Bagaimana Cara Belanja di Amazon?

Kadang kalau mencari barang yang emang ga diproduksi atau diimpor ke Indonesia pasti salah satu cara ya beli online. Situs yang paling sering digunakan ya Amazon.com

Amazon tuh udah didirikan sejak 1994 dan sampai sekarang mereka masih eksis (bahasa gaulnya). Berarti mereka trustworthy kan. Pertamanya mereka emang dibikin ya di US jadi yang paling besar Amazon US. Tapi mereka punya Amazon untuk UK, France, Canada, German, Italia, Spanyol, Australia, Brazil, Jepang, China, India dan Mexico, dan situs untuk Sri Lanka dan negara Asia Tenggara segera menyusul. 

Artikel ini bukan menceritakan pengalaman belanja saya. Sebenarnya saya lagi mencari CD Guardians of the Galaxy - Soundtrack dan secara kebetulan (ga juga sih) saya menemukannya di situs Amazon.com. Senang? Gembira? Eitss, jangan dulu. Mari saya beberkan cerita saya.

Di Amazon ada keterangan barang yang dijual apakah baru atau bekas. Kalau di Indonesia mungkin udah aja bisa diakalin tuh info. Tapi kalau untuk situs ini, saya percaya kalau barang baru adalah benar barang baru. Harga untuk barang baru terkadang berbeda-beda setiap seller-nya. Untuk mencoba pertama saya pilih barang yang dijual Amazon.com LLC.

Menariknya untuk soundtrack film ini ada yang tipenya berupa Audio CD ada pula berupa Vinyl alias piringan hitam. Weeww.. keren ya.. Karena saya tidak punya pemutar Vinyl, otomatis Audio CD aja ya.

Harga untuk CD tersebut sebesar $14.67. Saya coba ubah ke rupiah. Jadi..

$14,67 * 11690 (kurs lewat cek di Internet) = Rp 171492,3

Saya cuma pikir.. okay, no problem. Berikutnya saya cari-cari panduan untuk beli di Amazon. Saya menemukan artikel ini (link). Cuma dibaca aja sih, mau liat-liat pendapat orang dan pengalaman mereka. Ternyata benar dugaan saya, ada biaya tambahan seperti membayar biaya bungkus kembali sebesar Rp7.500 per paket. Kenapa? Karena barang yang datang ke Indonesia di cek Bea dan Cukai dengan cara dibongkar bungkusannya. Otomatis perlu biaya tambahan untuk membungkus kembali. Biasanya akan dikasih berita dari perusahaan jasa pengiriman. Abis dibayar baru deh dikirim ke kita. (kata orang-orang) 

Okay, langkah selanjutnya Proceed Checkout. Membuat akun Amazon, menulis nama dan lain-lain, terus menulis alamat kita. Eittss jangan lupa, ga semua barang bisa dikirim ke Indonesia. Saya coba-coba nih tulisannya International shipping eehh pas checkout tidak ada opsi pengiriman, itu artinya barang tidak bisa dikirim ke Indonesia. Saya tidak tahu ya kalau negara lain gimana. Alhamdulillah CD yang dijual Amazon.com LLC bisa dikirim ke Indonesia.

Setelah loading sana sini, akhirnya masuk ke halaman mau dikirim pake apa mba/mas? 

• Standard International Shipping - No tracking (rata-rata 18-32 hari) 
• AmazonGlobal Expedited Shipping (rata-rata 5-10 hari kerja) 
• AmazonGlobal Priority Shipping (rata-rata 2-4 hari) 

Saya bingung memilih yang mana, akhirnya saya coba satu-satu. Pilih yang pertama harga pengirimannya sebesar $8,98. Bagaimana saya tahu? Karena harga total menjadi $23,65. Wah ternyata lumayan lah kira-kira 250 ribu rupiah nih. Tapi saya rada takut soalnya kita tidak bisa melacak keberadaan barang kita alias no tracking. Was was kan. Gimana kalau nyasar?

Oke, kita coba yang kedua yang rada cepet nyampe 5-10 hari kerja. Harganya ternyata $23,37. Wuih beda banget harganya sama yang opsi pertama. Harga ini juga setara harga CDnya, malah lebih. Tapi kalian ga was was kan plus ini termasuk cepet. Iseng-iseng saya coba yang terakhir. Saya kaget harganya sampe $42,01 dua kali lipat dari harga kedua

Dari situ saya mikir-mikir apa jadi beli barang ini? Akhirnya saya ga beli. Kenapa? Harga ongkosnya udah lumayan murah (kalau opsi pertama walaupun was-was) tapi saya mikir kalau beli di Amazon mending belinya banyakan. Antara anda pengen beli banyak barang sekaligus atau anda dan teman-teman beli barang di Amazon sama-sama dan bisa membagi ongkos kirim. Sepertinya itu pilihan bagus dibanding hanya beli satu CD saja.

Saya tetap berfikiran kalau Amazon merupakan salah satu situs e-commerce yang tepercaya dan merupakan senior dibanding situs-situs e-commerce yang lain. Mungkin sebagian dari kalian kecewa dengan artikel yang ternyata akhirnya tidak terlaksana (ga jadi beli). Tapi yah saya cuma membagikan pengalaman saya. Mungkin kedepannya saya akan benar-benar belanja di Amazon. ^^ 

It feels unusual for me to write an article in Bahasa. Since almost 90% article in this blog is written in English. 

How to handle menstruation pain??

What is menstruation?

Menstruation, or period, is normal vaginal bleeding that occurs as part of a woman's monthly cycle. Every month, your body prepares for pregnancy. If no pregnancy occurs, the uterus, or womb, sheds its lining. The menstrual blood is partly blood and partly tissue from inside the uterus. It passes out of the body through the vagina. (source)

It usually happens 3-8 days. It's normal. You don't have to panic when it's happened :)

Is it come regularly?

For the first year, it doesn't come regularly.

Any complaints during menstruation?

1. Physically
1. breast pain
2. abdominal bloating and pain
2. Physicology
1. sensitive 
2. crybaby
3. hard to focus
4. angry without any reason

How to handle menstruation pain?

• light exercise
• less sweet food
• less coffee, chocolate and carbohydrate
• multiply protein and fruit

Don't forget to change the pads 3 times a day!!

Taylor Swift - Shake It Off

it's funny!!

i know there's a lot of comments about this song but please guys, just hear the lyrics and the video. it's funny. she's showing us that she cannot dance like a pro but she can move and groove! some said singing bring us happiness and i think dance express those feelings.



the point in this video is..

she cannot dance!



she's a normal person like us. she enjoy the music and dance through it, even it's not like a pro..

i think it's a great complement for the singer that people enjoy their song ^^



and for this video, i dance!!

it means "GREAT JOB MS. SWIFT!!"



-aussie

The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved

Breaking up is hard. That's what this song tell me. You thought that they were your true love and suddenly they left you. You just want to go back time and pretend it's not happening. But they don't come back. And you're still waiting. Even though your friends and people told you to forget him/her. You don't have heart to do that. You're thinking "maybe he/she will come back when they knew I still love him/her".



But that never happened and it's breaking you.



Sometimes I wonder, why The Script always make songs about the pain after break up. The song is sad but beautiful at the same time. I guess you can say I am their fans after this song "The Man Who Can't Be Moved"



Great song, great band -> The Script..



I recommended this song. ^^

Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

I love this song. I heard this when I was in senior high. The simple melodies, his voice, the lyric, and the video just struck me.

If I lay here, If I just lay here.. Would you lie with me and just forget the world..??

This song has so many meanings, it could be about love. The three words, "I love you" describe it all but it's sometimes it's not enough. You're feeling for someone, you just cannot describe it in just three words. Well, it's one interpretation.



It could be about you want to cherish those moments with someone you love, someone special. You just want to stay with them forever. You just want to "lay with them" and "just forget the world".



Maybe it's about growing up. You feel that time pass so fast. You want to just stop the time and enjoy your life. Waste your time "chasing car", maybe it's about dreams. Thinking about our dreams and forget the life we have.



There're so many interpretations. One can be different with others. And I feel that too. The "me" in senior high listened to this song and "me" now has different thought. "Me" in the past felt that maybe it's about love, enjoy your time with someone you love. But I think maybe it's about growing up, cherish your moments now, and start chasing your dreams.



The conclusion is this is a great song, in the past and now..

Thanks for reading this.. see you ^^

Lord of the Rings Medley - Lindsey Stirling

I watched her video from VChannel and it's good. I started to look for her video in YouTube. I found this lovely piece. I really enjoy this very much, her play was awesome. If you are LOTR or Lord of the Rings fans, go check this out :)

How to Cope with Grief and Loss (of your loved ones)

You cannot prepared for what's coming to you or to your loved ones. Death is not something you can get away from it. Maybe you have toughen your heart, but when it happened, you just cry. Because when there's life, there's also death. You can celebrate life and grief for death.

You will blank for some reason, you cannot think what to do or say. Because some grief may come harder than the others. Grief for your dad or mom, your granny or your friend. You just have to deal with it.

First, it's okay to cry. Don't act your the tough ones. When someone dies, of course it's sad. Maybe you don't wanna cry in front of people. Then find some place to cry. Maybe the place you have memories of the person who die. 

Second, pray for the person who die. It's relaxing to pray and knowing that even after death you can still care for her/him. 

Third, get closer to friends or family. Because when the person who die is family member, it's soothing to have your family around you. It's the same if it's your friends. You can share memories, have a good laugh, and remember that you're not alone.

Fourth, focus on what's important. Like me, my dad had passed away just recently. It feels like a dream. After his death, I organized my life better. I see what is important in my life, what I need to do.

Fifth, get busy. It works every time I had bad things happened in my life. It's not good thing to do but it can ease my pain. Still you have to talk to somebody.

I hope that you can deal with your grief, your loss. I know it's hard when you see their picture, when you suddenly remember a memory about them. It's sad. You can be helped to feel sad at that time like that. But please don't feel that your life is over. There's people who deal with grief too. Like in my case, my mom, my sister, my aunts, and my uncles. We get together for 2-3 days, deal with our grief. We talked, laughed, and spent time together. It helps alot.

I know I am not a saint or someone that wise. But I have felt grief too. I hope you don't push people who love you and care about you. Because maybe you don't know that they deal with grief too. So take care of yourself and people around you. Thank you for reading this. It means alot. Thank you :)

John Venn birthday - Google's doodle!!

It's been a long time since I posted here. Many things happened during that short period. Election has passed and they already announced the result. Also, my father recently passed away. It's shocking for me, because that week I have seminar on my final project. 

My dad passed away on July 7th, 2014. On July 12th, I had my seminar and a week after on July 19th, I had session for the final project. It done pretty well. I almost cried there, it's just picturing me on the final year of my study in Bogor Agricultural Institute (BAU) without my dad there, it's not what I had in my mind.

Anyway, this day is the first day after a short holiday and it's Monday. Right on this day, John Vann was born. He's the person who made that Vann's diagram. At first, I didn't notice but the name, the last name was familiar. 

It's an interactive Google's doodle. You can click the play button and it'll go directly to (look the picture below). You have to choose one of the options.

After the options have been choose. You can see the result. Like what I chose are, sea life and have a shell. The result is (look below)

It's a turtle. Quite impressive aren't they? You can reset it and done it many times. If you want to know more about him, you can see it here John Vann's biography.

Okay, that's a wrap. Thank you for reading this post. I am sorry if there's misspells or my English's horrible. Again thank you. :)