'God speaking to me..'

It's October 21th today so you can say I've been in the UK for almost 2 months.. omg time flies so fast!
I've been nowhere except my last short trip to London and my visa will be expired in 8 months.. :\

anyway I have this urge of sharing something that I got from church earlier..
I believe many of you have heard this line, "God speaking to me that..", "I heard God's voice telling me that.." and so on. And I also believe most of you are not sure if God really speaks or have spoken to you. Cos sometimes I do.

But here's one good illustration of how it works.
You must have experienced this, that when you are answering a phone call with unknown number, yet you suddenly know that it is that particular person who calls you, unless he/she is trying to fake their voice. The reason is because you know him/her so well until no one can lie to you. Cos he is your friend, your close one..
And this example is also applicable for your relationship with God.
How do you know when God speaks to you? How do you know when it's HIS voice and not your own thoughts?
How do you know if it's God's calling when you don't even know His voice? *bang!*

When you don't set aside your time to talk to Him, or even you do so but it just become your regular activity, you might lose that connection with God. You don't hear His voice. You might now even know how His voice is like.

I don't think I need to explain the rest cos all of you must have known what to do next :)

Life is challenging, but it doesn't have to be difficult.

Let God take controls!

Have a joyful week ahead ;)

2 plus 1

One thing I haven't mention on my last post.. I am now officially and legally being twenty one! *claps*
God is sooo good! Since my 17th birthday, I always have a memorable birthday every year. And my last birthday could be the most memorable and dumbest birthday ever!!

So it happened that I was planning to celebrate my birthday with some new friends I met at the orientation.. I was excited (absolutely) and had everything planned beforehand until I found out that my passport was... gone just about one day before my birthday. I. was. extremely. worried.
I've been looking for my passport for 5 days like everywhere, every spot that I could think of. Room: checked. Campus: checked. Shopping malls: checked. I even went to the police but it happened that they didn't take any report for lost passport anymore. Tried to call Indonesian embassy like dozen times but the line couldn't get through (hello? u guys there?). I first planned not to tell my mom about this but I just couldn't handle it that I told almost everyone I connected with at that time to ask for prayers and little bit of support *shy*

Here are some tips for those of you who happened to lost your passport:
1. Be panic! 10-15 minutes should be enough and after that stay calm. You can't think of anything if you get panic. Try to remember the last place you keep your passport and every single places you have visited recently.
2. Try to look for it slowly and carefully. It might slipped between your clothes, or it was under your bed and covered with something, or you dropped it somewhere else. Try to search for it two or three times until you sure its not there.
3. Find your Student Service in the campus/uni. They could help you a lot as they did for me. I reported my lost almost a week after it's gone since I thought I could handle it myself but I actually wasted pretty much time worrying. The counselor helped me to call the embassy even it still couldn't get through at that time. *why oh why* -_____________- so he emailed the embassy as I did earlier and finally the embassy contacted him! they didn't reply my email tho.. *keep wondering why..* :(
4. If you still can't find it, maybe it's time to let it go.. Don't get too attached with your past but move on. Haa! :P you might need to get through several steps to apply for a new passport then a new visa (maybe?) Sorry I couldn't give you much info about this since I've finally found my passport **hooray** - couldn't let you know where I found it since it's the most absurd place one thing could lost-
But from what I found on google, you need to re-apply your visa like the first time: get all your validated papers ready and pay the same *or even bigger* amount for it (around 400 pounds)..

So you still want so carelessly put your passport away??

Queen's neighbor, huh?

So good to be back! Are you guys alright? (british accent) ;)

This excitement can go on and on since I am finally here in the UK. Can't believe myself that one of 2012 New Year's resolution has finally achieved! I don't even remember writing it down on my note till I found out while packing my stuffs back at home.. amazing right?  :')

Anyway it has been exactly two weeks since I left home. No more jet lag, always have a good meals, lots of walking, and I even have a good sleep everyday.. hahaha *wondering why* since on my first few weeks in Malaysia three years ago, exactly the same feeling (homesick), I always woke up in the midnight feeling lonely *shy*

So it happened.. I took a long 15 hours flight from Jakarta - Dubai - Birmingham but it was a pleasant trip, surprisingly. Oh wait, my advise before you took any flight: most airlines offer online check-in nowadays so you better do it since it cuts the super long queue, and you can even choose your seats *I'm a newbie, so that's why..*
I didn't know uni's life could be this different compared to what I usually see. Haa! It's a good thing though..
1. The Uni spent two weeks just to welcome the new students (which is a good thing since we need to familiarize with the city, weather, people, and so on..) They have a different activities everyday to let the students blend with the others! *I didn't experience this when I was in college*
2. Fresher Fair! I didn't know that Uni could be this fun! On my previous college, I barely saw 100 students in one day HAHAHA so don't ever mention hundreds of people, tens of communities giving out freebies and promoting their clubs, and have some fun outside the campus! *loveit*
3. I barely had one-on-one tutorial back then, so just yesterday I met one of my lecture and she is lovely! Once again, I didn't know Uni can be this concerned with their students, about how they fit in with the people and accommodation in Birmingham, just to create a pleasant studying environment. *clap*
4. To be honest, I was expecting a very big and old and scary campus building to give that 'Hogwarts' feeling.. lol But anyway my BIAD (Birmingham Institute of Arts and Design) campus isn't bad either. It's kinda hard to find the building at first since it hides between Aston campus buildings, but since the people is really helpful, I like it! (the canteen is pretty small tho. I can't find seat during lunch hours)
5. Old proverb says, "Seek knowledge up to the China",  but I guess now it has changed since lotssss of the Chinese themselves studying in the UK :P

There are so much other things that I have yet to know.. nevertheless it keeps me excited! *yayy*

some places I found on the first weeks in B town

during Art Festival 2012

such a lovely building

can't. resist. it. anymore

God loves you

Lots of things came thru my mind today. Been in holiday mood for a month now is not a good thing, I guess. I am not that free actually. I have sewing/drawing class twice a week. I have plenty of books to be read. I have a lot of stuffs to be sorted out. Movies to be watched. Puppy to be taken care for. Meal and cake recipes to be experiment with.. lol, But why do I still feel so not-productive?

Once said, it's a matter of your mind. Whether you want to feel happy or sad.
It is fully true. We all women act with our feeling. That's a good thing indeed, yet that's not how you suppose to see the world with :)

This morning I realized that some women (and men) put their selves to be the center of everything. Career, hobby, money is what matter most. Some others put their loves one to be the center of their world (ex.boyfriend, husband, err children maybe?). This isn't a bad thing, but what if at one time this 'world', accidentally or not, failed your expectation? What if your husband left you, your children disappoint you, your boyfriend ignore you? Then your world might falling apart, you don't have any strength or spirit to move on, everything seems so boring, etc etc.
That is why I got to this point.. God has to be the center of your world.
He never ever fails you. He loves you. Very much.
People disappoint you sometimes, it's normal. But God does not.
People cheat on you. God won't. Cos He is the source of Love ;)


I Corinthians 13: 4-7 (NKJV)
⁴ Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; ⁵ does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; ⁶ does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; ⁷ bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

The Message version

^3-7If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.

   Love never gives up.
   Love cares more for others than for self.
   Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
   Love doesn't strut,
   Doesn't have a swelled head,
   Doesn't force itself on others,
   Isn't always "me first,"
   Doesn't fly off the handle,
   Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
   Doesn't revel when others grovel,
   Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
   Puts up with anything,
   Trusts God always,
   Always looks for the best,
   Never looks back,
   But keeps going to the end.


Why do you so in need of people's love and attention when God gives you more than that?