The Diary of a CEO's Wife

Semalam, putri pertama kami (9,5 tahun) melakukan ritual bersih-bersih sebelum tidur: mencuci muka dengan sabun pembersih wajah, sikat gigi dan mengoleskan body lotion, etc. Melihatnya, suami berkomentar: “Kok sekarang ritualnya banyak amat sih?” Putri pertama kami spontan menjawab: “Ya namanya juga mau remaja” Sontak suami dengan lebaynya merespon, “Huaaaaaaaa! Tidaaaaakkk!” Dan kemudian dilanjutkan dengan, “Pantesan sekarang sudah nggak mau pegangan tangan sama daddy lagi. Maunya cuma pegang bahu. Sudah nggak mau dicium-cium lagi. Huaaaaaaa!” Saya tertawa melihat suami yang kelabakan anaknya sudah mau remaja dan tingginya sedikiiiitt lagi sudah sama dengan mommynya. Change along your kids changes Ya, kita sebagai orangtua harus berubah seiring dengan perubahan anak-anak kita. Ketika anak beranjak remaja, ia sudah tidak bisa lagi diperlakukan seperti balita, misalnya. Menurut Arun Gogna dalam bukunya Lasting Gifts You Can Give Your Children , sebagai orangtua ki...

Hair blow @ Salon Lintang Pasar Arriyadh Mampang Meet my mom @ Mom’s house Mampang #C4TK Mentors lunch meeting @ Penang Bistro Central Park TechInAsia meeting & office tour @ Central Park Catch up with Maureen @ Nanny’s Pavilion Central Park Moviedate Sully with hubby @ CGV Blitz Central Park Life is good, praise the Lord! Nuniek Tirta

Ada berkahnya juga tepar 3 hari ini: jadi ada waktu kerjain hal-hal yang udah lama pengen dikerjain tapi nggak ada waktu. Bikin cupcakes, misalnya. Udah beli buku Cupcakes - Over 100 Recipes ini di Big Bad Wolf Books Jakarta bulan Mei lalu, dan ini udah September belum sekalipun coba bikin. Terus juga punya Philips Hand Mixer 1559 yang udah beberapa minggu duduk cantik di dapur, menunggu dipakai pemiliknya yang (sok) sibuk ini, hehe. Penasaran sih, katanya kalo pake Philips Mixer Kaya Rasa ini bisa 15% lebih cepat dengan pengocok berbentuk kerucut yang unik, jadi memungkinkan pencampuran udara lebih maksimal, jadi kuenya halus dan bertekstur lembut. Ya udah yok mari kita coba bikin cupcake super simpel ala mommy! Bahan cupcake super simpel : 4 telur ayam 80 gram gula pasir 
100 gram tepung terigu
 20 gram coklat bubuk
 50 gram mentega cair 
Chocolate chips secukupnya 
Remah-remah sereal Cara membuat cupcake super simpel : Telur dan gula pasir dik...

Monday well spent by attending LoJ Conference 2016. This super awesome event was organized by LoJ Family, in Kota Kasablanka from 9am to 9pm. Tickets were sold out (price starts from 500k-1,2mio for conference fyi). There were around 5000 people gather around to praise the Lord. I can feel the positive vibe, it’s unshakeable! There were classes and sessions with different topics, such as family, community, and business. All classes and sessions are always full! Hubby was speaking on session “Everything You Need to Know About Digital Business" together with our friend Hadi Wenas CEO MatahariMall, moderated by Billy Boen from Young on Top. After conference, there were Grand Feast with awesome worshippers. We got privilege to sit on VIP seat with our names on it. It was a perfect spot with best view (as seen on pictures and videos). Happy to get together with great people and expanding network. Looking forward to attend the same event next year! You can find ...

[gallery] After 7-days in a row meeting a lot of people by attending at least 2 events/meetings every single day, only had a quick break while pampering yourself in beauty saloon in between the meetings.. And today you knew the time has come: you don’t feel well, sick & exhausted, and all you can do is just lay down in bed either sleeping, reading, or watching movies… Then your elder daughter comes home from school and takes care of you… She makes a cup of your favorite white coffee, deliver it to your room together with your mom’s made fried-tape snack, a flower, a pile of good books, and a cute hand-written heartwarming letter… That’s when you know you raised her well and you’re so proud of her… Tuesday, 13 August 2016 Nuniek Tirta - feel so blessed, thank you JC

Unlike most women who are reluctant to reveal their real age, I’m proud to say that I’m turning 36 today! Call me boastful but trust me, most of the people who just knew me won’t believe my age, they thought I’m 20 something ;) Well I myself always feel like I’m stuck in 22 :)) Started the day with super sweet midnight surprise from hubby: a big vas of beautiful flower with lovely smell, a classy watch, and a cute birthday cake. Finally after more than a decade he gave me birthday surprise, I’m so happy I almost cry! I love every single of the gift. Spent the day with hubby, #Startuplokal partners, friends and new acquaintances at Indonesian - Swedish Digital Forum 2016, where hubby went on stage as moderator. Dropped by at Ben’s place Pao Pao and treat Ollie & Anantya dimsum & drink, before we had dinner & wine at Sweden Ambassador Residence. Thank you to all family & friends for the birthday wishes! I’m so sorry if I haven’t replied it one by on...

We are pretty much aware that there is someone who loves to talk behind our back and badmouthing us, brainwashing other people to make them hate us too, sometimes in a very subtle way. Yet there are always kind people who care to confirm, or “victims” who come to us after they found out and revealed the real evil inside this person and wish they had known it earlier. Some of them said they could avoid a lot of hassle and save a lot of money if only they had known it from the very beginning. Some of them wonder why we never do anything to fight against the one. First and foremost, we couldn’t care less about this person, so ignorance is such a bliss. We are not interested at all to fix that person nor telling one to stop piling up sins while slandering. As written in bible: “Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return. Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt. So don’t bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you. But correct the wise, and the...

#PLACES Tempat Mencari Cinderamata Khas Indonesia Galeri Indonesia Wow! SMESCO Building SME Tower Jl. Jend. Gatot Soebroto Kav. 94 Jakarta Selatan Website: galeriindonesiawow.com FB: galeriindonesiawow Twitter: @g_indonesiawow Instagram: @g_indonesiawow Youtube: galeriindonesiawow Ternyata, nggak perlu nunggu ada INACRAFT dulu buat beli hasil karya kerajinan nusantara, ke sini aja! Dari Aceh sampai Papua, semua ada. Dan harganya masih lebih murah dibanding kompetitornya seperti SH or GI, karena ambil langsung dari pengrajinnya. Pertama kali ke sini beberapa minggu lalu, pas ada undangan meeting di coworking space teman di gedung yg sama. Saya puas eksplor tiap lantai yg ada GIW nya. Sempat belanja beberapa barang unik2 juga. Kemarin habis kondangan di ballroomnya, mampir lagi buat beli sepatu yg waktu itu nggak jadi saya beli, daripada nyesel lagiii hehehhe. Itupun sudah kehabisan warna merahnya dan sudah nggak ada diskon 20% lagi, hiks. Agak sedih sih pas ke sini kok...

[gallery] #NgopiBarengTiket Jogja Sabtu, 13 Agustus 2016 Harper Mangkubumi We talked about Complete Guide to Blog Monetizing with Ratri Carolina, an active blogger who wrote the book “Blogging: Have Fun & Get the Money”. We learnt from content, layouts, tools, to ratecard. Gaery gives insights on how Tiket.com can help bloggers gets extra money using Tiket.com platforms. I shared my experience about blogging for 15 years and eventually earning money from it. Happy that all participants are active in asking questions, networking and livetweeting till it hits #1 trending topic on twitter :) Congrats Adrian Kusuma for winning flashblogging competition who got IDR 1 million travel voucher from Tiket.com ! You can read his post Ditraktir Liburan dan Digaji Tiket.com , mau? http://www.ardiankusuma.com/2016/08/ditraktir-liburan-dan-digaji-tiketcom.html?m=1 See you on the next #NgopiBarengTiket in your town! Cheers, Nuniek Tirta

[gallery] Roadshow Serempak 2016 Jakarta Senang bisa berbagi di acara Roadshow Serempak 2016 - Pendayagunaan Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi dalam Pemberdayaan Perempuan di Hotel Sari Pan Pacific Jakarta, 1 Agustus 2016 lalu. Bu Mariam dari Kominfo berbagi data tentang pemanfaatan internet di Indonesia. Saya berbagi cerita tentang pemanfaatan internet dalam mendukung kegiatan sehari-hari. Nova Eliza bercerita mengenai pemanfaatan internet untuk mendukung kegiatan sosialnya. Bu Martha berbagi informasi mengenai Serempak.id , portal interaktif sebagai media komunikasi terkait pemberdayaan perempuan dan perlindungan anak. Senang karena banyak yang antusias bertanya baik selama acara maupun sesudah acara berlangsung. Senang bertemu banyak teman-teman blogger, baik yang sudan kenal lama maupun baru kenal kemarin. Senang juga bisa ngobrol banyak dengan Bu Ratna dari Kementerian Pemberdayaan Wanita, dan ibu2 dharma wanita. Terima kasih Mbak Martha, Yulia Rahmawati dan Ani Bert...

Oleh2 saya hasil menghadiri Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 di Stanford University Silicon Valley USA bulan Juni lalu bisa dibaca di sini: http://hitsss.com/cerita-dari-ges-2016-antara-kewirausahaan-inovasi-dan-dunia-yang-saling-terhubung/  (Source: http://hitsss.com/ )

[gallery] Sarapan sekaligus makan siang setelah olahraga di Taman Suropati hari ini ditemani Bu Hajjah Djunah (66 tahun), generasi kedua pendiri Warung Tegal di depan masjid Sunda Kelapa. Warteg ini didirikan oleh orangtuanya saat beliau masih berusia 2 tahun, jauh sebelum Masjid Sunda Kelapa didirikan pada tahun 1972. Pada dinding warteg ada foto dokumentasi saat beliau diundang ke Istana Negara oleh Presiden Jokowi, saat beliau menggandeng lengan Jokowi ketika berkunjung ke wartegnya, saat makan bersama dengan PM Australia dan Maudy Ayunda di wartegnya, dan saat tampil di Trans TV acaranya Tukul. Saya sudah beberapa kali makan di sini baik sendiri maupun dengan anak-anak. Saya ingin mereka juga bisa menikmati makan di tempat sederhana meski juga mampu makan di tempat mewah. Tadi kami makan kenyang bertiga dan minum teh dengan lauk sayur, kikil, pare, tempe, kerupuk, total hanya 34ribu rupiah saja :) Kalau kalian sedang ada di seputaran Menteng, Taman Suropati dan Mesjid Sun...

Been holding myself for more than a week not to comment on the young selebgram girl who just got dumped and her brokenhearted vlog went viral. From my timeline and news stream I read people’s opinion about her that’s mostly negative: a good girl gone bad and give bad influence for youth generation. I wasted my time watching her videos and stalked her instagram until finish to observe whether what people think about her is valid. It is, unfortunately. Been thinking to discuss about this case to my soon-to-be-teenager daughters before they know it from their friends -who might also idolize her too-. It also came across to mind that they’d better be not knowing about it at all, but I guess it’s impossible to sterilize kids from what’s happening around. They would eventually find out by themselves, anyway. So I think, this is a good momentum to let my children learn from other’s experience about the meaning of rebellion, transformation, attention, popularity, friends and family in accor...

“Everything worthwhile in life is uphill. And the only way to go uphill is to be intentional.” ~ John Maxwell 3 words describes intentional living: Deliberate They have thought about what they’re doing. Considering it. Consistence Climb, dont slide. Hiking 3 days = sliding 1 day to the point where you started. Willful You make a choice to go uphill. The challenge of every leader is to get people to live in uphill pattern when they feel the downhill lives. “Most people don’t live their lives, they accept their lives.” Be Intentional ! Be intentional in your growth! Be intentional in your personal growth. Why? It’s impossible to have a better tomorrow unless you’re growing today. Stay the same is not the way to be successful. We automatically get older. But we dont automatically grow/get better. Growth is not automatic. It’s not natural. John’s dad: I dont pay you to do chores, but I’ll pay you to read books. The sign that you’re growing is yeste...

John Maxwell is an American author, speaker, and pastor who has written many books, primarily focusing on leadership. He is 69 years old, been married for 47 years. His dad is 94, been married for 67 years before his wife passed away. Hubby and I bought Gold ticket for his Grand Leadership Seminar in Jakarta last July 22nd 2016, each worth IDR 2,8mio. We went there with other Tiket.com Board of Directors. I equipped myself with bluetooth keyboard to take notes, and here’s what I can share with you. 5 Levels of Leadership Position. Keyword: rights People follow because they HAVE to. This is a good place to start, but not a good place to stay. With this level they have authority, but they don’t give choice. Having leadership position doesn’t make us a leader! The problem is: you dont get the energy and time and commitment of people u lead because they’re there just to keep the job. In this level 1 company, people clear the desk right on time when the working hour ends.   Permi...

[gallery] Sama si anak kicil kriwil 7 tahun lalu, waktu liburan di Anyer. #supereasykid dari bayi, tapi kadang2 attachmentnya terlalu kuat ke mommy. Misal, kalo mommy kebangun karena mimpi buruk, tiba2 dia nangis juga, padahal tempat tidurnya beda.

[gallery] Kopilot by Aurellie Jl Raya Pondok Gede No 9 Jaktim 13810 02180882511 Instagram @kopilot_id Latest date of visit: 17 July 2016 8pm Latest chosen menu: Soto betawi 45k Chicken cordon bleu 35k Fish n chips 40k Green tea latte 35k Taro latte 30 Choco rum 35k Hot tea 8k Had late dinner here with my little family tonight. It was our second visit within less than a week. This restaurant has been evolving a couple of times within a decade, and we often go there even before I’m married. We love their newly-renovated interior & exterior designed with concept all about flight. There’s a flight miniature on the ceiling, flight-related information framed on the wall, and imported flight magazines too! On my previous visit last Wednesday, I had priviledge to chit chat with the owner. She said it was her child’s idea to revamp the place, since the child is an architect. They’re from air force family, that’s where the concept came from :) I like their soto b...

Sweet Escape ! On our family vacation last year to Batu - Malang, I hired a local professional photographer to capture moments while we’re in Batu Secret Zoo. The reason was simply because I don’t want to be missed in the frame, since I was the only one who loves taking pictures. On our family vacation this year to Osaka-Kyoto-Tokyo, I wanted to do the same. But flying a photographer just to take photos of us is so out of the option. I wanted to hire a local professional photographer, but how? And how about the cost, wouldn’t it be so expensive? Thank God I found out about Sweet Escape, a holiday photography service powered by Axioo photography. Their local photographers are spread in 230 cities worldwide, including those I visit in Japan. I chose Kyoto over Osaka and Tokyo because of its authenticity. So how does Sweet Escape works? Simple, just visit sweetescape.com for bookings. You will then meet the local photographer in that town, at the appointed venue. How ab...

[gallery] Bad Airbnb experience in Shinjuku Extremely disappointed with the host and almost ruin my family holiday in Japan. After tiring trip from Disneyland to Shinjuku by train with husband and kids, we were stranded in front of the slum alley of the apartment in the middle of the night (12am) because he didn’t reply my email and didn’t answer my phone call at all until Airbnb staff called from San Francisco the next day. Never had I experienced trouble like this with other Airbnb hosts before. We’re lucky that other guests let us in (they also experienced the same trouble before). But when we’re in, our room was already occupied by another group. They said we’re not the only one who had the same trouble that day. So that night we had a rest in tiny living room and my kids took a free bed to sleep (only 2 beds left, we paid for 4 beds). The next morning we were starving and he didn’t give us password for the room because he said it’s all occupied. We waited until almost mid day (11....

Tokyo Disneyland - 10 Tips & Trick 1. Persiapan: pilih hari selain weekend dan hari libur itu udah paling bener. Buat prediksi rame atau nggaknya pengunjung, cek dulu deh Tokyo Disneyland Crowd Calendar ini: http://tdrnavi.jp/forecast/disneyland?lang=en . Saya pilih tanggal 5-6 Juli 2016 karena paling sepi di antara tanggal liburan kami di Jepang dari 29 Juni sampai 12 Juli. 2. Pakaian: cek cuaca! Jangan sampai saltum jadi kepanasan atau kedinginan. Kayak saya, karena hari2 sebelumnya kepanasan di Osaka dan Kyoto (suhu 33-37 derajat!), begitu sampai Tokyo pas lagi sejuk2nya jadi kedinginan (suhu 22-27 derajat). Yg harus diingat juga adalah lokasi Tokyo Disney Resorts ini ada di dekat laut jadi anginnya lebih kencang. 3. Penginapan: kalau punya dana cukup ya paling asik nginep di hotel2 sekitar Disney sih. Enaknya kalo pulang nggak harus umpel2an naik kereta karena pasti penuh banget. Kami pilih nginep di Hotel Mystays Maihama yang berjarak sekitar 1km dan ada fasilitas shuttle bus...

Malam Takbiran di Tokyo Disneyland Tentu aja nggak semeriah malam Natal, karena nggak ada yang ngerayain Lebaran di sini hehe. Kasih judul itu cuma karena kebetulan aja pas malam takbiran kita pas lagi di Tokyo Disneyland, nonton parade, laser show dan kembang api yang spektakuler itu :)) Perfect timing banget pas kita ke sana karena ternyata lagi low season dan menurut petugas Disneyland segitu itu lagi sepi makanya beberapa fastpass ngga dioperasikan. Padahal ya tetap rame juga, meski memang nggak serame waktu kita ke Disneyland Hongkong 3 tahun lalu. Cuacanya juga lagi sejuk abis, 22 derajat cenderung dingin dan berangin. Beda banget sama Osaka & Kyoto yg puanas sumuk sebelumnya, jadi agak salah kostum. Sempat hujan gerimis sedikit, jadi ada alasan beli jas hujan :)) Tapi kepake banget lho jasnya selama kita di Tokyo. Paling murah juga, ¥100 yen. Malamnya malah sempat nggak enak badan karena masuk angin. Selain karena kena gerimis, juga berangin, dan malamnya kurang tidur pas di...