The extended holidays, they call it.

This week I am having 3 days school off - Wed, Thurs, and Friday. However, since my other course and teaching are not off, I can't go anywhere far from Taipei. -_-".

Wednesday, just felt to spend the day at home. So I didn't join my friends to go out. At night still had to go for French class.

Thursday, I decided to go to the Park behind my house to exercise (a need to burn some calories..). Spent about 2 hours there [running and walking]. The weather was very cold yesterday and days before though. In the afternoon, I went to work, till night. I haven't gotten my salary yet though. Was expecting it last night, but my boss didn't say anything even til I left the place. -_-". Oh well..

Friday [today], at first I thought of taking a friend of mine to Danshui since she hasn't been there before. But this morning she said that she's going to her friend's house. So then, I randomly thought of going to Fulong beach (heard it's a nice beach) and with the sun up there, how beautiful that would be. =) But it didn't happen. Oh well, will ask more people to go with next time, with a proper planning bien sur.
In the end, me, Nia and Rm. Pras decided to go to the Miniature Museum of Taiwan. It was nice. The museum is not big but it took us -+ one and a half hours to finish it.
From there, I straight away went for class.

Tomorrow some of us are going to have lunch with Sr. Valentine [Indonesian]. I told her that we're gonna cook for her (yea, right.. haha). But now I am still thinking about what to cook tomorrow, and HOW we're gonna cook the dishes, and esp. HOW to bring it to the University, since we have no containers at home! ah, God will make a way.. We'll find it out somehow tomorrow ^^, I hope I am not gonna screw it up. :|

This sunday, I am planning to visit my family in Taipei. It's been more than a month since I last visited them. Upps... hehehe...

Retreat [Lent]

Last weekend, Saturday til Sunday (28-29 March) I went for a Retreat [Indonesian]. I could say that it was a last minute decision, cos at first I didn't plan to go for it. But God somehow invited me to go, so I took this opportunity to get closer to him as I spent more time with Him there and with someone guiding me (us).
The retreat was held in Taishan - nearby my university and Fr. Wawan was the one guiding us.
They were [I think] 27 of us in total, 2 Priests, 1 Sister, 1 Brother, and the rest is us, the students and working ones.



The retreat was about our call to follow Jesus. [c.f. Luke 5:1-11].
Here's one of my point: "For Peter who was always not ready to be Jesus' disciple, who even neglected to admit that Jesus is a Messiah; God still chose Him. Why? It is because of his weaknesses..(which he later realized about) God loved him no matter what.

In 1 Corinthians 1:27, it is mentioned: "God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong" 29:"so that no one might boast in the presence of God". So that those who are 'more' will not be overwhelmed by what he has, cos everything in him/her, is all given by God, all is coming back to Him..

Therefore, do not be discouraged to come to Him. Now is the best time to do so, during this Lenten season. God is there waiting for you and me, to come back to Him. and here, the Sacrament of Reconciliation is the answer.. It's -+ 2weeks before Easter. Let's be like Peter who turned back to Jesus because of His love and merciful grace, Amen.
Have a blessed Lenten season.

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My room, the bed is so comfortable, way much more comfortable than my bed in my own room [in Taiwan].

My roomie [Dessy] during the retreat ^^,
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EARTH HOUR 2009

EARTH HOUR 2009.

March 28, 2009 at 8.30PM.

Please vote by turning your lights off for an hour.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CRs-7lRlPo

a simple thing can make a BIG difference!

Perkedel ala Moi

I wanted to make Perkedel [re. Indonesian food] today. It's more or less the same as mashed potato, but this is fried.
I've never made one before, so today was my first attempt to do one.
Since I am just a poor student, I just used whatever available at home to make it.
Here goes the ingredients..
- Potato
- Cucumber
- Fillet Fish
- Salt
- Egg

There you go.
But, wait, it wasn't as successful as I wanted it to be. The mashed potato was too soft, til I couldn't make it into shape. I called my mom to get some advice. [hAhA]. But she had no idea what could I do since I don't have flour also. Then another brilliant idea came into my mind. Put something else into it. So I took my instant noodle, broke it, and put it into the mashed potato. And it worked! It got into shape! haha.. Just like what you see on the picture above.. ^^,

I used 5 potatoes and I thought it was a lot. Too much for me and for my housemates to try.
HOWEVER, I offered it to them and told them to try it before they went out [they were about to go out for lunch], and I just put it on the table outside. Who knows, they FINISHED it!! When they gave me the empty plate, I was like .. shocked.. stunned. But of course, I couldn't show how surprise I was.. Luckily, I still had some on the other plate, the ones - not good one. haha.
Just look at the picture above, all the Perkedel just gone.. Oh my..
Couldn't give it to Nia to try (so sorry..).
But the good thing is that, I didn't eat which means that I don't put a lot of calories in my stomach. xoxo..

When I remember about this, just makes me wanna laugh.. One full plate of Perkedel, just gone like that.. But anyway, this is also Lenten season, so I take it as my sharing to others. (",) And in fact, I love it when people like what I cook. lol. I am serious! ^^,

Hosea

Don't you think this is beautiful?
I went for Sunday mass today at my University, and this song was being sung [again]. Last week this was also being sung. I wonder if God wants to tell me something..

Ximending

Today I decided to chill-out, shopping for some clothes for the Spring/Summer time here.. (since I did not bring a lot of clothes to Taiwan cos I thought I was just gonna be here for 1 term, during the Winter).
Besides, it's been some time since I last shopped for clothing. =P

At first, I was supposed to meet up with a friend, but it was cancelled due to timing problem.
Today I didn't have the mood to cook also. =(
But anyways, I decided to go to Ximending with a Korean friend. and we shopped together. I feel good for today's shopping. hehe. Especially because I could share with somebody the price of the clothes by buying more than 1 piece. =) For all the 2 places where we bought the clothes from, we got cheaper than what we'd have to pay if buying only 1 piece.

Then we also went for dinner together. I felt so bad, because I wanted to go for a more reasonable price dinner, yet, I ended up ruining my ... [Lesson to learn: don't try something that will cost you a lot more.] My friend could not (still) take Taiwan food. And I ordered something famous from Taiwan for her to try, but instead, she couldn't take it.. [really sorry..]. Thinking what a waste it'd be, I ended up finishing her meal. [yes, I ruined my.. -not diet, ok-]
Then we went for Cold Stone Ice Cream (Lebay, I finally tried it! hehe). It was nice =)
Overall, I guess today was a pretty relaxing day.. We'll see how it will be tomorrow. Gotta finish up my Reseach Proposal.. Pray for me. ^^,

(This is Ximending.. but the picture was taken a long time ago.. like.. end of last year? =P)

Yang Ming Shan

When the winter has gone and the spring has come..

The most impressive sight captured in my eyes..

Have a beautiful day,
the.fridz-

La guitare

Je tu presente, ma nouvelle amie, la guitar! ^^,

Merci pour Brother John, pour me l'empruter.

Teman diwaktu malam, sebelum tidur ^^