4th round result: dapet kamar di hall 3 =)

Stelah melalui proses penantian selama 3 minggu =P, akhirnya saya dapet kamar di hall 3. Bener2 ga nyangka. Karena selama squatting, saya bilang ke Tuhan, kalau dapat hall 7 (hall yang paling "unwanted" karena agak "terasing" dan tidak ber-kantin) pun, saya akan sangat bersyukur, selama diberi kesempatan untuk tetep tinggal di dalam NTU.

Tepat tanggal 08-08-08, saya di-sms teman, katanya hasil 4th round balloting udah keluar. Langsung deg2an, dan ketika cek imel, ternyata saya dapet hall 3. Setengah hari saya deg2an terus. Saya ga nyangka bakal dapet kamar secepat itu, dan dapet hall yang ber-AC. Ketika ambil kunci, hall office membolehkan saya pilih kamar: single atau double room. Hmm..saya sempet consider double room dengan "unknown roommate" karena itu kesempatan untuk saya bisa keluar dari comfort zone. Selain itu, bisa hemat banyak uang juga klo double room. Tapi, saya khawatir ga cocok dengan rumet yang belum saya kenal itu, padahal kamar ini untuk 1 tahun ke depan. Dengan dorongan ortu, akhirnya saya pilih single room.

Saya bener2 ga nyangka dikasih Tuhan single room di hall 3 =) Sampe2 temen2ku bilang bahwa, sejak dapet kamar, saya berubah 180 derajat (baca: jauh lebih ceria) jika dibandingkan ketika squatting. Hihi.. ^^

Selain bersyukur dapet kamar, akhirnya saya pun bisa melihat sisi positif dari "masa penantian 3 minggu". Yang tadinya saya anggap normal (seperti punya kasur, meja, rak buku, printer, makanan, kulkas, dll), sekarang saya anggap sangat luar biasa dan patut disyukuri. Ketika masuk kamar, terkadang masih bertanya2, "bener ga ya..ini kamarku..?!"

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Saya hanyalah "musafir" di dunia ini.
Sepanjang perjalanan yang sementara di dunia ini,
saya terus menerus dibentuk Tuhan.
Memang sakit dan tidak enak,
tapi penyertaan Tuhan-lah
yang menjadi sumber kekuatan.
Dan akhir dari pembentukan itu adalah
hidup yang lebih berbuah,
dan membawa kemuliaan bagi nama-Nya.

Living as a nomadic student

School already starts this week. But..I'm still squatting in my friend's room. I don't have my own table, wardrobe, shelves, etc. I need to put some clothes that I like in a bag, and bring another important stuff to my friend's room. Then, I sleep on a mattress on the floor every day.

Because of this incident, I am reminded that I should not take things for granted. In the past, I almost always took things for granted. I thought that everyone had room, table, etc. So, when I had my own room, I didn't take it as something special. Now, I have already realized that there are lots of people who are homeless. They don't have money, they can't afford to go to school, and they also need to strive for food. So, eventhough I’m still squatting in my friend’s room, I should still thank God as there're always many things to thank for.

Another thing that I learn from this incident is the love of God reflected in His children when I moved form hall to hall. Before I asked for my friends' help to move stuff from my past room, my friends had already asked me first, "Do you need my help?!" This happened more than once. Actually, I've already moved twice. Firsly, I moved from hall 16 to hall 8. Hana, Melinda, Atika, Irana, and Rike helped me. Then, after 1 week staying in hall 8, I moved to hall 3. Marlene, Arifin, Garlia, Marvin, and Abednego helped me. I am still amazed when seeing God's love in them =) . Although my family is not in Singapore, but I have a big family in Christ here... Thank you, Father!

I know that I should not complain anymore. I just need to patiently wait for the result of next balloting. Although my room has been "taken away", noone can separate me from God's love. Shouldn't this make me very happy?! =D

The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.
[Job 1:21]

It’s not an easy situation for me anyway, and sometimes I think that it’s better if I can go to Heaven a.s.a.p, so I don’t need to study hard and think of accommodation like this. When saying this, my friend told me that: since God hasn’t called me to go with Him to Heaven yet, I should take up His cross and deny myself.

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
[Mark 8:34]