonton kuliah subuh, kucingnya di taro di pangkuannya dia dan di elus2 gitu..huhu..so sweet. Dan kucingnya ini manja sekalii…kucing hutan kok bukannya gahar malah manja begitu..maunya di sayang sayang. Pas sehari sebelum gue balik kesini, dia ngumpet terus..menyendiri sendiri, di cari cari tau tau ada di belakang kulkas..kalo nggak di pojokan pojokan gitu. Mungkin ngambek kali ya, berasa kalo mau di tinggal. Skarang udah besar dia..udah bisa naik ke lantai atas, tapi nggak bisa turun, hihihi..dan anehnya dia nggak mau makan apa apa, cuma susu aja pake roti, kalo enggak makan cereal…gaya banget deh.


2. sitting by the pond and feeding off the kois.

We have a little pond at home, it has hundreds of kois and I could sit there for hours, transfixed by their beauty and I like nothing better than to see them come quickly when i offered them food and down right swarm to me. I usually spread the food a little so the little ones can have their meals too. Seminggu sekali, nyokap pasti nyempetin untuk pergi ke pasar pasar binatang, semuanya di datengin sama dia, belinya sih nggak aneh aneh, paling ikan ikan, burung lah, ayam lah, etc. Kemaren juga sempet jalan jalan sama nyokap, muterin jln cimahi untuk nyari kucing, ke pasar binatang di jatinegara, pasar burung pramuka, etc. Dan gue juga sempet beli 2 rabi rabi yang keciiill banget, rabi2 itu kaya kura kura, tapi versi imutnya. Oh iya, di Jakarta itu lagi musim yang namanya ikan louhan, di badannya, ada Chinese karakternya yang konon katanya bisa bawa rejeki buat si empunya ikan itu. Even my grandma has one of those in her house. Trus juga waktu itu, gue sama dendre juga hampir aja mau ke pondok pengayoman, animal shelter yang di kebun binatang sana, tapi katanya sekarang udah jeleek banget dan nggak ke urus. Disini juga lumayan sering ke animal shelter sih tadinya, tapi udah lama enggak nggak kesana. hmm...one day nanti.. i’m gonna have my own little zoo in my back yard…*amin*....=)


3. Dunkin Donuts’ cheese croissant.

This is definitely my daily intake each and every single day when I’m at home. Never a day passed without me munching their cheese croissant. …=). Dunkin donuts disini beda sama di Jakarta, they don’t know how to make good bakeries…dan gue males dealing sama India India nggak sopan itu. Dunkin Donut di Jakarta skarang tuh lucu banget deh, pegawai2 nya yang ceria dan dinamis, kalo ada customer masuk, yang jaga pintu teriak..”Customer In”..trus nanti di sambut dengan kasirnya yang ramah..”haii..selamat datang di dunkin donuts, ada yang bisa kami bantu?”. Trus kalo kita udah bayar, mbak kasirnya nggak lupa bilang gini..”trima kasiih..sampai berjumpa kembali”…hihii..lucu ya. Dan sesama pegawainya itu sering ngomong pake bahasa inggris. Kalo di perhatiin, sekarang memang banyak pegawai pegawai fast food yang udah pake bahasa inggris, waktu itu gue di wendys, si mas nya bilang..”hi how are you, go ahead with your order”..hihi..trus gue dengan pedenya bilang sama temen gue..”eh tadi gue kayanya di kira bule deh, soalnya si masnya ngomong pake bahasa inggris, hihihi..langsung aja lah gue di sorakin, orang katanya emang sering gitu kok skarang…..:þ But anyway……I want my cheese croissant, now..=)


4. cruising around town..

Mungkin banyak yang heran sama yang ini..but I really do miss cruising around town with my car. Waktu balik kemaren kan, lagi libur sekolah, kantor banyak yang libur karena lebaran, christmas and new year, so the traffic was OK. Udah gitu, my car has a sun roof, jadi enak kalo jalan jalan malem, tinggal buka aja, and there..you see all the stars up there. I’m pretty much a star gazer and I love city lights…….one of my fave buildings in jkt is the one in Jln Sudirman..*lupa namanya*, tapi letaknya pas di seberang jalan kalo keluar dari plaza senayan lewat belakang, lampunya warna warni kalo malem..=)


5. having everything right on my door step

Bukannya manja, tapi memang ini salah satu enaknya tinggal di Jakarta, laper sedikit..tinggal duduk aja di teras rumah, nggak lama juga pasti ada yang lewat, kalo pun nggak ada yang lewat, tinggal jalan ke perempatan jalan juga pasti ada tukang makanan. Males keluar rumah? Tinggal delivery aja, dari KFC, Pizza Hut, Ayam Goreng Suharti, and other local food establishments. Mau beli obat juga tinggal telfon pharmacy nya and it will get to your doorstep in a few minutes. Trus ada tukang gas keliling, tukang ini tukang itu. Sampe tukang jait keliling pun ada!!. Waktu itu gue kirain tukang bubur ayam, soalnya sepedanya sama…ternyata instead of bawa panci dia bawa mesin jait bow.. Ya udah, langsung deh gue mendekin beberapa celana yang kepanjangan. Ongkosnya? 3000 saja!!. Kalo disini di bawa ke alteration house sekitar 10 dollar tuh. Oh iya trus juga waktu itu, gue lagi ke salon lutuye..deket rumah, trus lagi di blow nih ceritanya rambutnya..baru yang sebelah kanan aja, tau tau…listriknya mati dong dengan indahnya. Di tungguin 10 menit nggak nyala nyala lagi….duh gimana sih salon masa nggak ada diesel ato apa kek. Good thing I was the only customer there. Trus gue telfon ke rumah, nanya apa di rumah juga mati lampu, ternyata listriknya nyala di rumah, padahal jaraknya cuma 2 block aja dari salon ke rumah. Jadi yang ada si mas wahyu..*hairdressernya*, gue boyong ke rumah aja..dan nerusin disana…hihi…=)


6. the smses, the juicy gossips, the late nite phone calls with my girlfriends..and the list goes on and on……