Humble is Beauty

Bak kata orang bijak, perjalanan seribu mil dimulai dari langkah pertama. Bermula dari   usaha skala rumah tangga, kini menjadi usaha yang mulai mendunia. Pagi itu udara kota Medan kurang bersahabat, selama seminggu ini hujan mengguyur kota saban hari, hawa dingin mulai menggerogoti, namun itu semua takkan pernah menyurutkan barang sejengkalpun langkah, semangat dan kerja keras yang telah dijejaki guna terus mengeksistensikan usaha yang telah digelutinya sejak tahun 25 tahun silam. Demikianlah potret sisi kehidupan yang dijalalani Ibu Rachmi Novianti atau lebih dikenal dengan sebutan Ibu Mimi, beliau adalah salah satu potret pengusaha sukses kota Medan yang mulai mengindonesia. Dibawah bendera Markisa Family Group, salah satu produk unggulannya ” Noerlen ” telah dikenal tidak hanya dikota Medan dan Sumatera Utara, tetapi telah merambah dikota besar lainnya di pulau jawa seperti Jakarta, Surabaya, Yogyakarta dan lain-lain. Tidak hanya itu, ” Noerlen ” telah berkesempatan un...

On 15 December 2013, I was involved in an event organised by the association of USU Alumni (IKA USU). I took a part in the marching stroll ( jalan santai ) by encircling USU walking path. All of the events centred in front of rectorate bureau and all of participants were encouraged to gather in that spot once the march finish. There were many activities to do in that event such as social gathering to underpin the relationship among alumni, had a chit-chat as well as lucky draw. The last mentioned was where the participants pay attention at most.  Besides giving a lucky dip, the organiser also surprised the entrants by providing a small gift such as Garuda Indonesia ticket for Medan - Banda Aceh Flight and some other vouchers. This little surprise was only applied for those who celebrated his/her birthday on December 15th. Lucky me, that I was born on 15 December which means that day was my birthday. MC shouted loudly through the microphone and challenged to come on the stage, ...

Everyone loves weekend. Weekend is always waited by everybody along the week. The reason why it is so special is because it is a perfect time to cheer ourselves up after spending most of the time to work, study or in a duty during the week. Many people spend this special period of time for traveling or touring. Some of them decide to go to the beach, mountain, lake or even to mall for shopping. However, there are some people who only spend their weekend by staying and relaxing at their own house. Personally, I am very pleased with this weekend time. Besides going somewhere to refresh my mood and release all negative feeling and distressful, I usually utilise this interval to do something labelled as "food gathering or livestock hunting". Becoming an international student in University of South Australia, I should be able to manage myself in order to survive.  Living in Adelaide where I am far away from home forces me to handle so-called domestic work myself including for...

In the government office or other institutions, the term so-called rank or position obviously exists. The people who earn greater position relatively compare to others is usually called as the leader or well-known as the boss. The boss is usually associated with superiority and premium standard. Thus, that people will gain more respect among the colleagues. The people in this sub-class are very confident in their workplace reflected with their dominance. Their distinctive is highly apparent. They earn lot of freedom and power.  They free to speak up and convey any single idea they want to pass for, and in most cases, those people often dictate what thing or things should work be or done.    Similarly, the "rank" also exists in communication context. Based on this perspective, people involved in communication will be differed from higher or lower rank. This label is invisible and undetected in the conversation. However, experts believe that it happens in the commun...