10 'My's I will remember during my internship days in Tokyo 20 Jun - 25 Aug

Today is my last day in Tokyo. I will be flying off to Shanghai tonight. Yesterday was my last day internship @ Tokyo American Club....

I really miss Tokyo life.. honto ni...

1. My Internship Company - Tokyo American Club
- Free and delicious lunch meal (thai curry, lasagna, fish burger, smoked turkey wrap, etc)
- Employee Recognition Day
- Bon Odori Festivals
- Farewell party @ tsuki no shizuku restaurant
- last but not least, my colleagues and bosses.

2. My Shelter - Kamata
- comfy room *studio apartment 23 sqm
- rental futon for Dimas and Jinkai

3. My Online Social Community - Facebook
- Approx. 12 hrs spent with Facebook per day in office and at home
- Created many photo albums
- Found long lost friends (from Wiyata Secondary School and Sutomo High School) e.g johanes, surtinah, shani, vivi, wenly, wiwy, betty, zulham, johan, yuswan antoni, and the rest of the cookies family..

- I heard rumour that FB and blogspot is blocked in China. If that is true, that means.... this is my last post in this blog for this year... Hix hix hix

4. My Church - IFGF GISI Tokyo
- Narimasu church - very far... 1.5 hrs by train from my apartment
- Youth KKR @ Urban Church Komagome - found many new nice Christian songs!! (I'm Yours, Sing Sing Sing, All Things New, To You, I Just Want You Jesus)
- The pastors: Ps Caleb, Ps Lusi, Ps Jo
- My church friends:
* Adit and Erwin - the angels' vocals; the worship leader
* Ferdinand - medan lank; friends of Jules and Suwandi
* Suhandy - medan lank; 'dokter'
* Yank - medan lank; I like his hairstyle leh!
* Stanford - The 'Stanny' medan lank; studied in Singapore @ ACJC before; narsis loh!!!
* Verry - 'verry' sporty guy - always arranged sports events (futsal, mt fuji climbing...)
* Yulia Wijaya - reminds me of another Yulia from IUJ (see point #10 below) .. Both have surname starting with 'W'. Wijaya and Wiantono... so coincident neh...
* Sally, Kanako-chan, Melissa - the talented pianist
* Kanako-chan, Nao-chan, Ai-chan - Japanese in Indonesian IFGF church
* Kaoru - cousin of Melissa Bomber, Charles, Margaret and Jessica.. world is small eh..?
* Happy - very japanese look-alike, esp with his long dyed hair... but Indoneshia jin da yo...
* Ing & Jhony - osan; gank jeruk; jeruk makan jeruk; penjaga tempat buat hanabi ^_^
* Kornel - jayus banget.. aka garink abisss, comment2 fbnya lucu2, bikin ngakak pas baca...
* Herry - the drummer; i think his wife looks like my cousin Debby... mirip 70%
* Miyuki - the first one who greeted me at IFGF GISI Tokyo
* Ida Saori - mixed Jap & Indo...

* Kenn - kesian dhe ama perutnya yang slalu dicubit org2 ^_^

* Daud, Heghy, Steven and many more ...

5. My Weekend Sightseeing
- Hanabi at Sumidagawa
- Hanabi at Toda Koen, Saitama
- Gundam @ Odaiba - love this a lot!!!
- Kamakura and Enoshima short trip with Dimas
- Tokyo Daigaku Komaba Campus - JLPT 2
- Kawasaki - Lazona and Citta Della
- Shinjuku - Indian Maharaja, Mexico, and Thai restaurant
- Indonesian Festival at Yoyogi Koen
- Azabu Jyuban Festival

6. My Workout Center - Konami Sports Club @ Omori
- Gym, Weight training, Sauna
- Tanning Machine
- Swimming Pool

7. My Favourite TV Programme - FIVB World Grand Prix Women's Volleyball
- My most favourite player: Cinderella Kano
- Other players: Inoue, Saori, Takeshita, Kurihara

8. My Freelance Project - E-flyer from NUS
- Human Capital Insights Forum - WaiMin
- KL Seminar - Darryl
- Career Transition Seminar - WaiMin
- Official Launch of Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy - Rajes
- CEO Luncheon Series - Adeline
- NUS BIZ Career Services Networking Events - Stephanie
- UCLA NUS Program Briefing 2009 - Michelle
- NUS-PKU Celebration dinner with backdrop - Darryl

9. My Movies
- Transformers 2 @ Shinjuku
- Harry Potter @ Odaiba
- Terminator @ Roppongi
- Night at Museum 2 @ Shinjuku

and... last but not least...

10. My Friends (Dinner & Lunch)
- Ricky & Jojo - thanks for visiting me in Tokyo and thanks for the bee cheng hiang yah pengantin baru!!
- Jane, Yukino, Weiyang - from Singapore

- Dimas, Arya, Jinkai - roommates in Kamata

- Yulia Wiantono - always go for movie together

- Atri, Karens, Sandy, Kustini, Manisha, Rabi-chan, Charles - IUJ Alumni

- Abishek, Rin, Ankit, Kartik, Amreen, Oscar, Josh, Devang, Alex, Gupta, Thuy: IUJ-ers MBA who interned in Tokyo

- Greg and Tatsuya - fellow classmates in CEIBS

- Kusuma Dewi and Natasya - Dimas' friends

- Karn - my neighbour in IUJ and the hardworking guy studying Japanese in Tokyo during summer...

- Andre Kasmara - Indonesian friend whom I met in CFA Society of Japan Anniversary Dinner

- Joven - one of the two Singaporeans in IUJ

- Kaoru and Margaret - Melissa Bombie's cousin

- The IFGF friends

Thank you all for making my life so memorable and enjoyable in Tokyo...

See you again soon!!!

Shanghai, I am coming... ^_^

Counting down... Last Day @ TAC

This morning, I was supposed to have phone interview at 5AM. I woke up at 4.15 AM and waited for the phone call from JNJ.

After 15 minutes have passed 5AM, I still didn't receive the call yet. I went and check the time conversion again. It was scheduled MOnday, 24 Aug 2009 4PM (Eastern Standard Time). I found out that it should be this morning 6AM. Just realized that in US there are two types of time. EST and EDT.

But, still I didn't receive any call at 6AM. Sigh.. quite disappointed... I wrote email to JNJ. I didn't have their email address. The acknowledgement email that they sent to me contains "DO NOT REPLY" email address. I sent the email through their website. Hopefully, someone there can reply me!

Ahhhh.. taihen na... I am leaving Tokyo tomorrow. Even if they return my call, they will not be able to reach me as I will be in Shanghai tomorrow. I need to buy a phone number as soon as possible in Shanghai.

Just heard the rumour that Facebook is blocked in China. OMG, how could I survive without it? God knows....

Keeping my fingers crossed...

I hope that everything turns out well.

Just received email from Kian Lin, my future flatmates in Shanghai that his friend is going to meet the landlord to sign the apartment contract and pay the deposit on behalf of us. I hope that the landlord is not backing out. Hope everything is going smoothly as planned.

Worst case - I have to find another accomodation in Shanghai...

God, help me this time!!!

Counting down... Last Weekend @ Tokyo

Sat, 22 Aug

- Go to Abishek's apartment

- Have lunch with him & Amreen nearby their apartment

- Go to Charles' apartment

- Go to Azabu Jyuban Matsuri together with him, Yulia and Thuy

- Go to SHinjuku to have dinner together with Kustini

Sun, 23 Aug

- Go to Hanamasa Ginza.. my last yakiniku tabehodai this year ... with YUlia and Karn

- Go to church

- Farewell dinner @ Denny Narimasu branch

Counting down... last Friday @ Tokyo

Whoaaa. time flies so fast.. I can't keep up with it..

Tonight, I plan to meet Margaret. She came to Japan last two weeks. She will go back tomorrow to Singapore. I knew her from Elsa. She is a cousin of Melissa Bombie. It is a whole chain of family relationship: Melissa -- Charles and Margaret -- Jessica -- Yovita -- Kaoru...

I met Kaoru in Tokyo IFGF GISI church. World is small, eh?

My weekend plan is also full:

Saturday

- Lunch with Abhishek 11AM - 2PM

- Azabu Juban 3PM - 5PM

- Dinner with the Kus family (Kustini and Kusuma Dewi) @ Shinjuku

Sunday

- Lunch with Karn and Yulia @ Hanamasa Ginza.. yipiiee.. yakiniku tabehodai... super cheap.. 1000 yen .. really worth it!

- Church after lunch...

- Dinner - not decided yet.. maybe with my church friends.

30 minutes more to lunch.. I am looking forward to lunch.. what is the menu today ya?

Counting down... last Thursday @ Tokyo

Time flies really so fast. Today is my last Thursday @ Tokyo and @ TAC.

I am going to watch "The Night at Museum" tonight at Shinjuka Wald with Yulia and Rabiah.. This is the fourth movie that I have watched in Tokyo.

1. Transformers 2
2. Harry Potter
3. Terminator
4. The Night at Museum

Movie ticket costs 1800 yen (standard) around Japan. Expensive neh... it is equivalent to around SGD 22.. i can watch 2 times in Singapore..

Will I miss Japan? That is not actually a question. YES! OF COURSE I WILL!!!

Counting down... last Wednesday @ Tokyo - Farewell Party @ TAC

Although my last day of work in TAC is next Tuesday, my colleagues and my boss will hold a farewell party tonight at a restaurant in Shinagawa.

This is the first time and the last time we had dinner and nomikai together. You may think that it is pathetic, isn't it??? No, I don't think so! That is because we had lunch everyday in the employee cafeteria... We have enough bonding already.. hehehe... just that we can't drink in the employee cafeteria...

The WORST!!!
I have seen the worst one when I worked in NUS Business School. Even for my farewell lunch, I have to pay for my own lunch and only 3 (me, riky and my boss) out of a total of 6 of us in my department joined my farewell lunch... that is the worst I have seen so far..... Users from other department invited me for farewell lunch. They even paid for my lunch... so touched!! even my boss didn't pay for my farewell lunch.. okie... enough complaining about him!!!

The BEST!!!
When I left SilkAir, I almost cried... My boss held a farewell party in the office... At that day, there are two people from SilkAir who will leave the company... Me and May. She cried!! I almost cried too, when Penny presented me with the diary written by my closest friends in the company... I was so touched!!! I really missed my time in SilkAir... really like a family!

How about today's farewell?? Let's see...

Congrats, Abishek!!!

My friend, Abishek, has just passed his CFA Level 2 exam. I am glad for him....

Glad that he doesn't need to accompany me next year for Level 2 ....

Glad that he can pass his Schweser books to me next year...

I don't need to buy the Schweser books ^_^.. so happy ne!!!!

I'm Yours - by Planet Shakers

The first time I listened to this song is when I attended the youth KKR in Urban Church Tokyo @ Komagome... I am so touched. I love this song!



I'm Yours by Planet Shakers
Oh Lord
When I think of all You've done
My heart sings of Your love
That saved my soul
And made me whole
My life is Yours

Cause You paid the price
I give You my life, I'm Yours

So no matter what the cost
I will go for You
No matter what it takes, I'm Yours
Because You paid the price at Calvary
I give You my whole life, I'm Yours

Oh Lord
My everything to You I lift
My heart and soul I live
For You alone
I'm not my own
My life is Yours

I'm Yours
Jesus I am Yours

Special Recognition plus Job Interview

Two great things in this week:

1. Special recognition letter

I was just informed by ACSC Yamada-san that I would get a special recoginition letter from IUJ since I have been placed in the Dean List for three consecutive semesters.

Who else should I thank? None other than my Lord Jesus! He is so GOOD!

Now, I can add that achievement into my resume.. ^_^

2. First job interview

Next Monday, I will be having my first job interview - phone interview with Johnson & Johnson. I couldn't find a better time since their interview time is US Eastern Time. My scheduled time is 25 August 2009 5AM Tokyo time. I hope I don't oversleep on that day...

I would really like to work in this company. I don't mind stationed in either Jakarta or Singapore. Best if I can work in the Tokyo branch... Anyway, I will leave it to God to decide. I can only try my best and count on Him for the result.

Next Wednesday, I am leaving Tokyo... Sad.. extremely sad.. I will miss my time in Tokyo... This morning, I watched my videos in Facebook, browsed my photos for the past one year.... I feel something warm in my cheek.. Yes, it is my tears!...

On the other hand, I am going to Shanghai for exchange in CEIBS for one semester.... Excited for the new environment, new friends....

But, I have faith that I am going to come back to Tokyo next year (for work, of course!!).... God, open the ways for me yah!

New Year Eve in the sky - Romantic?

Have you ever enjoyed your New Year Eve in the sky?

I am planning my December holiday. Shall I try this experience? I can book a flight from Singapore to Tokyo on 31 Dec 2009 23:45pm. The moment the flight takes off, it is the change of year....

What will I feel by then? Something different maybe? I don't know... I am looking forward to it!

Weekend 7: 15-16 Aug

15 Aug
I went to Yoyogi park to visit the INdonesian Festival there. I met Adit, Erwin, Ida and some other friends from IFGF.. I am proud to be Indonesian... love the food, culture! haiya.. why did I start to appreciate Indonesian when I arrived in Japan???

16 Aug
I went to church this afternoon. I just realized two members will be leaving Japan for good... Yank and Ferdinand! Even though I only met them several times... I am quite sad also... Both of them are somehow related to my hometown (Medan). They can speak Hokkian.. That's why I feel quite close to them... my first time speaking hokkian in Japan ^_^>.. hehehehe..

Ferdinand --> we have two common friends in Facebook, even before we became friends. Jules and Suwandi ^_^.. World is so small... He studied in the same high school as Jules. I met Jules and Suwandi in NUS. He has been working in Japan for 1 year (transferred from the company in Indonesia).

Tan Nan Yank --> No common similarities... He has worked in Japan for 6 years.. OMG, so long yah... But, I like his hair style though... I am thinking to have my hair cut before I leave for Shanghai ^_^....

We had taken many group farewell photos. Next week, it will be my turn to say goodbye to the rest!

Di mana ada pertemuan, di situ ada perpisahan... !

All the best, Yank and Ferdinand... See you in Jakarta some time soon yah....

Summer Internship @ TAC - Week 7

10 Aug
It is Week 7. Another two more weeks in Tokyo. Excited and sad. Kinda mixed feelings though.

11 Aug
I began to notice that there was a volleyball match World Grand Prix.. I am loving it!! The Japan team was indeed wonderful. Two players, Inoue and Kano. Are they really players? I wonder.. They look like models to me, rather than volleyball players.

12 Aug
Dimas told me that he won't come to Tokyo due to his project. I was angry and sad, because my plan to Hakone on Saturday will be cancelled... Anyway, I have to make other plan this Saturday. I don't want to go to Hakone alone.... not fun ... i think..

Luckily, there is an email from Ankit. He is thinking to go to Yokohama Sea Paradise. I would love to go there!

13 Aug
I recently joined a mailing list Indonesian Community in Japan. I received an email saying that there will be an INdonesian festival this Saturday and Sunday @ Yoyogi park.

Yes!! I have somewhere to go...

14 Aug
Ankit cancelled his trip to Yokohama. Never mind, I went to Yoyogi Park Indonesian Festival. First time I can appreciate Indonesian culture ^_^... Indeed beautiful dance, nice food!! I am proud to be Indonesian.

I met Adit, Erwin, Ida and some members from IFGF church there.

Weekend 6: 8-9 Aug

8 Aug
I went to Bon Odori festival @ Tokyo American Club today. Again, another nice event! Bought a Tokyo American Club T-shirt too!

9 Aug
I didn't go to church today as I have lunch appointment with Karens, Sandy and Yulia at 1pm in Shinjuku. I can't make it on time if I go to church from there.

After lunch, I went to eat COLD STONE ice cream. OMG, it is so nice!

Summer Internship @ TAC - Week 6

3 Aug
Life as per normal.

4 Aug
First time OT in office. I was asked to work overtime tonight to help them consolidate the budget for FY2010. Very routine job... BUT I love it (bcoz i can earn extra money.. hehehe.. 125% of the basic hour salary).

My boss bought me dinner from the nearest convenience center and we had simple dinner in the office.

5 Aug
This is the employee recognition day for Tokyo American Club. I attended the event. It was nice and enjoyable. The theme is Hawaiian style.

Photos can be viewed here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/william.rimbun/TACEmployeeRecognitionDay

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwW2GDpKkK0

6 Aug
OT again today. I'm loving it!

Today's OT assignment is to help them prepare for some slides to be used in the budget presentation tomorrow.

Dinner @ office again. ^_^

7 Aug
Life as per normal.

Weekend 5: 1-2 Aug

1 Aug

Yep...!! Hanabi Day!.. In the morning, I went to have breakfast with Rin. She is leaving Tokyo for Bangkok tomorrow. Last meal with her this year!!! She will go to US for exchange program. We will not meet until next year in IUJ...


After lunch, I went to Ikebukuro to buy air ticket to Shanghai. It costed me around 39,000 yen. Aftewards, I headed to meet my care group friends in Ikebukuro. I arrived quite early at Sunshine city. Thus, I decided to have my lunch @ Mister Donut. I like this donut cafe! It reminded me of J.CO. Of course J.Co is much better...

We started our care group meeting at around 2pm @ The Seattle's Best Coffee Stall... Kinda funny name. At first, when Ai posted the message in FB, I thought it is Starbucks. But, the name is "Seattle's Best Coffee Stall".. Hehehe...

AFter having our care group meeting, we headed to Toda koen eki to watch hanabi there. Again, lots of people...^_^

Somehow, I feel quite different watching hanabi in Tokyo & watching hanabi in Singapore. There are about 2-3 fireworks in Singapore every year (31 Dec, Eve of CHinese new year, and National Day). IN Tokyo, the girls wear yukata, the guys sometime also wear yukata. You can buy Japanese traditional snacks (yakitori, takoyaki) from the street stalls (plenty of them).

My friends (Ing & Jhony) went to the venue earlier this afternoon to reserve a place. We got a good spot!!!! Finally, Hanabi time!!! 1.5 hrs of wonderful fireworks! Cool!!

I reached home at almost 12 midnight! Gosh!!! Damn tired...I didn;t go to sleep directly. I uploaded the photos that I have taken during the day and also during June & July. Lots of photos!!! I slept at around 5AM...


2 Aug
Woke up at around 11AM.. quickly made brunch and went to the church...

After church, I went to Roppongi Hills to watch Terminator with Yulia. It is kinda old movie.. has been released two months ago (I think)... but I like it!!!

Went back to my apartment and had a Skype chatting with my bro and mum..

A tiring weekend ne!!!

Summer Internship @ TAC - Week 5

27 Jul
I have been assigned a new job today, ie. to help in the preparation of the budget for 2010. Excited and thrilled on the new challenge.

ALso, I received a new assignment for e-flyer. Great!! Another extra income..

28 Jul
Life as usual...

After work, I went to Shinjuku to meet my future classmates in CEIBS (Tatsuya ang Gregory). We had western food in one of the corner in Shinjuku.

teng teng teng... I reached home at around 9.30pm, took my bath and sat in front of computer waiting to check for my CFA results (Released at 10pm). The result is....

YES!!! I passed it... brilliantly.. all 10 sections fall in the third band (>70% Above Average). Thank God!!!

Yes, He is so good!!!!This is really good news.. Finally, I passed CFA Level 1 Exam... All my hardwork finally paid through!!! All my time, all my sacrifices... all have been paid through!!! Thank You Lord!!!!!The pass rate this time is 46% and... the greatest part is that there are 10 sections in the scoring and I got >70% for all 10 sections. Really happy!! All these wouldn't have been possible without Him!!!I am really so happy! I achieved GPA 4.0 last semester (should be in the Dean List) and managed to pass this CFA Level 1. THanks to God!!!

SO HEPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!

29 Jul
Lazy to cook dinner today. I ate out at Yoshinoya and ordered a unadon.. disappointed with the size of the meal. Totally different from the picture.

30 Jul
Life as usual...

31 Jul
I went to Kawasaki for shopping after work and bought a set of yukata with geta (around 7500 yen). It is discounted from 16,000 yen (not sure if this is the real price or they just fake it for the sake of SALE). I plan to wear it for tomorrow's Toda Koen Hanabi.. but I am not ready yet. Still dunno how to wear it. If I have time, I will search the Net. If not, I will keep the yukata for next year IUJ Open Day. Hehe.. finally I have something interesting to dress on next year...

I also bought 2 polo t-shirts and one bag.. OMG.. the white bag.. I have been looking forward for the bag. Love it!! I love WHITE.. bought from 306 in Kawasaki. I realized that there is 306 shop near Narimasu (near IFGF church) as well...