First impression about SAP: am not interested in it, at all, hehe… aplgi jadi prosesornya (org yg masuk2in datanya), atw analyst-nya atw basisnya (org yg suka install2, mungkin adminnya jg kali ya). Mungkin kalo jadi ABAPernya, tertarik, krn konon katanya bayarannya mahal, prospek ke depannya bagus krn SAP terus berkembang n sedang banyak2nya perusahaan yg baru/akan/sedang mengimplementasikannya. Tapi yaa..kalo jdi ABAPer, ya harus nyemplung bener2 (worst than processor, hehe..).

Tapi nasib berkata lain..

Setelah 2 minggu latihan2 ttg input2 di SAP (yg bikin aq jdi punya istilah baru di kantor krn pngin cpt2 selesai n pulang: “Setengah Ampat Pulang”), trnyata ni perusahaan butuh org bwt implementasi SAP Business Object (salah satu aplikasi BI/Business Intelligence, produknya Business Object yg dibeli oleh SAP). Mmh… apapun yg berhubungan dgn SAP, sepertinya aq sudah kehilangan chemistry-nya, ga minta gitu, hehe..tpi setelah liat produk yg satu ini, hmm… cukup menantang laah, lumayan bisa belajar produk barunya SAP. Apalagi disini blum banyak jg yg bisa, so.. aq ambil lah kesempatan langka ini.

Konon katanya, SAP BO ini digunakan untuk kebutuhan analisa data yang nantinya berguna untuk menentukan langkah-langkah bisnis perusahaan. Nah, salah satu fitur dari SAP BO ini adalah Xcelsius, yg digunakan untuk membangun sebuah dashboard. Ada juga yg namanya Crystal Report, mungkin udah pd familiar dgn produk yg satu ini, ada lagi namanya Web Intelligence (ini seh udah mangstab bgt deh..). Kesemuanya itu harus aq pelajari dlm waktu beberapa bulan ini. Okay.. let see..

Bulan pertama ‘n kedua, aq berkutat di Xcelsius. Sekilas ttg Xcelsius, mmh… tools seperti crystal report, desain bwt report gtu (drag n drop), tpi ada excelnya di bawahnya, bwt define datanya (yg ditarik dr SAP), trus kalo dah beres, hasil akhirnya digenerate ke SWF dan bisa jg diekspor ke tipe lain. Bisa diliat screenschotnya di bawah bwt yg pngin tau :p

Belajar Xcelsius cukup mudah, no coding, tpi hrs excel banget krn ngolah datanya di excel..dan hasilnya..mmh, cukup memuaskan :p
sayangnya blum bs ditampilin di produknya A**LE, krn tipe SWF, hehe.. jdi msh menunggu A**LE untuk memperbolehkan aplikasi2 yg berbau flash untuk dijalankan di ipad. Kalo ngga juga, yaa…terpaksa harus menyarankan para ‘petinggi’ untuk pindah ke S*MSU** dgn Androidnya, hehe…

more about Xcelsius

I learned a lot of things here..
First week at cibodas, cianjur.. ‘Welcome to Kawah Candradimuka’. It’s kinda military exercise, “Melatih Sikap Mental dan Disiplin”. Sleep at a camp -it’s solo camp, one camp one person, so scary..- wake up every 4 a.m, and do the things that makes your body, brain, and heart works harder than usual (is it sounds too much?). Yaah, the first week was very awsome. I can feel my body gets slimmer :p

Next one week, back to the dorm.. learned about coorporate things for a week, and now.. i study englist, especially business english, for a month, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, and it’s 5 weeks..and the teacher is a native, bule..from texas, USA..hmm..beautiful..it’s hard to understand what he mean every time he speak, sleepy everyday, hungry every afternoon, and lose my concentration every evening.. it’s completely like that everyday..
that’s bad.. hopefuly i can fix it all before it finished at the 5th week..

Ky aq skarang, hard to believe (terdengar lebay kah?)..kalo kmaren slama 2 bulan bisa mengunjungi beberapa tempat di indonesia, n pastinya..gratissss, he2..(jiwa mahasiswanya keluar..), malah dapet duit, hihi..nikmatnya hidup ini, alhamdulillaaaah..
kesempatan keliling indo pun berawal dari tempat kerjaku yg mengharuskan qt pergi untuk menyosialisasikan (atau mensosialisasikan?) sebuah software yang telah dikembangkan oleh tim developer (salah satunya aq) tempat aq bekerja skarang.

Perjalanan berawal dari kota yang dekat: Bandung. 4 hari 3 malam, lumayan untuk menikmati satu sisi kota Bandung. Masalah pekerjaan, beresss..tidak menguras energi terlalu banyak, setiap hari, cuma duduk, kadang jadi trainer, kadang bantu2 kalo ada proses instalasi yg error, kadang cuma mendengarkan rekan satu tim berbicara di depan, sampai ketiduran, hahaha…such a great job, he2..Masalah yg lain, cukup menyenangkan, tinggal di hotel berbintang (uhuuy..kapan lagiii?), deket mall pula, tidur lumayan enak (meskipun kadang begadang krn benerin bug yg baru ketemu pas training), makan terjamin, transport terjamin, hmm..beautiful days deeh..ga kerasa dah harus pulang balik aja ke jkt, but the trip’s not over yet..we have another trip, hehe..

Next trip, to Semarang..and one thing that i can’t 4get til now, that’s my first flight ever, hehe..(noraks yaa..) biarin, yg penting ada kenangannya..deg2an pasti, mulai dari naek bis damri di gambir dah kerasa deg2annya (lebaaay..) hehehe…pas mu take off serasa naek apaaa gitu (lgi naek pesawat kyanya), aplgi dah di atas, hmm..perasaan mu jatoh aja, heuheu..ga kerasa, 1 jam kurang, dah landing aja..but overall, it was a nice flight, thank God..kurang lbh 3 hari di Semarang, nginep di hotel, teuteup..deket ama mall, hehe..cukup menyenangkan, dan sempat mengunjungi salah satu objek wisata di kota tsb, apa ituuu? ehehe, Lawang Sewu pastinya..meskipun dikunjungi waktu siang hari, tpi tetep aja..kerasa horor, hahaha..apalagi malem, hhhh..yg pasti, have fun all day deh..and next..

Story goes..

still have another trip to Surabaya, trus ke luar pulau yg selalu ingin aq kunjungi, akhirnyaaa…Baliiii..wonderful..
but not now..to be continued..

Hhh…my supervisor advice me to downgrade my OS, from Windows 7 to Windows XP/Vista..Hah? install ulang? Oh no…ho oh, soale kalo di windows XP/Vista tu aplikasi baik2 aj..ok, start thinking..i think i have an idea, gmn kalo coba pake VirtualBox? okay..let’s try!

Then i installed my VirtualBox an succeed..yeeeeee!! ga ada susah2nya sm skali, halaaah…gaiya..i can open my project perfectly, no errorr..n then continue my tasks on that project..
Shari, 2 hari.. berlalu..bersama VBox, bgitu cepat, but i think, i have a problem with this VBox..hmm..yup, u know, everytime i want to use my files or folders at my host OS (Windows7), i have to copy that to my flash drive, n then paste that on my guest OS (WindowsXP), bcoz at that time, i have no idea how to share folder n files between host and guest OS..

Hmm..dpikir2, psti bisa share folder gtu..then i looked at the right bottom of VirtualBox window..its icon indicates the activity of shared folders..n there were no shared folders..uhmm..brati bs tuh dtambahin shared folder, then spontaneously i clicked the icon, muncul sbuah window..hmm, i had no idea, hrus diapain tu window..then i closed it, males..huh..

Bberapa menit kmudian..hmm..why don’t you try to Googling?ahahaha..bodoh..akhirnya..ketemulah..how to share folders between Windows 7 as host and Windows XP/Vista as guest..ok, i like it, let’s get started..jdi smangat nih..

Then i want to tell you my experience about sharing folder between those two OS:
I found article n then i follow the instruction..

1. Create a new folder on host OS, called “Shared”, ok..aq ikutin, same name, same location..berhasil! it’s easy..
   

   New Folder

2. Right Click the Shared Folder option in VirtualBox , ok..DONE!
   

   Right Click Shared Folder

3. Click the “Add Folder” icon and click “Other..” under Folder Path, ok..not a big problem..i did it..and Locate the “Shared” folder you made on your desktop and click OK, Choose if you want to make it read only or permanent, and click OK and OK. Your shared folder is now set up in VirtualBox.. hmm..ga sulit laah..ok ok..OK..
   
4. Now to get Windows XP to recognise the folder. Press the Windows Key + R (or go to Start –> Run) and type “cmd”..gampang laah..
   
5. Type the following command: “net use x: \\vboxsvr\Shared” and press enter. (Replace X with your own drive letter and Shared with the other folder name if required)..
   i did it..
   

it’s not ok, error! what? i even use the same location, named the same folder name..why??? look at this error


hahaha…gtau deh knapa tu error..coba googling..baca2..ada yg ktanya gara2 Network Adapternya brmasalah, File Printer and Sharing, blablabla..hmpir smua dpraktekin, GAGAL..ga ngerti deh..feel deperate..

Iseng2..buka My Computer then..My Network Places -> expand Entire Network -> expand VirtualBox Shared Folder…merasa kaget dengan hasil penemuanku..


WHAAAAT? Trnyata ada disituuuuh..hhh..haru campur bahagia bercampur aduk (lebaaay)..trnyata bisa sharing disituh, bisa diakses, bisa dicpoy, dpaste…everything i can do with that folder! trus ngapain hrus pke Command Prompt dan menulis perintah2 aneh yg mnyebabkan System Error 67 itu?? okay…story’s over now..i can easily map that shared folder to the drive i want..okay..I DID IT! yeeey..i’m happy now



Sgitunya yaa?? hehe..iya..jdi ngrasa o’on sndiri..where have you been? kmane aje? cupu, hohoho.. *malu*

once you get older…
you can’t think anything just as simple,
you can’t make things that easier,
you’re just thinking, it’s all getting complicated

when you get older..
maybe you start worrying about your future,
start worrying about your dreams that you can’t reach,
start worrying about your hopes that disappear slowly,
and start worrying about everything that threaten your life

when you get older..
maybe you start to plan
about opportunity and risk of your life,
about changing your way if it feels hard to make it through
about your career,
the way you get your money,
for saving, shopping, and enjoying your life..
about your love, maybe your marriage,
what kind of man will i marry with?
will he love me so…?
does he want to make a happy family with you?
and a lot of little-complicated thing like that..
you’ll start planning about it..

when you get older..
maybe you start thinking
to have your own way,
to decide what’s best for you,
yah, when you get older..
you’ll start thinking about it

sooner..or later..

and think about life in another world after this world..
just prepare, my friends!