The Me Inside....

In about 24.5 hours I'll be in Jakarta. Holiday is starting really soon. ... tapi kenapa somehow belon semangat ya? Somehow kayak masih "nahan napas". 2 malem ini tidur ga enak banget somehow. Tidur kayak ga tidur. Kebangun tp kaya gak bangun. I should be sleeping now. Eyes are tired, neck is stiff, and I need to get up in 3,5 hours.  Sometimes I wish Wellington is so much closer to Jakarta. I hate long haul flight.

We have a new addition in the family. We adopted a Jack Russell from SPCA.  Kenapa anjing? Karena seumur idup gua, for as long as I can remember, gua selalu punya anjing. Bukan cuma sekedar "miara" loh, tapi yg bener2 part of the family.  Yg paling membekas itu tentu aja Piko ama Picca my last two dogs.  Kakah died when I was about 5 months pregnant with Onya. Jadi Onya sama sekali ga sempet ketemu my dogs.  Makin kesini gw makin yakin, kalo animals play an important role in kids life (at least di idup gw lah). They learn about responsibility, caring and most importantly compassion. I wanna give a chance buat Onya ngerasain apa yg gw rasain ke Piko n Kakah. The gift of unconditional friendship they gave... And how u learn to love them too.  Kenapa adopt? Karena saya ini agak2 idealis tapi realistis. I love animals. Dogs especially.  Idealis karena gw mau do the right thing YG GW BISA. Realistis karena, as much I want to.... Gw ga akan sanggup kl disuru jadi...

Been ages since I last wrote about Onya.  My girl, is a big, big girl now. Juni 2014 she cried for the first time while watching.  Dia nonton Frozen *yg tentu aja udah diedit disensor bagian ciumannya*... And ternyata dia dah ngerti alur ceritanya. Pas bagian Anna jadi frozen, she cried!!  Sedih katanya.  Aiiih... Anak gw dah gede. Udah 4 taon 3 bulanan. Bahasa indonesianya masih fasih banget, tapiiiii kita baru nyadar kalo kita gavpernah ngajarin dia ngitung pake bahasa indo!! Waktu itu bingung dia pas disuru ngitung, cuma lancar satu dua tiga... Abis itu ga tau aja gitu. Halah, langsung deh di drill ama andi. Malah thanks to Dora and Diego, ngitung pake spanish lancar benerr. Apalagi? Udah mulai tidur sendiri minggu ini. Awalnya masi ditemenin, pas pules ditinggal. Malem bangun masi nyariin, tp kemaren semaleman ga nyariin. Onya ahirnya kidal beneran setelah sampe 2 bulan yg lalu dia masih ambidexter. Skrg she seems to finally found her preference. I have a leftie ...

I love this city. Cuma satu yg gw ga suka. Weathernya!! Ini yg namanya weather watch lah, weather warning lah... Bisa literally 2 ari sekali kalo lg winter gini.  Anginlah, ujanlah, badailah.... Ampuuunn deh. Baru seneng2 liat MetWeather App (official govt punya) udah normal, tau2 udah merah2 lagi aja gitu atasnya. Ini baru kemaren weather warning been lifted, ni ari ngecek udah merah2 lagi aja. Good thing nya, biasanya selalu tepat.  Kalo dia bilang mulai angin jam 9pm, ya jam 9pm tuh beneran angin mulai gegerungan. Biasanya wind gusting between 120-130km/hr.   Kurang lebih begini deh.  Padahal ni ari matahari lagi bagus, ga dingin juga.  Serem kalo angin, karena kita tinggal di atas bukit. Bunyinya itu looh. Mana samping kiri masi tanah kosong kan, jadi ga ada yg ngalangin rumah dr angin. Bener2 bunyinya gegerungan booo. Terus yaaah, Kamis kemaren apparently ada gempa 2x! Lumayan org2 pada berasa, tapiiii thank God apparently our house itu adanya di a more sol...

Utang posting si rumah, baru mood sekarang :D  Masi belon beres banget sih... meja TV belon ada.  Meja makan udah ada finally tp belon kefoto. These photos were taken at several stages during the building of the house.  Kalo yg udah mulai ada furniture itu taken on the first day we moved in.  All in all, Im so grateful.  We've come a long, long, looong way. God is good.  

We bought a home. Mauldeth Terrace nama jalannya. We finally made a decision about it. After months of struggling finding the right one, many sleepless nights, uncountable prayers and discussions.. Ahirnya everything lead to this Mauldeth. Before we went back to jkt, we made a downpayment for our first house in NZ. Pas kita bayar DP, rumahnya belon jadi, so we had a chance to choose the colours and made some changes on the appliances. Having said that, it's truly amazing and surreal at the same time. God is good. We are blessed. We moved in on the 28th Feb. Jadi baru 2 minggu kita pindah. We love the house. The little one was so excited about it. Pelan2 we'll make this home homier. Skrg masih kurang karena masih ada beberapa barang yg belon dibeli. Meja TV belum ada, meja makan baru ahir bulan ini dianter karena lagi out of stock yg kita mau. Foto2 n wallart belon ada yg kepasang. Jadi emang belon beres. Banyaaak bener kayanya yg masi kudu dirapihin. ...

Udah liwat tengah malem and still wide awake. Hokeeeh, what's been going on for the last 4 months or so? My last update was on the 23rd of Nov last year, which make this post the first post of 2014. Went back to Jekardah for about a month dari tgl 15 Dec - 12 Jan. Had fun in Jkt obviously. Yg pasti makan, makan dan makan. Balik sini si mami ikut... Pas mau mendarat di Wellington disambut dengan cuaca yg amat sangat cerah. Udah siap mendarat, udah landing position, pswt udah turun, darat udah keliatan jelas.. bener2 tinggal 2 menit lagi juga nyampe... Tiba2 angin doooong! Welli banget kannn hahaha. Mendadak pesawatnya oleng and mendadak langsung nukik naek lagi. People were screaming, untungnya si Onya bobo. Ternyata mendadak angin kenceng aja sampe pswtnya ga bisa mendarat. Sempet muter2 bentaran n pilot usaha landing lagi. Tetep belon bisa... Ahirnya? Kita ke Christchurch deh, terbang lagi 30 menit. Sampe sana pesawatnya isi bensin. Abis itu langsung terbang lagi k...