Thanks to the Lord

I’m currently listening to True Worshipper’s Bersyukurlah pada Tuhan at this moment. That’s what I want to say…It’s been an incredible week. Started on Monday, January 16, 2006. Read this excellent vacancy on the Canadian Embassy and I was very interested. So I pushed myself to learn the material for CCNA. Well didn’t work very well coz it needed practical approach. And then I called Novi n Regina at Bhinneka to ask about IBM ThinkPad R51e price etc. I eliminated the other candidates so there were only 2 candidates left, ThinkPad R51e and NEC Versa E3100 1700DW. Factors that were taken into consideration include price. ThinkPad only cost US$ 899, while NEC cost US$ 1298. I needed extra money to upgrade the memory and buy additional accessories such as 1GB memory, mouse, kensington lock, and a backpack. And about the deisgn, I like IBM (actually it’s Lenovo now) much better cause it’s more stylish. It looked elegant, simple and professional.

On Wednesday I had a meeting on ASEAN Foundation, met Mr. Niko, he was very friendly and still young. I managed to squeeze some time to go to Mangga Dua to see ThinkPad R51e and NEC Versa display. I found a store that had ThinkPad on its display. I got a very good look on ThinkPad and I liked it. It’s not heavy, not like I had imagined it would be. So on my way back to the office I called Agus and confirmed to buy ThinkPad. He gave me a very good price. I asked him to upgrade the memory, but he said he didn’t have the memory in stock. I might have to wait to get it. I asked him when can I get the notebook. He said I can get it in the afternoon. So I went to Pinangsia after office hour. The traffic jam at P Jayakarta was very awful. I arrived at Pinangsia at 6 sth PM. Agus waited for me. I tried the notebook. It was excellent. Talked to him for a while, found out that he already had a gf…wow. Then I went back home. N tried the notebook at home. I was very pleased with it, though it only I even got the bag. But I prefer backpack anyway.

At Thursday I transferred some money to pay Agus. Nothing eventful happened on Thursday, so it just passed like usual. Friday morning I went to Binus to give my CV at Binus Career. I applied for MT-IT position at ACC. Coming to Binus always brought fond memories…sigh.. Went to the office at 9 AM, arrived at office at almost 11 AM. Then at about 11 sth AM the disaster came. All of the computers in my office was attacked by viruses. I practically had nothing to do. Played pool in lunch time at La Forca. The day went by slowly and it was very very dull. Went back home early and wathed Coyote Ugly. It was good movie. I watched the 1st 60minutes and then went to store. Continued watching after I got back from store. There was Alex Band The Calling singing Wherever You Will Go in one of the scene. There was also Lee Ann Rimes’ Can’t Fight The Moonlight. Bridget Moynahan was different in the movie. She looked wild n sexy, very different with her roles in Serendipity, The Recruit, even in The Sex And The City. In overall, it was good movie. Went to sleep at about 1 AM I think.

Then came Saturday, the busiest day in whole week. Woke up at 7, took a bath then went to ASEAN Hall to play badminton with double Julius, Dicky n Budi. It was incredible. Played till 11 AM and then went to TA to get my pic at Freeze Frame. Then I went to Gramedia, bought some posters and called Diana. She was at TA too. I met her and we had a cup of coffee at Reed. After that I went to Ii Awan’s to get mom’s stool n plants, and also some cookies…It was another hectic traffic near Roxy. I had to cancel my plan to go to King Foto cause it was already 3 PM. So I went home, hurried to Ramayana to buy a tie, got a nice shirt as well. Then I took a bath, went to make passport size photograph. Then attended the afternoon mass. I went home feeling very exhausted. It’s been over a month since I last played badminton and it got me feeling so tired. But it was good….damn good.

Woke up at about 9.30 AM… that’s when the misery started. My right arms, upper n lower, my right side shoulder, my calves were throbbing. It seemed I pushed myself too hard on Saturday. So on Sunday I was just relaxing..Took a nap and then watched Stealth using my new laptop….yippieee….my new lappie…. Jessica Biel was beautiful in the movie and I was pleased that my lappie display was excellent though it was an action movie with lots of explosions and fast scenes. Yeahhhhhh….

Yesterday I got some great surprises. First Grace called me n she said that she will start to work tomorrow (which is today) and then she came in the afternoon. The second was a phone call from Accenture. I was very surprised to hear from her again. She asked me when I can join them. I was flattered n excited cause in the morning, my director just gave another blow saying that internet access for sales maybe limited to one PC. It just pushed me more to leave immediately. It was raining very hard yesterday. I got home a lil bit late, at about 6.30 PM. Then I copied some of my data (read collection) to my 120 GB HDD. After that I went to store, got back n went online to send email to PC Plus and Accenture.


Today’s went quite well. Went to the office at 6.48 AM, ate breakfast at office. Yeah, today’s Grace’s first day at work. Accenture called me again, arranged for tomorrow. Played pool at La Forca…well so far that’s about it.

Thank you God, for the job opportunities, notebook, badminton, all the little things that have happened…..for everything.

These are inspired by Coyote Ugly.


Leann Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight

Under the lovers sky
Gonna be with you
And no one's gonna be around
If you think that you won't fall
Well just wait until
'Til the sun goes down

Underneath the starlight, starlight
There's a magical feeling so right
It will steal your heart tonight

chorus:
You can try to resist
Try to hide from my kiss
but you know, but you know
That you, can't fight the moonlight
Deep in the dark, you'll surrender your heart
But you know, But you know that you
Can't fight the moonlight..No
You can't fight it...
It's gonna get to your heart

There's no escaping love
Once a gentle breeze
Weaves a spell upon your heart
No matter what you think
It won't be too long
'Til you're in my arms

Underneath the starlight, starlight
We'll be lost in the rhythm so right
Feel it steal your heart tonight

You can try to resist
Try to hide from my kiss
But you know, But you know
That you can't fight the moonlight
Deep in the dark, you'll surrender your heart
But you know, but you know that you
Can't fight the moonlight...No
You can't fight it...
No matter what you do
The light is gonna get to you


Don't try, you're never gonna win, oh

Underneath the starlight, starlight,
There's a magical feeling, so right
It'll steal your heart tonight

You can try to resist, try to hide from my kiss
But you know, but you know that you
Can't fight the moonlight
Deep in the dark, you'll surrender your heart,
But you know, but you know that you
Can't fight the moonlight
No, you can't fight it

You can try to resist, try to hide from my kiss
But you know, don’t you know that you
can't fight the moonlight
Deep in the dark, you'll surrender your heart,
But you know, but you know that you
Can't fight the moonlight
No, you can't fight it

It's gonna get to your heart...


The Calling - Wherever You Will Go

So lately, been wondering
Who will be there to take my place
When I'm gone you'll need love to light the shadows on your face
If a greater wave shall fall and fall upon us all
Then between the sand and stone could you make it on your own.

Chorus
If I could, then I would
I'll go wherever you will go
Way up high or down low, I'll go wherever you will go

And maybe, I'll find out
A way to make it back someday
To watch you, to guide you, through the darkest of your days
If a greater wave shall fall and fall upon us all
Well then I hope there's someone out there
who can bring me back to you

Chorus

Runaway with my heart
Runaway with my hope
Runaway with my love

I know now, just quite how
My life and love might still go on
In your heart, in your mind I'll stay with you for all of time

Chorus

If I could turn back time
I'll go wherever you will go
If I could make you mine
I'll go wherever you will go
I'll go wherever you will go

Deep Thoughts Trilogy Part III

I begin this post with a little reflection about the events that happened to me in 2005. Lots of things happened in the year of 2005. At the beginning of 2005, I started to work at ETOJ. Watched Smallville seas 3. In February I succeeded in passing the thesis exam with an excellent mark. Livia n Hendra came to Jakarta and I met Hendra irl for the first time. We went to Dufan together and had a great time there. Watched Smallville seas 4. In March for the first time I managed surpassed my sales target. Things went quite steady in April. I got close to a girl but I didn’t go through after some careful consideration. I joined WG in April and became a very active member. In May I attended KRK in PRJ. In June I met this guy I knew from WG. He’s working in Taiwan at the moment. Lots of birthdays in June….started playing badminton. July is graduation month…finished watching smallville seas 4, continued from the smallville that Liv brought me back in February. August is TELKOM month. Got huge deal…and also knew La Forca pool n lounge for the first time…YM was blocked. September…amazing month. Went to a retreat in the beginning of September…met an Angel, became active member in PD. God touched me once again. October, knew Midori..got passport…went to Perth for the first time in my life, an unforgettable experience. It really changed my point of view, opened my eyes. November, still in Perth, when I got back in Jakarta I started to watch DespH. December, finishing DespH, surprise from Grace, work took unexpected change, a rather disappointing changes.

I start this new year by finishing my long postponed trilogy. In this last part I wanna talk a little bit about God. I only talk a little bit coz actually all of my posts after my 2^nd part of this thoughts trilogy have already said so much about God. Do you believe in God? About the idea that there’s a divine power that transcend human minds? About something that way beyond our senses and intelligence to understand? As a person who believe in God, I can say that all the things that happened to me in last year (actually in whole my life) were somehow already been planned by this mysterious entity. All that I’ve accomplished such as graduated with excellent grade and got good job were His gifts to me. I also believe He’s the one who allowed me to make a passport, get a visa and fly to Perth in just 3 weeks time. Looking from the eyes of a non-believer they would say that they’re all luck, nothing else. I’ve learned many things last year, experienced new things that helped me to grow to be a better person. I believe all the little things that have happened are parts of a beautiful plan in my life. The problem is I haven’t got any clue where they lead me. I always think that there’s something more to life. We all search for happiness. We all play a role in our life. Does a person who has all the money in the world happy? Does a person who’s famous and adored by lots of people happy? I don’t know. I just know that there are something missing, even when we get it all. Last Friday I went to prayer community in my church and I felt this joy, a different kind of joy that I can’t find in other places. I believe we all need balance in our life, not just pursuing materials, but we also have needs concerning our spiritual side, whether we’re believe in God or not. I’m gonna make this short coz it will be a never ending debate if we want to talk about the existence of God. I prefer to say that it’s a matter of choice, which I really respect. Coz I think morality doesn’t depend on whether you believe in God or not. If you choose to believe, then He really exists. If you choose not to believe then no matter who’s telling you or what proof given to you, for you, He just don’t exist. The question is now, what do you believe?

Affirmation by Savage Garden

I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself alone

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold
I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endorse TV evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye(Repeat 2)