RAMALAN

Di hari pertama tahun Naga Air ini, nonton wawancara peramal super mahal nan kondang bin senior di  salahsatu TV swasta tentang  r-a-m-a-l-a-n  spektakuler tahun ini:
1. Tahun ini adalah tahun kesempatan.
2. Tahun ini banyak yang cari jodoh dan bisnis baru.
3. Tahun ini harus lebih kerja keras.

Hmmm...??? *bingung*
Sepertinya, kamu pun bisa jadi peramal super mahal nan kondang bin senior. Mau coba KESEMPATAN punya BISNIS BARU sebagai peramal? Kan siapa tahu JODOH? Cuma tinggal KERJA KERAS kok? ;)

#beingsilly#

TRUST

Lesson of the day:
Trust can never be proven; it can only be disproved.

I will learn to always choose to trust. Better to loose some people in life because they disprove your trust than having nobody around because you don't trust any.

#itrustyou#
#feelloved#
#spreadlove#

GRANNY'S BEST ADVICE EVER

Don't trust your eyes when you still have your ears.
Don't trust your ears when you still have your heart.

#feelloved#
#spreadlove#

L.O.V.E

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

LOVE is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.


Love NEVER fails.
.........................
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But THE GREATEST of these is love.

#1Corinthians13#
#feelloved#
#spreadlove#

CONFESSION OF A PERFECTIONIST

UGLY DUCK : Do you know who I am?
BEAUTY QUEEN : Of course I do, you're an ugly duck!
UGLY DUCK : No, I am not. I'm just a PERFECTIONIST, someone who can make you look and feel perfect! :)

#beingsilly#
#anotherwaytoseethings#

WHAT HAPPENS

YOUNG SHEEP : Why bad things always happens to good sheeps?
OLD SHEEP : Perhaps it's to keep them safe from the worse things that might happen to bad sheeps!??
YOUNG SHEEP : Owh...Ok...I'll be a good sheep then!

#innocent#
#thegoodsheep#

PRAYER OF A GRATEFUL PREY

Thank God for the pre-dator today, so that we know what to do when a dator really comes!

#beingsilly#
#thereisalwayssomethingtobegratefulfor#

THANK YOU, GOD!

Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 2:21pm

Thank you, God!
You have no facebook but we’re friends forever
You have no twitter but You follow me all the time
You have no camera but You capture my every moment
You have no phone but you always call me
You have no Blackberry but You often ping! my heart
You have no Apple but you dropbox me your blessing every second!!!

LEBAR

Friday, July 29, 2011 at 6:01pm

Tidak ada yang istimewa dengan kata L-E-B-A-R. Tidak berkonotasi negatif ataupun positif. Tapi sekarang kata itu terasa "berbeda" setiap kali aku mendengarnya :)))

Pagi itu aku memakai gaun terusanku yang baru. Semakin merasa cantik dengan sepatu putihku yang juga baru. Percaya diripun membanjiri aliran darah dan memenuhi nafasku untuk pekerjaan kali ini yang harus dimulai begitu dini. Masih sedikit mengantuk karena saya bukan (dan sepertinya tidak akan pernah jadi) morning person. Tapi perasaan positif berhasil membantuku melewati pagi sampai akhirnya pekerjaan hari itu sebagai MC di sebuah acara perempuan-perempuan Jakarta selesai tepat pada waktu makan siang.

Akupun berbaur dengan peserta dan penyelenggara saat makan siang. Salah seorang perempuan mendekatiku.

"Hi mbak Pinky, aku liat-liat dari tadi mbak Pinky mukanya makin lebar ya?"

"Hi juga, oya? lebar???? hehehe maksudnya? (aku masih sedikit bingung untuk langsung berkesimpulan, maklum setiap harinya otakku baru lebih bisa mencerna setelah selesai jam makan siang) Maksudnya gendutan kali ya?

"Iya, itu maksudnya...bener gendutan ya mbak Pinky?

"Ohhhh, mendingan langsung bilang gendut deh mbak daripada M-U-K-A L-E-B-A-R"

Ohhh, kejamnya ibukota! bukan sih...tapi...

Ohhh, kejamnya perempuan Jakarta! bukan juga sih...tapi...

Ohhh, kejamnya dunia basa-basi ini! *tutup muka guling-guling di lantai, susah untuk kembali merasa cantik LOL*

PNEUMONIA

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 1:28am

Masih seputar ilmu baru tentang Pneumonia. Para orangtua disadarkan untuk mengenali gejala penyakit yang disebabkan bakteri dan virus ini sejak dini agar tidak dikira flu, batuk, dan demam biasa pada balita. Salahsatu cara termudah mendeteksinya adalah dengan melihat tarikan nafas yang sampai mencekungkan dada dan lewat hitungan nafas per menitnya.

Usia 0-2 bulan = tidak boleh lebih dari 60 kali per menit

Usia 2 bulan - 1 tahun = tidak boleh lebih dari 50 kali per menit

Usia 1 - 5 tahun = tidak boleh lebih 40 kali per menit

Hmmmmmmmmmm...

Setiap mengingat 'dia' nafasku 101 kali per menit dan dada seolah cekung menganga. Aku menderita Pneumonia!!?? Arrrghhhhh, lagi-lagi aku lupa bertanya, berapa kali per menit untuk orang dewasa :)))

KRONIS AKUT

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 12:38am

Hah!!! Membutuhkan 33 tahun untuk aku mengerti kata KRONIS dan AKUT bahwa artinya TIDAK SAMA dengan PARAH! Satu rentang waktu yang bahkan mengalahkan lamanya Orde Baru berkuasa. Ckckckck. Itulah efek 'sotoy' berkolaborasi dengan 'tidak begitu pintar' dicampur beberapa tetes 'gengsi bertanya' yang dimasak dengan 'malas membaca'. Untung seorang malaikat pencerah hadir dalam bentuk seorang Dr. Wahyuni dari IDAI (Ikatan Dokter Anak Indonesia) di sebuah senin sore. Inti obrolan sebenarnya seputar Pneumonia, penyebab no. 1 kematian anak di dunia dimana Indonesia berada di urutan ke-6.

Dari sekian banyak pengetahuan baru yang bermanfaat dari Dr. Yuni, begitu dia dipanggil untuk para orangtua agar mengenali gejala pneumonia, perbedaan pengerrtian akut dan kronis yang paling menempel di kepala.

AKUT : (terjadi dengan) cepat dan mendadak.

KRONIS : (terjadi dengan) pelan-pelan.

Hmmmmm, aku mengangguk-ngangguk dan mengerjap-ngerjap terpesona. Ohhhh, berarti yang selama ini terjadi adalah:

Jatuh cinta akut?

Mati lampu akut?

Kaya akut.

Bahkan....dangdut akut?

Lalu:

Mungkin sebaiknya rambu di jalan kecil pemukiman padat atau didepan sekolah-sekolah bertuliskan.....Harap kronis, banyak anak-anak?

Dan aku, menua kronis??? Haha

Sekedar pertanyaan yang belum sempat dijawab oleh Dr. Yuni :p

IT'S OK

(Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 8:33pm)

It's ok if you sometimes cry, so you see who offer you smile
It's ok if you sometimes feel stupid, so you learn something new
It's ok if you sometimes make mistakes, so you know who forgive you
It's ok if you sometimes get lost, so you meet those who sincerely show you the way
It's ok if you sometimes don't know what you want, so you let life shows you what you need
It's ok...
Everything will be beautiful in its time

THE ROYAL WEDDING HOMILY

Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 1:45pm

Saat semua orang memperhatikan desain topi-topi spektakuler apa dipakai siapa,baju buatan mana, dan sebagainya. Saya justru tidak bisa diganggu saat mendengarkan khotbah perkawinan untuk pasangan abad ini Prince William-Kate Middleton saat upacara perkawinan mereka di gereja Westminter Abbey pada hari Jumat tanggal 29 April 2001 lalu. Salahsatu nasehat perkawinan dan membangun keluarga TERBAIK dan TERINDAH yang pernah saya dengar!!! Entah berapa banyak yang benar-benar menyimaknya (dan benar-benar berjanji menerapkannya dengan segenap kekuatannya?). Ummmm, saya sudah lebih bijaksana atau sekedar tua, ya? haha

The Royal Wedding homily, given by Dr. Richard Chartres, Anglican Bishop of London:

Dearly Beloved...

"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.” So said St Catherine of Siena whose festival day it is today. Marriage is intended to be a way in which man and woman help each other to become what God meant each one to be, their deepest and truest selves.

Many are full of fear for the future of the prospects of our world but the message of the celebrations in this country and far beyond its shores is the right one – this is a joyful day! It is good that people in every continent are able to share in these celebrations because this is, as every wedding day should be, a day of hope.

In a sense every wedding is a royal wedding with the bride and the groom as king and queen of creation, making a new life together so that life can flow through them into the future.

William and Catherine, you have chosen to be married in the sight of a generous God who so loved the world that he gave himself to us in the person of Jesus Christ.

And in the Spirit of this generous God, husband and wife are to give themselves to each another.

A spiritual life grows as love finds its centre beyond ourselves. Faithful and committed relationships offer a door into the mystery of spiritual life in which we discover this; the more we give of self, the richer we become in soul; the more we go beyond ourselves in love, the more we become our true selves and our spiritual beauty is more fully revealed. In marriage we are seeking to bring one another into fuller life.

It is of course very hard to wean ourselves away from self-centredness. And people can dream of doing such a thing but the hope should be fulfilled it is necessary a solemn decision that, whatever the difficulties, we are committed to the way of generous love.

You have both made your decision today – “I will” – and by making this new relationship, you have aligned yourselves with what we believe is the way in which life is spiritually evolving, and which will lead to a creative future for the human race.

We stand looking forward to a century which is full of promise and full of peril. Human beings are confronting the question of how to use wisely a power that has been given to us through the discoveries of the last century. We shall not be converted to the promise of the future by more knowledge, but rather by an increase of loving wisdom and reverence, for life, for the earth and for one another.

Marriage should transform, as husband and wife make one another their work of art. It is possible to transform as long as we do not harbour ambitions to reform our partner. There must be no coercion if the Spirit is to flow; each must give the other space and freedom. Chaucer, the London poet, sums it up in a pithy phrase:

“Whan maistrie [mastery] comth, the God of Love anon,

Beteth his wynges, and farewell, he is gon.”

As the reality of God has faded from so many lives in the West, there has been a corresponding inflation of expectations that personal relations alone will supply meaning and happiness in life. This is to load our partner with too great a burden. We are all incomplete: we all need the love which is secure, rather than oppressive, we need mutual forgiveness, to thrive.

As we move towards our partner in love, following the example of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit is quickened within us and can increasingly fill our lives with light. This leads to a family life which offers the best conditions in which the next generation can practise and exchange those gifts which can overcome fear and division and incubate the coming world of the Spirit, whose fruits are love and joy and peace.

I pray that all of us present and the many millions watching this ceremony and sharing in your joy today, will do everything in our power to support and uphold you in your new life. And I pray that God will bless you in the way of life that you have chosen, that way which is expressed in the prayer that you have composed together in preparation for this day:

God our Father, we thank you for our families; for the love that we share and for the joy of our marriage.

In the busyness of each day keep our eyes fixed on what is real and important in life and help us to be generous with our time and love and energy.

Strengthened by our union help us to serve and comfort those who suffer. We ask this in the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Amen.