[– Path of My Life –]

Ok.. Everything is going great. I got a job! Wohooooo~ Praise Lord, He is amazing! Jamin and I had a plan that we should move out from Washington to Idaho if we cant get a job til end of month (which is june 30) then… God works in mysterious way, He gave me a job on that day! (30th June) Isn’t it amazing??I was so sad and a little bit disappointed when I didn’t get the first job.. I cried all night long , because I thought I will get it and it looked like my dream job! But, God wants me to get another job which is now I have (i believe) the better job! One day after I didnt get my first interview, I saw on internet that they have occupation again about website and design! Yay, I just applied right away

I work in company who has really really friendly and family oriented, they are really nice and wonderful and the most important (They love God also).. ..\^o^/
I applied as a website technician specialist or whatever the names.. But next month I will replace the manager there (so, I haven’t know what my job title is). My responsibilities will bigger and more complicated when I sitting on that desk.. Probably thats why I have 1 month training and keep doin all stuff in that business..! I have a lot of ideas to help them especially for design and marketing!

Anyway, thanks God.. We really need a job, and God never late, God never too early, God just RIGHT! JUST IN TIME! It’s awesome that God shows us the way that we can stay here.. Probably I haven’t reply mail since couple weeks, because I was upset and I was focus to looking for a job , and making money for bills , immigration , til we had a trip 6 hours.. Oh anyway, We went to Sedro-wolley last week, we need to drive 3.5 hours so total 7 hours.. Do u know what we did for 7 hours?? YuUuUpPP! We were Praise and Worship God the wholeeee way on the road! come and go..! It was amazing feeling, we can shout to the Lord, we can claps, we can kinda like crazy because of God, but we cant jump bcoz we were in the car! lol.. At that nite, we saw a deer almost jumped in front our car! OMG~ I wasss soo shock, thank God we didnt hit that deer, phhhew after that we said really big voice “praise Lord, we didnt hit that” and since that time, I was awake all night long til we got home lol.. Well, what else? I think thats my story about these days.. Oh, and Jamin also already has a job (2 days before I started a job). I started at July 1st! perfect time to learn about anything.. I just wanna ask God to still guide us whenever, wherever we go or do! God has done amazing things for us! Unbelievable!!
My GOD unmistakable & unshakable! Oh well, I never stop praise Lord again, hope you guys not sick with me LOL..

So, catch me later! gotta go coz I heard Jamin playing guitar out there..

Peace yo!!

ElaiNe ScHiPpeR

Dear all,
I just heard from radio that Steven Curtis Chapman’s youngest daughter was killed a month ago. Steven (SC) is a Christian Singer and he has a new single “Cinderella”.. Suddenly, I tried to find out about Cinderella song and also found out what the story behind that song.. This is the video:

and this is the song:

Its about Fathers’ love to his daughter..Please watch the video, it teaches us about life goes fast and no one knows about a second from now. I personally so sad about SC’ daughter. She just 5 years old cute little girl adopted from China. If you listen SC said that he inspired by Maria and her sisters to wrote this song. Emily Chapman (SC’ older daughter) just engaged and SC realized that he should spend more time with his little girls.. But unfortunately Maria hasn’t feel to be a real Cinderella like Emily and feel the wedding dress or even just feel to dance with the prince..

We also just celebrate Fathers day.. So, fathers, if you watch the video, please take your time to spend with your daughters or even your sons! Time goes fast.. Work, projects, bills and everything probably make you feel so exhausted and make you so depressed at the moment. The thing that you can do, just take your kids out somewhere even go to the pool and have fun with them, go to the pet store or zoo, or maybe you can go to the arcade and dance with them.. If you dont like to be a “old prince”, try to be a “cool prince” and play DDR or Guitar Hero with your kids. They will surprise and love it! I just got married and If I were a father, I would so sad because I should give my daughter to the other man and hope all the best for her. If you havent be a father, just remember this song, remember this video, remember this words…

R.I.P Maria Sue Chapman 2003-2008

click here for another blog about them..

Dear dad,
When I was a little girl, I remember that you were beside me to hold my hand when we walked together.
You used to show me a lot of things and made me feel smart..
You even told me what is your favourite collection when people dont know about that,and it made me feel special..
I used to ask you to bring a piece of money for my piggy bank everytime you got off from work and made me feel rich and thankful..

Dad,
Thank you for being cover for our family, thank you for being knight and have a brave heart to save the family. Thank you for always teaching us to be patient, to be survive, to be wise every single day…

Dad,
Since I worked for Disney, I can feel when you work really hard for family…
Your strong hands and powerful feet show me how tough a life is…
You working under the rain, and heat..
I felt the same way that you’ve been through…
When the storm and rain attacked me, I remember how hard your work is..
When the heat really burned me, I remember how dizzy your work out there and feel the sun light so straight to your body..
When I was sweat really bad, I realized that yours must be hard even you getting old now..

I saw your old skin, tired body, tired eyes, and wrinkle on your face is appear but you still can handle that. It is a bless from God that your power is so strong and survive with any situation..

Dad,
I’m not your girl anymore, I have another person that I love…
I cant be able to stay beside you like before…
But my love for you still remain..
Maybe I never say that “I love you”
Maybe I never say that “I care about you”
Maybe I never say that “I always pray for you”
But, please believe that I always say those words in my heart..

Dad,
Happy Fathers Day…
Let the world know that my dad is the best dad in the world..
Let the world know that my dad works really hard for family..

Dad,
Once again..
Maybe this is the time to say :
I love you dad..
I care about you..
and I always put you in my pray……

It’s been a long time I havent post the blog here, oh well.. There’s a lot of things happened. Especially when I have husband now, lol.. Even I’m not working as much as I did last year, but still I dont have feeling to write anything even there’s a lot testimonies and stories that I want to share.

People usually ask me about “how’s your marriage life?”
Well, one thing : Marriage is not Fairy Tale, but this is the real life. Sad, happy, mad, anger, love, sweet,etc all together blend in our life.. One thing for sure, marriage is not easy that we thought. Two different people, two different character, lifestyle, hobbies, and such and such should be ‘mixed’. Marriage teaches me how to understand the core of life, the core of love, and love makes me a life!

06/07 we’ve been together for 6 months, It means half-year.. It is great! Time goes so fast, we cant believe that we’ve been together..
Our love proofs that we so much in love…
Our understanding proofs that we could make it through…
Our God proofs that we meant each other…

Jamin…., one word who always make me realize how much God loves me… God knows what I need, God knows what I can’t stand for, God knows what I’m yearning, God knows what I deserve…

Jamin…, a lot of things are unexpect from him. I never thought he will do a lot of things and make me amazed and feel blessed. He gives me surprise when I dont have a clue at all… He makes me feel safe and believe that we will be ok! He always help me to stand up when I’m down.. He wipes my tears when I cant handle my emotion in this life… He works really hard to show me that he is commit with his words….

Last time he gave a surprise when we had ‘half-anniversary’ and he asked me to go to Mexican Restaurant, it was so sweet! Moreover when I got home, he change and clean the bedroom perfectly and did laundry lol… It just fantastic! Sometimes we need to give reward to people that we love or love us.. They deserve it though

Jamin is my knight who stands in front of me with his sword…
Jamin is my angel who covers me with his wings…
Jamin is my prince who gives me a beautiful surprises…
Jamin is my cat who asks me to pet him everynight (LOL)

Thank you for all our friends who help us going through all hard times that we have.. Thank you for your support and your pray for us!

We can’t give anything for our friends.. I hope I just can be there whenever our friends need us.. We would love to give our time and piece of heart for our friends. Also we would love to pray and ask God to bless our friends..

Dear all,
I just wanna share about what happen in me and maybe it sounds unusual, but I let you know and I will explain about what happen with me.

January 7th 2008…
We (Jamin and I) went to the Court House and got Marriage License, finally we got married. After the really short time, we decided to give our life each other.

I’m sure a lot of people have a big question mark. Why they get married soon? Why is so soon? Why they really fast to take decision? Are they really married or just play? Are they sure meant each other? Bla bla bla..

First of all,I will tell about how Jamin and I met. I’m working at Asia Section, Disney’s Animal Kingdom as a Cultural Representative. My husband works for custodial / park keeper at DAK also. We met around July, but everything was nothing. We just see each other almost everyday; finally we were dating for couple months… We had a really really hard time in our relationship. He had beliefs that absolutely different than me (I am Christian), we used to fight and had a bad time. Once we touch about spirituality, we will fight all day long, no end of discussion. We used to fight until I got sick, and I didn’t go to work on that day. Every Sunday, we always argue, because I came from church and he came from his church…I almost give up, I prayed to God that if he is really my husband wanna be or my Mr.Right, just change him, if not please make him hates me or make something happen to us. I didn’t ask him to change his belief, I just flow and I was fasting and pray to God that please give me the way and touch him if that’s His way. November 14th, when I went to his apartment, he said,” I think Jesus is a God. Jesus shows Himself for me today”. Then he explained about dream that he had, it was old man talk about religion with him. He kind of “challenges” God and asks God to shows Himself. And God did it, right after he asked that. After he went out from the bus, he saw the big words on the clouds (JESUS LOVES YOU) by plane and a lot of things happened with him and his spiritual side.

Since that day, he changes his mind and turn 180 degrees, our relationship being better and we always have a good time. He cares of me; he loves me more than ussual. One day, his family came here as vacation on Thanksgiving. We had vacation together, it was fun and nice.. November 26th, 2007. He brought me to the pier at Clearwater Beach . It was almost 7 oclock, I didn’t expect that he was hold my hand and asked me to be his wife. I was thinking about what God gave to me, the answer and the signs, I said “I do…” And I think I can get along with his family Time flies… we always together and no worry about our relationship, because we already in one belief, our love grows stronger than before.

After we are engaged, people start to “give” some advice. They said, “Hey, are you sure with him?” “You still young, he still young” “he doesn’t have a good job, you are not sure with your job” ”everything still pink” “he is not ready I think” “He is just a custodial” etc. The strange thing is people who “underestimate” us are from my side, and the otherside (Jamin’ side) his co-workers, his managers, his family and my family and a couple of my friends support us. I really upset, because when I decide to get married with him, they use to give me an advice. I know they are concern with me, they care with me; but if one thing, one advice they repeat more than one time, almost everytime we meet, they always say that. Honestly it makes me sick and trauma because everytime I say that, people will say that. I really afraid to tell people what will happen with us, what our plan, because people will say that

Before we married, we talked with my parents (a couple times). The first thing that my mom ask me was, “is he rude / not?” because we really afraid that he will abuse me or things like that… (more…)

Sebelumnya I wanna say thanks GOD.. karena aku masih ada waktu untuk tulis sebagian kecil berkat Tuhan untuk aku. Aku inget waktu awal bulan-mei 2006 itu aku lagi masa-masa at bottom line in social life. Bulan mei tahun lalu nenek meninggal, dan belum lagi dengan kejadian-kejadian yang membuat aku jadi shock and sedih, down, dan bingung harus gimana lagi dengan kehidupan ini. Di saat aku lagi down, temenku bilang “Lin, disneyworld itu buka lowongan jadi cultural representative loh, syaratnya cuma conversation dan apply resume,cv, and interview by phone aja!” Ah, aku pikir nggak mungkin semudah itu, tapi temenku ada yang berhasil hanya dengan melalui proses itu, wow~ aku sudah terbayang kalau bakal kerja di DISNEYWORLD which disney tuh impian setiap anak-anak di dunia ini. Akhirnya aku mencoba apply my resume dan aku udah seneeeenng banget (sok pd.com) karena aku akan kerja di disney! Aku sampai pasang status di Yahoo Mess! And I said , “yeah Disney Florida, I’ll come to you!” Pastinya orang-orang pada kebingungan dan mungkin aja mereka pikir, “ini anak pasti stress deh sama kejadian yang kemarin-kemarin”, tapi ada Mikey (thanks Mikey untuk sarannya) temenku bilang gini, ”kalau belum pasti, nggak usah di umbar dulu.. kan nggak enak kalau nggak jadi kesana!” woops, bener juga ya?? Itu karena aku terlalu excited dan bener-bener wish kalau aku bisa kesana untuk kerja dan bantu orang tua aku.

Sejak saat itu pokok doa aku ya disney! Sampai aku tuh nangis-nangis minta sama Tuhan.. God, please grant it! Please aku mau kerja disana, please aku mau bantu orang tua (saat itu aku masih skripsi). Bahkan dengan nada memaksa aku minta sama Tuhan.. Tapi tetap aja.. 1 bulan.. 2 bulan.. Tuhan ”tidak bergeming” sedikitpun, aku udah kirim CV aku dan nggak ada kabar sama sekali, even kabar kalaupun aku udah ditolakpun tuh nggak ada. 3 bulan.. 4 bulan.. (more…)

NO WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYY~~!!!

KATROOOOO…..!!!

*ingin rasa hati sambit pake gelas mineral ke layar*

Hal itu yang aku mau lakukan ketika film “TEROWONGAN CASABLANCA” diputar di PI Mal theater..! Yo guys, please dont spend your money by watching this movie! Kalau disuruh buat grade, TC itu layak dapat D! D - - kalo perlu :p Wait..wait.. aku ceritain yeee…
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All,what do u think bout Val’s day? Nice?Sweet?Full of Love?Or desperate coz u have a sad memory? This year,aku pergi sm mom n dad.So sweet huh? I went to TA n got dinner. But,i go back early 4 watch movies in tv. My friends texted me,”hey val’s day kmn? Sm sp? Etc etc” ,aku cm jwb,”di rumah aj deh,ntn tv bagus2!” GENGSI?? Of course not.. I’m glad 2 tell that words.Ha5.. Dan val’s day terlewati begitu saja.. Ssssst, kalau udah “unavailable” pasti dikit deh yang sms LoL..

Aku jd ingat kemarin ada 1 temen yg bilang di testimonial aku kl dy maunya ksh testi fucklentine,whaat…? Yeah,coz she felt dat nobody loves her.. Padahal dia ada cowok,she has fams also,she has life.. Aku jadi mikir,pasti banyak orang yang merasakan seperti itu..Udah punya segalanya tapi masih ada yg hilang.Masih ada yang kurang..Bahkan ketika orang tersebut kaya,artist,businessman tetap merasakan kehampaan itu.

Actually what people need is God’s LOVE.. Aku percaya,orang yang dekat dengan Tuhan,tidak akan merasa kehampaan di dalam hatinya. Sama seperti ketika rusa tuh sukaaa banget sama air,moreover air sungai yang melambangkan berkat Tuhan yg ga pernah habis.. Kayaknya kita harus belajar dari rusa ini deh,wait..Bkn brarti kt hrs jadi rusa jugaa (rudolph red nose kali hihihi). But Kadang-kadang ini yang susah kita lakukan, Valentine’s Day itu seharusnya jadi momen yang tepat untuk berbagi kasih, untuk berbagi sukacita walaupun hal itu dapat dilakukan tiap hari kan? Yeah thats good, but Val’s day ini lebih kepada momentum dimana setiap orang dapat mengekspresikan kasihnya terhadap sesama. Dari yang kepada sesama teman, pasangan, keluarga, cuzins, pegawai, atasan, co-worker, sampai kepada orang-orang yang ga kita kenal sekalipun dan saat itu mereka sedang terduduk dengan penuh air hujan dengan tangan menengadah ke arah kita.

Ada orang yang tersenyum melihat anaknya berhasil, ada yang seneng dapet hadiah mobil, ada yang seneng baru jadian, ada yang seneng baru dapet kerjaan, ada yang seneng karena gaji naik, ada yang seneng abis married, etc etc.. But above all, did ya realize that God’s Love is the most beautiful thing in this world?

When people around us dont wanna know about us, when people around us just try to make you happy but you dont feel it? ada yang salah? (more…)

Ini kali di depan rumah, mengalir ke arah jembatan dua..jadi aman deh kite!

Banjir, kota Jakarta banjiiirrr.. Not at all actually, it’s just some of locations are not flooded, including my house. LoL… Sejak hujan pertama kali di tahun 2007 terjadi pada tanggal 1 Januari 2007, kalau nggak salah itu sore, dan hanya gerimis saja… Sejak itu, hujan tidak pernah turun hampir 1 bulan. Aku pikir, kok hujannya cuma 1 hari aja sih? I mean, Jakarta was so hot in that week! I can’t understand why rain not falls in “rain season”, i hate when Jakarta is feel hot. Sampai pada hari kamis malam tanggal 1 februari, hujan sudah mengguyur Jakarta dan tanpa di duga hujan turun sangat deras,my thought is yeaaaah akhirnya Jakarta hujan lagi. And don’t know why, I love rain.. even it’s makes some places will be flooded, I’m still love “rain season”. Feels so refresh our souls.. Di kantor aja kalau lagi ujan, aku seneng banget (pastinya lagi di dalam kantor), eventho di ruangan IT dingiiiiiinnn sekali, aku seneng liat pohon-pohon dan jalan pada basah. Mungkin karena tinggal di Jakarta yang penuh dengan asap polusi kali ya? Jadi ketika hujan datang, bau asap nggak bakal kecium tuh Yang ada, wangi daun dan tanah basah yang kadang-kadang kangenin kita ke kampung halaman (kayak punya kampung aja hahaha).

Jam 7 kurang, aku udah dapat busway, dan Thank God bisa duduk di dalam. Ternyata perjalanan busway itu cepet banget, biasa 20 menit sampai karet, kemarin itu hanya 10-15 menit. Cool… tapi sayang, hujan sudah mengguyur, dan aku lupa bawa payung,karena payungku ada di kantor. Sampai akhirnya aku nekat pakai jaket penutup kepala dan langsung ujan-ujanan dari halte busway ke pool mikrolet. Di sana, jalan sudah mulai macet, dan jarak tempuh yang biasa kurang dari 10 menit sampai di depan kantor, terpaksa hari itu ditempuh dalam waktu lebih dari 30 menit. Wohoo~ TERNYATA… (more…)

Jaringan 21 Cineplex mendapat pesaing baru. Yaitu Blitz Megaplex, yang mengawali “ekspansinya” dari kota Bandung. Bioskop dengan 9 studio ini dilengkapi dengan layanan hiburan lainnya seperti digital cafe, live music, DJ Performance hingga billiar.

Blitz Megaplex mulai beroperasi pertengahan Oktober 2006 lalu. Lokasinya terletak di sebuah kompleks perbelanjaan, kafe dan restoran bernama Paris Van Java, di bilangan Sukajadi, Bandung. Bangunan Blitz terdiri dari tiga lantai dengan sembilan studio pemutaran film yang masing-masing berkapasitas 370-392 tempat duduk, dan teras luar tempat menghadirkan live music. Interiornya di design dengan konsep minimalis dan futuristik.

Menurut Wendy Soeweno, Marketing Manager Blitz, konsep itu ditujukan untuk menggaet penonton anak muda. “Kami pengennya diterima anak muda. Kenapa memilih segmen anak muda, karena menurut kami anak muda itu punya lebih banyak waktu untuk nongkrong. Sehingga bisa memanfaatkan berbagai fasilitas one stop entertainment kami. Setelah beberapa kali melakukan tes, design yang modern, simpel dan futuristik itulah yang cocok dengan selera anak muda,” ujar Wendy. Sambil menunggu, penonton bisa memilih hiburan lain yang disukai. Tak hanya design interiornya yang berbeda. Di Blitz, penonton akan dilayani oleh anak-anak muda yang tampak energik dan berpakaian kasual. “Biar bisa satu bahasa dengan target pasar penonton kami,” sebut Wendy yang telah mendapat pelatihan bersama CEO dan staff lainnya di Malaysia, dengan konsultan Golden Screen Cinema dari Singapura.

Selain fasilitas dan pelayanan yang berbeda, Blitz memutar film dengan lebih beragam. Dari film Hollywood, Indonesia, animasi Korea, kartun Jepang, horor Thailand, bahkan film independen dalam dan luar negeri. “Fokus kami bukan hanya film Hollywood, tapi juga non Hollywood, terutama sekali film-film Indonesia. Kami sangat konsen terhadap film Indonesia, kalau bisa ikut mengembangkan,” kata Wendy.

Dengan layar yang lebih banyak, juga memungkinkan Blitz “menahan” film lebih lama diputar. Uniknya, meski menetapkan jam tayang, Blitz tidak menetapkan di studio mana film tersebut akan diputar. “Tayangnya enggak straight. Sistemnya di rol aja. Mana studio yang lagi kosong, ya, diputar aja film yang ada,” masih kata Wendy.

Dengan tempat yang lebih bagus dan layanan yang lebih beragam, Blitz ternyata menawarkan harga yang tak jauh beda dengan bioskop sebelumnya. Untuk film Hollywood, dipatok harga karcis Rp. 25 ribu. Sedangkan film non-hollywood senilai Rp. 15 ribu. Perbedaan harga tersebut, menurut Wendy terbilang wajar, karena distributor filmnya juga berbeda. “Film Hollywood kan sudah jelas distributornya 21 cineplex. Jadi harga karcisnya juga enggak bisa jauh beda. Tapi kalau distributor lain yang non hollywood kita bisa dapat lebih murah, kenapa enggak?”

Sebagai contoh, saat film Kuntilanak dan Denias diputar di Blitz, setiap penonton diberi Pop Corn Gratis dengan ukuran besar. Bahkan 18-20 Oktober yang lalu, Blitz memutar film-film Indonesia seperti Ada Apa dengan Cinta, Berbagi Suami, Mengejar Matahari, Janji Joni, Ca Bau Kan, Arisan, dan lainnya secara gratis.

Tahun ini Blitz juga akan buka di Jakarta, di Grand Indonesia (eks Hotel Indonesia). Tahun depan, masih di ibukota, rencananya Blitz akan buka lagi di kawasan Bursa Efek Jakarta dan Kelapa Gading. Sedangkan tahun berikutnya lagi dua lokasi di Jakarta Selatan sedang diincar. Mengenai pemilihan Bandung sebagai tempat pertama, kata Wendy, “Waktu itu sebenarnya ada 2 pilihan, Grand Indonesia dan Bandung, tetapi kebetulan yang Grand Indonesia telat pembangunannya. Selain itu, kami pikir anak-anak Bandung itu juga jauh lebih multi antusias. Jadi Bandung kami pilih sebagai pilot projectnya, kalau ada kesalahan-kesalahan, nanti bisa belajar dari Bandung.”

Tak lama lagi Blitz juga akan menyiapkan layanan pesan (booking) tiket lewat internet, ATM, SMS, dan call centre. Jadi sekarang sudah tidak jamannya lagi antri panjang-panjang untuk menonton film.
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My Comments :
Ciiiiiiiiiieehh.. pantesan aja 21 cineplex turun harga..
But, Blitz emang punya dobrakan baru. Emang sih , kedengeranny simple, “one stop entertainment” tapi coba deh,selama ini nggak kepikiran untuk jadi mal di dalam bioskop, bukan bioskop didalam mal..

Great Idea!! Blitz perdana ditempatkan di Bandung juga merupakan suatu ide yang brilian, mengingat mal di Bandung tidak “sejamur” di Jakarta, dan jangan salah…. Banyak mojang dan akang Bandung tuh royal bo!! Dari penampilan dan gaya, Bandung nggak kalah sama Jakarta, malah kalau mau dibilang, Bandung itu “harajuku”nya indonesia Dan lagipula segmentasi pasar ini adalah anak muda, yang “rela” mengeluarkan uangnya untuk have fun bareng teman-teman..

Tapi kalau dilihat dari berita, Blitz udah “mengudara” sejak Oktober tahun lalu.. Waktu itu 21 cineplex masih penuh bin antri… Aku rasa, justru semenjak harga diturunkan oleh cineplex, orang-orang pada penasaran, dan eng ing eng…. ketauan deh ada BLITZ, dengan demikian BLITZ semakin terkenal karena “promo”nya Cineplex…

Well, welcome Megaplex , kedepan pasti banyak megaplex-megaplex berikutnya Yang udah pernah kesana, coba kasih kesannya donk ok…

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