Friday, 30th January 2009

Hello again!!
Nothing exciting happens today, not like yesterday, hehehe... ;)

Today I went to school (as usual), and XI Social was the only grade that didn't have any test today.. Yay!! So, Our homeroom teacher, Mrs. Meity, fill the first lesson with Matematics.. aawww... :(

Then, it was Geography... We watched a documentary that called "Time Machine." It's about seeing things in some period time, fast forwarding back and forth... It was quite interesting cause it's about animals and plants... Actual living things! Not like yesterday's documentary, about rocks, the earth, and other boring stuff.. Yuck! :P

After that, we had Economics. Oh, didn't I tell u? It's two hours of Economics again today!! Jeez!!! what did they do to the curriculum around here??! LOL...

I didn't want to blabber more about my activities today at school cause it may bored you... hahaha... So, after I got home, I watched "Facing the Giants" again... I can't help myself! That movie is amazing!! I will try to review it tonight!! :)
I searched through imeem and didn't get all the songs in full version, so I head down to Youtube and I found this :



I really liked to song... And in addition, the uploader put some interesting quotes from the bible... Check it out!! XD
Maybe if my other computer (the one with the youtube downloader) is fixed, I will put it in my profile and made up a playlist for myself... hehehe... :)

By the way, it's raining hard this evening... I hope it doesn't get worser... Cause my mother isn't home yet...
well, That's all for today....
God Bless,

Mandy... XOXO

Thursday, 29 th January 2009

Hello there!!!
It's me again.. Wow, this day has been like a roller coaster!!

First, I'm soooo nervous about the Indonesian test... It's about letters, memo(s), and stuff... And I'm not a pro at that subject.. I'm so nervous about the test, that I've made up some guessing bout what's the essay's questions gonna be... Arrrggghhh!!! "I just wanna Scream!" (Scream-Zac efron-High School Musical 3) hehehe... But thank God, the test wasn't all that hard.. In fact, it was pretty easy.. (I hope I am right about this...Coz I don't want any bad grades on this subject...>,<) Second, I'm so mad at my native speaker-teacher, Mr. Rudy. Coz I was already prepare my speech for today's class, from last week, but what did he pay me back? He didn't show up at all today!!! And next week, I'm gonna forget about it, then he will be on my class, start grading us, and my score will be DEAD-ON !! XO

Third, I'm sooooo bored for TWO STRAIGHT HOURS of economic class!!! I know, I could barely stand up straight after on hour of economics, but two hours of it?? I'm starting to get nausious!! XP... LOL...

Fourth, I can barely feel my stomach when me, FK, Levinska, and Jovita spend our valuable half hour of break, laughing our ass off!!! Hahahahaha... At first, we did some pretty bad jokes about Levinska's Tiger pencil case, "buluk." It's called "buluk" cause it's very dirty, the orange-original colour is starting to fade off, and there's some thread coming out off it's eyes... hahahaha... Then, it turns into a laughing bizzare party, especially after Jovita tell her story about her maid that called "es lilin," into "es guling." wakakakakakak... XD

Fifth, I feel my throat starting to hurt when I was trying to control my tears from falling right out off my eyes when we were watching the movie "Facing the Giants" at English-lab class... T_T Even if I didn't watched the entire movie in that class, but I know that it was a great, great, wonderful, movie!! Stroumendous movie, to be precise!! I will talk bout it more in me next review!!

That's it for today!! I came home, and started digging on my father's huge collection of DVDs to search for "facing my giants" DVD... LOL...

Well, I better stop blogging now, coz in five minutes from now, the American Idol is starting on Star world, and they auditioned the Salt Lake City, the city where my idol, David Archuleta comes from!!!

As Levinska's Tiger pencil case would say, "TTFN (ta ta for now) !"
XOXO, Mandy...

Wednesday, 28th January 2009

Today was so much pretty exciting at school... hehehe...
I'm not gonna be long, so I'll write it down in Indonesian... :P


Pagi2 dateng, klas gw udah pada sibuk tanya sana-sini soal ulangan Ekop hari itu... =,='
Hahaha... "Akhirnya" setelah tahun baru, SMAK 5 mulai melancarkan aksi "tiada hari tanpa ulangan" kind-of-thing... I don't want to talk about the whole test-thing, so let's get past that...



Abis ulangan slese, pelajaran BI dimulai... Eh, salah sidak dimulai... Pas baru aj mo buka catatan, ehh... Pak Yo dengan entengny membuat pelajaran BI terpotong dengan sidak (sisipan dari alkitab, ya gak lahh.... INSPEKSI MENDADAK!!!). Untung banget gw gak bawa HP hari ini.. Padahal tadi pagi dah mo di-silent, tinggal masukin kantong, tapi... tiba2 gw kesetrum n dapet penglihatan... wakakakak... Udah dua kali ad sidak di klas gw, dan bener2 hoki!! 2-2nya pada saat gw gak bawa HP... Wow, I'm such a lucky girl!!! Thx God!!



Mungkin Tuhan tahu, klo HP gw disita, minggu depan gw akan buru2 bikin SIPUT (karena harus minta jadwal ke Nadia dulu bwt pengkotbah, tema am perskut-nya)...


Tuhan juga tahu, klo HP gw disita, nyokap akan kerepotan jemput gw pas pulang les...
Tuhan juga tahu, klo HP gw disita, bokap bakal marah2... (hikz, seram...)
Tuhan juga tahu, klo HP gw disita, gw bakal kesulitan kontak2 am temen2 sepelayanan di Kaput bwt nentuin jadwal latihan bwt Valentine's Day, ato bwt ngasih informasi daftar lagu2 bwt gw pelayanan ntar tgl 8 Februari...

He has all the reason for all the thing He done!!!

Terus, terus... Abis itu pelajaran Kepemimpinan.. Yay!! Better that than listening to all the computer programs in the computer lab! :P
Kak Martin (guru kepemimpinan kita, ehem2 nya Pucca, yang tadi datang sendirian tanpa ditemani Kak Ongky) mulai menyetel film I Am Sam.

Ceritany tentang bapak yg kemampuan berpikirny under average, tp harus mengurus anak yg pinter... Ibuny meninggalkanny sejak bayiny dilahirkan.. Suatu hari, departemen sosial bagian pengurusan anak, mengetahui hal ini dan ingin agar anakny diasuh di bawah pemerintah.. That's all I watched this morning... hwhwhw...

I know I have watched it before, when I was little... But, sangking kecilny gw waktu itu, yg nempel di otak gw cuman pas istriny ninggalin dia n anakny, sama pas pengadilan... Gw gak bisa ngebayangin posisi gw mjd anak itu (played by Dakota Fanning...)... Ditinggal oleh ibuny, stuck with a dad that even can't say "different" or "preached."
awesome movie!! I think I will look for it in my father's collection tonight, hehehe... :)

Setelah itu, ad pelajaran Sosio, Akuntansi, n Inggris... Pas pelajaran Akuntansi n Inggris, gw, FK, Jovi izin buat rapat evaluasi C.R.O.C.S (perayaan Natal sekolah gw)... Akhirny!! Pembubaran panitia.. hehehe... walopun ad beberapa plus-minus.. tapi acara kali itu bener2 sukses... :D

Sblon gw sempet balik k kelas, gw 'dicegat' am Sheila bwt ngomongin soal salah satu program OSIS bidang 1, yaitu kebaktian Paskah... Kita cm ngomongin soal pembentukan panitia... Waduh, gw kaget bgt pas gw ditunjuk jadi koordinator acara... Huuuaaaa!! What am I going to do???!!
First thing for sure, I need to calm down... hehehe...

Hmm... abis itu gak ad yg menarik lagi di skul (as always...!), gw pulang ke rumah n makan nasi lemak!!! hwhwhw...

I hope there's something to look for tomorrow!! :)
God Bless,
Mandy... XOXO

People Need The Lord - Gary Valenciano

Bedtime Stories Review

Hey there, it's me again!! :)

Today is the Chinese New Year, but sadly, my family doesn't celebrate it, so I didn't get any ang pao T_T... But that's okay, we still got a day off school... (yay!! XD)

At evening, me and my family went to Blitz Megaplex to see Disney's latest movie, "Bedtime Stories" My friends told me that it's funny, so I watched it... (I love romantic, comedy, and action movies, by the way... hehehe)



I didn't read the cast members of this movie, so I'm a bit suprised to see so many famous actor and actress while I was watching it...



1. Adam Sandler
The guy who played "The Click" and "I prounce you Chuck and Larry." He is a comedy icon... LOL... He played as Skeeter in this movie


2. Keri Russel
The woman that played as August's mother in the famous drama-musical movie, "August Rush." She played as Jill in this movie :)


3. Courtney Cox
Everyone who have watch the award winning comedy series, F.R.I.E.N.D.S, must've know her... He playes as Monica Geller, the cleaning-freak... LOL... She played as Wendy in this movie


4. Aisha Tyler
The girl that played as Charlie in the 9th season of F.R.I.E.N.D.S, hehehe... :D
She played as Donna Hyde, Skeeter's friend in college...


5. Russell Brand
He's the host of MTV's Video Music Award 2008. He played as Skeeter's best friend, Mickey, in this movie.


This story is about Skeeter (Adam Sandler), who's grandfather is the late owner of the hotel that he works for. Because of some money crisis, his grandfather sold the motel and now, it turned into the biggest hotel in that area... But now, even though he's the grandchild of the previous owner of that hotel, he's just an engineer...When Nottingham announces a brand-new gigantic hotel project, he makes his future son-in-law, base Kendall (Guy Pierce), manager, shattering Skeeter's dream. At the same time Skeeter's sister Wendy (Courtney Cox) has to leave town for a job interview and asks him to look after her two children Patrick (Jonathan Morgan Heit) and Bobbi (Laura Ann Kesling) with Wendy's responsible-minded colleague Jill (Keri Russell). He doesn't get along with either Jill or the children, but his easy-goingness loosens them all up and once he starts telling his bedtime stories, the children grow fond of him and begin to bring in their ideas about how the stories should go. When the stories turn out to become true in real life, Skeeter tries to manoeuver the stories into a direction which will make his dream come true, too.
Will his dreams to be the manager at the hotel comes true? Find out for yourself!!! :D

My Review :
A liked it a lot. From scale of one to ten, I would give it an 8... There are a lot of smart jokes in this film, and that's why I like it. This movie embrace the children's ability to imagine a world beyond their wildest dreams.. The 1 thing that I didn't like about this film is the opening part, From the first 20 minutes, I waited for the interesting part to comes out... It's quite long for a family movie... :( It turns a quite interesting point in the middle, where something unsuspected happens.. If u're looking for family funny, this movie will be great for you... But if you're looking for more excitement, maybe you should rethink about watching this movie...

Saturday, 24th January 2009

Hallloooo lagi.... :)
I'm tired of writting today's blog in English, because there are many words that I don't know in English, hahaha... XP

Hari ini gw ikud pembinaan aktivis di KoreM KaPuT jm 11 mpe jam 2 siang...
Setelah 2 tahun lebih pelayanan jadi singer di sana, gw udah mulai merasakan perbedaan yg lebih baik, setiap kali gw diminta untuk pelayanan... Dulu, pelayanan gw pertama kali jd singer bukan di kebaktian Minggu byasa, tapi pas perayaan Natal "Everlasting Christmas" tahun 2007. Bayangkan! gw pertama kali tugas jd singer, sudah dipercaya oleh Tuhan dan temen2 panitia untuk pelayanan di event sebesar itu... Sungguh anugerah Tuhan yg luar biasa ^,^ Waktu itu, gw merasakan yg namany kekuatiran yang luar biasa, mulai dari kuatir klo gak bisa ngafal lagu, ato salah lirik, ato suara falls stengah mati, sakit, de el el... Apalagi pas perfomance-nya, waduh... gak kebayang dhe betapa groginya gw...
But.... Abis itu, ternyata menjadi singer untuk pelayan sangat menyenangkan... Coz, gw bisa menyalurkan salah satu passion gw ( yaitu nyanyi) untuk melayani Tuhan, and that's really, really, not boring!! There's always new songs to learn, and even though they're quite hard, but I really enjoy learning new songs, especially if they're reflect your life, and how you feel about your relationship with God... ^,^

In these past few years, I've been singing in many big events in Korem Kaput, for instance :

Everlasting Christmas (2007), Perayaan Natal

FOCUS (2008), Perayaan Natal

Be Holy For I Am Holy (2008), Bible Camp

Kebaktian 17 Agustus 2008, hehehe...

And I've learned many great songs, for instance :

Who Am I

Made To Worship

Tetap Berlari

Selamanya

Ku Mau Menjadi Kuat

etc.

And the more important thing is, I realised that when I go up there, singing my heart out, shouting to God, looks or even voice doesn't really matter. Coz if you know u're singing for God, He will fulfill you with power, talent, and joy, which I couldn't even imagine... :)

Sooo.... walopun gw udah 2 tahun lebih pelayanan sbg singer, tp hati gw terus menerus dilimpahi sukacita serta kerinduan untuk melayani Dia...

Tema pembinaan tahun ini adalah "Knowing God." Walopun gak sedikitpun menyinggung soal pelayanan, tapi hari ini gw dapet byk bgt pengetahuan ttg Allah... And, gw juga tahu klo ternyata mengenal Allah, jauh lebih penting daripada mengenal tentang Allah... Mengenal Allah hanyalah sebatas teori, sejarah, history, dsb... Sedangkan mengenal Allah berarti kita mengalami sendiri kehadiran Allah dalam kehidupan kita... :D hehehe...

Also, gw juga dpt lagu lucu bgt td pas pembinaan, smoga ntar bisa dipake pas perskutuan doa di skolah... ^_^

Jesus my Lord has many diciple

And He calls him one by one

And He calls him one by one

And He calls him one by one

Setelah itu, MC akan menyebutkan satu nama orang, kemudian kt nyanyi lagi dari awal... Setelah selesai, org yg tadi namany disebutkan hrs menyebut namany sendiri, kemudian disambung dengan nama orang lain, misalnya : " Mandy....**tepuk tangan**...Michelle"

Setelah itu, kt nyanyi lagi dari awal mpe abis... Selanjutny, yg disebut namanya (dlm hal ini, Michelle) harus menyebut org lain juga : "Mandy...**tepuk tangan**... Michelle...**tepuk tangan**... Cisita..." dan selanjutnya...

Nyanyian ini agak sulit, apalagi bg org yg agak sulit untuk berkonsentrasi, hahaha...XD

Well, td sore gw nonton FRIENDS season 3 (I'm addicted to them!! :D), krn agak ngantuk, jm 4 gw tidur, dgn harapan bisa bgn jm 5... Eh, dasar gw kebo, jm 5 gw matiin wekernya, kemudian tidur lagi, hwhwhw... XP

Alhasil, jm stengah 7 baru gw bangun, trus makan diluar bareng keluarga, hehehe... ^,^

Okay, that's all for today... I hope there's more interesting stuff that happens tomorrow...

Soo.... Ciao!!

XOXO, Mandy... :)

Who Am I - Michael J Smith

Friday, 23th January 2009

Hello there...!!
Wow, it's been a very hard day...
It's Friday, and... my school schedule isn't that interesting (a.k.a : BORING!!!)
There are 2 hours of Economics, Accounting, and Mathematics... Wow, I didn't know how I manage to survive this day... :)

On the last hours, we spent it to practice for Tuesday's Flag ceremony, cause there's an OSIS inauguration on that day... (well, it's better than doing some paper work on the accounting class... hehehe...

In the evening, I searched for some old piano or electone sheet songs, or just piano books...
And I really misplaced so many sheets... Cause, there are lots of them that isn't complete... T_T


But still, I find a couple of interesting sheets and books under the drawer of an un-used board... :). I found :

The Hymn of the Republic (great song!!)

Another Century (the first thoughest song that I've ever learned!!! >,<)

Walking in the Sunshine (fun song...)

The Original Works (JOC)

Final Fantasy VII

dll...

The sad thing is, that... Most of the Song's recordings are gone... I hope I just misplaced it somewhere... T_T Cause, there are some beautiful songs in there... (sob.. sob...)

Also, today I just borrowed 2 books from the school's library :

1. The Lighting Thief (book one from the Percy Jackson books) : Percy Jackson and the Olympians...

I borrowed it cause 1 of my friend told me that this book is super cool, and you won't regret borrowing the book, so, I did it!! hahaha... I just read 20 pages, and it kinds of interesting... cause it's like Harry Potter, but not that complex, it's more easy to read... (seriously! I read the English copy, and the vocabulary isn't that hard...)

The book is about a boy (Percy Jackson) that always gets in trouble, and oftenly get kicked out of school... But one day, mythological monsters and the Gods of mount Olympus came out from his Greek Mythology book (cool, huh??). And worse, he's angered a few of them... (I just read until that part...). Zeus' master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Petty is the suspect, so he has to find Zeus' stolen property and bring peace to Mount Olympus...

2. The Purpose of Driven Life

My dad actually owns this book, it he misplaced it somewhere, so it's definitely gone...

I read the first two days on this book, and it was very interesting... I hope that I can search the true purpose of my life, and present it to God... :)

I guess that's all for today... Oh yeah, I just found out that David Archuleta's new music video (A Little Too Not Over You) just made the chart attack list on mtvasia.com....

I hope it gets better ranks than Crush... hehehe...

C U !!

XOXO, mandy :)

Renungan yg membuatku semangat lagi!!! XD

Hello there...Gak krasa udah thun 2009... Rasanya bru kmaren gw ma kluarga gw ngantri di La Piazza dengan bekal nasi goreng dan batagor bwt nonton kembang api di penghujung 2008, hehehe...

Huhuhu... Kmaren sudah msuk skolah lagi.. Suntuk juga siy rasanya... Merasa gak niat banget ke sekolah.. Apalagi dengan tugas Karya Ilmiah serta tugas Mandarin yg deadline yg sgt dekat... T_TMungkin juga karena liburan kali ini, I barely have time for myself... Udah ada bbrp temen2 yg (mungkin) udah pada nonton Twilight dua kali, sedangkan gw aja mw k mall udah gak ada waktu...Tp seneng juga sih Liburan kali ini diisi dgn kegiatan berguna, seperti ngisi acara Natal remaja di gereja n di skolah (pada hari yg sama!!! hihihi...), jd pianis pas kebaktian malam Natal (24 Desember), n berlibur bersama keluarga di Bali (I love spending time with them :)...

Satu2nya alasan gw harus masuk skolah adalah mengikut LDK OSIS...But, last night, pas gw renungan, gw akhirnya kyk diberikan semangat lagi bwt belajar... :)
Begini nih, renunganny :


Ada sebagian orang Kristiani yang berpendapat bahwa pekerjaan yang dijalani sehari-hari hanya sekedar untuk bertahan hidup-tanpat ada makna spiritual. Mereka berpikir bahwa Tuhan lebih peduli pada doa, nyanyian, saat teduh, dan semua kegiatan rohani. Akibatnya, mereka mengerjakan pekerjaan sehari-hari dengan setengah hati dan bahkan kerap dihinggapi rasa bersalah.

Pemahaman ini tidak sejalan dengan apa yang terdapat dalam firman Tuhan hari ini. Dikisahkan bahwa setelah Adam diciptakan, Allah memberinya tugas. Tugas ini bukanlah untuk berdoa, membaca alkitab, menyanyikan pujian, atau kegiatan rohani lainnya. Tugasnya adalah untuk mengusahakan dan memelihara taman Eden (Kejadian 2:15). Bahkan salah satu tujuan Adam diciptakan adalah untuk berkarya dan mengelola seluruh ciptaan (Kejadian 1 : 28).

Untuk menjelaskan konsep ini, Martin Luther, seorang tokoh reformasi gereja abad ke-16, pernah berkata, "Meskipun aku tahu bahwa besok dunia akan kiamat, aku akan tetap menanam pohon apelku." Inti kalimat ini adalah pekerjaan sehari-hari kita (seperti berdagang, belajar, mengurus keluarga, dan lain-lain) memiliki makna spiritual yang sama dalamnya dengan kegiatan2 rohani kita (seperti berdoa, saat teduh, dan kebaktian). Bekerja merupakan salah satu hal penting yang Tuhan ingin kita lakukan dalam hidup ini. Karena itu, sudah sepantasnya kita memperlakukan dan mengerjakan pekerjaan kita sama seriusnya dengan kegiatan rohani kita.

-dikutip dari renungan harian Januari 2009 tgl 5 Januari, dengan perubahan-


Waduh, selama ini emank siy gw punya semangat tuh klo menjelang hari Minggu doank, ketika pergi ke kebaktian, atau latihan paduan suara.. Sedangkan gw terus ogah2an dalam mengikuti pelajaran... Gw selalu berpikir kalau mendapat nilai bagus itu gak penting, ngapain juga belajar susah2, klo ntar gak kepake juga (contoh : Mat, Fisika, Kimia, n Biologi, wkwkwk...)..

Renungan ini seakan2 mengubah mindset gw klo ternyata Tuhan juga sudah menempatkan kita ke dunia ini bukan cuma untuk melayaniNya lewat kebaktian doank... Ternyata pekerjaan kita sehari2 itu bobotnya sama dengan pelayanan yang kita jalanin...

Semoga renungan yg gw baca ini jd semangat bwt temen2 untuk terus melakukan yg terbaik kepada Tuhan, baik dalam rutinitas kita, maupun pelayanan kita,
God Bless...

Infinite X's and O's, Mandy :)