Pengen Curhat: Heaven and Hell

I'm glad I'm back to YRC Sunday service after been missing for 2 weeks. I guess I really need this coz I have been further and further away from God. The Spirit within me always whispers that I need to mend and work on my relationship with God.

I realised I have been acting like ordinary mankind. I have been talking bad about people, gossiping, cursing and swearing, being nasty to certain people, grumbling, and doing countless of other unworthy things. Being a Christian, I am supposed to be different from others. The reason is simple, because I don't belong to the world. This world. I belong the the Lord, and thus, I need to act things like God. The way He spreads love, the way He make others feel when He is with them, the way He does this and that... Yes, I know that. I learnt those theory in Sunday School. However, I did not put them into practice. It's wrong and it needs changes. Quick one.

I went to the Youth service this afternoon and there was a testimonial from a young lady, saying how she was taken to another dimention by God. Jesus took her to both hell and heaven. Usual story, you might say. However, the way she described hell was real. For those who don't believe, I tell you, Hell and Heaven do exist. You will face judgement (God Himself be the judge), and finally be put in only one of the two after you leave the Earth. You don't know when you will die. It can be tonight, tomorrow, or years later.

Hell

- Screams, wails, tears, and blood everywhere.

- It STINKS!!

- Scary, some places are very dark, with extra small cubicles, and there is a human in each cubicle.

- Everlasting fire that won't and can't be extinguished.

- The walls and the floors were full of blood, mucus, saliva, and it's really disgusting.

- People being tortured everywhere, but after that, he/she comes back to normal, ready to be tortured again. In other words, everlasting torture. Torture that won't stop.

  • Some of the tortures are:
    + Eyeballs being taken out, blood flows like rivers, but after that, there is a new eyeball again, ready to be taken out again. This goes on and on and on forever.
    + The human inside the cubicles that I said earlier digerogotin ulat-ulat kecil from the top of the head to the tip of the toe. After all the body is gone, and left only the skeleton, there will be a new body again, ready to be eaten by worms soon after.
    + Dikulitin.
    + 2 girls of the same gender were tied together, and so as guys. Then hung above a valley of fire, ready to be "boiled". I guess this goes for the homosexuals...
    + Being scratched, mulutnya dirobek, mukanya dicakar-cakar.
    + Body parts being cut to small pieces again and again.

- The people who are in hell were not only those unbelievers, there are also those who called themselves Christians but do not follow the teachings of Jesus. You may be shocked, but there are pastors too. Wicked pastors.

Heaven

- Lots of houses. Some of them are big, but some are small. Some are built, some are still under construction. The big houses are for those who were faithful till the end, who served God with the right motivation.

- There are barracks too, for those who just received Christ before their deaths.

- Fresh fruits can just be picked from the trees, and a new fruit will pop out again.

- The floors are made from crystals, the walls are made from gold. How rich God is.

- There is a very big, beautiful and awesome castle. It's where God lives. Some of the people whom He has chosen also live there. Inside there is always a party to celebrate Christ, praising and worshipping God.

- There are angels with and without wings. Those without wings are to praise and worship God, those with wings are for the battle of the spirit.

- People found there are in their most "strong" state. No old and weak people. They are given a new 'body' when they entered heaven. All handsome and pretty.

- John the disciple, Paul the evangelist, David the King, and Moses the prophet are there. They said, "just grab His heart. Be intimate with Him. You will sure guarantee a place here."

- There are everlasting joy.

- Last but not least, Jesus' face is really lovely. Very, very different from what we usually see in pictures. He is a good-looking, ultimate heartthrob. (Hearing this makes me can't wait to see Jesus face to face, the lover of my soul!)

All believers, seriously, spread around the good news that ALL of us CAN go to heaven, provided that we believe in Jesus. There is NO OTHER WAY to heaven, for He is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through Him. (John 14:6)

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Miscell Talks: Temasek Business

Hellow!

So I am chosen to represent TP in this year's Polytechnic Forum. Hais.. thanks to that, I can't seem to go back to my home country during the vacation. Also, thanks to TPIS for making me so busy even on my holiday. -.-

Ok, I guess I am just being too cynical. I mean, hey, this is life. You want something extra, you have to give in something too. No pain, no gain. It's true that you will have something powerful in your testimonial later on, but hey, after this you also need to go to university, don't you think it's better for you to concentrate on your studies first??

There is something that I just can't understand with my fellow committee members. They don't seem to be busy with projects, even though it's project week! I was like.. WHAT!?? Why are they so free? I almost wanted to break into tears whenever TPIS organised a meeting during project week. My projects were like killing me, and they really succeeded in making me slept for 2 hours a day, how can they still have meetings that end at 10pm++??

When I shared this to them, they don't believe me. "2 hours a day?? Really ah?? Wah you really put in too much effort on your projects lah.." Hello, what do you mean by "too much"?? I even think my group is too lazy compared to the other groups. Or is it that Engineering school students have never gone through this kind of things in their whole life before?? I personally don't think so. But why are they so surprised about?? And that "too much" effort that you are talking, oh PUHleasee.. I can even now tell you that I will fail my E-business Mgmt Project!! YES! After those 2 hours sleep, that is the reward I'm gonna get. How can I pass that one when my report was not even up to standard??

Okay, whatever it is, I chatted with Suhandy just now and he asked what course I am in. I shared about how I decided not to enroll in design but chose Business IT instead, and stuff like that. I told him how I hardly interested in IT or Business, but in the end he told me something that really convinces me that I am in a right course: "Well.. but it's good, nonetheless. That's a booming course nowadays, you know?" Alright. Perhaps he didn't sound like the way I phrase it. Lol. But I didn't change the meaning okay?? Yahh.. knowing that you are in a right course gives you the motivation to move on, right? Especially with the killing projects and all that.. hihihi..

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Miscell Talks: Term Break Takes Over

Yap.. as the title says it all.. IT'S TERM BREAK TIME!!! Woo Hoo!

It seems like my hardwork ends today, but actually it doesn't. I still have my projects, TPIS meetings, poly forum thingies, basically LOTS of things to do during the break. Call it a break, but it doesn't really mean the "break" where you spend all your time slacking at home doing nothing.

My mum messaged me and aksed if I would like to go back. Well, I WOULD VERY GRATEFUL IF I COULD!! Haha! I mean, who doesn't want?? Sometimes, being awfully active in a CCA is not always nice, to me, if not to anyone else. Remembering that I am a foreigner and my family is not around me, it's kinda sad when you have to spend your holiday alone. And guess what?? To my horror, I am going to spend my 2-months vacation in Singapore!!!! Thanks to whoever deserves it, I have to attend the Poly Forum which is held on the 18th-21th of September. I just learnt that that is actually in the middle of the vacation. Why can't they just make it a day or two after the semester ends? Or perhaps just before the new semester starts? Why must it in the middle of the whole bloody vacation??

I know some of you may think, hey, you can go back right after the poly forum thingy what... Yeah right, I have lots of plans for this coming vacation!! I have promised myself that I would spend my vacation unwisely, meaning that I am going to do something! What's the something? I've told my mumy that I want to learn hairdressing, and she said OK! Tell me what's more cool than that?? And I have also told my daddy that I am gonna learn how to drive and get my license quick, so I can drive my mum or my dad to their desired place if they are tired, and he said very well! Also, I told myself to learn a bit of programming, as the diploma that I'm pursuing now does not teach any of the programming stuff.

Learning 3 stuff in 2 months is manageable, but how about in 3 weeks? Even driving alone is impossible to master in 3 weeks' time. I have asked the hairdressing school and learnt that it's gonna take me about 6 months to qualify. However, to my relief, they do offer a 2-months intensive course apart from the usual 6 months. But hey, you only have 3 weeks, Louisa...

Sigh, anyway, for the time being, I do hope that I enjoy my break. I have always been telling myself not to be tempted by the movies or the computer games. Or even the music. I told myself to hold on and do my school stuff first. You study first, and do the other things later during the break. And I nearly can't believe that I have reached the break that I have been waiting for!! OMG! Okay, guess I gotta go and have fun! C ya later time. Buh-bai :)

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Miscell Talks: Busy in Action!

Hey folks!

I'm sorry that I have not been updating my blog recently. This is due to the overload schoolwork and CCA meetings that almost killed me. As the whole TP population should know, these 2 weeks are our projects due before the mid-semester test. And I was so "blessed" that I am in project groups whose members did not care and were not helping at all. Ok. I should not say "at all", as some of them were kind of helpful, but still, they did succeed in making me slept for 2-3 hours almost everyday for the week doing the projects, while almost all of them were sleeping at those early hours.

I should be thankful to God Almighty, who has been giving me a good health despite of the harsh treatment I have done to my body. I should admit that besides not having enough rest that I deserve, I also did not consume enough water daily, and have been skipping meals, not because I am on diet, but because I have been so busy working till I forget to have dinner. It's true that sometimes I can feel the headache and the pain on my stomach as a sign of being overstressed. My pimples start to show their existance, and PM Syndrome begin to come, even though the time has not come. However, not even a day I feel really sick, thanks to God alone.

I went for my church's youth ministry's bible camp. It is held in Aloha Changi Resort, and it was not such a blast as last year's. But I felt really blessed through this camp compared to last year's, coz I did expect big things from God, unlike last year. Below is the link to view some photographs taken by Ivan, one of my cellgroup mates:

http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/simplykita/invasion%2019-21%20may%2006/

Another photographs...


The girls . . .

Always look upon the Father . . .

Why so many blackers?? Gah.. dont care.. just smileee :)


Before checkin' out . . .

Can you spot me ? ? ?

Five, everyone!!!



Njoy!

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Her view: Japan~~

I WANT TO GO TO JAPAN!!! >_<

Whoever you are, whether you like it or not, I think Japan is CooL!!

Gahh.. darn student exchange, I signed up for a student exchange programme to Japan but where the hell all my information go to?? Like I did not receive any single thing telling after my application. Crap laaa.. My exchange programme to Japan has gone.. *sob sob*

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Pengen Curhat: I miss you, Mel!

Melissa..
you are my friend whom I always spent my nights with..
even though u r in Jakarta..
but how far Jakarta is to Singapore????

MISS YA!!!!!

Gile bener, hari ini gw gak tau knapa gak enjoy chatting.. Stewpid.. mana kompi gw gak bisa baca CD 1 litre of tears gw.. huHu... males blajar... CD rusak... temen msn smua pada gak asik... besok diskusi EBM, kamis ada kuis, besok mesti skip tutorial gara2 gcc gembel itu... ohh... ke dokter!! ke rumah sakit!! malam gw lagi parah!!! Ambulans!! Suster!! Tolongggggggggg!!!

ngobrol ma endru.. tapi dia sibuk abis deh.. uda kayak dia tuh anggota DPR aja.. klo u ajak ngomong, dia baru bales like 5 minutes later...
ngobrol ama justin.. sama aja gak serunya.. tu anak gak ngerti deh ngomongin apaan.. ujung2nya banggain dirinya sendiri gt...
yah.. apa gw aja yang terlalu sensi ya??

Mel.. gw bener2 kangen sia... Klo inget malem2 yang mengenaskan, gw slalu inget malem gw pas kita ngobrol bareng, bcanda bareng, gila bareng...
Dan it's like dunno when ever since the last time we talked to each other...
Sigh.. U pake telkomnet lahh.. paling nggak kadang2 bisa ngobrol..

Oh iya..
trus gw keingetan sama gambar TP gw...
Gw keseeeeeeelll banget klo inget tragedi mengenaskan yang terjadi pada gambar gw itu..!!!
Gimana nggak, gambar itu tuh ya, asal lu tau aja, berhari2 baru kelar!!
Setelah gambar itu kelar, gw puas banget dan gak berhenti2nya mandangin gambar itu...
Siapa sangka, salah 1 temen gw dateng k tpt gw
Ngambil gambar gw karna dia mau coba test lasalle-SIA
gw kira dia cuman mo blajarin tu gambar...
gak taunya...
gak taunya....

DIA pake tu gambar sbg PORTFOlionya!!!
Odong banget gak seh????
Kalo jadi gw lu bakal gimana???
Tu gambar uda sampe gw sayang2..
gambar yang terlalu bikin gw puas..
Gambar kebanggaan...
Skrg ilang karna dia.
Sebelnya, dia pake buat portfolio dia.
Artinya, kreditnya ke dia.

Trus gw coba contact dia..
tapi selalu gak berhasil...
keputusan gw, dia balik ke China..
dan gak kembali lagi ke singapore..

MAN!!

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Film Review: Ichi Rittoru no Namida

Oh no... oh no... oh nooooo!!

I fall in love with Japanese drama . . . . . !!

It's titled One Litre of Tears

or in Romaji, Ichi Rittoru no Namida

it is about a 15 year old girl who just stepped into high school life

however, she learned that she has a spinocerebellar degeneration disease

an incurable disease that will fail her spinal cord,

and lead to her motor neuron not to function properly.

It's such a sad show..

Really teaches you how to move on,

even though the condition may not be to your liking..

Although the girl knows

that her future seems so dark and vague,

but she chooses to do her best while she can

and move on...

HELP!!

I cant help it but watch..

but too bad, when I reached the 6th series,

the computer can't read the CD..

it says the CD is either broken or dirty ..

so I cleaned the CD..

but still, to no avail..

the CD has broken . . .

Sad laaa T_T

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The Poem: From Steven

I cleaned my bedroom this afternoon, and I found lots of things that I thought I have lost: the birthday card from Andrew, short stories from Gadis, etc, etc. One of the piles was the poem Steven gave me 3 years ago...

I hand it over to you
Hoping that you will accept it
Praying to God Almighty
You will be careful and protect it

I gently place it in your hands
And you curl your fingers 'round
I tell you, you now own it
In me, it cannot be found

You grasp it firmly in your hands
And gaze into my eyes
You realise this treasure
And then begin to cry

I am warmed at this and thankful
That you can really know
That this thing in your hand
Is why I love you so

A tear streaks upon your cheek
And I begin to kiss it away
You brush my hand aside
And tell me what you have to say

"I will carry this gift
In a golden case
I will never allow
Another tear to streak your face"

I look into you and you into me
I know that you do not lie
I trust in you, I gave you this
You put it away...

Well, to be honest, until now I still don't know what does it mean. LOL. What is the gift that the poem mentions? Hmmm...

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Miscell Talks: It's final

So I've made the decision. I'll go for TPIS, thank God, at last I've made my decision. I feel really relieved now. I hope everyone respects it, even though i feel really sorry for GCC, especially for Daisy. It's not that GCC doesn't have any mean to me. In fact, it has made me really thinking over it again and again before I decided to leave them. If GCC means nothing to me, it will then be an easy choice.

I realised that it's beyond my ability to run 2 clubs altogether, remembering that i still have the oh-so-heavy schoolwork. I am currently taking 7 modules this semester (excluding APEL 2). It was crazyyy!! Furthermore, I can't seem to understand anything when Kok Yau is talking. DBIS.. what a subject. Primary Key.. foreign key.. subqueries.. arghh.. And this is only SQL, if I am struggling just with SQL, wait till I meet OTBS. Gahhh!! Why do people learn IT? I mean, it will get outdated sooner or later. Sigh..

And POM project due this Monday. Tell me how do I not feel stressed?

~Well, everyone is stressed now~~

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Pengen Curhat: WHAT!!??

Ok, i dunno why am i so indecisive, but this is LOUISA.

So TPIS wants me as a maincomm. I can't reject their offer. WHY?? Coz they have NO manpower!! They want 1 indonesian in the committee, and that's a MUST. The thing is, they have lots of requirements to be their maincomms, one of them is that you have to attain an average B grade in your recent examination result, at least.

So I am bloody qualified la, my results last semester were B and above!

Like i scored a 'Distinction' for my freehand drawing CDS, 'A' for my Networked Multimedia, 'B+' for my CS2, and 'B' for the rest of the subjects.

Another thing is that I am not really blur about the existance of TPIS. I do help as a student helper whatsoever, I participate for some of the activities that they organise, I'm kina active in TP Indo Union, I know quite a lot of the Indonesians in TP, and I have the passion to know more Indonesians in the campus.

Those are the reasons why Jenny appoints me to take over her position as a TPIS maincomm as well as the leader of TPIU.

I don't mind leading TPIU though, LOL. Being with people from your own country who share the same fate as you is always fun. But maincomm of TPIS?? -.- I dunno.

What makes me in dilemma?? Well, simple. There is another question that bothers me a lot: WHAT ABOUT GCC??

EXACTLY!

What about GCC?? I have come this far with GCC people, foster friendship with them, why should I leave them?? Another thing is, GCC deals with big events, but at the same time, however, they are a lot busier. A LOT BUSIER!

Currently, what I want is a good GPA.
What I worry the most is: WILL I HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR MY SUBJECTS??

GCC?? They have treated me as if I am part of their main committee members.
TPIS? They have no one to nominate from Indonesia! And think about Indonesian Union!

(Another thing is that, I have one secret mission for TPIU ever since I havent been a part of Temasek Polytechnic. I cant tell you what is that, well, it's a secret! =P)

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<< Today's Rewind: 29 April 2006

Gue males ngepost pake bhs inggris, soalnya mesti mikir.. hehe.. indo lagi deh..

akhir2 ini gw cape bener deh. ga pernah bisa tidur pagi. pokoke tidurnya slalu subuh. yaa.. salah gue juga seh.. abisnya tiap kali gw selalu buka kompi kalo pulang kampus.. hehe.. ya tapi kan kalo pulangnya ga semalem itu, pasti tidurnya juga lebih pagi.

tiap hari gw mesti ketemu ma orang2 gcc. yah bukan apa lah.. tapi kan, duh, pergaulan gw di skul kan luas juga. masa tiap hari mesti maen ke clubroom yang luasnya cuma 2x3 meter (ga tau juga sih exactnya berapa, tapi kecil lah..)

kmaren ini sebelon recruitment, gw tinggal di kampus mpe maleeeemm banget. nah untung ada si jason, dia bawa mobil, dan dia tinggal di siglap, jadi dia dengan senang hati mo nganterin gw pulang.. huhu.. makasih.. baru kali ini nih di singapur dianter pulang pake mobil ma temen.. huhu norak yah? di indo sih sering, kan temen2 gw pada bawa mobil. tapi di sg? bweh.. yang ada juga dijemput sama om2 klo mo pergi makan malem bareng temen2nya Ama.

oh iya, gw disuru jadi maincomm di tpis neh.. jadi congnya indo union.. huhu bete dah. mana semester ini gw ngambil 8 modul.. tambah lagi gcc. gw si ga nolak jadi cong indo union, tapi gw males jadi maincomm di tpis. knapa? abis tpis kan ga cuma ngeladenin anak2 indo aja.. masalahnya anak2 international secara keseluruhan, termasuk anak2 dari -maaf- negeri hihi. kmaren gw ikut country welcome aja udeh betenya aduh kepalang. anak2 hihi pada norak2 gt.. bediri di atas meja lah.. ih.. >.< trus.. huhuh.. maaf lagi, aromanya itu... ya ngga semua sih, tapi.. huhu.. maaf lagi.., mayoritas..

andaikata semuanya itu anak indo, gw terima tawaran itu dengan senang hati..

hari ini gw pergi bareng ishin ma cindy.. keliling bugis mpe raffles place. ga ada kerjaan deh.. tadinya diajak pegi ma yuri.. tapi ga jadi, abis uda janji ma cindy en ishin..

ya begitulah..

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Her View: Would You Rather...

There are a lot of questions which ask "would you rather..?", and usually they give you only 2 choices to choose. The 2 choices are usually not to your liking or preference, but you need to choose 1 of the two, no matter what.

For Examples:

Would you rather be overweight or scary skinny?
Would you rather have reversed elbow joints or reversed knee joints?
or worse,
would you rather die for your best friend or watch your best friend die?

To be honest, I hate 'would you rather' questions because they shower you with worst case scenarios. They make you think hard and compare the two choices and choose the best to your condition. In my opinion, 'would you rather' questions waste your precious time. I mean, you are who you are. You don't have to be seriously scary skinny or be overweight, no matter which one do you choose you are not going to be like that, unless you already are.

The same thing goes to the reversed elbow and knee joints.

Maybe the third 'would you rather' question that I state above is more realistic. However, if you have to answer now, what's the point?? The thing is that you don't have to die for your best friend now and your best friend is not going to die at this moment. Unless you are faced with the situation where somebody is threatening you to kill your best friend, or your best friend is going to be hit by a truck, then that's a different story. If you are in that position, of course you will think fast and rescue your best friend from the dangerous situation. You are not going to answer the 'would you rather' question anyway, coz what's in your mind is just having your best friend saved and of course, have yourself saved. Who on earth wants to watch his best friend die or die for his best friend? Unless God wants him to die, he will die. If not, he will be alive no matter how hard the truck hits him.

Gah. I don't know what I'm talking here. Lol.

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Book Review: The Angels of Love (Bidadari Cari Gebetan)

I received my timetable today and I am in the same class as Dodi! Haha. However, i don't manage to take 20th Century Fashion.. nor Colour and Composition... Hix.. Sad.... Instead, I got Japanese Language and Culture! T_T That was like.. my third choice! And let me tell you the most sian part. No one that I know is in my Jap class! Sad... If only I had chosen French, perhaps I would be with Dodi or Juliana.

Sigh.. And database too! Darn BiNus Center! I was planning to have a Database class or something at BiNus Center (the same place where I learnt Adobe Photoshop) during my stay in Jakarta, so I would be prepared before I learn this subject this semester.. But guess what the person at the counter said?? "we will inform you later. if we can find at least 5 people, we will start the class." I was like.. what the??!! I have limited time here! So they want 5 people in a class. The standard way is to drag 4 of my good friends to learn Database with me. But most of my friends are in high school, and i prefer morning classes. How do you think they can attend morning classes when they need to go to school? And also, who the hell wants to learn Database for fun for goodness' sake? If the class were adobe photoshop or website designing, it would be kinda easy to find people. But database? Wait long long.

Anyway, i have finished reading my cousin's novel. If you have read what I wrote yesterday, delete it straight away from your mind coz what i wrote yesterday was rubbish. Haha. Here's the correct summary of the story.

The Angels of Love: Bidadari Cari Gebetan

5 gadis remaja (bukan bidadari) meninggal karna tragedi yang berbeda-beda. Naoko dari Jepang meninggal karna kecelakaan pesawat, Siu Lin dari RRC meninggal karna ketiban panggung, Vanessa dari Russia meninggal karna keracunan waktu dia lagi bereksperimen dgn gas2 kimia berbahaya, Shandy dari Amrik meninggal karna ditembak temen sekelasnya, dan Rachma dari indo meninggal karna kecelakaan mobil.

Setelah meninggal, mereka semua dibawa ke dunia akhirat, dan tinggal bersama. Karna pas hidup di bumi mereka belum pernah ngerasain pacaran dan undang2 di akhirat bilang kalo semua penghuni akhirat dilarang pacaran, akhirnya mereka mutusin buat balik lagi ke bumi yang merupakan kejahatan tingkat tinggi di akhirat. Cerita punya cerita, setelah melewati berbagai rintangan dan halangan yang lucu nan kocak abis, mereka akhirnya berhasil nyampe ke kota Mendleya pas malem natal, dan menempati tubuh seorang cewek bernama Tibeta Koteka, yang akan meninggal saat hari natal. Akhirnya, mereka ber5 desek2an di situ.

Orang2 yang ngga tau cerita kalo tibeta yang asli tuh sebenernya uda meninggal dan skrg di tubuhnya dia mempunyai 5 jiwa, kontan ngira kalo tibeta itu udah gila. Akhirnya berhasil juga tuh kelima cewek2 gokil ngatasin situasi itu (disangka gila sama masyarakat), dan akhirnyaaaa... cerita punya cerita, jadianlah mereka semua sama seorang cowok yang namanya Madyeson. Saat ngedate pertama, Madyeson yang biasa dipanggil Mad itu ngasih sebuah kotak beledu dan sebuah kado. Wah.. cincin neh. Pikir mereka. Nggak taunya, ngga disangka2.. isi kotak itu bukan cincin tapi pil pelangsing, dan isi kado itu tuh gaun malam yang ukurannya Small. Spontan aja kelima jiwa itu bingung. Apa-apaan nih??

Akhirnya pas ngaca, mereka baru tau kalo tubuh Tibeta itu ternyata... penuh oleh timbunan lemak! OmG! Kini mereka terperangkap di sebuah tubuh cewek berukuran jumbo yang baru aja menangin jomblo sejati award di sekolahnya!! Oooh.. ternyata ini alasan Tibeta bunuh diri malam itu. For Mad's sake, mereka harus diet!! dimulailah kisah2 penderitaan mereka selama berdiet.. Gahh.. setelah kurus, ternyata Mad malah ngga ngenalin tibeta yang baru dan malah ngira sosok gadis di hadapannya uda nyandra tibeta lama kesayangannya. Ngga cuma itu, masih banyak lagi tragedi2 yang bakal nimpa kelima gadis itu selama kehidupan kedua mereka di bumi sebagai satu Tibeta.

Gue nggak nyeritain semua lah, sebagian aja.. hehehe... Pokoknya intinya, ini buku tuh gokil abis. Full of imagination. Kalo lu baca, lu pasti langsung tau kalo imajinasi si penulis ini tinggi banget, soalnya banyak tuh kalimat2 berunsur deskriptif. Ngga cuma itu, ide2nya yang kocak juga bikin ketawa. Meski alur ceritanya ngga gitu bagus dan akhirnya juga ngga gitu keren (yah, namanya juga buku komedi..), tapi gw bilang sih ni buku cocok juga buat dibaca di saat2 lu lagi lenggang.

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<< Today's Rewind: Back To Singapore

It has been 40 days ever since i went back to Jakarta. Now it's time to come back to Singapore.

Journey to SuHatta Airport.

I woke up at 4 am in the morning, got myself ready (no time to bathe!), put all my luggages in the car, and headed straight to Soekarno-Hatta (Suhatta) Airport. The morning was tiring, i could not believe that today, i have to leave Jakarta. That fast?? I mean, i haven't even met all my friends! Time flies. My sister was sick for about a week, disusul dengan gue yang juga terkulai ngga berdaya di atas tempat tidur slama 3 hari penuh, dan yang terakhir.. Ema gue. T_T

Liburan gue bulan April diisi dengan Rumah Sakit, Rumah Sakit, Rumah Sakit. For days nongkrong di depan ruang ICU, dan ngga terasa waktunya abis begitu aja sampe gw mesti naek pesawat lagi.

Gue cuma berharap supaya Ema gue bisa tenang. Mau hidup atau meninggal, asal kedua-duanya tenang. Hidup tenang, mati juga tenang. Gue ngga mau sampe ada ganjalan buat dirinya. Entah kenapa gue sayang banget sama Ema gue dari papa.

Setibanya gue di Singapura, gue ngerasa aneh sekali sama negara ini. Entah kenapa, gue nggak ngerasa ini negara yang selama ini gue tinggalin. Perhaps this is because I have spent the last 40 days in Jakarta and not Singapore? I heard everyone spoke English, giving me certain infamiliarity.
Too weird.

Gue kangen kamar gue. Barusan gue buka komputer dan gue terbelalak dengan file2 dan kerjaan gue yang masih banyak dan belum beres. Super duper sickening. Ada barang ilang yang mesti dicari. Gue baru aja disosialisasikan sama komputer gue di Jakarta. Sekarang gue mesti menghadapi komputer pribadi gue di Singapur yang sedikit bertingkah. Gue liat blogskin gue yang terlantar dari taon lalu, tapi gue males banget buat ngeganti. Akhirnya gue putuskan untuk make skin yang std aja deh. Lagian gue juga ga gitu suka sih sebenernya sama blogspace yang terlalu sempit. Meaning, width dari table yang buat blog entries itu harus besar, lebar, dan jelas. Gue juga ga gitu suka skin yang terlalu banyak grafik, ato yang backgroundnya terlalu gelap. Kenapa? Keren sih keren, tapi gue kalo ngepost selalu panjang2. Bisa cape mata yang ngebaca kalo pake item. Hitam itu melelahkan mata.

Kemaren gue ketemu sama sepupu gue, Margaretha, buat makan malem bareng. Ehhh... siapa sangka ternyata manusia yang biasa dipanggil 'cici' sama adiknya (loh.. semua juga gitu yah? haha) udah terbitin novel! Ngga nyangka, gitu2 bisa juga dia nulis teenlit. Judulnya the Angels of Love: Bidadari Cari Gebetan. Gue sebagai sepupu kesayangan dia (dih.. ngaku2), dikasih satu copy karyanya yang masih baru. Sementara yang laen? Ngemis dulu! Hahahaha. Gue ngeliat rangkuman ceritanya di cover belakang buku perdananya itu. Ceritanya cukup berbeda dari teenlit biasanya. Dia nggak ngisahin tentang seorang cewek belia yang naksir ama cowok ganteng nan populer, ato cewek cakep yang dikejar2 cowok ter-cool di kampus, tapi dia punya dunia sendiri. Ceritanya emang penuh imajinasi: seorang cewek malang bernama Tibeta yang punya 5 jiwa, gara2nya ada 5 bidadari dari khayangan yang rela2in turun ke bumi untuk ngerasain gimana rasanya punya pacar, dan akhirnya kelima-limanya harus berjejal-jejal di tubuh seorang Tibeta.

Bagi gue yang cukup realistis dan logis, tentu cerita yang berbau2 bidadari sejauh ini belom pernah menarik perhatian gue. Tapi yang ini justru ceritanya tentang kehidupan manusia malang yang disangka gila karna ulah 5 bidadari yang berkarakter beda2 berada di tubuh mungilnya. Personally, gue belom baca bukunya. Gue cuma baca rangkuman ceritanya doang. Gokil juga...

Gue bukannya ngasih rekomendasi ato apa. Gue sendiri juga belon baca ceritanya. Tapi gue akan sangat berterima kasih sama para pembeli yang bersedia ngeluarin beberapa lembar uang rupiah dari koceknya buat karya cewek kelahiran Jakarta ini. Selama ini Margaretha cuman nulis cerpen yang dimuat di koran dan media2 cetak lainnya, namun sekarang dia memiliki properti dan profesi yang boleh dibilang cukup membanggakan. Akan sangat baik sekali kalo dia boleh memperoleh penghasilan yang setimpal atas peluh dan kerja kerasnya sebelum tidur ini.

Hahaha. Gue udah kayak promoternya dia aja yah?? Lol.

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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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