Current affairs - April 12 2006

From the Laptop of Fraix

OKAY... three months of no news from me isn't quite what I expected.

Here's a summary:
- I've already graduated, to be precise my graduation ceremony was on March 11 2006, exactly 40 years since Supersemar (a historical event that is related to Suharto's reign in Indonesia).

- I've grown closer with Stephanie Elviana Kristanto, a junior of mine from Psikologi Atma Jaya. For the past two years I've somehow became her confidante, a role I've been honor to be selected. We sat together during our graduation ceremony.

- I purchased the domain name inascifi.com and have registered my Yahoo!ID with the email associated to said account. The future of Ina_sci-fi and inascifi.com is still open to discussion, but I did compose a certain introduction letter some time ago.

- A week before I departed for Singapore (March 23), I held a farewell party at Hartz Chicken Mal Taman Anggrek. It was great time spent together with my friends and loved ones. Among them were Rossy, Benedict Sulaiman, Yopi Y. Bachrie, Hans Suryawan, Stephanie E. Kristanto, Nana Namaskara and her boyfriend Herman, David Budy Parlan, Bertram (my cousin) and his girlfriend Rossa, Sanny and Willy. I was so happy that so many could attend our lunch together. It was a great chance for my friends to meet each other, and some of the interactions were really humorous.

- The day before I left (March 30), I had another farewell party for my relatives and closest friends. I asked for a Bible reading from Dad, and he read me from the Book of Joshua chapter 1. There were also several testimonials from Bertram, Melly 'Kiplik' Istanto, and Jeriel Charis. There testimonials about me was so touching, and I never really thought that Bertram would point out my sincerity and genuine care I have for others. Jeriel also brought up our old past regarding Erin, and I'm so glad that we could laugh together about it. It's a funny thing to note, that it was also on a Sunday of March 18 2000, did Jeriel officially asked Erin Mutiara Naland to be his girlfriend. They began their courtship on April 1 2000 (yep, on April Fool's Day). Sanny and I hope that their six year courtship isn't just a six year old prank. Anyway, it was the blessings from my friends and parents that helped strengthen my resolve to move and learn in Singapore.

- I'm in Singapore (refer to previous post) right now.

- Hmmm, last week (April 5) for the first time in my 18 years of friendship with Erin, I went out with her... two of us together, walking around in Plaza Singapura chatting and doing a bit catching up. She was surely a sight for sore eyes. But to top things up, I also met my old friend Lyla Charmaine Sulaiman. Imagine this: it's been nearly seven years since we graduated from Smuk3, and we haven't met since. In fact, Lyla herself couldn't remember when was the last time we met, although I do try to maintain contact with her through email and the occasionally phone call (and more recently, chatting online through MSN Messenger service).

- It's getting late, and I gotta wake up early tomorrow. Well... this is just a brief sum of my current affairs.