Today is a beautiful day! ^^v

A short note I got from a friend years ago..

If you are to do something, do it 100%, that includes having the right attitude and mindset about what you are going to do.  

If you are going to spend 60 minutes on something, make it the BEST 60 minutes of your life. If you don't, than expect poor results. Don't just wish or hope that things will come out alright... DO something!! 

When you jump into the water, and you do not know how to swim. The advice?

You better start kicking and splashing, focus on swimming and nothing else.

Your life is at stake! No time to think about, "I can not swim..." or "I don't know how to swim..." Just have the right attitude, remove your mental block and learn to SWIM!

The good news! We are already in the water and 3 feet away! So, the worse won't happen, it's all in your mind anyway!

Strange that, what you forecast for yourself, seems to happen. Why not forecast for brighter days, beautiful horizons, amazing sunrises, dazzling stars and soothing breezes?

Singapore is flooded

Yesterday, 19 November 2009, I have witnessed a very rare event that could ever happen in Singapore: flood! It was raining so heavily around noon time, and to everybody's surprise, some parts of the city was covered with water. The flood was not as what happened in other cities, for example my home town Jakarta. But to Singapore, what has happened was quite massive.

Main road in front of my office

 The big canal was over pouring to the road

 The big canal was over pouring to the road

I had many times in my life experienced flood. I lived most of my life in Jakarta with its lousy drainage system, every year we expected to have flood (it's true). 
I got so excited yesterday, mostly because of the fact that Singapore with its 'greatness' can have this kind of thing... I mean, well it means Jakarta wasn't that bad... :D

And then the rain stopped, and in just minutes the flood was gone!!... I really had to give my 2 thumbs up to Singapore's drainage system. I wonder when Jakarta can have proper drainage systems... so we don't have to wait for days for the water to run down...

Remembering Papa

In the loving memories :
beloved father Nicodemus William Abineno
2nd November 2004 - 2nd November 2009

Again, we reach this time in our live, to stop for a while, remember how wonderful God has shown His ways to our family, to thank Him for the strength He had given us, that even in the most hardest time in our family’s life we can still see the beauty in His plan.

5 years..., seems so fast, yet it’s slow enough to give us time to build our life and carry on with what he had left for us. All the memories of you, Papa, happy and sad, became our most valuable treasures. Not to mention all your hard works which made us what we are now… those were unforgettable and never will we able paying you back.

We love you, Papa… always... see you, someday… :-)


habis hujan tampak p’langi….bagai janji yang teguh…
dibalik duka menanti… P’langi Kasih Tuhanku…

Great Eastern Women Run 2009

My first attempt doing this kind of run. Great Eastern Women Run 2009 was held on 1 November 2009 at Singapore. There were 10K and 5K competitions, I took the 5K as I didn't want to shock my little legs  in the first try.

The race started at 8am Singapore time. To my surprise, I reached the finish line at the 39th minute, the result was fantastic to me. 

And I won't forget the feelings to see the finish line in front of me, knowing that I can reach it, I will reach it... it was INDESCRIBABLE!!...