At Boarding Room

post #377

You come running to the corner cause you know that it’s all for you. I’m the man who can’t be moved…

Heard when I was walking down at the airport. I just arrived and walked to the terminal to check in, then this part of the song welcomed me…hmmmmm…

Now here I am sitting in the boarding room, waiting to get on board. Holiday began…yeahhhh…it had been good three days. Yesterday had project dinner at Sizzler Gadink…I was like....hmmmmmm….my working world and personal world merged…after the dinner I wandered around Gadink Mall…looking for Adidas Adinova. There was this sale but there’s no color that I wanted.

Anyway, my concentration is a bit disrupted at the moment, there’s this football highlights on the tv. So I just gonna end this now. Perhaps I’ll continue in Sydney when I had the spare time (and willingness) to write…

Melbourne….here I come!!!!


originally written on 16 Sept 2009, at around 8 PM

Wuzz Up, Weekend?

post #376

Yeahhhh….it’s one of the best weekend I had. Though I had to work on Saturday morning, but the rest was....awesome (Barney made me using this word again). The working part was not so bad; I gained some knowledge in terms of database performance from basis point of view. Yeahhh....Then after the short working hours, I picked up mom at the hospital, we didn’t get the varicella Zooster Immuno Globulin after all since it’s not available here. Drove mom home then went to pick up Jef, Ed n Dev. We went to have dimsum lunch @Sands. But we made a quick stop first to get the car license after it got renewed.

Arrived @Sands…we ate for about two hours. Boy I was sooo full. We took some pictures, went to Mangga Dua Mall to pick up the mouse I bought @Bhinneka on their midnite sale event. There was this cute shop attendant whose face seemed familiar. It seemed like I had met her before, just couldn’t remember when and where. We went back home after that. The traffic was crazy that day. It was congested almost all the way. Then Ed n Dev told me that they’re going to MOI midnite sale. Impulsively, me and Jef said yes. There was just little time before we’re supposed to go…so I rested for a while. I was drifted to sleep for a while and then woke up when Nana came. She gave the simcard that my sis had sent earlier and also some things for her.

Then the circle start again, I picked up Jef, Ed and Dev. We went to MOI. I went to Centro, looking for some shirts (planned to buy one for Rod as well). Luckily I had Centro friends card which entitled me to get 50% discount for G2000 products. There were some shirts which color I like. I called my sis to confirm what color I should buy for Rod’s. Then I got myself blue and navy shirts (I’m wearing the latter atm). When I was trying the shirts on, I heard Jef talked to someone and when I came out it turned out that he was talking to David.

What a coincidence. David was there too. The band was getting merrier :D We looked around at Centro, there was this Adidas shoes that I had my eyes on. Gonna buy it when there’s a discount, or perhaps when I though it’s reasonable time to do so…hehehehe… We (me and Jef) parted way with David coz he was accompanying his sister and niece. We went around, exchanged our receipt with tickets to be included in the door prize. Unfortunately we didn’t get any. Ed’s bro n wife came when we were waiting for the door prize announcement. Later on we went to Carrefour, Ed n Den shopped while me n Jef ate. After that, we went home…That conclude a nice Saturday.

Woke up on Sunday morning, went to the church to attend the 2nd morning mass with David. The pastor gave a moving sermon, which I decided to write on a separate entry (already did actually, it became a note on my facebook account). David had this thing with his univ friends and a friend of mine invited to a brunch @Soho. I said okay. Then the brunch eventually became a late lunch since we just gathered at around 2 PM. We went to Soho….hung out there till evening. We had a great time, the conversation was just kept on going. The ambience there was good. Again, I also took some pictures there. There’s this song by The Fray that I remembered being played while we had our late lunch. It’s Look After You…a good, mellow song. After that we initially wanted to go to T-Rex after eating dinner, but we ended up going home after it. We also ended up eating at Sumpit instead Pasta de Waraku…well, some other time then I guessed.

Went home and finished watching How I Met Your Mother season 2. The season finale was a bit predictable, but still I like how things were laid out. It’s a great serial…love it! I really like Robin Scherbatsky…

Weekend has passed, Monday was good too…today was also good. Gonna have project dinner this evening…and tomorrow is the D-day...yippieeeee


The Fray – Look After You

If I don't say this now I will surely break
As I'm leaving the one I want to take
Forgive the urgency but hurry up and wait
My heart has started to separate

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
I'll look after you

There now, steady love, so few come and don't go
Will you won't you, be the one I always know
When I'm losing my control, the city spins around
You're the only one who knows, you slow it down

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
I'll look after you
And I'll look after you

If ever there was a doubt
My love she leans into me
This most assuredly counts
She says most assuredly

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
I'll look after you, After you
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh, oh

It's always have and never hold
You've begun to feel like home
What's mine is yours to leave or take
What's mine is yours to make your own

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh [x4]

09-09-09

post #375

What so special about today?

It's 999. It's my colleague's birthday. It's they birthday of a girl I used to be close to. It's one week before my departure. Hmmm... I could think of some other things, but basically I just wanted to write this entry for the sake of 999.

Still watching How I Met Your Mother...love it very much. I dunno, but it seemed God was giving some lessons through that serial....or perhaps I just read between the lines too much...hahahaha...There were some more good lines that I think I'm gonna quote later on.

Well...this short entry should be just a reminder about this day....a day when I still have the time to write an entry during office hour....a day when I reminisced the memories....a day when I exclusively put Peterpan - Menghapus Jejakmu as my FB n YM status....

It's been two year but I still love the song....Well...tonight I'm gonna play futsal....I will play with this spirit....

Engkau bukanlah segalaku, bukan tempat tuk hentikan langkahku...
Usai sudah semua berlalu, biar hujan menghapus jejakmu...

The Man Who Can't Be Moved

post #374


Another great weekend has passed. A bit change of plan on Saturday. I had planned to get Elisha her overdue check up, but since mom wasn’t feeling well, I took her to the doctor instead. So the first half day was spent at the hospital. Then the rest of the day was just slumbering and finishing How I Met Your Mother season 1. It’s a great serial…really…

I used some lines from it as my FB status and comments were pouring like rain…lolzzz. Then took a sneak peek by watching the first episode of the second season. Still good ;) Went to sleep was the closure for the day.

Woke up at almost 8 AM on Sunday, took a bath and when I checked my cell, there were already some missed calls from David. I went to the church and boy…it was very crowded. David already waited and we didn’t get seat inside the church. I was wondering for a while…why???

Then it came to me…the archbishop was visiting our parish and gonna serve the mass. No wonder…Then the mass began. Seeing the archbishop was… *couldn’t find any word atm… there’s this aura…man of God (which perhaps was driven my personal suggestion as well)…I wonder how’d it feel if it’s the pope I saw from such close distance…it’d have been breathtaking…

Anyway, the archbishop gave a very interesting sermon. He made a visitation to mark the start of Holy Bible month. He started his sermon with a little bit of history background. About how in early times the bible was translated to different languages by St. Jerome who was fluent in several languages such as Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic. And then the Second Vatican Council allowed the bible to be translated to various languages. Later he reminded us to be very careful in reading the bible. We shouldn’t confidently interpret the bible because God talked to each and everyone of us through the one and same bible, yet the message we received might be different. The bible touched us uniquely, affected by our own personal experience. He gave an illustration about three catholic who were in an accident. Each person might see the accident differently. The first person might be feeling it’s a wake up call from God, that the person needed to make amends. The second person might be feeling to cherish the life the person has. To be more grateful.

That’s why it is dangerous if we read the bible and said to our fellows, ‘Hey, here’s what bible told us today. Here’s what we need to do.’ Why? Because the part of the bible he/she read and interpreted was reflected on his/hew experience, which was not necessarily apply for others. Hence, other might perceive different things. We shouldn’t debate over this and let the interpretation done by the authority figure, the church that has been through from the beginning. Well, I don’t really remember other details…but it was sure an enlightening sermon. Perhaps I was mellow, but when I was just moved when I heard…”Hanya rahmat dan kasih dari-Mu, yang kumohon menjadi hartaku” It’s just…moving.

Then I went back home, drove my mom to Gadink then waited for my homies to come @Dante. They came at 1PM, we chatted then went to Cempaka Mas..it was very crowded as well there. Everybody seemed to be shopping for the Ied Fitri day. Met Bowo and we ate @Pizza Hut. After that, we went to MOI to watch Carriers. Standard movie with no explanation about how did it start and the end was an open one. Then we went back home and I continued How I Met Your Mother season 2.

Along the way yesterday, Agus played this song that I instantly like…the lyric was like the man who can’t be moved…I thought it’s about a man who made a stand and stood his ground, negatively, as in deciding to let go of something/someone. It turned out to be the opposite. So here it is…a man who cannot be moved.


The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved

Going Back to the corner where I first saw you
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move
Got some words on cardboard, got your picture in my hand
saying, "if you see this girl can you tell her where I am"

Some try to hand me money, they don't understand
I'm not broke I'm just a broken hearted man
I know it makes no sense but what else can I do
How can I move on when I'm still in love with you

#
Cause if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me
and your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I could be
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we meet
And you'll see me waiting for you on the corner of the street
So I'm not moving, I'm not moving

Policeman says, "Son you can't stay here"
I said, "There's someone I'm waiting for If it's a day, a month, a year"
Gotta stand my ground even if it rains or snows
If she changes her mind this is the first place she will go


#
I'm not moving, I'm not moving

People talk about the guy that's waiting on a girl
There are no holes in his shoes but a big hole in his world

Maybe I'll get famous as the man who can't be moved
Maybe you wont mean to but you'll see me on the news
And you'll come running to the corner
Cause you'll know it's just for you
I'm the man who can't be moved
I'm the man who can't be moved


Cause If one day you wake up and find that you're missing me
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I could be
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we meet
Oh you see me waiting for you on the corner of the street

So I'm not moving,
(Cause If one day you wake up and find that you're missing me)
I'm not moving
(And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I could be)
I'm not moving
(Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we meet)
I'm not moving
(Oh you see me waiting for you on the corner of the street)


Going back to the corner where I first saw you
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move


The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved (Official Music Video)

Never Say Never

post #373

You can never say never, while we don't when time and time again....

A friend introduced me to this song and I liked it right away. Like I mentioned earlier in my previous blog....I've been listening to it lately. The mellow melody really suited my default mood...Later out I found out that it was the soundtrack for Transformers 2. Wowww.... :D

There were some random things I wanted to write....It rained quite hard on Sept 1st....perhaps it represented my mood at the time, and also helped in washing away that unnecessary thing. There was earthquakes on Wednesday....but I still did my job as an MC for the office breakfasting event.

Been watching How I Met Your Mother season 1 since Monday....loved it instantly. Though I was late...the timing was kinda aligned with my current condition...I think. Ted Mosby was a 27 year old, single, cute and (wayyyy too much) overthink architect who lived in the Big Apple with his best buddies, Marshall and Barney. Been watching it till episode 12 last nite...I liked Robin....Ted's love interest in the serial....but wasn't the woman he married in the end :D *Made me curious who's the lucky girl....

Attended first friday mass again today after so long. It felt great....I really love my current working location. Anyway...it's 4 Sept now...time went by so fast....days, weeks, months...flew just like that. In the spirit of reminiscing....The Fray - Never Say Never... I'd never say that I never...


The Fray - Never Say Never

Some things we don't talk about
Rather do without
Just hold the smile
Falling in and out of love
Ashamed and proud of
Together all the while

#
You can never say never
While we don't know when
Time and time again
Younger now than we were before

*
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
[x2]

Picture you're the queen of everything
As far as the eye can see
Under your command
I will be your guardian
When all is crumbling
Steady your hands

#, *


We're pulling apart
And coming together again and again
We're growing apart
But we pull it together,
Pull it together, together again

Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
[x4]


The Fray - Never Say Never (Official Music Video)

Ad maiorem Dei gloriam

post #372

For the greater glory of God

Thank You for this achievement, God. Once again, three years in a row...I've made it. It was such some kind of an idea last year....then I became a bit more confident to achieve it. As time went by I always tried my best....with the realization that You would take care the rest. Two days ago I had a bit doubt though...I didn't know for sure if I'd be promoted....I was anxious...I did some reflection. Perhaps God wanted to teach me something....what was it? To accept that I can't have everything that I wanted? Learn to let go? Learn to face disappointment when something that I expected so much didn't come true?

I wanted it badly, esp after hearing the update about non-promoted. But I said to Him in my prayer that I surrendered all my desires to Him, let it be what He wanted to be. I learned to lean on Him fully. Then yesterday came the news....I asked my counselor....and it was a good one...I got promoted....YEAHHHHH!!!! Thank You, God! That was the first thing came in mind. I couldn't have done it without You. I guess this is aligned with Your master plan. Though there are other things that I think I need to learn to let go...but this...you gave me this one, God. Thank You. I'm gonna be a better person...learning everyday....

Grazie Dio...


1Cor 10:31
So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God...