30 Hari Tanpa Social Media: Waras atau Gila?

Media Sosial: Lingkaran tiada akhir

Buka Facebook, scrolling di News Feed untuk mengecek sudah ada berita terbaru atau artikel terbaru apa lagi yang sedang viral, lucu, atau seru untuk di-share. Bosan, pindah ke aplikasi Path, biasanya ada meme terbaru yang menggoda hati untuk di repath, mulai dari yang berbau politik sampai yang berbau praktik bullying terhadap orang-orang jomblo dan orang-orang yang tinggal di dekat matahari (kalau anda punya Path pasti ngerti maksud saya). Setelah Path sudah habis dibaca-baca, pindah ke Twitter untuk melihat ada quote-quote apa yang bisa diretweet. Masih bosan? Pindah lagi ke Instagram untuk sekedar nge-like foto-foto makanan yang cantik dan rata-rata harganya setara uang kos sebulan, sambil nge-post foto-foto yang bisa kita kasih hashtag #latepost atau #throwback atau #foodporn.

Hidup yang bergantung pada Timeline

Sepertinya hidup orang-orang di zaman sekarang ini tidak pernah lepas dari social media. Sudah kronis ketergantungannya. Hal ini membawa saya kembali pada sebuah fenomena mengejutkan yang saya temukan di tahun 2014 silam. Saat itu, saya pergi bersama beberapa rekan kerja untuk melakukan consumer visit di pinggiran kota yang bertujuan mengetahui kebiasaan ibu rumah tangga dalam menggunakan teknologi digital dan berbelanja kebutuhan sehari-hari. Di sana, saya berkesempatan mewawancarai seorang ibu rumah tangga, sebut saja Ibu Ani. Ibu Ani mengurus rumah tangga dan dua orang anak, sedangkan suaminya mencari nafkah sebagai satpam gedung dan kuli bangunan di sela-sela waktunya. Rumah yang mereka tinggali bisa dibilang sangat kecil, cenderung kotor dan kurang terawat. Alat-alat elektronik penting yang dapat membantu kegiatan rumah tangga Ibu Ani sehari-hari, seperti televisi dan mesin cuci, sudah rusak dan belum juga direparasi. Alat transportasi yang digunakan keluarga mereka sehari-hari, yaitu sebuah sepeda motor, masih belum lunas cicilan.
Lalu, tiba-tiba ibu Ani membuat saya merasa seakan tersambar petir saat dia mengutarakan ke saya bahwa dia paling tidak bisa hidup tanpa telepon genggamnya, sebuah Blackberry Gemini. Saya tanya, mengapa? Karena melalui BB Gemini ini, ia dapat mengakses Facebook untuk berkomunikasi dengan teman-teman arisan atau pengajian sekampung. Saat butuh hiburan, ibu ini membaca guyonan-guyonan ala Betawi yang ada di halaman Facebook yang ia sukai. Tidak heran saat rekan saya memberikan pertanyaan follow-up, "Hadiah apa yang ibu harapkan dari kemasan cairan pencuci piring?" Ibu Ani tidak menjawab mobil, perhiasan, atau rumah. Terpatri di ingatan, ekspresi wajah Ibu Ani saat menjawab dengan malu-malu "Pulsa, mbak. Supaya saya bisa beli paket data."

Melangkah keluar dari zona nyaman

Fenomena seperti ini yang lalu membuat saya mempertanyakan diri saya sendiri, kemudian merasa tertantang untuk untuk menguji diri saya sendiri.

Makanya, saat sahabat saya tiba-tiba bilang "Bisa nggak, cuma menggunakan 2 jenis social media dalam waktu sebulan?" , dalam hati saya menjawab, "Kenapa tidak sekalian saja hidup tanpa social media  dalam waktu sebulan?" I  mean, why not? sepertinya akan jadi pengalaman yang seru. Serta merta saya menjawab, "Ok, I'm in!" dan petualangan baru pun dimulai.

Prosesnya..

Memulai komitmen iseng tapi menantang yang saya sudah tentukan ini, akhirnya saya menghapus/uninstall seluruh aplikasi social media yang saya miliki. Iya, semuanya. Facebook, Path, Twitter, dan Instagram, Tapi ini bukan berarti saya boleh mengakses social media tersebut menggunakan komputer/desktop.

Let me tell you, seminggu pertama hidup saya tanpa social media bisa dikatakan cukup menarik. Kedua jempol yang punya muscle memory sangat hebat ini biasanya akan secara otomatis meng-unlock smartphone saya dan membuka folder "Social Media" dan menemukan bahwa... tidak ada aplikasi social media. Kemudian suatu pagi yang cerah teman kantor tiba-tiba berkata "Eh net.. Tau nggak video soal bla bla yang lagi heboh banget itu di Facebook?" dan saya cuma bisa bengong karena tidak tahu menahu soal itu. Tidak jarang saya suka merasa gelisah tidak jelas, pori-pori kulit mengeluarkan butir-butir keringat sebesar biji jagung. Belum lagi, tiba-tiba saya terserang bakteri Typhus dan harus menghabiskan waktu sekitar 10 hari di rumah untuk melakukan istirahat penuh. Sempurna sudah penderitaanku, pikir saya.

Namun dengan semangat yang membara dan motivasi yang ditinggi-tinggikan, saya mencari cara untuk menggantikan "hiburan-hiburan" sehari-hari yang sekarang statusnya di-banned ini. Masa sih, hidup kebahagiaan saya hanya bergantung pada social media? 

Jadi, setelah riset mendalam perenungan sejenak, saya menemukan hal-hal yang dapat saya lakukan:

1. Memperkaya ilmu melalui video di YouTube

No, I was not cheating. YouTube bukan social media (untungnya bukan) jadi saya masih bisa menikmati nonton video-video musik, talkshow, movie trailers, dan sebagainya. Sebagian waktu yang saya habiskan saat menonton Youtube juga memberikan saya banyak pengetahuan, seperti tutorial memasak, Do It Yourself, dan masih banyak lagi. Tidak lagi mengherankan kalau saya bisa menemukan berbagai macam konten video yang berguna di sini, karena mesin pencarian milik Youtube adalah yang terbesar kedua setelah mesin pencarian Google.

2. Download apps portal berita (Kompas, DetikCom, Flipboard) dan mulai membaca

Teman-teman saya mengira saya kesambet saat memergoki saya membaca sebuah artikel berita melalui salah satu aplikasi pembaca berita yang saya install sebagai pengganti aplikasi social media, Flipboard. Wajar saja mereka hampir kejang-kejang dengan mulut berbusa, wong biasanya mata saya terpaku berjam-jam pada layar hp untuk melihat dan mengomentari kegiatan orang lain di lini masa. Tapi kebiasaan baru ini lebih-lebih merupakan eye opener bagi saya. Saya menyadari, topik-topik tertentu yang sedang hot di social media agak, atau bahkan sangat patut dipertanyakan kebenarannya. Artikel dengan sumbernya yang seringkali tidak terpercaya terkadang justru lebih mudah tersebar secara viral karena mengandung unsur-unsur yang fantastis, mengejutkan, sulit dipercaya, dan sangat menarik untuk dibagikan untuk menjadi bahan obrolan bersama teman-teman. Mulut pun rasanya gatal ingin berkata, "Eh lo tau nggak siiih...?". And, you have that share button on your fingertips.

Social media meningkatkan keingintahuan besar akan hal-hal baru dan terkini, namun sayangnya juga membudayakan kebiasaan membaca tidak baik yang diadaptasi sebagian besar anak muda saat ini : TL;DR, alias Too long, did not read. 

Menurut saya sih, budaya TL;DR ini sudah bertransformasi artinya menjadi Too Lazy, Did not read, karena ketidakakuratan informasi yang diserap bukan hanya disebabkan malas membaca artikel terlalu panjang, tapi juga malas melakukan verifikasi kebenaran sumber berita atau konten artikel yang dibaca.

Berkat membaca artikel-artikel berita alih-alih menyimak timeline di social media, ternyata literasi media saya jadi sedikit banyak lebih terasah. Amin.

3. Fokus pada diri sendiri

Jangan salah, terlepas dari dunia social media awalnya memang menyiksa jiwa dan raga, mungkin ibarat berusaha lepas dari kecanduan obat-obatan terlarang. Lho, saya nggak bercanda, belakangan ini ketakutan yang disebut Fear of Missing Out, yaitu rasa takut tertinggal, baik itu ketinggalan berita terbaru sampai takut kehilangan kesempatan mengaktualisasikan diri, melanda sebagian besar generasi muda di Indonesia dan dunia internasional. Saya yakin sebagian besar pembaca pernah terpengaruh publikasi teman di sosial media, misalnya membandingkan keadaan diri, pencapaian pribadi, atau jadi terlalu lama merenung (kadang cenderung meratapi) dan bertanya "Apakah saya cukup baik? Sepertinya teman-teman saya lebih baik, lebih bahagia.." dan lebih sebagainya.

Mengambil istirahat dari pemakaian social media menjadi langkah baru yang saya ambil untuk melakukan apa yang penting namun saya sering lupakan, yaitu menjadi diri saya sendiri dan mensyukuri (mensyukuri ya, bukan nyukurin) apa yang saya miliki. 

Teman punya mobil baru? Liburan ke luar negeri setiap minggu? Terus kenapa? Saya nggak perlu secara konstan berusaha membuktikan kepada orang lain bahwa saya bahagia. Feeling content with myself is enough.

4. Spending time with those who matter

Berikut ini pertanyaan refleksi, yang bisa anda jawab dalam hati: seberapa sering anda merespon percakapan dengan teman, keluarga, dan orang-orang tersayang anda tanpa melepaskan pandangan dari layar smartphone? Andai hal ini adalah sebuah perbuatan kriminal yang melanggar hukum, mungkin sebenarnya saya sendiri sudah keluar masuk penjara, bahkan dihukum seumur hidup. Mungkin benar kata orang bahwa social media itu mendekatkan yang jauh dan menjauhkan yang dekat. Ironisnya, hal ini sudah menjadi makanan sehari-hari.

Selama saya 'puasa' social media (dan waktu itu sakit typhus), saya menjadi lebih observant terhadap hal-hal sekitar dan lebih berusaha menjadi pendengar yang lebih baik terhadap orang-orang terdekat saya, karena saya nggak sibuk sendiri mengurusi 'kepoan' di social media. Singkat cerita, tali silaturahmi jadi semakin terjaga karena waktu yang kita habiskan dengan orang-orang yang kita sayangi menjadi lebih berkualitas. See how changing one small thing could create a big impact. Even better, a positive one.

Setelah hari ke 30..

Saya merasa terlahir kembali. Nggak, deng. 

Setelah melewati hari demi hari tanpa social media, saya mencapai suatu konklusi. Social media is social media, therefore it should not be less or more than that. 

Menggunakan media sosial memang asyik dan memudahkan kita untuk melakukan banyak hal (selayaknya fungsi sebuah bentuk teknologi) mulai dari komunikasi, mengabadikan momen-momen berharga dalam hidup, sampai mengakses informasi. Namun, social media tidak seharusnya mendikte bagaimana kita menjalani hidup, apalagi kalau sampai membuat kita merasa kurang berharga akibat perbandingan-perbandingan tidak berdasar. Sesuai dengan namanya, Social media adalah sebuah media. Jika social media adalah ribuan halaman kosong di mana semua orang dapat menuliskan ceritanya masing-masing, anda salah satu penulisnya. Have fun writing your own life.

A Few Life Lessons I've Got from Writing Thesis

Reading time: 5 minutes

For the last 2 weeks me and my fellow thesis fighters were trying to finish our thesis. And so we submitted our thesis 2 days ago. Finally!

I wanted to tell you all the details of how we survived the wrath of thesis (technically, not yet because I haven't gone through my thesis defense, but i think thesis submission counts as one phase of "The Wrath of Thesis"). But then I figured that it would be a lot more interesting if I also share the life lessons I got from this 6-month torture process of thesis writing.

 Just so you know, the life lessons I have got are worth it.

1. Setting a clear goal

My thesis would have been messed up if we (me and my thesis group) did not have any clear goal apart of getting our thesis done. We aimed to create a useful application, to learn as much as we could in the process, and to give our all until the thesis defense day comes. We have made a lot of decisions based on that goal, like deciding our thesis topic and choosing the lecturer who gives us guidance, as a start. Without that clear goal we would have got  lost in the process.

I realize that it works the same way in life. When you're not sure what you're fighting for and why you're doing what you're doing, you would not be able to do it right. Don't do it at all if you don't mean it.

2. Taking challenges one step at a time

In writing thesis, you are required to have the eye for details, even if you really don't. That's what happened to me. It seems that there's always gonna be another mistake or misplacement and another numbers of imperfection. I have to face so many challenges that sometimes I feel overwhelmed. 

But that's life too. You will never get rid of all problems. Life is not problem-free (here i am stating the obvious). What we can do instead is facing all of them patiently. Don't be afraid to take the steps. 

I have come to a realize that getting started is often the hardest part, but when we decide to just deal with it and start working, it will make us feel a lot better because we can see the progress we have. That content feeling drives us to continue with our work and perform better.

3. Staying out of unnecessary rage

Frustration would get its grip on me when things don't happen as I expected, or when I couldn't get an approval I had thought I deserved (yes, I am talking about bunch of revisions here).

In life we would be tempted to complain and complain whenever we don't get the things we want to get. Believe me (and believe yourself), you'll get there. What would make it harder for you to get what you want is unnecessary amount of rage and complaints. It really does nothing but getting in your way of achieving your goals.

4. Small things matter

Let me tell you, the process of writing thesis has really taught me a lot about life. In my post last month,  I have discussed about how small things matter but we don't have to sweat over every small stuff. In this particular case (i mean writing thesis), it clearly shows how small things really matter. 

I watched a group's thesis defense a few days ago, and it was hard to watch because they did not pay attention on small things they should know, as simple as the background of their work.

Same thing goes with your life. How can you create big things if you cannot even prove that you can handle the small things?

If we don't really care about small things and decide to just leave them there, it means we're not ready to take over the big stuff. Don't even try. Everything starts small, and when it turns big, it doesn't leave the small things behind to keep growing.

5. Team work

While this "thesis team" thing doesn't make sense to a lot of other universities and faculties (Some have said that working on thesis in a team just makes it a lot worse and harder), it's also something that i am actually grateful for. Writing thesis in a team has taught me about the importance of team work. Another obvious statement, right? But it's a lot trickier than it sounds. I have seen some friendships and relationships end during team thesis writing, and I am not joking. Maintaining relationships under the pressure of thesis are challenging.

Working in a team with 2 friends of mine has taught me a lot of things about myself. From one person, I learned about how a great learning habit is very positively impactful, from another I learned about how dealing with challenges is best done by getting started right away and staying focused. I'm sure it's no coincidence that I ended up being in the thesis team with them, why? Because these qualities are exactly the things I still need to improve.

Both of them also have different personalities from mine, and I learned to work by understanding how they work, so we can work together. The dynamic of a team is a life simulation. No matter what, we always have to deal with different kinds of people.

So, those are the 5 life lessons that I have got only from writing a thesis. How about you? Do you have your own ideas of how thesis writing changed your perspectives, or perhaps, changed your life?

Until next time.

Do All Kinds of Small Stuff Matter?

Reading time: 3-5 minutes


It was raining for the whole day, and if I wanted to just snuggle with my pillows all day like I usually do, I could have done it. But I didn't, and I learned quite a few things. Here's my random rant about it.



One of my best buddies is having his birthday today, and he invited me to have lunch together, also with the other good friends of mine. The weather sucks thesedays, so much that it rains almost everyday. I was home, and my house is quite far from where we wanted to eat.
My friend told me not to push it, because he also thought that it would take more effort just to arrive there.

Feeling more energetic and less lazy than usual, i took a bus. On my trip to the bus stop, it was raining heavily and I didn't bring my umbrella. So the rain got me wet and cold. I decided not to sweat it, rainy days are just rainy days, i would have turned a rainy day into a sucky day if i started complaining, i thought.

Having arrived too early, it was 2 hours earlier than the time that we agreed on. We were planning to meet at 2 pm, and it was still 12 pm. I forgot to have any breakfast, so i walked to JCo Donuts and ordered a cronuts, probably meant to be the cousin of donut. And so I enjoyed the cronut with a glass of hot chocolate (medium size, because the J.Co lady only offered me to choose medium or large while they actually have the small sized drink. Smart girl). It was quite an expensive breakfast, and usually I would complain about it. But the cronut tasted great. Once again, my day was saved.

Still waiting for my friends, I walked to the book store. For me, a book store is the only place where you can feel least guilty when you're not buying anything. Just my personal choice for waiting or wasting time. Reading books would never be a waste of time, wouldn't it?

Waiting and waiting. It was 2.30 pm already and my friends hadn't showed up. I was not hungry because the cronuts filled me up, but for some reasons i kinda wanted to not tolerate this lateness. Then i stopped to think. Why should I be upset? I've been here for 2,5 hours,and they've only been late for half an hour. It's probably my fault for arriving here way too early anyway. So, I waited for another half an hour and my friends finally showed up. We ended up having a late lunch in a sushi restaurant. Fyi, sushi is one of my favourite food. My day, once again, was saved, because I chose not to react directly to what was potentially ruining my mood.

I had to go straight back home after the get-together, and tomorrow I need to go back to my boarding house, so I left earlier. It was 5 PM and still, it was raining heavily. As I have mentioned before, i didn't have my umbrella with me, so I was quite soaked while waiting for the bus to come. I thought, hey, I did have a great time, why complain? Suddenly I realized that a quite good looking foreigner was also waiting for a bus. Quite a view. The waiting suddenly didn't feel like it took as long as it actually was.
Then the bus came, and in silence I thanked the guy for saving my day.

In the bus running through the heavy rain, I realized that my phone's battery had only 4% power left. Usually, I kill time by listening to music. But I couldn't count on it at that time. The bus musicians (what's the english word for 'pengamen'?)came and I prayed, this better be good.
What happened next is my jaw dropping. The guy was so good at singing and his choice of songs were just perfect. I was observing this man while he was singing. He really enjoyed singing every single song and gave his all to them. Oh, irony. I remembered watching those so-called singers on TV, becoming popular from doing lip-syncs live.

My mind wandered and then I realized how unlucky this guy is. I'm sure he knows well how singing from bus to bus wouldn't make a living, but he did it with all his heart. I immediately compared him to the street 'musicians' around my boarding house who don't even care about how they sound like, but still ask for money and get mad if they don't get it. But what made me stunned and amazed (i know it sounds a bit too much, but it's true) is how he passionately sang. It's almost like he could relate to every single song. It wouldn't give him much, but he sang beautifully and with his whole heart.

My heart probably smiled that time. I get it. So that's how it looks like when someone does what he/she loves. I felt overwhelmed with what I saw. Now, I'm excited to know how it feels like if it's ME who does it. Doing what I love, loving what I do. That, is what I'm gonna do.

Always remember that small stuff does matter, but don't always sweat over the small stuff.

There are so many small things that could have ruined my whole day, but I decided not to let them.
There are so many big things that I thought would make me the happiest person on earth, but sometimes happiness comes from small stuff I don't usually bother to look at. Like doing what you love.


And don't forget, all these understandings came to me only because I chose not to snuggle with my bed on a lazy Sunday, like I usually do.

Let's Talk About: Unilever Leadership Internship Program (Selection Phases)

The Starting Line

I realized how (un)creative I have been for these past few months. No blog posts, really!

It's just that I was suddenly reminded of how idealistic I was about blog, thinking that a blog should be either attractive or informative. In fact, I ended up not posting anything because everytime I wanted to post something, a voice in my head would say "Naaaah... it's not useful/informative enough."

But anyways. Those days are over. I'm back.

There have been a lot of things going on lately in my life. Exciting new things, the not-so-exciting ones as well, and just regular activities. My 7th semester classes have just begun.. There will be 4 subjects left to finish.. actually 5 including my thesis.

But what's more exciting to me is my current experience as an intern in Unilever Indonesia. 

There's this program called Unilever Leadership Internship Program where Unilever Indonesia recruits 3rd year (minimum) college students to work as an intern. They have 5 functions available, which are Marketing, Customer Development, Human Resources, Finance, and Supply Chain. 

I knew about this program from a friend (I thank him, really) where he showed me this digital poster about the program from Facebook.

The first time I heard from him about this internship program, I wasn't directly interested because my major is Computer Science. Honestly my mental struggle (I don't know if I'm using the correct word) was that I already felt that I don't belong to the world of programming, but the environment was kinda telling me that I "have to" learn about it. So because of that thought, I was hesitating to take an opportunity to join this internship program (there's no IT-Related function in the program as I stated above), thinking that I was supposed to fill my summer break (semester break) for taking a deeper knowledge about programming and a deeper, much deeper, liking to it.

But then I thought about it again, and I literally opened the website to read about each function, and I was interested into 2 functions : Marketing and HR. Long story short, I applied for those two functions because 

I could choose more than one function as my preference. 

Currently, I'm working as an HR Leadership and Development intern in the ULIP program. How did I get in? I'll share with you.

The Take-Off

There were 4 phases that I went through. Actually you can also find out about it on Unilever's website, but if you wanna know about "the feel" of it according to my perspective, read away.

The first phase is Application form phase. Basically I had to fill in an Application Form. It's like CV Template where I had to fill my personal data (like my full name, address, phone number, and etc), but in the form there were also Essay questions to be answered. To tell you the truth, I spent a few days to think about what I should write to answer them. The questions were "What is your proudest achievements and why?" , "What is your major disappointment so far and why?" , and "What is your most significant leadership experience". Besides the essays, there were also fields that made me think longer, like "Reason of Preference" and "Internship Expectation". Such a thoughtful phase, huh? Looking back, I really think it's important to be honest to yourself on what you write because it reflects how you perceive things. I'm quite a straightforward person so I don't really put "flowers" on my writing. I decided to be honest about my expectations and thoughts about the program. Oh, but of course in any kinds of application form you have to "sell" your experience and achievements. It's a competition, after all.

The second phase is numerical and logical reasoning online test. It was the first time of my life (sounds exaggerating, yeah) that I had to take those kinds of test. I had no idea what those were, and now that I think about it, I was so excited that I didn't even do any research about the tests before I took them.

My suggestion would be : do the research and practice, don't be too ignorant or too excited like I was. 

In Numerical Reasoning test you'll face questions which requires you to analyze either a data presented in tables or graphs. Using a calculator is allowed (but then again, I only used my laptop's calculator. BAD IDEA. Using a real calculator is recommended.). In Logical Reasoning tests, you will be facing a lot of patterns which requires you to think more logically, so you can complete sequences of logically correct patterns. If you're asking my opinion, for a first timer, with no exercise or such thing, it was quite hard and nerve-wrecking. Thankfully I made it through to the next phase,

which is Focus Group Discussion.

In Focus Group Discussion, you will be facing a business case in a group. In my case, it was 9 people. We were given time to read the business case covering the fields of all 5 functions' perspectives (HR, Marketing, Supply Chain, Customer Development, and Finance's ). Then discuss about the case and its solutions in the group. The FGD was supervised by 2 managers. In my opinion, the objective of this FGD phase is to examine and discover how each candidate interacts with people, express their opinions, and contributes in a problem-solving discussion. 

To tell you the truth I wasn't really confident in this phase, because I had failed before in FGD phase of another program I applied to. After going through the FGD phase, It made me realized what I'm still lacking of as a discussion member. Quite a few lessons were learned at that time and I wasn't really happy with how I was performing, although I was still secretly hoping that I would pass to the interview phase.

Then I got in. Heart attack.

The final phase is... the Interview!

In this phase, there were 4 people left. I was glad and relieved that I got in, but I was suddenly reminded of the things my fellow candidates were chatting about before we started the FGD. It was the "I heard they will only choose one person to be the intern for this function" discussion. Challenging? Very much, yes. Discouraging? Could be. But there's really nothing to lose so I just went in there and tried my best. Speaking of the interview, I'd like to elaborate more here. You might be wondering about it, or questions like "Was it an intimidating interview?" "How do you think you did in the interview?" might have popped out as you're reading this post. I can describe the interview with two words. The word is SURPRISINGLY FUN.

"Fun? Are you kidding me? It's a freaking interview!" you might think. But yes, all of the paradigms about intimidating and nerve-wrecking interviews all went poof right when the interview started. It was more like a conversation rather than an interview. It was fun to describe myself to the two managers, and it triggered various questions in my head, from what I expect in the program, what I love doing, why I chose Marketing and HR, to the ultimate issue: what I really wanna do in life (still trying to figure it out, by the way). I was happy with the interview, but I had no idea if I did the interview right from the interviewers' perspectives. The interviewers also gave me helpful feedbacks about how I did in the FGD and how they think of me. Good stuff.

Waiting for the interview results, we were in the "quarantine room" where I could chat with the fellow candidates and even took pictures together. Surprisingly (in a good way) it didn't feel as intimidating as I thought it would be with the other candidates. It was another thing that I like from the whole FGD and Interview process.

They didn't announce who pass the interview right after the interviews were done (made me even more curious and kinda scared hahah). I got home with a goodie bag filled with Unilever Products and a handful of hope.

A Handful of Hope

Funny thing, I got fever for the rest of the day right after I got home. Turned out I forgot to have any meal or water until I got home(nervous much?maybe).

A few days later, I got an email that says:

I felt...

And then I skipped the medical check up to start the internship right away.

JK.

I had my medical checkup and was officially accepted as an intern in Unilever Leadership Internship Program 2013.

So that's the my story of Unilever Leadership Internship Program's application phases that I experienced.

Thanks for taking your time to read this long post. In the future I'll probably post about my fun and challenging experience as an intern in Unilever Indonesia, so stay tune :)