Being Happy

I was reminded again today, that by just being happy, we can make other people around us happy..

Emotional, Intelligence, Physical

I take this so called visual personality test at Facebook.. I have to choose one picture from a set of pics to describe a topic. The result is quite correct I think :) Here goes the result..

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Your Visual Personality

About Me

Emotional
Friends and family are the most important people in your life. You're good about keeping track of birthdays, people appreciate that you care about them.

Intellectual
You have a naturally curious mind. If there's something new that you want to learn, you're not afraid to ask questions or investigate on your own.

Physical
If the weather is nice, you like walking around your neighborhood. Going to the farmer's market or park is how you prefer to get in physical activity.

Dinner with Krashnees

Sejak gabung sama Krashna Musika Choir, aku cuma kenal sama beberapa anak2 baru juga, plus sejumlah tenor2 yang duduk di sekitarku, (yang bantuin nerjemahin apa yg diomongin conductor. Pake bahasa Belanda sih..), plus sejumlah kecil anggota lama dari golongan suara lain.

Jadinya aku kepikiran untuk kumpul-kumpul sama beberapa teman Krashna Musika (namely Krashnees), makan bareng ato sejenisnya. Eh, tau-tau Nicolas (Bass, French) mengundang untuk dinner di roomnya di Spacebox, bareng beberapa teman Krashnees. Kok pas banget, hehehe..

Jadi tadi jam 7 malem kami kumpul di kamarnya. Nicolas lagi masak dibantu Roser (Alto, Spain). Masak sesuatu bernama Fi-something (I don't know it), seperti pastel berukuran setengah piring, isinya bayam dan potongan salmon.

Sambil nungguin matang, Rizky (Bass, Indonesia) dan Aleksander (Baritone, Serbia. Iya gitu tulisan namanya :D) main piano sambil membahas tentang partitur musik klasik (ada electric piano di kamar Nicolas). Ling Juan (Soprano, China) dan aku (Tenor, Indonesia. Aiyaah, ga penting :p) cuma dengerin aja sambil ngomentarin dikit-dikit.. Hahaha, dasar pengetahuan minim.

Sambil makan, obrolannya makin melebar ga jelas.. Mulai dari piano, musik klasik, ukuran pulau di Indonesia, gempa dan tsunami, Beijing/Peking, karakter tulisan China, kaitannya dengan Jepang, Taiwan, gerakan separatisme di Spanyol, Politik, pronounciation Spanish & Catalan, dll. Dessert-nya Chocolate fondue(potongan buah dicelup ramuan coklat cair + cream + cengkeh).

Agak2 ngaco emang, tapi overall sangat menyenangkan. At least kita ga cuma ketemu di latian choir. Looking forward to our next gathering.. At badminton games in the sport center, maybe :D

I Can't Make You Love Me

I stumbled upon a video in YouTube of someone doing an audition for Idol somewhere (Haha, I didn't pay attention).. But the melody caught me.. I wonder where I had ever heard the song. Consult Google as usual for the title "I Can't Make You Love Me" (I did remember the title).

It was written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin and first recorded by Bonnie Raitt. Taken from Wikipedia:

The idea for the song came to Reid when upon reading an article about a man arrested for getting drunk and shooting at his girlfriend's car. The judge asked him if he had learned anything, to which he replied, "I learned, Your Honor, that you can't make a woman love you if she don't."

And then at the end of the article, "Ah ya.. How could I forget my lovely Haley Scarnato.." It's the song for her American Idol audition. I'm quite surprised that her singing actually is hanging in my memory.. That means she's good despite some of her bad performances, ahahaha..


I Can't Make You Love Me

Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don't patronize
Don't patronize me

'Cause I can't make you love me If you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark in these final hours
I will lay down my heart, and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no you won't
And I can't make you love me
If you don't

I'll close my eyes and then I won't see
The love you do not feel, when you're holding me
Morning will come, and I'll do what's right
Just give me till then, to give up this fight
And I will give up this fight

And I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
And here in the dark in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no, you won't
And I can't make you love me
If you don't

Ain't no use in you trying
It's no good for me baby without love
All my tears, all these years, everything I believed in
Baby
Oh yeah
Someone's gonna love me

Wisnu Idol lagi

Eh, ini Wisnunya bukan Wisnu yang Indonesian Idol, tapi Wisnu Witono Adhi yang #5 Norwegian Idol. Pernah disebut juga di post sebelumnya.

Nemu video clip-nya di YouTube.. Keren juga suaranya.. Judulnya Love Like That. Lagunya yang lain judulnya Every Part of Me.. Aku lebih suka yang ini. Good luck deh Wisnu!

Notes: Di previewku, videonya nampak loading ga brenti2, tapi sbenernya tinggal klik tombol play-nya.. Hmm, knapa gitu ya..

Cappuccino

My newly bought Ernesto Cappuccino with Hazelnut flavour smells and tastes funny.. (blaahh..)

Hujan es

Tadi siang sepulang kuliah, Edwin ngajakin minum-minum (eh, konotasinya kok jelek ya :D) di sebuah kafe di Centrum. Cuaca mendung sejak tadi pagi dan dingin banget. Sekali-sekali turun hujan rintik-rintik.. (Kayaknya 'Gerimis Mengundang' bisa jadi theme song yang cocok, hehe..)

Aku bareng Xiaojing, Mai, dan Amin naik sepeda ke Centrum dan menunggu Edwin(yang naik bus) di depan Zuidpoort.

"Tik tik tik", ahh hujan lagi..

"Tuk tuk tuk", eh kok sakit kena hujannya.. (lagian bunyinya gitu :p)

Ternyata hujannya bukan air, tapi butiran es kecil-kecil.. Hahaha, pantasan kenanya sakit.
Untung hujan esnya cuma bentar.

Our prayer

Minggu lalu di gereja bacaannya tentang doa dari Sirach 35:12-17. Aku ga tau Sirach ini kitab apa. Dari hasil search google, ternyata kitab Sirach itu sama dengan Ecclesiasticus. Aku berasumsi Ecclesiasticus itu sama dengan Ecclesiastes ato Pengkotbah dalam Bahasa Indonesia. Tapi di Alkitab, jumlah pasal Pengkotbah itu ga sampe 35. Hmm, agak bingung juga. Update: Ternyata Ecclesiasticus ga sama dengan Ecclesiastes(Pengkotbah).

Dari hasil googling yang lain, kayaknya kitab Sirach ini salah satu kitab Deuterokanonika yang ga masuk ke dalam Alkitab. Gereja yang sekarang di Delft emang gereja Oikumene, gabungan berbagai denominasi Protestan dan Katolik.

Anyway, berikut ini bagian dari reading itu:

Serve The Lord willingly, and The Lord will accept you; your prayers will reach the skies. The prayer of a humble person pierces the clouds and keeps on going until it reaches The Lord Most High, where it stays until He answers by seeing that justice is done and that the guilty are punished.

My prayer goes to you my dear friend and your father who is fighting against Lung Cancer.

Btw, di luar berangin badai.. Seems like I have to check myself whether I really want to serve The Lord willingly by going to church choir rehearsal tonight by bike, facing the piercing cold wind and the possibility of heavy rain. We really are not suppose to only ask :) Okay, I know I will.

Skip The Class

Here I am..
On the first day of my second quarter..
When I am supposed to be at Zaal E..
Listening to Mr. Dekker..
But instead sitting in my room..
Getting ready to sleep..
After all night being awake..
Working on my Socio Technical Map..
And just emailed my file to Mr. Mulder..
After last week with only several hours sleeping..
Ohh, I am tired and sleepy..














(Hahaha Xiaojing, I bet you're already asleep now)