I’m a Proud Member of KEB

Karena ada beberapa postingan bertema blogging yang tidak sempat dimasukin di bulan Juni jadi disusul deh di bulan Juli mumpung tema bulan ini khusus tentang tulisan-tulisan yang terlambat diposting.

Some blogging posts that should be posted in June were behind schedule so they are now made into July’s posts since it is all about belated post.

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So.. jadi setelah hampir enam tahun jadi seorang blogger, belum lama aja saya tahu kalau ternyata ada kelompok-kelompok penulis blogger… yailahhh, Keke.. kemana aja lo selama ini?

After spent nearly six years being a blogger I found out that there are blog writers groups… geez, where were you all this time, Keke?

Itu juga nemunya di Facebook.

I found them on Facebook.

Nemu ga sengaja.

An unintentional discovery.

Gara-gara beberapa teman saya di Facebook adalah penulis blog dan waktu lagi browsing wall mereka, saya lihat mereka ini anggota dari beberapa kelompok penulis blog.

It was because few of my friends on Facebook are blog writers and I was browsing their walls when I discovered that they are members of blog writer groups.

Saya pikir setelah hampir enam tahun rasanya sudah cukup eksislah saya.. ciee.. dan cukup pede buat nyebut diri penulis blog, selain itu juga ada rasa pengen cari habitat sesama penulis blog so menggabungkan dirilah saya sebagai anggota dari kelompok-kelompok itu.

I thought after nearly six years I have earned it to be recognized and known as blog writer.. yep.., besides I also wanted to find my habitat so I joined as member of those groups.

Kelompok penulis blog sih tidak banyak tapi masing-masing punya anggota buaanyaakkk banget. Sampai bingung saya waktu lihat-lihat wall mereka yang penuh sama link blog dari para anggotanya. Wih, banyak banget blog yang menarik.

Blog writers groups are few but each of them have lots and lots of members. It gives quite an amazement when I browsed their walls that full with members blog links. So many interesting blogs.

Yang bikin menarik adalah karena tampilan blog lebih berwarna. Dari mulai header sampai footer bisa di desain menurut kreativitas masing-masing penulisnya. Beda sama buku. Beneran, sampai jadi sirik saya ngeliat blog-blog itu. Gileee!! Bagus-bagus banget! Apalagi kalau yang punya domain sendiri yang ga gratisan. Hiks, rasanya tampilan blog sendiri jadi kalah keren..

What makes it interesting is because blog appearance is more colorful.  From header to footer is designed according to each writer’s creativity. That’s what makes it different with book. I’m just so envy of those blogs. Damn!! They are awesome! Especially the ones that have their own domain, the paid type of domain. Sigh, it makes me feel mine isn’t as cool as theirs..

Yang mengagumkan lagi adalah banyak penulis blog itu tidak punya latar belakang ilmu programing software tapi bisa ngedesain blog yang tampilannya keren banget. Ok deh mungkin template atau icon-iconnya dapat nyomot dari kiri kanan tapi perlu keahlian juga buat bisa ngerti gimana caranya ngaplikasikan ke blog. Buat orang yang ngerti programing mungkin tidak susah tapi buat orang awam kayak saya.. alamakk.. bikin juling otak, tahu..

What more impressive is many of those blog writers don’t have background in software programing but they can design their blogs awesomely. Ok so they probably took the template or the icons from here and there but it needs ability to understand how it works and how to apply it to blog. It may not be difficult for people who understand about programing but for self-taught like myself.. man, it gives one hell of a dizzy, y’know..

So jempol banget deh buat para penulis blog ini. Apalagi ternyata rata-rata sudah berkeluarga. Kebayang ga sih, punya suami, anak dan kerja fulltime tapi masih bisa punya waktu buat nulis dan ngedesain blog yang hasilnya bagus-bagus pula.. yang jadi ibu RT pun masih bisa ngeblog.. eh, jangan kira ibu rumah tangga itu bisa leyeh-leyeh lho.. kerjaannya setumpuk.. apalagi kalau punya balita dan bayi..

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So thumbs up for these blog writers. Many of them are actually married and have family. Imagine this, having husband, children and work fulltime but still have time to write and design their blog awesomely.. even the staying home mom still find time to blog.. now, don’t think stay home mom have nothing to do, they have many house chores.. not to mention if they have toddlers and baby around..

Saya ngalamin setiap kali Josh, anak Andre, lagi libur di sini. Kalau saya nginap di rumah Andre, itu anak senangnya ngebuntutin saya, pengen tahu saya lagi bikin apa, pengen ikut terlibat dalam apa pun yang lagi saya kerjakan, apa pun yang saya pegang jadi menarik.

I had the times when Josh, Andre’s son, spent his vacation with us. When I stayed at Andre’s house, the boy liked to follow me around, eagerly curious to know what I was doing, wanted to involve in whatever I was doing, everything I had on my hand appeared to be so interesting.

Waktu dia masih balita, setiap kali dia lihat saya lagi duduk dia pasti mendekat, minta dipangku.. nanya ini, komentar itu.. kalau sudah kayak gitu gimana mau bikin draft postingan? Mesti nunggu dia tidur dulu.. yah, alhasil saya baru bisa nongkrong di depan laptop setelah jam sepuluh malam, itu juga kalau tenaganya masih ada.

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When he was a toddler everytime he saw me sat down he would come to me, asked to sit on my lap.. asking this, commenting that.. how could I draft any blog post in that kind of situation? I got to wait until he went to bed.. well, it was after ten at night when I could finally work on the laptop, if I had the energy to do so.

Tanpa anak pun perlu perjuangan buat bikin draft blog. Pulang kerja, saya ngajar les bahasa Inggris. Begitu kelar ngajar baru berasa deh capek dan ngantuknya. Di hari-hari saya bebas dari jadwal ngajar, pulang kerja saya bersih-bersih rumah.. 

Even without child it takes quite a struggle to draft a post. After work I tutor English. I feel so tired and sleepy only after it’s done. On the days when I don’t have tutoring schedule, I do house chores.. 

Jadi jangan heran kalau saya bisa ngedraft sampai lewat tengah malam.

So don’t be amazed if I work on my draft until it’s passed midnight.

Kadang malah perlu beberapa hari buat nyelesain satu draft.

Sometimes it even took few days to finish one draft.

Jadi benar-benar mengagumkan deh para penulis blog yang merangkap sebagai fulltime mom atau fulltime worker yang bisa bikin tulisan-tulisan serta mendesain blog dengan tampilan menarik karena saya tahu itu tidak gampang.

So it is really amazing for blog writers who happen to be fulltime moms or fulltime workers and still able to make awesome writings or awesome blog appearance because I know it’s not easy.

Baiklah, sekarang saya mau tulis kelompok-kelompok penulis blog yang sudah menerima saya sebagai anggota mereka.

Ok, now I am going to write about blog writers groups that have accepted me as their member.

Tapi satu-satu ya, tidak sekaligus diborong semua di postingan ini.

One by one though, I am not writing about all of them in this post.

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Kumpulan Emak-Emak Blogger (KEB)

Kayaknya ini grup blogger yang asyik nih, begitu pikir saya waktu baca nama grup itu.

It looks like a cool blogger group, that’s what I thought when I read the group’s name.

Tapi.. tapi.. embel-embel ‘Emak’ nya itu bikin saya mengkeret. Soalnya umurnya aja yang tuwir tapi status belon jadi emak-emak.. hehe..

It’s just that.. the ‘Emak’ (Indonesian reference for married women) discouraged me. I probably old at age but I am not an ‘Emak’ yet.. lol..

Saya browsing wall KEB dan menemukan fakta bahwa yang belon jadi emak-emak boleh kok jadi anggota.. yihaa!

I browsed KEB wall and found a fact that those who are not emak still welcome to apply for membership.. yay!

Saya apply dan di approved. Horeeee!!

I applied and it was approved. Yipppeee!!

Syaratnya ga baribet kok.

They’ve got simple terms.

Dan dari pengalaman saya, makmin (emak administrator) nya ramah dan responsif. Ini terlihat waktu saya kebingungan ketika tidak bisa masang logo mereka di blog ini. makmin langsung merespons dan ketika dia bingung, dia mengontak makmin lain dan yang dikontak ikut merespons.

And from my experience, makmin (the reference used for the administrator) are friendly and responsive. This could be seen when I was confused after trying to put their logo in this blog and it didn’t work. Makmin quickly responded and when she too got confused, she contacted other makmin who gave quick respond.

Saya menghargai sekali perhatian dan kesigapan mereka dalam mengatasi situasi.

I appreciate their attention and how they promptly handled the situation.

Nah, gitu deh cerita pengalaman saya sama KEB. Salut sama mereka dan saya bangga jadi bagian dari mereka.

So that's my story with KEB. Really salute them and I am proud to be part of them.