Ok.. i'm quite nervous.. i'm not entirely satisfied with my work...
but yesterday a friend wrote to me "God's favor upon you" ..and I would like to say 'Amen' to that.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Our Ritual Tea-Drinking Night
Love love love love love!
My sisters are awesome! Unfortunate that Cindy couldn't make it :( ...it would've been more fun..:( ..but it's okay, she's really tired aniwae.. we'll have another ritual next time and you shall not miss it! ^-^
Well..who knows talkin talkin talkin and talkin made us forgot that time does exist and oh how we didn't feel like going home at all..until I made sense of myself that I was the one driving, so I should not fell asleep nor too tired to drive (since i was responsible for another human being as well...hehehehehe)
Tea tea tea tea tea, I love the smell of Nishi's black tea, and for some weird reason, I tended to repeat words last night... hm hm hm hm hm...ANd Ohh Deutsch! let's all learn Deutsch!here are some examples:
how? how do i do that? = wie? wie mache ich das? (vee maehke eeh das)
what for? = wozu? (vootszoo)
with what? = womit? (voomit)
But I love our 'Discussion' Unit 101...I definitely gained a lot, and if it was on exam, I'd probably score 80! hehehehe (trying to look 'humble but NOT' by not typing 100%)..
I like it when everything's so open that we can be ourselves without any shame, without any doubts, without any fear of being judged. I feel at home :).
Went out for a while to say 'cya later' to a friend in the airport, then I seriously couldn't wait to get back to the IA headquarter, esp. the living room last night --> home! it was just the right size with room to move and each on every available couch ;P~
Catching up with the girls was lovely..I enjoyed it so muchh :D. It made me ponder..what's gonna happen next year....we should go crazy with our finale ritual tea-drinking night!!
some fun keywords:
"Ich Liebe Dich", kimmykepo!, lolipops, B..B (i'm not gonna say it hhahahha)
'What happens in IA Sisterhood stays in IA Sisterhood'.
My sisters are awesome! Unfortunate that Cindy couldn't make it :( ...it would've been more fun..:( ..but it's okay, she's really tired aniwae.. we'll have another ritual next time and you shall not miss it! ^-^
Well..who knows talkin talkin talkin and talkin made us forgot that time does exist and oh how we didn't feel like going home at all..until I made sense of myself that I was the one driving, so I should not fell asleep nor too tired to drive (since i was responsible for another human being as well...hehehehehe)
Tea tea tea tea tea, I love the smell of Nishi's black tea, and for some weird reason, I tended to repeat words last night... hm hm hm hm hm...ANd Ohh Deutsch! let's all learn Deutsch!here are some examples:
how? how do i do that? = wie? wie mache ich das? (vee maehke eeh das)
what for? = wozu? (vootszoo)
with what? = womit? (voomit)
But I love our 'Discussion' Unit 101...I definitely gained a lot, and if it was on exam, I'd probably score 80! hehehehe (trying to look 'humble but NOT' by not typing 100%)..
I like it when everything's so open that we can be ourselves without any shame, without any doubts, without any fear of being judged. I feel at home :).
Went out for a while to say 'cya later' to a friend in the airport, then I seriously couldn't wait to get back to the IA headquarter, esp. the living room last night --> home! it was just the right size with room to move and each on every available couch ;P~
Catching up with the girls was lovely..I enjoyed it so muchh :D. It made me ponder..what's gonna happen next year....we should go crazy with our finale ritual tea-drinking night!!
some fun keywords:
"Ich Liebe Dich", kimmykepo!, lolipops, B..B (i'm not gonna say it hhahahha)
'What happens in IA Sisterhood stays in IA Sisterhood'.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Inspirations of the day
Quotes from Joel Esteen / messages from him that are inspirational and worth learning:
FEAR IS CONTAGIOUS
EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONTROL
DON'T USE YOUR ENERGY TO WORRY, BUT USE YOUR ENERGY TO BELIEVE
BE GRATEFUL
FEAR IS CONTAGIOUS
EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONTROL
DON'T USE YOUR ENERGY TO WORRY, BUT USE YOUR ENERGY TO BELIEVE
BE GRATEFUL
Saturday, May 30, 2009
The Green Mile
Have you ever watched Green Mile? Apart from my admiration to Tom Hanks for his brilliant acting, I love this movie's message and beautiful wise quotes. It's about a life story of corrections officer Paul Edgecomb , E Block supervisor (Green Mile - Death Row) up in Cold Mountain prison whose life changed forever after meeting a prisoner named John Coffey. He's an innocent 'extra-ordinary' black American who had to be punished by electric-chair death punishment set in around 1930s. He was accused of raping and killing two little white girls and was condemned to death by the jury of peers. Through John Coffey, he brought light and changed many people's lives (esp. Paul), for John is known as 'one of God's true miracles'.
Some of the wise quotes that I think worth learning from several scenes:
-Scene where Paul gave John corn bread his wife made as a thankful gift for curing Paul's disease. Two of the inmates wanted shares of the bread (one is a bad guy who rapped and killed the two little girls *at this stage, no one knew about it*, and the other one apparently repented).
Del (prisoner): Oo John I can smell it from here, I surely can..
John: Can I give Del and Mr.Jingles some? (Mr Jingles is the mouse pet of Del)
Paul: Well, it's yours, John. You can do with it as you please.
John: Here. This for Del and Mr. Jingles. (halfed the bread and gave it to Paul)
Wild Bil (bad prisoner): Hey! What about me? I'm gonna get some too, ain't I?
John: (looking unsure)
Paul: It's yours, John. As you please.
John: I think I'll just keep the rest, then.
It's a simple convo, but I got so much out of it. Sometimes we're confused on decisions we ought to make in our lives...Sometimes we depend so much on others that we're standing on a shaky ground...And Freedom of choice.. God gives us freedom to choose our paths, actions, and words..Such treasure that we need to take wisely, like John...I encourage you to think over the quotes.
-Scene when it's the final night before the death sentence. Paul wanted to help John so he doesn't have to be sentenced the next day. Paul is feeling tremendously burdenned because He's about to execute an innocent man.
Paul: John...I have to ask you something very important now.
John: I know what you gonna say.. You don't have to say it.
Paul: No, I do. I do. I have to say it.
Paul: John..tell me what you want me to do. You want me take you out of here?Just let you run away? See how far you could get?
John: Why would you do such a foolish thing?
Paul: On the day of my judgement... When I stand before God... and He asks me why did I ..killed one of His true.... miracles...What am I going to say? That it was my job? It's my job.
John: You tell God the Father, it was a kindness you done. I know you're hurting and worrying. I can feel it on you. But you ought to quit it now. I want it to be over and done with. I do..
John: I'm tired , Boss.. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with...Mostly I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world...everyday. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head...all the time. Can you understand?
Paul: Yes John...I think I can...
It's a moment where it just slapped me when John said 'tired of people being ugly to each other'.. Bitchiness, hatred, discrimination, and everything, all the so self-centred attitudes, blaming others, etc... I feel like I'm part of them..part of those people who are being ugly to each other.. Maybe if it was God... Maybe it's like pieces of glass in His head...all the time...We have no more contract with evil...why are we still 'working' in it? This is something I need to rehab myself with too...because on the day of my judgement, when I stand before God... [continue it with your own thoughts].
Some of the wise quotes that I think worth learning from several scenes:
-Scene where Paul gave John corn bread his wife made as a thankful gift for curing Paul's disease. Two of the inmates wanted shares of the bread (one is a bad guy who rapped and killed the two little girls *at this stage, no one knew about it*, and the other one apparently repented).
Del (prisoner): Oo John I can smell it from here, I surely can..
John: Can I give Del and Mr.Jingles some? (Mr Jingles is the mouse pet of Del)
Paul: Well, it's yours, John. You can do with it as you please.
John: Here. This for Del and Mr. Jingles. (halfed the bread and gave it to Paul)
Wild Bil (bad prisoner): Hey! What about me? I'm gonna get some too, ain't I?
John: (looking unsure)
Paul: It's yours, John. As you please.
John: I think I'll just keep the rest, then.
It's a simple convo, but I got so much out of it. Sometimes we're confused on decisions we ought to make in our lives...Sometimes we depend so much on others that we're standing on a shaky ground...And Freedom of choice.. God gives us freedom to choose our paths, actions, and words..Such treasure that we need to take wisely, like John...I encourage you to think over the quotes.
-Scene when it's the final night before the death sentence. Paul wanted to help John so he doesn't have to be sentenced the next day. Paul is feeling tremendously burdenned because He's about to execute an innocent man.
Paul: John...I have to ask you something very important now.
John: I know what you gonna say.. You don't have to say it.
Paul: No, I do. I do. I have to say it.
Paul: John..tell me what you want me to do. You want me take you out of here?Just let you run away? See how far you could get?
John: Why would you do such a foolish thing?
Paul: On the day of my judgement... When I stand before God... and He asks me why did I ..killed one of His true.... miracles...What am I going to say? That it was my job? It's my job.
John: You tell God the Father, it was a kindness you done. I know you're hurting and worrying. I can feel it on you. But you ought to quit it now. I want it to be over and done with. I do..
John: I'm tired , Boss.. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with...Mostly I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world...everyday. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head...all the time. Can you understand?
Paul: Yes John...I think I can...
It's a moment where it just slapped me when John said 'tired of people being ugly to each other'.. Bitchiness, hatred, discrimination, and everything, all the so self-centred attitudes, blaming others, etc... I feel like I'm part of them..part of those people who are being ugly to each other.. Maybe if it was God... Maybe it's like pieces of glass in His head...all the time...We have no more contract with evil...why are we still 'working' in it? This is something I need to rehab myself with too...because on the day of my judgement, when I stand before God... [continue it with your own thoughts].
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Girl Power! We Can Do it!!
I shall share to the highlights of my activities in these past 2 days.
First of all: due to the storm, I think our cracked traditional roof couldn't handle the pressure very well, so there was leakage thru the top ceiling of our side-entrance. So 2 days ago, we (all three macho women: my mum, my cousin, myself) climbed up to the rooftop and fixed stuffs. Gee, men would be handy! But, we made it by ourselves - fixing the roof! Well-done *tap on the backs*! We could see pretty much the views surrounding our neighbourhood, and thankgoodnessssss we don't live across a busy street, otherwise, so embarassing laa..Coz we wore our pj's and God knows what kind of difficulties and weird positions we had to pose (I guess regular pilates might have helped..)
Secondly, last night we removed several furnitures around. That's including removing all the Cds', books, rubbish, etc.. And the biggest of the biggest was removing our huge and heavy TV cabinets. We had to move it outside for the brand-new credenza to come in... (I can't wait for it!So excited!!).
What I've learnt from these:
Here in Perth, is so different to Indo where you have all the helpers you need.. e.i. maids, drivers, etc. Places like Perth is where everything is D.I.Y, unless the zeros in your bank account is no more accountable :p. We wished we had some helpers from the Adam's clan, but since there was none, we can't really be dependent creatures. I shall add, women really aren't only about cooking, sewing, washing, and all works that don't need physical strength and logic-strategic thinking. No men in the house? No worry! We (girls) can do it!!
First of all: due to the storm, I think our cracked traditional roof couldn't handle the pressure very well, so there was leakage thru the top ceiling of our side-entrance. So 2 days ago, we (all three macho women: my mum, my cousin, myself) climbed up to the rooftop and fixed stuffs. Gee, men would be handy! But, we made it by ourselves - fixing the roof! Well-done *tap on the backs*! We could see pretty much the views surrounding our neighbourhood, and thankgoodnessssss we don't live across a busy street, otherwise, so embarassing laa..Coz we wore our pj's and God knows what kind of difficulties and weird positions we had to pose (I guess regular pilates might have helped..)
Secondly, last night we removed several furnitures around. That's including removing all the Cds', books, rubbish, etc.. And the biggest of the biggest was removing our huge and heavy TV cabinets. We had to move it outside for the brand-new credenza to come in... (I can't wait for it!So excited!!).
What I've learnt from these:
Here in Perth, is so different to Indo where you have all the helpers you need.. e.i. maids, drivers, etc. Places like Perth is where everything is D.I.Y, unless the zeros in your bank account is no more accountable :p. We wished we had some helpers from the Adam's clan, but since there was none, we can't really be dependent creatures. I shall add, women really aren't only about cooking, sewing, washing, and all works that don't need physical strength and logic-strategic thinking. No men in the house? No worry! We (girls) can do it!!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
When you do it for others...
Life..is like a drawing book, with plain white papers.
Colours are the emotions accumulated from experiences.
And you are the artist.
Okay, so my mother decided to surprise us (me and my sis and my cuzzy) by visiting us here in Perth, arriving last Thursday... The house was a mess, everything was in chaos, and we were so not prepared...for house raid!!
My 'exclusive' bathroom was okay (since I prefer to have my own bathroom), kitchen was a mess, laundry and study room..mm okay, let's skip this boring part..
Although I can't concentrate for most of the time ...but I actually truly treasure the time being. When she's here, I feel bad if I just leave her alone, which made me set aside some uni stuffs, church stuffs, social stuffs, and prioritize her the most, then Design. Ofcourse I know my own time-management, and I've learnt thru these years what to do, what to say, what to prioritize, etc. I do complain, I still do, but aren't girls complicated humanbeings? Mother-Daughter Love and bond live beneath all arguments and complaints.
So helping her in house chores, in buying new furnitures, new layout for the house, taking her to her favourite dining places, ride the car @ riverside = remedies for aching soul. Surprisingly, it feels good. When you know you're giving services that come from your heart to people who need them, or at least to someone... you feel rich. It is like what you saw is what you reap. You feel like your life is worth something.. That life itself is not about you and own ego.
When you do it for others without expecting anything in return..and focus on that person's happiness...I'd say you just finished a page with beautiful strokes of colours.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Comprehending F.A.T
Weight Weight and Weight!!!Isn't that the issue on what every Eve's tribes (I shall specify it: Azn girls) complaining about - FAT!!!
From FAT..they sorta softened it into CHUBBY..so much for saving some faces...and it kind of frustrates me how they have super duper small sizes...the skinnier you are, the more normal you are (not till anorexic point of course)... So many girls complaining how fat they are ( in return for appraisal and comfort 'no darl, you're not!')...
It's true that no Azn girls wants to be called 'fat' or 'you're so chubby'...that's considered an insult (thanks to the media and various culture for this mind-set). They say, they want to loose some weight and be 'slim' as in 'thin' to gain confidence...(thanks again to Media & Friends)...Isn't this world so cruel? How many girls have lost their good self-esteem for this matter? How many friendships are broken simply because one just couldn't understand the struggle the other-one has been dealing with? BE SENSITIVE! It's not about you, you, and you, but it's about us..Let's put ourselves in each other's shoes and FEEL it for goodness sake!!
Some light advice:
I myself have been struggling with weight issue until this minute.. and I really know how it feels to be called 'fat'..Although yes it's true I might be an overweight person, but it's not right to say something that can be destructive to someone's self-esteem if you aren't prepared to be destructed in return. Words, Actions, and Consequences, people.
So if you're telling me 'Hey, you're so chubby!' ..okay, great, thanks for your view, but it's up to me to either eat it, shoot it back, or throw it in the bin. The funny thing is.. if someone tell me I'm fat, I would smile and made jokes out of it.. The next time I see that person and tell him/her that they're fat, they would tell me "Like you're not!"...wow...such a cruel world. Read this one... If you make sarcastical jokes on someone else's appearance, then you have to be prepared and allow that person to make sarcastical jokes on yours as well... It's a fair go. In this case then everyone's happy : D. All good and acceptable (in my case).
And for those of you who are being discriminated for being chubby/fat, tell them that 'Yes I am FAT' because FAT for us means: Fabulous, Attractive, and Tough.
Oh..and..learn from Po :)
From FAT..they sorta softened it into CHUBBY..so much for saving some faces...and it kind of frustrates me how they have super duper small sizes...the skinnier you are, the more normal you are (not till anorexic point of course)... So many girls complaining how fat they are ( in return for appraisal and comfort 'no darl, you're not!')...
It's true that no Azn girls wants to be called 'fat' or 'you're so chubby'...that's considered an insult (thanks to the media and various culture for this mind-set). They say, they want to loose some weight and be 'slim' as in 'thin' to gain confidence...(thanks again to Media & Friends)...Isn't this world so cruel? How many girls have lost their good self-esteem for this matter? How many friendships are broken simply because one just couldn't understand the struggle the other-one has been dealing with? BE SENSITIVE! It's not about you, you, and you, but it's about us..Let's put ourselves in each other's shoes and FEEL it for goodness sake!!
Some light advice:
I myself have been struggling with weight issue until this minute.. and I really know how it feels to be called 'fat'..Although yes it's true I might be an overweight person, but it's not right to say something that can be destructive to someone's self-esteem if you aren't prepared to be destructed in return. Words, Actions, and Consequences, people.
So if you're telling me 'Hey, you're so chubby!' ..okay, great, thanks for your view, but it's up to me to either eat it, shoot it back, or throw it in the bin. The funny thing is.. if someone tell me I'm fat, I would smile and made jokes out of it.. The next time I see that person and tell him/her that they're fat, they would tell me "Like you're not!"...wow...such a cruel world. Read this one... If you make sarcastical jokes on someone else's appearance, then you have to be prepared and allow that person to make sarcastical jokes on yours as well... It's a fair go. In this case then everyone's happy : D. All good and acceptable (in my case).
And for those of you who are being discriminated for being chubby/fat, tell them that 'Yes I am FAT' because FAT for us means: Fabulous, Attractive, and Tough.
Oh..and..learn from Po :)
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