Three and a half months later

Remember the great farewell presents I got from those kids? Sadly, they're still in box for more than 3 months and I couldn't place them on my 'communal' desk, because it's a communal desk and I have no space for cutreness, hahahahahah... So I kept Mr.Woody and Mr. Buzz on my desk at home, boxed.

But then, three and a half months later, things changed and I returned.

 

I opened the box

1..2..3.. POSE!

Put them in a paper bag

Let them rest for a while

Donkey joined the boys

I have my own desk, space for cuteness, and happiness. 

Yeeeaaay!

To Treasure Happiness

Lately, people been asking me question that starts with "why" and ends with "?" because of the "3 months only" thingy... So here's my answer...

At the end of the day, a trooper decided to leave the war. Not because she's a quitter, NO. She just knew that the war isn't right anyway.

So, thank you for asking. I'm now ready to treasure happiness.. :)

My Homecoming Day

Last Friday (December 24, 2010, to be exact) I went back to my previous office. It felt like a homecoming, actually. I was so excited. We caught up lots of things, had our coffee at our favorite coffee house, grab our afternoon snacks and took lots of pictures.

Everybody asked pretty much the same questions like "how are you?", "do you like working in the new place?", "what kind of coworkers do you work with?" and.. "are you happier now?". But no one beats Cak Wier's question.

"Annisa! Now you're working in the agency. And why, oh why, are you still wearing that darn sneakers? I wasn't expecting high heels, really. At least, not that ones."

I laughed, so did everyone.

I also got the weird 'stares' from some people that I said 'hi'. Their faces ware like, "what? why do you said 'hi' to me as if we haven't met for a long time."and then in split second they realized that I am no longer their coworker. HA!

One thing I regret from the 'homecoming day' is... the absence of uncle. Yes, he took his leave whereas I really had to ask his advices for surviving the industry.

Frankly saying, I was very happy that day. But when I realized that I wasn't part of the hip 'class' anymore and that the place that I'm working at right now is kinda lame, brought me almost in tears. But, well... What else can I do except to live my work life as good as possible and to treasure our friendship.

And I'm glad we took lots of pictures! Had I mention it? Nyahahahahaha..

Those pictures are the sweetest token. Whaddayatink? :D

Uncle's way to make my day

It's been a crappy week. Trust me. Maybe it's because I actually hate this industry, maybe it's just because I'm not really feel like I belong here. Maybe I should not do this, maybe I should. Whatever.

Remember how I miss my uncle and the rest of the gang in my previous office? I miss his passion and positive spirit.

When I was soooo close to tears, this (extra)ordinary email from uncle made my day.

I cracked a smile and replied him immediately.

I wish I know what I should do right now.

Because I am so out of foolproof ideas and... passion for this crappy industry, I guess.


FYI: I did cry after that. I could not hold it. I cried and nobody knew. (Well, now everyone knows! doh~)

Girls to work and spend the days with

Okay, I've been here at the new office for a week and, well, obviously, I feel totally not excited yet. Not because of the thing that I have to do here. No. That's the reason why I left my first office. I love that I get to write, not only to translate or to copy-paste to make it worst. Here, I write. I use my mind to create lines originally. But, the fact that I'm not happy (yet) here is kind of disturbing.

You know how I love my first office. I work with bunch of crazy friends. We shared laughter too much. I always said back then, "I might have a crappy job but I got world's most great co-workers to work with" and it's true.

Here... there are only 7 creative persons. Three of them are the directors, my bosses to be exactly said. One copy writer and the rest are the art directors. Among the 7 of us, two are females: me and the CD lady.

Don't let me start to talk about the account executives. They're all females but, yeah.. you know, heee..heee..

All I wanted to say waaaaas...

Not only I miss my previous co-workers, but I also totally miss my girl friends back there!

I miss girly-girl talks

*sigh

No matter how 'boyish' I am, now I realize that having girl friends at work is important.


Photo credit: Yanuar Ishak

Bittersweet last days at the office

During the whole month of October 2010, I experienced the best things that ever happened in my life: amazing birthday, bittersweet last days at the office, and trip to Central Java. This post is about how I spent my October at the office, because I appreciated every single little thing that happened then.

Like..

My last bus rides. I watched the sky as if I would never see it again. I played the same playlist so whenever I hear the songs, I would remember how I felt that day.

Blue sky morning and Train's Hey Soul Sister

My overtime work because of the Sale thingy, accompanied by friends and crappy dinner.

Pile of compilations and tumblr as a sweeeet distraction

Toast and tea in the evening

 The emptiness of Y's work space during his sick day off.

Totally not cool when it's empty

The presence of Y when he got back to work and the fact that I'm not gonna see him sit next to my desk every day...

Turn left and there's you

The cramped aisle, crowded friends with the color-coordinated t-shirts who were busy doing something or nothing.

I love when we were wearing same color of outfits coincidentally

Early breakfast with Y, yes with him only, that early! hahaha.. But, the long table soon completed with other friends and breakfast turned into something more exciting.

He came early for the last 2 weeks just because.. ^^

Lunch and coffee after that. I knew I was gonna miss this moment! I could not ask for better lunch-mates and barista!

Lunch time happiness

I'm so gonna miss her caramel macchiato

The surprise farewell party, hosted by the big boss and totally supported by everyone. I could not say a better word for it. I felt so blessed, I am very thankful for that, and of course... I LOVE THE PRESENTS!! :D These great pictures were taken by mas Eja, our photographer. Thank you, mas!



And... this.. another thing I am gonna miss. Photo booth session! These are my last photo booth session with them. Glad that Uncle joined!

On October 2009, I got hired and on October 2010 I chose to leave the office for good. I met great friends, fell in love, learned a lot, laughed too much, and cried like a baby. But no matter how far I go, I will always remember this experience, especially the little things.

So long, friends... wish me luck!
Photo credit: Yanuar Ishak



I love you, guys :)

She said, he said

She said I should leave my heart at home, or it will get broken into pieces. He said I should bring my heart along to work and use it with passion so I can do anything easily.

Well, I guess, what I should do right now is, multiple my heart, bring one along to work and leave another at home as the one I reserve.

But, we'll see.

sniff, sniff..

Of all the senses I've known, my ability to differ one scent to another is kinda suck. I'm actually an audio-visual person. For me, seeing and hearing is believing, hahahaha..

I love several scents, though. The scent of coffee, baby, freshly baked baking goodies and subtle yet fresh perfumes. It's not easy for me to tell differences between, for example, one flower to another, one perfume to another. So for me, if it smells good, wear it!

But with all my insensitiveness, hundreds of olfactory receptors of mine can easily refer one scent to something, or someone. For example, I still remember how my friend's old house smells like. I also (now) can choose a perfect scent for somebody who is really close to me. Like I did when I picked a body mist for my best friend.

I also recently appreciate Y's sweet yet warm scent. I kept sniffing the scent that is left on his jacket and try to lock the scent in my mind. So, right now, though he's not around, I can still remember how his smell. And when he's around, his smell gives me kind of something.. like.. "oh-this-is-you" kind of feeling. Weird, huh? Hihi.

Being a copy writer in a cosmetic company has pushed me to enhance my sense of smell. I should know whenever I have to write these words: zesty, musky, earthy, warm, dreamy, sweet, etc. I have to broaden my olfaction knowledge and try to appreciate the slightest difference between one scent and another.

Chocolate Cake and Petite Friends

Boredom kills, you know..

I felt very sleepy though I had my usual iced caramel macchiato after lunch.

Full tummy even made everything worst. Heavy lunch plus a couple spoons of boss' birthday chocolate cake has never been this sicken. Don't get me wrong, my lunch and that chocolate cake were delicious but, they're too wholesome. Plus, no job, nothing to do. I was dead that time.

So I took these pictures and started to made up a story.

"Hey, little guy. What are you doing?" asked Buzz.

"This chocolate cake is uhmm.. yum!" answered the Turtle.

Along came Octopus. "Really? Can I have a bite?"

Then Donkey join the club. "Smell chocolatey.."

Nom..nom..

"Yeah, this is good stuff!"

"It's dark.. darker than my own ink.. oh how I love.."

"What? That's all?"

I managed to kill the boredom.

Hurray for chocolate cake and petite friends!

Tuesday morning surprise

I walked to my desk this morning and suddenly stopped. My jaw dropped and felt a little bit strange.

Something is weird.

The line of cute Donkey, toys and figurines of mine and Ditha's Jack Jack on my desk were the ones that attracted me first.

They're lining up...

and looked very happy.

Oh, how come I got more space on my desk?

Then, I realized a change.

THE MONITOR, FOR GOD'S SAKE!!

I screamed. Fortunately, there's no one in the room that time, oh, there was uncle, and he wasn't aware of my scream until I asked him to come to my desk.

"Isn't it cool, uncle?" I asked him.

"Finally! It's great! You don't have to worry about your eyes anymore. And look, you got more space there." He said ecstatically.

Then I run to Arief's desk, my former co-worker and found out that his monitor has gone. Yes. Somebody swapped my monitor to his monitor.

I didn't have to ask anybody who did this. Of course, I knew who did this. Nobody but Y, hahahaha.. I grabbed my cellphone and called him (woke him up, to be exact) gratefully.

So, this was my morning happy face. As happy as those toys, figurines and of course, Donkey.

Guys, let's take a happy picture!

This is my desk looks like now. Oh how I love to have more space on my desk!! :D :D :D

So long, CRT. Hello, LCD.

Lookin' better now

Thank you, Y for being very thoughtful :)