: About Me

I was born and raised in Indonesia, married with an American man and now live in PA-USA, graduated with excellent result from University of Pembangunan Nasional (UPN), Surabaya, Indonesia from Agriculture Faculty and Agronomy was as my subject study. I also took several courses: in Public Relations and Broadcasting and I was the best graduate from there. My other favorite course was French.

Singing is my hobby. Before I left my country to US, I ever joint with six different Vocal groups. Five of them were Christian Vocal groups. I have interest in landscaping and broadcasting. I got my first job in landscaping and worked for almost five years handling from small to big projects, from single houses, real estates, offices, hotels, apartments and condominiums. I also like writing, gardening, dancing, cooking, crafting and trying something new, good and interesting.

Talking about writing, it becomes a part of my life. I like to write to express my feeling, my thought, etc in Indonesian and english. Besides at Helium, you can find my writings at www.kabarindonesia.com, www.cross-written.com, www.dailyavocado.net, www.andaluarbiasa.com, and my three blogs; www.abbottsbooks.com, www.fidaabbott.blogspot.com, and www.buanainspiration.blogspot.com.

In my daily activities, besides I take care of my five years old daughter, I become a part of WALMART family as a part time Associate. For online daily activities, I am as a Managing Editor at www.kabarindonesia.com, an online daily Indonesian news based on Citizen Journalism, which is right now in its third year (in November 11, 2009) has had more than 10.000 Indonesian Citizen Journalists from around the world. I also responsible to manage the online writing course at KabarIndonesia as a Director.

Right now I have several projects, writing my cookbooks in series and preparing to write my second novel while waiting for my first novel will be published in February/ March 2010.

What I love in my daily activities besides taking care of my family and working are blogging, writing, and gardening (in spring - autumn).

The two next steps of my dreams are becoming a great blessing to the others who are in need through my published stuffs and a great author who is loved by the readers.

My passion is ...

Becoming a Blessing to the others

I know too much about ...

difficult and challenging life

My parents always told me ...

always to be a kind person to the others

My childhood ambition ...

having many new, good & challanging experiences

My favorite memory ...

first love

Why I write ...

to express everything I feel, look and think

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

everything that makes me interest to read, watch and listen to

My first job ...

Landscaping and private course teacher

My best moment ...

Singing with my Vocal Group in front of thousands people in Sport Stadium, Gelora 10 Nopember in Surabaya - Indonesia

My inspiration ...

DON'T EVER HUMILIATE THE SMALL THINGS BECAUSE THE BIG THINGS COME FROM THE SMALL THINGS

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: The art of giving

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What do you think when you hear about the word of 'giving'? Most of us think that giving is about giving something, either it is money or other things. Or we can say every giving has a purpose in order to expect someone does something as in return or not. For several examples: we give a special gift to our children when they celebrate their birthday. It can be a cake, a card, a small gift or having dinner outside, etc with a purpose, of course to make them happy and show that we care and love them. Do you ever do the volunteer? Do you think the 'volunteer' action is a part of giving? If I ...

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