Bryan in AIIAS

Today Perry Clement Timothy Polii was buried. He was born on November 10, 1984. I remember when I was still in middle school, whenever I go to Yordan I would meet him with his brother, Terry, in front of their house, near Om Utu's telaga. The next time I met him was when I started working as a Bible Teacher in SLA Tompaso in June 2002. He was in III IPA, together with all the bright young kids striving to become doctors and scientists. Actually, during the first day of class, I saw him seating in III IPS. He was a leader among his batchmates. Although looked upon negatively by some teachers. My first impression of him was a smart guy, with a photographic memory (reminds me of Marto when we were in high school). He was an adventurous fellow, a sportsman. The first weekend I spent in SLA, he invited me to climb Mount Soputan with him and his friends. I told him that I was not capable of going such distances anymore. But he encouraged me. So I tried hard and reached the foot of S...

I just could not resist pasting these jokes here. I. Sehari setelah membeli Toyota Kijang, Ridwan kesal bukan kepalang. Pasalnya, mobil tersebut mengalami gangguan mesin yang sangat fatal. Tidak bisa pindahgigi dari 1 menuju ke gigi 2, maka yang terjadi mobil tersebut langsung loncat ke gigi 3. Esok harinya, Ridwan pergi ke salah satu bengkel resmi Toyota. Tetapi pada saat Ridwan komplain, sang mekanik hanya bengong dan tidak merespon sambil mengerjakan mobil lainnya. Kesal dan geram menjadi satu seketika itu juga saat montir tersebut tidak juga memperhatikan Ridwan. Merasa dicueikin akhirnya Ridwan membentak montir tersebut dan minta penjelasan mengapa di bengkel sebesar ini konsumen tak diperhatikan. Namun montir itu tetap santai, kemudian mengatakan itu sudah resiko memilih mobil Kijang. Kontan saja Ridwan naik pitam. Tapi lagi-lagi si mekanik tetap tenang sambil berujar, "Di TV dan koran kan sudah dijelaskan kalau KIJANG MEMANG TIADA "DUA"-NYA." II. Globalizatio...

This morning after coming home from the market, I tried to recall this song on the piano. Finally I went to the internet to look at the lyrics. I was hoping to find the guitar tabs too, but I didn't. Anyways, here's the lyric to the song. I found it from http://half12.blogspot.com/2008/12/last-night-i-had-dream.html, a response from Leslie. He'll Find A Way Words and Music by: Donna Douglas From the CD: He'll Find A Way Artist: Billy and Sarah Gaines At times the load is heavy At times the road is long When circumstances come your way And you think you can't go on When you're feeling at your weakest Jesus will be strong He'll provide an answer When you found all hope is gone He'll find a way For I know that if He can paint a sunset And put the stars in place I know if He can raise up mountains And calm the storm-tossed waves And if He can conquer death forever To open heaven's gates - Then I know for you, I know for you He'll find a way And at ti...

Our class today have a new disturbance. There are two guys who keep on chatting all the time. They chatter in unknown language. They have become an annoyance. They show disrespect toward the professor. Because they keep on chatting even when the lecture is going on. I've even asked our professor to kindly tell them to stop talking among them during class time. But our professor feels that they are adults and they know the ethics inside the classroom. So I guess if they continue this trend. I might have to reprimand them in class. Would this be a good thing to do?

Hey what ya' gonna do when the Lord comes back for his chosen few Hey what’s He gonna find will your heart be waiting or filled with gloom Are you gonna be ready 'coz it’s gonna be soon Hey what ya' gonna do when the Lord comes back for his chosen few Hey what’s He gonna find will your heart be waiting or filled with gloom Are you gonna be ready 'coz it’s gonna be soon Can you see the clock how it ticks away In a blink of an eye it’s the judgment day There’s a great reward or its time to pay Better make up your mind He could be on his way Hey what ya' gonna do when the Lord comes back for his chosen few Hey what’s He gonna find will your heart be waiting or filled with gloom Are you gonna be ready 'coz it’s gonna be soon From the book of life will your name be read Will your soul be happy or your heart feel dread There’s a straight and narrow or a path of sin Well your time’s running out so I’ll ask you again Again.. hey hey (hey hey) ...

My first entry for 2009. Wow.. it's been almost a year since the last blog. Anyways, today was supposed to be the day for the family to go to the beach. Unfortunately we all woke up late. But Joie was able to prepare our food for lunch in Matabungkay though. Edward's supposed to bring Raldy for this will be their final week together. Raldy's going back to Bandung next week. After a lot of thought and discussion, we finally persuaded Edward that it would be better for him to just stay and join the picnic His friends were planning for Raldy. So that's how my Sunday turned out to be the lazy Sunday. Although lazy, I was able to finish reading some articles for tomorrow's class.

After a week of doing nothing but going to Alabang, AUP, Manila, Greenhils, etc.. today classes for the 2nd Term started. It was kind of a relief though, because my brain's going to be used again for studying.. :) Although it really takes effort to get the system getting back to the cycle of 'studying' again. I woke up this morning kind of dazed and still wanted to sleep, because we watched Aga Mulach and Anne Curtis' new movie "When Love Begins" (not really new, but its newly released on DVD). Luckily our teacher didn't show up this morning. She's due to arrive from 'somewhere' (I don't know) tonight yet. So there we were 7 of us patiently waiting for the teacher to arrive. 20 past eight, I got the courage to inquire the secretary of the dean the whereabouts of our teacher. It seems that she wasn't coming till tonight yet. So, for the first day of class was no class.. :)