Goodie Bag Dapur Cokelat

Gara-gara awal Juli sempet iseng kirim ide ke email Dapur Cokelat, aku dapet hadiah Raspberry Truffle cake yang gede + membership card gratis. Cakenya dimakan rame-rame ama anak-anak sekomsel :p

Baru seminggu lalu membership card-nya dikirim ke kosku. Ternyata bukan cuman membership card, tapi dapet juga kartu diskon ama invitation ke grand opening Dapur Cokelat yang ke-2 di Plaza Graha Family A3 Surabaya, berlaku sampe akhir Juli ini. Ntar invitationnya di sana bisa ditukerin ama goodie bag.

Abis terima semua itu kan aku cerita to my parents. Papaku bilang ya ntar pas ke Surabaya aja bareng ke sana. Na udah kan, abis itu aku liat kok kayaknya papaku ada beberapa hal yang masih harus diurusin, ada something yang dia pikirin 'n kerjain gitu, ga bisa diceritain di sini :p jadi aku ga berharap bisa ke Dapur Cokelat buat tukerin invitationnya ama goodie bag :p

Tiba-tiba tadi siang papaku telpon, dia lagi di Surabaya, urusannya udah kelar 'n dia dah di kosku, nanya apa mau ke Dapur Cokelat buat tuker invitationnya. Aku sampe kaget, abis dadakan banget... Langsung dah ganti baju siap-siap 'n langsung pergi. Sweet surprise :p hal kayak gini aja kok dia perhatiin :p padahal kalopun ga sempet pergi ke sana aku juga ga papa :p

Akhirnya sampe sana 'n beli 1 kotak coklat praline-nya ama 1 jenis snack-nya. Kan malu kalo cuman ambil goodie bag doang ga beli apa-apa hehehe... Lagian jarang ini... :p

Dan inilah goodie bag dari Dapur Cokelat!

Dari kiri ke kanan: chocolate stick, mouse pad (sempet aku kira sticker hihihi), chocolate dip (buat dicelupin ke susu hangat), mug. Thank you Dapur Cokelat :)

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Time Flies

This morning I woke up early to wash my hair and get it dry before I went out to buy my breakfast (pecel) and go to Chicco supermarket to buy bananas, soy milk, and some traditional cakes (kue saputangan vla and onde-onde) :p healthy food huh? :p

When I bought pecel, I met someone from my former office (the one I have just resigned by the end of April). So meanwhile I waited for the seller to wrap my food, I talked a bit with him. After that I went to Chicco and got back to my dorm. And I found out that yesterday I forgot to eat bakwan sawi from my catering T.T it is already too late and smells bad T.T how come I forgot? So I threw it to the garbage...

I ate some cakes while working on some articles. And just now it is 11 am already??? Time flies so fast T.T gotta finish my jobs today as this afternoon there will be a meeting at SW. I better be hurry!
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Better Than I

(a song by Joy Williams)


I thought I did what's right
I thought I had the answer
I thought I chose the surest road
But that road brought me here

So I put up a fight
And told You how to help me
And just when I had given up
The truth is coming clear

For You know better than I
You know the way
I've let go the need to know why
'Cause You know better than I

If this has been a test
I cannot see the reason
But maybe knowing... I don't know
It's part of getting through

I try to do what's best
And faith has made it easy
To see the best thing I can do
Is put my faith in You

For You know better than I
You know the way
I've let go the need to know why
'Cause You know better than I

I saw one cloud and thought it was the sky
I saw a bird and thought that I could follow
But it was You who taught them to fly
If I let You reach me... Would You teach me?

For You know better than I
You know the way
I've let go the need to know why
I'll take what answers You supply
'Cause You know better than I

You know better than I...

God's Love

A Tale of Two Trees
by Max Lucado

Chapter I
Formless masses. Floating. Disconnected. Divine artist. Earthly dream. Light!
Sun rays piercing through jungle trees. Sunsets volcanic with explosions of gold. Soft sheets of moonlight soothing a weary ocean.

Beings! Snorting. Flying. Splashing. Bleating. Gnawing. Clawing. Digging. Sound! Horse's hoof beats. Cawing crows. Hyena laughter. Cannoning thunder. Chirping chicks. Rat-tat-tatting rain. Nothingness converted.

Then silence … as an unseen Sculptor molds mud and dust.
Lions motionlessly watching. Sparrows perched, peering downward. Clouds hovering. Inquisitive kangaroos. Curious caribou. Snooping centipedes.
"What's he making?"
"An animal?"
Giraffes peeking through leaves. Squirrels chattering gossip. Pausing. Wondering. Gibbering. "A mountain?"A sudden breeze, surprisingly warm, whistles through the leaves scattering dust from the lifeless form. And with the breath of fresh air comes the difference.

Winging on the warm wind is his image. Laughter is laid in the sculpted cheeks. A reservoir of tears is stored in the soul. A sprinkling of twinkle for the eyes. Poetry for the spirit. Logic. Loyalty. Like leaves on an autumn breeze, they float and land and are absorbed. His gifts become a part of him.
His Majesty smiles at his image.
"It is good."
The eyes open. Oneness. Creator and created walking on the river bank. Laughter. Purity. Innocent joy. Life unending.

Then the tree. The struggle. The snake. The lie. The enticement. Heart torn, lured. Soul drawn to pleasure, to independence, to importance. Inner agony.
Whose will?
The choice.

Death of innocence. Entrance of death. The fall. Tear stains mingling with fruit-stains.

Chapter II : The Quest
"Abram, you will father a nation! And Abram - tell the people I love them."
"Moses, you will deliver my people! And Moses - tell the people I love them."
"Joshua, you will lead the chosen ones! And Joshua - tell the people I love them."
"David, you will reign over the people! And David - tell the people I love them."
"Jeremiah, you will bear tidings of bondage! But Jeremiah, remind my children, remind my children that I love them."

Altars. Sacrifices. Rebelling. Returning. Reacting. Repenting. Romance. Tablets. Judges. Pillars. Bloodshed. Wars. Kings. Giants. Law. Hezekiah. Nehemiah. Hosea. … God watching, never turning, ever loving, ever yearning for the Garden again.

Chapter III
Empty throne. Spirit descending. Hushed angels.
A girl …
a womb …
an egg.
The same Divine Artist again forms a body. This time his own. Fleshly divinity. Skin layered on spirit. Omnipotence with hair. Toenails. Knuckles. Molars. Kneecaps. Once again he walks with man. Yet the Garden is now thorny.
Thorns that cut, thorns that poison, thorns that remain lodged, leaving bitter wounds.
Disharmony. Sickness. Betrayal. Fear. Guilt. The lions no longer pause. The clouds no longer hover. The birds scatter too quickly. Disharmony. Competition. Blindness.

And once again, a tree. Once again the struggle. The snake. The enticement. Heart torn, lured.
Once again the question, "Whose will?"
Then the choice.
Tear stains mingle with bloodstains. Relationship restored. Bridge erected.
Once again he smiles.
"It is good."

For just as death came by means of a man, in the same way the rising from death comes by means of a man. For just as all men die because of their union to Adam, in the same way all will be raised to life because of their union to Christ. (I Corinthians 15:21-22)

From God Came Near: Chronicles of the Christ
Copyright (Thomas Nelson, 1999) Max Lucado

July Update

It feels like ages I haven't updated this blog :p the reason is I've been busy writing and prepare and learning about internet marketing. "Content is king", therefore I've been writing and writing all the time :p

I have another personal blog at Wordpress. But it's personal, so only few of my close friends know about it. The privacy setting makes it invisible to search engines. Nothing secret, it just made me can write anything I want without considering other people's responds :p

I've been thinking and praying for several important things... And while I can work out for some things, but most of them need to be surrendered to add my faith and trust...

Some of my friends are facing a similar struggle but I just keep holding on Rome 8:28. We ask His guide, we obey His words, we do what we can, and we keep our faith that He is able to accomplish what we cannot do according to His wisdom and His plan.

Keep moving on and hold our head high, don't give up but light up the faith, coz:

"And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us." (Rome 5:5)
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Cute Pictures and Tick Tock














Have just found these cute boys with cute cats pictures!!! So cuteeee!!! My first entertainment to seize the day (well at least today :-p) Full of love!!! It is very cute considering I seldom see men love cats, except my dad (Ow yes, my dad has his special kind of ways to make cats love him. Until now I can't figure it out... sigh... Why can't I have his natural talent with cats even though I'm his daughter? :-p)

Tick tock tick tock... tomorrow will be my last day at the office. I will embrace my new job as a freelance writer, work from home, while learning internet marketing stuffs... Hopeful hopeful...

No Money No Work

"Arek-arek sekarang yooo... gak mau kerja nek ga dikasih uang..." Gitu kira-kira komentar salah satu temen kantor abis telponan ama freelancer penulis yang masih kuliah. Aku jadi pengen nulis ini di blog hihihihi...

Gini ini dah mindset "ministry" yang ga pada tempatnya. Kalo ngomong soal "doing extra mile 'n give more than what is expected", itu porsinya orang yang ngelakuin, harus lahir dari kerelaan hati, dari impian atau visi yang sama. Bukan ukuran yang kita tuntut dari orang lain. Bagian kita terhadap orang lain itu ya harusnya menghargai waktu dan usaha dia dengan ngasih imbalan uang. Ya orang hidup kan juga butuh makan, butuh biaya hidup, masa kita nuntut dia serahin waktu dia buat ngelakuin kerjaan trus kita pengennya dia mau-mau aja ga dibayar. Yang fair lah...

Lain soal kalo misalnya kita ada di posisi orang lain itu. Ada tawaran kerjaan tapi ga ada bayaran, trus kita memilih mau 'n rela coz kita pengen memberkati dengan usaha kita tanpa minta imbalan. Kita mau doing extra mile. Sikap kayak gitu itu ya keputusan kita sendiri. Itu hak kita untuk memutuskan kita mau doing extra mile atau give our efforts without being paid, mungkin karena biaya hidup kita udah cukup, mungkin karena kita emang satu visi 'n pengen ikut jadi berkat makanya ga minta imbalan, dll... Tapi kita ga berhak untuk menuntut orang lain punya sikap yang sama, karna kondisi mereka kan beda ama kondisi kita (kondisi ini juga termasuk kondisi keuangan, kondisi hati, kondisi keluarga, kondisi iman, dll).

Bisa jadi mereka lagi butuh uang, bisa jadi mereka ada tawaran job lain, bisa jadi mereka ga sevisi makanya mereka pola pikirnya cuman berdasarkan pertimbangan uang, banyak lagi alasan-alasan lain yang kita ga tau pasti. And it's not our rights to judge other people. Only God knows the whole view and the depth of the hearts, thus only Him is qualified to judge.

Cute Overloaded

I have just watched some videos on Youtube and got heart struck by seeing these cute dog and cats! Awww... totally cute!!!

This is a cute Welsh Corgi


And these cats are talking to each other before snuggling, how cute!!!


Makes me think of having both cat and dog >.<  Can't stand seeing those adorable pets!

Dashed Hope

(By Max Lucado)
“I had intended …”
David had wanted to build a temple. And who better than he to do so? Hadn’t he, literally, written the book on worship? Didn’t he rescue the ark of the covenant? The temple would have been his swan song, his signature deed. David had expected to dedicate his final years to building a shrine to God.
At least, that had been his intention. “I had intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and for the footstool of our God. So I had made preparations to build it” (1 Chron. 28:2 NASB).
Intentions. Preparations. But no temple. Why? Did David grow discouraged? No. He stood willing. Were the people resistant? Hardly. They gave generously. Then what happened?
A conjunction happened.
Conjunctions operate as the signal lights of sentences. Some, such as and, are green. Others, such as however, are yellow. A few are red. Sledgehammer red. They stop you. David got a red light.
I had made preparations to build it. But God said to me, “You shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.… Your son Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts.” (1 Chron. 28:2–3, 6 NASB, emphasis mine)
David’s bloodthirsty temperament cost him the temple privilege. All he could do was say:

I had intended... I had made preparations... BUT God...
I had intended …
I had made preparations …
But God …
I’m thinking of some people who have uttered similar words. God had different plans than they did.
One man waited until his midthirties to marry. Resolved to select the right spouse, he prayerfully took his time. When he found her, they moved westward, bought a ranch, and began their life together. After three short years, she was killed in an accident.
I had intended … 
 I had made preparations … 
 But God …
A young couple turned a room into a nursery. They papered walls, refinished a baby crib, but then the wife miscarried.
I had intended … 
 I had made preparations …
 But God …

I had intended …
I had made preparations …
But God …
What do you do with the “but God” moments in life? 
 When God interrupts your good plans, how do you respond?
The man who lost his wife has not responded well. At this writing he indwells a fog bank of anger and bitterness. The young couple is coping better. They stay active in church and prayerful about a child. And what about David? When God changed David’s plans, how did he reply? (You’ll like this.)
He followed the “but God” with a “yet God.”
“Yet, the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be a leader; and in the house of Judah, my father’s house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.” (1 Chron. 28:4 NASB)
Reduce the paragraph to a phrase, and it reads, “Who am I to complain? David had gone from runt to royalty, from herding sheep to leading armies, from sleeping in the pasture to living in the palace. When you are given an ice cream sundae, you don’t complain over a missing cherry.
David faced the behemoth of disappointment with “yet God.” David trusted.
His “but God” became a “yet God.”

Who’s to say yours won’t become the same?

* PS: I've been so blessed by Max Lucado's mailing list, especially this one for now... :)

From The Motherhood Movie


Below are the words from “Motherhood” movie I’ve seen for the second time today. The main character is played by Uma Thurman, act as a mommy blogger. I don’t know why I always like movies involving blogger character LOL… Like this one and also Hillary Duff’s movie “The Perfect Man” :b
Here are the words, spoken (or may I say, written in the blog) at the end of the movie:
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Things are always changing…
No matter how much we might want things to stay the same.
So seize your days and dwell in them fully.
Look to the children, because they know how to inhabit brief periods of time with extreme passion. And for nothing more, really, than the sake of those moments.
They can help you remember that, if you only slow down and let them. Feel fortunate because chances are good you actually might be.

PS: Do you find those above words inspiring?
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