Love and religion

I believe in love, and I do really believe in God.

What of two people whose love is powerful, whose love is immense and yet, their religious faiths are completely different?

Religion is a personal choice which is supposed to bring peace of mind and guide you to your life’s purpose. However, why are there so many problems and obstacles made in the name of religion?

Is it because we focus more on our differences more than our similarities? Do we “unconsciously” look for ways to not like others because they are different from us?  Gaps created because of religion. Love’s being aparted for the sake of religion. Differences do exist in the name of religion. And many still use religion to create a “me” and “you”, ..not “us”.

What’s going on here? Is it so naive that I still believe (and I really hope it’s true) that religion is there to unify, not separate?

 

Religions, I personally believe, are like books with different covers, names and supposedly different philosophies, but if you read between the lines, you’ll observe that every religion promotes and encourages the same basic virtues.

Well. Just my opinion.

This is what happen when your love and your religions go head to head.

rediscover my love for GaGa.

Yes, I’m in ♥ (again) with lady gaga. I used to like her hits “just dance” and it becomes #1 in my most played songs in iTunes. Even I once believed that this song has such power to lift up my mood, and turn my day into a better one. Hahaha.

Eh eh, eh eh,
There’s nothing else I can say,
Eh eh, eh eh,
I wish you never looked at me that way,

Seriously. Can’t stop.

And have you seen the videoclip? Awesomenesss! Cutee yet sexy in every way. She rocks!

hypocrisy, manipulation, and arrogance.

“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words”

“Hypocrisy is simply prejudice with a halo”

“Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way”

“Arrogance and rudeness are training wheels on the bicycle of life — for weak people who cannot keep their balance without them.”

Calling me one of the weaklings, but I cant stand any longer this world full of them.

Damn, what’s with me and this current cravings for Disney OST?

Ok I had this weird craving for disney songs, so i just played the whole Disney Albums in my iTunes.

And so, these are the disney songs that I chose tonight, with the lyric that (I thought) is so wonderful. (well, atleast for me. tee hee.)

1. You’ll be in my heart – by Phil Collins (Tarzan OST)

Why can’t they understand the way we feel?
They just don’t trust, what they can’t explain
I know we’re different but, deep inside us
We’re not that different at all

2. Beauty and the Beast – Celine Dion feat Peabo Bryson (B&tB OST)

Just a little change
Small, to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared

3. Reflection – Christina Aguilera (Mulan OST)

There’s a heart that must be free to fly
That burns with a need to know
The reason why
Why must we all conceal
What we think, How we feel

4. A Whole New World – Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle (Aladdin OST)

Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling

5. True to Your Heart – 98 Degrees [where the hell now are they?] feat Stevie Wonder (Mulan OST)

Your heart can tell you no lies
And when you’re true to your heart
I know it’s gonna lead you straight to me

6. the most ultimate one- Love Will Find A Way – Kenny Lattimore (Lion King 2 OST)

I know
Love will find a way
Anywhere I go
I’m home
If you are there beside me

Like dark turning into day
Somehow we’ll come through
Now that I’ve found you
Love will find a way

I was so afraid
Now I realize
Love is never wrong
And so it never dies

There’s a perfect world
Shining in your eyes
And if only they could feel it too
The happiness I feel with you

10 ways to be happy.

I found this on one of my friend’s notes, and i really cant agree more.

10 Sikap Agar Tetap Bahagia :

1. Janganlah khawatir.
Kekhawatiran adalah penyebab aktivitas dan pikiran kita tidak produktif…

ok. i need to stop worrying.. esp. to small matters

2. Jangan membiarkan ketakutan-ketakutan tak beralasan menguasai hidupmu.
Kebanyakan sesuatu yang kita takutkan tak pernah terjadi…

(crossing fingers)

3. Jangan menyimpan dendam.
Hal inilah yang paling besar dan paling menyita energi seluruh hidup kita..

EXACTLY! (well.. i’m trying to. and i think.. I THINK, i’m good at this)

4.Selesaikan setiap masalah satu per satu.
Hanya inilah cara menangani setiap persoalan..satu demi satu..

5.Semua masalah tak perlu dibawa tidur.
Hal tersebut buruk dan tak sehat, biasakanlah tidur dengan nyaman..

6. Jangan mencampuri masalah/urusan orang lain.
Mereka memiliki cara sendiri untuk menangani setiap masalahnya..

7.Jangan hidup pada masa lalu.
Nikmatilah masa lalu sebagai kenangan, namun jangan tergantung padanya. Konsentrasilah hidupmu pada kejadiaan saat ini dan anda akan bahagia sekarang..bukan hanya pada masa lalu..

8. Jadilah pendengar yang baik.
Hanya saat menjadi pendengar, seseorang mendapatkan dan belajar ide-ide baru dari orang lain..

9.Jangan biarkan rasa frustasi merusak dan mengatur hidupmu.
Kasihanilah dirimu lebih dari segalanya..Aktiflah dengan kegiatan-kegiatan positif…

10.Hitunglah rahmatmu.
Jangan pernah melupakan rahmat yang kita terima sekecil apapun, semakin banyak rahmat kecil yang kita kumpulkan akan semakin berarti bagi hidup kita..

Dont forget that He’s been so wonderfully great and amazing to us.. Zillion thanks would not be enough to express my gratitude for you, my dear God.. alhamdulillah ya Allah =)

so, find your ways to reach your own happiness :D

the GG’s Ep. Finale

Chuck: I was a coward running away again. But everywhere I went, you caught up with me. So I had to come back.
Blair: I want to believe you, but I can’t. You’ve hurt me too many times.
Chuck: Then believe me this time.
Blair: That’s it?
Chuck: [pauses] I love you, too. (they kiss)
Blair: Can you say it twice? (laughs) No, I’m serious, say it twice.
Chuck: I love you, I love you, I love you. (kissing)

MY FAVOURITE SCENE.. EVER! :D

A Strike of Mellowness.

Sometimes I feel that whatever I do, whatever decisions I make, end up become a bigger (and more complicated) problem elsewhere, or even hurting people that I care.

I know we can’t please everyone else, I know I should have not put others’ happiness upon my happiness, I know we can’t ever be perfect for the people, blah blah and blah, I know all those words, I know all those quotes.

But apparently, I have feelings. I have a super sensitive feeling in this kind of subjects, which sometimes I wish I hadn’t.

I wish sometimes I’d feel rather.. mundane.

or,

I wish sometimes I can’t feel anything. At all.

…

Not love, nor hatred.

Ola` :D

Been hiatus-ing for like.. ages.

and it feels great :)

However, some things did change, some events were inevitably happened, some people come and go.

Have i prepared for such change? No.

Did it affect me? Yes. Big time

Did I regret it? No. With all the hopes and wishes.

Did I survive? I believe so.

Did something revolutionary good happen after that? I cant answer that… yet. But hell yeah, I know it will be.

“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in, can hope to escape” (William S. Burroughs)

PS: Sorry for such lame blabbing. Too many things jumbled in my mind in this very current time.

…

Well.

Still enjoying ur life tho? Good. Keep up the good work :)

Because I know I do :)

Cool “war ads”

I found this on one of the marketing journal, and I felt the urge to look for some proofs. :p

*and later on, found the proofs on one of the famous young indonesian bloggers’ blog*

And apparently, they did! They had this “war” coming, through the use of their advertisments.

BMW started it:

Audi replied:

Subaru suddenly got into the driver’s seat as well:

and finally, some words (or, image) directly from the CEO of Bentley:

NICE eh? :p

pretty much made my day :)

25

Holla there!
woah. It’s been decades since my last post, isn’t it?
Well.. my deepest apology for not updating this blog (like, who cares? and oh, who’s reading this blog anyway??) (ahahaha)
My #1 argument is because I’m now in my lovely home country, Indonesia, and I’ve been enjoying life lately, so I did not have much time to update this blog.
(That sounds like a lie, but whatever)
Then my next argument is because I spend most of my “holiday” in Cilegon, the city of paradise (as Reman said, and I’m not making this up) yet it doesn’t have a proper internet connection. (again, WHO CARES?)
Well. I do apparently.

Ok.. so. My first post after a (not so) long hiatus.. is about “25 random things about me” stuffs that’s so happening right now in Facebook, and I cant resist its temptation.
(Seeing dejavu? Well that’s because you have read this sentence on my previous post xD)
(Ive been tagged on such application called “notes” and I did it before with the “16 random things” one, I thought it will be fun to re-do it again, added 9 more and find out that I have this many little thoughts that have been crawling lately in my mind).

25! Here goes!

1. I am a morning person. I cant stay up too late because it will end up in a painful and torturing headache and / or migraine after.
2. I have more boy friends than girls. I wonder why. If you say that “maybe you don’t like gossiping to much.. since girls tend to gossip everywhere and everytime and such”.. NO, I do love gossips, and turns out, I found boys become a better partner in gossiping than girls.
3. Yes, my boy friends, all of them, love to gossip.
4. I do have some girls friends. Don’t get me wrong. And I cherish them so much :)
5. I have this thing on fashion. I like seeing fashion magz, adoring branded bags (my oh my. The endless temptation), and mix-matching my clothes, yet I’m too afraid to show it to the world.
6. Then you may ask, why can I just get along with the girls since, fashion? D’uh. Girls LOVE that.
   And I shall answer with a big simple “I DON’T KNOW” answer.. since, I really do not know why. Maybe I found that boys are a lil bit more laid back and think logically while girls tend to handle everything with their “emotional / based on feeling -thoughts”
7. Which is funny. I think with my heart most of the time, not with my head.
8. My mom and dad are the best parents in the whole world. They have this different religion and such a different view about life-principles, yet it doesn’t seem to matter much. Well, maybe one or two.. but the rest? A big bold okay :)
9. I need to go shower now.. it’s already 11.24am
10. I hate to go shower, especially if it’s cold or it’s raining.
11. I used to hate kids, yet it suddenly changed when Aldo was born.
12. Aldo is my little brother and he weighs about 42kilos. It’s only 6kgs differences compared with Wulan who weighs 48-49.
13. I tend to get cranky everytime I feel so uncomfortable
14. I have a quite strong observation to people and their behaviour, and I tend to have a “feeling” to something that others can’t see (no, I’m not talking about mbak kunti and her friends).
15. My mom also admits #14, she said I’m too “peka” (I can’t find the proper english to replace this word hauahau)
16. I get ulcers so damn easy until I think I can get one medal from MURI or something. (YES, I HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW AFTER LAST WEEK I ALSO HAD ONE)
    (oh and remember that “cursed week” when I had 16 of em?)
    geez.
17. I love the old days when the old published comics still exists…. sigh. How it tortures me everytime I walk into Gramedia and seeing bunch of those new comics and instead of get excited, I got………… dizzy. (Comics under this “old stuff” category: Marichan (I used to be a collector of all the series.. From Marichan Silver to Shoes to Happy Mari-chan), All the “serial misteri” dengan strip warna biru gelap di atas dan di bawah terbitan Elex Media Computindo, All the “serial cantik”, also terbitan Elex Media Computindo, but mostly the series made by the author who makes “Mr. Friday, Pastel Mood, etc), SAILOR MOON (!!), Kindaichi, Conan (yes, it’s still there with new-er version), KungfuBoy the old version, Dragon Ball, Break Shot, etc etc etc!). AAAGGHHH IT DRIVES ME CRAZY!  Uh. Where were we?
    oh yeah, #17.
18. I’m a good listener.. indeed.
19. I love to eat. My biggest passion is food! Ofcourse I would prefer those with magnificent taste! (and cheap price, if needed).
    Great foods always make my day. As in, ALWAYS.
20. My favourite desserts? Ice cream :) and my favourite foods? JUNKFOOD. HAHAHA. Joking. I love (10000x) PASTA!
21. I tend to think about other people happiness a bit too much. My sister once yelled at me “Geez sis! Just relax and you need to learn how to be selfish! It doesn’t hurt sometimes!” and one of my bestfriend (you know who you are :p) told me to “get the hell out of that thing and have a nice little break for myself”
    But how on earth I can do that??
    I………………..
    …..really don’t know.
    (jadi curhat)
22. I prefer Mac to Windows.. yet for some reason (works or leisures) I miss to have Windows installed on my Mac.
23. My biggest dream is to make my parents proud of me, pay back everything they did to me, and KELILING DUNIAAA.
24. I prefer Serena to Blair (in Gossip Girl) and yeah, I support the Derena relationship! yeah! (in or out the scene with the Blake-Penn “real” relationship :p). Although.. Chair also make a cute couple!………….. Uh oh. Too much www.gossipgirlinsider.com xp
25. I love Jakarta yet I’m thinking about living in other country after I get married. (Preferably Switzerland.. or Fiji would also be nice. HAUAHUAHAUA)

Done!
It’s hard… Took me almost one hour (disambi yang lain sih) (hohoho) to do this.. But worth to try anyway.

See you all next time ! :D