Christmas 2006

post #138

Quoting Lize’s words, Christmas is always great. It’s true indeed. Had a very good night sleep on Christmas Eve then watched Gilmore Girls seas 5 in the morning. Jef came over and copied some DVDs. We talked quite a lot and I realized that we’re no longer boys. We talked about different things, not merely the games, songs, fun things, but more it’s more mature. In the afternoon I went to attend a mass at St. Christopher church. Shelley had her baptism that day, right on Christmas. There were also more than 100 persons got baptized that day. It reminded me of my own baptism back in 1999. St. Christopher church is a very beautiful church. Well, not as beautiful as MBK, but from the outside it was very elegant. I arrived early and got the chance to take a look around. Then Shelley came with her sister and two brothers who also got baptized along with her. After the mass Shelley invited me to a dinner, since her brother was celebrating his birthday but I had to decline it coz I had already promised mom to go home early and drive her to arranger her passport. But we agreed to play ice skating on the next day.

I stayed up until almost 1 AM that night, went to sleep after I sent sms to Robert n Caca who’re having their birthday on boxing day. Woke up a around 8 AM, continued watching Gilmore Girls seas 5 (the story was becoming excellent) then went to pick up Shelley n her sister to play ice skating. On my way there I realized that I forgot to bring my socks. So after I picked them up, we stopped by at a sport store n I bought a pair of socks. It felt so good to play ice skating again after so long. It reminded me of Serendipity: Christmas time, the ice skating. It’s too bad that Shelley was kinda quiet. But we had a great time, though I fell a couple of times, mostly because of my maneuver to avoid children. After that we ate then I drove them back home.

Christmas is really a magical moment. Those two days were fantastic. Too bad that there was an earthquake near Taiwan on Dec 26 that cause 6 fiber optic cables broken and cut the internet connection on most of Asian countries. Now it’s been two days without inet. For an inet addict like me, it’s such a torture. Cannot surfing the net, chatting with my friends, etc. But it will get over soon I think, in the mean time, I can spend my time on something else and cherish the Christmas 2006 euphoria.


Merry Christmas


Originally written on Dec 27 and finished on Dec 28

Christmas Eve 2006

post #137

Wonderful day today. Delivered the ginger cookies to Rian, got the chance to see Brown Baron and took a pic of Carlson. Stopped by at Eddy’s to borrow DVD RW.

Went back home ate a bit and then got ready to go to Jess’ bday party at McD. Arrived there at 1 PM sharp. Looked into McD and I could see this lovely woman walking around n she’s holding Jess. I recognized her immediately, but I was reluctant to go inside since Kitty hadn’t arrived yet. After walking around for a while I decided to come into McD. Xena also recognized me immediately and I had to say that pictures can be deceiving. She’s far more beautiful in person than in her pics. I was amazed by her look and her hair…very…red. Jess was also cuter in person, though her pics didn’t deceive me too much, not like her mother’s. Since I didn’t know anyone else beside Xena, I sat at the back and just watched the bday party. It was good, very fun for children. Took some pics then Kitty n her husband came w Ruel. They sat next to me and then we talked, I was glad to have some persons that I know. Ruel grown since the last time I had seen him around 2 months ago. He’s getting cuter and taller. I bet he’s gonna be a handsome boy. Took some pics of Ruel in action and we followed the bday party till it’s over. Got a piece of Jess’ bday cake, took some pics with Xena, her hubby along with Jess n Wen wen. Got home after that.

Lied down for a while after I got back home, then I went to attend the 1st Christmas Eve mass. Eddy was already there w Devi, they saved me a seat. I sat there and it was already quite crowded. Then I saw this attractive girl that I hadn’t seen in months. After I took a look at her I noticed that she kinda reminded me of Kate Beckinsale. She had this sentimental look on her face, just like Kate. The mass ended at 7.45 PM. The sermon was simple n meaningful. I saw Lorena n her siblings, met Yuni n Marylin too and I said merry Christmas to them. Talked to Lorena after that about her career. She’s still as beautiful as I remembered.

Thank you God for today, hopefully I can bring peace n joy to others to reflect that You’re really born and Christmas is happening.

Silent Night

Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright,
Round yon virgin mother and child,
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace,


Silent night, holy night,
Shepherds first saw the light,
Heard resounding clear and long,
Far and near, the angel song:
Christ the Saviour is here,
Christ the Saviour is here.


Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, oh, how bright
Love is smiling from thy face,
Peals for us the hour of grace.
Christ our Saviour is born,
Christ our Saviour is born.


Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Hark! the herald angels sing, -
"Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled."
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
With th' angelic host proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem."
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!

Christ, by highest heav'n adored:
Christ, the everlasting Lord;
Late in time behold him come,
Offspring of the favored one.
Veil'd in flesh, the Godhead see;
Hail, th'incarnate Deity:
Pleased, as man, with men to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel!
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!

Hail! the heav'n-born Prince of peace!
Hail! the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
Risen with healing in his wings
Mild he lays his glory by,
Born that man no more may die:
Born to raise the son of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!




Joy to the World

Joy to the world! The Lord is come:
Let earth receive her King.
Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and heaven and nature sing.

Joy to the world, the Saviour reigns
Let Saints their songs employ
While fields and floods
rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, Repeat, the sounding joy

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders of His love.

No more will sin and sorrow grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He'll come and make the blessings flow
Far as the curse was found,
Far as the curse was found,
Far as, far as the curse was found.

Seven

post #136

Today, seven years ago I was baptized. Have I been a better person since then? This is a question that I must reflect and the answer can be found from persons around me. I think I have n still trying to be better.

It’s been another great week, nothing much from Mon-Wed. Low work load at the office gave me the chance to browse, chat and finish my bible reading. After 15 months I finally finished reading new testament. Also finished watching Gilmore Girls season 4 on Monday. It ended excellently. Who would thought that Rory’s 1st time would be with Dean, who’s at the time still married to Lindsay. Luke also finally got to kiss Lorelai. He had to wait for 4 seasons to do that. Reminded me of Clark n Lana, but it only took 1 season and 3 episodes for Clark to finally kiss Lana. But hey, they don’t have Red kryptonite in Stars Hollow, do they? Well let’s see how is Luke-Lorelai relationship going….

Had a community gathering for my division on Thursday at Penang Bistro. Cozy place, great food. The only downside was on my way there I caught up in a very terrible traffic jam. I was soaking wet. But the event was great, so was the food. I was so full plus got a Carrefour voucher.

Yesterday I went to my last prayer gathering in 2006. It was raining all way down from the office, but I managed to get there in one piece, and not too wet…thanks to my rain coat. I dunno why but I like rain. I like cloud n rain. Anyway, We wrote down the things we regret on a piece of paper and burnt it to symbolize that we want to change n be better in 2007. It was nice.

Today as usual played badminton in the morning, Tomz met me to give CD which was going to be given to Xena tomorrow since I’m gonna go to her daughter bday party. After that I went to TA n bought Ipod Nano for Robert. Called Shelley asked her if she’s interested in ice skating then went to see St. Kristoforus church. Got home, took a nap and attended the afternoon mass. After the mass I called Eaton, asking them what time do they usually open but I was shocked to find out that they ran out of Ginger Cookies. I had planned to buy it tomorrow before I deliver it to Rian. It was Eaton Gadink Bulevar that I called. I quickly went to Eaton Sunter, but they ran out of Ginger Cookies too. I panicked a bit then I sent sms to Lize to inform her of the bad news and said that I’d try to go to Eaton at Gadink Mall. I went there as fast as I could, racing with time and praying that they still have at least 1 Ginger Cookies. But when I arrived there, they also ran out of it. I asked them the phone number of Eaton TA. When I asked about it to the cashier, she said that there’s one ginger cookies left. A customer earlier wanted to buy 3, but that person ended up only bought 2. I was very relieved to hear that. I said I’d take it. I checked it and it was fine except for a lil crack at the tree..but it’s ok. I said to my self, Thank You God. I can keep my promise to Lize.

One lesson (reminder) I learned today, if your intention is good, helping others heart fully, God will help you to do that, of course you’ll need some effort. It may not be easy or pleasant, but it’s worthy. Well that’s all I guess for this week recap.

Ginger Cookies Hunt is Over

post #135

Kyrie eleison..
One thing I like about Advent n Lent is the songs. We sing the Latin version songs instead of the usual version. There weren’t too many people attended the mass this afternoon. It’s the 3rd week of Advent. I sat next to Pak Radi, the gate keeper of St. Mary kindergarten. I still remember how he was so nice n kind to all the children, since I was one among them. It’s been almost 20 years now, his hair is graying, I’ve become much taller than him, but I still saw that kindness in his eyes, his affection to children I suppose. Even the dogs love him. I kinda believe that dogs can tell which the good persons are, and by the way the dogs adore him, I’m sure that he’s a good person. He usually goes to church every Saturday afternoon. The sermon today was good; the pastor reminded us again about Christmas, what should we do to prepare ourselves in welcoming Christ. After the mass I bought Rosary booklet for Shelley. I thought it’ll make a perfect gift for her baptism. What another lovely Saturday today.

Arrived at home, took a bath. Listened to Fort Minor – Where’s You Go and continued watching Gilmore Girls season 4 ep 13. This song’s really addictive. I already could sing along the next day after I got the vidclip. (Well I’ve listened to it for about 7 hours non stop). I’ve memorized the lyric. I guess this addiction has some kind of repeating pattern. December last year I was addicted to Darren Hayes – So Beautiful. On 2004 it was Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved. Can’t remember what’s on 2003 and 2002. But I still remember it was BSB – Drowning on 2001, when I was watching Smallville season 1 at SCTV and Lana was still cute n innocent. And on 2000 it was BSB – Shape of My Heart. Hmmm…..I wonder what song would it be next year…:p. Went online for a while and the admin had given me the privilege to be the additional moderator for Kenalan Warga at WG. Deleted 5 threads that hadn’t been active since 2003, lied down for while and then went to church.

Woke up at 7.30 AM today, doing my morning routine n went to Asean Hall. Arrived there at 8.40 AM and to my surprise, there was Tirta there. Wow, it’s been a very long time since the last time I saw him. He’s the one who ‘introduced’ me to badminton every Saturday morning, but he’s kinda busy since he’s got a gf. I did some warming up and played. I was soaked wet and I mean really really wet. I was sweating all over. Maybe because I played like there’s no tomorrow today, or maybe because Jakarta was too hot, coz I was also sweating on my way there. Played until 11 AM, Tomz cancelled his plan to come and Santy was still at the airport, so I went to TA to look (again) for ginger cookies for Lize. I called Kitty asking her about whether she has bought a gift for Jess or not. Then I stopped by at Gramedia, looked around and bought children songs DVD for Jess. Hopefully she’ll like it or at least her mom like it. Saw ipod nano price at the (new ?) store near Gramedia. It was quite cheap compared to the one at Gadink. I’m gonna buy it for Robert’s present next week. Btw, I just noticed that at TA, the theme was Looney Christmas. They put up tazmanian devil, bugs bunny, sylvester and tweety dolls to form a Christmas tree. While at Gadink, the theme was Disney Christmas. Well, after looking around at L3 and couldn’t find any store or kiosk that sell ginger cookies, I went to Eaton bakery at G floor and found what I was looking for. I informed Lize and I think she was happy with it. But the problem was they don’t do delivery. I came up with a solution, but I had to check on Eaton Sunter. So I went there and it was hotttttt on the way there. Well, if you wanna do good thing, do it earnestly, go along the way. It turned out that Eaton Sunter was also selling those cookies. I’m gonna talk with Lize about how to give it to Rian on monday. After that HOT journey, I went back home.

*this writing style was inspired by Irreversible

Where'd You Go?

post #134

The first time I heard this song was it's reff,
"Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone."
It was a very popular ring tone couple of months ago.

Today I got the vidclip at around 10 AM and since then I kept listening it over and over again until 5 sth PM. It's been a while since I can get addicted to a song like this. Even while I'm writing this blog, I still listening to it. It's drum, rhythm, n lyric was totally cool....reminds me of My December.

Fort Minor - Where'd You Go

Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone.

She said "Some days I feel like shit,
Some days I wanna quit, and just be normal for a bit,"
I don't understand why you have to always be gone,
I get along but the trips always feel so long,
And, I find myself trying to stay by the phone,
'Cause your voice always helps me to not feel so alone,
But I feel like an idiot, workin' my day around the call,
But when I pick up I don't have much to say,
So, I want you to know it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin', at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family here singing "Where'd you go?"

I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone.
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone,
Please come back home...

You know the place where you used to live,
Used to barbecue up burgers and ribs,
Used to have a little party every Halloween with candy by the pile,
But now, you only stop by every once and a while,
Shit, I find myself just fillin' my time,
With anything to keep the thought of you from my mind,
I'm doin' fine, I plan to keep it that way,
You can call me if you find that you have something to say,
And I'll tell you, I want you to know it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin', at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family here singing "Where'd you go?"

I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone.
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone,
Please come back home...

I want you to know it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin', no longer debatin',
Tired of sittin' and hatin' and makin' these excuses,
For why you're not around, and feeling so useless,
It seems one thing has been true all along,
You don't really know what you've got 'til it's gone,
I guess I've had it with you and your career,
When you come back I won't be here and you can sing it...

Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone.
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone,
Please come back home...
Please come back home...
Please come back home...
Please come back home...
Please come back home...

Weekend

post #133

Woke up at 7.30 AM. Took a bath, finished at 7.40 AM. Ate breakfast after that, then getting ready to go. Went at 8.00 AM, arrived there at 8.45 AM. Ari was already there. Did some warming up with him and at around 9 the other boys came. We played till 11 AM. Then I changed my clothes and went to TA, looking for ginger cookies there, but couldn’t find it. Went to Mangga Dua after that, arrived there at 12.50 PM. Bought 35 DVDs, most of them were Gilmore Girls DVDs. Saw this very interesting offer at one of the computer stores there. Fujitsu notebook, 12.1” with good spec (Centrino 1.73 GHz, 80 Gigs of HDD, 512 MB RAM, DVD Burner, Fingerprint reader, Card Reader), better than my ThinkPad, was on sale for only 9.75 M. Wowwwww…..I was drooling when I saw it. It’s beautifully slim n small…with classic black color. I could buy it, but then, I’d have 3 notebooks. It’d be redundant. I have to find a way to get rid of my ThinkPad and buy 17” LCD monitor for that Fujistu baby. It’d cost too much, so I just killed the thought and walked away. Finished looking around at 1.30 PM. Went home, arrived at 2 PM. It all went down right on schedule.

Took a bath and ate a late lunch afterward. Finished watching Gilmore Girls season 3. It was great serial. The acoustic guitar with simple la..la…la…fitted the serial perfectly. Watched American Pie 5 after that. It was the worst American Pie sequel. Maybe because it has reached it’s saturation point. The storyline was still the same…bla bla bla…the difference was only in the packaging. Took a quick nap, then attended an afternoon mass. Ran some errand after that, went online for a while to change my avatar n siggy. Went to sleep around 1 AM.

Woke up on Sunday at 9.30 AM. Went to Gadink w mom. She bought a dress. I left here looking around at Diamond near the home utensils. I was going to buy Ipod Nano, but it was more expensive there at Apple Centre, so I decided to buy somewhere else. Bought a necklace and a ring for myself at a Christian Bookstore. The pendant was simple cross, liquid-like the design was great and it’s cheap too…;p. The ring was also great, made from Titanium and it’s rust-proof (we’ll have to prove this one). Then I met mom near the ceramics counter. She bought few plates. Then we went back home. Ate lunch and watched Gilmore Girls season 4 ep 1-3. Watched DOA after that. I almost didn’t recognize Holly Valance in that movie at first. Sarah Carter was pretty and still have that cute voice. Reminded me of her appearances in few Smallville episodes. DOA..standard movie, simple plot, good fighting scenes, esp the ones that involved pretty girls..lolz.

Yesterday was also Dave's bday. I wanted to congratulate him, but I lost his cell phone number. I sent an SMS to Cynthia, but the first one was fail and the 2nd wasn't replied. I asked Robert, but he also lost Dave's #. Dave....If I may quote his words..is my craziest fella...we had lots of fond memories together back in univ days. Swimming at TA, skipping classes just to go to his place, playing PS2. Playing pool from midnite till almost dawn, went to NAV till 3 AM, ate noodles at 5 AM, clubbing till 5 AM while we had class at 7.30 AM....There're just too many things.... on this occasion, let me wish him a (belated) happy birthday. I wish him more success in life n love. Have an excellent year ahead and may God bless him abundantly.

Later that nite I listened to the radio and they play Simply Red’s –Say You Love Me. Very soothing. Mick Hucknall’s voice was great. Just say that you love me…


Simply Red - Say You Love Me

Being one of those grains of sand
I get blown all around the world
And what I make of it
Oh I don't know
What's the meaning of it
Oh I don't know

I've been around so many times
that the world's turning in my mind
What do I think of it
Oh it's so so

What more can you be than the things they say
you've been

Say you love me all around the world
Stay and hug me all around the world
Be yours a boy or be mine a girl
Just say you love me
Just say you love me

I never ever realised
It's so easy to make you cry
But did I break a bit
Oh I hope no
Have you forgot about it
Oh I hope so

But you never ever wonder why
In every single pair of eyes
There is a hunger in it
Or it's soul dies

What more can you be than the things they say
you've been

Say you love me all around the world
Stay and hug me all around the world
Be yours a boy or be mine a girl

Say you love me all around the world
Stay and hug me all around the world
Be yours a boy or be mine a girl
Just say you love me

Come on now darling, say you love me
Oh yeah, please please say you love me
Come on say you love me


and that ended a wonderful weekend.

Risalah Hati

post #132

Been listening to Dewa's songs from their 5th album, Bintang Lima these last few days....still lazy, drowsy, rainy days...

Dewa - Risalah Hati

Hidupku tanpa cintamu
Bagai malam tanpa bintang
Cintaku tanpa sambutmu
Bagai panas tanpa hujan
Jiwaku berbisik lirih
Ku harus milikimu

Reff :
Aku bisa membuatmu jatuh cinta kepadaku
Meski kau tak cinta... kepadaku
Beri sedikit waktu biar cinta datang
Karena telah terbiasa

Simpan mawar yang ku beri
Mungkin wanginya mengilhami
Sudikah dirimu untuk
Kenali aku dulu
Sebelum kau ludahi aku
Sebelum kau robek hatiku
Back to Reff :

Aku bisa membuatmu jatuh cinta kepadaku
Meski kau tak cinta...kau tak cinta
Aku bisa membuatmu jatuh cinta kepadaku
Meski kau tak cinta...kepadaku
Back to Reff :

Hidupku tanpa cintamu
Bagai malam tanpa bintang
Cinta tanpa sambutmu
Bagai panas tanpa hujan


Dewa - Dua Sejoli

Usap air matamu
Yang menetes di pipimu
Ku pastikan semuanya
Akan baik-baik saja

Bila kau terus pandangi
Langit tinggi di angkasa
Tak kan ada habisnya
S'gala hasrat di dunia

Reff :
Hawa tercipta di dunia
Untuk menemani sang Adam
Begitu juga dirimu
Tercipta tuk temani aku

Renungkan sejenak...
Arti hadirku di sini
Jangan pernah ingkari
Dirimu adalah Wanita

* :
Harusnya dirimu menjadi
Perhiasan sangkar maduku
Walaupun kadang diriku
Bertekuk lutut di hadapanmu...
Back to Reff, *, Reff :

Bukalah pintu jiwamu
Dengar bisikan sanubari
Semua adalah isyarat
Isyarat dari Sang Pencipta

December

post # 131

Hmmmm......Learned that telling the truth often brings complication as a consequence. Sometimes it's easier to 'look the other way' and keep it for ourselves. Yeahh, life is about choices and consequences. I made a choice and now I have to face the consequences. It's part of a learning process in life. Well, at least I feel good about being honest.

Weekend was great, playing badminton again after so long. As usual attended the afternoon mass on saturday. Yesterday was my parish bday, so there're tents and lots of decoration. Also had gath w the WG member with special guest star, the founder. I was impressed to know that he's still very young. Just a year older than me. Wow...

And today....another relax day at the office, but I don't have the inspiration to write. I thought about this month. December, the twelfth month, what so special about this month? I checked my email n remembered that yesterday was Pauline's bday. It's been a long time since the last time I heard from her, remembering we didn't really said goodbye whatsoever that time. Today's also Nell's bday...she's 24 now. I wish her more success in life n love. I can never erase her from giacellenira.

I dedicate this song for Nell, for her bday...thanks to her who introduces me to Jay's songs. There's just silence between us.

安靜 | An Jing | Silence

曲/詞: 周杰倫
Qu/Ci: Zhou Jie Lun
Music/Lyrics: Jay Chou


只剩下鋼琴陪我談了一天
Zhi sheng xia gang qin pei wo tan le yi tian
Only the piano accompanies me throughout the day

睡著的大提琴
Shui jiao de da ti qin
The sleeping cello

安靜的舊舊的
An Jing de jiu jiu de
Quiet and so old

我想你已表現的非常明白
Wo xiang ni yi biao xian de fei chang ming bai
I think you've made yourself clear

我懂我也知道
Wo dong wo ye zhi dao
I know and I'm sure

你沒有捨不得
Ni mei you she bu de
You don't regret

你說你也會難過我不相信
Ni shuo ni ye hui nan guo wo bu xiang xin
You say you're upset too, that I don't believe

牽著你陪著 我也只是曾經
Qian zhe ni pei zhe wo ye zhi shi cheng jin
You being with me was in the past

希望他是真的比我還要愛你
Xi wang ta shi zhen de bi wo hai yao ai ni
I hope he loves you more than I do

我才會逼自己離開
wo cai hui bi zi ji li kai
Only then will I bring myself to leave


Chorus
你要我說多難堪
Ni yao wo shuo duo nan kan
You want me to say it, but it is awkward

我根本不想分開
Wo gen ben bu xiang fen kai
I don't even want to break up

為什麼還要我用微笑來帶過
Wei she me hai yao wo yong wei xiao lai dai guo
Why must I depend on a smile to tide me through?

我沒有這種天份
Wo mei you zhe zhong tian fen
I don't have the ability

包容你也接受他
bao rong ni ye jie shou ta
To accept both you and him

不用擔心的太多
Bu yong dan xin de tai duo
Don't worry too much

我會一直好好過
Wo hui yi zhi hao hao guo
I'll still be fine

你已經遠遠離開
Ni yi jin yuan yuan li kai
You've already gone far away

我也會慢慢走開
Wo ye hui man man zou kai
And I will slowly walk away

為什麼我連分開都遷就著你
Wei she me wo lian fen kai dou qian jiu zhe ni
Why is it that I have to accommodate you even when [we] break up?

我真的沒有天份
Wo zhen de mei you tian fen
I really don't have the ability

安靜的沒這麼快
An jing de mei zhe me kuai
Staying silent doesn't come so fast

我會學著放棄你
Wo hui xue zhe fang qi ni
I will learn to give you up

是因為我太愛你
Shi ying wei wo tai ai ni
Because I love you so much



originally written on Dec 4 at 1.13 PM.