68 th Independence Day Celebration @Wadassari

Acara tujuhbelasan di RT 08 RW 02 Wadassari thn ini berlangsung cukup meriah. Acara yg dilaksanakan oleh Karang Taruna thn ini cukup rame diikuti anak2 dan orang tua sesuai kategori acara. Pada hari Sabtu tanggal 17 Agustus 2013 acara dimulai jam 8 pagi dengan berbagai perlombaan diantaranya lomba mewarnai, menggambar, jepit kelereng, dan lomba makan kerupuk. Kk Dinara ikutan lomba mewarnai, Ibu sih ga ngarepin kk menang kok cm spy dia berpartisipasi aja dan semangat ikut lomba2 spy itu lgpl pun ketika dia gak menang dia jd mengerti bhw ga smua yg dia mau akan terwujud. Yaa secara yaa si Dinara ini anaknya ngeyel minta ampun, dan dia punya Ibu yg cenderung egois jadilah acara "pemaksaan" terulang kembali, ceritanya Kk ngotot mo pake pensil warna, dan Ibu nyaranin (cenderung maksa) spy pake crayon krn biar cepet slesai, terjadilah dialog yg cukup alot :

Ibu :"kak, pk krayon aja nak, biar cpt"

Kk :"gak ah pake pensil warna aja, kan cepet juga"

Ibu :" tuh liat, nabila sm devina jg pake krayon udh mo slesai"

Kk :"pk pensil warna juga cpt kok"

Ibu : ---yasudahlah---

Gak nyampe semenit kemudian,

Kk :" buu, tangan aq pegel banget niihh, udahan ahh"

Ibu : " yaaa kakaaak, kan Ibu blg jg apa, blm jg separo yg dikerjain"

Pdhl 5 menit lg batas waktunya udh mo abis.

Ibu : "ya udah deh sana kk kumpulin aja sm om panitia-nya"

*sambil dongkol

Sabaaaarr yaa buu jd ortu gak boleh maksaa. *self reminder

Siangnya Kk Dinara ikutan lomba jepit kelereng, tp blm nyampe 1 rit si kelereng udh jatoh.....hihihihi. Lhaa secara lawannya anak2 yg lebih gede smua.

Naahh, hari Minggu nih yang ditunggu2 krn hr ini ada lomba sepeda hias sore harinya. Yang semangat sihh sebenernya Ayah sm Ibu, klo anaknya mah biasa2 ajah. udh diniatin bwt ngehias dr mlm sblmnya tp biasaa rencana tinggal rencana. Hias menghias br terealisasi di hari Minggu pagi, si Ayah solo karir krn Ibu sibuk "membabu", lbh setengah hari akhirnya sepeda slesai dihias 'ala kadarnya' yg penting si kk bs rame2 keliling kampung brng tmn2. Ayah, Ibu, dan Adek ngintilin bareng2 dr belakang dan mengabadikan momen seru tsb. Yeeaayy we had so much fun that day.

                                                                 Sepeda Burung Merak

                                                            Persiapan Menjelang Lomba

                                                          Adek Farabi jd cheerleader Kk

Lebaran 1434 H

Cerita Lebaran thn ini kami kembali pulkam ke Palembang tp kali ini sudah berempat, yaayyy !! 

Perjlnan mudik ini agak lain krn kami memutuskan lewat darat yg mn hrs pny persiapan ekstra krn bepergian dg jarak tempuh ratusan kilometer bersama seorang balita dan bayi. Secara keseluruhan sih alhamdulillah smua berjalan lancar dan sesuai rencana walo agak kasian jg liat si Ayah nyetir sndr sepanjang perjalanan, untung kami memilih brkt lbh awal dan di malam hari spy anak2 gak rewel dan tidur pulas selama perjalanan. Saat berkangkat kami sengaja mampir di Bandar Lampung selama 2 hari krn Ibu kangen pgn liat kampus FT Unila tercinta, dan kebetulan tnyt si Ayah ada acara bukber skaligus reuni dadakan brng tmn2 angkatannya include anak istri. Dan jadilah acara tsb rameee sm bocah2 yg gak brenti minta main di playground yg disediakan resto tsb, seruu sih krn mmng sebagian besar dr kami sdh pd saling kenal.

Alhamdulillah perjalanan baik Jkt-Lpg, maupun Lpg-Plmbng dan sebaliknya lancar sesuai rencana. Senangnya bs berkumpul brng kluarga besar, Ibu, Papa, kakak2, saudara ipar, dan keponakan2 yg jmlhnya belasa....hahaha. Momen ini sungguh sgt berharga krn bs dblg kami smua bs berkumpul hny pd saat Hari Raya, walaupun thn ini jg kami gak lengkap krn Mangcik yg tinggal di P. Bangka hny plng bersama Zacky, putra pertamanya.

Tp kyknya Ibu jd pikir2 nih utk plng mudik thn depan klo mo bw kendaraan lg kyknya gak sanggup deh, rempoong euyy, blm lg anak2 pd skt mngkin krn kecapekan. Sptnya thn depan kami hrs mempertimbangkan utk plng ke Palembang paska Hari Raya spy dpt tiket yg agak murah dan anak2 bs lbh nyaman. Mudah2an Yai dan Nyai sehat2 terus ya Allah.

Bareng Yai dan Nyai

Big Family

Sekedar berbagi

How time flies when we lived in hectic J-town

Setelah bertahun-tahun (hhmm br 5 thn sikk) hidup dan mencari nafkah di Jkt br kali ini sy merasakan lelahnya perjalanan pergi dan pulang kerja. Kadang ingin rasanya cuti bbrp wkt utk sekedar menikmati masa-masa kanak-kanak Dinara dan Farabi. Entah knp tiba2 merasa melankolis begini tp kok rasanya sedih aja ga bs lagi mendampingi keseharian mreka, dan gak kerasa tnyt skg kk Dinara udh mo naik TK A aja. Rasanya pingiin bgt pny bnyk wkt menemani kk belajar dan berkreatifitas, tp setibanya sore hari drmh kok rasanya udh gada wkt lg untuk ini itu, pdhl begitu nyampe drmh lsg beraktifitas urusan domestik RT. Mandi, sholat, gendong dan nyusuin Farabi, makan mlm, beberes2, ngajak anak2 main, ehh tau2 udh jam 9 aja, dan ini mata udh sepet bgt ga bs diajak kompromi. Saat ibu udh ngantuk2nya, si kk msh aja seger ngajak main. Duhh maafin ibu yaa nak.

Rasanya sy tll takut salah dlm mendidik kk Dinara ini, dia ini tipenya periang, kreatif, kecerdasan sosialnya bgs, tp dia jg perasa, dan tampak pny ‘jiwa dewasa’. Walaupun terkadang masa kanak2 itu memang butuh ekstra kesabaran dari tiap2 orang tua tp ttp sj terkadang sulit untuk mengendalikan diri saat apa yg kita harapakan mreka untuk lakukan tnyt gak sesuai yg qt mau. Betapa sy Ibu yg sangat egois.

Somehow, kadang sy pikir bullshit lah dg segala ilmu2 dr seminar parenting2 itu (maaf sy hrs jujur), krn saat qt dihadapkan lsg dg situasi yg serba kompleks ; anak2 lg riweuh, kerjaan d ktr numpuk, manajemen wkt ga bgs, badan lg ngedrop, saat itu jg tnp sengaja anak ‘menjadi korban’, yaa gak smp ke fisik sih emg, klo pun iya paling cm 'ditowel' doang.....hihihi, intinya gak smp nyakitin anaklah krn biar gmn sy sadar bgt efek psikologisnya ke anak klo tll srng dimarahi. Kadang sedih banget klo inget pernah ngebentak Dinara krn makan gak abis2 pdhl udh telat ngejar kereta mo brkt k kntr, smntr si adek udh nangis2 mnta disusuin-dan setelah berjam-jam disusuin akhirnya dia ga jd tidur.  Lebih sedih lg Dinara pnh blg gini "jgn marah2 kek bu sm aq, ntr Allah marah jg  lohh sm ibu", rasanya super #jleebb. 

Pfiuuhh tp itulah seninya menjadi Ibu, yang ga smua orang bs ngerasain-nya. Subhanallah

Puji syukur ya Allah, smg Engkau berkenan membimbingku untuk sll mjd orang tua panutan bagi anak2ku. amin

Pentas Seni Kk Dinara

Duhh, sbnrnya acara Pentas Seni (Pensi) ini sdh dilaksanakan hmpr 1 bln yll tp br smpt diposting skrg, maklum org (sok) sibuk :p Acara Pensi ini menandakan akhir thn ajaran 2012/2013, artinya kk Dinara thn ini ntr naik kls TK A....yeayyy.

Saat pembagian 'raport' pun hasilnya bgs, sdh lmyn bnyk kemajuan dibandingkan bbrp bln sblmnya, bu guru jg blg kk Dinara tmbh pinter, tp tmbh 'rusuh' jg dikelas (lari-larian mulu!!) dasar bocah yaa....hihihi.

Anyway back to Pensi, yg untungnya dilaksanakan hari Sabtu dan disekolah jd Ayah Ibu bs hadir dan mendokumentasikan acara "sakral' ini :D. Ternyata kami dtg agak terlambat, dimana pas wkt udh dtg anak2 lain sdh pd siap dg perlengkapan yg walaupun ala kadarnya tp ttp bkin anak2 excited. Tdnya kami agak khawatir apakah anak2 Playgroup ini bs diarahkan mengingat kelakuan mreka yg "ajaib' tp alhmdlh smua bjln lancar walaupun anak2 PG  kebagian manggung dg porsi yg jauh lbh sedikit drpd anak2 TK.

Selamat yaa kk cantik, smg thn berikutnya kk lbh baik dan bs dpt piala anak berprestasi.........amiin.

Cerita tadi pagi

Jadi ceritanya td pagi tuh qt smua bangun kesiangan, si Ayah udh tau mo brkt pagi k kntr krn lsg mo kluar kota eh malah ikut2an kesiangan jg, bangun2 tnyt udh hmpr jam 6........... doohh.

Yasud pasti deh tuh riweuh pagi2, bgtu bgn ibu lsg masak aer bwt mandi anak2 trs masak bubur bwt adek, dan krn ga smpt masak dan Ayah jg udh ga bkal smpt sarapan jd cm bkin minum aja bwt si Ayah. Pas Farabi bangun lsg ibu siapin bwt mandi, udh bersih sabunan trs bilas Farabi Ibu tinggal berendem di bak bebek pemberian Wak Ujuk. Abis itu ibu bkin bubur oatmeal (yg akan dicampur alpukat dan susu) smbl ngeliatin dd mainan di bak mandi. Trs si kk yg udh bangun dan lagi males2an ntn tv, begitu tau adeknya mandi si bak bebek lsg nyeletuk "ibu aq mau mandi brng adek yaa", lsg ibu jwb "ohh yaa lsg buka baju trs taro di keranjang bj kotor yaa", kok tumben yaa pikir ibu, anak ini lsg inisiatif sndr tp yasud bgs dehh :D

Smbil beresin kamar, dan ngecek bubur di panci yg udh mau mateng trs melongok ke jendela yg nembus ke tempat Farabi berendem ehh 'nemu' si kk tnyt ikutan berendem di bak yg sama dg  adek.

Ya ampuunn kakaakk rusuhh banget siihh udh tau bak mandinya kecil ttp aja maksa

 (-__-)!!

'Family Gathering" at Nextage Tea Garden Resort, Subang, Jawa Barat

Last week we had so much fun, when we took a trip to West Java. Our family vacation included my office-mates Egis and Retno. We've planned for this trip from the months before, after i bought voucher from LivingSocial.com When i saw the advertisement, suddenly i thought that this place gonne be so great for holiday, and then i read the reviews from TripAdvisor.com  suprisingly i found many reviews told that this place were so intersing, most of them feel satisfied. Honestly, i feel doubt coz several times get disappointed from LivingSocial.com offering. But this time i just thought that i have to buy, with a little bit speculated. After got Ayah's approval, and then the voucher sent to me.....ihhiiyy. Let's have so vacation.
I've booked the room from 2 weeks before as their suggestion, so when we went on Saturday, 18th May, 2013 we already got the very first room. We went from home at 7am, and then pick up both Egis & Retno at our office, which became the middle place before entering toll road towards Subang. Alhamdulillah it was a bright shinny day, and the kids was so calm, but unfortunately after 3 and a half hours riding kk Dinara got carsick two times, maybe because the air in the cabin and the road situation also traffic jam made her feel so dizzy, poor Dinara :(
Honestly i feel a little bit upset, coz i can't help her while Farabi sleeping in my arms. Thanks God Egis and Retno help to clean up her cloth and car seat. Suddenly Ayah found gas station, and we went to the toilet to clean up everything. Somehow i feel that this trip was too far, and we've just get into the car too long so that the kids feel so bored. This is just out of my mind, coz we've never got to this place before. Our trip just rely on the map and navigation from smartphone, and also sign board, and got called the resort's recepcionist to make sure that our way was right. Finally we've got there at 12.30pm, after got some lunch at Purwakarta.
Nextage Tea Garden Resort located at Dusun Cigeurenug Desa Cicadas Kec Sagala Herang, Kab Subang Jawa Barat, this is kinda luxury and comfort, highland villa with modern minimalist design cottage. The cottages equipped with 2 rooms and 1 bathroom, stone fire place, kitchen, cooking tools and utilities, 'tatami' space, roof deck. Outdoor facilities such as swimming pool and jacuzzi for free, tennis court, tea walk, and some kiddy activities such as ceramics and batik studio, etc. And the best thing is the tea garden view and paddy fields in front of your room.
Unfortunately, we've just feel so disappointed with the menus. For dinner we ordered from the hotel some variant menu for fourth of us. I ordered oxtail soup, while hubby ordered cap cay with rice, Egis ordered mie kocok, and Retno ordered some firedrice. We thought that with that expensive cost for average @50rb IDR exclude PPN, they should have great taste. But the meals have no taste at all, but we have no choice if we wannna go out we have to go so far from the resorts.
But overall we just soo happy with the facilities and resorts's view. So relax and fun.
Here are the photos :)

Dear Dinara.........

Dear Dinara, sdh 3 th 8 bln 13 hari kami lalui hari2 menyenangkan bersamamu nak, msh ingat rasanya saat pertama melihatmu hadir ke dunia rasa tak percaya bahwa kami berdua sdh sah mjd "Ibu" dan "Ayah'. Kami sadar betapa berat tanggung jawab menjadi orang tua, tapi sungguh kami ikhlas menjadi bagian dari hidupmu bahkan teramat sangat merasa diberkahi . Tak terkira rasa syukur yg Ayah dan Ibu panjatkan atas karunia Allah yg begitu indah melalui dirimu. Semakin hari semakin pinter, makin centil, makin bawel, dan makin gemes (walo kdng2 mkin bkin Ibu senewen.....hahaha). Paska kehadiran dede Farabi, kk Dinara pun makin menunjukkan 'kedewasaannya' sbg kakak. Dear anak gadisku yg cantik, maafin Ibu yaa nak yg seringkali tdk mau memahami apa inginmu dan terlalu egois dlm menghadapi sikap kanak-kanakmu. Ibu hny ingin yg terbaik untukmu, yaahh mngkin ini terdengar sgt klise, mngkin saat engkau membaca ini pun msh blm bs paham apa yg Ibu maksud. Tapi percayalah saat engkau sdh berada di posisi Ibu, baru mngkin akan lbh sdkit paham apa yg Ibu maksud. Sungguh Ibu merasa menyesal teramat sangat setiap kali habis memarahimu (atau bahkan membentakmu), jika ada yg bs Ibu lakukan untuk memperbaiki hal tsb pasti akan Ibu lakuin syg. Setiap kali abis memarahimu, Ibu sll blg ke Ayah betapa Ibu menyesal, setiap air matamu benar2 menyayat hati Ibu. Maafkan Ibu syg, dengan terbatasnya waktu yang Ibu miliki dan harus membaginya dengan hal-hal lain, disamping sikap (sok) perfeksionis Ibu. Sunggguh Ibu hny ingin memberikan yg terbaik untuk kakak dan adek.

Maafkan yaa nak, Ibu janji sebisa mungkin bersikap lbh sabar. Tolong jgn ikutin sikap buruk Ibu. Smg msh ada hal-hal baik dari Ibu yg bs kau teladani.

Ibu sll syg kalian smp kapanpun dan akan sll berusaha mjd Ibu terbaik buat kalian berdua.

Ya Allah smg Engkau meridhoi niatku. Amin

Perjalanan MPASI Farabi

Alhamdulillah saat ini Farabi sdh memasuki usia 7,5 bln, tumbuh sehat, cerdas, ceria yaa nak. Skg mknnya makin bnyk lohh, saat usia 6bln kan frekuensi mkn hny 2x, yaitu 1x carbo sederhana dan 1 x buah  saat pagi dan sore hari . Nah memasuki usia 7 bln ini freq. mkn sdh 3x, yaitu 2x bubur tim saring di pagi dan sore hari, dan 1x buah di siang hari. Sejak memberdayakan si Takahi Slow Cooker, variasi makanan Farabi jd lbh bnyk, tinggal cemplung-cemplung saat malam hr sblm tidur trs pas bangun subuh jadi dehh bubur tim tinggal disaring......ihiiiyyy. So far, aneka variasi yg udh di lahap si jagoan kecil :

Usia 6 bln :

- puree aneka buah : puree alpukat, pear (kukus), apel (kukus), pisang, pepaya, melon, melon orange. Atau 2 mcm buah2 tsb di combine. Nahh, sasaran brikutnya ini yaitu buah kiwi, dan buah naga. *noted !!

- karbohidrat sederhana : puree (sblmnya dikukus) ubi , ubi merah, kentang, labu parang, bubur gasol beras merah, bubur jagung (homemade), bubur kcg ijo. Ditambah aneka sayuran (sdkt), wortel, brokoli, buncis.

Saat usia 6bln ini aneka puree msh ditambah ASIP.

Usia 7 bln :

- Bubur tim beras merah-daging-tempe-sayuran

- Bubur tim beras merah-ayam-tofu-sayuran

- Bubur tim-ati ayam-ceker-sayuran

- Bubur tim-ayam-kuning telur-sayuran

* sayuran disni yg biasa dipake yaitu kombinasi buncis, tomat, wortel, brokoli, kembang kol (aneka sayuran ini sll ada di kulkas soalnya).

Berikutnya target yg hrs di coba yaitu ikan *noted.

Alhamdulillah sejauh ini, acara makan lancar2 ajah. pagi hr dd Farabi Ibu yg suapin. Siang dan sore yg suapin mb Ida, bdasarkan laporan sih mknnya jg bgs sll dihabiskan cm emg kadang2 suka disembur atau klo emg dia udh kenyang itu mulut ditutup rapat, kadang bahkan mknan disimpen aja dlm mulut trs kluar lg mll pinggiran bibirnya......hhahaha. Sabaaarrr *mg2 mb Ida jg sabar deh.....hihihi

Tp so far MPASI Farabi yg paling ekstrim itu, puree kentang dicampur jus melon, sampe2 Ayah pas liat aja jd ilfil....., trs dia komentar " yaa ampuunn, anak gw dikasih mkn apa sihh ituu ?"......hahahaha.

Pdhl mah anaknya aja, doyan bin lahap. You did it great son, mommy luv u.

Bsk ahh bkin saus jagung buat dibekuin pk baby cubes dkit, scr yaa itu baby cubes dibeli mahal2 blm pnh dipake.....hihihi. Soalnya utk kaldu2an Ibu prefer campur lsg daging, ayam, ati, dan ceker ke dlm bubur beras spy dpt kaldu dan skalian lauknya. Ohh iyyaa, sengaja utk berasnya Ibu pk beras merah dicampur beras biasa, udh nyetok beras merah organik nihh soalnya special for you dear son :*

Super Fun Weekend at Puncak

Last weekend was a great family vacation time, suprisingly Ayah took us to Puncak for 1 night and 2 days. Even this is not the first visit for us coz i already forgot how many times we've came here, but there were never bored to go there coz of the scenery, the air, the foods, and many more except the traffic jam. We've got off from home at 6.45am on Saturday so that we'll get extra time to avoid the horrible traffic jam at Puncak, of course that is not a easy things to do, to prepare the kiddos in the hectic morning besides i'm not packing yet, the clothes for 4 of us, toiletries, and of course Farabi's meal. Since he got his first homemade meal at 6 mo, so i've to prepare some easy peasy menu to take such as simple carbo and fruits which was strained. At night before the day Ayah already booked the hotel at Grand Prioritas Hotel, we've found that from here : http://www.grandprioritashotel.com/. From the website we could guess that it is a well maintenance hotel management, but unfortunately the real room condition not as great as the picture published, althought it is equipped with swimming pool, kiddie playgroud, and  right on the side of main road, and they gave free riding horse which made Dinara really excited. Honestly i  was a little bit disappointed coz i wish the hotel room as luxurious as the picture shows, but we've found that it was more like simple guesthouse, specially at room we've got at superior room with twin bed (cottage building). I wish we should got more with room rate IDR 374.000/night, but generally it was a good family hotel especially when you brings your kids, they provide mini playground, free horse riding, good breakfast buffet, and the room fairly clean and spacey with hot water shower. But the good things that we could check in at 10 am, so that we could got more extra time to take a rest after long trip. We checked out at 11am at Sunday to continue our trip to explore another Puncak interesting place, so we decided to go to Gunung Mas Tea Plantation coz we never got there before, we paid IDR 20.000 for couple adults include car and kids free, cheap enough right ??

It was not a bad decision at all, eventhough it was just like a common tea plantation but it's a really cozy place with good scenery and fresh air. When we touched down suddenly we bought Dinara a kite, yeaayy real kite with IDR 20.000 include the rope. Ayah made it fly as soon as we parked the car, while Farabi took asleep there of us having fun with the kite and wind.

Well thank you Ayah for your own idea to took us for vacation :*

Entrance view from our cottage

Horse Riding

Cah lanang ^^

She loves playgorund

At Gunung Mas Tea Plantation

Let's fly the kite ^^

Our Precious

# Dinara Nandhini Alifia (3,7 yo)

# Thoriq Muhammad Farabi (6 mo)

Our Recent Family Potrait

This is our recent family potrait, it was taken at Dewi's wedding ceremony (Ayah's cousin) on last February, 2013. 

- Ibu and kk Dinara wearing same red blouse which was designed just like what i want.

- Ayah wear batik shirt given from the bride as a men's comitee uniform.

- Adek Farabi wear unbranded batik shirt bought at Blok M Square.

Here we are :)