Colorful Rainbow of My Life: Inspiration

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01 March 2016

Monkey Year

It's the Monkey Year.
Benny has decided to resign from CL Tech.
He has been with the company since 2009. 7 years.

That means that I've been mostly on my own raising Timmy for 7 years.
He travels a lot. Last year, in 2015, the total amount of time that he spent at home was 6 weeks.
6 weeks in a year.

It's not easy raising Timmy on his pre-teen years.
Well, with Benny around, hopefully the parenting job will be easier.

In terms of parenting, I am glad that we are on the 'same page' now.
It's way much better than those turmoil period.
"Tornado, bomb, and chaos." ah...

Thank you God for helping me to stay strong and survived.

Raising Timmy on my own, without a maid, is a challenge.
But, it's my choice to not use a maid.
I have had enough bad experience with the maid, stealing, boiling water till it dried, bringing boyfriend into the property, etc. Nope, I'm not good at handling people.
It's too tiring, "capek hati" they say.
So, I'd rather handle the dust, than handle the maid.
Hahahahaha....

The only human being that I need to handle is my boy, well plus his dad.
hahaha.... and that's enough.

I can't even disipline myself.
I admire Sisil so much. She can exercise, forced herself to read book, learn Japanese.
Wow.

19 February 2016

Happy Chinese New Year 2016

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Shen Ti Jian Kang

Nian Nian You Yu

08 November 2015

Jesus, I trust in You.

12 October 2014

Bloom

Bougenville~it blooms so beautifully under the scorching sunlight.

Let's learn from it~when life hits us hard, bloom. :)

Photo was taken when I was stuck driving in the highway traffic light.
11 km long of bad traffic jam.

I am grateful for the inspiration that was taught to me today by dear God.

Philipians 4:6-9

I am very thankful for this info from my best friend Sisilia for this. :)

Philippians 4:6-9

6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

26 September 2014

Tough Times

23 September 2014

Ah...Something Perfect for Me Today.

19 September 2014

A reminder to Myself

CHARACTER. If there's one thing I hope to get right in my children, it's their CORE. Character, moral fiber, an inner compass... these things lay the foundation for a happy, healthy future. They matter more than any report card or trophy ever will.

None of us can force character on our kids, and at age 10 or 15 character won't mean much. Children care about short-term gratification, but we, as parents, know better.We know that what will matter at 25, 30 and 40 is not how far they once threw the football, or whether they made cheerleader, but how they treat others and what they think of themselves. If we want them to build character, confidence, strength and resilience, we need to let them face adversity and experience the pride that follows when they come out stronger on the other side.

It's hard to see our children fall, but sometimes we have to. Sometimes we have to ask ourselves whether intervening is in their best interest. There are a million ways to love a child, but in our quest to make them happy, let us stay mindful that sometimes it takes short-term pain to earn long-term gain.

Copied from www.huffingtonpost.com by Kari Kubiszyn Kampakis.

Mystery of Life ~ Guidance from God

I consider it as a miracle as I came across this article this morning...

The letter is taken from this link:
Quoted from Surat Keluarga Februari 2014, Santo Laurensius.

Setiap keluarga berpilar cinta

Tetapi cinta sendiri tidak berpilar

Karena cinta hanya perlu dasar

Yang menetapkannya menjadi kekuatan

Bukan batasan dan syarat yang bertepi

Cinta juga tanpa ujung

Sebab cinta sejati sepanjang masa

Dan tindakan adalah seni menampilkannya

Supaya orang melihat cinta yang nyata

Dalam kata-kata yang tidak kosong belaka.

Bersama Allah dan kasih-Nya

Mari membuat cinta menjadi karya nyata

Lawan kesempitan cinta diri

Supaya Allah jangan menjadi pendusta

Tetapi menampilkan wajah ramah-Nya

Keluarga-keluarga Katolik yang terkasih

Hari Kasih Sayang (Valentine’s Day) memang sangat dekat pesannya dengan Tahun Baru Imlek, yaitu pesan moral keluarga. Maka memperhatikan orang-orang di rumah kita adalah tindakan perayaannya. Khususnya, untuk anak-anak kita yang mengalami kesulitan kepribadian, belajar, pergaulan, atau komunikasi dengan kita. Atau untuk pasangan yang mengalami kesulitan berelasi dengan kita.

Keluarga-keluarga di Keuskupan Agung Jakarta, keluarga adalah tempat persemaian iman yang pertama, maka jangan lewatkan kesempatan itu mulai hari ini juga. Ketika kita berusia lanjut, kita akan menuai kepuasan batin melihat putera-puteri kita bertumbuh bukan hanya dalam pengetahuan, atau harta, tetapi bertumbuh menjadi “kekasih-kekasih Tuhan”. Apa yang harus kita buat untuk mereka? Sekali lagi mencintai dan melayani mereka dalam iman.

Another beautiful article, that I came across today, extracted from this link.

Quoted from Surat Keluarga November 2013, Santo Laurensius.

Jika para orang tua memberi tempat untuk pendidikan nilai seperti sopan santun, kesabaran, kejujuran, ketekunan, kepercayaan, ketulusan, kemurahan hati, dan kerendahan hati, maka anak-anak akan mendapat “sekolah nilai” terbaik semasa hidup kanak-kanaknya. Musuh dari pendidikan nilai itu adalah ambisi membuta, semangat materialis, sikap acuh takacuh, individualisme, dan relativisme iman (kurang beriman).

Di atas semua itu, kita perlu mengingat bahwa karya cinta kasih adalah karya Roh Kudus. Roh Allah itu selalu mendahului kita melakukan kasih. Maka mintalah rahmat Roh Kudus, berdoalah dengan iman dan kasih, maka segala sesuatu akan lebih mudah kita alami dan jalani. Semoga rahmat Allah memberi pengharapan baru bagi keluarga kita semua. Amin

Salam Yesus, Maria, dan Yusuf

Church ~ My Source of Comfort and Peace

This is the place where I find my peace...
The source of my strength, peace and comfort...
the place called church..

In times of trouble, I always come to Thee...
May You be my source of guidance, strength, light and love...
To guide me through my days...
on this journey called life...
...till I meet you again...
My Dear Creator...

07 July 2014

11th Wedding Anniversary, 4th July 2003 - 4th July 2014

11 years ago, we married each other. It has been a journey full of ups and downs. May God continues to guide us in our marriage life for years to come... May we understand each other better, compromise, and complete each other and may God guide us in guiding Timmy that has been entrusted into our care.