A Meaningful Month

Hei all!


I just realized that it's been a long long time since my last post in this blog (as if i had another one)
So since I have nothing to do while I'm waiting for my dinner, I decided to update my blog on my exciting experiences that happened this past month. :D


1. I turned 17, 13 days ago ! 
well that's exciting since 17 is the legal age in Indonesia (my home country) although not the legal age here (Singapore). 
I feel so old.....

They came to my birthday after all ! :D

Ok nvm, the point is, I had a great birthday this year unlike my birthday last year (I will remember that day forever - It was my second day in Singapore LOL) 
For my birthday celebration, my mom came here since the 5th of November coincides with Deepavali holiday in Singapore (public Holiday - Indian Celebration)
I invited a few close friends to join me and my family for dinner on that day however almost all of them said that they couldn't come.
One said that he had to extend his stay in Jakarta for work, the other said he had to go to his office that night and another said she had to study for her arts O level exam !
At first I didn't suspect anything but things got fishy and fishier as the day pass, so I started investigating :D
and I found out that my mom asked them to pretend to be unable to come when actually they can come ! So everything was uncovered even before they came into the restaurant and surprised me HAHA

Group photo after dinner - I was very paranoid, scared they would throw me
into the water fountain near there aft the pic was taken LOL :D

2. I am now officially a senior ! :D
My juniors (the Indonesian ASEAN scholar Batch 20) came on the 11th and I was lucky enough to be excused from my maths lesson on that day to pick them up in the airport! :D 
That day I met a lot of Indonesian ASEAN seniors and batch-mates and since I rarely (never) go to the events organized for all of us to meet, I don't know most (maybe 90%) of them LOL
It was an enjoyable but tiring day. We got a free ride back to our hostel from Chang-I and because of the hostel's inconvenient location, the bus ride took 3 hours - they sent back those scholars whose hostels are nearer to chang-I 


3. This year's report book has been given out and the school year has ended, so now it is holiday time ! (although there's no such thing as a holiday here LOL) 
I thank Him for His blessings this past year and only because of Him that I can get those awesome results :D
Although I still have to go to school occasionally for choir, I can wake up late and sleep late now! :D 
I am, unfortunately, one of the scholars here to go back the last. 
All my other friends went back either last week or latest, this week. 
However I have to stay in this fine city, Singapore because of the school's choir concert held on the first week of December !
Even though I have to sacrifice my precious time in Indo, I think that staying back for a while isn't that bad because I can get more CCA points. So yeah nvm.


I think that's all for this post, I'll try to update my blog (again) soon. Now I have to start packing up all my mess in my room that's starting to get out of control D:
So, stay blessed readers!


Jennifer
181110

Time Management

Hei all,
It's been quite a while since my last post 
and since I came back from school early today,
(Next week is the start of my school's year end exam, 
so last Friday was my last day of CCA for this month :D)
I decided to post something on my blog :D


Right now, schools in Singapore are in the fourth term of their academic year
this means that year end exams and O levels are coming.
Time flies past us so swiftly that before we even realize it, 
we're going to the next chapter of our life,
whether it's graduating from secondary school or just moving on to the following grade in school.
When you think back, aren't you amazed at the fact that time does fly?
Memories of events in the past felt like they just happened yesterday.


But so what if time does fly?
To me, it simply means that we need to appreciate it 
by using and planing our time properly.
All of us know that there is always an end to something,
our time is limited and a man's success is determined by how well
he could manage time and achieve the best out of it.
Time is not something that we can compromise with. 


Managing time may not be the easiest thing to do
yet it is still doable.
I often hear many of my schoolmates complaining to the teacher
that they do not have the time to do all assignments and tasks they were given.
There may be many reasons to it, like : "you gave the homework to us last minute" 
"We have a lot of homework for today" and "There are just too many things to do and too many tests"
My question is : How exactly did you manage your time.


I learned from my experiences that when you plan your time wisely, prioritize and
stick with your plan everything could be done. 
Look at your aims and what you want to achieve to plan your time.
Things that could be postponed should come after things that need to be urgently done
and things that is something you MUST do come before leisure. 
This may seem simple but sometimes I feel tempted to do things for my leisure first
and then do the important things.
When you do things that are more important first, the burden and pressure will 
be released from you, enabling you to do the next task with ease. 
You would also feel glad that you had use your time fruitfully when you sow
your results afterwards.
In conclusion, all of us need to learn to manage our time to succeed and learning comes from practicing 
and experiences in the past :) Goodluck for all those having their exams and GBU :)

Realize that : "Time is what we want most, but what we use worst - William Penn"

-Jennifer-

280910

What do You want?

Well this is an update of my blog post titled : What will I do in the future?

Yesterday I spent some of my time to talk with my friend 

who is leaving for America, under a scholarship, next week.

I was told that he got the scholarship by emailing the schools in US 

Asking whether they offer any scholarship for international students

and after going through tests and an interview, he got it.

I felt inspired because similar him, I want to study in Canada

So after going back to my room 

i googled for a list of high schools in Canada and managed to get names of a few schools

I started emailing them and asking about the scholarship they offer and

how to enroll for my 11th year.

This morning I checked my email and amazingly

one school was really fast and replied that they would be glad to accept a new student

anytime of this year or next year.

I am confused (again) to what should I do.

Studying in Singapore is a privilege but since I want to continue

my university in Canada,

it would be cheaper if I move there now and apply for a PR so when I 

enter the University, I could get much cheaper tuition fees 

even though for high school I may have to pay

not forgetting the penalty I may also have to pay for breaking my Scholarship bond..

On the other hand, if I don't go now

I will not break my scholarship's contract, no need to pay the

penalty, but may need to pay much more if I enter

the university there as I will be counted as an International student.

The tuition grants for university will only help me for at most $5000 

while the whole fee is almost $30,000

In conclusion, I'm confused..

What should I do?

What do God want in my life?

What do my parents think?

Then this verse came up

²⁵"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?

²⁶Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 

²⁷Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

(Matthew 6:25-27 - New International Version)
It says : Don't worry about your life.

It illustrates that even a bird that does no work has a future full of hope 

where God provides everything.

This teaches me to stop worrying of my future because I know it's in God's hands

and everything in His hands will 

really be in His hands

Its just up to us to believe that He will provide the best for us

at His best time.

Yet still we need to remember that we also need to do our parts, give our all

(refer to my post "Happy Birthday Indonesia") 

God Bless

Jennifer~ 

190810

Happy Birthday Indonesia

Zechariah 8:11-12

¹²Seeds will thrive in peacetime.

Vines will produce their grapes.

The land will yield its crops.

The sky will produce its dew.

I will give the few remaining people

all these things as an inheritance.

¹³Just as you, people of Judah and people of Israel,

have been a curse among the nations,

so I will now save you,

and you will become a blessing.

Don’t be afraid. Let your hands work hard.

(God's Word Translation)

It was an interesting day today,

as it was the first time I celebrated my nation's national day

in another country, Singapore.

I woke up quite early and rushed to the Indonesian Embassy this morning because the flag ceremony starts at 9.30am.

I was glad to meet my other Indonesian scholar friends there

as I hadn't seen them since even-myself-don't-know-when.

It just feels awesome when all the indonesians come together

to the embassy to celebrate our national day

though we are not in Indonesia.

I Believe it was the pride we felt about our nation that gathered all of us

there this morning.

Even though the weather was really hot,

it was a happy occasion when we saw our flag rose high and not some other country's flag :D

It makes me, and maybe all of the others, feel back home again

anyways, after reading a post in facebook, I decided to write about it : Zechariah 8:11-12

It's about God's promise for a nation, "What the Lord will do for Zion"

It is an amazing promise made by God who never breaks His promise

but as I read it again, I notice this part "Let your hands work hard",

it shows that even though God made a promise that He would never brake,

there are still terms-and-conditions :

He still needs us to do our part.

We can't just ask God to do His part while we ourselves do nothing.

We need to change ourselves first, do our best

to change our country and then expect God to do the things that aren't in our control.

I myself need to learn to work harder and build up my country Indonesia for a better place

I do hope our country could improve,

free of corruption, pollution, crime, drugs, etc.

Don't you, other Indonesians whoever is reading this,

want your country to be like that too?

Someone needs to start first, right? Let's start from ourselves :)

Last but not least, I wish Indonesia a very happy 65th birthday!

GBU

Jennifer~

170810

What will I do in the future?

So..

Here I am , again , finally after a few months not opening my blog..

Let me see, where to start..

I am now in one of my friend's house, doing nothing,

trying to think of something to do

and when someone mentioned my blog,

i decided to update it..

These past few days, or rather, weeks, I've been thinking of my future

Where should I go to? What should I do?

Which university will suit me the best?

Some universities like UBC and UCLA came to my mind,

but again, the question is, which course would I want to take?

Should I take something common and cool (i think), like finance, and become a business women,

or take something that people rarely takes, offering a wider opportunity to get a better job, like say, engineering?

Well some may say that it depends on your talent and interest.

But then another question came : What DO I really like?

Honestly I don't really know the answer to that question.

I do well in school, but none of the subjects that I take sparks my interest.

None of it makes me passionate enough to say : WOW its now *blablabla* time!

I do OK in most of my subjects, but again, none of them are of my interest.

I often take tests online to try to find out more about my interest, but yeah funny things appears like

"You would make a perfect model" *the result of some quiz online that I took just now*

I just hope one day, soon, God will show His plan for my life so at least I won't be so Blur anymore.

Last but not least, any suggestions ? :)

Thanks for taking time to read some stupid blog of mine,

Jennifer.

150818

Term 3 Week 3

Well, basically it has been a month now from the day I went back to Surabaya

and it has been 3 weeks after I arrived back in this "fine" city.

For this past 3 weeks, a lot of things happened

one of the key events is my O Level Malay Oral.

After the holiday, we practiced a lot to ace our oral exam on last Monday

and I do hope to ace :D

another important event happened on the first Sunday after school reopened

which is MDC Singapore's Pastor wedding thanksgiving dinner

at Jurong Country Club. I sang 2 songs, "Kita Satu" and "At the Beginning" :D

A few of my Indonesian friends attended the dinner and I was happy to meet them here :)

We went out together to Marina Barrage and took loads of pictures :D

Another event that I went through was the National Day Parade 2010 Preview

All the scholars had to gather at City hall last Saturday to go for the show.

All though I thought i would be a waste of time at the beginning,

after i watched the show, I was happy because

the show was so pretty (all the colorful lights, etc)

and it was nice to see those kind of shows once in a while

hmm let me see..

Oh yeah, another thing that happened was me falling sick on the third day of school

I had to take MC because of my high fever

and it felt good to not go to school that day :)

Next week will be my Malay Listening O Level test

and since we practiced twice alr in school

I hope to achieve my best :)

Jennifer~

160710

I love you, Dad :)

Today is the 26th of May 2010,

and it's my dad's birthday :)

So I'm dedicating this post to my dad :)

About one hour ago,

I finished reading the book I had been reading for this past 2 weeks,

"the Last Song"

It tells a story about a young girl,

who hates her father because he left their family

and had not talk to him for 3 years.

On the third year, her mom forced her and her younger brother

to spend their summer with their dad.

The girl rebelled, but she had no choice but to follow her mother's will, reluctantly.

She made friends with "bad" teenagers there

and caught herself in trouble.

Her father, however, faced her rebellious acts patiently,

he trusted her, loved her more than life itself,

he was always there for her.

Slowly, the girl changed as she felt true love there,

she spent more time with her father each day.

When summer is about to come to an end,

she found out that her dad suffers from stomach cancer

and only has a few months to live.

She regretted that she had been very mean and unfair to her dad

she felt proud to gave a dad like him who was caring and loving,

who had Holy Spirit guiding him.

She decided not to go back to NY,

instead, she stayed there and took care of her dad

until he finally passed away.

I am very touched with this story, I cried in so many parts of the book.

I learned one lesson :

When there is still time,

show your love to your Dad and Mom

I reflected back to my own life,

maybe I had not been a good daughter for my parents,

but now I'm gonna try to change it

I want to make my dad and mom proud and happy

I truly love you, dad.

Happy Birthday

have a safe trip back from Guang Zhou,

I miss you and Mom,

See you soon

Lots of Love from your daughter

When my life turns upside down

Here I am back to opening my blog

after 3 months never posting anything

haha

Well...

the reason is, I could never find a right time

to update my blog..

So. anyways,

just now as i was in sitting in geography class,

i felt bored..

I opened my journal and decided to write

whatever was on my mind at that moment

and this was what i wrote :

"Love without you is just a word

no one to share it with

no one to feel it's beauty with

and definitely no one to make realize it's existence in earth

It's just nothing without you beside me..

Walking on this path alone

wondering why did it happened

It took away what I enjoyed most here,

being with you,

talking to you

or even just simply sitting there next to you without a single word spoken

I don't know how to bear it any more.

Now being here alone,

I wonder what are you doing,

wondering if I could just turn back time and be with you..."

Yeah. melancholic me.

I wrote that because I was frustrated.

I had a bad morning today and I don't

know who i could share it with.

So here I am sharing it to whoever is reading it.

Actually the main problem is not that I am sad because i lost him

it is because i feel lonely here..

and it appears that he's the only one who is, but now was, there for me

in all times..

Even in School, I do not have much friends.

most of them just don't understand me.

well i couldn't blame them for that..

we have different back grounds..

In the end I just hope that I could find that special someone :)

Bless you all readers. :)

Jennifer

210510

my last month in 2009 in Singapore

So.. what have i been doing ?

December 2009

I moved to a new hostel on the 4th..

River Valley High Boarding School

tmpat nya ga ada AC,

tp se nggak"nya gedung nya baru

which means that all rooms are new

which means : new beds new pillows and

hahahaaEverything new !! :D

Di sebelah tuh foto sebagian kmar ku

Aku sekamar sama anak PRC , Gaby ( an English name that I suggested to her -

I'm very bad at memorizing Chinese names LOL)

Kabar baiknya lagi itu :

di hostel ini ada jasa laundry- so i don't need to do my own laundry

like in the last hostel :D

Selaen itu, bridging course class nya pindah k Hostel..

so we don't need to go to school until school re-opens..

this benefits me a lot,

no need to spend money on bus trips to School, and

no need to spend money on lunch, :D

But ..

Bad news nya :

Setiap pagi di hostel kita ini,

ad PT (cuma slama skolah blom mulai)!!

jam 7 kita harus kumpul di Running track nya Hostel (keren bgt ada running track) haha

dan kita olahraga pa

gi.. ==

Olahraga nya bukan yg ringan",

mrka ga nanggung" kalo ngasi tugas...

Lari minimal 1km per hari !! ><

pernah 1 kali kita lari 1,6 km..

trus stlah itu kadang kita d suru exercise yg laen

kyk push up, chin up dsb ==

PE membuat ku capekk n mbuat aku ngantok di kelas ==

ckckck

tp stelah melalui semua PT,

aku baru sadar kalo PT itu penting

buat nyiapin kita untuk ujian NAPFA..

lari 2,4km dsb !! ==

18 Dec 2009

malem itu malem penting buat scholar dari Commonwealth batch 3 :D

Soalnyaa.

malem itu kita perform suatu drama yang d buat selama 1 mggu..

Drama kita itu tentang kehidupan kita sebelum dapet scholarship (Jalan", bergossip d starbucks, dll)

bagian itu d ceritakan dengan klip yg kami shoot d bnyak tmpt.. (Jurong point, Hostel, Bus interchange, popular)

Waktu syuting banyak banget yang liadin kita" hahahaha:D

lalu d sambung dengan kehidupan kami begitu mendarat d Singapore, mulai pelajaran, dan kehidupan d hostel,

bagian ini d ceritakan dengan drama..

lalu d bagian tengah terdapat klip" iklan yg kami syuting d hostel :D

klip" nya mengkritik kekurangan fasilitas dari hostel baru kami :D

Semua klip d edit oleh tim multimedia : Ella n me LOL

Judul drama nyaa... "Unity in diversity"

Drama kami dapet respon yg bagus dr guru" n tmn" hostel yg laen..

bahkan katanya judul drama kami mau nya d jadiin moto hostel :D hahahah

Drama nya menurut ku sih keren..

banyak effort untuk mmbuatnya hahaha

* itu foto kita" lagi ngerjain drama nya hahahahaha :D

23 Dec 2009

hari ini kita smua d RVHBS d acak lagi kamarnya

kali ini kamar kita bakal jadi tetap buat 1 taon,,

n guess what,,, aku sekamar sama :

JESEREEN :D hahahaa dia tmen ku sesekolah dari Malay hahaha :D

cool ! yg laen smua d acak n dapet anak PRC sbgai roommate nya.. hahaha

ga enak nya kamar ku itu, aku dpt kamar yg bekas d pake ma anak laen, soal ny kmr ku d lantai 5...

nah yg dpt d lantai 7 k atas kamar nya baru smua... ==

kamar ku kotor lg pas aku pndh ==

jd stelah pindahan kita bersih" kamar de..

what a tiring day ==

24 Dec 2009

Hari ini Christmas eve :D hahaha

I went to bugis with natcha n jesereen...

it was after our half day bridging class with ms cheryll :D

today she bought a cake for us and we ate it together... xD

any way,,

after finishing our shoppin

g from bugis we went to Orchard :D

Jam 7 aku ada janji sama auntie mable di one fullerton dket merlion

kita d ajak makan sama tmn nya ai mable di Forlino..

it was great! mkanan e high class haha

keren banget tmpat nya,,

view nya amazing :D

i drank 2 glasses of wine and 2 glasses of champaign :D

but i wasnt drunk.. amAzing :D

i arrived back at the hostel at 12AM :D

what a nice day :D

25 Dec 2009

it was a very special day, as it was CHRISTMAS DAY :D

I went to orchard with Ella, natcha, Jes, Benz, Shawn hahahaha

then we ate buffet at swensens !! :D we were also joined by other school thai schlars :D

it was fun !! we ate till our stomach felt like it was going to explode, :D

then we walked around orchard at night..

it was freaking crowded

the roads were blocked

everyone roamed around the roads hahahaha

:D

I accidentally met titi in borders today ! :D

26-31 Dec 2009

Hari ini tmn" dr Sby dateng .. yey !! ahahha XD

Steven , Kevin , (james nyusul) hahahaa

aku njemput mreka k airport n hbs gt d ajak k rumah ko reggie (yg waktu itu aku masi ga tau nama nya) hahahaha

mlm itu aku n steven tiba" d suruh tampil tgl 27 nya d gereja !!

jadi dengan persiapan yg super dikit kita tampil .. hahahaha

nyanyi lagu : "Ini aku,, smua milik ku.." :D

lalu hari" ku d lanjutkan dgn jalan" bareng mreka"

Slaen itu...

karena mereka lah aku jadi lebih knal sama org" grjaa...

orang" trnytaa seru",, hahaha

soalnyaa.. biasa nya aku hbs grja sama tj n ridge, kita lgsg cabut , ga knal sapa" sihh hahaha

karena ada tmn" dr sby,, aku jadi sering jalan" sama org" grja jadi lbh kenal, n sejak itu

tiap selsai greja aku uda ga prna langsung cabut lagi :D hahahaha