this is my first time to do fasting.
it's a lil' bit difficult for me to do fasting, well i'm 24 years old and i never do fasting before.
i bet you will think that i'm weird, but let me explain first about my condition
i'm christian, and in my religion, we're not supposed to do fasting, i mean yeah, there are some words in Bible that persuade us to do fasting, but there's no rule that said that you have to do fasting.
so here i am, 24 years old and never do fasting, i do know that in our religion we have some fasting moment, but i never do fasting, even i never think about it.
and than, last week, my friend do one kind of fasting, i asked her, what kind of fasting did she do? and then she said she did Daniel's fasting. At that time I've nothing in my mind about that kind of fasting, so i asked her about that fasting and she explained to me, and she also asked me to read the Bible, Daniel 3.
and after went home, i read my Bible, and searching on internet about fasting in christian and then, i finally to do fasting.
and here i am, I've been doing fasting for 6 days, and I'm doing Daniel's fasting, it takes 21 days to do fasting and in this fasting you can only eat fruits and vegetables within 21 days.
to be honest, it's really really hard for me to do this fasting for some reason, the first is because this is my first time, so you know, there's a lot of temptation, the second is because I'm a rice lover and this have been 6 years I'm not eat any of rice, and i still have 15 days to go.
but because I've decided that I'm gonna do this fasting, so in this last one week, i can still do my fasting, even there are a lot of temptation, but fortunately, i still have my strength to do this fasting, and i hope i can finish my fasting successfully
oiaa, I'm not gonna try to explain about Daniel's fasting to all of you, because my knowledge about this fasting it's not good`enough, but I' gonna tell you this, in Christian, we do have fasting, even its not a must, but you can try to do some of our fasting, about the time of the fasting, you can read in the Bible or you can search on internet about our fasting moment. there are a lot of reason to do fasting, it depends on your needs. but i think the point of doing fasting is to live like Jesus, how can you take your time to realize how amazing and how blessed you are that God have create you just like Him.
i know its hard to do fasting, cause i feel it too, if i do this fasting with not enough faith in God, I'm sure that i can't fulfill this fasting from the first day, but because i do this fasting for God, thank God, i still do this fasting.
i hope you one day can do fasting in order to praise the Lord. In Christian, fasting not only about not eating, fasting also means not do something that you like i.e. you decided not to listen to the music for one week, or you decided that you will not get angry for one month etc, the most important of fasting is you do that to praise God. It doesn't matter about the way you do your fasting, but do that fasting to praise the God.
it's been a long time not write my blog,, yeah i'm busy lately,,
well,,
actually i dunno what to write, but i just want to write,, hehehehe
i dont really like today, i dunno, i just felt like i cant take it anymore - working in my office , i mean-
i just dont get the 'feel' to work in here,,
you're pushed to do something in good way, but once you did it, they still kept angry to you,
i just dont understand the way they think.
they always blame you, never satisfied with what you have done, even tough you did a good work
oh man, i just cant resist it anymore, sometimes, oh no, not just sometimes, but any times, i wanna quick this job,, i think that i cant live like this in entire of my life,, i have my own pride, and they cant tore it apart,
but when i think more clearly, i just cant quick the job, cause, there are a lot of people out there that have no jobs, they're still unemployment.
i dunno, its a big dilemma for me,
i know, i should be grateful that i have a job, with a good salary, and i dont have to be unemployment. i should thanks Jesus cause He gave me this job, He must be has a plan for my life, and i know that He wont give me a burden that i cant endure.
but, i'm just a human, yeah, i know that wasn't an excuse,,
oh my gosh, i dunno know, i just mumbling,,
arggghhhhhhh, what should i do?
how can i enjoy my life??
I just finished read some books this past few weeks,,
actually it took a long time for me to finished those books recently,,
usually i can finish one book in one or two days, but now due my work i finish one book in a week or more even for a thin book.
oke, enough for the story, now, we're back to the topic,,
i wanna share you some books that I've read,,
here we are:
1. Guru-Guru Keluhuran
This book tells about Indonesian soldier who was born in 1920 and still alive, they're not just a soldier who fight in a war physically, but they fought for education, welfare, etc. This book told us about the opinion of the soldiers, what they thought about the condition of Indonesia nowadays,, and their hope for Indonesia to be better than now,,
its a good book for me,, it gives you a knowledge about point of view of a soldiers who fought for Indonesia's freedom,, even though they're born in the era of war, no technology, no facilities like today,, but their dreams is much more bigger and higher than people nowadays,,
they dream high, they dream for wealthiness, this book give you a chance to see a world in a new point of view,,
Every one must know Gus Dur,, he is our fourth president,, not only in Indonesia, Gus Dur also famous around the world, he also received a lot of noble during his life.
Gus Dur already passed away in December, 30th 2009,,
he is a very plural person, and he loves his people very much,,
this book tells about his biographic, his carrier, his joke, his life, his point of view, his thought,,
i recommend this book,
3. Berbekal Seribu Akal Pemerintahan Dengan Logika
This book tells about Jusuf Kalla, and i bet you know him,
he is our vice president and he also a businessman,,
i admire him so much, i like the way he thinks and how he can solve a problem,,
he is a problem solver and a quick thinker, maybe its because he is a businessman, so he has to make a quick, and right decision..
this books actually has the same topic with the book above--Perjalanan Politik Gus Dur-- but with different key person,,
i recommend this book also,,
4. Chocolat
This is the last book,,
its a novel,,
i bought this books because i interested with the resume, but honestly, i don't really like the book after i read all, i just didn't understand this novel, maybe because I'm not good in analyze the novel, but i just didn't find it interesting,,
this novel tells about chocolate, a chocolate maker in which a daughter of a witch, a priest, their life, their neighborhood. the novel tells us how the chocolate maker can survive in her life, fought with all the neighborhood and the priest, and how can she win the battle and live happily,
if you are someone who like novel and its abstract, you can read this novel
that's all the books for today, i hope it will give you another choice to chose books to buy,,
have a wonderful reads,,
and keep reading, cause book is a window to the world,,
Actually, i wanna write this topic for a long time ago,, but due to my laziness i haven't write my blog until now,,
yeayyyy, finally,, December is coming
well, long time no see,,
i think it's been two or more month i haven't write this blog.
mmm, you can say that i'm busy, but moreover, i am lazy to write,
two month ago i was in Palembang, but one month ago, i moved to pekanbaru,,
and, here i am, in pekanbaru, trying to write my blog again,
it's hard for me to write this blog,,
i still need time to adapt with new environment, so i don't have any hesitate to write my blog,
i know, that from my previous blog, i always been an optimist people, but, not now,,
i feel numb in here,, maybe because i didn't find the right friends,,
it's so awkward when the first time i arrived here in pekanbaru, well it's just the same feeling when the first time i-we- arrived in Palembang, but in Palembang i have friends that can keep up with me, we laugh a lot together, mourning together, sad together, we share everything together,, that's why i can endure the emptiness in Palembang,, but here in Pekanbaru i can't find people like my friend in Palembang,,
ohh, I miss them already,,
i hope i can meet them again, as soon as possible.
well back to the topic,,
i never imagine before, that working in banking sector require us to move around Indonesia a lot.
i never imagine that i can meet a lot of new people,
actually it's a good thing,
but, since i miss my friend (whom i was with them in Palembang), I still can't find the rhythm in here, i just can get the feel in here,,
but i'm trying to enjoy my life here, cause, i have to spent my time here for the next 4 month,,
ohh, i don't know, it's hard, but i have to survive, i have to conquer my ego,,
i hope i can do it..