Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Funny Olympics Divers Moment

My Sister In Law posted this link on her Facebook and it was just super funny, 
I need to re-post the pictures that I love
LOL

Funny Diver Faces
Matt King/Adam Pretty/Al Bello, Getty Images

Funny Diver Face
Richard Heathcote, Getty Images




Funny Diver Face
Clive Rose, Getty Images

Funny Diver Face
Bryn Lennon, Getty Images

Funny Diver Face
Harry How, Getty Images

Funny Diver Faces
Ian Waldie, Getty Images

 Funny Diver Face
Adam Pretty, Getty Images

Funny Diver Face
Al Bello, Getty Images

Funny Diver Face
Adam Pretty, Getty Images

Funny Diver Face
Al Bello, Getty Images

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Have a great smile today!
They are great athletes and you could see the determination on their faces ;)

xoxo,
Lindsay

Monday, July 30, 2012

You Got Mail!


We got a "Thank You" letters from these two wonderful organizations,
Operation Letters of Love and Operation Letters From Home.
They are not affiliated with each other,
But their mission is pretty much the same,
Which is to send and provide handwritten, personal letters to military members, veterans, and families of the fallen. They are showing appreciation, love and respect to those who served, are serving and their family.

We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

Keep up the great work and may God bless you!

These are their letters:

Operation Letters of Love
check out their Facebook's page here:


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Operation Letters From Home
Check out his Facebook's page here:



Thank You Beth, Alexandra and Dylan!
:)

xoxo,
Lindsay




Saturday, July 28, 2012

London 2012 Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad, also known informally as London 2012, began in London, United Kingdom, on 27 July and will continue until 12 August 2012.



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Fireworks are set off around the Olympic Stadium
This is pretty funny!
Performers playing the roles of HRH The Queen and James Bond parachute spectacularly out of a helicopter hovering above the stadium during the Opening Ceremony.


Queen Elizabeth II declares the London 2012 Olympics officially open.



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Mary Poppins :)

London 2012 Opening Ceremony

Fireworks are set off around the Olympic Stadium
The fireworks are set off all around the Olympic Stadium. Pretty cool, huh? ;)

My favorite outfits from the Opening Ceremony are:

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Team Netherlands.
I love their colors for summer theme, it is elegant, stylish and I'd wear them lol!
Orange pants on men has never crossed my mind but they made it work ;)


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Team Sweden
Again, I love the colors for summer, it is simple, fun and stripes, which I love and would wear!


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Team Paraguay
I love the simplicity, elegant and nothing can go wrong with red-blue and white ;)
I love the men's outfits better than the women's outfits for this team.


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One of my favorite singer of all time,
Sir Paul McCartney
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The Olympic Cauldron burns brightly at the end of Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Designer Thomas Heatherwick's work was a highlight of the ceremony at the Olympic Stadium, watched by 80,000 spectators.

Showing my support for the USA

and of course my home country, Indonesia!

Supporting my fellow Manadonese, Fernando Lumain, who is representing Indonesia
for Athletics.

What do I love about the Olympics? 
The diversity, the uniqueness, the friendship, the sport, the competition, the determination and the inspirations that comes from the athletes and the nations.

“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” 
Wilma Rudolph

xoxo,
Lindsay




Friday, July 27, 2012

Happy 6TH Birthday Luke!

My darling dog, LUKE, is six years old today!
We adopted him from Petco in Jamacha, California on October 2006.
He greeted us with his paw, showing off  some tricks, drinking from a fountain, etc. 

He was a smiling-happy little three months old puppy, 
living with his twin brother, 
who was adopted by another family on the same day we adopted him..
YAY!!

He is a very smart, mellow, funny, playful and gentle dog.
He is very weird with his food,
Loves his rope and ball,
Knows a lot of tricks,
Good at fetching (specialized in food and toys only lol),
Easy to train, he is actually very smart,
Eager to please the human,
Kinda lazy
;)


First Day at Our House

Long Live King Luke!

Happy Birthday little darling Luke,
you are truly a blessing for us.

A great companion,
A wonderful friend,
A beautiful, gentle, loving soul that everyone loves!

Eating one of his favorite dessert, Jello.
He only eat it on special occasion like today lol


"Can I eat the chicken jerky now..please?"



Enjoy your special day with special treats!
God bless you my darling little doggie
:)



xoxo,
Lindsay

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Comfort Zone Is Boring!

Encouragement.

This is my AHA!!! moment today.

A ship is built to sail, to explore the beauty of the oceans, to take you places, to experience adventures.
'Though when it is not doing all that, the ship will stayed in port, afloat, safe but going nowhere.
If only a ship could talk,
I am sure it will be like this, 
"Let's Sail!"

Our lives sometimes are way too boring,
because we hold onto our past (or present),
we hang onto our safe harbor,
we do not want to let go the comfort zone to the unknown zone!

I mean it is pretty much understandable that some people are willing to take risks more than others,
But it is not acceptable that some people would rather die holding onto their death wishes than to chase their dreams!

What do you want to do with your life?
What legacy would you like your kids to remember you someday?
What dreams that you still wanted to accomplish in life?
What nightmares that you wanted to let go, even if you think you could not do?

TRY!
Get out of your comfort zone,
Explore the unknown world,
You might like it!

If you hate it,
You could always comeback to your own "known" zone,
But at least you have tried instead of wondering.

I took a chance to come to the unknown country,
Live by myself,
Fighting for life,
Surviving the impossible
..and..
I could proudly say, I live my dreams because I took a step of faith to try first!

My journey is not always fun and all that,
It has ups and downs,
It's never easy to live in other people's country,
Without any immediate family member or friends that go to school and play with you since childhood.

Not everyone has the same destiny and path in life,
Not everyone has the same exact dreams, wants and needs in life,
But everyone has dreams, wishes, wants and needs in life.
Not everyone is brave enough to take a chance/risk,
Dreamers are those who likes to sleep,
Doers are those who lives their dreams.

Wake up,
be who you are created/meant to be,
make your dream come true by doing it.

A bird will never know she could fly until she try it.
You will never know how far you will go until you take a first step
and discover your strength, ability and greater self.

There is always a next port in your journey,
if you don't like the next port,
you could go to the next port after that, 
or you could always go back to the first one.
But at least you had experiences to remember,
Lesson to learn,
Story to tell,
A life to inspired other people.

God created you and I with a big dream and vision on His mind,
do not limit your God given talent by hiding it,
covered with fear and lack of faith,
or too lazy to even try it.

xoxo,
Lindsay




Wednesday, July 25, 2012

You Is Kind,You Is Smart, You Is Important

Kindness (noun) according to Webster Dictionary means favor, affection, sympathetic nature, benevolence; this word means manifesting a desire to do good/kind.

So basically it is in our nature to have the ability to do something good, a desire to be kind. 
Now, the problem is kindness will not happened only by a desire, kindness needs action. 
By nature, we have the ability/desire,
by choice we act the desire of our heart to do good or bad.

"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."
Ephesians 4:32 ESV

"Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love"
1 John 4:8 ESV

As a Christian, it is our most important commandment in life to love God and others because God is love and to love God means to obey Him (1 John 2:5 and 1 John 5:3).

As a human being, 
it is impossible to see around us and not having the compassion, desire and ability to do good 
for other people. 

As a normal people, of course we will have good and bad experiences when we offered our kindness to other people, because not everyone is grateful to receive such help. 
Not everyone is wired to say "Thank You" or shows appreciation based on their arrogant heart, lack of compassion, prideful behavior or bad experience with people in the past (that includes their upbringing in a family).

So, by nature, God created us with a good seed from him. 
But, on the day we were born, we started interact  with other human being. That is the first day of us learned and experienced kindness or the opposite. 
So, I do not believe that there is a human being who is evil from the day they were born. What they experienced from that day determines their ability to do good or not. 
How we live our lives everyday is a choice to do good or evil. 
So, the blame game really is just an excuse to run away from being a responsible human being to do the right thing.

I am one of those people who works better with giving than receiving/asking for help. I just do not have the heart to ask other people to help me because I do not want to bother them with  my problems. Due to me being an only child, I tend to do everything by myself and I am content with my "alone but not lonely time" according to my dear friend Mara ;)

But, not asking for help when you needed is not the right thing to do in a certain situation. 
See, I am a big believer in trying the best and along the way if you think you need help, then you should seek one. But, you tried first!
Doing everything by yourself is insanity at some point. You need other people to help you out, even if it means it might not be the way you want it, but hey..a help is a help, receive it with a grateful heart LOL!

Now, because I prefer giving than asking for help, I am, of course, the people-pleaser group of human. 
See, it is not a bad thing to make other people happy, it becomes a bad thing when we forget to understand that we are just a human and we too, need some love and help (say it...help! lol).
What I love the most of being the helper and the people-pleaser person is my ability to make something good happened for others and to see how happy they are when they received it. 
Priceless moment!

"In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Acts 20:35 ESV

The bad thing is that not everyone appreciate it and not everyone treats me right, many of them were taking advantage of my kindness. 
I hate those moments, 
because my kindness turns into anger, sadness and it discouraged me to a point where I hate human and I only see the negative sides of them or I will do no good anymore attitude.

If you are in that situation when you think and know that people are taking advantage of your kindness, think of these:
-You do it for someone that you respect/love the most (may it be God, family, etc)
-You do it for a greater purpose
-You are doing the right thing (even to the wrong people, you are still the good person)
-It is better to chose good over evil
-Its rewarding for you
-Keep in mind that being kind also means being wise!

"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends."
1 Corinthians 13:4-8a ESV

What I am trying to say is that when you are kind to other people and you help them and they are taking advantage of you, understand that there is also a boundary of offering your help to other people. If you are in a situation when you are hurt, sad, feel used and even to the point of abused by other people that you helped then maybe you should stop doing that for them. 

Of course being kind is a good thing, but being kind without wisdom could be dangerous.
When you do something that is not your job, but you do it anyway out of the goodness of your heart, that is kindness. Even though we do good thing without expecting anything in return, but when kindness means someone used you for their own benefit in a very bad/selfish way, that is not good.

For me, I think kindness is every sacrifice we made for the benefit of other people. May it be energy, time, money, prayer, help, etc.
People tend to appreciate or categorize kindness as in "money" alone and we must admit that money is a big help in people's lives, but kindness is not limited to money alone.
Spending time with a person in need, making a meal for a family who just lost their loved ones, praying with a stranger in a hospital, buy a stranger some food, give your shoes to those in need, helping a child cross a street, give up your seat on a bus for an elderly man, giving water or a home to a homeless dog, answering the phone with a nice voice, not yelling at other people, share some tips on how to make their computer works better, etc..are acts of kindness!

"And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount."
Luke 6:34 ESV

By nature, we all have the ability to do good and be kind to other people.
Whether we do it or not is our choice!

Kindness is a sacrifice for other people's good benefit, not yours. 
It is an unselfish act of love and grace.

But, understand that you must be wise to know which/who needs your help and which/who is just using you for every wrong/evil reasons and purposes.
Kindness suppose to do good not the opposite!

Keep in mind that you too are important, precious and beautiful in God's eyes.
Never lose your identity just because you are too busy fulfilling other people's need and lost yourself.
Read this verse:

"We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves."
Romans 15:1

You must be strong to help the weak, this is why it is important to understand that we need to take care of ourselves so that we could take care of other people. 
Strong does not mean we have to wait to do good until we are "strong" (financially, physically, etc) then do good. 
Strong as in we know who we are (our faith) in Christ,
we understand why we are doing this, 
we give with what we have to those in need, 
not just to those who are poor financially, but physically, spiritually and mentally exhausted with life. 
This is why we need to be strong because if we are weak, drained and exhausted with our own life, our kindness will turn into complaining, comparing, weary, judgment, asking for credit and all the wrong reasons. 
Also, we must be strong to say no to those who just used our kindness for bad things out of their greediness, manipulation, laziness, and evil thought.

One more and VERY important thing:
Be kind to your enemy. 
They might be one of those people who used you for your kindness for their benefit, but just because you refused to do certain things for them because you know they will use that for all the wrong things, it does not mean you have to be rude to them.
Even if they meant evil toward you, 
"Kill" them with kindness 
;)

"If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the LORD will reward you."
Proverbs 25:22-23

"A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve."
Joseph Joubert

Indeed 
:)

xoxo,
Lindsay





Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Art Of The Week

I really love art. 
My mom is a great artist and musician,
(to my own exaggeration because she is my mom, my hero LOL)

I have a passion for art and could spend a very long time in an art museum,
or anywhere where art exists,
pretty much as much as I love reading and book store/library!

One of my favorite is Street Painting!
these artists are awesome, amazing, great and beyond!

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Speaking of it, have you seen the movie?
I LOVE it!!



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3D Pavement Art by Joe Hill.

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Watch the amazing 3D artist Kurt Wenner draw a Christmas Nativity scene 
at Belmont Forum Shopping Centre, Perth, Western Australia.

I could go on and on and on when it comes to art,
but I will stop here and let you enjoy their masterpiece!
Maybe you are one of them or maybe you will come up with an amazing artistic idea today.

Be inspired,
Be creative,
Be an artist of your own interpretation.
Everyone is unique,
Different
and 
Precious!

xoxo,
Lindsay



Monday, July 23, 2012

This Boy Can Sing!!

I saw his performances on YouTube a couple of times and it has blessed me beyond words.
He could sing, dance, act.
This boy could performed for sure.
He is also very humble, sweet and smart!

He has an angelic voice, the way he sings it, he sing it from his heart,
His voice is just amazingly awesome! I do not give praise easily because I am picky LOL, unless that person is really THAT good. 
This boy is really that good and beyond.
His ability to sing high notes, to control his voice, to control his breathing, to perform at the same time is crazy good!!

"Jose Antonio "Jotta A" Viana is a seventh grader, 
the youngest of three children of Antonio and Edna Holanda, 
living in the village of Angélica, just outside Sorocaba, Brazil. 
With his family he attends an Assembly of God Church and recorded his first CD at age six. 
Ever since he first appeared a few months ago on a Brazillian TV youth talent show “Jovens Talentos Kids” which is a segment of the popular show ”Raul Gil,” 
he’s been in incredible demand. 
He’s usually accompanied by his older sister Lanna,
he sings mostly in churches and Christian festivals. 
He is booked solid at churches mostly around Sao Paulo, Brazil, through the end of the year. 
According to his family, he just recorded a new CD, which was released in September at Brazil’s Expocristã, a Christian festival in São Paulo."

Get ready for the best performance of all time!!
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Please welcome Jotta A.

"Agnus Dei"

"Amazing Grace" (My Chains Are Gone)

"We Are The World"
Wow! I remember Michael Jackson when I heard him sing this!

"Hallelujah"
Oh and he could sing duet too ;)
Michely Manuely is an amazing singer as well..kudos!

The Lord has promised good to you kid and He will keep his promises!
Keep serving Him, He has blessed you with amazing talents and I am sure He is so happy when you sing to/for Him!
God bless you and keep you sweet Jotta A!
:)

xoxo,
Lindsay


Sunday, July 22, 2012

The Waiting Room

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One of the thing that I hate in life is waiting!
I just do not like the anxiety, the unknown, the uncontrollable mixed emotions!
I just hate looking ahead and see nothing,
or I see something but I could not reach it.

"Waiting Room" for me is a period of time/place in life when we are getting ready for something ahead of us, a process of being and having a better life.

If we are wise enough to wait, learn and moving forward, 
 those waiting moments in the waiting room are very rewarding in life.
It taught us about being patient, trusting, hoping, surrender and admitting that...
 "I am just a human."

We become smarter, wiser, stronger and more mature.

The waiting moments also taught us a lot of things on how to reach the top, how to get ready, how to grasp what we have been wanting- waiting - working  for in life.

Sometimes, we rushed things that we are not ready to received and we got burned,
we failed!
Stupidity, impatient and pride are a very bad combination while we are in that waiting moments. 
Think of the waiting moment as a step that you need to go through before the next step exists. 
There are steps that we could skipped because we mastered them already or they are not that important, but there are steps that needed to be precisely done step by step or you had to start all over again.

But,
many of us stuck in the waiting (moment's) room because we do not want to let go of the past (before the waiting room) and too afraid, too stupid, too lazy to walk to the next room.

We hold on to our past because the future is uncertain,
-understandable but arguable-
How do you know what tomorrow hold if you are too afraid to let go of your past?
Whether it was your golden moment or dark moment..
let it go!

If it is your golden moment,
be proud of it, 
keep it as your best memory 
and use it to motivates you.
But, 
it happened in the past, 
you need to let it stay in the past 
and create your new golden moments.

If it is your dark moment,
be proud that you get out of it, 
keep it as a lesson 
and use it to motivates you to be better 
or not to do the same mistakes you or the persons who did that to you.
It happened in the past, you need to let it go!

I hate being in the waiting room, 
but I keep myself busy in any waiting room,
may it be the dentist, doctor appointment, job interview, waiting for my food or for my next chapter in life.
I try to switch my frustration of being stuck in a waiting room into looking forward for the next room's surprises so that I could move forward.
Once it is my turn to go to the next room,
I am so ready,
sometimes nervous,
excited, scared, 
but ready.


Every process in life will either make you stronger or destroy your strength.
Choose strong and be strong! 


An athlete who won a gold medal did not just win it without training.
It is a long process of dreams, focus, motivation, patient, sacrifices, learning, up and down, sweat, tears, strength, hope, pray, dedication and work,
..in the waiting room..
but the reward is priceless!

-Things that we have seen are history, things that we see now are history in the making, things that we will see are still unknown. But unknown does not always mean bad..it could also mean great, awesome, exciting, better, promising, life changing, blessings-

xoxo,
Lindsay