Cerita Bagio dan Susana

Claket, our future hope..

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How are you Friends..................?

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Long time I did not update this blog, not because that I lazy or no time..... but few months back, everytime I tried to update, the system told me that I could not upload any pictures.

Today, just try my luck............ and it works..............

Meanwhile, almost this 1 year I active @ Facebook......... find me there to see the latest pictures of our activities and visitors..........

Miss you all...........

Just for Fun... Baby Dancing Billy Jean...

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Just received the following link from a friend and I like it very much....... Will like to share with you.. Click here Billy Jean by MJ, dancing by Babies..

Have a wonderful day...........

Just for Fun... Be My Valentine....

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Wanted to know our date on Valentine day??

Click here: Our Valentine's Date

If you laugh, just give us a comment, please..................!

Just for fun... and make one for yourself.

Kenapa Facebook anda ke blokir??

2009-06-15T11:38:00.001+08:00

Facebook anda keblokir? - Inilah penyebabnya !!

Memiliki banyak teman di Facebook tentunya sangat menyenangkan. Namun, ternyata jangan dulu Anda mengira dapat berbuat sesukanya. Ada aturan-aturan yang bisa membuat Anda harus kehilangan teman-teman di Facebook karena profil Anda diblokir atau disuspend.

Agar ini tidak terjadi, ada baiknya mengetahui faktor apa saja yang membuat profil Facebook Anda diblokir.

1. Nama Palsu.
Sebaiknya gunakan nama asli saja. Selain orang akan mudah menemukan Anda, juga tidak akan ada yang komplain ke Facebook bila mungkin saja nama palsu yang Anda gunakan ternyata melanggar hak cipta.

2. Jangan terlalu banyak posting di wall.
Memposting terlalu banyak kata-kata yang sama di wall, bisa itu di wall sendiri, orang lain atau wall grup, ternyata bisa membuat profil Anda diblokir.

3. Copy Paste.
Anda tentunya ingin serba cepat melakukan sesuatu. Namun di Facebook jangan terlalu sering melakukan copy-paste, misalnya untuk membalas pesan, menulis di wall dengan kata-kata yang sama persis. Nantinya Anda bisa dianggap melakukan spam. Inipun jelas akan membuat Facebook Anda diblokir.

4. Poke.
Terlalu banyak mencolek (Poke) teman di Facebook juga akan membuat Anda diblokir. Jadi biasa-biasa saja jangan terlalu memperlihatkan perhatian kita yang malah bisa membuat Anda harus kehilangan teman di Facebook.

5. Batasi Teman.
Anda tentu mengira di Facebook bisa memasukan teman sebanyak-banyaknya. Ini salah besar. Katanya, Facebook hanya membatasi sampai 5.000 orang saja. Bila lebih dari itu, maka bersiap-siaplah say goodby to Facebook.

6. Batasi bergabung dengan grup.
Sama seperti daftar teman, jumlah grup yang Anda masuki pun ada batasnya. Anda hanya diperbolehkan bergabung dengan sekitar 200 grup saja.

7. Terakhir yang paling fatal adalah menulis hal-hal yang berbau rasis, fitnah, penghinaan. Facebook akan mengetahui anggotanya yang mempergunakan Facebook untuk menyebarkan sikap permusuhan maupun prilaku negatif lainnya. Jadi, jangan sampai tadinya hanya bercanda, bisa berakibat fatal Facebook Anda diblokir dan mungkin bisa berurusan dengan pihak berwajib.

Fantasy Pictures

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Port Dickson, 23-25 May 2009

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Saturday, 23 May 2009

From Malacca, we drove to Port Dickson by coastal road about 1 hour drive.

After checked in Palm Springs Resort and rest a while, we went to Port Dickson town for some shopping.

Along the way, we stopped by at Telok Kemang beach and pasar malam. After dinner just back to resort and relax. Nothing much to do.

Sunday, 24 May 2009

After breakfast along jalan Pantai for wonton noodle, we went to Seremban to joint the church meeting there. After that we went to shopping @ S2 mall and stopped by to buy the famouse Seremban Siew Pau...

Back to Port Dickson and went to Lighthouse [Rumah Api in Malay] @ Tanjung_Tuan aka Cape Rachardo. The road to lighthouse is closed at 7km. You can drive up or take a walk about 30 minutes up and up the hill. Then waiting for sunset @ Telok Kemang beach. Nice scenery......... to see how the sun back to the place where it come from. Dinner 'Ayam Panggang Cowboy'.. nice food. The service very fast and the taste is acceptable.

Monday, 25 May 2009

After breakfast of Roti Prata, we straight go to Malacca again...

Malacca - Port Dickson Trip, 23-25 May 2009 - Part I

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Saturday, 23 May 2009
We left early in the morning, at 5.30AM by Woodland causeway to Malacca.
After stopped for light breakfast, we reached Malacca around 9AM. Met by Br. Harry Bateman, Sis. Daisy Liew and Sis. Chee, we went for Taiwanese Beef Noodle. Nice but a bit to salty for me.
Then, they brought us to Stadhuys area, where we can find many museums nearby and the famous Red Christ Church, built by Dutch on 17th Century, the Clock Tower and Fountain built by British on 19th Century.
After tried the nice ice chendol (@ RM1.70 per bowl), we continued to walk along the Jonker Street. This area is famouse for the peranakan/Baba-Nyonya things.
A lots of shops selling of antique, souveniers and peranakan goods, or you can just walk along the streets..

For lunch, we tried the original Hainanese Chicken Rice Ball. The rice is served in the form of ball, as big as ping-pong ball. For 7 of us, we spend about RM46.00.

Then we proceed direct to Port Dickson by coastal road............ and stayed for 2 nights. The story about Port Dickson is on the other posting.

Continued with Malacca.

Monday, 25 May 2009
About 8AM after breakfast @ Port Dickson, we drove back to Malacca and went straight at Br. Harry's house. Then we went to downtown of Malacca to try the fishball noodle.
After that we went to the Ship Museum about the ancient ship of Portugese,Flor De La Mar Ship Museum, the Navy of Malaysia and some history of Malacca.
Then we went to climb the hill to the St. Paul's ruin and went down to Fort Santiago/Porta De Santiago (A'Famosa). More pictures can be seen from here.
Then we went for lunch, this time we tried peranakan foods @ Little Makko. The price is reasonable and the foods are nice, except for the Asam Pedas fish...
After rest for 1 hour, at 4PM we drove back to Singapore. We reached Singapore about 7PM.

Nice trip and we are looking forward to go Malacca again........
Thanks to Br. Harry Bateman, Sis. Daisy Liew, and others saints from Malacca church..

Original but Fake..........

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This picture is a combination of 2 pictures.....
Seems like I took picture among the Tulips' trees.....

Any comment for this?

*Tulips.............? Wish one day can go to the place where I can bury myself in the flowers bank!*

Friends...........

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9 May 2009
We met Tony @ Intercontinental Hotel (Bugis).

12 May 2009
I brought my boss' visitors from Melbourne went for shopping @ Raffles City and then massage @ Chinatown.

Let them try the MRT and then we had Japanese Food for our lunch @ Sushi Tei, Raffles City.

16 May 2009

Amy from Johor came to Singapore and thanks to May of Seika that we had our lunch together at

Shokudo .

Happy Birthday, Selamat Ulang Tahun

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5 May 2009
Agnes, selamat ulang tahun yang ke 20 ya..
Semoga semua yang dicinta dan cita-citakan bisa tercapai.

6 May 2009
Juan, tak terasa udah 10 tahun umurmu...
Cepat besar dan jadi orang yang berguna untuk Tuhan, orang tua, dan keluarga.

8 May 2009
Good friend's birthday................. may all your wish will come true.

Love you all.

Melbourne Trip

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Jum'at, 24 April 2009

By EK I flew to Melbourne for business trip and short trip.

I went there with Amy and Hennah.

Staying at Hoppers Crossing.

Saturday, 25 April 2009 was a public holiday here, Anzac day celebration.

Most of the shops were closed until 1PM. We had our lunch at Mekong Vietnamese restaurant.

Evening we went to Plume HighPoint for seafood dinner.

Sunday, 26 April 2009

We went to Queen Victoria Market for shopping. After that went to have lunch at Malaya Inn, Dancoster. Continue with our own shopping add DFO (Direct Factory Outlet). Quite a good bargain for branded goods, if you opt for branded. We took train back to Hoppers Crossing and we had dinner at Sushi 8, Geelong.

Monday, 27 April 2009

We took train to Melbourne Central to meet our friends, Marian de Souza and for Hannah to shop at Billabong. We took brunch dim sum @ Chinatown, then went to Marian's house @ Carlton. We stopped for Italian ice cream/Gelato despite the cool weather.

With Tony Cho we went to his house and taken our dinner @ Ampang Tofu, Doncaster. He sent us home to Hoppers Crossing.

Tuesday, 28 April 2009

Early in the morning, Amy and I went to Footscray Flowers Market to see the market with their activity. And we accrossed to the fruits/vegetables market for some fruits shopping. I did try the fig fruit for the first time. The seller were Malaysian, and so happy to see us and called the friends to take photo together.. :)

After market, I started to work in the office. Amy & Hannah went for last minute shopping. They flew back to Singapore/Johor in the evening.

29 April - 2 May 2009

Nothing special... I just works in the office to help my lady boss who is the late stage of her pregnancy..

Sunday, 3 May 2009

In the morning we went to the market @ Footscray. Then late afternoon we went to Weribee Mansion Park which is Sofitel Hotel now. Just for photo taking as the garden just started being planted for the coming seasons.

Waiting for another 4 days before I going back to Singapore.

Visitors during February-March 2009

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February - March 2009
We had many visitors from overseas..... so glad to have so many friends come to visit us.

Ru Siu and her mum from Surabaya.
Ru Siu is my close friend since secondary school. We brought them to Esplanade Park, Civic District Area, and No Signboard Seafood @ East Coast.

Lan Jie from Brunei came to Singapore to apply her Canada visa. She stayed with us for 2 nights..

Haryani and his brother came to Singapore for medical check up and stayed with us. Haryani is our U's friend from Madiun.
We went Batam to visit some friends there and met with Gendut/Ida our class friends during our University days...

Guntur and his family, came to Singapore for holiday. We met at Vivo City for dinner with May Leong.

Some friends are coming this April 2009..... Looking forward to meet up with them.

Me on Magazine cover?

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Hehehe... just for fun.....

Create Magazine Covers with your own picture at MagMyPic.com

Reminder... Peringatan...

2009-03-04T12:56:00.004+08:00

Laporan wartawan Astrid Isnawatihttp://megapolitan.

Berselancar di dunia maya seperti Facebook, ada rambu-rambu yang harus dipatuhi. Terutama yang menyangkut privasi. Kalau tidak hati-hati, risikonya cukup besar. Bukannya kesenangan yang didapat, justru harta melayang.

Fenomena Facebook alias FB semakin tak terbendung. Tak heran jika FB dinobatkan sebagai situs pertemanan paling diminati di seantero dunia. Dan, seperti dua sisi berlawanan dari koin, di samping menguntungkan,FB pun mempunyai sisi "buruk". Fitur sederhana seperti status dan foto yang dilengkapi tag yang digemari jutaan pengguna Facebook, ternyata berbahaya jika digunakan secara sembrono. Pasalnya, FB memungkinkan teman (mutual friends) mengetahui detail pribadi penggunanya. Bayangkan saja, cukup dengan meng-update status atau mengubah status hubungan dengan pasangan, secara otomatis semua teman mendapatkan notification (pemberitahuan).

Foto-foto yang diunggah lalu di-tag sembarangan dan diset, bisa dilihat siapa pun yang memiliki jaringan pertemanan, juga tak kalah bahaya, lho.

"Di dunia maya, pencitraan diri dicerminkan lewat apa yang di-posting oleh Anda atau orang lain. Jadi, hati-hati dalam memilih foto untuk di-posting" ucap Donny BU, Senior Researcher ICT (Internet and Communication Technology) Watch.

Intinya, kata Doni, jangan sembarangan menyebar data pribadi, mengubah status, menambah teman yang sama sekali asing, atau mengunggah foto didunia maya secara membabi-buta. Di Inggris, contohnya, suami membunuh istrinya karena sang istri mengubah status pernikahan mereka di FB, dari menikah menjadi lajang. Sang suami pun naik pitam dan gelap mata. Menyeramkan, bukan?

Kado Puluhan Juta.

Tak hanya di luar negeri, peristiwa buruk menyangkut salah guna FB juga terjadi di sekeliling kita. Salah satunya menimpa Vira (bukan nama sebenarnya), perempuan berusia 30-an dengan jenjang karier eksekutif di perusahaannya. Sama seperti pengguna FB di berbagai tempat, Vira juga keranjingan. Tiada hari tanpa memperbarui perkembangan terbaru dari akaun pribadi dan tak lupa menjelajahi satu per satu kabar teman-temannya di FB. Suatu hari, dalam boks friend requests, sebuah nama dan foto asing muncul, meminta agar Vira menerima ajakannya untuk berteman. Vira melihat profilnya dan ternyata pria ini berasal dari Turki. Karena tidak memiliki mutual friends, dipastikan dia menggunakan panduan advanced search sampai menemukan akaun Vira, sebuah upaya yang menunjukkan ada usaha lebih dari pria itu. Paras rupawan sang calon teman sedikit banyak membuat hati Vira melunak dan ikon Confirm tanpa ragu, ia klik. Alhasil, resmilah pertemanan mereka. Setelahnya, mereka rajin bertegur sapa di wall untuk menjembatani jauhnya jarak dan perbedaan waktu. Karena si lelaki sangat perhatian dan mengaku punya pekerjaan tetap, Vira mengiyakan ajakan berpacaran. Tak lama kemudian, sang Arjuna datang ke Indonesia. Ia bersikap amat santun dan supel. Dalam sekejap, keluarga besar Vira bisa dekat dengannya. "Dia rajin sekali mendekati keluarga saya", kenang Vira. Ini adalah faktor yang mengakibatkan Vira menaruh kepercayaan besar kepada sang pacar. Belum lagi, pria Turki ini sangat royal secara materi, "Waktu saya lihat dan menyukai sebuah cincin, dia langsung membelikannya, " ujar Vira. Bahkan, saat Vira berulang tahun, dia mentransfer uang puluhan juta ke rekening Vira sebagai hadiah.

Ajak Nikah Berujung Amarah

Singkat cerita, mereka memutuskan untuk menikah. Tiba-tiba, Vira teringat sesuatu, "Kalau saya dinikahi dia, berarti saya harus ikut ke Turki dan meninggalkan semua yang saya miliki di sini." Mendadak, hati Vira menjadi kurang sreg. "Apa benar dia suka dengan saya?" pikirVira. Tak ingin menyesal, Vira lalu memutuskan hubungan mereka secara baik-baik. Reaksi tak terduga muncul dari negeri seberang. Sang pacar marah tak karuan, sampai mengancam dan meneror tiada henti. Diburu amarah, lelaki itu mendatangi Vira ke Indonesia dan mengajaknya bertemu di hotel. Ancamannya tidak main-main, Vira harus mengembalikan semua pemberiannya yang bernilai ratusan juta rupiah, "Dia ingat detailnya, karena semua tercatat dengan baik di pembukuannya. " Kontan, Vira ketakutan. Bahkan, ketika teman-temannya menyuruhnya melapor kepolisi, dia menolak. "Saya malu dan takut," begitu alasan Vira. Alhasil, Vira pontang-panting mencari dana agar "utangnya" lunas. "Tabungan saya sampai habis, akhirnya terpaksa meminjam sana-sini", keluh Vira. Masalah belum usai, karena hingga sekarang Vira masih berutang kepada teman dan keluarganya. "Sungguh melelahkan," keluhnya. Kapokkah Vira main FB? "Enggak! Saya hanya lebih selektif memilih teman. Interaksi di FB hanya dengan teman-teman yang benar-benar dekat," tandasnya.

Kasus Vira, kata Doni, sebetulnya tak akan terjadi jika saja Vira tidak asal menerima undangan berteman. Apalagi kalau hanya untuk menambah jumlah teman. "Lihat dulu, berapa banyak mutual friends. Semakin sedikit, berarti tidak banyak teman yang mengenalnya. Ini berarti risikonya lebih besar. Tidak perlu sampai ribuan teman, karena wajarnya, setiap akaun FB memiliki 120 teman." *

Sekedar intermezzo:

Hati2 kalo masang foto di internet... bisa2 malu sendiri kayak yang di foto ini.... Cari tahu sendiri deh.. apa yang salah di foto ini. Test mata!

Ada yang tahu, apa masalahnya???

Business Trip, 20-22 Feb 09

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Friday, 20 Feb 2009 - Sunday, 22 Feb 2009

By Value Air with my boss, I went to Jakarta and then direct proceed to Sukabumi to visit our suppliers' farms.

At Sukabumi, we stayed at Hotel Taman Sari, quite old but nice hotel.

Saturday night, after finished meeting with the suppliers, my cousin Tintin/Tony sent me to another cousin's house at Bekasi.

Sunday morning I went to Bagio's bro house and in the afternoon met with Agatha/Didi before went to airport sent by Tri/Rahma to fly back to Singapore. Bagio was waiting for me at the airport.. Tks, dear!

Just for Intermezzo

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Click on the picture above to enlarge it and enjoy the challenge …. !

There are more than 100 world known personalities on this painting.

If you can name a minimum of 25, you may consider yourself a cultivated person, good luck.

Let me know your results, so I will know how knowledgable you are!

Just out for a walk

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Wednesday, 18 Feb 2009

Faith called us that they have one young korean guest, Hayong, who is staying with them. They wanted to bring him for a night walk, and since both of us were free, so................ let's go!!

We brought him to Esplanade, Merlion Park and Cavenagh Bridge. Then we went to Bukit Timah for supper. We orderd Sate (mutton, chicken, beef), tissue prata, pataya, dan murtabak mutton. The drinks were: ice soursop (a bit sour but very refreshing), ice olive, redbean milk shake .. all very nice to try!

Believe it or not, this Indian eating place is just at the small lane, but the waitress using wireless HP 212 to take your orders. And when you want to pay, they just keyed-in yr table number and the bill will be printed out. Is really amazing for consider not even a restaurant and without aircond place.

These pictures all were taken using pocket camera, so please bear with the quality........

Principle

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Just a small intermezzo ...

One night few of us were gathering around the dining table.
We just chit-chat and suddenly someone said that I good to be a principle. I can be very strict with the children....

So, I told them if I were the principle, I will do the following:
1. Staff meeting once a year....... at the beginning of the year.
2. The agenda of the meeting to remind every staff about the 2 rules.
3. The rules are:
- Rules number 1: The principle always right
= Rules number 2: If the principle make any mistake, please refer to rule number 1.

Agreed???

Are we children??? Trip to the Singapore Zoo

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Sunday, 15 Feb 09

I claimed from the credit card point one free ticket to enter Singapore Zoo...

Actually we have been to the Zoo for many times, but again this time we wanted to go there again. The main reason was for Bagio to practice his skill in taking the photo.

After church meeting, I told one of my friend that we were going to the Zoo.. and she just burst her laugh when she heard this and said "I thought ZOO is only for kids?" Ha?????

But when we arrived at the Zoo, believe it or not, so many adults (without kid) also there... So her comment was wrong............ Anyway, we did enjoy the day... the weather just nice for us to walk and we were walking for more than 4 hours..........

Some pictures that we took yesterday... click Jurong Bird Park & Zoo .

Visit of Tri/Rahma, 7-10 Feb 09

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Saturday, 7 Feb 09

Morning I went to airport to fetch Bagio's brother & sis-in-law, Trijosono & Rahma.

From airport, since still early to go for shopping, we just stopped and sat at East Coast Park. Then we went to Funan Centre while waiting for Bagio to arrive. After we got what they need to buy, we went for another shopping at IMM until about 5pm, then went home.

Sunday, 8 Feb 09

We dropped them at Water Loo before we went to church. After church's meeting, we fetched them and we went for lunch at the nearby place. From them we went to Botanic Garden and National Orchid Garden. And then we went to Esplanade and Merlion Park for sightseeing. We had dinner "Just Noodle" @ Suntec City. Free flow of drinks and ice cream...!!!!

Monday, 9 Feb 09

I dropped them at Raffles Place for their business meeting. Then I met with my ex boss and May Leong for lunch. After that we went to Sentosa just let them know what is Sentosa like... Night time just stay at home after dinner at Chicken Wing @ Commenwealth.

Tuesday, 10 Feb 09

Bagio took leave to accompany them. They went to Jurong Bird Park until afternoon and then fetched me from the office and we went straight to airport as they went back to Jakarta today.

Bagio was very happy that finally his brother could visit him.... I also happy for him!

Sentosa Flower Show 2009

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Just want to share with you all, the pictures of flowers that taken during flower show @ Sentosa.

All pictures taken by Bagio using Nikon D50....

Best Friend Wedding

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Saturday 7 February, 2009

One of my best friend is getting married today.......... at Guatemala, South America.

Though we can not go there to attend their wedding, but from a far we pray and blessing the new couple to have a blessing marriage life.

Hennes & Lorena,

Congratulations!!!

Note: Picture is taken from Facebook!

Chinese New Year Holidays.... 24-27 Jan 2009

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Long wiken in Singapore for the celebration of Chinese New Year Celebration.

Saturday, 24 Jan 2009

With Jimmy & Joanie, we went to Sentosa to see the Flower Show.. but somehow, this year the exhibition not as good as the years before... Many of the flowers were still in its buds, not yet blooming and also the variety not that much. Maybe because they cut the budget due to the recent economy condition. (For example: compare from the pictures here, the bigger picture is 2009 and the smaller one was taken 2008). Just managed to snatched some pictures..

From there, we went to Pasir Panjang Hawker Centre for dinner, and then to Chinatown to joint the crowds and feel the atmosphere of Chinese New Year......

Sunday, 25 Jan 2009

We went to Duncanc/Faith's house for reunion dinner with Faith's brother/sisters. Thanks for the invitation..... the food is very delicious......... All prepared by them.

Monday, 26 Jan 2009

In the morning we went to HortPark for photo session.......... I meant for Bagio to practice his skill in photography.

We went to Seah Imm for lunch and shocked when we saw the queue of those who wanted to go to Sentosa by bus.......... wow........ !!!! I believed that they have to queue more than 2 hours just to hop into the bus... This happened last year too. Maybe because many of those foreign workers were on holiday and they took the opportunity to relax and gathering at Sentosa by paying $3.00 for whole day........!

Dinner together @ Robert/Grace's house.

Tuesday, 27 Jan 2009

Since we have no other program (actually we wanted to go to Zoo by using the voucher that I collected by exchanged credit card points, but the T&C said that the voucher can not be used during CNY's periods..), soooooooo we changed the direction and went to Sentosa (again!) for another photo session and relax by the beach...............

All the photo can be enjoyed here........

Chinese New Year Holidays

Happy Chinese New Year

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Best Graphics - MySpace/Hi5/Friendster

Happy Birthday, Bagio!

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Friends18.com Happy Birthday Comments

My Dear Bagio,
May all of your wish will come true.
God bless always.

Love u always.

18 January 2009

Happy Birthday, my sis..Shirley

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1 January 2009

Another year has added into your age..

Make you a very special sister to me,
beloved wife to Hady,
most caring mother to Julianto & Theo,
wonderful friends to those around you.

I just wish you,

May God the Almighty bring you to the full happiness and blessing with your family.

I love you, sis.....
susana & bagio

Last Day of 2008

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31 December 2008

Was our very busy day.....

Early in the morning must prepared potato salad for the gathering tonight.

Went out for breakfast with my (ex) boss together with Sisca&Desi @ Sheraton Tower.

Sent Sisca & Desi to Harbour Front to take Ferry back to Batam/Indonesia.

Fetched Bagio on the way home......

Chatted with my friends and sis a while in internet.

Went to Lao Bei Jing Novena Square for High Tea with Thoo's & Liew's family

Went to Robert's house for gathering.

Went to Duncan's house for BBQ......

Woah.......... now is ready to sleep!

Happy New Year to all of you.

Just hope for the best in the coming years.

God bless!

Good Bye 2008... and Welcome 2009

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GOODBYE....
I just feel that you will leave me soon
You will leave me and never come back again.
You will disappear from my life forever.

No matter how I beg you to stay,
No matter how I ask you not to leave me,
No matter how I plead you to be with me always,
Yet you will still go and leave me here alone.

You said that it is impossible for us to be together,
Nothing can bring us together again,
I have no way to bring you back to me,
And you also have no way to come back to me,
We will never been together again after this.

Since this is what you want,
Since this is your decision,
Since this is our fate,
I have accept and face it,
And I only can bid goodbye,
and tell you, “So Long....., 2008!”.

Happy New Year 2009........

19th Wedding Anniversary

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27 December 1989 - 27 December 2008

19 years ago,

We walked hand-in-hand,

to declare our love to others,

into marriage life.

During these 19 years,

happy and sad,

good and bad,

quarell and loving,

forgive and forget,

always come and go.

Yet, we are still together until now.

No one can know what the outcome

Of spending years together will be.

Being happy together is a gift,

And enduring love is the key.

Everything has worked right for us.

May our future bring more of the same,

And our love remain strong and true.

amen.

Happy Birthday Theo...

2008-12-26T10:05:00.005+08:00

26 December 2008

Gathering with Friends

2008-12-25T22:18:00.007+08:00

Wednesday, 24 December 2008
We went to Br. Liew's house for gathering with YWS for dinner and some fellowship.
Bagio prepared Satay for the dinner.

Children also had their good times...

Thursday, 25 December 2008

Midian (our ex-colleague @ Williton) invited us to his new house @ Yishun St. 71. This is also our opportunity to have a small reunion with the others ex-colleagues of Williton (except Jason who is still working for Williton).

Bagio shown here with the clog from Holland.

Rhashidah with son, May, Uncle George, Jason, Midian, Susana, Bagio, Fajar with daughter.

Natal dengan Tongseng

2008-12-24T10:26:00.003+08:00

Received email below from one of my supplier. The funny part is that he asked me to celebrate X-mas with Tongseng (one of Indonesian's dish, something like mutton soup).
Hahahaa.. tks Pak Hendro.
Wish you a Happy New Year, too.

Dear Bu Susan & Family,

Selamat merayakan Natal dan Tahun baru 2009

Semoga ditahun 2009 Ibu dan keluarga diberi kemudahan dalam mencari rejeki, diberi kesehatan dan kebahagian.

Semoga hubungan kita tetap terjaga dan lebih harmonis, Amin.

Rasanya tidak berlebihan bila sepiring tongseng saya hidangkan untuk mengobati kangen pada kampung halaman .. Sementara gambarnya dulu .. yaaa .. ha .. ha .. ha

Salam, Hendro

Wishing You All...

2008-12-23T16:49:00.001+08:00

NPWP - Pajak bagi warga negara Indonesia

2008-12-18T10:11:00.005+08:00

Akhir2 ini banyak keresahan terjadi karena adanya peraturan baru mengenai pajak pendapatan untuk warga negara Indonesia.

Terutama bagi WNI yang tidak berdomisili ataupun mempunyai pendapatan di Indonesia. Pertanyaan yang timbul, apakah semua WNI wajib mempunyai NPWP? Atau hanya mereka yang tinggal dan mempunyai pendapatan di Indonesia saja yang harus mempunyai NPWP?

Dengan memiliki NPWP, kalau ingin keluar negeri bisa meminta bebas fiskal, kalau tidak harus membayar fiskal Rp. 2.5 Juta (saat ini bea fiskal via udara Rp. 1 juta).

Pertanyaan lainnya, apakah dengan peraturan baru ini, para WNI yang berdomisili di luar Indonesia masih bisa tetap menikmati 4 kali bebas fiskal per tahun seperti yang berlaku sekarang?

Ini ada sedikit kesimpulan dari milis yang mungkin bisa membantu:

Dear Friends
Pada tanggal 10 Dec 2008 yang lalu saya bertandang ke Kantor Pusat DitJen Pajak di Jakarta bermaksud untuk mendapatkan konfirmasi hasil seminar pajak yang lalu. Hasilnya memang tidak jauh berbeda dari kesimpulan yg pernah disubmit sebelumnya. Berikut adalah petikan hasilnya:

Seorang WNI bisa menjadi SPLN jika :
Penghasilan utama tidak bersumber dari Indonesia
Memiliki Surat Keterangan Domisili Pajak (SKD atau CoR) yang diterbitkan oleh otoritas pajak di LN
Tinggal (berdomisili) di LN > 183 hari
“Home”-nya di LN, habitat utamanya dan kegiatan ekonomi utamanya di LN

SPLN Tidak Harus memiliki NPWP
Karena Penghasilan utama tidak bersumber dari Indonesia
Jika ada Passive Income dari Indonesia (dividen,bunga deposito, royalti, sewa rumah, dll) atau hasil penjualan harta : dikenakan pajak dengan tarif 20% sesuai Pasal 26.
Pajak langsung dipotong/dipungut oleh pihak yang membayar.
Pihak yang membayar yang akan melaporkan pajaknya.

Karenanya SPLN tidak mempunya kewajiban lapor, maka tidak perlu memiliki NPWP.
Karena tidak memiliki NPWP maka tidak mempunya kewajiban lapor SPT setiap tahun
SPLN boleh memiliki aset di Indonesia seperti aset property, mobil, deposito, dll. Jika ada penghasilan dari aset tersebut maka akan dikenakan pajak dengan tarif 20% sesuai pasal 26

Jika si Unyil adalah SPLN dan istrinya memiliki penghasilan utama dari Indonesia maka sang istri adalah WPDN dan sang istri wajib memiliki NPWP dan wajib lapor SPT setiap tahunnya.
NPWP bisa di-apply online

Pemegang NPWP memiliki kewajiban lapor SPT setiap tahun
Formulir SPT bisa didownload dari website DitJen Pajak
SPT boleh dikirim melalui pos/kurir. Sebaiknya melalui jasa pos/kurir tercatat.

Diagram sederhana (terlampir) --> attachment
Singkat kata, untuk SPLN sebaiknya tidak usah membuat NPWP .
Masalah bebas fiskal untuk SPLN masih "Work-in-progress" belum bisa diungkapkan secara gamblang. Jatah Bebas Fiskal yang 4x /tahun masih berlaku.
Salam
Shandy

Oldies

2008-12-17T20:49:00.012+08:00

Just want to share our old photos before and after we were dating in our U time.
While we were updating these photos, believe it or not, on certain picture Bagio could not recognise his own self, until we have to argue whether that 'person is him or not'.

Bagio on his graduation day, Oct 1987

Compare these old photo with the other 3, different by 17-21 years old!

Last time 47 now is 74.... (u know wat is that?)

Je T'aime

2008-12-17T15:53:00.002+08:00

Springtime in paris it was late in the night
And, I was looking round at all the usual sights
Suddenly there right in front of my eyes
I saw this girl and I sighed je t'aime

Felt my passion rising as I watched her go by
I speak a little francais so I gave it a try
I was confused - she'd put my mind in a haze
Then I remembered a phrase - je t'aime

Stay with me - mon chérie
Maybe then You'll say je t'aime
Stay with me - please say oui
To a rendez-vous
Je t'aime - means I love you

Parlez-vous anglais didn't bring no success
And she won't say her name or even write her address
Don't wanna lose her in the champs elysées
Only one thing I can say - je t'aime

Mademoiselle has got to me like no-one before
And I just wanna love her
And then love her some more
Wish that I'd learnt - my lessons better at school
I'm standing here like a fool - je t'aime

Kukup, Johor, Malaysia

2008-12-14T20:54:00.003+08:00

Saturday, 13 Dec 2008

We went to Kukup, Johor, Malaysia for a very short holiday, with Duncan's family, Patrict & Grace, Jack and Jophelia.
I said very short because only 2 days 1 night trip. Departed from Kranji MRT at 09.00 by van, and reached Kukup around 11.00

Straight went for lunch and then went to the lodging place.. (the house of local peoples). The 'chalet' is very simple but clean. The rooms with equipped airconditioning, and 1 room for 6-8 people with bunker-beds. So, is not adviceable for honeymooners.... :)
After rest for 2 hours, we took the boat and went to visit the Pulau Kukup, Johor National Park. The rain wss on and off, but we still quite enjoyed this trip.

Kukup is a fisherman village and surrounded by mudflats. During our visit, every noon time, the water from the sea will flood certain part of the village. Is fun for those who never experience flood before...

The seafood are fresh... the price is reasonable.

Try the Otak2 (Fish Cake) from Muar and 'Cai Yen' (pudding with the filling). Nice to bring back for the love ones at home...

Nothing much to do in the evening except for relax and blending with those who are going with you. Most of the chalet will provide karaoke, DVD/VCD movie, board games, mahjong game... for you to kill the night. For me... ? I just went to sleep early.

Interested with KUKUP? Click here Kukup Fisherman Village.

National Orchid Garden

2008-12-08T10:53:00.006+08:00

Saturday, 22 Nov 08

Nothing to do at home, just walked to Botanic Garden and entered into National Orchid Garden..

This time, quite lucky because many flowers are blooming. But here I just show something different than Orchids.

Nice arch for wedding photo .. unfortunately not for me... :(

After so many times came here, this my first time seen this arch full of oncidium flowers.

Thoo's Family

2008-12-08T10:08:00.006+08:00

Thursday, 20 November 2008

Gathering @ Paterson Residence with Thoo's family, as Jeanny/Larry and Timothy were here.

Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill

2008-12-06T11:42:00.002+08:00

Just want to share this romantic song with you...
Nice? Share your feeling with me then...!

Click here to listen to the song "SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH

Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
You ask me if I love you
And I choke on my reply
I'd rather hurt you honestly
Than mislead you with a lie

And who am I to judge you
On what you say or do?
I'm only just beginning
to see the real you.

And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

Romance and all its strategy
Leaves me battling with my pride
But through the insecurity
Some tenderness survives
I'm just another writer
Still trapped within my truth
A hesitant prize fighter
Still trapped within my youth.

And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

At times I'd like to break you
And drive you to your knees
At times I'd like to break through
And hold you endlessly

At times I understand you
And I know how hard you've tried
I've watched while love commands you
And I've watched love pass you by

At times I think we're drifters
Still searching for a friend
A brother or a sister
But then the passion flares again

And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

The lyrics copied from here

Marina Barrage

2008-12-02T10:34:00.007+08:00

Sunday, 30 Nov 2008
In the evening we went to Marina Barrage, Singapore's latest downtown icon since 1 November 2008. [Barrage means: An artificial obstruction, such as a dam or irrigation channel, built in a watercourse to increase its depth or to divert its flow. Taken from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/barrage].

The place is quite nice for family outing and recreation. Young kids will like to play with the water (so.. just remember to bring their extra clothings). The field also good for flying the kites. Also bring your own foods and drinks, because at the moment that place was not ready for all, when we went there, we only saw one provision shop and around 6.30pm already closed. Even the pathways from car parks to the main building also not yet properly done.

You can take a bumboat ride, 20 minutes for S$5.00... just go around the barrage.. The bumboat is new

This place will also good and nice to take pictures, with the Singapore Flyer as the background. That evening, 2 wedding photo shots were taken at this place.

Location/Address: 260 Marina Way, Singapore 018976
Free shuttle bus service from Marina Bay MRT Station to Marina Barrage.
Pick up Point from MRT Station: Near Handicap Pick-up point (Go straight, turn right).
Pick-up Point from Marina Barrage: Entrance Carpark (Near the Art Pump).

Kripik Setan

2008-11-26T22:38:00.002+08:00

'Kripik Setan'
Forwarded dr seorang teman yg bekerja di ProdDev-KalbeFarma.

Dear all, Beberapa hari yang lalu, sales kami membawa produk yang namanya "kripik setan" . Dinamakan demikian oleh karena rasanya yang luar biasa pedas. Harganya? Murah meriah. Dua ratus perak sanggup bikin elo yang paling tabah sekalipun "nangis" sesenggukan. Gua sendiri mencoba satu bungkus. Rasanya hebat, gurih, wangi dan lezat. Tapi setelah satu bungkus habis, saya perlu minum 1,5 liter aqua untuk menghilangkan rasa pedas yang luar biasa. Sepanjang perjalanan pulang ke rumah, saya harus berhenti dua kali di jalan untuk piss..
Iseng-iseng, produk tersebut kami berikan kepada R&D perusahaan kami. Ini dikarenakan timbulnya kecurigaan di hati kami terhadap produk ini. Harganya cuma 200 perak, tapi saat ini harga cabe luar biasa mahal. Terakhir kali beli cabe, pembantu saya hanya dapat dua butir rawit untuk uang Rp200.Sadis ga sih? Hasilnya.... . luar biasa. Ternyata rasa pedas dari keripik tersebut diperoleh lebih banyak dari.......balsem gosok. Hiiii....balsem obat gosok tersebut, diolah menjadi makanan. Produk kripset ini lagi beken banget di daerah Bogor dan Depok.
Guys, masih banyak lagi makanan-makanan ajaib di luar sana .. Sekedar gambaran, mungkin teman-teman pernah bertemu produk chiki-chiki dengan merek ga jelas, dijual murah banget (gopek kebawah). Kami pernah bertanya- tanya, bagaimana mungkin bisa memperoduksi barang semurah itu. Hampir mustahil. Untuk itu kami mendatangi beberapa perusahaan sejenis yang masuk kategori kecil/industri rumah tangga. Nah ini yang kami temukan. Untuk mengaduk material utama dengan bumbu, supaya bisa merata, diperlukan mesin yang namanya molen. Mesin ini cara kerjanya hampir mirip dengan mesin molen buat ngaduk semen. Ke dalam mesin ini, material utama dimasukkan bersama bumbu terus di aduk merata. Pada pelaksanaannya, bisa dipastikan TIDAK MUNGKIN meniadakan produk terbuang. Karena, pada saat di putar, pasti sejumlah material akan terlempar keluar. Ini tidak bisa dihindari. Inilah yang membuat produk tersebut menjadi mahal. Nah....untuk produsen ecek-ecek (produsen kecil/home industry), materi sisa yang tercecer di lantai tersebut disapu lalu dimasukkan kembali ke dalam molen. Nah...barang yang seperti itulah yang dibeli oleh anak-anak kita di kantin sekolah. Sadis.
Ini kisah nyata lho. Bukan mau menjelek-jelekan home industry, tapi hanya ingin membuat teman-teman sekalian berhati-hati dengan produk makanan yang sangat murah. Bahkan makanan seperti itu ikut serta mencetak ijin depkes di kemasannya. Ga tahu ijin boong-boongan atau emang asli. Silahkan forward tulisan ini kepada orang lain supaya mereka tahu dan ikut berhati- hati.

Going Bangkok??? Think... again!

2008-11-26T07:51:00.003+08:00

This morning (26 Nov 08) when I just woke up, I heard from one of the radio station about the news that Bangkok's Airport been shut down.. Since some of my friends are planning to go there next week, I just would like to share about this news... please consider and think careful during if you really want to go to Bangkok during this period of time... God be with you!.

Some information from the internet:
If you are flying out of Bangkok, beware that anti-government demonstrators swarmed Suvarnabhumi International Airport and halted departing flights today at Thailand’s primary airport, the Associated Press reports.
“For the safety of passengers, we have to stop flights out of the airport temporarily until the situation returns to normal,” airport manager Serirat Prasutanon said in a statement to the AP. He noted that incoming flights were still operating.
Demonstrators, identified as the People’s Alliance for Democracy, are seeking the resignation of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat and his cabinet. Taken from: http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/bangkok-airport-prot-3351/

Airport director Saereerat Prasutanont added that 78 outbound and incoming flights have been affected.
Bangkok's international airport was closed earlier after anti-government protesters surged into the main terminal building.
The operator, Airports of Thailand, said they had shut down Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport indefinitely.
A spokesman said:"We have already informed the airlines who operate from it.
"Flights in the air will be diverted to either Chiang Mai, Phuket or other airports, but it closed as of 9pm (2pm GMT)."
British Airways told Sky News that all flights scheduled to land at the airport have cancelled or diverted.
Those flights that would have stopped in Bangkok en route to other destinations have been diverted to Singapore.
A BA spokesman said the decision was regrettable, but the deteriorating situation in Thailand had left them with little choice.
At least 2,000 supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) had surrounded the airport as part of their six-month campaign to oust the government.

Police Colonel Theeradej Chanurak, a senior police official responsible for the airport, confirmed that protesters then entered the terminal.
He said:"Some of the protesters have entered the terminal buildings.
"They walked towards it while police tried to stop them but could not do anything as police have received orders not to use any force."
The airport closure comes after PAD demonstrators earlier opened fire on government supporters, injuring at least 11 people.
At least two security guards fired half a dozen rounds from handguns at rival protesters.
Thai public broadcaster TPBS aired footage of the incident, which happened as PAD supporters blockaded a highway leading to Bangkok's old airport.
Fighting between the two groups started when government supporters threw rocks at a truck carrying their rivals as it was returning from a rally at the airport.
The airport has served as temporary government headquarters since the alliance occupied the prime ministers' office in late August.
"It is time to make a clear-cut choice between good and evil, between those who are loyal and traitors," PAD leader Somsak Kosaisuk told supporters at the rally.
The PAD opposes the current government because it considers it to be a puppet of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in 2006.
Copied from: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Thailand-Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi-International-Airport-Closed-After-Protesters-Storm-Terminal/Article/200811415161144?lpos=World_News_News_Your_Way_Region_7&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15161144_Thailand%3A_Bangkok_Suvarnabhumi_International_Airport_Closed_After_Protesters_Storm_Terminal

MAKANAN TAK LAYAK MAKAN

2008-11-25T12:23:00.003+08:00

Kiriman dari salah seorang teman.. entah benar atau tidak, ambil hikmahnya untuk selalu berhati-hati dengan apa yang kita beli dan makan...!

Dear all,
Hari sabtu sore kemarin (22/11/08) aku & suami seperti biasa sedang tidur2an sambil nonton TV. Reportase Investigasi di TRANS TV.
Kali ini yang dibahas ttg Nugget & Otak2 dr bahan yang tidak layak makan.
Dimana diceritakan nugget bikinan orang tersebut terbuat dari Ayam Tiren ( mati kemaren alias bangkai ), dicampur dengan tepung terigu kadaluarsa dan diberi pengawet berupa formalin ( yang belakangan setelah diuji lab, ternyata bukan formalin, melainkan natrium benzoate yg dicampur dengan air, namun dalam jumlah yang spektakuler…)

Pada sesi itu aku blom terlalu memperhatikan dengan seksama krn kupikir, aku toh jarang beli nugget.. paling2 fillet atau spicy chicken utk ayam siap saji. Dan selalu kubeli yang ber merk, gak beli di pasar.

Namun, pada sesi ke dua, dibahas ttg otak2 ikan yang dibuat dari ikan busuk, dicampur tepung kadaluarsa & lagi2 formalin. ( hueeeeks.. )
Aku mulai memperhatikan bahasan tersebut karena belakangan sudah 2X aku menyuruh maid di rumah untuk membeli jajanan favorit anakku itu di pasar.

Benarlah apa yang aku khawatirkan…
Pada saat melihat kemasan otak2 tersebut, hampir tercekik rasanya leherku… membayangkan anakku memakan otak2 tak layak makan tersebut !!!
Gak nyangka.. otak2 yang dibeli di pasar dengan kemasan yang terkesan bersih & higienis lengkap dengan tulisan “tidak mengandung boraks & formalin” adalah otak2 bikinan orang yang ada di TV saat itu !
Masya Allah…
Untuk menambah keyakinan ku, aku ikuti cara menguji sederhana yang disarankan di TV, yaitu dengan memberikan makanan tersebut ke kucing
Kalau kucing tersebut mau makan, berarti makanan tersebut dibuat dr ayam/ikan segar, sehingga baik & layak konsumsi.
Namun apabila tidak dimakan oleh si kucing, berarti betul.. nugget atau otak2 tersebut dari bahan yang sudah busuk & tidak layak makan.

Susah juga cari kucing di dekat rumah, sampai akhirnya kemarin sore ada juga kucing iseng lewat di halaman rumah..
Langsung saja aku panggil kucing tersebut dan aku lemparkan otak2 yang dibeli di pasar tadi ke hadapannya.
Tau apa reaksi kucing tersebut?
Dia mengendus2 otak2 tadi.. di dorong2 sedikit dengan kaki depannya.. lalu dia ngeloyor pergi… !!
Otak2 tersebut di tinggalkannya tanpa disentuh sedikit pun.
Alamaaaak…. Aku makin kaget aja & keseeeeel bgt..
Kenapa bisa se ceroboh ini membeli makanan tak layak untuk konsumsi anakku.
Mudah2an bisa menjadi pelajaran buat mama2 yang lainnya, agar lebih berhati2 dalam membeli makanan untuk sang buah hati.
Kalau mau foto kemasan otak2 yang kubeli tersebut - harap tinggalkan pesan di comment, nanti saya kirim via email.
Just be carefull…

-nana-

Ini salah satu tanggapan dari Selly, FP'89:
Bener yang diceritakan, kebetulan aku juga pas iseng di depan TV pas tayangan itu ... demi uang, orang bisa tega bikin sesuatu yang jelas-jelas orang lain bisa celaka...

Beberapa hari yang lalu justru tayangan PERMEN NARKOBA ... tablet-tablet narkoba di-ulek terus dicampur di coklat yang dilelehkan, terus coklatnya dicetak bentuk payung kecil, dipasang gagang payungnya dan dibungkus plastik ... bentuknya jelas bikin anak-anak tertarik. Pembuat sekaligus penjualnya bilang, anak-anak tidak boleh beli banyak-banyak, karena bisa teler seminggu ! Gila bener tuh orang ... Kayaknya para orang tua sekarang mesti mikir 1000x buat beli jajanan anak2nya, lebih baik bawa sangu aja dari rumah deh ...

Count your blessing

2008-11-25T08:54:00.006+08:00

WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN

This is one of the nicest e-mails I have seen and is so true:

I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels.

My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.' I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section. The angel then said to me, 'This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them. 'I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. 'This is the Acknowledgment Section,' my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed 'How is it that there is no work going on here?' I asked. 'So sad,' the angel sighed. 'After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments.'

'How does one acknowledge God's blessings?' I asked. 'Simple,' the angel answered. Just say, 'Thank you, Lord.'

'What blessings should they acknowledge?' I asked.

'If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.'

'And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity.'

'If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ... you are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day.'

'If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you ! are ahead of 700 million people in the world.'

'If you can attend a church without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world.'

'If your parents are still alive and still married ...you are very rare.'

'If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair.'

Ok, what now? How can I start?

If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you care to, pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.

ATTN: Acknowledge Dept.

'Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people with whom to share it.'

If you have read this far, and are thankful for all that you have been blessed with, how can you not send it on???? For you all .. if you want to share this blessing with your love ones in your blog, just feel free to cut and paste!)

I thank God for everything, especially all my family and friends!! Blessings with love.

Mohon Bantuan untuk mencari Anak Hilang..

2008-11-25T08:38:00.003+08:00

Saya menerima berita di bawah dari salah seorang alumni UKSW yang meminta bantuan...
Sengaja saya pasang di blog ini, kalau2 ada temen atau siapa saja yang membaca berita ini yang bisa membantu... Semoga bisa cepat ditemukan dalam keadaan selamat tanpa kekurangan apapun...

KRONOLOGIS KEJADIAN
Pelapor: Nama : WIWIK INDRIANI, SH.,Sp.N.
Hubungan : Ibu terlapor
Pekerjaan : Notaris
Alamat : Perum Taman Mutira Tingkir Tengah Salatiga
No yg dapat dihubungi : ada di kami

Terlapor: Nama : CAESAR F.B.C. WAURAN // KEKES
Jenis Kelamin : Laki-laki
Usia : 17 tahun
Pekerjaan : Pelajar kelas XII (kelas 3 SMA)
TB/BB : 170 cm / 50 kg
No. HP : 0878

􀀻 Pada hari Senin, 17 November 2008 sekitar pukul 13.00 wib pulang sekolah terlapor datang ke kantor pelapor (Ibunya) untuk meminta ijin pergi ke Jogja bersama temannya (pada saat itu terlapor mengatakan akan pergi bersama Vincent) dan berjanji akan pulang pada keesokan harinya Selasa, 18 November 2008. Pelapor memberi ijin terlapor untuk pergi ke Jogja karena keesokan harinya sekolah terlapor libur karena gurunya ada rapat pleno. Perlu diketahui pada saat berangkat terlapor tidak sedang memiliki masalah (tidak dimarah orang tua dan/atau memiliki masalah dengan teman).

􀀻 Terlapor pulang ke rumah untuk berganti baju dan langsung meluncur menuju Jogjakarta menggunakan kendaraaan YAMAHA JUPITER MX warna MERAH No.Pol. H 2494 JB (racing-kopling) dan mengenakan helm merk INK warna biru dan jeket berwarna hitam. Terlapor membawa uang sekitar Rp100.000,- dan tidak memiliki kartu atm atau kartu kredit.

􀀻 Pada hari yang sama, sekitar pkl. 15.30 wib pelapor menelepon terlapor via HP untuk menanyakan posisi terlapor dan dijawab oleh terlapor bahwa terlapor telah berada di Jogjakarta (pada saat itu pelapor tidak menyakan alamat dll.) Terlapor kembali mengkonfirmasi bahwa dirinya akan pulang ke Salatiga keesokan harinya dan dipesan supaya tidak pulang terlalu sore. Ini adalah komunikasi terakhir antara pelapor dengan terlapor.

􀀻 Hari Selasa, 18 November 2008 sekitar pukul 15.00 wib pelapor menghubungi HP terlapor akan tetapi ternyata HP-nya tidak aktif. Semenjak jam itu dan pada hari selanjutnya sampai kronologis ini disusun, berkali-kali HP terlapor dicoba dihubungi tetapi selalu dalam keadaan tidak aktif. Perlu diketahui bahwa mematikan HP bukan menjadi kebiasaan terlapor, dia biasa memberitahukan keberadaannya dan jika pergi akan pulang pada waktu yang dijanjikan.

􀀻 Hari Rabu, 19 November 2008 pelapor dan keluarga mencari informasi kepada teman-teman terlapor. Kemudian didapat no HP Vincent dan dihubungi ternyata ybs berada di Salatiga dan tidak pergi ke Jogjakarta dengan terlapor.

􀀻 Dari informasi teman-teman terlapor diketahui bahwa terlapor pergi ke Jogjakarta hendak menemui seseorang yang memiliki nama panggilan “ZIA” (mengaku berjenis kelamin perempuan). Informasi yang diketahui teman-teman terlapor, antara Zia dan pelapor berkenalan lewat website FRIENDSTER (www.friendster.com) dan game online AYODANCE. Mereka sebelumnya belum pernah bertemu. Informasi lain yang diperoleh adalah ZIA bersekolah di SMA Stela Duce 1 Jogjakarta kelas XII (kelas 3). Nama lengkap dll. dari Zia tersebut tidak diketahui oleh teman-teman terlapor.

􀀻 Hari Kamis, 20 November 2008 pelapor dan keluarga menuju SMA Stellla Duce Jogjakarta dengan membawa foto Zia untuk menanyakan perihal Zia kepada pihak sekolah. Foto tersebut oleh guru yang menemui kemudian diedarkan di kantor guru dan di kelas XII namun tidak ada seorang pun yang mengenali foto Zia tersebut. Akan tetapi ada seorang siswi yang menduga foto tersebut mirip dengan seorang siswi yang telah lulus pada tahun lalu dan benama R.R. Yohana
Petronella Dyah Kusumaningrum, pihak sekolah memberikan No. HP anak tersebut 08562957312 dan alamat ybs. Jl. Garuja No. 137 Sorowajan Jogjakarta. Pihak sekolah juga menginformasikan bahwa anak tsb. aktif sebagai peragawati. No. HP telah dihubungi dan ternyata telah tidak aktif. Alamat yang diberikan dicari dan kemudian ditemukan alamat tersebut namun tidak dikenal nama seperti tersebut diatas, tetangga juga tidak mengenal nama tersebut.

􀀻 Selanjutnya keluarga mendatangi POLWILTABES Jogjakarta sekitar pkl. 14.00 wib dan diterima laporan (tidak resmi) kemudian diberikan arahan supaya melapor terlebih dahulu di POLRES SALATIGA.

􀀻 Kemudian pelapor dan keluarga pulang ke Salatiga dan langsung menuju Polres Salatiga untuk membuat laporan orang hilang. Laporan tersebut diterima dengan No. Pol. : LP/276/XI/2008/SPK ditandatangani oleh Bito Supriyadi (AIPTU NRP 59010604). Pelapor juga telah dimintai keterangan oleh Kanit Serse mengenai laporan ini.

􀀻 Selanjutnya laporan tersebut akan digunakan terlapor untuk melakukan berbagai tindakan yang diperlukan guna menemukan terlapor dan sangat mengharapkan kerjasama dari pihak kepolisian untuk menemukan terlapor.

􀀻 Informasi tambahan didapatkan dari teman terlapor yang bernama TEMY bahwa terlapor sempat bermain online game AYODANCE dan berkirim pesan dengan Temmy pada hari Senin, 17 November 2008 sekitar pkl. 24.00 wib. Terlapor menuliskan bahwa dirinya berada di Kaliurang bawah sedang bersama seseorang yang bernama CEPY (perempuan), diakui sebagai kakak dari ZIA. Pada saat itu terlapor mengatakan belum bertemu sama sekali dengan ZIA. Temy bertanya terlapor akan kemana dan dijawab bahwa dia diajak oleh CEPY keatas (Kaliurang atas).

􀀻 Semenjak saat itu teman-teman terlapor tidak ada yang tahu kabar terlapor. Hari ini diperiksa waktu terakhir login friendster dan ayodance terjadi 3 hari yang lalu (hari Senin).

Catatan tambahan:
􀀻 Berdasar pengumpulan informasi dari teman-teman terlapor diketahui: Rencana awal terlapor pegi ke Jogjakarta bersama temannya yang bernama TEMY. Temy menceritakan bahwa dia sudah bersedia dan akan berangkat bersama terlapor; kemudian ZIA marah dan mengatakan tidak mau jika Temy ikut ke Jogjakarta. Oleh karena itu Temy kemudian tidak jadi ikut bersama terlapor ke Jogjakarta.

􀀻 Informasi lainnya: Antara terlapor dan Zia belum pernah berjumpa dan belum lama akrab, mereka ‘jadian/pacaran’ lewat telepon pada 11 November 2008. Zia mengaku tidak memiliki Hand Phone. Zia pernah bercerita bahwa ayahnya memiliki warnet didaerah Kaliurang. Zia pernah mengajak terlapor bertunangan. Zia mengatakan akan datang ke Salatiga tapi kemudian tidak jadi dan meminta terlapor yang datang ke Jogjakarta.

􀀻 Dari penyelidikan yang dilakukan teman-teman terlapor melalui internet dan jaringan yang dimiliki, diketahui ternyata ZIA telah melakukan modus yang sama pada orang lain. Dia mengajak bertunangan, mengatakan akan pergi ke kota orang yang diajak bertunangan tapi tidak jadi pergi kemudian justru meminta orang yang diajak bertunangan tsb. untuk datang ke Jogjakarta.

Salatiga, 20 November 2008
Wiwik Indriani, SH.,Sp.N. // Pelapor

Can You Sleep While The Wind Blows?

2008-11-21T16:08:00.004+08:00

In the past few days, many things happened in my life, and sometimes I could not sleep well in the night.. And then I received this article, and become my great help. Just trust myself to the Lord.

Years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast.
He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were
reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the
awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops.
As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received
A steady stream of refusals. Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached
the farmer. "Are you a good farm hand?" the farmer asked him.
"Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the little man. Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help, hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.
Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore.
Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He shook the little man and yelled, "Get up! A storm is coming!
Tie things down before they blow away!"
The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, "No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows."

Enraged by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot. Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had
been covered with tarpaulins. The cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down.
Nothing could blow away. The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.

When you're prepared, spiritually, mentally, and physically, you have nothing to fear. Can you sleep when the wind blows through your life?
The hired hand in the story was able to sleep because he had secured the farm against the storm.
We secure ourselves against the storms of life by grounding ourselves in the Word of God.
We don't need to understand, we just need to hold His hand to have peace in the middle of storms.
A friend of mine sent this to me today,
and I enjoyed it so much, that I wanted to send it to you.
I hope you enjoy your day and you sleep well.

Graphics by Linda Fitzwater
The Text of this beautiful story was forwarded to me by a friend without an author noted. We have just found that this is an Uncle Arthur story. I think the title was "I can sleep on windy nights" from -- Uncle Arthur's Online.

Pencegahan terhadap Perkosaan

2008-11-19T16:30:00.003+08:00

Tindakan Pencegahan terhadap Perkosaan

Sebuah group pemerkosa di penjara pernah di-interview mengenai apa yang mereka lihat/cari di dalam mencari targetnya, Dan berikut adalah beberapa hal/fakta menarik:

Hal pertama yang dilihat oleh mereka dalam Mencari target adalah rambut. Mereka hampir Biasanya mencari wanita dengan ponytail, sanggul, kepang Atau model lainnya yang mudah di'jambak'. Mereka Juga lebih suka mencari wanita dengan rambut panjang.Wanita dengan rambut pendek sangat jarang menjadi target mereka.

Hal kedua, Mereka melihat pakaian yang dikenakan target. Mereka akan mencari wanita yang menggunakan pakaian yang mudah dilucuti dengan cepat. Banyak dari mereka yang membawa gunting untuk hal ini.

Mereka juga mencari wanita yang sedang berponsel atau yang sedang mencari sesuatu di dalam dompetnya, atau yang sedang melakukan aktivitas lain sambil berjalan, karena biasanya pada saat itu mereka sedang tidak siap/siaga Dan mudah dilumpuhkan.

Waktu yang sering dicari oleh para pemerkosa untuk melakukan penyerangan Dan memperkosa seorang wanita biasanya pada saat pagi buta, Sekitar jam 05.00 SD 8:30, dan malam Hari.

Tempat pertama yang biasanya sering dicari adalah trotoar, jalan tempat kakilima.

Kedua, tempat parkir Kantor atau gedung.

Ketiga adalah toilet umum.

Hal yang dilakukan oleh para pemerkosa ini adalah mereka mencari dan menggiring wanita target tersebut secepat mungkin ke tempat lain yang aman di mana mereka tidak takut tertangkap. Hanya 2% yang mengatakan mereka membawa senjata karena resiko pemerkosa tanpa senjata hanya 3-5 tahun, sedangkan dengan Senjata bisa mencapai 15-20 tahun penjara.

Jika Anda melawan dengan gigih, mereka cenderung kecil hati. Karena hanya dalam waktu 1 sampai 2 menit, mereka akan sadar bahwa mengejar kamu tidak layak karena akan menghabiskan anyak waktu.

Para pemerkosa ini berkata bahwa mereka tidak akan mencari wanita dengan payung atau objek sejenis yang dapat digunakan dari jarak tertentu di tangan wanita target mereka. Benda-benda kecil tidak dapat digunakan sebagai alat penangkis karena kamu harus berada sangat dekat dengan penyerang untuk menggunakan senjata tersebut. Maka idenya disini adalah untuk meyakinkan calon pemerkosa bahwa kamu tidak layak jadi target mereka.

Berikut terdapat beberapa mekanisme pertahanan yang dapat digunakan:

Jika seseorang mengikutimu dari belakang di sebuah jalan atau pada halaman garasi, atau mengikuti kamu ke lift atau tangga, tataplah wajah mereka dan tanyakan sebuah pertanyaan seperti jam berapa saat ini, atau mengomentari cuaca, seperti Hari ini dingin sekali di luar, atau hujannya lebat sekali ya.

Nah, sekarang kamu sudah melihat wajah mereka dan dapat mengindentifikasi mereka apabila bertatapan langsung. Oleh karena itu, kamu kehilangan daya tarik sebagai target.

Jika seseorang datang menghampirimu, tahan tanganmu di depanmu Dan teriaklah BERHENTI atau MUNDUR! Kebanyakan pemerkosa yang diajak bicara mengatakan mereka akan meninggalkan wanita sendirian jika mereka berteriak atau menunjukkan bahwa mereka tidak takut untuk melawan. Lagi pula, mereka mencari target yang mudah. Jika kamu membawa alat penyemprot Mata (instruktur sangat menyarankan wanita membawa alat perlindungan ini dan selalu membawanya kemanapun mereka pergi,) dan berteriak: Saya memiliki alat semprot (Pepper Spray) dan bersiaga untuk menggunakannya, itu akan sangat menolong sebagai pencegah. (Di Indonesia , membawa tabung hairspray kecil juga sama efektifnya, karena pedih jika disemprotkan ke mata).

Jika seseorang menangkapmu, kamu tidak dapat melawan dengan tenaga, tetapi kamu dapat mengakali mereka dengan cara berikut:

Setelah pukulan awal dilakukan, upayakan selalu mengincar selangkangannya. Saya tahu dari pengalaman khusus, bahwa jika kamu menyerang bagian vital pria akan membuat mereka sangat kesakitan.

Mungkin kamu akan berpikir bahwa kamu akan membuat mereka marah dan membuat mereka ingin menyakiti kamu lebih, tetapi dari percakapan yang dikatakan para pemerkosa ini kepada instruktur; mereka mengatakan bahwa mereka mencari target yang tidak menyebabkan banyak masalah..

Mulailah membuat masalah dan mereka akan menginggalkanmu.

Ketika mereka meletakkan tangannya pada tubuhmu, tangkap kedua jarinya dan lipat jarinya ke belakang sejauh mungkin dan dengan tenaga yang sekuat mungkin. Instruktur saya melakukan hal tersebut kepada saya tanpa menggunakan banyak tenaga dan saya menyerah dan kedua ruas jari saya berbunyi retak.

Tentu saja hal-hal lain yang pernah kita ketahui sebelumnya juga dapat diterapkan disini. Selalu waspada terhadap situasi sekitarmu, berbarenglah dengan seseorang jika kamu bisa, Dan jika kamu melihat hal-hal yang aneh, jangan menyepelekannya. Gunakan nalurimu. Kamu mungkin saja merasa bodoh saat itu, tetapi itu akan lebih baik dari pada seandainya kejadian buruk itu sungguh terjadi.

TOLONG BACA DAN FORWARD PESAN INI KE SEMUA TEMAN WANITAYANG KAMU KENAL. HAL SEDERHANA INI AKAN DAPAT MEMBANTUMENYELAMATKAN HIDUPNYA

Visitors: Amin & Lina

2008-11-19T13:59:00.006+08:00

14-16 November 2008
Amin and his wife, Lina was in town. We had great time and went to No Signboard Seafood for dinner and then to Clarke Quay for drinks with Herman, Samuel & Yugo (Lina's clients).

On Sunday afternoon we met @ Le Meridien's eating place for lunch and chat.

Penggunaan Mobile Phone dalam Pesawat Terbang

2008-11-18T22:15:00.003+08:00

Dari milis tetangga, semoga berguna:

Saya sedih mendengar terbakarnya pesawat Garuda, GA 200 pada tanggal 7 Maret 2007, pukul 07.00 pagi, jurusan Jakarta-Yogyakarta di Bandara Adisucipto. Kejadian itu sungguh menyayat hati dan perasaan. Kemudian saya teringat beberapa bulan yang lalu terbang ke Batam dengan menggunakan pesawat Garuda juga. Di dalam pesawat duduk disamping saya seorang warga Jerman. Pada saat itu dia merasa sangat gusar dan terlihat marah, karena tiba-tiba mendengar suara handphone tanda sms masuk dari salah satu penumpang, dimana pada saat itu pesawat dalam posisi mau mendarat. Orang ini terlihat ingin menegur tetapi tidak berdaya karena bukan merupakan tugasnya. Langsung saya tanya kenapa tiba-tiba dia bersikap seperti itu, kemudian dia bercerita bahwa dia adalah manager salah satu perusahaan industri, dimana dia adalah supervisor khusus mesin turbin. Saat dia melaksanakan tugasnya tiba-tiba mesin turbin mati, setelah diselidiki ternyata ada salah satu petugas sedang menggunakan HP di dalam ruangan mesin turbin. Orang Jerman ini menjelaskan bahwa apabila frekwensi HP dengan mesin turbin ini kebetulan sama dan sinergi ini akan berakibat mengganggu jalannya turbin tersebut, lebih fatal lagi berakibat turbin bisa langsung mati. Cerita ini langsung saya kaitkan dengan peristiwa di atas, kalau saya tidak salah mendengar mesin pesawat tiba-tiba mati pada saat mau mendarat. Mudah-mudahan peristiwa ini bukan akibat HP penumpang. Semoga tulisan ini bermanfaat untuk masyarakat yang sering bepergian dengan pesawat.
(KOMPAS) Rakyat kita ini memang High class.. Handphone nya Mahal, Transportasi pake pesawat. Tapi bodohnya gak ketulungan. Ada yang gak tau kenapa larangan itu dibuat, ada yang tau tapi tetap gak peduli. Orang Indonesia harus selalu belajar dengan cara yang keras. Buat yang belum tahu, kenapa gak boleh menyalakan Handphone di pesawat, berikut penjelasannya: Sekedar untuk informasi saja, mungkin rekan-rekan semua sudah mendengar berita mengenai kecelakaan pesawat yang baru "take-off" dari Lanud Polonia-Medan. Sampai saat ini penyebab kejadian tersebut belum diketahui dengan pasti. Mungkin sekedar sharing saja buat kita semua yang memiliki dan menggunakan ponsel/telpon genggam atau apapun istilahnya. Ternyata menurut sumber informasi yang didapat dari ASRS (Aviation Safety Reporting System) bahwa ponsel mempunyai kontributor yang besar terhadap keselamatan penerbangan. Sudah banyak kasus kecelakaan pesawat terbang yang terjadi diakibatkan oleh ponsel. Mungkin informasi di bawah ini dapat bermanfaat untuk kita semua, terlebih yang sering menggunakan pesawat terbang. Contoh kasusnya antara lain: Pesawat Crossair dengan nomor penerbangan LX498 baru saja "take-off" dari bandara Zurich , Swiss. Sebentar kemudian pesawat menukik jatuh. Sepuluh penumpangnya tewas. Penyelidik menemukan bukti adanya gangguan sinyal ponsel terhadap sistem kemudi pesawat. Sebuah pesawat Slovenia Air dalam penerbangan menuju Sarajevo melakukan pendaratan darurat karena sistem alarm di kokpit penerbang terus meraung-raung. Ternyata, sebuah ponsel di dalam kopor di bagasi lupa dimatikan, dan menyebabkan gangguan terhadap sistem navigasi. Boeing 747 Qantas tiba-tiba miring ke satu sisi dan mendaki lagi setinggi 700 kaki justru ketika sedang "final approach" untuk "landing" di bandara Heathrow, London. Penyebabnya adalah karena tiga penumpang belum mematikan komputer, CD player, dan electronic game masing-masing (The Australian, 23-9-1998). Seperti kita tahu di Indonesia: Begitu roda-roda pesawat menjejak landasan, langsung saja terdengar bunyi beberapa ponsel yang baru saja diaktifkan. Para "pelanggar hukum" itu seolah-olah tak mengerti, bahwa perbuatan mereka dapat mencelakai penumpang lain, disamping merupakan gangguan (nuisance) terhadap kenyamanan orang lain. Dapat dimaklumi, mereka pada umumnya memang belum memahami tatakrama menggunakan ponsel, disamping juga belum mengerti bahaya yang dapat ditimbulkan ponsel dan alat elektronik lainnya terhadap sistem navigasi dan kemudi pesawat terbang. Untuk itulah ponsel harus dimatikan, tidak hanya di-switch agar tidak berdering selama berada di dalam pesawat. Berikut merupakan bentuk gangguan-gangguan yang terjadi di pesawat: Arah terbang melenceng, Indikator HSI (Horizontal Situation Indicator) terganggu , Gangguan penyebab VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Receiver) tak terdengar, Gangguan sistem navigasi, Gangguan frekuensi komunikasi, Gangguan indikator bahan bakar, Gangguan sistem kemudi otomatis. Semua gangguan di atas diakibatkan oleh ponsel, sedangkan gangguan lainnya seperti Gangguan arah kompas komputer diakibatkan oleh CD & game, Gangguan indikator CDI (Course Deviation Indicator) diakibatkan oleh gameboy. Semua informasi di atas adalah bersumber dari ASRS. Dengan melihat daftar gangguan di atas kita bisa melihat bahwa bukan saja ketika pesawat sedang terbang, tetapi ketika pesawat sedang bergerak di landasan pun terjadi gangguan yang cukup besar akibat penggunaan ponsel. Kebisingan pada headset para penerbang dan terputus-putusnya suara mengakibatkan penerbang tak dapat menerima instruksi dari menara pengawas dengan baik. Untuk diketahui, ponsel tidak hanya mengirim dan menerima gelombang radio melainkan juga meradiasikan tenaga listrik untuk menjangkau BTS (Base Transceiver Station). Sebuah ponsel dapat menjangkau BTS yang berjarak 35 kilometer. Artinya, pada ketinggian 30.000 kaki, sebuah ponsel bisa menjangkau ratusan BTS yang berada di bawahnya. (Di Jakarta saja diperkirakan ada sekitar 600 BTS yang semuanya dapat sekaligus terjangkau oleh sebuah ponsel aktif di pesawat terbang yang sedang bergerak di atas Jakarta ). (Varis/pertamina)
Sebagai makhluk modern, sebaiknya kita ingat bahwa pelanggaran hukum adalah juga pelanggaran etika. Tidakkah kita malu dianggap sebagai orang yang tidak peduli akan keselamatan orang lain, melanggar hukum, dan sekaligus tidak tahu tata krama? Sekiranya bila kita naik pesawat, bersabarlah sebentar. Semua orang tahu kita memiliki ponsel. Semua orang tahu kita sedang bergegas. Semua orang tahu kita orang penting. Tetapi, demi keselamatan sesama, dan demi sopan santun menghargai sesama, janganlah mengaktifkan ponsel selama di dalam pesawat terbang. Semoga suatu hari rakyat kita bisa sedikit lebih pintar. Tegurlah penumpang yang duduk disamping anda jika ia lupa mematikan ponsel.

Liburan di Indonesia, 27 Sep - 8 Oct 08 (Surabaya&Tanj. Kodok)

2008-11-03T22:49:00.006+08:00

Sabtu, 4 October 2008
Akhirnya.. sampai juga kami di Surabaya.

Kami langsung mengunjungi keluarga San Cek dan Mak serta Kuku.

Puji Tuhan, karena mereka semua dalam keadaan sehat2 saja. Seperti biasa, Mak (tahun ini 98 taon) minta foto bareng...

Malam harinya baru kami jalan2 ke mall untuk belanja oleh2 dan barang yang ingin dibawa balik ke Singapore.

Minggu, 5 October 2008

Sepulang dari gereja, kami ke pasar Atom untuk nyoba aneka makanan yang sudah lama gak ketemu, pukis, cara bikang, risoles, ote2 Porong, pastel, serabi, dan sebagainya.. pokoknya semua diicipin dikit2...

Dari pasar Atom, kami ke Vonny, nengok Jennifer dan Jessica yang sudah makin besar (sudah 17 bulan).

Senin, 6 October 2008

Dijemput Hung/Lan, kami makan siang di Waroeng Iboe, di jalan Kaca Piring, Surabaya. Di sini bisa makan sepuasnya dengan membayar Rp. 17,000 per orang termasuk 1 gelas minuman. Aku hitung2 ada lebih dari 30 macam masakan Indonesia seperti jangan bening, dadar jagung, aneka sambal goreng, botok, langut, aneka sayur, dan sebagainya. Pokoknya yang kangen masakan Indonesia tinggal ke sono dan bisa makan sampai puas.

Malam harinya kami diajak makan cik Ie Fan dan Koh Hoggy (temen gereja) di RM Keboen Kelapa di Dr. Soetomo. Masakanya juga enak dan ala Sunda.

Selasa, 7 October 2008

Hari ini Bagio enggak enak badan.. kayaknya keracunan makanan atau in-digestion.. Aku belikan obat Disfatyl. Terus aku tinggal ke Pasar Atom dengan Shirley untuk beli baju.

Sore harinya di jemput Hung dan Lan, untuk ke Tanjung Kodok di Lamongan, sekitar 1 jam dari Surabaya lewat pantai utara. Kami cuma melihat-lihat di Tanjung Kodok resort nya. Kalau ada waktu, bisa dolan ke Wisata Bahari Lamongan (WBL) atau ke Gua Istana Maharani, yang katanya bagus. Lain kali deh ke sana...

Rabu, 8 October 2008

Yeah... holiday is always short... Tak terasa, hari ini merupakan hari terakhir dari liburan kali ini. Dijemput oleh Hong Jay dan Lie Shia untuk diajak makan siang di Charming Garden sebelum diantar ke airport. Juga sempat mampir ke rumah Vonny untuk ambil titipan dan dikasih mangga dan kacang telor untuk dibawa ke Singapore.

Jam 6 malem, kami nyampe Singapore lagi.. Thank you Lord for this wonderful holiday.

Also thanks to all friends and relatives for your kind hospitality.

Foto2 di Surabaya dan Tanjung Kodok ada di sini, tinggal di klik!

Liburan di Indonesia, 27 Sep - 8 Oct 08 (Bromo)

2008-11-03T21:51:00.008+08:00

Kamis, 2 October 2008
Setelah makan pagi, kami berenang di hotel Sativa (Pacet). Hari ini mesti tidur agak awal, karena harus bangun tengah malem untuk berangkat ke Bromo. Hung, Lan, dan Stella nyampe Claket sekitar jam 7 malem sambil bawain makan malem kami.

Jum'at, 3 October 2008 Sekitar jam 12 tengah malem, kamipun berangkat menuju Gunung Bromo. Sengaja berangkat tengah malam, dengan perhitungan bisa sampai di Bromo sebelum matahari terbit.
Kami nyampe Ngadisari sekitar jam 3 pagi. Berhubung hari libur, maka semua jip sudah dibooking orang dan kami tidak kebagian. Terpaksa naik agak ke atas untuk dilanjutkan dengan berjalan kaki beberapa jam sebelum kami bisa melihat matahari terbit.
Setelah parkir dan siap2 untuk jalan, kami didekati salah satu penduduk lokal yang menawarkan jasanya untuk mengantar kami ke suatu tempat, dimana kami bisa melihat matahari terbit dan katanya pemandangan dari tempat itu juga cantik.
Dia minta 1 mobil bayar Rp. 100,000. Kami tawar 2 mobil Rp. 150,000 dan dia setuju. Kami dibawa ke bagian yang lebih atas lagi dan berhenti di suatu tempat, dimana katanya bisa liat matahari terbit. Dengan penuh harap dan doa (karena takut2 kalau ditipu dan dirampok, lha wong kami gak kenal daerah itu sama sekali...) kami menanti matahari terbit.
Ternyata benar.. dari tempat itu kami bisa melihat dengan jelas matahari yang muncul perlahan-lahan dari peraduannya. Dan juga ada dari tempat itu ada pemandangan cantik seperti di kahyangan (foto di atas), dimana kami bisa melihat gunung Batok dan gunung Bromo yang diselubungi dengan kabut... sangaatttt indah!!!
Setelah puas berfoto ria, kamipun turun lagi dengan tujuan ingin menuju ke lautan pasir untuk menuju ke gunung Bromonya. Dengan menyewa jip seharga Rp. 175,000 dengan syarat harus bisa diisi 7 orang dewasa dan 2 anak kecil (sesak banget pokoknya!!). Kamipun nyampe di lautan pasir yang berdebu dan panas... maklum sudah jam 9 pagi!
Kalau tidak mau jalan terlalu jauh di lautan pasir, bisa juga nyewa kuda, dengan harga yang bisa ditawar. Waktu sudah separuh jalan, dan karena sudah agak siang, kami cuman bayar Rp. 20,000 untuk sampai di tangga menuju ke kawah.

Dengan menaiki tangga sejumlah sekitar 250 buah... sampailah kami di kawah gunung Bromo yang selalu mengeluarkan asap dengan bau belerang.

Pemandangan ke bawah sangat unique dan cantik.

Setelah makan siang di Rawon Nguling, kami balik ke Claket untuk nginep semalam lagi.

Foto2 lainnya bisa di lihat di sini, photo di Gunung Bromo.

Liburan di Indonesia, 27 Sep - 8 Oct 08 (Borobudur)

2008-11-03T20:57:00.009+08:00

Rabu, 1 October 2008
Dalam perjalanan balik ke Claket, Hady pingin ngajak Julianto dan Theo ke Borobudur yang terletak di dekat kota Magelang. Jadilah dari Yogya kami ke Magelang dulu, terus baru ke Claket (hehe.. lagi2 kami belum balik ke Surabaya, karena rencanaya mau ke Bromo dulu sebelum ke Surabaya).

Tiket masuknya dewasa Rp. 10,000 sedang anak2 Rp. 5,000. Kalau bawa kamera dan video juga harus bayar lho... Kalau ke sini, sebaiknya pagi hari, biar tidak terlalu panas. Dan jangan lupa pake sepatu yang enak dipake, karena untuk naik sampai puncak Borobudur lumayan juga lho... Anak tangga antara satu lantai dengan lantai lainnya lumayan tinggi.

Gambar Borobudur tampak atas ini aku comot dari intenet. Dari gambar ini bisa terlihat bentuk Borobudur.. Enam lantai bawah bentuknya kotak, 3 lantai berikutnya bulat dan paling atas adalah Stupa Besar. Ketiganya merupakan lambang dari manusia yang terdiri dari 3 bagian: tubuh, jiwa dan roh. Borobudur merupakan candi agama Budha yang pernah termasuk dalam salah satu dari tujuh keajaiban dunia. Kalau dilihat dari batu2 yang dipake untuk mendirikan candi ini dan peralatan yang tersedia di jaman itu (sekitar abad ke sembilan), serta lokasinya yang di atas bukit, candi Borobudur memang pantas dianggap sebagai salah satu keajaiban dunia.
Meskipun sekarang tidak dipakai sebagai tempat ibadah, tapi setahun sekali, umat Budha banyak yang datang ke tempat ini waktu hari Waisak.
Kami nyampe Claket hampir pukul 11 malam.. dengan berhenti beberapa kali untuk istirahat, ke toilet dan makan. Puji Tuhan sudah menjaga kami sampai dengan selamat... meski sopirnya ngantuk berat.

Foto2 di Borobudur ada di sini... di klik ya!!

Liburan di Indonesia, 27 Sep - 8 Oct 08 (Pantai Kukup&Yogya)

2008-11-03T20:42:00.008+08:00

Selasa, 30 September 2008
Selesai sarapan nasi gudeg, kiriman dari Lily (trims ya Lily..!), kami berangkat ke Pantai Kukup.
Dengan tanya beberapa orang, sampailah kami dengan selamat di tempat tujuan, pas matahari sedang terik2nya.. Tempatnya assyik.. Waktu Bagio dan aku masih kuliah dulu, pernah juga ke tempat ini bareng temen2 seangkatan (FP'82).
Begitu nyampe, Theo langsung merengek minta main air.. dan setelah diijinkan, dengan santai dan asyiknya dia nyemplung di salah satu lubang yang ada airnya tanpa merasa geli..

Di sepanjang pantainya, banyak batu karang gedhe2 dan juga biota lautnya. Kalau jalan mesti hati2, karena bisa2 menginjak ubur2 atau siput laut yang banyak tersebar di pantai. Juga kalau pas hokki, bisa lihat ikan kecil yang terbawa dari laut dan bersembunyi di lubang2 kecil berisi air itu.

Setelah makan siang di tempat ini, kami kembali ke Yogja kota dan langsung ke Malioboro untuk berburu oleh2... sandal mur-mer dan juga baju batik.

Foto2 di Pantai Kukup dan Malioboro, Yogya

Liburan di Indonesia, 27 Sep - 8 Oct 08 (Claket&Salatiga)

2008-11-03T20:03:00.006+08:00

Sabtu, 27 Sep 2008

Dengan Value Air, kami mudik ke Surabaya. Dijemput keluarga Shirley, kami langsung ke Claket. Di sana ketemuan dengan Hung dan Lan. Malamya acara jagung bakar. Dingin2 makan jagung bakar... assyikk.. Foto gunung di Claket di pagi hari.

Minggu, 28 Sep 2008

Siang hari berangkat ke Salatiga. Perjalanan lancar2 aja.. dan sekitar jam 6 malam kami nyampe Salatiga, langsung ke Baso Planet di jalan Ahmad Yani untuk makan malem. Mas Djoko Murdono (dosen Fakultas Pertanian, UKSW) nemuin kami di sono... Lumayan dapat oleh2 katul gandum jatah 1 bulan, yang katanya bagus untuk kholesterol dan juga untuk menurunkan berat badan.. Moga2 aja bisa membuang lemak yang membandel di tubuh ini.... hehehe.

Senin, 29 Sep 2008

Diajak Acuk makan pagi di restauran (lupa namanya??) di dekat RM Elang Sari, jalan ke arah Solo. Kami menikmati bakmi (ada yang tiga warna segala lho!!), bubur ayam dan juga nasi goreng. Masakannya enak dan harganya..... gak tau, soalnya ditraktir ama Acuk.. Tks ya!

Selesai sarapan, kami ke Hotel Quality untuk ngajakin anak2 berenang. Soalnya mau ke tempat lain, waktunya nanggung, karena siangnya kami mesti berangkat ke Yogja.

Jam 3 sore kami berangkat ke Yogja lewat Magelang. Nginep di Pakem, villa istri ponakannya Bagio. Di Yogja kami ngumpul dengan keluarganya Bagio.

Klik di sini untuk melihat foto2 kami di Claket & Salatiga

Made Moon Cake

2008-09-04T11:36:00.011+08:00

Sunday, 31 August 2008

Went to May Leong's house to make mooncake.... here is the results:

Snow Skin Moon Cake, no need to bake.

Moon cake not yet been baked.

Empty mooncake, the pig, bear, cat and flowers were made by me without mold...

Mooncake after been baked.. need to keep another 3 days before can be eaten.

Mooncake's group: Behind: Me - May Leong

Sitting: Rachel - ZION - Joelle - Angie

Want to order, anyone...?

Thanks to May to teach us how to mold mooncake...

This year, Mooncake festival is fall on 14 September 2008.

Macau-Zhu Hai-Shen Zhen, 12-16 Aug 2008 (IV)

2008-09-02T16:41:00.006+08:00

15 August 2008 afternoon by taking metro (Subway) we went to Window of the World, the miniature of the world, located at station Shi Jie Zhi Zhuang [世界之窗]. The fare from Station Lao Jie (another name of DongMen area) is RMB 5.00 per trip. The journey about 30 minutes.

The entrance fee is RMB120.00 for adults. If you enter after 7.40pm, only need to pay RMB50.00.
Their motto is "SEE THE WORLD LANDMARKS IN ONE DAY!", in Chinese is “您给我一天，我给您一个世界！"IF YOU GIVE ME ONE DAY, I WILL GIVE YOU ONE WORLD".

I did enjoy my visit here.. unfortunately since we came late, after dark the pictures that I took not so nice, because I did not bring my tripod... Also, not enough time to enjoy all the landmarks.. Next time if have another opportunity, I will come earlier and slowly enjoy every buildings and performance..
It is a huge park of showcasing some of the best architectural treasures of the world. It is divided into eight areas covering Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe, Oceania, World square, Sculpture Park and International Street. Many wonders of the world can be found, such as: Eiffel Tower of France, Niagara Falls of USA/Canada, Taj Mahal of India, Pyramids of Egypt, Angkor Wat of Cambodia, Borobudur of Indonesia and so on have been built on a miniature but a realistic scale. Some building are not too small either; you can actually climb the Eiffel Tower in a lift or go into the Pyramid of Egypt. We did went up the Eiffel Tower by lift.. the cost is RMB20.00 (forgotton!) per person. The lift will bring us to 3rd floor first, then changed to another lift to the peak (108 m). You can stay as long as you like at any stop before go down.

If you need more information about Window of the World, you can click Wikipedia-Window_of_the_World or Official website-in Chinese.

Thank God for this wonderful trips..... and thank to Amy and May for this opportunity. God bless! Looking forward to another holiday..............!

Macau-Zhu Hai-Shen Zhen, 12-16 August 2008 (III)

2008-08-29T15:52:00.004+08:00

Shen Zhen, 14-16 August 2008

We stayed at Days Inn Hotel located at Luo Hu, near Dong Men [东门], East Gate, about 3 minutes walk. After the hand full with shopping bags, we went back to the hotel to unload and rest, then go out again....... :). It is really fun to shop here.. everything seems like very cheap. I enjoyed shop at two dollar shops.. everything is RMB2.00 .. Just choose and pick then pay.. no need to do the calculation to know how much in SGD. During our stayed for 3 days... we only visited Window of the World on 15 Aug .. other than that we just spent our times at DongMen for shop and shop..... On the last day, after checked-out, again we just linger at Dong Men area. Amy did the facial (RMB38.00), tattoo her eyebrow (RMB350.00), massage (RMB30.00 for 1 hour) and wash her hair (RMB 10.00). I wash/cut/blow my hair for RMB25.00 and massage. I not encourage you to do the massage in this place, as the masseur was not proffessional and not systematic at all...

Dong Men is a shopping district consisting of department stores, supermarkets, shops and stalls. It is centred on two parallel pedestrian streets with several smaller streets and alleys traversing it, creating a labyrinth in which every available space is used to sell something. Shops range from holes-in-the-wall to retail chains like Baleno, Giordano and the odd foreign brand shop, such as Addidas. Fashion wear, sports wear, jewellery, shoes, handbags, toys, CDs, DVDs, video games, traditional medicine...the list goes on and on. Touts guide punters to massage houses, nail salons and tattoo parlours. Except for retail chain stores with prices clearly displayed, bargaining will be required, for at least 40-60% cheaper.

If you do nothing else in Shenzhen, just visit Dong Men for shopping. It’s a wonderfully vibrant area to explore and a lot of the city’s young go there to stroll around, hang out and eat from its snack stalls and restaurants. It can be crowded at any time of the week but on weekends and holidays it seems like the whole population of the city is trying to squeeze into a few small streets.

How to get there
This area can be reached by bus no 102, 113,103, and 203. Head down one of the pedestrian streets that run perpendicular to Dong Men Zhong Lu (Dong Men Central Road) near the Dong Men footbridge. (There are more shops on the opposite side of Dong Men Zhong Lu). From there just wander and follow the crowd. By Metro, get off at Lao Jie station and leave from exit A. Turn left and you’ll soon be in the thick of it. This information is from here.

Macau-Zhu Hai-ShenZhen, 12-16 August 2008 (II)

2008-08-29T12:53:00.006+08:00

Zhu Hai, 13-14 August 2008

After breakfast.. we checked out and by taxi proceed direct to the border of Macau - Zhu Hai. Many people on queue in the Immigration counter... From Macau to Zhu Hai just a short walk only, less than 5 minutes walk (not included the queue time in the both immigration counter) and all the way in the building area, not open space.After left Zhu Hai (China) Immigration, we arrived at the big underground shopping area.. Gong Bei Port Plaza. No wonder many people just walk (is W.A.L.K.) or just drive the car to crossing Macau - Zhu Hai.

We took taxi to hotel first (because very troublesome to shop with all the luggage hanging on us). After checked in (thank God that we could check in early!), we went back to Gong Bei Port Plaza for lunch then get ready to go around the shopping area for shop!!! This shopping place caters mainly for clothings, shoes, bags, and accessories. Of course you can find some other things also, such as DVD/CD, watches, cosmetics, mobile phone, games and foods.

After tired, we back to hotel to try the spa and massage.. Our hotel in Zhuhai is Chinese Medicine Valley [in Chinese: 中药谷], a place to stay and soak ourselves in many pools (indoors and outdoors) with different herbs such as Green Tea, Vinegar, Aloe Vera, Peppermint, Rose, and many others.. The outdoor pools are located among the trees, bushes, or inside a cave. It says the cold-water spa with milk, flowers, aroma or vinegar can help people to relax, and the hot/warm herbal spa with different traditional Chinese medicine ingredients will help activate blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, remove the heat from the liver and improve eyesight, eliminate toxins and beautify the skin, as well as shape the body and keep fitness. There are also VIP rooms and wooden barrel baths for tailored customer services. This place also provide body massage, foot massage and beauty care.

This hotel is located next to New Yuanming Palace and Lost City Water Park off Jiuzhou Avenue in Lanpu. Other than taxi, also can take the bus no. 1, 13, 25, 30, 40, 60 or 99 to the Lanpu Bus Stop.

Need more information about Zhu Hai? Click Zhu Hai. We did not have time for sightseeing at all, we spent our time for shopping and spa/massage only.

Click here to get more information about Chinese Medicine Valley or check their website here to get more information about the pools (unfortunately all are in Chinese!).

The next day, after breakfast we went back to Gong Bei Port Plaza for another last minute shopping... then by taxi we went to Jiuzhou (九州港) seaport to take ferry to Shenzhen (for Amy and me) and to Hongkong for May & Joelle. The ferry ticket from Zhu Hai to Shen Zhen is RMB90.00. The journey about 1 hour. From Shekou (蛇口)Port to our hotel (Days Inn) at LuoHu area about 45 minutes drive and cost us RMB81.00.

Macau-Zhu Hai-Shen Zhen, 12-16 August 2008 (I)

2008-08-28T13:12:00.006+08:00

Macau, 12-13 August 2008

From Johor by Air Asia, Amy and I flew to Macau. The flight was 3.20 hours.

From the airport we went to Sintra Hotel by taxi (about 30 minutes drive, cost MOP80).

Macau is famous for its casino, many people come to this city to visit the casino. Whereever you go, you will find big or small casino, they open 24 hours a day. During our visit, we only went to The Venetian Macao, the largest and latest casino and resort/hotel in Macau. The Venetian Macao is like a small Venice, with the winding canals, authentic gondolas, ached bridges and nice architecture. The Grand Canal Shoppes also will spoil you to spend your Macau Pataca (MOP, Macau currency)... The gondola ride for 15 minutes will cost you about MOP88.00 per person. 1 Gondola maximum for 4 persons.

According to Wikipedia, The Venetian is a 40-story, 10,500,000-square-foot (980,000 m2). Venetian Macao is modeled on its sister casino resort – the The Venetian in Las Vegas – and is the largest single structure hotel building in Asia and the third-largest building in the world.

Other than The Venetian, we only visited the ruin of St. Paul. According to Wikipedia, the ruin of St. Paul is one of Macau's most famous landmarks. In 2005, the Ruins of St. Paul were officially enlisted as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Macau.

The food in Macau is not fantastic. The taste tends to be too salty and the price is not cheap (average per dish about MOP 35-40 for 1 person serving). I like the buildings.. old and new, most of them very nice. Night shoot will be very nice... as most of the casinos light on with thousands lights...... If I have another chance, I will go Macau again to enjoy the building and ask Bagio to take the photo as many as he can... I hope......! Macau is not a place for shopping...

Upload day buku "Cooking with Love"

2008-08-26T22:52:00.005+08:00

Sebagai ungkapan kasih dan persahabatan, juga untuk mengenang Bunda Inong yang telah berpulang 2 tahun yang lalu, terbitlah buku COOKING WITH LOVE yang merupakan hasil kerja keras grup WE R Mommies dan Dapur Bunda.

Buku ini merupakan hasil rangkuman dari resep, puisi dan juga kisah-kisah unik yang dialami dalam kehidupan sehari2 bersama suami dan kedua anaknya. Resep2 khas bunda Inong dalam buku ini sudah diuji coba oleh para sukarelawan sejak beberapa bulan yang lalu. Salut atas kerjakeras para penyusun sampai terbitnya buku ini.

Cooking with Love...... ah judul yang sangat indah.. semoga bisa menjadi inspirasi bagi semuanya. Ternyata untuk menghasilkan masakan yang lezat tidak hanya tergantung pada bahan, bumbu maupun cara memasaknya, tapi juga harus dilengkapi dengan CINTA.... Peluncuran buku ini direncanakan tgl 30 Agustus 2008 di Jakarta sekaligus menjadi ajang kopdar bagi warge We R Mommies dan Dapur Bunda.

Untuk yang belum sempat membeli bukunya, bisa lihat videonya click di Cooking with Love ini.

Berikut ini merupakan cuplikan kata pengantar yang ditulis oleh Bondan Winarno untuk Bunda Inong dalam “Cooking with Love”:

Semua JS-ers Memanggilnya Bunda. Di antara ribuan warga Komunitas Jalansutra – yaitu mereka yang tergabung dalam milis Jalansutra – muncul beberapa orang yang tampil memukau. Mereka-mereka yang menonjol ini adalah pribadi-pribadi unik yang dengan ciri dan cara masing-masing berhasil memenangi hati para warga lainnya.Ada seorang kapten penerbang yang tulisannya halus, lucu, dan akurat tentang makanan dan tempat makan yang “ditinjaunya”. Ada seorang profesional teknologi informasi yang sejak awal sudah ketahuan kepiawaiannya tentang wine. Ada seorang dokter yang tulisan perjalanannya memukau dan selalu rajin menjawab pertanyaan warga lainnya. Ada seorang “spesialis” LSM yang potret dan tulisannya tentang kuliner selalu ditunggu. Ada pula seorang chef yang ahli kopi. Dan ada banyak lagi “bintang-bintang” lain di galaksi Jalansutra. Bunda Inong Haris adalah salah satu dari mereka. “Bintang”-nya pelan-pelan bersinar. Dan seperti juga “bintang-bintang” yang lain, sinarnya redup menyejukkan, bukan sinar cemerlang yang menyilaukan pandangan. Ia termasuk salah seorang yang sangat aktif hadir dalam berbagai kumpulsutra (acara kumpul-kumpul warga Jalansutra). Ia selalu membawa keceriaan dalam setiap kumpulsutra yang ketika itu memang lebih sering kami selenggarakan. Begitu senangnya Bunda Inong Haris ber-kumpulsutra, sampai-sampai beberapa kali pula ia sendirilah yang memprakarsai acara-acara semacam itu. Ia juga aktif berbagi pengetahuan – khususnya dalam hal masak-memasak –di milis. Banyak warga Jalansutra yang kemudian juga bergabung dalam milis Dapur Bunda yang diasuhnya. Semua warga Jalansutra memanggilnya Bunda. Bahkan saya yang jauh lebih tua dari dia pun ikut-ikutan memanggilnya Bunda. Saya tidak pernah mengetahui nama lengkapnya sampai saat kematiannya di Singapura pada 1 September 2006 dinyatakan secara resmi. Ternyata dia bernama Anna Siti Herdiyanti. Saya pun baru mengetahui bahwa ia lulusan Arsitektur Trisakti. Entah kenapa, di Jalansutra ternyata memang agak banyak pribadi-pribadi berlatar belakang arsitektur berkumpul – termasuk saya sendiri. Bunda Inong Haris meninggal? Kami semua tersentak. Kami semua tidak percaya. Tetapi, kami semua kemudian menyadari bahwa kematian memang selalu datang seperti pencuri. Kami tepekur dengan khidmat. Kami kenang seorang teman yang begitu ceria dan begitu ingin berbagai keceriaan dengan semua orang. Barangkali benar apa yang selama ini dikatakan sebagai pemeo. Bahwa orang baik tempatnya di surga. Kami semua percaya bahwa di sanalah – di swargaloka nan indah – Bunda Inong Haris kini berada. Orang baik tidak pernah mati. Ia tetap bersemayam dalam hati orang-orang yang pernah disentuhnya dengan kebaikan.

Bondan Winarno

Kepala Suku Jalansutra

Program Upload Day "Cooking With Love" ini diselenggarakan oleh We R Mommies Indonesia - http://wrm-indonesia.org/" yang bekerja sama dengan Dapur Bunda.

27 Aug - Two Moons??

2008-08-19T10:20:00.005+08:00

Received the following news from one of my friend.... Is true or just a hoax??

27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for.............

Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultivate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles off earth.
Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons.
The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.
Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.

Please share with me if you really see two moons on 27 August ............
My question is, which year of 27 August we will see 2 moons????

Salam dari Shenzhen

2008-08-14T16:47:00.002+08:00

Kamis, 14 Agustus 2008

Aku & Amy barusan nyampe Shenzhen, check-in hotel dan langsung nyewa internet karena urusan email-meng-email. Urusan apdet perjalanan kali ini.. nanti kalo sudah balik ke Singapore aja ya... karena sewa internetnya mahal........... lagian gak bisa aplod foto.

Kemarin malem dapat kabar kalo cik Anna masuk rumah sakit gara-gara tekanan darahnya drop... cuman sempat kirim sms dan berdoa, semoga cik Anna cepet sembuh dan pulih kembali.
Tuhan akan membuka jalan dan memberkati kalian sekeluarga seperti janjiNya... Dia tidak pernah membiarkan anak-anakNya jalan sendirian....
Untuk cik Anna dan Koh Hay, juga Agnes, Otto, Teresa... tetap berdoa ya...
Kami bantu dalam doa juga.

Sampai ketemu di postingan berikutnya...
Salam.

Around Singapore with Friends from Indonesia

2008-08-07T13:47:00.016+08:00

13 July 2008, we met my ex-boss at Bukit Batok kopi-tiam. Here is the pictures of their daughter, Meaghan...

13 July 2008 was Meaghan 2 years old birthday...

Happy Birthday, Meaghan.

26-30 July 2008

Li Shia & Hong Jay, Winnie their daughter, and Lina (Li Shia's sis) came for short holiday and health check up. Saturday evening we went to Boat Quay.
Sunday, after church meeting we went to Sentosa until evening.

30 Jul - 4 Aug 08

Melani & Katherine from Surabaya came to help Lan's daughter, Stella, to choose new boarding house. Wednesday night we went to see "Singapore Garden Festival 2008" at Suntec City. Some pictures that we took that night......

Sunday, 3 August we went to Jurong Bird Park and in the evening went to Mount Faber.

31 July 2008, Fransisca and her cousin, Leo was here for 1 night only... We only met for a couple of hours at RE hotel.

5-7 August 2008

Lila (from Bandung) came to attend her son's performance at Esplanade. I accompany her to watch the Raffless Institution's choir performance. Nice performance...

Then this morning (7 Aug), we went to RI to watch Mulia's speech in his class...... about "The Key to Unlock the Success"

When I sat in the classroom, it bring back the memory of our school day. The difference only that the classroom nowadays with Aircond and the presentation is with Laptop... makes life is more comfortable and easier.......

Binh Quoi Tourist Village (11-12 July 2008)

2008-07-17T08:55:00.001+08:00

Friday, 11 July 2008, we flew back from Dalat to HCMC by Vietnam Airlines (Fare was U$42.00 per person, 40 minutes fly). We reached HCMC at about 5.40 and by taxi went to Br. Can house for dinner. Tonight we stayed at Binh Quoi Resort II.

The place is nice but seems like they did not maintain it well. The TV set and remote in our room was not working. The dry bath room become wet because the shower floor was leaking... But the environment was beautiful and refreshing. Our rooms with balcony facing the river.
The next morning, we woke up early to enjoy the sunrise direct from the balcony.
After breakfast, we walked about 15 minutes to Binh Quoi Resort I.
We paid U$26.00 per room without breakfast.
This website will tell you more about this place. Their official website is http://www.binhquoiresort.com.vn

About 11.00AM Br. Tseng picked us up for lunch and then send us to airport to fly back to Singapore..........

Dalat Town (9-11 July 2008)

2008-07-16T16:07:00.004+08:00

Wednesday, 9 July 2008, about 1PM we been picked up by the bus to go to Dalat. The cost for the bus Muine - Dalat is VND80,000 per person. The small bus (for 20 seaters) wass full and packed with passengers and luggage.The bus was driving along the main road of Mui Ne to pick up all the passengers and then go straight to Dalat via the mountain road. The bus stopped 1 time for 'natural rest room' at corn field... then another stop just for us to take some scenery pictures. About 5pm we reached our hotel in Dalat, Hotel Mai Vang. The hotel is new and clean. The room is double queen bed, too big for 2 of us... We paid U$30 per room per night including breakfast.

After dinner we just took a walk at the nearby town centre. We went to Dalat night market, near the Dalat Central Market. The weather in Dalat is very nice, about 20 degree C. We stopped at one place to have our Ice cream!!!!

The next day, after breakfast we went to Dalat Flower Park (entrance fee is VND10,000 per person). Many flowers are there........ Then on the way to Nam Ban, we stopped at a few places to see how the local people do the vegetable seedling, chrysanthemum farm, harvest the vegetables.......... We met some Nam Ban saints and having lunch together. From there, we went to Elephant Water Fall [Thac Voi]. Located in a beautiful virgin forest in Nam Ban town, Lam Ha district, Lam Dong province, Thac Voi is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the Central Highlands.

To reach and enjoy the water fall, we need to do some climbing up and down the slippery rocks and pathway. It is very challenging and quite scary to go on.. but the urge to see the waterfall keeps me go on and on.. When I reached the place where I can see the waterfall clearly, the feeling was very happy.... Climbing back was another challenge. Believe me, the next 2 days I could not walked properly as my thigh were very pain!! If have a chance to visit Thac Voi, better be prepared with a proper shoes and some exercise to avoid the muscle cramp.

From Elephant water fall we went to Silk Making factory then we went to Crazy House. The entrance fee for Crazy Hous is VND12,000 per person. The ticket seller is the owner of this place, Mdm Hang Nga herself (read more about the owner).

More information about Dalat? Click here.

Sand Dunes, Fisherman Village & Fairy Stream

2008-07-16T15:57:00.003+08:00

Tuesday, 8 July 2008

The attractions places we went during our stayed in Mui Ne were all free of charge. No entrance fee needed. If you know the location, you can just rent a motorbike and go there on your own. The other alternative is joint the local tour. They will bring you around in Russian Jeep. The charges about U$18 per person for about 5-6 hours tour. Just be prepared with the minimum facility for tourist. Sometimes we need to meet mr. bush to do the 'business', like what happened to my friend. In the middle of the road, where only bush and ocean you can see, she need to go rest room... No choice.. then she just hide herself and have 2 meetings with mr. bush to relieve herself....... Since then, we use the term "Mr. bush calling" or "need to meet mr. bush" if we want to go to rest room..........

Relax at Muine Beach (7-9 July 2008)

2008-07-16T09:04:00.005+08:00

Monday, 7 July 2008
From Saigon we went to Mui Ne, a beach village about 200 km from Saigon (5 hours by coach). The bus depart at 07.55AM and we reach Muine at 13.00PM. The bus only stopped 1 time for rest room.

The bus driver will send the passengers to the hotel/resort that they booked. Just make sure that you know what is the hotel/resort name, so the bus driver can drive you right in front of the hotel. Otherwise is not easy to walk by yourself to look for your hotel.

In Mui Ne we stayed at Tien Dat Resort. We paid U$42.00 for 1 room 1 night, including ABF breakfast. The resort is quite nice. The room is big and clean. Behind the resort is the beach where we can play in the sea water when the wave not so strong.

If you want to, just walk a few hundred meter from the hotel and you can learn Kite boarding or just walk on the white sand.

A lot of eating place (even Ice Cream) located opposite the hotel. Also some travel agent if you want to visit some sites and attractions around Mui Ne.

Prepare the sunblock, as the sun is quite strong and burning. For travelling around the village, you can rent a motor bike for VND100,000 per day (24 hours). We rent motor bike to go around. We went to visit Red Sand Dunes, Mui Ne Fishing Village, White Sand Dunes and Fairy Stream. More information about Mui Ne with its attractions can be read at this website. Better visit the sand dunes early in the morning (before 10 AM) or late afternoon (after 4PM), as the sand can be very hot in the noon time. At Red Sand Dunes you can try the slide by renting the plastic board from the local kids. Just prepared to pay more, eventhough originally they agreed with VND10,000 for unlimited slide.

We watched sunrise at Red Sand Dunes. You need to reach the Red Sand Dunes before 5.30... because you still need to climb the dunes to get better view. From Red Sand Dunes we went to Fishing Village, where the local people do the business of seafoods. We bought about 3kg scallops and shellfish (price VND50,000) plus more than 1kg crabs (VND130,000). When we reached White Sand Dunes we asked one of the people there to cook for us with the cost VND40,000. Quite a good bargain for fresh seafood.

Some restaurant/eating place along the main road serve local vietnamese food with quite reasonable price (about VND20,000-50,000 per person per meal).

Ho Chi Minh City (5-7 July 2008), part I

2008-07-16T08:38:00.004+08:00

The following pictures were taken during our first 2 days in Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon), 5-7 July 2008.

We stayed at An An 2 Hotel, budget hotel (we paid U$22 per room per night without breakfast). The hotel is quite new, clean and convenient for food and travell agent. The only thing is each floor only have 1 type of room. So we stayed at different floor from J&J, because we booked the same room...
We booked our bus ticket to Muine (cost U$5.00 or VND 80,000.00) at Sinh Cafe, a few block away from our hotel, which is very convenient for us since our bus is depart at 7.30AM. After check out and had our breakfast than we can walk going there waiting for the bus.
Some information about Ho Chi Minh City area can be seen here, my first visit to Saigon .

Vietnam Tour, 5-12 July 2008

2008-07-05T21:36:00.005+08:00

Saturday, 5 July 2008

This morning by JetStar we are flying to Ho Chi Minh City with Jimmy/Joanie Lee.

Today is my birthday... and the officer lady in the Singapore immigration noticed that today is my birthday and wish me a Happy Birthday...

The journey was smooth, 07.25 - 08.30 (HCMC's time, which is 1 hour behind Singapore).

When we arrived, some church's brothers and sisters were there pick us up. We went to Br. Tseng Chi Hua (who stayed in Singapore many years ago) to talk about some itinerary.

After checked in at An An2 Hotel, (and again the receptionist girl noticed that today is my birthday...!) we went to Pho 2000 for lunch with Br. Tuc and Br. Leng.

Afternoon we just went out for city tour on our own. We walked from Ben Thanh Market toward City Hall, Reunification Place, Cathedral, Post Office, Diamond Plaza and passed by Independence Palace, War Remnant Museum and then back to hotel by taxi. We took a nap until dinner time..

Evening was raining... and we went out to book our bus ticket to Muine at Sinh Cafe, which is only a few block away from our hotel. The ticket from Saigon to Muine is U$5.00 or VD80,000. Then we had Pho combination for Bagio and Spicy Beef with Bread for me. Since the rain did not stop, after dinner and some shopping, we just back to hotel and I update this blog...then go to sleep.

Stella's Graduation and Visitors from Indonesia

2008-07-03T20:11:00.011+08:00

Friday, 20 June 2008

We attended Stella's graduation day at Ritz Carlton Hotel to represent her parents, Hung & Lan.

Wednesday, 25 June 2008

My uncle's family came to Singapore for medical check up and holiday.

My niece & nephew: Kelvin, Devina, Jessica, Moreno & Reagan.

Sunday, 29 June 2008

Bagio's niece-in-law (daughter-in-law of Bagio's cousin), Linda, came to Singapore for medical check up. We picked her with her sis at Changi airport, then direct went to Orchard for shopping. In the evening we sent them to Compassvale to her uncle's house to stay there during their visit. We went out to have our dinner at Compass Point.

Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Bagio's sis-in-law (his brother's wife), Rahma, was in town for business trip. We accompanied her for some walks and shopping. This afternoon she went back to Jakarta.

Now we are free and get ready for our own trip to Vietnam this Saturday.

Dukung Indonesia untuk "The New 7 Wonders"

2008-06-26T16:13:00.002+08:00

AYO DUKUNG INDONESIA FOR THE NEW 7 WONDERS!
Ayo dukung Indonesia!
Pemilihan 7 keajaiban milik dunia kembali digelar, berbeda dengan kriteria sebelumnya dengan keajaiban yang dibuat secara sengaja oleh manusia dalam bentuk bangunan, kali ini panitia mengajak dunia untuk memilih 7 keajaiban baru milik dunia yang bukan dari buatan manusia. Sudah terpilih sebanyak 77 tempat di seluruh dunia dari berbagai kategori, dan Indonesia mengajukan atau setidaknya sudah terpilih sebanyak 3 tempat eksotik, antara lain:
1. Komodo National Park
2. Krakatau, Volcanic Island
3. Lake Toba

Voting dilakukan melalui internet, dengan batas waktu sampai akhir 2008!
VOTE for INDONESIA:http://www.new7wonders.com/ atau:http://www.new7wonders.com/nature/en/liveranking/

Catatan:Indonesia mungkin akan kalah dari negara lain, bahkan negara kecil yang mengajukan tempat yang tidak terlalu menarik, hanya karena negara tersebut lebih melek internet (Singapore contohnya, yang mengajukan Bukit Timah Nature Reserve). Dan yg lebih menyedihkan lagi, pulau Sipadan juga termasuk dlm nominee yg diajukan oleh Malaysia :(.
Brazil misalnya, pemerintahnya menyediakan fasilitas gratis untuk masyarakatnya yang tidak punya akses internet agar bisa ikut memilih untuk negaranya.Karena itu, ayo bantu sebarkan informasi dan ajakan ini!...Mudah2an partisipasi teman2 bisa membantu menempatkan ke 3 tempat eksotik yang ada di Indonesia ke dalam 7 keajaiban dunia… =)__._,_.___

Until the last cent....

2008-06-19T12:29:00.002+08:00

Last Friday, 13 June 2008 we went to Suntec city to see the PC Exhibition to buy some gadgets..

After walked around, we decided to buy the external harddisk to store Bagio's photo collection. We chose 500Gb with the price of S$129.99. When we want to pay, the guy told me that is we pay using NETS, have to add 2%, if credit card add 3%. Woah..... its surprised us, as usually when we pay using NETS are always free... why this time no?

I don't want to pay with nets and I asked Bagio how much he has with him. I also search high and low from my wallet and bag... we managed to find $129.00. And before we pay, I saw the brochure again, and showed that the actual price is $129.99........ O oh.. then we dig and dig again to find the next 0.99! Finally .. we can get the $130.00 with some coins of $0.20, 0.10 and 0.05 to pay for the external harddisk... When we went home, our combined money in the wallet/bag/pocket was only $0.01 .. the return from 130.00.

Moral of the story: Cash is still the best!

Sapa suruh gak mau bawa uang cash.. keenakan bayar pake Nets/Cards, jadinya ya gini ini!

Ketemuan dengan Yayat (FP'86)

2008-06-19T12:22:00.003+08:00

Senin, 16 Jun 2008

Sore sepulang kerja dan makan malam, kami ke Hotel Grand Mercure Roxy di daerah Marine Parade untuk ketemuan dengan Yayat dan keluarga (Cristina+Sarah+Alexandra). Mereka mampir 2 hari di Singapore dalam perjalanan ke Jakarta dari Italy.

Meski baru ketemuan untuk pertama kalinya, tapi rasanya seperti sudah kenal lama.. Seneng rasanya bisa ketemu sesama alumni Faperta UKSW.

Juga tks atas oleh2nya yang cantik..

Sampe ketemu lagi.

Laksa Blending & Standing Eggs

2008-06-09T14:40:00.003+08:00

Saturday, 7 June 2008
Pipie from Adelaide on the way back to Adelaide from Solo, stopped over in Singapore for 7-8 hours. We met at Bugis and brought her for some shopping before we headed to Duncan/Faith's house for Laksa Blending.

Sunday, 8 June 2008
Today is the Rice Dumpling festival according to Chinese Calendar. Everybody will eat Dumpling ...

Early in the morning, my friend Chiew Har called to borrow the camera to take photo of "Standing Egg". Standing Egg??? YES.. is standing egg, the egg that can stand on itself on the flat surface. The egg will stand at about 12 Noon... and she wants to show it to the children.

At about 12pm... the children go out from the house and everyone received 1 egg and try to make it stand.. In the beginning was not that easy.. but slowly everyone can make it STAND!! This is not magic.. but according to scientific is because on that day that hour, the distance between earth and moon was the shortest/closest, so the gravity is very strong... I dont know.. but I saw it that the eggs were standing yesterday. Will the egg stand again today or tomorrow? Let's try it and let me know if you can make it stand. The egg is raw, intact and did not apply anything on it.

DownTown East Chalet & BBQ Party

2008-06-09T13:58:00.005+08:00

Friday, 30 May 2008
Stayed 1 night at Costa Sand Resort at Down Town East, Pasir Ris with Duncan&Faith family. Also with May Leong's family and friends.
The weather on Saturday was good in the morning, but then raining after 11Am.. so we can not really take a good pictures on it.

Evening went to Joshua/Zoe's house at Queens for BBQ...

Enjoy the pictures!

Pemeriksaan Laptop di Bandara Soekarno-Hatta, Jakarta??

2008-06-05T10:58:00.004+08:00

Terima message di bawah dari salah satu teman milis.. nggak tau bener apa enggak, yang penting hati2 aja deh.......!

Hari Kamis tgl 29 Mei 2008 di bandara Soekarno Hatta telah dilakukan pemeriksaan terhadap para calon penumpang yang membawa komputer. Kepada mereka yang komputernya terinstallasi software-software tidak berlisensi, dilakukan sidang di tempat dan dikenakan denda sebesar Rp 9.500.000,- per komputer. Selanjutnya komputer ditahan dan harus ditebus di polres yang telah ditentukan.

Menurut info yang didapat, pemeriksaan komputer ini telah dilakukan selama seminggu oleh aparat kepolisian beserta tim HAKI di bandara, cafe-cafe dan tempat umum lainnya.

Kejadian ini disaksikan langsung oleh pak Rahmat Saptadirdja (Xsis) dan pak Bima Kurniawan (Anabatic) yang akan melakukan perjalanan melalui bandara Soekarno Hatta.

Kepada rekan-rekan yang menggunakan komputer notebook, harap berhati-hati dalam menggunakan komputernya di tempat umum dan segera melegalisir software-software yang digunakan atau menghapus software yang tidak legal.

http://www.detikine t.com/index. php/detik. read/tahun/ 2008/bulan/ 06/tgl/03/ time/153533/ idnews/949738/ idkanal/399

Selasa, 03/06/2008 15:35 WIB Razia Software di Soekarno-Hatta, Benarkah? Ardhi Suryadhi - detikinet Jakarta -

Belakangan, berbagai mailing list (milis) marak membicarakan aksi razia software ilegal yang dilakukan pihak berwajib di Bandara Soekarno Hatta. Awalnya adalah sebuah e-mail yang mengaku sebagai kesaksian penumpang terhadap aksi itu.Lalu bagaimana tanggapan dari petugas terkait? Benarkah sweeping software bajakan tengah digalakkan di bandara soekarno Hatta? Berikut tanggapannya.

Kepala Puskom Publik Departemen Perhubungan Bambang S.Ervan, membenarkan adanya aksi pemeriksaan laptop yang dibawa para penumpang di bandara Soekarno Hatta. Menurutnya, pihak berwajib ingin menegakkan peraturan terkait Hak atas Kekayaan Intelektual.Namun ia tak bisa memastikan bahwa yang diperiksa itu khusus untuk mengincar software ilegal yang ada di komputer/laptop para penumpang. "Itu kewenangan polisi, yang saya tahu mereka melakukan pemeriksaan untuk laptop-laptop yang masuk ke Indonesia karena terkait dengan HaKI," ujarnya kepada detikINET, Rabu Selasa (3/6/2008).

Sementara itu Kacab Angkasa Pura II Soekarno-Hatta, Haryanto, mengaku tak tahu menahu dengan aksi razia ini. "Saya malah baru tahu dari Anda (wartawan detikINET-red. )," tukasnya singkat. Hal senada juga diungkapkan Kapolres Bandara Soekarno-Hatta Kombes Polisi Guntur Setianto dan Kepala Bea Cukai Soekarno-Hatta Rahmat Subagio. Guntur menegaskan bahwa pihak kepolisian tidak pernah melakukan sweeping software bajakan pada laptop yang dibawa para penumpang di bandara Soekarno-Hatta. "Kalau untuk urusan pemeriksaan barang yang dibawa, itu kan urusan kepabenan," ujarnya. Dan setali tiga uang dengan Guntur, Kepala Bea Cukai Soekarno-Hatta Rahmat Subagio juga mengatakan tak memperlakukan software bajakan sebagai barang terlarang untuk melewati bandara terbesar di Indonesia ini. "Yang pasti, kami selalu memberi perhatian kepada barang bawaan yang dibawa para penumpang yang bisa digunakan para mafia untuk membawa barang terlarang," tandasnya.

Keputusan ada di tangan anda... Kalau ada yang mengalami, kasih komen di sini ya... Salam!

Malaysia's Petrol for Foreigner Cars

2008-05-28T15:16:00.005+08:00

M'sia bans fuel sales to foreign cars near borders

Petrol stations close to Thailand affected.
Malaysia has announced a ban on the sale of its subsidised fuel to foreign cars at all petrol stations within 30 to 50 kilometres of the country's borders, news reports said yesterday.
The ban, which is to take effect on Friday, affects petrol stations in the five states closest to the northern border with Thailand and the southern border with Singapore, Malaysia's Domestic Trade Minister Shahrir Samad said.
(Taken from http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/28May2008_news07.php. )

Is a bad news for most of Singaporean and Thai people who used to enjoy cheaper petrol/fuel bought from Malaysia.. Malaysia’s diesel and petrol prices are among the lowest in Asia due to high government subsidies. When this new regulation take effect on Friday, 30 May 2008, many Singaporean will deter from visiting Johor Bahru and also will affect most of Johor Petrol stations. "Buying cheap petrol is one of the privileges and what attracts the Singaporean to go there. But with this implementation, it may deter people from visiting Johor.

In the past, I myself also like to go Johor Bahru just to top-up my car's tank... Just drive in to JB - pump petrol - than back to Singapore....... If the traffic in the causeway no jammed, within half an-hour I already reached back Singapore, and I can save about S$15-20.00.

Now I can not do that anymore... If I want to pump petrol, at least has to drive in further about 30-50 km from the causeway/Malaysia's border. Ooppssssss............ has to use the petrol first before can pump in.

Still thinking how to solve this problem, hehe!
Any suggestion from you?
Or shall we just change to CNG as an alternative of Petrol high price? Uh.. uh.. we did not choose CNG option when we bought our recent car...

The Great Singapore Sale 2008

2008-05-24T09:18:00.003+08:00

If you lucky, you can win a new Subaru car. And for tourists, there are some special promotions for you. Want to find out further...? Just click http://www.greatsingaporesale.com.sg/

Enjoy your shopping... spend wisely.. and do not forget to bring your own bag to save the earth.

If have some spare money.. just call me to help you to spend it.

Henderson Wave Bridge

2008-05-23T08:52:00.009+08:00

Monday, 19 May 2008, public holiday in Singapore, Vesak day.
In the morning, we went out to have breakfast with Jimmy & Joanie, then proceeded to Henderson Wave Bridge.
This bridge is a part of Southern Ridges, a 9 km chain of greenery, in which consist primarily of three large hill parks - Mount Faber, Telok Blangah Hill Park and Kent Ridge Park.
Henderson Waves, at a height of 36 m, is Singapore's highest pedestrian bridge. A wave-shaped, steel-and-timber structure, it spans 274 metres across Henderson Road.
Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong officialy opened Henderson Wave Bridge together with Alexandra Arch on 10 May 2008.

Next time we will try to go to Alexandra Arch and the other chains of Southern Ridges.

Further info taken from Channel News Asia (CNA) :

To enjoy the view on foot, one must be prepared to spend at least two and half hours to cover the entire attraction. Harbour views in the day and city lights at night are some of the sights one can enjoy while strolling along the Henderson Waves bridge. At a height of 36 metres or 12 storeys from the road, it's the highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore. The 300-metre bridge links up the parks at Mount Faber and Telok Blangah Hill. The bridge is constructed using steel and all-weather timber which can be found in Southeast Asia. As a lot of wood was used in the decking, the National Parks Board (NParks), which is maintaining the structure, said smoking will be prohibited for safety reasons. Beyond the Henderson Waves Bridge and a one-kilometre hilltop walk, you also get to experience the meandering forest walk and earth trails. But NParks assures that these are harmless. The 1.3 kilometre raised walkway, with heights ranging from three to 18 metres, brushes the canopy of the secondary forest of Telok Blangah Hill.

More information about SOUTHERN RIDGES can be obtained from here.

West Coast Park

2008-05-19T10:02:00.011+08:00

Sunday, 18 may 2008

About evening time we went to West Coast Park, near Pasir Panjang Road. We thought since at West Coast area, we can enjoy the sunset.. who knows that the sunset is not very beautiful.

This place is good for picnic and outing with family and friends, including BBQ party. Many people come here for in-line scating/blading, jogging, cycling, fishing, camping, fly the kites, exercise or just play at the playground or marsh garden . Also the car with pedal (I dont know what you call the thing).

This place only have 1 McDonald for refreshment... and just expect a long queue when you order the foods. If you come with more people, better bring your own food for picnic.

Car Park is available, but always have to wait especially if weekends or public holiday. You can drive further up to find another car park. Or just take bus service no. 175 and 176, and stop along the park.

More information of West Coast Park, can click here .

Smile.....

2008-05-16T15:25:00.001+08:00

One in a million shot. All captured with one photo

God's way of saying "Have a nice day!"

Happy Mother's Day, 11 May 2008

2008-05-16T15:11:00.002+08:00

EIGHT LIES OF A MOTHER
This story begins when I was a child:
I was born poor. Often we hadn't enough to eat. Whenever we had some food, Mother often gave me her portion of rice. While she was transferring her rice into my bowl, she would say ..'Eat this rice, son! I'm not hungry. 'This was Mother's First Lie.

As I grew, Mother gave up her spare time to fish in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught, she could give me a little bit more nutritious food for my growth. Once she had caught just two fish, she would make fish soup. While I was eating the soup, mother would sit beside me and eat the what was still left on the bone of the fish I had eaten. My heart was touched when I saw it. Once I gave the other fish to her on my chopstick but she immediately refused it and said, 'Eat this fish, son! I don't really like fish. 'This was Mother's Second Lie.

Then, in order to fund my education, Mother went to a Match Factory to bring home some used matchboxes which she filled with fresh matchsticks. This helped her get some money to cover our needs. One wintry night I awoke to find Mother filling the matchboxes by candlelight. So I said, 'Mother, go to sleep; it's late: you can continue working tomorrow morning.' Mother smiled and said 'Go to sleep, son! I'm not tired. 'This was Mother's Third Lie.

When I had to sit my Final Examination, Mother accompanied me. After dawn, Mother waited for me for hours in the heat of the sun. When the bell rang, I ran to meet her. Mother embraced me and poured me a glass of tea that she had prepared in a thermos. The tea was not as strong as my Mother's love, Seeing Mother covered with perspiration, I at once gave her my glass and asked her to drink too. Mother said ..'Drink, son! I'm not thirsty!'.This was Mother's Fourth Lie.

After Father's death, Mother had to play the role of a single parent. She held on to her former job; she had to fund our needs alone. Our family's life was more complicated. We suffered from starvation. Seeing our family's condition worsening, my kind Uncle who lived near my house came to help us solve our problems big and small. Our other neighbors saw that we were poverty stricken so they often advised my mother to marry again. But Mother refused to remarry saying ..'I don't need love! 'This was Mother's Fifth Lie.

After I had finished my studies and gotten a job, it was time for my old Mother to retire but she carried on going to the market every morning just to sell a few vegetables. I kept sending her money but she was steadfast and even sent the money back to me. She said, 'I have enough money! 'That was Mother's Sixth Lie.

I continued my part-time studies for my Master's Degree. Funded by the American Corporation for which I worked, I succeeded in my studies. With a big jump in my salary, I decided to bring Mother to enjoy life in America but Mother didn't want to bother her son; she said to me... 'I'm not used to high living! 'That was Mother's Seventh Lie.

In her dotage, Mother was attacked by cancer and had to be hospitalized. Now living far across the ocean, I went home to visit Mother who was bedridden after an operation. Mother tried to smile but I was heart broken because she was so thin and feeble but Mother said, 'Don't cry, son! I'm not in pain! 'That was Mother's Eighth Lie.

Telling me this, her eighth lie, she died ...YES, MOTHER WAS AN ANGEL!

M - O - T - H - E - R
'M' is for the Million things she gave me
'O' means Only that she's growing old
'T' is for the Tears she shed to save me
'H' is for her Heart of gold
'E' is for her Eyes with love-light shining in them
'R'means Right, and right she'll always be,

Put them all together, they spell 'MOTHER' a word that means the world to me.
For those of you who are lucky to be still blessed with your Mom's presence on Earth, this story is beautiful. For those who aren't so blessed, this is even more beautiful.

Juan & Theo

2008-05-13T08:52:00.002+08:00

Sekitar pukul 9 malam hari Sabtu kemarin, tiba2 handphoneku berbunyi karena ada sms masuk.
Eh.. dari adikku, Shirley. Setelah membaca isinya, aku jadi tertawa geli, karena ternyata yang ngirim sms itu Theo (diketikkan oleh Juan). Isinya:

Ini pantun dari Theo:
IKAN HIU IKAN BADAK (hehe... mana ada sih ikan badak?? atau emang ada ya???)
artinya
I LOVE U MENDADAK.

IKAN HIU IKAN CUCUT
artinya
YUK LANJUT (katanya sih yang ini ngopy dari iklan di TV)

SAMSUNG TRIO
artinya
SALAM SAYANG DARI THEO

haha... langsung aja aku balas (setelah berpikir lama sambil ngobrak-ngabrik internet..):

BUAH MANGGA BUAH KEDONDONG
artinya
THEO SAYANG JANGAN BEGITU DONG.......!

Terus kemarin malam waktu nelpon adikku itu, dapat cerita tentang cita2 Juan & Theo: jadi arsitek dan kontraktor. Lha.. kenapa koq jadi arsitek dan kontraktor??? Karena mereka pingin banget membangun sebuah rumah tingkat 4. Tapi setelah dihitung2 ternyata harus tingkat 6...... waktu ditanya kenapa koq mesti tingkat 6? Jawabnya:
Tingkat satu untuk papi dan mami (maksudnya untuk aku dan bagio)
Tingkat dua untuk papa dan mama
Tingkat tiga untuk Juan dan istri
Tingkat empat untuk Theo dan istri
Tingkat lima untuk Ie Anna dan Om Hai (Sepupuku yang di Jakarta)
Tingkat enam untuk anak2nya Ie Anna/Om Hai......

Duh........ waktu aku denger cerita itu.. hatiku rasanya mak les dan terharu.. Kayaknya koq indah ya kalao bisa hidup bersama di hari tua dengan keluarga sendiri. Bisa saling bantu dan saling jaga. Aku berdoa, semoga cita2 ini bisa terwujud. Amen.

Psalms 133:1
BEHOLD, HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT IT IS
FOR BROTHERS TO DWELL IN UNITY!

Strawberry Quick...!!!!

2008-05-13T08:42:00.006+08:00

Just received the article below.. if it is true, all parents out there must be very careful with your children of what they buy or consume outside the house...
Hope this article can help our future generation from being ruin by the drugs!

This is a new drug known as Strawberry quick
There is a very scary thing going on in the schools right now that we all need to be aware of.

There is a type of crystal meth going around that looks like strawberry pop rocks (the candy that sizzles and pops in your mouth). It also smells like strawberry and it is being handed out to kids in school yards. They are calling it strawberry meth or strawberry quick.

Kids are ingesting this thinking that it is candy and being rushed off to emergency in dire condition. It also comes in flavour of chocolate, peanut butter, cola, cherry, grape and orange.

Please instruct your children to not to accept candy from strangers and even not to accept candy that looks like this from a friend (who may have been given it and believe it is candy) and to take any that they may have to the teacher, principal, or parents immediately.

Pass this email on to as many people as you can (even if they don't have kids) so that we can raise awareness and hopefully prevent any tragedies from occurring.

NARKOBA jenis baru dengan nama Strawberry quick.
Perlu kita waspadai, telah beredar disekolah-sekolah sesuatu yang mengerikan. NARKOBA Crystal berbentuk bulat, mirip dengan permen POP ROCK rasa Strawbery (kalau kita kemut bisa berdesis di dalam mulut). Aromanya persis seperti Strawbery dan saat ini sudah beredar bebas di lingkungan sekolah. Namanya Strawberry Meth atau Strawberry Quick.

Anak2 berpikir bahwa barang tersebut adalah PERMEN (gula-gula), berhati-hatilah karana permen ini dapat menyebabkan kondisi sang anak bisa masuk RS dan ketagihan.
Selain rasa strawberry, ada juga produk dengan rasa Coklat, kacang, Cola, chery, anggur dan rasa jeruk.

Peringatkan anak kita untuk tidak menerima permen jenis ini dari orang-2 yang tidak kita kenal, meskipun dari teman mereka atau dari siapapun.

Sampaikan pesan ini ke rekan yang lain untuk mencegah terjadinya hal-2 yang tidak kita inginkan.

Hunting A New Car

2008-05-07T08:44:00.007+08:00

Past few weeks we went out to hunting for a new car.
Our current car already coming to 7 years old and since the new car price now is cheaper, so is worth to change it.

We went to:
Borneo Motor and took a look at Altis.........

Komoco Motors and took a look at Avante.........

Road Shows at Toa Payoh Hub and took a look at Axio, Wish, Honda Fit.......
Turf City and viewed the Axio..........

After some consideration and thinking, at first we wanted to choose Avante because of its price and model.

Last saturday, we went to Jurong East Library to return and borrow books. On the way back, Bagio needed to buy something from NTUC and nearby NTUC got road show from SunAuto. Happened this company is my office's neighbour at Jurong Port Road. We just stopped by and took a look of what sort of cars and prices they offer.
Being served by Ernest... we asked many questions. And since their offer for our old car is quite attractive, we decided to choose their car. And we signed the agreement to buy Toyota ............... (*will write again when we get our new car*)

The bank loan currently is set at 2.5% interest. You can opt for 100% loan with maximum repayment of 10 years (depend on your household annual income to be approved by the bank).
Yesterday (Tue, 6 May) we got the approval bank loan, and today (Wed, 7 May) bidding for the COE . If everything go smoothly, by next month we can get our new car.

We hope that this car will be good and useful for our daily living and His Testimony.

Happy Birthday...

2008-05-07T08:11:00.005+08:00

1st May is the first birthday for Jessica and Jennifer of Robert and Vonny.

5th May is Agnes' birthday.

6th May is Julianto's birthday.

May our God and Jesus Christ bless and lead your future footsteps.

Have a wonderful day!

Sunset at Labrador Park

2008-04-27T21:54:00.013+08:00

27 April 2008
About 6pm we reached Labrador Park to wait for sunset.
Taken from the platform.

PSA Port before dark

Spider eats fish???

Sunset at Labrador Park

After sunset

PSA Port after sunset

Singapore Civil District, Night Scape

2008-04-14T09:09:00.003+08:00

Singapore, 13 April 2008

After dinner, we went out for hunting night scapes/photo at Civil District area. We started from Padang with the Old_Supreme_Court_Building and City Hall, then accross the road to Art Museum at Old Parliament House, Boat Quay, Asian Civilitation Museum at Empress Place, Fullerton Hotel, Cavenagh Bridge then back to Padang.

Enjoy the photo........ taken by Bagio using his baby, Nikon D50.

More information about Civil District area in Singapore, you can click Civic District Trail
And for some historical landmarks in Singapore, you can take a look from here.

Have a good day.!

Visitors from Taiwan, 4-7 Apr 08

2008-04-11T09:00:00.002+08:00

Friday, 4 April 2008, one church's friend, Chang Shih Chih, from Min Hsiung, Chia Yu, Taiwan came and stayed with us. The other family (Br. Hu with wife and 2 children) stayed with Br. Ding & Robert.

After picked them up from Newton Hawker Centre, we went for dinner at Liew's house. Early sleep for Chang, as they woke up very early that day (3 AM!) to catch up the flight from Taipei.

Saturday, 5 April 2008, morning after breakfast, they went to Sentosa with the whole group. Afternoon we had a dinner with the youths at Robert's house. Then I brought Chang to Mt. Faber to see night scenery of Singapore.

Sunday, 6 April 2008, afternoon we went to East Coast Park for cycling... then dinner at Fisherman Village. Then we went to Merlion Park for night scenery again.

Monday, 7 April 2008 about 7 o'clock we sent them to Newton Hawker Centre to flock with the rest of the groups (68 of them). They will have half day tour to Botanic Garden then proceeded to airport to fly back to Taiwan. Bye--bye.. hope you enjoy this short trip to Singapore.

Welcome you back ..

Jakarta Bandung, 27 Feb-3 Mar 08

2008-03-08T17:06:00.003+08:00

Wednesday, 27 Feb 2008, by SQ I flew to Jakarta for business meeting. The meeting only for 1 day, and another day for farm visit. After that I proceeded straight to Bandung for holiday. Sisca & Lila, 2 friends of mine always ask me to visit Bandung for shopping and eating.... My only and last visit to Bandung was about 30 years ago... so I used this opportunity to visit Bandung again. Wilujeng Sumping.. that means "Welcome to", Selamat Datang ke Bandung......

First night stayed at Sisca's house at Kopo Elok and second night stayed at Lila's house at Batununggal. Friday night, they brought me to Factory Outlets (FO) at Jalan Riau. I visited heritage, Cascade and Stamp. Bandung is famous with its FOs.. 2 or 3 days will not be enough if you want to shop at each shop.
Saturday morning, we went to Kawah Putih (meaning "White Crater"), located at Mount Patuha, Ciwidey, Soreang, South Bandung. The road to Kawah Putih is smooth but zig-zag. Be prepared with the motion sickness... The entrance fee is Rp. 10,000 per adult and if you drive is Rp. 5000 per car. After you got your ticket, if you not drive, you can walk for about 30-60 minutes before you can reach the crater. Bring along your jacket or sweater, as the weather is about 10-15 degree C. The view is nice... incredible panoramic views. Kawah Putih is located at 2,194 m meter above sea level with the strong smell of sulphur.

In the evening, we went to Dago, is one of the trendy areas of Bandung, with shops, shopping malls, cafes, boutiques, and many restaurants and entertainment centers. It is situated in a mountainous area that makes for a refreshing cool climate and luscious green views. We had our dinner at Neo Calista, a cafe with nice food and view. Then we also visited The Valley another restaurant located at Dago, the hilltop of Bandung.

Sunday morning, after a short walk at the near by bazaar for breakfast, we went to Lembang, about 30 minutes drive from Bandung. If you plan to buy plants, then this is the place. For us, we just came here for lunch at Kampung Daun ("Leaves Village"), serve Sundanese Food in an kampung private gazeboo.. If you come here for dinner with your love ones, you will experience a romantic dinner...

Bandung, I will come back......... with my love ones..

Dinner at May Leong's House

2008-02-18T08:56:00.005+08:00

Saturday, 16 February 2008

We went to May's house at Toa Payoh for dinner.

Richard & Sally

Jason

B. Lie

Sam

Bagio & Susan
and Emily, the sister, and Angie

Starting with Lo Hei... and continue with dinner (Pork Ribs Coffee, Shark Fin Soup, Seafood cooked in coconut, Fish with mango sauce, Prawn, and Vegetables, all prepared by May alone... tks May!!). After dinner, we just sat and chatting..

We were busy chatting until forgot to take photo...

This little princess is Zoe, May's niece. She so sweet and good girl.

Love Letter from Traffic Police

2008-02-15T23:18:00.004+08:00

Today I received a letter from Traffic Police.. (with pray I hope is not a love letter... eventhough no faith at all!!!). The content is: SPEEDING!!!!!!!!!!
Ah............ last Friday on the way to Jurong Bird Park after sending Antonius, without realize it, Bagio was speeding at PIE (toward Tuas). The patrol police caught it.
The speed limit at those particulars area is only 80kmh and Bagio drove at 99 kmh. 19kmh exceed the speed limit allowed.
Since this is the first offender under our car, the letter said that NO summons will be issued to us. The letter is served as a warning (Thank God!! otherwise the driver could be find $130.00 with 4 demerit point!!!).

Below is the latest price list from the Traffic Police, Singapore:

Price increase without further notice.

Speeding:
Exceeding 1 - 20km/h = $130 + 4 demerit points.
Exceeding 21 - 30km/h = $150 + 6 demerit points.
Exceeding 31 - 40km/h = $180 + 8 demerit points.
Exceeding 41 - 50km/h = >$200 + 12 demerit points + Court.
Exceeding 51 - 60km/h = >$200 + 18 demerit points + Court.
Exceeding > 61km/h = >$200 + 24 demerit points + Court.
If you want to be hero and fight the court case yourself, and you lose, you pay the court charges yourself, which will add up to your fine. I guess the court charges is at least $2000 and above.

Careless driving = $150 + 6 demerit Points.
Inconsiderate Driving = $170 + 9 Demerit Points + Court.
Dangerous Driving = >$200 + 24 Demerit Points + Court + Vehicle Compounded.
Illegal Racing = >$200 + Vehicle Confiscate + Court.
Fail to put Seat Belt = $120 + 3 demerit points.
Crossing Double White lines = $130 + 4 points.
Phone and Drive = $200 + 12 demerit point + Phone Confiscate.
Do not hold your hp in your hand when you drive even with loud speaker or ear piece.
Drink Driving:
For first offence = Up to $5000 Fine And, or jail Term + License Suspended + Court.
Second time offence = Jail term + Fine + Court.
Making an illegal U Turn when there is no U Turn sign = $70.
Fail to Signal when changing lanes = $70.
Driving at night without headlights or taillights switch on after 7pm = $30.
No Number Plate = $70.
Obstructed Number Plate = $70.
Obscured Number Plate = $70.
Number Plate Of Unapproved Type = $70.

As for Demerit Point system: Let ' s say you have 0 points on 1st January 2005, and you committed the offence of Failing to Put on Seat Belt. So now, you will have 3 demerit points and this will last for 1 Year. If during this 1 year you have no demerit points offence at all, your 3 demerit points will be gone on 1/1/2006. But, if during this one year, From 1/1/2005 - 1/1/2006, you committed another offence with demerit points, your very first offence will be extended for another year until 1/1/2007.

Drive well - and save money
Be very careful .
Don't let traffic police earn yr $$...

Visitors from Denver, USA

2008-02-15T16:03:00.002+08:00

Bro. Stuart, Heidy and Warren Tay coming for holiday and visit their relatives in Singapore/Malaysia. This family was staying in Singapore for about 7-8 years before they decided to go back to United States in the year 2002.

Thursday, 14 Feb 2008 is our turn to meet up with them. To save their time, a few family of us came together and had dinner with them at Lao Beijing, Novena Square. Thoo Jiang & Sao Lin, Richard & Evonne + Jonathan, Peter Tan & Kathy, Bagio & Susana, so total 5 family, 12 persons.

We really had great time during the meals, like big family reunion (since still in the mood of Chinese New Year celebration).
At about 10.30 we left Novena Square (as the restaurant need to be closed soon..) and since Heidy & Stuart enjoy eating durian, we went to Geylang to buy some durians and brought back to Richard/Evonne house at Palm Lodge to enjoy the durian.
After midnight, we have to say goodbye to them with hope that one day we will meet again, either we go there or they come again...........
God be with you...!

Happy Valentine Day, 14 February 2008

2008-02-11T21:06:00.000+08:00

Jurong Bird Park, Singapore

2008-02-11T09:06:00.001+08:00

Singapore, 9 Feb 2008

Morning we sent Antonius (Pipie's son) to airport, Changi airport Terminal 3 on his way to Tokyo.

From airport, we went straight to Jurong Bird Park.
The ticket is S$18.00 per adult without monorail, or add $4.00 for the monorail ride.
We enjoy almost all the shows that available that day. To make the ticket worth, we spent 7 hours in JBD.. More information about Jurong Bird Park, click Bird Park . Is advisable to come as early as 9AM (when the park is open) to avoid the hot sun.

Enjoy the photo....

Sentosa Flowers 2008

2008-02-08T16:24:00.001+08:00

Just for your viewing........ the photo that I took yesterday at Sentosa Flowers 2008.. Enjoy it!

Lunar New Year - 7 Feb 2008

2008-02-07T14:54:00.000+08:00

Lunar New Year Eve, Wednesday 6 February 2008

We went Sakura Restaurant (at Orchard Shopping Centre) with Duncan's family and Patrick/Grace for buffeet. The food is not bad.. quite wide spread, from Local food, Chinese food, Japanese Food, Western Food, Thai Food ...

After dinner, we went to Chinatown to see the situation. Since not yet very late (we arrived Chinatown about 8pm), the crowd is not that bad.. still can move. If you need last minute chinese new year goodies, you can go to Chinatown to grab some at cheaper price.. the nearer to 12.00pm the cheaper the price will go ...

Thursday, 7 February 2008

At about 9.00AM with Br. Jimmy Lee & Sis. Joanie we went to Sentosa to see Sentosa Flowers 2008: Tales of Spring. Usher in the Year of the Rat and celebrate Spring, Sentosa flowers displays milllion blooms of flowers. For this year, the blooms will be on display until 17 Feb 2008. You just need to buy the island admission ticket (i.e. S$2.00) and the admission to the event is FREE.

The display is very nice.. do not forget to bring your camera... or if you forgotton your camera, just ask the available photographer to take your photo with your love ones...My advise is.. come as early as possible (the opening hours is 9AM - 10PM), or late afternoon to avoid the hot sun.

Language of Love.. Traveller's Garden, Learning Journey, Floral Display... also some photo points are available for the visitors..

Happy Lunar New Year... may this year of Rat bring us more prosperous, healthy and happy living..........

Something new...........

2008-02-04T21:09:00.000+08:00

Saturday, 2 Feb 2008

From today onward, something new is added into me...

Guess what?????????

Like it or not, I have to admit that I am getting older.... so I need help to see you clearly..............

Yeah............. new spectacles is now sitting quietly on my nose.