Andra's Birthday

So, here it is...
Andra's 1st Birthday..and everybody is busy...

Gue 'nyaris' keliling Jakarta untuk nyari goodie bag yang isinya oke dan harga terjangkau..
gak gampang emang..tapi seru juga..keliling Jakarta, ngobrak-ngabrik every mall..untuk nyari isi goodie bag...

pertama yang gue lakuin ada Survey...kira-kira barang apa yang harus gue beli untuk isi goodie bag....mulai dari peralatan sekolah, mainan..dan lain lain..gak ada yang cucok...abis STD semua..alias standard...palingan menang di gambar yang lagi ngetrend..kayak spiderman, batman, monokurobo, ....de el el..
gak ah...gak mau yang cuman biasa aja...maunya yang bisa mencerminkan..kalau itu souvenir comes from Andra...
hehehehhe...narsis kan...

So, akhirnya..ketemulah gue..dengan satu barang...bagus lah..bisa dipake anak-anak..dan pastinya berguna...dan ditulisin: gangs of Andra..hehehehehhe....

Persiapan pesta lainnya pun udah siap tempur...mulai dari balon..sampai hiasan dinding...
gila kann.....udah kayak pesta apaan aja..mending si andra ngerti ..gitu...
hihihih...

well..tunggu aja..ceritanya pas ulang tahun ini....2 September 2007 pukul 11.00
hope you all can come :)

getting Lazy

well...makin hari makin males...
bukannya makin rajin....

nulis blog pengennya bisa jadi 'rutinitas' baru yang bisa bikin hari-hari gue makin bergairah...
ternyata gak juga..

tenggelam dalam browsing artikel untuk CSR...dwoohh..
kapan ya gue bisa nulis rajin...

----help----

time is about flexibility

amazing...
in these last few days...i havent got much time to write any story in my blog...I hope you all didn't expect much from my blog...

how sad....coz am hoping that my blog could be the reference of any issue related to infant's world...

so sad...how I cant manage my own time to...even spare a little time of the whole 24 hours..to write a story...

so many stories left behind...incredible story happened..during the last few weeks...but I just can shared it with you...due the little time I have...

imagine...24 hours a day....7 days a week....still missed the time management

if only am just an ordinary woman and mum.......

stay at home...taking care of my baby....cooking for my husband......shopping with my husband's money.....WHATTA LIFE!!!! huahahhaahha....

the thing is: am a career woman..... with all the pressure....

not considered myself as a superwoman...

AM JUST A SURVIVOR...

these are the toys we got in Pasar Gembrong

Ke gembrong kemaren..ini adalah mainan yang gue beli....*sebenernya Andra juga belum perlu-perlu amat sih* ini cuman Ibunya aja yang pengen...:

1. Drum
Nafsu pengen ngejadiin anaknya pemusik..hihih...ini Drum gue beli dengan harga 90.000 saja..kemaren liat di Hypermart harganya 199.900...so..bisa keliatan kan...bedanya?

2. Tenda
Ini harganya 100.000 an..kalo ditoko juga pastinya lebih dari 150.000. Jadi lumayan kan, bisa dapet murah...Jenis lain dari tenda ini ada yang pake terowongan segala..lucu juga..

3. Kolam Renang

Harganya ...60.000an. Diameter 120 cm...kalo di hypermart sekitar 100.000an.....

4. Ban renang mobil dan horn
Duh lupa harganya berapa...sekitar 50.000an deh..kalo nggak salah...

5. Pompa
Males dong..kalo niup kolam renang pake mulut ato idung loe..jadi beli aja pompanya..cuman 20.000 saja

to be continued -- time to go home: 5 April 2007 17.40 pm

Jalan-jalan yukxzz

GEMBRONG MARKET TRIP PERJALANAN KE PASAR GEMBRONG

Ini adalah sedikit cerita gue, soal perjalanan ke pasar gembrong
Kalau ada yang belum tahu pasar gembrong, lokasinya di daerah Prumpung
Di pojokan jalan ...kanan jalan kalo dari arah cawang dan tentunya kiri jalan dari arah rawamangun.
Ni pasar dahsyat banget....yang dijual adalah beragam mainan anak-anak dari yang harga 500 rupiah sampe yang jutaan rupiah...surga belanjan mainan anak-anak..

Ini adalah LIST yang ..paling tidak bisa jadi acuan (taelaaa)..kalo loe ke gembrong:
1. Buat list mainan yang loe mau beli...alias MUST BUY ITEMS...alias mainan yang menjadi prioritas untuk diberikan ke anak loe tercinta, kalo udah kebeli...nah...baru deh lirik-lirik yang lain...soalnya dijamin Kalap kalo ke gembrong
2. Make sure loe udah tahu harga mainan yang mau dibeli...cari tahu dulu di toko mainan..or at least di ITC, Mangdu, Giant, Hypermart, Carrefour dehh..buat pembanding ketika loe mau nawar
3. Dateng pagi-pagi..paling nggak nyampe di gembrong jam 8.30 an. Alesan: supaya loe dapet parkiran dan masih belum rame amat
4. Makan dulu deh...dan bawa air putih..sebab agak-agak panas di sana
5. Jangan bawa anak kecil...under 3 years deh..karena tempatnya sempit dan sumpek...kasian kalo bawa anak kecil...
6. Semakin masuk loe kedalam pasar..semakin murah harga mainannya...kayaknya kios yang didalam juga harus bersaing harga dengan kios yang diluar
7. ini yang penting....SOK AKRAB PAS NAWAR......supaya loe bisa dikasih harga murah...jangan coba-coba deh loe jutek...coz...pedoman mereka adalah: ORA MBOK TUKU YO RA PATHEK’AN... yang artinya........tanya aja ama tukul dehh..huahahahhah

nahh....kalau udah paham....silahkan belanja dehh....

have fun go mad

can you see my teeth?

finally...a good shot of Andra's teeth...

take a deep and close look...

juSt enJoy the teA

tea addict...most favorable place for tea goers

My Best Friend's Wedding

ki-ka: Mia's bf, Mia, Me, Rini and Sylvain

My Best Friend’s Wedding

Attending Rini’s wedding the other day was quiet an experience.

Little story about Rini
I met her...perhaps on 2002 (around that year). She was still working with Gatra Magazine. And surprisingly, we are able to be friend outside the working environment. Mostly, during the weekend I spent my time with her, in Citos, where we ate Tom Yum Soup in Mangkok Putih – this is our spot with the same meal everytime we met, afterwards we went to Aksara. She bought a lot of book, moslty about architecture and philosophy, while, me...as usual I bought novels.

She’s a smart person. My officemate often said that am the only one that can hang out with her, coz for them Rini is the strangest person – perhaps due to her cleaverness. Rini talks very fast, about absurd issues. She’s not easy to understand...in terms of having a good conversation with her..but I can cope with her. Amazing huh?

She often got scholarship from international NGO. How lucky. The latest scholarship she got (it’s where she met her husband) is Chevening Award. She flew to Belgium to get her Master degree in architect.

Sekarang:
Sekarang dia menikah dengan pria yang juga sama pinternya sama dia...PhD gitu lho...itu sih yang tertulis diundangan perkawinannya. Gile nggak..orang pinter ketemu orang pinter..hasilnya apa ya? Oh ya ..cowoknya orang Belgium, namanya Sylvain...sapa gitu...PhD (Rin, make sure that the meaning of PhD is not Phisically Head Damage, hahahaha..atawa Pizza Hut Delivery lho..hihihi).

Pernikahan mereka udah kayak artis banget...4 kali. Pertama di Belgium secara Sipil kali yaa..Kedua di Jakarta Akad Nikah secara agama gitu Ketiga Resepsi di Makassar dan Keempat Resepsi lagi di Belgium....Tobaaatt ...artis tajir juga nggak gitu-gitu amat kali yaa....Siti Nurhaliza kalah set deh ama dia.

Sekarang, dia dibawa lakinya ke Belgium. Kerja di salah satu Radio Swasta Jerman..di Belgium. Sambil sesekali tetap nulis di Gatra...dan gue adalah salah satu kritikus dia.

Tapi sekarang, dia membelot dari Gatra ke Tempo. Nggak ngerti kenapa Gatra melepaskan Rini begitu saja...Tulisan Rini asik banget. Dia banyak nulis tentang rumah, arsitektur (ya iyalah secara dia seorang arsitek getooo) dan film. So, kalo kalian pada baca majalah Tempo dan liat nama penulisnya Asmayani Kusrini, well...that’s her.

Perkawinannya:
Rini seorang Islam yang sebenernya gak taat-taat amat....maksud gue dia jarang sholat..(sama deh ama gue gitu)...tapi pendiriannya untuk tetap memeluk Islam gue acungin jempol (secara gue pernah hampir nyaris untuk convert, sebelum gue ’digetok’ sama Allah). Jadilah pernikahan mereka beda agama. Hebat ya, padahal dia orang Makassar yang Islamnya kuat banget. Tapi ortunya Rini asik banget untuk bisa menerima perbedaan itu. Dan Keberanian Rini untuk melakukan perbedaan itu menjadi persamaan yang indah. Gue jadi inget, ada temen gue sms mengundang gue ke pernikahannya. Undangan di sms itu bunyinya: Tuhan membuat segalanya Indah pada waktunya. Keren banget kan..gue ampek terharu bacanya....

Gue pernah baca di koran, kalo Paramadina TIDAK bisa menolong pernikahan beda agama, tapi nyatanya, pada pernikahan Rini, yang menikahkan adalah orang Paramadina. Gue ada nih kontaknya. Jadi kalo ada yang mau menikah beda agama dan perlu kontak person Paramadina, just buzz me yaa...

It was a simple marriage. But everyone is happy. Including the groom and the bride.... ya iya lahhhhh....please de Riesss!!!!

my Auntie Carmen

am so sad to hear the news that your father is ill. We are all pray a lot for him and hope that he'll be allright. Mum cant send sms to reply your message. We dont have any idea why the operator cant send our sms to you. Mum using Telkomsel. The strange thing is mum can send sms to Singapore, Phillipines, Australia, Belgium and USA but failed to send to Spain and Brazil. Anyone know?

Auntie C,
Please take care of yourself. We will pray for your father to get better. Mum will call you later to check on your father news. Please keep us update with his condition. We also want him to get better. Dont be sad Auntie C, everything will be ok.


Love and Thousands of hug and kisses
Andra

Uhuk...Uhuk...

Uhuk...uhuk...

It’s been two weeks...Andra got cough.
We have no idea, where he got the cough from. No one at home get flu or cough..
He has to take the medicine with antibiotic for 5 days.. I know how it tastes my baby. But you have to swallow it to get better. But still, the slams wont go away...We rushed to the doctor again..this time with a complete illness information:

1. He still got his cough, slams still in his nose.
2. Suddenly, in his back, the skin turned red and rugged
3. He poo more than 4 times a day (last time he cant poo for 3 days)

The results: he lose weight until 600 grams....geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
It wasnt a good story to hear, but we managed to stay calm and explain to the doctor orderly.

Doctor Budiati is such a nice pediatrician. She explained everything. We are all relieved, that it was ok with Andra. Maybe we just overreact on Andra’ health. But since Andra is our first child and also first grandchild in both family..thus we were all very concern. Tries hard to follow his development each second.

Today, 15 March 2007. Andra got better. The cough is gone. The skin is peeled off as the result of the salicyl powder. And he poo normaly, twice a day.

AMIN.

Diapers

Andra diapers

DIAPERS

Thank God for those who have the brilliant idea inventing diapers. It really is helping the new mom a lot.

But then, why is it so expensive?

Andra used 2 differents brands of diaper. He wears Mamypoko during the day and Pampers All nite Long during bedtime. The price tag is unbearable. Mamypoko Size M44, the price is 89.900 rupiah, and Pampers Size M40 is 70.000. Per month I bought 3 packs of Mamypoko and one pack of Pampers.

There are plenty of diaper brands in the store, lets name Huggies, Sweety Pants, Soft Love, and other, with differents price of course. And the winner is MamyPoko. Comparing to others, Mamypoko is the expensive one. My curiousity ends by asking the SPG about the different between Mamypoko and the others. She said that Mamypoko made by cotton while the rest is plastic. Hmmmm...am not sure that her answer is the correct one. Coz for me, every brands seem made from plastic. Try to touch them....

Diapers are really helpful. However, am using diapers when Andra was 4 months old. Everybody think that am way too late. Am aware that each brands have their newborn product diapers. But, since am living with my mom and that she believe in old way, we used fabric diapers. Actually, it was a good way of learning when you have to change the fabric diapers. Coz Andra moved a lot when his fabric diapers wet (We wrapped Andra with Gedong). So sometimes we missed when he pee. Then we learnt that whenever he moved, it’s an indication that he just pee. Quiet unique, hey?

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ListeNing to aKuNg

this is very cute pict...in my opinion..

it was a very lazy morning day for Andra..
He was so spoiled....nangis dan mimbik2 gak jelas..
so my dad was trying his best to comfort him..
then he played flute...

Andra enjoyed the tune...

7 March 2007 the Happenings.....

wondering...what's the happening?

this is the most unbelievable day ever in my life...
Andra pick me up at the office, coz we plan to see the doctor
and my mum said:

Look at Andra's first teeth!!!

Gosh...I was rushed and tried to open his mouth..but failed!!
he was playing with his tongue

Then, finally managed to open his mouth
and see, the little tiny white look in his mouth...
a new brand teeth...so cute...

failed to take a pict of the teeth..

hmm... I will try my best to get the best shot of this miracle

fall asleep

my prince...
he was eating his meal
before he finish it
he fall asleep...

kok bisa ya?

my home made chocolate

variety choc
peach choc
pink choc
the love choc
box of choc

big love choc
the green and the pink choc




home made chocolate
every weekend, if i got nothing to do..i made chocolate.
it was so much fun...
but sometime, andra cried out loud..just to get my attention if am to busy with my choc.

here are some of my chocs....if you like it, you can order it...

CARA BARU MENGOLAH INDOMIE

Wah...am so damned generous ya, sharing my secret recipes in this blog 
But, anyway..am glad if you could try it and say it was delicioso...

This is a new way in making Indomie..tau kan Indomie? Mie paling juara yang selalu dicari orang buat sarapan ...atau....cemilan..di sore hari....
*pasti pada bilang...busettttt, indomie buat cemilan!!!*...yah gitu deh..secara dikantor gue orang pada rakus semua, jadi indomie aja bisa buat cemilan...

anyway..this is how to make it:

Indomie 3-4 bungkus *semau loe aja*, atau merek lain juga boleh.*kok gue jadi jualan indomie gini*
Bawang putih
Kornet
Telur 3-5 butih
Ama air deh...*ini buat ngerebus mie*

Caranya...tumis bawang putih...
Sambil numis..rebus deh tu indomie...lalu masukkan tumisan bawang putih ke indomie..ini biar bikin sedep aja...oh ya..bumbu indomie boleh dimasukkin juga...
Kalau udah..tiriskannnnn....
Nah mie yang udah ditiriskan, masukkan ke dalam wadah yang berbentuk segiempat atau empat persegi panjang...masukkan dulu separuh..dan diatasnya taruh deh kornet..sebanyak loe mau...kalo udah sisa mie tadi masukkan lagi..jadi nutupin si kornet...comprende?
Kalau udah..masukkan wadah tadi ke dalam freezer...tunggu sampai dingin dan mie itu saling merapat satu sama lain..alias saling lengket..dan nggak pecah...*dikira-kira aja..* jangan sampai beku lhoo yaa....
Kalau udah dirasa mie itu saling merapat, tuangkan mie itu dalam telenan atau piring gede gitu...potong kotak-kotak.
Kalau udah, telur dipecah dan dikocok. Potongan mie kotak-kotak tadi dimasukkin ke dalam telur yang udah dikocok. Terus digoreng dehhh....
Sedaaapppppppppppppppppppppppppp.....apalagi kalau pake sambel ABC *ugghh, promosi lagi)....
Enak bangettt.yummy lhoo...

oH mY GOD....

haayyyyaaaa....
it's been a whole week, since am not able to access my blog. somehow, some icons in new post box are missing. I thought blogger changing the system..but then I found out that it was my computer....d&%#*...

So, here is some catching up articles....

Ini Juniornya Riries

Ini juniornya riries. lucu ya ? heheh matanya besar ..

Mie Ayam

MIE AYAM YUMMY ALA RIRIES

Ini adalah resep mie ayam, yang sebenernya gue peroleh dari temen gue, Wariga Mayekta. Ni anak emang rada jago masak, untuk certain recipes...hihih...maaph ya War...

Oke, here it goes:

Ayam cincang ½ kelo saja
Tulang ayam, secukupnya
Oyster Sauce ½ botol saja (as I mentioned before, oyster sauce is a must have items for cooking, especially if you are a beginner)
Jamur kaleng (itu, jamur yang warna coklat)
Bawang bombai (cant live without it)
Kecap Asin secukupnya (or 5 sendok makan)
Kecap manis secukupnya (or 5 sendok makan)
Minyak Goreng
Gula
Merica
Garam

Now, how to make the chicken: read carefully

Masukkan 3 sendok makan minyak sayur ke wajan...ya iya dong..masak ke ember, tunggu sampai lumayan panaassss, masukkan irisan bawang bombai (iris halus ya) hingga setengah matang..

Setelah itu masukkan ayam cincang tadi..kemudian masukkan 5 sdm kecap asin, masukkan irisan/potongan jamurnya..supaya tambah sedep masukkan merica dan garam 1 sdt (ato loe kira-kira aja ndiri).

Kecilkan Api agar panasnya tetap, aduk-aduk ramuan diatas sekitar 20 – 25 menit, sampai kental dan ayam berubah menjadi coklat, sambil diaduk masukkan gula 1 ½ sdt. Nah, kalo udah mateng..icipin deh...kalo udah yummy, artinya ayamnya udah selesai..

Next:
Kuah mie ayam, rebus tulang ayam ¼ kiloe
Gak usah dibumbuin, karena kalo kebetulan ayam loe diatas tadi asin, makanya kuahnya juga jadi ikutan asin..gituu..gimana?? akuuurr?

Last but not Least:
Mie nya...
Mie gepeng....terserah sih mau mie yang mana..asal jangan pake indomie atau supermie aja..ntar rasanya gak asikk....
Nah..rebus deh tu mie..rebus sampai tepung nya hilang dan tidak lengket lagi...
Angkat mie, dan siram pakai air panas lagi...

Jadi deeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...taruh mie di mangkuk, letakkan ayam secukupnya dan siram pake kuah ayam tadi...sip dehhh...

..Tanned Chicken...

I invented the recipe when I was in Queensland...then I found out that my recipe actually is Ayam Goreng Asam Manis. A bit different in the ingredients. So, here I share the recipe for those who love simplicity:

ingredients:

ayam donggg...

bawang bombai

bawang putih

oyster sauce (a must have item for cooking - my idea)

kecap manis

kecap asin

paprika (if necessary)

garam

minyak goreng

siap????

ok, lumuri ayam dengan garam, terus goreng.....srengg...sreng...sreng....

ampekkk kering kerontang....tapi bukan berarti gosong yaa....kering aja...

biasanya kalo loe tinggal di apt ada tuh ovennya..nah, masukin aja ke oven...

tunggu ampek kering juga....

kalo udah kering....or sambil nunggu ayamnya kering...kita buat kuahnya:

masukkan minyak goreng, secukupnya aja...

goreng..or tumis bawang putih..sampaiii harummmmmm....

hmmm...kalo udah, masukkin bawang bombai...tapi kalo mau bawang bombai nya tetep seger

masukkinnya belakangan aja...

kalo udah masukin tu paprika...jangan lupa diiris dadu..kecil-kecil..gak mungkin dong loe masukkin utuh

sak kepelan tangan gituu....

kalo udah agak-agak mateng..alias setengah mateng..masukkin deh...oystersauce ..yang banyak..

biasanya gue bisa ngabisin setengah botol..kalo udah.. masukin kecap manis..dikiittt aja...

kecap asin juga dikiiitttt ajaaa....

kalo udah masukkin deh tuh ayamm..jangan lupa, kasih air sedikit...buat kuah aja......

....beres dehh....

nyamm...nyammm..enak dehhhhh.....

..follows the rules....

this is very funny story that I got from next door, I copy paste and share it with you. Actually it remind me also..if am died..what will happen then with my credit card bill? should my husband paid it? or heritage my debt to my son ..(LoL)...

here goes the story:

What Will Happen to your credit card after you death?

got this story as a forward few months back.

It reflects very well on the IQ levels of employees of customer support departments.

Read it for a good laugh.

A lady died this past January, and Citibank billed her for February and March for their annual service charges on her credit card, and added late fees and interest on the monthly charge.

The balance now is somewhere around $60.00.

A family member placed a call to Citibank.

Here is the exchange:

Family Member: "I am calling to tell you she died in January."

Citibank: "The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply."

Family Member: "Maybe, you should turn it over to collections."

Citibank: "Since it is two months past due, it already has been."

Family Member: "So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?"

Citibank: "Either report her account to frauds division or report her to the credit bureau, maybe both!"

Family Member: "Do you think God will be mad at her?" (I really liked this part!!!!)

Citibank: "Excuse me?"

Family Member: "Did you just get what I was telling you - the part about her being dead?"

Citibank: "Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor." (Duh!)

Supervisor gets on the phone:

Family Member: "I'm calling to tell you, she died in January."

Citibank: "The account was never closed and late fees and charges still apply." (This must be a phrase taught by the bank!)

Family Member: "You mean you want to collect from her estate?"

Citibank: (Stammer) "Are you her lawyer?"

Family Member: "No, I'm her great nephew." (Lawyer info given)

Citibank: "Could you fax us a certificate of death?"

Family Member: "Sure." (Fax number is given)

After they get the fax:

Citibank: "Our system just isn't setup for death. I don't know what more I can do to help."

Family Member: "Well, if you figure it out, great! If not, you could just keep billing her. I don't think she will care."

Citibank: "Well, the late fees and charges do still apply."(What is wrong with these people?!?)

Family Member: "Would you like her new billing address?"

Citibank: "That might help."

Family Member: "Odessa Memorial Cemetery , Highway 129, Plot Number 69."

Citibank: "Sir, that's a cemetery!" (Some realization at last!)

Family Member: "What do you do with dead people on your planet?"

[Slams the phone finally]

adeGan Rusuh...

ini adalah adegan ketakutan..antara gue dan my cowboy...
gue meluk dia dengan kencang..karena gue takut polahnya dia bisa mengakibatkan dia 'nggeblak' kebelakang tanpa halangan..jadi tangan kanan gue memegang erat bagian belakang badannya...
Ternyata..si li'l cowboy berasa juga, kalo gue agak-agak ngeri..jadilah dia berusaha menggenggam pundak gue with his tiny little hand..*duhh..cute banget yaa*...plus muka ketakutannya..hihihihihi......tampangnya jadi kayak mau nangis yaa....hihih..

muuaacchhh...love you little one!..

you'll go to school sooner..and i'll be missing you like hell..like now...

my shoEs

my mum loves to go shopping. Everytime she saw a tiny little thing that match with me, then she' buy it, no doubt. Well, I love new things...
Now, I have 6 pairs of shoes...cant wait to go to school with those shoes :)
The other day, my mum almost bought sandal for me, until my Uti said that I have plenty of shoes so the sandal is not necessarily needed... phiuupphhh......thanks to Uti..mum is definitely shopaholic.. you must see her shoes..more than 20 pairs..her bags...her books....Man, we can open a gallery here :) love u mum

the piNk bridGe

this is the piNk bridge that I found on my way to a meeting...

can you guess....where is exactly the piNk bridge located?

the is a quiz..buzz me if you know....

Geez, I wonder who has the idea to paint the bridge in piNk color...the color that I hate most....

Buzz me....if you know....

New Pink Towel Toy made in Mum

Auntie C

Auntie C...

My Mom's friend from..far away..to be exact..she's from Spain. They met in England back in 1996. Up to to now, my mom and Auntie C remain a closed friend. She sent me socks and..one cute cover...(apaan ya namanya..bahasa indonesianya aja gue juga nggak tahu)...Anyway...my mom tries to send her our picts, but somehow it failed. So, Auntie C has to check on this blog to see my pict. Am I handsome or what, auntie C?

Oh ya..her complete name is auntie Carmen Sotello Vazquez. Pretty...her face just exactly the same like those telenovela stars..so latino :) Auntie C, my mom and I, are going to send you something...special from Indonesia..could you please tell us your size? No offence, but europe size and asia size are definitely a big different..

Auntie C,

please send me your pict, as my mom will put it in the blog..

Am also curious with you recent look...I bet your are as beautiful woman as my mom.

hug and thousands of kisses

Andra loves auntie C

my li'l prince in action

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First Debut...13 Februari 2007

Pulang dari Bunda...bapake kelaparan...terus kita mampir deh di Bakmi GM Thamrin..udah lama juga nggak makan di GM.....

Andra enjoyed the trip from home to the hospital...he barely didnt sleep...matanya tengok kanan tengok kiri..Anyway..setelah sampai di GM, pas lagi nunggu orderan makanan...tiba-tiba ada gadis kecil dateng..dan bilang "tante, mau kenalan sama adeknya" ...hihihhihi.....takjub dehhh....anak gue didatengi cewek lhoooo.....akhirnya kenalan deh..namanya Kakak Nadia..she's so cute with her long curly hair...she's 3 years old...wah..his first debut, meeting a girl...hahahah

Wah..baru di GM ada udah ada cewek mau kenalan...gimana kalo clubbing yaa???

baby Koala

my baby sleeps like Koala...

Andra paling susah kalo disuruh tidur tengkurep atau miring, jadi gue harus puter otak, gimana caranya nih anak biar bisa tidur miring atau tengkurep sekalian...Biasanya dia kalo ditengkurepin langsung bangun dan nangis sekenceng-kencengnya...jadi, guling-guling kecil ini gue manfaatin untuk jadi 'pegangan' dia...wahh..jadinya malah lucu banget...mirip kan ama koala kalo lagi nempel di gum tree..

Emang harus ekstra keras untuk ngajarin dia tidur miring..kalo nggak kepalanya bisa gepppeeennggg....*sebenernya emang udah gepeng...dari lahir emang udah gitu..*..eitss..bukan karena gue salah ngeden lho yaa..heheheheh.....

ugghh, jadi kangen nih ama Andra...

Tadi pagi pas gue tinggal di lagi main ama akung nya...senyam senyum gak jelas...disalamin malah di jilat tangan gue...tapi untungnya Andra bukan anak yang rewel....

Semalem pas gue pulang kantor..dan dia masih setengah tidur...matanya langsung melek begitu liat gue...

abis itu, gue gendong...dan gue susuin...gak lama tidur deh tuh anak...kalo kata Uti..dia kangen sama mommy nya..

dya miss me my li'l cowboy?

Jakarta Masih Hujan, 9 Feb 07

wahh..pagi ini Jakarta masih aja dilanda hujan...gerimis sih lebih tepatnya..itupun sepanjang perjalanan dari rumah gue yang di depok ke kantor gue di Mayestik. Rute perjalanan yang gue tempuh sih biasanya...rumah gue, lewat jalan komplek Cijantung, masuk tol TB Simatupang dari pasar Rebo, terus keluar di pintu Lebak Bulus, belok kanan ke arah pondok Indah, sampai depan PIM lurus lagi, karena kalo lewat radio dalam..macetnya setan banget..kalo lewat jalan panjang macetnya setengah setan..karena kebetulan emang ada pembangunan under pass jadi standar lah kalo macet...nglewati pembangunan underpass terus muter balik, ambil jalur kiri dan belok kiri deh..ngelewatin apartemen Gandaria, ketemu lampu merah terus aja...ngelewatin RS Gandaria terus belok kiri..nyampe deh di mayestik...nah..sepanjang jalan tadi gerimis terus...pastinya di Jakarta sana, macet berat dehh...lha wong gue tadi aja berangkat dari rumah jam 6.15 nyampe kantor jam 8.15 kok...sadis gak tuhh...normally cuman sejam...jakarta emang dahsyat kalo ujan gini...

tapi emang....as my friend said: banjir tuh udah jadi lifestyle di Jakarta....yaa seperti kalo tahun baru, pada bikin pesta tahun baru....yang emang udah jadi lifestyle orang Jakarta...nah, banjirpun demikian adanya....

kita tunggu aja nih, janji pemerintah yang katanya tahun depan Jakarta nggak banjir lagi....

*baca Kompas 9 Februari 2007* kayaknya headlines dehh...

Books..Andra tries to love it

trying to read the book very hard..gaya banget ya anak gue??

psstt...stay away from me...am seriously reading my book...it;s about peek-a-boo bunny...a bunny who lost his mummy....bunny tries to find his mummy in the pond...up in the apple tree...in the greenhouse...in the bush..and finally he found his mummy behind vegetables patch.....pphiiuuuhhhh.......at last...bunny found his mummy...

iN acTioN

mom suka iseng banget...pake HP Camera yang phenomenal itu, selalu foto-foto dengan adegan yang lagi bangun tidur atau ketika aku mandi...

Ini pas lagi.....ngapain yaa....ditempat tidur sihh....aku lagi males2an...terus mommy jeprat-jepret aja...oh ya..mommy is my Mbun...my lovely mother ...Rambutku pas lagi gundul nihh...baru aja potong...tapi aku tetep cakep kannnnnn....

kumpulan wanita besi

kumpulan wanita besi...

ini adalah sekumpulan wanita-wanita bertangan besi dan berhati baja...kalah lho, margareth tatcher....oh ya..dan dua pria melankolis yang selalu terlihat gemulai diantara wanita-wanita perkasa ini.

Tapi, emang hari gini boooooooooooooooooo...penting juga jadi cewek besi dan baja...hahahah......siapa aja mereka ini? yuxzz ..mari kita urai......

dari kiri ke kanan...

Jelas...wanita diujung kiri adalah pemilik blog ini..yang dalam minggu ini, sumpah nggak ada kerjaan banget..secara klien-klien juga lagi pada kebanjiran, jadi rasanya kok nggak sopan banget nelpon mereka nanyain kerjaan..mendingan nanyain situasi banjir mereka...walahhh....

Yang pake baju merah..is the boss among those girls...but that is her last day..namanya Mbak Ida...she moved to Bali to pursue her dream...to have her own jewellry gallery...keren gak tuh...she's the toughest women among us

Next with jilbab is eka..she's from finance...lagi asik arep punya anak..tapi jarang ketemu suami...gimana dong tuhh...repot kannn...kita punya julukan buat dia..sebagai miss invalid information...jadi, kalo dia kasih information ke kita, harus dipertanyakan lagi: valid gak nih informasi nya..karena ternyata..mostly suka jarang valid..hihihi...

then Rena, with the glasses and pink T-shirt, she just delivered her baby a month before me. She gained weight more than you can expected...but, the baby weight is almost as her size...heheheh...3,8 kg gituuu...Sometime I talked to her about baby's things...

Next to rena, si Fani..she's the controller in our office...including controlling the amount of coffee mix which keep reducing drastically every minute..makanya sekarang kita di jatah minum coffe mix juga nge-teh nya...huahahah...she has two boyfriends...one in Jakarta and the other one in Surabaya..or Bandung?? Ntah lahh..gue rasa Tuhan juga lupa.....ohya..fani ini juga dapat julukan dari mamat (security kita) sebagai yayang fani..hahahah

Behind fani is Achie...the funniest story about her is her effort to loss weight....she has nugget for lunch..sometime fruit juice..veggies...but in the afternoon..she ate indomie goreng lahh..mie jawa lahh..siomay lahh...semua yang beraroma karbohidrat..so at the end, as you may guess....it turns that she gain weight...tiap hari kok gue malah liat dia..makin lebar aja pontje nya...

Next the guy with jacket is hadi..he's the media monitoring guy...he's new..so am not sure I know him well...maybe later I will tell you about him...however, he's quite ok for a guy whose taks is monitoring the media

stand right next to him is Dotty...akhir-akhir ini kita lagi ngejodohin Dotty sama Hadi..atau dotty yang minta dijodohin ya?? udah absurd banget kondisinya.....dotty is our burning manager...karena dia selalu burn cd buat kita...cd apa aja dehh...terutama kerjaan yaa....well..kadang juga......you know! Dotty ini selalu pengennya minta di godain..dan kadang suka jorok ngomongnya...oh ya..kita punya julukan untuk 3 gadis di kantor ini: Achie, Dotty dan Fani sebagai: Chi-Ti-Ni..yang kemudian diplesetkan menjadi Si TiNi

Next To dotty adalah Ardeh..bapak satu anak ini...jagoan kita dalam design...hobbynya gangguin dotty...dan secara dotty juga, asik mupeng aja di godain ardeh...kalau mau bikin undangan...poster..brochure...kita tinggal tereak aja sama ardeh..kalo ada yang berminat..silahkan hubungi ardeh...di....0800-sekian sekian sekian

Then Soessy....aliasn susi..the only 'chinese' in our office...hihih, sebenernya sih dia bukan chinese...tapi karena dia putih banget dan kayak chinese..jadi lah dia....kalo belanja di mangdu, bawa susi dijamin dapet murah..apalagi kalo gaya bicara loe pake: lu orang ..gue orang...pasti dikasih diskon...bentar lagi dia kawin...sama kembarannnya edwin manangsang (trio libels)....

terakhir mbak Hera..she's now our boss..karena mbak Ida sudah gak ada...dia tempat gue nanya-nanya soal anak..ya sekolah..ya tempat jual baju anak dimana, ya obat...apa aja dehh..soalnya dia well informed banget soal gituan..iyalahhh...secara dia ibu satu anak gituu lhoooo...

Ada satu lagi boss kita..tapi tidak ada di foto..namanya Agus Pambagio..ntar deh..cerita sendiri soal dia..

So, this is the story of women and men in our office........

jadi kita punya 3 gadis dan satu pria lajang....ada yang mau?? yuuuuukkkkkkzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........

TempRa

TemPra....
Ini obat panas paling cihuy....gue pake pas anak gue harus suntik DPT yang membuat dia sedikit demam..well...sumir lah lebih tepatnya....diminumin sehari 3 kali...dan the next day, anak gue udah ketawa-ketiwi lagi...kasian lhoo booo, pas suntik DPT gitu....mukenye memble bangettt...dan gak ada pergerakan sama sekali...keliatan banget kalo dia teler...atau sedang menikmati sakitnya yaa???

tapi emang TemPra ini patut jadi rekomendasi untuk demam anak-anak.

ini bukan promosi, tapi berdasarkan pengalaman gue aja....

Design BlogSpot

Lagi belajar mengutak atik blog biar keren....
cuman kok susah banget yaaa....ada beberapa items yang mau ditambahin...tapi diajarin nggak ngerti2..
secara gue bukan orang IT gitu lhooo..jadi yaa musti step by step kaleee...

Sementara ini lagi belajar sama pak Rouf...dosen online gue yang setia setiap saat..bagaikan Rexona...
cuman namanya belajar gratiss..yang musti sabar kalo disambi..dan diduain..hikzz....tapi gak papa dehh
demi tampilan cantik blog ku....lagipula banyak yang mau gue tulis... jadi nanti kalo udah cantik designnya, pasti
akan gue launch dehh....

Pengennya isi blog gue gak sekedar cerita tentang kehidupan gue yang semakin marak dengan datangnya my Li'l Cowboy..tapi juga berisi informasi padat tentang kerjaan gue yang saat ini mulai bergulat dengan regulasi-regulasi yang bikin stress...spanneng gettooo.....
eiittsssssssssss...tapi gue bukan kerja di NGO yaa...secara gue emang mempelajari regulasi, tapi bukan berarti gue kerja di NGO..(takut ada yang nanya-nanya...tapi guenya malah nggak ngerti..heheheheh)......
dan tentunya informasi seputar kesehatan anak...it's so much fun...

sutralah..mari bantu doa, semoga gue bisa menyelesaikan design blog gue bersama dosen virtual gue..mas Rouf...yang nampaknya akan berlangsung lamaaaaa banget..karena gue disambi gituuu.....

DoP MoBiL

ini kejadian kemarin 5 Februari 2007..tepatnya di Jalan Radio Dalam..
Gue lagi kena macetttttt yang cettt...cettt.. bangett....
tiba-tiba disamping gue melintas mobil kereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen bangetttt....
Nissan Murano (kalo nggak salah)....
lagi takjubbb....bentuknya kayak harrier gitu dehhh...

Tiba-tiba lagi..liat tuhh mobil kayak diserempet motorr..
wahh, gue cuman mikir..mampus tuuu motorr...nyerempet kok mobil apiiikk..
tapi loe tahu apa yang terjadiii????

ternyata logo Nissan yang ada di Ban belakang kiri...di congkel sama tu oranggg...
buseett....
at that time..gue langsung merasa bersyukur..kalo gue punya mobil butut...sumpahh dehhh...

kasian tuu orannggg..rasanya pengen gue lempar pake parang merah dehhh...
*saingannya kapak merah*

buat yang naek mobil mahal di Radio Dalam...hati-hati yaa...

next time, gue mau bawa kamera..supaya gue bisa motret tuu plat nomer motornya...
kemaren gue nggak sempet liat..karena keburu takjub yang kedua kali....
yaitu..aksi pendongkelan...yang cuman less than 10 second

JemPoL

Ini bukan promosi kartu XL si Jempol...tapi ini lebih pada kebiasaan gue dengan jempol gue...

Sejak punya Astro...otomatis selama 5 bulan cuti hamil...yang jadi 'pegangan' gue adalah remote tivi...dan tentunya kalo mau mindahin channel ya pake jempol...(kalo pake kelingking atau jari manis..rada susahhhh yeee)

jadilah, jempol gue sebagai penguasa tivi dirumah..lebih tepatnya di kamar gue..sampai akhirnya...remote tivi nya jebollll...dan harus beli baru....berhubung suami gue tahu kebiasaan gue dan jempol gue..akhirnya dibelilah remote tivi baru...tapi ini gak elit sama sekali..karena dia belinya di emperan kaki lima....'biar gak rugi kalo rusak lagi' gitu alesannya,...ya sudahlahh...gue dengan remote murahan itu....

Tapi tentunya tidak menjadi halangan buat gue untuk semakin menguasai remote tivi...apalagi selama 5 bulan cuti..gue manage untuk menghapal semua channel di Astro..hahahahha...dan favorite channel gue adalah StarWorld dan AXN..ternyata HBO, Cinemax dan StarMovies...gak terlalu asik...karena pelemnya yaa itu-itu muluuuuu....kecuali kalo loe nginep di hotel..bolehlahhh.... Pelem yang paling gue sukai...CSI, NCIS, Heroes, Oprah, Grey's Anatomy, Ed, Third Watch, Desperate Housewives, Two and a Half Men, The King of Queen, Life with Bonnie, House ..de el el..dan semua adanya di StarWorld atau AXN....Pelem yang paling gue sebel...Desire: Table of Three.....norak bangettt.......Sekarang ini yang lagi 'in' yaaaa American Idol....lumayanlah..buat lucu-lucuan...

So..kalo ada yang mau nambahin, pelem apalagi...silahkeeuunnnn........

Inget aja..slogannya AXN: TV IS USELESS WITHOUT AXN...hihih..canggih nggak tuh

ASTRO subscribe

Ini udah pernah gue tulis di friendster gue...tapi gak ada salahnya kalo gue copy paste lagi apa yang udah gue tulis..dan juga sedikit tambahan....(terus ntar kalo nambah lagi...gimana cara ngedit nya yaa?)

Langganan Astro TV Cable udah beberapa bulan..tujuannya...mengisi waktu gue selama gue cuti hamil...juga buat anak gue (nantinya)..supaya gak terlalu sering nonton sinetron...cuman pas pertama kali nyetel StarWorld..wahh..bahasanya aneh bin ajaib..selidik sana selidik sini...ternyata itu bahasa Malaysia...lucu juga sih..ada beberapa kata yang aneh tapi tetap bisa dimengerti..atau bahkan gue nggak ngerti sama sekali...So..ini ada lah kamus kecil Malaysia - English versi gue..hihihi....semoga cukup bisa dimengerti..terutama buat yang mau langganan Astro..atau udah langganan Astro...

tapi ini gak alphabetical order ya:
Teruk : bad
Kesilapan: mistakes
Tuah: lucky
Kawal: control
Peluh: sweat
Ela: yards
Seronok: fun
Kes: case
Kacak: handsome
Selesa: comfortable
Memeras ugut: blackmail
Seratus peratus: seratus persen
Katil: bed
Pelik: weird
Tahniah: congratulation
Jenayah: crime
Ketuhar: oven / kitchen
Peguam: Lawyer
Khidmat: services
Sara: retired
Penagih arak: alcoholic
Deraan: abuse
Maklumat: information
Telepon Bimbit: cellular phone
Membeli belah: shopping
Lucah: porn
Berbual: talk
Bogel: nude
Baloi: worth it
Pejabat: office
Jurutera: Engineer
Jom: Let's go
Halimunan: invisible
Perisinan: Evidence
Matlamat: goals
Butang: button
Picit: press
Mengujakan: exciting
Wira: hero
Setiausaha: secretary
Pasukan Bomba: fireteam
Bandar: town
Pentadbir: administrator
Berjangkit: countageous

BaNjiR

Jakarta banjir....................

Udah biasa bukannn??? but still, driving everybody crazy....

Liat di tivi...semua tempat nyaris tak terlihat lagi tanah jakarta nya...semua air..air...air...dan air...

mengherankan memang...bahwa banjir yang selalu datang setiap tahun..belum lagi yang bersiklus 5 tahunan, selalu mengunjungi jakarta, tapi tetap saja tak nampak ada perubahan signifikan untuk mengatasinya...pemerintah..ya tetap bertindak sebagai pemerintah....wacana himbauan setiap tahun selalu terdengar...dengan medium yang paling sering ditonton ..TIVI...PSA dimana-mana....sebenernya apa sihh..jalan yang terbaik bagi Jakarta..terutama penduduknya untuk sadar Banjir??? mungkin pemerintah perlu lebih tegas bertindak...artinya...himbauan sudah nggak ngefek lagiii getooo.....tapi tindakan tegas yang bagaimana? dan apa bentuknya????

Larangan: jangan tinggal di bantaran kali...jangan buang sampah sembarangan...kayaknya juga nggak terlalu berhasil mengedukasi masyarakat...nggak yang naik jaguar...nggak yang naik angkot..kalo mau buang sampah yaa tinggal buka jendela mobil..terus....lempar dehh tuhh sampah...yaa tissuee...yaa plastik...ya plastik minuman...dan lain-lain....kok angel tenan tho...ngandani ojo buang sampah sembarangan...

Akibatnya...udah diduga kan...yaa BANJIR....tapi tetep aja nggak pada kapok untuk buang sampah dan tetaaapppp tinggal di bantaran kali....kalo udah hanyut.....tinggal nadahin tangan..terus minta bantuan..is this the new way of living people in Jakarta...????!!!????...

ini adalah masalah yang nggak ketahuan dimana ujungnya..dimana pangkalnya..kalo dicaripun..ujung-ujungnya orang pada saling nyalahin...jadi mendingan ...mulai aja dari diri sendiri..untuk nggak buang sampah sembarangan...

siapin keranjang sampah dimobil....murah kok..tinggal beli di supermarket..atau kalo mau lebih murah lagi...beli dipasar...atau di abang-abang yang suka bawa gerobak dagangan (yang selalu kita katain...abis minggat dari rumah, terus bawa barang2 rumah tangga)....

Nggak usah nyuruh orang lain untuk nggak buang sampah sembarangan...tapi ngaca aja..kita sendiri udah tertib dan disiplin belum.....

Nahh...buat yang tinggal di bantaran kali...yang selalu menganggap jakarta adalah tempatnya duit.....mas...mbak...lik....dik....nggak selamanya jakarta itu ladangnya duit...nggak selamanya gampang nyari duit di jakarta.....(percuma dehh..nasehatin mereka....secara mereka nggak baca internet juga)..wakakakakakka......anyway..dimulai aja dari diri sendiri....gimana????

Mari Membaca

Yo...yooo...yooo.....

yukzz kita syuksyeskan program membaca..

gak boleh pinjem Boboku dulu yaa...aku belum selesai membaca...

heyy...cyewyeekkk....

this picture was taken, coz my mommy so eager to list me to a baby contest....

I was not in the mood when the picture taken...so my mommy have an idea to take all my clothes away...

ssoooooooooooooo humiliated.....

Anyway...wish me luck...

Hi world....am the new comer

Hi mom's friends....

Am the new comer in this crazy world :)

My name is Jyesthaka Nabeel Anindya Virendra, you may call me Andra. When I wrote this blog, am 5 months old (minus one day) - 1 Februari 2007.

I was born on the 2nd of September 2006 (saturday) at 19.10 PM in Asih Hospital. It was a quiet funny story on the delivery day...hmm, perhaps you could asked my mommy...

talk to you guys later....

First KeeP on First

Lho, ternyata my first blog on Aug 2006, keep on first blog until my baby boy born. Got not much time to write a single tiny little word about my whole new life...but..you may checked it on my friendster. Well, let me learn about this blog first...coz i got so many things to write. I Hope my blog will be visit by mothers who looking for tiny information about babies...hopefully....

Cheers