Grandma & Grandson Enjoying the Manggo

After watching the children concert, we went home quickly. Yet we got traffic jam again, as the rain showering Jakarta.

Arrived home, I cut the manggo, and while both of them enjoyed it, I took their picture, funny to watched them doing the same motion :p.

Children Concert 24 November 2012 - Aula Simfonia Jakarta

So glad that we could manage to watched the Children Concert held on last Saturday.

We brought the ticket long ago, and I promise Josh to bring him there.

We went there from Serpong area, need 1.5 hours, as there was traffic jam on the Jakarta outing road *sigh*. Good thing, we arrived on time, have a breath before the music start.

As this was children concert, you may saw a lot of parent bring their child.

As this was children concert also, we should be understand that during the concert some of children might make noise :).

I choose to sit on the balcony, the most upper seat area. Why? Just thought that Josh could do lil bit movement if he get bored. Why other parent might choose the seat near the door, so if the children get upset, they could quickly grab them out of the concert hall.

Anyway, nothing wrong with it, just a preference :).

For half an hour, Josh could quietly enjoy the concert, but for the last hour, yes, he did want to move from his chair. Good thing, he didn't scream :p. He mostly enjoyed when the children sang with a movement, I teaches him to follow it, and he seem to enjoyed it.

Josh - 2 years near 5 months old, hope next year you could enjoyed it more and more.

The seat mostly full when the concert started

P.S. we might think he didn't understand it yet, but it surely left an impression in their life.

Another Phase of Life

Just a few days ago -20th Nov 2012, my mom have the surgery and the result shocking us.

A Cancer?

A deadly word for me.

A spreading cancer - that worsen our feeling.  

Need a few days for me to realized that our days won't be the same anymore. Since my daddy pass away, this the first time I came to felt this kind of miserable separation feeling. 

Need time to cope with it also.

What really calm me down cause I know I have God, while everything happen for a reason.

We still have a homework to communicate with our mommy and encourage her to the next treatment - chemo - another scary word for us considering the side effect. Right now, her condition is good, just bit hurt on the surgery area.

Day ago, I came to think whether we shall fight with the illness (encourage her to fight with it) or we just accept it and enjoy the left days.

But today modern medical exist with a reason right? After reading lot of article, heard a sharing from a similar survivor, I came to conclusion, why don't we gave a try to fight with it, if my mom agree too.

Sooo, hopefully the communication time going well. Pray for it.

Will share more about this.

P.S. I find it's harder to maintain my time with Josh now. I just started our own activity schedule a week before surgery and it's went well, but suddenly all must be postpone for a while.

Remind me that I shall really treasure the time and do the best.

Sleep Sleep

Last week Josh went to grandma house.
During the daylight, the electricity on the area was down.
I asked Josh to sleep on the sofa, brought him the pillow.
Instead of sleeping, he bring the pillow to his toys, and asked his toys to sleep :p.

P.s. on our daily life, children can always make us see beyond the ordinary thing as a moment.

My Family Dinner - 14 November 2012

Sista having her birthday on 11 November 2012, and this year, instead of receiving any gift from us (last year she was showering with the present, but none this year as everybody busy ;p), she plan to treat us.

We went to Pangkep Seafood Restaurant on Pluit Area - Jakarta Utara. (promo 20% off for the opening till end of november, they moving from the food stall on the street into the restaurant - their business grow).
Sista told us to took a picture once the food serve, but again, as we all hungry, we didn't took any till we finished it all *blush*.

 

P.S. While we, adult most of the time try to have the best pose by smiling, the children naturally pose for us which make the picture meaningful ^^.

Mom and Me

These days we been watching closely with our mommy health.

Today, yes today, is the first time I massage my mom back and her feet.
This might be the things my mom did to me many times on my early days.

Wonder why I feeling so different?
From my childhood, as far as I can remember, I been close to my dad more than to my mom.
Why, cause my mom busy with my bro and sista, so most of the time I spent my activity with my dad.
Since daddy passed away on my teenager days, I tried my best to be close to my mom.
Tried to build a communication. That improved better day to day, and I guess I could be more understand of mom's feeling when I became a mommy.
To brought something for her was an ordinary thing that I have done.
But a skin to skin contact is something not easy to build. Like kiss my mom, or hug her is something seem unusual to be done. I guess that may be when I grown up, I have not been conditioned to do things like that.

So today, when I massage her, I could touch her skin, It's very obvious to felt my mom getting old.
While doing some chit chat, not realizing that I have doing the massage for one hour more. Never done this for the long hour and didn't feel any tired at all. Wonder why it be? May be when we doing it with love, then nothing too tired to be done.
Anyway, I wonder till when I could doing this like this.
But whenever the time will come, at least, yeah at least we must always tried to do something better to our parent.
So, have a nice weekend.

Family Day Out

Grandpa accompanied his two grandson for swimming.

Both, Josh and Adison could now be left alone in the children pool and they do have fun together while we watched them from afar.

What a great day for us ^^/.

-Borobudur hotel, 3Nov2012-

Enjoying Street Snack

If you are in Jakarta, don't missed out to enjoy this kind of snack - calling "Putu Bambu" - coconut filled with brown sugar. They sold it with other snack - Putu Mayang, Klepon, etc.

All snack to be eaten with coconut and white/ brown sugar.

We brought it from Pancoran - Jakarta china town.

....Yummy - Yummy - Yummy....

Family's Quote

I have been thinking how I could be a mom of two later on. Then I got below quote:

"No matter how many sibling there are
Every single child is an only child
That's the parent and child relationship."

taken from: 11Nin Mo Iru

Mango Season

Waaaaa, mango everywhere, and Daddy brought so many.....

These two days I tried to make something:

1. Mango chiffon cake - and I failed *sigh*. Will tried to make it again.

2. Mango pudding with mango sauce with little lime squash - hmm Josh and Daddy love it.
 The purpose to have mango sauce -> add natural sweetness to the pudding.

As all my dessert intend for Josh consumption, then I always tried to reduce the sugar or used natural sweet from the fruit.
For the pudding, I didn't add any sugar, so the mango sauce will be perfect for adding a mango flavor ^^.

Will try to make other thing from mango also ^^. Gambatte!

Have a mango day everyone.

Potato Meat Ball

Hehehe, here the potato meat ball for my lil Josh.

Ingredient:

Chicken Meat

Potato (1pcs)

Garlic

Red Chili (1pcs)

Egg (1pcs)

Salt

Pepper

Leek (slice it)

We barely like to eat the chicken meat cooked in the soup. That why, whenever I want to made a soup for Josh, I took the meat out and cook it separately.

What came into my mind, a simple potato meat ball. Why potato? I used to put the flour, but turn out too chewy - bit hard for Josh to chew it and I think potato might be work out for replacing the flour.

I put that all into the meat processor
Then using a spoon make a small ball, and fried it.

Used a stick and make it as Satay (combine with carrot or other veggie).

Served it as a snack or as a side dish for lunch. and....
Josh love it. thanks my lil darling for liking your mommy food ^^.

Josh learn how to eat potato meat ball satay.
oh, please Don't forget to cut the sharpy side of the stick ^^. 

Love the animal?! - Dolphin

I wrote this post as I promise to express my point of view - here.

I have been visit Gelanggang Samudera - Ocean Dream twice in the last three months.

When the first time being there, I'm so enthusiactic on seeing the animal show.
The most awaiting show was Dolphin show.

The purpose might be showing that the animal is a smart creature and we shall love them.

As our first time visit was not too long, honestly I just felt the euphoria for enjoying the show.

But for the second time where I could spent my time from the morning till noon, something came into my thought and some part of my heart feel sad.

Do we, human, could really love the animal through this show? Or we just laugh, make fun of them for escaping our self from the stressful day?

There were:
Variety Animal Show
Bird and Sea-lion show
Dolphin show,
Dolphin and Mermaid show.

For the Dolphin show, there are 3 schedules in a day. For the Dolphin and Mermaid show - 2 times a day and 3 times on the weekend.
Don't know whether the Dolphin is the same one or not.

From what I see, When they could do the attraction, they got the reward (their food).

So, a simple thought came into my mind:
They do the same activities for several times a day, just for human watch their smart attraction, then their could get their reward.

Ok, I didn't know exactly how their trained the animal, etc.

If they are on their nature living, yes, they still need to search for their food.
But since human put them into captivity, they might loss their instinct on their habitat.

Ok, I'm surely not an animal freak lover nor a Greenpeace volunteer

But I do feel, will be more friendliness, more warm-hearted if we could enjoyed their smartness on their nature/habitat, not put them into the captivity and asked them to do attraction.