MeRRY xMaS!!!

Today, as everybody knows, is christmas day... the day when the christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ... or (maybe) we can say that Christmas day=Jesus's birthday... is it true? who knows... ^^

anyway, i can't really feel the christmas spirit in this year... dunno why...
everything juz so different... maybe that's why.. but i think, i'm not the only one who feels that way... btw, how ever i felt, i'm still trying to bring the spirit and let it grow in my heart, so i can share it to other ppl around me...

i'm sleepy now... so, before i go, i wanna say MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone!!! ^^

SeTaHuN...

Duh.. pusing nih gw.. ga tw kenapa... banyak aja yg dipikirin... dari masalah sekolah mpe masalah cinta... huehehe ^^
Yg paling jadi masalah sih, soal kuliah... bingung mo kul dimana... dah tw jurusan mana yg mo diambil tapi masi blom yakin n bingung mo pilih yg mana.... antara 2 pilihan nih...
seandainya gw bisa nanya langsung ama Tuhan, mana yg lebih baek ya?

Btw, sejak gw balik, dah lama banget blom ngomong bahasa ing lagi... jadi kagok klo musti ngomong ing... kata temen gw yg disana, ing gw tambah parah.. ga tw deh... abisnya ga pernah dipake sih disini...

oiya, bentar lagi dah mo natal n taon baru nih... ga kerasa deh... ternyata setaon itu cepet juga ya? ga kerasa dah mo natal lagi, perasaan belom lama ini... bentar lagi mo januari lagi padahal rasanya baru kemaren ini gw pegi kesana... ^^
tapi klo mo dibilang cepet sih ga juga... setaon tuh bisa lama juga... abisnya pas gw balik ke jkt, banyak juga yg dah berubah... trus bisa dibilang gw rada ketinggalan jaman gitu... soal fashion, lagu2, dll. Klo dah gitu, kerasa deh klo setaon itu lama juga... ^^
tapi lucunya, ada aja temen2 gw yg ga berubah... yg dulu kayak gitu ya sekarang kayak gitu2 aja... masi sama aja... makanya gw bisa bilang klo setaon itu ga cukup lama untuk ngerubah seseorg....

ya udah lah, dari pada ngomongin berapa lamanya setaon, mendingan gw udahan dulu aja...
mo mandi dulu... huehehe ^^

i'M hOmE!!!! ^^

hey everybody!!!! tell u what?! i'm home!!! i mean, im in jakarta rite now....
in the "warnet" or internet cafe.... they are the same.... ^^
it feels sooo weird to be home after for almost a year haven't been home at all....
it's sad to leave australia, but it also makes me happy to be home.. that's why there's a phrase "There's no place like home..."
at first it's a bit hard to adapt... everything feels so different.... i miss my australian friends heaps.... and... i really feel that my english is improving... different from my friends.... i still remember that oneday, taryn ever told me that i'll recognise my australian accent when i go home... and it's true... sooo true... ^^
anyway, don't have much time here.... one thing that i miss from australia beside my friends is the internet access... so fast and i can get it easily.... not like here... soooooo hard... but anyway... eveything that makes it different makes it special... ^^

GooDbYe...

it's always sad to say goodbye.... esp. to the ppl that u love... and when u know that maybe u won't see them anymore... but in my case it's a bit different... i know, and pretty sure, that i'll see my friends again...

tomorrow, i'm leaving... i'll go HoMe.... to Jakarta... i'll leave Western Australia... my other home... that i've been stayed for almost a year... it's sad to say goodbye to my friends and my host parents.... juz strange... u think that it (WA) is your home, but u have another home... you know what i mean?

anyway, i think, goodbye is not always sad and bad... sometimes it's good... a wise person said, "You'll never know what u have till u lose it..." so, goodbye can be like losing something for a while then u'll realise how much it meant to u... then when u find it again, u'll appreciate it more... i'm talking bout FRIENDSHIPS... yeah... it's the most precious thing u'll ever had in your life, coz u can't buy friendship... so, when u still have friends, don't waste it... (umm... i think there's a better word for it... but i can't find it at this moment :p)

finally, i wanna say thank u very2 much to all of my friends.... wherever u are.... esp. the ones in Australia... cheers mate!!!! i can't be a better person without all of u... gonna miss u... ^^

with lots of love,
novy ^^
xoxoxoxo

wHaT iF GoD wAs oNe oF Us?

hey! met malem... (dah malem nih ^^)
gw baru aja nonton film yg judulnya "Joan of Arcadia"... gw bilang sih mayan bagus lah... serial TV gitu... gw rasa inspirasinya sih dari Joan de Arc... (ga tw tuh bener apa nggak penulisan namanya ^^)

trus, gw demen ama sountracknya.... so, gw cari tw deh... en akhirnya, gw nemuin... ternyata judulnya tuh "what if god was one of us" yg nyanyi namanya Joan Osborne... nih liriknya, gw ketik deh.... abisnya bermakna bgt... bikin jadi mikir... huehehe ^^

What if God was one of us

If God have a name, what would it be?
And would you call it to His face?
If you were faced with Him
In all His glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?

*) And yeah, yeah, God is great
yeah, yeah, God is good
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home

If God had a face, what would it look like?
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that
you would have to believe
in things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints
and all the prophets (*)

Trying to make His way home
Back up to heaven all alone
Nobody calling on the phone
'cept for the Pope maybe in Rome (*)

Just trying to make His way home
Like a holly rolling stone
Back up to heaven all alone
Just trying to make His way home
Nobody calling on the phone
'cept for the Pope maybe in Rome...

FiNaLLy!!!

hey everybody!!!! juz wanna tell u, i've finished my exams!!! can't believe it!!! no more exams!!! i can do anything i want to do now... (umm.. not really... still need guardian's permission) ^^; and i don't need to worry bout studying anymore!! YAY!!! ^_^

LaNjUtAnNyA....

hey semuanya!!! buat yg dah baca blog gw yg judulnya "aMaZiNg!!"... i've done a research about that boy... his name is Mattie J.T. Stepanek... i was a bit shock when i open his website, there's a message said that he has passed away on June 22 in Washington D.C. ... i hope he will be in peace now... and i'm sure he is... anyway, for u who wants to know more about him, check his website at www.mattieonline.com .... you really have to check this one out!! he's a great boy.. and here's his poem (he's a poem n song writer also a book writer aswell...) which makes me admire him so much!!!

FOR OUR WORLD
We need to stop.
Just stop.
Stop for a moment...
Before anybody
Says or does anything
That may hurt anyone else.
We need to be silent.
Just silent.
Silent for a moment...
Before we forever lose
The blessing of songs
That grow in our hearts.
We need to notice.
Just notice.
Notice for a moment...
Before the future slips away
Into ashes and dust of humility.
Stop, be silent, and notice...
In so many ways, we are the same.
Our differences are unique treasures.
We have, we are, a mosaic of gifts
To nurture, to offer, to accept.
We need to be.
Just be.
Be for a moment...
Kind and gentle, innocent and trusting,
Like children and lambs,
Never judging or vengeful
Like the judging and vengeful.
And now, let us pray,
Differently, yet together,
Before there is no earth, no life,
No chance for peace.

(September 12, 2001)
(c) Matthew Joseph Taddeus Stepanek

aMaZiNg!!

i've just finished watch Oprah Winfrey Show... there's a story about a boy (13 yo) who is affected by muscular disease... and what is amazing from him is that he's full of life!!! if u know what the disease has done to him and know that he's still so inspiring and optimistic... i think you'll be amazed like me...

this show makes me think how amazing it is.... a little sick boy... can change the way people think about the world... and finally change the world it self...

this boy (i forgot his name ^^') has 3 siblings who died because of this disease... and he's the one who survive until now... even though, physically he's not well... (i heard from the show that he's in a bad condition... eg. his lips started to fall, etc), he never juz think about himself... he made a poem that turned into a song which sang by Billy Gilman... the song is about PEACE in the world...
isn't that amazing? i, myself, think, i've never think about the world when i had a bad day... but this boy.. he has 'bad day' everyday.. but he always optimistic and think about the world!!!! (actually, he makes me feel ashame of myself.. ^^') even though i don't know him, he really inspires me....

we don't have to be a famous or big person to make this world to be a better place to live at... WE can make a DIFFERENCE juz by being ourselves... share and care to one another... create love and peace in the world... WE CAN DO IT!

eXaMs...

Tomorrow i'll have my 1st exam... Physics... never do very well in that subject... but i'll do my best tomorrow! i Know i can Do iT!!!
Today i feel so bored... and lonely... ><
but it's ok, coz tmrw i'll meet my frenz... ^_^
GooD NiTe All!!!

SeNdiRiAn LaGi...

Met Pagi semuanya!!!
hari ini langitnya biru.. cerah.. tapi buat gw tetep aja dingin...
ga kerasa deh, 4 hari lagi gw UJIAN!!!! tapi masi belom siap nih.. hiks..hiks..
gimana donk ya?! (kok jadi curhat ya?) hehehe ^_^
sesuai dgn judul... hari ini, pagi2, gw ndirian lagi... :(
host parents pegi ke rumah sakit lagi... host dad harus periksa darah...
klo lagi ndirian gini, gw pasti jadi keinget ama rumah... ma suasananya... ga pernah sepi!!! apalagi klo ada nelly... ^_^
ya sudah lah... mo mandi dulu nih.. hehehe (ketauan deh...)
luv ya all!!!!

LaST dAy oF ScHooL

YaY!!!! today is my last school day!!! ^_^
i feel happy but sad at the same time... i hope i won't lose contact with all of my friends when i get back... i know i'll miss them all... anyway, i have a very good time here... ^_^

SeMPuRNa TePaT PaDa WkTnYa

Kadang kita bertanya dlm hati & menyalahkan Tuhan, "apa yg telah saya lakukan sampai saya harus mengalami ini semua ?" atau "kenapa Tuhan membiarkan ini semua terjadi pada saya ?"
Here is a wonderful explanation...

Seorang anak memberitahu ibunya kalau segala sesuatu tidak berjalan seperti yang dia harapkan. Dia mendapatkan nilai jelek dalam raport, putus dengan pacarnya, dan sahabat terbaiknya pindah ke luar kota.
Saat itu ibunya sedang membuat kue, dan menawarkan apakah anaknya mau mencicipinya, dengan senang hati dia berkata, "Tentu saja, I love your cake."
"Nih, cicipi mentega ini," kata Ibunya menawarkan. "Yaiks," ujar anaknya.
"Bagaimana dgn telur mentah ?"
"You're kidding me, Mom."
"Mau coba tepung terigu atau baking soda ?"
"Mom, semua itu menjijikkan."
Lalu Ibunya menjawab, "ya, semua itu memang kelihatannya tidak enak jika dilihat satu per satu. Tapi jika dicampur jadi satu melalui satu proses yang benar, akan menjadi kue yang enak."

Tuhan bekerja dengan cara yang sama. Seringkali kita bertanya kenapa Dia membiarkan kita melalui masa-masa yang sulit dan tidak menyenangkan.
Tapi Tuhan tahu jika Dia membiarkan semuanya terjadi satu per satu sesuai dgn rancanganNya, segala sesuatunya akan menjadi sempurna tepat pada waktunya.
Kita hanya perlu percaya proses ini diperlukan untuk menyempurnakan hidup kita. Tuhan teramat sangat mencintai kita. Dia mengirimkan bunga setiap musim semi, sinar matahari setiap pagi. Setiap saat kita ingin bicara, Dia akan mendengarkan. Dia ada setiap saat kita membutuhkanNya, Dia ada di setiap tempat, dan Dia memilih untuk berdiam di hati kita

bunda...

klo ngomongin nyokap nih... ga bakalan ada abisnya deh buat gw...
mum means so much to me... bukannya pilih kasih loh... tapi dr semua anggota keluarga gw, gw emang paling deket ama nyokap.... mgkn emang dah dari sananya kali ya... soalnya sebelom dilahirin aja, gw dah nemplok ama beliau buat 9 bulanan... hehehe ^_^ gw tuh kagum ma nyokap2, esp. nyokap gw... bukan karena dia tuh org terkenal, ato pernah bikin sesuatu yg hebat bgt yg sampe di tulis di buku record.... tapi karena beliau dah ngajarin gw banyak hal.... banyak hal yg dia emang ajarin ato gw ambil karena menurut gw itu baek... beliau tuh sabar bgt.... pendenger yg baek... penghibur gw... selalu nyuport gw... dah banyak bgt yg beliau korbanin buat gw... tapinya gw kadang lupa n ga hormat ama dia... apalagi pas gw msh kecil.... pasti gw tuh dah kayak 'setan kecil' deh buat dia... troublemaker... (sori ya ma...) yg pasti sih, novymakasih bgt deh buat semua (SEMUA!!!) yg dah mama kasi buat novy... esp. for your endless love... love u always.... ^_^

exam is over!!!!

yeee!!!! exam is over.... i feel relieve now... a bit... coz there will be more exams next month... but.... i'm free now!!! ^_^

Salib...

Seorang lelaki muda yang putus asa, berlutut dan berdoa.
"TUHAN, saya tidak sanggup lagi untuk terus hidup,"serunya,"Salib yang kutanggung terlalu berat.
Lalu TUHAN menjawab,"AnakKU, bila kau tak sanggup menanggung bebansalibmu,letakkanlah salib tersebut dan bukalah pintu yang kau lihat disana,masuklah ke dalam ruangannya dan pilihlah salib manapun yang kau inginkan."
Laki - laki tersebut merasa lega dan ia menjawab,"Terimakasih TUHAN."
Kemudian ia melakukan apa yang TUHAN katakan padanya.
Saat memasuki ruangan yang disarankan ia melihat banyak salib,beberapa diantaranya sangat besar sehingga ujung - ujung salib tersebut tidakterlihat. Maka ia menunjuk sebuah salib kecil yang tersandar pada jendela yang berjarak agak jauh.
Lelaki tersebut berbisik,"Saya memilih salib itu TUHAN.
TUHAN menjawab,"AnakKU, itulah salib yang baru saja kau bawa masuk."
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Saat kesulitan hidup menerpa,disitulah kita dapat melihat dan memahami bagaimana orang lain yangmengalami hal serupa dapat mengatasinya.
Setelah itu, kau akan merasa lebih beruntung dari apa yang kau bayangkan.
Bagaimanapun beratnya salibmu,dan seperti apapun penderitaanmu pastilah akan ada sinar matahari yang memancar setelah hujan turun.
Mungkin kau merasa goyah atau bahkan jatuh,tapi TUHAN selalu berada disisimu untuk membantumu melalui segala hal. ^_^

wonderful world

ga tw nih mo ngomong apa disini (lagian ga bisa ngomong ya?) hehehe ^_^
gw cuma lagi mo nulis post baru aja gitu... btw, td gw baru aja nonton TITANIC... untuk kedua kalinya... pas pertama kali sih ga telalu berasa, soalnya gw masi kelas 5 sd... nah, kedua kalinya ini tuh kerasa bgt deh... maksud gw, ada gitu yg nyantol di pikiran gw.. n bikin gw jadi mikir... klo hidup itu berarti bgt, jauh lebih berarti dari harta2 duniawi... trus banyak org yg suffer n usaha setengah mati buat hidup, sedangkan gw yg enak2 gini, ga usah susah2 aja masi suka ngeluh... jadi ngerasa bersalah... (jadi malu nih.. :p) trus gw juga diingetin lagi ma tuh film, klo kebahagiaan tuh ga cuma dinilai dari berapa harta yg lu punya ato seberapa tinggi derajat lu... tapi dari gimana lu mensyukuri segala yg lu punya dalam hidup ini... keluarga, sahabat, Tuhan...
N klo gw coba berpandangan positif... dunia ini sebenernya ga seburuk yg kita pikir kok... it's a wonderful world...

TaMbAh JaUh...

Hmm... ga tw mo mulai dari mana... klo gw mikirin keluarga gw... kok kayaknya hubungan gw ma bokap makin jauh aja... maksud gw, dah ga kayak wkt gw masi kecil.... ma adek gw juga... apalagi sepupu2 gw... pokoknya seiring dengan berjalannya wkt semuanya berubah... gw tw dlm hidup ini ga ada yg statis... tapi gw jadi sedih deh... napa skrg, buat ngobrol aja musti setengah mati cari bahan (ma sepupu), garing aja gitu... klo wkt masi kecil kan, paling pake acara malu2 setengah jam karena lama ga ketemu, trus tw2 dah maen gebuk bantal... huehuehue ^_^ (maenannya sadis ya?) Yg bikin gw mikir soal ini tuh pas tgl 15 sept kemaren, kan bokap gw ultah, trus gw telp n dah bertekad mo ngobrol ama dia (ttg apa aja...), tp emang dasar ga nasib, twnya mereka lagi ke tempat sepupu gw yg dah mo merit.... so mau ga mau gw musti telp ke hp, berhubung pulsa gw dah mo abis ya ga bisa ngomong lama2 deh... hiks...hiks... Yah... begitulah hasil renungan gw hari ini... hehehe ^_^ ada yg pernah mengalami pengalaman yg sama ma gw ga? bagi2 cerita donk...

The Terminal

Gw baru aja nonton nih movie... diajakin temen, so gw pikir why not? hehehe ^_^ yg pasti menurut gw, nih film oke bgt... apalagi buat yg demen ama Tom Hanks (namanya bener ga?) kudu nonton deh... lucu trus romantic pula... trus biarpun settingnya berkisar di airport aja, tetep aja ga ngebosenin.... banyak issue yg di tampilin di nih film, ada ttg penantian, ga cepet putus asa, amal ama sesama, love, friendship, tepat janji, kemauan keras, n masi banyak lagi deh... gw bener2 terkesan deh ma nih film, bukan karena visual effectnya (kayaknya ga ada deh... ^_^) ato hal2 laen, tapi karena moral values yg disampein... nyentuh gw banget...

BoMb in JaKaRTa...

the hottest news di aussie yg berhungan ma jkt... seperti yg kita sudah tw... kejadiannya baru aja kemaren... gedung kedutaan australia di jkt di bom... bomnya sih ga tepat di gedungnya... tp di depan gedungnya... biarpun gitu, dah makan banyak korban... gw pas nonton beritanya jadi sedih deh... ga habis pikir, kok ada ya org yg tega2nya n kurang kerjaan bgt sampe ngebomb lagi... padahal kan trauma org2 ama bomb di bali aja belom ilang, eh skrg malah ditambah yg baru.... mana yg jadi korban tuh org2 yg ga bersalah n ga tw apa2... ada juga anak kecil yg jadi korban, trus nyokapnya sampe meninggal gara2 ngelindungin tuh anak... coba pikir, kurang sadis apa sih?! gue ga habis pikir nih klo sekarang semua media lagi sibuk2nya ngelaporin nih berita, trus di suatu sudut bumi ini ada org yg malah tertawa bahagia karena rencananya berhasil... hhfff... emang nih dunia dah ancur... so buat mencegah dunia tambah ancur... let's create peace around us... and sharing love to other people, like the way God loves us...

mum's b'day

today is my mum's b'day... i rang her just now.. and talked for about half an hour... miss her so much... hope she'll have a great day... special day.... luv ya mum...

today...

hari ini tuh cuacanya bagus bgt deh... ga panas, ga dingin juga...(kok kayanya gw selalu cerita ttg cuaca ya?) btw, kemaren ini gw ikutanTEE revision di wanbro high school... skulnya beda banget deh ama skul gw...mgkn karena skulnya baru jadi ya lebih keren aja gitu... apa2 serba baru n cerah....dah gitu lebih gede dari rockingham SHS...TEE revision program-nya sih mayan bagus... ngebantu deh... trus kasi suasana belajar yg beda aja gitu...jadinya lebih semangat n terpacu... hehehe ^_^ abis dari sana, gw ke rumah lucy, trus ke kirsty (temen baeknya lucy)... rumahnya tuh unik gitu... kan 3 tingkat,tapi tingkat dasar dipake buat kaya gudang gitu deh... deket pantai pula! sayangnya kita2 ga sempet sih maen ke pantai... maybe next time... di rumah kirsty, ada kilian n ashlyn... trus kita nonton film Wonka....ceritanya ttg chocolate factory gitu deh... film lama sih, tapi tetep aja bagus... apalagi gara2 coklatnya... hehehe ^_^ pokonya i had lots of fun there... abis itu, gw nginep disana semalem, trus ke perth buat nonton lucy tanding basket....seru!!! timnya lucy, FLAMES, menang loh!!! ummm.. kayanya segini dulu aja kali ya cerita gw buat hari ini... abisnya dah ngantuk neh... good night!!!

WelCoMe SpRiNg!!!

Hari ini cuacanya cerah banget deh!!! ^_^ Suasana hatiku pun ikut cerah... abisnya bulan2 kemaren kan yg mendung n ujan mulu... Btw, hari ini kan hari kedua musim semi loh!!! ^_^ mmm... mo cerita apa lagi ya? ga banyak sih yg bisa diceritain, cuma bangun trus ke skul... di skul ada prac test buat geography (huek..huek... gw paling benci ama geo) abis itu seperti biasa, makan roti doank buat lunch... trus abis skul ada ESL... trus pulang rumah jalan kaki.. soalnya perlu sedikit olahraga nih... trus smp rumah, host parents ga ada di rumah... tampaknya host mum pergi main mahjongg.... trus gw check email.... n ngetik nih post deh... ^_^ segini dulu deh ya... aku dah ga sabar nih buat pulang ke jkt.. dah kangen bgt ama papa, mama, linda, n nelly... ^_^

Hmmm... My First Time...

I dunno what to say...
this is my first time to write something in my blog...
and i like to try new things...

that's all for today... i'm sleepy...
good nite all!