Hari ini gue dapet parking ticket. Duh 2.5 tahun tinggal di Amrik blon pernah tuh ditilang ngebut or kena pelanggaran parkir, kalo dicium kijang sih sudah pernah, n trust me, ga ada romantis2nya.
Eh hari ini ternyata dapet parking ticket. Arrrghhh. Ceritanya pas ke kampus tadi emang di jalan samping gedung music school ada street cleaning. Kmrn di depan jalan rmh gw juga ada street cleaning jd ga boleh parkir. Well, tadi pas mo masuk kelas gue udah mikir mo parkir dimana lagi, soale emang music building kaga punya parkir buat student jadi ya sdh lah, paling gw geser nanti setelah selesai 1 kelas.
Eh ternyata. Gw kelupaan krn buru2 ngeprint tugas dan mesti masuk kelas berikutnya. Selesai kelas berikutnya pun gue lagi-lagi lupa geser krn gue mesti persiapan buat voice lesson.
Begitu selesai dan ke mobil, yaaa tersebutlah si amplop ijo kinclong bertuliskan "PARKING TICKET" nongol di kaca depan gue.
UNtungnya, setelah gua periksa, di kertas tilangnya cuma disebut "warning" dan denda sebesar $0.00 ......... syukurlah, mak nyooosss.... gue sedikit lega, tapi tetep aje kaga lucu. Siapa sih yg demen ditilang. Untungnya polisi Louisville masi bae2, ngga kaya polisi bdg or jkt.
Thursday, October 25
kena tilang
Tuesday, October 23
we're praying for you
....Let this blest assurance control,
Abba Father, in Thee we trust.
Friday, October 12
Something More
Everything's changed, and I want to believe
There must be a reason, there just has to be
Cause my faith is strong, till it all hits home
And it's not enough for me to trust
When it hurts too much
On the days I feel like I've failed you
The days I feel I've been failed
I need to praise You
For I am Yours, I'm Yours
Where is the power, to give what I gave
Give back the strength
Give back the faith I had yesterday
Cause you are my God
You are my Great I Am
And I know I have fallen but..
I have landed in healing hands
On the days I feel like I've failed you
The days I feel I've been failed
I need to praise You
For I am Yours, I'm Yours
And in my frailty, you lead me to something more
So I close my eyes, cause inside my heart
I believe, that I'm not alone
You'll always be there for me
On the days I feel like I've failed you
The days I feel I've been failed
I know that I need to praise You
For I am yours, still yours
Cause I believe you lead me to something more
Something more, something more
by: Kristy Starling
Sunday, October 7
lesson from lemon
This week I learned a lesson through my sore throat and cold (dohh still nyambung ye, ga beres2...). Oh btw, thanks for your prayers, I have now regained my voice again and the cold/flu is GONE. Yeaaaach! I think I spent 3 big chunk of lemons and 1 medium bottle of honey for the past 4-5 days. AND IT WORKS, MY FRIENDS! Believe it or not, it works! Just have a good amount of rest, a plentiful amount of drink, and take some standard medicines if you need.
Ok. What kind of lesson I'm talking about? It's about a lesson of life. I tell you a secret.
I hate lemons and I hate honey.
Yaiks!
Are you kidding me?
Just to be frank. I never liked those stuffs. However, it was really interesting that when I realize that I got the cold and flu problem, I remember an old advice to take those stuffs. So before the problem got worse, I just drank 'em though I hate 'em
Well, now I'm gonna talk about another thing. I asked a fren about going to the gym to exercise. I've been doing that more intensely since I'm here in L-ville. I asked him how often he went exercise while he was still actively doing that. He said quite often.
Let me tell you another secret. I used to hate running and lifting weights or exercise. Now? I do it again and again.
Bottom line is, I'm trying to apply the principle taken from these realities in life. There are times in our lives where we should have done something necessary for the benefits of our lives, but we reluctant to do it. The problem could be anything. Take an easy example. Which one sounds better? Studying for test or watching movies while enjoying chips n dips? I guess most people would answer the latter is the easiest one. We are humans inclined to do the BAD rather than the GOOD. (No matter how good we are. Ever feel that way?) Our sinful and selfish nature preoccupies that we would rather choose evil than good. I have to admit that this is one of my weaknesses. I'm in the point of life where I'm trying to do something GOOD based to the fact that I need it, although I might having the "hate" feelings of doing it. And I believe everyone would agree that it's not easy at all. Anywhere at one point of our lives, we will have to drink the sour-ness of the lemon of life. And there's more sour in it than in the regular lemon. (Everybody still agree????) I learned this through the sickness. Still a whole lot thing to learn. Well, the bad news is that it's much easier to talk than to do it. The good news is, there's no way we can do it except by relying to God's grace. That's all.
Lord, help me... help us.
Wednesday, October 3
aretha franklin
I almost lost my voice.
It was started from having a sort of cold a couple days ago. I didn't have a runny nose but I knew that something's wrong. Three days ago I was still practicing and I can reach high notes so I thought everything was fine. The following day, we went down to Nashville and it was still ok. Yesterday, I started to realize that something's wrong with my throat. Earlier this week, I already drank honey and lemon water. TODAY, I could not sing during the practice with the accompanist. It was more like Aretha Franklin's low-low voice. Ouch.
At least I don't lose all my voice and do grateful for that. Another effect is, somehow I can listen to my voice more clearly (I guess it's because the "mindeng"ness), so it sounded a bit different, hehehe...
Hope I'll get my voice again pretty soon.
*dadidudidoodoo....*
