..my battle stance..

"My friends, there are no friends"- Coco Chanel. taken from oline's msn nick.. i thot that was an interesting statement. any woman who comes up with such statement is definitely worth observing, worth respecting. because beyond the laughter and everything.. friendship is often only as thick as a dollar note. do you think it's a coincidence that many businesses that begin with friendship, end in animosity? we would be making a big mistake if we throw the 'friendship factor' into equation when we start a business partnership. 'friendship' shall never be in. it is never an asset. and at times, it can be an liability. but when you treat it as a possible liability, i am quite sure you will be much safer. simply put.. in the eye of friendship, business shall never be made important. and in the eye of business, friendship shall never be made important.

so which is worse, to mock at your friend, heartlessly undermine him/her, or to lose your cool in certain situation and accidentally curse (at no one) with the four letter word? if you are inside a church, i believe the later is considered the greater sin. because those church leaders are excused to come up with cynical comments, they are excused to make a sad joke out of people, they are allowed to be unreasonable and boastful (as long as they got the skill).. but they shall never say any of those dirty words- they are dead meat if such words come out from their mouth in the public. no wonder the outside world call us ____________

there are stars that never fail to shine, and you don't even need to search for them, because no matter what, you will never fail to notice them. well.. you are that kind of star. happy birthday jend!!!!! =) may God blesses you with greater faith n wisdom, and assurance in the fact that.. you are the very precious princess of His, and He is well pleased with you.. may God blesses you with greater talent, and along with that.. generosity and humility, be a faithful servant of His. and may His will be done in your life, completely.

1999 was in many ways, one of the greatest years in my life, if not the greatest one. graduated from high school, the only family trip that we ever had, to taiwan (and all paid by the boss), got into UPH's Teknik Industri for 6 months, a great 6 months.. and God captured me there. ultimately.. got the scholarship and come to this island. And during the prayer session tonight.. something.. like a small voice.. struck me. something about.. 2009. OH AND I CLAIM THAT BY FAITH! 2009.. will be my next greatest year! I dunno what will happen in 2009 yet. But I know it will be the greatest year ever.. Just wait and watch! God.. once again.. let's go for overdrive!

Ternyata elsa bener.. pertama dgr ga suka albumnya. setelah dgr 2 kali, jadi find out ada some outstanding songs in the album. I think the best one would be 'Nu Er Hong", judul aja keren Somehow ky ada unsur K-pop nya, but i am not sure too. heh. And the next one jadi ingetin gua sama fa talent show taon lalu. Darwin's fa and their doraemon heh. jay chou ga jelas jadi apa.. kynya deskisugi, tapi gitarnya ada doraemon seh

this is what i notice.. neither alarm clock nor morning appointments could make me wake up early. even when i work 8.30-6pm for govt, i would be late for work. and the reason i sleep a lot, including during office hour, is neither obessity nor laziness. (though it contributes a lil bit there) it's the lack of expectation. the absence of excitement for everyday's wonder. in short.. i was bored. i had been bored for a long.. long.. time. but over the last few days, i would wake up on time, even when i turned in late the night before. because every morning, there is just this strange expectation in me that drive me out of my bed. "today is gonna be great".. that kind of thought. not that anything has changed.. but it's like there is this joy that God wrapped inside my heart. may this excitement stays forever =)

Wah.. drinking ice water can actually help reducing weight. I got hope! ^^ Good article here

astaga.. imut sekali dia..

Hari ini saya baru percaya, kalau ternyata ada cewe yang semanis itu, dan lebih tinggi dari gua!! @_@ dan.. orang MEDAN ^^ *almost-love-at-first-sight-mode*

listening to this song, i wonder why it makes me sad, elsaaa... lu recommend lagu yg ngga ngga wakaka =P eh cewenya cakepppp btw, cewe gua banget lol

Twenty two years old of us, full of expectation and dreams, we promised to be happy.. Thirty two years old of us, barely recognising each other's voices, we made promises.. are we happy?

kadang ngerasa lucu aja ngeliat kebiasaan manusia, atau ini cuman especially berlaku buat orang2 indo ya? kayanya beberapa taon lalu, gua ngga pernah tau ada cara pemakaian bahasa indonesia gini: "gua seh okay aja nonton di vivo SECARA gua kantornya di sekitar sana" ntah emank aslinya emank bisa dipake kaya gitu, ato ini salah satu contoh fenomena org indo. kalau dipake rame2, pokoqnya tau2 gaya bhs ini jadi resmi aja. yg lebih ajaib lagi, gaya ngetiknya you-know-who, makaNA, biasaNA.. gua ga tau jg benernya gaya ini sapa yg nemuin, tapi tau2 ini gaya jg jadi memasyarakat (di sekitar gua doank seh).. bahkan ada cowo yg ngetiknya ky gitu jg. ermm ga tau seh.. kalo cewe somehow gua rasa okay, tapi kalo cowo.. err.. kynya kalo cowo mending jgn ilangin Y nya ^^ but who am i to say that yah well, kynya intinya seh.. asal rame2 ngelakuinnya, apa aja okay deh

we all know that we could never turn back time.. we are smart enough to know that. but.. if only.. if only we can relive the moment, even if it is for one deceiving night. wouldn't it be something?

this is the last chance to make it right..

didn't know that i would be that tired last night, cold sweat was all over me by the time i reached home, and my sleep was far from comfortable, i was struggling to breathe at 4AM, the one thing that crossed my mind when i woke up in the morning was.. "i gotta sms CK or whoever it is, and ask him to replace me.. " but the next thing that crossed my mind was ko omar's sermon on Your house. even if i wasn't serving today, even if i am not doing a good job.. how could i not long for Your house? as it is written, "the zeal for Your house consumes me", so it shall happen.. i thought. forcing myself to shower, i felt that strength started to flow in. i know that it's You. even if the strength was only enough to carry me thru the service, that was enough. for i would rather boast in my weakness, instead of my strengh. for in my weaknesses, Your grace shines thru. when You let the lowest of them all to stand in Your sanctuary, what else could i ask for? noth...

oh my gosshhh.. mao pingsan rasanyaa @_@

Feb 2008, I wrote this on the blog: entering 2008.. I asked God what is in store for me this year. not many clear hints but.. something inside me told me that there would be more travelling. well.. maybe. if i return to my hometown for YOUR wedding! hah ^^ or if i also make the trip to Makasar for Iwan's. and if the Israel trip does take place. but now.. i sense the storm. no, sense is not the word. i see it. And here we are, Oct 2008. The israel trip didnt take place but i am surely travelling a lot this year. the storm? Just check out the newspaper =P the storm in every sense of my life. so this is how it feels.. when you are stripped off every little treasure that you have. what can i say? this is what i will say.. God, He freely gives, and He freely takes, Glory be unto Him.

there is a time when there is absolutely nothing to write, you just sit down and.. phew.. blank. anyway.. as we all know, kong hee has indonesian root, and yesterday, i read that kong hee graduated from NUS's computer science at 24. Well.. sounds similar so far. but at 27, he earned his 'master of divinity' title. that's where the path began to look different. not that i have interest to build a megachurch like he did, and it's not my calling and talent anyway, but.. must admit that this guy is someone i look up to. paul says that you can have many teachers but one father, spiritual father. hmm... i dun think i have found mine. and i have no plan to be a chc member as well.

some common facts i find in my job: - if someone call and ask you to find her a property, and never follow with sms/calls to ask you how the progress is.. the chance is that she engaged many agents. - if you got a client who would sms/call you every day asking for update, and suddenly one day she does not respond to your sms for more than two hours.. the chance is that she has found her unit. - the number and detail of questions a client ask you before she agrees to a viewing appointment shows her level of trust. the more she trusts you, the less she asks. - being nice is not good enough, being good is. u simply have to be good in your job, and coldheaded in ur judgment. - it's only business.

one will never know what it means to make God his all, until he reaches a point where God is all that he has.

It's a movie with stylish plot that creates mess out of nothing. The wonderful thing about the movie is that it doesn't pretend to be a smart movie, it plainly admits its absurdness and nonsense. I was struggling to understand the movie for the first 20-30 minutes. I found the early part of the movie to be rather tedious. But once we get to the part where Brad Pitt talks about their new discovery, a top secret 'shit' that could change his fortune- I knew I was on for a fun ride. The story is mainly about ordinary people who try to be better and happier folks, using their own ways and means. And in reality, some people truly go thru crazy and absurd ways just to be better and happier.

"I thought you might be worried...about the security...of your shit" (Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading). More on the movie later..

I still remember the first time I met your mother. Went to your house with my first Christmas gift for you. Then, I was only a melancholic young boy who was simply too easily hurt, just like them. Never good with presents, a Christmas-tree-shaped-chocolate was all I could think of. I don't remember exactly what was said between me and your mum. I only remember you weren't home, and I remember that she was nice. That was almost.. seven years ago? Apart from that moment.. I don't recall any other time when we spoke one-to-one. So how fitting it is.. that the next moment we spoke one-to-one, was on your day. This one.. I remember very clearly. I wasn't sure that she really knows or remembers me. So I was surprised when my eyes met her friendly eyes. And as we shook hands, she warmly held my hand, not letting go. She smiled and asked, "When is your turn?" And I was as dumbfounded as I would when I were with you. I wonder how much you told her, but it seemed like s...

i said it before, didn't i? i didn't have such talent.

i wish the spaceship from Wall-E's movie suddenly appear tonight, decide that i am an important specimen to their whatever study, and take me off to wherever as long as its not on earth... for a week or so. let's put it that way.

"She is not too bright. She is not a looker. She is slow, stubborn.. Sometimes I don't know what to do about her.. Dakedo.. To me...She is the best woman in the whole world. Because for the one she loves, she is willing to sacrifice anything." Kenji speaking of his imoto, Yasuko. Cheesy lines.. but it got me thinking.. if I ever.. ever.. fall in love with such a character.. I guess I also dunno what to do about it. Oh well..

For [it is] not [the man] who praises and commends himself who is approved and accepted, but [it is the person] whom the Lord accredits and commends. 2 Corinthians 10:18 If we'd like to take credit, let's take credit for God. for what is the significance if we praise ourselves?

She was one of those girls who was neither ugly nor outstanding. In the big city where she lived, a girl of her characteristics was not too difficult to find. Her house was just as common. You would've missed the small alley had you walked a little bit faster. And once you walk into that small alley, you would have difficulty in recognising one house from the other. But for her family, a roof was all they could ask for. Ever since they migrated to this city, they were only counting on her income to keep them alive from day to day. She had not been too successful in her job as well. The high flyers in her profession dealt with important clients, enjoyed luxury living and stayed at one of those posh houses downtown. Luck came to her once in a blue moon. Luxury was something she couldn't afford to dream of. All she wanted was a stable income to feed her family. So to have two wanted men hidden in her house was not exactly what she had prayed for when she asked for blessing. And ev...

Lesson of the day: If a more talented fella humiliate you, take it as a motivation to better yourself. And remember not to do the same to the less talented people. Anyway.. no viewing this afternoon means i could watch Golden Path, and wow.. it was the last episode heh. i expected everyone to die so i was ready for the tragedy. and glad to know that at least felicia chin's character didn't die. and she still loves Jin Long to the end. that's how it should be ;) never settle for the next just because you gotta move on. Golden Path's OST felt bad for mr J for another missed case. well bro.. its alrite.. overtime, such experience teaches us how to qualify our client. some are worth your time while the others are only wasting your time. it's better to have one client who trusts us, rather than five who don't. no hard feeling to the clients, coz at the end of the day.. it's only business =)

this week has been my most physically active week for quite some time heh. two session of doom2 (i won't propose dance performance anymore for anyone's wedding after this =P ), one session of sembawang flyer throw, and job-wise, has been here and there, Choa Chu Kang and Changi, south and north, and finally, 'dropped dead' today at 8 pm right after another round to Choa Chu kang. And now i am awake -_- For buffet hunter out there, if you wanna try something different, you may want to try wake up early on the weekend, and stroll to delifrance outlet for their morning bread buffet (8-10AM, fri-sun) at $8 only. u must know that when a buffet from such a famous chain come at $8, u shouldnt expect much variety, but at least.. u can expect quality. yeah i am thinking of doing that tomorrow, somehow. but considering that i am awake now.. the chance is small. other than delifrance, at below $10, u could also go to rajah inn at tiong bahru during lunch time.. not so much of qual...

Watched till the 8th episode, and each episode always has its touching moments, as well as silly moments. Not a spectacular drama, but a good one for sure. And the guy is a mangaka... oh no.. the dream that was buried long time ago... Go to mysoju.com if you'd like to watch. Amagasa - Yasuko to Kenji OST, by Tokio soo ka.... Tokio also sang My boss My hero's OST, Sorafune I think i like this band

buat yg ngerayain.. mohon maap ya kalo ada salah kata =) kangen sama makanan yang biasa dikasi sama tetangga padang kitaa.. terutama rendangnyaa .. gila ngiler....