The Me Inside....

6 taonan yg lalu gw "minta ijin" ke Onya gede.  "Nya, ijin ya nyaaa... Gw mau namain anak gw Sonia" Daaannn kemarenan dpt msg "gantian ijin ya.... Gw mau namain anak gw Candice" Hahahaha I reckon it's very very cute. Ada onya gede, onya kecil. Skrg ada kendis gede, kendis kecil. Awww.... How sweet :)

Sabtu kemaren kita diundang dinner ke rumah temen.  Dari hari Jumat malem gw dah bilang sama Onya kalo besok bakal ke rumah Tammy. I told Onya kalo weekend kan biasanya Onya boleh makan sweets of her choice *kalo weekdays sebisa mungkin gw ga kasi dia manis2 macam Tim Tam or m&m dan sejenisnya*, tapi karena malemnya mau dinner dirumah Tammy, jadi pagi/siang/sore Onya ga boleh makan manis dulu, karena dirumah Tammy pasti banyak dessert. Belon lagi mereka selalu sedian jus box gitu yg gulanya aduhaiii. Onya iya iya aja pas jumat malem gw kasi tau. Datanglah Sabtu. Pagi2 udah minta greentea Kit Kat *yg dibawain bokap Juli kemaren, yg gw juga DOYAN BANGET tapi ga makan satupun krn tau onya doyaaan sangat n disini ga ada yg jual* - jelaslah ga dikasih.  Daaan sang anakpun mulai memelas2. Tetep dong gw ga kasih.  Tau2 dia bilang sendiri "I promise I won't eat anything sweet at Tammy's tonight. I promise." Then gw bilangin.. dont ever make promise you can't keep loh ...

Onya sekarang semangaat kalo les renang. Ati gw adeemmm banget liat dia enjoy banget. Beda banget nget ngett sama last year. Jadi taun lalu kita enroll dia buat preechool swimming class. Kenapa? Karena menurut Andi (dan gw), renang itu skill yg penting banget.  Naah term 1 Onya masih enjoy, tapi dia gak mau sama sekali nyelem. Boro2 masukin pala ke aer ya, dia mandi aja kalo matanya kena aer jerit2 "periiih, periihh" sambil tangannya sibuk nyari anduk (yg biasanya dia nyamber baju gw) buat ngelap mata.  Onya itu bukan tipe anak yg "physical", dia bukan tipe anak yg heboh. Misalnya, liat prosotan... Kalo anak2 laen bakal nepsyong langsung manjat n nyerodot, kalo Onya ngga.  Dia bakal observe.  Dia bakal ngeliatin. And pelan2 dia bakal mulai megang or taro kakinya satu2 seakan lagi ngitung risk factor-nya.  Once dia ngerasa nyaman, dia bakal mulai nyoba. Itupun nyobanya bertahap.  Pertama dia akan nyoba manjat tangganya dulu. And she will keep doing that samp...

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 ...

Didn't throw big party like last year, but this year Onya got to blew 3 candles from 3 different cakes on 3 different occasions :) Kue pertama was a surprise cake from Abo. All the way from Bali. Blew the candle at Opa and Ama's house on her birthday. Second cake, I bought it and blew this at school. Nice, simple and warm celebration. Third cake, Bought di Harvest buat ditiup bareng cici Ubi pas makan2 keluarga the following Saturday. Ps. Kue harvest-nya belum bisa diupload, krn adanya di kamera uncle ucok.

Decided to do it myself two weeks before the big day. Kalang kabut nyari vendor.. Thanking my brother yg uda bantuin dgn prentelan2 dan tahan sama kebawelan adenya. Thanking Andi juga udah bantuin nempelin double-tape. Thanking my mamih yg uda nemenin sini sono. Thanking Abo buat masukan2-nya. Isinya very simple: - Sports Towel - Customized Mug - KinderJoy Chocolate - Marsmellows - Skittles - Customized hard box Emang sebenernya highlight-nya anduk n mug. Niatnya biar kepake. Box-nya juga kan bisa dipake buat nyimpen2. Kalo makanannya mah cuma "side-dish" aja niatnya. Walo 2 malem tidur subuh... Cukup menyenangkan ternyata. The hardest part-nya itu bagian motong2 buat bikin tempelan box-nya. Astaga... So time consuming!! Tapi rasanya, hasilnya not bad for a first timer.

Exactly 12 hours from now, my baby will turn 2!! Welcome Terrific Two!! Two years ago, at this hour - I wondered whether the funny feeling was a real contraction. It surely was! Was in labour for 13 hours, and on July 23rd 2010.. Voila! There she was! I didn't have a "teary-touchy" moment when I held her for the very first time. I guess I was just happy that the labour has finally stopped and that she's perfect. My first "OMG! I'm a mom!" moment happened that night. Andi was sleeping and Onya cried incessantly. Tried everything I could to calm her down. I failed. .... Until I let her sleep on my chest and I sang "centre of it all" by Hillsong United UK. She calmed down immediately and that was the first time I realize that I'm a mother and felt an unending stream of love flowing out from me to her. Almost literally. A blink of an eye, and she's turning two in less than 12 hours!!! A blessing indeed. She changes my life. In a very...

Baby girl is a little over 23 months old now. Bawelnya adjubileeh *im happy, not complaining at all* She can literally talk for hours without stopping. Lucu. Dia masi suka mikir kalo mau ngomong. Jadi masih suka diulang2. Sama ada pause-nya gitu. Went to her first wedding reception last Saturday. She had fun meeting my friends. Sepanjaaaang jalan pulang pegi ngoceeeehhh aja. Anteng di carseat-nya sambil maen iPad n ngoceh. Kayanya onya ini tipe yg meng-observe dulu. Karena dia gak langsung jump happily to anybody. Dia akan diem, observe, and as if she's making decision to like a person or not. She obviously likes Francis, secara dia bisa rangkul2 senyum2 gitu. She doesn't like Verry. Gak mau sama sekali deket2. Ini sih kayanya ngaruh sama my feelings towards that someone juga sih hihihi. Anak gua bgt daaah! :) These days I can talk on and on about Onya. Can hardly believe she'll be wearing uniform in a month! How time flies. ------ Mami lg di Korea and for the first ti...

Wihiiii... Onya is going to RTA nxt month. Can't believe my baby is going to school! Why we decide on RTA? Last wed went to MMI for their open house. Metode Montessori-nya bener2 baguusss banget. And I LOVE their uniform! Tapiiii..... Jam sekolahnya kepagian. Mulai jam 8, trus seminggu 3x at 4 hours each. I think itu too much buat Onya. Trus the fact that feeling gua kok kayanya agak kurang bersih tempatnya. (Walo kolam renangnya bersiiiiiiiihhh bgt) Trus setelah berbingung2, Kemarin Andi meng-interview local principal RTA. (Krn executive principalnya lagi mudik ke aussie) And we're convinced that RTA is the best for Onya. Sekolahnya starts at 930, 2x a week @ 2 hrs. I think itu udah cukup bgt buat bocah 2 taun. Sekola juga itung2 main2 aja. Biar dia used sama English juga, jd nanti kl ke nz udah lebih biasa. Karena biar gimana kan gw dirumah masi banyakan ngomong indonya. Tuhan, bimbing kami selalu ya...

Went to Kinderfield today. Gak OK yah... Gedungnya sih baguus, brand new, gueddee pisan. Ada running track, swimming pool, futsal n basketball courts, etc. Tapi kayanya mereka focus more on Primary and not kindie deh. Trus marketingnya knows nothing abt the school's curriculum n program. Ditanya "kelebihannya apa?" Jawabnya "umm... Eerr.. Kita full inggris" Pas dibawa tur keliling sekolah, Orgnya nanya "kelasnya 2 jam apa 4 jam ya?" Lah! Mustinya gua yg nanya bukaaan? Mana gw tau kelasnya berapa lama. Makanya gua dtg kan karena gua mau tanya2. Mereka gak punya pricelist. Alesannya "masih ga tau keselip dimana" Jadi mereka cuma nulisin pake tangan di belakang selembar brosur. Untuk level sekolah sekelas Kinderfield, I don't think that's appropriate ya. Mereka spent milyaran buat gedung sekolah, tp why can't they hire a more decent people to be the face of their school. Spent only 10 mnts disitu trus pulang. Untung td gak a...

Been checking few possible-school for nyanyah. Pertama went to : Discovery Center di Menteng few months ago. Ini rumah gede yg dijadiin preschool. Bagus, tp gw kurang suka karena outtdoor area-nya kecil pisan. Banyak bulenya, anak2 expat... Trus we tried parents-toddler class-nya. Onya somehow ga gitu hepi, entah emang dia ga suka atau ngantuk. Bambino International Preschool di Patra Kuningan. Wiii, homie banget. We went during their open house, dpt penjelasan panjang lebar. Onya hepi disini. Anak2nya campur, ada yg bule, jepang, korea. Guru2nya keliatan caring. Gymboree Kelapa Gading. Oooh, this is gonna be one looooong review! No way I'm gonna enroll Onya ke Gymboree. Buseet... Barang emang tau harga deh. Sebenernya the reason kita nyari sekolah buat Onya itu karena si cuplis satu ini udah mulai demen joget2, ngikutin gaya org nyanyi, mulai demen corat coret. And she seems happy interaksi sama people her age. Kalo di Rockstar Gym kan cuma motorik kasarnya aja yg dilatih. Kenapa...

Helo blog, It's me, checking in. I'm on my camping ground again... Got nothing to do apart from blogging. At exactly 22 months, weaning process went really well today. I told Onya my nipple hurt. Dia tetep minta nenen tp I told her ga bole isep, nenennya sakit. Jd dia cuma nempelin pipinya aja. Pas dia mau isep, I reminded her that nippie lagi sakit. Then she said "gapapa... Pipi aja" Trus dia blow a kiss ke si nenen. She asked for a hug and she said "tutup nenen" Aaah... My heart melt. Even from a very young age, I know my daughter has a very good heart. Anak baik. Terharu pisan gw. ---- Going Bandung early morning tomorrow. Hasrat shopping udah ga bisa dibendung heueheuhe. ---- Urusan tour ke Korea buat mami udah beres. Paid everything in full already. I'm blessed to be a blessing. ---- I haven't blogged about the update of our NZ PR application. Yes. We're making a progress. We got our WTR (Work To Residence). So all we gotta do now i...

Wonder why gw rajing nge blog lagi lately? It's because gw lagi "kemping" mulu. Tiap malem skrg dipisahin sama Onya, supaya dia gak bangun minta nenen mulu. I can't watch TV karena si onya kalo liat di depan terang dr bawah pintu kamar, dia minta kuar lagi. Saya ini penganut NO TV di kamar. Iya. Jd Andi and I agree kalo there can only be 1 TV in the house. (2 sih, tp 1 lagi dikamar pembantu). Tujuannya supaya we have more time as a family. Gak kaya kebanyakan keluarga these days yg anggotanya sibuk nonton TV di kamar masing2. Trus gw jg ga bisa maen iPad, krn iPad-nya suka dipake main onya sebelon dia bobo, jd tu iPad ada dikamar sebelah. So I'm left with my blackberry deh. Uda abis ngebacain statuus2 FB, twitter and berita. Masi belon ngantuk. Jadi ngapain dong gueee? Ya ngeblog deh. Today kalimatnya Onya nambah lagi. Panjang skrg ngomongnya, hari ini 2 kata. "Minum cow cow milk" Hahahahha... My baby is reallly growing up. Onya itu orangnya geli-an. Tad...

Baby girl has started talking two words. Her first two word was "babacip" = baa baa sheep and her vocabs seem to increase so fast in just one day. Tiba2 dia uda bisa bilang these words: Mami mandi Ello kiti Tiup lilin Bobopet = spongebob squarepants Kiki mos = mickey mouse Dedi kerja Bani pepel = Barney purple Kaut whait = cloud white Nek atas = naik atas Warna juga makin banyak taunya. Red, green, blue, orange, yellow, purple, black, white, grey, coklat. Wiih... Baby growing up so fast. Too fast! ----- Ooohh, went to Emma's yesterday. dia kan baru punya puppies, so I took Onya buat main sama anjing2 kecil itu. Hepiii deh Onya gak takut anjing. Santai aja belai2 walo rada kaget pas ditomplok. ----- Hari ini santai. Subuh dpt kabar gembira ttg "two stripes finally" Pagi banyak ngobrol sama Andi. From the moment I opened my eyes this morning, udah curhat. Pake2 acara mewek pula :) Told him intinya from time to times gw berasa kayak the first born in the parable of...

Gua masih belon bisa tidur! Mikir... I'm not saying gua bersumpah ga akan mau nambah anak ya. I'm just saying, sekarang ini as per this very second, I'm not ready to have another child. Banyak org yg bilang gini: "Punya anak jgn satu, kasian dia sendiri kesepian" or semacem itu. Banyak juga yg bilang: "Kalo punya sibling kan bisa tuker pikiran" gw senyum2 aja. Everybody berhak punya pendapat. Tapi gw pernah bilang gini ke Andi, I've seen people with siblings yg ga ngomong for years. I've seen people with siblings yg cannot even share their feelings towards each other. And I told Andi... More than I want a sibling for Onya, I want Onya to have an "Abo". That has been one of prayer items gua buat Onya ... is that God will give her an "Abo" in life. Someone who'll laugh and cry for & with her. ..... who'll do stupid and crazy things with. ..... whom she can be secure with. ..... who'll share tons of idiot...

Those close to me pasti tau lah. I've had my whiny days. I've had my "onya main sama otoy dulu, mami need to inhale exhale a super deep breath!" I've had my kronos and kairos times. Tonight is my Kairos. You see, I was never a type yg "suka anak kecil" In fact, sampe skrg pun I'm not. I only love mine :) Beneran deh, I'm anything BUT someone who adores kids. I was the one who said "I hate kids" :) When Onya came into our lives, everything change. I became a mom who gets parenting tips from Google, Dr. Sears and Babycentre.com. A mom who breaks all Grand Ma's rules and silly myths. A mom who shabbily dress her baby without a "kaos dalem". A mom who refuses to use 'gurita' on her baby (left alone naro koin di puser supaya ga bodong!). A mom who threw out all Baby Talc Powder and Lotions. A mom who never uses 'minyak telon' (selain ga bole sama dokter, turns out Onya alergi ama minyak telon). A mom who ...

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I've been trying to wean her since she was 15 months old. Pelan2 sih. Gw ga mau maksa. Jd ya obviously adalah episode jerit2, nangis kejernya *this happened on BOTH the baby AND the mother* Bukannya apa, tp gw jg sometimes very very tired. Onya bisa bangun 2 jam sekali minta nenen. Bahkan pas mo numbuh gigi bisa 30 menit sekali bangun. Dan I know dia nenen itu no longer as "needs", tapi more buat comfort. Karena kalo weekend gw ngelayap seharian (onya ditinggal dirumah dijaga Andi), dia santai2 aja. Tidur aja tanpa nangis. Digendong sebentar juga bobo. Jd ya pelan2 dibilangin, ga bole nenen lagi. Trus kadang di tega-in, gak dikasih nenen walo dia nangis2. Tp itupun gak lama gw biarin nangisnya. I'm not the kind of mom yg bisa blaga budek :( Jd stage weaningnya Onya tuh gini: 1. Nencoy/Empeng/Pacifier Yess... Gw in a very desperate need to get a stretch of night time sleep sampe gw kasih empeng! Sukses???? Ooohhh jelas TIDAK!! Dgn sukses DILEPEH mentah2 ama Onya. Gw be...

Helo helo... Baby girl is almost 22 months old. She finally had her first haircut last month. Lucu. Jadi meni bulet pisan. Kosa kata udah mulai banyak. Bawel. Smart. She knows colors and beberapa huruf like S,O,N Gigi udah ada 12. 6 atas, 6 bawah. Makan juga udah segala rupa digares, pinter makannya, ga picky (thank God!!) tp apparently gw ini tipe mamih yg bisa dibilang ngejaga banget what goes into her mouth. Jd ga bakal deh Onya gw kasih junk food. Masih 98% home made (yg 2%-nya cemilan biskuit dia yg beli), tanpa micin and mostly pake organic stuff. Tiap mau ke mall gw masih ngelenong di dapur, selalu bekal makan. *walo belakangan sejak ga ada Yeni, kadang gw suru Otoy yg masakin* Ampir ga pernah makan yg digoreng. Biasanya it's either kukus, rebus or oven-baked. Makan buah biasanya sehari 2x. Kalo gw lagi lupa blanja ya minimal seari sekali deh. Susunya masih ASI. Walau 2 minggu belakangan ini udah mulai gw kurangin jauh ASI-nya dan kasih dia fresh milk Greenfields or U...