Hi, guys! 2012 has been wonderful. Some bumps road, but I do believe those obstacles are just God's hidden blessings. Now here's my top ten favorite memories in chronological order. Hopefully, you enjoy reading (although it is long!) it as much as I enjoyed typing it.
(1)Went to Australia
In January, me and my big family went
to Sydney, Australia for a cousin's wedding. (Read my Sydney Vacation Diary) Me and my sis went on our way alone to visit a dear friend in
Melbourne as well for a few days. (Read my Melbourne Vacation Diary).
It was a really fun vacation. I have never travelled out of the
country with so many people before. At least without a tour. Hence,
although it was hectic, but the little cousins and nieces definitely
brings out the best in all of us :)
(2)Watched Annie The Broadway Show
My sis and I have a secret dream of
becoming a Broadway performer and travelled all around the world.
(Although for me, now it is shifted to be a costume department since
it's also as fun but without the stage-fright). Therefore, we always
up to watch a Broadway show and daydreaming of becoming one of them!
(3)Sisterhood Getaway to Singapore
In March, my sis and I went to
Singapore. It was just the two of us and we managed to check all our
must to do list (read my Singapore Vacation Diary). They are photoshoot at Singapore Botanical Garden,
have a meal and tea time at TWG, ride the Transformers at Universal
Studio, being hip in Clarke Quay, visited Narnia exhibition,
watched Wicked The Broadway show, and last but not least, breakfast
at Antoinette Mandarin Hotel. (Click the bold sentences to read more)
It was truly an honour to dance on such
a big event (there were around one thousand dancers!) in one of the
most popular landmark in Jakarta and I am looking forward for the
next project with Shekina Glory team in 2013! The six months of
practice and physical training seems like nothing compare to the
feeling of accomplishment we had after we finished with the event.
(5)Hong Kong trip with Chan Family
My circle of friends called each other
with “chan” which is Japanese, and added at the end of your first
name to sign a close relationship with the caller. There were eight
of us girls strolled around Hong Kong. I enjoyed every second despite
the exhaustion and the unbearable heat. (Read my Hong Kong Vacation Diary)
(6)A Successful Birthday Surprise from my
friends
I am not sure why, but I seem to always
ruin a birthday surprise for me. It was either I couldnt wake up at
midnight or I spotted them accidentally. This year though, it was a
success! And I can finally stop feeling guilty to my friends. LOL. So
so lucky to have such great and caring friends!
(7)Attended Lux Event
It was sort of like a dream to be
invinted to an event held by one of the big company in Indonesia.
Although it's more for a beauty blogger (since Lux is a body soap
brand) but I couldn't help but feeling lucky to be recognized from my
little blog and then invinted to the event and met new blogger
friends in person! (Read my review on the event : Dazzling Night)
(8)Graduated from Bible School
My church collaborated with ECC and
invited the team from City Harvest Church Singapore who is well known
for their School of Theology to held a mini Bible School here in
Bandung. It was honestly one of the best decision in my life. In a course of six months, I
learned a lot about God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. And it really
turned my life around! I mean, once you started living the way God
wants you to live, I couldn't help but to quote McCandles here “God,
it's great to be alive”. Really, my life has been multiplied, my
capacity of loving and patience has grown, and I am more open also
more confident because God's love filled all the way to my toes! When
you feel loved, secure, and just at peace, life seems easy. And I
honestly feel there's nothing I can not do with Him who give me
strength. I strongly suggest all Christians in Bandung to sign up!
There will new batch of class in 2013. Will update you later about
the details :)
(9)Excellent Generation (XG) “Emerge”
2012 Youth Festival
Read more about Emerge : Emerge. All my
life I have never been a fan of being a committee. But once I was
thrown into the situation, although stressful, full of tears and
sweats, it really does process you to be a better, more cooperative
person. It was such a humbling experience to serve others, especially
those who are not Christian. Also, with the motivation of serving
your God, to save others who have lost their ways, it really bring
all of us together into this one unison towards the same goal. And
yes, it was a beautiful thing to see us youngsters under 30 worked so
hard just to make sure one more people knows our great God and just
feel His love in their life. That was the true reward. None of us
were paid for all of our work, yet, each of us did give all their
best. That is called bearing your cross!
(10)Getting Paid to Do What I Love
I honestly never dreamed of my blog to
actually make money, although I do dream this blog brings me to many
free-clothes. God really gives you more than you ever dreamed of!
When I was contacted by Laku.com team to post several posts each
month and get paid for every post, not to mention, to be given an
allowance to shop at their store every month, I literally jump at the
opportunity. It was really rewarding to make money from doing
something that you love to do. Although the money is not much (plus
the shopping allowance, it was half than my usual monthly paycheck)
but it's enough to purchased my ticket to Bali this January :)
May 2013 brings more happy memories, or even tears, I don't mind, as long as I have my God and my family and my friends, any kind of situation seems fine. I never make any New Year resolution. It's sort of overrated, I think. But I do wish to be able to serve God more, travel more, and basically just "try", you know. Instead of saying "no" just because I simply don't think I could. I want to just "dream, explore, and discover" sort of thing going on in 2013.
"I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world.
You're doing things you've never done before and more importantly, you're Doing Something. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry whatever it is : art, or love, or work or family or life. Whatever it is you're scared of doing, DO IT.
Make your mistakes, next year and forever." - Neil Gaiman
"I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world.
You're doing things you've never done before and more importantly, you're Doing Something. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry whatever it is : art, or love, or work or family or life. Whatever it is you're scared of doing, DO IT.
Make your mistakes, next year and forever." - Neil Gaiman
2013, here we come..
Have a happy New Year, all!
