Showing posts with label Life and Fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life and Fun. Show all posts

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Minggu yang buruk?

Minggu ini menjadi minggu yang akan susah terlupakan buat kami. Banyak hal tak terduga yang terjadi, jadwal yang jadi kacau, dan uang terkuras karena ceroboh. Hm.

Singkat ceritanya, dimulai dari Josh yang sakit di hari Selasa dan langsung dibawa ke rumah sakit. Rumah sakit di dekat rumah ini baru pertama kali kami kunjungi sehingga perlu waktu untuk tahu sistemnya, tahu lokasi ruang periksanya, kenalan dengan dokternya, dan sebagainya.

Hari Rabu, Josh harus di rumah dulu karena masih sakit, jadi runtutannya Mamanya bolos kuliah.

Hari berikutnya, semestinya Josh sudah ke sekolah lagi, tapi karena kondisinya masih belum baik, dan karena hari Sabtu Minggu tidak ada dokter yang buka praktek, juga karena kami berencana ke pulau Geoje dengan teman-teman gereja, maka diputuskan balik lagi ke dokter untuk tanya kenapa belum sembuh. Seperti sudah diduga, Josh masih harus tetap minum obat dan sebaiknya stay di rumah. Karena Josh stay di rumah dan Mamanya ga konsen kerja paper, mulailah acara bersih-bersih rumah.

Biasanya San bagian cuci baju, masukkan pakaian ke mesin cuci. Kali ini karena ada waktu, aku masukin baju ke mesin cuci dan mulai mencuci. Beberapa saat kemudian, betapa kagetnya, rumah banjir! Ternyata batu penutup saluran air belum dipindah! Cape deh. *tepok jidat* Rentetan kasus berikutnya, tetangga bawah rumah marah karena plafonnya bocor kena air, jadi harus bayar kerugian untuk perbaikan plafonnya ㅠㅠ

Karena seharian tegang, jadi ga bisa tidur, akhirnya kerja tugas deh sampai subuh. Dibuat tidur juga belum bisa tidur-tidur juga...Hari berikutnya, boyok pegel linu, letih lemah letih lesu...Paper belum selesai, badan sakit, mata ngantuk. Tidur pulas, bablas deh sampai pagi.

Hari Sabtu, kami putuskan tidak ikut ke Geoje (*lain kali kudu kesana*). Kasihan juga ngelihat Josh di rumah terus, akhirnya bentar deh kita jalan-jalan yang dekat aja, ke mall. Lha kok, disini San kehilangan cincin pernikahan. Gak biasanya dia kehilangan barang. Sudah lewat dua jam sejak cincinnya hilang baru dia nyadar, untung kita belum jauh dari lokasi. Setelah lapor bagian informasi, tidak sampai 15 menit ada telepon masuk bilang kalau cincinnya ketemu. Wuih! Jadi penasaran siapa yang yang temukan cincin itu. :)

Sampai disini belum berarti selesai semua masalah di minggu ini. Begitu sampai di rumah, eh...pintu rumah ga bisa dibuka! Dieng! Apa lagi ini. Dari awal kami pindah ke rumah ini sebenarnya sudah ada yang memberitahu kalau pintunya agak rusak. Tapi karena belum mengalami ada masalah maka kami merasa baik-baik saja. Untung saja tukang kunci mau datang di hari Sabtu begini. Kuncinya rusak, tidak bisa dibetulkan dan harus diganti yang baru. Ya sudah.

Sewaktu San ke tempat satpam untuk pinjam tangga untuk coba masuk lewat jendela (ternyata tidak bisa!), dia bertemu dengan tetangga bawah rumah kami yang bermasalah di minggu ini. Dia menanyakan kenapa kok cari tangga. San menjawab bahwa pintu rumah kami rusak. Dia kemudian berkata kepada San, apa yang telah kamu perbuat sehingga kamu punya banyak sekali masalah. Kami berpikir bahwa dia mungkin ingin mengatakan tentang karma, dimana ketika kamu berbuat salah maka akan ada balasan kepadamu di kemudian hari.

Ketika San bercerita tentang hal itu, aku teringat kotbah Pendeta Son hari Minggu yang lalu. Beliau berkata bahwa jika kita menjadi orang Kristen, jangan berharap bahwa hidup kita akan lancar dan bebas dari masalah. Menjadi Kristen bukan berarti bahwa hidup kita akan baik-baik saja. Masalah yang kita hadapi ini merupakan sarana bagi kita untuk melatih diri kita menaruh pengharapan kepada Tuhan. Masalah yang kita hadapi dipakai Tuhan untuk suatu kebaikan.

Misalnya:
*Josh sakit sehingga kami harus pergi ke rumah sakit yang belum pernah kami datangi untuk tahu lokasinya, dokternya dan sistemnya sehingga kami di kemudian hari bisa beri info ke orang yang memerlukan.
*Masalah dengan tetangga bawah rumah membuat kami mengenal lebih dekat siapa dia dan bagaimana hidupnya.
* Kehilangan cincin pernikahan membuat kami lebih menghargai bahwa pernikahan bukan lebih dari sekedar cincin. Plus juga harus berhati-hati meletakkan barang berharga.

Jikalau kita melakukan hal yang baik, itu bukan demi mendapatkan hidup yang baik di masa depan, namun kita hidup dengan baik untuk berterima kasih kepada Tuhan yang sudah memberkati kita terlebih dahulu.

Minggu ini bukan minggu yang buruk. Minggu ini minggu yang luar biasa seru!
Bagaimana dengan minggumu?

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

[Korea] Shinsegae - Ice Skating Ring


Do you want to spend your time with family indoor? The Ice skating ring in Shinsegae Department Store in Busan can be one of your choices.




Shinsegae is a very big super mall, and in the mall you can find a nice ice skating ring, next to the shopping area and cozy food court. While your kids are enjoying skating, you can join them also or waiting in the food court while keeping an eye to your family.


Shinsegae Centum City is a wildly popular attraction in Busan that is home to an excellent indoor ice rink with a capacity of 500 visitors. This state-of-the-art ice rink is operated under natural light during the day and under spectacular, romantic lighting at night. The ice rink is a great place for visitors of all ages and has a variety of facilities for the comfort of its guests. Those needing a break from skating can head on up to Food Park or Snack Corner to look out over the ice and munch on food from around the world. Other facilities at the rink include the Culture Hall, customer lounges, and customer service center. (www.visitkorea.or.kr)




Operating Hours
10:30 - 22:00 (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday-Sunday)
10:30 - 20:00 (Tuesdays and Thursdays)



Are you ready to skate?
Some pictures were taken from visitkorea.or.kr

[Korea] Sajik Stadium - Lotte Giants!




Here we were at Sajik Baseball Stadium, the home of the Lotte Giants !

Sajik Stadium is built in 1985, holds 28,500 people.
Since Sajik Stadium is located in Busan, which is in the coast and the south part of South Korean, the temperature is usually cooler than other parts of the country.




Diyas was right in visiting Busan and Sajik Stadium while he was in Korea, since the game of Lotte Giants is always an interesting one. You can feel the energy of Lotte Giants fans while cheering their team.

On my first time seeing Baseball game, it's a match between Lotte Giants and Samsung. I was surprised to see how people supported Lotte Giants. They came to the stadium with Giant's uniforms, brought many attributes, flag, etc. I could feel their passion for Lotte Giants!





Before entering the stadium seat area, we walked along the corridor full of food stands. There were fried or roasted chicken, any kinds of drinks, kimbab, and many more Korean snacks were offered.


We chose this one. It is squid snack. The smell was totally attractive...I could not stand anymore not to buy.

The crispy squid snack...yummy...


Near to the end of the game, the orange Lotte Giants' plastic bags were distibuted. It was meant for keeping the trash, so that the stadium would stay clean. Everyone who needs a plastic bag can take it. But, aparently, even though they don not need it, they will take one plastic, to cheer the Giants! Just like me ^^

What a perfect day!
(It was so windy at that day so I lend Diyas my pink scarf...hehe. Pink scarf for pinky boy ^^)

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

[Korea] Sajik Stadium, Lotte Giants Museum & Shop

In front of Sajik Stadium, Busan
It was in 2010 when Diyas and I visited Sajik Stadium to see a baseball match between Lotte Giants & Hanhwa. Lotte Giants is a baseball team based in Busan, while Hanhwa is a team based in Daejeon. It was interesting for us since Diyas was studying in Daejeon at that time. So we asked him, which team he preferred to cheer up? Giants or Hanhwa? :)


If you want to read more abour Lotte Giants, here is their official website, but it is in Korean. 
http://www.giantsclub.com/





This was the picture of Lotte Giants' manager, Jerry Royster. Apparently on October 13, 2010, the Lotte Giants decided not to renew Royster's contract following the Giant's defeat by the Doosan Bears in the first round of the KBO playoffs (Wikipedia).




Lotte Giants is the hero of people in Busan. Whenever I asked elementary or middle school students which team they love, mostly the answer is Lotte Giants. I think since I live in Busan, by no reason I also became Giants' fan. 




The building behind San & Diyas is the lobby where Lotte Giants' players come and take a rest. Nobody except the players and official staffs could enter the room. 




We were in front of Lee Dae Ho picture. Lee Dae-Ho (이대호) moved to Japan after playing for the Lotte Giants in Korea Professional Baseball for 11 seasons from 2001 to 2011. He hit home runs in nine consecutive games for the first time in world baseball history.According to a Gallup Korea's survey conducted in 2011, Lee was chosen as the most popular player in the KBO league. (Wikipedia)


LeeDae Ho is a very famous player since he often hit home runs in games. 




While waiting for the game, we decided to take a look the Giants museum and shop. Please enjoy the pictures. The things exhibited in the museum are so many, I couldn't take picture one by one. It was worth to visit.












































San wanted to buy the Giants' uniform but the price was too high for him to afford. The quality is good, though. 

And, someday I wanted to visit the shop again with Joshua and buy this kid baseball stick for him. The stick is light and soft so it is safe for kids to play with. Same as the ball. :)

Monday, December 12, 2011

[Korea] Ski - Eden Valley Resort


Where do you want to do in winter? For me, I have two unchecked items since the first winter I experienced in Busan, Korea. It is ski and snow boarding. 

Busan is in the southern part of South Korea, therefore the temperature is considerably warm compares to other places in this country. It means that snow is a rarely found in Busan. I experience snow for the first time in Busan, in Novermber 2009. It was my first snow ever! However, it was just thin layer of snow and since I was not living in Yeongdo-gu where the campus is, I could not see how the snow was falling down...


Actually, I had two chances for ski in 2010 and 2011. Our Church members gathered in a mountaineous area for Lunar New Year retreat and planned to ski together at Eden Valley Resort, not far from where we stayed. 

However, on 2010, few days before we went for the event, I found out that I was pregnant. Of course, nobody even me thought that I could go for ski! Impossible.


The second chances came the year after, same event, same place. One day before the skiing day, I got very terrible diarrhea that made me lose my strength and energy, felt very weak and no more desire to go for ski. I just wanted to arrived home as soon as possible and rested.


Will I be able to for ski this winter time? I don't know...but I hope so.

If you need info about the ski resort near to Busan, here it is:
www.edenvalley.co.kr