Well, it is getting easier, I wasn’t in tears as often as last year. Perhaps I can now move on a little bit. Instead of focusing on the sadness, perhaps I can think of the good times (and the bad times) spent with my dad. Below are random memories and reflections.

Having read (or listened to) the 5 Love Languages, I gained a better insight of myself. I think my primary languages are words of affirmation and physical touch. My dad definitely not a touch-y person. I wonder what his primary languages are, perhaps one of them is act of service, thinking how mom making sure everything is in order for him, he is quite particular in some of the things.

I remember he had a favourite chair in the living room. He strongly prefers that no one sit on it, especially our guess’. He always wipe the chair with his handkerchief (or maybe lap) before his sitting on it. When he got home from work or tennis, he’d sit there and read his newspaper.

I remember when I was little (maybe SD) I used to sleep on the same bed with my dad. And apparently he didn’t like it much, since I often pushed him to the edge of the bed (unconsciously of course!). I also remember that I often fall asleep watching TV (either on the floor or on my mom’s bed) and he had to carry me to my bed which was on the other room.

Thinking of blogging of things that I learned from Engange 08, found out that it’s actually a big task 🙁 Rather than waiting for days to get something written, I might just start with something small, hopefully it will trigger other posts (not necessarily from me)

A rather unimportant thing that I heard from Don Carson’s talk (unimportant in comparison to the rest of his talk) is how “interesting” two of his students were.

Sterling Christian one of the graduates in Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School is the holder of Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) Guinness World Records. What’s interesting about this is, his combining this unusual skills with evangelism (reading from his online resume).

The other guy apparently holds record for most weight a guy can bench press. Now maybe it’ll take more imagination to combine the ability to bench press with evangelism.. but who knows :).

Now these two guys are no doubt impressive, but our identity as believer is even more impressive as Don explains from Matthew chapter 11.

BTW, I am still waiting for my DDR Supernova, I think it got lost in the mail… sigh.

I had my 29th birthday yesterday. This year it was a little bit different as I was away at Engage Conference 08 with a bunch of Pelita people.

It was very nice of them getting me cake and all that. Thank you.

Usually me and Lina would go out on a date on my birthday, this year I think our date will be touring the Doulos ship. She’s very excited about it, I don’t know anything much about Doulos but I’m keen to find out more about them.

I also ha’ve been thinking about what should I blog about this birthday. I think I have written down some ideas/points, I just need to make sure that I do get it written.. Otherwise I’ll just settle with this uninspiring post..

Our Friday group has been looking at the topic of work for the past 2 weeks, it’s been thought provoking and challenging for me personally.

Came across a passage which I should have familiar with in Colossians 3:22-25

22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. 23Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. 25Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.

However, I realized that I am actually seldom (if ever) think of work in this way. Especially if you feel that your work environment is less than your ideal. For sure I will still uphold my work ethics and integrity as a Christians, but often I don’t know what’s the reason behind that except that it’s what expected of me as Christians.

The passage seems to demand something more, it demands your heart and your attitude and that’s harder, way harder than just being a “good worker”. You can still be an honest and hardworking worker but resent your work and hold grudges all the times.

And to think that this passage was originally directed for Christian slaves, I honestly don’t know how they do it.

Am I sinning for not consciously thinking that I am serving Lord Christ in my daily work?

How can the inheritance be a motivator in my daily work?

Pulang ke kotamu
Ada setangkup haru dalam rindu
Masih seperti dulu
Tiap sudut menyapaku bersahabat, penuh selaksa makna
Terhanyut aku akan nostalgia
Saat kita sering luangkan waktu
Nikmati bersama
Suasana Jogja
Di persimpangan langkahku terhenti
Ramai kaki lima
Menjajakan sajian khas berselera
Orang duduk bersila
Musisi jalanan mulai beraksi
Seiring laraku kehilanganmu
Merintih sendiri
Ditelan deru kotamu …
Reff:
Walau kini kau t’lah tiada tak kembali
Namun kotamu hadirkan senyummu abadi
Ijinkanlah aku untuk s’lalu pulang lagi
Bila hati mulai sepi tanpa terobati

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