Frank and Martha Blog

Just Happy

Thu, 8 Sep 2011 11:52:16 +0700

I know I haven't updated like I promised. We're back at school after lebaran break and back to being busy, but got something done that I was stressing about. So I just wanted to shout out I'M SO HAPPY!!

hehehehe...

Bored?

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:56:07 +0700

Yeah, I know... updates coming soon...

Adriel "Anak Band"

Fri, 3 Jun 2011 02:26:01 +0700

Yesterday was Ascension Day and we had a service at church combined with a special event they called "Grogol Got Talent." Not a competition, but an event where children up to 15 years of age were invited to show their talent to the congregation.

On the very last day of sign up Adriel finally was convinced to sign up by the committee. I think he partially agreed because even though it's only for children the committee assured Adriel he could sing with his Daddy if he wanted to.

So we were thinking of what to sing. I always liked the song "Kasih Yesus" but knew I wanted to combine it with another fun song because if I wanted Adriel to participate it wasn't for the "singing" talent that he had, but I just wanted to have him experience singing and performing in front of our church.

I kept thinking of a song I could combine it with until I also remembered that Adriel also loves to sing Justin Bieber's Baby. And after singing a part of it with my new wording to Frank he agreed. He also gave me the honors of coming up with the complete wording to go along with Kasih Yesus. Yeah, he's so sweet that way isn't he ;-)

After figuring out the wording we practiced for about a week. After a few days he had gotten all the words memorized, but still needed work on the melody. Then we needed another few days to get the motions in place.

This is what we ended up with:

People kept commenting, "Wah, anak band nih... anak band..." They also clapped a lot and were laughing in fun... I think that made him even more nervous and that's why he canceled all the motions. You could see his face was all serious and a bit frowning. He didn't understand that people enjoyed it. That's because everyone was mostly quiet during everyone else's performance...

Now, he didn't completely hit all the right tones, he was too nervous to do all the motions we learned but he did do a great job that his Mommy is so proud of. Afterwards, we went to the mall to have lunch and also we got him a watch. That's also a long story.

Anyway, here are the wordings, sorry Justin Bieber, no royalty for you, we just wanted to have fun with our boy at church :D

Kasih Yesus indah, indah, oh indah
Kasih Yesus indah, indah, oh indah

Lebih indah dari pelangi. |
Lebih indah dari bintang di langit. |. 2x
Lebih indah dari bunga di padang. |
Oh Yesusku... |

Kasih Yesus indah oh...
Kasih Yesus manis oh..
Kasin Yesus indah oh...
Lebih indah dari pelangi...

Saat ku main
Saat tidur
Pergi sekolah
Main di rumah
Kasih Yesus
Selalu ada
Dan tak akan pernah meninggalkanku...

KasihNya indah
KasinNya mulia
Lingkupiku
Sertaiku
Dia janji kasihNya s'lalu baru
Dan indah bagaikan pelangi
Ku nyanyi...

Kasih Yesus indah oh...
Kasih Yesus manis oh..
Kasin Yesus indah oh...
Lebih indah dari pelangi...

Kasih Yesus indah, indah, oh indah
Kasih Yesus indah, indah, oh indah

Lebih indah dari pelangi.
Lebih indah dari bintang di langit.
Lebih indah dari bunga di padang.
Oh Yesusku...

Kasih Yesus indah oh...
Kasih Yesus manis oh..
Kasin Yesus indah oh...
Lebih indah dari pelangi...

Dihidupku
Dihidupmu
Dihidupku
Dihidupmu
Kasih Yesus

Not knowing: Sets you free

Fri, 20 May 2011 18:56:31 +0700

Aaaah... weird but true.

Why is it that sometimes we love to torture ourselves? Knowing that doing something is bad for you, you keep wanting to do it. When the access was there, I knew looking something up wasn't going to do me any good. But when the opportunity was there, I just couldn't resist. I kept wanting to look it up. I kept checking it. And it kept hurting me. It kept putting more stress on me. But I couldn't resist. I kept going back.

But today, I apparently did a huge no-no... and then the access was cut off from me. I was not one of the privileged any longer. And *POOF* the burden is now gone. I still have that itch. I wanna know what else is going on there... and I might look into it... but since that access is not as easy as it used to be... you know what? It has actually set me free. I don't know what's going on right now, but now I don't have to see the words that torture me... I don't have to see those hurtful words. I don't have to endure the shame and pain any longer. The feeling is so physical I can actually feel the muscles in my shoulders actually relax...

And there I see Frank smiling and singing "Words won't hurt me no more..." Oh yeahh....

Hapsari oh Hapsari

Fri, 6 May 2011 05:07:39 +0700

I've told people how lucky I've been to get my gmail username account. I was one of those early takers of the email from google when it first started out by invitation only. I don't remember who sent me the invitation, but I guess Indonesian users were few and far between back then so I had my pick of usernames.

When Gmail started to be a popular choice I would get emails that were trying to change the password. I could only assume that people did that by mistake because it obviously wasn't me. Either that or they were trying to trick me by approving it. Fat chance, hah!!

Then came the annoying part. Somebody started sending me pictures of his private parts. And not even pleasant to look at. Yuck. I hope it wasn't intended for me, and hopefully he meant to send it to the other hapsari's in the gmail sphere. Which I googled this morning. There are plenty of somebody.hapsari@gmail.com out there. Mine didn't show up in the first few pages of the search so I'm glad.

I also often get work emails from people intended for a Retno Hapsari I believe. I wish I knew how to misuse this information. The evil in me is sparked... but could never carry it out.

So Somebody Hapsari out there, please ask your colleagues to type in your email address properly. And get the weirdo who likes to show off to remove me from his list.

6 years old

Sun, 1 May 2011 23:15:52 +0700

Yup, tomorrow will be Adriel's 6th Birthday. His Opa says his age now will use 2 hands. That's why tonight we were busy preparing stuff for his celebration at school tomorrow. I made stickers to stick on his birthday party favor. I added some decorations for the blog but all the picutres are the same. Thought I'd share with you...

Chinese Music Orchestra

Sun, 1 May 2011 08:22:49 +0700

It was made compulsory. So I dragged Frank along with me. I will reserve my comments for the more appropriate channels, but let's just say Frank was not impressed by the first BBS show he attended. Hehehehe... here's one shot we got...

Brain-break

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:50:40 +0700

I needed a brain break this weekend. Didn't want to think. It worked. I think I'm ready to face the new week ahead.

A happy Easter to all of you who celebrate. Sorry a day late :D

A glimpse into Adriel's mind

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:26:41 +0700

I say this because it's a typical drawing that he can come up with on a daily basis. Adriel is only allowed to watch a selection of things and right now he's back to enjoying Thomas. His all time favorite of course is all about cars. See below to understand that this would be an example to what goes on in that little mind of his...

I love the detail that he puts into his drawings. He is starting to write text to explain things... like the "nino-nino-nino..." Like the "jet-api" and then an arrow... And for the first time he wrote "Gambar ini adalah keselamatan" to explain his theme, then added hospitals, ambulances, and crosses everwhere. He also has a tow truck helping a broken car and a person falling down the mountain he says... yes, some rescuing going on there as well... When he showed this to me he said, "Mommy, Iel can draw cross on his own now..." So it was actually the theme of the picture...

Oh, and notice the train with the number on it... reminiscent of Thomas right? Hmm... except number three is Percy I think...

Be a People Person - Chapter 2

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:24:09 +0700

Chapter 2 is difficult. Difficult in that it is difficult to implement. In only one chapter Maxwell manages to give homework for like... a lifetime... The title is What Draws Others to Me? and essentially it's about charisma. How the great leaders all have it and that Maxwell says that anyone can learn to have it.

Like I said, there are a ton of things for me to work on in this area, but I guess I'll just concentrate on the first part of the chapter where he says that charisma is about getting others to feel good about themselves, instead of having them feel good about you. I guess we often worry so much about what others think of us that we end up getting caught in thinking more about ourselves in the end.

Before I picked up this book from the pile in my living room, I was in the middle of reading Don't sweat the small stuff by Richard Carlson. This book has 100 short chapters in it and I was only up to around the teens. Like 15 or 16 or somewhere there. This book is also very helpful because it helps me to let go of my "stress" a little... Anyway, I mention it because there are some parallels in these two books. Both emphasize the need to remove yourself from the center, and to put others ahead of you. Think of the other person. Give them the attention, the praise, the time. And in doing so, we end up being the one that benefits. These concepts are so Biblical.

Anyway, I'm taking my time in reading, not just because of shortage of precious time, but it also allows me to mull the ideas over while trying to implement them a little by a little.

Push on. :D