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Reading Yahoo News for Thursday, October 23, 2014, I was interested first with the article about Ahok, the Governor of DKI Jakarta. However, what I was interested the most was the first paragraph that describes about “Diwali celebration in India House, Jalan Taman Suropati Nomor 6, Menteng, Jakarta Pusat ”. Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is celebrated by Hindu as the victory of light over darkness and good over evil. They will clean the house the day before Diwali. On Diwali nights, they dress up in new clothes and light up diyas (oil lamp) and join family puja (worship) . They also exchange gifts, eat sweets, and lit the fireworks. It is also the time for family and friends to bond relationship. Although I never come to see it myself, it sounds nice, with the fireworks and sweets. It seems like Christmas Day for me ^^ May this cheer and joy, this merriment and mirth of this divine and blessing festival, may surround you forever … Happy Dipawali ^^

When I am down and, oh, my soul, so weary; When troubles come and my heart burdened be; Then I am still and wait here in the silence, Until you come and sit awhile with me. You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; You raise me up to walk on stormy seas; I am strong when I am on your shoulders; You raise me up to more than I can be. September is a though month … Mount Slamet was rumbling … No rain for the season as no glimpse of hope for me … Events and birthdays came from the beloved people … Trial came with health problem as well … Planning was just plan … Suddenly I remembered of this song and was tearing up listening to the first verse … It’s so much me … BUT don’t count just the bad things … I also have to count all the good things that happen each day … SEE, God gives you more good things than the bad one … That’s how you should give thanks to God even for the smallest thing as you breath … ^^

Malcolm Kelley (born 1992 – actor and singer) & Tony Oller (born 1991 – actor and singer-song writer). MK and TO formed an American duo with their 2 nd single “Classic” released on June, 2013. I found this cool song when I was surfing the comments left on Roommates fan page in kengsub.com … And I just realized that I missed many things in the lyric because I know nothing what it talks about ^^ Far below, you can find pictures of what this song refers to...

I was always thinking that they have similar face ... happy end of June ^^

This MV is from Sara Bareilles, entitled BRAVE ... and at the first time I saw the video, I was tearing up ... possibly because of the scene itself where some people dancing bravely and shamelessly in public place ... something interesting that I was tempted to do but can't ... there was an old man dancing in the gym ... a fat black guy dancing in library ... a guy with long hair dancing in mall ... a woman dancing on sidewalk ... a big black woman dancing in market ... so, are they brave? or shameless? however, I wanna be a part of them ^^

Jeongmal jeongmal jeongmal daebak! It was very very refreshing watching this Korean Drama! Even I just have been watching until episode 11 when I wrote this posting! It’s highly recommended guys ^^ You know what makes it so refreshing?! Because you can watch Song Ji Hyo cursed freely in this drama – even after shooting for Running Man, she can enjoy cursing. Watching her in this drama is just like watching the true Song Ji Hyo in RM. I’m her fan because she is figure of tough, strong woman & capable of many things. Even she is braver than men. That’s why she becomes an Ace in RM. 

This is my favorite comedy scene from The Heirs drama taken from episode 16. It’s when article about Kim Tan as the second child of President Kim as well as the main holder of Jeguk Group was spread on the internet. Even reporters came to Jeguk School to interview other students. Two Yellow reporters appeared before Cha Eun-sang that morning and asked question about Kim Tan. Feeling burdensome, Cha Eun-sang couldn’t move away. Suddenly Choi Young-do and Jo Myung-soo came and saved her. Here is the short dialogue from that scene but in Banyumas language. People called it “bahasa ngapak”, even you can laugh just by hearing it. I’m inspired making this by comedy program “Kartun Banyumasan” which is aired by TVRI station. Reporter: Mbake, ngerti nek Kim Tan mangkat sekolah dina kie ora?

I was watching Running Man episode 126, which was aired as the last episode in 2012, with Choi Ji Woo as the guest star. In this episode, the funny scene is when Kim Jong Kook doing his mission to obtain a star by playing “biscuit game” with Yoo Jae Suk. Biscuit game uses long-stick-chocolate-biscuit and is played by two persons. One bites and the other moves. The goal is to obtain shortest piece of biscuit after both eating them. Besides game, it is also romantic for couple. However, can you imagine if it’s the muscle-Commander who did it with Grasshopper? It’s laugh bursting!  Kim Jong Kook chose Yoo Jae Suk as his partner to do the mission. Tiger, who can’t eat sweet chocolate, chose to bite the biscuit. It means Grasshopper had to approach eating out the chocolate part.

Colin sang this song while playing guitar when he decided to be self-supporting and earned money. He performed it in a public park. Being mesmerized by his soft voice and beautiful guitar performance, people were gathered and threw money. As expected, our four gentlemen came to see the son of their first love. Then there, Colin revealed his purpose coming to Korea. He was looking for his biological father who had to be one of the four. After all, it is uri Lee Jong Hyun who played as Colin. 100% genuine artist ^^

For me, this k-drama delivered a portrait of men’s personality successfully: naughtiness, strength, passion, dream, maturity, way of thinking, romanticism, and stupidity as well.   It exposed life of four men in their forties, who had been friends since high school. 

October 4 th at 4.30 pm I was in McDonalds, Senayan, South Jakarta waiting my travel to pick me up at 5.30 pm for going back to Purbalingga. I was also in Caraka Loka Hall of Foreign Ministry to take exam for government job. Fiuh… tired and disappointed. My score is only 275 from a perfect score of 500 while most of them got 400 and below. Sure I made preparation but they must study much much more than I did. At the very first stage, I told myself that it was my holiday. It’s just to be prepared if I failed. As they always said, I did my part and just leave the rest to God. Only miracle and blessing that can make me pass this exam ^^ 

Last days, when tried to communicate with a Korean supplier, our manager said that it would be unavailable now since it was holidays in Korea. Yes, looking at the Korean calendar, 18 to 20 September are marked red, means it is national holidays. They celebrated Chuseok, it is mid autumn or harvest festival. Some said that it is also like Thanksgiving Day ala Korean. There is also customs for the Korean to return hometown to respect their ancestors. Our manager said it is just like Ied Mubarakh holidays in Indonesia. And the beverage being served that day for the Korean managers is below (I thought it must be the traditional/special food during Chuseok). My manager explained that these all called “tteok”, means cake. 

I’m not going to deliver a sermon but just share what caught me the most on last Sunday’s sermon … It’s not the priest who had speech but one of the Church Assembly. He read texts on papers that were prepared but caught our attention with his loud voice. Even he just read the jokes without having eye contacts with the congregation. However, what he delivered was good and I want to keep it here … The verse taken was from Psalm 73 which talked about struggle and hope: how someone who had done all good things still got pain and bad luck while they who did bad things got all comfort and happiness of life. He gave the analogy of married to picture our relation with God … When you are dating a girl, you will feel that she is everything for you. She is the one who understands and matches you the most. World is beautiful because you have her. You cannot live without her. If you are a twig, she is the rose. If you are a fish, she is the aquarium. If you are sick, she is the...

Ttakji ( 딱지 ) is a Korean traditional game using square-folded-paper aiming to flip your opponent’s ttakji. Men and women, children and adults can play it. I have watched Running Men enough to be curious about this game. It seems simple and easy but … First, of course, you need to make your own ttakji by the following: STEP 1: You can use any kind of paper. Prepare two pieces of square-paper in 21 cm. do the following steps for both paper pieces. Fold it into half forming a rectangle. STEP 2: Fold the top corner down and the opposite’s corner up forming a parallelogram. STEP 3: Again fold the top corner down and the opposite’s corner up forming a square. STEP 4: Put one paper on the other. Fold the triangle-corner inside one by one in anti-clockwise-movement so they hold each other. STEP 5: Slip the last triangle-corner inside so they don’t lose. Mark one side. Tadaa! You have a ttakji now ^^ Let’s challenge a frie...

... Can You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine Just own the night like the 4th of July 'Cause, baby, you're a firework Come on, show 'em what you're worth Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh" As you shoot across the sky-y-y Baby, you're a firework Come on, let your colours burst Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh" You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe Above is a piece of song from Katy Perry “Fireworks”. It mentioned about the shine of fireworks that ignite the light and own the night on the 4 th of July. Yes! 4 th of July is Independence Day in the United States. It is commonly associated with fireworks , parades , barbecues , carnivals , fairs , picnics , concerts , baseball games , family reunions , and political speeches and ceremonies.

Can you find the time to let your lover love you He only wants to show you The things he wants to learn too The hardest parts you’ll get through And in the end you’ll have your best friend Love like this may come once Baby it’s fate Like a soul mate he’s your penguin Baby it’s fate Not luck Can you find the time to let your lover hold you He needs somebody to hold to His love is strong and so true His arrows aiming for you And he’s the one that you were born to love Let go Of time for you And I Love like this is all I want Baby were fate Love like this may come once Babe were fate Like a soul mate your my penguin Baby were fate Baby it’s fate Not luck I was playing “PENGUIN” by Christina Perri. So thirsty of idea to write, I was curious why it titled ‘penguin’. It must be that penguin is a faithful animal that this song compared a soul mate to a penguin. Much less I recalled that penguin is indeed a unique an...

Taare Zameen Par ~ “Like Stars on Earth” (released 21 December 2007) is another movie from Aamir Khan that I adore after Three Idiots and Ghajini . It is really really really a touching and beautiful movie. It tells about an eight-year-old-boy, named Ishaan, who is dyslexic but blessed with excellent painting talent. Taare Zameen Par received numerous awards, including the Filmfare Best Film Award for 2008 and the 2008 National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare . It was India's official entry for the 2009 Academy Awards Best Foreign Film but it failed to progress to the nominations short list.

Have you ever imagined trusting your property or goods or money to many people whom you don’t acknowledge well? It really happens in the factory where I’m working. The stalls where these ladies sell her food and snacks do not have CCTV or hidden camera. They trust their merchandise by believing that we, the buyers, are all honest and do not steal from them. The factory where I’m working is a manufacturer of hairpieces/wig/hair replacement. It starts at 7.20 am until 3.30 pm. In the morning, there are many ladies, who mostly work as ventilators, earn more money by selling foods or snacks. Above picture shows the situation in the morning. They use tables along the corridor to spread out their merchandise. SOFU took the pic at 6.30 am.

On Sunday, April 28, the church committee who delivered a sermon at that time inserted a topic of “Triangular Theory of Love”. That really caught my attention so I also wanted to explore further here. Triangular Theory of Love is developed by a psychologist, Robert Sternberg, which divided three components of love as intimacy, passion, and decision/commitment. Further, the combination of the presence or absence of these three components forms seven kinds of love experience: liking/friendship, infatuated love, empty love, romantic love, companionate love, fatuous love, consummate love. Whereas, the absent of intimacy, passion, and commitment is what-so-called non love. Stenberg believed that all couples in love will experience intimate, passionate, and committed love. Although love quality may exist in non-loving relationship, but Stenberg’s are specific to loving relationship.