What a busy month

March is a busy month for accountant, tax consultant and auditor, isn't it? Are you agree with me? Because it's a month which we must report our tax to tax office.

But for me, it's not just a busy month; it's also the worse month because this month I lost my mobile handphones at office! Yes, at my office, exactly in my table! O God, I can't believe it because we just used our limited access card at that day! And I still used it at 4.22 pm. I lost 2 mobile phones, my access card and also my favorite handphone case : orange batik case. This pushed me to buy a new handphone that I'd never thought before.

Now I get a bad cold and cough, need some time to take a rest.

Bye, friends ...

Views on Ageing

Today .. I receive an email from my friend about George Carlin's views on Ageing.
May be some of us worry about being old and ask where's the time gone...
So, I think this could help us and recharge us to continue our wonderful life.
This is a nice article and I want to share with you.
George Carlin at age 102: (Absolutely Brilliant)

George Carlin's Views on Ageing

Do you realise that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about ageing that you think in fractions.

'How old are you?' 'I'm four and a half!' You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

'How old are you?' 'I'm gonna be 16!' You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life .... . You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony. YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30 ; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there Into the 90s, you start going backwards; 'I Was JUST 92.'

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. 'I'm 100 and a half!'
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay 'them'

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.'

And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9.. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER :
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Share this with someone; like I do. We all need to live life to its fullest each day!!

Special February

Do you know why do I call Special February? Because it's a month that has only 28 or 29 days which one day of them people celebrate Valentine's day. Yes, celebration of love.

In this moment people usually show their loves by sending gifts like parcels, chocolates, flowers, etc. So, some people take this opportunity to make parcels, chocolates and flowers for sales. May be from this time you will find a lot of people selling flowers in the street. I've ever seen it, even at church :) And may be one of your friends sells cakes online like my friend do:


Now let me wish you a very Happy Valentine's Day. Spread the true LOVE to everyone in everywhere! May the poor also get some little piece of LOVE from our cake...

New Office Grand Opening

After pending for some time, finally on Friday, 23rd January 2009 we moved to our new office.
At that day we made New Office Grand Opening that means we say pray, sing, and ask the priest to bless our new office and of course last but not least .. eat!! :D

And voilaa here are the pictures :


My colleague from left to right :
Risma, Linawati Burhanuddin, Henny Widjaja, Pang Ai Lan, I Wayan Agus Saputra, Elen, Nelly Candra, Nuraini Harliman, Me and Elisabeth Waworuntu

Mr. Rizal, Vivi, Dewi, Me and Ani sister :



The touching moment is when one husband said thanks to his wife : "Thanks to my wife, who always by my side when I was in good and in bad, for better and for worse ... " until he became speechless because too many words in his mind that couldn't describe. So romantic, right? We were touched by their beautiful love.
Congratulations for our directors for having their own office building. I wish for a better tomorrow in 2009. Amen ...

Happy Chinese New Year - Ox Year

Chinese New Year's Cake :


Anne celebrated Chinese New Year at her school, Castle

After I post christmas decoration's pictures, now I want to show you about Chinese New Year's lantern & decoration at mall.

@ Senayan City :

@ Pacific Place :

Cake from K's bakery :

Zhu Ni Gong Xi Fat Chai :
Xin Nien Kuai Le, Sen Ti Zien Kang, Wan Se Ru Yi.
May God grant you and your family happiness, health and fortune through the year.
Happy Ox Year!

Anne's Video

Anne was dancing while watching Dora the Explorer (6 months old)

Anne was singing Barbie Diamond Castle ( 3 years old )

Holiday

First, let me to say Merry Christmas :

May the spirit of Christmas bring you Peace.
The gladness of Christmas bring you Hope
and the Warmth of Christmas bring you Love.
Have a blessed Christmas!

and Happy New Year :

New Year ...
New hope, new faith
Leave what's behind and look forward ..
Better Life, better days, better person for sure!

Before Christmas, I met my oldfriend from my elementary school in SMS, Serpong. So coincidence; we have never met to each other after elementary graduation. May be it's my early Christmas gift : so happy and excited to meet Agnes there. And today she tagged me in a picture at facebook (Yes, a picture when we were kids!!!). Thank you so much Agnes for that picture.

Then I started my holiday in Solo from December 23, 2008. Holiday means refreshing; far from daily activities. So, we ate our favorite food there. We ate bebek goreng Pak Slamet, Sate Pengging Mas Di, Soto Geger, Soto Gading, Nasi Liwet, Gudeg Yu Mari, Rujak, Brambang Asem, Sopsip, Bakso Kalilarangan, etc and of course, my Mom's delicious cooking. Hmm I missed them so much :)

We also celebrated Anne's 3rd birthday in Solo after she celebrated her birthday in Jakarta with her friends. Here we are when we celebrated Anne's 3rd birthday in Solo.

Like a princess :)

My family (without my sister because she spent her holiday in Bali) :

Anne and her cousin, Ping2 :

We visited Ungaran and ate famous delicious crab @ Roso Nyoto (Tauco and boiled crab) , before that we stayed for a while in a church near there to make a new year wishes and also to thank God for everything he had given to us.

Unique Christmas tree made from hats :

@ Pertapaan Gedono near Salatiga :

We also filled our holiday with stay in Bandungan. We played card, swam, ate tofu and drank soybean milk which were famous in Bandungan, also visited traditional market there.

Here are the pictures :

Hi-tech kid : 3 years old could play PSP!!!

Could do it without any help! OMG ..

Night at Bandungan :

Anne was swimming with her daddy .. Open daddy's eyes, Anne ...

So, we passed our holiday with gladness because we met our families in our hometown; satisfied because we ate everything that we missed so much in our hometown; freshness because we were far from daily activities. We thank God because everything was in appropriate with what we had planned. I wish that in 2009 we will have a better life and better days for all. Amen ...