It was long time ago my friend, Irma suggested to watch this movie, but I never realized it until my sister copied that movie to my laptop with a gazilion words telling that the movie is so me. They said that I'm a shopaholic so that I need to watch this movie for curing. Lol. I've questioned myself many times whether I'm a shopaholic or not. And the answer was a big big no. I like to do window shopping (and yes, shoping some times). I do shoopping when I'm in a very stucked with my job (or yes my feeling some time). And note it; I only shop when I found a very sexy and nice jeans from Levi's or nudie. And yes, very sexy bermuda or undie (undie is human right anyway. That's why I always wonder when there is a man with a daddy-used-to-be-white undie under their pants. Oh, come on, get enlightment guys!). And also very good fragrance. Okey, I'm too much about this part. It's just a personal side of me. We will not discuss about it.
Back to the "confension of shopaholic". I love the charachter of Rebecca Bloomwood. One schene that I really like is when ... And Luke were in the Gala Dinner. And Bloomingwood told the big boss of a big bank that his bank is very boring. Everyone on the spot was shocked of that bare words to the boss. She suggested to put the umbrella in front of the bank window and give the discount for administration payment to attract the customers. Surprisingly, the bank’s big boss like the idea. What I got from that short dialogue is about little things that usually forgotten. A feeling.
Putting umbrella is aimed to give a customer a good feeling so that they'll be attracted to come to the bank. And the sale or discount give the feeling to the customer that the product is cheap eventhough in logical thought it's not that cheap. These feeling enhancements lead you to the trance condition and then lead you to buy without thinking. It works that simple.
Last month was my birthday. And Christian, my lovely Abang come for a late birthday present. We have had a holiday together. He came along with a very nice book for another present. I felt in love with the book in a first sight. I spontaneously loove the book becouse of the cover's colour; shocking orange. It attracted me to directly open the first page and started reading. I'm sure if the book got a bad colour I would not that interested and enthusiastic to read. And in addition, I was happy to read becouse it was a birthday present. It's about the feeling.
Another story. I and my Abang was bored with the hotel we had been staying in for days. We intended to change. So, there we were, on the motorbike finding the comfortable hotel. The first hotel I stopped, I directly said no becouse the waiter didn't give me even a single smile eventhough the hotel got cheap price. The waiter's response lead me to a bad feeling. Instead of thinking that a hotel got a pretty cheap price, I walked away becouse I did,t feel confortable. Believe me, there is no single normal person in this world want to stay in a free hotel with everyday unconvenient and uncomfortable feeling. It's about feeling. Little things with big effect.
This morning we were sitting for breakfst in the swimmingpool side after an exhausting trip to Ubud a day before. The waiter got us two big white ceramic pot of coffee. One teko for each. A pot contains of about five cup of coffee. The coffee directly wiped away the bad feeling I have about the hotel becouse they provide a not really nice shower room. I was mumbling about it. But these pots of coffee enhance the hotel level from bad to the not so bad.
Yesterday, we had been in Ubud for a quick visit. Staying there in the what people called a heart of Bali a two days and a night. The accomodation we got was more then expected. A small-six rooms cozy guesthouse with very well arrangement backyard and a big balcony with a free view to the paddy fields and of course with lot of kamboja trees, my favourite flover ever. More then anything, the owner knows how to pemper the customer so well. It's like the popped-up famously boys band lyric which I don't like becouse I'm not into boysband; I know you so well or in singaporean version, I know you so well lah. Actually the gusthouse didn't really put us as a upper-ordinant or superior position. They consider us as a friend. The owner talked to us like a friend. She tried to build the feeling of being a friend. Small things that lead me to volunterily wanted to promote this guest house. So guys, If once you visit Ubud, do stay there in Kudos Guesthouse. Situated in the top of the hill in the middle of rice field make this place is the best accomodation to enjoy the peace ambience and feeling of being Balinese. It's not so far from Ubud Palace and Rio Helmi's photography gallery.
If you are a boss in a company or a leader in an organization, you can create the comforty feeling for your people by saying thanks to appreciate them, saying sorry if you think you put them in unconvenient situation, taking them to a coffee shop once, or gifting them a chocholate or your homemade carrot cake for the one or who you feel supported you in your work. Simple and appliable things with the gig effect; you'll get a loyal and productive employees. Let them know that you are care. Put them in a good feeling.
These idea is a common dayly little things that effect big things. Tom Peters proposes in his Little Big Things that 'the toughest part of this message is that to do much with the idea, you need an attitude. For me, attitude is, putting others in the way you want others to put you. That's all.
Double Six Beach, 11-11-11
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