This morning I was called a DICTATOR sama Jun sambil joking2 gitu lah ... It made me think whether I have that dictator character in me? hehehe ... maybe I do have it ...
On my way to north sydney I was reading a book called Heavenly man which tells a story about a person called Yun who is badly persecuted in China for preaching the gospel ... During the reading, many times I compared his situation and mine ... so different ... Here I can go to church, read the bible as much as I want to, and yet many times I am lazy at memorizing God's word, did not appreciate the opportunity in sharing the gospel .. , did not have the HEART to share it ... Indonesia might be a different story though .. My mum has warned me several times not to go to church in indo caused many people are anti-christian and there are many bombs targeted at the Church of God ... but Indonesia is still much better than what Yun experienced in China ... so cruel, treated like animals and yet God worked marvelously through him to bring the gospel to Chinese people ... Many miracles, unthinkables happen during his ministry but it was followed by great persecution and sufferings .. It is just like what happened in Acts to the apostles and early churches .... I can draw many similarities between the two stories .... I am about half-way reading the book now and can not wait to read more ...
2 Timothy 3:12
In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Monday, March 28, 2005
Outing
Aduhhh .. outing hari ini fun bangetttt ... pagi2 kita berangkat jam 9 dari kingsford ke national kuringgai park ... sesampai disono, we were a bit dissapointed sih, soalnya ujan gitu .... but suddenly the sun just showed his bright face, thank God .. We then proceeded with the plan, which is to have an ice breaking games .. There were quite a number of new people came, which is good ... The game was followed by bush walking for about an hour, lunch (nasi goreng java) and canoeing .... Overall it was fun
until ...............
There was an argument between X and Y when we've finished canoeing, which ends up with X punching Y in the face ... Not many people saw it, but me, Jun, Niki and Viki saw that incidents ... I didn't know what happened and was sort of confused coz I did not see the whole thing .. I heard that X said some rude words towards Y and one second after that "PUNCH" ... I tried asking both parties what happened and concluded that Y did not deserve the punch that he got ... I am pissed of with X ... REALLY pissed off ... even now ... how DARE he hitting my other friend?
until ...............
There was an argument between X and Y when we've finished canoeing, which ends up with X punching Y in the face ... Not many people saw it, but me, Jun, Niki and Viki saw that incidents ... I didn't know what happened and was sort of confused coz I did not see the whole thing .. I heard that X said some rude words towards Y and one second after that "PUNCH" ... I tried asking both parties what happened and concluded that Y did not deserve the punch that he got ... I am pissed of with X ... REALLY pissed off ... even now ... how DARE he hitting my other friend?
Sunday, March 27, 2005
Bazaar and random updates!
IPC, my home church in Sydney just had a bazaar today. There were about 8 food/drink stalls, baloon and face painting stall, video game and auction. There were probably around 500-750 people turned up all together, pretty good for doing it the first time. Well, I spent quite a lot of money on food (as expected, hehehe) and helped out a bit in auction and grocery stall. I really hope that we will reach the financial target that we are aiming for buying the new church at kingsford. Our church has just bought a new building at kingsford and we are still short about $80,000 in total.
Uni wise, it is getting really busy ... wondering whether I will have time to do anything else at all ... I am going to do lots of reading this evening since tomorrow I'll be going to kuringgai national park canoeing and bush walking .. It might be my last outing of the year .. really don't want to miss it ... Big quiz, essay, team debate, ERP projects are next in my diary ... It's a lot of work ... I'm just hoping for the best ... I missed a couple of morning devotion last week ... really bad bad bad ... It was a bit of a mess coz I had a quiz and essay due last week plus easter ... Should've managed my time better ...
Had a chit chat with my friends from Yogya, Y and F, yesterday night after pemuda dinner ... We talked about this and that until we arrived at the usual topic ... what else other than BGR (Boy Girl Relationship) .. :) ... Apparently Y is just like me, never had a girl friend before ... I knew that ... but F has had 2 relationships already ... So we shared lah ... until very late .. hahahaha .. it's always a good laugh with those two ... What shocked me the most was the situation in Yogya ... Not like what I imagined ... Heard that the girl there is so different to Sydney ... very agressive .. hehehe .. F said, in sydney there is no/rare communication between boys and girls .. tiba2 aja jadian langsung ... main belakang kali .. :) ... one day bisa ngobrol enak, the next minute udah kayak ga kenal aja ... Kalo di Yogya it's very different ... cewe ajak kenalan cowo di mall udah biasa .. cowok juga sebaliknya ... Tapi negativenya ya selingkuh ratenya tinggi ... hahahah .. F said kalo mau cari yg berkualitas ya di sydney aja ... di Yogya udah jarang katanya ....
In terms of personality, akhir2 ini kayaknya bisa dibilang me rada hyper deh .. outgoing personality nya keluar ... I am not in any kind of pressure other than sekolah and kerja which I quite enjoy ...
There's actually many things happen to me these days ... exciting things in work and other things .. It's just that malesss banget nulis di blog ... hahaha .. Thank God .. He is good sih .. in good times or bad times ...
Uni wise, it is getting really busy ... wondering whether I will have time to do anything else at all ... I am going to do lots of reading this evening since tomorrow I'll be going to kuringgai national park canoeing and bush walking .. It might be my last outing of the year .. really don't want to miss it ... Big quiz, essay, team debate, ERP projects are next in my diary ... It's a lot of work ... I'm just hoping for the best ... I missed a couple of morning devotion last week ... really bad bad bad ... It was a bit of a mess coz I had a quiz and essay due last week plus easter ... Should've managed my time better ...
Had a chit chat with my friends from Yogya, Y and F, yesterday night after pemuda dinner ... We talked about this and that until we arrived at the usual topic ... what else other than BGR (Boy Girl Relationship) .. :) ... Apparently Y is just like me, never had a girl friend before ... I knew that ... but F has had 2 relationships already ... So we shared lah ... until very late .. hahahaha .. it's always a good laugh with those two ... What shocked me the most was the situation in Yogya ... Not like what I imagined ... Heard that the girl there is so different to Sydney ... very agressive .. hehehe .. F said, in sydney there is no/rare communication between boys and girls .. tiba2 aja jadian langsung ... main belakang kali .. :) ... one day bisa ngobrol enak, the next minute udah kayak ga kenal aja ... Kalo di Yogya it's very different ... cewe ajak kenalan cowo di mall udah biasa .. cowok juga sebaliknya ... Tapi negativenya ya selingkuh ratenya tinggi ... hahahah .. F said kalo mau cari yg berkualitas ya di sydney aja ... di Yogya udah jarang katanya ....
In terms of personality, akhir2 ini kayaknya bisa dibilang me rada hyper deh .. outgoing personality nya keluar ... I am not in any kind of pressure other than sekolah and kerja which I quite enjoy ...
There's actually many things happen to me these days ... exciting things in work and other things .. It's just that malesss banget nulis di blog ... hahaha .. Thank God .. He is good sih .. in good times or bad times ...
Friday, March 25, 2005
looking for somethin' in life?
Wah.. It's been so long since I update my blog ... Anyway, this entry is inspired by the songs di drama easter ... enak .. t-o-p-b-g-t .. Dikarang ama jenny melody nya plus lyrics by Inggrid kalo ga salah ... Jempol 100x to both of u .. :)
It's about someone yg looking for the meaning of life ... Looking but never find ... the true way ... Only in Jesus you can find the way ... I dare to say that my life, your life, everybody in this world is created with God as the center of our life.. We will never find meaning everywhere else ... NEVER !!!! You can go up as high as the sky and down as deep as the sea ... you will never find the life the way and the truth except in Jesus who has loved us ..
Don't look too far .. Jesus is closer than you think He is ... Find him now .. Happy easter everyone ^o^
It's about someone yg looking for the meaning of life ... Looking but never find ... the true way ... Only in Jesus you can find the way ... I dare to say that my life, your life, everybody in this world is created with God as the center of our life.. We will never find meaning everywhere else ... NEVER !!!! You can go up as high as the sky and down as deep as the sea ... you will never find the life the way and the truth except in Jesus who has loved us ..
Don't look too far .. Jesus is closer than you think He is ... Find him now .. Happy easter everyone ^o^
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Three Main Value-Adding Activities: Ministry, Study and Work :-)
My life has been revolving around those three things in the last couple of weeks. There is not much time spent for doing other things. Try my best to balance my life, getting enough sleep, not neglecting other things that are much more important than my study.
Yes, I decided to do master course this year and hoping to finish by the end of next year. Even though it is hard, I really enjoy it so far .. In the course, I learnt so many different things, concepts, practical stuffs .. They design and restructure the course very differently to last year. All of the core subjects that all commerce students must undertake are very interesting ... reallyy ... It is just so practical, makes a lot of sense, useful and serve the purpose of laying the foundation for things to come in the course.
Why I decided to do master is still a bit of a mystery to me ... I've thought about it for a long time ... I've shared this with a couple of friends, but only late last year I had come to a decision to further my study ... It was a factor of there is a possibility for me of going back to indonesia, lots of spare time after work and wanting to learn about economics/commerce that make me decide to do master course. I've also been working for 2 years (1 year as a Research Assistant and 1 year at Holocentric) and feel it's just the right time for me to continue my study (enough savings to pay for the fee and my living cost) ... There is also other factors which is ministry at pemuda has come to a point where there will be new inti serving for the next term. It doesn't mean I don't minister to my christian brothers and sisters anymore, but I will be focusing more on bible study and music rather than doing administration as a member of the youth committee ...
It has been really good SO FAR, but who knows what will happen down the track ... For now I just hope to finish this as soon as possible ...
James 4:13-17
13Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that.” 16As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. 17Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.
Yes, I decided to do master course this year and hoping to finish by the end of next year. Even though it is hard, I really enjoy it so far .. In the course, I learnt so many different things, concepts, practical stuffs .. They design and restructure the course very differently to last year. All of the core subjects that all commerce students must undertake are very interesting ... reallyy ... It is just so practical, makes a lot of sense, useful and serve the purpose of laying the foundation for things to come in the course.
Why I decided to do master is still a bit of a mystery to me ... I've thought about it for a long time ... I've shared this with a couple of friends, but only late last year I had come to a decision to further my study ... It was a factor of there is a possibility for me of going back to indonesia, lots of spare time after work and wanting to learn about economics/commerce that make me decide to do master course. I've also been working for 2 years (1 year as a Research Assistant and 1 year at Holocentric) and feel it's just the right time for me to continue my study (enough savings to pay for the fee and my living cost) ... There is also other factors which is ministry at pemuda has come to a point where there will be new inti serving for the next term. It doesn't mean I don't minister to my christian brothers and sisters anymore, but I will be focusing more on bible study and music rather than doing administration as a member of the youth committee ...
It has been really good SO FAR, but who knows what will happen down the track ... For now I just hope to finish this as soon as possible ...
James 4:13-17
13Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that.” 16As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. 17Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.
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