Female Daily-Urban Icon Blogger Gathering

Aaahhh..akhirnya, bisa juga gw nyempet2in colongan waktu untuk bikin post -even cuma sebiji inih-. And post kali ini nothing to do with haul, blazer, nail polish, let alone wishlist. This time, gw cuma mau nulis tentang how happy I am to be a part of a very interesting and fun event ever.

 

This event called Female Daily-Urban Icon Blogger Gathering yang diadakan di Senayan City. Alhamdulillah, gw beruntung dapet diundang ke acara ini. Nah berhubung ini adalah gathering perdana, so pasti gw excited banget donk..dan klo boleh jujur, aga norak sedikit..karena bener2 gak tau musti ngapain aja. Untungnya sebelum hari H, gw dapet email dari team FD yang ngasi info ttg apa2 aja yang musti dilakukan, such as isi questioner, isi data (udah pasti ini) dan isi wishlist....Ehhh, bagian yang ini beneran looh...gw aja smpe kekaget2 pas baca salah satu pertanyaan yang isinya : "Do you prefer watch or bags?" Hhhmm...jujur ajah, gw GeeR setengah mati karena berasa bakalan dapetin apa yang disebutin. Daaaan berhubung diriku kemaruk (LOL) gw jawab aja : "Frankly speaking, both. But for now, I'm eyeing for the new MK or MJ watch" Jawaban yang gak singkat, gak padat dan keciri banget kepengennya..hihihi :p

Setelah selesai isi questioner-Pemberi Harapan-itu. Kita juga diminta untuk tweet tentang acaranya sambil mention #FDUrbanIcon sebelum, during dan tentunya sesudah event. Trus nih yaaah, yang paling bikin geer gila2an adalah, satu hari sebelum event mereka meminta gw untuk nge-tweet satu item yang paling disukai yang ada di website nya www.urbanicon.co.id ! Well, it's a very though choice, cause yang ada disitu bagus2 dan I want them all. -hush, ndak boleh serakah Anggie!- So yaudaah, I decided to choose this awesome MK watch deeh ^^ #usahamaaak

 

Awesome watch indeed!

Then hari itu datang juga. Pas kebetulan si Boss lagi berbaik hati mengijinkan gw balik cepet, lagsung deh gw cus ke Senayan City. Sampe sana ternyata eke kecepetan, alhasil sempet2in nongkrong2 di Starbucks sampe jam 6.15 and headed to Urban Icon Store di lantai 1.

As you all might probably know, Urban Icon yang di Sency ini dulunya ndak seperti ini interior designnya. It's much gloomy dan terkesan tidak terlalu inviting. Tapi setelah di renov, suasananya berubah 180 derajat. It gives a very thrilling ambiance, you know, very bright, spacious, colorful and the smell, yups..bau tas kulitnya yang khas itu, udah kecium dari jauuh. Urban Icon Store ini menjual berbagai macam tas, dompet dan jam tangan dari brand2 yang sudah tidak diragukan lagi kualitasnya. Salah satunya sudah cencuw brand kesayangan akuh MICHAEL KORS. Design dan mutu dari brand ini sih gak perlu diragukan lagi, wong buktinya baru eksis 5 tahun udah bisa jadi brand jam tangan dengan penjualan terbesar kedua di dunia..canggih yaa. Nah yang lebih gak disangka2 lagi ternyata peringkat pertamanya dipegang oleh FOSSIL looh (aku punya 2-2nya doonk..#bangga).

 

Selain 2 brand besar itu, di Urban Icon juga tersedia produk2 dari brand yang namanya sudah kesohor banget di Eropa -pastinya karena top kualitas, model dan harganya donk- such as IIIBeca (TriBeca), Liebeskind, Olivia Harris, Melie Bianco, Desigual, Gryson, Rip Curl, DKNY, Emporio Armani dan Marc by Marc Jacobs.

Didn't quite familiar with the names? well, that's the point. Urban Icon memang memfokuskan untuk menyediakan produk2 yang one-of-a-kind alias Gak Pasaran. Tapi gak pasaran bukan berarti jadinya ala-ala Haute Couture yang harganya gila2an itu yaa..semua produk yang ada di Urban Icon harganya bener2 sebanding dengan apa yang kita dapetin..it's all worth every penny!

Setelah puas ngeliatin satu2 produk yang ada di Urban Icon Store -sambil bikin wishlist dalam hati- tibalah saatnya MC membuka acara. First kata sambutan dari Matthew Mendelsohn, General Manager for Time International yang merupakan Parent Company dari Urban Icon Store. Jujur aja, gw aga2 setengah menyimak...tapi bukan karena feel bored yaaa...tapi lebih karena kagum, betapa setiap produk yang dijual disini mengemban cerita dan misinya masing2. Pun, karena sekalian sibuk nge-tweet utk sharing semua useful info itu.

Sampe akhirnya, Pak Matt samar2 bilang "waktunya pembagian goodie bags". Kala itu, gw bener2 gak stress dan out of focus. Wanna know why? karena pas lagi nafsu2nya taking picture dan ngetweet, tiba2 aja my iphone run out of battery, dan si BB bergaris meraah poela! mo nangis gak siih! Apalagi pas nyadar orang2 disekeliling gw pada heboh jejeritan kegirangan bilang "OMG..OMG..Alhamdulillah.etc..etc" dan sibuk foto2 barang yang ada dipangkuannya T_____T.

Ternyata nama kita sudah mulai dipanggilin satu2 untuk nerima personalized goody bag khusus dari Urban Icon Store. Dan seketika itu juga semua org mulai heboh sama hadiahnya masing2. Gw liat disamping kiri gw ada yg dapet jam tangan DKNY merah, trus yang disamping kanan dapet tas TriBeca merah...Honestly speaking, gw udah deg2an paraah..masa iya siih, gw akan dapetin jam tangan MK yang gw minta?Are you kidding me?!...Until finally they called my name, diurutan terakhir poela...pas gw liat bungkusannya kecil dan somehow I can recognize that deep brown colored square box, my heart stopped for a sec when I realized that's a Michael Kors Watch box...NO WAAAY!

I extremely excited to open it, until....I saw it....Hhhhmm...I'm a weeeebbbiiiitttt disappointed. It's not that I don't like it, Syukur Alhamdulillah malaah...tapi sayangnya, jam yg ekeh mau is not exactly as in this size..honestly speaking..it was too small for my wrist, and small watch it isn't my cup of tea :(

Well, anyway...udah dapet itu aja senengnya ndak ketulungan..wong denger2 cerita temen2 blogger lain, jarang2 ada yg ngasi hadiah sebesar ini nilainya...jadi Alhamdulillah Ya Allah.

Setelah seisi ruangan heboh dengan hadiahnya masing2 sampe akhirnya diminta dengan hormat untuk calm-down. It's time for Hanzkyy the CEO of Female Daily berbaik hati sharing tips about mix and match berbagai type dan jenis tas untuk kegiatan keseharian kita. Mulai dari tas traveling sampe clutch untuk party. Berhubung eke nubie (again) dalam dunia per-tas-an, so every single words she said, means a lot to me.

Kirain setelah itu acaranya bakalan selesai donk...eh taunya masih lanjut saudara2, dan ndak mungkin ada event without games berhadiah! So they asked us to make group of 4, then they gave us a clue card which then we should find the exact item mentioned on the card. Well, it was kinda chaos karena semua orang heboh liat kesana-kemari dan jalan mundar-mandir..well, DEMI hadiah dari Urban Icon, semua juga dijabanin deeh :p But, too bad, kita kalah sepersekian detik dari pemenang pertama yang beruntung dapetin shopping voucher dari Urban Icon T___T

Kelar games berhadiah, pembagian goodie bags, sharing useful tips, an eye-opening story behind every brands dan nyemal-nyemil, akhirnya kita tiba di akhir acara, dan what better way to end the event than a multiple shots of group photos! CIIISSSS :D

Thank you for Urban Icon, Female Daily dan Michael Kors (kaya kenal ajaah :p) for this opportunity.

Live. Laugh. Love.

Dont let anyone ever break your soul. you have to stand on your own two feet and stand up for yourself. there are those that would give anything to see you fail, but you must never give them the satisfaction. hold your head up high, smile and stand your own ground.

Patience and silence are two powerful energies. Patience makes you mentally strong, silence makes you emotionally strong.

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different -coco chanel-

Don't judge me till you walk a mile in my shoes or live a day in my life. 

Remember, people who try to bring you down, are already below you

A beautiful face catches the eye, but a beautiful soul conquers the heart.

It is better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you are not.

The key to a happier and positive life is only surrounding yourself with those who appreciate you, talk kindly to you and make you feel better.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strenght; mastering yourself is true power.

Understanding yourself is a step towards inner peace, and a step nearer achieving your unfulfilled ambitions.

Being yourself is being confident in who you are. Don't try to be someone that you are not. It shows insecurities within yourself.

Letting go toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself.

Amazing Quotes from Dssaks IG

Hello September-Super Late Post

It's been too long, yeah..freaking too long I'm abandoning this blog, almost a month I never post anything. For serious, this couple days has been the most busiest weeks I ever experienced. Not, that I'm complaining or anything, because the truth is, I'm just too carried away with my new challenges, my new environment, my new tasks and responsibilities.

I've to admit, it was terrific. Meeting new people, knowing new things and learning completely out-of-my-mind business. Some might think it's just too much, but 'too much' isn't actually bad if it comes to nourishing your thoughts and stressing your powerful side!

Alhamdulillah....

Life after work, frankly speaking, not much really. It was all because I always came home late everyday, but...I do had several lunch gathering with my MK besties. It's funny how coincidentally one of the MK trit member is working at the same building with me, in fact, her office is just 1 level below me. So, after the previous fun meet up the other day, we always make time to had lunch together. 

w/ Mak Ade

And, the most obvious thing about getting back to work is that now I can wear my blazers again. lol. And yeah, as always, I'm still thinking that I have nothing to wear! So I ended up wearing the same combo over and over again...

 

 

 I seriously need some inspirations here :(

xoxo

Monthly Recap - Aug13

Ndak keburu ke post semalam -___-

Berhubung udah tanggal 31 dan -ashamedly-nya gw cuma post weekly recap sekali doank, so why don't i just post monthly recap to sum it all then.

First is I just want to say that I love this month. A lot of new things happened and arrived. My new job, my new responsibility, my new friends and my new colleagues. Jangan ditanya deh betapa gw sangat happy dan super semangat menyambut dan menjalaninya.

My Work

Awalnya pasti nervous, i mean, selama 11 tahun bekerja, baru kali ini gw bener2 ngerasa deg2an mulai kerja lagi. Mungkin karena gw sempet absen kerja beberapa bulan. Rasa gugup, kuatir, takut, gak pede udah jadi pikiran berhari2 sebelum hari H. Tapi, ketika hari pertama itu datang, Alhamdulillah..semua yang gw takutkan, semua yang gw khawatirkan dan semua pikiran2 negative yang ada ternyata tidak terjadi. Somehow on that very first day, I can convinced my self that I was able to do whatever is entrusted to me, and that I know I can put my best effort to it, no matter what! And after two weeks, I'm pretty sure I do well.

 

My New Things

Invoice satu2 mulai berdatangan, tapi hanya ada satu invoice yang rasa senengnya bisa ngalah2in rasa seneng gw sama PO yang lain. And that is my Zara Tartan Blazer invoice. Udah hampir 3 bulan lamanya gw ngincer itu blazer dan baru kemarin akhirnya kesampean punya. Long story short, sebelumnya gw order satu stel blazer dan trouser, tpi karena satu dan lain hal, yang datang ternyata hanya trousernya aja dan si blazer entah ketinggalan dimana. Berhubung eke mau matching2in, so mulai lah hunting si blazer kesana-kesini, browsing here and there sampe akhirnya nemu size yang available di Zara US. Dan kemarin, setelah sekian lama si trouser dianggurin, akhirnya dia bertemu juga ma pasangannya *gwngomongpaansih :p 

 

My Social Life

Di bulan ini gw berkesempatan ketemu dengan temen2 yang udah lama banget ndak ketemu, sampe kenalan dengan temen2 baru yang punya passion sama. It was all fun and lively.

First is when I met with anak2 Arisan Rempong di Union PS. Kebetulan gw ketemu mreka emang cuma sebulan sekali (sibuuk semua soale) jdi pas ketemu udah heboh cerita sana-sini..tapi sayang, setiap ketemu kita ndak prnah bisa stay lama2 karena udah pada ribet sama urusannya masing2. Gw aja cuma bsa ketemu ma bestfriend Desong not more than a hour! :(

 Arisan Rempong

I also got a chance to meet with Nofry and Hesti at Plaza Semanggi. Kalo gank hahahihi ini mah jangan ditanya sibuknya kaya gimana...kegiatan istri2 pejabat aja kalah sama kesibukan mereka!lol 

Ini pun kita ketemu dadakan banget, pas Seninnya udah mau janjian, etau2 Hesti bilang udah janji mau ikut kursus merangkai bunga, trus Nofry udah ribet mau beliin sesuatu buat anaknya..Dan pas ketemu, sessi cerita2nya juga ngebut, karena si Emak max jam 9.30 udah musti pulang -__-

 Nofry and Hesti

Next is when I meet with Ncelz and Fiera FD gals at Common People and Eatery Kemang. Awalnya gw and Ncelz udah sering saut2an di Path untuk ketemuan dan ngobrol2, dan Sabtu kemarin pas gw juga lagi ndak kemana-mana, tercetuslah ide untuk ketemuan di Kemang, tapi yang happynya lagi adalah Fiera mau gabung juga. It was my first time meeting her, so yeah I'm excited. Berhubung ketemuannya didaerah eke, so si Ncelz berbaik hati untuk menjemput eke di kostan. Setelah ketemu, kita langsung cuss ke Common. Ngobrol2 dan bahas tentang racun2 di FD khususnya di MP. Foto2 trus lanjutan ke Kemang Village. Sampe sana, Fiera misah dari kita karena mau ketemuan ma temennya yang lain. So gw dan Ncelz lanjut window shoppingan and end the day at Kopi Kitchen untuk ngopi sambil ditemani pertunjukan kembang api yang awesome ituh *romantis amat ya kita celz :p Baliknya Ncelz mampir ke kostan dan sempet ketemu ples ngobrol2 ma anak2 B226. Harap maklum ya mak kalo kelakuan mereka kaya gitu :p But anyway, thanks so much for the lovely day.

Last meet up(s) is when I finally met with FD-Michael Kors forum member at Pacific Place. Gathering kali ini juga ndak kalah serunya, karena setelah sekian lama cuma ngobrol2 secara virtual dan lewat nickname aja, akhirnya kemarin kita bisa bertemu muka langsung aka Copy Darat *eeaaa*
Yang pertama kali gw temuin adalah Mak Sheila. Honestly speaking, gw ndak berasa canggung2 amat ketemu sama dia, secara selain temen FD, kita juga udah temenan alias follow2an di IG dan Path, jadi udah berasa akrab duluan (itu gw siih, ndak tau si eMak :p) Setelah decide tempat di Pancious Pancake, mulai deh satu2 pada dateng; ada Dearmimie (Mifta), AdeAfriyani (mak Ade) and Fiera (yeeess, she's coming aswell ^^) Kali ini yang kebetulan bisa kumpul hanya ber-5 aja, tapi itupun udah rame banget. Yang namanya perempuan2 satu hobby dan satu selera kumpul jadi satu, pasti bisa ditebak donk, ceritanya ndak akan putus2. Kita sharing mulai dari tas, kerjaan, anak, sampe hadiah dari boss (aku iri padamu hey Fiera and Mak Sheila!) Too bad, kita ndak bisa lama2 karena udah malem juga dan yang lain kan ada yang nungguin. (emang kita ya Fiera? -KITA!) So jam 9 kita misah sambil planning untuk arrange next meet up with more member. *mintadiracunsepertinya!
All and all, it was a very terrific night, meeting new people has always been something fun for me. So thank you all for the night ;)

My Health 

Doing great, so far so good. Jam tidur gw udah mulai membaik secara pelan2. No more tidur pas matahari terbit dan no more begadang2 gak guna. Berhubung dari pagi udah cape, alhasil sampe kostan gw cuma basa-basi sebentar ma anak2, masuk kamar dan tewas!

My Diet

Yess..i'm doing it again now. Setelah baca2 tentang the famous OCD thing, rasa2nya it is worth to try. Gw sih cuma ambil gampangnya aja and that is about jam makan. Sementara ini gw baru jalanin yang 8 jam dulu, after that we will see if I can progress to 6 hours.

My Wishlist

Hahahah..ini sih ampun deeh, punya wishlist koq ya ndak abis2. Baru punya satu, eh udah pingin yang lain lagi. Dari fokusnya tas, eh sekarang malah ganjen kepengenan dompet dan aksesorisnya..abis itu apalagi nih -___- But namanya juga perempuan yaa cyint *mulai cari justifikasi* boleh lah sekali2 menyenangkan diri sendiri, apalagi gw kan udah kerja sekarang, jadi anggap saja the next wishlist as an 'appreciation to-self'! #blaaah

My Kostan Life 

I couldn't thank you enough to Dince that has always been with me ever since I started to work. It's almost every morning we go to the office and had bfast at KFC together. Since her office is at Bapindo, thus it's a one way direction with my office too ^^ Oiya last week gw juga sempet ke Kokas sama Tamce and Monce utk nyobain Sushi Tei yang baru buka disana.

Selebihnya sih so-so aja. Nothing much different actually. But starting this month i will facing a bigger life experience ahead. Bismillah.....

XoXo ;)

Michael Kors Hamilton Saffiano N/S Tote Large - RED

Merdekaaa!!!

Hahaha..apa kabar semuanya? hope baik2 aja yaa..seperti diriku hari ini yang lagi merasa happy sampe keubun-ubun. (karena menang lomba makan kerupuk Gie?) Noo..no..udah gede mak, malu sama umur dan gak enak juga saingan ma bocah2 deket kostan! LOL

Anyway, hari ini gw cuma mau sharing aja how much I enjoyed my days lately. First after ber-galaw2 ria gegara nervous menyambut hari pertama kerja, all of sudden hari kamis kemarin, semua perasaan galaw, resah, gelisah dan gamang..hilang semuanyaah!

And the reason is because, finally, after weeks of weeks hunting, browsing2 sampe begadang dan compare2 sampe mata sliwer, last Thursday, my dream MK Hamilton Saffiano Red has finally arrived! Excited? Sudah cencuuw <3

Jadi ceritanya kan kamis kemarin gw ndak kemana-mana, trus iseng deh mau nongkrong2 sambil buka laptop di kolam. Baru juga naro laptop, tiba2 aja Bu Sugeng bilang kalo gw dapet kiriman paket, pas gw liat bungkus paketnya gedaaa..I kneew it was my long-awaited bag that's coming!

Jangan ditanya deh betapa noraxnya gw ketika ngeliat itu, secara gw udah kaya orang gila lompat2an kesenengan, sampe2 si Ibu Sugeng berrolling eyes ngeliatinnya :p

Trus ga pake lama, langsung buru2 donk gw buka itu paket (sambil deg2an pastinya) (berasa kaya dapet kiriman cincin kawin) (maafkan saya yang norak ya) And there it is, just right in front of my eyes, my dream bag!

OMG...OMG...OMG

You see, I've been dreaming this bag since the very first I saw it, but I was torned between this one or Selma, and after long consideration, I chose Selma Black first instead of this. After I got the Selma, then I began to hunting Hamilton Red again.

Apparently,  it was not that easy. Considering this color was their last season' collection and they don't sell in any longer here in my country, thus I need to search to another country or websites.

Again, it was not that easy because most of the websites only provide the Mandarin color instead of RED, and for me, even though both colors are looked almost the same, but I just knew that in real life they're both slightly different. As per its name, Mandarin leans to orange-ish and yeah of course I don't liked it.  So the hunting kept continued...

Until one day I found the real Red at Macy's.  As always, I contacted one of the forum seller to buy it for me. Unfortunately, at that time she doesn't open PO from Macy's, as well as the other sellers too. And there you are, I lost hope! Tapi namanya juga ngidam ya mak, gw kekeuh musti hunting teruuuus! Akhirnya, gw coba2 deh searching dan compare2 harga di Instagram, Facebook and another online sites sampe buntu mau nyari kemana lagi.

Several weeks has passed until I tried it once again on Google, and finally..one of the online shopping site called Amazon sell it and what makes me even happier is that the price was on sale aka cheaper than what I've seen before, A LOT!

So without further thinking, I immediately contacted the seller -thank God that she open PO at Amazon- and after I agreed on the quote price, I said confirmed and she said OK.

Deal Done! All I have to do is just wait for it to arrived in my kostan for about 3 weeks or so (so much depends on our customs).

To my surprise, it's arrived earlier than I thought! Only in 3 weeks, the seller sent me the invoice and less than 2 days, it's here and totally mine now ;) 

Under direct SUN ;)

 

Yeah, I used it on my first day working...

 

After a thrilled and super exciting day, latah deh mampir ke Galleries Lafayette Pacific Place untuk iseng ngecek2 toko MK yang baru aja dibuka. Dan ujung2nya adalah, kalap nyobain tas2 dan aksesoris yang super duper keceh2 itu sampe kebawa mimpi segala!

PS : Naksir satchel saffiano yang luggage...sama bracelet and wide buckle ring!

Arrrgghh..gak bener iniih -____-