The Frog’s Lesson(s)

Original posted : November 21, 2009

Topic starter : Friday, November 20, 2009 (11:25 pm)

*groookk.. groookk.. whaddup? :p*

Before I forget.. I want to share the story of a frog :p

A frog who appeared out of nowhere in my bathroom many days ago.

And then as soon as he appeared, he was gone without leaving any trails behind.

But then..

He appeared again, that time he was in my bedroom.

And *pooff* he was gone again.

And I had my peace without having to worry about his sudden appearance anymore.

But my peace was soon to be broken only couple of days after.

Another frog jumped into my bedroom.

How can I be sure that it was a different frog?

Well.. the first one was a skinny young frog.

And the second one was a much bigger one and looked kinda old.

And this time.. I think I finally able to learn something from him.

After he was jumping here and there..

I managed to corner him to the little space between the place where I kept my clothes and the wall and in order not to let the frog get out, I put a shoebox to close the entrance.

And here is my first lesson of the frog.

He tried to escape by jumping.

Many times he failed for he jumped too low than the shoebox I put in front of him.

But without hesitation and with the spirit of never giving up.. he tried again and again and again..

And he managed to escape!!

Oohh, woooww!!

So I guess the lesson that he wanted me to learn is about these ones :

– jump a little bit higher
– try a little bit harder

Hmm.. is that so, froggie?

Maybe you’re right.

I should’ve tried a little bit harder and not easily given up whenever I was stumbled :p

And I thought that was the only lesson that frog wanted me to learn so I was kinda relief that as soon as I grabbed that lesson, again.. he was gone!

But oh boy ooohh boyy..

I was too soon to feel glad!

For the next night he was there again.. this time back to the first place I met his ‘brother’, yupp.. in the bathrom!!

Before I continue..

Here’s the thing..

Frogs aren’t my favourite so I don’t know much about them.

But come to think again..

I don’t really like to gather facts about things that I like.

I just like them and that’s enough for me, whatever facts they are of the things that I like :p

And I like jumping into conclusions with my own perceptions, not based on facts, wakakakakak..

So this thing I’ve learned is based on what I see without knowing the “facts” about frogs..

Things that from others who know better about frogs might think that well.. it’s the nature of frogs anyway :p

Okay, let’s continue with the bathroom’s scene.

That frog jumped to the top of my bathtub edge and because he felt like there was no way out, he tried the other way.

He then tried to climb the wall and when he sticked his slimy legs on the wall, I got another lesson to learn, which was :

– give it a try no matter how seemingly impossible it is

Well.. at least what that froggie did was a mission impossible for me, ahahahaha :p

But I like the message he brings!

For sometimes you know, impossible means.. I’m possible, wakakakakak..

*as always I like jumping into conclusion :p*

Well.. I left him while he was still sticking his slimy legs on the wall and I continued playing games, ahahaha..

And maybe because that froggie thinks I’ve learned the lesson I needed from him, he was gone again 😀

And hopefullyy..

He won’t come back again, huahahaha..

Sorry, froggie..

I’ve just realized that I love you more when you’re already as fried one, cause seeing you alive somehow makes me shiver, hiii..

I’m so glad I’m more into Cinderella story and NOT too fond of the Frog Prince tale, wakakakakak.. so I don’t have to kiss you just to prove that you aren’t a real prince under a spell, froggie :p

But..

Thanks for the lesson anyway ^o^

Topic ended : November 21, 2009 (2:54 am)

*interupted by playing with Angelicious and cooking at Cafe World, ahahaha :p*

-Indah-

 

Fun Learning

Topic starter : Wednesday, November 18, 2009 (7:45 pm)

I lovee Cafe World!!

Huahahaha.. this is the newest game that I’m addicted, too :p

And the one that made me didn’t really mind when it took ages to login to Pet Society and sometimes I even forgot to login there just because I was too busy cooking at Cafe World, wakakakakak :p

And tonight I’ve got another “enlightment” that this game, Cafe World, is indeed a fun way to learn about much things.

Noo.. it isn’t related to cooking though it’s a cooking game.

But I think this game teaches us how to maximize your space.

I remodelled my cafe for couple of times to get the maximum use of space so I can put more desks and chairs and everyone would be served by the waiters.

Cause sometimes if you pay any attention on each customer, some of them might not be served by the waiter and if that happens, then probablyy.. there’s something wrong in the way you arrange the desk and the chair.

Aside from the maximum use of space, you ca also learn about timing.

Each food has a certain amount of time to cook.

So you must be sure to do some rollings in cooking so the counters won’t be emptied and the customers won’t get starved.

Another thing you can learn from this game is about expense and revenue.

There’s a description about the cost to buy the food and how much money will you get by serving each food.

You can make a calculation about the profit you will get and not to forget also considering the amount of time to get the food ready to be served.

Interesting game, isn’t it?

I haven’t made any details calculation on which food will give me most profits, ahahaha..

But you can make calculation in case you’re bored in waiting for the meal to be cooked, it’s a good way to keep your brain in active mode.

Just remember..

Don’t use calculator, otree?!

I realized it now that I’m getting slooooowww in calculating even in simple numbers, huahahaha.. because calculator surely makes things easier but it also makes your brain works in slower mode :p

Oohh boyy.. this is what I call a fun learning!

Don’t you just lovee playing games? 😉

Topic ended : November 18, 2009 (8:53 pm)

Nb. For all the Cafe World Lovers out there.. what have you learned from this game? ^o^

-Indah-

 

The Frog : The Missing Lesson

Topic starter : Monday, November 16, 2009 (8:47 am)

This post is about the frog which appeared in my bedroom couple of days ago.

I’m still curious up until now cause I still can’t grab any lessons from his appearance!

I mean.. this is something unusual.

If it’s about mosquito then it might not be any lessons that I should’ve learned, huahahaha :p

(Sorry, mosquitoes.. you appear too often that I started taking you for granted, ahahaha :p)

But a frog?!

A frog?! Out of nowhere?!

He must have brought something for me to learn.

But my mind just can’t seem to interpret anything *sigh*

This brought me back in time when a bird came into my bedroom.

This is taken from my other blog :

http://tottilicious79.multiply.com/journal/item/157/About_A_Bird_Aim_It_The_Right_Way

Originally posted : October 4, 2008

~.*.~

About A Bird : Aim It The Right Way

Hai, D, apa kabar? Baik2 aja? Semoga yaa ^o^

Anywayy, D.. Masih inget ga soal burung yang lagi itu terjebak di kamar gua?

Kalau ngga inget juga ngga apa2 sih, hahaha :p

Cuman belakangan ini gua lagi kepikiran sesuatu..

Bukan.. Bukan soal pertanda baik apa seperti yang si Gwen katakan.

Gua lagi mikir, apa sih yang tuh burung mau gua pelajari dari dirinya?

Hal apa yang lagi2 gua missed mendapatkan pesan pentingnya?

Kala itu yang bisa gua pikirkan cuman satu, yaitu : temukan sasaran yang tepat maka elo akan bisa mencapainya ^o^

Sampai sekarang juga gua ga bisa memikirkan message lain dari tuh burung sih.

Soalnya hal yang dilakukan tuh burung selama berulang2 di kamar gua adalah :

Menetapkan sasaran yang kelewat tinggi di pintu keluar dan sasaran terbang yang kelewat rendah di jendela.

Well..

Yang di jendela sih doesn’t really matter karena toh no way out juga melalui jendela.

Tapi mungkin yang tuh burung mau gua pelajari darinya adalah..

Tetapkan sasaran yang tepat walau itu mungkin lebih rendah dari harapan elo tapi dengan begitu elo akan menemukan jalan keluar dari permasalahan yang elo hadapi.

Gua ngeliatnya nih burung lebih fokus menabrak jendela karena pas mengarah ke jendela, terbangnya itu pakai acara trial and error dalam artian arah terbangnya kadang naik, kadang turunan dikit walaupun kisarannya ya di situ2 aja sebenarnya :p

Tapi ketika terbang ke arah pintu, dia keukeuh ngga berkutik di kisaran terbang dengan ketinggian selalu di atas batas teratas pintu, ngga mau lower down a bit.

Padahal kalau dia terbang lebih menukik ke bawah dikit aja, dia akan found the way out.

Maybe that bird wanted to tell me that all these times I was focusing on the wrong thing?

Maybe gua terlalu sibuk pontang panting menjaga sang ‘jendela’ dan tidak menggubris sang ‘pintu’ makanya gua always got trapped in the same problems?

Beberapa waktu lalu sebelum libur Lebaran, ngga tau kenapa tiba2 gua kepikiran kalau gua harus made peace with my ‘volcano’, ada something inside of me yang menyuruh gua untuk ‘merangkul’ sang ‘volcano’ dan mengajaknya berdamai.

Berkali2 ajakan itu bermain dalam pikiran gua tapi gua mengacuhkannya. Dan ego gua menahan gua untuk mengibarkan bendera putih tanda gencatan senjata and sebagai ajakan untuk berdamai.

Again, maybe I was listening to the wrong ‘voice’? That is why gua jadi teringat kembali akan si burung yang sempat terjebak dalam kamar gua?!

Ahh.. Burung, lain kali elo gua kursus-in berbicara ala manusia atau menulis dalam bahasa Indonesia dhee sehingga elo bisa langsung ngomong ke gua tentang apa yang elo ingin gua pelajari dari dirimu ^o^

Okee dokee, D.. Until then..

Ciaoo cito, babee..

Amore,

Indah

~.*.~

And this made me realized that I should’ve had a better filing system, huahahaha.. It took me a while to get the posting I wanted :p

And since my old computer crashed, I had no back up, huhuhu..

But hmm.. isn’t it interesting how something can lead you into another one?

A lesson you might’ve learned but sometimes missed?

Well, froggie..

I’ll get your lesson, one way or another!

It’s okay if now I might not get it yet.

But promise me something, froggie..

Next time you visit me again.

Please let me learn something from you, alright? 😉

Topic ended : November 16, 2009 (9:50 am)

-Indah-

 

Hypnotize.. and More..

Topic starter : Sunday, November 8, 2009 (12:26 pm)

Couple of days ago, I was watching a TV show, nearly at the end of its show.

There was an old woman who was being hypnotized by the talent of the show.

Under that “spell”, she was singing a heartbreaking song about a man who left his wife for another woman.

Hmm..

I don’t know why but hearing her singing that song, I immediately jumped into conclusion that she might be singing the story of her life.

And somehow I guess I was right.

Right after the talent of the show released her from the hypnotize, she then said that she hated men but she didn’t want to talk about it any further, she only said that as for the moment, she only lived for her children only.

Somehow..

I felt sad when hearing her said that, I could sense her bitterness when saying those words and those looks in her face.

Wondering what that one specific man (this case I assumed it’s her husband or should I say, ex husband) had done to her that made her come to that state.

Personally..

I guess I have this tendency on blaming women in terms of affairs.

I hate myself for thinking this way but just can’t help but feeling this way :p

Maybe because I know men are weak, especially when it comes to the temptation of women!

You know the famous sayings..

Men fall for women whileas women fall for money?!

Sadyly to say but reality speaks that way in general.

Soo..

It’s a woman’s job to stay away from any unavailable men!

I still can’t understand whyy oohh whyy..

A woman have a heart to hurt another woman!

 

Be Careful of What You Wish For

Topic starter : Saturday, November 7, 2009 (5:01 pm)

Have you ever heard about this :

Be careful of what you wish for?

Well..

It’s true!!

Be careful of what you wish for!

For sometimes you do get what you wish.. but NOT in the way you want it to, wakakakakak :p

Take me for example 😉

Couple of days agoo..

I was soo fed up with my routinity at the office.

And I felt soo bored.

I wish oohh how I wish I could have some days off, awayy from the office.

And guess what..

God granted my wishes.

I did have a day off, away from the office.

Because..

I was sick, wakakakakakk :p

Thursday night.. got high fever..

 

The Beauty of Arts

Topic starter : Wednesday, November 4, 2009 (12:14 am)

Just a piece of mind left from the previous blog’s link I’ve posted before.

Have you ever heard this quote :

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

Hmm..

I guess it’s true.. especially related to arts, huahahaha..

There’s no “bad” things when we talk about arts, it’s all just a matter of taste and preferences.

One might say this thing is good but the other might be clueless and really have no idea what’s the good thing in the same picture they see.

It’s not a matter of right or wrong but it’s all.. well.. back again to “taste” itself :p

I lovee seeing beautiful pictures.

What I mean by “beautiful” is the one with bright cheerful and colourful objects within.

Those lively colours sometimes just grab my attentions faster than the gloomy ones, huehehehe..

I’m not saying that all gloomy pictures are bad to me, noo..

I love some of them.. but I prefer the ones with colours :p

And I’m having real difficulties in enjoying abstract pictures for some pictures are well.. that abstract that won’t leave any room for me to imagine things from what I see, ahahaha..

Happy faces always catch my attentions, too..

Love seeing them..

And I guess I’m more interested in cartoon style and things related to children, huahahaha.. kinda childish, I know.. but somehow just can’t ignore them for those pictures are soo free-spirited.

They can break all the rules and still look cute.

(Remember Sailor Moon with her ooohh-so-veryy BIG eyess but still looks gorgeous anywayy ^o^)

Those pictures sometimes have a mind of their own that not everyone might understand.

I just love it..

 

I Saw The Signs

Topic starter : Sunday, November 1, 2009 (1:22 pm)

Do you believe in signs?

Signs that we can find anytime and anywhere just as long as we keep our eyes opened and let our mind do the riddle to make the right conclusions of the signs we see along the wayof our journeys in life 😀

Latelyy..

I don’t know..

I saw signs everywhere, huahahaha..

Looks like I’ve been guided to see things related to my heart.

But I still have no idea whether all these signs tell me to stop looking for more evidences and just deal with whatever feelings I have right now..

Or..

That I need to look for more signs to make the hurts go even deeper to make my heart working in normal function again :p

Cause as you know.. heartache might give you a very rich sense of feelings, hihihi..

Aahh..

It’s all come back to the decision I should make.

And I’ve decided..

I’m gonna give it a go a little further in this hurtful journey and hold myself tight not to break into pieces and hopefully I know right in time when I’ve reached my limit before I fall apart :p

*wish me luck!*

Anywayy..

Let’s talk about another signs I’ve seen latelyy..

I love blogging and I love blogwalking.

But lately I rarelyy do the blogwalking thing because well..

I’ve spent too much time here on FB, huahahaha :p

But last night..

I did some blogwalkings to the blogs I used to read regularly.

And since I don’t believe in random anymore..

There must be some reasons behind of why I stumbled into some blogs that so very much related to what I felt lately.

Mood-swingers.com

Ahahaha..

 

The Right Message Will Come To The Right Person.. Somehow.. Somewayy..

Topic started : Thursday, October 29, 2009 (12:54 pm)

Have I told you how I love quotes?

Those wonderful messages hold special place in my heart.

In my down moments.. sometimes remembering those words could strengthen me in a way.

When there seems no way to go on.. those words somehow makes me believe that I’m gonna find my way out, too, from this so-called situation :p

I have this kind of “habit” in sending those inspiring words via text messages.

Sometimes I get those messages from my friends, sometimes from the quotes I collected.

It has been a while since the last time I sent those forwarded message again, huehehehe..

Feels kinda lazy to do so :p

Besides.. sometimes I feel like my forwarded message might only annoy the people who receive them and will only make their inbox full, ahahaha..

But since yesterdayy.. don’t know whyy.. I started sending them again cause I had some inspiring words from my friend that I wanted to share.

Here are the text messages :

 

Having My Own Personal Psychic

Topic starter : Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (1:50 pm)

I love humans.. I do, ahahaha..

Even though sometimes they can be such a pain but oftentimes they give us pleasant surprises from time to time.

And I guess it’s true..

We never really get to know someone whollyy, ahahaha..

For even with ourselves we don’t know 100%, right?

There’s always always a part in us that we don’t know (yet).. although at times the “unknown” side might be revealed a little but there are still so much more that need to be learned and felt for us to get in touch with.

And that perhaps the exciting parts in dealing with other people.

Cause at first you don’t know them at all.

They are like blank pages to you.

But as you get to know them personallyy..

Suddenly they are not as blank as before anymore.. for little by little you find another colours, another faces, another sides in them.

Every little thing about them that shaped them into an image in your head about the person you’re dealing with.

 

Something Just Never Change

Ahahaha.. another old post from my blog :p

Looks like I’ve talked too much in my writings that I couldn’t even remember what I’ve been talking about all these times, ahahaha 😀

But I stumbled upon one posting that’s kinda related to my previous notes here.

It’s about.. children (again) :p

Well.. I guess something just never changed, ehh?

Originally this was posted on August 19, 2008.

And the link of the original post is :

http://i-love-totti79.blogdrive.com/comments?id=340

~.*.~

Hmm hmm kalimat berikut ini udh lumayan lama gua denger di Oprah, di episode tentang anak2 yg ortunya bercerai.

Yg ngomong adl psikolog terbaik dlm menangani anak2 ‘hasil’ perceraian. Hehehe.. Saya lupa nama Bapak, Pak, hihihi :p

Dia bilang gini :

‘When you’re talking bad things about your spouse in front of your children it’s like blaming their DNA!’

Woww wooww.. It’s so very true yaa..

Krn children itu khan having half DNA of their father and the other half is from their mother.

Eheemm.. Sptnya seeh gt, haha, gua mana ngerti soal DNA2-an, hahaha :p

Soo, parents of the world, please watch your mouth, especially when you’re having any arguments with your husband or wife ’cause usually when emotions take over, the harsh words will flow.

Just bite your tongue when it happens and try to hold it as long as you can before you take part in damaging your own children’s souls.

But you know what, D.. Sometimes I think children need to be updated with the real life situation their parents’ are in so that they won’t be living in any illusional life which is fake.

I believe that once in a while they need to see and hear their parents ‘open war’ so that they know that it’s okay having some arguments once in a while in a marriage.

That way, they will have a more realistic perspective of what marriage life would be.

Unlike me who has been so fed up with Cinderella syndrome, with the famous tag : ‘And they live happily ever after!’

By saying ‘happily’, what stick in my head means that there will be no fightings and arguments at all. Which by the way when you live in a real world that’s almost impossible, right?