New words

Kani,
kenapa kata2 berikutnya "Kupuk......"
enak yah makan kerupuk :)

Adventure with Kani 6 Dec’10

On this kejepit day, Kani and I went to Mangga Dua square……….only two of us hohoho………

It was the first time we went together, only two of us,

Felt so adventurous………

Pertama, kita ke Pancoran dulu de, katanya sih mau lihat2 ada apa yah disana, hmmmmmm ….mau beli angpao, obat amah, dan apa lagi yah………gak tau deh………

Mau naik mikrolet, kok yah penuh terus yah………mana kamu udah berat lagi digendongnya nih,,,,,,

Yah udah, naik bajaj aja deh……..:)

Eh….kok malah nangis pas mau naik bajaj………..takut yah de denger suaranya yang garing bangetttt!!!

Tenang yah de, its ok……..bajaj is no fear……..

Anyway, after shopping in Pancoran, we went forward to Mangga Dua Square to see Moni, mom’s best friend and spent time together like old time………

First time went by taxy,,,,,,kani was so shy, and quiet…..did not want to sit alone, just wanted to be seated with me……

Luckily she was had fun after all in Mangga Dua Square, crowling around the Dolphin Fun land.

Playing with ayunan, balok2, kotak2, dan tiny house……….

Had a little accident when Kani met funky little girl who was very wild and almost scream on her, kasihan kamu de, sampe2 pipinya merah dicakar dia, untung gak kenapa2, …hfhfhfhf……awas aja tuh anak kalo sampe kenapa2 yah……..hahahha J

Terus kita main yang lain yah sama kezia………had lunch with KFC and then went back home.

Felt so tired, kani feel a sleep on the way home, sambil kepalanya terantuk2 di gendongan ……hehehee

Next time, kita jalan2 lagi yah de………..

Cheers

vani

Life is like roller coaster

Just found out that a friend of mine, had bad miserable moment in life.

I knew Mimi from Linda when I was depressed in my love life; she introduced me to Buddha, and taught me how to live in Buddha way. They drove me to wihara twice I guess, since then I found the most religious moment in my life. They both were happy couple and nice person.

Once, Linda was also jealous with her boyfriend, since he was such a loyal person. He always took care and served Mimi all the way, they had long relationship before we did.

But her boyfriend has passed away last year due to seriously sick.

Sorry mimi, I never knew it before, and pray the best for you. Wish your karma brings you happiness.

Life is never flat……….

Cheers,

vani

Flashbacks.........Wedding vendor part 1

Flashbacks

Time goes by so fast, and suddenly we have been married for 2 years. Still bear in mind the wedding day and the hectic preparation at the moments.

What I really bear in mind during that day is the preparation, and it comes up to my mind that there is nothing too lose if I make up some review about how I felt at those moments. So here we go, just like others who review their wedding vendor just after the time, I also want to concern about the “Wedding Vendor Review” ……….hehehe telat yak………better late than never……J

We only had few vendors to prepare our wedding, because many wedding package which we picked served wedding package to make us easier arranging the day……..it was the main purpose, but the fact was……….tetep aja ribet deh……..

a. Eva Bun Bridal

Location : Harmoni and Mall Artha Gading

Products :

1. the wedding gown and make up

As many other `brides to be`, we also visited some of wedding fairs, which hopefully we could have special offer during the fair and easily compare among one vendor to another.

We picked this bridal at one wedding fair held in Hailai, Ancol.

Actually this was not `my dream bridal` at the moment, what in my mind about this bridal was Eva Bun = old fashion style, and `kayak ibu2 banget deh`, furthermore compared to other new style bridal such as New Brides, JJ Bride, or else……..ooohhh I love them. But si koko kept convincing me that with their experiences handling many wedding for many years, we could count on them……..yeah…..

Anyway, since I did not have any interest to this vendor, ….i made many and even more extra bonus than they offered, yeah….just like other vendors who used to impress the customer, they tried to impress us, me with more and more other package that we could get by choosing them. Moreover, the first wedding fair day was so calm, and only visited by few customers. Thanks to other wedding fairs who also held at other place, such as Jakarta Fair wedding fair……..

And I `aji mumpung banget.com` kept asking more and more………..

We spared some time in the car once after we got some offering from other bridals, such as New Brides, JJ Bride, that all I remember, and came back to the fair with `one decision`……..yes we picked Eva Bun Bridal as our bridal………and still with many wishes………..i wished they could dress me with modern gown that I could have every woman wedding dress………..©and wish I could have every woman wedding dream………

From the standard package which they offered the first time, we could have almost doubled than before:

#GOWN AND DRESS#

For the bride :

One wedding dress on `D` day (Nov 1^st;2008)

One wedding dress for the Holy Matrimony (Oct 4^th, 2008) à additional

Two wedding dress for Pre-wed photo session pictures, one for in-door session and one for out-door session

One folk dress for Pre wed in door photo session

For the groom :

1 million (plus additional 0.5M) voucher for the Blazer; our choice came to Grisvian Hewis since they have the showroom @ Plangi.

For the mothers of the bride :

Two gown for my mom and mom in law; fiuhh….. although this extra bonus has made some argue as they did not admit it once we came along with our mothers, then also made si koko claimed that I was not carefull watching up this agreement in the beginning. Anyway after some arguing and hustle, we did not pick these gown though, our mothers made up their gown by other tailor, but following our theme color – Gold –

For others : one gown for the bridesmaid, two gowns for the Front door, plus 3 extra gowns for the rest.

In total we got 7 extra dresses for everyone, except for me.

On D day, the gown goes to my mom for `Tea pai session`, my sis, two sis in law, one front door

Thanks to Nuri, our sales agent, who helped me a lot grabbing my bonus J

And also a lot thanks for their staff who were not so bother if I came there almost every week, picking up, choosing, demanding out to achieve my dream wedding gown.

If you see my finally choice, ………it’s so adorable, not to say glamour, but kinda simple elegant `Cinderella look alike princess` dress……….hahahha……….

#MAKE UP SESSION#

As promised at the start, I would have the make up artist by Eva bun herself for the wedding day and holy matrimony too. That’s what I concerned about at the first time, since the holy matrimony took the one day after Lebaran day, wish `she` did not go abroad for holiday.

But in the middle of the stage,…..they said that they could not afford this……..OMG……..

I was so upset and disappointed at the moment………as the compensation, we asked more bargaining to substitute that one; that is 10 more extra Pre wed photo pictures, as stated in my compliance letter.

And they were agreed.

Though, at the holy matrimony day, ms. Paula, the daughter of Eva Bun, was there, and still did my make up. Oh….boy………she was so nice and very much well indeed as the result.

I could have a touch up make at the hotel, as the started, but they said, I could not afford it.

Anyway, since I already got more extra, plus there was the Mercedes Benz which was not used optimally (8-hour-rent for free) as another of their offer, then I agreed it.

The fact is, I arrived at noon at the bridal for touch up make up and ms Paula was still there, and she did the touch up. One of the staff who handled the finishing stated that, `I was so lucky to have the touch up by her`……..jarang2 loh mbak bu Paula mau touch up lagi……..lucky me……J

#WEDDING CAKE BY PAULA CAKE#

Well, I wished I could have high stage cake, not so call – glamour cake- but the price is too expensive, not to say, it was only as accessories, due the original cake has already in packed by pieces, ready to be given; so we deal for simple ordinary cake but…….. I did not know that an ordinary cake would be so nice and perfect, fitted to our theme – again, Gold and a little Reddish.

In the end, we did not count on the taste, as I only ate piece by piece for the photo session.

#FOTOGRAPHY#

Yet, ordinary result, but we could have it on CD besides of cassette à another bonus J

Although not so great, since it mostly contained of the holy matrimony, ……ohhh I wished I could have more time to edit it and have the wedding day event longer………L

#PHOTO ALBUM#

Wow…..so nice ……..if you see it……….so impress and love it so much………

Enough folk for this moment, if I had more time later, and………. More willing to review other vendor, I will continue this story……..

Cheers,

vani

Food for Kani

After trying to give my Kani more calorie food, such as Chicken nugget made with chicken, milk, and cheese; Rollade made with kacang polong and others; banana or avocado milkshake special but no-so-cold as original; Kani likes it so much and gains more weight…..

She looks a little chubby and cute, but most of it my favorite quote is “mamam” nenen hahahha

The problem is she is some kinda moody toddler, in moment she likes mie goreng so much, but the next hour, she really hates it. Need enough effort to feed you baby…..

Perhaps mama needs more mbak…… but if I had one, I will not lose the moments to feed you and suddenly miss the toddler funny special moments with you. Someday if you grow, perhaps mama does not have more precious moments with you.

Love,

Vani

Menu penambah Berat Badan ....hopefully!!!

Dear moms...

pas lg asik-asik browsing... eh kok saya dapat artikel ini dari milis sebelah, pas kok temanya soal BB, ini tipsnya luangkap bianget!!!

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Makan itu gak harus nasi lho. Salah satu cara untuk mengatasi masalah BB anak yg sulit atau tdk naik adl buatlah menu tinggi kalori.

Anak yg BB nya tdk atau sulit naik bisa disebabkan :

- Anaknya aktif sekali, tdk bisa diam. Jadi butuh kalori ekstra.

- Faktor genetik

- Sulit makan, sehingga energi yg masuk memang hanya pas2an digunakan utk aktivitas hariannya

- Sistem metabolismenya. Istilah gampangnya udah makan buanyak tapi koq tetap langsing. Nah, gimana kalo makan yg pas2an? :-). Ini berkaitan dgn sistem penyerapan makanan, faktor bawaan anak.

Untuk membuat saat makan menjadi lebih mudah & memaksimalkan kemungkinan anak akan mau makan dapat dilakukan hal berikut ini:

- Jangan memaksa anak untuk makan jika dia menolak. Memaksa anak biasanya akan membuat anak semakin menolak untuk makan

- Susun jadwal untuk makan besar dan snack, yaitu 3 kali makan besar dan 2-3 snack yang terbuat dari makanan tinggi kalori.

- Ijinkan anak untuk makan sendiri, terutama untuk finger food.

- Berikan minuman, misalnya jus, hanya setelah makan selesai

Ahli gizi anak menganjurkan cara agar anak mendapat lebih banyak kalori dengan cara memberikan makanan berkalori tinggi yang tinggi protein dan banyak kandungan nutrisinya.

Hal ini terutama dilakukan untuk anak yang membutuhkan tambahan kalori untuk mengejar ketertinggalan berat badannya:

- Berikan makanan tinggi kallori (ada contoh menunya di bawah ini)

- Hindari junk foods, yang mungkin mengandung kalori tapi biasanya rendah protein

- Buat milkshake sebagai salah satu snack tinggi kalori, bisa memberikan lebih dari 400 kalori. Oke punya nih …., kalorinya lebih tinggi dari sepiring nasi.

- Puding juga dapat memberikan banyak kalori jika ditambahkan susu

- Tambahkan keju sebagai toping untuk roti, sayuran, dll.

- Gunakan selai kacang (yang mengadung 100 kalori tiap 1 sendok makan) sebagai snack dan sebagai toping untuk roti, krakers dan buah. Atau bisa juga diblender dengan susu, ice cream atau yoghurt

- Buat snack buah tinggi kalori dengan menambahkan gula atau yoghurt pada buah2an yang akan dimakannya, buahnya bisa buah segar atau buah kaleng

- Berikan buah tinggi kalori seperti aplukat & mangga. Bisa dimakan siram yoghurt atau diblender atau dibuat smoothie.

Ini ada sedikit gambaran tentang menu2 tinggi kalori. Mungkin bisa diberikan dlm porsi sedikit2 tapi sering. Karena anak yg susah makan biasanya bisa disiasati dgn metode sedikit2 tapi sering ini. Ya kitanya mesti sabar2 sih, gak boleh menyerah, gak boleh bosen menawarkan ke anak. Suatu hari nanti pasti ada masanya dia akan mau makan deh… :-)

Proud of you Kani…..

Entering……10.10.10

One of the busy week we had……….not really actually but thinking of Kani is still so young, ….. it will be busy week, I think because we have one 1^st birthday party on Saturday and one wedding invitation on Sunday.

at birthday party, my kani is so sweet……….she is so brave to sit alone in the tiny chair for kids, participating to sing, and dance ala kani hahahha……….although most of her friends come late and long enough for kani to wait.

At the wedding, she walks around the hall, wants to know new atmosphere here. At first, she asks me to accompany her, but at the end, she runs away here and there, finds new friends and plays together. Seems like already a big girl….

25 Oct’10

Udah bisa banggain barang2nya ke temen2 ya kani, hahahha….

Begitu ada keisya, tas poohnya langsung dipake dan dipamerin, bikin keisya jadi ngiri aja. Namanya anak kecil yah, seneng banget pamer2 barang dan pelit2an. Even sama papanya aja, pelit banget, masak papanya gak boleh pegang2 minnie gedenya, tapi pas Minnie gedenya mau dinenenin, langsung dibuang juga……lucu….

Watching kani day by day is just like a dream. Once she was just a baby, now she already a big girl. Udah seneng maen, cari temen2, suka pake baju cantik2, minta pake rok dan sepatu, maunya diceritain, dinyanyiin……….

dari biasanya kani suka ngomong "jagung, yagung, gunggung", sekarang udah banyak kosa kata lagi, "duk duk" kayak orang jawa, tp beneran artinya duduk, "ciecie", mam mam kalo mau makan, selebihnya teriak2 deh....

my greatest achievement in life is being a mother, everyone says that my kids are lucky to have a mom like me but i am the lucky one! :)

No matter if your having the worst day, your child can brighten it up by saying "Mommy your so pretty, I love you"

Serba salah yah kani, mau dibeliin baju tapi sayang kalo muatnya Cuma bentar. Abis katanya anak kecil kan cepet gede yah….

Tapi gak dibeliin baju juga kasihan, bajunya kani dari kecil sampe 1 tahun itu2 aja, kaos, celana model cowok, jarang2 kani punya rok, Cuma 1 yah. Baju terusan adanya jg dari yg masih kecil, yg panjangnya udah sepaha, bentar lagi panjangnya seperut yah de…..

Giliran ulang tahun dikasih kado mainan semua, rata2 boneka lagi, bosen juga buka kadonya. Gak kreatif yah kani, yg kasih baju cuma ada 5 biji, ada lagi yang kasih 2 biji tapi bajunya kekecilan…….dasar nih mama yang gak tau terima kasih yah………..hahahha…. J

Nanti deh kalo kado2 boneka kani ada yang kejual, hasilnya buat beli baju setengahnya, sisanya ditabung yah……jangan marah yah de, kan kamu juga gak perlu mainan sebanyak itu. Yang perlu adalah mama dan papa ngajakin dede main setiap hari yahhhh……seneng yah diajak main sama amah dan akung. Maen tak umpet, maen boneka, giliran mama pulang diajakinnya bobo ajah……..padahal kan masih mau main yah.

Dilihat –lihat, berat kani gak nambah2 nih, udah 13 bulan masih 8.6kg aja, ayo dong de, gendutan, jadi 11 kg gitu, supaya tambah lucu J

Kalo anak kecil seusia kani seneng ke acara ulang tahun gak sih yah? Pengennya sih dateng ke ulang tahun setiap ada undangan, tapi kadang jauh acaranya apalagi macet, tamunya juga banyak yang gak kenal, jadi males datengnya. Nanti aja kalo kani udah gedean, bisa lari2an lancer, sabtu minggu kita ke pasar ……..loh kok ke pasar??? Kan kani seneng liatin barang2 di pasar, kalo ke mall adanya itu2 aja, paling kani senengnya diajak ke Carrefour karena bisa “beberes” hehehe…

Kalo setiap hari ketemu kani, kadang gak kelihatan yah kalo kani udah tumbuh gede, tadinya gak bisa ini jadi udah bisa, semakin lama makin maunya main terus. …….lucu deh kamu.

Bikin orang selalu pengin ketemu kamu, dengerin kamu ngomong yg walopun Cuma bisa ngomong gak ada arti, ………. Pulang kantor selalu disambut kani di pintu depan, minta digendong, minta nenen,…..diikutin kemana aja mamanya pergi yahhhhh.

.”………you are the twilight of my life...the new moon on my horizon...the eclipse of my being...and the breaking dawn to every morning :) (L)……….”

Feels like "home" near mama's heart

Keenakan bobo ya de………..

Hari ini hampir seharian hujan terus, padahal pagi tadi matahari cuku pterik bersinar.

Kani yang sedang makan, sampe ketakutan denger suara hujan yang berisik.

Setelah makan, dengan enaknya kani bobo ditemani deru hujan di luar, untunglah di kamar suara hujan tidak terlalu keras.

Saking enaknya udara di saat hujan, si kani bobo dari jam 12 sampe jam 4.30…tapi daasr kani suka pura2, dibilang, kani udah sore nih, gak mau makan…..eh dia langsung bangun,

Ternyata udah bangun yah de, Cuma males aja, jadi bobo an aja terus hehehhe

Kani yang lucu, kamu seneng banget yah bobo dinyanyiin sambil tiduran diperut mama, enak yah serasa masih di dalem perut. Kalo udah susah tidur, guling sana, guling sini, terakhir kani naik deh ke perut mama, langsung tidur deh………..

Kani mulai bawellll

minggu2 kemarin kaniku yg lucu udah mulai mau jalan pake sepatu .....akhirnya, setelah biasanya nyeker aja, sekarang udah mau pake sepatu...
artinya, dede kan udah bisa diajak jalan2, mau ke mall, ke kebun, ke kondangan, ke pasar juga yah hahhaha........
mdh2an pas sampe tempatnya kani mau jalan ....
selain itu ngobrollllllllll mulu, "wa kwak kwak kwak.....aijeee.....jijiji......dedede..." lucu.....

lagi asyiknya men2 terus, sampe2 kl disuruh bobo susah banget, udah nenen, tiduran, digendong, gak tidur2 juga,
aduh kani........yg jagain sampe cape donggggg

ada lagi, makannya tambah banyak yah....pipinya tambah chubby dehhhh

STARTING MY DIARY

This note actually takes a role as a blog, as I do not have enough time to learn how to make a blog. The last blog I have, that is Kania giftcakes, is only a standard blog, which takes more time to write on.
SO...here we go.....
Buat aku yang punya sedikit waktu untuk menulis, blog ini berfungsi untuk mencurahkan isi hati, kadang lagi bete, kadang lagi pengen cerita tapi gak ada temen, kadang lagi pengen nulis, kadang lagi mau inget2 .yah pokoknya dedicated for me, myself and of course for my husband and our lovely cute Kani....