Blogging Thing
Posted by: Sherly on: October 14, 2008
This last two days I read some inspiring blogs and apparently found myself was starting to be on the wrong track of blogging. The desire to post something new and interesting every day seemed to make me want to gain the glory for myself. I started to check my visitor counter everyday, and seeing my name on someone else’s blog was the excitement I couldn’t bear. Obviously, my emotional state is related to the number of people who visit my site. It was really sad that this little blog of mine was seemingly in desperate need of attention, and undoubtedly the pride has held me back.
However, the motive I wrote this blog for the first time was as my counterpart of improving my spiritual discipline – besides as a memento of the journey – with my disregarding of the visitors count. Since writing wasn’t as easy as holding the wind in your hand, so I started my blog with some knowledge I acquired. At least it’s something I could share for my warm-up. Then it came as a great excitement to me – when I commenced to write – that people began to read this blog of mine, people I didn’t know and people from all around the world. Before I knew it I had several regular visitors on my blog’s counter.
Nevertheless, “the more you blog — and the more people read your blog — the more responsibility you have” is weighing me down. Some part of my introvert side wants to say “Just leave me alone, don’t go to my blog if you want to know what in the world I am going to do.” However, another part of mine wants to help others by exposing some impersonal and appropriate things that will strengthen my friends and some acquaintances. Such a dilemma for the more responsibility I’ve got.
I know that not all the things I can write must be written on this blog, not all the things I know must be shared. As I paused to ask myself just why I continue to blog, I thought I’ve just needed to take some fresh air, and adjusted the proportion between reading and writing, between the input and the output. Meanwhile, please do come to my place. Since with sharing each of our stories we can inspired each other, I will continue to write more with the responsibility.
Dilemma of Motherhood
Posted by: Sherly on: October 12, 2008
There’s always a dilemma for married women in the crossway of womanly life, especially when it comes to time for choosing between career and cradle. Some new mothers wept when they realized that they would never have the uninterrupted hours for their passionate career. However, they also felt guilty whenever they took time away from their beloved ones.
Though the preference to live without any offsprings isn’t across on my conscious sane, I agree that marriage does not and ought not to be exist just for the sake of children. Motherhood is not the key to my self-esteem in womanhood. I don’t want to follow the begotten obligedness merely because of the need for the socially intimacy and for the sake of our togetherness. It’s a pathetic – though undeniable – that progeny can keep the spouses together even there’s no romance and love anymore, because the greatness of marriage is in the love which husband and wife have to put big efforts on.
I always admire those who decide to become full-time mothers, leave their potential careers and look ordinary in the eyes of the world, so that they can address themselves on the work of growing a human being. They have been sacrificing their ego by letting go some pieces of their single identities to contribute to the society for generations. I believe that at last the best parts of theirselves always come back in a richer life.
Some friends asked me when is the right time for me to bear a child. I still can’t find the answer myself, since I want it to be more than my feminine obligation. When the right time for our privileges comes to the calling, then we will know it. What if I am barren? Isn’t it too risky to wait since it takes time to find it out? I don’t know, I really don’t know, just be it unto me then. Though it will be hard to be the one because of the powerful societal pressures upon women to become mothers, but there’s one thing I believe in the childless things, it’s the enormous opportunity to contribute in the society.
Ten Facts About Me
Posted by: Sherly on: October 7, 2008
Regarding new ‘tags’ from Dessy Sulisyanto, I will try to represent the ten facts about me in an unbiased way.
1. Sherly’s Place is my first blog.
2. I’ve never donated my blood due to my hypotension. My second attempt was four years ago when I wanted to do the donation at my local church.
3. My blood type is AB.
4. I can live comfortably without television for months, but can’t bear it without my computer for weeks.
5. My height and weight are 155 cm and 47 kg.
6. Based on 16 types MBTI by Myers and Briggs, I am the INFJ.
7. I like rainy days. Just a few minutes after each of the important events in our wedding’s journey (sangjit, the wedding day, etc) ended, God gave us some raindrops. I feel so blessed!
8. I can’t drive a car, but I can dive in swimming pool.
9. My shoes size are 35-36.
10. My shirts size are XS or XXS or S.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Posted by: Sherly on: October 4, 2008
At last I had my exercise again, it’s been a long time (approximately 10 years) I haven’t had my swimming. I guess the first step has always been the hardest one. Though it only needed few steps from my door to test the water, but they had never come for months.
At 0810 in the morning, I’ve made up my mind to push myself to the swimming pool. Got my googles, my bath rope, my swimming suit. Using the elevator to go down, and voila… there’s my exercise playing ground. Started with putting my feet in the water, then just in couple minutes I tried to practice some of the I-used-to-remember swimming styles.
Wow… It’s really taken my breath away. I mean it literally. I couldn’t swim for more than an hour. Gosh, I used to enjoy this sport for more than 4 hours. Well, I really should discipline my routine exercise then.
Kenny Rogers Roasters
Posted by: Sherly on: October 2, 2008
Yesterday was “Hari Raya Aidil Fitri”. We’ve decided not to go back to Jakarta, quite a good time to enjoy our first Aidil Fitri holiday in Malaysia. We went to have a dinner at Kenny Rogers Roasters. Though in Jakarta, this restaurant has already opened at Pacific Place, but we haven’t had a chance to give it a try there.
It’s an American country style culinary adventure. The restaurant is designed with the wooden country-style look, which reminds me of Tony Roma’s in Jakarta. We can enjoy each superb taste sensation of the dinner with Kenny Roger’s songs. Some of them are our favourites, just named: It Had to Be You, Have I Told You Lately, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, etc.
We had the 1/4 chicken roasted with black pepper sauce plus three side dishes and home-made chocolate raisin muffin, and the jacket potato with cheesy chicken sauce. The three side-dishes we chose were fruit salad, coleslaw, macaroni and cheese. The fruit salad consists of kiwi, sunkist orange, pineapple, water melon, and honeydew melon.
Its home-made chocolate raisin muffin is the most delicious I’ve ever had. Its warm-served texture is so smooth and so special. And the roasted chicken is so uniquely juicy, and it’s one of the best roasted chicken I’ve tasted so far. Eventhough this place offers us the unforgettable taste, but it won’t be in our stomach-filler choice restaurant lists.
FYI, the service charge in this restaurant is 10% (higher than usual: 5%) and of course added with 5% for the government tax.
- Sherly: Ini ada forum.. mungkin bisa membantu. http://kaskus.us/showthread.php?t=879802&page=2
- osa: biaya2 akomodasi? sewa rumah/apartment? etc etc? bagi2 info ya...
- Sherly: Hi, Raiul! Thank's for dropping by. Your English seems good to me, not a bad one. Anyway, I'm also still in process of learning this language. R
