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Friday, April 29, 2011

National American Miss (Pigeon) Open Call


Last month I got a letter from Pennsylvania State Director of NAM that my daughter has been referred to be a candidate for NAM (Pigeon) contestant. This was an open call and by invitation only. After I searched and learned about this contest and asked to her if she was interested to take this chance. She said yes. That was good and I knew she was brave and confident enough for an interview. Then I collected some sample of interviews they would give to her.

Last week when she went to go for small shopping with me, she asked to buy a candy and I said NO. I gave an advice if she wanted to be a Miss Pigeon contestant, she should take care of her teeth. Then she was thinking a little while and responded me with her eyes stared at that candy, "I don't want to be a Miss Pigeon." (hahaha!!! She was cute. I was thinking at that time; that was a child! She can be as A yesterday and B today and C tomorrow.) ***

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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Happy Easter

Dear Family and Friends,

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Easter Means Eternal Life

A perfect God demands a perfect justice;
He cannot let us get away with sin.
We used God’s gift of our free will to trespass,
So heaven’s gates were closed; we couldn’t get in.

Our sin required our blood, a sacrifice,
To atone for all the wrongs that we had done.
"But I love them!" cried our Father, filled with sorrow;
"I’ll send my only Son to be the one."

Good Friday marks the slaying of our Jesus,
The unblemished lamb, the perfect sacrifice.
He took our guilt and blame upon Himself,
So we could be with Him in paradise.

On Easter morning, he came back from death;
He vanished from the tomb, the empty grave.
His resurrection means eternal life
For us, the ones he came to earth to save.

This summarizes all the Easter story
And because of it, we’ll be with Him in glory.

By Joanna Fuchs

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

List of the Books I Endorsed and Forworded

To translate them in English, you can copy and paste them to this link (Google translate). You might not get the perfect result but at least you will understand what I have written.

Menyiapkan Kesuksesan Anak Anda (Setting Up Your Children's Success), published in March, 2011 (Writer: Supandi, S.Pd, MM., Kroya-Jateng, Indonesia), publisher: Gramedia Pustaka Utama

Anak-anak adalah masa depan keluarga. Mereka juga adalah masa depan dan penerus bangsa. Untuk itu diharapkan mereka tumbuh dan berkembang dengan kualitas yang baik dan menjadi harapan keluarga dan bangsa. Tumbuh dan berkembangnya mereka tidak luput dari proses pendidikan yang diterimanya, baik dalam keluarga itu sendiri, sekolah dan lingkungan tempat mereka tinggal dan berinteraksi dengan sesama. Yang menjadi tolak ukur keberhasilan mereka adalah peran orang tua dari mulai mereka lahir hingga tumbuh dewasa yang memerlukan proses pemahaman yang benar. Buku Setting Up Your Children's Success memberikan wawasan kepada setiap orang tua dalam menuntun anak-anaknya menuju kesuksesan mereka. Dengan disertai cerita nyata dan pengalaman dari sang penulisnya, Supandi, membuat buku ini hadir sebagai penyemangat baru bagi para orang tua yang kehilangan semangat untuk menghantarkan putra-putrinya menuju apa yang diharapkan dan memberikan wawasan yang baik dan benar sebagai penuntun dalam mengarahkan masa depan mereka. Buku ini wajib dibaca oleh setiap mereka yang menyebut dirinya orang tua yang bertanggung-jawab akan masa depan putra-putrinya. (Fida Abbott)

Turning Hurt Into Hope, published in 2009 (Writer: Nancy Dinar--Indonesian, living in South Korea), publisher: Metanoia

Dengan membaca buku Nancy yang pertama ini, saya jadi memahami dan mengenal siapa Nancy, kehidupan Nancy di waktu kecil hingga dewasa meskipun tak terlalu lengkap, tetapi sudah dapat menarik kesimpulan tentang pribadi Nancy. Sungguh luar biasa mengenal seseorang hanya melalui tulisannya saja.

Kesaksian yang hidup adalah kesaksian dari mereka yang mengalami secara langsung suka duka kehidupan dan berjalan bersama Tuhan hingga mencapai kemenangan sehingga mereka dapat menjadi terang dan lilin yang meneruskannya kepada sesama dalam berbagai cara, termasuk melalui tulisan-tulisan. Buku ini merupakan sebuah contoh yang kiranya patut dan layak untuk dibaca oleh siapa saja yang merindukan penyertaan dan kekuatan dari Tuhan untuk menyongsong masa depan. Rasakan getaran dan pancaran roh kudus pada setiap ungkapan yang tertuang melalui tulisan Nancy. Tuhan memberkati. Amin. (Fida Abbott)

Sandal Jepit Gereja (Church Flip-flop), published in 2009 (Writer: Anang YB, Jakarta-Indonesia), Publisher: Obor

Saat pertama kali membaca judul buku ini, hati saya sangat terharu. Bagaimana tidak, saya juga termasuk salah seorang yang aktif dalam bergereja sejak berusia belasan tahun. Tentu saja banyak mengetahui suka dan duka rekan-rekan atau mereka yang telah terlibat di dalamnya, entah itu pengalaman yang lucu, menarik, menyenangkan, menyebalkan, atau terkadang membuat darah naik ke ubun-ubun.

Buku ini menceritakan apa adanya semua pengalaman emosional yang dialami sang Penulis sebagai salah seorang aktifis bergereja yang akan membawa Anda mengernyitkan kening, tersenyum atau tertawa, bahkan mungkin mengundang air mata atau membangkitkan emosi. Semuanya akan mengantarkan Anda pada pemahaman bergereja yang sebenarnya. Buku ini sangat baik untuk dibaca oleh siapa saja terutama bagi mereka yang aktif dalam organisasi gereja. Rasakan nuansa emosi sang Penulis pada setiap bagian cerita untuk membentuk kehidupan rohani Anda sebagai bagian dari umat bergereja. (Fida Abbott)

Rethink (e-Book and free download), published in 2009 (Writer: JED-ReVoLuTiA, Lampung, Indonesia), publisher: JED-ReVoLuTiA

Apakah Anda seseorang yang mengaku Kristen dan mengenal
Allah dengan baik?
 Apakah Anda seseorang yang mengaku Kristen dan telah
dilahirkan kembali?
 Apakah Anda seseorang yang mengaku Kristen dan telah
melayani Tuhan dengan baik?
 Apakah Anda seseorang yang mengaku Kristen dan belum
dilahirkan kembali?
 Apakah Anda seseorang yang mengaku Kristen dan belum
mengenal kekristenan itu sendiri dengan baik?

Apa pun status yang diberikan terhadap kekristenan,
rasanya belumlah lengkap bila Anda belum membaca santapan tulisan-tulisan
di buku ini. Anda tak akan digurui, tak akan dikotbahi atau
sejenisnya, tetapi Anda akan ditunjukkan oleh sesuatu pemikiran yang
kontroversial menuju kebenaran itu sendiri yang nyata, tak dioles
dengan yang namanya kemanisan tetapi suatu realita kehidupan nyata
yang memang Tuhan ingin berkata secara gamblang lewat hati dan
kehidupan manusia.

Apakah saya terlalu berlebihan dalam menuliskan pendapat saya
di atas? Saya kira Andalah penentunya. Bagaimana bisa Anda menjadi
penentu kalau belum membaca keseluruhan isi buku yang menantang
iman ini? Jadi tunggu apa lagi, berikan sedikit waktu Anda untuk
menilik keindahan goresan pena penulisnya. Selamat membaca dan
Tuhan memberkati! Amin! (Fida Abbott)
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Saturday, April 09, 2011

I Write Like Vladimir Nabokov

It's Saturday morning already. My husband is going to meet his client. My little daughter and I are having rest in home. She is playing in her bedroom and I'm resting my feet on the couch and going online with my notebook to check emails and online writing course blogs and Yahoo Groups. Everything is fine and I hope these courses will end successfully. Fiction class will end soon next week and the mentor will add a free-week of additional module to all students. I gave her permition and the students seemed happy to get it. They are now preparing their first chapter for their novel + its synopsis. I think they are excited to write it.


One of the the students is writing the story like Rowling version. I saw she is very talented to write a fiction story like that. I will challenge her to finish her novel and send it to an Indonesia publisher. Who knows? Probably a new JK Rowling from Indonesia will be born one day soon . . . Then I would be proud of her, especially she is one of graduated students from the online writing course that I'm leading. Also I'm planning to challenge all of them, including mentor and myself to finish our novels by the end of this year. (I think it's hard for me since I have full time job, he he he . . . Well, who knows? Maybe I'm able to finish it or I would be the last person who will finish writing our novels. I will see then . . .)


Talking about novel. I still have 8 books (softcover) of Enthusiasm in home. If anybody is interested to order from me, please, let me know. You will get my autograph and bookmark. If you would like to buy directly online via Paypal, you may visit my online Media Kit, enter and go to "Buy".


Right now Enthusiasm is till in the editing process for Indonesian version. That was I heard from the Director of an Indonesia publisher last month who bought my book right. I hope all Indonesian readers who are waiting for, please, be patient. It will take several months to edit and prepare everything before that book is published. They would also plan the marketing strategy for this book. I hope everything will go smoothly and it will be welcomed well in my homeland.


Last month I tried to copy and paste my whole first chapter of Enthusiasm to an online system and I got its result: I WRITE LIKE VLADIMIR NABOKOV. That is a cool website. It is fun to know about a similar things of mine comparing with other famous writer.




I write like Vladimir Nabokov

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Who is Vladimir Nabokov? According to Wikipedia, he was a multilingual Russian-American novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist. He also made contributions to entomology and had an interest in chess problems.


Nabokov's Lolita (1955) is frequently cited as among his most important novels and is his most widely known, exhibiting the love of intricate word play and synesthetic detail that characterised all his works. The novel was ranked at #4 in the list of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels. His memoir, Speak, Memory, was listed #8 on the Modern Library nonfiction list. To learn more about him, you can visit this link. OK, everyone, I have to go. There are so many things I have to do before I leave for work this afternoon. I hope you will have a very nice weekend. (*)


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Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Humility

Wednesday evening and Sunday morning are the best time I spend with my little daughter since I've started working at my new job. I accompany her for Girl Scouts meeting every Wednesday evening and bring her for Sunday School every Sunday morning while I go for Sunday morning service at church if we both don't have other special events (including special family events).

Every first week of every month, the church has program special for children and their parents, called Up Street Family. I love this program. Most of I saw the messages they brought for children were so great, and the parents also could learn from them.

Last Sunday they had theme about "Humility". The special verse they gave was from Matthew 20:20-28 with the main thought: YOU MUST BE A SERVANT. It has deep meaning: It is important to treat others like they're more important than you. Putting others first by giving up what you think you deserve.

Have we done it already in our life? It is not easy to show and apply it in our real life but if we want to and understand of who we are as the special creation of God's hands, that will lead us as a humble person. From this theme, we can learn from what Jesus had done for our sins. He put us first because we are so important to Him. Have we thanked Him for His sacrifice or we just never care for what He had done for us? He doesn't want anything from us. He just wants us to be like Him, putting others first by giving up what we think we deserve. If every of us does it, we will see many loves around the world. We can do it right now, by giving more attentions for our family members. Bring them in every time we pray. Show them how much we care and act as we should be.

This video below will give us a reflection of His sacrifice. Can we do the same thing like Him? I don't hink so, even me, I'm not sure I can do it, either. See, nobody will do it for us, except Him. So, what we're waiting for? Start to act the simple things by saying "Hello" to our isolated neighbor, pray for our husband/wife/mother/father/children/etc who often hurt us or don't care about us, etc.


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