La Vita e Bella

life is full of surprises.

but im still standing here, asking to myself…

where are you, feeling?

its funny that when you have to do many things, u’ll find urself dont know where to start, and u’ll end up in doing things that u don’t need to do. that’s how i spent my day today - hiks…. a bit regret but in the other hand im also happy, cuz it’s like taking a time to stop for a while, and enjoy the day.

i spent the evening listening to him while copying, staring, admiring, and smiling looking at the pictures i have in Italy. Suddenly the my mind full of memories i had there with dina, avi, kristian and nur.

that great yet somehow terrifying Colloseum in Rome…

cold Christmas eve in Vatican…

Rain in Pisa…

David statue, cows, leather bags, and shopping excitement in Florence…

canals, maze of roads and those thousand birds of Venice…

snow in Milan…

Oh Italy… i had so many dreams come true there.

Well, going to Italy itself is a dream come true (never knew that someday i’ll be there)

Going to Venice is another one (its my romantic city - dream  since i was 15) 

seeing Pisa tower (this time its not from Bobo magazine, haha…)

having my swatch watch (im dreaming of having one since i was in the junior high!)

travelling in the city using the subway (the dream i had when i was in my undergrad and doing that Business Project assignment)

stepping on my first snow (well if u live in a tropical areas, snow is a big dream)

enjoying night in that very comfort double-deck bus to the airport (double-deck bus is already came true in my 23 birthday, but this one is much more cool!!!)

and

being a tourist with the purchasing power (even though im a bit broke now, haha…)

Thank you God, for making those dreams come true. I really enjoyed it!              So much!!!

New year. People are busy making their list of resolutions. They are all hoping and planning for something good. Cuz nobody hope for something bad to happen into their lives for sure. I was planning to do the same tonight. But suddenly i realize that from year to year i always want God’s blessings, always want ONLY for good things to come into my way. I used to forgot that God never promised that I won’t fall ill, i won’t face difficulties, and i will feel happy all the time. I should be more realistic with my hopes… Well hoping for something good is not wrong at all, but I should not expect God to give me ONLY the good things that i want. Sometimes He will let me to experience painful moments, like the things that i have in the mid year 2005. But it doesnt mean that He doesn’t care or doesn’t love me… He always has a good intention, even though its from painful moments that i have to go through. I shouldn’t doubt His ways…

God Hath Not Promised

Words: An­nie J. Flint, 1919.
Music: Will­iam M. Run­yan, 1919.

God hath not promised skies always blue,
Flower strewn pathways all our lives through;
God hath not promised sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.

God hath not promised we shall not know
Toil and temptation, trouble and woe;
He hath not told us we shall not bear
Many a burden, many a care.

God hath not promised smooth roads and wide,
Swift, easy travel, needing no guide;
Never a mountain rocky and steep,
Never a river turbid and deep.

But God hath promised strength for the day,
Rest for the labor, light for the way,
Grace for the trials, help from above,
Unfailing sympathy, undying love.

2 Corinthians 12: 9, 10b.

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” For when I am weak, then I am strong.

On Eagles Wings - Josh Groban 

You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord,
Who abide in His shadow for life,
Say to the Lord, "My Refuge,
My Rock in Whom I trust."

And He will raise you up on eagle’s wings,
Bear you on the breath of dawn,
Make you to shine like the sun,
And hold you in the palm of His Hand.

The snare of the fowler will never capture you,
And famine will bring you no fear;
Under His Wings your refuge,
His faithfulness your shield.

And He will raise you up on eagle’s wings,
Bear you on the breath of dawn,
Make you to shine like the sun,
And hold you in the palm of His Hand.

For to His angels He’s given a command,
To guard you in all of your ways,
Upon their hands they will bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

And He will raise you up on eagle’s wings,
Bear you on the breath of dawn,
Make you to shine like the sun,
And hold you in the palm of His Hand.

You need not fear the terror of the night,
Nor the arrow that flies by day,
Though thousands fall about you,
Near you it shall not come.

And He will raise you up on eagle’s wings,
Bear you on the breath of dawn,
Make you to shine like the sun,
And hold you in the palm of His Hand.
And hold you in the palm of His Hand.

Lyrics taken from Psalm 91.

Don’t have any idea what my days ahead in 2006 will be,

but since He’s with me… come what may.

The Lord is my shepherd, i shall not want.