Thesis Proposal Defense

Life goes so fast till I don't realized it's just one step closer before finishing my master study at uni. Yesterday was my thesis proposal defense and I thank God that my examiner and counsellor accepted my thesis topic with corrections. I have to finish it in a month! yeayy! Though many obstacles come, I have to face and overcome it no matter what happen. But, I really thank God for He giving me many good friends and family that will always be there to support and strengthen me. 

Makassar!!

Its holiday time!!

Months ago, my cousin who lives in Makassar, South Sulawesi, contacted my another cousin to come to her place. So, we arranged our flight to go there along together with my 4 cousins and one friend. We arrived on June 14 at 10 pm.  Its been more than 10 years, I'm not visiting that place. Kind of missing, umm..maybe?! Anyway, the first thing we do after arriving was eating Coto Nusantara. Seriously, you should try it when you go there! Its the best soto I have ever tasted!! We went to Losari beach and Trans Studio Makassar afterward. I think the scenery isnt pretty good there but I consider it as the symbol of the city. In the evening, we ate Konro soup and grilled and for dinner. Its so YUMMY!! hahhaa.. We ate like crazy before continuing our trip to Tana Toraja at night. The journey was approximately 8 hours x_x and we continued to the intended destination for another 2 hours to Batutumanga X_X But its worth to wait. Its so beautiful there and many ancient history inside. After that, we went to Londe, the ancient grave of Toraja nobility.

I feel delighted for having opportunity to go to some beautiful places and surrounded with many good friends and family. I feel blessed and happy!! May this trip will give me new spirit and joy to face tomorrow's challenges :D

                                       

                                       

                              

                                       

                                                 

Love yourself

When we like someone or something, we often do not realize that we love them more than ourself. Wake up! You will be respected if you respect yourself. 

Loving yourself means you do things merely for your own goodness first, then you can think about others. Don't expect someone will do goods to you. Instead, just do your best for the sake of your goodness.

An Affirmation Prayer

Life is like a wheel of fortune, sometimes we're on top, and other times we are not only thrown to the bottom but also being trampled to the ground. Sometimes problems come and never seem to come to a full stop. Everything seems to have gone wrong and no damage can be undone. Sleeps are filled with nightmare and at one point, there's no more tears can be shed since crying has been a painless routine. Yet, in the midst of darkness, the word of God guide me and strengthen me. I wouldn't be able to stand my ground if it wasn't for Jesus who leads me out of the river of sorrow. He fulfils all His promises and not once He let go of my hands. He said this won't be easy, but hang on, you'll get there. In the absence of hope, where problems are flooding in and even my head refuses to think clearly, I kneel down and pray

"When the world seemingly starts to despise me, all my problems seem to have no certain end, and the crook rises to stand against me, I can be still and feel peace because I know You're beside me. Tonight as I pray, I might not know where's the finish line and when it'll be over, nevertheless, I know You have a wondrous scheme in the end of the road. A sketch that is so beautiful even an extreme dreamer can't imagine. All this pain and suffering will be worth it. This path You've chosen is not easy, instead it is very hard and many times I feel like losing the fight. But every time I'm about to give in, You whisper and strengthen me, You said that You'll never leave me alone and You'll stay with me until the end. Together God, You and I, let's show these problems who the boss are. Amen."

Adventure

After all things happened to me, I choose to be happy eventually! I want to do things that I never done before.

On last Friday, me and my 14 church mates went to Batu Karas in Pangandaran to explore new exotic place. We arrived in Green Canyon on day one but only four of us, including me, decided to join body rafting. Seriously, I have to break my fear to get through this 5-hours journey with swimming, jumping from precipice, and floating surrounded by very large trees like in Amazon. It was such a great adventure and my team really cooperated to each other as well. But, unfortunately, my body got bruised almost all over the body. Hahaha. And when the last challenge, which is jumping from 5m-height, I bumped against the water because my jumping position was wrong. It was so hurt but I felt satisfy can break my fear. At night, we ate various seafood for dinner at Batu Karas with affordable price but yummy taste! You should try one day :D

On day two, we went to Batu Karas beach and played UFO and banana boat on high waves. I was so scared! Batu Karas is very famous with its waves and literally made me and my friends like crazy on the boat. And again unfortunately happened to me. Haha. My head got smashed with my friend's head when our boat sinked. Err, seriously, I felt like dying for a while. But thank God, everything is all right. We went back to hotel and got ready for Batu Hiu beach. We took some pictures and went home. Our journey took 24 hours-return by car. Tired but we indeed got so much fun!

Campus life

To be honest, I'm not the kind of person that can be easily mingle for the first time we met. I tend to observe the community first, like I did in my post-graduate class. But now, we are so close to each other. We went to Dufan (re: do fun) last month to have some fun after finishing our internship. And yes, we really had fun! :D

Be careful