Met a new friend today in a class .... Her name is Mei Na ... When she asked my name, I gave her my chinese name since she is from China, why not give her my chinese name ... We needed one minute to spell my name correctly ... :) .. After she figured out what my chinese name really is, she said, "wow, that is a very beautiful name, good meaning but it's for a woman. Shiek Ming yen, shiek ming yen sounds like a girl name, but it has a good meaning" ...
I laughed and laughed and laughed ... and she laughed as well ... so funny ...
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Everyday I struggle
I guess feeling a bit tired because of so many things that needs to be done ... I am burned out I guess ... Everyday I struggle to live ..... whether it is at work, ministry, at home, uni ... I feel constant pressure from all directions ...
At home, dissapointed with so many things that I see at home ... there are so many things... like cleaning the room, house, and many other that I can't share here ...
At church, I feel some dissapointments on why no-one actually follow up my flatmates from church .. Why do I have to do it myself? On top of that I have to be strong and encourage other people ... Why do I have to do that?
At work, Pressure from doing one project after another and not being able to stay late because of lecture... I am struggling to tell others about Christ ... struggling to be examples in the way I work and produce results ...
With Uni, So many assignments and exams ... ARGHH!
Well, I came to pemuda today, heard a sermon from Bruce ... What a wonderful sermon ... Not that all my problems are solved after that, but in that sermon I see the big picture of God's grand plan since the beginning to end ...
God from the beginning is longing to have relationship with human ... When he called Abram, Israel, he wants other nations to be blessed through them .. God is longing to make his name known among the nations of the earth .. He longs to have a relationship with us .... That's why we are here on earth .... Hearing that making me feel like gado2 ... I long for that day to happen ... kapan kapan Tuhan? .. I feel joy, and I know that God is the one longing to make his name known among the nations ... Evangelism is God's initiative through us ...
So, having seen the big picture, I should stop complaining ... I wanted to be encouraged when I came to pemuda today, and I did ... knowing that the bottom line ....... at the end of the day ....... when nothing else can help us, It is God (my Father) that matters ..... It is to make His name known and to have a deep relationship with Him ....
So stop complaining and do your work! Be thankful!
At home, dissapointed with so many things that I see at home ... there are so many things... like cleaning the room, house, and many other that I can't share here ...
At church, I feel some dissapointments on why no-one actually follow up my flatmates from church .. Why do I have to do it myself? On top of that I have to be strong and encourage other people ... Why do I have to do that?
At work, Pressure from doing one project after another and not being able to stay late because of lecture... I am struggling to tell others about Christ ... struggling to be examples in the way I work and produce results ...
With Uni, So many assignments and exams ... ARGHH!
Well, I came to pemuda today, heard a sermon from Bruce ... What a wonderful sermon ... Not that all my problems are solved after that, but in that sermon I see the big picture of God's grand plan since the beginning to end ...
God from the beginning is longing to have relationship with human ... When he called Abram, Israel, he wants other nations to be blessed through them .. God is longing to make his name known among the nations of the earth .. He longs to have a relationship with us .... That's why we are here on earth .... Hearing that making me feel like gado2 ... I long for that day to happen ... kapan kapan Tuhan? .. I feel joy, and I know that God is the one longing to make his name known among the nations ... Evangelism is God's initiative through us ...
So, having seen the big picture, I should stop complaining ... I wanted to be encouraged when I came to pemuda today, and I did ... knowing that the bottom line ....... at the end of the day ....... when nothing else can help us, It is God (my Father) that matters ..... It is to make His name known and to have a deep relationship with Him ....
So stop complaining and do your work! Be thankful!
Friday, August 26, 2005
Gift suggestion
Does anyone has any good suggestion on what to give for someone that is about to go back to indo for good? I am thinking of giving that person a book..
any recommendation?
any recommendation?
Sunday, August 21, 2005
My Sunday
2 blog entries in one day is quite rare .. haha .. but there you go ..
Today had a late morning church and followed by drama practice .. I guess I am still learning to act bit by but .. The drama is about passing the warmness/fire of Christ to the people surround us .. It was followed by Aldo's birthday ... He is 18 years old .. hahaha congratulation congrats!! akhirnya dah pass age boleh drink alcohol ? :P
emm ... Had KFC and met so many new friends at aldo's place. Wuih ... they are all so youngggg ..... hahaha ... But I am young too at heart ... Aldo's friends are quite friendly ... Ended up had a few conversations with them ...
Went home, slept for the whole 3 hours until 6.45pm .. hehe ... gubrak* ... Now I have to study ...
Today had a late morning church and followed by drama practice .. I guess I am still learning to act bit by but .. The drama is about passing the warmness/fire of Christ to the people surround us .. It was followed by Aldo's birthday ... He is 18 years old .. hahaha congratulation congrats!! akhirnya dah pass age boleh drink alcohol ? :P
emm ... Had KFC and met so many new friends at aldo's place. Wuih ... they are all so youngggg ..... hahaha ... But I am young too at heart ... Aldo's friends are quite friendly ... Ended up had a few conversations with them ...
Went home, slept for the whole 3 hours until 6.45pm .. hehe ... gubrak* ... Now I have to study ...
Packed saturday
Well, hello again ...
Today was really packed with good stuffs ... I enjoyed bible study and sharing with J about life ... Even though we look like problem-free people from outside, but we have got lots of problems too surprise surprise ... We pray for each other today about problems and surrender them to God who is able to do all things ... I am really encouraged by J's life .. J is very hardworking guy .. He does not play around with time and has sincere heart ... very sincere .. Emm, the thing that encourage me the most is the way he prays and commit his life to Jesus ... I guess I am glad to be learning together about God with him ...
What else yah? Bible study was good ... full with food .. hahaha .. physical food and hopefully the Word of God too .. emm, most people were sleepy today including myself .. Huh .. being bible study leader is hard because you have to motivate people when they are tired or sleepy or not in the mood ... Whereas before, I just slept and couldn't careless about other people ...
Went off to Damon's birthday, had catch up session with a number of people .. Happy birthday Damon .. 20 something huh ? hehehe .. God bless u I guess ... Pray that you grow more godly in the gospel ...
In the meantime, tomorrow is Aldo birthday ... So many birthdays ... aldo is probably a lot younger than me ... He is very open and tells lots of stories whenever we meet ... funny guy, very open unlike me ... apalagi yah? I guess that's all .. tomorrow mesti belajar nih ...
Today was really packed with good stuffs ... I enjoyed bible study and sharing with J about life ... Even though we look like problem-free people from outside, but we have got lots of problems too surprise surprise ... We pray for each other today about problems and surrender them to God who is able to do all things ... I am really encouraged by J's life .. J is very hardworking guy .. He does not play around with time and has sincere heart ... very sincere .. Emm, the thing that encourage me the most is the way he prays and commit his life to Jesus ... I guess I am glad to be learning together about God with him ...
What else yah? Bible study was good ... full with food .. hahaha .. physical food and hopefully the Word of God too .. emm, most people were sleepy today including myself .. Huh .. being bible study leader is hard because you have to motivate people when they are tired or sleepy or not in the mood ... Whereas before, I just slept and couldn't careless about other people ...
Went off to Damon's birthday, had catch up session with a number of people .. Happy birthday Damon .. 20 something huh ? hehehe .. God bless u I guess ... Pray that you grow more godly in the gospel ...
In the meantime, tomorrow is Aldo birthday ... So many birthdays ... aldo is probably a lot younger than me ... He is very open and tells lots of stories whenever we meet ... funny guy, very open unlike me ... apalagi yah? I guess that's all .. tomorrow mesti belajar nih ...
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Morning morning!
Had a very good sleep (from 1.30am - 10am) hauhauha .. ... I almost forgot how to sleep well and relax these days ...
Today's schedule:
1. Bible study 12-3PM
2. Latian music for Pemuda 3.30 - 4.30
3. Pemuda 5.00 - 6.30
4. Damon's birthday party (6.30 until who knows)
5. Sleep - or do assignment if I am not tired ...
Today's schedule:
1. Bible study 12-3PM
2. Latian music for Pemuda 3.30 - 4.30
3. Pemuda 5.00 - 6.30
4. Damon's birthday party (6.30 until who knows)
5. Sleep - or do assignment if I am not tired ...
My life this week!
Life is good .. Thank God ... This week was very busy in terms of work and study (I feel like I am always busy these days). Two of my team mates at work went for holiday, so I end up had to do their works too .. Imagining it really makes me feel *hueekkk*... So many things to do at so little time ... I am afraid of committing to any more things these days ... I just don't have the time and I don't think it will be good for me, and the thing I will be involved in ... I'll just enjoy my life now to the MAX!! :) ..
One lesson that I learnt this week at work is that I don't have to rush in doing my work ... Do everything carefully and pay attention to detail as much as possible ... It is hard because many times I am not very patient with things and I don't pay attention to details as much as I do to the overall big picture ... I usually inclined to finish my work as fast as possible but with average result .. even though I could do much better if I just put little more effort into it ... So yeah, something to learn there ...
What else is happening yah? I guess uni wise I am happy because in every class I have got quite a number of friends ... Friends are no more a problem this semester .. hahaha ..... Forming a team is not difficult at all ... But, I am starting to feel the pressure of exams and assignments ... So, got to start studying A-S-A-P ... The problem is I've got less motivation these days!! haha ..
One thing this week is I met so many old friends from Bondowoso through friendster ... Well, I am so encouraged because God has worked in my friends' life ... They look like a good Christians (through friend's testimonial and the message that I got from them) .. hehehe .. even I got a message saying, "Can you help me with ....... ? But it must be legal yah, we are God's children kan?" .... they are also surprised that I am a christian ... Well, it's just amazing how God changes people's lives ... I'll definitely contact them if I go to Jakarta or Melbourne later...
I also met lots of people at work (some of them are new recruits), there's Katherine, Fenny, and Anton, Anthony, Andrew, Ahn, Penelope, Glenn, Peter, Edward, Hua, Irene, Jane, Suzanne, Bryan, Erik, Suwandi etc ... So much fun, interesting and challenging ... We talked a lot during lunch time and when discussing something at work ... Talking to them everytime always gives me more insights about myself, about other people and the world ... After doing some communication course, I am more aware of how I communicate with others now, my perceptions, etc etc... ^^
Alright ... I guess that's all for me this week .. Just had dinner tonight at Andy's place .. Thank you Leo for organizing the steamboat dinner .. It was niceeeeee! Appreciate it a lot .. Tomorrow is bible study and I have to prepare stuffs .. So, that's it for now! Gnite blog! =)
One lesson that I learnt this week at work is that I don't have to rush in doing my work ... Do everything carefully and pay attention to detail as much as possible ... It is hard because many times I am not very patient with things and I don't pay attention to details as much as I do to the overall big picture ... I usually inclined to finish my work as fast as possible but with average result .. even though I could do much better if I just put little more effort into it ... So yeah, something to learn there ...
What else is happening yah? I guess uni wise I am happy because in every class I have got quite a number of friends ... Friends are no more a problem this semester .. hahaha ..... Forming a team is not difficult at all ... But, I am starting to feel the pressure of exams and assignments ... So, got to start studying A-S-A-P ... The problem is I've got less motivation these days!! haha ..
One thing this week is I met so many old friends from Bondowoso through friendster ... Well, I am so encouraged because God has worked in my friends' life ... They look like a good Christians (through friend's testimonial and the message that I got from them) .. hehehe .. even I got a message saying, "Can you help me with ....... ? But it must be legal yah, we are God's children kan?" .... they are also surprised that I am a christian ... Well, it's just amazing how God changes people's lives ... I'll definitely contact them if I go to Jakarta or Melbourne later...
I also met lots of people at work (some of them are new recruits), there's Katherine, Fenny, and Anton, Anthony, Andrew, Ahn, Penelope, Glenn, Peter, Edward, Hua, Irene, Jane, Suzanne, Bryan, Erik, Suwandi etc ... So much fun, interesting and challenging ... We talked a lot during lunch time and when discussing something at work ... Talking to them everytime always gives me more insights about myself, about other people and the world ... After doing some communication course, I am more aware of how I communicate with others now, my perceptions, etc etc... ^^
Alright ... I guess that's all for me this week .. Just had dinner tonight at Andy's place .. Thank you Leo for organizing the steamboat dinner .. It was niceeeeee! Appreciate it a lot .. Tomorrow is bible study and I have to prepare stuffs .. So, that's it for now! Gnite blog! =)
Monday, August 15, 2005
Ku Bahagia
Just saw some Indonesian movies - bring back memories from masa masa remaja ... lots and lots of memories .. Enjoy the lyrics from Melly (one of the best Indonesian song composer in my generation)
The song is EXCELLENT!! I will definitely sing this in karaoke next time ..
Artist: Melly Goeslow
Song Title: Ku Bahagia
Album:
di atas bumi ini ku berpijak
pada jiwa yang tenang di hariku
tak pernah ada duka yang terlintas
ku bahagia
ingin ku lukis semua hidup ini
dengan cinta dan cita yang terindah
masa muda yang tak pernah kan mendung
ku bahagia
dalam hidup ini
arungi semua cerita indahku
saat-saat remaja yang terindah
tak bisa terulang
ku ingin nikmati
segala jalan yang ada dihadapku
kan kutanamkan cinta tuk kasihku
agar ku bahagia
The song is EXCELLENT!! I will definitely sing this in karaoke next time ..
Artist: Melly Goeslow
Song Title: Ku Bahagia
Album:
di atas bumi ini ku berpijak
pada jiwa yang tenang di hariku
tak pernah ada duka yang terlintas
ku bahagia
ingin ku lukis semua hidup ini
dengan cinta dan cita yang terindah
masa muda yang tak pernah kan mendung
ku bahagia
dalam hidup ini
arungi semua cerita indahku
saat-saat remaja yang terindah
tak bisa terulang
ku ingin nikmati
segala jalan yang ada dihadapku
kan kutanamkan cinta tuk kasihku
agar ku bahagia
Sunday, August 07, 2005
...
In the quietness of sleepless nights
I offer my prayer to Thee
Life's burdens I surrender
Sins I confess
Acknowledging that You are the One
You are the One
You are the One
The only One that my soul longs for
More of You oh the One
My shepherd You are
Make me holy and humble
In the presence of difficulties and uncertainties
...
...
...
...
I offer my prayer to Thee
Life's burdens I surrender
Sins I confess
Acknowledging that You are the One
You are the One
You are the One
The only One that my soul longs for
More of You oh the One
My shepherd You are
Make me holy and humble
In the presence of difficulties and uncertainties
...
...
...
...
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Feel old
Don't know why, this past couple of weeks, I've been feeling really old ... Maybe I've grown up? hahaha ...
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