2010 October « ~redisme~

recess is coming to an end..

21 Oct 2010 2 Comments

*writing this post while watching “The Fatal Attraction” with my mom on HBO*

LAST NIGHT IN JAKARTA!

Not forever, buuuuut most probably for this year?

I’ve been having a good time here in this oh-so-crowded capital of Indonesia. Definitely have eaten too much. HAHA. Relaxing at home..Sleeping 10 hours per day.. Don’t get me wrong, I did my assignment too while I’m here, so at least I can say I didn’t just have fun.

Some of the food I’ve enjoyed.

fried wonton noodle from Gajah Mada Noodle Restaurant

fried kalasan chicken and tempe

Sour Sally frozen yogurt..coming soon to Singapore peeps!

Gandul rice specially sent from Semarang by my grandma. *love her*

Those are some highlights of my week. hehe.

Visited some teachers but maybe I’ll talk about it in some other posts. Too complex to write now.

Oh oh!! I also dyed my hair!!

can you see it? can you see it? brownish-red.

Aaaand to top of the week, I managed to go out with my junior high school buddy! yay! I can only see her every a couple of months these days.. I always try to go out with her every time I’m in Jakarta.

one of our pathetic attempts to take a picture. XD

Aaaah..recess. So nice, soo invigorating. Nothing beats meeting your family and relaxing at home..

I’ve packed my bags to return to sunny-but-hazy Singapore tomorrow.. Not really looking forward to it though.

Back to reality. Need to do what I gotta do.

See you on the other side peeps!!!

faith

18 Oct 2010 2 Comments

by redisme in Uncategorized

I am gonna refer to a guy in this post, let’s just call him….X.

Not long ago, I had a special “bond” with him but is all over now. I somehow knew deep deep deeeep inside that we wouldn’t last that long anyway, still, I didn’t expect for us to be over this soon.

Anyway, it’s not the main topic of this post. I just want to share some of his views towards faith and God.

Okay.

We have very different views towards God. He is an atheist, and I believe in God with all my heart. He said to me, “I’m sorry but I just can’t believe in God. I can pray and meditate, but I can’t believe.” He was brought up that way, since both of his parents are also atheists and they don’t give a damn about religion, or God.

Back then, he said this,” I only believe in people, I believe in my parents, my good friends, people that are close to me..”

That, for me, is completely wrong. People make mistakes, people can turn their back on you, people, can be very mean. Even those who are very dear to you.

Ironically, X has made my faith in God even stronger. Why? Exactly because what he said. “I only believe in people.” Look at what happened to me. What if I didn’t have any faith when he decided to turn his back on me? I believed in him, and he let me down. If I didn’t have God with me, I would be such a big mess right now.

Having faith in Him, lets you have faith in other people too, but with knowing that you will always have Him by your side even when the person you believe in decides to act stupid and hurt you.

What happens to people that only have faith in other people? What happens if suddenly everyone decides to turn their back against you? Who can you count on then huh?

These are the thoughts that have been flowing inside my brain this past week. They are very subjective so for those who don’t agree with me please don’t be mad, I’m just sharing my point of view.

Cheers!

2 things one can have in university life

10 Oct 2010 4 Comments

by redisme in Uncategorized

*random boredness*

I’ve been studying for many hours today and I’m feeling soooo bored! Okay I was studying while opening youtube here and there but still my brain is saturated..Kinda feel lonely too studying in the room without no interaction with people at all. Started stoning and thinking about some stuff.

I remembered what my friend said to me.

“Novi, did you know? I read in an article that you can only have two out of four of these options when you are living a university life.” Hmm..That’s new, I thought. So I responded, “Okay, tell me those four things.” He then continued saying these:

1. Enough sleep

2. Good grades

3. Good social life

4. Good love life.

I said to him again, “Really? Only two out of four? That’s interesting.” He said “Yeap.” “And one cannot have a little bit of each?”, asking him curiously. “Nope,” he stated.

Huh? Kinda got me thinking. Which of the four have I had? Or am having this semester?

1. Enough sleep

I guess I do sleep more than most of my friends. I sleep at least 7-8 hours per day. Sometimes even more. I need them though, if not, I can’t function properly. So sue me for this, lol.

2. Good grades

They were quiiite okay for the past few semesters. I don’t dare to say anything about this particular one. *cross fingers*

3. Good social life

I’ve had this one better. This semester, the only times I really go out from NTU were just to buy groceries or go to masses at the church. I don’t go out as much compared to my previous semester(s). I’ve said it in my previous post, that I just don’t feel like doing it anymore as I want to save up money to go to Spain again. For that reason, I don’t hang out with my friends as much. I used to go out almost every week with a number of friends, but these days I hardly see them anymore. People are getting busier and busier, and this goes for me as well.

4. Good love life

Pheeew… I don’t know where to start with this one. Having a boyfriend doesn’t necessarily mean that you have a good love life doesn’t it? Let’s just say..I’m struggling with this one.

There you go. I can’t make up my mind of which two out of the four I currently have. Whatever I have or don’t have, I’m just gonna try and be as grateful as I can be. As every second of my life is a gift from up above, I shouldn’t complain too much should I?

So, which are your two?