In the Mood

It has been raining all day everyday lately.

I like it a lot!

My honey doesn't like rainy day but I do.

In my parents humble house, I like to lay down in in the sofa near the window just to feel the cool breeze, the smell, and the sound of the rain.

I also made some kind of a habit that if it rains around 3 PM, then I should enjoy it with a hot Indomie Soto and watching cartoon on tv. And don't forget, open the door so I still could feel the rain.

I am now living in a big house with my honey.

I am thankful for everything. It's just that I can't enjoy the rain as much as I did.

When building this house, I made a request to have some kind of an outdoor indoor backyard.

I thought, going to the front yard might be a bit of too much hard work, and back yard is a better things cause it's good for air circulation and I can feel the breeze and rain.

I forgot one thing. If it's raining, of course the sun louvre must be pulled to close. Errr..
Why did I miss that.

But no matter where I am or where I live, I still enjoy rainy day as much as I did :D.

Yay to rainy day (not if it's raining at night. hate it)

When Life Throws Dirt On You

When Life Throws Dirt On You !! 
Repost from my dear friend, Eliz.


One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hour as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

Finally , he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then to everyone's amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later , the farmer finally looked down the well , He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back the donkey was doing something amzaing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal , he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off.

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, All kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells, just by not stopping, never giving up. Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy :

1. Liberate your heart from Hatred - Forgive

2. Liberate your mind from worries - Most never happen.

3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less.

Abstract Black

I am feeling mellow today.

Not because of the weather of course because the sun is like in an angry state lately.

Well, it must be because the conversation I had with my dad last night.

We talked for like 3 hours, that I slept at 2AM last night.

We talked about oh so many things.

About people, life, family, things that have happened in the past, life purpose, thought of things, and so many more. It was a very heavy conversation.

Sometimes I think that when we get older, our burden is also getting heavier.

Not because it is really heavy, but because we keep on thinking that we are carrying a heavy burden, that even though God has lighten it up or even take it away from us, we are still stumbling carrying the 'heavy' one.

Ahh.. Reflection..

I suppose, it is a very good thing to take time everyday, just to be silent, listen deeper, and be thankful for EVERYTHING and ANYTHING.

I am a believer.

I believe that there is no coincidence in life, and what we have now is already the best from the rest =)

Anyway, this is what I wore to work today.

Be happy, people =)

Xoxo,

ainthedreamer

Stuff Noone Told Me

Found this really cool blog that I still love to check daily.
Oh well, I tried to pick a top 5, but I couldnt decide which.
I m in love with too many of them.
So, here goes my favorites, which are almost everything *grin*

www.stuffnoonetoldme.blogspot.com

Brilliant, Alex!

Bye Bye Tree

Pohon di depan kantor ditebang.
Kenapa?
Huh!
Saya selalu mempertanyakan hal yang sama setiap melihat pohon ditebang. Terutama pohon yang tinggi dan besar, krn saya rasa mereka sudah hidup cukup lama.

Kebanyakan, jawaban yang saya terima:
"biar rindang."
"uda ketinggian"
"lagi musim ujan, biar bisa nyerap air"
dllll

But why dont i feel satisfied with the answer?
Mungkin berlebihan, tp saya sedih saat melihat pohon besar ditebang. Seperti menyaksikan suatu pembunuhan. Pembunuhan terhadap alam. Pembunuhan terhadap keindahan.

Long live o tree
For u r the mother of nature
Long live o tree
For us all u live

Love,
Ain

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Please Listen

I grew up as a kid with Chicken Soup for Teenage Soul as her bible.
I bought my first English copy of Chicken Soup for Teenage Soul 1 back in US. I love it so much that used to read it over n over, brought it wherever i go. Now some parts of the book has teared and some pages hv gone.
I loved to read it outloud n tried to memorize every line though i didnt know what they meant. I was in the 1st grade of junior high school, my vocab was very limited.

However, the memorizing part was a huge success. This is one of my favorite.

Please Listen

When I ask you to listen to me
and you start giving me advice,
you have not done what I asked.
When I ask you to listen to me
and you begin to tell me
why I shouldn't feel that way,
you are trampling on my feelings.
When I ask you to listen to me
and you feel you have to do
something to solve my problem,
you have failed me,
strange as that may seem.

Listen!
All I ask is that you listen.
Don't talk or do - just hear me.
Advice is cheap;
20 cents will get you both Dear Abby and Billy Graham in the same newspaper,
and I can do for myself; I am not helpless.
Maybe discouraged and faltering,
but not helpless.
When you do something for me that I can and need to do for myself, you contribute to my fear and inadequacy.

Buy when you accept as a simple fact that I feel what I feel, no matter how irrational, then I can stop trying to convince you and get about this business of understanding what's behind this irrational feeling.
And when that's clear, the answers are obvious and I don't need advice.
Irrational feelings make sense when we understand what's behind them.
Perhaps that's why prayer works, sometimes, for some people - because God is mute, and he doesn't give advice or try to fix things.
God just listens and lets you work it out for yourself. So please listen, and just hear me. And if you want to
talk, wait a minute for your turn - and I will listen to you.

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I really really love this poem.
I believe that most of us sometimes just need to be listened for a while. But mostly, what we get is a series of advices, which actually we didnt ask. But i think it comes naturally.

When in college, there is this one theory which is called Narrative Paradigm by Walter Fisher that asserts that people are essentially storytelling animals and our reason is best appealed to through stories. Or to be shorted "humans are storyteller". We create we and our lives through the storries we tell.

See, so we know that people love to talk and be listened, and not to listen.

Last saturday i met one of my close friend. I just found out recently that she is moving to Singapore soon. I know Singapore is just half an hour away, but still it sadenned me.
Eliz is such a good listener. She just listen n not judging. Well i dont know if she is mocking me in the inside. Haha.. Just kidding.

So that is why i writw this post. Cos i think the poem above reflects how i feel, cause she always listens.

Thanx yah Eliz.
This is our picture, taken last Saturday at Bamboo ;)





Im gonna miss ya. Hoho

Love,
Ain




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