FCT#26 log

Sincere itu artinya tulus, sungguh2. Kalo kamu masi kuliah ato sekolah, most likely kamu nggak akan susah nyari temen yang sincere. Kamu bisa dapet sahabat yg bener2 mau bantui kamu tanpa pamrih apapun. Bisa jadi, km jg gitu. Siap bantui temen kamu kl mereka lagi kesulitan. Mau korban tenaga, waktu, ato bahkan korban uang demi bantu sahabat kamu... Semua kamu lakukan dengan tulus, tanpa pamrih... Latar belakangnya hanya satu kamu punya belas kasihan terhadap temen kamu itu, that's all, nggak ada yg laen. Saya ngalami masa2 kyk gitu, dan sampe sekarang saya enjoy a lot berteman dengan teman2 yg seperti itu (who doesn't anyway?) (Before I continue, let me clarify that this posting has nothing to do with fried-potatoe-and-chocolate-banana meeting last week, I know that your heart is sincere for a greater good, u-know-who-u-are). Tapi boleh percaya boleh nggak, nggak bisa nggak, akan ada orang2 yg nggak sincere di sekeliling kita. Orang2 yg hatinya nggak lurus, penuh intrik dan sel...

In the book of Mathew, chapter 5, there's a very famous and powerful exposition that Jesus ever preach. It called "Sermon on the mount" (Kothbah di Bukit). This "Sermon On the Mount" starts with "The Beatitude" (Ucapan/Sabda Bahagia). There are 8 beatitudes that every believer should live in their daily life, "Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven", "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted", "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." and so on. But, anyway, I'm not gonna teach about this "Sermon on the mount". I have my own Sermon. This is probably the most and powerful academic sermon I've ever preached in my career history as an IT lecturer. Since my room at 2nd floor of B* P* Building, I call it "Sermon on the 2nd Floor". Let's start with the first series, called "The Beatitudes" (Sabda Bahagia). And seeing the multi...

I've just finished watching "August Rush" movie couple minutes ago. It really indeed a good movie, one of the best movie I've ever watched. (Thanks to Ivonne Sabrina who put this movie in her favourite movies list). If you DO love music, I strongly recommend you to watch the movie. I guarantee that it'll inspire you more... Even for me, a guy with no (or very little) music talent, it's still sooo inspiring. I'm not going to review the movie actually (you'd better watch by yourself). But, after watching this movie, I can't stop thinking that all of us has a seed of greatness in certain area. Either area of leadership, entertainment, science, linguistic, music, writing or whatever human being have been developing since the starting of mankind's civllitation. All of us has it! God never creates junk! Whether you realize it or not, as long as you're breathing in the same earth, living in the same sun, sleeping under the same moon, each of us ha...

Kalo saya ngeliat mahasiswa saya lagi pacaran, saya itu sering bertanya2 dalam hati... "Kacamata apa ya yang dipake si cowok untuk ngeliat si cewek?" tapi yang sering bikin saya miris itu adalah Kacamata yang dipake si cewek untuk ngeliat pacarnya. Cewek2 itu masih umur 18 ato 19. Hormon estrogen mreka baru aja diproduksi 5-6 taonan lalu, which is gara2 estrogen itu jadi ada bagian2 dari tubuh mereka yang berubah, you-know-what-are-they. While they're in puberty, pikiran dipengaruhi ma buku2 ato film2 romance ala City of Angels, West Side Story, 50 First Date, You've Got Mail, Pearl Harbor, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, P.S. I Love U, Made of Honor dan lain2nya. Blom lagi lirik2 lagu kayak Michael Buble (baca: Bu-ble) yang dengan lihainya bisa menimbulkan nuansa romance kalo didengerin, apalagi ndengerin Everything-nya Michael Buble berdua, di cafe ato candle light dinner... Jadi, dominasi romance ini bener2 melekat. Kalo ada cowok yang bisa punya romance kyk yg a...

Psstt...! I have one special ability that normal human being doesn't have. I realize this ability since I was 20-something... I couldn't remember exactly when and how. But, back at that time, it wasn't so sharp. I mean, many times inacurate... Why so? Most probably because I just lack of experience how to use it or may be I wasn't sure if human being can really have this kind of ability. Later on, I know that this ability is a gift and I want to use it in positive way. What ability? Ok, do you know that word "ness" is usually used to turn an adjective into a noun? If you know a bit about grammar, you can compare these sentence to feel the difference: "You're very kind" "Thank you for your kindness" The word "kind" in first sentence functions as an adjective, and the second sentence ("kindness") functions as a noun. We, (yes "you"!), are a unique character that identified by our name. I can use word "Wi...

Who are you looking for, Win? In term of soulmate, I've asked that question for the last 4 years... yet still no answer. Last month, I thought I've found someone. She's gorgeous, nice, so talented, has a very beautiful heart, and most important, she loves God wholeheartedly. Then, I started to wonder whether she's the one. I tried to know her inside out, getting closer with her, spent time with her and friends. It's been good... really good tough, till last week. I lost the passion. Completely lost. I don't know what happen, but somehow, it's just lost somewhere. It happens many times. One moment I have that passion, but then the very next moment, it's lost... Who are you looking for, Win? I started to ask, why it's easy for me to have the love passion to someone and all of a sudden losing it in a very short time. May be... all those passion are actually temporary passion after all. It exists in some season and when the season is gone, the passion a...

We all are ordinary people with extraordinary dream. Think about that for a moment. Bertahun-tahun yang lalu, saya adalah orang biasa. Saya menjalani hidup dengan biasa-biasa, punya saudara, punya orang tua, punya teman, menempuh pendidikan seperti halnya orang yang lain. Semuanya biasa saja, till one day, I dream an extraordinary dream. Impian / cita-cita yang extraordinary itu changes me from ordinary people to extraordinary. It drives me to a level that I've never been there before. It forces my self to do beyond my current capacity. It's true. Kita semua terlahir sebagai orang-orang biasa... dan memang kita adalah orang biasa, till one day, we encounter an extraordinary dream in our live. Jika kita nggak punya mimpi, kita hari ini tetap sama dengan kita yang kemarin. We're all ordinary people with extraordinary dream... One single dream, can change you. One single dream, can make you extraordinary. One single dream... can change your whole destiny. ...and the $1M ques...