Monday, November 5, 2007

Heroes season 2

This TV series is even better than season 1! I can't wait to watch episode by episode..

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Adrian @school, day 2

Seperti biasa, anak-anak nyanyi "Good morning" dan greeting yang lain. Abis itu mereka disuruh melakukan pemanasan dengan merentangkan kaki, cium lutut, gerakkan kepala ke kiri dan ke kanan.

Permainan pertama yang dilakukan anak-anak adalah injak-injak kaki di atas matras tebal yang empuk. Apa yah tujuannya? Mungkin untuk melatih keseimbangan?

Abis itu anak-anak disuruh berburu strawberry. Gurunya ngelempar mainan bulat-bulat warna merah. Begitu bu guru lempar strawberry, anak-anak harus gesit supaya ga kalah cepet sama temennya ngerebutin tu strawberry, trus dimasukkin lagi ke keranjang bu guru. Tentu saja anak yang lebih gede dapet lebih banyak.. Adrian cuma dapet dua strawberry he he, tapi gpp lah.. di sini anak dilatih untuk ngikutin instruksi bu guru dan belajar cekatan.

Setelah berburu strawberry, anak-anak pindah ruangan. Di dalam ruangan itu udah menunggu 10 buah bola besar... katanya namanya gymnastic ball. Tingginya hampir sama dengan Adrian. Anak-anak naik ke atas bola itu (tentu saja dibantu orang tuanya) dengan cara telungkup, terus digoyang ke depan, belakang, kiri, kanan... Ada satu anak yang nampaknya menikmati banget ampe dia agak ketidur2 gitu. Lucu. Abis itu semua anak disuruh balapan ngegorolongin (apa ya b. indonesianya :P) bola-bola tersebut dari ujung ruangan yang satu ke ujung yang lain. Setelah sampai ujung mereka balik lagi dengan cara mundur.

Permainan berikutnya, alat yang disiapkan adalah sebuah tangga yang ditaruh miring. Ujung tangga yang satu nempel di lantai dan yang satu lagi nempel di atas palang besi yang berbentuk kotak dan bertahap seperti tangga juga. Dari situ dipasang dua batang kayu yang dilapisi busa dan kulit, yang menghubungkan dengan palang besi yang sama di ujung satunya. Anak-anak disuruh naik tangga tadi, kalau bisa jangan dituntun sama orang tua.. Orang tua cuma ngejagain aja supaya ga jatoh kalo dia slip. Setelah sampai palang besi, dia harus manjat sampai tahap paling atas, kemudian menyeberang ke sisi palang yang lain dan berjalan di atas palang kayu. Tangannya memegang palang kayu atas dan kakinya menginjak palang kayu di bawahnya. Anak-anak harus jalan miring. Alhamdulillah pas jalan di sini Adrian ga perlu dipegang lagi.. cuma pas naik palangnya aja dia masih agak kesulitan.

Abis itu anak-anak pindah ke permainan berikutnya. Di situ disusun palang besi berbentuk piramid. Piramid ini terdiri atas 2 lantai.. Lantai pertama disusun dari sebuah kotak yang dilapisi karpet. Lantai kedua dilapisi karpet juga sih, tapi dia merupakan bagian piramid itu, bukan kotak terpisah.. Anak-anak disuruh naik ke lantai 2 piramid, trus menuruni lantai setahap demi setahap. Di sini Adrian agak kesulitan buat naik, soalnya setiap tahapannya lebih tinggi daripada pinggang dia :P, tapi kalo turun sih Oke... dia dah biasa turun dari tempat tidur sendiri.

Nah, permainan berikutnya adalah swing-swing. Anak-anak megangin permainan itu dan bergelantungan sambil dipegangin bu guru. Ooh, ternyata gpp yah anak-anak digelantungin tangannya dan diayun2 gitu? G mah takut patah aja ngeliatnya :P.

Abis itu anak-anak masuk ke sebuah terowongan yang dihubungkan dengan "bukit" dari matras. Setelah keluar terowongan anak-anak harus manjat bukit itu dan loncat ke matras di bawahnya.. he he, kayaknya adegan gini paling disukain anak-anak tuh.. loncat2an di kasur.. tapi kalo di rumah mah horor aja ngeliatnya. Bukitnya itu lumayan tinggi loh.. setinggi kepala Adrian! Tapi bu guru mah tanpa ragu nyuruh anak-anak loncat (sambil dipegangin tangannya sih).....

Abis loncat anak-anak naik turun bukit-bukit kecil lainnya, yang berakhir di sebuah perosotan. Adrian pas di bukit paling tinggi malah melakukan gerakan "stamp your feet & shout horray" di lagu "if you're happy and you know it.. bla bla bla" sambil teriak "Oye" (horray)... g aja yang serem ngeliatnya :P. Dia seneng banget main prosotan.. malah berkali-kali main prosotannya doank tanpa mengitari bukit yang seharusnya dia lewati di belakangnya.

Abis itu anak-anak main "jump-jump", di sini juga Adrian seneng.. tapi tempatnya cuma muat buat 2 orang jadi ga bisa lama-lama. Trus anak-anak disuruh jalan lagi di atas palang kayu, kali ini sambil membentangkan tangan.

Ok, itu aja permainan untuk sesi kedua ini.... ga kalah capek sama sesi pertama, tapi kali ini gue deh yang ngerasain keringetannya :P.



Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Adrian @school, day 1



Tanggal 27 Oktober kemarin hari pertama Adrian sekolah. Sebenernya g lom bener-bener sehat.. tapi kalo hari itu Adrian ga ikutan sesi pertama, dia baru bisa daftar lagi nanti bulan Januari. Uhh, kelamaan. Makanya kemaren maksain aja deh... biar yang nunggu Adrian di dalem kelas Abang. Ternyata di dalem semua anak dianterin sama ibunya :P.

Pertama kali anak-anak diajak perkenalan dulu. Semua anak nyebutin namanya satu-satu. Pas giliran Adrian ditanya sama gurunya, "Siapa namanya?". Adrian jawab "Dede..". Weleh, ini adalah salah satu ke-ngeyel-an Adrian. Dia selalu mereplace namanya sendiri dengan "Dede". Kalo diajarin ngomong, "Halo teman-teman..". Dia akan ngikutin "Lo man man..". Trus g lanjutin, "Apa kabar?", Adrian akan ngikutin "Pababa?". Trus kalo g ngomong "Adrian baik-baik saja..", dia jawabnya "Dede ik jaja...". Kalo g koreksi, "Bukan DEDE sayang, ADRIAN..!". Dia malah jawab, "ihhh... DEDE mama...!!" *tapedeeeee*

Setelah perkenalan, anak-anak diajarin ngucapin greeting. Greeting pertama adalah dengan menaruh kedua tangan di samping kepala, goyang kiri dan kanan sambil nyanyi "Good morning, good morning, good morning to you and you.. and good morning, good morning, good morning to you and you" (ini bukan sekolah khusus muslim sih, jadi ga diajarin Assalamu'alaikum di sekolah he he). Abis itu anak-anak diajarin greeting yang lain, kali ini kedua ibu jari ditaruh di atas telinga, jari yang lain bergerak2 sambil ngomong "Hello everybody! How are you?"

Setelah itu anak-anak melakukan pemanasan. Kaki selonjoran, digoyang-goyang, trus menyentuh ibu jari kaki dengan tangan, ada lagi gerakan tangan ditarik ke belakang dan badan ke depan sambil cium lutut, dll dll.. Wah, ternyata anak-anak itu lentur sekali ya! G ampe takjub liatnya.. mereka bisa dilipet-lipet kayak gitu :P.

Abis pemanasan anak-anak diajak balapan lari dari ujung ruangan yang satu ke ruangan yang lain, dan tentu saja orang tua yang nunggu juga ikutan lari-lari donk.. he he. Setelah beberapa kali putaran, permainan diganti. Anak-anak dikenalkan pada tenda. Semua diajak masuk dalam tenda (kecuali orang tua, ya iya lahhh... ga muat kale). Ada yang semangat, ada yang takut. Adrian termasuk yang semangat, mungkin karena lom pernah liat yang kayak gitu sebelumnya he he.

Di dalam tenda ibu guru ngajarin anak-anak nyanyi. Lagunya sering banget diputer di film Barney. Kayak gini nih...
"If you're happy and you know it clap your hands..
if you're happy and you know it clap your hands..
if you're happy and you know it then your face will surely show it
if you're happy and you know it clap your hands.." dst.
ini salah satu lagu favorit Adrian, secara hampir dia tiap hari nonton Barney :P

Permainan berikutnya adalah manjat papan yang ditaruh miring dari lantai sampai puncak sebuah palang besi. Papan ini punya tonjolan yang bisa digunakan untuk pijakan kaki atau pegangan tangan, di ujung papan ada papan berikutnya yang ditaruh melintang dan berhubungan dengan palang besi yang lain. Jadi anak-anak disuruh manjat papan bertonjolan itu sampai ujung, trus dia bergelantungan di palang besi kayak monyet dan mendarat di ujung papan yang ditaruh melintang tadi. Di atas papan ini mereka berjalan ke palang besi berikutnya. Mayan tinggi loh palangnya, tingginya sedada orang dewasa.. emang sih dikasih pengaman di sana sini, tapi tetep aja.. orang tua harus ekstra hati-hati ngejagain anaknya. Permainan ini dilakukan sekitar 5x balikan.

Abis itu anak-anak diajak ke palang besi yang lain. G ga tau namanya apa, tapi bentuknya kayak monkey bars (g tau ini juga dari film Dora he he). Nah, di situ anak-anak manjat monkey bars-nya. Sama dengan permainan sebelumnya, di antara monkey bars ini ditaruh palang kayu yang harus dilintasi oleh anak-anak. Tapi palang kayu yang ini lebih kecil. Kalau yang tadi cukup untuk menaruh kedua kaki saling berdampingan, kalo di sini kaki yang satu harus ditaruh di depan kaki yang lainnya. Setelah permainan ini anak-anak boleh istirahat dan minum.

Permainan berikutnya adalah memanjat lagi palang kayu yang ditaruh miring. Tapi kali ini ga ada tonjolan, dan anak-anak harus merayap naik seperti cicak. Ini agak susah, soalnya Adrian ga mau merayap.. bawaannya pengen merangkak aja :P.

Setelah hampir 1 jam, Adrian ngeliat g dari jendela... Trus dia lari-lari ke jendela yang terbuka, naik dan teriak-teriak "Cay! Cay!" katanya sambil nyengir... (Abang manggil g dengan "Say", jadi kadang Adrian ngikutin). G dah bilang, "Adrian main lagi gih.. kan belum selesai...". Tetep aja dia teriak-teriak "Cay! Cay!". Akhirnya g tukeran ama Abang. Untung permainannya dah mau selesai.

Pas mau pulang anak-anak dikasih stamp di tangan dan kaki. Abis itu dikasih buku dan biscuit. Waktu Adrian mau dikasih buku dan biscuit dia malah ngeliatin temen-temennya yang lagi distamp. Gurunya ngomong aja ga diwaro :P.. jadi deh dia dapet buku dan biscuitnya belakangan.

Alhamdulillah semua lancar.. setidaknya Adrian jadi bisa bersosialisasi sama temen sebayanya, daripada di rumah tiap hari sendirian ama pembantu hics. G aja waktu sakit bete di rumah kalo sepi, makanya meskipun masih disuruh istirahat ama dokter g tetep pergi kerja.. apalagi Adrian kali, lebih kesepian dari gue tiap harinya.. eh tapi anak kecil bisa bete ga ya? :P

Sayang ga boleh foto-foto di sekolahnya itu... ternyata ngikutin anak-anak ini cukup menguras keringat loh! Abang aja keluar-keluar penuh keringat dan kehausan.. Tapi mayan sih biar papa-mamanya olah raga.. he he he...

Monday, October 22, 2007

Happy (very) belated birthday!

Tanggal 20 Oktober kemarin Abang genap berumur 28th. Tapi, bukannya dikasih kejutan malah disuruh nungguin g di RS gara-gara kena typhus... hics. Sorry ya Bang.....
G dah sakit dari tanggal 14, so g ga sempet lagi buat hunting kado, atau hunting kue tart cantik lengkap dengan lilinnya. Satu-satunya yang bisa g lakukan ya bikin kue sendiri. Tapi tiap kali g mau ngerjain, eh malah kena omel.. Soalnya emang kata dokter sih ga boleh banyak gerak dulu.

Tanggal 22 Oktober g dah di rumah lagi, dan kebetulan Abang juga kerja.. Bebas deh, ga ada polisi di rumah huehehehe... G coba bikin kue tart. Resep tart-nya adalah "Devil moist cake". G dapet dari Recipezaar. Dengan bahan yang ada, akhirnya kuepun jadi. Biar simpel, g cuma kasih topping coklat putih dan tulisannya pake coklat pasta (padahal aslinya aja emang ga bisa ngehias kue :P). So, jadilah sebuah kue ulang tahun amatiran.... Ini dia kuenya:


Selamat ulang tahun Abang...!!

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Maaf lahir batin

Selamat hari raya Idul Fitri buat teman-teman yang merayakan. Maafin g jika ada (pastinya :P) kesalahan baik yang disengaja maupun yang nggak disengaja, semoga kita meninggalkan Ramadhan tahun ini dalam keadaan suci dan semoga kita bisa ketemu lagi dengan Ramadhan tahun depan.

Aamiin....

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Iklan pertamina

Kita untung, bangsa untung...!!!

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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Clockwise vs Anticlockwise

Dapet e-mail dari Buto.. isinya ini. So, which one are you? ;)

The Right Brain vs. Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.
Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.




LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS

uses logic

uses feeling

detail oriented

"big picture" oriented

facts rule

imagination rules

words and language

symbols and images

present and past

present and future

math and science

philosophy & religion

can comprehend

can "get it" (i.e. meaning)

knowing

believes

acknowledges

appreciates

order/pattern perception

spatial perception

knows object name

knows object function

reality based

fantasy based

forms strategies

presents possibilities

practical

impetuous

safe

risk taking




Kalo g pertama kali liat sih clockwise, tapi trus kalo diliatin terus jadi anti-clockwise.. kalo diliatin lagi jadi clockwise.. gitu deh :P

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Miring sana, miring sini

Kayaknya mata gue udah mulai silindris nih.. soalnya kalo g baca tulisan panjang dari kiri ke kanan di atas background putih bersih, tulisan itu keliatan kayak naik gunung! Trus tadi waktu g baca flowchart, garisnya miring semua... :((

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Sakit

Adrian demam dan mencret dari hari Senin minggu lalu. Biasanya kalo dia mencret gitu, 3 hari juga sembuh. Waktu itu g cuma kasih pedialyte. Tapi Adrian ga suka, mungkin karena ada rasa asin2nya dikit.. jadi yang masuk juga cuma dikit. Tiap malem dia ga bisa tidur nyenyak.. pasti nangis2.

Sampai hari Kamis sore mencretnya belum sembuh juga, malah badannya lemes banget. Biasanya dia ga mau diem, pasti lari sana lari sini, panjat sana panjat sini... hari itu dia cuma tidur2an nonton Barney seharian. Malemnya dia mulai muntah-muntah. Ga bisa masuk makanan apapun, bahkan air putih aja langsung dia muntahin, apalagi susu. Tapi alhamdulillah, Adrian meskipun ga henti-hentinya muntah-mencret, dia ga kapok untuk minta air putih. Seolah-olah dia ngerti kalo mencret gitu dia harus minum air banyak-banyak...

Jum'at, Adrian g tinggalin ke kantor dalam keadaan tidur karena malemnya dia juga begadang dan nangis.. mungkin ada yang sakit tapi entah apa. Siang g pulang, soalnya g inget terus ama Adrian.. Ternyata dia udah lemes banget. Dari sejak g dateng itu sampai kurun waktu 1 jam aja dia muntah 3x. G telp Abang, supaya cepet pulang dan anter Adrian ke dokter. Waktu itu alternatif paling dekat Hermina Pasteur.

Dokter bilang Adrian kena radang usus.. hics. Adrian dikasih resep anti muntah, antibiotik, anti diare, trus ada obat puyer racikan. Dokter juga nyuruh Adrian ganti susu jadi Nutrilon Low Lactose karena dia bilang susu sapi lebih susah untuk dicerna. Katanya kalo ga bisa masuk obat sampai besok, Adrian harus dirawat. G dikasih surat pengantar rawat inap.

Bingung gue... jangankan obat sebanyak itu, satu aja susah banget ngasihinnya. Apalagi dalam keadaan dia muntah-muntah kayak gini. Bener aja, sampai rumah dia ga mau sama sekali nyentuh susu dari dokter. Bahkan waktu liat kalengnya aja (belum g bilang itu susu), dia udah nolak "nggak!" katanya.. :P

Pulang dari dokter g kasih anti muntah. Abis itu dia tidur... jam 5 g bangunin untuk makan, dia cuma mau makan roti.. ya udah lah daripada ga masuk apa-apa. Padahal g dah bikinin bubur sumsum, tapi liat bentuknya pun dia ga tertarik :P. Abis itu g kasih antibiotik.. meskipun hampir-hampir muntah tapi obatnya ga dimuntahin.. jam 6 g coba kasih lagi obat puyer... eh, kontan dimuntahin ama dia. Ternyata obat puyernya tu pait banget :(.

Hari Sabtu Adrian masih lemes, g kasih lagi antibiotik.. kali ini ga g kasih puyer. G mau jarakin sekitar 4 jam sama obat puyer itu sehingga walaupun ama Adrian dimuntahin setidaknya antibiotiknya udah terserap. Tapi ternyata siangnya Adrian dah mulai ceria.. ga lemes lagi.. ga jadi deh g kasih obat puyer itu. Makin lama Adrian makin lincah.. Alhamdulillah.

Hari Minggu sore, Adrian sibuk ngerecokin piring makan Andung. Ternyata dia pengen ikutan makan :P. Karena masakan Mama pedes semua, Adrian cuma dikasih potongan-lontong-tak-berbumbu dari piring Andung. Eh, dia inisiatif colek2in sendiri ke kuah rendang yang ada di piring itu.. karena takut Adrian sakit perut lagi, Andung berhenti makan dan piring diberesin. Tapi ga cukup sampai di situ, Adrian tetep minta makan.. dia bilang "Ma, des... gi!" (Ma, pedes lagi). Ya udah, kita masukin nasi ke piring Adrian dan dikasih kua rendang dikiiiit plus perkedel... dan dia makan banyak! Mungkin karena seminggu ini dia ga bisa makan jadi laper banget kali yah :P.. Dia ga suka makan pake sendok, jadi nasi dibulet-buletin dan nanti dia colekin sendiri ke kuah rendangnya... dasar padang! heheh..

Tadi pagi bangun tidur Adrian minta ee.. ternyata sekarang ee-nya dah normal lagi, Alhamdulillaah... dah sembuh... tapi manjanya masih nyisa euy. Agak susah ditinggalin pergi kerja sekarang.. apalagi Andung dan Oma dah pulang lagi ke Jatinangor, rumah jadi sepi lagi deh...

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Loncat...

Adrian baru 1,5 taun, tapi kadang-kadang suka bikin g takjub. Contohnya percakapan pagi tadi. Adrian lagi ee, dari kamar mandi dia manggil2 gue...
Adrian: "Teeeh... teteh.. 'niiii (siniii)" <-- sekarang dia manggil gue "teteh" gara-gara Yani 'n Oom manggil g teteh :P
Gue: "Apa sayang..." <-- nyamperin ke kamar mandi
Adrian: "Teh... ee 'ncat (loncat)" <-- mungkin pas ee-nya nyemplung dia pikir loncat! Ha ha ha...
G kontan ketawa terbahak2. Darimana dia dapet definisi kalo ee-nya loncat! :P

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Am I lucky or what?


A few days ago I bought 4 chocolate-wafers and all of them got prize tags beneath the cover! Yay.. 3 were tagged "Exchange for another chocolate wafer" and 1 was tagged "Exchange with Rp.1000" which was the exact price of the chocolate wafer. Not to mention 2 others which were given by a friend the day before. This morning I exchanged them all to 6 chocolate wafers... :P

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Treatment untuk anak atopik

Adrian sejak kecil selalu bermasalah dengan kulitnya. Kata dokter dia termasuk anak yang memiliki penyakit Atopik, yaitu kalo ada salah satu atau kedua orang tuanya punya alergi, maka si anak jadi "katempuhan" atopik ini. Biasanya anak atopik punya kulit yang sangat sensitif, gampang kering, gampang iritasi kalo kena keringet, dan kalo dah iritasi ujung-ujungnya jadi merah dan gatel. Kesian...

Setelah bolak-balik ke berbagai macam dokter kulit, ternyata dokter yang terakhir cocok banget buat Adrian. Namanya dr. Liem Fenny, dia praktek di RS. Sentosa tiap hari Selasa/Kamis jam 5-9 dan di Apotik Serumpun Bambu (Jl. Gatsu Cimahi) setiap hari Senin, Rabu, Jum'at pada jam yang sama.

Sama dr. Liem Adrian cuma dikasih QV Wash untuk mandi dan jangan lupa selalu dilulur dengan QV Lotion setiap habis mandi. Alhamdulillah, masalah kulitnya berangsur-angsur ilang. Sekarang kulit Adrian halus dan lembut





QV Lotion






QV Wash

Hati-hati untuk pemakai YM ;)

Zero-Day Bug In Yahoo Messenger Pops Up


The heap overflow vulnerability can be triggered when a user accepts a Webcam invite, according to McAfee researchers.



Researchers at McAfee are reporting that they've reproduced a reported zero-day vulnerability in the Yahoo Messenger Webcam.

Karthik Raman, a researcher with McAfee, first reported in a Tuesday blog entry that Chinese researchers were claiming to have found a zero-day bug in Yahoo Messenger. On Wednesday, Raman's fellow McAfee researcher Wei Wang noted in a blog entry that they have been able to reproduce the vulnerability on Messenger V8.1.0.413.

"It seems like a classic heap overflow, which can be triggered when the victim accepts a Webcam invite," wrote Wang.

The bug, according to McAfee, may enable user-assisted remote-code execution attacks. Raman had noted that they have not seen any exploit code for this flaw published yet.

McAfee said it has contacted Yahoo's security team and notified it of the problem.

"Since learning of this issue, we have been actively working towards a resolution and expect to have a fix shortly," said a Yahoo spokesman in an e-mail to InformationWeek. "Yahoo takes security seriously and consistently employs measures to help protect our users."

Wang also reported that this vulnerability is different from one that was patched in June. Researchers at eEye Digital Security had reported that there actually were multiple flaws in version 8 of Yahoo's instant messaging client software. Those flaws could enable a remote hacker to take control of a user's system.

A Yahoo spokeswoman had explained that the June issue was a buffer-overflow flaw in an ActiveX control. This control is part of the code for Webcam image upload and viewing.

McAfee's researchers offered up a few recommendations to deal with this latest bug:

  • Users should not accept Webcam invites from untrusted sources until a patch for this vulnerability is released and installed; and
  • Block outgoing traffic on TCP port 5100 until Yahoo can patch the flaw

p.s:
- Link ini dapet dari
Berita IT
- Link asli : InformationWeek

Monday, August 13, 2007

Tega.... :(




Koq bisa sih, ngerokok dalam ruangan tertutup dan ber-AC.. kan ga ada udara yang keluar. Trus kita-kita disuruh ngisep asap rokoknya sepanjang hari? Tega.....

p.s. gambar diambil dari: http://www.eastcambsandfenland-pct.nhs.uk

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Miss universe

Sore ini miss universe mo dateng ke kantor... Dia bakal mengunjungi pabrik bareng dengan putri indonesia. Tapi koq g biasa-biasa aja yah.. malah agak-agak bete, soalnya gerak-gerik kita jadi terbatas nih. Udah 3 hari ini semua mobil harus parkir di belakang gara-gara areal kantor mo "dibersihin". Jaraknya ada kali berapa kilometer (atau g berlebihan yah :P).. yang jelas jauh banget. Daripada g harus jalan jauh, mending g minta antar Abang tiap hari 'n didrop di depan hihi....

Tadi pagi aja Abang nanya, "Koq ga bawa kamera?".. Iya yah... ga kepikir sama gue buat moto-moto. Ngebayangin nanti desek-desekan buat ngambil foto si Missy.. ih, nggak banget deh! Intinya sih, g ga terlalu suka dengan keramaian... Lagian, g rasa reaksi orang-orang terlalu berlebihan deh. Ngedadak seluruh areal parkir dikosongin, disapuin, dicuci... Trus belum lagi toilet yang diisi bunga2an seratus rupa, dinding2 ditutup dengan segala macem jenis dekorasi bak mau mantenan... ck ck ck.. what a waste. Penting gitu?


Monday, June 11, 2007

Weight problem

Since I wean Adrian, there comes a new problem: Weight Problem. My weight increases dramatically this last 3 weeks. Ouch!

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Bye bye baby...

May, 21st 2007

We went for my first pregnancy check-up. I felt nervous. I didn't know why, but seemed like my heart beat faster than usual. My pregnancy should be around 9-10 weeks old, but the size of the fetus said it was only 6 weeks old. The doctor said the baby didn't grow properly, that I had to give up my pregnancy. He told me to stop breastfeeding. We were in shock, my hands were cold. We really didn't expect this to happen. I was given 7 days rest, we should wait for another week and then decided whether we'll keep the baby or not. I cried all the way home.


May 22nd, 2007

I didn't go to work, I supposed to have bedrest at home. All I did that day was only crying. I felt fine, nothing was wrong but why I was told to let this baby go? I really didn't believe what I heard the night before. The doctor must be wrong!

We went to another doctor, we wanted a second opinion. We had to wait in line, it seemed like forever. When the doctor observed, he didn't say anything. He explained things at ease, he said nothing was wrong. Maybe I was only 6 weeks pregnant. But he also told me to stop breastfeeding. We'll see for another two weeks. We went home with smiles on our faces.


May 27th, 2007

I noticed a brownish spot. I told Abang about it but he said it was probably nothing. He told me not to worry.. in the evening not only brownish spot, there was also fresh blood. God, there must be something! :( We called the second doctor. He told me not to worry, my pregnancy was probably bad. All I need to do was pray, everything's in the hands of Allah. It sure dissapointed me, it was not the answer I expected.


May 28th, 2007

Still not satisfied with 2 doctors, we went to another doctor for the third opinion. This time I didn't hope too much, even though I still hoped the baby would grow since last week which meant that I could keep the baby and everything will be okay. But Allah wanted it differently. The baby didn't grow, instead the size was getting smaller. It was 0,48cm last week and then it was only 0,28. The doctor said there might be no longer bond between mother and child. The child wanted to come out by itself.

Well, at least three doctors had given us the same answers. All I wanted was to get it overwith soon. It was really torchering me, not the fact that I might lose the baby.. but the uncertainty of the decision whether I should keep the baby or not. There was still a little hope in me that I might be able to keep the baby, and seeing the fact that it was the other way around? Oh yes, that hurt!


May 29th, 2007

It was the day Allah answered our prayers, He gave us the certainty I was waiting for. I got a severe bleeding, I finally lost the baby.. It happened so fast. But Alhamdulillah, everything was okay. All I can do now is praying for her. Hope Allah will keep her at His side and make her the jewel of His heaven. Amiin...

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Weaning

Adrian's very addicted to breastfeeding. I don't know how to wean him.. It's been a dilemma. I can't see him crying for breastmilk, but I can't let my unborn baby's not getting enough nutrition either. What should I do?

I'm not afraid of Adrian's not getting enough nutrition if I stop breastfeeding him. I'm concerned more about his emotional. I don't want him to think I don't love him anymore, I don't want him to feel neglected. :(

Like last night, I postponed the breastfeeding everytime he asked for it. I always distracted him and offered him milk instead. It worked. He finally went to sleep on his own. But at night he woke up and searched for me. I refused to give him, and he cried. It was a very very very sad cry :(. It was like I have broken his heart to a thousand pieces and it made me even more sad. I love him, very much indeed..

I took him out for a ride. He stopped crying then. Inside the car I hold him in my arms and he just stayed put. He didn't cry anymore..

+ : "Adrian ga boleh nenen lagi ya..." (Adrian, you can't ask for breastmilk anymore, okay?)
- : "Iyah..." (Yes.. *still sobbing*)
+ : "Kan sekarang ada dedek.. kesian dedeknya nanti ga kebagian makanan" (Your little brother also needs food honey)
- : "Iyah.." (Yes..)

He answered all as if he really understood what we were saying.. He was still sobbing in my arms when he finally fell asleep. After a few minutes driving around the blocks we went back home.

Oh God.... I just don't have a heart to wean my child. Can it be more difficult than this? :(

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Kids

I'm not good in dealing with kids. Kids' mood is really unexpected, that's what's frightening me. It's different with my own. I enjoy being with my own kid, cause I feel like I know him and I feel like I know what to expect next. I thought I would change after I had my own, but it turns out that I'm still the same. I'm still frozen when it comes to new kids. I can't just play or thalk with them when I just meet them. Is it odd?

Monday, May 14, 2007

Smokers

I hate smokers. Not that I hate them as a person, it's just that I hate when they smoke near me. Like this morning, I went to the office using public transportation. The driver was smoking-Inside the car!-. Well, okay.. it didn't really affect me, as I was sitting at the back seat. After a while came a guy holding a cigarette on his hand and sit just in front of me, facing my face :(. I was litterally breathing his smoke.. I really hate hate hate hate that kind of guy.

Some people in my office also smoke. Actually I'm fine with it, as long as they smoke in the "right" place. Some of them smoke inside the building, which is Air Conditioned! Can you imagine? No ventilation in the building, then the smoke will just stuck inside for us to breathe.. :(

Friday, May 4, 2007

A new way of saving coffee..

Since I knew I was pregnant, I have been reducing my coffe intake from 2 cups a day to 1 cup. Yes, it does make a difference.. Usually I spend 10 sachets of coffee less than a week, especially when I share them with friends. Now, the last time I bought coffee was a week ago and I still have 4 sachets left! Not only I save coffee, of course I save money too :P.

At my first pregnancy I didn't take coffee AT ALL, but I browse the net and found out that it's okay to drink coffee.. 2 cups a day is safe. So, I keep my habit but reduce it to half. I can't imagine life without coffee. In my first pregnancy I used to sleep on the desk in front of my monitor cause I was sooooo sleepy and I couldn't drink coffee ;)

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Center-driver

There are a lot of types of drivers, one of them is the center-driver. This is the one who likes to drive slowly in the middle of the road! This morning I found some of them, and it sure made me frustated. I was late, since Adrian's sick it's difficult for me to go work on time. And on the way, I met these drivers. Most of them are motorcycles..

First horn, second horn, xxth horn didn't make them aware of it. Even once when I went through a one-way road, a motorcycle is moving slowly at the center of the left part and the other at the center of the right part, and I found myself stuck in the middle of them who didn't even leave enough room for me to go through... ugh!

After a few minutes one of them turned left, so I had a space to go faster. On the other crossing I found another motorcycle who did the same. The road was quite empty but he drove very slowly just in front of me. I gave him one short horn, he moved left and I pass through.

Near the office I met this red car. The car's tyres are moving frantically like they're impatient to run away from the car, to the direction of their own will. Like a prisoner who is trying to free himself. The car sure was moving slowly, it didn't want to give a chance to the tyres to free themselves. I understood that, but what I didn't understand is why did he have to drive at the center? Why didn't he drive a bit left and gave me enough space? I horned him a few times but it didn't affect him. I wasn't patient enough, I gave him a long horn at last. Sorry... The driver looked at me with "What?" look.. but move left finally.

I arrived at the office 15 minutes late.. Oh well..

Monday, April 30, 2007

Another sleepless night

It's been 3 days, we didn't sleep at all at night. Adrian's still fussy, didn't want to let me go. Whatever I did, I did wrong. Everytime I tried to give him medicine he throwed up. He's getting skinner.. poor boy

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Jealous

Don't know if it's jealous or he's just sick but Adrian's been fussy these few days. He's been crying for-no-reason especially when I'm around. He doesn't sleep well at night (it affects us too). I'm tired... He's never been like this before, even when he's sick, he's never been this fussy. Get well soon honey!

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Surprise of the day

We were trying to get Adrian to sleep. He didn't take enough sleep yesterday and at night it was so difficult to get him to bed. He still wanted to play.. So we went out and took some ride.

I was 8 days late, I forced my husband to buy me a test pack, but he refused. He was sure I wouldn't be pregnant, I was still breastfeeding he said. The doctor said breastfeeding is a kind of birth control, so he was very sure I wasn't pregnant. I still forced him to buy me one. We had a little argument over it until he gave up and turned left to the closest drug store. They didn't have "sensitive", it was the brand I used for testing Adrian, they gave me another test pack named "Blue Dot". The price was Rp 17.000.

I tested it this morning.. 5.50 a.m.. my heart beated faster than usual, I waited and waited and waited for the strip to show up..
One............
Two............
Yes!! There were two strips on that stick! Actually we have been thinking to start planning for another kid around May this year.. But a little bit of me still afraid, because I couldn't handle the nausea everytime I get pregnant (yea right! like I've been pregnant for several times, this would only be my second :P).

I can't describe my feelings. A part of me is ready and expecting myself to be pregnant, but a part of me is still thinking that my son is too young to be a big brother (is he?). But I'm very happy.. that's for sure. Alhamdulillaah.. Once again Allah trusts us to have another kid.. Hope everything will go well. I haven't tell anyone about it yet. It's only the three of us who know.

The funny thing is, everytime we ask Adrian:
"Adrian mau punya dedek?" (Adrian, do you want a little brother?)
He always answers "Iya" (Yes)
He's still 15 months old and I'm not sure he understands what we're asking.. But his answer is so funny and it really makes us happy :)

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The Incredible JERK

Is it very difficult to say "I'm Sorry"? Even when you know you really need to say that? Instead, some people tend to point their fingers to others when they make mistakes. What a jerk!!



p.s. image was taken from : http://lautenbachillustrations.homestead.com

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

First Entry

This is my first Entry.