TAG

Got this tag from bzbee .....
bz betul lah this bee, from tags, quizz..... all she did! hehee

[01] Do you ever wonder what your ex is up to?
- not really, but I know how is he. ( his parents house is near by my parent's , that's y la)

[02] Have you ever been given roses?
- yes.....for my bday, v-day, but the most impressive one was one given by a dear friend in Shanghai after the birth of Indy, I got 100 pcs of white roses! SO HUGE! and beautiful
I also got BLACK ROSES from dh once.. ( actually I force him to find BLACK one since red one was so ordinary but when i got it , I said HAH SO UGLY???? then he went mad and said : you ASKED me to find it, and do you know how much it cost????? .....)

[03] What is your all-time favorite romance movie?
- gone with the wind

[04] Had a Long Distance Relationship?
- for a while
when i was in jakarta, dh in spore and he was in Sydney I was in hongkong

[05] Do you believe in this saying-What goes around comes around?
- absolutely

[06] Do you want to get married?
- yes and no

[07] How many kids do you want to have?
- 2 and TUTUP KILANG!

[08] Whats your favorite color(s)?
- blue, purple, black , white

[09] Who was the last person you held hands with?
- the girls

[10] Do you believe in love at first sight?
- No... crush or lust maybe

[11] Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
- of course

[12] At what age did you start noticing the opposite gender?
- eh? maybe primary?

[13] Do you like anyone?
- yes...

[14] Do you know someone who likes you?
-yes....

[15] Do you love anyone?
- of course la kan....

[16] Do they know you like/love them?
- of course lakaaaan... hehehe

[17] Why did you and your most recent ex break up?
- ish....12 years ago? history laaa...basi sudah basii...

[18] When did you two last speak to one another?
- ehmm 3 years? 4 years? or 5 years ago? I met him with his wife.

[19] Would you get back together with your ex?
- no .

[20] What comes to your mind when you think of love?
- love is kind and generous but love also hurts sometimes

[21] Is there anyone who knows you inside and out?
- hmm i think so.... my closest friends

[22] Tag anyone?
- i will tag the young moms...hahha
bonnie, and Tanya... or anybody who read this blog and this that you are a young mom...then do it !

Do it! don't complaint, no excuses... ok....

last minute gathering

last minute gathering
Originally uploaded by nsrocco

Surprise!! I got A B

Your Observation Skills Get A B-

Your senses are pretty sharp (okay, most of the time) And it takes something big to distract you!

How Observant Are You?

Family vs Friends

Again saw this from BZBEE

You Are Somewhat Closer to Your Family

Your family isn't perfect, but you wouldn't trade them for another family. And when it matters, your family is there for you. You have great friends, and your friends do play an important role in your life. But with your family, your connection is deeper and stronger than it could ever be with friends.

Are You Closer to Your Friends or Your Family?

My feet

Saw this one from Miranda, and so I take this quiz as well... ( Deana...come on try this!! hehee )

What Your Feet Say About You:

You are more expressive than most people. You let everyone know how you're feeling - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Yes, I am bubbly...LOL and usually I don't hide my feeling.Specially to close friends. You are a very passionate person. You are highly charged and easily inspired. Depends....but people can easily tell if I am into something... You are an assertive person at times. You'll pull out all the stops to get what you want, if it's worth it. If it's worth it, I don't give up easily...When I want something, I will try my best to get it... ( like when I want a "new bag"...I will get it with or without my husband knowledge or help. IF I REALLY want it la.. hehehehe) Actually I am waiting for "The" new bag. hahaha You take a while to fall in love, but once you do, you stay pretty attached to your partner. VERY VERY TRUE...indeed I think If I didn't meet my husband, until now I am still be single. SHH don't tell him.... But even as teenager, I don't easily attracted to boys , I was pretty snobbish and choosy when come to boys.( and I thought, ISH... I don't like to go out with foreigner guy...;@) ) Believe it or not my mom push me to date and go out with guys when I was 15-18 years old. hahaha so sad....But don't get me wrong, I like to see cute guys and admiring God's gorgeous creation ! ;p But I was so happy spending time with my girlfriends. And never regret it! I did what i want , no one bother me, and for me at that time, boyfriends just will limit my activities and got jealous over nothing. So I was into GIRL POWER!!!! You are not afraid of anything. You are brave and courageous, even when most people would be terrified. err depend on what, on bungee jump? no thanks. You are intellectual and philosophical. You are more concerned with thoughts than action. Maybe sometimes... You are an amazingly hard worker. You aren't spoiled and you don't mind getting your hands dirty. True..... I am not spoiled. And I work hard , and a true believer , nothing good comes easily, and nothing to loose if I work hard. So I know I must work hard . That is my parent's advice. You are easily influenced by other people. You're quite impressionable, so you should only be around people who are a good influence. If I think it is good and not a negative things I don;t mind to do it. :)

What Do Your Feet Say About You?

The Prayer

To continue the previous post about World Unity I think one of may favorite song, really put it in the best way....
This song is by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli, The newest version is by Celine Dion and Josh Groban. And there is another version by Charlotte Church and Josh Groban
I think if we listen to the lyrics , it is really speak about peace and unity, and let us to have faith no matter what religion we are, with His Grace and Guide, we can be wiser human being

I put a little translation from the Italian version, and i think it is beautiful.
PS : Josh Groban Italian accents is flawless, and love him and his wonderful voice!

I pray you’ll be our eyes
And watch us where we go
And help us to be wise
In times when we don’t know

Let this be our prayer
As we loose our way
Lead us to a place
Guide us with your grace
To a place where we’ll be safe

La luce che tu dai
I pray we’ll find your light
Nel cuore restero
And hold it in our hearts
A ricordarchi che
When stars go out each night
L’eterna stella sei
Nella mia preghiera
Let this be our prayer
Quanta fede c’e
When shadows fill our day
Lead us to a place
Guide us with your grace

Give us faith so we’ll be safe.
Sogniamo un mondo senza piu violenza
We dream for a world without violence
Un mondo di giustizia e di speranza
Ognuno dia la mano al suo vicino
Simbolo di pace e di fraternita

A world of Justice and of Hope.
Each of us will give hand to our neighbor
As the symbol of PEACE and FRATERNITY

La forza che ci dai
We ask that life be kind
E’il desiderio che
And watch us from above
Ognuno trovi amore
We hope each soul will find
Intorno e dentro a se
Another soul to love

Let this be our prayer
Let this be our prayer
Just like every child
Just like every child

Needs to find a place,
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe
E la fede che
Hai acceso in noi
Sento che ci salvera

In the eyes of a child

Out of the blue I was remembering the 1998 anti Chinese riot in Indonesian , mostly and the most scary was in Jakarta. Where my family live and where I was born and grew up.
This topic will always be a heart breaking one for any Indonesian Chinese. It's been more than 10 years but the scar of the tragedy is still there.

With God's help , I was not in Jakarta when that happened . If I were there I think my parents would be so terrified and horrified to think about my safety as they killed and raped the Chinese young women. God knows what else they did to those poor women.

I don't know what brought me to write about this out of the blue, I know this is a very sensitive issue still until today. The race , the religion differences will always be a sensitive case , I hope one day that can be change. We are the same in the eyes of our Creator and I believe there is no religion that teach their people to act like devil's slave.

I came up to Googled up the Indonesian Riot 1998. And found the videos and photos and reports of the tragedy, I saw the place near my parent's home, near my school , the place where I always went to as a kid and teenager being burned down. That still bring me chilled to my bones until this second. And the feeling of those people , witnessing and experiencing it , are beyond words can describe. Please do not try to Google about it if you are not ready to see what had happened , The video and story ( narrated in Mandarin) show a very cruel and violent thing. And it is all real.

Thanks God , my family and relatives are all ok. But we lost a few of our belongings, My cousin lost the first store his father ever build with tears and sweat , many has lost their cars. But for us it is still a blessing as we don't lost any lives of our loved one. I can tell a lot more stories about what had my family went through, but I choose not to post about that.And also I don't want to post any photos about that.


My dad told me , He never been so terrified in his all life before, he was there during the Japanese invasion in Jakarta, during the Dutch Colony, but that was the country's war , But during the riot of 1998, he said he was so terrified as he knew that WE are the TARGET, WE are the VICTIM and there was no where to run. For us Indonesia is our country , but the political situation that time made the Ethnic Chinese as the victim .

I think this is why I am more forgivable and more accepting flaws in the government in any countries. No one is perfect and it is not easy to run a country, BUT...
if the country is still in a good place , good hand , and has PEACE and FREEDOM to all of it's citizens , I think I CAN LIVE with THAT.


I also very aware of NOT to raise my children to differentiate race , religion or ethnic in their daily life in a negative ways. I am more into letting them know that we are part of the world's citizens , every body is unique and we should respect them. And not too limit to be friends with certain ethic and avoid friends from other ethnic and religion.


It make me remembered that a couple weeks back , when we walked home, I saw a white man in the car waved his hand to Indy , and Indy wave back and said bye teacher!!!!

I was surprise of course, and asked : is that guy one of your teacher?
He is a Caucasian, since when you have a Caucasian man as your teacher?
She asked me : What is Caucasian mean?
I said : Mat saleh, bule, orang putih, white man....you know?

Then I wonder if she realized that her dad is Caucasian as well.
So I said: " hm you see mama and papa? can you tell that papa is white ? and mama is Chinese/Asian?"
Her answer to my surprise was " your skin is also white!!! just like papa! my skin is also white, and Maya skin is also white"

**** and I think she is right!!!*****

For her , that makes no different. So I asked again :
Is your friend , Siti ( not the real name ) is Malay?
She said : hmm I don't know...maybe...but she is not fasting . Because most Malay must fast and celebrate Hari raya.
I explained that maybe her friend is still too young to fast.

Then I asked again : do you know what Indian people celebrating?
She said : deepavali!
And I asked " can you tell if someone is Indian?"
She frowned and said " NO...unless..when they wear the traditional dress, Sari, and when they put the diamond in their forehead, then I can tell that they are Indian"

She know some of her friends and teacher are Muslim, because they celebrate Hari Raya and fasting, but for her, we are all the same. She still can't tell the people race by their look. However I am glad that the school teach the students about the differences , they tell about Chinese celebrating Chinese new year and moon cake festival for example and Indian celebrating Deepavali, and Malay celebrating Hari Raya,then for Christian they celebrating Christmas and Easter.
So that are important to teach children about that, to let them appreciate others too

Last week when we went out with a Chinese Muslim friend ( you know who you are, if you are reading this), Indy made a comment :
Wah Chinese can celebrate Hari Raya also ?
( btw Indy knows that that Aunty is Chinese because she speaks Mandarin to her son)
So I told her, yes, Chinese can be Muslim and Celebrate Hari Raya and fasting as well.

Later on I explained to her that some of my cousins are Muslim as well.

So it made me think that what us as an adult see and feel, in the eyes of a child that all really doesn't matter.

And I think it is beautiful to see life in the eyes of a child...

We are all the same no matter what...

I am always AIR

Your Element Is Air

You dislike conflict, and you've been able to rise above the angst of the world. And when things don't go your way, you know they'll blow over quickly. Easygoing, you tend to find joy from the simple things in life. You roll with the punches, and as a result, your life is light and cheerful. You find it easy to adapt to most situations, and you're an open person. With you, what you see is what you get... and people love that!

What's Your Element?

I always got Air as my element.