Easter 2010

Happy Easter, everyone!

Our picture

But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.
(Joshua 24:15B)

D-day

Aku sadar banyak hal yang belum kuketahui tentang dirimu.
Tapi aku yakin bahwa Tuhan menciptakanku untukmu.
Masa depan terbentang luas di depan kita.
Yesuslah raja yang memimpin hidup kita.

H-3

... getting closer ...

H-12

Still Counting down ...

H-19

Counting down ...

Timbuktu

Kala gundah menerpa
Kala ragu mendera
Kala diam melanda
Sunyi sepi

Do I really have a choice?
How many people will I let down?
Am I going for a better future?
Aren't I heading for gloomy days?

Mesti pergi ke Timbuktu kali' yah.

Facebook

Facebook ... a social-networking site which popularity has seen its creator being one of the richest man. As popular as it is, facebook is a tool. It does not spare one from having to be polite to others.

Personally, I've never been a big fan of social-networking sites. Tambahan, beberapa waktu terakhir ini, facebook sangat mengganggu saya. Terlalu banyak kejadian yang membuat saya prihatin. Para pengguna yang keblinger, nggak memikirkan resiko, main posting hal-hal yang menurut saya merusak hubungan.

Menyalahkan facebook tentunya bukan pilihan. Bagaimanapun, tanggung jawab terletak pada manusia yang menggunakannya. Teknologi yang digunakan dengan bijaksana tentu dapat memberi manfaat. Sedangkan penggunaan yang tidak bijaksana dapat merusak.

Mari memenfaatkan teknologi dengan bijaksana.

saat ini ...

... sedang belajar mengubah kebutuhan menjadi keinginan dan membiarkan keinginan itu terbang tertiup angin.

Ingin / butuh?

Kadangkala penting untuk mengetahui batas antara 'keinginan' dengan 'kebutuhan'. Orang bilang, pemasaran yang baik kuncinya terletak pada mengubah persepsi konsumen sehingga domain 'kebutuhan' menjadi lebih besar, memindahkan hal-hal dari domain 'keinginan' menjadi 'kebutuhan'.

Saya pikir, hal yang sebaliknya berlaku juga. Mencukupkan diri dengan apa yang ada itu memperbesar domain 'keinginan', meminimalkan domain 'kebutuhan'. Kalau kebutuhan fisik (makanan, istirahat) kan jelas, kalau nggak terpenuhi ya sakitlah ybs. Kalau kebutuhan emosional gimana mengukurnya? Selama ybs blm perlu menghuni RSJ maka dapat dikatakan kebutuhan emosionalnya masih tercukupi? Begitukah? ;-)

be clear minded

Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. [1Pe4:7,NIV]

My Jacob

2002: Lord, please give me a Jacob -- someone who loves me as much as Jacob loved Rachel.

2008: Thank you Lord for giving me a Jacob. :-)

-Rachel de Gijt-

A wonderful love story

Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was lovely in form, and beautiful. Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, "I'll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel."
Laban said, "It's better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay here with me." So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

Kunci

Si pelupa sedang kumat. Berhubung si pelupa ini juga parno, makanya jadi berabe.

Biasanya, kunci lemari kumasukkan ke laci, lalu kunci laci yg kubawa2. Kemarin, laci udah terkunci, aku lihat tas yg untuk mengajar msh di atas meja. Sebelum pulang, tas ini kumasukkan ke dalam lemari, dan lemarinya aku kunci (memang nggak perlu anak kunci). Usut punya usut, ternyata kunci laci itu adanya di dalam tas yg tadi dimasukkan ke lemari!

Maka terjadilah. Kunci lemari ada di laci, dan kunci laci ada di dalam lemari. Baik lemari maupun laci dalam keadaan terkunci. Dooh!

Love

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. [1 Co 13:4-7, NIV]

02.08.2008

02.08.2008 ... finally.

I Stand in Awe

You are beautiful beyond description
Too marvelous for words,
Too wonderful for comprehension,
Like nothing ever seen or heard.

Who can grasp Your infinite wisdom?
Who can fathom the depth of Your love?
You are beautiful beyond description,
Majesty enthroned above.

And I stand, I stand, in awe of You.
I stand, I stand in awe of You.
Holy God, to whom all praise is due,
I stand in awe of You.

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6.7.8 ... 06.07.08 ... nothing happened.

"Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed ..." [Rm 4:18a, NIV]

Holiday mood

This month is the last month of my first year (of working in this institution). That means: from next month on, I can take a leave. Woehoe ... holiday mood is on. :D

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268 ... 020608 ... 02.06.08 ... 2.6.8

Conciseness

Found this line:

Conciseness is an important characteristic of good mathematical exposition.

Shouldn't be a surprise for someone who was titled 'the concluder' :P