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Merry Christmas to ALL READERS.

This Christmas wasn't really bad, thanks to my cousins. I love you all man, you guys ROCKS!

On the 24th we went to my church service (Bethany Church), together with them. We had fun, and Celebration of Praise was AWESOME!!! They are super and extremely talented! I am proud to be an Indonesian!! Lol.

With my church friends (Steven, Andri, Heru)

Us at Hyatt Hotel

We saw bus 143. Yes, it was operating.

At the Cathedral

Chinatown!

At Hua Yu Wee Restaurant

My dad and mum's 25th Anniversary cake. Nothing silver at all. Lol.

My parents

Cutting the cake....

Aww.. Aren't they cute??

We are a happy family

Us at the East Coast Beach

The Esplanade!

Our Ship

Our Cabin

Us at the Lounge Area

The Swimming Pool
(Children Pool is at the other side of the ship)

The Library

The Theatre
(They show movies like Music & Lyrics and stuff)

The Reception Lobby

The Basketball friendly match

Our new friends on the ship
(Us, Benny and Natalie, Chris and Phillip)

On the Jetty

At the East Coast Park

East Coast by night

At the Singapore Science Centre

CAUTION!!

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Life goes on too fast sometimes I need to catch up faster. I don't really have so much time to procrastinate, to cry, or to do all the unnecessary. My friend Andy once said, "Life is a cruel teacher, it punishes you first before giving you the lesson."

Within this week itself, I have learnt so many things. Too many that me myself is taken aback by them:

1. God always takes promises seriously, unlike most men.
My friend once asked me to promise something to him which supposedly do him a favour, and I did. The very next day he told me to indirectly break the promise I just made, and when I told him I can't coz I have made a promise, he said its okay. This proves that men do not really take promises seriously, the way God does. Also when we promise someone to meet up, sometimes we don't really think that it's important enough to show up. When that person calls, we will think of so many excuses and worst of, still ask, "do you still need me to come?". We don't really think it's important we take our own sweet time having fun with other stuff. God always keeps His promises. When He said He will do something, He really does. When He said He will always be by my side, He never runs away. He never leaves me alone. That's what I meant by keeping promises.

2. Everything that happens in my life is good.
I was reminded on this through one of this week's worship songs in church. It basically says that ever since the beginning, He has already planned my life perfectly, and everything that happens in my life is good coz God plays a part in it, and He has made my life meaningful.
Sometimes sh*t happens and I feel that I am terribly down, I feel that I am the most stupidiotic person ever lived, and I forgot how it feels to be so carefree when I am with the Holy Spirit. Oh well, what the heck. After a thunderstorm, there will always be a rainbow.

3. God is our strength and He's the rock we should cling on to.
Sometimes I feel that I am strong. I think I can fight my own problems myself, and when I know I can't take it, I turn to my friends and not God. I completely forgot that my source of strength is not from men but from God itself. I am reminded that I am weak. I am not as strong as I thought I was. The reason why I can be strong is because my God is strong and I am walking with Him.

4. Depend on God, not on men.
Why? Because God never changes. He is still, and He's powerful, unlike men. Men do change. Men disappoint. No matter how close I am to someone, there is no guarantee that that person will not upset me. Therefore, I learnt that I shouldn't be too dependent on men, let God be the only person I look out for when in need (and when not in need).

5. Pray out loud, say it out.
My advice: When you are low, pick up your guitar and sing. Cry. Shout Jesus' name. Blurt it out loud, treat Jesus as your very good friend. Yes, talk to Him in your most comfortable language. Talk to Him the way you are talking to your bestest friend. Believe me, it helps. Don't think before you say, because when you process it logically with your brain, you won't eventually say it because you will feel embarrased whatsoever. And if you can, do speak in tongue, because when you speak in tongue, it's not you who talks to the Father, but the Spirit in you. And we all know that the Spirit in us knows us better than us ourselves.

6. God is always waiting for us to come back, no matter how sinful we are.
Whatever things I have done that do not please God, they don't matter anymore once I ask for His forgiveness. He loves me so much He can't take it but to forgive. Just ask for His forgiveness and ask Him to cleanse our hearts, and everything will be alright. I was too busy over something I even positioned Him after other stuff. He was no longer my first priority and that's terribly wrong. I am again (for a million times) reminded on this priority issue. I was too embarrased to admit, but hey, I have done it and I felt as if I'm the luckiest person to have known Him as my personal Saviour.

7. Give thanks.
People who give thanks will receive blessings. There are too many reasons for us to be thankful for. For example, when things come to an end, do not grumble that it's over. Instead, be thankful that it happened. And again, thousand things happen in our lives. It's our choice to make those thousands really dreadful, or really meaningful.

Enjoy life ! ^^

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She walked along the quiet pavement quickly,
Scared that reality would strike her anytime
and softly whisper to her ear,
the memory she's shared with him.

The lively swimming pool has died in agony.
Two vending machines were standing abreast,
quiet as they studied the picture,

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Term test is finally over, thank God.
I spent my entire week studying, yes, literally. I did not go online, I was not at home, I was outside studying with Su Ling and Justin.

Okay, maybe we spent two days of the week having a HEAVY 2-hour break like watching movies. But apart from that, if we are not having our daily meals, we are studying.

And tests were really not very easy to be honest, and i am kinda disappointed myself. just that i cant really change the way it was, can i?

Anyway, on Friday after PracTech test, I met steven and joice to jog. it was 730 pm i know but still we ran in Tampines Stadium. Was kinda energizing after the test.

After that, we ate SUSHI!!!! (and sprite float)

Hahahaha.... so cool laaaaaa.......... It has been forever since the last time I had sushi...

YUMMY!

=D

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Today is such a long day I spent 12 hours in school. I arrived at 9am, doing PracTech projection financial reports till 1pm, then had my lunch, went to PracTech revision lecture, attended another PracTech meeting, watched Kung-Fu Hustle (ok, I need a break. Everyone does, rite?), studied ERM, and finally travelled home.

During PracTech lecture, Justin seriously had nothing better to do he drew on my hand using his black thick pen. And let me tell you the saddest story. All the things he drew were nothing but nonsense. He even drew Bing Go!! I didn't know he loves Bing Go. Lol.

Anyway, today I studied ERM to prepare for my Mid-Semester Test. And guess what? It's all about SAP BP-ERP!! As what Mr. Jackson says, SAP does not stand for Systems Applications and Products, but Slow And Painful. Lol. Anyway, seeing Justin studied was scary. He built mindmaps for every chapter and his paper was full of blue-inks. He said ERM is not hard coz it only needs logic and common sense and all you need to do is just write down all the things you have in mind, with some seasonings of related technical key words you have learnt. I kinda agree but that applies only when you understand completely how ERP works, and how this connects to all business processes.

But anyway, I am not gonna copy his way of studying, coz I am not a mind map kinda person. I am not the type of person who can remember everything just by seeing key words, colours, and images. I need something more than that. I need to link all points together, see how one connects to the other, and how the topic I am learning interlinks with the one I revised previously. I need the complete story. When I study, I need to understand the macro picture, and this requires more than just key words.

Too bad I was not really prepared with my own notes just now, coz if I do, I will surely write so many stuff on it. Just now I was using Shana's notes and Justin's textbook, so I couldn't scribble on it. And when I study, I need lots of highlighters and coloured pens, coz this what makes things more attractive and fun.

And I studied in the school library until it closed, until I was being chased out by the staff. Lol. And damn Justin he kept on reminding me that he needs only 15 minutes to reach home, unlike me who took an extra 20 minutes, excluding walking from the bus stop to my block, waiting for the lift, search for house keys, opening the door, and finally get in the house.

But anyway. Im glad that today I finally did study. I was so worried but I think I wud manage to score in my term test. Wish me all the best.

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My heart is very fragile.
Please handle with care.

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YRC Sunday has moved to OHGS and hence our services will no longer be in Hyatt Hotel.
Not only that, weekly services will commence at 11am in the morning, instead of the usual 2pm.
Do take note!

If you are young within, understand Bahasa Indonesia, like to sing and dance, be in a band, etc, love to be in a super funky and vibrant bold and unashamed never say die for God kinda attitude community, be in a place with fun loving people, love to do whatever stuff thats cool, then JOIN US! Hahahahaha.....

Today's YRC was super! I thot the change in place and time will affect how the service commences. Erm, correction, it does have changes here and there, but i guess its for the better =)

We are still YRC Sunday, afterall, thus when we move to OHGS, we still commence our services in our way. We use chairs instead of sitting on the floor, and we have a holy communion every month. It is rare for a youth service to have a holy communion, but we do.

Having chairs is (glad to say) better than sitting on the floor, coz during praise and worship, when everyone wants to jump, they will run to the front and do so. The feeling is so cool when they leave their seats, race to the front and jump for God. They wanna get rid of their comfort zone of their seats and shout and jump the way youths do to express their love to their Creator. I said its better coz there wont be any bags or bibles lying on the floor which prevent them from jumping freely.

Today, the ushers kept on adding new rows of chairs due to congregations that kept on coming in. It was packed all the way to the back. Okay, we only filled in the centre part at first, but we couldn't help it but to create a new sitting block at the two sides. Thank God for the ushers who had served mightily, and did not stop smiling even though they might be tired of 'ngangkut2in bangku' and arranging the chairs.

Moving on, multimedia team only needs 2-3 people per service due to the limitations in the equipments used. We are no longer using the big camera, and no more dvds and stuff, no more messy cables, and no more service documentations. Okay, maybe in the next two weeks Ko Alfon will start rotating each of us to do and edit the service docs every week and we will upload it in YouTube or other video sharing media for everyone to see.

Because Multimedia team only needs 2-3 people, I won't be scheduled to serve everyweek (yaay for this!). Therefore, I would be able to do other stuff, like making friends with the new comers or so :D

It's amazing to know how I heart (read: love) YRC Sunday. I know it will be used to reach out to more and more young people out there. I am optimistic for this.

Talking about love reminds me of CoOL. Man, how I miss my cellgroup. I want cellgroup meetings!!! Hahahaha... Hai. My cell is now holiday-ing coz almost all the members have gone back to their hometown, leaving my leader, stephanie, and myself. Pathetic? Kinda.

And talking about cellgroup, I don't really treat my cell leader the way I did previously. Ever since my cell leader has a girlfriend, I rather lean back whenever I want to talk to him. I have lots to tell him, but I am afraid his girlfriend might feel uneasy. Another point is that he also doesn't seem to have the time to talk to his cellgroup members lately due to his commitment on his current relationship. I wish I could tell him this, and remind him to talk more often with his members. I want cellgroup meetings, because only with this, he can do whatever things he used to do, pray for us, talk to us, listen to us, go out with us, etc.

Give me back those moments.

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Why do I always take cab nowadays?

Coz Its Very Convenient! Hix.

I wasted bucks just for the uncle to drive me around.

Haiz.

I know its fast, but thats not my point.

Okay, sometimes i need to go somewhere quick.

But the thing is, I'm kinda addicted to it.

What's bus concession for?

Me = Cab?

Sigh big time.

Money waster.

I hope it doesn't develop into a lifestyle.

Bus rocks.

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Tell me why you keep on disturbing me.

Just tell me.

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Gue mo cerita.

Ada seorang anak, yang pengen punya seekor anjing. Dari dulu dia selalu mampir ke pet shop, liat2 kalo2 ada seekor anjing yang bisa dimilikinya. Dia juga jalan2 sama anjing orang, kenalan sama anjing2 jalanan, pokoknya apapun yang bisa bikin dia ketemu sama anjing yang sesuai sama kriterianya.

Suatu kali dia ketemu seekor anjing cantik di pet shop, namanya Chelsie. Dia jatuh hati sama tu anjing, dan pengen bgt dapetin anjing itu. Dia liat harganya, muahalnya bukan main. Agak sedih juga, namun dia gak putus asa sampe situ. Anak itu terus mengumpulkan uang, berharap saat tabungannya sudah cukup nanti, Chelsie masih ada di sana. Akhirnya, hasil jerih payah anak ini pun terbayar. Chelsie pun menjadi miliknya.

Anak ini gembira, begitu pula Chelsie. Mereka menjalani kehidupan bersama seakan-akan tak ada kesedihan yang berani menghampiri kedua makhluk hidup itu. Sang anak menjadi begitu dekat dengan anjing peliharaannya, demikian pula dengan Chelsie, yang makin lama makin manja dengan sang anak. Sang anak pun bersyukur telah mendapatkan Chelsie. Baginya, anjing cantik ini adalah anugerah yang tak tergantikan.

Tapi sayang, tiba-tiba Chelsie yang disayanginya ternyata berubah menjadi judes banget. Sejak itu, Chelsie gak pernah mau menerima cinta kasih dari si anak. Chelsie selalu membuat anak ini kecewa, Chelsie gak pernah mau diajak main, Chelsie gak mau dimiliki oleh anak ini. Seakan-akan memiliki dua kepribadian, Chelsie pun menjadi sosok anjing yang sangat berbeda dari yang dikenal sang anak beberapa bulan yang lalu. Sekarang, di mata Chelsie, anak ini memiliki banyak kekurangan, dan gak pantes buat memiliki seekor anjing seperti dirinya. Anak ini pun terus berusaha dan berusaha, namun hasilnya selalu gagal. Usaha pendekatan yang dilakukannya terhadap anjing cantik itu selalu gak membawa hasil. Chelsie menjadi seekor anjing yang sulit diajak berkompromi. Paling tidak, sulit diajak kompromi dengan anak itu.

Berbulan-bulan berlalu. Si anak terpaksa melepaskan Chelsie ke tempat di mana dia bisa lebih berbahagia. Si anak sedih banget begitu tau kalo Chelsie gak mau dia miliki. Demi kebaikan Chelsie, si anak rela melepaskan anjing itu ke habitat yang lebih pantas baginya.

Seperti dikirim oleh angin, beberapa hari kemudian, ada seekor anjing liar yang ditemuinya. Anjing ini biasa2 aja, gak terlalu cantik, gak terlalu indah, bulunya gak terlalu bagus, matanya gak terlalu mengkilat, pokoknya biasa-biasa aja deh. Kalah banget kalo dibandingin sama Chelsie. Si anak gak memperhatikan anjing ini pada awalnya, tapi karna anjing ini selalu ngikutin dia ke manapun dia berada, dibawa pulanglah anjing biasa2 ini, dan dinamainya Luna.

Luna sebenernya adalah anjing buangan. Dia dulu pernah dimiliki oleh seorang bapak yang ngakunya sayang ma dia, tapi justru membawa ketakutan luar biasa buat si Luna. Luna gak bisa main sama bapak ini, dan Luna ngerasa bapak ini cuman pengen mempergunakan Luna. Luna dijadikan ajang taruhan, dipermainkan, dicemooh, dihina, pokoknya sama sekali gak dihargain. Luna pun akhirnya kabur dari rumah si bapak begitu ada kesempatan, dia berlari dan berlari jauh meninggalkan kota tempat bapak itu tinggal, sampai akhirnya dia menemukan anak itu.

Meskipun Luna gak seindah Chelsie, namun Luna gak sejudes Chelsie. Dia senantiasa menemani anak itu kapanpun dan di manapun. Pokoknya, di manapun anak ini berada, Luna selalu ada di sampingnya. Kalo Luna takut, dia pasti selalu nyari tuannya, begitu pula kalo si anak lagi sedih, dia selalu cerita ke Luna. Terutama tentang Chelsie. Si anak selalu melampiaskan kesedihannya pada Luna, dan Luna selalu menghibur tuannya ini dengan mendengarkan dan mengajaknya bermain. Kehidupan ini berlangsung cukup lama, dan Luna ngerasa sangat nyaman berada di sisi sang anak. Belum pernah dalam hidupnya, dia diperhatikan secara luar biasa oleh manusia.

Tapi sayang, si anak cuman menjadikan Luna sebagai pelarian dari Chelsie. Dia sedih banget atas perlakuan anjing cantik itu atas dirinya, dan pas banget saat itu ada Luna, dia selalu menumpahkan kekesalannya pada Luna, meski pada akhirnya Luna juga dipelihara, dikasih makan, disayang2, tapi tetep aja, hatinya ada pada Chelsie dan bukan Luna.

Luna sebagai anjing tentu punya insting yang luar biasa. Dia tau banget tuannya itu masih menginginkan Chelsie dan bukan dia. Tapi sayang, dia gak bisa ngapa2in. Yang bisa dia lakukan cuma ngedengerin setiap kekecewaan tuannya atas perlakuan Chelsie terhadap dirinya, dan mendukung tuannya setiap kali tuannya pergi ke pet shop itu cuma buat ngeliat Chelsie dan ngobrol2 sama Chelsie. Di satu sisi Luna cemburu, tapi di sisi lain Luna tau kalo dirinya gak seindah Chelsie, gak selucu Chelsie, dan gak semenarik Chelsie. Luna pun jadi sedih. Tuannya selalu nyari2 cara buat dapetin Chelsie kembali, dan Luna jadi ngerasa gak aman. Gimana kalo tuannya berhasil ngedapetin Chelsie, Luna mau diapain? Apakah dia akan kembali jadi anjing jalanan?

Luna terus merenung dan merenung, hingga akhirnya dia sadar, kalau pada awalnya dia pun hanya menjadikan anak ini sebagai tempat perlindungan. Dia mempergunakan anak ini untuk melindunginya dari bahaya, kalau2 pemilik sebelumnya mau merampas dia dan membawanya kembali ke kehidupan asalnya yang pahit dan kelam. Mungkin Luna juga mempergunakan anak ini, mungkin Luna juga menjadikan anak ini sebagai tempat pelarian, tapi kenapa Luna cemburu tiap kali tuannya cerita tentang Chelsie? Kenapa Luna ngerasa sakit? Kenapa Luna ngerasa gak aman? Kalau dia bener2 sayang sama tuannya, bukankah lebih baik jika melihat tuannya bahagia bersama Chelsie? Sebegitu egoisnyakah Luna?

Luna pun memutuskan untuk terus menjalankan tugasnya dengan setia, menemani tuannya siang dan malam, menjadikan tempat curahan hati, mendukung, dan membantu tuannya. Namun dalam hatinya, ia mengiris sedikit demi sedikit luka dalam hatinya, dan tak hentinya ia selalu bertanya, "Mengapa engkau hanya melihat dari luarnya saja? Kenapa karna dia lebih lucu engkau lebih memilih dia? Sifatku jelas lebih baik dari dia, dan aku mengasihimu dengan tulus, setulus engkau mengasihi dia. Aku akan selalu menjagamu siang dan malam, sebagaimana sudah kubuktikan di masa-masa ini. Engkau selalu berusaha mendapatkannya, engkau berharap bisa memeluknya, namun engkau tidak menyadari bahwa apa yang kau butuhkan saat ini sudah tersedia di depan matamu. Aku tak bisa berbuat apa-apa, tuan. Jika engkau terus memilih dia, aku tetap akan mendukungmu."

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Strumming my guitar,
Singing songs out loud,
On one simple evening.

It has been so long since the last time I felt this pleasure.
And now I am enjoying it again.

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HAhaha...

Well, to me, Monday isn't that bad. Partially because we only have 1 miserable 2-hour PracTech lecture which happens to start at 11am.

After having our lunch, we then started to work on our BizIntel assignment, which ends at around 3:30 pm. Our plan was to meet John Sung at 6pm, our company project supervisor, and present him our system, as well as to test the company server. Justin told the group that we would need approximately 1 hour 15 minutes to get into the Island. So we decided to bum around in the computer lab until 4:30 pm comes. Justin and I watched The School of Rock in his laptop. Obviously, there was not enough time to complete the 2-hour movie, but we still watched anyway.

We left the Lab at 4:30 sharp, (even though the bus-waiting time took longer than expected) but we still managed to reach the Island at 5:45 pm. In the Island Bus Stop, Justin met his previous colleagues and we found out from her that JOHN WAS ON MC!!!! Great! We had already travelled that far, but everything just went in vain. Everyone was so excited but now, the mood had gone by the wind towards the thin air. Anyway, we learnt our lesson that next time, before we have an appointment with anyone, do confirm with the person on the day before we left.

Suddenly, in the midst of our disappointment, Shahirah spoke up, "Hey, anyone in for a movie?" We looked at her... actually it wasn't such a bad idea. We thought of it for a while, decided upon which cinema to go to, and finally chose the Grand Cathay at Dhoby Ghaut.

The movie was from 7 to 9 pm, afterwhich, shana and shahirah went home. Justin, Dodi, and I then had our dinner, and went home by train. Everything went good, when finally the sour stuff appeared.

Someone I didn't wish to think, to remember, or to talk to, called me repeatedly. I kept on rejecting or ignoring his calls, but this guy just wouldn't give up calling. He texted me a message, asking why I rejected his calls, which I did not reply. I mean, wasn't the answer obvious? I was avoiding you!

SMS: What's wrong? Do you want me to come over to your house?
I stunned, thinking of whether or not should I reply his sms this time.
My reply: No. Do not ever.

The guys noticed the awkwardness in my face.

Justin: What happened mun?
Louisa: What? Nothing.
*my phone vibrates*
Louisa: Tsk! Stop calling, can??
Dodi: Aiya, just pick up lah!
*I rejected the call*
Dodi: Why never pick up? Your friend calling you, you don't want to pick up. Hai..
Louisa: I don't want to talk to this person lah!
Dodi: It's good what... At least got people call you. I whole day wait for the phone, nobody calls me.

SMS: Why don't you pick up? Anything wrong?

I gave no responses.

Dodi and I talked in the train while Justin was in his own world on the phone. The train finally reached Paya Lebar where I alighted. The calls still kept on coming in, and I always rejected it or just simply did not pick up. Suddenly, a message popped up.

SMS: That's it. I'm coming over...

I FREAKED OUT!!! YOU KIDDING!!! This guy freaking knows my complete full address, he knows which level I stayed in, he knows my unit number, and he can reach my house in no time coz he stays bloody near my house!!!!!!!!!!!!

My hands trembled, I didn't know what to do. I grabbed my phone, typed, "I don't want to see you!"

Message sent.

Then I went to the address book, searched for Justin's number, nearly called him asking for help but I failed to do so. I wanted to cry. I was so terrified I couldn't think properly. I typed to send Justin an SMS, "Please HELP me, I'm so scared!". I have already typed the message, but I realised he was happily in the train, heading home. Then I switched target. I called Shahirah instead, since she knows my situation and this guy, basically everything. Then Shahirah prayed for me. She also didn't know what to do. On that small pavement towards my house, I literally shouted to God, "GOD! PLEASE SPARE ME!!! I really don't want to see him!!"

I texted the guy. "Don't scare me by coming over."

His SMS: Ok. But let me know why you acted so strangely. If not, I am coming over to find out.
My reply: Are you threatening me? I just feel uncomfortable whenever I'm with you. Maybe you are not the one.
His SMS: What is it that makes you feel so? Anything I can do to make it better?

I seriously fed up. I didn't reply him.

Finally, I reached my apartment, and I looked around, searching for anything that represents the presence of this guy. But no, he's not there. Phew. Thank God.

I quickly went up. I sms-ed Justin, telling him what just happened. I typed for so long, but I accidentally cleared the screen without saving it. Darn SMS.

Then THE GUY called. I rejected, obviously.
Another call came. This one was from Shahirah. I picked up and thanked her for praying for me, and talked to me when I was scared.
Soon after I ended the conversation, another phone call came. Justin.

"What happened? You OK?"

Like Duh! Obviously I'm not!! I told him everything, then he laughed his butt off. Stupid.

Justin: Well, who knows if later there will be news of you and him together...
Louisa: Choy! Shut up! It will never happen.
Justin: Oh, you sure?
Louisa: Hey, don't say anything la, sometimes whatever you said may come true.
Justin: Oh yeah, there is power in a believer's tongue.
Louisa: Exactly. So shut up.
Justin: Laughs
Louisa: Not funny. I will hang up.
Justin: OK Ok relax. bla bla bla.

Then we started talking about anything else....

My life seriously is screwed up. But for now, I just let God have a hold of it. Nope, I mean from now onwards.

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Danny is born an Emcee.
NextLevel is talented (i mean the four goofies who sang on stage, that was ultimately entertaining!)
Book of Hope is useful. (For the first time Christians!)

And, what makes everything special: MY FRIEND CHRISTINA =]

Attending a service with your usual TLG friends is usual, but with her presence, it all became special.

And of course, God's presence too.

Want me to be honest? I feel the PW a bit screwed up. Honest.

But oh well. God still showed up. That matters the most.

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Bokek!!! Gua lagi bokek!! Kerjaan gua tiap hari itu tuh narik duit dari ATM. Koq bisa?
Yah bisa lah, masa gak bisa? Hehehe...

YAh uda deh, gw mo cerita. Selamat tidur membaca cerita harian gw... hehehe.

Senin - Selasa... pegi kampus, pulang kampus, mampir parkway, SHOPPING. Gak ada yang perlu dijelasin kali ya, mungkin karna ini terlalu membosankan untuk diceritakan.

Rabu ... Sedikit menarik. Presentasi!

Gua uda dag dig dug gak keruan, gw dan grup dateng pagian buat latian, dan we had the entire lab for ourselves. Kita akhirnya ngetest laptop kita di projector sekolah, dan akhirnya error gara2 by default laptop gw maupun laptopnya justin (cuma kita bedua yang bawa laptop), uda di extend ke second monitor, jadi pas mo dijadiin 1 monitor doang, projectornya gak terima sinyal apa2. Akhirnya kita panggil si technician, and we managed to get the thing done.

After the technician went away, kita latian (gladi kotor), terus akhirnya diusir dari lab karna labnya mo dipake, dan kita pindah lab. Justin closed the Lab Room door, and he instructed, "Ok everyone, Let's pray!" And he led the prayer. It's a good thing that all of us (ok, only 4 out of 5) are Christians, so we can pray together in times like this.

Gladi bersih.

Gua present duluan, dengan group members gw belaga jadi judgesnya. Di tengah2 speech gue, Justin nyeletuk, "what is system management?"

I stunned. Firstly, i didnt expect any questions at that point of time. Secondly, I knew he was acting as one of the judges, but I did not know that the question would come from a person like him. (Ooops. Lol.) I froze.

Latihan selesai, we were waiting outside the presentation room, when everyone was going crazy. Justin and Shana were singing songs they created, like "Yesterday", but they changed the lyric into something depressing, and I was too sleepy to listen. Nevermind.

Presentation went ok, I believe we can pass. Then we went for lunch, and quickly go to the Lab to finish our BizIntel assignment. Pas uda kelar, kita pulang. HORE.

Doa pengerja.

Pulang sekolah ada doa pengerja.. jadi buru2 mandi, grab some meal, then walked off to the bus stop. Sore itu gw baru inget kalo BingBing, spupunya Tirza, hari itu jualan waffle di kampus, dan kmaren dia ktemu gw di kampus ASc dan gw da janji ma dia mo beli. Argh! Maap Bing, gw lupa gara2 presentation itu.....

Sekian dan terima kasih.

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heHEHE DAh lama banget sejak gw update blog gw ya, sampe2 teman2ku satu2 meninggalkan blog gw perlahan2 karna bosen nungguin update-an yang ada...

Banyak hal terjadi laaa... dari bete sampe seneng
Apalagi pas worship with stars....

BETE!!! Emang!
KECEWA!!! Sangat! sampe gw ngomel2 ma c sansan (sorry ci!!!)
SENENG! Gak juga sih tp oke lah.....

Btw yah, apaan tuh worship with stars? Heheh. makanya ke www.lastgen.org donk gimana seh! HAhahah. MAles gw jelasin 1-1. ya pokoknya acara yrc sunday deh..

eh ngomong2 soal yrc sunday, kita bakal pindah k ohgs looo... jem 11 pagi, huweheh horeee!! (meski kacau juga kalo diliat dari segi pelayanan...)

Usher jadinya harus berubah cara menyambut jemaat2 baru, skrg ini kan ga ada kursi, gak ada sepatu ato alas kaki juga.. haha.. tmpatnya beda pula... cara ngasi kantong persembahan juga pasti beda.

Multimedia juga mungkin berubah, meski gak banyak, remembering that the Projectors are fixed, the screens are fixed, the camera position changed, the laptop, mixer, computer, etc all changed.

PW? Jangan tanya!! Ini bukan di hyatt, stagenya kecil, jemaatnya uda gak pake tempat duduk, terus ruangannya gak kedap suara, jadi music team must control their loudness.

Apalagi? YAh doa mungkin gak ngaruh kali yah... SALAH!! Sebelum youth service, ada BES... jadi doa gak tau mau jem berapa.... hahehe... minor sih, i know....

Apa lagi? sound system? Beuh!!! Ruangannya bergaung2 gitu... mesti jago deh si anthony...

Cuman perpindahan ini membawa teriakan HALELUYA yang sangat keras dari CARE TEAM, karna dengan ini, care team bisa lebih mengontrol jemaatnya satu per satu, terutama dari segi jemaat baru.... heheh.

Oh iya, pindahnya tanggal 11. which is also tanggal berlangsungnya acara natal gabungan TLG (yang flyernya keren banget itu!!!) WAKAKAKAK. Bawa kado luuu... buat gw moga2 dapetnya yang 10 dollar... LOL.

Trus kmaren ini gw ikut FA ko iie... bole juga, meski gw tdnya pengen share sesuatu ttg anak2 yang tertolak (mnurut gw mereka kurang tau siapa itu anak2 tertolak.....) tp uda malem jd ga jadi d...

Btw, ngomong2 soal FA, pas worship with stars FA gw (Perez) menang kategori FA tergubraks... WAKAKA.. Hidup gubraks!!!! Haiz.... sedih juga sih.... Tau gak sih perez uda bubar??? Alesanny banyak la... banyak yang gak komit, dll dll.... Tp bakal ada FA baru sih taon depan heheh... im so looking forward to that...

Kmaren ini gw balik indo..... ikut retreat gereja, tentang rumah tangga yng diberkati (gak relevan sih sama gw yg belum berkeluarga, tapi gpp la buat masa depan, hehehehehe). gw berdoa kenceng2 soal pemulihan keluarga besar tapi hasilnya tetep nihil, but i know God's time is perfect, so im still hopeful. Sigh.

Di indo bosen banget, satu2nya hal yang gw lakukan yg bermanfaat di indo tu cuma ke salon (anak2 semua pada tau kalo gw merubah gaya gua habis2an sejak gw balik indo!), beli buku di gramed....... nonton, udah. Haiz.... nyiksaaa nyiksa.

Udah ah.

Ngeliat poin2 di atas.. ternyata banyak juga ya yang mesti gw ceritain... ah udah lah... kalo curious leave a comment aja ntar gw ceritain yang panjang.... hehehehehehehehe......

BYEEEEE....

Gue mo siapin presentasi dulu.. besok gw ngeblog lagi d!!

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Kita sering gak nyadar kalo di sebelah kita tuh kadang bukan orang yang sempurna. Dia mungkin lagi ngalamin masalah yang semua orang di dunia ini gak pernah tau. Dan masalah itu bisa sampe tahap yang udah gak ada penangkalnya lagi selain kasih, kayak kerusakan otak bagian blakang dll......

kita anggepnya tiap orang harus sama kayak kita, kalo kita dalam waktu 3 taon bisa bertumbuh rohaninya secara pesat, dia juga harus gitu. Dan kadang kita uda terlalu sering menghakimi orang, kenapa dia gak tumbuh2, apakah dia ini bejat, gak holy, sesat, berdosa, dsb?

Well teman, daripada kita sibuk menghakimi, kenapa juga kita gak menyibukkan diri melayani? Si Andri bilang ke gue, 'sekarang ini mah jangan pernah harep kita dilayani orang, itu mah uda basi. Yang sekarang lagi ngetren di FA kita adalah rasa saling melayani satu sama laen. Kita gak bisa ngubah anak2 rusak kayak mereka, yang bisa kita lakukan hanyalah menerima mereka dan kasih tau ke mereka dengan tindakan kita kalo kita tuh mengasihi mereka, karna hanya itu yang mereka butuhkan.'

Gua ambil komitmen mau melayani orang2 di skitar gue. Orang itu mungkin orang yang uda gw kenal deket, tapi ayo kita sama2 komitmen bawa mereka ke tahap yang lebih tinggi lagi, ajar mereka untuk lebih mengasihi diri sendiri, dan untuk mengetahui tujuan mereka diciptakan.

And tell you what. When you have gained trusts from just one person, you are a leader.

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Hari ini gue melihat2 barang2 yang tergeletak gak berdaya di laci meja gue. Isinya macem2, pen nggak bertinta, kertas coret2, notes2, dan 1 lagi, buku kecil berisikan kata2 mutiara hadiah dari orang.

Gua buka2 tu buku, di dalemnya ada catatan kecil dari sang pemberi. To: Louisa. Bla bla bla bla. Gue ngeliatnya langsung keingetan how we met, how close we were, how we used to hang out together, exchange thoughts, be in each other’s presence.

Namun sekarang, hubungan gue dengan orang itu uda bisa dibilang jauh. Oke lah, mungkin gak jauh2 amat, cuman gue ma dia uda agak aneh kalo ketemu. Intinya, kita gak se-comfortable dulu lagi.

Dari situ gue nyadar, kalo ternyata gue uda ngerasa nyaman pas gue memutuskan untuk tidak bersangkut paut lagi dengan orang itu. Kayaknya akhir2 ini hidup gw dipenuhi dengan berbagai2 situasi yang bisa bikin gue lupa sama dia. Gue serius lupa total dan gak bakal inget dia kalo gue gak menemukan buku itu.

Dan kayaknya, gue ini tipe orang yang gampang lupa sama temen lama kalo uda punya temen baru. Buktinya nih, dia dengan mudahnya gw lupain, temen2 maen gue di kampus uda kurang begitu ‘berharga’ lagi dibanding sama temen2 baru gue di gereja, be it di FA baru ato FA lama, ato mungkin anak2 Sunday dan multimedia.

Gue di satu sisi merasa jahat banget karena segitu mudahnya gue melupakan orang, namun di satu sisi gue merasa seneng karena di lingkungan gue yang baru, gua merasa sangat sangat sangat dan sangat diterima.

Hari ini gua jalan2 ma tirza, sansan, dan steven. Pas kelar makan, sansan telepon2in anak2 FA yang udah menghilang dari taon jebot. Di situ gw bener2 kagum sama dia karna dia masih bisa teleponin anak2 yang udah menguap ditelan udara gitu aja dan ngobrol macem2. Sedangkan gue? Gue cuma bisa basa basi haha hehe sama mereka tanpa ada tujuan yang jelas mau ngomong apa. Terus terang nih kalo gue, gue bakalan pasrah deh. Kalo emang kita dikehendaki untuk bertemu lagi, kita pasti akan bersua. Tapi dari kejadian ci sansan telpon2an itu gue sadar, banyak orang gak peduli, karna mereka uda sibuk sama urusannya masing2. Kita adalah orang yang seharusnya bertindak untuk follow up temen2 lama kita dan nanyain kabarnya. Omong2 soal heryanto, gw baru liat2 foto kita ber4 (gue, hery, melvin, ma pauline) pas tadi ngutak ngatik laci gue. Mereka itu temen2 FA gw dari taon jebot! Di situ muka gue masi innocent banget, dan kayaknya itu taon 2003 gitu. Uda jadul banget yah? Huweheh...

Yah pokoknya ikutin kata pepatah, kalo uda dapat temen baru, temen lama jangan dilupain. Mereka itu permata yang dulu pernah kita temuin. Jangan buang permata itu.

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Oh iya… kan gw perna bilang, ada banyak hal yang terjadi dalam kehidupan gw...
Salah satunya... Pilihan antara ikut YRC Saturday ato YRC Sunday, pilihan antara tetep ikut FA Menthol ato pindah FA...

Dan inilah jawabannya....

Aku cinta YRC minggu.

Aku lebih cinta YRC minggu.

Aku cinta FA baru.

Meski aku gak sanggup bilang kalo aku lebih cinta FA baru.

Karna aku juga cinta FA lama.

Namun aku cinta YRC minggu dan FA baru.

Benar benar cinta.

Mereka bagian dari diriku. Mereka keluargaku. Mereka hidupku.

Kasian banget sih si sasa... ok lah kalian mungkin bisa mikir gitu... mwahaha.. tp bener loh.. dulu gw rasa pindah FA itu sesuatu yang gak pernah terlintas di pikiran gw... gw gak bakal pernah bisa pindah FA.. mana mungkin! FA Menthol itu salah satu komunitas yang dulu sangat gw banggakan. Dan when you said its a CoOL (Community of Love), saya rasa kalian sangat sangat benar. They are such a loving family. Dulu pilihan gw hampir bulat mau pindah YRC aja.... gw di YRC Sat bisa ikut pelayanan juga, dan anak2nya juga gw da lebi kenal (lha wong anak FA!)

Jadi begitulah... tapi kayaknya hati gw gak damai sejahtera. Ada sesuatu yang menekan gw.... gw doa dan doa lagi.. dan akhirnya ko bonar crita banyak tentang YRC Sunday. It’s something that opened my eyes. God does not want to put me in a place that's so fine. He wants me to change something. He wants to use me.

Gw mikir lagi sepanjang hari itu, dan gw juga banyak tanya dari point of view anak-anak Sunday (yang biasanya gw gak pernah, karna gw ceritanya cuma sama anak2 Saturday doank, yang biasanya ujung2nya nyuruh gw pindah YRC), ternyata mereka tuh cukup fair la... mereka bilang, if you think you feel more at home over there (Sabtu), and you think you can excel in your spiritual growth, then by all means, go there! I beg you to go!

Terus terang, gw suka gaya anak2 Sunday. Bagi gw mereka tuh jauh lebih GOKIL dan GARING dibanding Saturday, meski YRC Saturday lebih rame, lebih heboh, lebih gak kayak ibadah kalo ibadah.. kalo pengumuman suka teriak2, dll… tapi anak2 Sunday lebih garing dan gokil kalo lagi ngejoke, kalo lagi ngobrol2 gitu mereka lebih renyah dan kriuk2… trus gw pikir2 lagi, apa karna ini gw lantas membela YRC Sunday? Gak juga kan?

I tried to be as neutral as possible, gw tanya temen2 gw dari kedua belah pihak, gw tanya anak2 FA laen di YRC Sunday (gimana kalo gw pindah FA, dll)… dan gw juga liat apa yg bisa gw lakukan di kedua belah YRC, how God is gonna use me in a particular YRC, and in which YRC I can really grow and develop more potential, which YRC I can feel more comfortable with, dll.

Emang sih YRC Saturday udah kayak keluarga buat gw… anak2 FA menthol di situ semua, namun dari pertimbangan yang lain gw rasa Tuhan bener2 pengen gw untuk menetap di hari minggu. Lagipula ada perasaan aneh yang menekan gw kalo gw bilang gw mau pindah YRC dari Sunday ke Saturday. Hati gw jauh dari damai sejahtera.

Lalu gw bilang ma ko Hendra kalo gw mau fokus ke Sunday. Trus ko hendra bilang "kalo gitu kamu harus pindah FA, soalnya kalo kamu mau follow up anak2 baru, kamu emang mau ajak mereka ke FA kita? Gak mungkin kan.. mereka harus dimuridkan di wadah YRC Sunday..."

Dari situ gw bingung lagi... okay. Gw tau lah dari awal kalo gw bakal diminta untuk pindah FA, tapi gw sama sekali gak kepikiran kalo itu harus bener2 terjadi. Si heru sering ajakin ikut FA ko darwin karna rumah gw cuma 4 bus stop dari tempat FA... tapi gw gak mau! Knapa? Karna gw gak nyambung ma orang2nya....... mereka uda dewasa. Uda pada kerja gitu (kcuali beberapa orang yang masi seumuran gw yang jumlahnya bisa diitung dengan 1 tangan). Oke lah mereka sangat crunchy2 (bisa diliat dari si gheko yang berubah 180 derajat pas masuk FA itu), tapi tetep aja, kalo sharing ma mereka tentang sekolah, gak bakalan kena!

Gw juga tanya Rancu tentang FA ko david, tapi gak banget deh karna harinya itu hari slasa dan tempatnya di novena, dan kelar FA bisa jem 10 gitu... belon lagi perjalanan pulang yang gak ada direct bus ke rumah... dan inget loh, itu masi weekday....... bisa jadi besoknya gw ada tugas ato ulangan.... ~_~

Gw gak mau join FA Jojo karna itu di bukit timah, sangat tidak terjangkau.

FA NUS, FA NTU, udah pasti di luar batas pikiran..

FA Trellis juga gak mau, karna isinya anak2 secondary gitu... Jadi sedikit kurang nyambung juga.... ok lah gw pernah jadi anak secondary tapi akan lebih baik kalo gw ikut FA yang isinya anak2 seumuran gw bukan?

Sisanya tinggal 1. FA Andri. Di FA ini ada anak2 seumuran gw, tapi gw gak kenal mereka sedeket gw kenal rancu, sedeket gw kenal heru, sedeket gw kenal anak2 usher yang laen.... dan lagi, tempatnya yang agak jauh, di Orchard. Tapi ok lah, masi terjangkau. Gimana donk gimana donk gimana donk???

Ok lah mungkin keputusan gw saat itu berkutat antara FA Andri dan FA Darwin (paya lebar).

Namun atas dukungan dari ko hendra....... gw masuk FA Andri. (ato lebih kerennya, FA Perez yg artinya - katanya nih - breakthrough). Lagipula di FA ini banyak anak2 seumuran gw gitu yang bikin gw lebih nyaman. Mungkin belon terlalu kenal, tapi eventually bisa lah abis kenalan2 gitu.... Namanya juga masi baru!

Dan terima kasih Tuhan, aku merasa sangat diterima di sana. Anak2 FA itu bahkan sebelum gw masuk FA uda sering bilang "FA kita", "FA kita", "FA kita", padahal gw belon officially jadi member FA itu. Trus hari pertama gw ikut FA juga gw dijemput dari OHGS ke rumah ko omar... dan uda kasi tau acara outing anak2 FA sebelum gw bener2 jadi member FA itu. Bayangin aja, hari minggu gw cuma bilang "Ntar gw ikut FA lu ya hari jumat...", responnya uda kayak gw ini bagian dari mereka.

Minggu pertama gw di sana, kita maen game 'wacko' (sejenis ice breaking game buat kenal2an dan mengingat nama2 orang). Lucu sih, gw aja yang baru pertama kali dateng udah bisa teriak2. Mungkin karna gw uda kenal beberapa anak2nya kali ya jadi bisa teriak2. Hehehe.

Minggu kedua itu bible camp. Di bible camp pun pas foto FA gw uda langsung ditarik2 suru foto bareng. Minggu ketiga setelah bible camp gue uda dikasi tanggung jawab doain 1 anak FA, minggu keempat setelah minggu ketiga (duh!) gue uda disuru ngajakin temen2 gw masuk FA, uda dikasi tau masalah2 apa yang dialamin sama FA itu, uda dikasi kepercayaan seakan-akan gue ini uda lama di FA itu.

Pindah FA emang berat, apalagi FA Sansan (Hendra) karna gw uda jadi member FA itu sejak gw taon 2003. Bayangin aja bo... Hampir 5 taon gitu loh... Sejak FA Sansan sama FA Hendra belom bersatu, gw uda di sana. Cuman entah kenapa, di FA Sansan gw gak merasa diterima sampe segini dalemnya (maaf ci!).

Awalnya gw pikir FA baru akan jadi sebuah nightmare. Gua orangnya susah mingle with new people. Gw orangnya susah banget terbuka dan susah banget adaptasi. Tapi di FA Orchard ternyata gak separah yang gw kira sebelum gw masuk FA itu. Bahkan gw sempet terkagum-kagum sama cara mereka menerima anak-anak baru. Mungkin ini juga berkat doa anak2 FA Menthol kali ya (gw minta didoain malem sebelum gw mo join FA baru, heheh). Emang bener kata steven, terima aja. Kita gak tau apa yang bakal terjadi. Hehehe....

Kalo Tuhan mau pake kita lebih lagi, Dia juga pasti uda nyusun strategi dan rencana, dan semua itu pasti sempurna. Mungkin bagi kita itu berat, sakit, nggak nyaman, tapi kalo kita mau dipake Tuhan secara menyeluruh, kita harus keluar dari comfort zone kita dan lari sampe ke tujuan akhir itu. Sampe mahkota. Jadi rencana apapun yang menurut kita 'nggak banget', jalanin aja. Kan tadi gw uda bilang, segala sesuatu uda dirancang sama Tuhan. Kita sebagai anak-anakNya tinggal nurut aja deh.. Taat aja. Pasti semuanya itu indah. :)

Gua cinta FA Orchard.

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Ini Kami.........................

Steven dan Saya (dan name tags kami)

In our own thoughts... Maya and Louisa

Louisa & San-san

Menthol Girls...

Hendy tidur di aula...

Ivan NB makan apel

Kenny menerawang ke langit-langit

Kenapa gw bisa ada di sini????

People, look.. it's LOUISA!!

Post master, Food Provider, First-aid IC... waaa..
(Me, Tirza, Steven)

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TERIMA KASIH:

buat semua panitia yang uda ngebantu in one way or another... gw jadi ngerasa semangat tiap kali mau ke OHGS karna ada dukungan dari kalian juga...

Apresiasi setinggi langit ditujukan pada ci widiya, cici yang baik sekali, yang udah hapal banget gimana caranya mimpin bible camp, huwahahahah.... yang sabar banget jawabin query2 semua panitia.... makasi cici...

Sangat2 berterima kasih kepada steven dan becky yang gara2 gw, harus rela jadi "part timer" di gereja, tiap kali harus ke ohgs demi ngebantuin gw... huwahahaha..

buat Tirza dan tim multimedia yang uda ngasi gw lesson yang super duper (inget gak pas session pertama gimana parahnya multimedia kita? displaynya ijo, laptopnya baterenya abis, settingnya gak bisa nyambung, dll dl... tapi bener2 hebat deh Tuhan itu.. pertolongannya pas banget di saat kita berdoa meminta dgn sungguh. yang kita perlu tinggal minta. Tuhan gak perna telat kasi jawaban, cuma kadang kita yang telat buat minta).

buat FA ko hendra yang uda doain buat kesehatan gw, karna gw sempet sakit beberapa hari sebelum bible camp... puji Tuhan gw sembuh... terima kasih buat doa doa kaliannn...

buat ko david chandra yang sabar banget gw tanyain ini itu regarding the booklet's layout...

buat andri kuya yang uda ngebantuin gw di berbagai hal (terutama soal booklet)... dan yang uda bantu bikin suasana ohgs jadi heboh dengan kegaringannya...

buat steven yang udah mengkritik habis2an nametag gw hingga akhirnya keluarlah final design yang super keren...

buat hendy yang udah rela nemenin gw ke benquick buat ngambil nametag sama booklet, ngangkat2 bulletin, bayarin taxi (meski akhirnya direimburse juga)...

buat rancu, jessica, becky, yang uda bantuin nulisin nama2 di nametag saat gw lagi super sibuk...

buat becky yang sempet2in ke popular buat ngambil plastik2 nametag yang udah dipesen...

buat steven yang bantuin bolongin plastiknya pake cutter...

buat becky dan hendy yang nemenin gw beli makanan2 buat para pemenang....

buat jenny dan maya yang uda bantuin ngabsenin orang2 yang ikut bus....

buat ci hilda yang sabar banget gw tanyain macem2.. kayak telfonin uncle benquick, nyari2 lanyard buat nametag, nyusun kotak P3K, dll.........

buat hendro yang bantuin nelfonin orang2 dan nagih2in duit....

buat peserta yang udah bela2in ngosongin waktu tanggal 7-9 dan rela2in bayar 60 dollar buat bible camp ini....

dan buat TUHAN YESUS yang keren banget yang selalu akan gw sembah.....

juga buat doa dan dukungan kalian semua yang mungkin gak sanggup gw sebutkan satu persatu... dan buat kalian yang udah bantuin gw in one way or another tapi gw gak nyebut...hahaha uda kayak menang piala apa aja yah gw.... lol

oh satu lagi, buat ko wibi yang harus ngerelain kantornya diberantakin sama kita-kita... huwehehehe....... (yang akhirnya gak jadi gw vakumin...)percayalah semuanya itu tidak sia-sia kooo.. =P

MAKASIIII!! ARIGATOO GOZAIMASU!! XIE XIE!! THANK YOU!!!



Anak Bible Camp,
Louisa

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Tiga minggu di muka terasa begitu cepat dan melelahkan

Tiga hari saat acara juga terasa begitu cepat namun memuaskan

Tiga minggu kemudian terasa begitu lama tetapi menggairahkan



Aku cinta bible camp!

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Gue punya temen, namanya Steven. Dia tuh puinter banget bikin puisi... hehe. pernah satu kali, gw rikues bikinin puisi ke dia, dan inilah hasilnya:


Kaki Pelangi
: Louisa Zephania

telah terlukis dalam hati sebuah jejak kaki
dimana sudutnya berona warna-warni, tinggi
juga besar merupa tempat berlindung terhadap matahari
dan ketika hujan pun turun tiba-tiba, akan terjadi
sebuah lukisan yang tak habis diterjemahkan: pelangi


14 Agustus 2007



HEhee gimana? Gimana? Bagus gak?? Well, kalian bisa ngeliat puisi2 lainnya di blog puisinya dia, Caranya? Klik di sini neh.....

Thanks ya Tep! :)

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I did another test called CREATIVITY TEST....... How creative are you... and here's the answer:

You Are 73% Creative

You are beyond creative. You are a true artist - even if it's not in the conventional sense of the word. You love creating for its own sake, and you find yourself quite inspired at times.

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Yesterday night was so fun, I walked (yes, on foot) from Town to Arab Street. Thanks to Tay Jia Liang, a friend of mine.

The story began when I was so bored at home, depressed with one handicraft that I wanted to do (see below post and you will know why I am depressed). I thought it would be good to make it and give it as a birthday gift, but then I was stucked in the middle and forced to stop and throw whatever things I had done. So happened that at the moment, Jialiang was online and he asked me whether I wanna chill. I said, why not? So I stopped working with the stupid handicraft (which in the end I just bought a gift instead) and went to see him.

We just had our dinner (a Korean Cuisine) in GrEAT TrEAT food court in Le Meridien, then walked to somewhere near Arab Street for a dessert. He said there was this dessert shop called Pluck, an ice-cream indulgement place. So we went there and along the way, he showed me places of where to shop for a second hand jeans from Japan, and expensive boutiques opened up by potential artists from either Lasalle or NAFA students, where to rent ANY costumes, and many others. We finally reached Pluck, but sadly, we found that the shop was already closed. But Jia Liang (again) spilled out some gossips like there are 2 helpers inside the shop, a guy and a girl, and they are actually a couple. The shop is opened by the girl's sister, and inside it was so artistic and cozy, it was really cool. Girls usually love to hang out there.

Then we walked back, and stopped at another dessert place called Black Pitch. We found out that Black Pitch actually offers movie screenings apart from just desserts. They show arts productions, and have different themes each week. This week, they have musicals. I looked at their schedules and they show things like Cabaret, West Side Story, etc. Next week will be all shows from this Indian Producer I dont know whos the name is, and the following week will be all fashion concept shows. To watch, you have to make reservations. Pretty cool huh?

We went home after splurging on drinks, and we walked to Bugis Station. Along the way, Jia Liang told me lots of intersting facts, including Parkview Square's misconstruction and the flying bartender. It was pretty fascinating. Another thing were facts related to the knife-blade lookalike buildings in bugis, and a budget hotel nearby. All Facts, and not just plain old-folks story. Seriously speaking, I think he will make a good tour-guide. Lol.

Jialiang is one cool knowledgeable guy. Go and chill out with him and you will know lots of new interesting stuff, unless you yourself is just as knowledgeable as him.

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Kalo kita lagi niat, nyadar gak sih kadang buanyak banget ide2 gila bermunculan di kepala? Dan saat ide2 itu nongol bak tamu nggak diundang tapi diharapkan, meski tuh ide super gelo dan susah banget dikerjain, kita tetep aja bilang, "aahh.. pasti bisa, asal niat aja. When there's a will, there's a way..."

Emang bener sih, gw gak anti sama kata2 itu, tapi kadang, perlu gak sih kita mikir... apa bener itu ide bener2 doable, apa bener kita sanggup ngerjain ide2 tersebut??? Soalnya nih ya, kalo itu ide di luar batas kemampuan kita, chances are, kita bakal berhenti di tengah jalan.

Contoh. Waktu bikin proyek OTBS. Disuruh bikin word games nih. Saat itu banyak banget ide2 berhamburan di mana2... Ide2 menarik dan unik kayak scoring system, yang pada mulanya ada 10 di tangan player 1, player 2 harus berusaha nyolong sebanyak mungkin points dari player 1, sedangkan player 1 harus retain as many points as possible. Cara nyolong dan cara retain? Mainin kata2 di gamesnya. Kedengerannya seru banget, ditambah alur cerita di games itu yang temanya gw bikin sbg perampokan rumah seorang saudagar kaya, dll. Gw tau semua itu bakal bikin lecturers gw terpana. Tapi sayang, untuk ngebuat ide2 tersebut jadi realita, diperlukan kemampuan. Apakah gua punya necessary programming skills to make everything real and working, not just plain ideas? Sayangnya nggak.

Masih banyak lagi ide2 yang kadang bikin gw sendiri terkagum2, tapi sayang, semua itu hanyalah sebuah ide, yang pada ujungnya nggak pernah terselesaikan. Bukan karena gw males, tapi karena gw selalu berhenti di tengah jalan, yang pada awalnya disebabkan oleh kurangnya keahlian atau keterampilan untuk membuat segalanya menjadi mungkin.

Dan menurut gw, hal itu sangatlah menyebalkan.

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Gue sebel laaaahhhhh.... jadi orang koq gitu banget... masa dia yang janji gw yang harus tepatin? gw yang harus ngalah??? yang janji siapaaaa??????

dia janji ke orang laen, tapi untuk menepati janjinya dia itu, dia harus minjem laptop gw. dan parahnya, pas dia janji, dia gak konsul2 dulu ke gw, maen janji aja.

masalahnya bukan apa2... sekarang nyatanya gw gak bisa nepatin janjinya dia, karna gw harus bikin tugas gw yang kumpulnya jumat pagi. EEEEEEEEEeeehhhh dia gak tau diri malah marah2 ke gw, bilang gw harus ngalah lah karna kmaren uda janji... YANG JANJI KAN DIA!!! salah sendiri dia janji2 ke orang laen nggak bilang2 gw dulu.. janji dia kan melibatkan laptop gw, harusnya dia bilang2 dulu donk k gw sebelum janji!!

masa demi menepati janji dia ke orang laen, gw harus rela berkorban nggak bikin tugas??????

gw gak habis pikir. koq ada orang sekonyol itu???????

sebeeel... pake melibatkan senioritas segala.. jangan mentang2 dia lebi tua bisa seenaknya aja nyuruh2 gw ngalah... eh bukannya karna dia lebi tua dia harusnya lebih dewasa ya? ngalah donk mbak!!!! halahh.... ada mereka malah gak ada damai sejahtera. harusnya mereka gak usa dateng aja.

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I attended the Student Awards Ceremony on Wednesday afternoon, and I received 2 awards: The CCA Merit Award and The Interest Group of The Year Award.

Kind of happy, but do I really deserve these??

Back Left to Right: Daisy, April, Ronald, Ye Tun
Front Left to Right: Peilin, Jane, Stephanie, Me, Isaiah, Jesher, Terence

Yummy..........!!!
B L to R: Daisy, April, Ronald
F L to R: Peilin, Jane, Stephanie, Me, Isaiah, Ye Tun, Jesher, Terence

L to R: Ivy, Peilin, Me, Ye Tun, Terence

Standing, B L to R: Terence, Stephanie, Ronald, Peilin, Ivy, Daisy, Jane, Me
Squatting, F L to R: Ye Tun, Isaiah, Jesher

L to R: Ivy, Peilin, Me, Ye Tun

L to R: Ivy, Isaiah, Daisy, Ronald, Alvin, Ye Tun, Me

Anyways, whether I deserve the award or not, I think I should cherish the moments I have for the past year(s). I have learnt a lot through these two demanding CCAs and the people there are the ones who have gone through thick and thin together with me in school. Thanks my CCA-mates!!! Esp. Peilin (for all fun activities you organised, my birthday celebration, EVERYTHING!), Jesher (for all encouraging and motivational words you give when I'm low, for being so darn serious when studying, which makes me worried and hence hitting my books even harder...), Swee Kee (for all the helps you render during all events, for the scoldings, the nagging, and the fun spent, thanks), Isaiah (for your always great back up plans escaping meetings!! Lol. And for sharing the same darn experience joining the club in the middle of the acad year, and sharing the entire bloody encounter.. well.. you know what I mean. lol. And thanks for being lame...), and Terence (thanks for... -uh, what else?- driving all of us home in the middle of the night), you guys are GREAT with a huge G!! You make my days in TP more meaningful :)

THANKS!!!

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I spent almost all of my time in church today, enjoying the presence of God.

7am - 9am : Youth Dawn Prayer
10am - 1pm: Starbucks Coffee
2pm - 5pm: BCS Workers' Prayer Meeting
5pm - 7:30pm: Heart of God Church Service

and I was totally blessed!!!

At the Dawn Prayer, i was reminded to keep on praying for my family. extended family. More than half a decade ago, my extended family has always been hauled with problems. There will never be times where all of us can be one big family, living in harmony. Never. Instead, there would only be arrogance, defamations, lies, backstabs, and so on. The reason? I am not really sure myself. Brother Bonar said that in Christ, there is hope. God can do great and mighty things, even if we think that such things are impossible to happen. But who am I to assume? The future lies in Him, and believing Him is the key to the freedom. I put my trusts on God alone and I believe that restorations will happen in my family. My family will be walking together hand-in-hand towards the finishing line, with God as the leader. Yes, Lord. I demand the restoration!

Workers' Prayer Meeting was awesome!!!! Super duper awesome!!! Serious!! I received the anointing once again. Holy Spirit was and is undescribable! All things involving that Special One is just miraculous and beyond my thoughts. I thought I knew Him and I have been with Him for so long, but today I saw something that's super amazing to me. It felt as if I just knew Him. I become so totally all over Him, my Jesus. I think I am falling in love harder than the first time. I promise I will spend quality time with Him even more than the usual.

Heart of God service was also great. It taught me, as part of the Joshua Generation, to unite with the older generations. Malachi 4:6. When two or more generations unite, the Holy Spirit is real and God will do even greater things that each one of us could ever imagine. Can you believe that? More miracles!!! See Mary and Elizabeth? Two different generations united, and the results? Awesome!!!

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I just took an online personality test and I think the result is pretty close to my ownself. It's kind of cool and let me just post this, alrites?

You Are An INFP

The Idealist You are creative with a great imagination, living in your own inner world. Open minded and accepting, you strive for harmony in your important relationships. It takes a long time for people to get to know you. You are hesitant to let people get close. But once you care for someone, you do everything you can to help them grow and develop. In love, you tend to have high (and often unrealistic) standards. You are very sensitive. You tend to have intense feelings. At work, you need to do something that expresses your personal values. You would make an excellent writer, psychologist, or artist. How you see yourself: Unselfish, empathetic, and spiritual. When other people don't get you, they see you as: Unrealistic, naive, and weak.

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