Tiap hari bersama Tuhan

so, ceritanya gini, hari sabtu kemaren, gw kan seperti biasa, ke PKU ngeles.. terus siangnya, gw biasanya langsung ke gereja karena ada kelas Anda Pasti
Berbuah, and berhubung angin hari itu KUENCENG BANGET, gw gak tahan klo hrs naek bus, so i decided nyari taxi.

gw keluar dari East Gate, but that day was kind of unusual, karena pintunya dijaga satpam and mereka ngecekin one by one anak2 yg mo masuk. and yg lebih aneh, biasanya di depan East Gate tuh taxi BUAnyak, but that day, satu pun gak ada, man! malahan adanya mobil polisi, and i was thinking, what’s going on neh? but gw lanjut aja nyeberang jalan nyari taxi, karena gw laper aje,and pengen cepet2 nyampe gereja pokoknya! but pas gw nungguin, gw notice bukan gw doank yg nyari taxi, ada banyak orang banget! my gosh! i waited for setengah jam and got nothing!

but then, from far away, i heard faint voices, kind of like chanting, or singing, and i was thinking, "wow! ada parade ya?" and then, i saw this SEA of people, holding lage, long banners, and karena gw lumayan vertically challenged, it’s kinda hard for me to see what they say karena orang2 yg d sekeliling gw gede2 gitu.. but finally, i saw what they are saying, it’s "Don’t forget chinese history" and a lot of the banners are saying "Don’t buy japanese goods". ooh, demo ternyata.. pada saat itu gw langsung bilang sama Tuhan, "ooh, Tuhan, berarti dari tadi Hana gak dapet taxi karena Tuhan mau Hana liat demo ya? gapap Tuhan, thank You loh, Hana belom pernah liat demo sebelumnya.."i was so caught in the moment, overwhelmed by the sea of people that i saw, that i FORGOT TO TAKE ANY PICTURES!! man! sayang banget!! and later, i found out that ternyata yg gw liat lewat itu kira2 ada 10.000 orang man! mereka demo di ZhongGuanCun (itu tuh daerah yg banyak uni-nya, and also beijing’s electronic market centre, hence, there are a lot of japanese products sold here)

so, when i ended my day and got home, i immediately went to NyTimes.com to see what’s going on.. ternyata sekarang ceritanya the chinese lagi gak seneng karena beberapa hal ttg jepang. pertama ttg buku2 sejarah jepang yg "whitewhashed" what they did to the chinese in the past (salah satunya pas di Nanjing Massacre) and tentang ternyata Jepang itu mendukung kemerdekaannya Taiwan, and they’re mostly outraged that PBB tuh lagi mempertimbangkan Jepang untuk dimasukin dewan kemanannya.. and ada hal2 laen juga..

terus kan gw kemaren pas di kelas cerita sama Sanwe sama Lidya what happened, and sanwe bilang katanya hari itu klo lu ketauan orang jepang pas shopping, kemungkinan besar lu gak bakalan dilayanin, (wow! it’s that serious!) and malemnya gw ada session sama Language Partner gw.(dia namanya Tianjing, jadi dia ngajarin gw chinese history/mandarin, and gw ngajarin dia oral english). and karena dia chinese, and dia dulu kuliah majornya sejarah lagi, gw tanya2 sama dia ttg hal ini, and dia ngejelasin jelas JELAS banget sama gw..

dia bilang ternyata ttg demo yg hari sabtu itu, dia sama temen2 sekerjanya udah denger, tapi mereka kira itu cuman becanda, jadi dia gak ikut demo, but in the end, ada salah satu temen dia yg bener2 join demo. dia bilang, gak ada yg nyangka demonya bakalan jadi segede gini, and mereka purely ngadain demo damai, gak ada rencana mo rusuh2 gitu.. anyway, dia bilang juga, at first kira2 orang yg join emang 10.000 gitu, but by the time mereka "long-march"nya nyampe ke kedutaan jepang, orang yg join udah 50.000!!! gw bilang gw kagum juga mereka bisa ngadain demo dengan jumlah orang yg sebanyak itu tapi tetep damai, because as far as i heard, gak ada korban jiwa tuh.. paling korbannya cuman beberapa mobil merk jepang ditimpuk2in dikit lah.. (bandingin sama di indo donk klo demo..)

gw tanya sama dia, koq bisa ya gak ribut gitu, padahal orang yg ikut tuh gak semuanya mahasiswa, ada orang umumnya juga.. dia bilang, emang sempet pas demo tuh ada orang yg "panas" and pas demo mulai ngomong hal2 yg "gak sopan" terhadap orang jepang, but salah seorang mahasiswa immediately nyetop dia and said something kinda like this :" hey! qta mahasiswa! qta demo damai nih, jangan gak beradab gitu donk..

hari itu gw juga ketemu sama temen jepang gw paginya. dia bilang dia agak2 takut sama keadaan sekarang ini, and sekarang dia tiap kali belanja ataw naek taxi dia selalu ngakunya dia orang korea, karena dia takut diapa2in.. Tianjing sih bilang, mereka gak mungkin sampe nyakitin orang jepangnya.. tapi, emang sih, agak2 gak tenang klo jadi orang jepang tinggal di cina skarang..

terus gw tanya, pendapat Tianjing pribadi ttg hal ini gimana.. dia bilang dia emang udah dari dulu gak pernah beli produk2 jepang, karena dia inget dari dia kecil sampe dia kuliah ttg sejarah gimana orang jepang memperlakukan orang cina. dia bilang omanya dia experienced it personally, makanya, dia agag2 gimana.. gitu loh.. terus gw tanya kenapa sih gak mo beli produk2nya jepang? padahal kan udah jelas produk jepang bagus gitu.. dia bilang tiap kli lu beli produk jepang, itu pasti ada bagian dari labanya yg harus mereka bayar ke pemerintah jepang dalam bentuk pajak toh? and pasti ada bagian dari pajak itu yg larinya ke militer jepang, so MISAL suatu hari Jepang nyerang cina lagi (God forbid!) bisa aja peluru yg nembak orang cina itu ELU SENDIRI yg bayarin, and (GOD forbid) klo misalnya peluru itu kena ELU SENDIRI, itu berarti you are contributing to your own death! wow! i never see it that way!

and dia juga mention ttg hubungan cina-taiwan. kan apparently taiwan gak mau bersatu kembali sama cina tuh.. dia liat hubungan cina sama Taiwan tuh kaya hubungan ibu sama anak, dimana cina jadi ibunya and taiwan jadi anaknya. ibu yg obviously cinta sama anaknya and pengen anaknya kembali ke pelukan ibunya, tapi anaknya yang merasa dia udah cukup gede untuk berdiri sendiri, yang selalu menolak untuk kembali ke ibunya. and this analogy berlaku untuk the people also. menurut Tianjing, orang2 cina tuh berharap cina sama Taiwan bisa bersatu, tapi dari pihak taiwannya sendiri tuh yg gak mau. taiwan gak mau karena jelas2 in almost every aspect, taiwan tuh lebih maju daripada cina..

wooh! akhirnya keluar juga semua buah pikiran gw! hope this adds to your knowlege and ada gunanya. and, gw selalu terima feedback, email gw ke dewibanget@yahoo.com

goodness.. minggu.. gw dr pagi jam 6 sampe jam 10 malem non-stop! biasa lah, pertama kan "ngeles" di BeiDa, but pas jam pelajaran ke 2, YuWen (bahasa mandarin), aseli gw suntuk banget! and the fact that makin jam, makin banyak anak2 yg ngantuk and bolos is not helping, either.. so, walaupun harusnya gw baru selesai kelas jam stengah 5, @stengah 4, i cant take it anymore and decided untuk cabut! i wasn’t really being productive the past hour also, karena kira2 dari stengah 3 gw udah mulai belajar bahasa korea di dalem kelas.. i mean, my goodness, my teacher is so good in speaking, that nada bicara dia tuh kaya film2 cina zaman dulu gitu.. very slow and acurate (and no, i’m not being sarcastic right now! =p)

so gw pulang ngeles, langsung ke gereja, karena emang hari itu tuh ada pelatihan Music Ministry di gereja habis kebaktian. and pas gw jam 4an udah nyampe di gereja, ternyata kebaktiannya belom habis gitu, and anak2 kaget ngeliat gw, apalagi yg udah selama 3 minggu belakangan gak liat gw di gereja. but, even though gw cuman hadir pas kebaktian udah mo abiz, i can say that i’m deeply moved by the service,karena hari itu tuh pertama klinya gw dateng kebaktian sejak service qta pindah lokasi ke QingHuaYuanPingGuan (hotel QingHuaYuan, bahasa indonya..) habis itu gw hang out sama jemaat bentar di sono. maen2..

pelatian music dimulai. and goodness, kayaknya gw salah posisi duduk gitu deh.. karena pas i settled myself in, gw baru notice ternyata gw dikelilingin sama brothers!! anyway, untung most of them jinak.. (iya tuh! kecuali Oom Suryo!! goodness.. godain gw terus dia.. demen banget sih ngeliat gw ngambeg?!) and something funny happened. jadi pas pelatihan itu qta disuruh ngeliat temen2 samping2 qta and puji mereka about something. at that time, gw feel ackward banget.. cowoq semua, gitu!! but, roby, kan duduk di kanan gw, he started saying, "bandananya bagus.." aww.. thanx.. and dilanjutin lagi sama ko endry yg ngomong, "bajunya keren" aww.. thanx.. Anyway, i learned a lot. that’s one precious hour! and gw rada kasian sama nora, ime, and desi yg nungguin gw sama CFenny gitu.. i mean, we’re planing to go to Annie’s setelah semuanya selesai..

so, gw telfon Mike, minta alamatnya Annie’s, habis itu gw telfon and booking tempat, qta ber7, para mentri tambah oom Suryo and Purnomo (adenya oom suryo, yang dikenal juga dengan nama Loli.. hehe.. maen pianonya JUAGO loh.. jadi malu gw..) bagi yg gak tau, Annie’s apparently is the best italian restaurant in Beijing, it’s located lumayan jauh dari tempat qta tinggal, di komplex elite yg namanya ChaoYang District.. yeah, we went there nyewa mobil 1, and karena harus dimasukin qta ber8 (oh! fanny ikut sama qta) we really cramped up in that small car. and the fact that we’re extremely famished dont make things any better. in that small car, oom suryo terus2an nge-bully gw gitu! mo marah deh! rasanya pengen gw gebuk, tapi karena mobilnya kecil, gw gak bisa gerak sama sekali.. so gw pasrah gitu.. but it kinda got weird pas oom suryo nawarin gw mo jadi penyanyikah ataw penyiar radiokah, or talk-show host kah, or comedian.. it’s weird because when he said these things he was serious.. gosh!gw diperhadapkan dengan masa depan gw di dalam mobil kecil itu? susah dibayangin..

so anyway, we got there, setengah jam telat dari jam reservation qta, and the place was PACKED!! so, waitressnya suruh qta nunggu about 15 menitan, and daripada nunggu gitu, qta pergi shopping aja. jadi kira2 3 ruko sebelah annie’s, ada minimarket yg ngejual barang2 (mostly makanan) dari america and ausie, namanya Jenny Lou’s, and the girls just love this place! i do, too =)

about, 20 minutes later, i went back to Annies to check my reservation. turns out they havent prepared our table yet, but as i waited, Desy baek banget, rushed back from Jenny Lou’s buat nemenin gw.. anyway, after another 5 minutes, we were finally seated. and LANGSUNG habis gitu i told everyone to order ANYTHING the want, because we were THAT hugry. anyway, we ordered 6 dishes, i think, and aseli, servicenya mereka CEPET banget, and diantara qta udah gak ada yg malu2 lagi tuh.. hajar!! and luckily, not only was the food served fast, it tasted good, too. pokoke everybody was happy eating there. it was worth the wait and the starvation. btw, gw pas makan duduk di sebelah oom suryo, and i can say he enjoyed the fact that dia not only bisa makan di situ, but also bisa abuse gw selama dinner!! oh my gosh!! (btw, oom suryo mentioned a bit about Jesse. yes, you, uncle jesse.. dia bilang dulu pas pada masih kuliah bareng di UPH kalian be2 itu partners in crime gitu ya? gw bilang aja, Uncle Jesse mah baek, gak bandel kaya lu! bu yong xie, uncle jesse ) so we ate, ate, and ate, and gw tau deh, restoran ini lumayan mahal, but gw gak nyangka ternyata in the end qta harus bayar 61 kuai per person. i didn’t say it wasn’t worth it.. cuman gw kaget aja..

we ended the meal at 9.30, and were so tired that we just wanna go home. and pas qta nyetop taxi, nora, desy, and ime was sweet enough to take me home up to BNU (bagi yg tau, yg pergi dinner bareng gw itu tempat kuliahnya beda, mereka pada di BLCU semua, and klo pake taxi, dari tempat gw ke tempat mereka kira2 15 menit). thanx girls, i had a wonderful time.

minggu depan gw sama para mentri rencana pulang gereja mo makan Vietnamese nih, wanna join us? boleh koq! you’re deffinately gonna have a great time hanging out with para mentri (tanya Fanny, Suryo, and Purnomo klo gak percaya..) and Rini, Yoke.. we miss you..

this is a note to myself, to remind Hana about the precious moments and surroundings God has given her in year 2005, just in case she forgets. memories are meant to be treasured, hana..

never forget that there are always times when you feel alone. but that doesn’t really mean that you are alone.. remember about your friends that you have, for starters in class.. bisa dibilang berkat juga kan, pas kelas kamu udah setinggi ini, 202, kamu punya classmates yang asik2? kamu punya lydia, sanwei, garreth, taka, robert, adam, zhengyi, not to mention yang laen yang bikin lu gak males masuk kelas? jarang loh ada kelas yg seasik kelas lu.. punya temen2 bule yang in a way bisa jadi temen latian lu berbahasa inggris, biar skill lu yg ini gak ilang, but on the other hand juga bahasa mandarin mereka oke, which bisa macu lu untuk gak pernah males, biar bisa keep up sama mereka..? and inget juga loh guru lu tuh oke2..

suka tinggal di kamar? gapapa. berkat Tuhan juga loh semester ini kamu bisa punya kamar segede itu.. kamar lu bisa dipake buat komsel toh? and staying alone in your room is not wrong, hana, kamu harus ngelatih diri untuk duduk diem, blajar, enjoy time with yourself..

wadoh, belom lagi klo qta ngomong tentang brothers and sisters yang ada di greja. yes, hana bersyukur sama Tuhan for each and every one of them. mereka teladan hana, temen2 yg selalu support hana, and in their own ways, hana learns something from each and every one of them. belom lagi kalo kamu lagi mikirin "para mentri".. tuh kan.. tiap kali klo mikirin tentang Rini, Yoke, Fenny, Desy, Ime, and Nora.. you never expected your friendship with them could go this far right? (gosh! i love you girls! and selama gw spend time sama lu pade, gw mikir betapa bersyukurnya gw krn Tuhan kasih gw kenal sama lu pade, because around you girls, i feel so confortable, and i can totally be myself. each and every one of you is special in your own way, and dont get me started.. karena itu gw save buat testi kalian nanti. i just think.. betapa beruntungnya nanti cowoq yg bakalan ngedapetin kalian..^__^ and everybody needs a soft place to fall, and you girls are my soft place to fall, thanx for all the wonderfull times we had and plenty more of wonderfull times to come)and inget, Hana, Tuhan jawab doa kamu toh, pas kamu minta sisters di dalem skolah, and Tuhan kasih Indah sama Hartarti? belajar banyak dari mereka yah..

and pas kamu jalan2 ya.. dont forget to stop and see how beautiful God has made spring in beijing, though a bit dingin, but mana bisa kamu nikmatin cuaca kaya gini di jakarta?  belom lagi, liat kiri kanan kamu, pohon2 lagi blooming semua.. you got all whites, pinks, and yellows all over beijing. and this kind of weather makes you dress sensibly, which is a good thing, right? and hana, it makes you look good.. remember to never let yourself go ya.. karena the moment you step out of your room, you are ready to present yourself to the world. remember these wise words, "when you’re under a dress, you have the right to remain fabulous" =)

ada masalah apa lagi? you live! there’s bound to be problems! but remember, without the bitter, the sweet ain’t as sweet, and Tuhan gak bakalan nyobain kamu lebih dari kekuatanmu..

family? pasti lagi kepikiran papa ya? of course lah! lucu juga ya papa sejak pake 9150? jadi sering smsan gitu! bersyukurlah punya papa yg romantis, yang always keep you posted about what’s new in his life. walalupun, keliatannya at times papa suka susah express sayangnya sama kamu, inget kamu punya papa mama yg loves you, supports you and supports you all the way, and never forget to mention you in their prayers.. so jangan kecewain mereka, be a good child to them, and be a good sister for koko, carin, and yani y.. bersyukur juga buat berkat2 yang Bapa kasih buat keluarga kamu di sini, keliatannya Tuhan lagi buka tingkap2 langit buat keluarga kamu..

and for the most important thing, jangan lupa sama hubungan kamu sama DIA. of all things, you have to make this relationship work. inget bahwa DIA selalu di tempat pertama, karena tanpa DIA, segala sesuatu yg kamu mention di atas itu gak akan ada. and HE loves you more than anyone, so jangan kecewain dia. jangan kuatir ttg masa depan kamu juga, karena ada pada DIA rancangan2Nya mengenai kamu. he knows what’s best for you. Han, ati2 sama apa yg kamu feed buat kuping kamu ya.. notice gak sih, betapa cepetnya kamu bisa nyerep lagu2 duniawi? jangan sampe memuji and menyembah Dia jadi sesuatu yg susah gitu, and harus kamu pikirin, tapi biarlah mulutmu, hatimu, and pikiranmu penuh sama puji2an buat Dia, ok? now, go on with your life!

cieh, sekarang udah pada mulai ngeblog2 neh anak2??? gw jg mau donk.. i feel that in my life ada banyak hal2 yg rasanya pas gw alamin itu pengen gw ceritain ke SEMUA..orang, and i guess this is a good way. and dari skarang nih, gw pengen bilang, segala hal yg gw tulis di sini adalah pendapat pribadi gw, tolong jangan disalahgunakan, and klo gw ada salah ngomong or anything, ataw mo nyangga gw punya omongan in whatever way, please email me at dewibanget@yahoo.com

ok, for starters, maybe a lot of you guys udah lama gak ketemu gw (baek disengaja maupun nggak..) sekarang gw masih di Beijing, masih belajar. skarang belajarnya double load nih, hari kamis ini di skolah gw,Beijing Normal University, bakalan ada midtest. and frankly, gw gak takut at all, which actually kinda worries me, karena klo gw gak takut buntut2nya gw gak belahar tuh.. mudah2an nggak sih.. the second load is, gw semester depan mo kuliah di Peking University, bagi yg gak tau, itu tuh bisa dibilang tempat kuliah the best in China, so trying to keep up with the standard is not easy. so tiap weekend,gw ke beijing university untuk "ngeles" bersama kira 400an orang yg rata2 korean. wish me luck ye.. AND karena gw tiap weekend ngeles, so sampe awal bulan depan gw gak bisa ke gereja gitu..=( gosh, gw bener2 miss persekutuan man! what else ios new? gw skarang lagi belajar bahasa korea juga, mulai minggu lalu. i got this friend, namanya ZhengYi, orang korea, and since last week, gw ngajarin dia bahasa inggris, and dia ngajarin gw korean. the guy’s quite ok, i mean even though he’s only 20, but he’s got quite a vast experience in teaching korean to japanese people. and i’m glad gw dapet "pendidikan" ini for free!!! hahaha!! i just love gratisan.. well, i guess, segini dulu deh.. do keep on reading my other inputs.. and enjoy seing life through my eyes..