Thesis Acknowledgement (warning: postingannya panjang nih!)

Sodara-Sodara!!!!!! akhirnya hari ini, tepatnya siang nanti, saiyah harus me-submit thesis saiya (kalo masih niat lulus)..YEEEAAAHHHHHHH.....aknirnya selesaaiiii!!!! (defense, bi??). kata orang sih pamali udah ngumumin ucapan terima kasih sebelum thesis di submit..ahh sebodo teuing lah..gw sudah tidak sabarr!!!. mo tau, bagian ini adalah bagian yang gw paling semangat ngerjainnya. totalnya aja ampe 5 halaman. gw pun mendedikasikan waktu satu hari buat ngerjainnya (akhirna cuman bisa 1 malem karna mepet..). bagian ini,ngerjainnya sama susahnya sama total chapter 1+2+4. maklum, dipaksa membuat ucapan "informal" dengan standar pengetahuan bahasa inggris "formal" plus udah ngeluntur. jadinya In-Lish.

Hereby, I would like to thank,

1. Allah SWT for the beautiful life and for everything He has given to me. Thanks for making all of my wishes come true.
2. My Mom and Dad. Gosh, I would never be able thank enough for all of the support you’ve given to me for the past 21 years of my life. Thank you, thank you, and thank you. I love you both. You are the best. All of your children have graduated now, Mom, Dad…!!!
3. My brother, Teddy Hernadi, and sister, Melia Sylvina. What can I say, I’m very happy to have such a wonderful brother and sister like you. You have been supporting me in every steps I take and you both have sacrified a lot for me. Even though we always had quarrel, I know that you love me, . I love you and I am very proud of you, guys.
4. My sister, Indri Widyastuti, and brother, Tendy Halim Permana. Welcome to the family! And thanks for being such nice persons to me… :D
5. My little angel, Halim Albani. I know that you will not understand this . Thank you for the smile that you have never hesitated to show me when I was getting sick with the thesis.
6. My white lighter, my dad, my brother, my partner (well, you turned into this sometime), my hero, my best friend, the sun of my universe, Rommy Widyatmoko. Thank you for your endless support and advice. For all the jokes you told me to cheer me up (you always know when I need them!). Also, for always be the place for me to run to when the whole world is turning its back on me. I did this past four years for you and I’ve made it now. You are the world’s greatest!.
7. Mr. Achmad Lanang, thank you for advising me with so many patience. Now all of those things about paradigms, research method, positivistic and post-positivistic, etc. are stuck in my head. THANK YOU.
8. Ayu Hartadi. Well, we have been struggling together since we were in junior high school and this is it, this is the time to show the world who we are!.
9. Anitya Helsa Rangkuti. Thanks a lot for always asking me about the progress of my thesis. It’s your turn.. 
10. Floresiana Yasmin Indriasti a.k.a mincrut. One of my girls who never complained about the stories I told her. Also thanks for your kindness and support you’ve given me for the past eight years of our friendship. Thanks a lot for always tried to “take me away” from the thesis. Now, again, it’s your turn, mincrut…. .
11. Fitri Antoni. The girl I met in the basketball team who then turned into my best friend, thank you for all the laughs and tears for the past eight years. Hey, we are almost there, Fit!. Remember the dream? Juventus, here we come…!!!
12. Ginanjar Arum Desianti, the mother. Thanks for the friendship, kindness, patience, support, advice, everything.
13. Dian Mardiana. I did it!, we did it!
14. Gita Prima Ramadanti. Thank you for always accompanying me, virtually, while I am writing my thesis.
15. Vijayanti Satyaningsih. Thank you for the friendship!. Also thank to your support you gave me to get this thesis done. Can’t wait to see ya!!.
16. Batari Saraswati (for the comment on my blog about the thesis, I’m touched), Nadya Fadilla, and Rangga Rahimsono. THANK YOUUUUUUUU!!!!!!! (you must have been searching for your names here, haven’t you? Especially you, Nad! I know it)
17. Farhana Azra, my three-year roomate. Thank you for your patience during the times we became roomates. Come on, Han, your thesis!!! .
18.My PR friends, my bestfriends:
- Agnes Juniati Saragih, we’ve been in the same s**t all along; the marketing project, the advertising project, the entrepreneurship project, the statistic project. Then, we’ve got the same adviser, wew…are you following me? Kidding. It’s a BIG thanks for you, Nes.
- Beatris Arruanlangi. You’re the wacky, crazy girl. I’ve never found a God’s creature with ways of thinking like yours. Thank you for the laughter.
- Chrisanny Agussyl. Thanks, Thanks very much. Enough with the online sharing. “Tatay,,mau keramassss!!!!” psycho!
- Dinar Rahimita. The None. I am amazed with the whole thing happened with your college life, really!
- Dina Siswatiningsih. Thanks for the, craziness, good times and laughter.
- Pham Thi Huong, a.k.a Lily. It’s such a great experience to have a vietnamese friend like you.
- Vida Octrin. Hahhahaa…it’s a THANK YOU. You’ve been very very, totally, super, kind to me. I can’t mention it one by one.
“Here we come, World!!!” we’re taking off.
19. Nensi and Eva. You’re gone with the wind. Thanks for the friendships and gossips. Hahahaha…..See ya!!
20. Lydia Fabiola Manurung. My one-year roomate plus my best rival (you know what I mean, don’t you?!). Thanks for the craziness.
21. Bayu Widyo Megantoro, Lina Rosmawati, Ahmad Sobari (still, I wrote it Ari Sobari), Victor Renyaan, Reza Jehan Lesmana, Cook, Mellon, and Jimmy. You are the most amazing classmates. Thank you.
22. My other PU friends that I can’t mentioned it one by one in the batch 2004, it’s been such amazing efforts for us to be here, in this stage.
23. President University students batch 2005 and 2006, and the members of maple cheers (I desperately wanna do it with you again, guys!). The thesis is yours now.
24. Pramanaya Tjokronegoro. Thank you for always “disturbing” me just right in time. Thank you for helping me stayed awake all night long to finish the thesis.
25. Agung Firman Triadi a.k.a Bonteng. Thank you for the “mind-mapping” advice and the one-month mind game, as well.
26. Stefan Alexandru, Ovidiu, Antony, John, and Maurice Andary. The aliens. Thank you for always asking me about the progress of my thesis even though you will never know how it looks like, hihihiiii…. Te iubesc, ne vedem mai tarziu!
27. To Mr. Felix Cabral (Tatay), your girls are graduated now, Dad!!!. Mr. Teodoro Gomez. Wew, thank you for the kindness for letting us robbed your snacks and DVDs and disturbing you at night. Mr. Matthews Pedralvez. What can I say about this lecturer. It’s been wonderful time to be taught by you, Sir! . Mr. Ng Siah Heng, the Pope of Marketing of PU. I still have the bible with me. I would also like to thank Ms. Sarah who always called my name in the class when I was just about to start daydreaming (I haven’t even started it. Ms.). To Ms. Eleanor, thank you. Really, I miss your presence in PU now.
28. To all of the President University’s staffs. Mr. Matnur, the most wanted person in campus, THANK YOU. Mr. Gofir, thank you for always opening the lab for us even though you knew what we were thinking at that time . Mr. Hadi, Mr. Hendri “Kuya”, thank you. You guys are the PU mascots.
29. All of President University lecturers who have taught me for the past four years, Ms. Jacinta Arquisola, Ms. Ita, Mr. Jozef Raco, Ms. Dian Taurina, Mr. Andreas, Ms. Ezmieralda Melissaa, Mr. Joakim Kokomaking, Mr. Henry Aryo, Mr. Lister Hartono, Ms. Trisia Megawati, Mr. Gary Plan, Mr. Buni Yani, Mr. Hairun Ali Gani, Mr. Antonius Budi, Mr. Sendy, Ms. Lusi, Mr. Erwin Ramedhan, and Mr. Max. Thanks a lot. It’s such an honour to be taught by you. I am sorry if I miss one or two names here.
30. All of the people in Pearson Education SouthAsia PTE., Ltd., Ms. Yenny, Ms. Lisa, Ms. Merry, and Mr. Lie. You guys have been very kind to me.
31. All of the people in PT. Unilever Indonesia, Tbk. especially Ms. Janet Poluan, Ms. Maria Dwianto, Ms. Tanti. Thank you for being very helpful. I won’t be able to finish the thesis without you. Also to Ms. Rina Gunawan, Mr. Mardi, and Ms. Nursiawati Rumagit for treating the intern just like the other employees.
32. Maksim Mrvica, thank you for composing such beautiful melody. Also to Melee, Lighthouse Family, Rohff, Westlife, Djuma Soundsystem, Tiesto, Snow Patrol, Bond, Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Trashcan Sinatra, The Cure, Mika, Maroon 5, Keane, Coldplay, . Guys, the thesis will not be there without you.
33. My computer!!!! Yesss…!!!. You’re my soul mate now. Thank you for never crashing down when I let you not to sleep for days.
34. You, who is taking this thesis out of the shelf and reading it. Thank you. I know that this won’t help you very much.
35. Yusak Caesar Prayogo. The biggest enemy yet the epithelium. Millions of thanks for the support you gave me every single night to finish the thesis. Thank you…Thank you…for, everything.

Dedication Page:

To my White Lighter, the little wonders who taught me to stand up tall and walk against the storm,


Rommy Widyatmoko


Your metal butterfly is spreading her wings and flying high now…


*doakan saiya sukses oral defense yaaa!!!!*