singapur

kayaknya mood indo udah merasuki gue sepenuhnya. kalo sebelom nya kaya masih rada2 singaporemode gitu. skrg gw udah betah lagi diem2 depan laptop seharian, "menikmati kamar" kayak hobinya jhoan *apakabar ya dia?*

terus gw jadi mikir singapur deh.

singapur, negara yang sekarang gw tinggalin bener2 damai aman dan tentram *baca:boring* bayangkan, kriminal dan kecelakaan dan aneh2nya tuh dikit banget! kontras banget sama jakarta yang sekarang lagi musim bunuh diri depan publik.

sampe2 ya, gw pernah nonton tv di sngapur *iya kawan, cuma 'pernah'. betapa hecticnya idup di sngapur!* terus lo tau, berita yg gw tonton basi abis: HDB di satu daerah di singapur udah di pasangin lift.

WOW. penting abis.

terus gw inget, waktu gw di MRT station di cityhall, ada pengumuman "attention everyone, this station is very crowded. please be careful"

yaelaaahh. semua orang juga tau kaleeee. saking kecanggihan teknologi sayang kali ya kalo ga dipake. kalo di indo kan bikin pengumuman mesti teriak2 susah.

#2

"Selama dengan buku, kalian boleh memenjarakan aku dimana saja. Karena dengan buku, aku bebas." - Mohammad Hatta

#1

Yang paling penting bukanlah seberapa besar mimpi kita, tapi seberapa besar kita untuk mimpi itu.

- Sang Pemimpi

theBLENDfamily

Blend.

bena levin esther nia djarot.

Keluarga adalah sarang, tempat dimana setiap orang mendapat penerimaan.

-djarot wijanarko

a recent photo. tapi ga recent2 banget krn gue nya gendut! dan cina abis.

foto ini kan ada di ruang tamu gede di frame gitu, trs nathan dengan polosnya "loh kok aneh sih jadi best daughter nya siapa dong??"

iya juga sih ya. gw baru mikir. sial.

renaissance

yeapp. again, for the *waiiitt* second? third? fourth? time, i decided to start blogging. again. hope this will not be what indonesians called 'warm warm chicken shit' *iya deh jayus* ahaha.

semoga blog nya ga jadi boring, dan bener2 niat kali ini, syukur2 bisa menginspirasi ato seenggaknya menghibur hati deh.

singkat aja, siapa gue: aduh gw siapa yaaa, kok jadi bingung.

daddy says "kamu itu anak anugerah" mom says "you are my precious diamond" bena says "semua orang kok ga ada yang bilang aku mirip kak nia yaa" levin says "kak nia curang banyak temen nyaaaa!" kak eli says "aduh kamu makin gede makin cantik" demas says "terus aja ni lupa apa yang gw bilang!" "ampun nia, otak lo ribet banget deh" lala says "sedeng gelo si nia emang miss pepaya da!" "nia lama2 kentut lo ngalahin elmo da!" jo says "inget kata mama ga boleh ejek2 gueeee" "si mungil!" "terus aja lo bilang gw yang kopiket elo" andri says "noni genduuuuuutt!" chibi says "nia kapan belanja ke senen??" sartob says "nia narsissss!!" bisma says "nia si tante girang" dani says "nia bagus deh kalo pake kacamata" karin says "enak banget deh bisa ngomong yang dalem2 sama nia" jedek says "ekstrim jg ya lo kalo sepedaan" joger says "bagus bagus nia ayo diet terus" tius says "nia si hidung jambu" luhao says "nia my funny and sunny friend!" hesti says "nia freaaaaaakk!! udah deh ni diantara kita yg paling frik kan elo" alre says "yaaah nia mah nyadar kamera"

well that's all i could think of

i guess i'm a little bit of everything

singkatnya aja, i started blogging waayyy long long ago. then i stopped. then something MAJOR happened to me. i moved to singapore! i received a full 4years scholarship program. that is when my life changed. the good ones, the bad ones. that is when my eyes were opened. new things were revealed to me. that is when i had to seek deeper meanings in life on my own.

but well, one year has passed. i am now on my 2months holiday! its 5days to christmas, 12days to new year, 15days to my second year in Singapore.

YES! its a new beginning :)

so, walk down the journey with me, folks!

love,
nia

loving saturday night

time flies like a jetplane.

you were waiting so longingly for weekend to come, and *bam!* it's over. that's what always happen to me. sunday is the only time i can sit down and ruminate on my life so far. yet the chances are rare, i would either be occupied by thoughts on what-so-ever upcoming plans or schoolwork. there is almost no me-time. oh too much things happened and i cant just sort it out properly!

i have tankahkee young investors write-up to do. i invent an umbrella holder called bumbershoot. bumbershoot is actually a synonym for umbrella, cool right.

i have international friendship celebration to take care of. i am actually excited for it, it would turn out to be very festive i'm sure, yet the working out is tough. never knew that event organizing would be this hard. in indonesia it was all easy. you give your brightest idea, you help, you interact with people, but you just dont need to see all the minor details and budgeting and all sorts of tiresome paperwork.

i'll have common tests soon and i really wanna do well on those. wish to get straight Astar. yet english is just damn hard! the best i could achieve is C grade. and yet people in indonesia regard my english level to be so high. how contrast things could be in two different countries, you could be someone totally different depending on where you are.

anyway, i have diverted from my title. i was planning to write on my saturday night actually. it was well, fun? i hate to use the word fun since its so overused but i just couldnt come up with anything else. yea it was fun actually. i think the 10lovelies are bonding again. thank God. i thought things would never be the same like before but yesterday i sensed hope that we could be as sweet as before, haha. we went to a concert: festival of praise. yet it wasnt as good as we thought it would be. after that, we went to eat in Suntec. i ate 1meal together with lala, haha. it was a traditional kaya toast, what a mouthwatering meal! we then went to McD for a while and just had a good laugh along the way.

how i wish i could record all my moments in more than just words. i dont want good things to just pass by without me reminiscing it often.

tommorrow is MONDAY again. and im dreading it as always *sigh

free-day

TGIF!

highlights of the day:

1. injections. thankfully i didnt get one. just my luck. lala, joshua, mike, nathan got theirs. two shots at once, sucky! then it ruined our concert night :( i wanted to go so badly! anyway, the doctor was sooo irritating! nerve-cracking. after injections lala felt dizzy so we took a cab. that saved us from walking uphill to the hostel. yeay.

2. starbucks-ing (again). i took a nap just after i reached the hostel and when i woke up i was like, what am i gonna do?? plans failed. so i went to the gym and showered. wanted to go to music room but it was fully booked, going to the cinema was nearly impossible if the guys are all just going to say that one-word "maleeees", island creamery was, um well, doesnt feel right. so in the end we went to starbucks instead. mike and nathan ordered the wrong drinks. nathan's tasted like nescafe and mike's even worse, kopi tubruk! haha

3. blogging, facebooking. and procrastinating my essay *sigh

starbucks-ing * hang out and not talk

i have a new hobby!

starbucks is now opened near coronation plaza which is near to my hostel. kalo di film2 nih, kan suka ada orang yg sering nongkrong di cafe sampe barista kenal trus udah tau mau pesen apa gitu terus jadi temenan, seru! apalagi kalo barista nya bule ganteng! hahaha

nah, gw jadi pengen deh.

gw sama lala bikin program 'hang out and not talk'. gmn yaa, kan di sg tuh life hectic banget jadi kita mau escape ke cafe buat ngejer suasana chillin' sama bau kopinya yg enak banget terus hangout berjam2 aja baca buku denger ipod. perfect indulgence deh! tapi kalo sendiri kan males, jadi mesti berpartner. makanya we named it hang out and not talk! haha

jadi hari apa itu gw lupa gw k starbucks, tapi kali ini sama hesti. we spent 4hours there! watching movies, reading books, nulis2. tapiiii setiap 1jam gw pipis, kan gw ke lantai bawah, barista nya udah ganti orang terus, ga ada yg cakep terus! SIAL.

cuma ada:

1. bule. tapi tua

2. muda. tapi india

3. friendly. tapi cewek

yaudah deh. gagal. tp starbucksnya sih asik. jadi mau lagi deh kapan2, siapa tau barista nya ada yg oke, haha. fun fun fun

habitat lala

i feel like starting blogging again. i want my journey away from home to be reminisced and ruminated nicely when i grew up. yet the dilemma: when i have the inspiration there is no time, and vice versa. sucky.

anyway today was fun! i got to seat next to Lala and we chat and joked a lot. tadi dia ngomong dengan muka serius, "nah iya ni, kita itu, kata nyokap gw, harus ngelakuin sesuatu sampe 40kali secara teratur baru bisa jadi, apa tuh, habitat. *berenti sebentar, ekspresi muka berubah* eh, kok habitat sih!?"

terus kita ngakak gila2an.

terus hari ini i was informed to stay back til 3.30 for an important meeting from the malay cluster society. udah males banget deh. so to fill up the time, i did my physics assignment yg susah banget! pas meeting untungnya it was a good news, i was selected to be the one of the leaders for the next bacth! and it's only the second batch. so i'm like one of the pioneers. coolie!

i procrastinated my comprehension practice and studying geo as well. cant help my desire to go online, it's been a while the internet was down. and tonight at 9.50 i have to meet the council president to discuss the international friendship celebration as i am the overall in charge

yeah, you could say, life will always be filled with busyness in singapore.

hopefully my day to day account jadi berguna buat gw kalo udah gede, siapa tau jadi buku tentang kehidupan scholars ato apa gitu kek, haha.

Citrine Pearl

What?

It’s not an organisation, not a mere programme, neither it is a whatever-name-i-like-to-made-up. Jadi sebenernya ini apa gw jg gatau. Intinya, (aduh gw bahkan gatau intinya!) gmn yaa. Sejarahnya aja deh.

It all started today in the unbearably-boring-English-period. Puishan (Lala’s seatmate) ga masuk jadi gw duduk di sebelah Lala. Nah, gw lagi diet dan pas dia baca reader’s digest dia ktemu artikel bagus: “Put aside $5 a day and at the end you’ll have $140. If you’ve lost weight, it’s yours to spend! Otherwise, give it to charity.”

Then i gave it a thought. Gw terus mikir, daripada in the end gw spend for my own pleasure, mending i give it all to charity! Tapi gw reduce jadi $1 per day otherwise bokek kali gw.

So, here i am living luxuriously in a foreign country not spending even one cent of my own money! All that i’ve been wasting is the government’s money that i’ve earnt from my studies. Then, why not i channelled it for the poor in Indonesia who needs money and education? Kapan lagi gw bisa jadi blessing? Gila gw tadi udah super semangat deh sama Lala. Keren banget! Kita bakal belajar jadi committed buat give $1 per day, dan ga cuma soal komitmen, kita juga jadi berkat buat orang lain! Kita mau beli celengan weekend ini dan tiap hari masukin koin $1. Tadinya mau di akumulasi baru ambil duitnya, tapi kita mau tiap hari ada tindakan iman, sambil kita masukin koin kita bilang, “dear God, today i’m going to bless Indonesia and i’m going Indonesia being transformed”.

Programnya juga include one other commitment that we made. Buat gw, kalo gw gagal diet dalam hari itu, gw harus bayar $1 ekstra. Kalo Lala, kalo dia bolos baca alkitab. Nah, once we can fully commit ourselves to those promises, kita bakal masukin komitmen baru yg kalo kita gagalin mesti di penalize dengan bayar $1. Coolie! We’ll become a very committed person!

Aduh, pokoknya keren keren keren. Kita jadi blessing, starting a movement (who knows others might be interested and join our program, hehe), have a passion for Indonesia and to see our motherland being transformed (kita percaya if we want to plant the seed, pasti ada hasil!), and we’ll become more sensitive towards the needs of the less priviledged in our society.

Then when it’s time for us to go to Indonesia, we’ll open our piggy bank and divide equally the money. Jadi di Indo liburan kita jg lebih worthwhile! Gw pgn banget ngajar! Pengen ngajar TK2 miskin di indo ato anak2 jalanan, ato pelayanan apapun deh! Dengan talenta yg Tuhan kasih dan duit yg udah gw sisihkan. So i’m going to do my part in Jakarta, dan Lala di Bandung. Pas libur selese kita share stories deh!

Why?

Nah soal kenapa namanya jadi citrine pearl, there’s the story behind. Kita pengen cari nama keren tapi udah super stuck deh. Hopeless, kita buka2 vocabulary book (since it’s english class), and we found a list of gems for each birthday month! Mine is citrine and Lala’s is pearl. So we figured, since we are going to do something valuable and become a blessing, we’ll surely shine like gems! So here it is, CITRINE PEARL!

Dreams

Semakin kita omongin, semakin kreatif dan passionate aja deh! Kita mikir, kalo diseriusin, suatu saat (dan ga lama lagi) kita bisa jadiin ini satu organisasi resmi! We can collect money from other people who is committed and is interested to do what we do. Kita ga mau nerima donasi, tp kita mau mereka daftar dan komit buat bayar $1 per hari dan $1 for evey commitment they fail to do.

Terus kita juga cari orang2 yg punya the same passion buat sama2 ngelakuin misi ini, either bagi2 buku, makanan, ngajar, whatever it is. Kita juga bisa jadi kaya agen yg connect orang sm organisasi2 panti asuhan gitu2 jadi orang kalo mau bantu tapi gatau mo kemana tinggal ke kita and we’ll find the job that suits them.

But we only want to focus in Indonesia. Semua orang di Singapur bilang society gap di Indo gede banget, yg kaya kaya banget, yg miskin ajegile miskin nya. Indonesia di labelled negara yg miskin, bodoh, ga terstruktur, and we have to change that!

Then kita mau bikin blog buat keep a journal on what we have done sama kalo ada personal touching stories dari people that we help. Ah keren banget nih. Then kita bakal pake inisial Miss C and Miss P buat nama kita di dunia charity, haha.

Sooo, for the time being, kita lagi mikir ntar natal mau ngapain nih. Ga ada koneksi ke tempat2, area2 yg butuh di bantu. Terus in the long term pasti butuh lebih banyak duit if we want to make it a big thing. We’ll see! Yeay i’m so excited!

*kalo ada yg punya kenalan bantuin dong

Citrine Pearl

What?

It’s not an organisation, not a mere programme, neither it is a whatever-name-i-like-to-made-up. Jadi sebenernya ini apa gw jg gatau. Intinya, (aduh gw bahkan gatau intinya!) gmn yaa. Sejarahnya aja deh.

It all started today in the unbearably-boring-English-period. Puishan (Lala’s seatmate) ga masuk jadi gw duduk di sebelah Lala. Nah, gw lagi diet dan pas dia baca reader’s digest dia ktemu artikel bagus: “Put aside $5 a day and at the end you’ll have $140. If you’ve lost weight, it’s yours to spend! Otherwise, give it to charity.”

Then i gave it a thought. Gw terus mikir, daripada in the end gw spend for my own pleasure, mending i give it all to charity! Tapi gw reduce jadi $1 per day otherwise bokek kali gw.

So, here i am living luxuriously in a foreign country not spending even one cent of my own money! All that i’ve been wasting is the government’s money that i’ve earnt from my studies. Then, why not i channelled it for the poor in Indonesia who needs money and education? Kapan lagi gw bisa jadi blessing? Gila gw tadi udah super semangat deh sama Lala. Keren banget! Kita bakal belajar jadi committed buat give $1 per day, dan ga cuma soal komitmen, kita juga jadi berkat buat orang lain! Kita mau beli celengan weekend ini dan tiap hari masukin koin $1. Tadinya mau di akumulasi baru ambil duitnya, tapi kita mau tiap hari ada tindakan iman, sambil kita masukin koin kita bilang, “dear God, today i’m going to bless Indonesia and i’m going Indonesia being transformed”.

Programnya juga include one other commitment that we made. Buat gw, kalo gw gagal diet dalam hari itu, gw harus bayar $1 ekstra. Kalo Lala, kalo dia bolos baca alkitab. Nah, once we can fully commit ourselves to those promises, kita bakal masukin komitmen baru yg kalo kita gagalin mesti di penalize dengan bayar $1. Coolie! We’ll become a very committed person!

Aduh, pokoknya keren keren keren. Kita jadi blessing, starting a movement (who knows others might be interested and join our program, hehe), have a passion for Indonesia and to see our motherland being transformed (kita percaya if we want to plant the seed, pasti ada hasil!), and we’ll become more sensitive towards the needs of the less priviledged in our society.

Then when it’s time for us to go to Indonesia, we’ll open our piggy bank and divide equally the money. Jadi di Indo liburan kita jg lebih worthwhile! Gw pgn banget ngajar! Pengen ngajar TK2 miskin di indo ato anak2 jalanan, ato pelayanan apapun deh! Dengan talenta yg Tuhan kasih dan duit yg udah gw sisihkan. So i’m going to do my part in Jakarta, dan Lala di Bandung. Pas libur selese kita share stories deh!

Why?

Nah soal kenapa namanya jadi citrine pearl, there’s the story behind. Kita pengen cari nama keren tapi udah super stuck deh. Hopeless, kita buka2 vocabulary book (since it’s english class), and we found a list of gems for each birthday month! Mine is citrine and Lala’s is pearl. So we figured, since we are going to do something valuable and become a blessing, we’ll surely shine like gems! So here it is, CITRINE PEARL!

Dreams

Semakin kita omongin, semakin kreatif dan passionate aja deh! Kita mikir, kalo diseriusin, suatu saat (dan ga lama lagi) kita bisa jadiin ini satu organisasi resmi! We can collect money from other people who is committed and is interested to do what we do. Kita ga mau nerima donasi, tp kita mau mereka daftar dan komit buat bayar $1 per hari dan $1 for evey commitment they fail to do.

Terus kita juga cari orang2 yg punya the same passion buat sama2 ngelakuin misi ini, either bagi2 buku, makanan, ngajar, whatever it is. Kita juga bisa jadi kaya agen yg connect orang sm organisasi2 panti asuhan gitu2 jadi orang kalo mau bantu tapi gatau mo kemana tinggal ke kita and we’ll find the job that suits them.

But we only want to focus in Indonesia. Semua orang di Singapur bilang society gap di Indo gede banget, yg kaya kaya banget, yg miskin ajegile miskin nya. Indonesia di labelled negara yg miskin, bodoh, ga terstruktur, and we have to change that!

Then kita mau bikin blog buat keep a journal on what we have done sama kalo ada personal touching stories dari people that we help. Ah keren banget nih. Then kita bakal pake inisial Miss C and Miss P buat nama kita di dunia charity, haha.

Sooo, for the time being, kita lagi mikir ntar natal mau ngapain nih. Ga ada koneksi ke tempat2, area2 yg butuh di bantu. Terus in the long term pasti butuh lebih banyak duit if we want to make it a big thing. We’ll see! Yeay i’m so excited!

*kalo ada yg punya kenalan bantuin dong

joy is here

"joy comes in the morning. morning is not necessarily what has an AM next to it. morning is when you wake up. so, wake up! joy is here!"

-israel houghton

promises

hopefully i'll do this. lets see what happens. haha

• 8hours of sleep
• min 15mins of devotion every morning
• spend time with God every night
• sing praises and worships whenever wherever i can
• treadmill! *must lose weight this time ahaha
• no more late night snacking
• eat more fruits
• join a cell group
• write a journal
• continue blogging
• make more friends

near future

i am looking forward to:

• chibi, and other rics peeps comin to sg
• national day dinner *photo ic!*
• a*star award recipient ceremony
• hillsong concert!
• ben movin here *you'll be my diet partner and worshipmates 'kay
• orientation
• christmas
• star cruise holiday, perhaps? :p

gotta be excited for this coming 6months before im goin back to indonesia again. it'll be full of twists and turns, but i'll keep on movin with dearest daddyJe :)

wishlist

• the message bible
• driver's license
• mommy's car (is it too much? ;p) and a garden party for sweet17
• iPod nano or iPod touch
• book: lady in waiting by jackie kendall and debbie jones

i think that'd be all for now. anyone mind giving 'em to me? ahaha

the return.

here i am, again, after abandoning blog for 3months.

judulnya apa ya?

ah. gw mood2an banget sih. skrg lg terserang sindrom males nge-blog. tp gw pengen hari2 gw terekam di blog. jadi intinya, weekend has been full of fun. jumat membetekan gara2 choir nyebelin. pemimpin nya *yg cupu dan masih 2taun lbh muda dr gw!* marah2 melulu. dalem hati gw cm ngomel, buset br pernah gw dimarain orang cupu. aduh jahat bgt yaa :p tp sebel sih. ibaratnya tuh gw udh kaya proses terjadinya earthquake 'stress build up in the earth's crust due to plate movement, when the rock can no longer hold the pressure, it will snap and earthquake is produced' nah gw udh bener2 ga bisa contain rasanya pgn explode. haha baru common tes jadi otak nya masih pelajaran smua. cm jumat mlm nya seru. sperti biasa kita main bola dr jam8 sampe jm9an. trs gw sperti biasa, selalu jadi korban. kalo ga ketendang bola, ketendang orang yg lagi nendang bola. adaaa aja kasusnya -.- abis itu ke island creamery. itu kayaknya tempat pemersatu kita deh. tiap disitu atmosfirnya slalu kekeluargaan bgt so sweet pkknya.

sabtu ujan deres tp gw ngotot mau jalan soalnya gw udh dandan haha. ahirnya semua berhasil kebujuk. mlm2 baru balik cape bangeet. mggnya momo ultaahh! ini yg seruu. aduh tp mls crt. pkknya asik.

today bnyk common tes yg di bagi! gw sneeenggg. phy dpt tertinggi pdhl susah. dan guru kelas sblh katanya sampe heran dia blg 'itu di kelas sblh ada yg dpt paling tinggi 28.5 edan itu ko bs stinggi itu' hahaa trs yg dpt Astar di kls tuh cm gw sm elmo. anak2 alumni rafles! waahh mr gary harus bangga! hehe.

besok skolah lg. udh pgn weekend mau seneng2 sm anak2. goodnight!

what a day :)

today is a super encouraging day. seriously. and this is my 3rd post by the way. after the compliment by 'that' girl, there's a sweet email from a best friend, 'walls' asking how am i doing and when will i be back from my dearies in facebook, and lastly: a description about me by a close friend in facebook note:

"Smart, intelligent, nice, amazingly pretty, a good friend of
mine. Fluent in English. Lives in Singapore cause of her study. Honest, friendly, creative. Such a great pianist. Girly in fashion and behavior. I like her, she's just adorable! Well-known, very white as snow LOL. Already achieved two scholarships! Imagine that. Whoaaa. I punched her with Strawberry cake, once, in her surprise farewell from me, number 1 & 3. I miss her too. Come home!
Immediately."

i know feel so blessed with all the people God has let me befriended with in my life. there's a whole lot of 'em. the list is endless! and to those who has made me who am i today: i love you. really :)

another lovely words

"kyknya lg sibuk bgt blajar yaa? ahahhaa
smangat nath.. and remember... i'll
always pray for you...maju...
GBU nath2.... :):)"

Even simple words, when said by a close friend with sincerity, can form a smile on my face :)

serukan: MERDEKA!

ini memang bukan 17agustus. tetapi seluruh rakyat indonesia, tepatnya penghuni 3T1 dan 3T2 di BPGHS bersorak nyaring penuh sukacita pada hari ini, pukul2.05.

yeaappp! COMMON TESTS ARE OVER!

gw bahagia sampe gw pgn lompat2. sampe rasanya semua beban keangkat. trus jidat gw bs ga mengkerut lagi. nyampe hostel gw bs makan pelan2 bener2 dinikmatin. gw bs mandi air panas sambil merem lamaaa banget. gw bisa online. gw bs bengong2. melakukan apa yg gw mau. rasanya puas banget.

dan gw baru ngrasa betapa worn-outnya badan gue. slama blajar di force buat stay alert, buat fokus, dan skrg kaya mau collapse cape banget. kaki gw pegel2 pengen dipijet. jadi skrg nia is recharging

and guess what, amath gue beneran dapet Astar kaya yg gw target-in! pas mepeeett. 75persen. bahasa melayu jg udah di bagi. tapi ga sesuai target gue, kurang 1poin buat dapet Astar! jadi cm dpt A. okelah buat seorang yg totally buta sama bahasa melayu.

hari ini gw seneng lagi. gila gw udh kaya mau terbang waktu choir. gw dipuji abis2an! gatau nih ya, emang dasar gw geer ato emg bener, tapi tuh ada satu cewek ade kelas di choir yg demen banget sm gw. tiap choir mau disebelah gw, sok2 ngebecandain, ganggu2 usil2in gw. trus pas dapet no hp gw seneng bgt, gw suka di telv waktu dia plg skolah lah, lg di bus lah, sms pagi2 blg goodmorning, mlm2 bilang goodnight, dan sebagainya.

trs kemaren2:
cewek-yg-menurut-gw-ngefans-sm-gw: nia nia niaaaaa
nia: yeaahhh?
cewek-yg-menurut-gw-ngefans-sm-gw: in your class, does a lot of people like you?
nia: like me how? as in similar to me? or like 'like'?
*kepanjangan cape nulisnya sebut aja z*
z: yeah lorh, like as in 'like' you. the guys.
nia: haha. how would i know? i dont think so anyway. why?
z: no. nothing. haha

trus hari ini:
dia ganggu2 gw sperti biasa. trs dia ngomong sm tmnnya tp obvious bgt as if emg gw blh dgr
z ke temennya: eh who do you think is the prettiest scholar here?
tmnnya *t*: i dont know le
*gw dgr trs jb*
n: me me meeee! hahaha
*bisik2 apa gitu trs blg*
z: see, you're very pretty leh
n: haha

trus pkknya dia sibuk nanya2in temen2nya smuanya gt kaya lg pemilihan presiden gt trs dia blg
z: people said you're the prettiest scholar here

abis nyanyi. bbrp belas mnit berlalu. tmnnya yg lain nyenggol gw.
tmnnya-yg-lain: *sambil cekikikan* eh eh she said you're very pretty
z: *kaya malu trs nyenggol2 temennya* yea, i told you olredi waattt

dan nia hanya bisa tersenyumsenyum geer seharian. HAHAHA.

coming events: minggu ini elmo ultah. gatau nih mau diapain. hesti bisma jho nabilah jg mau ultah. banyak banget. weekend ini pkknya mau merayakan kebebasan sm anak2 indo. sabtu ada choir exchange di hwachong auditorium buat skolah2 di singapur, and i'm gonna perform! gw seneng deh sm choir disini ga amatir. bener2 classic pake penjiwaan jadi jiwa musik gw ga mati. sabtu depan ada NTU choir performing di victoria concert hall dan gw berhasil membujuk anak2 indo yg sama sekali ga punya interest di classic buat ikut! GILA gw bangga banget sm gw haha. pdhl klasik kan boring bgt buat yg ga ngerti, dan mrk mau ikut mengorbankan weekend dan duit 15dolar! asiiikkk. kekuatan bujukan gue. hahaha

oia lastly. andri lola baru liat ada promo gila2an. ke bali cm 5odolar! and we plan to go in mid april. cuma 3hari! hahaha. gila. gw udh balik indo brp kali nih. tp its hard to resist! and mom says yes already. cuma sm skolah nih yg ribet, iyalah ya, mo alesan apa gue hari skolah ijin ke bali buat liburan. hehehe. we'll see how it goes :p

wah jadi panjang. asik. hidup gw udh berwarna.

sedikit kehidupan ditengah2 common test

wah ini post kedua hari ini. abis nya hari ini jd menyenangkan jadi harus diinget2.

dinner di dining hall.
nia: *noleh ke kanan trus ngeliat seorang cowo sebut aja si X*
X: *lg ngeliat ke arah gw terus nge-dada-in sambil senyum* kalo bahasa tubuhnya di translate jadinya 'niaa halooo'
nia *muka kaget seneng trs melambaikan tangan juga* translate: eh! halo!
X: *nunjuk ke papan poster2 council nominees trs nunjuk gw* *oia, masih dgn senyum nya* translate: lo ikut boarders concil kan?
nia: *ngangguk2 sambil senyum* translate: iyaaaa hehe
X: *trs dia nunjuk dirinya trs nunjuk gw* artinya: gw bakal ngevote elo.
nia: *kesenengan terus nunjukin jempol* artinya: wah iya?? asiikk! yeay

dan abis itu gw kesenengan seharian. gw gatau seneng ada yg mau ngevote tanpa gw minta tau2 ngasihtau mau vote gw. ato kedua, bukan krn ada yg ngevote, tp siapa yg ngevote. oops. dan kayanya alesannya yg kedua. ohtidak.

eh tp ga juga sih. dipikir2 yg pertama jg kok. iya kok. gatau deh.

trus gw sms X intinya: hey X! tengkiu mau vote gue. ksitau tmn lo yg lain jg yaaa. asik
X bls abs gw study time: yah. i will make sure every living thing in my hall vote for you dont worry haha

yak. betul sekali. gue makin seneng.

sampe malem2 abis gw baca smsnya lg gw baru nyadar. gw salah org!

yg gw sms itu tmn nya dia bukan dia. abs suka ga ngeh sm namanya ketuker2. gw jd mikir buset pede bgt gw sms k org itu blg makasih mau vote gw, pdhl slh org! untung dia blsnya gak 'heh emg gw mau vote lo?' haha. dia bls nya malahan menyenangkan gt. bgslah.

jadinya makin seneng.

ahirnya barusan gw sms org yg sbnernya. the real X. hahaha. kali ini ga salah org.

begitulah. setidaknya ada sedikit 'kehidupan' di tengah2 badai common tes yg melanda daku. hiks

terpaksa

bete gue sm common tes. kayaknya emg susah deh dpt A.

nih ya buat physics. gw ga terlalu gmn bgt soalnya gw tau dr dulu phy gw emg ga bgs2 amat. kalo di raffles plajaran gw yg lain slalu Astar, phy gw kalo ga A ya Bples. jadi gw ga trlalu sedih. cm nih yg nyesek, bbrp detik sblom tes phy, ulangan phy yg sblomnya dibagi, dan gw cm dpt 20/35! dan itu adalah C! aduh drop lgsg mental gue. gatau deh dpt brp common tes.

amath lbh nyebelin. gw udh dgn pedenya nih 'oke amath gmpang gw bs Astar' tau2 soalnya di bagi gatau knp gw lgsg buyar! ARGH! not my lucky day. no1 yg pd bs smua, aneh bin ajaib, gw doang ga bs! ternyata gw mlh nyari cara yg susah2 aneh2 pdhl gmpang, dan sesaat stelah soal dikumpul tuh gw br dpt jwbn nyaaa! dan itu 7poin which is 20persen nilai total! jd kalo, KALO, yg lain bener smua br gw bs dpt Astar.

ah gmn nasib target2 gw nih. udh puyeng jd mls bljr deh. aaa tapi harus niat.

dan gara2 common tes harus blajar mulu, otomatis badan gw ga gerak seharian cm duduk baca, ganti posisi bentar, toilet bentar, bljr lagi. kan ga enak dong kalo ga gerak, jadi yaa mesti ada yg gerak. paling mungkin ya mulut. yaudah deh TERPAKSA gw makan. terpaksa loh. mo gmn lg cb. diet gw ancur deh. huhuhu.

besok bahasa melayu sm chemistry. harus bagus dlm nama Yesus!

belajar kebanyakan bisa membuat anda jadi frik

weekend ini hidup gue rada membosankan. udah mau common tes jadi hari2 gw di penuhi dgn belajar belajar daan belajar. ga ada common tes aja gw jg msti belajar mulu. hari minggu ini gw udh janji ga mo kluar hostel dan seharian blajar. tp ga bisaaaa! aaaa. godaan terlalu banyak. gw udh ngabisin nastar ka eli, makan 1 ferrero rocher, sm pepaya.

ah iya, pepaya sial, gw ngrasa abis makan tu pepaya perut gw kaya di bunyi 'grook grook' *ga seserem itu sih tp gw bngung gmn bunyinya yg lbh pas haha* trus rasanya tuh gw kaya pengen boker. udh berkali2 gw bolak balik toilet hari ini! dan ee nya gw keluar2! haha. kaya masih kurang penuh buat di keluarin. oke, jadi gw ngemil dulu trs ke toilet. ga berhasil. lunch dulu trs ke toilet msh ga berhasil. paling mentok cm keluar kentut doang. *sigh*

eh iya tumben2an ga sih gw nulis pake bhs indo smuanya gini. lg bosen sm bhs inggris. blog gw udh diketauin org2 singapur sih jd ga bs ngomongin dgn bebas. intinya nih, udh basi sih tp gw blom crt di blog, temen sebrang kamar gw LESBONG!! ARGH MENYERAMKAN. dia tuh dulu suka muji2 gw katanya gw punya selera 'fesyen' *spy dia ga ngerti kalo baca* yg bagus gitu. trs rambut gw yg 'bergelombang' di puji2, kaos gw di blg keren gt2 deh. trs kalo gw lg mau pergi dia liat gaya gue slalu blg, 'woooo ibu seksiiii' *terjemahkan sendiri ya hehe* trs awal2 kenal dia suka ngundang gw kekamarnya, suka sms2 gw ngajak jalan dan sbagai nya. sampe suatu saaattt...

hesti makin sering di curhatin dia dan itu mengganggu banget. kita mulai nyadar ada yg aneh sm dia. dan satu malem dia ngomong
dia: aduuh gw jatuh cinta sama seseorang
hes: wah iya? dia siapa? *dia nya tuh menunjukan cowo (he)*
dia: gmn kalo dia bukan cowo?
JEGERRR HESTI UDH KAYA DISAMBER GELEDEK.
trs besok2nya dia ngaku dia sk cewe. trs hari ini dia dandan pake anting kalung sgl mcm gara2 mau belajar bedua temen nya gitu yg dia blg 'sangat panas' *terjemahin!* yg adalah seorang cewe. O'OOOOHH!

sepertinya otak gw udh terkontaminasi science nih. td gw sm cewe2 liat bunga mekar bagus bgt, tp biasa kalo malem kaya krg bgs gt. trus komentar gw sm hesti 'waaahh iya ini gara2 ada turgor pressure di dlm plant nya which cause it to open up during the day krn water enter by osmosis!'

udh gt pernah nih lg pelajaran bosen bgt. gw sama hesti inge surat2an. udh asik2 ngejayus gw blg: eh nama buat kita be3 apa nih? hesti nia inge? HIN?
inge: gatau nih apa yaa. hesniange? tianinge?
nia: tianinge -> tyanine! component of a deoxyribonucleotide
OMYGOD FRIK ABIS GUE.

trus prnah gw lg mellow. gw ngomong soal tmn2 di indo dan gw udh syg bgt sm mrk, kita udh dket bgt.
nia: aduh iya gmn ya jelasin nya, pkknya tuh udh saking dket nya ampe pas pisah sdih bgt. gmn yaa, nih kaya ionic bond kan ada electrostatic force of attraction between positive sm negative nya kan, nah makin bnyk positive negativenya bondnya makin strong dan butuh lbh bnyk kinetic energy buat break the bond. jd krn pngalaman suka duka pait manis nya udh bnyk jd susah pisahnya
lala: niaaaa! gila perumpamaan lo
nia: *iyayaah* -.-

aaaa pkknya common tes harus cepet2 selese gw mau seneng2

currently loving: adhitia sofyan's song

brief info: he's an indonesian bedroom singer-songwriter.
what i like the most: adelaide sky

yang baru di hidup nia

WHAT'S UP?
*umm, ceiling? <-- JAYUS*

satu. time passed by like a jetplane! udh hampir 1term gw di sgpr! dan hr ini gw udh mulai common test aka termtest kalo d rics. serius deg2an banget! pertama kalinya gw tes takut fail! idk what to expect, idk whats coming, dan impression yg d kasih sm senior2 ga memuaskan. mrk smua blg scholar2 awal masuk emg bakal fail2 trs krn ssh. L1R5 mrk awal2 tuh 18-13an gitu. sementara harusnya sih kalo diatas 10 kita dipulangin, tp lebay mana mungkin. fyi, L1R5 tuh sistem di sgpr gt deh intinya sih makin dikit poin lo brt mkin pinter. nah target gw buat common test tdnya no failures dan A1 ato A2 harus mendominasi. tp skrg gw mau push further. gw pgn smua test gw minimal A2. gatau deh bs ato ga. scholar2 dr dl awal2 bs C5 gt. but i dont wanna settle for 'good enough'. i want to push my limit. org slalu blg you'll get less than what you expect, jd yaudah gw expect nya setinggi mungkin, jadi kalo gw get less than it, masih tetep tinggi deh! nothing to lose anyway, right? i realize that there's nothin to lose if you dream big. you may say you lose confidence dan sbagai nya, tp failures are just normal kan. gw ga sabar dapet nilai2 common test gw

dua. i'm in love with scrapbooking! currently loving doodling, writing quotes, targets, dan sgl mcm list list gue trs gw tempel di kamar buat motivasi. inspirasi gw buat ini berawal dari: BENA. yepp my very own lil brother! ;) -you may want to check this out: scrapblog.com

tiga. gw skrg punya prayerbook. gw kategoriin aspek2 nya, trs gw bkin ceklist to tick for every answered prayers! jdnya kalo gw doa lbh fokus dan kalo udh dpt gw makin wow-ing lg sm His favor in my life

empat. gw harus lbh kurus. HARUS. skrg dlm sminggu gue: PE skali, lari 15mnit 2kali minimal, main bola sm cowo2 skali minimal, renang skali minimal. awas aja nih kalo ga nambah kurus

lima. ini yg gw bangga2in: GW SKRG BS LARI 2.4KM DLM 15MNIT! lari nonstop! kcepatan di treadmill nya 9.0. constant throughout. wii bangga bgt gue. msh inget kalo di rafles dl 1.4km aja udh kaya mau mati.

ballot

im runnin for hwachong 9th boarders council this year! dearests, pray for me yaaa. hope i can make it in. see see seee, its my poster! *im very proud haha* my quotes "i'll do my best, and i mean it. its not just any cliche election tagline" ALTHOUGH IT IS. VERY CLICHE. ehehe :p

i'm lovin' it

"HAPPY VALENTINE's DAY MY BESTEST
FRIEND!
i love you more than how i loved
you last valentine! :D"

thanks bestbud! :) ily too though we're miles apart! haha :)
yeayy i'm lovin my v'day!

must read: THE PACT

"wait!" emily cried. her words were thick with tears, but she lifted her chin and crossed her arms tight over her chest to keep from shaking. "i, um, i have this problem. i broke up with my boyfriend, you see. and im very upset about it, so i wanted to talk to my bestfriend. she swallowed and looked at the black ground. "the thing is, they're both you."

reasons why you shouldnt celebrate vday in spore

1. singapore guys arent romantic *the government even made a comittee named 'Romancing Singapore' ckck*

2. people live in an HDB flat. so if u wanna get yr goodnight kiss like the westeners do in front of the house, then here you do it in front of the HDB lift, then what if sddnly the lift opens and people coming out rushing and such. pathetic -.-

3. in indo you go out on a date with the guy picking you up with his private car. in singapore, MRT? bus? taxi?

4. you ought to do the romance part in a private place, say, a car. in singapore you are a living show with the public *read: me and my friends* seeing you and feeling disgusted

5. since everyone walk with a bouquet in their hands, it becomes smthn not special, in one bus, i could spot 3 people with the exact same bouquet! sad.

couldnt find anymore. hahaha. conclusion: i'll wait til i go to europe for uni haha :p

happy v'day lovelies! :)

i googled on love but decided to searched from the bible instead.
found this meaningful verse in 1John3:1, rephrasing it simply:

"It is My desire to lavish My love on you"

i was like... wow. so deep. i searched the meaning of desire. He doesnt just give His love out of nothing, but He actually longs, craves, yearns! to love me! then i searched the meaning of lavish. it is not just giving, but giving abundantly, plentifully, exceedingly, generously, and luxuriously!

i am now even more totally aware that i am SOOOO loved :) yeayy

*YOU OUGHT TO FEEL THE LOVE I AM FEELING, TOO!
smooches :)

seriously. i am so friggin pissed by her. extremely pissed. she's taking away my 3 to 4minutes which caused me a loss of 2hours or more, which makes

my day

GW SUPER BETE. in the end of the day lagi. i thought im gonna end my day badly, apalagi gw belom doa, and how am i supposed to talk to God kalo dalem hati gw ada kebetean?? pkknya super bete deh sampe nangis tp ditahan2 abis di hostel ZERO PRIVACY. tapi abis baca email mama, which is always encouraging, inspiring, wholeheartedly written, i can finally pull out a smile! ga maksa loh. beneran seneng seneng bangga puas gitu deeehh haha. yeayy mom you made my dayyyy! :D loveyouuuuuu *mama udah mau valentine loh, ga ngapa2in nih sekeluarga?

and guess what am i doing on v'day!??

wouldnt tell ya the answer now.

haha. so, guess.

nighty night! :D im finally happy again, cant wait to talk to Daddy Je!

chatter

i think this week is my melancholy week. idk why. oh, yeah, i know why. but its just a long long story. and my melancholy-ness *is there such a word?* makes me unwilling to go to school tmrw! and on tues i have american maths competition and im not prepared!

ria is leaving. off to melb for college. everyone is in college. im still in sec3. sigh. oh well its okayy, feeling young for a longer time haha. anyway, im so sad ria is leaving :( and melb isnt like singapore malaysia indonesia which is very near and u can travel back and forth 4times per year. so i can only meet her again this comin christmas. i miss jeni and sapphira too! hope to see them this march.

got to sleep or else im gonna be like panda with dark circles around my eyes.

takecare loved ones! you know i miss you this very moment..

sunny sunday

kebo-ing again today. haha. woke up at 10, tu jg gara2 inget bnyk krjaan blm kelar. hrsnya skrg lg bkin compo, td ga ada idee! topic: an occasion when a family moved to a new home and found that the keys provided didnt unlock the front door. how am i sppsd to write abt it?? aaah. tdnya gw mkir mo sok2 lebay trs ending nya tnyt emaknya slh bawa kunci malah bw kunci rmh yg lama, ketuker gt. ato ga ga unlock the frnt door soalnya tnyt itu kunci back door. tp jelek bgt dua2nya. jd gw mkir crtnya mrk di tipu. tp kasian bgt tll tragis. HELEEEPPP

tdnya mau k lion air sm joshua ambil tiket pulang brg soalnya. tp mls bgt. ahrnya gw pkir gw ambl mgg dpan aja sndr gpplah nyasar2 dkit plg. trs gw bk lg itinery nya d blg tgl tnjukin itu pas cek in, trs gw tny jo. daaaann BENER! jd dia sia2 deh ksana hahaha yes yes

ntr sore mau jln sm ria. she's goin to melb for college dan bakal transit di sgpr for 12hours. thank god i got to meet her before she's off to college

oia, masa gw mimpi dikasih kado ulang taun harimau dari chibiii! gila. gw kaget pas bangun! di mimpi gw tuh harimaunya gedeeeee banget, trus gw keliling hostel naik harimau. tp harimaunya baik gt ga gigit, harimau nya syg sm gue. trus gw peluk cibi erat2 soalnya itu kaya kado terbaik gw gt. OH MY FRIK BGT MIMPINYA

nostalgic

i miss them so much. i want to go home. i miss home. i miss who i was with them. i miss the jokes, the laughter, the memory, the goofyness, the love we all shared together. sigh. love is indeed byzantine.

blogwalking

currently enjoying blogwalking. especially fashionblogs. but i found this particular blog y'all might be interested to check out, its just random silly stories happening in Jakarta

ngupingjakarta.blogspot.com

my most-funny stories so-called award:

1.CEO: "Wah, kenapa terlambat? susah ya cari alamatnya?"
Orang indo mental bule: "Iya, I could only show the taxi driver your address. saya coba bicara
tapi tidak lancar dan dia terus berbicara dalam bahasa Indonesia."
CEO: "Well, kamu kulitnya juga sawo matang. Of course he thought you speak the
language."
Orang indo mental bule: "Iya, saya tanya lantai kantor ini juga difficult. Bahasa Indonesia saya jelek sekali sampai rasanya kemaluan saya besar sekali."

Kantor di Jakarta Pusat, didengar para sekretaris yang langsung ingin
memberikan les privat ke orang itu.

2. Cowok modis #1: "Keren banget tuh iPod, pengen beli ah gue!"
Cowok modis #2: "Yah, telat lu. Gua sih udah punya dari lama, tapi iPod gue mereknya Sony."

3.Teman #1: "Eh, loe gimana sih, masa gini aja gak bisa ngerjain? Tipis banget sih otak loe!"
Teman #2: "Iya nih, otak gua tipis banget. Sampe-sampe bisa dilaminating!"

Universitas di Jakarta Selatan, didengar oleh seseorang yang bertanya-tanya bagaimana bentuk fisiologis otak orang itu.

4.Obrolan tentang seorang teman yang sudah 2 tahun tidak pulang dari sekolah di Amerika.
Teman #1: "Eh, tahun ini X pulang loh!"
Teman #2: "Iya, this summer kan dia pulang?"
Teman #1: "He eh. Kangen deh gw!"
Teman #3: "Iya ya. Kenapa sih dia gak pulang tahun kemaren? Emang tahun kemaren gak ada summer ya?"

5.Seorang ibu melihat anaknya yang berumur 3 tahun sedang memegang-megang tusuk gigi.
Ibu: "Eh, kamu kecil-kecil jangan megang tusuk gigi. Ntar ketusuk gimana? Ntar sakit kan? Mau sakit? Mau? Ha? Mau gak? Ntar bisa berdarah loh! Mau gak? Kalo mau ya udah mama kasih lagi yang banyak. Mau gak? Ayo bilang nggak! Bilang! Ayo bilang! Mau nggak? Ayo bilang nggak! Bilaang!

Kedai ayam bakar di Jakarta, didengar seluruh pengunjung yang berharap akan ada sutradara yang bilang: "CUT!"

6. Cewek #1: "Eh, ke dufan yuuuukkk!"
Cewek #2: "Yuk...yuuukkk...gw mau nyobain arwana baruuu....katanya seru tuuuh!"
Cewek #1: "Arwana? kan kita mau ke dufaaannn..."
Cewek #2: "Iya...arwana...yang kaya jet coaster...arung jeram..gitu..."

7.Cowo: "Kenapa yah, kok kalau makan kangkung jadi ngantuk?
Cewe: (diam sejenak) "Oooh, karena banyak zat besinya..."
Cowo: "Hmmm..." (menunggu penjelasan sambil kagum atas kepintaran temannya)
Cewe: "... Jadi berat di mata loe."

"You've got to be hungry - for ideas, to make things happen, and to see your vision made into reality."

Dame Anita Roddick - Founder of the Body Shop

*i'm so loving body shop right now. its got somethin to do with my future i guess, haha

loveyas :)

banci hiphop

besok gw interview Astar *click on the link*! deg2an tp excited juga. aduuhh gw pgn masuk nih. jd niat pdhl awalnya males apaan sih scientist2 culun hehe. tp bisa ngebuka masa depan gw bgt tuh. Astar briefly described: scientific research agencies di sgpr yg anggotanya scientists, professors, smart2 people frm sgpr and around the world. nah astar jg narikin scholars, and im nominated to be one. and tmrw's the interview!

ka eli kue lidah kucing pake keju belanda nya enak bangeeettt. parah.
eliza: eh niaaa, ini apa? beli diimana kok enak?
lala: iiih enak niaaa *terus ambil lagi 2*
hesti: hmmm, ENAAAAKK!
inge: makasih nia *terus asik skype-an lagi*

hari ini ada art enrichment programme jg, gw ambil hiphop. dan td abs susulan geo, gw lala inge masuk ke indoor sports hall. trus keren gt moves nya crumping2 kaya di stepup2. gilaaa. gw merasa cupu nih dance nya gara2 br ikut hr ini soalnya hari senin nya gw syuting *anak rafles liat gw di video mgg dpaaann! hahaha. principal BP mau dtg nunjukin videonya* nah abis slese dance, instructornya nanya 'who hasnt take their attendance?' kita ber3 maju. cari sesuai abjad: ga ada. berdasarkan kelas: ga ada nama kita jg. liat nama program nya: old skool hip hop. ternyata kita salah kelas! yg kelas hiphop ada di multi purpose hall. ahirnya gw ikutan group foto dulu *biarpun gw bukan grup itu haha* trs gw lari ke atas ke tempat hiphop. daaaan instructor nya kaya banciiiii! eeeww. satya jeet versi muscular. nyesel ikut hiphop.

upcoming events:
sabtu - chemistry enrichment program, nanyang polytechnic, from 9am tp 5pm. courses: bikin perfume boleh di bawa pulang! yeay. trs paper weight apa gitu gatau apaan sm DNA apa ga ngerti jg
minggu - MOE activities, treasure hunt at sentosa island

pray for my astar interview!

smooches :)

introducing #2

"Some people said we could make a good couple, but we would rather be the best bestfriend." ;)

-Nathania Christy

introducing #1

"Why would i be proud of something everyone has? But i do. My mom must be exceptional."

-Nathania Christy

piano

this is us playing classic in pajamas! ahaha. this wasnt planned so we didnt dress up :p

levin playing the song i once played 4yrs ago

levin playing her other song

me playing my fave song: edward elgar

home is the safest place to be

Kalimat itu sering banget gw baca waktu jalan plg di bus dari skolah. Ada iklan apa gitu yg pake tulisan itu. Tiap baca tuh gw yg kaya ‘aaah im far from my safest place :( tapi gak juga sih, ntar lama2 Singapur juga bakal jadi rumah gue kok hehe. Cuma jadinya seneng banget waktu mau pulang.

Soooo, here goes my 4days Indonesia trip!

Nyampe jakarta lagi kluar dari airport, didepan ada crowd yg jemput orang2 gitu, suddenly mama lari ke dalem and hugged me tight. Aaah seneng! I felt secure to be in her embrace once again. I thought only dad would pick me up coz mom needed to pick ben up at rics. Ternyata ada mama!

Then langsung ke raffles ngobrol2 sama milla alver pat bebi sartob chibi demas mike mr.manish mr.marihot dll. Seneng banget masih ga percaya im seeing these faces i could only imagine before.

Malemnya FA! Finally. I cried waktu worship, felt so thankful. Tapi yang dateng kurang banyak, tp ngobrol2 seru sama icha esta tius semi hito alrey. Kangen hyubed bgt! Rasanya homy bgt bs denger jokes2 mereka lagi. Then we took pictures! :)

Saturday jalan with demas then dilanjutin sama mila alver rachelle. Foto2 lagii!

Pas jc hari minggu waktunya ketemu cewek2. We talked and talked and talked. A lot. And tili shared her beauty secret haha

But the sweetest of all was the time i spent with my family. We went shopping together, visited our soon-to-be new house *which is huge!* then we ate a lot! I love indonesian food! We also took pictures *but not with dad :(* and i played piano again – with much enthusiasm.

siblings!

mom

emba ku tersayang yg udah kerja dari mama masih smp. ka eli makasih kue2nya sama daster sama seprei sama bedcover sama seragam sama *aduh banyak banget!* kak, nastarnya 1hari di sgpr langsung abis loh! kue coklat nya jg hari ini udh abis haha

snapshots with my lil sis yg sekarang udah jd centil suka shopping haha

My supah’ splendid God!

What: Pastor Kong Hee’s sermon
When: Sunday service
Where: City Harvest Church

This sermon was really cool. I think im gonna make a long post on this. Pastor Kong Hee preached this coz it coincides with chinese new year. The theme is sooo chinese. At first i was like, okaaayyy bad timing, shouldnt go here today. Haha. But it turned out to be very amazing, really it made me tremble. I’ll just try to shorten the sermon:

Chinese are identical with Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. But they all were founded in 5th BC, but the chinese history could be traced back far until 4500 BC. So what did they believe in during that period of time?

Shang dynasty: it was parallel to the time of Exodus in the bible. From the written records, it was said that the chinese worship a God called ‘Shang Di’ which means ‘Supreme God’. Zhou dynasty: they called their God ‘Shang Tian’ which means ‘Most high God’. So they didnt worship idols, but only one almighty God.

But why are we so sure that they worshipped the same God we worship?

There are evidences. (Pastor Kong Hee showed all the details from which the evidence were extracted, the chapters and pages from the ancient books. I’ll find some time to research on it, i found it very fascinating, hehe) first, they believed in the God of love. What other religion have a God of love? They have God to be feared and obeyed only. The Chinese believed in the all knowing and all powerful God, not one god for death, one god for prosperity, etc, like other religion.

Another one: in China there is an ancient building named the ‘Temple of Heaven’. Its now a Taoism temple, but unlike any other temple, it has no –not even one- image of gods or idols. Not even the image of Shang Di. Why? Because they understood the 10 commandments! Wherever the empress went, of the capital city is moved, they always build altar. Where did they learn this from? Chinese are the descendants of Sham, Noah’s son. Noah lived only one or two generation before the earliest civilisation of China. What did Noah do when he went out from the ark? He built altar. The chinese must have remembered what their ancestors did to honor their God and they did the same thing. During the period of the Tower of Babel, they were dispersed and the present Chinese went to the east while the Israelites, to the west.

Their sacrificing process: to be cleanse from their sins, they have to sacrifice goat or lambs which were clean, spotless and not blemished. Blood must be poured out to purify from sins. For a covenant to be made, blood must be poured out (thats why if you want to joing Chinese gangster now you have to cut something to let your blood out, so the tradition remains) The sins of men will be transfered to the animal to be sacrificed. And after the sacrifice they’ll sang at least 12 songs (we only sing max 6songs at church now!). the emperor will washed his hands and functioned exactly like the high priest. And what did all this sound like? The sacrificial process in the old testament! So while the Israelites did this on the west and were recorded in the bible, the chinese in the east did parallely at the same time and were recorded in their own books.

And for the song, extracted from Ming Statues vol82 page28 (if i copied down the data correctly hehe), titled ‘The song of beginning peace’ is just like the verse in genesis1! Another song titled ‘Xiu he song’ mentioned their God as the ‘Heavenly Father’. There is no other religion in the world which see their God as a loving father!

The practiced were carried out generations to generations, from one dynasty to the other. They had to do it repeatedly for every sins they made to be purified. So one emperor got tired of this and stopped the practice, and thats when idolatry came to China.

But indeed this was such a troublesome process. We have to repeatedly sacrifice for every sins that we do everyday! Until there is an ultimate sacrifice, a pure, sinless man to be sacrificed replacing the lambs, then we are set free.

Matthew2:1-2. Thank God Jesus came. People believed its a fable. How could three men follow a star? But in China, Han dynasty, every night, 14 astronomers watched the sky. And on the day when Jesus was born, there was a comet! A comet from a star that was among the brightest, that could be seen on earth for 70days! Such a magnificent wonders of nature that does not happen often. The chinese scholars recorded that the star that fell was the ‘Altair’ which means ‘perfect sacrifice’! that, i believe, is not coincidental. Surely God is giving a sign that on that day, the perfect sacrifice was born, and the star that fell as comet will lead the three men to the newborn king. When the Chinese astronomers observe that wonders, they were amazed and recorded in Chinese history, “this comets signify the new is replacing the old, this undoubtedly symbolizes change. A big change is about to happen”

Luke23: when Jesus died the sky was dark. It certainly was not just a typical cloudy rainy day when someone died! It wasnt like what we always thought. In the exact time when Jesus died in the west, in the east, the Chinese observed a solar eclipse that lasted for 3days! It was during the period of ‘gui hai’, another major nature wonders observed exactly 34years after the last wonders which was the comet. 34 years is the age of Jesus Christ! The emperor were troubled by the absolute darkness and mentioned that it must have occured because of the sins of men. The emperor said, this must be happening because a man of heaven has died. So exact!

Can you even believe it? All these things took place in the west. The east knew NOTHING about this. they only observe the nature wonders. But they could say the exact things more than once, thats not coincidence, that is called ‘prophecy’!

The chinese also observed that 3days after the eclipse, there was a rainbow encircling the sun! On the day Jesus Christ was ressurrected! What a bright, promising day!

So on the day Jesus was born, died, and resurrected, nature signified them! Isnt he really the son of God then! I was like wow-ing along the sermon. And i suddenly remembered this phrase, and concluded myself that indeed: the universe proclaims his wondrous works. It appears to be true literally.

Pastor kong hee also talked about this one guy who inspired me so much:

So along those years, the Chinese actually believe in the same God, only diff names. There’s this Italian guy in China, a scholar, brilliant scientist, mathematician, and also a missionary named Matteo Ricci who first discovered all these and linked them together. He was taken aback and started telling the Chinese about Christ. To reach out to the Chinese, this was what he did: he dressed himself as a buddhist monk! Holiness is not what you wear, it is the matter of the heart. He entered and reached out to the Chinese world, understanding their physche, and gave a suitable approach. And this is what we should also do! Do not be a religious freak! Like the pharisee who judge people, pointing out their mistakes. To show Christ we have to show love. Matteo ricci realized that change can only come top-down. So he reached out to the leaders of the society, to the brainy, to the scholars! He was a genius, but a devote believer! I remember daniel, sadrach, mesach, abednego who were taken from their country to work as ‘scholars’ in the palace, and they made a change. I remember joseph, taken to another country, become an ‘insider’in the new top society, and made a change. Oh, there are just so much people in the bible that God use in a similar way. They are well-educated, smart, taken to other country to be an insider, to know the situation, but their heart is always on God, and God led them to make a change, to testify His glory. I always want to serve God at church, to be a youth pastor or missionary, and i always thought, God why do i have to study so hard then? Im not using all those theories and calculations at church. But this morning i was strucked, so deep, i was like, wow God now i know what you want me to do, what you want me to become. i believe God will open for me path by path and lead me in the right directions and i’ll shine my light wherever God puts me in. I want to be like Matteo Ricci, like Joseph, like Daniel, like great great people in the bible, scientist and missionary, bringing the gospel to the brainy!

Okay, long enough. This is my last point: matteo ricci then became the advisor of one of the Chinese emperor *whoa, the mastermind behind the ultimate leader!* then the emperor *i forgot the name, kang xi i think*converted to Christian, he wrote in his poetry that he believed in the eternal life given by the son of God who sacrificed Himself to set men free of sin, somethin like that if im not mistaken. Then christianity started to grow in China, until the western, the Pope heard about this, and he stopped the chinese from believing in Christ! Weird huh? He looked down on the Chinese and banned them from being a christian, the current emperor tried to negotiate but was ignored. The period was quite famous in history but i forgot what is it called. So my point: as christian we have to really evaluate ourselves. We are not teaching isolation and separation. We are not excluding ourselves and point out, arguing, debating on other religion’s weaknesses. No. Christians: insulation and penetration! See the difference: we are insulated by God’s grace, the holy spirit, His favor, all of these, but we are penetrating our light to the world! We can preach about God, arguing and debating and win in the end, but breaking relationship. Or we can enter their world and understand them, and win their souls for Christ.

Whoops. Too long. I really do hope you get my points, otherwise i would just be wasting my time :( i hope i can research more on the historical facts to strengthen my evidences haha. But anyway, the CD of this sermon are sold in City Harvest Church for $30. Ah, tired. Nighty night!