[dropcap]S[/dropcap]elama hampir 1 1/2 tahun ke belakang punya bisnis sendiri, sebenarnya saya merasa masih banyak kekurangan dalam segi “bisnis” nya. Kepikiran sih untuk ambil kelas bisnis atau kuliah lagi, tapi seperti biasa saya anaknya takut bosenan (haha) dan belum mampu untuk melepas tanggung jawab keuangan di rumah. Selama ini, saya cukup banyak juga melihat perkembangan brand Indonesia yang kayaknya tiba-tiba sadar bahwa talenta SDM dan stok SDA di Indonesia itu besar sekali. Dari sisi customer sendiri, di masyarakat berbudaya bajakan dan bermodal pelit, kami cukup bahagia jika ada alternatif yang tentunya lebih murah.

Tapi kadang sering sedih sih kalau lihat beberapa brand Indonesia, ada yang harganya super mahaaal. Bagus sih kalau pricingnya mengikuti harga di luaran karena ingin memberikan bayaran yang bisa dibilang fair kepada para pengrajin. Tapi kadang ada yang kualitasnya nggak setara dan saya lebih cenderung memilih produk luar yang sudah terbukti awet/tahan lama kalau range harganya tidak terlalu berbeda. Tapi bagaimanapun itu, saya yakin brand Indonesia pasti akan bisa lebih maju lagi di tahun-tahun ke depan. Merdeka!

Kadang-kadang saya anaknya nggak fokus, karena terlalu banyak minat terhadap banyak hal kayaknya setiap saat selalu punya keinginan untuk bikin ini, bikin itu. Terus nggak jadi :)) Setiap punya ide-ide semacam itu, saya sering catat di Notes. Kalau ada niat, waktu luang, dan modal berlimpah, saya kepingin banget bikin:

DIY Kits

(image from here)

Kayaknya sudah sering sekali saya cerita kalau kepingin banget bikin DIY Kits ini. Sekarang kan sedang marak banget workshop-workshop lucu kerajinan tangan, tapi kadang harganya cukup lumayan sekali (ha-ha). Keluarga saya juga bukan keluarga yang punya tradisi harus keluar waktu weekend, kami lebih sering mengisi weekend dengan leha-leha di rumah ataupun menekuni panggilan jiwanya masing-masing (ini ngomong apa). Ayah saya sering banget berkebun dan benerin alat-alat listrik, saya suka mainan cat-cat, kakak suka bikin kue-kue lucu, ibu saya suka menjahit, dll. Saya merasa kegiatan kreatif di rumah itu bagus banget dan harus lebih banyak diadakan (daripada memenuhi jiwa konsumtif di mall). Pengennya sih DIY Kits ini memenuhi kekosongan tersebut.

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[dropcap]I[/dropcap] made this goal early this year, reviewed it on mid-year and let’s see what does it like for another 6 months?

I did update my masking tape collection this year. Art See is a heaven for cheap masking tape. In terms of the quality, this masking tapes lack the adhesive it needed. The edge is easily wrinkled and not glued well enough once tear off. I think MT Tape still has the best quality until now, unfortunately the price is also the best :))

I didn’t finish making the workshop since my father is resistant of having the room altered. The house I’m living is actually my grandparents’, so he always hesitant to make some permanent changes. I think I will save the wish until I get my own home (somewhere far from the future, haha).

I think I did write more this year. This series and #28postsfor28 are one of a few things that triggered it the most.

I subscribed to A Beautiful Mess’ Happy Mail in order to write more letter in postcard or mail. It comes really handy when I want to write a card for wedding gift or birthday gift, but I’ve never actually sending one in the mail. So this goal is failed, but I will give this goal another chance next year.

I totally failed on wanting to watch more on Cinema. This is the year I went to Torrent the most and watching some blockbuster movies 2 months later :))

In Tech skill area, I am kind of proud that I gain more knowledge in Coding/Web Making.

So, how many things did you cross on this year’s goal? Do you still maintain ‘lose some weight’ goal?

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne of my goal of 2015 is adding a tech skill and I want to do justice to it. Technology has been a great part of myself. Most of my reason getting into my college major is my fondness towards Tech article in National Geographic. I already told you about my love of Web Making in this post about Coding and also this post about WordPress. So, this is just another variable to add to the equation.

GEPI Coding Class is already held for several batches, but the program just get an approval to be part of the first Hack Reactor Core Network in Asia later this year. Originated from Silicon Valley, the program has been producing ready to work software engineer across countries. To celebrate it, GEPI gives holiday price special for the next 3 batches starting November. Long story short, I applied it right away. The course takes a month and has been covering basic HTML, CSS, Javascript and Object Oriented Programming. I’m glad that I decided getting into the course because I gained a lot of valuable knowledge. I’ve been learning to code by myself, but my knowledge sometimes skipped because sometimes I don’t get what’s working in what :)) I often get stressed out by myself. So having a class with real lecturer is a brand new experience.
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