"Aspire to inspire before you expire"

- Ryan Seacrest via @annsafira

Well hello!

Besides the indescribable mood, my eyes start to turn to the normal size. I even caught my self smile a few times today, but still have no intention to talk about Sunday to anyone. I gained my appetite & lost the attention of any text that comes up on my phone. Never thought losing a camera will turned me even worse than losing a boyfriend years a go. Then again, i wanna share stories to you—about last experiences that my Sony Cybershot S-390 captured. Okay, here it is.

Idea Fest 2011, JCC Senayan

I already heard about this event months a go, yet don't have any intention to go since the ticket is quite expensive. Thank God, i won a free ticket for one session workshop from Indonesian Future Leader. It was one great experience. Came there expecting to meet Ina, Della, Dara and familiar faces--i ended up with meeting Samia, a friend from Young on Top CA and other new mates in one group. The workshop is about online business & investment. We divided into groups then after a brief presentation from Anthony Lim & David Wayne Ika, we start working our business plan.

I learned many things that day. Even they only present a very brief presentation, i still got their point. Being creative is not only about innovation, but also about working in limitation. He said, there's nothing new under the sun. It's about how loud you scream and how different with others. He continue with common things that you might already heard about how to be creative. This time, the idea is specific to online business. Fyi, i've never been intended to be an entrepreneur. I always dream to be a professional. Less risk, i think.

That day, they changed my mind or at least opened a new perspective about creative entrepreneurship. A new perspective about how fun making your idea in to reality, with money as reward. They opened my eyes about several things like to steal, not copy. To trust others, cause you need partner. To write everything down and to make it simple. One thing for sure, perfection is just a state. It's okay to make mistakes.

The most important thing that i learned that day is to make it happen. An idea is just an idea as long as it's still idea. It's nothing until you force your self to make it true.

I don't know what the future might bring, but being an entrepreneur still far from my dream. I only have a new perspective that it might not be a really bad idea. That day we made "kasikado.com" as our project. All of us were so proud about it. Funny things about the project is, i thought i'd be useless. But i did contribute! Even inserting psychological aspect in our business, as a differentiation with others. Yayness. Here it is.

At the end of the day, i thank God a lot for proven me wrong. I thought it's impossible to make friends in 4 hours. My group did it, i barely knew them on that day except Samia. Some of them gave me their business card which is uber cool & the rest of us exchange numbers, bb pin & other social networks. Making new friends are always awkward at first, but mostly i ended up happy. One of them, Fira even drive me to a family dinner in Gandaria. Something that i'm not expect from strangers who became a friend of mine by now.

This new world with exciting youngsters who have same interest with me is pretty exciting. I know they beyond far from me, but knowing them in person already made me learn & had lots of fun. Hopefully i got a chance to meet them again, or new people even more.

Happy holiday,

Clarissa Rizky