Yunisa di Radio Aditya FM, Pekanbaru - slide show

Date: 23 Januari 2009
Bersama Robby - yang dulu interview di Morning Show bareng Nadine.

Schoolaholic Princess 2: Jawa Pos 12 Jan 09

I know, I know udah telat... kapan hari google udah nemu ini, tapi lupa masukin saking pikunnya hiksss...

Anyway, aneh juga, masa yang masuk cuma Romansa Singapura sih???

Bling-bling cell phones

Over the weekend, my sis Riana and I have spent time to decorate both of my cell phones: Palm Treo 680 and LG Viewty. One is for my Indonesia cell number, one is for my Singapore cell. I put Schoolaholic Princess logo to mark that these two handphones belong to me - in case my lil sis planned to "take" my cell phones!

Oh well, do you know that LG is Korean brand? And people in Korea loves their own products very much... so it supports their economy - driven by domestic demands.

Viewty - Front

Palm Treo - Front

Viewty - back

Palm Treo - back

Schoolaholic @ Trimedia, Mal Ska, Pekanbaru

I was quite surprised when I entered Trimedia Bookstore in Mal Ska, Pekanbaru and found my novels there... I didn't expect that my gang (Kak Rus, Mag, my sis Riana) will get excited as well... I guess, it was the first time they saw Schoolaholic Princess 1-3 displayed in a bookstore. (Usually we reside in Singapore).

Date taken: 23 Jan 2009
Location: Trimedia bookstore, Mall Ska, Pekanbaru

Schoolaholic Princess 1, 2, 3

Haha, probably this is the first photo I pose with my novels on the shelf

In front of the bookstore

Ternyata adult juga suka ini trilogi :)

Meiske Isdayanti, Makassar nulis ini di facebook saya:
"aku dah baca novel kamu yang tiga jilid itu...jadi ingat jaman sekolah dulu apalagi lomba minat bacanya itu aku juga pernah ikutan tuh..btw sebagian dari jalan ceritanya pasti pengalaman pribadi kamu khan...kecuali jaman kuliahnya aja gak, hehe...bagus kok ceritanya serasa baca diari hehehe...novel yang satu lagi dah terbit belum?"

Tersedia di Gunung Agung, akhirnya!

My uncle (my mom's elder bro) texted me on my last day in Jogja:
Yun novel2mu ada di Tb Gunung Agung yg di Arion Jakarta Timur dengan harga jual
TMB 27.500 (The Miracle Boys - red)
RS 28.500 (Romansa Singapura - red)
SC 24.500 (Simfoni Cinta - red)

So today I check toko Gunung Agung website... n here you are

1. The Miracle Boys
2. Romansa Singapura
3. Simfoni Cinta

The Miracle Boys @ Toko Gunung Agung websiteRomansa Singapura @ Toko Gunung Agung website

Simfoni Cinta @ Toko Gunung Agung website

Meet & Greet with Robby - Aditya FM Pekanbaru

Pertama datang, bawa cokelat n mau pamer novels hehe - can you believe that I was actually quite in a bad mood??? Demi pose di blog, harus pasang senyum no matter what!
23 January 2009

Well, well, well...
Di Pekanbaru itu, kita harus menghubungi orang yang "in charge" dan tidak bisa menitip pesan - kebanyakan pesan akan "tidak sampai"... That is what I learn. Maksudnya kacau balau deh, karena koordinator yang dulu mengatur wawancara jarak jauh Singapura-Pekanbaru ternyata resign untuk menempuh hidup baru (baca: menikah, secara harfiah). Lalu begitu mendarat, Kamis 22 Jan 09 siang, saya menelepon radio dan oleh resepsionis dijawab dengan tidak bersemangat! -- beneran, bikin "ilfil" dan tidak antusias... No cover up here, I just spill the beans out, tanpa tedeng aling-aling lagi. Nanya di mana Robby atau Nadine, jawabnya juga sekenanya. Benar2 tidak seperti yang saya harapkan - karena saya terbiasa dengan birokrasi efektif ala Singapura - kalau nitip pesan, pasti ada follow up dan resepsionisnya bersemangat. Yang ini, hopeless deh. Sori ya mbak, kesan pertama memang begitu!

Welcome to Pekanbaru, Yun -- that was what Pak Harry said. Lain ladang, lain belalang; lain lubuk, lain ikannya. Beda daerah, beda adat / behaviournya.

Sampai akhirnya, saya samperin aja radionya setelah sarapan (Jumat, 23 Jan 09). Waktu itu saya bilang ke geng saya (Kak Rus, Mag, adikku Riana): just drop the chocolate, if there is no warm reception alias gak ada sambutan, kita cabut aja. For the sake of courtesy dulu aku udah janji bakal drop by ke Aditya FM kalau aku ke Pekanbaru... Syukur-syukur bisa ketemu Robby or Nadine. If not, ya udah deh, bye-bye aja...

Rupanya Tuhan mendengarkan keluhan saya. Robby ada di kantor. HOREEEE!!! Semua yang kacau jadi membaik... I am quite pleased about that :)

Robby nanya dikit soal acara promo Schoolaholic sorenya, dan berjanji datang abis dia siaran. Lalu dia bilang masih penasaran sama novel Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama ^_^

Voila, segalanya berubah! Dengan ramah dan apologetic Robby menjelaskan masalahnya - next time better contact him directly - dan ternyata Penerbit Andi cabang Riau menghubungi bagian marketing - itulah mengapa tidak ada respons --> because you don't contact the right person.

It's a matter of whom you know, still...

Berpose di resepsionis

Yunisa & Robby & novel-novel

Ini masih melihat ke arah kamera lain

Akhir, fokus ke kamera ini

Pose akhir, Yunisa sudah ceria lagi hehehe

Bedah Buku Schoolaholic di Pekanbaru

Akhirnya dikonfirm juga, padahal udah bolak-balik mereka telp aku hehe, when I asked, "What time would it be?"

"Waduh Mbak, lupa jam berapa, tapi sore kok..."

Date: Friday, 23 Jan 09

Time: 5 pm

Venue: Gramedia Mall Pekanbaru

Ada door prize juga

Pagi mesti ke Aditya FM, besok mesti telp mereka dulu buat arrange everything...

Schoolaholic Promo di Tangerang / Jakarta

Well, Andi cabang Jakarta lumayan cepat membereskan detil acara...

Hari / Tanggal: Sabtu / 24 Jan 2009
Venue / Tempat: Gramedia WTC Matahari Serpong
Pukul: 16.00 - selesai

I need to contact my personal friends as well...

very busy at work,
Yunisa

Apa kata orang tua tentang trilogi Schoolaholic Princess

Hmm, hmm, sebenernya inilah penyebab mengapa saya rada malas membagi novels ini ke kalangan orang tua (baca: 35 tahun ke atas or 40+++). Beda genre, mereka udah nggak bisa "relate" ke pengalaman remaja... lain dengan saya yang memang bisa "relate" ke semua usia hahaha

Dugaan saya terbukti ketika bayar upeti ke Dr Dede SS ("secara" dia kan yang encourage saya agar menulis, makanya saya jadi novelis sekarang ini, jadi pasti dapet autographed copies -- walau mestinya gak dia baca haha).

Suatu siang, beberapa hari sebelum Natal 2008 di Singapura
*bla bla* pokoknya as usual, beliau murah hati mengeluarkan kata-kata pujian tentang novels yang berhasil terbit. Padahal menurut saya, I don't deserve such praises.

"Ah, kalau dokter nggak encourage saya, I won't be writing novels," Yunisa menyahut, merasa tidak layak menerima pujian soal novels. Kan my novels belum go international... Rencana tahun ini kembali bersemangat membuka jalan agar bisa go international (maksudnya terbit edisi English)...

"No, no, I think you should keep writing!" balas Dr Dede.

Lalu dengan penasaran dilihatnya 3 buku Schoolaholic Princess ini: The Miracle Boys, Romansa Singapura, dan Simfoni Cinta -- dengan pandangan terkagum-kagum (nggak ding, maksudnya dengan mata berbinar-binar, mungkin masih tidak percaya bahwa kata-kata baik yang ditulisnya di e-mail bulan Oct 2004 telah membuahkan 5 novels so far).

"Jadi yang beli ini anak-anak (sekolahan)?" tanyanya spontan.

"Bukan anak-anak!" protes Yunisa, sedikit merasa tersinggung kenapa Schoolaholic Princess trilogy dianggap buku anak-anak oleh dokter tsb (ybs)- mungkin karena cover-nya yang catchy ala komik manga. "Ini buat remaja," buru-buru Yunisa menjelaskan.

Tentu saja remaja tidak mau dibilang anak-anak oleh orang dewasa. Status "REMAJA" itu kan spesial hehe ^_^

Hehe, begitulah sekelumit kejadian pertama yang membuat Yunisa semakin yakin, para orang tua (40+++) tidak terlalu antusias membaca Schoolaholic Princess... kecuali yang berjiwa sangat muda ^_^

Hari ini, Rabu pagi waktu Singapura (entah jam berapa waktu Kanada)
...yg 3 lainnya bhs gaul sekali ya...seger deh kelihatannya...ntar saya tanya2 kl gak ngerti maksudnya ya... Baru baca pra-katanya doang. -- Avy, Canada

LOL, padahal Schoolaholic Princess ini secara sadar tidak memakai gue-elu karena saya tidak suka bahasa gue-elu. Kalau yang begini aja dianggap gaul, padahal ini cuma "semi gaul"... I have nothing more to say ^_^ maksudku, udah deh, para bapak-bapak dan ibu-ibu yang tidak remaja lagi -- nanti kalau Schoolaholic Princess dibuat serial or film, baru deh... silakan membaca HAHAHA

Cover Scan of Book 3 Simfoni Cinta

Scan Cover Depan: Simfoni Cinta

Scan Cover Belakang Simfoni Cinta

Minjem punya Riana, lalu dipindai :)

Cover Scan of Book 2: Romansa Singapura

Schoolaholic Princess 2: Romansa Singapura Front Cover Scan

Schoolaholic Princess 2: Romansa Singapura Back Cover Scan

Again I scanned the cover using my sister's copy...
Although she has read the manuscript before few years ago, she's still loving it... ^_^
Well, actually Phil's motor cycle should be white, so the original design was correct, but aesthetically, I like this cover more since white motor cycle did not look catchy in blue-white background.

Cover Scan of Book 1: The Miracle Boys

Scan of Front Cover - Schoolaholic Princess 1: The Miracle Boys

Scan of Back Cover - Schoolaholic Princess 1: The Miracle Boys

Oh well, my sister Riana found some stupid mistakes I made in this book that my Editor and Corrector didn't catch -- the habitual silly mistake, i.e. mix up similar "pronunciation", e.g. I always pronounce Brendan Fraser in The Mummy as Brenda Freezer or Brenda Fisher... (The Fisher theory in investment hahaha)-- and in this book, the typos are:
Ashton Kucher -- not Kutcher
Maksim the pianist -- not Maxim (this is men magazine)

Anyway, I borrow her copy to scan the cover as my own personal copy has been covered by plastics hahaha =D

Congratulatory Notes for Novels Promo

From friends

Ki Ageng Similikithi:
Yunisa,
PF ya, sudah saya buka tadi. gambar2nya mengesankan. You become celebrity now
Take care
BS
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Marko Santana:
Congrats ya cik ..
all the best for your novels !
Enjoy your life !
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Leo Santana:
aku udah liat foto2mu juga tuh di amplas. haha. orang terkenal yah saini.

From Gallupians

CK Sharma:
Hi Yunisa – great to see that you’re keeping this wonderful interest of yours going. Congratulations.
CK
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Angie Ng:
Wa, good, good! Wish I can be there to support.
All the best, for more books to come!
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Maggie Hoppe:
Congrats, Yunisa! Glad to hear it went so well. Looks like fun!
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Gladdy He:
Wow, concerts! You are so proliferate! R the books in english?

Merlion - kayak sampul Romansa Singapura

The tallest building - ex Westin Stamford, now Swissotel Raffles The Plaza hotel, and the landscape of Merlion, Esplanade, CBD area. This is the correct pose for the cover!

Peace!!!

Too many people yeah?


Smile, this is the correct pose

Merlion, Esplanade n Yunisa ^_^

Mini Merlion n me

Oops ini tidak yakin apakah kebalik dari sampul (my camera) - cuaca mendung (it was cloudy)

Yak, ini pasti kebalik deh arahnya (using my sis' camera)

Perut gembul meniru Merlion :D

Yunisa as Merlion *_*

Well, these photos were taken when my lil sis Martha Rinna Dewi was in Singapore, 21 Dec 08 in Merlion Park, Marina Bay area.

Updated Website: Penerbit Andi

Schoolaholic 2 & 1 : Romansa Singapura & The Miracle Boys di website Penerbit Andi yang baru
Schoolaholic 3: Simfoni Cinta di website Penerbit Andi yang baru

Karena Penerbit Andi mengupdate (and changed their layout), jadi link sebelumnya gak bisa diklik lagi.

Mesti ke bagian Fiksi, terus klik Novel, baru bisa nemu Schoolaholic 1-3 ini.

Ternyata dimuat di blog Alumni Stece 1 juga...

Wah jadi terharu nih... ibu-ibu penjaga gawang, sesama alumni SMA Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta ternyata pasang pengumuman di blog alumni...

Friday, 28 November 2008

Bedah Buku – Novel Yunisa KDE Gunawan
akan diadakan di Yogyakarta:

Jumat, 12 Desember 2008 pk. 18.00 di Ambarukmo Plaza

Sabtu, 13 Desember 2008 pk. 14.00 di Gramedia Jl. Jend Sudirman

Yunisa KDE Gunawan adalah Alumna SMA Stella Duce 1, tahun 1998, yang melanjutkan di jurusan Matematika, Fakultas Sains, National University of Singapore serta mendapat gelar MBA dari The University of Newcastle, Australia, sekarang dia bekerja di sebuah perusahaan consulting Amerika di Singapura.
Novel2 yang telah terbit , dapat dilihat di :
http://sakura- bersemi-di- yokohama. blogspot. com
http://schoolaholic .blogspot. com
http://heart- actually. blogspot. com
http://sydney- darling-harbour. blogspot. com

Semoga sukses
Posted by SRIKANDI MRAK ATI at 23:44

2 comments:
Anonymous said...
Yunisa, congratz ya..semoga sukses..
05 December 2008 01:34

Yunisa said...
Wah baru tau kalau dipasang di sini juga sama Ibu Penjaga Gawang... Thank you semua atas dukungannya :)
30 December 2008 11:03

Daftar Toko Buku Online yang Schoolaholic nya lengkap

Hmm, ini daftar sementara sih
1. BukaBuku.com
2. Jendela Ilmu
3. Kampusbook.com
4. Bookoopedia.com

5. Palasarionline.com


Foto-foto bedah buku menyusul, pengarangnya lagi sibuk banget...

Romansa Singapura ada di Gramed Taman Anggrek

Anehnya, 5 Des 08 - di katalog Taman Anggrek masih 0, dan yang terdaftar hanyalah Schoolaholic Princess 2: Romansa Singapura dan Schoolaholic Princess 3: Simfoni Cinta.

Tapi 18 Des 08, dik David Sentanu SMS dan bilang: Liat di Gramedia Mall Taman Anggrek. Cuma ada yang buku-ke-2.

Gramed Plaza Ambarukmo (Amplas) Yogyakarta

Setelah Jumpa Penulis di Gramed Amplas 12 Des 08, saya menyempatkan diri mengecek katalog Gramed Amplas...

Katalog di Gramedia Amplas tanggal 12 Des 08

Penataan khusus Promo (Promo layout)

Date taken : 12 Dec 08

Lalu Senin 15 Des 08, lagi janjian sama KoKiers - Mbak Dewi Meong - Kuching dan Sekar, jadi saya menyempatkan diri memfoto penataan tanpa acara promosi

Date taken : 15 Dec 08

Gramed Sudirman Yogyakarta

Katalog di Gramedia Sudirman Yogyakarta

Layout in Gramedia Sudirman Yogyakarta during the promo (13 Dec 08)

Of course I took photos from Gramedia catalogues when I attended the meet the writer session a.k.a "Jumpa Penulis"...

BTW, I need to ask photos from promo in Gramed Sudirman as there was only a photo taken using my camera *forgot to ask people to take pics from my camera* -- moga-moga Mbak Maya bisa minta ke sie dokumentasi Penerbit Andi yang kayaknya waktu itu jepret2 banyak...

Date: 13 Dec 08
Time: 2pm
Venue: Gramedia Sudirman, Yogyakarta

I recall one question: In your opinion, is the education system in Indonesia incorrect? — And I said openly: I disagree if we always blame the system. This is about ATTITUDE. I have my basic education in Indonesia and I am GRATEFUL and PROUD of what I have learnt in Indonesia.

And the question of: What is your plan for education in Indonesia in the future? And I answered (seriously I have started doing this), I want to give low-income children who have good spirit to learn, a chance to study. I know I am an old fashioned thinker who believes in the power of education to give you a better future.

Schoolaholic Princess Promo @ Plaza Ambarukmo

Date: 12 Dec 08
Time: 6pm onwards
Venue: Gramedia Plaza Ambarukmo, Yogyakarta

Well, my high school best friend Rurun who came from Kutoarjo with her first son and maid sent me to Ambarukmo Plaza (Amplas). Passing by Gramedia Ampas, I said to her: "Run, stop, I need to take a picture of that banner to blog it!"

Banner di luar Gramedia Plaza Ambarukmo (outside Gramed Amplas)

Then we went to Food Court to eat first (empek-empek, Indonesian fish cake, not bad). At 5.30pm I was heading down to Gramedia again to check the preparation and chit-chat with my publisher's promo team. Surprisingly, Stella Duce 1 alumni (my high school) -- gathered and we chit chat haha... I signed one Sydney Darling Harbour novel bought by one of my "seniors" -- well we were separated by years - and met thru the Stece mailing list.

Persiapan di Amplas, ada door prize dari Penerbit Andi

Ngobrol dulu sama Stece-ers n Mbak Maya

At 6 pm the introduction by Maya, the moderator for Jumpa Penulis (meet the writer) -- and I had to talk a lot about my novels from Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama, Sydney Darling Harbour and of course Schoolaholic Princess trilogy!

Yunisa & Moderator: Maya


Ada yang lucu, jadi ketawa ^_^

Beginilah suasananya, yang duduk banyak ibu2


Nyontek dulu dari novel haha

Then there was door prize for those who can answer the questions correctly, e.g. what is the title of First Book of Schoolaholic Princess (The Miracle Boys). The second: Romansa Singapura. The third: Simfoni Cinta.

Salah satu pemenang Door Prize


Salah satu penanya tips menulis dan menang door prize juga

Penanya yang lain *udah lupa haha*

Diserbu wartawan *walah*

Frankly speaking, the journalists (radio reporters: Yasika FM and one of my ex schoolmate -- forgot the radio's name plus Bernas - newspaper) were more aggressive than what I expected. I am used to interviews (thanks to Pak Harry - Mediacorps, who sent me to be interviewed many times even in NHK Japan), usually the questions asked are easy to answer and non-intimidating. But those questions I faced in my own hometown were tough... Fortunately, since I know what I am writing for -- I am writing with a cause -- good purpose, I can answer all questions tactfully.

Yes, I write Schoolaholic Princess to share my experience with teenagers in Indonesia, why I could enjoy very much my school life in Indonesia. It's motivating by means of story-telling.

to be continued with video -- if I can spare my time editing it over the weekend