Berhubung hari ini cerah dan besoknya hujan, jadwal yang semestinya untuk besok dipindah ke hari ini. Kalo nggak gak bisa ke Istana Gyeongbok soalnya. Pagi-pagi benar kami berangkat meninggalkan Yongpyong untuk ke Tigerworld. Sayang sekali saya tidak berhasil mendapatkan foto di Tigerworld satu pun =( Ceritanya begini. Tigerworld adalah sebuah indoor ski and snow sliding place yang bisa berfungsi sepanjang tahun. Konon cuma ada beberapa tempat seperti ini di dunia.

Jadi, sesampainya di Tigerworld, kami segera request untuk bomber jaket dan celana yang bakal kami pakai di arena ski. Karena banyak dr kami yang memakai sandal, harus ganti juga ke boots. Denger-denger, Bu Rose Lee dan Pak Halim sampai patungan dalam hal sewa boots ini saking banyaknya yang perlu disewain dan harganya cukup mahal =/ Geureseo du bun hante neomu neomu kamsahaettda! (Jadi sangat-sangat berterimakasih kepada dua orang itu)

Kebanyakan para cewek dikasi baju warna cyan sama petugasnya, kecuali milih warna yang lain duluan sebelum diambilin. Aku juga dapet baju warna cyan. Jadi akhirnya kami masuk ke arena salju. Tapi sebelum masuk masukin barang ke locker. Lockernya lucu deh, hati-hati kalo ke sana. 1000 won (koin 500 x 2) cuma bisa dipake buat ngunci locker sekali. Teliti dulu sebelum mengunci yah. Kameraku aku masukin ke locker, soalnya gak tau medannya bakal kayak apa, sayang sekali. Si Elaine pinter, kameranya dimasukin ke kantong.

Kami nggak main ski karena bisa bahaya patah tulang kalo gak tau cara mainnya. Jadi cuman snow sliding saja. Meski begitu, aku pikir lumayan seru juga. Kita naik lewat elevator ke atas. Antre ambil ban, lalu duduk di ban pas di garis start. Pas peluit dibunyikan bisa sama-sama turun dengan orang-orang lain ke arena slide. Arena cukup panjang dengan beberapa tebing yang tidak terlalu terjal.

Setelah dari Tigerworld, kami makan siang bulgogi daging sapi. Lumayan enak. Kayaknya fave food selama aku ada di Korea. Setelah itu, berangkatlah kami ke Gyeongbokgung. Disana dijelaskan berbagai sejarah bangsa Korea. Pertama-tama, kami masuk ke National Folk Museum yang ada disana. Gak boleh foto-foto disana. Lumayan bosen personally. Setelah itu baru memasuki kompleks istana raja (sekarang sudah gak ada rajanya ya, gak kayak Jepang, Korea sudah republik). Istana raja belakangnya ada gunung, karena orang Korea masih percaya fengshui. Disana dianggap paling bagus, membawa kekayaan, hemat energi, sejuk, dan sebagainya.

Di depan bangunan yang paling besar yang biasa digunakan untuk pesta, ada kolam yang besar. Dibangun seperti itu juga karena fengshui. Dulu, ratu biasanya tidak boleh keluar dari istana, sedangkan raja boleh kemana-mana. Seperti Goong kan kalo kalian sudah nonton. Kasihan juga. Ratu tinggal di istana ratu bersama selir-selir raja. Raja tinggal di istana raja. Ratu tidak boleh pergi ke istana raja, sedangkan raja bebas ke istana ratu. Di sekitar kompleks istana ini banyak pohon-pohon dan taman yang indah. Fungsinya, ratu boleh berjalan-jalan di taman ini untuk mengurangi kebosanan. Rasanya pasti lebih bagus waktu musim semi atau musim gugur. Di depan istana raja juga ada para penjaga yang diam saja di tempat seperti patung. Turis biasanya berfoto-foto dengan mereka. Karena lantai istana terbuat dari kayu (supaya sejuk saat musim panas, dan hangat waktu musim dingin), istana bisa mudah terbakar. Pernah suatu saat, ada orang gila (kata local guide) yang berusaha membakar pintu istana karena marah tanahnya mau dibeli untuk kepentingan istana. Padahal menurut local guide kami, dia sudah memperoleh ganti rugi yang sangat setimpal. Jadi ingat raja Gwanghui di Hong Gil Dong deh =P yang bakar istana selalu dianggap orang gila yah...atau jangan-jangan skenarionya seperti itu karena mau menyindir orang itu...benar-benar tidak bisa tahu.

Gyeongbok 1
Gyeongbok 2
Gyeongbok 3
Gyeongbok 4
Gyeongbok 5 (istana raja yang sejuk waktu musim panas, enak sekali bisa tertidur disini karena nyaman sekali)
Gyeongbok 6 (gedung pesta yang besar dan megah + Rose Lee)
Gyeongbok 7 (best picture, already like a movie...)
Gyeongbok 8
Gyeongbok 9

Setelah kepanasan dan kehausan di kompleks istana raja, kami segera berangkat ke ubiquitous dream hall. Disini tidak boleh foto-foto juga. Petugas yang ada disana menjelaskan dengan bahasa inggris cara menggunakan alat-alat elektronik canggih masa depan yang ada disana. Contohnya ada kulkas yang bisa menunjukkan dari monitor apa saja yang ada di dalam, dan juga tanggal expiry barang-barang tersebut. Bisa melihat message dari mana saja dan kapan saja. Ada televisi canggih, robot anjing peliharaan, dan robot-robot yang bisa membersihkan rumah.

Selesai melihat-lihat, kami pun cepat-cepat ke Dong dae mun untuk belanja. Sayang sekali waktunya hanya 2 1/2 jam padahal dong dae mun adalah kawasan belanja yang cukup besar di Seoul. Kami hanya shopping di Doota! saja, kepanjangannya Doosun tower. Barang-barang disini cukup mahal, tapi kualitasnya lumayan bagus. Kebanyakan harganya tidak bisa ditawar. Bisa ditawar pun paling hanya 10-30%. Kata Rose Lee, keuntungan yang diperoleh orang-orang disini paling cuma 30% maksimum, jadi tidak seperti di Indo. Sangat dianjurkan untuk menggunakan bahasa Inggris yang sederhana atau bahasa Korea yang sederhana saat ngomong ke para penjaga toko, karena bahasa Inggris mereka cukup pas-pasan. Capek shopping, kami semua berkumpul di depan Doota! untuk pergi ke restoran ginseng chicken soup (samgyetang) dinner di sana. Dan sekalian promosi nutrisi2 yang terdapat di dalam ginseng tentunya. Sempet gak sadar, terus minum ginseng soju yang sudah disediakan di meja makan juga. Rasanya oke, katanya baik untuk kesehatan. Katanya normal kalau pusing-pusing setelah minum itu. Efek ginsengnya sedang bekerja. Tapi apakah pusing karena alkohol atau karena ginsengnya, tidak tahu juga =S

Pulangnya, jalanan yang kami lalui sempat terganggu kemacetan karena demo. 50000 orang demo setiap malam di depan kedutaan besar Amerika sampai istana presiden (Blue House) karena masalah impor daging sapi gila dari US. Orang-orang korea yang lain demo agar orang-orang yang demo tidak demo =P Perjalanan selama 30 menit, akhirnya kami bisa sampai ke hotel kami, hotel Riviera. Kamarnya cukup bagus. Hotel ini terdapat di kawasan elit di mana para bintang film seperti Bae Yong Joon, Song Hae Gyo, Rain, dan lain-lain tinggal. Tapi sayang sekali selama di tempat ini, gak pernah ketemu satu pun celeb Korea =P Di bawah hotel kami konon ada diskotik tempat orang-orang cantik dan ganteng biasanya datang. Tapi tentu saja, kami juga tidak mencoba ke sana.

Di hari terakhir tour ini, jadwal kami hanya untuk mengunjungi Blue House (Istana presiden) dan shopping saja karena siang hari diprediksikan hujan. Jadi pagi-pagi kami berangkat ke Blue House yang masih ada dekat komplex istana raja Gyeongbok. Di depan Blue House ada air mancur besar yang cukup bagus seperti yang bisa dilihat di gambar. Udara di sekitar sini cukup berkabut. Di depan Blue House tidak diperbolehkan untuk menggunakan handycam, tapi boleh ambil foto dengan kamera. Di belakang Blue House juga ada gunung sama seperti istana raja.

Setelah berfoto2 di Blue House, kami segera berangkat ke ginseng outlet. Disini tidak boleh foto sama sekali. Dijelaskan bagian-bagian dari ginseng, dan bagaimana bentuk ginseng menyerupai tubuh manusia (ada kaki dan tangannya juga). Langsung aja deh, setelah tour melewati poster2 yang menjelaskan gizi yang terdapat dalam ginseng dan sebagainya, kami pun digiring masuk ke toko ginseng. Ginseng yang berbentuk bubuk konon lebih cocok buat orang muda dan orang yang punya gangguan pernafasan/paru-paru. Sedangkan untuk orang tua, lebih cocok ginseng dalam bentuk sirup (essence warna hitam yang bisa dicampurkan ke minuman)/kapsul (praktis dibawa kemana2). Minum ginseng paling baik waktu pagi hari saat perut masih kosong agar nutrisi dapat terserap secara maksimal. Harga 1 pak ginseng yang kira-kira bisa digunakan selama 6 bulan adalah 400 USD, mahal sekali yah. Wajar saja, perlu waktu 16 tahun untuk memanen ginseng yang berumur 6 tahun (ditandai dengan daun dan akar yang ada 6 cabang). 10 tahun tanah tidak boleh ditanami untuk mengakumulasi nutrisi. Setelah lama sekali meluangkan waktu di tempat ini (orang-orang tua beli ginseng untuk mereka sendiri maupun anak-anaknya, beli kaos, snack, dl untuk souvenir), kami pun melanjutkan perjalanan ke pabrik amethyst.

Konon amethyst baik untuk memperlancar peredaran darah, dan ada energi chi tertentu untuk menyeimbangkan yin dan yang di dalam tubuh. Saya sih tidak percaya tapi ada juga orang-orang tua yang akhirnya beli perhiasan di tempat ini. Warna amethyst yang mahal adalah ungu tua kehitaman, bukan ungu muda. Personally sih, lumayan males dibawa ke tempat-tempat seperti ini. Biasanya local tour guide bisa dapat komisi yang cukup banyak dari hasil penjualan barang-barang mahal di suatu negara yang dikunjungi.

Setelah makan siang kombinasi Thai-chinese food yang sangat tidak jelas dan cukup parah (karena ada beberapa orang memakai sumpit dan sendok sendiri untuk mengambil makanan dari meja bundar), kami membeli sedikit souvenir juga di tempat ini, karena murah-murah dan rucu.  Kemudian kami naik bus kembali ke Myeongdong street, hampir sama seperti Dongdaemun, tapi tempat shopping yang satu ini lebih mahal-mahal barangnya karena ada beberapa department store. Department store besar seperti shinsegae (New World) hanya menjual barang-barang designer kelas atas saja. Sedangkan gedung seperti Migliore menjual barang-barang yang harganya cukup murah tapi dengan kualitas yang pas-pasan juga. Beberapa toko barangnya bisa ditawar sedikit. Department store seperti Tabby menjual barang-barang kelas menengah. Di Myeongdong street yang ramai ini juga banyak dijual makanan-makanan kecil (soondae (gak perna nyoba sampe skrg), odeng, cumi bakar, ice cream (Coldstone creamery yang dr US, menurutku rasanya masih kalah dari Hagendaaz), dll.

Usai dinner di resto yang menjual bebek panggang yang sangat amat berlemak (nggak kayak di Indo bebeknya daging doang), kami pergi ke Sheraton Walker Hill Hotel yang terkenal. Disana ada casino kecil, beberapa dutyfreeshop yang menjual barang-barang mahal, toko kosmetik (Faceshop yang barang-barangnya jauh lebih murah daripada harga di luar Korea dan Skinfood). 13 dari 17 orang dari tour kami rela merogoh kocek sebesar 65000 won per orang untuk nonton the walker hill show (semacam pertunjukan sulap modern dan tari2an tradisional korea). 4 dari kami (termasuk saya dan mama saya) bengong selama 1 1/2 jam disana. Malam harinya baru hujan deras dan kami segera pulang sampai hotel Riviera sekitar jam 11.

Keesokan harinya kami pun pulang pagi-pagi ke tanah air dan berpisah dengan rombongan tour Kapasan Express. Sebelum pulang kami sempat sarapan udong (mie jepang udon tapi ala korea =p) di sebuah tempat makan kecil dekat Incheon airport. Rombongan dari Papua berpisah dengan kami di Hongkong ketika kami hendak melanjutkan penerbangan Hongkong-Surabaya. Terima kasih banyak untuk Rose Lee, Tony (yang sudah memotret kami di tempat-tempat yang sangat indah dan tak terlupakan, boleh percaya boleh tidak, fotonya lumayan bagus2), dan Halim yang sudah bercerita banyak tentang Korea dan membimbing serta menjaga kami selama berada di Negeri Ginseng ini. Annyeong!

Currently listening to: Yovie & Nuno - Menjaga Hati

for once, I'd like to think that it is okay to stay still

I'd like to think that there is nothing wrong with me

I'd like to be in perfect peace, with myself

I know this moment of rest cannot last forever

so let me be.

“Sanctify them through thy truth.”

John 17:17

Sanctification begins in regeneration. The Spirit of God infuses into man that new living principle by which he becomes “a new creature” in Christ Jesus. This work, which begins in the new birth, is carried on in two ways—mortification, whereby the lusts of the flesh are subdued and kept under; and vivification, by which the life which God has put within us is made to be a well of water springing up unto everlasting life. This is carried on every day in what is called “perseverance,” by which the Christian is preserved and continued in a gracious state, and is made to abound in good works unto the praise and glory of God; and it culminates or comes to perfection, in “glory,” when the soul, being thoroughly purged, is caught up to dwell with holy beings at the right hand of the Majesty on high. But while the Spirit of God is thus the author of sanctification, yet there is a visible agency employed which must not be forgotten. “Sanctify them,” said Jesus, “through thy truth: thy word is truth.” The passages of Scripture which prove that the instrument of our sanctification is the Word of God are very many. The Spirit of God brings to our minds the precepts and doctrines of truth, and applies them with power. These are heard in the ear, and being received in the heart, they work in us to will and to do of God’s good pleasure. The truth is the sanctifier, and if we do not hear or read the truth, we shall not grow in sanctification. We only progress in sound living as we progress in sound understanding. “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” Do not say of any error, “It is a mere matter of opinion.” No man indulges an error of judgment, without sooner or later tolerating an error in practice. Hold fast the truth, for by so holding the truth shall you be sanctified by the Spirit of God.

“He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.”

Psalm 24:4

Outward practical holiness is a very precious mark of grace. It is to be feared that many professors have perverted the doctrine of justification by faith in such a way as to treat good works with contempt; if so, they will receive everlasting contempt at the last great day. If our hands are not clean, let us wash them in Jesus’ precious blood, and so let us lift up pure hands unto God. But “clean hands” will not suffice, unless they are connected with “a pure heart.” True religion is heart-work. We may wash the outside of the cup and the platter as long as we please, but if the inward parts be filthy, we are filthy altogether in the sight of God, for our hearts are more truly ourselves than our hands are; the very life of our being lies in the inner nature, and hence the imperative need of purity within. The pure in heart shall see God, all others are but blind bats.

The man who is born for heaven “hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity.” All men have their joys, by which their souls are lifted up; the worldling lifts up his soul in carnal delights, which are mere empty vanities; but the saint loves more substantial things; like Jehoshaphat, he is lifted up in the ways of the Lord. He who is content with husks, will be reckoned with the swine. Does the world satisfy thee? Then thou hast thy reward and portion in this life; make much of it, for thou shalt know no other joy.

“Nor sworn deceitfully.” The saints are men of honour still. The Christian man’s word is his only oath; but that is as good as twenty oaths of other men. False speaking will shut any man out of heaven, for a liar shall not enter into God’s house, whatever may be his professions or doings. Reader, does the text before us condemn thee, or dost thou hope to ascend into the hill of the Lord?

I love this piece of article on the relationship between science and the Christian faith in history! It's the first Christian article that I read which has "applied chemistry" in it, yay =D !!

http://www.cityreformed.org/snoke/SCIENTIST.pdf

Currently listening to: Yovie n Nuno - Janji Suci

the first thing I'd like to do in singapore after i meet ... is to...

jog early morning!!!

seriously, all the foods here are making me so sick >.<

Currently feeling: so sick

When I was in Korea, this song and Shinee's "noona is pretty (replay)" were played so many times. After listening many many times, I started to appreciate Taeyang's voice and improvisation more in this solo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wa0O4bOfUM

meanwhile, Shinee's single is a more easy listening number, catchy and addictive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmtJoWAL1ec&feature=related

Psalm 25:5

“Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.”

When the believer has begun with trembling feet to walk in the way of the Lord, he asks to be still led onward like a little child upheld by its parent’s helping hand, and he craves to be further instructed in the alphabet of truth. Experimental teaching is the burden of this prayer. David knew much, but he felt his ignorance, and desired to be still in the Lord’s school: four times over in two verses he applies for a scholarship in the college of grace. It were well for many professors if instead of following their own devices, and cutting out new paths of thought for themselves, they would enquire for the good old ways of God’s own truth, and beseech the Holy Ghost to give them sanctified understandings and teachable spirits. “For thou art the God of my salvation.” The Three-One Jehovah is the Author and Perfecter of salvation to his people. Reader, is he the God of your salvation? Do you find in the Father’s election, in the Son’s atonement, and in the Spirit’s quickening, all the grounds of your eternal hopes? If so, you may use this as an argument for obtaining further blessings; if the Lord has ordained to save you, surely he will not refuse to instruct you in his ways. It is a happy thing when we can address the Lord with the confidence which David here manifests, it gives us great power in prayer, and comfort in trial. “On thee do I wait all the day.” Patience is the fair handmaid and daughter of faith; we cheerfully wait when we are certain that we shall not wait in vain. It is our duty and our privilege to wait upon the Lord in service, in worship, in expectancy, in trust all the days of our life. Our faith will be tried faith, and if it be of the true kind, it will bear continued trial without yielding. We shall not grow weary of waiting upon God if we remember how long and how graciously he once waited for us.

Currently feeling: thankful

some people said we're adults now. they said we need to take care of ourselves, our clothings, our food, our living space, others' impression on us. also important, i think we need future direction. but i still have faith in God's continuous providence for His children.

it's not about charging myself on one thing and forgetting all others anymore. it's more about balancing them and getting my priorities right. i cannot neglect those small things which believers usually think as unimportant and non-believers think as important...naively speaking. no no, no more. no more dualism of material and non-material stuffs. more importantly, I need to get back on the right lane with God...again...as usual.

anyway, regarding the commencement event itself. i got punk'd. literally, but unintentionally. by the infamous johni masli. i feel sorry though i still haven't got the chance to repay him the money for the commencement costume. got overwhelmingly tense and emotional, i threw a tantrum, pre-commencement. i've just realized the cause. when dealing with our loved ones, we often do things which go on unappreciated and worse, we get mocked, taunted, scorned. however, the most hurtful thing is when our sincere words, actions, and motivations are not trusted. eventually, i caught the moses syndrome as in when he hit the rock twice instead of speaking to it. this was when i realized, we're still fallible human beings. even the 40 years of tending the sheep training is still inadequate for moses to obey God in this matter. how astonishing. moreover for me who is yet to be 40 years old. Only Jesus has the perfect meekness. Indeed He is meek.

the rest of the event went well, although not perfect, I got through it. Not enough photos perhaps, but I'm already satisfied. Thanks to all the supporters who came and visited, congratulated me. Ardi, Johni, Jtg, Arief, Lily, Jetan. Thanks to my family still. Thank you all. Truthfully, your sacrifices to come to this event do not go unappreciated, instead I do not have enough words to express how thankful I am for this. For those who didn't come, I do understand your circumstances and other issues to settle with, so it's okay too =) meanwhile, i have yet to upload the photos to facebook =p

On Monday, I'll start working at IBN's labs. Life surely is busy, but I do not want to get out of it only to find vanity at the end of the day. Soli Deo Gloria.

Don't love me for fun, girl
Let me be the one, girl
Love Me For a Reason
Let the reason be love
Don't love me for fun, girl
Let me be the one, girl
Love Me For a Reason
Let the reason be love

Currently listening to: boyzone - all that i need

It's amazing
How you can speak
Right to my heart
Without saying a word,
You can light up the dark
Try as I may
I could never explain
What I hear when
You don't say a thing

[CHORUS:]
The smile on your face
Lets me know
That you need me
There's a truth
In your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says
You'll catch me
Whenever I fall
You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all

All day long
I can hear people
Talking out loud
But when you hold me near
You drown out the crowd
(The crowd)
Try as they may
They could never define
What's been said
Between your
Heart and mine

[Repeat chorus twice]

(You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all
You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all)

The smile on your face
The truth in your eyes
The touch of your hand
Let's me know
That you need me

[Repeat chorus]

(You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all
You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all)

The smile on your face
The truth in your eyes
The touch of your hand
Let's me know
That you need me

(You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all
You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all)

Currently so sad...dunno why...maybe it's the homealoneness, workaloneness...I really need to make friends at work...

Currently listening to: Vanessa williams - save the best for last

you want to know, don't you =P ? scroll down...

I finished my first one whole week @ IBN, and I loved it =) The super friendly and kind colleagues, the busy supervisor, the HR, the signature hunting stuffs, the lenses making. Really loved it while it lasted...I decided I dun want to be someone who only knows how to preach, but also someone who shows goodness and love and justice and truth through actions.

and then...it's the beginning of this journey...where it finally ends, we do not know. But we know that we reaching here at this moment...it's merely by His grace =) and we're really thankful for that. Finally met a person who cherishes me, doesn't take me as a joke, and also a person whom I can respect. May this last through until the end. I also have much to improve on, so "ganbatte!" like a friend always says... We still need our friends by ourside too, and for us to be blessings for y'all as well...please support us, in prayers and in daily life. Kamsahamnida!

=') 

Currently listening to: Ronan Keating -when you say nothing at all
Currently feeling: grateful

Hurry up and wait
So close, but so far away
Everything that you've always dreamed of
Close enough for you to taste
But you just can't touch

You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet
Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it
You know you can if you get the chance
In your face as the door keeps slamming
Now you're feeling more and more frustrated
And you're getting all kind of impatient waiting

[Chorus:]
We live and we learn to take
One step at a time
There's no need to rush
It's like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It's gonna happen and it's
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

You believe and you doubt
You're confused, you got it all figured out
Everything that you always wished for
Could be yours, should be yours, would be yours
If they only knew

You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet
Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it
You know you can if you get the chance
In your face as the door keeps slamming
Now you're feeling more and more frustrated
And you're getting all kind of impatient waiting

[Chorus]

When you can't wait any longer
But there's no end in sight
when you need to find the strength
It's the faith that makes you stronger
The only way you get there
Is one step at a time

[Chorus x2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzyys6kW8yg

I'm taken away by Jordin's music, all too easily, ever since her hit single "Tattoo".

yup, the title explains all =P

Currently feeling: working

for a long time i haven't written a decent blog post...workwise, I still love it. Cos as you may or may not know, Daisy loves challenges. To a certain degree, she thinks uncertainty makes her practice complete dependence on God. She's learning this and that. Even to make a perfectly symmetrical lense requires skill. She cuts them into the shape of konyaku jellies too...the ones eaten in a teppanyaki meal...Can you smell a hint of me becoming a teppanyaki chef here? J/k lah...teppanyaki chefs are usually male...I mean, the good ones are, generally speaking. Colleagues have been very helpful and kind, thanks to Celeste, Su, Hazwani, Jeremy, and the students. My supervisor is very friendly too, yesterday I met him during dinner at the Biopolis foodcourt aka "Mealbox"...and we were talking about Yanadi. He told me that Yanadi was very hardworking during his Youth Research Project. So, well done to him.

and then, I have been given this notice of termination...not from my employer of course, but from the owner of the HDB unit I'm currently staying in...we have to move end of October. Life goes on...After all, we need to depend on God from day to day. Tommorow we don't know what might happen to us.

I can't wait until weekend. Life is moving at a very fast pace at the moment. And freshies said I look like them. Maybe it's collagen, maybe it's in my gene, I dunno. Skincare for women is highly important. You don't have to buy expensive products, but at least the time that you invest in applying daily will have effect for a lifetime. Eventhough not for eternity.

I've been told that I don't look like Indonesian Chinese. The chinese colleague told me I look pure Chinese. What's so wrong about being Indonesian...or being Indonesian Chinese...can't we just have both identities (Chinese race and Indonesian nationality) instead of being stereotyped into a few strange categories? The PRC girl said Indonesian Chinese's look is a mix between the two...My say: It depends on how you look at it. Anyway how do you define the looks of a Chinese, an Indonesian Chinese, or an Indonesian? You can't 100% define them.

Nobody wanna see us together
But it don't matter no
Cause I got you babe
Nobody wanna see us together
But it don't matter no
Cause I got you babe
Cause we gon' fight
Oh yes we gon' fight(We gon' fight)
Believe we gon' fight(We gon' fight)

Fight for our right to love yeah
Nobody wanna see us together
But it don't matter no
Cause I got you

Isn't it just so sick when people continuously look at you as a student, specifically an undergrad...no matter until how old you are. You got so many responsibilities yet people view you with responsibilities of a student. I can't imagine what if people already got children and yet they still look like undergrads. The owner of the place where I'm currently staying in does.

You cannot go takecare of admin stuffs during weekdays working hours, that's what I hate of working life. Other matters are still pardonable it's ok. yet...truthfully speaking we're relatively free to do what we like in an RI in Sg.

been hearin this song everywhere...it seems that I'm indeed following those top 40 charts at the moment 0_o;;; But I always get drawn to very strong and steady bass voice like David Cook's, without the girly girly variation in his singing, ah you know what I mean =P

You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you indefinitely
Girl, don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way, you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling, 'cause you'll always be my baby

http://www.esnips.com/doc/c3d0a14d-427d-4858-a73f-4fd4dc00b62f/Always-be-my-baby-by-David-Cook

what my colleague said to me this afternoon made me reflect back on my journey as a christian. maybe it's not so much of results that God wants to see from us. maybe it's how we can enjoy Him along in the process of life. as a pilgrim. yeah.