09.07.2019

Our thanksgiving for the gift from God.

09.07.2019

Baby Dyllent Othniel Hillary

1 Samuel 1:27‭-‬28
I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord . For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord .” And he worshiped the Lord there.

Dearest baby,

Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Psalm 139:1‭-‬18
You have searched me, Lord , and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord , know it completely. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.

WORD OF WISDOM FOR 2019

This post is long overdue. It is already half of 2019 and I am already in the word of wisdom for my 2019.

2014 - Learn

2015 - Decision

2016 - Action

2017 - Bold

2018 - Excellent

Last year was my excellent year and it close well with the Shining Star award during the Annual Dinner @ my office. I am just so thankful for all the opportunity I got and the unending support I received from my colleague.

This year will be a lot of changes, and so far I am happy that it is in line with what I am currently doing and also what I face at my workplace.

My word of wisdom for 2019 is CHANGE. I got this word at the end of 2018 and I am reminded with the sharing I got from my colleague Tracy and Mercella.

Sometime, all I need is some CHANGES to happen in life. And this three things shared by Mercella really struck me.

To have a change in life:
1. Read the word of God
2. Be disciplined
3. Change the habit

The word of God have changed so many life. And I am most humbled by how God did the same to me when His word become my daily bread.
It is easy to be sidetracked but with discipline, I am more conscious now on how I spend my time to do my work, for my family, ministry and myself.
And it slowly change my habit of procrastinating that always hamper my productivity. And the lesson I learned about changing my habit is, I am more conscious on what I am doing, what I am thinking and how am I feeling. I am more mindful and more positive & calm.

These are the things that keeps me going for the half of the 12 months so far.

On a side note, currently I am 36 weeks & 2 days pregnant with our first one (YEAY!) and I am thankful to God for this wonderful gift. My husband and I were hoping that baby is ready to meet the world on the 1st July 2019 (Our 2nd anniversary :D) hehe,, (EDD is 12 July) but of course la.. dari baby ja.. the most important thing is baby sihat.

Please pray for us! Sometime I do feel nervous, with mixed feeling. I can only surrender to God, praying so that all will be well. :)

Well, that's all for a quick update..

Forever.

Putting My Dream To Test

Recently, we have a Master Mind Circle (MMC) in our office where we got to share the books that we read and have discussion on the learning points from the book.

So we've started with the book titled Put Your Dream To Test by John C.Maxwell, a well known author. It start off by saying that all people have dream. But most people do not know how to achieve their dreams.

It is very interesting the way how John define the meaning of dream, which I personally got inspired: 

A dream is an inspiring picture of the future that energizes your mind, will, and emotions, empowering you to do everything you can to achieve it. A genuine dream is a picture and blueprint of

a person’s PURPOSE and POTENTIAL.

Four Common Reasons Why People Have Trouble Identifying Their Dream

1. Some People Have Been Discouraged From Dreaming BY OTHERS.

2. Some People Are Hindered By Past DISAPPOINTMENT and HURTS. Disappointment is the gap between EXPECTATION and REALITY.

3. Some People Get in the Habit of Settling for AVERAGE. 

4. Some People Lack the CONFIDENCE Needed to Pursue Their Dreams.

We all have 'The ONE Forgotten Dream'. And for me, it was to be a skilled and creative Tailor. I still think about it from time to time but I have never really do anything about it.

Revisiting this book given by my mentor Willie when I just started my first job at BET. Everyone have a BIG dream that seems to be forgotten. But it doesn't have to be that way. Successful people dream. And they achieve it. Dream is an inspiring picture of the future that energise your mind, will, and emotions, empowering you to do everything you can to achieve it. Dream can be put to test and pass. 

And I am in the journey to finding back my dream, and to put test on it. :)

WORD OF WISDOM FOR 2018

Hi,

It has been so long I haven't write anything here.

I have to say that 2016 had been such an amazing year for me. Despite all the ups and the down, everything now seems like it was a great year! So I thank God for that.

The highlight of my 2016 are: 

Bible Study Group - Romans, John, Acts

Engagement with my childhood sweetheart - Mr Hillary S. (Now is my dear Husband =) )

Recwel President - The highlight is the Scavanger Hunt series and the Annual Dinner.

Many more. And I really felt that it was my ACTION year. Lots of happening here and there.

So this year is my BOLD year. My highlight so far..

Bali Trip with Karas for 6D5N - Almost like my trip before changing my status

Promoted to be Senior Tour Consultant - After 3 years working in BET.

Celebration of love - Married with my childhood sweetheart, Mr Husband!!

Coming back after 2 weeks holiday with a change status, wow. I feel like I am a new person. Not sure why I felt that but I began to think that there is nothing that I couldn't go through and every situation no matter how hard it seem, things will change because there is nothing fixed or permanent in this world.  And I want to thank God for that. And especially to my colleagues who are very supportive and very understanding. Heartfelt thank you to my Ass. GM, Sue, who are very supportive for the first half year of 2017. Without her understanding, I wouldn't be able to breath especially during high season!

To cut short this post, I just wanted to say that I really enjoy listing down the word of wisdom for every year. It has been 4 years now since 2014 (Learning), 2015 (Decision), 2016 (Action), 2017 (Bold) and next year (2018) I already get my word of wisdom!! It will be EXCELLENT!

I don't know why I am so excited to keep listing this words but it really helps me to keep me on track. I have this word to keep me going for the rest of the year and looking back, it really is such a journey for me. 

This word came about when I was handling my booking and some of my clients give a very positive feedback. But for those that didn't, I don't really mind because I know that they did stretched me to be better next time. It was also due to the recent training that we had in the office called 'Go Put Your Strength To Work by Marcus Buckingham. And I really enjoyed it. I learned that most of the time, it was easier to talk about our weakness. But not so much on our strength. So, this training really helps me to focus on my strength and really put my strength to work. Special thanks to our HR team, Yuko and Lea.

So next year, I hope that I am able to rise above the challenges and improve on the quality of my work, to deliver excellently in anything I do. :)

Next post to be continued...

Learn. Decision. Action. BOLD

Early this year, I had the opportunity to go for a new year outing with the youth at my local church. We had a great day at Lingkubang. A place where you will be refreshed. It was a simple getaway, but memorable one. On one of the conversation we had, I've asked this question to them. To describe one word for 2015 and 1 word to describe how would your 2016 be.

Early this week, suddenly this words come to me. I think this would be my word of wisdom for next year.

I want to trust God for the year of 2017. There are so many things that I look forward to.

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:11-13)

Update: Season's Greetings and Getting Engaged

Wow, looking back it is almost a year without any post from me. Almost forgotten. Almost give up to recover the password for this blog. But thank God! Here I am :)

Well, it is almost the time of the year! Who doesn't love this seasons? There are lots of happening around this time. Even at our office we had a deco competition between department, sing carols and soon to have Christmas Lunch.

Few updates from me..

Suprise2.. I am engaged! And it was with my childhood sweetheart. I will tell you our story in another post. 

With the big family.

 

Hillary a.k.a bonong 

Right after our Engagement,  another event was the Staff Annual Dinner. And like every other year, Recwel Committee will be in charge of the event. 

Soon will be the Christmas Lunch.

I think towards the end of the year, there are lots of REDs going on. Thinking of getting other colour for Christmas. :)

That was the update from me and adios!