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Jibran udah seminggu lebih nggak mau makan niih..huhu..sedih deh. Jadi kurus sekarang, muka nya tirus gitu…asli nggak mau makan sama sekali..Gue sampe udah nggak tau lagi harus gimana, di kasih apa apa nggak mau, paling yang di makan kaya kerupuk, French fries, chicken nugget gitu..itu pun Cuma dikit aja makannya. Yoghurt yang biasanya dia doyan banget juga ogah ogahan gitu makannya sekarang, pudding juga dikiitt banget. Ampun deh, susu nya juga berkurang banyak konsumsinya..kalo dalam keadaan sadar nggak bakalan mau dia minum susu. Jadi di kasihnya kalo udah setengah tidur gitu huhuhu..gimana dong??. Biasanya se nggak napsu makannya Jibran tuh makanan yang masuk tetep lumayan lah, masih bisa di akal akalin..kalo sekarang asli nggak bisaaa. Kayanya Jibran berkurang deh beratnya, terakhir nimbang rabu kemaren sih 9.3 KG. Sampe berpikir untuk beli bubur penambah berat badan buat bayi, kan ada tuh…tapi tetep aja kalo nggak mau di makan ya gimana??...


Jibran emang waktu pulang dari Bali sempet sakit bentar. Kayanya dia kecapean, selama jalan2 kan makan jadi nggak teratur, tidur siangnya apalagi. Mana sering kepanasan kan main2 di pantai dan main pasir juga. Mungkin pasirnya ada yang masuk mata ..jadi agak infeksi matanya, keluar kotoran ijo2 gitu pas hari rabu. Trus agak anget badannya..dan idungnya meler juga trus batuk pula..baru sekali ini nih Jibran batuk, duh kasian banget deh. Akhirnya rabu sore nya di bawa ke dokter adi tagor di rumah sakit pondok indah. Di kasih obat tetes mata, vitamin untuk penambah daya tahan tubuh, obat pileknya, obat batuk sama antibiotic. Sekarang udah sembuh sih..tapi tetep aja napsu makannya nggak ada sama sekali!!!!.


Anyway..on a happier note..Jibran sekarang udah banyak kemajuannya. Dah bisa tereak manggil MBAAAAKK gitu, gara2 orang rumah gue biasa deh dikit dikit mbaaak dikit dikit mbaak..jadi deh dia ikut ikutan tereak2 mbaak..hehe. Trus jibran juga udah tau telfon, kalo liat telfon di taro di kupingnya trus ngomong2 sendiri gitu. Kalo liat sisir juga langsung nyisir aja gitu. Trus juga Jibran udah bisa minum pake sedotan..yaayyy...udah bisa wave goodbye. Trus juga Jibran udah bisa joget sekarang, jogetnya sambil berdiri gitu sambil cengar cengir..hehehe…

Oh iya Jibran kemaren rambutnya di botakin lho…hehehe..lucuuu..mukanya jadi keliatan agak tembem dikit..=)).

We just got back from a weekend getaway to Bali this afternoon (all 16 or us..hehe)..it was FUN FUN FUN..sayang endingnya amat sangat membetekan gara gara GARUDA!! Harusnya kan balik ke Jakarta jam 8 malam, tapi katanya karena sesuatu hal jadi harus di delay sampe jam 9. Oke lah masih sejam, lagian what do you expect from garuda airlines kan..kalo nggak delay kayanya nggak afdol. Tapi pas jam 9 di umumin lagi kalo delay nya di perpanjang sampe jam 11.00 karena masalah teknis. Daamn…padahal kita di airport itu udah dari jam 7. Asli nyebelin banget. Dan yang lebih nyebelinnya lagi…pas jam 11..di umumin kalo pesawatnya di delay lagi..sampe..BESOK jam 10.30 pagi. What the hell!!!. Nyebelin banget kan..kita udah cape nungguin 4 jam di airport kok malah di undur lagi sampe besoknya. Udah gitu yang bikin kesel tuh nggak ada permohonan maaf yang sincere dari garuda. Cuma di umumin gitu aja tanpa minta maaf..kayanya mereka berusaha untuk nggak berhubungan langsung dengan penumpang pesawatnya. Akhirnya banyak yang protes ke counternya Garuda sampe pada marah marah dan teriak teriak gitu, ada beberapa yang minta kalo kita semua harus di terbangin ke flight yang paling pagi..(jam 6). Yahh kalo jam 6 pagi sih gue maleesss..berarti tidurnya Cuma sebentar dong, tambah cape lagi. Mendingan ikut yang jam 10.30 aja. Trus ada yang pada bikin petisi gitu untung nge-sue garuda dan mau minta kerugian 1 milyar per orang, hehehe..gue sih nggak ikut ikutan..ngapaiiin..kaya garuda ada duitnya aja. Trus juga banyak yang teriak teriak minta koper2nya di balikin..soalnya kan kalo nginep satu malem lagi berarti harus ganti baju, bawa perlengkapan mandi, ini lah itu. Tapi pihak garuda nya nggak mau ngeluarin koper2nya..trus banyak yang mempertanyakan keamanan isi koper mereka. Wah ribet banget deh…kasian orang orang banyak yang schedule nya jadi berantakan..ada yang harus ngebuka seminar senen pagi nya, banyak yang ujian, ada yang harus menghadiri board meeting, ada yang punya connecting flight...trus kasian juga yang pada bawa anak kecil. Untung aja barang2nya Jibran di tenteng ke cabin, jadi nya nggak ada masalah..dan untungnya lagi dia nggak rewel.


Anywaayy..akhirnya kita di anterin Bus nya Garuda ke Sanur Beach Hotel..dan besok pagi nya (tadi pagi) di jemput lagi untuk di anterin ke airport. Untung aja nggak di delay lagi yahh…kalo iya mungkin itu counter garuda udah di bakar kali sama orang orang. Kacau deh penerbangan Indonesia. Semalem itu dari Star Air, Sriwijaya Air, Lion Air, Garuda..semuanya delay…kayanya bercanda banget deh sistem operasi nya. Asli airport Bali semalem udah kaya terminal pulo gadung..we got the privilege to wait at the mandiri priority lounge, tapi tetep aja malah pengap gitu karena orang2 pada ngerokok, biarpun di airportnya udah ada smoking lounge juga tetep aja pada ngerokok di mana mana.


Orang orang pada berspekulasi kalo mungkin sebenernya pesawatnya nggak rusak, tapi di pake sama orang orang Golkar yang pas hari itu balik dari munas di Bali. Soalnya ada rombongannya akbar tanjung dan pejabat2 golkar lainnya yang juga naik garuda yang jam 10. Padahal waktu beli ticket kita minta nya pesawat yang paling malem dan di bilangnya pesawat kita GA 419 itu flight terakhir..(jam 8). Tapi kok tau tau ada flight GA 429 yang berangkat jam 10. Lagian di in flight magazine nya Garuda kan ada schedule nya Garuda dari bulan oktober sampe maret 2005..nah disitu juga nggak ada tuh GA 429, adanya 419 dan itu flight terakhir Denpasar – Bali. Berarti yang GA 429 itu cuma di ada adain atau gimana yah??


Anywayy..yah begitu lah endingnya, tapi ya nggak pa pa lah, mungkin kita kurang lama di bali, jadi di bikin supaya nginep lagi…hehe. Lumayan puas lah jalan jalannya, hotelnya enak di Kartika Plaza, puas berenang dan main main di laut sampe kulit gue merah merah begini, nonton barong, belanja di sukowati, dipasar seni, alan jalan di kuta, di legian..ke pulau penyu di nusa dua, ke GWK, liat sunset di tanah lot, ke uluwatu and the highlight was the banana boat ride…hehe. Sayang nggak sempet nonton kecak dan ke seminyak. Jibran juga seneng di ajak jalan jalan..asli dia tuh nyenengin banget di ajak jalan jalan, nggak rewel sama sekali..Cuma makannya aja yang jadi berkurang..kayanya Jibran sekarang kurusan deh..dan iteman juga..hehe..abis main main di pantai terus..main pasir..tapi dia agak takut sama ombaknya. Kalo di ajak berenang di kolam renang seneng banget. Kayanya beberapa hari ini Jibran nggak di ajak jalan jalan dulu deh, biar istirahat dulu di rumah…=)


Ok dehh..nanti di sambung lagi...masih cape berat...;) To my STL family..we miss you guys..have a fabulous end of the year…and don’t forget to bundle up!!!...

Sebenernya dari minggu lalu Jibran udah mulai discover the power of his own two feet..he started to take one or two steps when I kneel infront of him and hold out my hands. Tapi gue nggak ngerti aja apa itu beneran apa dia ngelangkah cuma karena terpaksa aja *gimana sih??!* . But Jibran sure is a show off..waktu hari jum'at di rumahnya tante Manda..he took about 3 to 4 steps quite a few times..and he did that again on saturday night in front of everybody. And last night...boyy..last night was something...i was sitting on the couch across the TV and doing something on my laptop and Jibran was standing in front of the TV *he likes to watch TV right in front of it while holding on to the TV stand..his face is literally 20 cm away from the screen*..and suddenly he turned around and decided to walk towards me...wahh asli gue kaget banget ngeliatnya dan jadi bingung sendiri harus gimana..between excited dan panik takut dia jatoh...hehehe..daddy was smoking in the balcony but he witnessed everything through the sliding door. Walaupun Jibran jalannya masih sempoyongan gitu kaya orang mabok..hehe..but he was able to manage his balance until he reached me..i think it took him about 8 steps..waahh asli dehh...senneeeeeeng banget liatnya...of all the milestones..nothing beats seeing your baby first few steps. I picked him up right away and kissed him all over his face, I think he sensed my excitement and felt proud too. Tadi juga dia lagi berdiri senderan di sofa tau2 langsung jalan ke box tempat mainannya..tapi akhirnya jatoh di tengah jalan.


Sekarang nih masa masa nya jatuh bangun buat dia..kasian sih..tapi mau gimana lagi, it's part of the process kan. Belum tau sih how long it's gonna take him to master this walking milestone..I let him take his time. Tapi gue udah seneng banget karena udah keliatan kalo dia berani and believe in himself that he can do it..dan juga keliatan ada kemauan yang keras dari dirinya..and that's all that matter to me...that's one of the parenting methods that I wanted to apply to him..that's why I never intentionally make everything easy for him...life is tough..so i might as well toughen him up from now on. Contohnya ya dari hal hal kecil aja..kaya waktu belajar makan cheerios..emang sih it would be easier to feed him one by one, lebih cepet dan lebih bersih kan..tapi kalo di suapin terus kapan bisa nya..I want him to learn to feed himself..so i just dumped cheerios all over his tray..kasian sebenernya dia susah banget mau makan cheerios2 itu cause he hadn't mastered his pincer grasp at that time...jadi palingan yang kemakan sedikit dan kerjaan gue jadi bertambah karena harus mungutin cheerios2 itu di bawah..hehe..but that's ok..i want him to learn from his mistakes. Sekarang pincer grasp nya udah mantab..ada beras satu biji di bawah juga bisa dia pungut..hehehe.


Anyway...most babies have teeth by this time around... they even have one as early as 5 months..but Jibran doesn't even have one yet now that he is 9.5 months..so go figure...all of his energy goes into his legs cause he craves for mobility so much. Wow... my baby is gonna be a toddler sooner than I expected..but just so he knows..I'm still going to call him my baby even when he is 16 and going on his first date...=))

Jibran had a 9 months doctor check up last saturday. He got one shot..but he didn't get the flu shot..it was available for high risk babies only. Jibran is not considered high risk cause he wasn't born prematurely and he doesn't go to day care..so the dr thought it would be wiser to give it to those who are more exposed to the virus..ya emang bener sih..ya mudah mudahan aja kita nggak ada yang kena flu..dan lagi kan mau pulang ke jakarta for one and a half month so we won't be exposed to the germy season as much.


Jibran sekarang beratnya udah 20 pounds (9.07 KG) at the 50th percentile and his length is 29 inches something..kurang lebih 74 cm and it falls on the 75th percentile and his head measurement falls on the 90th percentile..hehe..emang jibran bagol banget deh.. kepalanya gede bener..kalo beli topi aja untuk yang umur 1.5 sama 2 taun baru muat..hihi..nggak pa pa deh big head means big brain and big brain means smart brain..hehe..:P


I asked the dr about his gum that still remains toothless...she said not to worry about it as the later the teeth erupt..the better they are..so all good. Anyway..since Ramadhan began, Jibran has been taking 2 to 3 bottles of formula during the day..I know moms who breastfeed can be exempted from fasting but I don't wanna miss another year of fasting..and plus i'm trying to wean him off the breast anyway so I'm just gonna use this occassion to support my decision..:P. Some people stop breastfeed their childs abruptly..but I wanna do it gradually..kasian dia nya soalnya and plus i'm not ready to give it up all together..and i know i would miss it more than i thought i would when I'm finally done with it. But hey I breastfed him exclusively for the first 9 months of his life *he only gets a bottle of formula like once a week before*...and i'm so proud of that, the fact that I gave him the best he could get...never thought i could make it this far.


Anywayyy..Jibran turned 9 months last week (I'm now 9 months Tante Dinar and Tante Etha..not 8 months!!..I'm not a little baby anymore..:P)....Happy 9 Months ya Jibran sayang, It's been a sleepless wonderful and enjoyable 9 months for me, hope you feel the same way too.i wuff you!!

How's that for a headline after the election day next month?..;). I just watched Fahrenheit 9/11 last night..*finally..finally*..and i should say..WOW..i'm impressed with how neatly all the scenes, series, footages and soundtracks are being put together..I thought it was going to be a boring documentary..turns out I was wrong. He keeps the whole movie interesting..and the movie is a really thought provoking one. Definitely a must see for everybody despite his/her political bent or even if he/she is not into politic at all. It'll make you laugh, cry, sad and mad at the same time.


There are a lot of aspects that Michael Moore brings into the movie, from the connection between President Bush and the Saudis, to the war on Afghanistan, 9/11 attack, how the bush administration exploited 9/11 to heigthen the fear level of the public so they'll turn to their leader and allow him to do whatever it takes to make them feel safe..*and that's when the administration use it to make the people believe that the war on iraq was justified*. He was also talked about the election in Florida, the President Inauguration day *where an egg was thrown into Bush's limo*, the US military recruitment, the companies that benefit from the war and the allegation that Bush helped the family of Osama to fly out of US ater 9/11 without questioning them, etc, etc.


Some of the soldiers in Iraq were interviewed and it is disturbing to me to find out that some were so pumped up to kill those innocent people that they sing "Burn, Motherfucker, burn" while attacking them..there is also a scene when the soldiers were making fun of the hostages. I think the message that Moore wanted to convey from that scene is, when you send them into an immoral war, they, in turn will act immorally.


Moore also talked about how Bush has cut budget for veterans, and when the woman whose son died in Iraq received his son's last paycheck..it was cut for 5 days for the days he didn't show up for work, because he was dead. I couldn't believe what I just saw!!. Other scene that I found interesting was seeing the reaction of President Bush when he was told that the nation is under attack. He just sit there, somewhere in florida kindergarten and continued on reading the story to the children for seven minutes. Don't you think a normal president would act immediately, excuse himself and tend to the most important matter of this country?? Didn't he want to know what exactly was going on, make a plan or whatever it was that he had to do??..Something is seriously wrong with him...and I hope the american will send his sorry ass back to texas next month.


For me personally, watching the movie makes me feel like i have finally found the validation that i've been looking for, he puts into context and connects all of the bits and pieces that I've only seen and heard abstractly. Sure, the movie may have been fabricated and some are probably misleading but at least there are footage of documents and interviews and news reports to back it up. Besides, I've come to realize that no matter how deep you look into, you can never find the truth about all of these..so I decide to just believe what makes sense to me..and the movie does make sense to me...and plus one thing that no one can argue is that the basic premise is true that Bush has led the american into an illegal war. Sadam was not a threat, even Condoleezza Rice (national security advisor) admitted that in the summer of 2001 and that you will never find the weapon of mass destruction in Iraq.

Hehe..took quite a few pictures last weekend at the creve couer lake..and i'm so pleased with the results..should've taken more pictures!! By the way, I think I screwed up on my exam last night...it was unbelievably hard...well it was final exam..what do you expect??..i have accumulated 92% before the exam..so I need at least 88% on the exam to get a freaking A out of this class..but..I don't think I'll get anywhere near 88..poor lil old me..=(. New class begins next week..and it's the CAPSTONE class..oh my god..there's gonna be sooo much work..sooo many group meetings involved, research conducted, etc..etc!!


On a happier note though...guess what I received in the mail yesterday?!?....Boarding passes fo the 3 of us...leaving on Dec 9 and coming back on January 22...can'twaitcan'twait!!!

Dreamhost.com is having a huge sale to celebrate their 7th birthday. They give away 777 acounts for just $0.77 per month!!..that equals to $9.24 per year (800 MB and other fancy features)..and plus the domain is free. I couldn't resist that...i mean..who could?!?!..The original price is $119.40 per year..so that's a lot of saving right there. This is perfect for someone who wants to have a domain but don't know if it will be useful or not...even if you won't be using it that much..at least it kills your curiousity.. and also it's not a bad idea to secure the domain that you want..cause domain is like men...all the good ones are taken!!. I wanted to repurchase my azalia.org but someone already purchased it last may..so hanzky.com it is!!


It's gloomy here in st. louis, probably because Bush is here??..hehe...the presidential debate takes place here in St. louis, in Washington University to be exact. Bush and John Kerry have arrived last night..and they will be here until tomorrow. I missed their first debate session..I heard Kerry kicked Bush azz..hope he'll do it again tonight.


Anyway..I just got a new niece last week..her name is Affra. Her mom was actually my highschool friend..isn't it kinda weird that one of your friends becomes your sister in law??..I haven't met her since she officially became my sister in law though..so I don't really know how it feels. The baby must be really pretty cause she got a good gene on her, her parents are both good looking people..the mom was one of the Femina girls..and the dad was one of the abang jakarta who came out as the audience's favorite one. Anyway..congratulation for them..hope they enjoy the baby as much as I enjoy Jibran..=))..


Got to continue my study now..i have 3 chapters (out of 8) to go...Have a fabulous weekend everyone!!

Jibran is catching a cold, his nose is so stuffy that sometimes it makes him hard to breath through his little nose and he also makes some grunting noises when sleeping..but he is still a happy camper though..so i'm not too worry. I've rubbed his chest with vicks, gave him the oceans spray..and i will do the vapor bath tonight. If his stuffy nose is still not clearing up by tomorrow that means he has to miss school...but we can make it up another day...!!. I don't feel good either, my throat is sooo sore and my eyes are a bit watery...i took tylenol last night and just now..hopefully this doesn't get worse..cause i can't afford to get sick..not now..not with the final exam coming up next monday!! Maybe i should just get a flu shot..oh well..stay healthy everyone..don't let the flu bugs bite!

udah upload foto2nya banyak tapi kok nggak keluar keluar yah...lagi error sepertinya, cuma dua ini aja bisa upload lewat MT, tapi kalo semuanya lewat situ sih ribeetttt...!!..Crita2 nya menyusul ya!!

It's exactly 6 hours to Indo Night..I still have to go to Kinkos, print all the backstage passes and go to office max to get the string and some other stuff...but the car is acting up..the battery went dead..of all the days..WHY TODAYY??...ergggh...!!..Dendre just left for auto zone with manda...maybe i should just get a quick nap..we got home at 2.30 in the morning and only slept for a mere hours...i think i'm getting sick...mana sekarang udah dingin lagi udaranya. .anywayy..wish us luck!!..i should be back with lots of photos from the event. Have a good weekend everybody!!

I have been updating this page lately, posting one new picture everyday. I have quite a few pictures in my hard disk that are worth to showcase..*worth in the eyes of a photographer wannabe like me..:P*..not to those who are gifted with the talent. The plan is to keep posting one new picture each and everyday...hopefully that can be maintained. One entry is dedicated for Jibran...click here to see the picture. I also posted some new picture in the Gallery section. Pictures from Jibran's first day of school, pictures from the zoo, the balloon race, etc. and there'll be more pictures coming up.


looking at the quick count..kayanya SBY bakalan jadi presiden kita yang ke 6. Yayy...MISSOURI REPRESENTS!!!...haha..soalnya SBY kan dulu sekolah di state of missouri...:p he received a master degree in management from webster university. sorry bu mega...your time is o.v.e.r!!!. I am not actually a fan of SBY...tapi sepertinya he got what it takes to be a good president plus he is backed with the army, which i think is the most important point. And i like his plan about his living arrangement..dia maunya tinggal di istana president aja , sama kaya gus dur waktu itu. Istana presiden kan memang di bikin untuk tempat tinggal presiden dan udah di bangun sedemikan rupa lengkap dengan fasilitas2nya untuk memudahkan kinerja presidennya, lokasi nya juga strategis. Kalo presidennya tinggal di rumah sendiri kan otomatis negara harus mengeluarkan uang lagi untuk ngebangun fasilitas2 tersebut di rumahnya. Belum lagi tetangga tetangga nya kan banyak yang sebel, karena biarpun keamanan jadi terjamin tapi kadang malah bikin ribeett...dikit dikit jalan harus di portal, tamu yang keluar masuk harus di screening lah ini itu..dan juga bikin macet aja. Yah mudah mudahan SBY bisa membuktikan bahwa dialah satria piningit yang sudah di tunggu tunggu rakyat Indonesia, the fresh air that we need, yang bisa memulihkan negara kita dari kebobrokannya yang sudah stadium paling tinggi ini...Amiin! I am praying for you, Indonesia!!

Kemarin jam 6.15 pagi Jibran udah bangun...nggak biasa biasanya tuh, biasanya kan dia bangun sekitar jam 8 - 9. Maybe somehow he knew that yesterday was school day..makanya excited banget sampe pagi pagi udah bangun... Padahal sih sekolahnya Jibran juga siang mulainya..hehe. Iya nih Jibran udah mulai sekolah dari minggu lalu di Gymboree..sekolahnya cuma seminggu sekali setiap hari kamis. Dia seneeeng banget di sekolahnya, mungkin karena play area nya luas, banyak mainan dan semuanya bisa dia pegang..kalo di rumah kan dikit dikit nggak boleh, megang ini nggak boleh, itu nggak boleh. Trus juga di sekolah kan rame dan berwarna warni ruangannya. Session kemaren schedule nya adalah permainan untuk build strength for upper and lower body, jadi di suruh manjat perosotan, dorong bola yang lumayan berat, etc...terakhirnya ada nyanyi nyanyi dan nge dance bareng...he kept on smiling and laughing the whole time, i think he managed to charm everyone there..he even gave Brooke's mom a high five..;). Minggu sebelumnya Jibran masuk ke free trial class yang music class..seru juga disitu, nyanyi2, joget2 dan main alat musik the whole time..musiknya juga setiap minggu beda2..ada latin music, country, etc.


Weekend kemaren kita ngajak Jibran jalan2 ke zoo, dia sempet takut pas di tempat monyet2...bingung kali dia liat makhkluk item berbulu mondar mandir gitu...hehehe. Trus kliling zoo naik zooline railroadnya. Trus abis itu kita ke forest park nonton balloon race. Ada kejadian lucu pas ke walmart hari minggu nya, Jibran ketiduran di shopping cartnya walmart!!!.hehehe..it's not a weird thing if you don't know Jibran..but he is not the type who goes to sleep easily, apalagi kalo di tempat keramean gitu..biarpun udah ngantuk tetep aja tuh di tahan tahanin untuk main, kayanya dia ngerasa rugi kalo tidur..so little time, so much to explore. tapi pas di walmart kemaren mungkin dia udah bener bener nggak tahan, dan pas di bagian ice cream pas gue mau ngedorong shopping cartnya tau2 kepalanya udah nunduk aja di handle nya..pas gue nunduk untuk ngeliat mukanya ternyata matanya udah merem dan keliatan yang udah ngantuuk banget..ya ampun kasian banget dehh....ada nenek2 di sebelah gue pas ngeliat jadi ketawa2.."wow he is out"..katanya. Trus langsung gue gendong jibrannya dan pas emang udah selesai juga sih belanjanya, ya udah langsung pulang..jibrannya tidur sampe rumah.


Skarang Jibran lagi susah nih makannya...all he wants to eat is cheerios!!..kalo nggak di berhentiin bisa nggak brenti2 makan cheerios. Sekarang dia udah pinter makan cheeriosnya..biasanya banyakan yang jatohnya daripada yang kemakan, sekarang paling yang jatoh 2 ato 3 biji gitu. Tadinya gue kira emang masakan gue kali ya yang nggak enak jadinya dia nggak mau, trus gue beliin gerber yang stage 3 food, beef lasagna sama yang chicken noodle, tetep aja dia nggak doyan tuh. Tapi sebenernya Jibran bukan nggak mau makan sih, dia cuma picky aja dan maunya makanan2 orang gede. He loveess french fries...tapi kalo mash potato yang lembek2 gitu nggak mau, scrambled egg juga Jibran suka..apalagi macaroni and cheese. Trus dia senengnya biscuit2 gitu kaya biscuit regal..cone nya ice cream juga dia doyan banget. Bingung deh ngasih makan Jibran..kadang sebel juga udah cape2 bikin tapi nggak di makan. Emang sih kalo di pikir "alaah tinggal ngerebus aja kan nggak susah"..tapi kan kalo di liat prosesnya dari pertama ribet juga..cuci2 sayur2annya/ayamnya, potong potongin..rebus...trus di blender kalo ada yang perlu di blender/di saring..trus belum lagi nyuciin semua peralatannya itu..bersihin bekas2 makannya...nyuci traynya dll. Emang harus sabar2 banget yah nyuapin anak itu..dan harus sneaky.. Gue biasanya pegang cheerios di sebelah kiri trus makanan benerannya di sebelah kanan, gue deketin cheeriosnya ke mulutnya dulu trus kalo dia udah buka mulutnya langsung buru2 makanan benerannya yang di masukin..hehe..palingan abis itu dia teriak marah2. Biarin deh...soalnya kalo nggak gitu mulutnya nggak bakal di buka..kalo pun di buka juga cuma dikiit banget. duh kalo nyuapin trus yang pas dia buka mulutnya lebar banget tuh seneeeeenngg banget deh.

semoga dia sehat sehat dan bahagia selalu..semoga senyum di wajahnya tidak akan pernah hilang..the smile that brigthens a lot of people's days..the smile that melts my heart and even the meanest clerk at the post office. Semoga dia selalu bahagia dengan apa yang dia punya dan tidak punya, i wish for him to be able to enjoy the simplest thing that life has to offer..to believe in himself, to be honest and true...to have lots of love and to give back to the world. I want him to reach every star in the sky and to accomplish things that i cannot even dream.


I love you Jibran, more than life itself.

nothing fancy..as always, i'm a very religious minimalist..hehe..*padahal sih emang nggak kreatif aja..:P*...I kind of made it in spur of the moment when Jibran was taking a nap....it took me about half an hour...links are not done yet and i still don't like how it turns out on Mozilla..pardon the mess people..=). Anyway...can't write long today...have lots to do, class tomorrow night..mid term monday night..plus there is this indonesian night that i'm helping put together...my hands are full. talk to you guys later...bisous....

..hehe..nggak sekarang tapi..nanti bulan december..:P, tapi itu juga kalo dapet ticket niihhh...tiga hari ini gue lagi ribet bolak balik nelfonin travel agent..tapi masih aja belum nemu yang sreg juga and most of all the flights are fully booked..december is still 3 months away, but people already made arrangements for their trip. So far, there are 3 choices, Japan Airline, Asiana Airline and Cathay Pacific. There are a few more airlines but we like the routes that these three airlines offer, a one night stopover in their countries on the way to jakarta, just what we need. Soalnya kasian Jibrannya kalo harus di pesawat 21 jam straight, jadi mendingan berhenti dulu istirahat di tengah tengah..sekalian jalan jalan juga siyy..


we're on the waiting list on Japan Airline for chicago-tokyo, the rest is confirmed. The airfare for JAL is OK, but the seat on the plane is a bit smaller, i think it is designed with a japanese body in mind. Two nights in Tokyo is soo tempting..i know it's not enough to discover Tokyo in two nights..but at least we can go to harajuku, shibuya and shinjuku. yang enak dari JAL itu soalnya berangkatnya dari chicago, only an hour flight from st. louis..and it arrives jkt in late afternoon. Kalo Asiana berangkatnya dari LA, that's like 4 hours flight from here, belum apa2 udah cape duluan kan...dan lagi nyampe jakartanya jam 11 malem..iihh nggak enak banget, orang orang semua udah pada tidur dan kita pasti cengok gitu nggak bisa tidur karena jet lag..nggak asiik. But Asiana is the cheapest..service is better than JAL but the inflight entertainment is outdated..nggak ada personal tv nya jadi cuma ada wide screen. But this is the only airline that we got confirmation on..and the thing is we have to pay by today...erghh gimana doong??..masih pingin nunggu yang lainnya tapi kalo ternyata nggak dapet trus yang ini ilang doong??..Anyway..nginep di seoul enak juga tapi flightnya nyampe nya sore dan besok sorenya udah berangkat lagi..nggak bisa kemana mana juga..dan nggak bisa extend another night, bisa sih tapi harus nambah lagi dari harga ticketnya..kalo JAL nggak usah bayar lagi kalo mau nginep lagi. Kalo ke Seoul...pingin ke dongdaemun sama nangdaemun market..


Kalo Cathay pacific..nahh ini sebenernya yang paling enak..but it is expensive..even more expensive than singapore airline. Tapi enak berangkat dari LA nya malem..jadi jibran palingan tidur aja sampe pas waktunya nyampe, kalo dua airline tadi itu berangkatnya jam 12 siang..berasa banget kan cape nya. Pesawatnya yang paling bagus..arrives hongkong in the morning..pas banget deh tuh nyampe pagi pagi langsung DIMSUM..hihi.., kalo mau nginep juga nggak usah bayar lagi..trus nyampe jktnya siang siang..enak bener tuuh, lumayan bisa jalan2 hongkong dan ke shenzhen, china..! Tapi yaa ituu mahal. Duuh bingung deh binguung....


Anywayy..on a brighter note..this weekend is a long weekend..hore...tadinya mau ke Gymboree, nyobain free trial class nya..tapi ternyata mereka tutup karena long weekend, yah nggak jadi deh. Kalo udaranya enak mungkin mau ajak jibran ke zoo dan mau ajak berenang juga. Senin malem kan harusnya ada kelas tapi karena public holiday di ganti jadi hari kamis deh....enak deh jadi puas long weekendnya.


Ya udah deh..mau telfon telfon travel agent lagi niih..wish me luck yah!

but first thing first...i have 5 GMAIL invitations, let me know if anyone is interested so you don't have to bid the invitation through ebay..hehe..them ebayers are kraayyzeee.


Jibran got a new menu on his meal plan, I added chicken, macaroni and tofu on his menu. He likes macaroni + chicken + corn, he also likes the tofu, i think i'll introduce him to spaghetti tonight. Sekarang meal plannya dia pagi jam 10 sama jam 7 malem. Fruits and snacks in the afternoon around 3, i usually just cut the fruits in little cubes and give it to him..he lovveess mango, he takes papaya too and just about any fruits. he eats in his high chair now, kemarin2 itu makannya masih di bouncernya or in his exercauser or in his car seat. Tapi gue nggak mau ngebiasain dia makan sambil bermain main so it was time for high chair and he likes it..sekarang kalo gue lagi di dapur dia duduk manis nungguin di high chairnya sambil makan snack.


Kemarin akhirnya Jibran bisa duduk sendiri..YAYY...dia sebenernya udah agak lama bisa duduk kalo di dudukin,tapi karena anaknya nggak bisa diem jadi langsung leaning to reach whatever is around, nggak pernah bisa duduk semenit pun..he's like.."the hell with sitting up mama, i want to crawl"..tapi hari selasa kemaren dari posisi merangkak akhirnya dia bisa juga duduk sendiri setelah berhari hari usaha keras buat duduk tapi nggak bisa..jadi posisinya miring gitu. Kemarin pas dia berhasil duduk sendiri keliatan dianya yang kesenengan and threw his arms up in the air with delight.

Dan sekarang Jibran lagi nyoba nyoba untuk berdiri terus. He hasn't even mastered his crawling skill yet, dia bisa sih merangkak..tapi belum lancar, he crawls with his knees and palms and he lifts his chest up but his hand and feet coordination masih belum sempurna, trus setiap beberapa langkah harus berhenti dulu. But he can get to anywhere he wants, like to the kitchen or to the bathroom. Kalo berdirinya ini baru seminggu terakhir ini, pegangan di barang barang yang dia bisa jadiin pegangan, kaya rak majalah, sofa, he even standing up in his crib a couple of times *note to self: lower the crib mattress today*. Kalo udah berhasil berdiri..langsung mati gaya dia..mukanya langsung panik dan nggak mau bergerak, kayanya dia takut..berasa kalo dia bergerak bakalan jatoh..hehehe...trus biasanya nangiis deeh. Abisnya siihh nggak sabar banget, kakinya kan belum kuat..tapi keinginannya dan usahanya udah kuat banget.


Oh iya hari minggu kemaren akhirnya Jibran di ajak berenang juga...tapi sayang banget dianya takuuutt..huuu..payah deh jagoannya takut..nangis terus jadinya berenangnya sambil di peluk..tapi sebentar2 diem sih dan keliatan kalo penasaran tapi takut. Air kolam renangnya emang dingin banget sih, gue aja mengigil, jibran juga mengigil gitu bibirnya sampe biru. harus sering sering niih di ajak berenang mumpung masih summer. Hari sabtu kemarin juga jalan jalan liat sekolahnya Jibran. Jibran mau di sekolahin di GYMBOREE bulan depan di kelas untuk GymCrawlers, lama kelasnya 10 minggu dan itu juga cuma seminggu sekali dan harus di temenin sama salah satu orang tuanya. Lumayan lah biar Jibran nggak bosen di rumah terus dengan mainan yang seadanya..hehe.

School has started this week, i'm taking Corporate Financial Policies class. Two more classes to go till i get that expensive three letters at the end of my name. The long awaited graduation is finally coming. I was planning to finish my master's degree in one year, or three semesters. I liked to do everything fast, I finished my bachelor's in 3.5 years. But alas, things didn't go as planned, I've missed quite a few terms. Started the program in Fall 2002, didn't take Spring 1 as I was stuck back in Jakarta, waiting for the visa to be issued. Joined Spring 2 but didn't take summer at all..i worked a lot of hours...so I continued the program in the Fall semester and when spring came, i had to miss Spring 1 for maternity. I took one class in Spring 2 but didn't take summer classes as the classes i need to take weren't offered last summer. So now is Fall 2004, and i'm finally at the end of the rope. The plan was to graduate with MBA in MIS..but that means I have another class to take next spring..if i want to graduate end of this year, I will only get the general MBA. But I'll settle for that..i just want to secure that degree in my hand first, if i want to get the MIS specialiation then i can just take that one class left early next year. I might as well take it since I already took all of the required classes for that specialization. We'll see. Jibran stayed at home with dendre..saying bye bye to him was haaardd...i kissed him all over and kept calling..that's about the only thing i like about going back to school..listening to his voice over the phone. When class was dismissed, I went home hurriedly cause I couldn't wait to see him...but he had gone night night in dendre's arms..huhu..rasanya pingiiin banget bangunin tapi nggak tega...


Anyway, I found my dream house last sunday. A split level/foyer house with an open floor plan. A two-bedroom house, two-bathroom, two-car garage, a large living room, a spacious family room, a dining room, a huge basement that can be turned into another bedroom and ample storage space. It has a huge backyard, a balcony, a big kitchen that comes with cool appliances; built in microwave, an oversize refrigerator with a side by side door, a smoothtop surface electric range and a breakfast bar attached. Located on a culdesac..in a nice neighborhood, in the best school district. It's everything I have ever dreamed of...and it's offered at a reasonable listing price. Reasonable according to the market's standard..not to my standard..:P. I call it a dare to dream..

Today is the season finale for the Newlyweds show. I didn't like the show when it first aired, because i couldn't believe how stupid and spoiled jessica could be most of the time..and I'm talking about jaw-droppingly stupid.. But I gave it the benefits of the doubt (or was it because i stayed home too much??) and I began to like it and appreciate her for the way she is..for her fearleasness of having millions of people watch her goes about her daily life and for putting everything on the table (including her bubblehead-ness *is there such a word?*. And now that I think about it.. she is not that stupid afterall...it certainly took some brains to make $20 million last year. So anyway.. i'm loving the show, i get a good laugh watching the-always-wanting-to-have sex nick and the ditzy jessica..and plus i get some new vocab that only exist in Jessica Simpson dictionary..like this:


Jessica: If we have sons, they're gonna wanna be ballerinos"

Cacee: "Ballerinas?"

Jessica: "No, ballerinos. Guys are o's. You know, with the o's, the masculine.


Jessica: "Why were there mouses?"


Jessica: I could feel your teeth.

Nick: They're not my teeth, actually.

Jessica: Oh, I forgot. They're "ventures". No, that's dentures.

Nick: Ventures?

Jessica: What are they called?

[Nick laughs]

Jessica: Veneers.

[Nick laughs]

Jessica: I thought "dentures" and I thought "veneers". And then I came up with "ventures".

Nick: Yeah. "Think" is the key word.


Jessica: Well, I'm gonna take a shower. And wash off everybody's foot jam.

Nick: [snickers] Foot- foot jam?

Jessica: Yeah, I mean, I was in a pool of water all day long that everybody's feet was in.

Nick: Isn't it toe jam?

Jessica: Whatever.


and my favorite Jessica blond moments would be:


[after being offered Buffalo wings]

Jessica: No thanks. I don't eat buffalo.


Jessica: [talking on the phone] Well, 23 is old! It's almost 25 which is almost mid-twenties. (yea jess..math can be confusing sometimes)


And some of nick pervertness:


Jessica: Oh my gosh...i didn't expect it to be so big [when her dessert order arrives]

Nick: That's what you said on our wedding nite baby..;)


Jessica: In the beginning of our marriage you were so eager to open the door for me

Nick: In the beginning of our marriage I got laid!!


[discussing the new sheets Jessica bought]

Nick: How much were they?

Jessica: Huh?

Nick: How much? How much?

Jessica: $1400.

Nick: Jessica Simpson!

Jessica: What?

[giggles]

Jessica: Don't be mad. Oh, Nick, come on.

Nick: $1400 for sheets?

Jessica: Well, you sleep on 'em every night.

Nick: I sleep on the ones we got now every night. I don't have a problem.

Jessica: Well, I don't like them. I don't sleep good.

Nick: Holy crap. I better have a wet dream when I sleep on those sheets.


and here's some of jessica simpson jokes that i got in my email:


Q: Jessica Simpson ordered a pizza and the clerk asked if he should cut it in six or twelve pieces.

A: Six, please. I could never eat twelve pieces.


Q: Why did Jessica Simpson get so excited after she finished her jigsaw puzzle in only 6 months?

A: Because on the box it said ”From 2-4 years.”


Q: Why did Jessica Simpson tip-toe past the medicine cabinet?

A: So she wouldn't wake up the sleeping pills.


Hihi..those are pretty funny..too bad the show has ended..so what am i gonna watch now??

Gara gara posting tentang sekolah kemaren..gue jadi reminiscing masa masa sekolah gue dulu dari TK-SMA..especially high school..dan setelah di pikir pikir..SMA gue dulu itu memenuhi expectation gue untuk sekolah idaman…and I’m talking about how it was run back then when I was a student in there…not now..enggak tau sekarang jadi kayak gimana..all I know is that they have opened two branches, one in kebayoran and one in cinere area. Kalo di liat dari situ sih berarti sekolahnya jadi maju dan berkembang, sampe harus di buka cabang baru karena tempat yang lama udah nggak muat lagi. Kenapa gue bilang sekolah gue dulu decent ?? Cause it has a good reputation (nggak pernah tawuran..hehe, qualified teachers who hold bachelors degree to doctoral degree, nice environment, stimulating activities and all comes with an reasonable tuition fee that won’t rip off your parents back account.


The school goes by the name SMU Labschool..kenapa namanya laboratory school? Karena tujuan pertama di dirikan sekolah ini untuk praktek mengajar guru guru IKIP (yang sekarang jadi Universitas Negri Jakarta), untuk penelitian pendidikan dan untuk tempat uji coba inovasi pendidikan sebelum inovasi tersebut di perkenalkan ke sekolah sekolah lain. Contohnya system sekolah 5 hari..dulu kita jadi sekolah pertama di Indonesia yang mengikuti system itu, jadi setiap hari gue sekolah dari jam 7 sampe jam 3.30. Kalo hari jum’at sampe jam 11.30 dan selanjutnya di pakai untuk ekstra kurikuler. Sabtunya libur dong!!..Kelas kelas nya juga udah di sebut dengan kelas 10-11-12..nggak ngerti kenapa nyebut kelas gini aja pake harus di uji coba dulu ??! Sekarang sepertinya sekolah sekolah lain udah begitu semua. Trus percobaan percobaan lain seperti system akselerasi..SMP/SMA 2 taun dan SD 5 taun..(setelah gue pikir pikir lagi..mungkiin system akselerasi ini ada bagusnya juga kali ya untuk anak yang super genious..supaya bosen kalo di kelas biasa karena pelajarannya yang terlalu di ulang ulang, nanti prestasi nya malah menurun).


Much of the reputations of the school come from the former principal, Dr. Arief Rachman M.pd (sekarang beliau menjabat sebagai ketua yayasan labschool di bidang pendidikan). He is one of my idols, one of the public figures I respect, pendidik sejati yang agamais dan idealis. Waktu taun 60-70 sering keluar masuk penjara karena idealisme nya. Dulu jadi pemandu acara di Hikmah fajar RCTI (masih nggak ya?), sekarang juga menjabat sebagai Duta Indonesia untuk UNESCO dan jadi Dosen luar biasa di bebeberapa universitas..dan masih sering di panggil untuk jadi pembicara di seminar seminar seputar pendidikan. Pak Arief ini sangat mengerti psychology dan tau caranya men transformasi ilmu nya untuk bisa di terapkan pada murid muridnya, tau bagaimana meng handle murid murid yang bermasalah. Makanya kalau ada murid yang bermasalah banget nggak langsung di DO aja, tapi di deketin sama dia dan di tuntun untuk berubah..and amazingly banyak yang jadi berubah gara gara dia. Sosok yang deket sama murid muridnya, very humble and humorous. Dulu dia selalu lari dari rumahnya kalo ke sekolah with his training suits..sekalian lari pagi katanya. Setiap hari pasti nyamperin kelas satu satu..I loved it when he came to the class..soalnya bikin seger suasana..celetukan celetukannya kocak kocak dan kalo ngasih ceramah juga very inspiring with his interesting ways of telling..bahasa dan analogi nya juga gampang di terima and he speaks English to his students about 30% of the time.


Kalo tentang sekolahnya sendiri…fasilitasnya OK lah..lab lab nya lengkap dari mulai lab kimia, fisika, biologi, sampe lab bahasa, lab musik, lab computer, lab mengetik dll. The school has a good collection of books in the library. Lapangannya juga banyak, dari lapangan bola, basket yang outdoor dan indoor. Dulu malahan di sediain ram untuk main skateboard. Lapangan basketnya boleh di coret coret, di bikin graffiti..untuk menyalurkan bakat murid muridnya yang seneng gambar. Sekolahnya gede..soalnya sekalian gabung sama TK-SD-SMP..jadi suasananya meriah selalu bisa gangguin anak anak tk/sd yang lucu lucu. Pokonya sekolahnya nggak nge bosenin dehh..apalagi dengan system kelasnya yang berpindah pindah, ada kelas inti (dimana kita belajar PPKN, bahasa, Agama) dan ada kelas jurusan (IPA, IPS, Bahasa). Jadi kalo lagi belajar pelajaran umum ya kita ketemu temen temen yang berbeda sama di kelas jurusan…(walaupun pasti ada beberapa yang memang sekelas di jurusan & inti). Trus baju seragamnya juga nggak ngebosenin…senin sampai rabu putih abu abu, kamis batik..tapi batiknya bebas…jadi kita pake kemeja apa aja yang kita mau, bawahannya masih seragam SMA..mau pake kemeja motif mickey mouse boleh, kotak kotak boleh…garis garis silahkan..mau pake bahan silk sampe sutra juga terserah deh. Tapi akhirnya ada juga sih seragam batiknya..jadi di rotasi..minggu ini batik bebas, minggu depan batik seragam. Kalo hari jum’at juga bajunya bebas..eh nggak bebas bebas amat sih karena judulnya baju muslim. Jadi kita di haruskan pake celana/rok panjang dan atasan tangan panjang..gue dulu kadang pake jeans dan pake sandal dan pake kemeja tangan panjang yang di gulung..hihi. Sebenernya labschool sih bukan sekolah Islam..tapi sekolah umum karena selain Masjid, Kapel juga di sediain.


Pokonya buat gue masa SMA disitu nggak monoton…ekstrakulikuler nya juga banyak…dari basket, softball, pecinta alam, paskibra, dance, photography, sampe diving juga ada..hehe. Kalo yang aneh aneh kaya diving memang bukan sekolahnya sih yang ngadain, tapi muridnya di bolehkan untuk memilih ekstrakulikuler sesuai dengan minatnya..jadi kalo yang dia mau nggak ada di sekolah, dia di bolehin ngambil di klub klub luar sekolah yang ada…nanti nilainya tinggal di transfer aja. Trus ada juga yang namanya LISA, Labschool International Student Association..yang kegiatannya menggalang kerja sama dengan sekolah sekolah international dan organisasi organisasi international di Jakarta…kegiatannya dari mulai tukar informasi mengenai kebudayaan sampe menggelar pentas seni untuk menampilkan tarian/kebudayaan khas Negara masing masing. Trus di labschool juga selalu ada beberapa bule bule yang belajar disana karena mengikuti program pertukaran pelajar (AFS). Pentas seni juga lumayan sering di adain di labschool, biasanya yang gede gedean sih sekitar 1 atau 2 kali setaun. Tapi kadang kadang suka ada pentas seni dadakan aja, misalnya setiap pembagian raport suka di sediain panggung kecil lengkap dengan band nya…untuk nyenengin murid muridnya yang suka nge band. Trus juga ada yang namanya recital piano, malam dana, kegiatan social, pesantren kilat, dll. Kalo yang paling berkesan untuk gue itu TRIP OBSERVASI..dimana kita harus tinggal 4 hari di suatu desa yang belum ada listriknya..huhuhu.


Oh iya..di labschool ini kekuatan fisik bener bener di gojlok, waktu penataran aja kita harus datang dari jam 5.30 pagi dan harus lari ngelilingin rawamangun setiap hari. Setelah penataran juga setiap jum’at pagi sampe lulus ada yang namanya lari pagi bareng ngiterin sekolahan, dan ini wajib…soalnya di tengah tengah rute nya nanti udah ada guru yang nongkrong untuk ngabsenin.


Yaaa… pokonya gue cinta deh sama sekolah ini…setau gue yang lain juga berat buat ninggalin labschool..alumni alumni juga tiap jum’at banyaak banget yang ngumpul di sekolah untuk sholat jum’at disana..trus kalo weekend juga ada aja yang ngumpul. Memang kalo di liat dari prestasi akademik nya bukan top of the top..tapi nggak malu maluin juga lah..hehe..karena kepala sekolahnya sendiri tidak mengagungkan nilai pelajaran di sekolah sebagai satu satunya acuan dalam menilai isi otak seseorang..dan misi sekolahnya memang bukan cuma melahirkan anak anak pinter aja..tapi (di contek dari buku tahunan) pemimpin masa depan yang bertaqwa, berintegritas tinggi, mempunyai daya juang yang kuat, kepribadian yang utuh, berbudi pekerti luhur dan mandiri..yaa seperti gue gue ini laahh..hahahaha. Udah ah, Jibrannya bangun niyy..:P

Yesterday was Jibran's first time eating finger food. I gave him the Banana Puffs from Gerber and he likes it a lot. At first he made weird faces when i put them in his mouth, I guess because the texture is different with what he used to..but then he munched on it like a pro. Emang enak sih banana puff nya...gue juga ikutan ngemilin..hihi. Now he gets excited everytime he sees the jar..tangan sama kaki nya langsung gerak2 heboh. Bentuk finger food nya kecil banget sometimes he has a hard time picking the puff..and when he is able to grab it..it's right in the middle of his palm and he tries hard to put it in his mouth tapi nggak masuk masuk..yang ada the whole fist goes into his mouth...kasiaan dehh...


3 hari belakangan ini..Jibran has been trying really hard to crawl. He puts his body in the crawling position all the time, he can stay like that for quite a while tapi belum bisa maju/mundur..cuma goyang goyangin badannya aja ke depan dan ke belakang. Beberapa kali bisa maju ke depan satu atau dua langkah..tapi trus nya langsung jatoh. Selain itu juga dia lagi seneng posisi push up..jadi tengkurep trus badannya di tahan pake tangannya sama telapak kaki nya..jadinya badannya nge-arch gitu lumayan tinggi...what a strong boy...katanya sih kalo udah ada attempt to crawl tandanya nggak bakal lama lagi buat crawling beneran...yay..this is getting exciting..

Yah payah nih..gue sama Jibran lagi flu..Jibran udah agak lama sih, udah seminggu lebih idungnya congested gitu tapi sama dokternya nggak boleh di kasih apa2..memang nggak parah sih, cuma kasian aja liatnya although it doesn't seem to bother him. Dan sepertinya gue ketularan dia, dari bangun tidur kemarin bersin bersin terus dan agak mampet juga idungnya...kayanya gara2 cuacanya yang nggak bener deh, weekend kemarin disini sempet dingin dan windy soalnya. Di tambah lagi beberapa hari ini gue sleep deprived, Jibrannya bangun2 terus..4 to 5 times a night to nurse.


My teeth are OK now, went to the dentist again yesterday to get the permanent filling. Mungkin harus 3 kali lagi ke dentist till the end of the year. Hmm...apalagi yah??

I'll have another date with my dentist..*sigh*..waktu hari kamis minggu lalu udah kesana and turned out i have to get a root canal for my two teeth..tadinya mau langsung di kerjain satu tapi waktunya enggak cukup..so i had to come back the next day..itu juga baru satu sih..enggak kuat deh sekaligus dua...bukannya nggak kuat sakitnya..but my jaw is so sore after keeping my mouth open for about an hour. So tomorrow it is..and probably i still have to come back next week to get the permanent filling..sekarnag masih temporary. Sbenernya abis di root canal ini, harus di crowned, soalnya kalo enggak root canalnya bakalan ancur lagi. But since we can wait until at least 1 year to get it crowned, I figure i can do it back home. Abisnya kalo disini untuk satu gigi aja $700, itu aja udah di cover 50% sama insurance. Males banget kan?..


Anyway..one of my bestfriend works at a production house in Jakarta, and they are doing a pilot project for a TV program about pregnant moms and giving birth..and she is using my pregnancy and some of Jibran's pictures for the opening pictures..hihihi...nggak pa pa sih..asal kalo sampe programnya nggak kejual, jangan foto gue aja di salahin..:D


Sebulan terakhir ini..Jibran udah ngerti kalo lagi di berdiriin trus kita bilang "Jump Jibran..JUMP."..pasti dia langsung lompat lompat sambil ketawa tawa kesenengan hehe...udah ah..mau ngajak Jibran lompat lompat lagi..."Jump Jibraan..jump like a big boy"...=))

I have a date with my dentist at 11.15...toothache sucks!!!

...my car of 3 years, my one and only pride when i was in carbondale..my loyal companion to just about everywhere i went. It was sold to this Indonesian family who just moved here a few weeks ago. I thought I would never sell the car until I decide to go home for good..but I realized that there isn't really a need to have 2 cars right now, mine has been untouched most of the time, pretty much since I've quit my job. I really love that car...nduti bought it for me, yea it's true he never bought flowers, but he bought me a car..so i can't complain, can i?..:P


I drove it for the last time on the way to the family's house yesterday...just me and the car..like it had always been. I remember the first time I rode in that car, the first drive..the new and showroom-y smell.I've spent a lot of time with that car..the mileage has gone up to 72000 in a matter of 3 years...i remember driving around town...taking my friends to the grocery, to the mall, to get something to eat, etc..I remember speeding down the highway to st. louis on the weekend, even back and forth everyday for a few times during the Missouri Valley Tournament..just by myself, listening to the cd, thinking about anything and everything. Thank god I've never got a speeding ticket even I drove way past the speeding limit most of the time...only a whole lot of parking tickets from school..hehehe..*I think i still keep those tickets* That car had been such a good car, never had a problem..never needed any of its part fixed, just the usual oil change and stuff.I'm gonna miss it a lot, it's gonna be weird seeing the empty parking spot that I used to park the car at and not having the car's key in my key chain. Oh well..I hope they take a good care of the car, and hope their kids won't tear it apart...

What's wrong with Jibran sihh??..masa dari kemaren nangiiiss terus, maunya di gendong/di pangku, main main sendiri cuma mau sebentar aja trus biarpun di temenin juga nangis setelah beberapa menit..minta di pangku. Di tinggal ke kamar mandi bentar aja nangisnya kaya orang abis di pukulin..huhuhu..asli kemaren yang nggak bisa ngapa ngapain seharin!!!..Hari ini juga gitu, walopun agak mendingan soalnya tadi tidur siangnya lama sekitar 2 jam lebih..baru bangun satu jam sekarang malah udah tidur lagi. Jibran jibran..kamu kenapa sihhh?..takutnya ada yang di rasain sakit sama dia..tapi apa yahhh...

Yesterday was father's day..and Jibran said..


"Daddy, I was going to get something for the Boss of the family...but then I remember something.....

MOTHER'S DAY WAS LAST MONTH!!!"


Hehehehe...I got that from one of the cards they have at Wallgreens..had fun browsing thru the card's section, glancing from one card to another...they are all cute!! So anyway..Happy Father's day to dendre and to my dad, the men who have everything...and share it with me..=))

Aduuh kok sekarang sekarang ini lagi muaaalesss banget ya nulis nulis di blog? Sebenernya nulis sih sering..tapi nggak pernah selesai..akhirnya cuma i save as draft aja..trus besokannya udah males nerusin lagii...*sigh*...

Hari senen minggu depan itu memorial day..jadinya long weekend deh..and it's even longer for dendre cause he's taking one day vacation today..rencananya besok mau nginep di carbondale.


Anyway..Jibran kalo malem sekarang suka bangun dan teriak2 sejak di kasih solid food. Pasti deh sekitar jam 12 malem dia bangun dan jerit jerit sekitar 10 menitan..kayanya perutnya sakit..di mimik-in nggak mau, di peluk2 gitu juga nangis terus..di kasih binkynya nggak mau..pokonya nangis nya sounds like he is in pain, kaya nangisnya dia kalo lagi masuk angin. Trus gue balurin minyak telon dan di tepuk2 pundaknya..pasti abis itu dia kentut..duuuutt gitu kenceng banget..trus nggak lama diem deh. Kenapa ya..?..karena digestive systemnya belum siap nerima solid food..atau karena kebetulan makanannya aja yang nggak cocok?..Jibran baru di kasih applesauce hari berturut turut..dan 3 hari itu jerit2 kalo malem. Kemaren sengaja jibran nggak di kasih makan apa2..just to see apa malemnya teriak2 juga nggak..kalo enggak..berarti itu kan efek dari makanannya. Dan ternyata Jibran tidur pules banget semalem..sleeping thru the night..bangunnya jam 7 pagi...itu juga kita masih tidur dan dia main2 sendiri aja sampe jam 8. Yah kasian jibran..padahal dia keliatan seneng banget pas di kasih makan..maybe i should just wait for a few more days...trus nanti coba kasih makan yang lainnya.


Oh iya..speaking of masuk angin..is there such a thing as perantara angin?..or whatever you may call it. Jadi gini, kalo Jibran perutnya kembung..atau setiap abis minum susu kan di burp-in..di tepuk2 pundaknya biar burp..tapi kalo gue yang nge burp-in dia..jibran itu jarang banget keluar burp nya..yang ada malah guenya yang burp..aneh kan?..apalagi kalo masuk angin..wahh gue nggak brenti2 deh tuh nge burp...and if i place his tummy on mine..pasti perut gue langsung berasa melilit lilit..sambil burp2 terus. Makanya gue males nge burpin jibran..kalo ada orang lain sih mending yang lain aja yang nge burp in biar burpnya keluar..soalnya walopun keluar lewat gue..tetep aja nggak lega kalo belum denger his cute little burp..hehe..if you're a mommy you know how relieving it is to hear your baby's burp..! btw...Nggak cuma di Jibran aja sih..kalo dendre masuk angin juga gitu..pasti kalo gue pegang pundaknya aja..pasti deh burp nya keluar di gue...dia nya tenang2 aja. Aneh kaan..nggak tau kalo di orang lain lagi gimana, belum pernah nyoba sih. Palingan yang gue tau kaya gini tuh tukang urut gue di jakarta...kalo lagi mijitin gue..malah dia nya yang sendawa2 terus. Ajaib.