Showing posts with label Inspiration quote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspiration quote. Show all posts

Monday, 24 August 2020

Gratitude 2020- Blog pakai Bahasa Indonesia ajah.

Post kali ini, pakai Bahasa Indonesia aja. 

Udah lama gak nge-blog pakai Bahasa Indonesia.

Jadi yang baca, harus orang Indo atau Melayu, yang bisa bahasa Indonesia. Slang. 

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Intinya post ini hanya untukku saja. 

Buat me-memori-kan milestone kehidupanku. Biar inget sampai hari tua. 

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Sudah hampir setaon, saya dan doi tinggal bersama, ada yang nyinyir kumpul kebo, ada yang nyinyir beda agama tapi so far kami ok tuh hidup bersama. We get along very well. 

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Setaon ini, selalu suka, gak ada duka. 

Setaon ini, selalu ketawa, gak ada susah.

Setaon ini, selalu bahagia, gak ada kecewa.

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Setaon ini, bahagia aku dibuatnya. Doi memang mengutamakan aku seorang saja. Lebih dari dirinya sendiri. 

Terimakasih telah mencintaiku apa adanya.

Doi kan umurnya cukup jauh. Jadi lebih sayang dan "cincai" sama saya. Banyak banget kekurangan saya, udah bekas cerai, punya past baggage 1, masih mau lagi doi sama saya. 

Padahal saya orangnya keras kepala, susah dikasih tau atau dinasehati, suka naik pitam dan marah2 gak jelas (aka PMS). 

Tapi Doi tuh tau banget, kalau saya lagi marah yah di-diemin, entaran juga reda sendiri. 

Kalau saya lagi bete, yah diajak jalan2 biar seneng. 

Kalau saya lagi bimbang, diajak tukar pikiran, biar pikiranku lebih terbuka dan engak overthinking. 

Terimakasih yah, telah menerimaku apa adanya.

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Dulu, saya ini yang gak pernah masak dan baking, kerjain housechores aja malas2an. Tetapi saya ingin menjadi pasangan yang baik. Jadi saya paksakan untuk mau belajar masak, bake untuk doi. 

Dulu saya ini malas orangnya, berantakan banget. Sukanya lihat bersih2 tapi males kalau disuruh do housechores. Tapi untuk doi, saya mau berbenah rumah, do laundry, sapu dan pel (kan pakai Robot, hahaha), dan rumah bersih dan kinclong saat doi sampai rumah.

Home dan House kan artinya kan rumah tapi ada bedanya sedikit yah. Kalau house itu adalah rumah bangunannya, home itu orangnya. Jadi sudah menjadi tugas saya, sebagai pasangan yang baik untuk menyediakan home untuk kami berdua. 

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Nah gara2 saya lagi sakit maag akut dan harus kerja dari rumah, banyak waktu luang deh. Habis di endoscopy dan colonoscopy dan diberi banyak obat maag sampai minggu depan. Semoga gak ada hal serius ya tolong didoakan semoga saya cepat sembuh. I miss curry and sambal balado :-( 

Nah karena sekarang banyak waktu luang, saya jadi senang banget hobi membanding2kan keadaan dulu sewaktu masih sama mantan yang hantu judi itu sama keadaan saya yang sekarang ini yang bahagia. Jahat sih sebenarnya membanding2kan, tetapi gimana lagi kan saya hanya manusia biasa, udah kristen KTP pula, gak pernah gereja lagi. Gak apa deh hanya untuk count my blessing aja. hahaha. 


Mari dimulai. Mantan bilangnya M yah. Dan pacar baru bilangnya Doi.


1. PAST: Dulu saya pusing soal M 's wellbeing, harus jadi babu gitu bangunin M tiap pagi supaya gak telat ke kantor, kalau dibangunin kena omel, gak dibangunin juga kena omel, kalau M telat ke kantor juga saya yang kena katanya kok telat banguninnya, padahal sama2 kerja kita orang. Beban saya. 

Terus belum lagi pusing juga harus ngurusin baju, handuk, bersihin lantai karena skinnya si M itu shedding, kayak serbuk2 gitu dilantai, belum lagi headscalpnya. Jijik. Yah bukan salah dia sih eczema akut dari kecil, tapi kadang2 tuh pagi udah ribet urusan sendiri (mandi, siap2, make up, etc) mesti harus rempong ngurusin M juga, berasanya tuh saya jadi babysitter. Beban banget saya. 

NOW: Saya dan pacar baru saya (doi) orangnya morning person, jadi gak ada kesulitan bangun pagi. Malah doi yang bangun duluan, siap2. Dan saya bangun 10-15mins setelahnya untuk nyiapin sarapan. Sarapan-pun simple, cuman toast bread, omelette, kopi (or ovaltine maklum saya lagi sakit maag) paling cuman 20mins siapin sarapan. Terus beres2 langsung ke kantor bareng. Kalau lagi bosan sarapan dirumah yah kami sarapan diluar. Commute juga cuman max 30mins dari rumah ke kantor. No beban. 


2. PAST: Dulu saya pusing si M judi. Kalau sudah uncontactable nights berhari2, udah tau deh kemana si M. Setelah akhirnya bisa dicontact lagi, eh, baru pengakuan dia habis dari casino dan kalah $xxx. Bisa sampai berpuluh2 k lho itungannya. Serem banget sampai terkuras habis uang tabungannya, dan ngutang lagi sama bank or temannya. Bukannya tabungan itu makin bertambah untuk masa depan kita (goal: ROM dan beli HDB) malahan negatif terus. Ngutang orang/ bank lagi hadeuh. Bener2 useless banget. 

Sampai waktu2 saya yang harus tanggung semua dating expenses. Dipikir2 lagi bodoh banget saya. Buta cinta kali yah pas waktu itu. Paling bodohnya sewaktu saya secara sukarela swipe credit card of $3k untuk membiayai M judi, sewaktu kami liburan ke Genting. Terus ditahun kedua kami jalan bareng, saya rela pinjam cash advance credit ke UOB sebesar $10k hanya untuk membantu meringankan monthly bank payout-nya si M. Terakhir itu saya ditodong $1k buat dia modal casino, katanya M janji yang terakhir kalinya gamble, setelah itu next month dan seterusnya saya boleh ambil 100% kontrol gajinya. HAHAHAHA buat apa ya, saya tanya? Kalau dia pikir saya mau sama dia karena mau take control gajinya 100% or eyeing his PR status just to get HDB. Salah besar dia. Narcisstic banget kan pola pikirnya. Dikira situ siapa? Prince Kedah yah. LOL 

Tapi yah semuanya udah berlalu dan udah lunas sih. Sudah recover juga financially. Ya weis. Jadi pembelajaran saja. Ikhlas saya. 


NOW: Gak usah pusing deh masalah financial. Wong kami berdua kerja dan mapan kok. Malah saya salute sama doi yang bisa berhemat selama 3tahun demi membeli private property sendiri. Hebat. Jadi sekarang saya punya banyak waktu untuk diri saya sendiri, bisa kasih waktu dan kasih sayang buat Giselle, bisa full perawatan sebulan sekali, dsb. Seneng banget. 


3. PAST: Dulu saya pusing si M main KTV. Kalau engak main sama temannya yang di SG, main sama temennya yang di Malaysia. Dan KTVnya yang hanky panky aka ada cewek escortnya gitu yah. Udah gak bisa minum alkohol gara2 operasi jantung bypass kemarin itu, terus ke KTV ngapain coba? masa nyanyi doang? gak percaya saya. 

Terus saya kasih tau, eh saya gak nyaman lho kan kamu pacar saya dan kita komitmen mau nikah tapi kamunya masih sering ke KTV gitu. Serius kamu cuman nyanyi2 aja? kan diruangan KTV-nya pasti banyak cewek2 escort yang pakaiannya skimpy. Serius kamu bisa tahan engak grepe2 mereka? Masa kamu lebih nyaman melihat cewek escort sexy itu daripada pacarmu sendiri. Sampai stress lho saya kalau ada teman Malaysianya main ke SG, karena awal2nya saya pasti disuruh nemenin mereka makan dan habis itu mereka second round lanjut ke KTV dan of course saya disuruh pulang. Terus kalau saya voice out, langsung di Gas Lighting bilangnya percaya dong sama pacar sendiri, saya-nya yang halusinasi kali atau langsung marah dan uncontactable for few days. Pikir2 lagi manipulatif banget yah si M. 

Sampai trauma saya kalau sudah gak balas text or angkat telpon, pasti pikiran saya jadi gundah, apalagi kalau cicinya cariin M ada di tempat saya atau tidak. Soalnya kalau tidak ke casino, M  pasti ke KTV. Sampai saya posesif banget akhirnya sampai telpon/ text berulang kali, video call cuma untuk tahu dia lagi dimana. Suka cek2 hapenya sampe akhirnya passwordnya diganti. Yah salah saya juga sih mengecek2 kayak detektif gitu, tetapi kalau awalnya saya gak dibohongi dan dibohongi berulang kali, gak mungkin saya jadi se-posesif gitu kan? Gimana caranya build trust tapi selalu dibohongi? Selalu si M bilang harus percaya 100% sama dia tapi dia dan perilakunya yang selalu buat saya gak percaya.

Kebohongan demi kebohongan selalu keluar dari mulutnya kalau lagi kumat judi atau KTV. Dan berulang kali saya termakan rayuannya akhirnya baikan.  Janji untuk tidak judi lagi juga hanya semata kebohongan belaka. Eh beberapa bulan lagi, begitu lagi. Sifat dan kebiasaan jelek memang susah diubah. Selama 3 tahun perjalanan kami, every problem will be hidden under the rug. Kalau saya voice out, langsung di Gas Lighting. Super manipulative nih anak. 


NOW: Sekarang saya dan pacar baru saya adalah pasangan tua yang boring. Jangankan ke KTV, telat pulang malam aja udah panik. Masih diluar diatas jam 10 malam udah ngantuk. Ngantuknya bukan main. Kami habis kerja, dinner bareng, terus langsung pulang. Itupun gak sampai jam 930pm keatas. Mata udah 5watt bok. Belum lagi ritual skincare bisa 1 jam lebih. Makanya no drama deh. 

Wong kami orangnya serius dengan relationship kami. 

Doi orangnya, gak suka main cewek, gak suka mabok2an, gak suka KTV, gak suka judi, gak suka makan manis2, dan gak suka diluar gawe2 gitu.

Doi orangnya, anak rumahan, sukanya wine (classy!), hobinya nabung, dan jangankan judi, masuk ke casino aja gak pernah. Dan bagusnya lagi hobinya gowes, olahraga.

Jadi saya gak suka yang namanya posesif , ini juga semenjak saya kerja dari rumah dan doi ngantor, kami jarang texting selama jam kerja, semua fokus kerja dengan benar selama jam kerja. Terus selesai kerja, langsung pulang.  Repeat. Ini aja saya ada access ke hp doi tapi jarang tuh buka dan cek2, lha ngapain si doi orangnya lurus kok. Vice versa, doi tahu password hp saya dan saya juga gak keberatan dia cek or buka sebab saya bersih kok, saya gak ada hal yang harus disembunyikan juga. Cek yah cek aja. Saya gak takut. 


4. PAST: Terus saya juga kurang sreg sama keluarga M. Beda culture beda bahasa.

Masa Cicinya udah tau adiknya salah (judi, ktv, utang bank) tapi masih membela adiknya daripada saya. Saya yang orang benar, gak judi, gak ktv, bersih financially, tapi kalau saya nasehati adiknya malah gak terima. Terus banyak ikut campur persoalan saya dan si M jadi saya pikir kok berasanya saya pacaran dengan cicinya yah daripada pacaran sama si M. hahaha. Kocak juga sekarang kalau dipikir2 kembali. 

Terus menurut saya, salah cicinya sih sebab si M itu enak banget, semenjak cicinya kawin dan punya HDB sendiri, diberilah satu common room untuk si M . Jadi keenakan dia, gak usah bayar uang listrik dan sewa rumah. Toiletries, groceries, dan dinner pun gratis. Gak ada tanggung jawab sama sekali. Malahan pernah pas kapan si M pengangguran dan cuma depend on Uber's salary, dikasih uang jajan daily/ weekly gitu sama cicinya, udah lupa saya detailnya pokoknya begitu deh. Kayak gitu mah anaknya gak bakalan mandiri deh, jadi useless gitu. Makanya selama pacaran, saya selalu "maaf" menganggap remeh si M karena emang financially dan physically gak mandiri. Saya aja dulu masih seminggu sekali kerumahnya do his laundry. Jadi babu. Sampai sering berantem lho kami, sebab saya gak tahan liat dia sering bangun telat, malas, gak pikir panjang dan berencana jangka panjang, bisanya ngomong aja terus ngiri kalau ada temannya sukses atau lebih daripada dia. Tukang sirik orangnya. Jadi pikir2 lagi kok mau yah saya sama dia!? *roll eyes*

Nah soal bahasa, saya fasih bahasa Inggris, tapi kalau lagi marah bahasa Inggrisnya langsung jago. Saking jagonya gak memilah2 lagi kosakatanya. Yah udah asal buka mulut langsung kata2 vulgar keluar. Terus salahnya saya dan si M dulu kami suka texting, salah banget, harusnya kalau pacaran langsung ngomong face to face dan jangan texting melulu 24/7 apalagi pas lagi jam kerja. Dan jangan coba menyelesaikan masalah via texting or calling. Pasti kan gak keliatan body language and facial expressionnya, jadinya salah paham. Terus emang si M sukanya Manipulatif dan Gas Lighting juga, jadi ada masalah yah ngeles dia, terus saya konfrontasi bukannya solve masalah bersama2 eh malah berantem. Di dia-nya bilang lagi adem ayem kenapa cari masalah, padahal saya gak mau cari masalah, cuma mau ngobrol untuk menyelesaikan masalah. Terus sering banget dia bilang, saya halusinasi, kebanyakan nonton film/ news gak benar. Terus akhirnya last blast, uncontactable lagi. Bukannya menyelesaikan masalah, malah menghilang. Sampai goyah lho iman saya digituin, gila kan...

Terakhir, sehabis konfrontasi pasti ujung2nya dihukum saya, plan for weekend gagal, dia gak bisa dihubungi entah kemana, terus saya akan disalahkan atas apa yang terjadi selama dia menghilang (aka pergi gamble lagi, bilangnya karena berantem terus galau terus masuk casino lagi untuk relieve stress atau mau cepat selesai bayar hutang makanya gamble). 

Dan paling sebelnya, saya suka banget diajak makan siang atau makan malam sama keluarga mereka diluar. Makan malam mulainya jam 830pm keatas. Terus setelah makan, ditodong suruh bayar. Ditodong sama si M sih bukan sama keluarganya. Gila aja mereka keluarga besar bertujuh : Si M , father, cici, suaminya cici, toddler 2, mom in law VS saya sendiri. Sekali makan di Dian Xiao Er atau PuTien bisa habis $200-$300 karena pesennya banyak banget dan saya gak kebagian mesen, cuman makan saja, itupun makan dikit karena sudah terlalu malam dan saya lagi diet, tiba2 bill datang saya langsung disuruh mengeluarkan kartu kredit untuk bayar. Yah pertamanya saya syok, terus menolak, Kedua-tiga kali, berantem besar, sampai2 saya trauma udah gak mau lagi kalau diajak makan. Terus begitu saya voice out gak nyaman diajak makan keluarga besar dan ditodong bayar setelahnya, M bilangnya justru saya harus bayar supaya bisa memberi good impression kepada keluarga mereka kalau saya mampu dan mandiri, it's like wtf? kenapa gak lu aja bayar semua untuk membuktikan kalau lu mampu dan mandiri, saya gak butuh tuh keluar uang banyak hanya untuk mencari muka dan untuk membuktikan sesuatu. Ini mah namanya Robbery in the broad day light. Tingkat tinggi. 

Terus satu lagi, kan kalau kadang cewek stress itu kan suka ngedumel sendiri yah, atau curhat ke pasangan gitu. Yah sebagai pasangan, gak usah kasih pendapat or solusi sih sebenarnya, tinggal pasang kuping aja, nanti setelah selesai ngedumel juga baik sendiri kok, namanya juga cewek. Nah kalau saya sama si M , gak boleh lho curhat sama dia,pasti kena omel. Jadi misal saya curhat uneq2 masalah kantor or apa, terus dia langsung bilang eh gak boleh gitu, kita sebagai orang kristen harus holy dan taat, misalnya. Padahal sendirinya udah ceramah soal kekristenan tetep saja perilakunya tidak mencerminkan kekristenan. Terus akhirnya, yang awalnya saya mau curhat, akhirnya berantem, jadi sepertinya memang dia tidak perduli sama saya dan perasaan saya. Saya harus senantiasa holy dan sempurna didepan dia. Dan di dunia ini cuman dia dan dia saja (narcissistic-red flag). Sampai lama2 saya belajar dari pengalaman saya sendiri dan akhirnya tidak mau curhat lagi sama dia. Ngapain. Ujung2nya bertengkar. 

Yang paling saya takutkan adalah kami bertengkar, jantungnya dia kambuh lagi. Terus saya lagi yang disalahkan. 

Pokoknya sengsara deh.

Serba salah. 

Hidup penuh ketakutan. 

Hidup penuh kekhawatiran. 


NOW: Sekarang saya walaupun sesama Indonesian, tapi beda agama. Tapi so far kami saling memahami dan mengerti satu sama lain. Tenggang rasa. Emang sih kadang2 kangen sama lagu rohani yah sudah saya dengernya pas doi lagi gak ada. Suka nyanyi2 lagunya Maria Shandi juga di kamar mandi tapi gak apa tuh gak pernah marah or tersinggung si doi. Malah hobi kami sekarang nonton Indonesian movie di Netflix. Sama hunting makanan Indonesia dan durian. Terus hobi kami adalah Olahraga di taman sekitar rumah. 

Happiness is not coming from money but it's simply state of mind.

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Yah udahlah sekian dulu, capek ngetiknya. 


Terimakasih udah baca this wordy post ini, uneg2 saya udah selesai, sudah mendingan sekarang.


Tolong didoakan semoga saya cepat move on dari pengalaman buruk saya dan bisa langgeng sama yang baru ini. 


Amin. 



-Debbie- 




Thursday, 21 May 2020

Thanksgiving 2020


It’s been almost 2 months Circuit Breaker implementation in Singapore.

Meaning we have been working from home, takeout food and eat at home, go out only to buy groceries at nearby supermarket. Bake and cook new dishes. Wear mask every time go out of the house. Getting angry when internet down. Lots of Concall and Skype meeting back to back. Taking 15mins power nap in between. Lots of house chores and home organizing stuffs. Homebased facial and hair treatment…And… tons of spare time to do reflection.

Here are one of my reflection points.


  1. Thankful to God for approving my Citizenship in a perfect timing

Let me share with you my testimony.

It started 3 years ago whereby it’s been 12 years that I’m living in Singapore and it’s time for me considering to be Singaporean. Since I have my daughter studying and living here too, why not?
And my ex-bf (that fucking gambler) is also PR and we were planning to build a family and buy HDB/ applying BTO in a cheapest possible way. 
So, in 2016 I applied citizenship and waited for approximately 14 months, just to hear that my application was rejected without any reason. I was so broken heart and scattered into pieces, my plan of getting hitch and buy HDB together is postpone, at least for another year.

So I re-applied online again and booked the interview date on 14 Nov 2018, just a day after my birthday and submitted all the application again.
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Something happened and we broke up terribly.  (basically because of his gamble addict la)
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Literally, I'm telling to myself even if my application successfully approved, I don’t really need it since it doesn’t apply to me anymore. No more plans to buy HDB or applying BTO. How to apply when I’m alone. 
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However, good things come in an unexpected way!

19 November 2019…1 year 5 days…my application was approved!

And 4 March 2020, I’ve taken oath and officially become Singaporean! Yup, took 4 months to get necessary documents legalized, renounced my Indonesian citizenship and taken Singaporean Oath. 

Although now I don’t have intention to buy HDB or apply BTO anymore, I’ll just use the advantage of Singapore passport as it is the second strongest passport in the world.

Now thinking back, I feel glad that my first application was rejected. 

If my first application was approved when I was together with my ex, we would’ve proceeded with getting hitch and start buying HDB on that year. 
End up, he would still be a gambler and finished all of our money, on top of HDB money.
I can foresee that I would be left alone paying out HDB + his debt by myself.

So really BIG THANK to GOD to allow this to happened, to allow the rejection and then granted it in His beautiful timing... Thank God for your protection. Amen. 



  1. Thankful to God, for given me good and understanding partner.
Earlier 2019, I found my new love.

We are like heaven and earth.

Ying and Yang.

Kopi and Susu.

I am chatterbox, extrovert.

He is quiet, shy, introvert.

Totally different personality.

Despite our difference, we are getting along very well. Most importantly, he’s good and treating me like princess. He’s mature mentally and physically, and most importantly he’s healthy, faithful, patient, understanding, and provides for me. He gives me 1000% assurance and emotional support.

Basically, I don’t need to worry about him, because he’s not into gambling, not interested in KTV, not straying with bad friends. I don’t need to worry so much because he is a good and responsible man. 



  1. Thankful to God, for giving me job security, no paycut, and time to learn new things.
Now after I found the right partner and no need to worry about stupid stuffs anymore. I have more time for me and myself.

I started to go gym and classes regularly, start my pampered treatment in monthly basis, start my new fondly passion: cooking and baking. 
Start caring for Giselle again, spend time with her more.
Start caring for my Jakarta family again.
And the biggest blessing is to have our own commute for our convenience. And I’m thankful for that 😊


In conclusion, even now we are stuck at home due to circuit breaker, I am thankful that I’m stuck at home. With him. 

And I'm still counting my gratitude....

Thank God.  


-Debbie- 


Saturday, 9 January 2016

Welcome 2016!

Hi guys,

Long time no see.

OMG! It’s been a good month since my last post.

First, this is me and my new hairstyle. Decided to change new tresses since its new year :-)



The last post was in Nov, If my memory serve me well, it was the time when I was an absolutely nutter, preparing for N3 exam and approaching December which festive months with lots of events and celebration. 

But finally its over and I kinda miss December coz its my favourite month L


So! Let’s recap of what’s happened last month and also in this post I’ll include list of gratitude of 2015 and most important thing, New Year Resolutions of 2016!


Let’s roll on, shall we?



First, 4 Dec, Attended company D&D which I didn’t won the top ten or best costume or anything but win lucky draw Lacie 1TB Porsche design external hardisk which prized $150! and then we did Christmas exchange gift, too!











6 Dec was JLPT N3 test and I can say I did remarkably well during the test. So the results will be on March which I’m so excited about.

Followed by JCS Graduation ceremony @ Raffles hotel. That’s happened on 13 Dec. No idea what’s going on during the speech LOL but I went there just to take my certificate and the score report, as well as take tons of photos with sensei and classmate…



Went to meet EiEi my ex classmate for a quick lunch and exchange Christmas gift. It’s super-duper impromptu. LOL. Thanks sis for the Christmas gift. I do use the hair mask a lots since I colour-bleached my hair next year.





And then this year, I went out to see Christmas illumination @ Orchard together with the GXfit group. Background a bit, it is a church group which focus on fitness activity and I’ve found lots of friends of it. It’s weekly class and since I always go to my office’s gym, might as well I go to their class since it's only few stops away.






Home sweet home my hometown, Jakarta...Eat, play, sleep…like a pig. 

We celebrated Chloe’s 1st birthday and Giselle 8th birthday together at Churreria, Puri Indah Mall. So many people turned up and we chit-chat and taking photos nonstop. I like when Giselle treats Chloe nicely, she’s so gentle and considerate towards baby but still she prefers to play with friends from same age or older. LOL. Its ok. one step at a time.  Btw, I really miss my long hair now :-(





Then I cut my hair at Nobu Salon @ Citywalk mall. It's a Japanese salon and all the hairstylists and customers are Japanese. I felt foreigner in my home country!

The colour turned out to be nice! I like ash blonde and dark brown (2 coloured tone) and it's getting lighter over wash, but the problem is the hairstylist is Japanese and yet he did a lot of layered cut using layered scissors...which make my hair frizzy and unhealthy :-( I spent Rp. 1.9k there which quite cheap actually if you compare it with Japanese salon in Singapore. 







Then back to Singapore on 2 Jan and busy unpacking and stuff. Emo coz holiday is over. hahaha. 

That’s all my December about.


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Now, jump to list of gratitude 2015


  •  I feel gratitude towards my health. Not only God give me pink of health throughout this year, I can exercise twice a week quite flexibly and meet lots of friends who has same interest.
  • I feel gratitude towards my family. Thanks for Chloe in our midst. She’s cute and adorable. I’m blooming miss her already. And Thanks for Giselle in my life, too. Especially when I see Giselle’s sleeping face, all my troubles and worry melts away. (sounds creepy) I feel gratitude towards people at home. They always support and listen to me when in needs, hope we can maintain a good relationship. There’s no way I take this for granted.
  • I feel gratitude towards my job. It enabled me to pay bills, plan for holiday, support my hobbies, and plan for future, too!
  • I feel gratitude towards my study, not only I can finish my CA class and take N3 2X within a year. I also have some spare time to study Jap and learn other things. 
  • Feel gratitude towards church. The facts that God gave me the opportunity to serve as an usher for the past year. I served in Conference, too. Unbelievably, God took away my worry and gave me strength to carry on for the whole 2 days of Conference.
  • I feel gratitude towards my friends. LG is indeed a very strong support system. Well, no one perfect including mine so I think it’ll be good if we can just accept other people’s strength and weakness. It’s all good
  • I feel gratitude finally my braces journey came to an end. I'm officially having nice straight teeth right now and I'm loving it! 

So this year 2016!

Study/ Career:

-        Taking up FA class, which means study harder 3X as usual.
-        Taking up new skills, such as: mastering some advance yoga post or learn how to maximize my Mac or maybe taking guitar lesson!?
-        Try to find a new job, at least find those I can utilize my Jap skill?


Church:

-        Settle down in new LG. God will put me to the right place and right timing.
-        Go venture another possible way to serve God, such as mission trip or kids ministry!? I'm not sure though.


 Spiritual, mind, and body:  
-        Taking fortnight to overseas. Hopefully to rediscover myself again in this journey.
-        Up my exercise routine. Not only jogging, I need to try out any other work out pls! My weight stuck on certain numbers and I need to lose weight!


Relationship:
-        To be able to listen more and speak less. I’m a natural non-sense talker. Remember, Deb you are 29 this year so pls behave like one pls!
-        Maintain good relationship with everybody. Be more open. Which I’m trying! And I’m trying again in 2016
-        Back to basics. Simplicity is good. Less is more.

Oh and the thing that I'd like to continue to grow this year is to have a surrender heart to God. Completely. Surrender doesn't mean I'm weak but it means completely let God take control. It ain't easy coz human is natural control-freak. But one thing for sure, when I follow His plan, all things will fall into the correct place and correct timing. 

As for His plan is good for me, now and forever. Amen. 

Ok I think I covered pretty much of it.  Oh ya last one, I aim to blog more often this year hopefully time permits me to maintain this blog regularly. 

Bye.

-Deb-







Saturday, 3 October 2015

Bible verses in our modern life.

For Christian, Bible is like our bread and butter.

We read bible in our quiet time.

We use bible for cell group’s discussion.

We apply verse in the bible, in our everyday life.

We study bible in bible study.

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The most amazing thing is that, even if the bible was created 2000 years ago, or maybe older than that, but the verses are never too old fashioned to be applied in our modern life. And even if the verse is the same, but people read it and decipher it differently.

For me personally, the more I read bible, the more I feel closer to God, and the more I understand about what God’s plan upon my life.

So friends, when times in needs and you don’t know who to turn to, let’s turn to your bible, open it, read it and be ready to discover the solution of your problem.  J


Let’s jump to the post, shall we?


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  • Negative thoughts: “I feel so ugly, I feel fat and not attractive.”

1 Samuel 16:7:  The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Proverbs 31:30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised”

Who ever feel fat and ugly before? Yes, I do, in fact I ever feel to be the most unattractive women in the world and start to exercise and diet like crazy until one day I found this verse and its open up my eyes. After all, God doesn’t need the prettiest and the sexiest of us. God looks at our hearts. And that’s all that matters.


  • Negative thoughts: “After all, I was born out of wed, my parents don’t love me.”
I’m a mother and I can testify that it’s not easy to carry a child for 9 months. Seriously, pregnancy is A BIG deal. How can A BIG deal is an accident? So there is no such thing as an “accident” and yes! God created you and He has a best plan for you.

Psalm 139: 13-14: For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. I know that full well.


  • Negative thoughts: “Nobody understand me”
Truth is, God understand us from inside out. He even knows my deepest needs and desires.
Facts: Psalm 139: 1-6: You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise, you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue, you, Lord, know it completely. You hem me in behind and before. And you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain



  • Negative thoughts: “Why me, God? Why do I have to go through such a difficult situation?”


Remember that there is a rainbow after rain. When you are in a deep valley, remember that the entire difficult situation will eventually come to pass, and green pastures waiting at the corner of the road.

As per stated in the bible, verse: Ecclesiastes 3: 1. There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

Jeremiah 29: 11. For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 


  • Negative thoughts:” I can’t trust God anymore, I need to depend on myself! 


There’s nothing wrong with being independent but trust God because He has good plan for us. Only good things come out from Him.  

Look at the verse of Jeremiah 17: 7-8: But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”



  • Negative thoughts:” I’m alone and afraid!”
Don’t be afraid. Take refuge in God.  Psalm 18: I love you, Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.


  • Negative thoughts: “I’ve been battling with (disease). God please cure me.”
I don’t have the exact verse for healing, there are many stories about Jesus healing, such as: Matthew 9: 18-34: Jesus heals the blind and the mute. In Luke 8, Jesus healed a woman who has been bleeding for 12 years. And many more healing stories so put faith in Him.


  • Negative thoughts:” I wake up late today, heater broke when I'm about to take a bath, missed the bus, stepped on dog's poo, forget my wallet at home. Why I always be the unlucky one!?”


Ok, the example above might be a bit exxagerating. From what I understand, maybe the door of opportunity closes because God doesn’t want you to go through that? I don't know but what I believe is, when we ask with a sincere heart and it will be given to us :-) 

Matthew 7:7-11 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.  Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?  Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?  If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him?”


  • Negative thoughts:” I’m so tired!”
Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest”
Revelation 21:4 “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”


  • Negative thoughts:” I serve and serve but nobody appreciate me”
We Christian, not only to receive God’s blessing and keep it to our self but we are entitled to steward it, and pass it onto other people surrounds us. After all, action speaks louder than words. There’s no point saying I love God but no action. 

John 12:26 If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Even if I serve and no one thank me.

Even if no one appreciate me.

Even if no one sees me.

But I know that God sees me and my serving heart and that’s all matters.

Ephesians 6:10-13: For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.




  • Negative thoughts:” I’m a barren woman who unable to conceive ”
Hebrew 11: 11: And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise.

Isaiah 54: 1 “Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,”



  • Negative thoughts:” I have committed sin, the damage is done, I don’t deserve second chance  ”
Jesus comes not to judge but to save the lost. 
John 3: 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
And in Psalm 30: 2, Lord God is faithful to help. There’s never been too late.



There’s many more verses that can be applied to our life but I think I’ll stop here.



God’s word has power and it indeed giving us an assurance in times of doubts, to give us confidence in times of needs. Keep your mind focus on Christ alone, He will give you strength to embrace this life.  


Amen.


I hope you enjoy reading this post as much as I enjoy writing it. 


Have a blessed day, everyone.


-Deb-