Your happiness is My happiness

a bad mom slash lazy mom!

when it comes to teaching my own child,i found it easier to use mickey mouse or barney or elmo to teach Nara about alphabet, number, shape, color and everything! 

i don't know why it's easier for me to teach 15-17 kids in a classroom rather that one little tiny girl in my house. why god why (forehead slap!)

since Nara had her first birthday, my husband bough the new iPad for her, and uploading her videos, photos and movies (well, she adore elmo so much that time).

she could only play the ipad when im home from work, so everyday, when i came home, she will run to me, well, not to me, but to my bag! she'll grab it fast and shout, ELMO! she called her ipad ELMO.

after nearly a year, we change her ipad with an android tablet that she called 'sassung" (you know the brand rite :), because her ipad is crushed broken. When we first bought it, she keep asking for the whole week, where's my elmo, where' s my ipad mama??, and we kept telling her that now the 'sassung ' is her gadget, not ipad anymore.she only play it like 5 times for the whole month and keep asking for ipad at night before she went to bed.ALWAYS.

i found out that those 2 months with sassung make her forget about the numbers, shapes, and alphabets. im so sad for that, but a little relieved because now she just have to learn from the conventional books and posters. but when i asked her to write the easiest number and alphabet (1 and o), she could not do it (before, she could). then i began to feel worry. 

as a working mom, i feel terribly sad because i could spare most of my time for my child. i went to work early in the morning, and came home super late at night. on weekend i have to accompany my mom to some cultural party or something else. so i have very limited time to teach about stuff to Nara.

so, last week me and my husband decided to buy the new iPad mini for her. this time with the best sleeves!

I loooveeee the iGuy Sleeves from Speck! it makes me feel save, because it will protect my ipad from the unpredictable Naaraaaaaa :) 

Now, my 27 mos baby could play with her elmo, mickey and barney again all day long!

thanks Hubs!

the saddest two months, the happiest 2 years

on 7th January 2013, my Papa passed away. He left us at 00.10 at Persahabatan Hospital. It breaks my heart, it breaks my heart, breaks my heart.

today is my daughter Nara 2nd Birthday. She made this last two years the happiest time of my life.

yes ironically true, im sad and happy at the same time.

i really missed my papa, i missed kissing him in the morning. i missed hugging him in the afternoon. i missed sharing time with him, i missed his smile, i missed his voice.

if today he saw his granddaughty's birthday, i know he will be smiling and happy.

Papa,
you teach me to pray,
you teach me to love,
you teach me to teach myself so i can teach my kids to be a wise and caring person.

i hope i could be the person you taught me to be.

i love you papa. i missed you. i love you.

Royal Beach Wedding

Its' Puti and Corey Royal Beach Wedding at Hyatt Sanur Bali on Dec, 15th 2012. We went there to celebrate the sweet moments . I have 9 close friends that met up when we're in high school at Tarakanita,Pulo Raya High School. we became close because we loved to hang out and share food when its break time at school. the truth is, i have a lot of close friends since high school, such as my besties from my drama, and from my choir. they're just the best girls in the world!  :) :)

so, last week, me, my spouse and kiddo went to Bali to attend one of my close friends wedding. we stayed at Club Bali Suite in Jayakarta Hotel Legian, and the celebration held in Hyatt Sanur Hotel.

I imagined nara would love to play in the sand, at the beach and at the grand pool . She would run around and played all day long. but the reality was, she hates the beach, and didnt want to play at all at the pool or the sand.she just want to play on the bathtub. ohhhh naraaaa....

We had a great time at the party, they have this close and intimate ceremony and free flow party :) i drank 2 glass of orange vodka without realizing it because i thought it was orange juice and i was too thirsty to realize it :)
these are our fun photos :

at the plane. aaaaaa

drawing lesson with papa

me,muti,ira,puti,yana,vinaya,rena,selly

happy day

happy people came for the cake and to congrats the couple

nara and tante ye with their fave green tea frappe

strolling around beach walk

enjoying the raisins at kuta

love taking pic, but didnt want to play at the pool

at the plane (again)

one more frappe before shopping

papa bought nara lakers uni

the Christmas Concert !

this year i'm back to the stage with the Glorious Choir :)
we had a spectacular night on December 8th at Morning Star Academy, located in Kuningan Area.
I played as a Director that need to find her drama player through an audition.
It was a funny and fun script to play.thanks to ka Indri Sibarani who choose me to play the part.

with Calvin, as Frank Siregar

with Icha, as Angel

Oh, and i love my bright red overcoat costume also! thank for the costume ka Desy :)

at the backstage before the show

the Glorious Choir

my baby come to visit mama at the backstage

Nara played all day long while we're having the General Rehearsal at the stage

67th Birthday Party

Last week was my Dad's 67th Birthday party. it is the first time he had a birthday party for his entire life :)
all of our family from his side my my mom's side came to our house to celebrate his birthday. He looks so happy and sad, because he felt so sick from his cancer.

we love you so much Bapak. so much.

the next big thing!

from the moment i had nara in my tummy, i knew that she had this sense to music. everytime i played song from the radio/ipod, she always moved inside :)

nowadays, when she is 20 months old, she loves to sing and dance! she could memorize many children song and adult song too! she loves bruno mars, katy perry and alicia keys. she like to pretend to sing with a microphone using anything at our house, like bottle, can, glass, even my dad's cane.

oh, i know someday you'll be the next big thing nara!

Nara using her grandpa's cane as microphone

Dear Nara

as i watch you grow
and leave your childhood behind
i have so many wishes for you
i wish you
confidence to face challenges
wisdom to choose your path
adventure and joy to greet you
i wish you contentment
born of simple things
friends and cherished moments.

most of all
I wish you love

I am so very proud of you