The Day Valeska Born

“A new baby is like the beginning of all things-wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.”  Eda J. Le Shan quotes

Life indeed passes so quickly, it feels like just last week I met Veni, just a few days ago I helped her with the wedding ceremony, only yesterday she said she is pregnant and now the baby girl born.  Wow, everything goes so fast, and the funny thing is I wrote down a lot of remembrances about her here in my blog. Seem like she had a lot part on my remembrance too up to today. Continue reading

2011: Year of Friendship….

Yes, of course we have to cherish our friendship along the year for the rest of our life. Meaning every year should be a year of friendship, but I will give this year a remembrance for my journey of friendship with these special people, my petit circle of close friends. How they stand by my side through high and low. How I’m grateful that I can still hold so dear and cherish each and every friendship I have with them.

Tough year indeed, but not my toughest! Looking back to the first year I moved to Jakarta on 1997, man, that’s tough! Deep down in my heart, I know I wouldn’t make it this far without friends that pull me up every time I feel down and think that I cannot go on anymore, and that moments were a lot. I am so easy to be weary and suicidal. Continue reading

My Christmas Reflection: Surrender….

Seems like it will be a quite Christmas for me this year. I wish I could say that “quite” here implies to a condition of  peaceful mind, but who am I kidding here, I felt a bit weary prior to Christmas. So I decided this is a perfect time to lean back and give this life of mine a deep-thought and a little self-conversation.  By far, I think I had accomplished all things that were according to my dreams and milestones in life. Well, from career point of view, and along with that, financial. I’m grateful for that, only I never see my career and amount of savings as the things that lead me to an accomplished life. Continue reading

Are We Having Fun Still?

Note: I dedicate this note as remembrance to all the fun time I had in my life :) and more to come.

Do you still remember that moment when we were young, wild and carefree? We don’t care much about money and how much we have in our pocket. Since whatever the amount is, we can always find something to keep us amused. Something that doesn’t require more than what we have. We always can find strangers to laugh and sit and drink and passing a good time with. We don’t care about time, may it take a whole day, pass midnight, or whether it’s already morning – again. We love the commemorating and interact with people. The thought of new experiences and curiosity gives us so much energy and we start everything with thinking “This is going to be fun!” despite that perhaps it’s a total wasting time.

But now, as we’re getting older, with job, position, income, family, a fun time with companions interpret to another thing. To something more complicated condition with a lot of criteria. The who, what, when, where are getting more and more complex, and we are just harder to please. A glass of beer with not-so-important topic to talk about is no longer enough. People rather do other things than just spontaneously gather and laughing and the thought of wasting time is linger in our mind as a form of being irresponsible with ourselves or family or perhaps kids! At every opportunity to have fun we start with thinking “Oh, that’s not me anymore”, “What will people think about me doing that?” “What’s in it for me?”

I remember a saying: Time well wasted, is not wasted time at all. Oh toast for the wisdom! Glad that I found twitter, or perhaps twitter found me. I’m able to find people who’s just as spontaneous as me, those who don’t care so much about time, money, background profile, and of course know how to have fun. One who don’t make their kids as reasons that they can’t have fun the way they did before, or give another reason that the fun already re-format to another activities, stay at home and watching TV, and watching kids grow, watching the world from internet. Watching, watching, and watching.

Of course I’m not advising to have fun every weekend or every time, just leave your kids with baby sitter at home, drink alcohol. YES, there is a right time for everything we wanna do! My point is, are we still having fun or we’re in denial? Are we giving ourselves fair chances to have fun the way we want it?

Jack Rabbit 7th of Dec 2011

My 1st SCUBA Diving Class: whole lot new experience!

I try to master snorkeling first

Honestly, diving is an impossible activity for a human named Lolo (me). Why? First of all she’s by nature a control freak, and other thing she’s easily panicking. Obvious huh? But as usual the force is strong with this one! Her curiosity is stronger than the understanding of reality. I finally try diving, and put my life on stake. Continue reading

I’m officially an Auntie! Welcoming Jordan to the World!

Oh, no words able to express how I feel about the birth of my nephew, Jordan Hutapea. My Family, Mom, Dad, Bang Deo, and Jo (Rhea’s husband – of course) we were waiting with a lot of excitement. My sister Rhea is healthy, but her contraction already started a night before, so she looked exhausted that night. Tell you what,  my sister gained 15 kilogram due to the pregnancy, but unfortunately she already gained 15 kilograms since she her wedding day until the day she got pregnant, additional 30 kilograms in a bit more than a year! Well, I wish that will the biggest size she can get in her life, I can’t imagine if she stay in that size! :) Continue reading

The Birth of Piar Consulting

“And one by one, those childish solicitation
that I wished with my little knees
with my little fingers clasp together
they become true…
because You hear me O dear Lord…
With Your big hand over my head
gently caressing me
softly You perpetually say…
“Love you little girl…”
“Love You too my grand God…” “

Lolo, May 2011

I finally have the courage to note down everything that I felt when I first started my own company. The craziest 3 months in a row of my career life. I was standing in the junction for – well – not too long then decided to free fall. Should anything happen after this, I’ll have no regrets at all. The hardest 3 months passed already, and God demonstrated His kind love and faithfulness again and again. Continue reading