We Were The Reason

As little children, we would dream of Christmas morn
And all the gifts and toys we knew we'd find
But we never realised a baby born one blessed night
Gave us the greatest gift of our lives

CHORUS:
We were the reason that He gave his life
We were the reason that He suffered and died
To a world that was lost He gave all He could give
To show us the reason to live


I've finally found the reason for living
It's in giving every part of my heart to Him
In all that I do, every word that I say
I'll be giving my all just for Him, for Him And ..

CHORUS


Just want to say Merry Christmas to everyone
May the truth meaning of Christmas always reside in our heart

Life goes on..

Having finished with Sampoerna, I got another new client, ExxonMobil oil company. This client is much easier to deal with, besides their system have been very structured and well documented. In addition to that, the key persons that are very cooperative and easy to deal with. I am hoping to finish this assignment quickly and have a long leave afterwards. :)

Unconsiously, we are approaching end of year 2005. It has been almost one year since I came back to Jakarta. I am so amazing, so many kindness and mercy that God have given to me. I still remember that I was so worried about finishing my post graduate study. What the life would be after graduation. I imagined so many obstacles and difficulties ahead, felt frustated have to faced such situation. But thank's God for the protection and care during this year. He always knows and gives us the best things to us, although at first our small brain unable to comprehend His greatness.

James 1:5 "If any of you lacks of wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him."

The past months

The past months have been a crazy month for our firm. People were busy with their clients, working out of town for weeks and struggling to accomplish never ending jobs. I was assigned to Sampoerna, one of the biggest cigarettes firm in Indonesia as soon as I finished the first phase of Petrochina's task. This assignment required the team to work in Surabaya. Having worked for this assignment was given me many experiences, especially for my interpersonnal skills in dealing with our big team as well as client's key persons.

I admitted this assignment was difficult to deal with. In the sense of, my team, SPA need to satisfy our audit financial team as well as to deal with such a typical conservative East Java client. During the assignment, I myself involved in a conflict with one of audit financial manager. Just can't imagine, such a senior manager can acted so childish, said negative sounding about me in front of the team during a discussion. Initially, I was very irritated and frustated with his behaviour. However, I decided to avoid the confrontation and talked directly to my director. He gave me a positive positive response and resolved the conflict for me. This lesson taught me to speak up to the correct authorised person if you feel you've done the right thing.

Furthermore the client itself also tough to deal with. I don't know maybe they saw us as young inexperience persons, so they seemed like to underestimate our capabilities. I acknowledge that in our firm most of the employees are young, but it does not mean that we don't have capacities to do our job. I think it only need to broaden our mind and walkout from such a narrow thought. Age somewhat is not an absolute measurement to determine a person's ability and skill. This have been reminded me to humble our heart and never underestimate someone, although maybe he/she is not better than you. But don't forget, God always use weak persons to accomplish His mission.

Another thing that made this client to deal with is a cross culture matter. Actually I have known this classical matter when I was finishing my study in Sydney. Although we are the same nationality, different society would have different customs and culture. There have been many different culture between Jakarta and Surabaya although the cities lies in the same Island. This may be seen as a trivial problem but it has caused many troubles during the assignment.

Finally, I have finished my task there and came back to Jakarta. Although went through difficult time while performing the task, I never regret was being assigned to this assignment. At least I got many lessons which can equip me if I face a similar situation. And I also want to thank's God who always strengthen me during my difficult time.

1 Peter 6-7 "In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that you faith of worth greater than gold, which perishes eventhough refined by fire. May be proved genuine and may result praise, glory and honor when Jesus is revealed."