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Oh My God, Three Months

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I know I’ve been pretty lazy lately, but my last blog is three months ago? Haha. I am surprised myself. Wew, I don’t know when I write my next blog then. Another three months or even next year. I really need some motivation here. Can’t really remember the things happened in the past three months, but here are some of them which I can still remember. Better write them quickly before I forget them completely:

Memorable Events

  • Mom’s Elementary School Reunion
    I went with my mom to her elementary school’s great reunion in Situbondo. Mom didn’t socialize a lot when she was in the elementary school so she didn’t make many friends. But Mom had a very close friend back then. Unfortunately she couldn’t come to reunion. So sad since Mom had been waiting for the reunion with her best friend after more than 20 years. The last time Mom saw her was in my parent’s wedding party. Be patient Mom, there will definitely be another chance.
  • My Birthday
    Hmmm, what did I expect? Can’t remember. Maybe I didn’t really expect anything. At least, early in the morning, Mom and Sis called me. A greeting card was sent from the church several days earlier. And, as usual, my colleagues celebrate my birthday with a candle on a cake, a present from Vebby—the yummy Papa Xous, and a usual photo sessions, nothing really special actually. But thank you guys, at least some of you remembered my bday :p .
  • Long Vacation (My Dad’s Bday)
    I take a full week leave last June and went to my hometown, Jember. A total refreshing. Eating all day, sleeping all night, playing games, watching DVDs and TV, and other pleasure-giving things. Btw, I encountered another house renovation here. It means that the house was in a great mess and full of stuffs and building materials. I hope it will already be finished on my next visit. Also we celebrated my dad’s bday that week. Not really a celebration though, but at least my sis bought him a bday cake. Happy birthday papa.

Memorable Movies

  • Kingdom of Heavens
    The movie about Crusade. It beautifully mirrored the conflict between European Christians and Middle-Eastern Muslims happened on the Holy Land of Jerusalem. Full of moral lessons. If you like historical movies, this movie is highly recommended.
  • Starwars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith
    IMO, the best episode of all Starwars installments. It has the deepest and greatest story line. It uncovers most secrets and tragedies. It is also the most emotional Starwars episode.
  • Batman Begins
    This is more Spider-Man than Batman I think. Unlike other Batman movies, Batman Begins is not a full length action movie. Instead, it’s a bit more drama. Batman Begins tells the story of little Bruce Wayne whose parents were killed by a robber. And how he grew up as nobody, but someone who sought justice by his own way. Later it tells how young Bruce was found and trained by a dark Ninjutsu Clan to be the clan leader but later turned into a secret hero. Casual Batman fans won’t be disappointed though since Batman Begins also features top of the art action scenes. By far, this is the best Batman movie according to my opinion.

Lazy Update

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More than a month since my last post. Many things to write but I’m lazy so I’ll only give a brief summary:

  • My two other colleagues, Shirley Wibisono and Lisa Handayani left the office. Shirley went to Jakarta to work at an advertising company. Lisa stayed in Surabaya but she now works at a trading company. Good luck to you girls.
  • My office annual meeting this year took place at Trawas. We had a good time there, even though we only stayed a night. Hope next year would be even better.
  • I changed job from a Web site developer to an editor. Neither a promotion nor a demotion. But I needed a change.
  • Added a monster database to my Ragnarok Online site.
  • My StarOne Post-paid subscription was activated at the beginning of this month. Wow, 24/7 Internet like I always wanted to have.
  • Promoted as the moderator of the OpenKore forum.

The Church Retreat

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Sorry I haven’t written anything in a pretty long time so here it is. My real life doesn’t change as much as I expected that I couldn’t find anything to write. Works, games, comics, movies were really the only things I did lately. The only things different from my routines is on November 15-16, when the Moslems in my country celebrated the “Idul Fitry” day. The government decided that the two days were holidays. Some organizations, not where I work, even made the whole week holidays.

Like other holidays or vacations, I went to Jember to meet my parents and sister. But things rather different this time. GKT Jember, where I usually worshipped God, participated in a 4-days and 3-nights retreat at ITA Lawang about two weeks ago. My sis and I participated too along with about 10 other friends from Jember and Bondowoso. I didn’t get to excited on the kind of thing, but I did hope I would get something there.

Day 1: Get Started

We arrived at Lawang at about 10 AM. Just before the lunch time. A perfect timing. We weren’t the first group that arrived, but we did come early since the opening ceremony was at 5 PM. I explored ITA a while. Things changed a lot since my last visit. Of course it was about 10 years ago hehe. I hardly remembered anything. After a short chitchat with some new guys in the dining room, I decided to go to my dorm and rest.

Ah the opening ceremony, finally all the boring things got started. Um wait a sec’. Boring? What about the girl sitting in front of you? No make that two. They were just fantastic. Gosh I got to know them. A guy beside me asked me to exchange our addresses and phone numbers. No problem, it was so usual in that kind of occassion.

Day 2: Meet the Parents

Really, aside from the sessions, I couldn’t find anything interesting at the retreat. How I missed my computer games. I had an idea, why not borrow a chess board and played some games with my roommate. Fortunately, an old friend of mine were studying at ITA, so I didn’t get any difficulty getting the chess board. I was playing the second game with a roommate in the front park when suddenly a man and a woman came and watched our game. He commented our game but I didn’t give a shit since my side was winning.

Then the man got back to the car, took some snacks, and gaved them to us. Well, I thanked him and started a conversation to show my manner :D . I asked him whether he came to visit his kids? He said yes, as I expected. I asked him their names. He told me that he had three children, two girls and a boy. Their names are Susan, Ruth, and Yong Sin. Um, they sounded familiar. Oh my God, were Susan and Ruth the two attractive girls sitting in front of me the other night. And Yong Sin were the one who asked me to exchange my address and phone number.

Day 3: God, Help Me

Until day 3, I still couldn’t find any good chance to talk privately with the two girls. They were so popular that many people were around them. The sessions also didn’t give me enough free time. While having our lunch, I heard the sound of a guitar playing and I saw the girls sang Josh Groban‘s “You Raise Me Up” with their friends over and over. I see, they must like this song.

Day 4: Farewell

Oh no, this was the last day and I still couldn’t get enough attention from them. What should I do. Uh huh, I accidentally found that their brother loved to play Ragnarok Online. Great, I could use the information. Ah, I don’t know, maybe I’ll just go home and forget them in one or two weeks. Who knows? For now, just say goodbye to them.