Happy New Year!

Time goes by so fast. Year 2005 is about to go some hours left and here I am, celebrating my 2nd New Year in Germany with my best friend, my lover, my husband: Felix.
Let me spend some times of the last day in this year by sitting in front of my computer, trying to count some tremendous events happened during year 2005. Some points I would like to highlight now...

Starting from the sad occurences. Some good friends who have been such a bro and sis for us, had to leave Germany for good. Novi had to go back to Indonesia, Lala had to move to USA (but currently she is spending holidays in Jakarta -- good to know that!), and Viona moved to Hirrlingen (another corner in South Germany). It wasn't easy at all for us since we used to spend most of our times with them. Met up and visited each other, chatted on the phone... They were really friends we could trust on, friends who would always be around us in good and bad times. I will always keep the memories deeply in my heart.
Lucky that we still have Hellen, Marlen, and Lars here in Bremen.

Another sad thing came in the middle of the year. I heard that a newborn baby boy of my cousin in Makassar, died some hours after born. Hard to believe it, mais c'est la vie... Couldn't do anything at that moment :(.

Well now, let's jump to the pleasant things. Start with our moving to a new renovated apartment in the beginning of May (I know there is no way to express my thankful to Jimmy, Lala, Widha, and Syakir for their help and support on that hard day!). The location is a bit hectic because it's in the center area of the city. But still, some friends said that the flat itself is quite nice and modern though. I personally would say that it's much better than the one we had before :).

The next fabulous thing highlighted this year was a new job I got from my Professor. I'm so blessed by offered this job as sometimes I think that I don't qualify for the post. Doing some literature researches to assist my Professor in writing her cookbook. Meanwhile, it has been unconciously enriching my own knowledges. The good thing of this job is I could do it from home... Yeah!!
Then a great thing happened to my husband. He got two jobs at the same time! Thanks God! One is a work in Fallturm Uni-Bremen (a space research center) -- in my eyes, he deserves for that position. And another one is a work in Bombay Restaurant near by our apartment.

Last but not the least that really higlighted year 2005 was some trips to other places: Amsterdam, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Köln, and ended by celebrating Christmas in Paris. On the trip to Amsterdam, we met new friends from India: Namrata and Nirdesh, and still keep in touch with them till right now. In Berlin, we had wonderful times with my husband's DAAD friends and we were so lucky because of the whole journey and accomodation were funded by DAAD. In Paris, we were glad to see again our friend from long time, Gregory. He came with his mother, Nelly -- it was the first time we met Nelly face to face :).

There all you have sum-up of year 2005 from me.
Now, let us pray for the coming new year, that there will be no bomb anymore in Indonesia (some people will doubt this), and put our hopes in all the way just in Him.
For ourselves, we hope that we could finish our thesis by end of July 2006 and could experience to have a baby wherever and whenever in 2006.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Many greetings from the snowy Bremen.