Rockabybaby’s Neighborhood

sesama anak cucu Abraham, saya menyampaikan selamat hari Natal kepada saudara-saudara yang merayakannya, semoga hujan yang terjadi tidak merusak ibadah yang direncanakan, amien ...

mulang insinyur-insinyur pabrik cor-coran wesi neng cilegon carane gawe getuk lindri ... eee la kok suguhane susu lan keju ... iki lak jenengen nguyahi segoro .... :(

gile bener kekuwatan www.ping.fm/m ... aku seng ketinggalan jaman ... :(

PMI 3

Pesta Malam Indonesia 3 datang lagi dengan band-band yang saya paling suka.. yeayyy!! Thank you MR. FB.

Tapi kalo Superman Is Dead ada, mesti lebih bombastik... kan kawan-kawan kan? hehe..

Can't wait!!!

p/s : Mr. FB.. next time buat la konsert Padi je pulak ye. Pengen nonton konsert mereka nih.

Behind The Scenes
Setelah 1 bulan berembuk dengan Aria Rajasa, akhirnya kita dapat merealisasikan rencana kita untuk membuat sebuah seminar mengenai freelancing dan evolusinya menjadi sebuah usaha yang mandiri. Seminar yang kita namakan "Freelancing Done Right" merupakan pengembangan dari materi presentasi yang pernah saya bawakan pada acara FreSh! (Freedom of Sharing) bulan November lalu. Lebih dari 300 email yang masuk ke inbox saya berisikan pertanyaan mengenai freelancing membuat saya ingin membuat seminar untuk merespon terhadap pertanyaan-pertanyaan tersebut.
Bulan Januari lalu saya mulai merencanakan seminar ini, mencari partner atau bendera dimana saya bisa memulai ini. Alhamdulillah saya bertemu dengan manusia-manusia dari ruangfreelance.com yang menyambut baik ide saya ini, yang diikuti dengan banyak sarapan pagi di McDonald Duren Sawit.
Kita sepakat untuk mencoba dulu dengan limited crowd. Tadinya cuma 20 orang, meningkat jadi 25 dan akhirnya 30. Menggandeng OBC (Oxford Business College) untuk sertifikasi, Alhamdulillah kita mendapat response baik, tiket habis dalam kurun 1 minggu, bahkan antusias mereka yang mau hadir banyak sekali hingga tak tertampung. Next time kita bikin yag besar deh guys. Amin.

The Show
Diadakan pada 21 Maret 2009 di cafe Au Lait Cikini (disitu melulu) pada jam 10.00 pagi teng, acara dimulai dengan presentasi "Freelancing Done Right" dari saya sendiri. Rencananya ngomong 1 jam, kok molor sampai hampir 2 jam karena terlalu asik. Saya mencoba approach dari sisi management daripada freelancing business, dari mengatur waktu, dokumentasi, keuangan, marketing, dst. Juga dari sisi passion, drive, dan bagaimana menempatkan diri menjadi profesional. Intinya, untuk survive sebagai freelancer lah. Semoga memberi jawaban atas banyak pertanyaan dari kawan-kawan freelancer selama ini. Hope it helps.

Acara dilanjutkan dengan makan siang dan coffee break sebelum dilanjutkan kepada topik kedua yaitu best practices of freelancing yang dibawakan oleh dedengkot Digital Grafis Studio; Harry & Ardy. Mereka membawakan proses-proses yang harus dilewati seorang freelancer menuju kemandirian secara individual, personal problems dan attitude dalam presentasi mereka berjudul "Freelance is not a RockStar". Mereka juga membahas bagaimana merubah cara mengerjakan pekerjaan menuju online, cara menjual dan mengantisipasi hal-hal yang buruk, terutama delays.

Terakhir adalah guest speaker kita, Ollie. Dia yang menurut saya adalah seorang freelancer saat menjadi penulis pada awal karirnya, telah berhasil merubah passionnya menjadi sebuah usaha toko buku online dan ekspansi untuk memenuhi passion lainnya. Very inspiring.

Acara ditutup dengan pembagian sertifikat, foto-foto bersama, dan memperkenalkan teman-teman kami dari Fresh! dan webPM serta kegiatannya. Hopefully dalam waktu dekat kita akan membuat acara seminar yang lebih besar di kota lain. See you there.

Reviews of the event

- Review @ ruangfreelance.com
- Review @ Yopdesign's blog
- Review @ Salsabeela's blog

Photos from the events

Pecahkan saja gelasnya biar ramai
Biar mengaduh sampai gaduh....

Sudah agak lama tak update Vox.. huhu.
Hello kawan-kawan.. masih setiakah memVoxkan diri?

Tiada yang menarik, tertarik kau memang da bomb saat ini. Cuma ini ada foto kahwin kita orang yang baru diupload oleh tukang poto kami di webnya.

wed 1 - KM

2 comments

Tukang poto kami namanya Kabir Malek dan hasil kerja kerasnya boleh dilihat di sini . Kabir akan sangat gembira bila kawan-kawan tinggalkan komen di blognya itu. Ada 2 post special untuk saya di blog itu. Thanks berat Pak Kabir!

wed 2 - KB

Foto di atas telah diolah tukang fotografik terkenal si Kukubesi. Kukubesi ialah tukang buat album kahwin saya. Di web Kukubesi ada gambar saya juga. Silalahhh ;-)

Gee...I couldn't believe I left my vox for that long. I have been moving many places and doing some sort of handmade crafts as a hobby....and a side job. It went well, just OK, not quite as good as I expected, but it's good for a start. In this economic situation, I am not expecting a lot of bombastic goal whatsoever. As long as I can be existed in my community with my trademark design and so on, I'm good.

Last nite a had this vivid dream, and no it's not about porn.

I dreamt I went to a gig last nite, yeah, read it again, I went to a gig. Shessh, my last gig was 1999, that was before the y2k bug hits (or not, depends on your perspective). Dr M was still our PM, and we still using 56k modem to surf the net. I even crowdsurfing from the stage, but what does it means Dr.?

Is it because I'm gonna hit the big three oh this year? Oh my.

But still, brings a lot of memories though, I remember this particular gig (not the last one), Spiral Kinetic Circus was playing, I was at the top floor looking down at the moshpit, all my friends all jumps their hearts out and there I was trying to understand what was Fathul singing about and Ken, whoah! this guy knows his guitar. That day Ajin was on drum, and my thought was, hey that guy is from backrose. Hahaha. Cool.There was this girl taking pictures while at the same time tries her hardest not to touch any of the crazies jumping around, had a bit of chuckle there.

After that, there was this hardcore group, my god I forgot their name, but they had raw energy, spirits and enthusiasm. Wish I still had those today. Next came this chinese band, but by that time all those kids starting to moved away, I don't know whether they pick the wrong crowd or the kids just don't understands them although they does sings in english. That band sounds a bit like Radiohead during The Bends era. At least their soundman and his girlfriend was there to support them.

Of course during that time, the underground scene, (yes, we called it underground, not indie during that time) wasn't as majmuk as today. Maybe that was also a reason nobody watch that Chinese band, cos all the kids are Malay? I'm not sure, what I know I had a blast that day, even if I looked like I didn't.

Ah, youth! To be full of energy, stupid and reckless again.

Ah! age is just a numbers, I can still be stupid and reckless.

Okay, here's the deal, it's 1.12 am (malaysia time), I can't sleep, there's nothing good on tv, and my tummy hurt. Badly.

It seems like Special Beef Burger + Egg Banjo + Black Coffee = Not a good combination for dinner.

I've been to the toilet 3 times. Not a pretty sight. Okay, I've learned my lesson, can we moved on?

Wow!, it's 2009 already? Man that was fast. (No, that's not a sexual innuendo)

I was so caught up in the moment I now have about 8 resolution for this new year.
Imagine that, 8, even last year's was not so successful. Last year I made 2 and done 1. That's 50% success rate.

If I was a surgeon I would have killed half of my patient, if I was a banker I'd lost half of my clients money, if I was a, okay I think you got my point.

I believe I got the dreaded narcissistic blogger disease. That's when you write your blog as if there are people who reads them. HellowwwWWWWWww! see, there's only echo.