Staying here, indulging with simple living really pushes me to be still and to ponder. When daily life has been very busy normally, the opposite is here. I sleep at around 10pm and woke up at around 6am. Unusually surprising?
Reflection #1
A Hygienic Person Will Find Difficulty to Live Anywhere.
After seeing people's houses, I realize that my Mom is the best manager and organizer of home. My house is very tidy, clean, and neat, well in my perception. Growing up as a hygienic person plus with this background obviously many places fall short in comparison so easily.
I stayed for few days in a pretty messy and dusty place. You won't believe me that I chose to sleep on flat wood that I have cleaned, instead of using the provided sleeping necessaries. Ain't comfortable, it was for sure. I don't know if it was God's training to expel my over-hygienic habit or to taste uncomfortable surrounding. I don't know how correct it is, but I learned to taste what Jesus said "but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head” (Matthew 8:20).
A training for mission, doesn't it? Maybe. But still, Dyna is converting her surrounding to her best perceived hygiene, instead of following through blindly. I don't know if my choice of doing is good or bad.
Other than hygiene freak, I realize I’m so “neat”-freako too. If I was about to choose between hairdryer or iron. I’ll choose iron! I wear non-ironed clothes in Taiwan, hard to believe it.
Reflection #2
The Pleasure of Being Single
A very carefree and worry-free life, down here. Exploration with whoever whatsoever is best when you are single indeed. No one to report to, or care too much that unnecessary jealousy arouse. Especially when you are with a guy.
Haha, do I sound like want to remain single or slightly playgirl? Oh no, please. Just enjoying uninterrupted pure friendship.
Hmm talking about boundary between a guy and a girl, Indonesia puts some actions in an area of taboo or grey much faster than in Taiwan. If many said Chinese are conservative, hmm well Indonesians upbringing in fact are more, I should say. Or perhaps, trust and pure friendship are established even to a third party, so the “grey” area can be just normality here. I experienced that many things that Indonesian seniors said “NO” or refrain, but Taiwanese seniors put me into (don’t think too deep and far) and they acknowledge that. My point is the difference of boundary in cultures. I might be in a deep mess anyway if I had a boyfriend. Haha! Good not to have one for this, and justification of my actions fall to the Lord only.
You might be wondering what on earth I was doing. My freedom still comes with a divine boundary from Above. Purity matters before the Lord. Don’t worry! ;)
Nevertheless, I realize that my life doesn’t belong to this country. Falling to a guy here certainly will require more calculations for future.