I've been nursing a bad cold since the trip back from Bali. And when i've just recovered from it, i got a gastric flu. It's been bugging me the entire day! Finally went to the doctor and he was such a curt doctor. He gave short answers and to make things worse he actually doesnt know what's wrong with me. He "settled on gastric flu".
I went home took the medicine, and half hour later, i threw up. Boy i felt like a merlion! And it has been such a long time since i last threw up, so much so that i didnt know how it feels like and what i was supposed to do to let it out.
Now i'm feeling much better but I'm hoping that the medicine will work and tomorrow i can go to church.
Saturday, June 28
Well the interview went alright. I'm not sure whether it was okay i will get the job or not.. Neither do i know whether it was a negative, I wont get the job kind of thing. It was my first! So im just waiting for the answer next week.
I thought interviews were scary things but I realised that as long as you have friendly interviewers then there is nothing to be worried about. I was lucky I had many people lending me support, so I was able to calm down just before the interview.
The past couple of days had been spent accompanying Ong's relatives who happens to be my dad's client in Bali. They were here for a holiday. Accompanied them sitting on the Singapore Flyer. It was a nice experience, although there were still moments where my height phobia came on and my legs went wobbly. I regretted not bringing my camera along on that day! The sky was very clear and the view was magnificent. And they were having NDP practice! We were walking so much, the kids were all complaining! They are so used to being driven around, so much so that walking were such a torture to them.
Oh before the Singapore Flyer, I took them to Hortpark at Alexandra. It is now my favourite place. I love that place, all the gardens, flowers and the walk. The ambience is nice whether it is in the afternoon or at night. It is a nice and quiet place to be away from all the buzz once in a while. I love seeing the different herbs, plants, the orchards. It was very educational. The kids love the playground while the parents and elderly love the plants and the flowers. It is free too! A really nice and cool place for me. Cant wait to go there to be taking pictures again.
I've been uploading the Bali pictures in facebook for 3 days now. Finally it is all up! a whopping 350 pictures and those are the chosen ones. There are still more in the harddrive! Looking at the pictures really make me wanna go for another holiday. Ong was suggesting a trip to Medan, since she would be going over there with her mum and aunt. Plus Vgen would also be there so we can drive to Toba, Brastagi and Prapat. I'm pretty tempted actually and am still deciding. I still want to travel!!!!!!!
I thought interviews were scary things but I realised that as long as you have friendly interviewers then there is nothing to be worried about. I was lucky I had many people lending me support, so I was able to calm down just before the interview.
The past couple of days had been spent accompanying Ong's relatives who happens to be my dad's client in Bali. They were here for a holiday. Accompanied them sitting on the Singapore Flyer. It was a nice experience, although there were still moments where my height phobia came on and my legs went wobbly. I regretted not bringing my camera along on that day! The sky was very clear and the view was magnificent. And they were having NDP practice! We were walking so much, the kids were all complaining! They are so used to being driven around, so much so that walking were such a torture to them.
Oh before the Singapore Flyer, I took them to Hortpark at Alexandra. It is now my favourite place. I love that place, all the gardens, flowers and the walk. The ambience is nice whether it is in the afternoon or at night. It is a nice and quiet place to be away from all the buzz once in a while. I love seeing the different herbs, plants, the orchards. It was very educational. The kids love the playground while the parents and elderly love the plants and the flowers. It is free too! A really nice and cool place for me. Cant wait to go there to be taking pictures again.
I've been uploading the Bali pictures in facebook for 3 days now. Finally it is all up! a whopping 350 pictures and those are the chosen ones. There are still more in the harddrive! Looking at the pictures really make me wanna go for another holiday. Ong was suggesting a trip to Medan, since she would be going over there with her mum and aunt. Plus Vgen would also be there so we can drive to Toba, Brastagi and Prapat. I'm pretty tempted actually and am still deciding. I still want to travel!!!!!!!
Friday, June 20
Wednesday, June 18
I'm back at last. The trip was really fun and exciting. It was something different compared to all my other trips. The biggest different is of course the budget. This was a budget trip, finding cheapest accomodation was fun. And at the end of the trip, we found a preferred place of our own. Cheap and they dont fuss much over us especially since we were paying the price of 2 and there were 3 of us.
Another difference is that I had no one bringing us here and there, so a lot of it, I had to find my own way. It was the kind of trip that i really like since I see more and learn more things that way. We rented a car (20 bucks a day, real good deal!) and we drove around.
We also tried another place for rafting and I must say it really was better than the one that I've been to. All rapids all the way and there were a "jumping" involved which made it more fun than anything else. It was also less tiring since the rapid is pretty fast.
At the end of the trip we found that 8 days were really not enough for the trip. We were supposed to be enjoying, learning and absorbing the culture, but at times we got chased after by time, meeting people, so somehow the trip lost its initial intent. But then it was a really nice trip, different from all my other trips. The morning sunrise at batur, the trekking that almost crippled my lower body, they were all memorable and really interesting.
The holiday back home was really one that i really enjoyed since I have no excess baggage on my shoulder. I know that I dont have school waiting for me anymore. I havent found a job yet, so I basically have nothing on me to bog me down or to bother me. It was a true holiday!
Sunday, June 8
It's 2 more days to the trip. Well I'm excited for a refreshing 2 weeks of holiday! Spending time with my friends for a change instead of just hanging out at home or hanging out with the mothers club!
I've been going for badminton sessions with Natalie and her friends, apparently all of them are mothers. So i've been hanging out a lot with them, and I suppose they are all nice and I am only a fresh change for them. They talk a lot about their families, kids, married life. And I must say that I enjoy their constant chatters about these issues. It just adds on to the variety of friends that I have currently. Their advices means a lot and their knowledge of these issues let me see things in different light, like handling your in-laws, the issues of parenting, issues of being a good housewife. It is interesting to hear their stories from their point of view.
I've also been driving a lot more this time round that I'm back. For some reasons, my brother kept asking me to drive him around. His car business has been doign pretty well and sometimes I have to drive him to collect or send his clients' cars. Other times, I drive natalie and my sis around. It's been fun to drive here and I guess I get more daring driving around here especially since I have to "fight" the road with "suicidal" motorists and also with those drivers who thinks that their grandfather owned the roads. It's hard to be a courteous driver here, unlike that of SG. Down here, people do not really give way.
There has been a stringent crackdown on pirated dvds around here and we are all pretty deprived of dvds right now. My sis has been waiting for a few months now especially with the holiday coming. I've been catching up on some old serials like ugly betty and coffee prince. I'm still waiting for my friend to lend me her collection of desperate housewives. The dvds are crucial since I am now an owl and dont sleep till it's 4am. I hope the check will die down soon....
I've been going for badminton sessions with Natalie and her friends, apparently all of them are mothers. So i've been hanging out a lot with them, and I suppose they are all nice and I am only a fresh change for them. They talk a lot about their families, kids, married life. And I must say that I enjoy their constant chatters about these issues. It just adds on to the variety of friends that I have currently. Their advices means a lot and their knowledge of these issues let me see things in different light, like handling your in-laws, the issues of parenting, issues of being a good housewife. It is interesting to hear their stories from their point of view.
I've also been driving a lot more this time round that I'm back. For some reasons, my brother kept asking me to drive him around. His car business has been doign pretty well and sometimes I have to drive him to collect or send his clients' cars. Other times, I drive natalie and my sis around. It's been fun to drive here and I guess I get more daring driving around here especially since I have to "fight" the road with "suicidal" motorists and also with those drivers who thinks that their grandfather owned the roads. It's hard to be a courteous driver here, unlike that of SG. Down here, people do not really give way.
There has been a stringent crackdown on pirated dvds around here and we are all pretty deprived of dvds right now. My sis has been waiting for a few months now especially with the holiday coming. I've been catching up on some old serials like ugly betty and coffee prince. I'm still waiting for my friend to lend me her collection of desperate housewives. The dvds are crucial since I am now an owl and dont sleep till it's 4am. I hope the check will die down soon....
Tuesday, June 3
All religions, I believe, teach their follower not to use violence. But extremist? I dont understand what drives them to use violence to get their points across. Will it attract more follower?
I dont understand why the government is not doing anything against this group since they have been doing this mass violence attacks quite often. I was just watching the news when they showed footages of the different instances when this group ambushed the editorial office of Playboy magazine in Indonesia. They threw rocks and beat people up. They attacked the police officers.
They try to divide the country by going all out against those who promote a harmonious relationship and to be tolerant of other religions. I dont understand how is it that they can still say "united we stand, divided we fall?"
This is from AsiaNews.it
» 08/23/2005 10:43
INDONESIA
Gus Dur: "No more attacks against Christians"
by Mathias Hariyadi
The former president and leader of Indonesia's largest Muslim organisation is ready to send paramilitaries to West Java to defend Christians from fundamentalist attacks.
I dont understand why the government is not doing anything against this group since they have been doing this mass violence attacks quite often. I was just watching the news when they showed footages of the different instances when this group ambushed the editorial office of Playboy magazine in Indonesia. They threw rocks and beat people up. They attacked the police officers.
They try to divide the country by going all out against those who promote a harmonious relationship and to be tolerant of other religions. I dont understand how is it that they can still say "united we stand, divided we fall?"
This is from AsiaNews.it
» 08/23/2005 10:43
INDONESIA
Gus Dur: "No more attacks against Christians"
by Mathias Hariyadi
The former president and leader of Indonesia's largest Muslim organisation is ready to send paramilitaries to West Java to defend Christians from fundamentalist attacks.
Jakarta (AsiaNews) - Kiai Haj Abdurrahman Wahid – Indonesia's most renowned Muslim leader, better known as Gus Dur – has issued a strong appeal to the extremist group, Islamic Defender Front, to stop all hostilities against Christians in Indonesia. Gus Dur was once president of the nation and he is currently president of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Muslim organization in Indonesia which boasts more than 40 million members.
During a press conference he warned that he would not hesitate to send youth of the Barisan Serba Guna (a paramilitary section of the NU – ed.note) to Bandung – the capital of West Java – to help Christians defend themselves against extremist attacks.
The appeal of Gus Dur comes after a series of 23 attacks against Protestant churches perpetrated by the Islamic Defender Front in recent months. "I strongly urge FPI leaders and its members to consider seriously my warning. I want this message clearly understood, that you have made two serious mistakes by closing churches and by attacking the Ahmadiyah (an Islamic sect held to be heretical by extremists – ed.note)". Gus Dur also had something to say to the government: "President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has things to do to put an end to this situation. If not, then the NU's Banser from East Java will do the job under my direct orders."
Gus Dur raised the situation in West Java after a meeting with two pastors of the Christian Synod of Churches, Rev. Weinata Sairin and Rev. Jan Sera Aritonang. He also turned to Christians being persecuted: "Ignore the warnings and threats from the Front, behave as if they did not exist". The two pastors expressed their hope that the government will soon give them the go-ahead to set up more churches. "We strongly hope the Bandung authorities will soon give the permission to construct churches so people can attend services," Rev. Sairin told the press.
Why Indonesia Can Never Have Peace and Harmony!
Article taken from AFP
Taken from AntaraNews
"The incident has clearly marred the atmosphere on the day the nation was commemorating the birth of Pancasila," Agung told the press here Monday.
"The House condemns the FPI masses` immoral acts," he said.
Such kind of violence must not be allowed to continue to happen in the country because it would become increasingly dangerous for the public, especially as political tensions were rising ahead of the 2009 general elections, Laksono said.
"Therefore, the House calls on the police to take appropriate measures against the perpetrators of the violence and those who commanded them, and investigate what their motives were," said Laksono who is also Golkar Party vice chairman.
He called on all parties to restrain themselves and avoid violence which was against the nation`s commitment to uphold pluralism and tolerance among groups of different convictions or beliefs.
Laksono said the incident was a negative signal after the government failed to take a decision regarding the existence of the Ahmadiyah sect.
"Don`t let the problem remain unsolved. Take a wise decision on it soon," he said.
Around 200 people carrying FPI attributes on Sunday suddenly stormed the Monas Square where activists and supporters of the Alliance for Freedom of Religion and Belief were holding a peaceful rally to mark the day on which Pancasila, the state`s ideology, was for the first time presented to representatives of the Indonesian people by one of the country`s founding fathers, Soekarno, in June 1945.
The FPI masses went after and beat up Alliance activists most of whom were women with sticks while shouting anti-Ahmadiyah sect yells. A policeman was manhandled by five of the FPI members.
Security personnel soon arrived at the location to protect the Alliance people from the FPI attack.
An FPI demonstration coordinator, Munarman, later said FPI objected to the Alliance`s holding their rally because the latter supported Ahmadiyah`s existence in the country.
Munarwam urged the government immediately to issue a regulation banning Ahmadiyah. (*)
Article taken from AFP
Indonesian president denounces extremists over rally attack
JAKARTA (AFP) — Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday urged authorities to take firm action against hardline Muslims who attacked a rally for religious tolerance at the weekend.
"I am deeply concerned with what happened yesterday afternoon. I condemn strongly the attackers that caused injury to our people," Yudhoyono told reporters.
"Our country is bound by the law and constitution and is not a country that supports violent acts. In regard to this incident, the law must be upheld."
Around 500 members of the radical Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) attacked activists during a rally for religious tolerance in the Indonesian capital on Sunday, leaving dozens injured.
About 100 members of the National Alliance for Religious and Faith Freedom were rallying in central Jakarta against a possible government ban on the minority Ahmadiyah sect, deemed deviant by religious authorities here.
House Speaker comdemns FPI attack
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono said here Monday the House condemns the violence committed by Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) members against people participating in a peaceful rally to mark the birth of Pancasila at the Monas (National Monument) Square on Sunday."The incident has clearly marred the atmosphere on the day the nation was commemorating the birth of Pancasila," Agung told the press here Monday.
"The House condemns the FPI masses` immoral acts," he said.
Such kind of violence must not be allowed to continue to happen in the country because it would become increasingly dangerous for the public, especially as political tensions were rising ahead of the 2009 general elections, Laksono said.
"Therefore, the House calls on the police to take appropriate measures against the perpetrators of the violence and those who commanded them, and investigate what their motives were," said Laksono who is also Golkar Party vice chairman.
He called on all parties to restrain themselves and avoid violence which was against the nation`s commitment to uphold pluralism and tolerance among groups of different convictions or beliefs.
Laksono said the incident was a negative signal after the government failed to take a decision regarding the existence of the Ahmadiyah sect.
"Don`t let the problem remain unsolved. Take a wise decision on it soon," he said.
Around 200 people carrying FPI attributes on Sunday suddenly stormed the Monas Square where activists and supporters of the Alliance for Freedom of Religion and Belief were holding a peaceful rally to mark the day on which Pancasila, the state`s ideology, was for the first time presented to representatives of the Indonesian people by one of the country`s founding fathers, Soekarno, in June 1945.
The FPI masses went after and beat up Alliance activists most of whom were women with sticks while shouting anti-Ahmadiyah sect yells. A policeman was manhandled by five of the FPI members.
Security personnel soon arrived at the location to protect the Alliance people from the FPI attack.
An FPI demonstration coordinator, Munarman, later said FPI objected to the Alliance`s holding their rally because the latter supported Ahmadiyah`s existence in the country.
Munarwam urged the government immediately to issue a regulation banning Ahmadiyah. (*)
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