Waiting.

Can't you believe it? Just 4 days to Christmas! About the Christmas dinner, it's been decided, we'll go to Secret Recipe on Sunday evening, which means I gotta make the reservation sometimes this week. I'm going to Christmas Eve service at SIF (Suzhou International Fellowship) church to meet some friends there, then later for the evening I'm going to celebrate Christmas with Marcus and auntie June (they host a meeting every Saturday 4 PM at their house, the regulars are Janesya, Jenhan, Melisa, Swaroop, Pradeep, and me ~ 4 Indonesian and 2 Indians, all med students), we are going to order in the food from various restaurants. ^^ For the Christmas morning service I'm going to the Catholic church, but most of the people I know will be gone for holiday though. -_- This will be my last Christmas in Suzhou I guess (kecuali apabila Tuhan berkehendak lain, hehe).

Besides the Christmas celebration (party and everything), we shall not forget about the true meaning of Christmas, me myself sometimes got too excited with the mood for celebration till I forgot about what actually the real purpose of Christmas itself. It is about the birth of Jesus and everyone present during the birth of Jesus (i.e. Maria, the shepherds, etc), it is about joy for the savior has born, we need to spread the good news, just like the shepherds did. ^^ Let us make the the time to read about the birth of Jesus on the bible (Matthew or Luke) and spread the good news, let them receive the good news also. :)

P.S. Just 2 more weeks till I get to see my mister! thennn I'm hoping to say goodbye to LDR!

I miss this! Let's go there again! Make bunch of new even-more-memorable memories. ^^  This photo was taken in Lembang, Bandung.

Bible verse of the week.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7

 

For now, I really have no idea about what my future life will be, am I gonna be a doctor? (I certainly hope so, I pray to God to be with me every step of the way since it's gonna be a long wayy before I can finally get my license and practice) I doubt myself so much sometimes I think other people have more faith in me than me for myself, how ironic. -_- Am I strong enough to endure whatever comes next?

Sometimes we may feel insecure or afraid for reasons we can't share with others. We may feel so alone, so sad, and so down we don't even know how to live another day (kedengarannya emang lebay but it happens once or twice in life), we may have so much fears inside us or we may have so much doubts about ourselves or what future holds for us. Whatever it is that makes you feel this way, fear not, it WILL pass. Just know that you are NEVER alone. Hang in there! Pray, surrender yourself completely to God, and let God works. Know that God is always there, He has great plans for each of us, the obstacles we face in our life will only make us stronger and become a better person in the future, and all is for the glory of His name only.

Am I afraid right now? YES. Am I nervous right now? absolutely YES. But I have my faith in Him, I believe that God's plan is always good. Is my journey gonna be a smooth one or a bumpy one? I have no idea, hahaa, but I rather have a bumpy one with Him guiding me throughout my journey than a meaningless smooth one.

In the spirit of Christmas, let us pray for one another! :) Let us pray for Christmas full of blessings for everyone with no exception. Mari, mari berdoa dan berbagi berkat untuk satu sama lain.
I also would like to pray for one of my junior who had been hospitalized since last Sunday. May God's healing power come upon her so that she can be healthy again. God heals every illness she still has in her mind and body. Amin.

Happy Birthday Ka Candela! ^^

 

Found this pic somewhere from the internet. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KA CANDELA. ^^ Hehe..
Many happy returns, God bless you! 

Ideas for Christmas Dinner?

I am still thinking for ideas on how to spend my last Christmas here? Hm.. I would really love to spend it with my friends here, one of the idea is to have a Christmas dinner together. However, I am still looking for the perfect place.
Secret Recipe? They have this amazing chocolate cake "Chocolate Indulgence". If you never try it, you definitely have to!! It costs 20 yuan for one quite-big-slice of this delicious cake.

My favorite 'Chocolate Indulgence'

I was planning to have my Christmas dinner at this restaurant but I am not sure anymore now because I had too much of this cake already, hahaha. The food is just so-so, but I think I will still consider this as an option.

I don't feel like celebrating Christmas by eating at a Chinese restaurant, somehow it's not so Christmasie. So maybe I'll cross out the Chinese food restaurant option.

Pasta perhaps? I miss PEPeNERO so badd, although I've only been there for like twice, both with my mister. ^^

My mister suggested steak. Hm.. A good idea for... a candlelight dinner for us though. Hahahaha.. Not sure for this one since there will be at least 16 people with limited budget (read: pelit, ahahaha, maklum anak kost semua). I wish there are more good restaurants here in Suzhou just like in Jakarta!

Lists for Christmas dinner place options:
- Secret Recipe
- Mister Pizza
- Papa John's
- Yang-yang (Chinese food)
- TGI Friday
- Casa Zoe (Mexican Food)
- Korean Food

Update for last Saturday, December 10, 2011. 
I had this amazing Christmas dinner at a church friend's house, her name is Auntie Gloria, she is an amazing cook! She prepared everything by herself, I so wanna be a great cook like her in the future. ^^ Anyway, last Saturday she prepared turkey (usually she has to prepare for 2 days to cook turkey, but this time because she was so busy she only prepare it for 1 day), ham with honey mustard sauce - super delicious!!, penne pasta, IKEA meatballs (I wish we have IKEA in Indo!), boiled buncis (I don't know the English word for buncis), and one of of her guest brought Vietnamese rolls, uu, too bad I am allergic to shrimp. The best part is the dessert, I LOVE dessert, auntie Gloria made blueberry pie and apple pie, and we ate it. Aaaa, I was so full that day! I wanted to have some more pies but there was just not enough space in my belly. -_- Thank you so much Auntie for hosting such a wonderful Christmas dinner!

All the yummy food!

The kids (the girls on the right are the adorable and cute Elli and Edna, auntie Glorias

's daughter)

This pic was taken from last time I had dinner at her place. Left: most delicious apple pie , Right: home-made chocolate cake

Too bad I didn't take any proper pictures for each delicious food, hiksss, adding camera to my wish list.

Nostalgila..

Since it's almost the end of the year, looking back to the beginning of the year 2011:
1.) January 2011: hmmm, I can't even remember how I spent my New Year's Eve, hahaha. But, I'm guessing I spent it with bunch of friends here in Suzhou. Nothing special, justtt that I started my Internship training (all those Med chinese class, practical class and case studies). Oh yaa before the training was my senior's graduation and prom! (batch 2005 was the first batch with 12 Indonesian students majoring Clinical Medicine in Suzhou Uni)
And another thing was I cut my hair short, and had a perm curl which lasted for about 2 months.

Here are some pic from back then:

Everything was so white! I wonder whether I'm going to experience something like this again before I'm going back to Indo.

East Camp Dorm, the left building: mostly Koreans, the right one (no AC, hot water): Chinese students' super cheap dorm

Me and the snow, near the building where the internship training was held

2.) February 2011: still training, short CNY holiday then had a small exam before starting the internship, finally the beginning of my internship, first department was Ob-Gyn, first week was horrible, I remember I tried so hard to fit in, struggled with the language and everything but finally got to enjoy every seconds of it. I love my Ob-Gyn rotation. :))

3.) March, April, May 2011: more internship thingies. Spent most of my time in the hospital except Saturday and Sunday. My last Spring in China! Definitely gonna miss all the beautiful flowers.

4.) June 2011! Probably best month of the year after December. ^^ I got to go back to Jakarta and meet my family and my mister! I got to attend mister's sister's wedding ceremony. It was beautiful and such a memorable one. #ilovewedding I love the gate-crashing part, hehe. I also got to meet my baby niece, Chiara. :))

It's me and my mister in front of the Cathedral! ^^

Meet my baby niece.

5.) July 2011: Baddd because I miss home so badly! I got the taste of freedom, love, hahaha aga lebayy. The point is I really really miss everyone back home. The weather was not so friendly either and by this time I have started my rotation in the Internal Medicine department.

6.)  August 2011: ...

7.) September 2011: Finally, I went to Huangshan! aka the Yellow Mountain. Cheers!! It was amazing, the weather was great. I always love travelling, it's just hard for me sometimes to find the right time (such a lame excuse yahh) and the most important is that I must save up a lot first. Hehe. If you guys ever have the chance to go to Huangshan, you definitely have to go! Just make sure to spend the night at the peak to make sure you don't miss the sunset and sunrise scenery, both which unfortunately I haven't experienced yet.

8.) October 2011: Peds rotation. 2 months before final exam.

9.) November 2011: Study, study, study!!

10.) Last but not least, DECEMBER 2011: final exam ~ practical (Dec 3, 2011), final exam ~ theory (Dec 6, 2011), I'm just glad it's all OVER. tee hee! Isn't it the most wonderful time of the year? ^^

Thanks GOD for such a wonderful year!

P.S. I have some trouble uploading photos because of the connection. -_- Going to upload it next time or maybe after I'm in Jakarta, because as you know, here in China I need to use proxy to open several websites.

Helloo December! ^^

It's the most wonderful time of the year! ^^ I have so much to be thankful for, but firstly I would like to say that I am officially done with med school, well, at least for now! 5.5 years, oh I'm so DONE!
I still have many things before I can actually practice medicine, but still I'm just so grateful now that I finally finished the first step. Thanks to everyone who had been very supportive throughout my study in here. Thanks God, without Him I'm nothing.

I am looking forward to go back to Jakarta! But before that, I can't wait to see my mom and my mister! Yes, that's right they are coming here for my graduation ceremony. Mom is coming on Jan 1st, my mister is coming on Jan 4th.

Hopefully, I will have more time to take care of my blogs. I have way too many blogs to maintain. -_- *my bad* and plus I really need to improve my blogging skills.

HELLO DECEMBER, HOLIDAY SEASON IS HERE!!!

Things to do before leaving China:
- Pack my things then send everything back to Indonesia (esp. BOOKS! -_-) I love my books but they are just so heavy and it will cost a lot.*sobs*
- Selling stuffs -_-
- Spending more time with friends here
- Finish my C.V. !! ASAP!
- and the list still goes on..