Tribute and Prayer

Thank You God for the exquisite 2009.

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I remember Your new year present for me at the beginning of the year, strengthened my faith, changed my life, took me to the higher level, a deeper relationship with You.

It's truly a spiritual breakthrough, I thank You.

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I remember in the middle of the year, how You turned my sorrow into joy, my tears into laughter.

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And thru the whole year, You're always here with me. I'm never alone, not even a second. You hold my hand from day to day, more month to month, for year to year.

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And today, in the end of the year, I wanna thank You once again, for everything.

I'm sorry for hurting Your heart for sooo many times this year, and I thank You for always forgiving, and healing.

Change my heart, change me, to be more like You each day, and I can't wait to take the new steps, with Your hand in mine, and with Your heart, to the even better, action-packed, and colourful 2010. Amen.

Thank You Lord :)

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***And early greetings! Haha! Happy nu year dudes and dudettes out there! Great years ahead! God bless all of you abundantly, amen!***

off to bed now - have to leave for Bandung (yay!) early in the morning for new year celebrations!

It was Memorable

Believe it or not it was my first time going inside Gelora Bung Karno.

Ah, a stadium. straight away fell in love with the atmosphere.

But more importantly, we were there to jump and dance praising the King of kings! A P&W session with Hillsong London and a crusade with Rev.Reinhard Bonnke.

We got there really really too early, so we spent some time walking around taking photographs and choosing comfy seats before settling down talking about things. Biasaaa trending topic.

Oh yaaa haha, when we were going up using stairs, we heard someone rehearsing, the voice's sooo soft and calming.. I said to Vena (very excited about Hillsong), "waahh udah kedengeran suara bule! My heart starts melting already,"

"Itu Mike Mohede tau," kata Vena.

Beberapa detik kemudian iya yah. Suaranya Mike. Hahahahahahah ngakakkk seru di tangga. Cape (deh).
The crowd started coming and at 5pm the music started! Yaaay very very very thrilled, we really didn't know there would be quite many celebs there (because in facebook they only mentioned Hillsong London, live in Jakarta). Mike Mohede (lovvveee the voice * Asian Idol : How Could We Fell into the Voting System * Peace*). So blessed by the singers and choirs! I wasn't sure if Rio Febrian was there : too small to see, yes I think it was him. Singing with the Disciples (with Saykoji) was super duper fun!!!!

Another special performance was from Jason, a very talented songwriter, and also blessed by singing dangdut skill hahahahaha, suprising! He also told us about a true story behind the song "Bapa Sentuh Hatiku", about how God healed his friend from the darkest pain and time and how God stopped her hand when she's about to take her own life, came to her, comforted her with His unconditional love.
Thanks God the weather was perfect, no rain, open skies :) the stadium is a great place to worship God.

It was dawn, more people has come, and the bule-bule Hillsong were spotted going into a car that which then brought them to the stage.

The atmosphere was great! We were so ready and excited to start the celebration, to praise the Lord Almighty. We couldn't stop shouting wooo hoooooo!!!!!! The singer led us sing "Ku' Kan Terbang," then the Hillsong crew invaded, "One Way, Jesus!"

Yeahh it was great!!! Really felt the joy of praising God :) I was so happy when they started singing "Take It All" ---my treadmill song! Hahahaha!

Searching the world,

The lost will be found.
in freedom we live,
As one we cry out.
You carried the cross,
You died and rose again,
My God,
I'll only ever give my all.

You sent your Son,
From heaven to earth,
Delivered us all,
It's Eternally heard,
I Searched for Truth
and All I found was you
My God,
I'll only ever give my all.

Chorus:
Jesus, we're living for Your name,
We'll never be ashamed of you
Woah oh oh
Our praise
And all we are today
Take, take, take, it all.
Take, take, take, it all.

Running to the one who heals the blind.
Following the shining light
In Your hands the power to save the world
And my life.

And apparently Sidney Mohede was also on stage singing with them, he led us sing some part of "Shout to the Lord" in Bahasa Indonesia, and we continued the rest in English.

Thanks God for everything!!!!

And this was the opening verse in Rev Bonnke's sermon |a reminder friends, for me and for you| :

Luke 13 : 24

Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to

Let's Draw!

Sport jantung nontonin undian grup World Cup.

Woo-hoo. We're not in THAT group, Italy!

Facts, Discoveries, and Feelings

Wow it's been a long time, too busy burning fats :) And it's December 10th, a month after b'day, and a month before S'pore...And all of the sudden here are the recent and random updates :

• I'm now HAPPILY 21 :) Yesss : exciting*colourful*memorable*fun*young. Aminnn.
  
• Seriously couldn't find Ellen on TV anymore.
  
• Sick of Take Me/Him Out Indonesia, not the host.
  
• Yeah I thought I can live the paperless life, I can't. I always have to do things on papers, always have to have a solid journal. Less Digital, More You. Heheheheeeee.
• Oh after Lasalle, it's also hard to work without scalpel and cutting mat. But there's no way I'd fly them here. Cuihh.
  
• Some people just tweet too often (and not too important), don't they? I'm to lazy to figure out how to list people as Joko Anwar suggested. Oh it's not you, don't worry.
• Admira Pustaka's team was eliminated this week :(
• Oh present TV routines : BIGGEST LOSER ASIA WOOHOO (looking for motivation), Desperate Housewives (end of season 4. pretty up to date for Asia), HP Space (reminds me of the fun-dation year......oh and they did it in my campus!), Mata Najwa*Just Alvin*Kick Andy (Metro TV yeahh!), Insert and E!News (as usual. yayy. now without buffering, tapi gosip lokal lagi kurang seru..), Friends (season ?---it doesn't matter), and yaaay Everybody Loves Raymond's back!!!!!!!!!
• Apparently Fann Wong was from Lasalle too.
  
• Desperately bored with most of the songs in my iPod!!! And it is an essential device for treadmilling, and thanks God, apparently the glider in front of TV (I thought it's very low impact) can burn more than walking in treadmill!!! Yay! Now I can burn more calories without the fear of iPod severe boredom.
• That 'fear' led me to checking Mtv more often as a desperate attempt to find more treadmill songs. Wow. Mtv. I was a big fan in childhood (miss you Sarah Sechan*Nadia Hutagalung*Jamie Aditya*Mtv Land*Mtv Screen*Mtv Most wanted*young Backstreet Boys). And during high school : I forgot there's a channel called Mtv hahaha : just not interested : at all. EXCEPT MTV BUJANG!!! And college : Mtv is back to interesting haha, again, after Lasalle (especially after the last Oasis project), we really pay attention to the video, the album cover, the fashion, the stage, and more..
• Still diligently watching 2009's Xfact0r once a week on YouTube, it's a bit boring since Lucie Jones and Jamie Archer left. Oh bye2 Danyl Johnson :) I kinda like Joe McElderry now, I hope either him or Olly Murs will win. I found Stacey's voice is sometimes shaky and a bit uncontrollable, but yea she's got the x factor, so it's also alright if she wins.
• Still don't know how to watch HIMYM season 5 online.
  
• Centurygate, Centurygate, Centurygate, and last week Manohara and her mom were on Just Alvin I was happpyyy hahahahah finally a break! so. not. pro. them.
  
• Just found out that Ariel Peterpan is now Nazril Ilham toh?
• Thanks God, this flu has miraculously and rapidly gone!
  
• Oh that skirt is Rp 399.000,- not 299. Immediate canceling was done soon after the fact was received by the brain.
• But the (X) S,M,L little grey dress is mine now :) Nduk, I bought it - you must be proud.
  
• Being myself, a night person, I didn't realize it was 1:13 am already. Eyes wide open.
  
• It's Bella Saphira? Why? Why??? I remember the days of bintang Lux..
• I miss KimChi ramen. I know. I know.
• Talking about quality, come on, Twilight? Heard tons of ouch reviews on the book, and the movie is a loud ohh no...!!!!!!!!
• But I watched both Twilight and New Moon, they're fun to see, Edward's romantic, I like Bella's hair, and after New Moon I joined team Jacob! Watch them again? No thanks.
• And they appear on TV like almost all the time. Avoiding them now.
• I missed Juve vs Inter oucchhh (you know, that deep regret of missing an important match) but thanks God we won the derby d'Italia.
• I didn't miss Juve vs Muenchen, 1-4 we're out, but it's okay since God has given us the best :)))))
• Oh and Italy's in the group F for 2010 World Cup. And while anxiously watching the final draw I realized that we're still the reigning champion!
  

Thank God for the Bigmatches!

Arsenal vs Chelsea, continued by Barca vs Madrid. Thank God for the time and the TV :)
My dad is a true soccer fan, loves the games and not the clubs, but I know deep inside he likes Arsenal hehehe and.. ugh.. Milan..

There were updates from Serie A when we're watching the bigmatches. Cagliari - Juve 2-0 WHAAAATTT.. and is it only me or Serie A has become more and more 'invisible' on Indonesian television?

Never mind, I won't bother, for we've gotten the best in the world of soccer. Thank God :)

And, today's the nu watercolour pencils' debut :) Thanks friends for the presents - love them!!
Nu stuff for my bedroom's wall today hehehehe :)

And oh, what I ate for lunch and dinner today were.. quite.. 'familiar' : Garlic udon (so pastamania), crispy chicken (so far east), teh tarik (duh), and chicken rice (DOUBLE DUHS).

Devinite : Naturally a Nite Person

I feel so recharged
I wanna write long stories
I wanna produce artworks
I wanna EAT
But I gotta wake up early tomorrow..

So yaa..

Nduk is Visiting (the Malls of) the Capital..!

PP-GI-PI-EX-TA-PS marathon yaaay sering2 ke Jakarta ya nduk,,

Seeing the kid with her parents made me wonder,.. ndukk jadi orang koq nrimo banget gitu koq bisa yaa.. hahahahahhh!!!

Annnd btw.. I think I got my appetite back, am not as crazy as I usually was when I'm in Indo, but the sudden cravings has started to attack sometimes, esp at night. It means I have to start stocking tons of jellies at home hahahaha.

Or saladddd yaay Indonesia is a very beautiful country where you can have a big portion of delicious salad with your choice of toppings that costs only around 3$.

Midnite craving problem solved.

Soccer : A Green Therapy

After missing bigmatch by bigmatch, today I'm coming back to watching soccer, baby! Thanks God!

Barca VS Inter tonite, it's officially a vacation.

Kimiiii...!

Oh yaaa so it's confirmed that Raikkonen will take a break from F1. So how?

Memories?

One day in Jakarta and I forgot how I lived in Singapore for 4 months

Yes, I FORGOT

I had to take some time to recall what time I usually woke up, about the busses I took, the homeworks, the printing shops, daily routines and routes... wow. But I remember the food and the shoppings hahahahaha.

One day in Jakarta and I'm now so used to it.

Feels like I left this city for a week only. I remember all the details. What I do, what I watch or eat, and where I go. Jakarta looks all the same.

The only differences I've found so far are.. MALL SEBELAH TA UDAH JADIII HEHEHE, there's a crack on the dining room's floor (earthquake), and the TV programmes (of course) have changed, I need to adjust my TV schedule. OH MY LIL BRO IS TALLER THAN ME NOW.

And I couldn't find Ellen.

Today I Woke Up, and Found Myself in Jakarta

it feels WOW.

The Day I Flew Away

As usual, the attempt to sleep a night before going home failed. Didn't know what else to do, I called the taxi and left for airport. Orchard- Changi unexpectedly took less time than Bugis-Changi, I reached the airport around 5.30 am, 15 minutes before check-in time.
The airport was freeeeeeezzzziiiinggg coldddddd. 15 minutes felt so longggg.

I still lost my appetite since assessment, which is good, so I wasn't too upset finding the lounge with the cheesy sausages was being renovatedddd.

Okay I was, a little. It's okayy so there's more room for hokben, I just didn't know what to do then. So I decided to sit there trying to have some sleep (failed. again. not that kinda person), waiting for the gate to be opened.

I was walking towards the gate when I found a new waiting room different from others, the carpet pattern's different, the benches are brown, warm, and nice, and ohhh it's my waiting room!!!

Big clear window, and look what God painted in the sky that early morning..

That's my plane..

That was the first time I fly without even reading the airlines' magazine hahahahaa. Too sleepy. I 'lost my conciousness' for seconds, few times, hahahaha.

God's white soft sculptures (the clouds), with the grand lights (the sunlights) are always breathtaking.

That was one of my longest SG-Jakarta flight, maybe because I didn't read the magazine?

* * * The captain's speaking. Yay* * *

I always choose to sit on the far right side of the plane, because if the weather's nice and the angle's right, I can see the city when approaching the destination. And thank God, I could!

Looking down, smiling happily, "Thank God, that's my Jakarta,"

I Need to Catch an Early Morning Flight Tomorrow

and I'm too excited to sleep now..

On Top of the...uhm, Singapore

Reunion with my DSLR : HOW TO USE THIS MACHINE? hahahahaha....

Seriously, How Can I Sleep

if I'm this excited?

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Changi - the sky - Soekarno Hatta - home - TA - I'll be eating Hokben in less then a week.

Saturday : Depot Surabaya - Soto Madura - Grand Indonesia - Tamani's Chicken Maryland.

Sunday : Church - PS - Padang..

Soccer. TV. Piano. Bedroom. Chocky Sitohang (loh?). DOING CREATIVE THINGS with no deadlines! H.o.l.i.d.a.y

I can't waitttttt!!!

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Stefan Sagmeister, my second fav. graphic designer (after God, of course..), because we share similar design values, point of view, preferences, and personality. I discovered his existence in my foundation year, when I read about him I felt like, "wow.. this is just like me.." and when I read about his thoughts, I wanted to shout, "agreeeee!!!! woo-hoo yeahhh!"

Here are six things I love (from Sagmeister, Inc) :

• Thinking about ideas and content freely – with the deadline far away.
  
• Working without interruption on a single project.
  
• Using a wide variety of tools and techniques.
  
• Traveling to new places.
  
• Working on projects that matter to me.
  
• Having things come back from the printer done well.
  

Agreeee! Woo-hoo yeahh!!

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Thank God for the recess :) I love You :)

Can't Sleep, Too Excited

Jakarta Jakarta Jakarta Jakarta Jakarta I'm cominggg...!!

Sunshine After the Assessment