i bought another cd from sovereign grace the other day. it's great,
and there's one particular song that i've been listening to again and again, and somehow it stills gives me goosebumps.

the sample song and the lyric is here (Always Forgiven). it's so simple, yet so substantial.

ps. i'm feeling a bit sad.. somehow.

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"hey.. gorgeous!"

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now, i'm off to lunch..

here is a sneak peak at my weekends' schedules this week which i'm rather 'ashamed' of revealing due to the overcrowded plans. the idea is not about being busy. there are times when i'll choose to spend all by myself, a mini retreat of me and my books hopefully (nowadays, caleb will attack anytime he pleases).

today after 4.30 pm, leave the office, head off to the eastern suburbs, and the journey begins.

6 pm having dinner with pemuda who'll turn up to PAP, finishing about 2.5 hours later. being a nomads for the next two days, staying over at friends' places.

sat will start at 7 am for a swim, 9.15 am meeting with glorya for a couple hours of making banana cake (she will drive, off course), 12.30 pm having a bible study with the girls, 3.30 pm visiting the place of a work colleague who just moved to kingsford, 5 pm having pemuda service (will try to drag andrew along, i bet a slim chance of success unless i promise him lobster, which i never will), 7.30 pm having dinner with pemuda peeps. 11 pm finally time to shut my body off.

sun will start at 7 am again getting ready for sunday service, 9.30 am meeting with vera if she can make it, 10.45 am practising for the songs that bible study members will sing while visiting the nursing home in redfern next sat. 1 pm having lunch with anyone who wanna come along, 3.30 pm heading back to the north, ends of a nomads' life.

and in betweens, i'll have a backpack weighing 2.5-3 kg that i'll probably carry around anytime.. (God bless my back!)

ps. i had my chiro yesterday. things're getting better (i hope). it's now going through a maintenance period of one visit per month. apparently, my right leg is a tad shorter than the left one still. the whole body is adjusting..

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stupid alex is a pain in the neck,
alas, he could be a computer programme..

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• i received an email from tri three days ago, mentioning that she would be confirmed next month. she decided that cn-ity is the way to go for her. praise the Lord for keeping her faith in Him! tri also made a slight mention re rose for her courage to do a short-term in mexico. good on you, rose! all in all, may God who works through people be glorified.
• it's not easy to encourage non-cns surround you to consider Christ. some common reasons thrown are 'all religions are just the same', 'i'm not into religious stuffs', 'not now, thanks!', [showing sign of 'death' ones without proper response]. many times i run out of ideas and slip back instead. fishing takes patience and courage.
• despite the great priviledge we have as cns to come to God in prayers, many find it unusual to pray together in small groups. it's a good indicator that the small group prayer time after the service at pemuda works!
• the past two weeks, i have been the recipient of people's generosity on random occasions at workplace. a free lunch, a free voucher, a free prepaid credit for mobile phone - a strange world it is, though some weren't without a reason, i guess. another reason for me to learn to share.

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dude, i'm awake!

i just drank a cup of cappucino, undeliberately. oh no!

i meant to pass it to my brother as i was making it for him. he was stopping by my workplace for an interview this morning. but he was kinda in rush while i was talking to a person. so, not wanting to spoil it, i took it and ..

already, i feel like it's taking control of my brain now to the point that my heart's pumping faster and faster and i'm kinda feeling too 'awake' in a weird way!

but i guess, it's also because these past few days, i was working a wee tat beating your brow harder for a deadline next week (sorry, i am exagerrating!) that my sleep pattern is a bit disrupted, so i don't have to do it on saturday if i don't need to. plus that paint ball tomorrow is rather chickening me out for some reasons. now that i can't cancel it, i'll have to finish things off today. catch 22!

i'm gonna swim it all till it wear off tonight! the caffein.. i really need that sleep tonight for half a day of induced joyful pain (or maybe not so joyful) tomorrow.

ps. i don't drink coffee, the caffein will not put me to sleep for a night or two..

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this thing called family

my sister-in-law is so damn good at cooking!

yet despite, she is humble enough not to admit that everytime we all seem to agree on it. tonight, she's making us noodles (the medan-ish style), and it didn't take me by surprise due to the consistency of the taste so far.

i'm thinking at times that, sooner or later, it won't be easy for me to have to live apart from my siblings (and their spouses). i'm rather spoilt at the moment.

andreas, my brother-in-law, he is sorta of a mr. fixer at home. and besides, he sends me to work everyday. and he plans.

my sister, i thought she is living it, showing what it means to be on your own. without her, it would be too much of a challenge the first time i arrived in sydney.

my brother, he has been growing up a lot! i didn't see him for two years, and these days, he is rather a gentleman, part of it due to his being married. he just treated me like his girl friend as we flied back together to indo for his wedding, paying for the taxi's fare, carrying my heavy luggage, arringing for the tickets at the counter, buying me dinner. i kinda ehem, enjoyed it ;) and he cooks well.

caleb is just so good at making you feel as if you're the most important person ever in the world! he just have that warmest smile to greet me (and other family members) everytime i come home. at times, he would leap in joy!

and me? i'm rather good at enjoying their services (and learning to thank God for them, and a bit of a clean freak at times).

hang on, i might as well revel at the thoughts of the rest of my family overseas.

i remember my eldest brother, he's always been the big brother for me. he showed his concern to mom while i was a teenager for having too many grey hairs! (i know..). everytime i am back to indo, he picks me up from the airport, always takes me to places for meals or else buys me take-aways, sends me to places (and concerns a lot if i insist on taking public transport).

my other sister-in-law, she's hospitable, and readily makes sure that i am not lacking in anything while staying in indo. she's at times chatty at her own class, and is a pleasure to get to know.

mom, she is an all-rounder! she cooks, bakes, sews, cuts her children's hair, looks after dad and everyone.

dad, he's really hard-working, and always gives advices.

i hope to see them in heaven.

ps. i'm afraid i'll be expecting too much from somebody to be a boyfriend later.

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we'll be relocating to another level at workplace. it'll take two weeks to settle things down. in the mean time, things are quite busy again for me. i heard from the fm1032's trivial trivia that a person who sleeps less is usually more organised with things. i'm rather a light sleeper than one who sleeps less. ideally, i'd love to sleep more had i been off a heavier class. it's a chicken and egg one, whether you are able to do more because you sleep less and thus more time, or exactly sleeping less means you're a better organised person. nevertheless, the hiatuses of thought keep me awake each morning.

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• a colleague joined ecomm for once last two weeks. hopefully he will keep on being open in considering cn-ity. he admitted that he wasn't into religion, no time for that at the moment. to him, all religions are the same. another colleague however, was very adamant on the whole thing despite not being at all clueless on cn-ity. however, as he is moving to kingsford, hopefully he can be introduced to some friends over the time. *
• finally, it was split second re-considering, will look forward to equip with my sis-in-law and a couple girl friends from pemuda.
• hatta, mariana and cynthia will be attending evening class next semester.

be praying for them.

* hoping that there may be a few female colleagues to get to know. even though cross-gender is to be avoided, i hope they will only be as far as points of contact.

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