FCT#26 log

This posting is going to be my last posting in 2008, and when I look back, I'm quite amazed what God has done to me so far. How He has changed me, renewed my mind, renewed my strength, moved me from glory to glory... Never doubt that God is indeed a good God. So, here are... the result of my partnership with God. Awarded as Lecturer of the Year 2008 M* C** University - June 2008. *) Achieved Master Degree, Electrical Engineering, Br* University - August 2008. *) Successfully gave presentation to 300 students about the opportunity of being a book author - July 2008. (some of them came to me, ask and show their interest to be an author, I think I managed to motivate them... you go guys). Set a new record of largest-attendance-public-preaching (500 people), B* Church - August 2008. Set a new record of public speaking to a group of 70 Public Relation Managers from all university in Malang - November 2008. Visiting Singapore for a week - November 2008. *) Finally successful...

"Hi Wind... So, how's your ADS Application?" (frequently asked question of this month) "Emm... Unfortunately, I failed." (the word "unfortunately" can be replaced with "fortunately" in the coming months or years... no doubt about that. but for now allow me to put the word "unfortunately" as the most suitable word). "Oh... So bad..." (thanks for your sincerity and pray, guys... I do appreciate that) "That's fine lah..." (I answered and still curious why they reject my application. I've put a lot of efforts in it, I have 3 reference letters from the Ph.Ds, I already have supervisor for my proposed research from Curtin UT, I got TOEFL score..., never mind. Beside, I was applying for Master Degree... I'd beter apply for the Ph.D next year) "Oh, ya... By the way Wind, you got girl friend already?" (Hmm... it sounds very familiar question... Let me think... oh ya I it's My mum fave question!) ...

Starting today up to next week or even could be next month, my emotional quotient has been and will be tested. I just lost my all my cell phones (N E71, N5510, N6215) - including the cards (2 GSM, 1 CDMA, and 1 Singapore Number). Someone broke into my room and took all my cell phones plus couple hundreds thousands (for my monthly expenses) from my wallet. How bad is that? For me, it's bad. Damn bad! Is it influencing my daily routine? Yes, definitely! I lost all contacts, birthday remainder, sermon notes, photos, songs. (So, please, kindly re-send your contact number trough YM or any other messengers). Then, here is the emotional quotient test. Next hours after I lost them, I had to teach Bible Study for the youths. So, I must teach and feel bad and sad because of losing things in the same time. But I did it. I taught as if nothing happen. Nobody noticed that I have deep bad and sad feeling. Everybody just enjoyed the lesson as usual. I speak, chat with others, smile, and cheer as ...

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...