HSBC National Business Case Competition

Hi all!

I wanna share the experience for joining HSBC National Business Case Competition last March! Me and my friends: Nerissa, Johanna and Wren was chosen to represent our campus Universitas Pelita Harapan- Karawaci. So happy we could win the 2nd Runner Up (3rd Place) while at the 1st position is Binus International University and the 2nd place is Prasetya mulya BSD Campus. Johanna, Wren and I is from Management 2013 and Nerissa is from Accounting 2012. The competition was held at Binus Senayan (preliminary round) and for the grand final was held on Merchantile Athletic Building, World Trade Centre Sudirman (HSBC Building).

Left- right: Wren, Thelma, Nerissa, Johanna

 

Me and Johanna

Me and Nerissa

Me and Wren

We never thought we could enter the final! Simply because: first, Wren and i haven't done such an academic national competition so far. Yet, this is a business case competition. We need to find the core problems and propose the best solution we can offer. Second, we clearly didn't know what we should do when we get the paper. Since this is a very first time for all of us, we found this competition is tough! We got mentor whom was a former participant for the lasy year HSBC National Business Case Competition. He is Saagar, he was our senior at UPH too :) He gave us really great testimony and things need to do. Third, the date of the competition fell right away after our campus final exam finished. The exam finished on Friday, and the competition was on Saturday. So we did not even prepare anything! All of our focuses and time and energy were given to the final exam. So we feel like we could not win this. Our preparation was so little, we do not have enough time to brainstorm and discuss.

There are 8 participants from national wide well known univeristies, such as Universitas Indonesia, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Trisakti School of Management, Universitas Maranatha, Prasetya Mulya, Universitas Pelita Harapan, Binus National University and Binus International University. The preliminary round was conducted to choose TOP 3. The TOP 3 will compete again in the grand final.

During the preliminary round, we are the first participant that came in to the quarantine room. At the quarantine room, we were not allowed to bring anything, even a pen. This competition takes 2,5 hours to read the casem brainstorm, decide and immediately put our ideas on OHP mika paper. We may present our idea through OHP, not a power point. This made the judges can analyze the way we think, the flow of our thoughts through steps written on the paper (can't be erased!).

Next stage, we entered the judges room. There were 6 judges both national and international experts in business. I forgot all the names of the judges, only remember a few. They were all really charismatic and looked really impressive! So, we began to present our ideas. After we finished, it's time to face the questions and answer it the best we could. The questions were all really really tough, we frequently need to dig our brain hahaha. We even felt a bit ridiculous! So for one more time, we are so sure we wouldn't enter the grand final. Preliminary round has finished, we were so relieved as our tension and pressure (i guess) were soooo high in the judging room.

Stated below our judges (Datas taken fr4om www.prestasijunior.org)

	Name	Business	Position
1	Eric Mercer	Mercer	Head of Transformation and Organization Performance
2	Nazly Siregar	Deloitte	Partner tax
3	Yosphin E Dewi	Risco Energy	Chief Finance Officer
4	Peter Meyer	Governor	American Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia
5	Fung Fuk Lestario	Rupawa	Chief Executive Officer and Founder
6	Cornelius Poelman	PwC	Partner
7	Suwandi	HSBC	SVP Commercial Banking
8	Delia Melissa	HSBC	SVP Trade Finance
9	Candra Chayadi	Eastern Illinois University

 Us before the preliminary round

With all of the participants and the judges after the announcement of TOP 3 

With our Mentor from Binus, Tasya

We also joined the seminars before the preliminary round begins. it was on FX Lifestyle Centre sudirman, and the seminar was weld on a cinema. Couldn't be more cool! ;p All of the speakers are also very excellent business man, they take charge in their aspects. There was the CEO and Founder of BUBU.com, a very energetic young lady who has passion in digital website and e-commerce. We got inspired a lot from all of the speakers.

At the HSBC competition final round, we also repeat the same steps in the competition. 2,5 hours in the quarantine room and 20 minutes presenting time in front of the judges. For the grand final, we are allowed to invite 5 persons to be our supporters. My mom also came, thanks mom for the support! <3 We also accompanied by our lovely mentors Mrs. Ritha and Ms. Patricia (my lecturer in UPH). After explained our ideas and answered the questions, we have to wait other participants in the quarantine room. After all were finished, we were allowed to enter the dining room. They've set a mini gala dinner. The food was very delicious!

when the time came up to the announcement, they announced UPH as the 2nd Runer Up (third place)! We are beyond happy and grateful. We are not disappointed at all for not becoming the 1st champion, because what we received was so much more than becoming in the 1st place! Even we could enter the grand final, it was still VERY SURREAL for us.

Above all, i thank God for His kindness. We are VERY SURE this is not our work. It's God's. It was really seem impossible to get through this competition and even win the third place. God's involvement was really there. We realized, before the competition begin, we prayed and surrendered all things might happen, but we still need to work hard for this. Indeed, Let we do the best and God do the rest.

Thank You Lord! <3

Dress the Summer Vibe

Hello! I realized for the lack of blog posts this last 2 months, been having a very hectic schedule during it! I'm preparing a new collection at AmyGo, sure it is with high quality material and great workmanship. The new collection is fresh, young and you can feel summer energy in the prints!

There are 4 pretty colors: Deep black, Willow Green, Yellow and mint green. I am wearing min green color in this blogpost! Full collection can be seen on @amygostore Instagram.

I am so excited to run online clothing business. Since i love fashion very much, i also love styling and designing. If i am not an entrepreneur today, i would be a fashion stylist! I love arranging fashion shoots, lookbook concept, make- up theme and so on. I guess i have an art blood ;) Yet, it is very lovely to un a business that suits the passion. Thank's God i've found mine!

I enjoy hectic weeks and busy days. in fact, i hate the moments if i ended up at home doing nothing. I feel guilty and if i am not productive. I must gain or result something! I guess i'm a bit workaholic... Well I should stop. But again, since this is the passion, i can't even stop thinking about this. My brain keeps on working and i enjoy it! I don't feel tired at all. Hope these clothes can bring you the satisfaction and a great feeling wearing clothes!

I'll post more on blog. I love writing and beautiful photos as well! ;)

All pictures were taken by my brother: Gary Aruana Kisela

White Midi Cullote

So happy these days in my life! Some plans didn't work really well and problems are still coming, but i am really happy, blessed and content! God has wonderfully made me for His purposes, so i just gonna need to live the life to the fullest! Problems and bad things come and go, success people is the one who can see the problems with another side of view, and those people strive to get better and fight what they want. The way success people see problems and mistakes by it's positive side, and yet still choose to react positive upon them. I wanna be one of those people!

I am in love with cullote pants! Like in my previous post, i wore the black cullote and this one is white! I love how this item can be very chic and casual, but also can go formal and sophisticated. This item makes statement, from usual boring outfits to the some playful and fashionable look!

This cullote is from my clothing brand AmyGo (@amygostore on Instagram) as i designed this piece with heart and love! <3 The material is so comfy. So i decided to go very casual with a baseball tee, a wedge sandal and a black bag.

 

More cullotes collection to come! Follow @amygostore Instagram account to get the latest information! There will be two additional exciting colors await ;)

Anyway, hope your days are good and happy! This life is just too beautiful to be frowned. Cheer up, get up and fix yourself! Let's dig our biggest potential and unleash them, shine and be bright among others and INSPIRE! How long will you live? You don't know exactly. So let's make this beautiful life meaningful for you, God, family, friends and others. Cheers!

- Black Bag: Charles and Keith -

- White Cullote Pants: AmyGo Store -

- Baseball Tee: Flea Market -

- Wedge Sandal: Unbranded -

How to Make a Flatlay Pictures

Hello! Making a #flatlay photo is actually very challenging! It is how you take photos from above (bird eye level) without making that annoying shadow of yourself ;D You can see hashtag #flatlay to see other references on Instagram!

I started to begin this new excitement when i saw beautiful photos of daily essentials on Instagram. Some bloggers or insta-celeb also capture interesting things and their feeds are awesome! Below are my own photo, take a look! :D

- Chinese New Year 2015 Mood -

- Samyang Spicy Korean Noodle for Lunch -

So i decided to learn how to make a #flatlay photography. So i learn that:

1. Find any monochrome backdrop/ background. White looks best! It could be bed sheet, white surfaced table, floor, etc.

2. Take your pictures on dayligh or at noon around 4 PM- 6 PM. 12 AM's sun is way too bright (and hot of course)!

3. Decide what items you wan't to capture. It can be your daily essential, your favorite food, your hobby related stuffs, and so on.

4. Arrange the stuffs nicely, the proposition has to be correct and you MUST pay attention to details. 1 centimeter is very relevant here in this case, what you see through your eyes CAN BE VERY DIFFERENT through the lense of your camera.

5. Test shoot is a mandatory. After you arrange the stuffs nicely and tidily, you can start to capture. Make sure your camera's ISO is correct and the lighting is soft; do not take pictures under direct sunlight because the result will be too bright/ too dark. You can take the pictures near the window for example.

6. Keep the photo ambience clean and neat. Watch your backdrop (especially when you use fabric), is it crumpled? It is still okay if your fabric is crump0ling, sometimes it adds more attractiveness too. Just make sure the fabric is not distracting the image.

7. Yet, just take the stuffs that are essentials, no need to throw all your fave stuffs in one frame.

8. Capture the #flatlay in many shots and many angles so at the end you can pick the best and the one you like the most.

 - Bourbon Eatery and Coffee's Food! -

- Baked Bread with Chocolate and Cheese Topping -

Above are the #flatlay photos with random backgrounds. I took the photos on the table when we were gonna eat (ya, Instagrammer's problem: having their food cold ;') ) Same tips, just make sure you have enough light and a good arrangement!

You can edit the picture using VSCO cam application for Android or IOS. if you like Adobe Photoshop, you should do it! Adobe Photoshop has rich tools to be played around! ;)

 - Dill Gourmet's Cakes and Pies! -

- Valentine Mood with Cute Items -

For more #flatlay pictures, i posted them on my Instagram account (@thelmakisela)

I am still learning though, hope everyone who reads this post is enjoying his/ her time and get inspired! Any question that come across your mind, please drop your question below on the comment box ;)

See you!

Monochrome Outfit

Obsessed with monochrome lately. Actually i wore this outfit when there was some sudden random thing must be done (i forgot when or where) and was too lazy too dress up. I opt black and white instead. I just wore my knee- length black cotton dress with my favorite pair of white sandal. Oh! Also threw on some scarf cause that day was going to rain~

Comfortable is the key. Hands down to cotton dress and sandal! I love wearing skirt/ dress because actually we don't need to deal with super tight jeans/ pants. Skin needs to breathe! ;D

And the shawl is actually only a circle O fabric sewn. I just twisted the shawl so it will look shorter. This item is made from knit wear, so the neck wouldn't be feeling any cold wind. It looks stylish too, the outer side is light grey color and the inside part is dark grey. When you're boring, twist it back!

The sandal was a gift from my love! <3 Thank you! You have a good taste :p Anyway, this looks like gladiator sandal in Rome centuries ago, but looks more edgy though. Plus, the strap is adjustable! Gonna wear this verryyyyyy often!

Monochrome couldn't be boring or wrong! (~.~)

Houndstooth and Best Cullote

It's March already! Can't believe how time really flies soooo fast. I wrote resolutions and plans for this year, hope all willl be good and settle up! I just hope that my online clothing business can grow bigger and better :) I love designing clothes and the feeling when others love your idea and wear the clothes... <3

By the way, i am wearing upcoming collection from AmyGo Fashion Store. It's the hippest and trendiest item of the season: CULLOTES! This item is really versatile. The item you wanna go with if you are not thinking of using that tight skinny jeans... or latex leggings, or even sweatpants.. you always can count on cullotes!

 - AmyGo Black Suede Cullotes -

- Unbranded White Sequined Wedges -

- Uniqlo Black Thin Belt-

The material is made with very fine fabric and great workmanship as well. Completed with dual side pocket, belt loop, and pleat infront, this is just too lovely! The slouchy and effortless effect when i wear this is totally comfortable. No more itchy legs! My leg and i really feel free ;p

You can easily pair a cullote with:

- Sleeveless blouse

- White shirt/ your favorite shirt

- Crop top (any shape, any model, these are gorgeous!)

- Peplum top (add a thin belt on it)

- Pumps, pointy heels, wedges, ballet flats, platform, slip on, sneakers, wedgesneakers, you name it! Almost every shoes can be paired with cullotes. Awesome, isn't it?

 

Bloggers and celebrities already used it and look absolutely gorgeous and fashionable. hurry up, you won't be late because cullote is really a loveable piece you can ever keep!

Xoxo

See you at the next post!

Floral and Bright Mood

Gloomy weather these past days, snuggle in a blanket with a cup of warm chocolate milk would be very perfect! Unfortunately, i can not do taht often because obviously got work to do and to be finished! I am currently busy in college life for joining some event and organization, working on my clothing line and so on. I try to always be productive as many as i could, because this life simply must be meaningful and useful for others: BE THE LIGHT AND BLESSING TO OTHERS!

So i manage my time to rearrange my tight schedule. College is the priority, family time is the second, make some working hours 4 hours or more for my clothing line, read book minimum an hour a day, find time to do my hobby (blogging, culinary, fashion, photography, books, art, cooking, etc) and spend time with the loved ones.

I always love how bright colors and prints will make a statement. This simple kind of outfit is very comfortable and bring me happy and bright mood. Well, you should try some colors on your outfit too! Use your favorite color and add your favorite accessories. Color blocking is not a problem, as long as you pair the colors right.

Here, i wore my soft cotton pink peach crop top i bought 3 years ago in Singapore ;D Paired with my black- based floral cotton pants. To keep it simple, i only added my flat shoes and a brown suede sling bag.

Love this dark brown stone chain necklace. Simplicity is the key, let the outfit be loud without being over dressed drawn with so many accessories ;p

- Crop top, floral pants, necklace: Unbranded -

- Brown suede sling bag: The Little Things She Needs -

- Cream flat shoes: Payless Shoe Source -

Anyway, i am sharing this make-up too! This make-up is very simple, also suitable if you apply this to the kind of outfit above :) Yet, this make-up is also very wearable too for a special daily occasion, if you wanna look a bit different than the usual times. Natural bold make-up is the name!

After you apply your base and powder, you can add some peach blush. Define your eyebrow with a brown eyebrow pencil, then brush the eyebrow. You can also wear your favorite contact lense to make your eyes look more vibrant and bright.

For the eyeshadow:

I apply 3 colors:

- soft silver on the teardrop

- Emeraldl green on the middle crease

- Dark glittery green on the outer lid

- Dark brown matte eyeshadow on the very outer lid

Sweep gently and blend the colors so they can burst out naturally and blend very well.

After the steps, you just simply put your black liquid/ gel eyeliner. use your mascara and you can add a faux lashes to make the eyes look wider!

Lastm keep the lips look natural. You can go with coral/ soft pink color tone. Since i have a yelllow colored skin, i like bright lip colors to make my skin looks more glowing and 'bright'. So i used my pink (semi- fuchsia) instead.

- Brow Pencil: Etude Drawing Eyebrow in dark brown -

- Lashes: Andiyanto -

- Eyeliner: Silky girl Black Gel Liner -

- Mascara: Reliant mascara -

- Eyeshadow: NYX pallete -

Well, hope the tips help and inspire! See you!