I just arrived back to Jakarta after giving interpretation service in Singapore. I was acting as Interpreter for Japanese – English – Bahasa Indonesia language in “SG 50 Nails Festival”. This is the second time this year that I got job in Singapore.

Throughout my career as a Japanese Interpreter, most of the theme relates with Governmental meeting, Board of Director Meeting, Business Matching, Training, IT Seminar, Medical Seminar and so on. This is actually the first time ever that I got a job about “Nails”, which is quite a girly type of subject. However I found this is another interesting world. At least now whenever someone is talking it, I might know a thing or two. I have learned special terms in the nail industry such as acrylic or gel extension, stone deco art, mixed media art, ribbon, free hands etc.

In the Event, I met the Japanese Legendary in Nails Industry such as Miyuki Kaneko and Eriko Kurosaki. My job is to interpret their Japanese language to English language for the audience during their speech and or when they are asked about comments from the MC. On top of that since I’m also a native Indonesian speaker, I also interpreted a representative from Indonesia during his speech from Bahasa Indonesia to English language. Overall this is another great experience for me wearing Batik (Indonesian Traditional Official clothes) on the stage while delivering interpretation in 3 languages which is Japanese, English and Bahasa Indonesia.

Last but not least, Happy 50^th Anniversary for Singapore!!!

As an Interpreter for Japanese – English – Bahasa, I have been hired in several official events. Some of them were held in another Country. Up to this moment I have been hired in Countries such as Japan, Singapore, Vietnam and of course my own country which is Indonesia. Inside Domestic Indonesia itself I have been hired in several cities such as Jakarta, Jakarta Greater Area (Jabodetabek), Medan, Surabaya and several other minor cities.

Earlier in this month, I need to be in Singapore, Jakarta, Medan, Surabaya within 1 full week. So that’s like 4 Cities and 2 Countries in just only 1 week. Without giving in too much detail about the job itself, what I could disclose here is that the job came from multiple different clients. One of them is hiring me for Interpreting a Japanese Professor in some International Medical Seminar while the other is hiring me for some group Interview for Feasibility Study in Insurance Company.

As we know that every client has their own characteristic. Some were so strict that I was forbidden to have any conversation at all with the Japanese side even though it is a free time. So I can only interact with the Japanese when the Job’s session has begun. It is interesting because mostly other client would want to me interact as much as I could with the Japanese side to make sure the preparation is well made before we hit the scene. As Interpreter we need to be flexible too in order to accommodate the client’s needs, fortunately that is one of my specialty. Not only Interpreting, but sometimes I also add more information based on my experiences and give valuable insight to the clients.  By doing this extra mile effort, I have gained quite a good client’s satisfactions which indirectly relates to many more references and repeat order in both domestic and international clients.

Have you ever lost your stuff in Airport and gotten it back ? In Indonesia, most of us believe that when you lost something in public spaces, then it will be 100% lost without any chances for getting it back. But my story is kind of different.

On May 6^th, 2015 I was heading to Singapore to attend some event. While I was in Jakarta Airport where I must pass the security guard with metal detector, I accidentally forgot to take my wristwatch back after I took it off to get checked in conveyor scanning machine. Although I don’t want to be seemed like making excuses for my clumsiness, I think this definitely has something to do with the fact that I had only less than 3 hours sleep on the night before. Anyway, I was in shocked state inside the plane because I just realized my mistake just a few minutes before the plane was taking off the ground.

After finishing my business in Singapore, I went back again to Jakarta on May 9^th, 2015. So 3 days have passed since I lost the watch. However I did have a strange feeling that somehow the watch will find its way back to me again. Just like the Law of Attraction, when you’re thinking what you want and mixed it with enough believe and positive energy, then the Universe will somehow respond and get you what you wanted.

So after reporting my lost in several security guards, finally I was pointed to some room that has the Lost & Found file reports. You might want to take a mental note on where this place is just in case you need it in the future, it is across the departure gate 3, in a small door where there was a big Soekarno Hatta Airport sign on the side of it. So that is where I got my watch back. I couldn’t believe that I could actually retrieve my watch back. This shows how much the quality has been improved for Soekarno Hatta Jakarta Airport. Although when I was in the room, there were 2 other women that also reporting missing stuff and seemed pretty upset because they couldn’t find it. Well I hope the best for them.

So the moral of the story is, have faith/belief and put your positive energy on something that you want.