BETTER LIFE..

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1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. & while you walk, SMILE. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.

3. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement,
‘My purpose is to __________ today.’

4. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

5. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, and almonds.

6. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
7. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

8. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

9. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

10. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

11. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

12. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

13. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.

14. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

15. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

16. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ‘In five years, will this matter?’

17. Forgive everyone for everything.

18. What other people think of you is none of your business.

19. Time heals everything.

20. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

21. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

22. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

23. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements:
I am thankful for __________. Today I accomplished _________.

24. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

Bisnis Online

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Raih dollar dari Internet. Sukses Berbisnis Online. $$$ dari PTC, Google Adsense. Itulah judul buku-buku tentang cara mendapatkan penghasilan online melaui internet. Ketika ke toko buku Gramedia di Supermal Karawaci, saya agak sedikit bingung karena banyak sekali buku yang membahas tentang bisnis online ini. Banyak sekali penulis dadakan yang menerbitkan buku, walaupun saya tidak tahu bahan tulisan mereka itu berdasarkan pengalaman sendiri yang notabene sudah membuktikan atau cuma mensarikan isi dari buku orang lain maupun e-book yang kemudian ditulis sendiri? But, anyway I don’t care about that. Itulah salah satu cara orang mencari uang dari bisnis yang sedang tren sekarang ini.

Tetapi bagi anda yang belum pernah menjalani bisnis online, anda boleh mencobanya, walaupun tidak menghasilkan banyak, paling tidak anda mendapatkan pengalaman asiknya berbisnis online. Sebelum anda melangkah jauh silahkan simak macam-macam bisnis online berikut ini :

1. Paid To Click (PTC)

2. Pay Per Review

3. Pay Per Play (PPP)

4. Pay Per Click (PPC)

5. Pay Per Impresion (PPI)

6. Social Networking

7. Google Adsense

8. Toko Online

9. Reseller

10. dll

Dari sekian banyak bisnis online hanya sedikit saja yang dapat diandalkan sebagai pekerjaan utama, seperti Toko Online, Google Adsense, Reseller. Tapi ada beberapa nama yang saya ketahui sudah berhasil membuktikannya, sebut saja Anne Ahira, Cosaaranda, Robert Hanson, Fabian Lim. Coba saja anda tanya nama-nama tersebut pada om google. Mereka adalah orang-orang yang terkenal di dunia maya ini, yang sudah membuktikan bahwa mendapatkan uang dari internet itu benar adanya. (gun)

PSK Baru Praktek

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Akibat tekanan ekonomi, pasutri Sum dan Parto hijrah ke Jakarta mencari pekerjaan. Setelah ngalor-ngidul nggak dapat pekerjaan, akhirnya Sum diminta Parto untuk menjadi seorang PSK. Sampai akhirnya saat Sum mangkal pertama kali terjadi obrolan sebagai berikut:

Tak lama, sebuah angkot datang menghampiri. Sopirnya kesengsem dengan paras Sum yang ayu alamiah. "Jeng... berapa tarifnya?" tanya si sopir.

Sum kaget karena memang tanpa persiapan mateng, sampai urusan pasang tarif belum pernah dibicarakan, akhirnya menoleh ke pohon tempat Parto mengawasinya dari jauh. "Bentar Mas," katanya pada sopir angkot.

Ia menghampiri Parto, minta nasihat. Parto bilang, "Sum, awakmu minta lima puluh ribu" Sum pun kembali lagi ke sopir angkot dan bilang, "Lima puluh ribu mas"

"Wah, mahal yah, aku cuma ada Rp30 ribu, boleh nggak?" tawar Sopir angkot. Sum bingung lagi dan kembali ke balik tanya ke Parto "Mas, dia punyanya cuman tiga puluh ribu. gimana?"

Parto spontan, "Bilang deh, kalau Rp30 ribu ya cuman dapat service tangan". Sum pun kembali ke sopir angkot, "Mas, Rp30 ribu pakai tangan saja, mau?"

Sopir yang sudah kebelet akhirnya setuju. Mobil diparkir di tempat gelap dan di kursi depan si sopir memelorotkan celananya dan xxxxxx (sensor).

Giliran Sum akan melaksanakan tugasnya, ia terkesima melihat burung si Sopir, dan bilang pada si Sopir, "Mas, tunggu sebentar ya". Sum buru-buru ke tempat Parto bersembunyi dan bilang kepada suaminya, "Mas Parto, sampeyan ada duit Rp20 ribu nggak? Kalau ada mbok tolong dipinjamkan sama sopir itu dulu" (kpl/dar)

The Secret Code

20.29

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Info terbaru yang jarang diketahui umum..

1. Nomor darurat
Nomor darurat untuk telepon genggam adalah 112. Jika anda sedang di daerah
yang tidak menerima sinyal HP dan perlu memanggil pertolongan, silahkan
tekan 112, dan HP akan mencari network yang ada untuk menyambungkan nomor
darurat bagi anda, dan yang menarik,nomor 112 dapat ditekan biarpun keypad
dilock. Cobalah..

2. Kunci mobil ada ketinggalan di dalam mobil?
Anda memakai kunci remote?Kalau kunci anda ketinggalan dalam mobil dan
remote cadangannya di rumah, tinggal telpon orang rumah dengan HP, lalu
dekatkan HP andakurang lebih 30cmdari mobil, dan minta orang rumah untuk
menekan tombol pembuka pada remote cadangan yang ada dirumah (waktu menekan
tombol pembuka remote, minta orang rumah mendekatkan remotenya ke telepon
yang dipakainya)

3. Baterai cadangan tersembunyi (entah pada Hitech Bisa Atau Tidak)
Kalau baterai anda hampir habis, padahal anda sedang menunggu telpon
penting, dan telpon anda dibuat olehNOKIA, silahkantekan *3370#, maka
telpon anda otomatis restart danbaterai akan bertambah 50%.
Baterai cadangan ini akan terisi waktu anda mencharge HP anda.

4. Tips untuk men-cek keabsahan mobil/motor anda ( Jakarta area only)
Ketik :contoh metro b86301o (merah no polisi anda) Kirim ke 1717, nanti
akan ada balasan darikepolisian mengenai data2kendaraan anda, tips ini juga
berguna untukmengetahui data2 mobil bekasyang hendak anda beli/incar.

5. Jika anda sedang terancam jiwanya karena dirampok/ditodong seseorang
untuk mengeluarkan uang dari atm,maka anda bisa minta pertolongan diam2
dengan memberikan nomor pin secara terbalik,misal no asli pin anda 1254
input 4521 di atm maka mesin akan mengeluarkan uang anda juga tanda bahaya
ke kantor polisi tanpa diketahui pencuri tsb. *Fasilitas ini tersedia di seluruh atm tapi hanya sedikit orang yang tahu tolong kasih tahu info kepada yang lain. *

Semoga bermanfaat.

6 Arti Pesan Error Ketika Akses Internet

09.47

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Jika mungkin Anda sering mengalami pesan kesalahan di computer ketika mengakses internet dengan browser, namun Anda tidak mengetahui arti dari pesan error tersebut, maka berikut sedikit informasi mengenai makna pesan error tersebut.

500 – Internal Server Error

Pesan error di atas diartikan sebagai adanya masalah atau kesalahan dalam server internal situs sehingga Anda tidak bisa mengakses situs yang bersangkutan, selama administrator situs belum memperbaiki pesan kesalaahan tersebut.

404 - Not Found

Ada beberapa hal yang menyebabkan tampilnya pesan kesalahan di atas :

- Data di database sebelumnya sudah ada, namun sudah dihapus atau dihilangkan dari database server.

- Terjadi gangguan akses Internet atau down

- Jika akses Internet tetap gagal, maka kemungkinan halaman tersebut memang tidak ada

- Terjadi kesalahan penulisan alamat URL


400 - Bad Request

Pesan kesalahan tersebut dialami oleh server yang tidak bisa mengerti perintah dari client. Penyebabnya pada umumnya berupa kesalahan script coding di server, sehingga hanya administrator server-lah yang bisa mengatasinya.


403 - Forbidden

Pesan kesalahan tersebut memiliki dua alasan :

- Menandakan bahwa halaman situs tidak dapat diakses karena telah diatur demikian dalam servernya.

-Owner atau pemilik situs belum membayar sewa hosting ke perusahaan pemilik server, sehingga terjadi pemblokiran dari pihak perusahaan server.


408 - Request Timeout

Pesan ini memiliki alasan bahwa timer atau waktu untuk mengakses situs telah habis. Hal tersebut disebabkan oleh kecepatan akses Internet yang cukup lambat, dan server biasanya memiliki timer atau batas waktu tertentu dalam pengaksesan data dalam database-nya.

401 - Unauthorized

Pesan kesalahan tersebut artinya user tidak memiliki otoritas atau izin untuk mengakses halaman web tersebut. Biasanya situs diberi pengaman username dan password, sehingga Anda harus mengerti username dan password situs tersebut.

Dikirim oleh: Sugeng (http://artikelmu.com)

Work On Cruise Ship

20.49

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Excellente…! Luar Biasa..! Itulah kata pertama yang keluar dari mulut saya, ketika mendengar orang Indonesia bekerja di kapal pesiar luar negeri. Can You imagine, You will arround the world by luxurious cruise ship without spend your money even you'll getsallary in DOLAR US yang nilainya bila Anda bekerja di Indonesia, mungkin sama dengan gaji seorang Manager. Fantastic Bukan..? Ya. VeryFantastic.

In fact, working onboard like Holland America Line, Carnival are not easy thing, tapi bukan berarti susah-susah amat. Modalnya tidaklah besar, Anda cukup menyediakan uang mulai US$300 till US$2000. Tapinya lagi, uang bukanlah modal utama, kemampuan bahasa Inggris Andalah yang utama.

Bila Anda lancar cas cis cus dalam bahasa Inggris, saya pastikan 60% Anda diterima bekerja di kapal pesiar. Koq cuma 60%? Yang 40% apaan??
Yang 40% adalah kemampuan Anda menguasai keahlian pada posisi yang Anda lamar.
Gampang kan?? Bila Anda lancar berbahasa Inggris dan mempunyai skill dalam bidang perhotelan serta berkeinginan keliling dunia dan mendapatkan gaji dolar, bekerja di kapal pesiar adalah jawabannnya.

Ingin Bekerja di Kapal Pesiar? Berikut beberapa tips untuk kamu:

Pertama dan yang paling penting, pengetahuan dalam bahasa Inggris adalah suatu keharusan bagi mereka yang ingin bekerja di kapal pesiar. Lancar bicara dalam bahasa Inggris merupakan nilai plus.

Kedua, pengetahuan dan pengalaman di bidang atau posisi yang Anda inginkan adalah krusial. Sebagai contoh, untuk bagian hotel seperti waiter, bartender, cabin steward, setidaknya Anda bekerja 1 tahun di hotel bintang 5 atau restaurant. Ingat, bekerja selama 3 tahun di McDonals sangat berbeda dengan bekerja di fine dining kapal pesiar.

Ketiga, Anda harus mempunyai fisik, mental dan psikologi yang fit. Karena jam kerja di kapal pesiar itu normalnya selama 12-16 jam sehari. Beberapa dari crew kapal pesiar menyerah karena mental, fisik maupun psikologinya down.

Juga, kalau Anda memainkan kartu Anda dengan baik, Anda akan mempunyai banyak uang karena makan, minum maupun akomodasi adalah gratis di kapal pesiar.
Jika Anda pikir bekerja di kapal pesiar adalah surga, lupakan itu. Kesulitan akan datang kepada Anda dari waktu ke waktu selama Anda bekerja di kapal pesiar. Kuncinya adalah selalu menjaga pola pikir Anda. Usahakan selalu berpikir yang baik-baik saja dan lupakan semua kesulitan Anda. Nikmati… Enjoy aja..!! Good Luck!

Recruitment process on HAL part 3

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Finally, the tests have come to an end and I was given a reference paper to be given to SBI next day. Early in the morning, I reached SBI office and give them the reference paper. I was given another paper for reference to the hospital in Rawamangun. I forgot the name of the Hospital, but I still remember it’s located at Rawamangun.

I went to the hospital and do the test, but on our own expenses, there were some people from HAL as well waiting there. There were 2 tests, first was blood test, and second was chest roentgen.Finished with those medical checks up, I was ordered to submit the results right away on that day also. After that, the lady asked me to go to Mr. Halizah (sorry if wrong spelled) to ask about what to do next. He is known to be my supervisor after that. He told me to bring sums of photos, and cash for administration and visa deposit. Total of the cash was about over Rp.1,000,000+. But there was Rp.900,000 which was for visa deposit will be returned when I finished my training.

He gave me date line for me to settle the admin fees and deposit as well as preparing the photos. Besides that, I was told to bring the Photostats of my latest certificate, valid and expired passport if there is any, as well as seaman book if there is any. I settled the photos as fast I could and settle the payment of the fees as well and then I was prompted to sign a contract. He told me how much do I get paid, and tipping and how the salary will be given, how long I will have my training, when it is going to be held and when I will start working, how is my work going to be and so on. After that, I was prompted to go to the visa counter where I was asked to fill in my contacts and pay all the sum of money as well as submit the documents.
Finished with all those, what I have to do next was waiting to be called for a visa interview at the US embassy.

I was going back to my hometown as it’s almost Idul Fitri, so they won’t be calling in short time. Two weeks after I submitted all necessaries, I was called and asked to go back to Jakarta and go to SBI office to get the reference paper from SBI to US embassy. With that yellow card, I go to US embassy the next morning. As he warned me that it will be crowded, I go there about 6.00 am, and it’s true, there are hundreds of people queuing up near the entrance of the embassy even though it will only open at 7.00am. One hour waiting there seems to be most tired from all those efforts to work on board. But there are few local people who rent chairs to those who are tired. Well, Indonesian always knows how to make money, isn’t it? Around 6.55am, there was a lady officer shouting to the queue line "Sailors go to left! Make 2 lines!" I was as fast as I can to reach the front line and there are almost 100 of sailors on that day (it’s Monday). Then, with full security we are all being check before entering the US embassy. Well, luckily sailors have the privileges to enter first before other publics that queuing up before us. As I remembered from the entrance to the visa interview, we have to gone through 3 checks before we can actually enter the building. From human check to metal detector, and even our hand phones, walkmans, discman, or other electronic stuffs must be left at the entering counter.

The first step when interview would be finger print detection. After all finished with finger print which almost same when we do our driving license in the police station, we will be called again to be interviewed. They will ask how many times we work as sailor, how long, which cruise, etc…
Well, I get back to my aunt’s house but off course without leaving my hand phones, and feel good as I’ve finished all those procedures. I only need to gone through the training, and I will be onboard to work as RSA. Well, I don’t know what exactly waiting for me at the training mess, or on the board itself. I was called yesterday from SBI to remind me the training date, and when should reach the training place in Cikarang. I was told to reach there a night before training begin, which is 7pm.

And I was told that there is no washing machine or iron there, I was told as well to bring my suit which is white long sleeve shirt, black pants, black shoe, dark coloured shock, bow tie, and personal belongings. Other than that, I was told that the training session will be 5 weeks English class and 5 weeks professional class. If I can’t pass the first 5 weeks, I will have to repeat until I pass. That’s mean; almost all of the tests were about English skill, written or oral.

Things move great so far, hope so in the next 10 weeks of my training.
Hope this can help you to gain confidence before you actually apply and gone through the process, but this procedure can be changed anytime the SBI or HAL wanted it to be. So, don’t expect it’s all the same as my experience.

Last tips from me, English as I said is the most important, if our English is good enough, well, you can believe on your self and gain your self confidence through your English skill, I am not talking about can say "yes" or "no" but more to intermediate skill.

Good luck but don’t try your luck!

Recruitment process for HAL (Part 2)

08.38

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Author: Edy Tantra

This part, I will explain the next step of interview, as I was asked to go to Cikarang for further test.

It was too early as I reached MS Nieuw (The building name), so I waited in the car and just look around the building where I will spend my 10 weeks training if I completed my tests and get a result of pass of course. The building was divided by 2 parts which is a dormitory on the left, and classrooms, offices, and trainee canteen on the right. It was 8 A.M as I entered the gate and asked the security where the training room is. They took my ID card and give me a visitor card. I walked in the pathway, and entered a big hall, it was the training place. I saw a lot of trainees there. Some of them were using black and white with bow tie, some of them not using bow ties. At last I found out that housekeeping trainees are not using bow tie, the one using bow tie are those trainees from Dining room or RSA (Room Service Attendant).

Walking through the hall, I saw a lot of class rooms with a sign on the door. There was a room named “Marcopolo”. Some of the classes was designed to fit with actual working condition, for example a class with bath room and bed room for housekeeping. Some were designed to be look like a dining room to support the training session for dining room trainee and RSA trainee. All the rooms were equipped with nice lighting, good environment, and air conditioning as well as of course, desks and chairs. Most of trainee have short haircut, and I guess it’s a must to have neat and short hair.

The formal test began as a person coming and entered the room. He welcame us and asked us to follow him to the room which at last I found out that it was the HR office. He explained what kind of tests we will face that day, and he gave us forms to fill in. It’s actually a form which will be filled with our scored marks through out the tests and interview, and 2 pages of format for CV/resume.

The first test was only a conversation skill in English. This time the interviewer was a lady. She asked few questions about myself, for example where I am living, how old I am, what my parents do for living, how many brothers/sisters I have, how do I found out about HAL, why do I want to work in HAL, what do I know about HAL, etc. There were still a lot of questions she asked me, but one thing for sure to tell readers, don’t wait until she asked you, try to expand your own story by yourself. When she asked about your family, tell her all, not only your parents or how many sisters/ brothers you have, but try to tell them more, such as where are your sisters/ brothers, how old are them, what do they do, and you are the oldest, youngest, or the 2nd, 3rd, etc. That’s one of my tips for you readers.

Having finished from the first tests, the lady asked me, why did I choose to work as Housekeeping as my English is just too good to be Housekeeper. She suggested me to be a RSA, and I told her directly that I actually applied to be RSA but SBI put me under HK as perhaps they do not want to take a risk if let’s say my English was terrible. After that she asked me to follow her to HR office and requested to upgrade my position to be RSA, the HR officer agreed with condition if I pass the RSA test.

The next test was the professional skill test. There was a list of question with a check mark for correct answers. I should have the minimum score to pass this test. The questions that I still remembered were:
- What are the methods of cooking of eggs? (Poached, boiled, scrambled, etc…)
- If a guest order a steak, what do we ask? (How do you like it to be done, sir?)
- What are the criteria of a steak? (Very well done, well done, etc…)
- Name the type of cereals.? (Cornflakes, coco puff, etc…)
- Name the type of breakfast? (American, Continental)
- What is American breakfast, example?
- What is Continental breakfast, example?
- Name the type of soups, example?

After that he gave me pictures and asked me to name it, few are poached egg, boiled egg, scrambled egg, etc. I have to differentiate between tenderloin and sirloin from the pictures as well.
Well, I passed the test even though it’s not a good result as I have no full time experience as I am a fresh graduate in Hotel management, not operation.

The next step was the last test for that day, it was a computerized English test. This test can be very difficult to those who are not good in written or grammar. Before I started my test, I have to pay a sum of money about Rp.45.000 if I am not mistaken for the software copyright. There were about 90’s questions that needed to answer in 1 hour. The question consists of listening (using headphone), which is odd, complete the sentence, option question, true or false question. As for readers information, the question is a bit hard if you are only a passive English speaker. One of the example of which is odd that I remembered and troubled me much was:
Which is odd?
A.Uncle
B.Son
C.Nephew
D.Niece

You might choose son is it? Well, it was wrong, the answer was Niece, because they were all male except niece. Hope this example won’t scare you much as now you already knew the right answer. It was D. Well, you should have a minimum score to pass the test, and it depends on your position. As RSA, the minimum score is higher than HK.