December 30th, 2004

Early morning, Jonathan already woke up ...
Of course, he has the agenda ---
open up his birthday presents ...
Then, he decided on his own that ..
since he was born at around 9 am,
so he would open up all the presents after 9 am.
Very clever thought ...
means that he grown up ...


Well ... at 3 pm , I have a small gathering
with my sya forum and a special guest from Singapore
Mt come and meet us ...

Although it was a small gathering,
but it is very nice ...
One of my friend bring her "image Bae Yong Joon"
and all her "hotelier" collection ...
VEry complete and nice collection,
you have there, Iyan ...

Then after that,
I rushed to La Piazza - Klp Gading ...
Have birthday dinner with my brother and his girlfriend.
Waiting for them, Kids enjoy themselves at Timezone ...
I talked for a little bit with Yvonne and her friends ..
while I gave her the vcd of Delon vol 4 n 5.

Going back at the house at around 22.15pm ..
Rushing to open the tv ...
Idol with some artist have an event for Aceh ...

JONATHAN 'S 9TH BIRTHDAY

JONATHAN 'S 9TH BIRTHDAY . Today is Jonathan's 9th birtday .... he is grown up now ... but the more grown up he is, the more headache I get ...hehehe My wish for him ... Hopefully, he gets a bit milder and calmer now ... we get headaches enough looking at his temper lately. I hope and wish The Best and Only the Best for him ... in the next year to come .... He is very excited already ... just looking at soo many presents are under the Xmas tree. This morning, will be the day that he already been waited for long time ... The day to open all his birthday presents ....

Visit to DAD's house

Mom goes to Semarang today to visit my grandma or in other word - mom visiting her mom ...

I bring both kids to my dad's house ...

It's raining almost everyday and every night now a days ...
Going from the house at 11.00 am,
Get there almost at 14.00 ...
hehheehe ... takes soo long ...
it's raining , road is slippery ...
and plus traffic ...

Get there,
we eat together at a Manadonese Restaurant in BIntaro area ...
Food is good ...
and it's pretty cheap too ...
I love Menadonese food ...
Also enjoy 1/3 glass of "es kacang merah" - "Red-bean ice" ??

going back - talk with my dad ...
watching the Tsunami tragedy in tv ...

21.00 I decided to go back home ...
Tired, everybody assleep in the car ...

I was also pretty sleepy while driving ...
It's hard to keep myself awake while driving in the highway ...
But good thing , my "Heaven of Love - ADA Band" and "the Best of ADa Band" with Donnie's sexy, cool and sweet voice keep me company ... I turn it outloud and sing along with him ... At least, it keeps me awake and exciting ...

Got home at 23.00 WIB ... Tired ....

At home, watched again some of the tsunami reports ... Terrible ....

The Tsunami Disasters

Watching for three days now, how the tsunami affect everybody in Aceh ... how the tsunami just suddenly came and swept away everything ....

Oh, My GOD ...
Of course, I don't know what Your Plan is ...
But I know ...
there is something great You already See and Plan
after all this disaster ....

Can't help to feel very depressed looking and watching all this ... can you imagine ... What God gives , He can also take it away within seconds and minutes ...

Hear the babies screaming,
the mommies crying and praying,
the daddies trying to keep the family together,
trying to find survival ....

Almost 30,000 people dead already ...
not considering how many people missing ...
Dead bodies laying around everywhere ...
The number of deaths still can be doubled ...

My Prayer ...
Please keep me and my whole family safe ...
Please remind me always ....
I want to be faithful to You , God ...
Please keep me and family in Your Safe Hand Forever ...
Please take all my worries away ...
I know You Always Take Care of us -- the whole family ....

CHRISTMAS DAY

Christmas Day - Saturday, Dec 25th ...

Wake up early ... we plan to go to pk Rudjito's house , our ex-presdir in the company ... my mom said we wanted to visit him and his family ...

Raining the whole night ... still raining now ...

Back from his house, we decided to stop by at Plaza Senayan to buy some presents for my brother and his girlfriend's ....

CHRISTMAS EVE

Tidak terasa sudah ....
Days go by soo fast that I don't realize it already Dec 24th ... FRIDAY .... and I am still at work ...

Going back from work at 3 o'clock ....
I thought roads already a bit loose ...WRONG ...
it was traffic jam all over the place ....

Almost late arriving at church ...
Good thing, still can get seats at church ...

I just realized that for the past three years, I always spent Christmas at Singapore ... Usually, this time of year, I was following my church Xmas service at Tiberias - Marriot Hotel at orchard Road ...

Soo this year has been very different feeling ...It's not bad at all actually, spending Christmas in Jakarta ...
It just that the aura, atmosphere and the nuansa of the Christmas spirit ... isn't all here ...

Well ... this year has to do some "penghematan" hhmm ... "tightening the belt"?? becoz next year , 2006 my daughter, Natashia, will have to go to Junior High School which usually would cost some money ... so have to spent the money for later on ...

Birthday

December 8th ... hhmm ... someone's 40th birthday ...

Sometimes I wonder if this person still alive now ...
If somehow , there is a chance to meet this person again ..... Will it be good or the opposite ...

Never thought of this day before for such a long period of time ... But the thought just pop into my mind ....

Probably, I just want to say "for what it's worth , everything happened for a reason and according to His Plan."