ORPC, St.Andrews, and Choir

As you know, I like to sing.. actually it’s not only singing, but to gather friends and I meet people from around the world. Guess where am I ?

We have great time together. Last December 2006 I join the choir for Christmas Carol Concert. And for the last time before I will go back home, I will join the Tenebrae Service, which is The Service of darkness. ( sounds scarry isn’t it… ).

But actually Tenebrae Service is a service that follows the tradition of the church dating back to the eighth century. From the Latin word of Thenebrae , which means darkness and memorates the final hours of our Lord’s life on earth as he suffered death upon the cross.

I promised to upload some pics here, since I have trouble in uploading it now…..

By the way, happy easter everyone… God Bless You. 

All That She Wants….

written by Christine Wonoseputro about every woman’s dream of everlasting happiness. 

Today my friend is driving me with a new expensive car, and suddenly

my mind just flying by, in the middle of busy road and heavy rain of the day.

I sit in near the window, and I look outside across the street,

beneath the crowded bus stop, because of the rain.

I saw some ladies running to reach the shelter and the other lady tries to prevent their little children from the rain. Altough it was a heavy rain, they still can make joke each other.

Suddenly, I realize that I’m in Singapore right now, this is really not my hometown.

After we reach the carpark, the other gorgeous lady come, parking her expensive Benz car. She is so pretty, eventhough I can see that she’s not young enough.

I can see if that heavy rain didn’t bother her at all. She was driving a comfortable Benz. I can scent the aroma of Channel from her when she was crossing in front of me , and I saw she worn Prada latest tote bag. She’s so elegant. She was going inside Takashimaya and I saw that she talked to a man that probably she knew before. That man seem really know how to serve her as a lady. He let her come in first, opened the door for her, and act respectful to her.

Then my mind suddenly flying flash back to the bus shelter, when some other ordinary ladies probably still waiting for their bus. The elegant lady is now standing in front of me, then this question really coming to my mind . I  look at her diamond ring, her Prada bag, and her nice make up… is that all that  she wants? I saw her smiling at me, and I smiling back to her. Is she really happy?

For most of women, diamonds, pearls, and expensive clothes probably everythings. But deep in their hearts, it’s not really enough. Some women who have everything sometimes feel deep down in loneliness and unhappiness.  I don’t know why, most of guys usually try to  attract their couples with  gorgeous things ( so did my ex boyfriend )– but after long time relationship, it means nothing. Women do not really need it. Actually, what woman want is more that Benz or BM, diamond rings, expensive parfumes and all of those things that can be given by man.

After a long time relationship, most of people become bored, and the feeling between couple become plain, tasteless. Because what the women need is actually the openess of true feeling, true love, and caring by their couple. That’s why a lot of woman look for another relationship with another person. Because they didn’t really get what actually they want from their couple.

That lady has disappeared from my sight. But across my mind there is another person that I know . I do hope that gorgeous lady like her has really had all that she wants…

PORN PICS… PORN PICS!!

With only a piece of towel,

Someone has taken these pictures

After I got shower that day…

Hahahahaha… gotcha!!!

Today Reflection : The Story of Life

written by Christine Wonoseputro as Thanksgiving Reflection.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, and there are a lot of things that I have to share with all of you :

When sky does not always blue,

And sun does not always shine,

Suddenly I realize that it is parts of life that we should be thankful of,

Although life is not as smooth and easy as we hope…

But people in our life teach us so many things about how we should face our life,

To make life as the wonderful thing of God’s giving.

As from Joey, I learn about how tough she is as a girl and a woman, facing her life as an independent woman. She solved every problem without dragging anyone into the depht of symphaty of herself. In contrary, she always make me laugh and happy.

As from Dewi, I learn about how kind and helpful she is. Thanks for being my good friend, I hope not only in Singapore, but in the future,too.

As from Dorkas, I saw how God has change her life. How the things that we never saw before, become a dream come true in the future because of His name.

As from Liang Hwee, how coincidence, that we met! Nice to know you, I pray for your projects and your work. God bless you sister.

As from Andy, how mature he is compare to his own age. He is more suitable to be a big brother than a little brother to me. Thank you for your kind attentions and being a good leader to our class.

As from Sheung-Hwa, even we’re just met, I felt that I have been in the same position of you as a mother and working woman. It is really nice to meet you! Keep praise His name!

As from Rev.Hadi and his wife, thanks for the spirits of serving that you have shared with me. God bless you as a humble servant of His name. Glory to God In His Throne!

As from Jerry, I learn about how to be a good lecturer. To hear and spend his time for his students no matter how busy he is, especially for being a nice “shoulder -to -cry on” among all of us during our hard study period.

As from Kent, I learn about how life should be balance. I learn about how knowledge should be shared and transposed to the juniors - by letting us joining his research trips. He always gives us comforting comments, that in contrary has been making us even embarrased with our own works. Thanks for being nice lecturer for all of us!

As from Casey, I know how patient he is to all of us. He has been our lecturer who lets himself driving his car for all of us during some trips. Thanks for being our lecturer.

And the last but not least, is from Peter. That accident has make me learn a lot of things in my life. That life is worthy than everything that we have. I like you as a creative, humble and hard working person. And I hope all the best for you, your work, and whatever you do. Thank you for sharing your experience of your life with us.

Thank you all for taking parts in my life. God bless you… and Happy Thanksgiving.

Singapore, 22nd of November 2006

After Those Hectic Days…

After those hectic days, preparing our formative presentation, some of us may not be sleep over nights and some of us have been worked so hard and…

Look at these :

yummy… because all of us are starving and those foods are really relieving our stress. Look at our face, no more pressure except enjoying the food. And the spagetti…. uh… its so nice . look at Joey :

And then…..

Joey said,” uhm nice… so nice , should be eat with the garlic bread….”

For those nice food and big platter portion , we have taken  at Ben and Jerry- Bugis Junction on Monday, 13th of Nov 2006…

KL : Going To Prepare The Visit Malaysia 2007

Hii… I’m back again.  This time I will tell you about my last malaysia trip. It’s in KL…… KL is a big city. KL is a such nice place also. Previously, Joey mentioned that it was a scary place to visit, but I think that my place is even scarrier.  Especially if you are going out at night alone. It is really not save.

The word Kula Lumpur itself came from the word kuala ( place ) and lumpur ( mud ). because kuala lumpur is the place of thin mining in the past, so there are a lot of mud around of that place because of the mining. So,according to its history,Kuala Lumpur has its own legend.

I have a beautiful room with a very nice background at the Grand Continental Hotel. I can see the sun rise behind the twin Petronas tower… ( I think the other’s room don’t have this beautiful view ).. Check it :

Nice right…  I take this from my hotel room.

Me , Andy and a nice lady sit next to him is Sabrina. She is the head of Interior Design Department of NAFA. I take this picture during breakfast time at the hotel before we go to city tour.

These are Indonesian girls. Most of them are my junior ( diploma 2 ) in Interior Design at  NAFA. This picture was taken at the new komuter and train station at KL. This station is a multi layers terminal that cover the whole transportation from and to KL.

LECTURE ON 14 OF NOVEMBER 2006

Summary on The Architecture Of Happiness in Palladium Architecture :

1. Beauty could be subjective

2.About analogising architecture - for example the deconstruction architecture : analog of some manner

E.g : Frank Gehry language of deconstruction creates another analog. His analog references such as the rose and its petals. The poetics of his architecture could be experience from every angles and it is not static.

The Birthday Girl

Tanglin, November, 9th 2006

From left : Victor, Dewi, Fanny, another Victor, and the birthday girl ( she was trying to be a drunken master …)

Cousin vic, are you okay..? You look so blur….. hahaha…or are you drunk already ?

Dewi ( the naughty girl ) with the “shinny smile” who kidnapped me to this seafood restaurant - Kaa-soo Seafood, Queenstown

 

Sis and me and the cute birthday cake

Melacca : Tracing Back The History

Hello……. I just came from study trip. Tired…and tired……..

Andy -”the laughing Budha” and me at Jonker Street ( now Jalan Hang Jebat - Chinatown of Melacca )

We’re going to Malaysia yesterday. It’s really a nice trip. Especially Melacca. It ’s really amazing ….. a place with exotic historical sites and architectural heritage… For, me this town is a little bit like Jember in east Java, but for us this town seems very rich in order to trace back South East Asia History, especially history of its architecture.

Buah Melaka, where was the word Melacca came from.

At Melacca, we are visiting a lot of interesting places. the first night, we are going to Kampong Portugese, the place where the Portugeses stay at Melacca. As we know in history, European, including Portugese came to Melacca to seek for spices. Some of them stayed adn married to local people and make their own community here. Papa Joe, the owner of the Portugese restaurant ( the place of where we had dinner that night ) sang a song for us.

Andy, Me, and Papa Joe

And at the second day we were transfering to… Amsterdam! hehe, no, It’s still in Melacca. But without the sign of Melacca in this picture, you must be think that it was in Netherland. because it has the windmill, too!

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At that night, “Mr. Neo” who is our “funky lecturer” introduce me to the local delight call lok - lok, which is the speciality of Melacca. It was satay celup. I told him that this satay celup in Indonesia would probably similar to our “batagor” which also have fish meat, beancurd, and eggs that being eaten with satay sauce.

Bahasa Indonesia ( sorry who don’t understand ): Ya ampun, …orang malaka jualan sate celup aja bisa buka restoran. Ngetop lagi. terus opor ayam sama pepes ikan dicari - cari orang Singapore. Gimana kalo pulang gue investasi bikin restoran “batagor’ aje ye.. atau buka restoran ” opor ayam” sama garang asem. Rasane podo ae bok ! Gitu ae dicari - cari orang Singapore.Terus takkasi nama restoran peranakan bibik christine atau bibik ratna …adoh jelek amat. Soale di sini menurut brosur ada resto bibik neo ngetop banget jualane: semur!

The old city of Melacca. We can feel and trace the history from the sense of this place. They try preserve the Portugese ship ( its a replica ) to remind people about the coming of western people to this region.

Cheng Hoon Teng Temple -Mixed style of Hokianese and Teochew Temple. The oldest temple in Malaysia. The signature of the arrival of Admiral Cheng Ho to this region.

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LECTURE ON 10 OCTOBER 2006

On The Pleasure Of Sadness By Alain de Botton

Terms :

HOPPERESQUE :

1. What made of psychological state ?

2. How is the spatial construction ?

3. What research references that you can further look out ?

- paintings ?

- photographs ?

Description : if you are watching the movie ” Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon,” it was a sad movie, but it has the beauty of sadness.

METAPHORS :

place ——————– psychology ———————– metaphors