Pengen Curhat: Keluargaku

I don't believe in good friend, best friend, close friend, or whatever. Therefore, I thank anyone who invent this blogging thingy, so gw bisa certain semuanya lewat sini. Gw sadar 100% kalo yang namanya blog itu bisa dibaca semua orang di dunia ini. I am a hundred percent awake and know that a blog, unlike a diary, can be read by everyone. I don't care. Down here, I am going to tell u all the things that I feel like saying, ever since years ago. Siapapun yang baca ini, semua tak terkecuali, Oo, Othio, Sepupu, bahkan bonyok, semua keluarga besar, kalau kalian baca ini, saya dengan hormat terlebih dulu ingin minta maaf kalau2 ada hal2 yang nggak berkenan. Sasa nggak nulis ini karna ingin mem-back up mama atau papa, ato apapun yang nggak2 yang mgkn muncul dalam pikiran kalian. Sasa akan bicara secara tulus, mengaku dengan jujur, bahkan saat ini, saat sasa ngetik ini, sasa yakin bahwa Roh Kudus ada di tempat ini. Sasa nggak mungkin boong ato ngarang2 cerita di hadapanNya, kan?? Saat ini sasa cuma ingin perdamaian, kalau kalian ngerti apa itu perdamaian.

Nenek gw dari bokap (Ema) masuk rumah sakit sejak tanggal 4. Awalnya seh di ICU, tapi skrg uda pindah di kamar biasa. Umur beliau udah 85 tahun, makasih Tuhan buat bonusnya. Ema uda 85 tahun, terus terang, ini sungguh luar biasa. Bahkan ingatannya pun masih sempurna. Omongannya nyambung, nggak pikun, inget semua anak cucunya, bahkan masa lalunya. Tapi lihat, meskipun begitu, beliau di rumah sakit, beliau sangat merindukan untuk bertemu muka dengan Sang Bapa yang dikasihinya. Tapi kenapa saat ini beliau masih terbaring di RS? Alasannya hanya 1. Karna beliau masih punya 1 ganjalan. Anak2nya belum rukun.

Yang namanya orang tua, mana bisa sih diboongin? Tiap kali Ema tanya, gimana si 'K' sama si 'L' uda baek belon? Setiap kali Ema tanya begitu, langsung dipotong sama yang laen. "Udah Ma, udah. Ema tenang aja." Mungkin kalian kira masalah akan beres dengan bilang gitu, namun sayang, dugaan kalian salah. Sebagai seorang ibu, Ema uda pasti ngerti kalo anak2nya ngeboongin dia. Ada tatapan sedih yang gak bisa dibilang berapa dalemnya, namun rasa pedih itu tetep terasa, jauh melebihi perihnya jarum rumah sakit yang menusuk punggung tangannya. Orang tua punya hati nurani. 9 bulan kalian dikandungnya, bertahun2 kalian dididiknya, namun usahanya sia2. Kenapa? Karna percuma orang tua ngajarin anaknya macem2. Anaknya mau jadi profesor keq, mau jadi dokter bedah keq, sehebat apapun profesi anak2nya, kalo nggak rukun mah ga masuk itungan deh.

Usaha Ema buat ngerukunin anak2nya gagal terus. Lihat kan pas Ema manggil mama sama ncim 'L'? Apa yang terjadi? Sidang. Sidang yang ujungnya ga jelas. Sasa udah besar, udah dewasa, udah ngerti ma urusan gini2an. Sasa liat, kalo emang dari kedua belah pihak ada niat baik, emang ada keinginan untuk menyelesaikan semua secara damai, semua masalah uda kelar hari ini juga! Tapi lihat? Ada seorang di antara kalian yang dengan tidak berhikmatnya memilih untuk tinggi hati dan tidak mau ditegur. Dengan tidak bijak ia mengatakan, di hadapan setiap pasang mata yang ada di kamar itu, termasuk sepasang mata yang memandangnya penuh arti, namun terlihat lemah oleh air mata yang mengalir perlahan. Sepasang mata milik Ema.

"Iya, 'B' gak sayang mama. Cuma enso yang sayang mama," kata cek 'B'. Di mana lihatnya? Kontak mata itu penting lo... Koq malah ngomong sama tembok? 'Look at the eyes! If someone talks to you, and he/she avoids eye-contact, what will you think about this person? You will think that he/she is insincere, or he/she is afraid to talk to you. Perhaps he/she did something wrong to you in the past. But if you talk sincerely to someone, look at the eyes! Eye contact shows who you truly are," begitu kata dosen mata kuliah komunikasi di kampus.

"Iya, 'B' gak sayang mama. Cuma enso yang sayang mama," ... Apa sih maksud dari kalimat itu?

Sasa mencerna setiap kata demi kata. Artinya... cek 'B' itu emang gak mao damai. Sedih bener sih?? Heheh, belon denger berita yang lebih sedih lagi. Gimana kalo kata2 tersebut diucapkan oleh seorang pendeta, yang seharusnya mengucapkan kata2 damai sejahtera? Oke, balik ke pokok permasalahan. Bener kan? Gak mo damai kan? Orang dibilangin aja reaksinya gitu. Baru ditegur sama kakak sendiri, belon sama orang laen. Ato... lebih nikmat kalo ditegur sendiri sama Tuhan kali ya?

Masalah keluarga ini melibatkan mama. Ohh, semua orang juga tau itu. Masalah dari zaman bahala. Dari sebelum sasa ke singapur. Dari sasa baru masuk SMP. Udah saatnya saat ini diperdamaikan. Sasa menilai sendiri tadi. Orang yang punya etiket baik akan dengan rendah hati minta maaf kalo ada salah, dan pihak yang satunya juga harus dengan kerendahan hati memaafkan. Mama dari dulu nanyain, salah gue apa?? Tapi misteri tetaplah misteri. Mesti diapain seh biar beres? Sewa detektif Conan kali yeh??

Tante-tanteku yang saya cintai, tanpa mengurangi rasa hormat, saya minta tolong pada kalian untuk membuka mata dan melihat kebenaran. Arahkan pandangan kalian pada sosok yang benar. Yesus Kristus. Perhatikan setiap ajaran-ajaranNya. Lihat kenyataan. Jangan dibutakan oleh si iblis. Oh iya. Percuma suruh lihat juga. Apapun yang kalian lihat sekarang kan samar2. Atau... mungkin gelap gulita ya?

Kalau dipikir2, emang pada seneng ya terus2an gini? Idih.. Sasa sendiri mah cape kaleee.. Malu pula! Tau nggak seh, masalah ini tuh uda jadi rahasia umum di greja. Plis dong ah! Hari gene masi gengsi2an...

Stop stop stop! Pasti uda pada panas semua. Kalian tahu nggak, kalau Tuhan tuh masi sayang banget sama kalian? Buktinya?? Mati di kayu salib, okeh. Apalagi?? Tuhan uda mengirim hambaNya untuk menegurmu. Kalau kalian nggak nganggap papa sebagai hamba Tuhan, itu urusan kalian. Tapi ingat, papa dulu uda pernah ditahbiskan jadi pendeta. Diurapi dengan minyak, diberikan kepercayaan untuk menggembalakan domba2Nya. Jangan main2 sama yang namanya hamba Tuhan. Kenapa? Karna hamba Tuhan adalah manusia2 yang akan dibela oleh Tuhan sendiri. Allah itu setia dan adil. Iya, hamba Tuhan di sini ini termasuk cek 'B' juga.

Ada banyak kesaksian mengerikan yang kalo diceritakan satu per satu akan membuat bulu kuduk berdiri. Pdt. Suparman di GKP Yerusalem cabang Solo, dikata2in sama salah satu dari jemaatnya. Pak Parman mah nyantai aja, biar Tuhan yang bela. Apa yang terjadi terhadap jemaat itu? Motornya kecelakaan, dan dia mati mendadak. Masih banyak cerita2 serupa, nggak mungkin dong diceritain di blog ini... ntar jadi forum kesaksian deh!

Jadi, hati-hatilah terhadap hamba Allah. Kalian udah berkali-kali ditegur sama Tuhan, masa nggak nyadar seh? Apa perlu disentil sendiri sama Tuhan?? Raja Daud berdosa. Dia berzinah. Nggak cuma itu, dia ikut andil dalam kematian Uria, suami wanita yang dizinahinya. Tuhan sedih nggak saat itu? Ohh sedih banget! Namun Tuhan mengasihi Daud, makanya dia kirimkan nabi Natan. Inget nggak seh cerita sekolah minggu? Begitu Daud ditegur sama nabi Natan, dia bertobat. Dia mengakui segala kesalahannya dan berpuasa. Sekali lagi, Tuhan itu setia dan adil. Seperti Bapa sayang anakNya, Daud nggak lepas dari hukuman. Dia dihukum karna udah melakukan dosa. Anak pertama yang dilahirkan oleh Batsyeba mati. Tapi jangan fokus ke hukuman. Lihat kehidupan Daud setelah itu? Dia makmur, hidup melimpah, diberkati, bahkan Tuhan sendiri nggak segan2 bilang kalo Daud itu adalah the man after His own heart. Daud jadi role-model raja2 Israel setelahnya, yang takut akan Tuhan. Begitu kita mengaku dosa, Tuhan membuang jauh2 dosa kita itu sejauh timur dari barat. Dan nggak pernah Dia ungkit2 lagi kesalahan kita di masa lalu. Hanya ada satu jenis dosa yang nggak bisa terampuni, meski Tuhan Yesus udah mati di kayu salib. Apa itu? Dosa yang jika pelanggarnya nggak mengakui segala perbuatannya.

Tentang Felis.

Kasus 1.

Ema manggil felis di rumah sakit. "Lis, lu nggak kenal sama si sasa?" tanya Ema.

"Kenal koq," jawab felis.

"Tanya donk kapan dia pulang ke singapur!" lanjut Ema.

Felis diem aja, nggak ngomong apa2. Gue? Ya diem juga. Abis, mo ngomong apa? Masa gue langsung nyela orang lagi ngomong berdua? Ema terus ngedesek, supaya felis ngomong sama gue. Langsung Oo 'L' nyela, "masa cuma gitu mesti dipaksa sih ma?" Felis terus ngomong, "udah nanya, Ema, pas dulu lagi makan2. Ema lupa ya?"

Rasanya pengeeeeeennn banget gue buka mulut gue saat itu juga. Makan2? Kapan Lis? Rasanya dulu makan2 keluarga besar cuma 2x. Pas makan2 bareng Kukong Kim Ceng di sari kuring, gue duduk di depan orang2 Beijing itu. Gue nggak duduk bareng anak2 soalnya gue mo latihan ngomong bahasa mandarin. Kedua, di rumah gue. Itu juga loe nggak dateng, Lis... Tapi ya gue urungin niat itu. Kenapa? Ntar disangka malah sasa sama aja kayak mamanya, cari ribut doang kerjaannya. Padahal mah ya, apa seh salahnya nanya kapan gue balik singapur lagi? Dengan senang hati gue akan jawab. Betul! Tapi kenapa felis nggak mau? Mungkin gue barang haram kali ye bagi die.. sampe tega boongin Ema, asal dia nggak ngomong sama sasa.

Kasus 2.

"Gue liat si sasa juga aneh. Nggak pernah sekalipun gue liat dia ngomong sama si felis," kata Oo 'B'.

Maaf tante2, om2, ibu2, bapak2, bukannya sasa nggak mau ngomong sama felis. Felis itu sepupu sasa! Buat apa juga marahan sama sepupu?? Sasa dengan senang hati mau berbicara, ngobrol, becanda, sama felis. Sasa inget masa2 dulu waktu masi kecil di Kampung Jawa, sasa bareng felis, bareng dina, bareng ci nia, maen karet, maen bekel, main polly pocket, main barbie, bahkan maen sepak bola bareng. Nggak cuma itu, kita mandi bareng hampir tiap minggu!! Kenapa sasa mesti marah sama felis? Sasa bilang dengan jujur sejujur2nya. Setiap kali sasa senyum sama felis, dia pura2 nggak liat. Setiap kali sasa ngomong sama dia, dia pura2 nggak denger. Niat sasa tulus. Terus terang, sasa nggak pernah bisa musuhan, apalagi sama sodara sendiri. Lagian, kenapa di sini yang jadi tersangka itu sasa? Dan juga, kalo emang Oo 'B' heran knapa sasa nggak ngomong ma si felis, kenapa nggak tanya sama sasa sendiri? kenapa dengan cepatnya menarik kesimpulan kalo sasa nggak mao berbaur sama si felis?? Dari dulu sasa diajar untuk mengasihi, dari mana? Dari sekolah minggu! Siapa guru sekolah minggunya?? Kalian2, tante...

Tentang mama.

Oo 'Bw' ngomong pas sidang, "Udah cukup! Gue kenal keluarga Beng2, gue juga kenal kluarga koko sama enso. Yang gue tau mah kalo keluarga beng2, kalo elu suruh mereka nungging, beng2 sama lora bakal nungging. Tapi kalo keluarga enso, si enso koan suruh koko nungging, koko yang akan nungging."

Terus terang ya, selama ini sasa selalu nganggep oo bw tu tulus sama keluarga kami. Tapi, gue sendiri mpe ngga percaya kalo kata2 itu keluar dari mulut oo bw. Koq mau ya, diperalat iblis?? Gini loh, kalo oo kenal keluarga kami, tentu oo ngga akan bilang gitu. Kenapa ambil kesimpulan dengan tidak bijaknya seh? Kenapa nggak tanya sasa, yang udah bertaon2 tinggal sama papa mama??? Setau sasa, mama bukan tipe orang yang demen nginjek2 suami. Mungkin kalian mikir, mama dulu anak orang kaya, jadi sekarang seenaknya ngatur2 papa. Dikira papa mata duitan ya, mau diinjek2 mama karna pengen nikmatin kekayaan mama?? Duit, mereka bedua selalu berbagi!! Duit mama tuh duit papa. Duit papa tuh duit mama. Kedua, kalo bukan soal duit, mungkin yang lainnya. Tapi sasa sebagai anak yang boleh dibilang cukup dewasa dan tau membeda2an mana yang benar dan mana yang salah, mengerti betul mama bukan tipe orang yang kayak gitu! Mama selalu bilang papa adalah kepala keluarga. Papa adalah IMAM di keluarga ini. Keputusan semua papa yang ambil. Sasa sekolah di singapur, itu juga papa yang nyuruh. Cici masuk SMEA, itu papa yang ambil keputusan. Mau tau nggak, mama ngatur papa apaan? Mama cuma ngatur rambut papa biar nggak berantakan kalo mau pergi. Mama cuma ngatur baju papa kalo ada yang lecek. Mama beliin bantal baru buat papa biar tidurnya lebih enak. Mama ngatur makanan papa. Apakah itu yang namanya nyuruh nungging? Mama sama sekali TIDAK PERNAH mencampuri urusan kerja papa. Kalopun mama marahin papa, itu juga karna papa udah terlalu sering dipanggil2 makan tapi nggak makan2 juga, terlalu asyik di komputer. Ato kalo pergi lupa bawa hp, jadi susah kalo mo dihubungin. Sasa mengerti betul kalo keluarga yang sehat itu bukan istri yang atur2 suami. Kalo sasa tau keluarga sasa begitu, sasa pasti ngga akan betah tinggal bareng! Sasa pasti akan tegur mama.

Keluarga besar juga keluarga sasa. Sasa mengasihi keluarga. Bagi sasa, yang namanya keluarga, kalo sampe sampe hampir sepersepuluh abad lamanya diem2an, itu ABNORMAL! Apalagi kita menyandang predikat keluarga pendeta. Nggak malu tuh? Jadi anak pendeta itu berat. Terus terang, berat. Kenapa? Soalnya kita punya tanggung jawab lebih untuk jadi teladan buat orang2, terutama bagi jemaat. Tapi yang ada di pikiran orang2 bakal gini, "kayak gitu tuh anak pendeta...". Ato kalian nggak pernah berpikir ke situ? Yang ada di pikiran kalian cuma 'ooh, bokap gue kan dulu gembala sidang. Bokap gue punya kuasa di sini. Bokap guelah pemimpin tertinggi di gereja ini. Semua hal yang terjadi harus dengan sepengetahuan bokap gue. Kalo gitu.. otomatis derajat gue juga naik donk?? Gue kan anaknya gembala sidang?? Kalo gitu.. bisa donk gue ngatur2 gereja.." Dulu Sasa pernah berpikiran kayak gitu. Tapi sekarang, setelah lama diajar, Sasa bisa bertumbuh, dan pengetahuan sasa boleh bertambah, dan otomatis sasa jadi pribadi yang berkarakter. Sasa kasih tau, yang namanya gereja itu, tidak ada hubungan keluarga. Sasa menyadari satu hal. Di rumah, Pak Jonathan adalah papa sasa. Rumah ini milik papa, tapi milik sasa juga. Apa yang menjadi milik papa di rumah ini, sasa boleh pakai. Kenapa? Karna sasa anak papa. Tapi di gereja, lain lagi ceritanya. Gereja itu RuMaH TuHaN. Apa yang ada di dalamnya, semua milik Tuhan. Papa nggak mempunyai apa2 di sana. Papa hanya ditunjuk sama Tuhan sebagai hamba, untuk mengatur segala aktivitas yang ada. Ibarat majikan sama bawahan, begitulah gereja. Tuhan adalah majikan. Segala hal yang ada di gereja itu milik Tuhan. Papa hanya ditunjuk oleh karna anugerah. Sasa, anak papa, tidak ada hubungan anak-bapa lagi dalam gereja. Status sasa dalam gereja bukanlah anak gembala sidang, tapi pelayan Tuhan. Hamba. Bersyukur sasa boleh dipakai Tuhan untuk melayani, hingga sasa layak dipanggil hamba. Segala aturan2 yang papa putuskan, sasa nggak punya hak untuk ngelarang, minta keringanan, ato apalah. Doa pelayan Tuhan datang, kebaktian datang. Apapun syarat2 untuk melayani Tuhan di gereja itu sasa penuhi, itu namanya komitmen. Bukan terhadap gereja, bukan terhadap papa, tapi terhadap Tuhan sendiri. Kalau kita emang rindu melayani, berkorbanlah sedikit buat ikut doa pelayan Tuhan. Hormati Tuhan dengan menghormati hambaNya. Kan gitu?

Kedua, Tuhan, selain berperan sebagai tuan, Dia juga berperan sebagai Bapa. Rumah Tuhan itu rumah kita juga, milik bersama. Makanya kalo ada sampah berserakan, lantai kotor, bangku berantakan, ayo kita beresin. Ah, beresin gituan kan kerjaannya Pak Matius. Dia kan digaji sama gereja! Lalu kenapa kalau dia digaji gereja? Kita melayani Tuhan. Apa kurang cukup berkat yang udah Tuhan kasih?

Ketiga. Soal pelayanan. BANYAK HAL BISA KITA KERJAKAN UNTUK MELAYANI! BUKAN CUMA DI MIMBAR, TAPI DI WC JUGA BISA!!! Tuhan nggak melihat seberapa hebat kita dipandang manusia. Tuhan melihat ketulusan hati kita. Ada seorang pendeta yang dipakai Tuhan luar biasa. Tiap kali dia khotbah, ribuan orang datang. Ribuan orang merasa terberkati, nggak sedikit orang sakit disembuhkan, nggak sedikit orang kepenuhan Roh Kudus dan jatuh. Pokoknya, dia adalah pendeta yang sukses di kalangan orang2. Wah kalo pendeta itu yang khotbah, pokoknya dahsyat deh!! Pendeta itu jadi sombong. Dia pikir itu semua karna dia hebat. Dia nggak tahu setiap kali dia berkhotbah, ada pendoa2 setia yang setiap hari mendoakannya. Suatu saat, pendeta dan pendoa itu dipanggil Tuhan. Pendeta itu rumahnya kecil mungil, tapi si pendoa rumahnya megah dan besar kayak istana. Kontan sang pendeta komplen donk... Tuhan! Knapa rumah Pak Markus lebih gede dari rumah saya? Pak Markus kan nggak ngapa2in Tuhan! Lihat donk saya udah memuliakan Tuhan di hadapan orang banyak! Banyak orang bertobat lho Tuhan! Dengan santai Tuhan bilang, "Pak Markuslah yang menopangmu dalam doa. Dia melayani dengan hati yang tulus tanpa ada keinginan untuk diliat orang. Dia setiap hari mengumpulkan sedikit demi sedikit harta di surga."

Ci Biena, istri Youth Pastor di gereja Sasa di Singapur bilang, mimbar itu harus kudus! Mimbar adalah tempat di mana kita mempersembahkan korban kepada Tuhan. Jangan membawa api asing karna hukumannya adalah mati.

Tuhan berkenan sama orang2 yang tulus. Bukan orang munafik. Kita berantem bukan karna pelayanan, tapi karna kesombongan. Kenapa orang sombong susah masuk surga? Karna dia nggak mau ngaku kalo dia sombong. Masih banyak yang ingin sasa sampaikan. Saking banyaknya sampe sasa sendiri males ngetiknya. Satu hal yang sasa mau tekankan, Sasa mengasihi keluarga besar. Termasuk felis. Termasuk Dina. Lis, Din, lu mo belaga cuek mah terserah lu. Gue tetep nyebut elo sebagai sodara gue.

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Event Review: Benny Hinn Prayer for The Nation Crusade

I apologise for not updating this blog for some time.. haha.. There are sooooo many things happened these few weeks, one of them was the Benny Hinn Crusade.

Unlike the previous holiday which i only went to Anggrek most of the time, this time i seldom go there. I got quite a chance to explore Jakarta this holiday. Thanks to Hana who drives me here and there.. ^^v

Alright. Benny Hinn "prayer for the nation restoration" crusade. I went to Carnaval Beach yesterday and there were A LOT of people. I'm not talking bout 5 thousands like that day in Singapore, it is hundred times more. It was stated about 1.5 million people!! It was craaaaaazzzyyyy! Healings, miracles, grace... I was very blessed. Even though it was tiring and the event was held outdoor in a burning afternoon til late at night, but God did not stop working. Imagine if God took a short rest. The event would turn out to be a chaos. I believe that the devil disliked it; he would work extra hard to break everyone's focus, so that everyone couldn't feel the awesome presence of God.


Look at the number of people present! (click to see the above picture more clearly)



The sea of people seeking God...



The stage


There were lots and lots of distractions during the praise and worship. There are disobey indonesians tried to jump over the fence in front of me to get into the VIP area, and i am not talking about one or two people. It was more than ten or perhaps more than twenty. OK, the condition is like this: i got a place in the very front row of the non-VIP section together with Yessy, my sister in Christ in the church. Because it was impossible to provide around 1,500,000 chairs, the non-VIP are required to sit on the ground, while the VIP people who received the invitation got to sit on chairs. And now, who the heck likes it when you try to worship God and people nudge you big time, say "excuse me", have their dirty feet over your shoulder, jump the fence right in front of you, land their feet on some sort of zinc, make the annoying banging sound, stop coz the security guards or the ushers catch their actions, stand stationary right in front of you and block your sight, refuse to go back to their place when you tell them so, watch carefully and seek a chance to jump when no ushers are looking. I mean, hello, the praise and worship have started and i am trying to have my heart focused on the LORD, so could you please accept the fact that you don't have the invitation and that you have to follow the rest of the non-VIP to sit on the ground?? The LORD is right there when you try to jump over the fence.. Aren't you ashamed??

"Being a Christian also means that you need to obey the rules!" said Yessy, who was annoyed big time. We tried to have our hearts and minds focused after that, and thank God, we receive the blessings we want. So many people are healed, including Victor Hutabarat and Melky Goeslow (indonesian artistes).. A lot of DEAF people are HEALED.. did you see that, sister?? Nothing is impossible when God takes over.


Prayer for the nation...



The performance...



The choir...


I am going to share some of the miracles. A ten-year-old boy named Moses has a problem with his heart and lungs. He had asthma. He could only walk a few metres away and that's it; he could hardly breathe. But yesterday, when he prayed and asked for a healing, he heard God said, "Run, Moses. Run!". He had faith in God and he ran, climbed the stairs, ran here and there. Praise the Lord!

For a long time, Melky Goeslaw, a singer, had a 4th stadium cancer. He came to the crusade and was healed. He sang two powerful songs, one of the two was composed by him. I hope that this miracle will bring about a unity in his family.

A person who came lying down hopelessly on a hospital bed, went home walking like normal.

A non-christian singaporean whom at first refused to come to the crusade, but in the end flew to Jakarta because his children continually pleaded him, received the healing, and more importantly, the salvation.

There were more! Like deaf people healed, blind people healed, limping people healed, etc...


Benny Hinn prayed for the sick



Benny Hinn


God is good, and his time is perfect. All the glory, honour and praise be unto God. Praise the Lord!

Thanks to:
http://www.bennyhinn.org/emailletters/enl73indonesiareport2.cfm?referrer=nf_indonesiareport2
and
http://indiegal.wordpress.com/2006/04/13/update-pictures-from-benny-hinn-crusade-in-indonesia/
for the pictures.

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Miscell Talks: In Indonesia now!

Helloww... guyss.. now i can't surf the Internet daily, coz now I'm in Jakarta.. It's not that the internet here is slow or wadever (ya its slower then singapore's but im fine with it.. its not too slow, anyway..), it's just that.. DAD ALWAYS USES THE COMP!! Grrr!!! I'm fine if he uses it to work, but the fact is, HE PLAYS THE COMPUTER GAMESS!! and the duration is not one or two minutes, he takes HOURS! -.- Now, if the condition is like this, can anyone tell me who to blame? my dad? or IT people who invented the game?

ANyway, moving on from daddy's talk, let's discuss the CAMP..!! HAHA!

Did i tell you earlier that i hate camps and wished not to go for it?

Honestly speaking, i kinda enjoyed the 3 days 2 nights event.. LOL.. I was the Co Facilitator -.- and that was the first time i became a gl.. jadi gini loh, gimana yah? ah susah ngomongnya. Pokoke gw tuh orang penting d di grup itu.. And yes, Douglas was right: It is always nice to be the most important person in the group.. LOL. And there is 1 thing i wud like to say: ---that was the best camp in my life so far--- Dunno how to put it in one para la.. i prefer talk than type. lol apalagi kalo ngomong pake indo.. wahh.. best deh!

International Connection Camp 2006


Neways, Kyknya gw ngerasa si itu ngebacain blog gw regularly deh.. wahh gawad!! Mesti post pake indo.. Huwahaha... dia kan ga ngerti bahasa indo.. ckck.. payah deh.. padahal bahasa kita kan boleh dibilang kerenn (duh ini narsis apa chauvinist?)

Back to English. The results are out! Yeahhh!! I got a DI for Freehand Drawing! Huh.. Why not DI for all?? LOL.. Human beings.. never satisfied -.- Yea.. DI for FreDr, A for NMM, B+ for Communication Skills (what?? Listen people! Communicationnn Skills!! LOL) and B for Econs, Stats, and Accounting... Huhuhu.. Kinda sadd... I should get an A for statistics and B+ for accounting!! Aaarrgghh!! Poor me, must have scored quite badly in the exams.. T_T

Anyway, yesterday my relatives from Beijing, China, came to Jakarta and my cousin organised a feast to celebrate their visit (cum his birthday). They are families from my dad's side. Ok lemme put it this way.. They are my paternal grandmother's sister's sons and daughter. Goddit? Lol. Being born and bred in China for over 20 years, they cant speak bahasa indonesia, not even english!~ And guess what?? Thinking that LOUisa has been living in Singapore for almost four years, my aunts and uncles thought that I can speak MAnDARInn!! ~_~ they forced me to sit near them and talk to them, and be their interpreter when needed.

i was like.. oh my! what on earth??

oh-K. tell u the ReaL REAL truth: I Cant Speak Mandarin!! Living in Singapore is not helping. Why? Coz i dont use that language! I learnt it for years, but whats the point when you dont use it? But yea, i am forced to LISTEN when my friends talk, that helps a little.

Err.. No. That does not help! Why? Beijing people speak like there is something on their tongue. It was accenteddd!! ~_~ Instead of na li, they say na er.. their 'zhang' is heavy, not like singaporeans who say 'zhang' like 'chang'. X_x

Serious, Singaporeans are good in making languages a lot easier.

Alrites. I told my aunts that i cant speak mandarin. And guess what? Then they all didnt believe me coz i talked to the guests initially, like.. : ni men shen me shi hou hui qu? (ok wadever, forgive me if my pinyin sux.) But that was just a super basic mandarin! And because of that, they think i was a pro in mandarin.. ohh.. but thank God, my mum was there. She was the only one who talked to them that day. Lol. I guess that's because she was the only one with the most fluent mandarin in the club. Haha! My paternal families cannot speak mandarin. It's true that they are 'huaqiao's, and my paternal grandmother can speak mandarin (although not really fluently), but my granddad couldnt. My granddad was soo old he went to school during the dutch occupation, and this resulted in him being able to speak dutch (and not mandarin).

So, is Dutch + Mandarin = Bahasa Indonesia?

Lol.

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Event Review: TP Indonesian Union Semi-annual Gathering 2006

Yoz... yesterday i couldnt blog.. dunno what went wrong with blogger.com.. hehez.. neways.. yup.. yesterday was another TP Indonesian Union Gathering!! We went for a steamboat at Marina Bay.. as i have said earlier, it was ok, the fun was not like the previous gathering, when we had a BBQ.


Steamboat in Marina South



Not all Indonesians in TP attended the gathering, though.. there were only 19 of us.., and we invited ppl from other schools as well.

So.. yup yup.. gimana yah? beda de.. ga ada Sisil, ga ada Wasis, ga ada dodi, ga ishin sama cindy, ga ada.. err.. banyak de yang ga datengg.. hik hik.. sedihnyaa.. yahh tapi overall steamboatnya went quite well lahh.. the most surprising fact is: i wasn't full at all!! Serious! Trakhir gw pegi steamboat bareng Ruben, kenyangnya bukan maen!! Tp koq kali ini gw gak ngerasa kenyang ya? And now im starting to get really worried.. usus gw makin panjang kah? >.< parah ye? itulah anak2 indo.. doyannya ngarettt...

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<< Today's Rewind: 1 March 2006

Heyaa!!

Hehe.. how come louisa updates her blog everyday now?? Lol. Simple, folks.. coz i'm on holidayyy!! HAHA!

Ok. I went out with Erni today.. okay, yesterday (it's past midnight liaos~), and guess what, i wore a skirt today!! HAHA! Alrites.. you hardly see me wearing skirts rite? In fact, i have never once worn a skirt to Temasek Poly before.. Lol. I prefer jeans though.. for some reasons >_<

Ok. Erni went to find out about make up and beauty course in one of beauty schools in Far East Plaza. She seemed to be very interested in attending the course, and I am sure that she is gonna take it up.. Positive! (no bets, though.. haha) Sigh.. i also wanna go!! The make up and beauty course looked interesting. people there were having fun, and the modules are super cool. They even teach you how to be a beauty consultant, how to do a business in this field (beauty clinics, etc).. i mean, it's really beyond the skills itself.. the modules also include physics, chemistry, human anatomy, psychology... Oh dearr.. Ok, i understand that you should learn human anatomy to be a beautician, but physics? chemistry? I asked them why should we learn chem, and the person said, "you need to know the ingredients of beauty products".. Man! I really didn't think about this! You mean we are gonna mix up some chemicals and create our own beauty products?? That's way too cool!! But anyways, there's no way i can go to this school, even as a part time student. Lol. My workload in the polytechnic is already killing me. ~_~

Umm.. later, in the afternoon, i have to attend a club meeting.. sigh.. i think it's about the game trials for the upcoming camp.. gaaahh!! ~_~ why on earth should i go to school during holiday time?? I feel like going back to indo as soon as possible, coz if i am in jakarta, i will have a VERY VALID reason not to come to school! Lol. Well, well, why the heck am i complaining?? CCAs are not compulsory in TP, why are you complaining, Louisa?? Who asked you to join a lot of CCAs?? Alrites. It's all my fault, exactly.

Neways, i have already had a plan of what will i do to spend my days in Jakarta besides having a driving lesson. What is it?? *drum beating* Hold your breath, guys... coz I.. will.. be... helping out in a dental clinic!!! Huh? what? what did you say?? dental clinic??? NO WAYY!! You dont even know what are those dental tools that dentists use! You dont even know a single thing about teeth!! But yeah.. dental clinic! HEHE! It's voluntary, though. No salaries. Purely a voluntary work. And oh, I dont need to know anything about teeth! It's not my jobbb.. i am not the dentist, okay?? What i will learn is basically about dental tools, how to mix up this and that to make a 'mixture' (i dunno the name laa.. later i will know, hehe) to cover the patients' cavities.. yepss! Hehehe...

*my goodness,, i pity the dentist who will have louisa* LOL.

i heard that.

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Invitation: Love Connection - Beyond Chemistry

Indonesians.. lemme clarify this event.. :D



The place is at Bestway Building, BCS Chapel, podium A, #04-01. Ask me for directions, k? will be very glad to tell you =)

Quiries pls contact info@lastgen.org or sms 94874812... we, The Last Generation team will be more than happy to provide you with information..

Ayo donkk.. pada ikutann.. bakalan asik banget... kapan lagi nih ngomongin cinta gede2an giniii.. skalian knalan ma anak2 indo laennya.. seru dee.. ga rugi.. kapan lagi coba bayar 2 dolar dapet snacks, tea break, ma dinner sekaligus! bisa langsung ikutan KKR lagi.. ayo ayoo.. ga rugi deee... hehehehe...

ditunggu kehadirannya loohhh... =D




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Her View: Is Studying for Exams Really Important?

This afternoon was my Statistics paper. I have scored an A for the coursework, and have aimed for another A for the main exam, but now, i can clearly see my 'A' is flying high to the sky, with wings on the left and the right side of it, leaving me here with just a .. err.. 'B'? or worse, a 'C' maybe? Well, I believe that miracles do exist, but.. will a miracle happen this time? I mean, it's my fault for making that crucial mistake, for misinterpreting the question.. for being too confident too, perhaps?? ~_~

Ok.

Is God teaching me something now?
I don't know.

Why did God allow me to make that mistake?
I don't know.

Why at the first place was i very careless?
I don't know.

Will i be able to concentrate for tomorrow's paper?
I don't know.

Will i flunk tomorrow's paper too?
I don't know.

When my parents say "nevermind" everytime i do my exams badly, do they really not mind?
I don't know.

Will my brother compare my results to his?
I don't know.

Who is to blame?
I don't know.

Can I stop worrying now?
I don't know.

Why all don't know?
I also don't know.

What i know is, i am very sad. very very sad. it's like... what is the need to study when in the end you still did badly for the paper? studying just making things worse because once you know that your mistakes are actually stupid, and you know you actually can do it, you will feel very bad, and very frustrated.

right?

don't know?

Anyway.. tried to study for econs' paper tomorrow. Guess what I did?


Took pictures of myself




Drew things on Econs' booklet



Lol. I do care a lot about my grades in the final, but right now I just can't concentrate!!! HELPPP!!

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The Poem: Never Found The Time

THE POEM

I knelt to pray but not for long,
I had too much to do.
I had to hurry and get to work
For bills would soon be due.

So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,
And jumped up off my knees.
My Christian duty was now done
My soul could rest at ease.

All day long I had no time
To spread a word of cheer.
No time to speak of Christ to friends,
They'd laugh at me I'd fear.

No time, no time, too much to do,
That was my constant cry,
No time to give to souls in need
But at last the time, the time to die.

I went before the Lord,
I came, I stood with downcast eyes.
For in his hands God held a book;
It was the book of life.

God looked into his book and said
"Your name I cannot find.
I once was going to write it down...
But never found the time"

















Come and join TLG for this event! Interested parties pls contact me asap for booking. Workshop and talkshaw is about BGR, several "narasumber"s will be invited, and the topics will be discussed in a fun and unforgettable way, with Indonesian as the language medium (if we can gather enough English speaking participants, we will consider giving an English translation). Concert and drama is free of charge, and the drama is rumoured to be fantastic. Do not miss!

(food and refreshments will be provided for the talkshow session)

Those who wish to register, or should there be any queries, please e-mail me HERE

See you all there! =D

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Her View: All about LuRve

First and foremost, lemme greet everyone who celebrate St. Valentine's Day a very happy valentine's day!

Me? Well, i treat valentine's day as nothing special. There are reasons behind it, though..

First.
Valentine's day is a day when we celebrate love, when we tell our loved ones how much we love them. My opinion is, well, why 14th February? I mean, isn't everyday the day when we cherish love from our loved ones? Isn't everyday the day when we show our love to people?

Second.
Loving is not about chocolates, gifts, or roses. It is about giving. It is about sacrifice. It is about commitment. Ok. Perhaps you sacrifice your money to buy gifts, but what is important is not about the gifts. It is about the commitment that you have towards the person. There is no point buying him or her chocolates when you do not intend to love the person until the end of your life. You don't show off your love to someone. Your loved ones can straight away feel that you truly love him/her, when you really do love him/her. If you think that your girl likes roses, and when you buy her a bunch of roses will make her day, then go ahead. Just do things with the right motivation, and don't give if you expect rewards in return. Don't give your girlfriend roses if you want sex in return. Don't give your boyfriend chocolates if you want some words of love from him. Just give and that's it.


Well, seriously speaking, i don't see a sense in teenage dating. To me, dating someone is to know the person more mentally and spiritually. NOT PHYSICALLY! Dating someone is just one step before the real big thing: marriage. It is the time when know the person more personal, and make these big decisions: am i able to love him/her in whatever situations? Am I able to love the person, to sacrifice for the person, to accept him/her whoever, whatever he or she is until the end of my life? For guys: Is she really the one who carries my missing rib? For girls: Is he the owner of this rib i am carrying?
If your question is, -sorry- how big is your $#%&#$%& *cencored*, then it is certainly NOT love. It is lusts.

Another one last thing. Your date and you will never suit each other. I have heard a lot from my friends who have problems with their girlfriends or boyfriends. When I asked why they broke up, their answers were "we don't suit each other." Friends, let me tell you something. A girl and a boy will NEVER suit each other. We are created to be different. You can tell straight away we are different in our physical appearance. Not only that, mentally, we are also different. Girls tend to take everything emotionally, while boys see everything logically. Girls can tell, while boys can do. We are different. That is why DATING is NEEDED. It is a period when you can learn to accept the person as what he or she is, to adjust yourself to be with him, and to contribute your strengths so as to cover his weaknesses. (and vice versa, of course).

Oops. I think i have talked too much. Is this a blog, or an online lecture? LOL. You could say that spoken is a lot easier than done. This may be easy for me who has never been into a relationship before. Friends, temptations will always be there. Stay away from them and believe that God will give you a lot more that you can never imagine.

One really really last thing for indonesians in Singapore (singaporean or other non-indonesian speaking friends can close their eyes on this):
YOU ARE INVITED for a COOL event this month! Check diz out!!



Interested parties please contact me HERE, and tell me which session you are attending. The location for the event is in Bestway Building, 12 Prince Edward Road (10 minutes walk from Tanjong Pagar MRT, I can give you some directions if you need). Any queries please do not hesitate to ask me. Oh.. the workshop and talkshow is about love and BGR, how to maintain the relationship, etc etc..and will be discussed in a fun and unforgettable way. This will be conducted in Indonesian. The drama for the concert will take around 30 minutes, and is rumoured to be fantastic. I think they will also be providing some meals before the concert for fellowship purposes, but I am not sure about this. So come and join TLG, for this very special thing this February! Looking forward to seeing you on that very dayy!! =D =D

C ya!

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Miscell Talks: Singlish vs Bahasa

I would be very happy to announce to you that... *drum beating* I HAVE FINISHED ALL MY PROJECTS THIS SEMESTER!!! Woohooo! Imagine how happy am i? Lol. No. I am not so very extremely happy, to be honest. Why? Coz the main exams are approaching in a week's time T_T haiz... need to wait for another 2 weeks before the real freedom is mine.

Umm.. went to the Last Generation (my church's Youth ministry) service just now.. I was quite surprised that the praise and worship went very spiritfully.. i mean, people there were so zealful to worship God. It was awesome.. Usually on Sunday, during the YRC sunday which I usually attend, the passion is just not there. Young people clap their hands like grandmas and grandpas.. It is so sad, actually. Well, my church's youth ministry is missing quite a number of members.. some of them who have finished their studies in Singapore go to other countries like Australia and United States as their next destionations, but the others prefer to go to another church. Obviously the Spirit of the Lord need to be "injected" to the youth members. It is like... we are all dead--spiritually. It is a good news that today's service's praise and worship was really "refreshing" to me, and of course, to God Himself. I am just hoping that this happens not only for today.

Went home after church, I met heriyanto with his sister, monica, and his friend, Frankie. We chit chatted quite a while, talking bout this and that, and just 2 stops before I got off the bus, I just knew that Frankie was actually Yulia's little brother. --..-- The world is sooo freagginly small, don't u think? Frankie lives in Hana's and Terra's previous home.. >.<>Can you, inconsiderate people, stop speaking singlish? My first intention to come here was to polish my english, but it went to no avail as you all have made me speak singlish. I spent a lot of money to come to Singapore, but it all went down the drain..)

Indonesian languange are also full of 'ingredients' that make the languange not original anymore.
Standard Indonesian: Kalian sudah makan? (i dropped the word "apakah" as it sounds too formal.. i am not talking about formal language here, i am refering to standard SPOKEN indonesian..)
made-up indonesian: Lu orang uda pada makan blon?
LOL. what a huge difference, but still, it sounds friendlier and it creates a certain kind of familiarity when you use the made-up language.

Ok. Let's cut the language part and move to the next item.

So our next item is any other businesses. Any other businesses, everyone?
*everyone shakes their heads*

/HUH?/

Ok, if we don't have any other business, I shall close the meeting. Before that, let me announce you that the next meeting will be held next month, same time, same place. Any objections?
*everyone says no*
Perfect. The agenda for the next meeting will be sent in two weeks time. Thank you. Meeting's closed.

/HUH??/

LOL.. too much business communication skills thingy... Pardon mi.

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<< Today's Rewind: 9 Feb 2006

Phew... finally my Freehand Drawing assignments are all done. I slept at 3 plus this morning but still couldn't complete all my drawings. Luckily today we didn't have a Business Accounting 2 Lecture in the morning (and poor Daryl came to the campus in the morning only to find out that there's no lecture today.. LOL!), so I completed everything in the morning.. Oohh.. it feels like.. BleaGhs x_x Finally!!

And today was like a VERY NICE day.. Lol. I got to know my Statistics coursework and got an A for that.. And the whole class only has 3 A students.. >.< Huhu.. Then I went for FreeHand drawing class and submit all my work.. =D and Today too, I got to know my WHOLE GRADE for freehand drawing.. and it is an A!! Wakakakakakaka... I am so extremely happy.. If it is a 'B' then I think I will cry the whole day today >.< I worked very hard for this subject, and drawing is supposed to be my lifetime desire (LOL, so exaggerated), so if it is not an 'A', i will be very upset.

Walking back from school, I met Vishal in my block. And when I asked him what was he doing here, he told me one surprising fact: VISHAL LIVES IN THE SAME BLOCK AS ME!! Omg.. I has been like 4 years since I live here, and almost 1 year since I am in TP, and I think I have never once seen Vishal anywhere in the block, and neither does he.

Hmmm... freaky.. haha.

Neways.. i just learnt that Serla wants to visit Singapore for 2 to 3 days, and my dad is coming on the Valentine's Day.. Hai.. I need to study for my exams mann.. >.< They come in an absolutely wrong timee... Nvm la.. haha..

Neways i wanna go to bed now.. its late and i need to come to school early tmr.. Soo.. see u around.. :)

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Her View: I HATE SCHOOL!!

I HATE SCHOOL!! LOL. Yeah.. Quit School is the bez!! >.< When's my graduation?? 2 years' time?? Whoahh.. bestt...!! >.<

Sigh..

I don't hate school because of the bitchy friends or watever.. It's the projects that are @#$^$&ly sucky. While all polys are promoting their institution to the prospective students, let me tell you this as a poly student: DON'T GO TO POLY! It will waste your youthh!! You will have to sleep at 2am++ the EARLIEST during project months, and this project moths can mean up to 2 months (or even more)! Not only projects, you will have another paper-based EXAMINATIONS after that!! And this EXAM's weightage can be up to 60%, you obviously won't want to flunk it (which means you also need to MUG and HIT your head on the SUPER THICK BOOKS, and super messy notes~!) And during the term time, you will be ASSESSED everyday thru your COURSEWORK, and there will be POP QUIZZES so make sure you are FULLY PREPARED during Tutorials!~ In the midst of term time, there will be ASSIGNMENTS (individual or group), etc.. etc.. My advice is: Go JC and HAVE FUN!!

JC students, on the other hand, will say that JC is more stressful! I tell you something, it's a myth!! I hate it when they tried to console me and say, "oh.. dont worry, your workload are not as much as ours.." HUH?? THEY DARE TO SAY THIS???!!!!?? *slap 'em*. They dont know how it is like to be a polytechnic student! They believe in a lie that say that POLY students are the 2nD claSs PeoPLe!! What the .. !!

Ok, maybe JC can lead you to university easier than other institutions. I won't say anything about uni lah.. coz university is worse! But hey, uni students are MORE MATURE~~ See their age?? 20 PLUS!! So, when you are still 17 or 18, PLEASE DO CONSIDER YOUR LATE TEENAGE YEARS!! ARRGHH!! I HATE PROJECTS!!

LOL. ExcuSe ME.. Maybe the above are just my 'pelampiasan' of overly tired, overly stressed, overly bored, overly nauseated, and overly sickened me~~ I need a new BATTERY.

The Holy SPirit whispered to me RIGHT NOW: "OHH.. erase that!! ERASE thatt!! You don't bring blessings to anyone if you post that!~"

ARRGHH...~~!! Sometimes it is pressurised to be the AmBaSsaDoR of the KinGdoM of HeaVen.. prestigious position, i know, but you need to Watch watever you sae and do, so that it wont lead anyone to a false way.

So.. PARDON ME LAH..

I WANNA QUIT SCHOOL AND GO BACK INDOO!! Mann,, I miss my FamiLy!! Ok, this is my flesh. Go against it you sleeping spirit!! >.< *whack my spirit*

Forgive me, Father Lord God.. I can't help it~
*cried*

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Product Review: Montagne Jennesse

Today was the very 1st time I tried facial masking. I was walking down and had my feet step on Watson's for a quick look only, and I saw this Montagne Jennesse Calming Spa Facial Face Tonic.. It was written "anti stress" on the package and the 2 words certainly caught my attention since I was extremely under pressure for the past 2 months (and I pity my skin too, coz I have been sleeping at past 2am everyday). Without further thinking, I took two sachets and walked to the counter.

I had never had any facial mask before, and this one was really great! The sensation it gave was like.. ooohhh.. soooo heavenly nice! I laid down on my bed with the facial mask on, and felt myself taken to somewhere near heaven. I don't know what on earth they put in the ingredients (there are a lot of Chemical names, and the last time I took Chemistry was in secondary school), but I am sure they put Menthol in it, coz it was extremely cooling.. My face reacted so positively, very smooth and rejuvenated.. I am sure if my facial skin could communicate in a certain way, it would ask for more.. as if it was given some ecstasy or something. Haha. Ok, I am not paid by Montagne whatever the name is, I am just very amazed by the effects a facial mask can have on my face. Lol. Perhaps this is because I have never had a facial mask before.., so my skin is still very primitive to this kind of thing.

Look at me! LOL


Anyway.. the BIG main exams are coming really soon. Dunno fortunately or unfortunately, my dad is going to come to Singapore nxt week. I hope when my dad is here, I won't get so easily distracted, because I need to study for the main exam. I dont want to get a low GPA.. I certainly dont. C is a horror to me. Last semester I got a C for my Communication skills (sorry lah, my English very lousy mah..) and I cried for 2 days just because for that 1 C. Tell me I am so greedy or what, but I just don't want to get a C. I used to heck all my subjects during sec3 and sec4, I didn't care much about results until O level was near. Just after my brother came to university and scored a straight A for all his subjects in the 1st semester, I started to compare my results to his. I don't know why I created this sibling rivalry myself, coz my parents do not pressure me to score exactly like him. I guess this is what sucky about having siblings. You feel like you are second best if one of your siblings scores much higher than you. It is frustrating sometimes. My brother told me to go to NTU and take business course there. He can dream about this. First, I will try my best to find a business IT course rather than only business. It is a good foundation I am getting here in Poly. I love my course. Business IT people will be the stars in the future (at least this is what my dad says).. Well.. local universities hardly offer this course, so, if it is not possible to study both, I will go and explore the IT field instead.

Secondly, NTU people are chauvinist! Ok, not all are. But.. yeah.. watever. Lol.

It is not that I cannot enter that school (academically speaking). Ok. My brother is smart lah. I can never compete to my brother academically. He is much smarter than me. But my parents said I am smarter than him coz my IQ was higher by 2 points. Lol. IQ? What is IQ?? You and I know that IQ doesnt tell the truth. How you perform in school shows more accuracy of your intelligence rather than IQ tests results. Yes, it is true that your dilligence plays a part in your GPA. But it is no point if you are a hardworking student but your intelligence is just not there to support your dilligence. Sad story, huh? Haha. Ok. I am not dilligent. Yes, I attend lectures and hardly skip them, but the lecturers were just so darn boring until i feel like sleeping during lectures. Even sadder story? Lol. But dun worry, I have never slept in Lecture theatres before..

So how?

...

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Her View: The Race

I just read an article in my church's youth ministry's weekly newsletter, and it's indeed a good article and has totally changed the way I used to think for the past few weeks. The article really reprimanded me about how i performed for the past view weeks. Here, let me quote some of the paragraphs:

"My teacher looked at me.. and she smiled. She said, 'You shouldn't give up. Even if it seems impossible, you still have to give your all till the end of the race.'

"Many times I stop and sometimes I walk backwards. Sometimes I would sin the same sin and would just cry out desperately to God, 'How can I reach You with all these sins following me? I just can't carry on." But He will always say, 'Well, you are still in the race. If I don't think you can make it, I will never let you stay in the race. The sins won't leave you unless you run to Me with your everything. So, get up on your feet and run."

"I don't know what your struggles are, but if you are reading this, I can assure that you are still in the race. Don't give up on Him as long as He still keeps you in the race. There will be times when He decides that enough is enough, just like the fruitless tree that He cursed. But now is NOT the time!"


I have been thinking all the way that my projects are extremely demanding, so demanding until i believe that no beings would be able to finish it, unless that being is a superior person. It is utterly impossible for you to finish 11 sketches, including the sketching of Temasek Poly's exterior (A2 size), the sketching of any complex machine (A1 size), and 8 sketchings of any object you see (A4 size). This is only for my Freehand Drawing, I still have other things to do, like my website, completed with contents, images, animations, audio and video, and also it must include JavaScript applications, which my tutor DID NOT give us any practical session on this, plus my NMM Journal which requires me to examine 4 websites, go through them thoroughly, comment, and write some JavaScripts or CSS stylesheets for each website... and tell you what.. the deadline for ALL the assignments I stated above (Yes, ALL!) is NEXT WEEK! When I say next week, it is really next week, 7 days ahead from now. And, between the 7 days, there is 1 day when I have a summative test, with weightage of 30%, and this test is NOT easy, which means I need to spend my time STUDYING in order to score it.

Just imagining the things that I need to work on makes me real dizzy. Each day I have been sitting in front of the comp doing the unrealistic website, with no idea on how am I going to finish it on time. Everyday I feel hopeless, I feel like giving up everything. I need someone to help me, but found nobody. My church friends don't understand what I am struggling with. Ok, they prayed for me once during cellgroup session, and my cellgroup leader always sends me some encouraging words. She has been like a pillar for me, but sadly, the pillar is not strong enough to hold me. My mum always says that I should just do my part. But the thing is, my part is way too heavy for me.

/Strength/

That is exactly what I am lacking. I JUST HAVE NO STRENGTH TO DO IT!~ I am WEAK!

Today, I just realised that GOD is MY strength. I have always thought in a very narrow perspective. I visualised everything using my own spectacles. I have never put on God's special specs, which means an act of faith. Sounds too cheesy, huh? But yea, after pondering for a while, I realised that I have always been doing everything using my own capability, which is why it seems impossible. Anyway, God once whispered to me one day in the past, "My power is made perfect in weakness."

I don't know why, but now I feel strong, because His right hand is holding my left. I am very grateful that I hold this Christian belief. It has been the source of power to me, like the electricity when I am in a "low-bat" state.

Now it's time for me to RUN TOGETHER with God (coz if I rely on my own strength, you know what will happen: I won't survive!~) with a POSITIVE mindset. I know I will still be alive til the end of next week. :P

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Miscell Talks: Goodbye, Wasis Eka!

2006 has come and now i just have the time to update my blog. I have been so busy completing my project until i find it hard to find a time blogging. There are a lot of things that happened in 2006, good or bad.

firstly.
I spent my new year's eve with Wasis, Sisil, Boris and their cousins. It was fun and, oh, fun. The day before that was our CDS registration date. We registered our CDS together. All our subject selections are the same, the four of us plus Yusrin, Jeffry and Dodi. If God allows, the seven of us will be in the same class next semester. The chance is rather slim, I sould say, but well, nothing is impossible, right? We can still expect things to happen as long as there are chances, can't we?

secondly.
My new year resolutions. I made no special new year resolutions this year, coz i think there is no point if in the end, i can't fulfil any of the resolutions. Basically it is the same as last year's bla bla. Kinda wasting your time, don't you think? However, this year, i am planning to finish my bible reading, as in, completed from Genesis to Revelation. You know what? This bible reading thingy has always been one of my resolutions every single year. i know i will be able to do this. you have 24 hours a day and yet you can't have a time to sit on the corner and just read His love letter? I know it's thick and wordy, but aren't u interested? Bullsh*t if you say you love someone but you are not interested in reading the person's love letter to you, or you are too busy to listen to the person's voice. By 2007, I know i have completed reading the Bible. Amen.

thirdly.
I got my Accounting, Communication Skills, and Statistics papers back, and I remember correctly that I couldn't do Accounting at all. AT ALL. And you know how much did I get? 'A' for both Accounting and Statistics. I know this year is gonna be amazing. A lot of unexpected things will happen, the good ones when I walk with God, and the bad ones when I walk away from God. What about Communication Skills? Well, I got a mere 'C' for the interview role-play, but hey, all the interviewees got nearly the same. Also, I got an 'A' for my resume, and 'A' for my reflective Journal. Not bad, can balance out my 'C'.

fourthly.
I almost lost my handphone in a cab. Thankfully, the person who opened the cab door for me (one of Hyatt Hotel's bellboys, i think), was honest enough to run after me and return my phone. Wow. The world is lacking in such honest people, and yet there was still someone who cares to return back my valuables. God is good. May my living God bless you, dear honest bellboy, wherever you are.

fifthly.
Citra came to Singapore the first day of this year. She said that there is a chance for her not to go back to the US and stay in Singapore for another 2 years until his brother's graduation. Well, Citra was one of the Indonesians in TP as well, but she only spent a week in TP before she quitted and flew to the US. And now she said she is going to quit the US college thingy and stay in singapore even though that does not mean in TP. Shocking? Kinda. Wait until you hear the more shocking news. Ready?
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Wasis will quit TP. Tomorrow. I can't believe this. No way man. What about our fashion studies together?? What about our march holiday??? What's wrong with you man, seriously. How dare you!! You quit so suddenly, what's with that?? Nooo. Poor Indo Union. First Citra, then Frida, then Wasis. Why everyone keeps on quitting TP? And why are those people are actually the ones that worth a lot to us? Citra's leaving was enough for me, and now Wasis'. Why on earth!? Leo said people come and go, and these people are actually the ones you care the most. It is a reality that we have to encounter. But the shock outweighed the reality. I thought I was dreaming but I wasnt. He is really leaving. . . Friend, wherever you are, don't forget us okay? You'll definitely be missed. You just have no idea how much.

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Her View: Santa Claus and Christmas

This year is the first time I don't spend time with my family to celebrate Christmas together. I decided to stay in Singapore during the term break, remembering the NMM project I need to work on, despite the fact that my mum did ask me if I want to go back. I wondered how my Christmas this year would turn up to be. It could be fun.. or disastrous.

And today is the day. It's Christmas time, the day that I have been waiting for..

"It does not seem like Christmas at all!", one of my friends in Indonesia said. Well, this is probably what was happening here to me as well. I tried very hard to tell myself that it's Christmas. I smiled, said 'merry christmas' to all the people I know who celebrate it, but deep inside my heart, it was empty. It's sad, so sad 'til I feel like crying..

Orchard Road had been very colourful with lights and christmas decorations. Christmas carols were everywhere. The road was totally packed. It was like a sea of people. I was there for the last 3 days, and got very sick of it. I went out with friends for their Christmas celebration on the 24th. They stayed up late until 6am, playing and partying (they are not believers, btw) on the surface of the busy Orchard Road. Me? Well, hello, I needed to go to church on the 25th, thus I only went halfway and went home just after the countdown... err, uh, no. I even missed the countdown~! Everyone was busy with their phones, calling their friends, etc etc and the countdown was over. T__T

The 25th itself, after the church service, I was meeting my still-the-same friends for another christmas celebration, the continuation from yesterday's. A lot of people were celebrating it. The heart of the city was extremely full with people, Christians or non-Christians. They took photographs, raced for the end of year sales and promotions, gave gifts to each other, and so on and so forth. It was kind of ironic that people seemed to have a Christmiss Christmas. They expect gifts and presents on the special day, yet they fail to see the greatest gift that has been given to them somewhere around 2000 years ago. They fail to see the real reason for the season. They admire the fat creature with a huge belly who always wears a red and white costume riding on a sleigh. I really don't understand why is Saint Nicolaus so popular. I mean, world, what had he done to save you? Does he bring salvation? Does he love you? Is he willing to die for you? It is upsetting to learn that so many people still don't know the beautiful Someone, the Prince of peace, Jesus Christ. I can give you tonnes and tonnes of comparisons between Santa Claus and Jesus Christ. Here are some of the reasons why Jesus is far much better than Santa Claus:



1. Santa lives at the North Pole, Jesus is everywhere. He lives in heaven as well as in your heart. (1 Corinthians 6:19 "You surely know that your body is a temple where the Holy Spirit lives. The Spirit is in you and is a gift from God.")


2. Santa rides in a sleigh, Jesus rides on the wind and walks on the water. (Matthew 14:22-33, Acts 1:6-11)


3. Santa is only there on Christmas day, Jesus is an ever present help. (Matthew 28:20 "And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.")


4. Santa fills your stockings with goodies, Jesus supplies all your needs. (Philippians 4:19 "And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.")


5. You have to wait in line to see Santa, Jesus is as close as the mention of His name.


6. Santa lets you sit on his lap, Jesus lets you rest in His arms. (Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.)


7. Santa doesn't know your name, all he can say is "Hi little boy or girl, what's your name?", Jesus knew our name before we did. He knows our history and future and He even knows how many hairs are on our head. (Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.", Isaiah 43:1 "I have summoned you by name; you are mine.", Matthew 10:30 "And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.")


8. Santa only gives gifts to good children, Jesus died for every single being, yes, sinners included. (Romans 5:8 "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.")


9. Santa has a belly like a bowl full of jelly, Jesus has a heart full of love. (John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.")


10. Santa takes your food, usually milk and cookies, Jesus takes all your worries and burdens. (1 Peter 5:7 "Leave all your worries with Him, because He cares for you.")


11. All Santa can offer is HO HO HO, Jesus offers health, help and hope. (Exodus 15:26 "I am the LORD, the one who heals you.", Psalm 121:2 "My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.", Rome 5:5 "This hope does not disappoint us, for God has poured out his love into our hearts by means of the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to us.")


12. Santa says "You better not cry", Jesus says "Cast all your cares on me for I care for you." (1 Peter 5:7 "Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.")


13. Santa's little helpers make toys, Jesus makes new life, mends wounded hearts, repairs broken homes and builds mansions. (2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature", John 14:2 "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.")


14. Santa may make you chuckle but Jesus gives you a joy that is your strength. (Psalm 4:7 "But the joy that You have given me is more than they will ever have with all their grain and wine.")


15. While Santa puts gifts under your tree, Jesus became our gift and died on the tree.(the cross). (Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.", 1 Peter 2:24 "He himself bore our sins in his body on a tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.")


It is obvious there is really no comparison! Jesus is still the reason for the season. Yes, Jesus is better, he is even better than Santa Claus.

(Resources: The Bible KJV, The Bible NIV, The Bible TEV, The Bible NCE, http://www.new-life.net/jcbetter.htm)

So.. let us go back to our previous topic. We walked around and round and round and round.. It was supposed to be a fun day, but I did not really enthusiastic. I knew they had planned to be in Orchard until past midnight, or earlier. I told them I couldn't stay up too late. I needed to go home around 6 or so.. They looked kinda disappointed and asked me why. "Christmas is not only for myself", i told them. Well, actually, the reason was simple enough, I didn't want my Christmas to be so empty. To them, staying at home on the 25th of December means an empty Christmas. My mindset was, I hadn't had time for my beloved Saviour, I just spent my Christmas with my friends, etc etc. It's kind of unfair to Him. My 'happy birthday' was just a short one, in the bus. It was such a shame. My heart was not really focused on Him these days. Emptiness. Hollowness. Meaninglessness. Those are what I felt, even now.

Truly there should be something wrong with me. I went home, sang a few worship songs, prayed, but my tiredness won the desire of being in God's presence. I felt so bad for not spending Christmas with Him. It's His birthday, afterall, and I didn't even have time to be with Him? I said I love Him, but these were what I did on His birthday. Had fun. Met friends. Took photos. So ironic. I told Him to have a date with Him on Christmas, just simply feel the beauty of His presence, being with Him and surrounded by His love, but in the end, I ended up having a 'date' with my friends. Sooo bad. I'm terribly sorry, Jesus. :( :(

Jairus said I should not feel guilty. He is God of love. In Christ, there is no condemnation. Well, I didn't feel any better after he said that. His Christmas was quite eventful afterall, that's why he could say that. But what about me? No fams, no nothing, not even a time for Jesus.. :(

So yeah, this was pretty much what I did in my first time celebrating Christmas alone. Boring? Whatever. I thought everything would be fine. Sigh.. Somehow, I miss celebrating Christmas with my family... Mum.. Dad.. Bro.. Sis.. Cousins.. Aunts.. Uncles.. Grandmas.. Ohh. Is Polytechnic's somehow-sucky-but-we-can't-help-it academic timetable to blame? Lol... Unfortunately, no.

Anyway, I hope you all had a blessed Christmas. Selamat hari Natal*, everyone! :D


*Merry Christmas in Bahasa Indonesia

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Her View: The Challenges

I'm so sorry to all people, especially to my non-Indonesian friends for not keeping you updated. I've been posting my blog in Indonesian lately, which may put you off. Hehe.

Things have gone pretty badly these days, with term test being held up this week, not forgetting the amount of stress I had. The past 2 weeks had been the tough ones, I should say. The screwed up interview, the unprepared me for the term test, the lack of focus me when studying as well as praying, the failures of not being able to overcome all the temptations such as not to read the story books, or not to watch any movies, to turn off the comp, to keep those blank papers free from sketchings... well, basically, there are times when I failed to overcome the lazy and procrastinating attitudes in me. My term test had been such a mess, Business Accounting paper was the worst. I hate Accounting. It has been my enemy ever since Gerald started to tutor us. Well, it's not that I don't like Gerald, err..ok, I should admit that his teaching ability is not as good as our previous tutor, whatever her name is. However, i just find the subject a hassle. Too mahfan, if I am being honest.

Last Tuesday, I was involved in the Daegu Medical College's visit to TP from Korea as one of the ushers. I don't know why they chose TP instead of other Singapore's fine institutions. Ok, TP may be a campus with an award-winning architecture, but... does TP really that rock? Lol. Well, I am so used to being an usher in the church, so this was not much of a difficult task for me. I got to know more friends, got a free t-shirt, and gained SEAL Points. Yeah.. This thing could be fun in some way, apart from the fact that it was held during the term test week, the day when I had my Business Accounting paper... And I screwed the paper up. ArrrGgHh!!

Nevermind, Louisa, calm yourself down. You can't turn back time, can you? Just let it be. Move on. Step forward. Okay?

Well well. So now, the term test has over. Econs paper was okay, even though there was a question that I FORGOT the answer!! Argh.. This was EXTREMELY irritating, and depressing as well. I STUDIED, okay? I hate it when you have memorised a thing but suddenly you fail to re-call it when it is being asked, no matter how hard you try to dig it out. My memory sucks, I can't help it. Sighhhhh... What a waste of time memorising it.. -__-"

Move on. I just learnt that my friend's mum passed away today. His MSN nick tells all. It says, "Selamat jalan Mami, Love you so much.. Yohanes 11:25-26" which means "Bon Voyage, Mum, love you so much.. John 11:25-26". Well, he isn't a close friend, but I feel so so sooo sorry for him. :( :( :( He is a good guy, very low profile and hardworking. He is not selfish and is helpful. I don't think he deserves this. I really don't. :( Why must this happen to him? I mean, he doesn't come from a very wealthy family. He has siblings to feed. Life has been tough for him. He had been keeping his faith when his mum fell sick. He always said, "in Him there is healing". But in the end, his mum still passed away. Hmm, there are certain things we don't understand about our God. His timing, His plans, His thoughts... they are mysteries. Our minds are too limited. They are just not capable to understand our BIG God. What I kept in mind is, however, that our God is forever faithful. He will keep His promise alive to those who love Him. He will not disappoint His children. Sometimes, when the tide comes, we feel that He is away and is not there for us. We are wrong, man! He is watching over us. He is moulding us. He is in the midst of making us perfect. He lets all those things happen to us so that we become better creatures. He is giving us challenges. Just keep in mind that every challenge that He gives is always within our abilities. He knows we are strong enough to bear it. He won't let things that are beyond our strengths happen to us. If such thing ever happened, however, trust me, He would be there for us.

Life is beautiful, don't you think? God didn't promise days without pains, but He promised to give us strength for the days and light for the ways.

My friend, you are strong when you are with Him. You can overcome this. You surely can. I believe that... :)

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Pengen Curhat: Kerjaan Tambahan

Hari ini gw tidur jem 4 pagi.. a usual for kalongs out there, tapi quite xtraordinary for some peeps. me? well, i am used to sleep at 2 or 3, but 4 is, err.. a little too late. Knapa gw bisa sampe tidur jem segitu? Simple. Gw di'bully' sama maincomms BSC. Sebelll sebelll... Gw kan masuk design committee gt kan, dan gw disuru bikin poster yang deadlinenya ari ini jam 12 malem! Amit amit.. mana ada orang yang bisa bikin poster segitu cepetnya kcuali tu orang emang super duper talented ato emang dia punya portfolio of ideas buat bikin poster? Ada juga ide pas2an.. mana baru dikasi tau jem stgh 12 malem hari sabtu, berani2nya bilang deadlinenya jem 12 malem hari minggu! Untung gw masi sejajar ma subcomms, jadi ga bisa gw apa2in tu maincomms. huhuhu.. seenaknya nyuruh2 orang. Trutama koordinator gw tuh. Dia kira gw robot apa yang ga perlu tidur? Apalagi kalo uda malem2 gt plus dikejar2 deadline. Stuck abis dah gw.. ga ada ide apa2. trus dia nyuruhnya enak aja lagi, dia kaga kasi ide apa2 gt... dia malah suru gw come out with a cool phrase that encourage students to wear red on the day of the event. Uda malem gini, ide buat disain aja ga ada, apalagi ide buat cool phrase???? Rasanya gw pengen meledak2 bak dinamit deh. Neng, besok gw mesti bangun pagi ke gereja! Lu kira elu apa hari minggu engkang2 kaki di rumah?? Huhu maap ya teman2.. gw juga bisa marah. I mean, i deserve the rest i need!! Ilang sudah impian gw to have enough rest. Bbrp minggu blakangan ini gw tuh tidurnya pagi mulu gara2 projek. Hari jumat kmaren projek gw udah gw kumpul, jadi rasanya tenang banget. Sabtu minggu gw bisa nyantai dikit sebelon tidur pagi lagi hari senen-jumat gara2 minggu ujian. Ehhh, ternyata oh ternyata.. jumat malem gw tidur pagi (jam 2an kalo ga salah), sabtu pengennya tidur ga lewat dari jem 12, namuuunnn. duhh.. takdir.. hehe.. well well, tapi beruntungnya gw,, karna saat itu....

ada Jairus!!.. Who? Dia lagi!! Huwehe.. Iya nehh.. bused.. emang pertolongan pertama deh dia! Cool phrase mah pasti urusan dia deh buat mikir2 ginian.. dan emang keren juga, dia kasi gw phrase yang emang kool.. ga salah de punya temen yang inggrisnya super dahsyat kayak dia.. kalo soal bahasa mah lempar aja ke dia. Lol. Dia ada bantu mikir2 buat disainnya sih, tapi yahh.. ga kepake. Abisnya ide dia tuh uda gw pake pas poster gw sebelonnya. Trus Jai suru gw minta tolong Tuhan kasi ide, and i did. Ujung2nya emang jadi seh, jem 4 pagi jadinya.. rada2 aneh juga sih poster gw.. abisnyaa, mana bisa gw mikir dalam waktu sesingkat itu?? huhuhu. MEreka harus maklum, siapa suruh kasi deadline segitu 'impossible'nya. Mgkn Tuhan juga setengah hati nolongin gw saat itu, abis gw kerjain tu poster sambil ogah2an seh.. rasanya pengen gw tinggal tidur aja.. mata gw uda berselaput 12 lapis.. mulut gw uda menguap sekitar lebih kurang 100x1 kali. Huhuh.. makanya poster gw jadi ancur gini..

Nih, gw kasi liat yah gimana jadinya.. hehehe.. JANGAN KETAWA, apalagi SIRIKAN!


colourday poster 2-



Dah liat? Huhuhu... norak banget kan kan kan? Yahhh.. beginilah kalo dikejar2 deadline.. hoahhmm..

Ok, ganti topik! Omong2.. gw kangeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnn banget ma melissa. Uda hampir seminggu ga ketemu. GW lagi bener2 butuh temen buat dukung gw nehh.. interview.. huhuhu.. NMM assignment.. tuh kan.. kalo disebutin 1-1 ga bakalan kelar.. dan gw ga bakalan tidur malem (malem karna gw ga mao tidur pagi lagi). Gw pengen ngobrol nih melissaaaa.. Peeps, dun get me wrong.. Gw ma melissa itu TEMEN aja koq, jangan mikir yang aneh2!! Huwehehe.. tapi uda kayak pacaran aja yah tiap hari kudu ngobrol..loll.. tenang, tenang, kami2 masih NORMAL dan sangat sangat normal. Kami mencintai pria dan hanya pria. Huwahaha.. Melissa dan gw hanya temen yang ga terpisahkan.. well, kadang2 kita perlu seseorang yang bisa ngertiin elo, temen seiman yang punya prinsip yang sama kayak elo, yang berdiri di atas batu yang sama kayak elo, yang memuja pribadi yang sama kayak elo, yang tertarik sama sesuatu yang sama kayak elo, yang obrolannya bisa nyambung, yang bahasanya sama (our beloved bahasa.. Maap ya Jai, elo kalah kalo di bidang ini.. lol!). Buuuuuuuuuu gw kangen beraaaaaaaattttt!!!!

Ehh.. ada e-mail.. hehe.. tunggu ya.. be right back. :P





*baca e-mail*






WHATT!!?? Frens! Guess what the e-mail says??? THE DEADLINE FOR THE POSTER HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO TUESDAY MIDNIGHT!!!!!!! Ini sih ngga lucu!! Bener2 ga lucu! Gpp deh.. afterall, everything has done. You are not God yang bs ngebalikin waktu. Tapi boleh gak gw ngomong sebuah kalimat ke koordinator gw? Boleh kan? kan? Ok boleh. Hehe *tanya sendiri, jawab sendiri*

"BISA GA SEH KALO KERJA ATO AMBIL DECISION TUH GA DADAKAN2 GINI??"

Huhuhu maap yah, gw ga teriak koq.. gw cuma pake caps aja.. ~_~ hehehe.. Abisnyaaa,, nyiksa tau! Huhuhu. Duhh, omong2 koq gw tuh suka ga jaga kata2 yah? Katanya anak Tuhann, koq emosinya meledak2 gini? Koq ga bisa nguasain diri? Koq ga bisa ngalahin keinginan daging? Anak Tuhan boleh marah, tapi hendaknya jangan sampe keluar kata2 yang nggak mengandung berkat,, kan gitu kata alkitab??

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Pengen Curhat: Gue Stress!

Mmm.. this week has been a very busy week. Gw harus bikin proposal buat Networked Multimedia Project, ato singkatnya, NMM. Gw uda stress abis, sampe skip freehand drawing lecture, plus masalah yang ga kelar2 dari awal mpe akhir..

ga cuma itu aja.. sebenernya masi ada NMM tutorial yang suru gw comment on a very bad website layout.. trus kritik dan disain how the webby supposed to be like. yg ini tuh kerja klompok, klompok gw dipilihin ma gurunya, 3 orang per grup, dan, kurang beruntungnya gw, gw 1 klompok ma orang2 yang kurang gt bertanggung jawab.. well, bukannya gimana yah, tapi gw ngomongin fakta neh, hampir semua dari criticising the website sampe sketching, itu tuh gw yang kerjain.. ngga banget kan? mending kalo gw ga ada kerjaan.. kenyataannya tuh kerjaan gw masi numpuk.. blon lagi gw kena shortlisted buat interview.. gilingan gw nervous abis... temen2 1 klompok gw tuh ga kena.. yang kena cuma gw. dan mereka expect gw buat kelarin tugas itu sendirian. gw ga mgkn pass ke mereka karna kmaren gw cuma sisain sketching to be done. dan.. yang bisa sketching cuma gw! huhuhu.. ogah banget dhee.. knapaaa..

ok ok.. mengenai interviu.. tadinya gw tuh super nervous soal gini2an.. gw uda bikin resume yang ga gitu bagus (mnurut gw), tapi ternyata anak2 pada bikin resume yang lebih ga bagus lagi.. parah d.. trus gw apply jadi system analyst, mana gw ga tau lagi system analyst tu kerjaannya ngapain aja.. untung ada ko Gusti yang kasi tau ini itu.. thanks Ko.. Koko emang the best! hehehe.. trus ya nervousnya tetep ada lah.. gimana nggak, 2 interviewers and 4 observers, gw ke skul mesti pake baju formal and make up.. oh nooo.. mana gw tuh kadang suka gagap kalo nervous.. otak ga bisa mikir dll dll.. untuuunng ada jairus.. dia kasi tips2 gt deh gimana ntar pas interview, trus dia ngubah cara pandang gw yang ngeliat interview sbg siksaan jadi positif.. training field for the REAL JOB INterVieW! Dia bilang, nilai masi gpp, bisa back up dari yang laen.. tapi kalo job, jangan harap ada backupnya.. Aneh ya.. ga tau knapa, dia tu slalu kasi pertolongan pertama dalam situasi2 mengerikan gw.. huhu.. tu anak koq baik banget yah? i mean, koq ada orang sebaik itu di dunia yang uda jahanam gini? wakakaka.. apa coba. yah, itulah anak Tuhan. anak Tuhan pasti beda.

Hari ini gw sms melissa.. gila kangen banget non!! gw perlu elu buat ngedisain poster colourday! Loh? wakakaka.. gw kmaren bikin poster buat colourday (acara di business school), dan gw perlu kekreatifitasan dia buat kasi komentarrr.. dari dulu disainnya melissa selalu keren.. ilmu photoshopnya juga keren.. huhu buuu lo koq keren abis seh?? kyknya gw perlu secara sukarela menghibahkan talenta gambar gw ke elo deh, biar lu komplit.. huhuhu.. koq Tuhan kasi gw talenta gambar namun ga kasi kreatifitas? koq Tuhan kasi melissa talenta kreatifitas tapi dia ga bisa gambar?? aneh.. well.. banyak pertanyaan2 aneh di benak gw, tapi i guess itulah yang bikin Tuhan jadi lebih Akbar. dengan keterbatasan kita terhadap segala sesuatu, itu yang justru bikin kita makin kagum sama Dia yang ga punya batas!

Oh iya, gw lagi2 jatoh ke lobang yang sama. gw jatoh ke lobang rutinitas. gw ga gitu pengen ktemu Tuhan, yah.. standard problem. Halahh.. kadang gw pengen balik, tapi gw ngeliat dunia koq enak banget ya.. kayak, ermm.. all my friends always say "WTF!" as in, without the abbreviation dengan entengnya. Gw? ga mgkn donk gw bilang gt.. ga mencerminkan anak Tuhan banget. Kadang2 gw cape juga carrying the logo "anak Tuhan". Rasanya pengen aja ikut2an temen2 gw ngegossip, ngomongin orang, ngomong kata2 yang 'standar' bagi temen2 gw kayak "sh*t, damnit, a*s, wtf, f" dll dll dsb. tapi setelah gw pikir2.. gw tuh seharusnya bersyukur gw bisa bawa2 logo "anak Tuhan" gt. soalnya trademark itulah yang bikin gw punya pengharapan saat gw dalam kesusahan. Temen2 gw kalo lagi stress bikin project, mereka keluarin kata2 gitu2an dari mulut mereka. Kayak tadi aja, pas pengumuman shortlisted candidates keluar, langsung deh kutukan, makian, gerutu keluar dari mulut temen2 gw. Kedagingan gw jg pengen sih. Hehe.. Cape juga kali jadi anak Tuhan terus.. kapan gw ngerasain kenikmatan dunia? Tapi soon gw mikir, coba kalo gw ga punya Tuhan yang hebat, saat interview nanti gw akan struggle sendirian. Oh noooo.. can u imagine? Gw sih ga bisa.. soalnya gw tau, gw did well pas oral presentation itu karna Tuhan, gw excell in my subjects itu karna Dia. Kalo gw ga melibatkan Tuhan dalam segala perkara, gw yakin hasilnya ga akan gini. Lagipula Ci Siska perna bilang, segala sesuatu yang terjadi pasti ada alasannya. Gw tau interview ini pasti akan benefit gw in the future.

Oh iya, besok si maya audisi noh.. Audisi nyanyi.. moga2 dia diterima deh.. hehehe.. biar bisa dipake Tuhan.. All the best ya mayaaa! Jia youuu!!

Aih blog gw kali ini bener2 ga mutu.. tapi untung deh ada blog. Soalnya si melissa ga online sih.. internetnya dimatiin gt.. jadi gw ga punya temen curhat.. oh ada si LEo! hehe.. uda curhat ke leo tapi masi kurang, masi pengen keluarin uneg2.. lol. tadi gw di kampus da keluarin uneg2 ke jing yi soal anggota kelompok gw yang ga tanggung jawab itu seh. aduh.. temen bae gw yang 1 itu.. wakaka.. ga nyangka tadi gw ngobrol ma dia 1 stgh jam-an.. just to plain sit and talk! biasanya ga perna lo.. biasanya ngobrol sambil makan, sambil kerjain pr, sambil maen komputer, dll. yah.. kadang perlu lah ngobrol2 gini.. kata si leo, membangun hubungan antar sesama manusia.. lol..

sebenernya masi banyak yang pengen gw omongin..tapi segini aja deh.. yang itu sebaiknya i keep it to myself aja..soalnya concerning somebody gt meski sebenernya gpp seh soalnya dia ga ngerti indo jugak.. wakaka.. tp gpp lah.. ga usah aja.

C u around n bubbye friends.. God bless ya!

ps. kapan2 gw ganti layout blog gw deh.. tapi kapan2 loo.. "kapan" nya gw ga janji.. hehe.. i am planning to do the design myself, namun, sekali lagi, "kapan2". Lol.

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Her View: positive thinkers are winners

Today's supposed to be a holiday. Well, every Wednesday is. My timetable has only 1 subject for Wed, which is Communication Skills 2, and CS2 on Wed is online learning! Woohoo! There isn't any need to come to campus on Wednesday, yea? But today, there was a group meeting for CS2. We planned to have it at 12 noon, coz Yih Long had his Law lecture that ends at 11. However, I came at 11:30 coz I was meeting Su Ling and Jing Yi first for lunch.

Arrived at campus, only to find Jing Yi with her unusual facial expression. She looked like as if she had just cried--all red, no smile, no laughter. I asked, "has Su Ling arrived?" She shaked her head. "She said she just woke up and she's not coming." ... Her voice was all trembled. I think she was somewhere in between furiousness and disappointment. Silence occurred for a while, until she read her latest sms, and showed me her handphone screen. I scanned through the sms which read something like, "Yih Long said change to another day." .. So this is it! We came to campus for nothing! Yih Long, the chairman, said that the meeting is moved to other day.

Jing Yi was furious. We had lunch though, however, this time, we were quieter than usual. Our conversation was mostly dominated with silence. Well, I did laugh and try to maintain the situation as comfortable as possible.

JY: You are not angry with them arh?
LZ: Why?
JY: Because they make us come for nothing!

I could not answer her. Why must I angry? Su Ling apologised and that's the end. Even though no apology came from Yih Long, that is understandable as he does not have our numbers. Just make sure that none of this would happen again in future. Call me too generous, but i really did not see a need for being angry. Perhaps they were kind of terrible for making us come to school for nothing but to have lunch, which obviously wastes our time, energy, as well as money, but being angry to your own friend who had apologised so sincerely is a little too unfair. You know you have wasted your energy in coming all the way to Tampines, why waste another energy in being furious?

I could be angry, but I chose not to. I learnt this value a few days ago from Paul in the Bible. He had a lottt of problems and troubles, and i mean it when i say a lot. What is more terrible than finding yourself being chased after by many people who were aiming to end your life? I mean, imagine to have yourself becoming the 'talk of the town', as in, your pictures are posted on the walls in every corner of the city with big, huge "WANTED!" above your head. His problems were far beyond what we are facing, but he chose to be calm and keep on praising God, his Creator. Being joyful is an action that is first started from wanting. It does not come to you just like that. You want it, you reach for it. How? Control your minds, change your way of thinking, try to view things from different perspectives. I can only think of 1 purpose on being angry: it is to let others know that we are upset. Su Ling knew we were upset; she promised to treat us lunch tomorrow. Thus, the purpose was fulfilled, no additional anger was required.

So, Jing Yi, if you are reading this, YES, you CAN choose not to be angry..
:):) smileeee... 'coz positive thinkers are winners.

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Miscell Talks: Ngemil... ngemilll... >.<

Lama2 gw jadi ngerasain nikmatnya blogging dlm bhs indo nih.. hehehe.. Maklum deh.. gw bisa lebih dramatis kalo pake indoo.. Ca elahh, dramatis bow! Wekekekeke...

Maap ya temen2 yang ga bisa bhs indo (hehe gw tulis ini juga ga guna yak.. :P)

Tadi gw chatting ma Tutud... dia crita temen2 grejanya banyak yg ngalamin kebangkitan gt... Ada yg dpt penglihatan, mimpi, dll... Wuihh.. gw jugak tuh 2 hari yg lalu... apa mgkn ini minggu kebangkitan yah??

Gw percaya bentar lagi kekasih gw bakal dateng.. gw siap gak ya? Huhuhu... Ga tau ni mo ngomong apaan... gw pengen ngomongin Tuhan tapi males ngetiknya.. huwehehe.. Maklum lah lagi jatuh hati nih ma Tuhan.. hehehe... Terus terang gw ga bakal bisa idup tanpaNya.. :D:D

Uda ahh.. lagi makan kwaci bunga matahari... huhuhu... Gw tuh ngemil mulu yakk >.< Tadi bbrp temen di gereja bilang gw tambah makmur aja... Duhh.. Lama di Indo siihh! Di Indo tuh ya, ga peduli jem 9 keq, jem 10 keq, tetep aja keluar cari makanan.. Bis makanannya enak sihh.. huhuhu... Blame it on Indo!! Hahaha.. Di Jkt tuh ya, ke mana2 pake mobil... Trus berhubung gw jarang2 ke jkt gt, tiap kali tante gw yg demen bikin kue enak2, selalu bikinin kue gt kalo gw balik.. huhu.. makin ndut aja gw... T__T Pengen kurussss!! Hahaha... Moga2 di Sg bisa nurunin berat badan, paling nggak ke berat badan semula... huwahaha... Yah.. lumayan juga si tiap hari kuliah, bolak balik rumah-bus stop-kampus. Hehehe.. Trus tinggal di apartment.. gw usahain ga ambil lift d di 5 tingkat pertama... Hehe.. Yah gradually lahh... masa tau2 mpe lantai 15??

Iya nih.. masalahnya, di Sg tuh ga ada siapa2... Jadi kalo di kamar sendirian, gw suka ngemil.. huhuhu.. nih contohnya sekarang... Makanin biji bunga matahari... huwaaa... Gpp deh... ndut2 tp gw tetep anak Tuhan.. Hehehe... Gw tetep berharga di mataNya. Amenn? Hehehe... Tp tetep, kalo bisa nerapin pola hidup sehat, kenapa nggak? Ya nggak? Aduuhh.. tapi pencobaan ni berat bener yakk... Stop Ngemil!!! Aduhh, siapa sih yg ciptain cemilannn???? T____T

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Pengen Curhat: Ditegur

Friends, i'm sorry that it takes me ages just to update this blog. I've got a very cool story to share, however, due to the lack of my English, I am going to share this in Indonesian. You can ask your Indonesian friends to translate for you :P

Kmaren ini gw libur panjang. Gw tau api gw bakal redup di Indo, tapi sayang, gw gak ngejaga api itu. Dan benar, api gw redup, bahkan, should I say, padam.
Sesampainya di Singapur, gw ngejalanin hari2 gw sebagaimananya gw. Chatting, main2, shopping, nyantai, pokoknya gw abisin 1 minggu sisa liburan gw sebelon mulai semester baru. Gw uda jauh dari Tuhan, jauuuuuhh banget.

Hari minggu gw ikut FA dan Youth. Di FA gw tuh masi sempet2nya sharing bahan khotbah di Indo, padahal hati gw tuh uda kosong, hampa. Gw gak ngerasain apa2. Mungkin gw saat teduh, mungkin gw doa, mungkin gw baca Alkitab, tapi itu semua gw lakukan semata-mata karna gw takut. Kenapa? Soalnya gw takut kalau-kalau 1 menit lagi Tuhan datang, trus gw lupa doa, gw gak keangkat donkk... Bukan cuman itu aja, gw juga takut Tuhan marah kalo gw gak doa, gw takut Tuhan gak bakal pimpin jalan gw (soalnya banyak temen2 gw kesaksian, hari mereka gagal cuma karna mereka lupa doa). Tapi apa yang gw rasain selama gw doa? NOTHing. Gak ada. Kosong. Zero. Tuhan sama sekali gak jadi fokus utama doa gw. Gw doa, gw minta ampun karna udah menomorsekiankan Tuhan, tapi hati gw gak bener2 minta ampun. Gw minta ampun gak sepenuh hati. Gw tau, the next few days, gw pasti gak akan berjaga-jaga lagi. Jadi singkatnya, selama ini, gw tuh cuman MENIPU diri gw sendiri. "Aku kan uda doa loh Tuhan..", padahal dalam hati gw juga uda tau kalo yang berdoa itu cuman fisik gw. Roh gw sama sekali gak berdoa, bahkan Roh gw uda gak tau ada di mana. Mgkn uda terperosok ke jurang yang paling dalam. Ato mungkin uda mati karna gak dikasih makanan rohani. Ato karna gak nafas.

Well well.. Gw baru ngejalanin minggu pertama dari semester 2. Awalnya gw ngerasa semua akan berjalan lancar. Bahkan gw terlalu berambisi kalo gw bakal bagusin nilai gw. Gw targetin buat dapetin A di beberapa subyek. Gw bertekad buat nunjukkin ke orang2, kalo gw ini gak dilahirkan bego. Nilai gw di semester 1 gak jelek2 amat, tapi gw mau lebih. Jadilah di semester 2 ini gw semangat banget. Tapi sayang, gw gak mulai semester ini bersama-sama Tuhan. Hasilnya? Baru juga 1 minggu, gw uda dapet kesulitan. Gw gak ngerti Akuntansi sama sekali, gw punya banyak niat (ngulang bahan kuliah ini dan itu), tapi cuma sebates niat. Trus tadi gw ada briefing buat proyek Networked Multimedia (web design), dan harus pilih 1 topik buat major project. Asli guys, topiknya itu tuh boleh dibilang.. err.. gawat2. Berat. Gw ga tau mesti milih yang mana. Itu masih mending, gw masih punya yang lebih parah lagi. Di semester ini, gw ambil modul yang menurut gw bakalan menarik, yaitu Freehand Drawing dari Fakultas Disain (btw, gw dari Fak Bisnis). Berhubung dulu gw pengen banget masuk disain tapi gak kesampaian, dan gw seneng gambar, ya udah gw ambil aja modul itu. Tapi gambar2 gw tuh tipenya naturalis. Banyak orang bilang gambar gw bagus, dan gw menikmati setiap kali orang bilang gambar gw bagus. Jadi gw ambil deh modul itu. Itung2 buat refreshing setelah belajarin Akun, Statistika, Ekonomi, dll.

Nah, apa yang terjadi? Ternyata Freehand Drawing itu gak semulus yang gw kira. Itu emang modulnya Fakultas Disain, tapi ternyata itu tuh jurusan Product and Industrial Design (PID). Semua sample2 yang ditunjukin gurunya itu tentang technical drawing. Jadi kita mesti gambar konstruksi dll. Bukan cuma itu, gambaran2 yang dimaksud dosen gw itu tuh cuman outline2 gt. Gak ada tuh arsir2, rendering, bayangan, dll. Yang ada cuman garis2 dan detil. Amit2. Gw paling benci technical drawing. Gw dulu belajar perspektif, tapi gw akuin, gw sampe terbosen2 belajarin gituan. Ini bukan cuman perspektif. Ini gambar teknik beneran. Jadi mo gambar palu aja nih, mesti gambar kerangkanya dulu. Aduh.. bukan gw bangettt..

So gw ada PR gambar nih ceritanya. Dan gw gak bisa. Gimana mo bisa? Orang dosennya pas gambar aja uda kebanyakan garis2 dan lingkaran2. Susah ngikutinnya. Pusing. Ga ngerti. Gw mulai mikir buat cari bala bantuan. PID kan jurusannya si Christina, mgkn gw bisa ke rumah dia dan pinjem buku gambarnya.. Eh tapi mana mgkn? Dia kan juga perlu. Trus gw pengen telpon nyokap, pengen curhat tentang pelajaran mengerikan ini. Tapi gak jadi2 mulu. Gw sebel, gw marah, gw kecewa. Koq pelajarannya kayak gini sih? Apa-apaan nih? Gw ambil modul ini kan tujuannya pengen refreshing, kalo gini mah namanya nambah2in beban!! Gw curhat ma Melissa, dia bilang "jangan jadi down ya Sa.. Jia You!". Eehh.. iya nih.. kayak gini mah mesti extra jia you! >.< Gw curhat ma Leo, Leo bilang "itu sih siksaan!" Hehe.. Gw sedikit terhibur karna Leo 'ngerti' kondisi gw. Yep, it's a real torture.

Pas lagi marah2nya & pas kata2 kutuk lagi keluar dari mulut gw (akhir2 ini gw susaaaahhh bgt bersyukur. Gak ada tuh kata2 berkat.. huhuhu.. Sedihnyaa.) Maap ya temen2, gw gak mo jadi muna, gw cerita apa adanya. Gw uda ga bisa kontrol emosi gw. Gw bener2 marah dan pengen nangis. Trus... tiba2 Hernando message gw di MSN. Udah lama kita gak ngobrol, namun kali ini dia msg gw.

"Hai, apa kabar?"

Standar banget. Biasa. Gw gak bisa bilang "baik", apalagi "luar biasa". Yahh.. ok lahh.. Trus gw tanya.. gimana kabar dia. Dia bilang, "nilai jelek, tapi gw makin deket sama Tuhan". Ahh.. tipikal Nando. Trus dia tanya.. "gimana pertumbuhan lu? Kehidupan doa lu?" Gw diem bentar sih, tapi akhirnya gw crita ma dia, gimana jauhnya gw dari Tuhan, apa yang gw rasain kalo gw lagi doa, apa motivasi gw pas berdoa, gimana gw terlalu sibuk sampe2 gak ada waktu buat Dia, gimana kedagingan gw selalu menang kalo berantem sama keinginan roh, dll dll. Dia cerita juga pengalaman dia, gw kasih tau dia apa yang gw alamin, kehidupan rohani gw yang udah ilang...

Sampe akhirnya dia bilang "Lu masih percaya Tuhan itu ada? Lu masih menghargai pengorbananNya ga? Nih ya, coba bayangin, lu bisa segalanya. Trus lu buat sebuah dunia dan lu punya harapan kalo dunia itu baik. Namun karna kejahatan orang2 yang lu buat, akhirnya lu ga bisa berhubungan sama orang2 di dunia buatan elo. Apa lu mau segitu rendah hatinya buat ngebatesin dirilu dan dateng ke dunia BUATANlu cuma buat mati? Lu kan bisa setiap saat bikin lagi yang baru."

Iya juga sih.. kalo dipikir2, anugrah itu gak masuk akal.. Apa sih istimewanya gw sampe2 Tuhan rela ngebalikin hubungan komunikasi gw dgn Dia yang udah putus utk disambung lagi pake nyawa?? Dan pembayarannya itu ga gampang, Yesus DISIKSA! Dikhianati sama salah 1 muridnya, ditampar, digebukin mpe bonyok, diludahin, dicambuk 39 kali pake cambuk berkait, yang kalo kena bisa langsung ngerobek2 kulit. Yesus disuruh pikul salib sampe Bukit Golgota. Salib itu berat loh.. Gak sedikit Tuhan Yesus jatoh pas mikul salib. Dan bayangin, tubuh yang uda dicambuk, kulit yang udah robek sampe tinggal daging, bahkan mungkin tulang, mesti kegesek2 sama salib yang kasar, jatoh, kena pasir2 dan tanah2 kotor (aihh,, periihh, perihh!). Sampe bukit golgota masih harus digantung. Gantungnya bukan pake tali, tapi pake PAKU! Tangannya dipaku passsss di pembuluh darahNya, kakinya juga dipaku. Pakunya itu segede2 gajah lohh.. Trus ditambah lagi mahkota duri.. Aiihh... sakitt!! Belon lagi olok2 yang harus diterima, anggur asam yang ditumpahin ke tubuh penuh darahnya (perih banget pasti), dll dsb yang ditanggung Tuhan Yesus selama tergantung di kayu salib selama 6 jam. Dan, tau gak semua itu buat siapa? BUAT LOUISA!! Buat KITA! Buat kamu dan saya! Dan karna karya terbesar itulah gw yang tadinya gak bisa apa2 jadi punya kuasa. Gw yang tadinya miskin jadi kaya. Gw yang tadinya lemah jadi kuat. Gw yang tadinya sakit jadi sembuh. Gw yang tadinya terkutuk jadi bebas. Gw yang tadinya MATI jadi HIDUP.

Gw bilang sama Nando, selama ini kalo gw doa minta bantuan, gw takut doa gw 'ditepis'. Gw takut Tuhan gak mo denger karna uda bosen sama gw. Nando bilang, mungkin gw rindu balik ke pelukan Bapa, tapi Bapa terlebih rindu lagi. Tiap saat Tuhan nanti2in gw dateng ke hadiratNya, ngobrol sama Dia. Dia rindu denger suara gw. Dia rindu gw cerita hari2 gw sama Dia. Dia rindu jadi sahabat gw. Percaya gak sih, gw tertegur. Di samping gw ada kertas gambar yang penuh corat-coretan. Gw jadi inget 1 hal. Kepada siapa gw minta tolong saat gw depresi dan memerlukan bala bantuan?? Semester ini gw sama sekali gak ngandelin Tuhan. Dan, sungguh gw gak habis pikir, koq bisa2nya gw lupain DIa?? Serius loh, gw lupa TOTAL sama penolong sejati gw. Inget gak pas gw sibuk cari2 org yg kira2 bisa bantu gw? Apakah gw minta tolong sama Dia?? NGGAK! Kenapa? Karna gw lupa! Karna gw terlalu sibuk sama diri gw sendiri. Karna gw pikir gw bisa!! Gw sampe tertegur banget, dan gw nangis. Koq bisa2nyaa?? Jahat banget gw! Tuhan bisa aja komplen ma gw kayak, "Ini nggak adil! Aku berkorban mpe relain segala2nya buat kamu, masa kamu gak pernah mau berkorban waktu kamu barang 15 menit? Boro2 berkorban. INGET aja kaga!". Tuhan bisa aja ngadain aksi unjuk rasa. Mogok kasih matahari pagi. Mogok kasih penglihatan sempurna buat gw. Mogok kasih Oksigen selama 5 menit. Mogok ngatur jantung gw buat berdetak. Tapi apa yang Tuhan lakukan? Tuhan gak pernah mogok! Tuhan dengan setianya nunggu gw supaya balik sama Dia. Nando bilang, gw mesti matiin komputer sekarang dan duduk diam di kaki Tuhan. Ikutin kata hatilu, coba lakukan penyembahan. Dia mo bantuin berdoa.. Dan gw gak sanggup buat gak ngikutin saran dia...

Tuhan bisa pake siapapun buat tegur kita. Mungkin saat ini gw ditegur sama temen sebaya gw, mgkn minggu depan gw ditegur sama.. tukang siomay? Siapapun bisa Tuhan pakai. Saat ini, gw cuma gak bisa berhenti buat mengucap syukur, atas mahakarya terindah yang udah terjadi 2000 taun yang silam, dan atas malaikat yang udah Tuhan kirim buat negur gw hari ini. Thanks, Father! :)

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Her View: Consumerism Attacks Young People Nowadays

It's been a long time since the last time I update my blog.. I am currently in Jakarta, so I do not really have much time updating blogs and all that.. Ehehe..

Indonesia is getting crazier and crazier. I believe all of you have been informed that a bomb exploded in our beloved Bali. The victims were mostly Australians and Japanese, which means, DO NOT expect any donations from these 2 countries!! I think God is going to change Bali. Bali used to be known as "The Island of Goddess" or in Indonesian, "Pulau Dewata". There are lots and lots of idols down there. My friend said, "I want my Bali back!". Me? Well, somehow, I don't. Ok. Bali has been a HUGE asset to the country, its beautiful beaches and unique cultures drew tourists from other countries, which means $$ (read: income) for Indonesia. But I believe all things that happen to us (or our countries, be it Indonesia or Singapore or anything) are noted in our God's perfect masterplan. The Bible tells us that God's plan draws us to a promising future (Isaiah 29:11). If Bali is back to its state initially, we won't get the chance to have the REAL paradise, where God Jesus Christ is lifted high (how cool!!), where Bali is no longer "The Island of Goddess" but "The Island of God". Amen.

Not long after the blast, the oil price rose. The inflation rate is 100%. Crazy? Kinda. My parents used to buy petrol for Rp 2,200,- per litre, now, guess what? It's Rp 4,500,- per litre. Imagine the impact--all the prices nation-wide rise! From the public transport fares to the price of an apple. Hehe.. Why apple? Nothing.. I just stated what came into my mind... Lol. So, now, you must be really really smart and efficient in planning ahead your journey. It is better to go to multiple places in 1 journey in order to save your energy, as well as your petrol. Lols. And.. OH DEAR . . . things are getting soooooooooooooo EXPENSIVE!! Please SAVE for heaven's sake!!

Talking about saving, i just talked about consumerism with Melissa. Youngsters nowadays are in a habit of spending, don't u think? Let's see. New handphone models are out, people are competing in order to get the latest gadgets as soon as possible, so they can be the first to have it before their friends do. Another example. Most students are equipped with a PC at home by their dads, but tell u what. They want a laptop! Ask them 'why laptop?', and they will give you tonnes of reasons. It is portable. It has more features. It is cool, and a lot more! So what if it's portable? Does that mean that you will bring your laptop all the way? Oh, so you can use it while you are doing a -sorry- big business on the toilet bowl. Aha! An extremely good reason! -.-" Basically, they want the latest gadgets so that they can show off to their friends. I mean, don't you feel proud if you own that cool, expensive, latest iPod? Tell me I'm wrong, I'm glad if I am!

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