I will no longer post an update on this blog. I will write in http://faithjosephine.blogspot.com instead :)
Cheers!
Friday, October 12, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Mencoba peruntungan
Belakangan ini merasa terlalu menghabiskan waktu di kantor yang seharusnya bisa dispend bersama Faith.
Sepertinya jadi manusia tidak pernah puas ya, dulu kerja sering lembur pingin cari kerja yang santai dan pulang tenggo.
Sekarang sudah dapat, kok merasa terlalu membuang-buang waktu di kantor ya.
Bisa gak ya kerja part-time aja? hehehe tapi belum berani mengumpulkan keberanian untuk approach boss.
Anyway, terinspirasi oleh teman smp saya Sitta Karina, dulu waktu smp kita suka tuker-tukeran cerita. Punya saya ditulis pake tangan, punya dia diketik dan dijilid.. hehe pantas saja sekarang dia sudah jadi penulis beken sementara saya sudah lama tidak menulis. Wong blog aja ditelantarkan.
Anyway, mg lalu mencoba peruntungan mengirim artikel buat rubrik Gado-Gado Femina.
Ini ceritanya:
Kira-kira dimuat gak yaa???
Sepertinya jadi manusia tidak pernah puas ya, dulu kerja sering lembur pingin cari kerja yang santai dan pulang tenggo.
Sekarang sudah dapat, kok merasa terlalu membuang-buang waktu di kantor ya.
Bisa gak ya kerja part-time aja? hehehe tapi belum berani mengumpulkan keberanian untuk approach boss.
Anyway, terinspirasi oleh teman smp saya Sitta Karina, dulu waktu smp kita suka tuker-tukeran cerita. Punya saya ditulis pake tangan, punya dia diketik dan dijilid.. hehe pantas saja sekarang dia sudah jadi penulis beken sementara saya sudah lama tidak menulis. Wong blog aja ditelantarkan.
Anyway, mg lalu mencoba peruntungan mengirim artikel buat rubrik Gado-Gado Femina.
Ini ceritanya:
Mamud
Ibu – ibu yang suka berseliweran di dunia maya pasti mengenal Mbak Astri Nugraha. Menurut saya Mbak Astri ini adalah sosok mama muda, atau istilah kerennya ‘mamud’ super ideal. Bagaimana tidak, ia tinggal di negeri orang, membesarkan empat anak sendiri tanpa bantuan ART atau baby sitter.
Ia juga masih sempat membuka bisnis web-design, katering, menulis resep dan meng-update blog-nya. Penampilannyapun masih terawat, cantik dan segar. Singkat kata saya ingin seperti Mbak Astri. Mampu mengurus anak, suami, rumah tapi juga tetap trendy dan bisa cari duit sendiri. Terlalu optimis ya?
Saya adalah anak bungsu dari dua bersaudara. Saudara sepupu saya rata-rata lebih tua atau sepantaran dengan saya. Karena itu saya tidak terbiasa dengan yang namanya momong bayi. Wong kalau ada anak kecil saja saya suka salah tingkah!.
Ini menjadi ketakutan terbesar saya saat hamil si Non. Saat hamil saya sibuk mencari berbagai macam video seperti cara membedong bayi, cara memandikan bayi, cara mengartikan tangisan bayi, dll. Untung saya tinggal di jaman modern dimana semua itu dapat dicari dengan mudah di YouTube.
Teman – teman yang sudah punya anak selalu menasihati saya, “Jangan terlalu dipikirin. Nanti juga bisa! Instinct keibuan bakal timbul dengan sendirinya kok!” Tapi saya selalu ragu. Saya selalu berpegangan pada prinsip fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
Jadi sebelum lahiran, saya sudah hafal luar kepala Dunstan baby language. Katanya tangisan bayi seluruh dunia mempunyai maksud yang sama. ‘Neh’ artinya lapar. ‘Owh’ artinya mengantuk. ‘Heh’ artinya tidak nyaman. ‘Eairh’ artinya perutnya ber-gas. ‘Eh’ artinya perlu disendawakan. Semuanya terdengar mudah ya? At least itu yang saya pikirkan saat itu. Wong Financial statements yang rumit saja jadi makanan saya sehari-hari di kantor, apalagi lima
Tak hanya itu, Teddy, boneka beruang saya, setiap malam jadi ‘kelinci percobaan’ pelajaran dari YouTube. Bedong, jumper, romper, clodi, sudah saya coba pakaikan. Kadang saya juga mendandaninya dengan bandana bunga!
Saya merasa telah mempersiapkan semuanya dengan baik. Tapi kenyataan berkata lain.
Saya ingat persis malam pertama saya dan suami membawa pulang si Non dari rumah sakit. Si Non tertidur pulas di boxnya. Saya dan suami tak henti-hentinya memandangi makhluk lucu yang dianugrahkan Tuhan kepada kami ini.
Saat itu saya merasa lelah sekali. Sejak si Non lahir saya belum bisa tertidur pulas karena masih excited mengingat detik-detik kelahiran si Non. Belum lagi saya harus terbangun malam-malam untuk memberikan ASI. Sementara siang/sorenya saya harus meladeni tamu-tamu yang datang.
Rasanya seperti baru sedetik yang lalu menutup mata, saya terbangun oleh tangisan si Non. Suami saya masih tertidur pulas. Saya mencoba mendengarkan tangisan si Non, apakah itu ‘Neh’, ‘Owh’, ‘Heh’, ‘Eairh’ atau ‘Eh’. Hmm.., agak sulit ya, tapi sepertinya terdengar seperti ‘Neh’.
Si Non kelihatan sangat fragile, tidak seperti si Teddy. Saya dengan takut-takut menggendongnya dan mencoba memberikan ASI buat si Non. Tapi si Non malah menangis lebih kencang lagi. Tangisannya kali ini berhasil membangunkan suami saya.
“Tangisannya seperti ‘Neh’ kan
Suami saya yang masih setengah sadar, mencari-cari notes di samping tempat tidurnya. Tidak seperti saya, dia tidak menghafal luar kepala Dunstan baby language tersebut.
“Kayanya bukan ‘Neh’ deh,” katanya. Dahinya mengernyit. “Sepertinya ‘Owh’, dia ngantuk tuh,” sambungnya pede.
“Gimana bisa mengantuk, dia kan
“Atau ‘Eh’ ya?” kata suami saya. “Artinya dia mau disendawakan sayang!”
“Duh kamu ya, dia kan
“Mungkin dia ngompol sayang!” kata suami saya masih berusaha membantu.
Kami lalu membuka bedongnya dan mengecek celananya. Semuanya masih kering, sehingga saya memutuskan untuk membedongnya kembali. Tapi entah kenapa semua latihan yang saya praktekan ke Teddy tidak membantu sama sekali. Tubuh si Non yang ringkih sangat berbeda dengan tubuh Teddy. Belum lagi tangisan si Non yang membuat saya semakin grogi. Saya betul-betul frustasi.
Saya kurang begitu ingat berapa kali episode tersebut terjadi di malam pertama itu. Saat si Non menangis, saya juga ingin menangis rasanya. Menangis karena frustasi, dan marah pada diri sendiri. Hormon pasca melahirkan yang tidak stabil juga tidak membantu. Kenapa mbak Astri bisa, saya tidak. Boro-boro sambil berbisnis, ini menjaga bayi di malam pertama saja tidak becus!
Malam-malam pertama si Non lahir adalah malam-malam dimana saya merasa sangat stress. Lebih stress dari saat dikejar deadline. Suami saya adalah orang yang paling sering terkena dampratan saya. Sampai sekarang saya sih masih mengkambing-hitamkan si hormon yang tidak stabil. Maaf ya sayang.
Tapi seiring berjalannya waktu saya jadi lebih mengenal dan mengerti apa yang si Non butuhkan. Benar kata teman saya, yang namanya instinct seorang ibu itu memang ada. Sering kali si Non hanya butuh tidur dalam pelukan saya. Biasanya kalau sudah begini saya juga akan ketiduran bersama si Non dalam pelukan saya. Saking capainya, terkadang BH menyusui dan daster saya masih dalam keadaan setengah terbuka. Ups!
Saya memang belum seperti mbak Astri, tapi Rome wasn’t build in a day kan
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Trip to Thailand
Day 1 - 6 June 09
Arrived at Bangkok around 7pm, took a taxi to the hotel (apparently the taxi driver couldn't speak english. He almost took us to Chatucak market...).
Checked in to hotel (Ibis at Sathorn). The hotel was pretty new, the hotel room was small but quite nice and most importantly, clean!! But I didn't like the bed, it was too hard on my back..
After checked in to hotel, we decided to go to Suanlum market.. (night market). It turned out the market was close by the hotel so we could walk there.
At suanlum market we ate my first real Thai tom yum soup :) and Toma had chicken barberque with rice at a reasonable price... We ate in the open air food court, entertained with a bunch of Thai's singers and sexy dancers :). I think Toma was quite entertained hehehe
Day 2 - 7 June 09
Almost a whole day we spent in Chatucak weekend market.., shop shop shop...
The funny thing was, we forgot to bring our money (we stored most of them in the safe deposit box back in hotel). At first we thought we didn't need that much of money, but after looking around, and tempted by the reasonably cheap price, Toma decided to go back to hotel to get the cash hehehe..
At night we decided to check out Patpong (so-called the red light district of Bangkok). We were amazed that the clubs there were litterally "open". You could see the sexy dancers performance from the pedestrian.. We also accidentally walked in a soy (small road) where there were hotels on the side of the road and in front of them there were girls lined up to be picked up!! But we didn't spend that much time there. Maybe Toma would like to go back there with his friends =p
Day 3 - 8 June 09
Today's agenda: visit the Grand Palace..
At first we wanted to take a taxi straight to the palace, however the taxi driver said that there was traffic jam, so He won't take us there. He said we better take a riverboat tour with a price of 150 baht per person. We didn't want to take the tour, but he insisted and kindda insulted us. He said that we think to much for just that small amount of money. huh he should haven't done that!!!
Well anyway, we stopped at the nearest BTS station, and asked for information how to get to grand palace using public transportation. It turned out that we could take a riverboat from BTS Saphan Taksin.. for only about 13 baht!!! Lucky we didn't follow the taxi driver's suggestion.
We looked around the grandpalace for a while.. It was a nice palace, and the wat was so "sparkly". But it was very very hot there...
From grandpalace we decided to go to Siam shopping center and its surrounding malls :)
Day 4 - 9 June 09
We went to Siam square, MBK, and had a thai massage :) and then we headed to airport to go to Phuket...
At Phuket airport we took a minibus van (about 150 baht per person) for transfer to hotel. Checked in to Yorkshire Hotel. The hotel had a good location, only 5 minutes walk to the Patong beach and had a quite good night life but not too loud.
Day 5 - 10 June 09
Trip to Phi-phi Island, Maya bay, etc...
At first we sat on the front of the boat, i didn't like it since it was too bumpy.. makes me sick.
Afterwards we sat on the back and I felt better.
Maya bay had a very nice beach.. it was used for Leonardo Di Caprio's movie setting, The beach.
We went snorkeling, swimming and relaxing on the beach.
I had sunburt afterwards, but it was worth it!!
Day 6 - 11 June 09
Relaxed day..
Went to Simon Cabaret in the evening.
The ladyboys were very pretty... and they had a nice body, slim legs.. whoa!!
Day 7 - 12 June 09
Early in the morning we headed to the airport to go to Bangkok.
At Bangkok we took a taxi to go to our hotel, Best Western. The hotel is quite new, but small. It was a boutique hotel I think. The hotelroom was nicer than we had in Ibis, but the hotel location was not really good. It was quite far from the BTS station. But we were not complaining.. after all it was our holiday!!!
We then spent the rest of the day just mall hopping :)
Day 8 - 13 June 09
Went back to Chatucak weekend market again hehehe..
Finished up our shopping for oleh2..
After that we headed back to airport to go home..
Bye Thailand!!!
Arrived at Bangkok around 7pm, took a taxi to the hotel (apparently the taxi driver couldn't speak english. He almost took us to Chatucak market...).
Checked in to hotel (Ibis at Sathorn). The hotel was pretty new, the hotel room was small but quite nice and most importantly, clean!! But I didn't like the bed, it was too hard on my back..
After checked in to hotel, we decided to go to Suanlum market.. (night market). It turned out the market was close by the hotel so we could walk there.
At suanlum market we ate my first real Thai tom yum soup :) and Toma had chicken barberque with rice at a reasonable price... We ate in the open air food court, entertained with a bunch of Thai's singers and sexy dancers :). I think Toma was quite entertained hehehe
Day 2 - 7 June 09
Almost a whole day we spent in Chatucak weekend market.., shop shop shop...
The funny thing was, we forgot to bring our money (we stored most of them in the safe deposit box back in hotel). At first we thought we didn't need that much of money, but after looking around, and tempted by the reasonably cheap price, Toma decided to go back to hotel to get the cash hehehe..
At night we decided to check out Patpong (so-called the red light district of Bangkok). We were amazed that the clubs there were litterally "open". You could see the sexy dancers performance from the pedestrian.. We also accidentally walked in a soy (small road) where there were hotels on the side of the road and in front of them there were girls lined up to be picked up!! But we didn't spend that much time there. Maybe Toma would like to go back there with his friends =p
Day 3 - 8 June 09
Today's agenda: visit the Grand Palace..
At first we wanted to take a taxi straight to the palace, however the taxi driver said that there was traffic jam, so He won't take us there. He said we better take a riverboat tour with a price of 150 baht per person. We didn't want to take the tour, but he insisted and kindda insulted us. He said that we think to much for just that small amount of money. huh he should haven't done that!!!
Well anyway, we stopped at the nearest BTS station, and asked for information how to get to grand palace using public transportation. It turned out that we could take a riverboat from BTS Saphan Taksin.. for only about 13 baht!!! Lucky we didn't follow the taxi driver's suggestion.
We looked around the grandpalace for a while.. It was a nice palace, and the wat was so "sparkly". But it was very very hot there...
From grandpalace we decided to go to Siam shopping center and its surrounding malls :)
Day 4 - 9 June 09
We went to Siam square, MBK, and had a thai massage :) and then we headed to airport to go to Phuket...
At Phuket airport we took a minibus van (about 150 baht per person) for transfer to hotel. Checked in to Yorkshire Hotel. The hotel had a good location, only 5 minutes walk to the Patong beach and had a quite good night life but not too loud.
Day 5 - 10 June 09
Trip to Phi-phi Island, Maya bay, etc...
At first we sat on the front of the boat, i didn't like it since it was too bumpy.. makes me sick.
Afterwards we sat on the back and I felt better.
Maya bay had a very nice beach.. it was used for Leonardo Di Caprio's movie setting, The beach.
We went snorkeling, swimming and relaxing on the beach.
I had sunburt afterwards, but it was worth it!!
Day 6 - 11 June 09
Relaxed day..
Went to Simon Cabaret in the evening.
The ladyboys were very pretty... and they had a nice body, slim legs.. whoa!!
Day 7 - 12 June 09
Early in the morning we headed to the airport to go to Bangkok.
At Bangkok we took a taxi to go to our hotel, Best Western. The hotel is quite new, but small. It was a boutique hotel I think. The hotelroom was nicer than we had in Ibis, but the hotel location was not really good. It was quite far from the BTS station. But we were not complaining.. after all it was our holiday!!!
We then spent the rest of the day just mall hopping :)
Day 8 - 13 June 09
Went back to Chatucak weekend market again hehehe..
Finished up our shopping for oleh2..
After that we headed back to airport to go home..
Bye Thailand!!!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Cita - cita
Pada inget gak waktu kecil dulu kita suka tuker2an "buku kenangan" sama temen2..?
Kita tulis di buku kenangan temen kita biodata, nama, alamat, cita2, kata kenangan, dll..
Terus kita hias2 dan kadang kita tempelin foto?
If you get it then you're totally in "my generation" :) and I guess you're a girl ... (not sure if boys were doing this or not).
G selalu bingung mau tulis apa di kolom cita-cita..
Karena rasanya dari kecil gak punya cita-cita..
Walaupun kata pepatah.. "Gantungkan cita-citamu setinggi bintang di langit",
I just want to be rational...
Some kids already know from early on what they want to be when they grow up.
Well I guess I'm not that type.
I'm the "go with the flow" type..
Or you could say.. I just have no idea what my passion is.. or what I'm good at...
Beberapa pekerjaan yang pernah g list down di "buku kenangan" temen:
1. Doctor - hey I think every kids want to be a doctor, right??
2. Lawyer - this was around the LA Law era.. and some other movie about lawyer that I don't remember the title.. It's the one with a mute lawyer, using sign language..
Back then I knew exactly the right second after I wrote down those jobs that I didn't really mean it..
Those were not what I wanted to be when I grew up...
And it's true! Later as I grew up, I found out that I hated biology and I didn't like to debate (mind you, I'm a phlegmatic person).. so that was the end of it..
So when I have to choose my major in college.. I just choose what I think I'm capable of..
That certainly does not include biology and law (since I don't like memorizing stuff) and physics (since I was sucks).
I chose accounting..
Well.., numbers make sense to me..
Accounting makes sense to me..
It's easier than physics or mathematics..
It does not require memorizing stuff that much..
And everybody says that every companies need an accountant..
So here I am ended up being an ex-auditor - slash - financial consultant.
But still, I haven't found my passion yet..
I don't know if I want to stay in this career path..
Well, I do know that this is not what I want to do for the rest of my life..
I'd like to do something else..
Something that I'm looking forward to when I wake up in the morning..
Something that I can smile about in my dreams..
*sigh*
Kita tulis di buku kenangan temen kita biodata, nama, alamat, cita2, kata kenangan, dll..
Terus kita hias2 dan kadang kita tempelin foto?
If you get it then you're totally in "my generation" :) and I guess you're a girl ... (not sure if boys were doing this or not).
G selalu bingung mau tulis apa di kolom cita-cita..
Karena rasanya dari kecil gak punya cita-cita..
Walaupun kata pepatah.. "Gantungkan cita-citamu setinggi bintang di langit",
I just want to be rational...
Some kids already know from early on what they want to be when they grow up.
Well I guess I'm not that type.
I'm the "go with the flow" type..
Or you could say.. I just have no idea what my passion is.. or what I'm good at...
Beberapa pekerjaan yang pernah g list down di "buku kenangan" temen:
1. Doctor - hey I think every kids want to be a doctor, right??
2. Lawyer - this was around the LA Law era.. and some other movie about lawyer that I don't remember the title.. It's the one with a mute lawyer, using sign language..
Back then I knew exactly the right second after I wrote down those jobs that I didn't really mean it..
Those were not what I wanted to be when I grew up...
And it's true! Later as I grew up, I found out that I hated biology and I didn't like to debate (mind you, I'm a phlegmatic person).. so that was the end of it..
So when I have to choose my major in college.. I just choose what I think I'm capable of..
That certainly does not include biology and law (since I don't like memorizing stuff) and physics (since I was sucks).
I chose accounting..
Well.., numbers make sense to me..
Accounting makes sense to me..
It's easier than physics or mathematics..
It does not require memorizing stuff that much..
And everybody says that every companies need an accountant..
So here I am ended up being an ex-auditor - slash - financial consultant.
But still, I haven't found my passion yet..
I don't know if I want to stay in this career path..
Well, I do know that this is not what I want to do for the rest of my life..
I'd like to do something else..
Something that I'm looking forward to when I wake up in the morning..
Something that I can smile about in my dreams..
*sigh*
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Akiane: child prodigy
Another gifted child: Akiane...
Please see her website: http://www.akiane.com/ and you'll be dazzled!
At age 8 she drew this:
Imagine what she can accomplish at 27 years old (i.e. my age =p)
Uh.. I feel so insignificant compared to these children!!
The youngest teacher in the world
It's amazing......
Namanya : Adora Svitak
Umur : 7 tahun
Profesi :Guru Sekolah Dasar
Tarif Mengajar : US$ 300 /pelajaran/50 menit.
Tarif sebagai Pembicara :US$ 10.000 sekali presentasi
Mulai bisa Membaca di usia: 3 Tahun.
Karya : Menulis BUku "Flying Fingers" (berisi koleksi cerita-cerita pendek karya Adora yang juga berisi tips dan panduan bagi mereka yang ingin menjadi penulis)
Hobby : Suka membaca 2-3 buku/hari !!!!
Lebih suka nonton berita daripada nonton Film Kartun.
skills :Bisa mengetik antara 80-112 kata per menit,
Punya situs Pribadi : www.adorasvitak.com
Wartawan : "Dora, apa ada yang kmu khawatirkan??"
Adora : "Perekonomian dunia, Juga pemanasan global, kolera di Zimbabwe, penurunan kualitas pendidikan dan kelaparan dunia, Namun umumnya, saya berusaha tidak khawatir karena waktu yang dihabiskan untuk khawatir itu bisa digunakan dengan lebih konstruktif".
sumber : www.adorasvitak.com
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Buat blog..
Apa ya guna blog buat B?
B gak bisa nulis hal2 private di blog karena takut kebaca orang...
Tp on the other hand apa gunanya blog kalau ga ada orang yang baca.. hehe...
Some people introduce their blog in facebook, friendster, or by visiting other people's blog..
Tp kok rasanya malu ya kalo nanti blog-nya dibaca orang2 yang kita gak terlalu dekat..
hahaha..
me and my stupid "privacy" things..
Dulu blog ini ada lah yang baca..
Rasanya some people left their comments..
Tp dulu masih pake enetation jadi bukan pake comment feature dr blogspot..
accountnya udah deactivated.. =p
Upload pictures jg pake photobucket..
sekarang blogging is so easyyy...
Well setelah vakum ngeblog for about 4 years..
rasanya blog ini udah ga pernah dikunjungin siapa2 ya.. hehe :)
B gak bisa nulis hal2 private di blog karena takut kebaca orang...
Tp on the other hand apa gunanya blog kalau ga ada orang yang baca.. hehe...
Some people introduce their blog in facebook, friendster, or by visiting other people's blog..
Tp kok rasanya malu ya kalo nanti blog-nya dibaca orang2 yang kita gak terlalu dekat..
hahaha..
me and my stupid "privacy" things..
Dulu blog ini ada lah yang baca..
Rasanya some people left their comments..
Tp dulu masih pake enetation jadi bukan pake comment feature dr blogspot..
accountnya udah deactivated.. =p
Upload pictures jg pake photobucket..
sekarang blogging is so easyyy...
Well setelah vakum ngeblog for about 4 years..
rasanya blog ini udah ga pernah dikunjungin siapa2 ya.. hehe :)