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Travelling.

I am assigned to go to oil mining site, Caltex in Riau for three weeks. The audit work at Caltex might be a very intensive one, consider Caltex is one subsidiary of a company that listed at US stock exchange. Hence, the audit approach need to follow Sarbane Oxley act. This act is arised in the light of Enron's case in 2002. Besides financial audit, the company also need to perform test of control surrounding the financial system. Hopefully during this time I can have time to visit my parent at my hometown.

According my schedule, after caltex I will be sent to Gresik for one week. To perform another IS audit work there. Hence, the total period I will be away from Jakarta is around one month. I think the work will be very tiring, hope I will be strengthen to accomplish my tasks.

One day outing.

Last saturday my department had one day outing. This just like a gathering and have some activities together. The commitee had arranged the place and activities for the day. We started at 10 am at viva bowling, mal kelapa gading. That was my first time to play bowling. It was really enjoyable, although at the first time my ball didn't hit anything hehe.. Then we had lunch together at a brazillian buffet restaurant. Before the lunch, we took studio pictures. It was really fun hehehe, it can be seen from some of the pictures loaded above. :)

After the lunch, we continue the activities to Gokart. This was a car racing. We had a competition to find out who is the real racing champion. The racing was really pump up our adrenalin. Suprisingly I was in the third place, I just can drive for three months hehe. Lastly we had massage session, to have a relax time. It was really a tiring and entertaining time can have time together with other colleagues. I think we are getting more and more solid. I am happy to be part of this department.

Oprah Show.

As my routine every Saturday morning, I usually watch Oprah Winfrey show. These last three weeks the shows were so encoraging. In one of the show, Oprah have given away hundreds of car to her audiences on the show. I think all of us can imagine, how the people on the show so happy and histeric. After some weeks Oprah follow up the people who have received those cars one by one. The result is so amazing, some people from the show, has reacted unpredictably. One of the audience, sold the car and gave away the money to the charity. Another one gave away the car to an old lady who really need a new car to replace her old car and etc.. I really touch by the reactions. Those people are awesome, can deliver the real message of giving.

I felt so ashame, do I also receive so much from God? even salvation from the dead. But most of the time I really forget to share the goodness of the God. All I think is for myself, and so overwhelm with earthly things, even nor thanks giving with what I have so far. Yeah, at least I be reminded again..

John 13:12-14 "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command".

Need emotion controller.

Last Thursday, as an usual working day, I wake up early in the morning and ready to go to office at 5.30 am. As my habit I always turn on my car radio while I am driving. And the quiet time topic on that day was forgiveness. The presenter began by reading the following bible verse.

Reading taken from Matthew 5:38-48 (NIV)

An Eye for an Eye

38 "You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if someone want to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 41 If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you."

Love for Enemies

43 "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly father is perfect."

Then the presenter share an experience that wrote by someone. The writer wrote that "it is a challenge to follow God's word to forgive other people when driving a car at a crowded road. When other drivers disobey the traffic sign and take my pathway, I always feel uneasy and irritated. That remind me to my failure to forgive other people who have done something bad to me."

When listen to it, I realised that was another warning and reminder for me too. As I mentioned before in my previous writing some time ago, that the road in Jakarta is really crowded and messy especially if there are a lot of public transport (bus, minibus/mikrolet). The public transport drivers often stop at the middle of the road as they like, so it makes the road clog. The experience that the presenter told is also the part of my every day life or sometime even worse. As I myself, if other people take my pathway, I easilly get mad and sometimes said something bad. Really want to get revenge on that person.

And thankfully I heard the session and be reminded before I've gone to far with my uncontrolled emotion which sometimes may cause a fatal situation on road. I hope I can learn to be more patient and merciful, to forgive other people who have done wrong to me. This experience makes me believe God is guiding me to His way through every event in my everyday life.

Luke 11:4 "Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins againts us".