Zondervan NIV Study Bible

In my latest trip to Bandung, November 27 to take care of some important documents  at my campus Maranatha, somehow God reminds me to buy the Zondervan NIV Study Bible that I had long dreamed of, hhmmmm God works in unexpected moments :), so I promise and decided to buy that day. After completing several requirement on campus, I met my friend/my beloved sister Imel then we went to some places to buy some Bandung's gift and went to Visi bookstore in IP, finally I bought this book. I believe not a coincidence that God reminds me to buy this book, so hopefully I learn much about God's word.

Lord, please teach me to obey and learn more and more about You so I'm getting to be like you.

DARE YOU TO MOVE

Don't know why this song always come out from my mind, Dare You To Move by Switchfoot, it's become one of A Walk To Remember original soundtrack, it was 2002 movie, one of my favorite movie. I've dreamed two times that he wants to say something like an apologize or tell about a truth but he can't, don't know why and I don't even know where he is. So I dare you to move! Just say something, speak now before it's too late. I think you deserve to look back on your life without a chorus of resounding voices saying ‘I could’ve, but it’s too late now.’ I love this song, you should hear it!

"Dare You To Move"

Welcome to the planet

Welcome to existence

Everyone's here

Everyone's here

Everybody's watching you now

Everybody waits for you now

What happens next

What happens next

[Chorus]

I dare you to move

I dare you to move

I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor

I dare you to move

I dare you to move

Like today never happened

Today never happened before

Welcome to the fallout

Welcome to resistance

The tension is here

Tension is here

Between who you are and who you could be

Between how it is and how it should be

[Chorus]

Maybe redemption has stories to tell

Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell

Where can you run to escape from yourself?

Where you gonna go?

Where you gonna go?

Salvation is here

I dare you to move

I dare you to move

I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor

I dare you to move

I dare you to move

Like today never happened

Today never happened

Today never happened

Today never happened before

*To a man out there, you should've known

Hidden Away

Just watching his video today in MetroTV and I like it, awesome as usual...Josh Groban one of awesomely incredibly talented artist in the world.

Over mountains and sky blue seas

On great circles will you watch for me?

The sweetest feeling I’ve got inside

I just can’t wait to get lost in your eyes

And all these words that you meant to say

Held in silence day after day

Words of kindness that our poor hearts crave

Please don’t keep them hidden away

Sing it out so I can finally breathe in,

I can take in all the same

Holding out for something i believe in

All I really need today

I want to free your heart

I want to see your heart

Please don’t keep your heart hidden away

You’re a wonder, how bright you shine

A flickering candle in a short lifetime

A secret dreamer that never shows

If no one sees you then nobody knows

And all these words you were meant to say

Held in silence day after day

Words of kindness that our poor hearts crave

Please don't keep them hidden away

Sing it out so I can finally breathe in

I can take in all the same

Reaching out for someone I believe in

All I really need today

I want to feel your love

Will you reveal your love

Please don’t keep your love hidden away

I want to free your heart

I want to see your heart

Please don’t keep your heart hidden away

American Music Awards 2010

And the award goes to...

Favourite Male Artist, Pop or Rock: Justin Bieber

Favourite Female Artist, Pop or Rock: Lady Gaga

Favourite Band, Duo or Group, Pop or Rock: The Black Eyed Peas

Favourite Album, Pop or Rock: Justin Bieber, (My World 2.0)

Favourite Male Artist, Country: Brad Paisley

Favourite Female Artist, Country: Taylor Swift

Favourite Band, Duo or Group, Country: Lady Antebellum

Favourite Album, Country: Carrie Underwood, (Play On)

Favourite Male Artist, Rap/Hip-Hop: Eminem

Favourite Album, Rap/Hip-Hop: Eminem, (Recovery)

Favourite Male Artist, Soul/R&B: Usher

Favourite Female Artist, Soul/R&B: Rihanna

Favourite Album, Soul/R&B: Usher, (Raymond v. Raymond)

Favourite Album, Soundtracks: Glee (The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers)

Favourite Artist, Alternative Rock Music: Muse

Favourite Artist, Adult Contemporary Music: Michael Buble

Favourite Artist, Latin Music: Shakira

Favourite Artist, Contemporary Inspirational: MercyMe

Artist of the Year: Justin Bieber

Breakthrough Artist: Justin Bieber

It's good to see that Taylor Swift won the category of Favourite Female Artist, Country :)

I love her performance with piano, you rock!

It's good to see too that one of our best artist from Indonesia, Agnes Monica become one of red carpet co host in this show, you rock Agnes! Keep the good work! Bring the world proud of Indonesia!

Crash

I still can't believe it, I got crash! I pressed brake already to avoid the public transportation which cross my route, the road is very slick then I fall beneath :( . Now I am hobbled because my hand, feet, hip are blister and pain :(( , thanks God I'm okay. What a day! Thank you to people who's help me stand up, I really appreciate it, may God bless you abundantly.  Lesson of to today : be careful when you're around public transportation (angkot), they're crazy driver :(

Quote 1

From now on, I will write/copy a quote that inspired me from others and mine ^__* . I hope it's inspire you too so we can get positive energy in our life.

So here's the one which is just come out of my mind today since I got a lot of problems to be solved :) 

"Problems are to be solved! And I believe in being part of solutions" - Erna M. Manna 

United States Secret Service

Jadi yach Obama ke Indonesia? Atau sudah berada di Indonesia? Entah kenapa saya tidak terlalu exciting dengan kedatangan Obama kali ini, saya rasa banyak juga merasakan hal yang sama, mungkin karena beliau sudah membatalkan 2 rencana kunjungan sebelumnya jadi kedatangannya kali ini tidak begitu heboh seperti sebelumnya apalagi bangsa ini sedang dihadapkan dengan kasus Wasior, Merapi & Mentawai. Saya tahu Obama pasti ke Indonesia dari twitternya Agnez Monica, sepertinya dia dijadwalkan ada kegiatan bersama Obama dan juga dari Kompas.com. Justru yang menarik perhatian saya adalah Secret Service, saya penasaran bagaimana Secret Service beraksi mengamankan orang nomor 1 di Amerika Serikat bahkan dunia :) , mungkin saking seringnya nonton film dengan cerita-cerita yang ada Secret Service nya hehehe, saya jadi kagum dengan perkerjaan para Secret Service tersebut.

US Secret Service didirikan tahun 1865, awalnya tugasnya untuk melawan pemalsuan uang. Kemudian tanggung jawab satuan ini diperluas dengan tugas menjaga keamanan presiden, setelah pada tahun 1901, presiden McKinley terbunuh. Tugas pokok Special Agent atau Agen Khusus Secret Service adalah mengawal presiden dan wakilnya beserta keluarga mereka. Lalu mantan Presiden AS beserta pasangannya, seumur hidup. Kecuali jika pasangan presiden tersebut telah menikah lagi. Mereka juga berkewajiban mengawal anak mantan presiden hingga berusia 16 tahun. Selain itu, mereka juga bertugas mengawal pasangan capres dan cawapres bersama pasangannya selama kampanye 120 hari. Mereka juga bertugas mengamankan kunjungan presiden ke luar negeri atau ada tamu negara yang berkunjung ke AS. Dalam bertugas para agen ini berpakaian preman dan tidak mengenakan seragam. Dalam bekerja di lapangan, Special Agent selalu dibantu oleh Uniformed Division. Sesuai namanya, dalam melakukan aksi di lapangan, mereka selalu menggunakan seragam resmi. Divisi inilah yang bertugas menjaga Gedung Putih serta kediaman presiden dan wapres. Mereka dibagi menjadi beberapa tim. Tim pertama adalah kontra sniper. Mereka bertugas memberikan pengamanan dari jauh dan mencegah adanya ancaman penembak jitu. Lalu ada K-9 Unit, tim ini mendeteksi dan mencegah ancaman bahan peledak. Selanjutnya ada Emergency Response Team (ERT), mereka mencegah segala ancaman terhadap objek pengawalan. Terakhir ada Magnetometers, merekalah yang bertugas menyiapkan perangkat deteksi logam atau metal detektor di gedung putih, maupun di tempat kunjungan presiden. What a sacrificed!

Friendship

There's a quote said that true friendship never be separate by distance and time. For some people who feel and understand the meaning of friendship, of course they'll agree with that opinion because true friend in our life is a kind of relationship that never be the same with other relationship. I am so glad I've made time to see him (H3), my friend aka my bro :), it's been more than ten years I haven't met him yet since high school, woowww so long, but thanks God, he never change, still the same person whom I know, crazy as usually :D. Actually we've made plan to meet each other but always failed :( but not this time though. After make an arrangement we agree to meet at Indocomtech 2010 in Jakarta Convention Center on November 6 because he is working there for 5 days before he get back to Yogya. Standing at crowded area make me feel dizzy, so I stand in one place then start searching where he is, where his company booth is, do I still remember his face or not then taraaaaaaaaa, there he is, nothing change, still recognize him. We booth excited :D , we talk much about our parents, our friends, our family, even untold story while we're in high school, realize that how childish we are, etc remind everything, so funny, full of laughs but time flies, I've to go home. I always remember "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity" and "One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother". Best wishes for you bro, give my regards to your wife and your daughter. Can't wait to see all of our friends in other chance. Friendship never ends!

Speak Now

‘Speak now or forever hold your peace’, the words said by preachers at the end of wedding ceremonies all over the world, right before the vows. It’s a last chance for protest, a moment that makes everyone’s heart race, and a moment I've always been strangely fascinated by. So many fantasize about bursting into a church, saying what they’d kept inside for years like in the movies. In real life, it rarely happens. Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life, saying the right thing at the right moment is beyond crucial. So crucial, in fact, that most of us start to hesitate, for fear of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. But lately what I’ve begun to fear more than that is letting the moment pass without saying anything. I think most of us fear reaching the end of our life, and looking back regretting the moments we didn’t speak up. When we didn’t say ‘I love you’. When we should've said ‘I’m sorry’. When we didn't stand up for ourselves or someone who needed help. These songs are made up of words I didn’t say when the moment was right in front of me. These songs are open letters. Each is written with a specific person in mind, telling them what I meant to tell them in person. To the beautiful boy whose heart I broke in December. To my first love who I never thought would be my first heartbreak. To my band. To a mean man I used to be afraid of. To someone who made my world very dark for a while. To a girl who stole something of mine. To someone I forgive for what he said in front of the whole world.

Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together. I hope you use yours for good, because the only words you’ll regret more than the ones left unsaid are the ones you use to intentionally hurt someone. What you say might be too much for some people. Maybe it will come out all wrong and you’ll stutter and you’ll walk away embarrassed, wincing as you play it all back in your head. But I think the words you stop yourself from saying are the ones that will haunt you the longest. So say it to them. Or say it to yourself in the mirror. Say it in a letter you’ll never send or in a book millions might read someday. I think you deserve to look back on your life without a chorus of resounding voices saying ‘I could've, but it’s too late now’. There is a time for silence. There is a time waiting your turn. But if you know how you feel, and you so clearly know what you need to say, you’ll know it. I don’t think you should wait. I think you should speak now. 

Love,

Taylor

PS: To all the boys who inspired this album, you should’ve known. ;)

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Picture and words are taken from Taylor Swift's album "Speak Now" which is I've been strangely fascinated by. I love the way she expressed her opinion, like I've said before she is a good story teller and she wrote it in her songs, when I listened to her songs is like I heard my story and probably a lot of girls out there too. When I read her album opening speech that words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together, I remember what bible said about tongue "The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing" and "The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit". That's true, isn't? so we have to be careful what we saying about, because when we not use it for good we can hurt someone. But I think the words you stop yourself from saying are the ones that will haunt you the longest. So say it to them. Of course ask for God's wisdom. There is a time for silence. There is a time waiting your turn. Because "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens" and "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end". So if you believe what you feel, you should do or speak now.