Wednesday, December 24, 2008

ehm apa yah judulnya.. history of my skin care?

ini postingan gak penting (emang pernah ada yg penting ya? hehehe)

hiks disuruh sortir (dan buang) kosmetik2 yg lama gak tersentuh di kulkas....

jd inget2 dulu masa2 tiap minggu bisa facial treatment hehehe... sayang jg oi... masih byk jg yg belum dibuka (kadang lupa, pas ke dokternya kirain abis, ternyata di rumah msh ada stok)

kulit mukaku dari dulu parah banget... overall kulitku emang jelek... waktu kecil jg gampang alergi/ biduran.... waktu smp/sma/ kuliah jerawatan.... sekarang kasar ky parutan (kata dokter sih seborrhoic dermatitis, ga tahu deh tulisannya gimana, susah bener) dan bercak2.... klo saja manusia bisa ganti kulit, pasti udah dari dulu2 aku tukarin...

jd dulu zaman kecil sampai sma gak ada perawatan kulit apa2, paling jg pas sma maskeran sendiri... couldn't afford anything better than that.... trus kuliah pas zaman2 jayanya extraderm aku cobain jg... kebetulan punya duit hasil kasih les privat..... lumayan manjur sih kulitku jd alus dan putiiiiihhh.... tp lama2 takut jg... karena katanya bikin kulit tipis dan makin sensitif ama matahari....

pindah ke thailand, awal2 gak ada treatment khusus jg... mahasiswa bok... gak ada pendapatan.... abis kerja, baru deh bisa cobain spa (tapi bukan facial treatment krn gak tahu yg bagus *dan gak mahal2 amat* dimana).... cuma bisa treatment di dokter waktu pulang kampung en pake produk perawatan dokter tsb jg tp kurang cespleng mgkn karena kurang rutin jg..... trus belakangan baru nemu klinik *hasil coba2* yg ok, treatmentnya enak gak sakit, gak mahal dan obatnya aku cocok, zaman2 mo merit giat banget deh ke sini... seminggu sekali..... hehehehe....

setelah ketahuan hamil... gak berani lagi deh treatment/ pake obat2nya..... sampe sekarang... berarti udah 27 bulan obat2an itu tak tersentuh.... berat hati kubuang jg tadi....

berikutnya stok kosmetik.... udah gak tersentuh jg... abis krn gak treatment kan wajah jd kasar tuh, jd nya malees banget mo dandan.... mo kasih fondation kok kasar gituh... hiks.... kapan ya aku bisa mulai lagi... sebenernya klo mau sih bisa ninggalin tio ama nanny atau bapaknya di rumah.... tp kok giling filti jg klo ninggalin just for facial treatment gituh.......

sekarang sih aku peeling sendiri pake scrub nya baking soda, beli pore cleanser yg sedot2 ky di salon dan maskeran sendiri tp ya rasanya masih kurang aja :P

Friday, December 12, 2008

Tio's 2nd stay in Jkt

Tio's vocabulary

Tio's vocab has grown fast during this 3 weeks stay. Mostly he says words in English: car, bus, truck, cow, dog, pig, duck, sit, up down,... oh I cannot remember all... but it is amazing that some words that I haven't taught him for a long time (I taught him long time ago) he can say them suddenly.

Tio and the shopping malls

We went from one shopping mall to another in Jkt. Sometimes because I needed to see my friends, sometimes just for spending time. Tio is becoming more active and independent. He would stroll along by himself and looked at new things. The first time he saw the airport he exclaimed "wooowww... woowww", so did he when he went inside the lift at the Pacific Place shopping mall. He would touch and *sometimes* drop CD cases, boxes of cereal.. he would pick up fruits (passion fruit, apple) and pretended to eat them... He's done those things too before we went to Indo but now he seems to be more attentive to the things around him and wants to touch everything. Particularly he's interested in baloons (any kind), vacuum cleaner (he would look at the demo and imitated the sound and his hands would move as if he was vacuuming), cars (he likes to touch the cars and their wheels), and pebbles (he took some from flower pots at the Grand Indonesia).

Our last visit to the mall was on our way to the airport, to have dinner with his uncle and his uncle's friends. He did not want to be carried. He walked and walked and explored. He was like an eel, wriggling and kicking about. We had trouble taking him out of the mall, as we had not much time before flying.

Tio and grandparents

Tio lets his uncle and his uncle's friend play with him and often he came to them, initiating the play. But he didn't want to be left alone with his grandparents, from both sides.

we're home, finally

The trip back to BKK was much more convenient than the trip to CGK

First of all, Tio didnt cry when the passengers boarded the aircraft. Maybe because we sat at the middle part of the plane, not at the first row (at the emergency exit) like in the first trip. So he didnt see many people *seemingly* coming at him. We were told, upon check-in, that actually passengers with infant cannot sit at the emergency exit. But sometimes we can, maybe not all check-in staff knows this. Also, there were not so many people this time, only 90 something passengers were there.

Secondly, we got the whole row (3 seats) for ourselves, so I could lay Tio down on my lap. He could sleep more comfortably and I could carry him more comfortably too. During the first trip, I had stiff arms and legs for supporting him sleeping sitting up. We were not able to lay him on our laps because the armrest between us was not movable (coz we were at the emergency exit).

Third, Tio slept almost during the whole trip. He stood up but didn't ask to be carried or to walk inside the aircraft. He asked for food and drink and to be read to. But he was very well behaved. Only when we were waiting for the immigration check *long queue*, he cried a bit. Maybe because his sleep was disturbed and he wanted "nom" *to drink breastmilk* but I couldnt feed him because we were worried that it would be our turn before he finish drinking and also there was no proper place to breastfeed him. He had to wait until we were in the van (which took some time too for the driver to come and pick us up).

Back at home, he seems excited. Like he wants to show that he remembers things. He hugged his doll, rode on his truck, pointed here and there. And when his nanny came, to my surprise, he didnt cry when she picked him up and carried him. He played while his nanny watching. Oh I'm so glad that the transition happened smoothly.

Now I'm going to write about our stay in Jakarta.

Sunday, December 07, 2008

Stranded in Jakarta - 2

Excerpt from my email to a friend:

On 29 Nov we were told that Garuda would fly to BKK on 4 Dec.

But then, on 3 Dec they told us that actually they had a flight on 2 Dec and they were not able to contact us, so they considered us as "no show".

They moved us to 4 Dec, but then somehow (I forgot what was the reason) we were moved to 6 Dec.

And then we were told that they cancel the flight on 6 Dec and will only fly on 11 Dec.

However, this is a blessing in disguise... had we flight earlier we might have landed at U Tapao airport and we heard that the condition was not so ok there. So many people while the facility is so limited. We were worried for Tio.

It is soooo relieving to know that the SVB is back to normal now. I had tried asking some friends in BKK (via mailing list) but no one has the information. Now we can have a peace of mind. I miss BKK already.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Stranded in Jakarta

so here we are still in Jakarta...

we were supposed to fly back last night, but those stupid people has prevented us from doing so

it's been enjoyable staying in Jkt... but nothing compares to home sweet home....

Tio's been acting up a little bit during our stay here, he's really trying my patience, and -sadly- I lose it often...... maybe it's just another stage in his development, maybe he's still trying to cope with the changes.... there were so many out-of-his routine things happened to him during this time... but maybe it's good for him to deviate from his routine life back home and maybe he'd learn something out of it.....but even I begin to miss the familiarity of our life and routine back there....

I've done with one project, just waiting for the payment to be made now hahaha.... oh my "sleep at 3 am" days have ended....... the other one is still ongoing, but there's not much I have to do now....

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

mmhh... udah beberapa hari ini cuaca sejuk... enak, tapi aneh jg.. gak biasa... udah terbiasa dng panasnya udara disini...

getting anxious about going to Indo... worrying about how well Tio can cope with the changes....

my other report is taking shape now *one report was done, the ball is not in my court right now* but there are still lots to be done... and i'm getting sleepier each day.... i need at least 8 hours of sleep to be able to function well and getting only a max of 5 hours these days....

while my son, he seems to need less sleep than his parents do, hehehe... what a bundle of energy you are, baby....

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Hujan

It's 1:22 now... it's raining outside... after quite some time without rain... it's nice to hear the sound of the water falling outside the window... nice to feel the cool air (pake air con sih, tapi kan jd makin sejuk, biasanya setel 24 C aja gak adem)....

It's been a long day

tadi 8.30-14.00 aku away dari Tio karena pergi ke Bkk utk meeting job yg satu... Tio gak diajak karena kasihan nanti 2 jam dia mo dimana.. di mall bisa sih tapi gak familiar, kasihan bapaknya ntar repot...

trus pulang rumah eh kok ya nemu lemari bukunya dimakan rayap dan jadi sarang rayap hiiiiii
bapak e Tio jadi sibuk deh seharian.... rumah jadi berantakan... kasihan pasti cape jg bapak e Tio...

cape dehhhh......

ngomel pembantu lagi :D

nanny nya tio kan sekarang udah lambat (ya udah sepuh sih) trus udah gak bisa masak (karena gak tahan berdiri lama2), jagain tio jg kurang efektif soalnya aku takut nanti dia gak ngatasin kalo tio lari atau narik something dari meja atau apa... dan kadang jg takut soalnya dulu sempat tio dikasih main termometer! padahal ditempelin di deket kaca meja rias (jadi bukan tio yg ngambil sendiri)..... aku jadinya takut kalo something like that happen lagi, dikasih mainan yg sebetulnya bahaya

trus barusan tadi aku liat, tio ditinggal sendirian di stroller sedang dia kira2 3 meter away.... nah kalo tio tiba2 berdiri aku yakin dia pasti gak sempat nangkep.... aku jadi marah deh... langsung aku Complain dia meskipun bukan nada marah banget tapi pasti dia tahu kalo aku marah ... dia jg sadar bhw dia gak akan sempat nangkep kalo tio tiba2 berdiri .... trus sambil ketawa gitu ngomongnya... ya mungkin utk menetralisir suasana... tapi aku masih sebel...

dia jg sering cuti utk ke dokter... 1/2 hari sih pagi aja.. waktu aku nganggur ga ada job2an sih aku izinin, berhubung sekarang aku lagi sibuk (sibuk nulis di sini jg nih hehehe) aku gak izinin (dia bisa pergi sore jg sih jam 16, tapi dia harus bayar, kalo pergi pagi dia gak perlu bayar karena yg sore ini semacam klinik yg lebih VIP di RS pemerintah yg sama)... nah ky nya dia nyindir2 "kalo pergi sore byk orang, dokter bilang kalo pagi sepi" padahal dulu bilang kalo pagi jg rame karena gratis.... mmm aku jadi agak2 gimana gitu... yah aku pura2 bodo aja... toh kalo aku gak sibuk jg aku iziini cuti pagi dan dia jg tahu itu....

sebetulnya udah agak lama kepikir mau ganti... soalnya jadi dia gak banyak membantu.. paling sapu, ngepel dan setrika... ya jujur aja, rasanya kok gak worth it kalo kita bayarin dia full tapi ga banyak bantu... dia sih ky nya ga mau dilepas (dulu pernah dia bilang mo kerja 1/2 hari aja... trus kangmas bilang mo cari orang utk yg 1/2 hari nya... tapi dia ga mau, mungkin takut kalo orang baru itu lebih baik trus dia dilepas).... trus kita jg ga tau kalo cari orang baru gimana soalnya dia ky nya "boss mafia pembantu" disini dan jaringannya ky nya kuat... lagian orang baru jg belum tentu lebih baik ...

ga tahu deh nanti gimana.. dipikir pikir pikir pikir pikir pikir dulu lagi

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Burning the midnight oil

It's not easy working at home...
I should be thankful for getting jobs that I can do from home, I AM... and not only one, but two jobs at the same time... if I finish these jobs well, then I can get the same amount of money had I been working full time for almost 5 months.... plus I get to spend my time with Tio...
but it's not easy to find time to work on it... honestly I'm worried that I won't be able to finish them on time.... hiks....

Sunday, October 05, 2008

Reminiscing the old days

I found many of my junior and highschool classmates or schoolmates through facebook. It brought back the memories of those days. It is amazing to see how we are scattered around the world now and how different our worlds are.

I wasn't a popular student during those years. In fact I was shy, perhaps my schoolmates considered me as weird or nerd. Not to the same degree as Carrie White, but weird nonetheless. With my lacking sense of fashion, dull appearance and quietness. But I was good at academic achievement and made some friends because of it, I could say. I help them with their homework and sometime during exam (yes, I did that too :P)

I chatted with a schoolmate recently. She is someone whom I considered to be a popular student, she is a part of a gang of popular students. It came to me as a surprise that she told me she was afraid that I would reject her friend request because I might have not known or forgotten her. She told me that she doesn't think herself as popular, she thinks of herself as a crazy one. She also told me that she never considered me as a nerd. Just quiet. Hmm.... I believe she told me the truth... I think of her as someone one who speaks bluntly without flowery words.

I also remember of my junior and highschool crush (hehehe, it's only one person)... It is funny to remember that I was so happy passing by his grandma's house (somehow I found out his grandma's address, I forgot how) or caught a glimpse of him from the balcony (my classroom was on the 2nd floor). Sooo cheesy LOL :D

Friday, October 03, 2008

Rediscovering the comfort of hot showers

Long hot showers were taken for granted in my younger days.
In the days when I could go to the gym every other day, it was nice to have a hot shower after exercising. But that's it, nice.

These days, long hot shower is a luxury, but even a short one is a special thing to enjoy.
After a long, hot and humid day... smelling garlic and chili or greasy after cooking......an afternoon session with Tio at the playground (boy, I didn't know that a small baby can have that much energy)... it is very refreshing to take a hot shower, all I have to do is to close my eyes and feel the warmth.....and I feel much better afterward... ready for the long night :D

My night is still young at 19.00.... these last two days Tio took up a new habit, a nap at 19.00 for half an hour, then he would be so energized and fully charged that he went to sleep at 22.30 (before, he slept at 22.00), half an hour didn't seem much, but with this active toddler that makes you hold your breath every 10 seconds as he does his acrobatic actions, runs around and almost bump into a sharp furniture corner or a wall, it feels long..... hahaha... anyway, he's so funny and I enjoy watching him most of the time ....

These last two days too I started a new consultancy job, I still work from home, but I dont get much time to work on the job during the day, as Tio would always find me :D oh honestly I love it when he comes to me and calls "mmmaaahh"... so here I am working till the wee hours of the day.....

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

stupid lies

kenapa sih orang berbohong secara bodoh?

apa karena
1. menganggap yg dibohongi itu begitu bodohnya sehingga gak akan tahu kalo dibohongi
2. mereka sendiri gak pintar2 amat shg tidak bisa berbohong secara pinter
3. kepepet... maksudku dalam keadaan cepet2 jadi apa aja yg bisa diomongin langsung diomongin tanpa mikir

contoh kebohongan yg bodoh

1. ada temen dulu waktu kuliah, biasanya kan abis test, kertas jawaban kita yg udah dikasih nilai ditaruh aja di loket Tata USaha, trus daftar nilainya dipampangin di papan pengumuman berkaca yg terkunci. Trus si temen ini menghapus nilainya pake tip ex, ditulisin sendiri (lebih bagus tentunya), trus protes ke dosen. Karuan aja dosennya malah marah dan dia kena sanksi (kalo gak salah langsung dikasih D utk mata kuliah itu dan harus mengulang)

2. pembantu nya temen, nyuapin anak asuhnya (kira2 2 th deh umurnya) dng indomie yg pedes... si anak nangis.... eh si pembantu ngeles: bukan saya yg ngasih bumbu pedas ke indomie itu.... lah klo bukan situ lalu sapa? masak anaknya sendiri yg masukkin?

3. pembantu saya hehehehe... tio lagi tidur di rocker nya... tadinya aku yg tungguin, trus karena aku harus masak buat tio, aku minta dia yg tungguin... rocker nya tio ini bisa disetel beroda (maju mundur) atau tanpa roda (diayun2 spt kursi goyang)... kalo aku yg nidurin tio, aku setel dalam posisi kursi goyang (karena rodanya udah mulai rusak).... tapi kalo si bibi senengnya posisi beroda.... nah tau2 tio bangun nangis.... kata bibi, tio melek trus liat bibi langsung nangis.... trus setelah aku mau nidurin tio lagi... baru aku tahu kalo sekarang rockernya itu dalam posisi beroda... which means si bibi berusaha naikkin roda itu saat tio tidur.... which means tio bangunnya karena itu (pasti berasa kalo roda dinaikkin waktu tio ada di atas rocker itu).... hmmm .....

Sunday, August 31, 2008

To Tio

My sweet baby, I always love looking at you, closely. Now I am doing it when you are asleep. I can never stop looking at that sweet face....

My sweet baby, I always want to give you the best I can..... but sometimes I am just not sure that my best is really the best... or even if it is good enough.....From the smallest thing to the bigger things.....

I always want to do my best... so that your childhood will never be anything like mine....that your family will never be anything like mine (I am not referring to you and daddy here)..... that your life will be a lot better than mine...

And we are so blessed to have your daddy in our love... so loving, caring and supportive to me..... I am so thankful for him.....

But now I am just in my own confused mode and am questioning myself.... for things like
- my decision to stop working (and trying to work from home) and taking care of you..... is it really the best for us? should I find some serious work or maybe even continue my study?
- the way I am taking care of you.... sometimes I and your father have to fight with others for what we believe is right *again I'm so lucky to have your father on my side*.... but are those really the right things that we are doing? In your first year of life I learned that I have done some mistakes. And those can't be undone. Information is so abundant these days, sometimes it can be confusing and what is right today may not be right tomorrow....

Again, I don't even know what's the point I want to make here.... Maybe I just want to tell you... that I love you so very very much...

Monday, August 25, 2008

Love (or need?) her, hate her

Hehehe

Hmm aku sebenernya thankful banget bisa di rumah, ngasuh Tio sambil kadang2 kerja job2an....
Cuma kadang2 aku kena sindrom love-hate relationship dng nanny ku
hehehe mungkin bukan love.... tapi need-hate relationship kali ya hihihihi
suka sebeeel gitu ama dia, tapi ya butuh

analisaku sih karena
1. standard kebersihan gak sama dng aku
2. beberapa beda dalam cara ngasuh
ini bintang tamunya dateng... to be continued deh :D

Lanjut lagi
1. Soal standard kebersihan
Kalo soal makanan sih auntie ini ketat, dia gak mau jajan sembarangan katanya. Cuma mau jajan di tempat yg dia tahu bersih. Otw dia pilih masak sendiri kalo bisa. Tapi soal hygiene kok rada2 gimana gitu.
Ya dulu sih gak seberapa terasa karena aku kerja dan Tio cuma tidur di tempat tidurnya atau di area perlaknya yg tidak aksesible buat nanny nya (tidak perlu duduk atau berdiri di tempat yg ditidurin/ buat mainan ama Tio).
Sekarang aku di rumah jadi ngerti gimana sehari2 dan Tio sudah bergerak ke mana mana. Suka jilatin ranjang termasuk bagian tepi2nya, suka jalan kaki kemana mana.
Yg aku gak suka:
- kalo Tio main di luar si auntie ini suka duduk di rumput/ tanah, di tangga tempat orang lewat nah trus pas aku abis mandiin Tio biasanya auntie suka ikut di kamar, duduk di ranjang... doooh.... jadi ranjang kena bekas2 rumput, tanah, and God knows what else....
- abis pegang sampah (di rumah ada 3 tempat sampah, kalo pagi sampah dibuang biasanya dijadiin satu dulu di tas sampah yg paling besar, auntie suka ngambilin satu2 sampahnya pake tangan, instead of langsung dituang keranjangnya) gak cuci tangan
- abis pegang kain pel, sepatu Tio gak cuci tangan jg... (soal cuci tangan ini akhirnya aku ngomong sih, klo dia abis pegang kotor2 gitu aku ingetin utk cuci tangan deh, daripada aku yg makan hati dan Tio yg jadi korban)
- kalo cuci piring suka gak bersih... mungkin karena matanya sudah kurang awas jg ya... (suka aku ulangi lagi cuci nya, terutama alat makan Tio)
uff gak kebayang deh dulu Tio kecil kan yg kasih ASIP dia... yah tapi Tio sehat2 aja... ya moga2 gpp deh.... *masih kebayang soal plastik ASIP dan botol plastik yg dipanasin dng air mendidih/ possibly jg di atas kompor menyala ama dia, aku nyeseeeelll banget klo inget ini*

2. Soal pengasuhan
Yg terpikir ada 3 points, yg masih fresh terjadinya
- Tio lagi makan dibilangin "pai tiao... pai tiao" alias jalan2 ke luar.. nah si Tio kan seneng tuh jalan keluar.. ya otomatis gak mau makan lagi trus minta jalan.... soal ini aku udah kasih tahu dan auntie udah ngerti... tapi ya kadang2 diulang....
- Tio lagi mainan sendiri baik2 dipanggil-panggil, ditunjukkin mainan lain... menurut aku ini nggak baik soalnya Tio (dan anak2 pada umumnya) kan kemampuan konsentrasinya masih rendah, jadi gampang teralihkan, kalo dia lagi konsen melakukan satu hal ya biarin gitu kenapa..... Emang sih ini konteksnya aku lagi kasih makan Tio dan si auntie ini nganggur, nothing to do... tapi tetep aja sebel....
- Tio dibilang "pinter sendiri" anak lain tidak ada yg pintar.... menurut aku (dan dari baca buku jg sih) ini gak baik.. bisa membuat anaknya nanti jadi sombong dan memandang rendah anak lain.... terbebani utk jadi yg terbaik.... belum nanti klo dia belum ngerti dan mengulang kata2 itu di depan ortu temen2nya yg dijelek2in oleh si auntie ini..... wah ntar dikira bapak ibunya yg ngajarin gak bener....
- suka nyolong2 ngasih makan Tio tiap ada kesempatan tanpa perintah dari aku.... jadi klo aku pas mandi, Tio tunjuk2 makanan, langsung dikasih.... Tio main telur (matang sih), trus aku tinggal cuci piring sebentar, eh dikasih jg padahal itu Tio abis makan siang dng menu telur hampir 1 butir jg.... aduh.... ya emang ngerti sih mungkin pengen jg ngasih makan Tio secara dia kan pengasuh gitu, tapi kan aku ada di situ, tanya dulu kek boleh gak kasih makan itu.... lagian aku gak yakin tangannya bersih atau kagak pas itu.... siapa tahu abis garuk2, bersihin lantai, pegang bedak, obat atau apa.... jadi suka jengkel klo tahu .....

Other things
- suka criticize aku... dulu aku pernah dibilang "madam tam mai pen" waktu gendong Tio kecil... alias katanya aku gak enak gendong nya Tio.... dulu sih sempat down dan krisis PD... mikir duh aku gak bisa gendong Tio dng nyaman..... contoh lain sih emang sebenernya ya betul jg komentarnya, tapi ya sebel gitu loh dikomentarin... misalnya: aku masak dan gagal pasti dikomentari... trus kalo aku pasang seprai kurang kenceng jg dikomentarin
- kalo thd papa Tio selalu bilangnya "papa cape kalo....gini" (contoh: disini katanya tiap bulan disemprot asap utk membasmi serangga itu, jadi dulu tiap bulan kita bawa Tio ngungsi ke kantor papanya waktu hari fogging, tapi belakangan baru ngeh bahwa ternyata nggak tiap bulan ada, informasi simpang siur, kita tanya ke kantor2 yg berurusan cuma di ping pong dan katanya "ada... ada..." tapi prakteknya nggak ada) .... weh emangnya aku jg gak capek gitu?
- suka take credit, ini sih hal2 kecil dan mestinya gak aku pikirin, tapi kok ya sebel hihihihi .. entah ini masalah bahasa atau aku yg terlalu sensi atau emang maksud dia spt itu.... misalnya: bilang Tio kepalanya bunder karena dia yg bikin/ jaga supaya begitu.... yay... ini kan jg karena Tio lahirnya cesar makanya kepalanya gak gepeng karena kepenet jalan lahir.... Trus contoh lain katanya Tio sehat karena dia yg jaga... lha trus kita ortunya ini do nothing gitu?

Ada jg sih hal2 positif dari dia
- suka bawain makanan huehehe dimana lagi ada pengasuh bawain makanan utk majikannya
- masakannya enak
- relatif lebih baik daripada pengasuh2 lain

Yah begitulah... aku pengennya ngasuh sendiri... tapi ya repot juga... gimana kalo aku mau mandi, mau ke kamar mandi, mau nyiapin makan buat Tio dan bapak ibunya, belum kalo pas aku ada job2an..... klo tanpa pengasuh mana bisa aku kerjain..... Tio gak bisa ditinggal..... mungkin karena gak biasa jg... dari kecil selalu ada yg menemani..... sekarang ditinggal sendirian sih dia kadang ok, tapi aku yg takut... ntar tahu2 manjat... main listrik... atau gimana....

Tapi kalo pake pengasuh ya begini ini..... gak mungkin bisa 100% up to my standard....

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Being a FTM

Hmm there's nothing to complain about, just want to record my today's thought - coz I might forget this tomorrow :D

I can spend most of my time with my beloved son, I have a baby sitter to help me when I need to run some errands, cooking, taking a shower or working on my free lance consultancy job

I just wonder.... with all the help... I still feel that I have not much time to do anything else...maybe it's my time management.... or I need to delegate more to the baby sitter... but I can't ... hehehe... as a clean freak and a perfectionist, I can't......

so what's the point I want to make here? hihihi nothing I guess.... ah mbulet mode ON.....

Thursday, August 07, 2008


He's so fond of Bob the Builder

14 m

Hmm belum sempat posting2 yg lalu... yg terbaru dulu deh... ntar kapan2 sempat dicari lagi postingan2 lama

6 August 2008

Tio ulang bulan, 14 bulan now

Setelah pulang dari Indo yg Tio rewel dan gak mau makan, gak mau jalan sendiri, gak mau sama orang lain selain mamanya, di Bkk Tio makannya jadi banyak. Mungkin utk kompensasi makan yg kurang selama di Indo. Trus sekarang udah mau sama papa nya or auntie. Memang sih kalo pas siang dia sering jg masih cari mamanya walaupun lagi main ama auntie. Tapi sudah mending banget.

Sejak 1 or 2 minggu lalu Tio makin lancar jalannya. Jalan sendiri dari ujung ruang tamu ke ujung satunya. Kadang nggak mau dipegangin. Udah bisa manjat naik ranjang sendiri, naik kursi, bahkan naik meja tamu.

Udah nggak terlalu nglindur jg spt sebelum/ selama di Indo. Paling nangis sebentar trus bisa bobo lagi. Tidurnya nyenyak, tetep dari jam 21-22 (rata2, tapi occasionally sampe 22.30), trus jam 04 atau lebih bangun utk minum, tidur lagi sampe jam 07-08 (occasionally sampe 08.30). Siang cuma tidur satu kali, sebelum or sesudah makan siang.

Kalo jalan ke mall suka mainan di playground (mobil2an 10 Baht tanpa dijalankan jg sudah senang), trus sampel2 mainan yg dipajang di robinson or central, suka lari2 disitu jg, trus kalo di supermarket suka pegang2 barang, ambil barang, lari2, teriak2 pokoknya heboh deh pergi ke mall sama Tio sekarang hehehe.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Pindahan dari diary lain - 6

28 Feb 2008

Si Tio... sekarang udah suka jalan.. .awal2nya dia abis mimik ASI langsung melorotin badan, aku berdiriin trus dia jalan hehehe.... seneng banget jalan sampe mama nya bongkok. Herannya kalo sama bapaknya digendong diem aja gak minta jalan.... juga kalo naik taxi, kalo aku pangku pasti berdiri usil ke sana kemari, kalo sama bapaknya dipangku anteng diem

TRus beberapa hari lalu, lucuuu banget... dia udah ngantuk banget... duduk sampe badannya jatuh ke depan kepalanya nyentuh kasur tapi terus keukeuh berusaha bangun lagi dan berdiri huahahaha... aduh kalo inget aku ketawa sendiri..... pantang menyerah banget sih kamu nak....

TRus hobby lainnya, manjat lemari kaya spiderman hehehe.... kan ranjang dia dipepetin lemari biar nggak jatuh, dikasih guling di antaranya biar nggak kejedot... trus pas dia berdiri2 di pinggir lemari gitu, kakinya naik2 manjat sampe atas ...... ketawa2....

Ahhh jadi kangen... hari ini aku terpaksa masuk sehari karena 2 hari lalu ikut seminar utk kerjaan part time ku yg lain di Bkk...... jadi sekarang bayar utang ceritanya.....

23 Jun 2008

Sejak April lalu aku kan resign. Sampai pertengahan April masih ke kantor lama beberes kerjaan yg tertunda. Trus setelah itu nganggur aja di rumah. Tapi ternyata di rumah lebih sibuk ya.... Pagi Tio kadang bangun 8.30 (tapi sejak minggu terakhir ini ky nya udah balik pagi lagi bangunnya jam 7). Aku jg ikut dong molooorr hehehehe sementara kangmas beberes rumah dan masak sarapan Tio (dia emang ga bisa bangun siang).... TRus suapin Tio... Tio jalan2 sebentar ama auntie sementara aku mandi dan cuci2 piring Tio.... trus mandiin Tio, trus bisa ngenet sebentar sementara Tio tidur... sebentar udah harus siapin makan siang.... trus bisa ngenet lagi atau bikin snack/ cake/ roti buat Tio dan buat ortu nya jg hehehe... trus ntar siang snack Tio... trus siapin makan malam, mandiin dsb..... malam Tio tidur aku bisa kerja dikit kalo pas ada kerjaan....

Tentang Tio....

Seminggu setelah ultah dia sakit batuk .... pas auntie jg sakit... huff ngeri deh... sekarang auntie aku minta pake masker dulu.... takutnya infeksi sekunder gitu... kan ky nya Tio cuma kena virus aja... nggak aku kasih obat apa2... tapi kalo sampe ketempelan bakteri dari auntie kan kudu minum antibiotik dsb.... sekarang sih udah gpp Tio nya..... Baru kali ini Tio sakit sejak lahir (sebelum ini sih cuma demam pas vaksin, biang keringat, trus dulu puser yg infeksi)... bingung deh kemaren itu ama si kangmas.... untung deh kangmas bisa diajak ngomong dan tukar pikiran soal sakitnya Tio ini.... kalo sendirian pasti aku lebih panik lagi...

Tio sekarang suka meniru.... lagi suka niruin auntie batuk2 trus mulutnya ditutupin hehehehe... trus suka niruin mukul semut di lantai (maklum rumah banyak semutnya hehehe).... trus dia suka gemes ama boneka (dari dulu sih), kalo liat boneka teriak "aaaaaa" trus dipeluk atau dicium hihihi.....

Tio berani ama orang (setelah kemaren pas 8-9 bulan dia sempat kena stranger anxiety)... kalo pesta2 ultah gitu digendong siapa aja mau... ndeketin anak2 besar trus ngliatin.......

Tio suka nglindur hehehe..... jadi abis dia tidur jam 21-22 gitu, jam 23 atau 24 bangun, duduk atau berdiri... trus nangis.....pertama2 kita nggak tahu, kita bangunin, ajak keluar, kasih makan roti atau apa.... eh malah tambah nangis gak karuan... ternyata baca2.... itu night terror.... yg mana dia sebetulnya nggak sadar... biarin aja katanya jangan dibangunin.... eh bener.... kalo gak diajak keluar malah bisa tidur lagi sebentaran... Tapi gak bisa kalo dibiarin 100% wong dia duduk/ berdiri gitu.... jadi aku peluk dan gendong2 sebentar sebelum dia bisa tidur lagi...

To be continued... waktunya snack sore hehehe

25 Jul 2008

Pulang Indo, Tio's first trip abroad

si tio di sana ky nya stress.... udah rumahnya jauuh lebih besar daripada rumah di sini (jadi dia bisa explore sampe ke teras2, kolam ikan, naik turun tangga... yg mana disini nggak ada hehehe).... trus orangnya banyak sekali, tunggu aku hitung (2+3+4+2+2+4 = 17 orang, yang 4 anak kecil yg demen ngejar2 tio ngajak mainan, yg lain jg demen ngiwel2 tio).... dia jadi makin susah makan.... nempel banget ke aku, gak mau ama orang lain, bahkan papanya sendiri gak mau dia..... trus sering rewel.... digigit nyamuk jg....

sampe akhirnya aku pengen pulang deh jumat itu (harusnya minggu baru pulang), karena kasihan tio tiap hari rewel, trus sampe muntah2 jg..... tapi tanya air asia ternyata susah kali kalo mo ngrubah tiket.... bayar lumayan 7500 BAht (sekitar 2.25 jt), plus harus ke airport saat itu juga dan gak ada jaminan bhw ada kursi... naseeeb naik budget airlines..... akhirnya ga jadi deh... berharap tio lebih gak rewel....

tekanan pas tio rewel dan gak mau makan berat hehehe... klo di rumah sendiri pun udah berat kan kalo anak rewel gitu...

pas terbang pulang ada satu ibu2 bawa anak kecil gedean dikit dari tio... deuh salut banget aku..... aku yg berdua aja udah kerepotan 1/2 mati gini... si ibu ini santai aja... tapi ya emang anaknya laen ama tio hehehe... sepanjang penerbangan tidur aja tuh... sedang si tio minta turun lah... minta jalan2lah.... disetelin dvd jg cuma tahan sebentar aja antengnya....

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Time flies like an arrow...

... fruit flies like a banana

(hehehe ini quote dari Groucho Marx *spell?* yg aku inget pernah ada di shout out nya pak Enda)

Sudah hampir setahun hiatus

Tulis update terbaru dulu ya....

Aku resmi jadi full time mom sejak April 2008, reasons: pengen nemenin dan ngasuh Tio, kerjaan kurang nyaman dan demand nya tinggi shg rada kewalahan jg membagi waktu. Ada nanny sih tapi ya pengen aja bisa ngajarin Tio sendiri, bikin homemade baby food buat Tio. Ternyata di rumah lebih capek daripada kerja di kantor hehehe. Ada prospek kerja yg bisa dari rumah sih, tapi sementara ini belum 100% secured.

This is my typical workday: Pagi Tio bangun, makan pagi (sekarang bapak Tio yg seringnya nyiapin karena aku mbangkong hehehe).... trus abis gitu dia jalan2 ama nanny nya sementara aku mandi dan siap2in buat dia, trus dia pulang, mandiin Tio.... abis gitu dia main2 sementara aku kerja sebentar atau masak.... abis gitu aku suapin snack... trus Tio tidur... aku bisa kerja lagi sebentar... siapin makan siangnya... trus bapak Tio datang.... Tio dan kita makan.... sore Tio tidur lagi... abis gitu snack lagi... trus main2... trus bapak Tio datang, makan malam... trus Tio mandi, kita mandi... main2 sampai tidur.....

sekarang Tio tidur jam 22.00 ... bangun jam 7.00 tapi kadang jam 9.00... hehehe jadi jam tidurku jg menyesuaikan :D

Wiken pagi jalan2 keliling kampus.... Sabtu kita belanja groceries.... Minggu ke gereja (kalo Tio belum keburu bobo) dan Tio berenang sore nya

Sekarang Tio lagi seneng ngoceh dan udah bisa ngomong "mamah", "nam" for water (Thai), pernah ngomong "bab diao" which is artinya sebentar (Thai), pernah jg bilang "basah" pas hujan

Sudah bisa jalan dituntun.... 2 hari belakangan ini mulai bisa jalan tanpa pegangan tapi di play pen dan di ranjang aja 2-3 langkah......

Hmm gitu dulu deh... ntar search lagi file2 lama... biar bisa tulis ttg Tio...