Out of Madness Reply

Dear Boss Lady Sir/Madam,

Please be informed that I am currently on my maternity leave.
For urgent matters, you may contact my other colleagues. Or simply do the assignment by yourself.
Anything.
As long as you don't ask me coming to the office.

Oh furthermore, it is most likely that I will turn off my office number during the leave.
Especially when I'm having my contraction and about to give birth.
Since you know, I deserve the bliss of doing nothing and being pampered after 6 months of mayhem and it's not good for my health when you ask about the agreements during labour

Pursuant to the above,
Please wish me and the baby good health and the best of luck,
Since he can come anytime soon.
Hopefully after 1 January 2011.
We have good reason for this hope (But we'll keep it as a secret until 1 January 2011)

Finally, I will resume to the office on 30 March 2011.
I heard there will be increment (although the percentage is not bigger than zakat infaq sadaqah) in March and in April, they should give us the so-called-bonus.
Hence, I think it's the perfect date for me.

Should you have any further inquiries, please kindly figure it out by yourself.

Best regards,
Dinda
(NOT employee of the month for sure!)

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The Baby Shower

Kalo waktu dulu pas mau kewong diriku diselenggarakan Pippi's Hen Night yang cukup mempermalukan diri gue sama teman-temankuh, sekarang pas buntiang, mereka dengan baiknya menyelenggarakan Baby Shower for Lil Kiddo!

Asli, bukannya diriku yang sok sibuk atau gimana-gimana, tapi weekend 1,5 bulan belakangan ini adaaaaaa...aja harus ngapa-ngapain nya. Terus pas giliran ada waktu yang gue bisa, ternyata ada yang ga bisa... Hehe..jadi lama bener netapin waktu yang sebagian pada bisa ngumpul..

Yang kedua, masalah tempat dan acara.
Mereka awalnya pengen ngadain di rumah gue, tapi saya tidak belum pede jadi host di rumah baru dengan alesan kuat..yaitu: Ga punya piring! hahhaa..beneran..!
Mereka udah nawarin bawain macem-macem sendiri, tapi aku tak percaya diri hihi..
Nanti aja ya gurls, kalo dah rapi akan kuselenggarakan housewarming.. :D
Akhirnya gue request, acaranya simple-simple sajah, kumpul bocah sambil makan-makan, dan tidak mau ada games-games an hehe..
Maklum, abis married dan hamsyong, udah jarang bener bisa ngumpul *curcol*

Nah, akhirnya diputuskan tanggal 19 Des kemarin buat jadi acara Baby Shower untuk Lil Kiddo di Sopra Pacific Place.
Walau pas hari itu sebagian absen (Mitcha masih nonton U2 di Aussie, Dince masuk RS, Ronce dan Ditsky sakit, dan Tantyta tak mungkin balik dari UK), the show must go on!
Tapi emang sial deh, pagi nya kan gue senam hamil dulu, lah itu pak dokter datengnya telat satu jam aja gituh..dan abis kelas, dapet private session sama Bidan Teti, jadilah sang bintang tamu SUPER TELAT datengnya... Maafkan akuuuuuu...!!!

Peserta yang menunggu kami yang tak kunjung datang

Pas akhirnya gue dan Okita dateng, langsung sajah saya dipaksa memakai beginian, walaupun mereka dah janji untuk tidaks mempermalukan saya lagi:

Agak jaim karena tepat disebelah saya ada mas-mas pelayan yang sok cool melihat adegan ini

Untung ternyata mereka nyediain satu lagi empeng-empeng palsu itu yang lebih buruk, jadi kupaksa Okky pake yang jelekan hahaha...Oh, walau empeng ini sudah diserahterimakan, Insya Allah Lil Kiddo tak akan kupermalukan memakai si empeng yang udah terkontaminasi ini... *ibu baik hati*

Acaranya sesuai seperti yang kuminta, hanya makan-makan dan gosip-gosip sajah hehe...

Tapi sesuai tema, gosip kali ini diselingi dengan gosipin bayi (such as: "eh bayi nya si X lucu banget yaa, mata terbesar" atau "bayi nya si Y gendut parah, pahanya segede batang pohon" atau "bayinya si Z agak kurang lucu ya, bayi cemberut" hehe yang terakhir ja'at emang).

Ternyata selain gosip-gosip itu, mereka juga memberi aku kami banyak kado..!! yihaaaa...!!!!

kado dari Jeng Puspit & Tumbe

Dan senangnya, banyak kado yang mereka contek dari Daftar Belanja Tahap 3 kami hahahhaa...
Plus juga banyak barang-barang yang diluar list itu...

Alhamdulilah...rejeki mu Lil Kiddo..!

Jadilah pulang-pulang kita udah nenteng si Digital thermometer (ma'acih Puspiti!), Medela Cooler Bag (ma'acih Dida!!), Dr. Browns Baby Bottle (trima kasi Aisyalala..!), Mothercare Baby Blanket (makasyi Finchiet dan Nasrul!), Nipple Cream Mothercare dan Bottle Sterilizer (thank you Vitchy..!)

Terima kasih teman-temaannn.....! Untuk yang lain, ditunggu yah *Loh??!?* hihihi..

Oiya, si sayap kupu-kupu itu emang wajib dipakai sepanjang makan..

Selain dipaksa, susah bok ngeluarin lagi, lengan eike udah segede gada...

Oh, pas pulang dan lagi nunggu take away Bengawan S*lo, ada ibu-ibu bilang "Mbak, sayapnya lucu, mirip sama punya cucu saya loh, ini ada fotonya..." dan terlihatlah foto anak umur 4 taun yang memang tampak lucu dan cocok pake sayap-sayapan itu... Terbantinglah ibu-ibu hamil gendut yang berusaha cute ini...

Anyhoo...

Thank you again aunties (and uncle too hihi) !!

Lil Kiddo (and his mommy and daddy) was having fun that day!

Smooches!

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37 Weeks: It's Getting Closer!

Whew..
Can't believe that I'm now in my 37 weeks..
It's just 3 weeks away, beibih! (Amin...Insya Allah)

And here's the recap on Lil Kiddo and my pregnancy since the last time we shared to you all:

He's no longer little peanut, he's almost a big baby with weight of 2700gram.
Dr. Ridwan told me that according to the computer/technology/whatever high-tech gadgent's calculation, Lil Kiddo's weight when he's born approximately around 3,2 kg-ish.
Let's pray that he won't reach 4kg just like my secretary had recently...and she delivered the baby normal, yaiks!

The strike of swollen feet continues!
Seriously, I'm getting tired of hearing people make comments about that...
Hellowww...it is MY feet...of course I can FEEL and SEE them getting larger than ever!
It scares me out a bit..But Dr. Ridwan convinced me that it's normal (despite the fact that it's larger that average-swollen-size) and thank God, my blood pressure is normal too.
His only advice is: "I think you should buy new shoes, that ones look too small for you"
Errr...I wish you suggested this much earlier Doc...
I decided to reject this idea..since...you know..I haven't even embraced my fashion-nistah style with Cr*cs...too soon to have more pairs..too soon.. :D *bilang aja bokek haha..*

About the pregnancy weight..
Hmm..No comment on this one!
*on denial mode: on*
Let's just pray that I won't be welcoming 30...
Or I'll match Anak Joglo's weight... *tears*


Since the beginning of my 34 weeks, we've been practicing the various practices and massages from hypno-birthing class with Ms. Evariny, more intensively.
Notice the "we"?
Yes, we're not only talking about hearing the hypnobirthing CD and communicating with Lil Kiddo.
These practices are only allowed to be done after you reach 34-36 weeks of pregnancy.
Among others are, Pijat Perinium and Pijat Endorphine.
Pijit ini nampaknya hanya untuk 17 taun keatas (it involves no-clothes policy, va-jay-j*y, and other body parts...rrrraaww...!)
Well..these activities are more challenging to us, since up until now, we still do not have curtain for that big windows in our bedroom! hauhauhuaua...
Hellowwww...neighbours! You see anythin interesting? exhibisionist
Let's just hope these practices will be useful on the delivery day!

Dr. Ridwan is still being optimistic about me doing normal delivery.
Yet, he needs to be certain on one thing.
He asked me to go to an eye doctor to confirm whether me, who had done Lasik in 2007, is able to give normal delivery (secara dulu gue minus 8 gituuh.. *cough! geek!*).

Next, there was changing plan on Senam Hamil ambisius sampe 6x!
Yup, we only managed to do it twice! hahahhaa....
Miscalculating on the date makes us think that we can still attend those classes at least 2 more times. But we forgot that there's Christmas Holiday and New Year. The class will open again on 8 January 2011. I think hope we already meet Lil Kiddo by that time.. (Amin...) :)
But Bidan Teti was so nice on my last class.
Knowing that I'm on my 36 weeks, she gave me private lesson after the class is over, and Anak Joglo managed to get it all on tape! The plan works!
So yay!
I (supposedly) can do more practices at home... kalo ga males hihi..

Nah, kalo ini super basian dari week 34 hehehe...
Walau basi, I think it's still worth to be recorded and shared here.. :)

weits..judul nampak berbobot hihi...

Finally, my gurls threw me a Baby Shower for Lil Kiddo couple weeks ago..
That's so nice of you, Lovelies... :)
Will tell you more about it later...

I guess that's all..

Now we're about to welcome the 38 weeks...

Doakan kami yah!

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What's Cookin, Good Lookin?

Q: What’s the most popular question asked by either me or Anak Joglo after we moved in?

A: Is it “What to eat today?”

Yes, blame me the lousy wifey.
I can’t cook.
And I honestly clueless on what food ingredients compulsory to be available in our kitchen.

Especially considering that I still remember vividly the phone conversation between my ex-flat mate when I had just moved to another apartment, during my study in SG:
“Dinda, did you clean up the refrigerator before you move out?”
“eerr…I’m sorry! I was in hurry at that time. So I didn’t have time to clean up. What happen?”
“Well, your 5 months onion and garlic had grown another plant and roots…And there is some greenish fluid spilled all over the place”

Jeez…was I embarrassed (sstt…I actually, intentionally, moved out when she was in Jakarta, so I didn’t have to clean up hee..hee…)

Based on that, I now solemnly swear that I will not buy any spices or food ingredients, unless I know what to make. Or how to make it.

Yet, my title as a wife has forced me to at least think about what to eat that day.

Alhamdulilah, in almost a week living independently, we managed to survive the food challenge!

Well, we're so lucky, since we've enjoyed almost all of 'em by the easy way (translation: sumbangan dan keberuntungan haha...)

Here’s our menu for the past week:

On Saturday (the moving day), Anak Joglo already bought pizza and pasta for dinner. So, lancar lahhh...

On Sunday: we still have some leftover from last night. So breakfast with cold pizza it is! (we still have unpacked the oven toaster). For Lunch, thank to Okky's Mom Nasi Kuning birthday, I secretly whispered to Okky to eat like a horse, since this might be our his last real meal for that day. Alhamdulilah bukan. We, once again, eat like a pig during Okky's mom birthday dinner. Hooray! And since they're worried that we don't have anything to eat the next day (which was so true!), they forced told us to order take away.

Which we obeyed, hence the chicken sandwiches for breakfast on Monday! haha... Since it's weekdays, so we had lunch at the office. I, once again, played a good wife role, texted my husband to remind him to have big lunch, since there is possibility we don't have anything to eat for that night (loh, malah nakut-nakutin). Nah...I finally bought some basic essential emergency food for your home (bread, eggs, butter, cooking oil, cereal, milk, tea, coffee, sugar and salt). You know, just in case. But again, the universe was so nice. My mom told us that some of our clothes and stuffs were still in Pejaten and told us to pick 'em up. So, we had (big) dinner in Pejaten plus brought home martabak manis buat camilan kata mamah And my sister also made us chocolate pudding...*yummyy..*

So, on Tuesday morning, we finally decided to unpack the toaster and had toast and martabak manis for breakfast. We had lunch as usual at the office. And for dinner, I asked Okita to buy Sate Ayam and Soto and I finally couraged myself to use our new rice cooker and cook the rice for both of us. Walau grogi dikit (nelfonin Okky terus cuma untuk nanya takaran air), but I was happy when I asked Anak Joglo how's the result. He gave me thumb up and said: "Pulen, beib!" mantaf....

Nah, Wednesday was the best lah...Despite the fact that we had the same old brekkie, but Okky had to pick some stuffs at Pejaten and my mom packed him Nasi Gudeg komplit for lunch. AND, she already made us 1 plastic bag of her famous dendeng kering, 1 plastic of kering kentang, sambel balado and sambel terasi siap pakai, completed with 1 plastic bag of kerupuk(semua makanan andalan gue untuk di bawa pas di SG lah pokoknya..penyelamatku!) Moma! I luv you so...! Next, it was also Okky's bestfriend's wedding at Balai Sudirman! Huhauhaua... We hit the new low: Perbaikan gizi di kawinan orang...! Ya Allah...enak ya Allah... *sujud syukur*

For Thursday, we had cereal for breakfast and lunch at the office like usual. The new thing was: we decided to have home cooked dinner this time! And most important thing was, we finally used our stove for the first time *terharu, dia suda tidak perewi lagi..*

kebanyakan nonton Master Chef, he insisted to do the cooking

Masak apa sih? huahuhauhua..TELOR DADAR DOANG! :))

Weits, but remember we still have plenty of foods from me Momma..!

ketauan siapa yang selera Padang, siapa yang Sunda. Hint: telor dadar sebelah kiri dikecapin

So, nasi putih (buatan gue tetep harus disebut), telor dadar, dendeng balado, kering kentang dan bakwan goreng (ini tambahan beli gorengan hihi..) dimakan pas sambil nonton Master Chef, rasanya super enak sodara-sodara...

Well, today is Friday already. We're going to KMC tonight and will have Friday dinner date (kalo ga jadi, tinggal melipir numpang makan di Pejaten hihi..). So, nampaknya tidak perlu khawatir :D

For tomorrow, I'm going to attend senam hamil class at KMC semoga bisa bangun pagi so we're going to have breakfast there, and will have lunch at Pejaten (curang), then in the evening, we're going to my baby shower...So, all checked!

For Sunday, Okky's cousin is having Lamaran.. I think you can guess what we're going to do right? Numpang makan, dan (berharap) dikasih bekal buat makan malem huahuahua.. *cough! pathetic! cough!*

Wow, the universe was so kind to us this week...danke Universe! (or mom(s), Okky's bestfriend, my sister).

Yet, after this week is over, I promise to start thinking about making our own dinner.

Wish us luck!

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Insert Key, Then Unlock

Tinggal berdua di Jagakarsa kurang dari seminggu, banyak hal baru yang masih harus di adjust.
Salah satunya kunci.
Yup, kunci.

Semua pintu di rumah kita itu, rata-rata harus dibuka pake kunci (eh...err..ya eyalah)
Err...aku bingung jelasinnya.
Kalau dipejaten, handle pintunya udah ada kunci otomatisnya sendiri, jadi kita ngga perlu bawa-bawa kunci kalau mau buka atau kunci pintu kamar.
Yaa...begitulah kira-kira... *Semoga paham*

NAH!
Tiap pagi, Okky itu berangkat duluan dan gue masih tidur di kamar
Jadi, karena pintu depannya ngga ada kunci otomatis dan juga demi keselamatan (bak ada yang mau nyulik bumil gendut), dia selalu ngunciin gue di rumah dari depan.
Terdengar sadis?
Nanti, pas gue mau berangkat ngantor, gue bakal unlock pintu depan rumah sama kunci punya gue sendiri, terus nanti didepan gue kunci lagi.

Begitu pun pagi ini....

Setelah leha-leha sarapan (sambil nonton Indovision salah prioritas), gue mantap bener mau dateng kantor ngepas bener.

Pas mau berangkat, gue baru nyadar sesuatu.
Dan sesek nafas sendiri.
Karena....
KUNCI PINTU DEPAN GUE KETINGGALAN DI MOBIL!
jreng jreng!

Jadi kenapa bisa di mobil?
Karena gue taro kunci di dompet.
Kenapa dompet gue bisa di mobil?
Karena tadi malem gue bawa dan masukin dashboard.
Kenapa ada di dashboard?
Karena tadi malem kawinan dan dompet gue ga muat masuk ke clutch.
*penting abis nih background cerita*

Intinya adalah...
GUE KEKUNCI DI RUMAH SENDIRI DAN GA BISA KELUAR!

Mau lumpat lewat jendela, ga bisa.
Bukan, bukan karena faktor badan bulat.
Tapi karena.....
Dengan cerdas dan penuh perhitungan, SEMUA jendela udah kita pasangin teralis.
Hebat yaaa... *sense.the.tone*

Jadi yang pertama gue lakuin adalah nelfon Okky sambil panik.
Dan disambut dengan sama panik nya *agak useless*
Akhirnya gue punya ide cerdas:
Suruh Okky telp satpam yang jaga hari itu untuk ambil dompet di mobil dan nanti gue buka pintu mobil pake alarm dari dalem rumah.
Terus jawabannya adalah:
"eerr...aku ga punya nomor telp si satpam yang jaga hari ini"
Hayaahhh...

Nah disini gue udah desperado.
Terutama pas ngeliat jam.
Pasti telat iniihhh...

Akhirnya ide nekad kedua muncul:
Apa gue naik ke kamar pembantu diatas, akrobat cina sedikit lewat genteng, dan melompat sejenak ke kamar pembantu nya tetangga.
Tapi selain berbahaya, gue lebih khawatir nanti pas udah sampe di rumah tetangga harus ngapain? Masa sok casual ngetok pintu belakang dia dan bilang "permisi...."
Kekhawatiran cetek tapi penting.

Nah disini gue udah abis ide.
Udah kepikiran mau nelp ijin ga masuk dan ngaku karena ke kunci di rumah.
Walaupun super ngeri dengan bayangan jawaban sang Lady Boss...
Dan takut terdengar tolol sebenernya.

Tapi tiba-tiba,
pas gue lagi ngintip-ngintip dari jendela di pintu utama, gue ngeliat di rumah paling pojok di ujung kanan, ada yang lagi ngeluarin jemuran.

jendela rumah pra-teralis

Walau gak yakin bakal kedengeran, akhirnya gue coba teriak-teriak manggil doi sambil ngelambai-ngelambai heboh dari sela-sela teralis di jendela ramping ini.
Ternyata dia denger!
Hahahaha...langsung dengan malu-malu kucing gue ngaku kalo kekunci dalem rumah dan minta tolong ambilin dompet gue di mobil.

Ternyata, dia kurang paham dashboard yang mana..
Jadi gue mayan teriak-teriak bilang
"bukan mbak, bukan disana..iya mbak, kirian..Salah mbak bukan itu.." *kok persis kata-kata gue kalo lagi dipijitin Okky ya?*
Ya gitu deh...
Sampe akhirnya dompet itu ketemu juga! *sujud syukur* Hosh...
Langsung bilang makasih berkali-kali dan langsung terbebas dari rumah sendiri
hooray!
Mengebut ke kantor..!

Pas sampe kantor (dengan super telat), keadaan kok tenang tentram..
Dan ruang aquarium sang bos masih kosong..
Ternyata doi juga blum dateng haha..!
15 menitan abis gue dateng, datenglah sang Lady Boss sambil ngomel-ngomel

"kamu tau ga?? masa hari ini saya ke kunci di rumah! gara-gara supir saya yang satu lagi geblek bawa kunci gemboknya pintu gerbang saya, termasuk sama cadangannya! Jadi sekeluarga ke kunci di rumah sendiri!"

huahuahuhauhuau.....
Oh ibu, apakah ini yang namanya jodoh? hope not
Dan langsung nyesel nggak bolos aja, kalo tau doi juga kekunci di rumah sendiri, kalo tadi gue ijin ga masuk dengan alesan kekunci di rumah sendiri, it wouldn't sound so stupid anymore, would it? :D

Ketololan emang selalu membawa hikmah:

1. Baru nyadar kalo "komplek" rumah gue bener-bener sekecil itu..buktinya rumah paling ujung aja bisa denger gue manggil. Padahal banyak orang suka complain kalo suara gue kecil

2. Berarti kalo kedengeran, it means, gue sama Okky ga boleh nih berantem, apalagi teriak-teriak, bisa kedengeran satu komplek bok...hahaha..

3. Udah waktunya bikin kunci cadangan untuk ditaro terpisah didalem rumah..setelah berminggu-minggu kita tunda..azab..tsk..tsk...

4. Udah waktunya kenalan sama tetangga yang cuma berjumlah 7 rumah itu..Aku tak tau siapa nama penolongkuuu..Maafkan aku Mbak...Insya Allah weekend ini kami berdua mau jadi orang dewasa ah..memperkenalkan diri ke tetangga-tetangga *hiiyy..merinding disko ngebayanginnya..*

5. Kalo feeling mengatakan nampaknya bisa bolos, harusnya ikutin aja...Tau gini seharian aku bisa leha-leha sambil nonton cabel hihihi...

Bijak yaa aku?? (err..kecuali point nomor 5 sih)

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We're Moving.... In!

On our 1 year and 2 month Mc Deeversary, we finally moved in to our house!
A place where we call home.. :)

Sebenernya, walaupun udah ngeburu-buruin sang arsitek untuk nyelesain rumah ditambah ngomel-ngomel , tapi pas akhirnya rumahnya sudah layak huni, eh tiba-tiba nyali ciut huehue...

Ngeliat tanggalan bulan desember, tapi kok ya jadwal weekend penuh terus...
Belum lagi masih harus mikirin pernak pernik per bayi-an..
Ditambah, pembeti di Pejaten belum ada yang lolos kualifikasi (umur 25an, mau ngurus anak, bisa masak, jujur, ga ngelunjak, mau dibayar murce dikit *ngelunjak*) untuk bisa di culik tinggal bareng kita.
Sounds like a lame excuse, huh?

Tapi Sabtu siang kemarin, dari rencana mau malem mingguan aja, tiba-tiba kita gue impulsive:
Pengen pindahan dan nempatin rumah HARI ITU JUGA!
Lupakan semua kepercayaan yang bilang kalau lagi hamil ngga boleh pindahan..

AKU MAU PINDAH SAAT ITU JUGA!
hahaha...

Karena tak terbendung lagi (dan karena keberanian buat mandiri akhirnya muncul), walhasil langsung dibuat plan singkat:
1. Okky anter para pembeti untuk bersihin rumah.
2. Dinda mulai packing di Pejaten (yup, belom packing SAMA SEKALI).
3. Barang-barang curian yang besar-besar, dibawa pake Inova sama pak supir.
4. Okky balik ke rumah sambil bantuin packing.
5. Hasil packing kloter ke 2 dibawa Okky ke Jagakarsa, sambil jemput para pembantu.
6. Dinda masih packing di Pejaten.
7. Sang supir Budi kembali ke Pejaten, dan langsung pergi lagi sambil bawa packingan kloter ke-3
8. Okky, Sang supir, Para ART berkolaborasi turun-turunin barang, unpacking sedikit, dan bersihin barang-barang.
9. Dinda tetep packing sampe bego.
10. Packing akhirnya selesai, dan masuk ke mobil Dinda.
11. Para rombongan dari Jagakarsa udah sampe Pejaten dan langsung makan.
12. Dinda bawa kloter packingan terakhir ke Jagakarsa.
13. Okky mampir ke Pizza H*t untuk beli dinner kita dan nyusul ke Jagakarsa.
14. Dinda dan Okky bersama-sama unpacking.

Singkat kan???
Total waktu cuma dari jam 1 siang sampe jam 9 malem kok... *lempar badan ke tukang pijit*
Dan... berhubung di sini ada yang OCD, bak ada paksaan (yeah, right) untuk langsung unpacking malem itu juga.

keberantakan di kamar utama. keberantakan di kamar tengah dan ruang tamu tidak ditampilkan. Bikin trauma!

Jadilah, dari jam 9 malem sampe jam 2 pagi kita unpacking.
Sampe lupa makan, dan baru makan jam 3 pagi sambil nonton tv.
Pas buka pasta nya, ternyata ngga dikasih garpu bok...
Terima kasih atas belanja impulsive di Ikea, pas di ubek-ubek, kami punya cutlery set! hooray!
Jam 3 an, akhirnya kita tepar juga dan tidur perdana di rumah kita hehehe..

Pas hari Minggu, dengan cantiknya gue kebangun jam 6 pagi aja... Karena:
1. Si jendela kamar belom ada gordyn, silau gila!! Makan tuh natural light! hauhuaha...
2. Yang kedua karena..kepikiran sama si 3 dus gede isi koleksi buku-buku gue yang masih tergeletak di ruang tv *geek*

Sedangkan Anak Joglo mantap aje molornya..bablas sampe jam 11...

Untuk menghukum dia, berhubung di rumah kita belum ada gordyn sama sekali, dan aku berasa seperti lagi di aquarium, akhirnya kita ngubek-ngubek kardus barang-barang Ikea lagi.
Voila, sementara terselamatkan si roman blind diskonan, dipadukan dengan lakban hitam hahaha...

bagian paling aquarium, si lakban hitam dan roman blind penyelamat

Setelah sarapan sisa pizza dingin, alhamdulilah Mama nya Okky ulang tahun hari itu, dan ada makan-makan di Joglo hihihi..
Langsung kita berdua makan si nasi kuning udah kaya orang ga makan 3 hari huahua...
Gue bilang ke Okky, makan sampe kenyang ya, kita ngga punya makanan apapun di rumah hihi..

Dan hari itu kita pun ga tau malu...

Minta dibungkusin cheesecake ulang tahun (padahal kita yang bawa haha..)
Numpang tidur (mata panda bok)
Pas birthday dinner langsung makan sampe kenyang.
Dan karena pada iba, ditawarin bungkus untuk sarapan besok.
Yang langsung kami terima tanpa tendeng aling-aling...

Well, setelah 5 hari tinggal sendiri berdua di rumah kita,
I think we're doing fine.. :)
A bit unsure sometimes, yet excited..

Anak Joglo sempet nanya..
Kamu sedih ga sih pas ninggalin kamar kamu kosong gitu?
Terus gue jawab, ternyata nggak sesedih itu...I'm more excited to move in with you..But honestly, this is the only and utmost "thing" I miss the most:

my Azka boy!

Seriously...
Aku rindduuuuuuu....!!!
Asli, kangen sampe cengeng...hiks.. :((

Oh well, I guess besides moving in, I also have to move on...
Whether I like it or not...

So, people...our next stories will be updated from Jagakarsa (err..actually from my office sih..).

Bye-bye Pejaten,
so long jendela kamar berpemandangan Circle K,
I'll visit you again anytime soon... :)

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Black & White: Our Teeny-Tiny Kitchen

Our teeny-tiny kitchen is finally done!

But before sharing you with the result, I need to give you some sort of disclaimer.

If you ask me whether I'm in love with my our new kitchen, (right now) I'd probably say errr..not really in love IN LOVE, you know...Well, maybe just a crush (halah!).
Mengapa begitu?
Alesan cetek sih, tapi pengaruh banget ke mood kita gue.

Yaitu karena...... SELESAI NYA MOLOR!!!!! *grrr...*

Seriously, I'm very aware that in renovating a house, you have to prepare at least a month or two for the extended period. Untuk dapur ini, kita dijanjiin bakal selesai kira-kira 1 bulan. Well, mind you since this is only a small space to built in. Bukan yang dapur geda dengan ukuran 3000 meter or something. Dapur ini dibuat dari si kamar super kecil, yang ukurannya cuma 2,5 x 2,7 m.

Tapi prakteknya, ternyata dapur ini baru betul-betul selesai hampir 3 bulan! (di luar hasil design). Adaaaaaa.... aja hal-hal yang bikin ketunda. Dan kita yang harus neror ngejar-ngejar arsitek nya buat selesain. Dari mulai ketunda gara-gara harus nyelesain renovasi bagian rumah yang lainlah, trus hasil akhir beda sama desain yang disetujuin lah, dari mulai motif lantai vynil yang dipesen salahlah, dari si teralis yang hasil akhirnya kaya penjara lah, terus ukuran barang-barang Ikea yang udah gue beli ternyata ga sesuai lah (eh ini sih kesalahan gue sendiri hihi..siapa suruh napsiu beli-beli hihi...).

Intinya, dongkol aku!!!!

P-U-N-D-U-N-G to the max!

Jadi pas hasil akhirnya kurang sesuai dengan harapan ku (yang perfeksionis ini) dan mungkin karena kita udah punya high expectation ngeliat hasil kamar utama, mood gue udah jelek *buang muka*

Soalnya in my opinion, it could've been better.

Keliatan banget hasil yang diburu-buruin selesai, sama hasil yang dikerjain maksimal.

Jadi karena kemaren-kemaren masih gerakan mulut manyun, ditunda-tunda aja terus mau posting si dapur hehehe...

Tapi Anak Joglo lagi berusaha baik-baikin akuh biar sayang lagi sama si Dapur dan rumah kita. Terutama setelah aku menjadi drama queen (blame the hormone) dan bilang "Udah kita jual aja rumah nya!! aku males tinggal disana..! Jelek..dapurnya jelek..." prettt..dutt...cuih!

Dan usaha Anak Joglo nampaknya mulai menimbulkan hasil.

Aku mulai (berusaha) sayang menerima si dapur apa adanya...
Terutama setelah kesadaran timbul:

Bok, ga bisa masak bok!!! Ngemeng aja luuu pengen dapur kece...
hauhuahuahuhahua......

Anyhoo..demikian Disclaimer saya yang singkat (huh??) itu...

Mari kita mulai telaah sang dapur kecil kami :)

the Before Picture

So, as we've told you before, we decided to move our so-called-outdoor-kitchen to replace the teeny-tiny bedroom at the front of our house. Konsep nya sebenernya sih kita tiru dari konsep apartment. Karena kita ngerasa rumah kita juga ga gede, jadi semua harus compact dan efektif (jiee...). Walaupun banyak yang ngerasa ngga sreg dengan konsep dapur di bagian depan (read: the parents) dan langsung keliatan dari pintu utama, tapi kayanya kita ngerasa di apartment kayanya ga aneh kalo dapurnya keliatan langsung. Jadilah kita jalan terus!

Terus, dari dulu I've been dreaming to have a white kitchen. Tapi, akhirnya kita mutusin untuk kombinasiin sama warna hitam (untuk counter top dan cabinet door knob) dengan alesan ga cepet kotor (fingers crossed) dan maybe with a dash of red or turquoise or other bright color for the utilities (haven't decided yet). Terus tema dapurnya sendiri sebenernya bukan dapur minimalis, tapi lebih ke arah country style. Makanya pintu lemari nya jadi garis-garis. Well, sebenernya kita minta yang garis-garis itu cuma untuk bagian bar stool nya aja, seperti ini:

Tapi si Arsitek bikinnya salah lincah, akhirnya SEMUA kabinet jadi garis-garis...hosh... seperti ini:

So, this is how our teeny-tiny kitchen look like:

(oh, pardon the poor quality of the pic. I took the pics around 1 pm, so the sun was too bright, and deviated the stripe pattern, hence it looks dark and confusing. Oh, who am I kidding, the pics were taken from my bb since I lost my camera. So, yeah, they're basically suck hehe..)

Ini penampakan keseluruhan yang keliatan dari ruang tamu a.k.a foyer. (tolong hiraukan kap lampu curian diatas ya...belom sempet (baca: masih bokek) untuk cari bahan yang kece nih..)

Untuk menjawab kekhawatiran para ortu (bagian bau masakan yang bisa masuk ke seluruh rumah), akhirnya kita nambah ventilasi kecil diatas kabinet (sekitar 6-8 buah, i forgot) plus di bagian belakang kompor, selain pasang exhaust, kita juga bikin jendela yang besarnya sekitar 90 cm. Jadi biar irit, kalo masak, bisa tinggal buka jendela itu (yang pemandangan nya ngadep taman kecil dan rumah tetangga hihi..). For privacy reason, jendela itu dilapis lagi sama sticker burem.

This is the closer look.

Dindingnya pake keramik putih dan di nat putih lagi.

Kalau ini penampakan sisi satu lagi.

Karena dari awal udah ada jendela besar itu, kita akhirnya mutusin untuk nggak mengganti si jendela. Alesannya adalah, justru karena ada 3 jendela itu kayanya sirkulasi udara nya malah bagus. Jadi kalo masak, bisa tinggal buka lebar-lebar si jendela plus jendela di belakang kompor tadi. Terus, dibawah 3 jendela itu kan sebenernya ada bagian jendela yang permanen 2 tingkat (silahkan ubek-ubek postingan dulu kalo bingung hehe...), nah kita cuma nyisain satu baris diatas sink, dan sisanya kita tutup untuk naro-naro pot bunga kecil, sabun, dll. Kalau si 3 jendela itu lagi dipasang gorden, natural light bisa tetep masuk dari si jendela permanen 1 baris ini plus si ventilasi *teteup natural light*

Ini si kitchen sink jahanam huahuahua...

Ternyata kitchen sink mahal yah bow.... Langsung membatalkan niat untuk beli sink putih besar bak di gambar-gambar bule itu...Udah jarang ada, pas sekali ada, harga belasan juta aje...tak sudi!

Jadilah ini beli kitchen sink putih ini di Depo Bangunan, lagi diskon dikiiitttt.....

Dan demi memenuhi hasrat si Anak Joglo, walau beli kitchen sink di irit-irit, akhirnya beli keran nya teteup yang bisa di lengkung-lengkung mlekak-mlekok hihi... *dipenuhi dengan syarat doi lah yang akan mencuci piring...hukuman bikin budget membengkak*

Sebenernya dapur kita itu berbentuk L (setelah ngubah-ngubah design beberapa kali). Alesannya adalah karena biar masih ada ruang gerak dan ga keliatan sempit. Believe me, kabinet itu tebel nya cuma sekitar 60 cm-an, pas di gambar kesannya ngga sempit, tapi pas udah dipasang, ternyata lumayan makan tempat. Tapi kita bersyukur banget detik-detik terakhir batal pake yang U, ga kebayang sesempit apa kalo jadi hehe..Dan untungggg..aja batal jadi kamar..sumpek yaw..

Nah ini dia so-called-bar-stool yang bikin dapur kita kesannya bentuk U.

Setelah bulak-balik, gonta-ganti desain, dan ukuran, akhirnya diputuskan bahwa si bar stool kita bikin tinggi nya sama kaya tinggi kabinet bawah. Kalau tampak depan dia polos, tampak belakang keliatan kalau ini juga fungsinya selain jadi meja kerja, sekaligus jadi tempat penyimpanan makanan cemilan kita hehe...

Dan biar ga terkesan sempit, kita bikin ukurannya yang ramping dan ga terlalu panjang (kayanya cuma sekitar 1 m). Satu lagi, si bar stool ini bukan permanen loh, dia ada roda nya, tapi kita minta tersembunyi. Jadi kalau ada acara apalah di rumah kita (as if), dia tinggal di geser aja, dan voila! dapur bisa jadi (keliatan rada) gede.

Terakhir, kalau nyureng-nyurengin mata ngeliatin foto-foto diatas, itu kabinet bawah kita bikinnya bukan nempel sama lantai, tapi "melayang". Emang ngerepotin sih kalau nyapu, tapi alesan bikin model begini adalah, karena setelah baca-baca, banyak yang bilang, kalau ada bocor air atau apalah gitu, kalau kabinet bawah nempel ke lantai, bisa-bisa si air ngerembes dan ngerusak kabinetnya. Tapi kalau melayang, kita tinggal ngepel aja...

Yak demikian sekelumit kisah dapur kecil kami...

Doakan saya bisa jatuh cinta sama dia ya!!!

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Marking the Moment

The "Before-After" moment.
The "Beginning- (Almost) Ending" Moment.
The "Big Day" moments of our brother and sister.

You name it lah....

Basically, we've just realized that one of our happiest moments was marked with our brother's and sister's wedding.

This is one day after we officially found out that I'm now with baby:

Addie & Desi's Wedding, 16 May 2010, Dhanapala

I was still able to make the Kebaya and Bustier work.
I was a (lil bit) skinnier.
I could even tame the 9cm high heels gracefully.

And here's 8 months and 22,5 kg later:

Indah & Bade's Wedding, 5 December 2010, Binakarna.

Apa itu kebaya dan bustier??
cannot cannot lah...!

Apa itu sepatu high heels cantik??
My mom's flat shoes and 2 sizes bigger are comfy enuf!

Apa itu graceful?
Di SEMUA foto, kaki ngengkang aje...yiiuuukmari gelinding....

Oke, I guess the "Chubby" moment is more suitable.

Tante gue bilang "Din, ga keliatan hamil kok, cuma keliatan gendut aja..." *jleb!*

Well, for what it's worth, I still love you Lil Kiddo!

Ayo segera lahir, so we can mark the moment with more beautiful pictures than the last one

Oh, this is me and my pretty sis in law, Desi..

She caught me up pretty quickly after her wedding hihihi...

Now we're only 1 month and 15 kg apart... *gluk*

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Baby, It's Shopping Time! (Part 3): The Big Bang Boom!

Getting all the free stuffs made the first part of shopping feels fun! The second part was so-so, yet still manageable..

And here comes the third (and the hardest one) part! (translation: the expensive ones, the hardware ones, the expensive ones, the big ones, the expensive ones).

In short: THE EXPENSIVE ONES!

Since our due is getting closer, I guess this is the right time to start completing all those necessary stuffs. However, considering that so many things to buy and not so much money in the bank account hihi, we decided to prioritize which ones to purchase right now, and which ones can be purchased after the baby's born (a.k.a masih ada waktu buat nabung lah yaw..)

So here are the items that have been and will be purchased by us, at the latest until the end of December:

1. Breastpump Medela Mini Electric

We initially wanted to buy the breastpump after the baby's born. But my office mate's sister who has just recently given birth, got the same breastpump that she already bought. So, she sold it to me for Rp. 650.000 , sial gak bisa turun lagi *boleh cek toko sebelah kata doi* hihii...

2. Clodi
Well, well, well, after hearing so many times about this Clodi thing, I finally got the chance to see it live at the IMBEX last weekend and finally decided to buy 3, just simply to erase my curiousity hehe...We bought 1 Rumparooz (Rp. 230.000) and 2 GG (Rp. 75.000/each), all in solid color. Hahaha..kami begitu membosankan ya..But honestly, me and Anak Joglo rarely fall for cute-animal-stuff-pattern, etc. Bahkan baju-baju yang kita beli kebanyakan polos, kecuali yang lungsuran ya..Abisan kita suka agak kasian kalo ngeliat bayi-bayi cowok yang (harusnya) cool itu dipakein macem-macem hehehe...Salahkan hati gue kami yang dingin ini hehehe..

Berhubung ngga belum terkena racun Clodi (yang katanya biasa menyerang ibu-ibu) dan rasanya kaya beli perlengkapan wajib biasa (bak beli diapers ajah), jadi kita nargetin minimal beli 10 clodi, dan sisa nya bisa dibeli bertahap aja. Merk lain yang kita pengen coba adalah Bluberry Minky Bamboo, Bum Genius, Moo Moo Kow.

3. Graco Pack n Play in Maddox

Yup, after hundred hours of discussing, measuring our bedroom, discussing and measuring the baby's room, we finally decided to eliminate wood baby box for Lil Kiddo and choose a travel cot instead. Especially when we saw the demo on how to fold the bed at IMBEX, we quickly decided that this one is perfect for us. So simple, small and stylish!

There are other brands (and bigger sizes, and cheaper also) for the travel cot (baby does, graco, etc). But sorry to say, we could not stand their patterns. So, we probably buy this one soon. Di Suzanna waktu itu kalau ga salah harganya Rp. 1,7 jutaan. Tapi belum nge-cek ke ITC niy...

4. Medela Disposible Cup Feeder

Ok, this cannot be categorized as expensive stuff (since the price is only Rp. 12.000-15.000/each). Yet, we postponed to buy this item since I have not decided whether I'm gonna use bottle or the cup feeder for ASIP, after I'm getting back to work. But now, we decided to use this one instead of bottle and will purchase it this weekend.

5. Baby Stroller

I know that stroller is not the number one priority for baby stuff. Apalagi setelah peristiwa pen-demo-an si Silver Cross dan Quinny Zapp di Mothercare, bener-bener bikin ilfil diriku. Bukan apa-apa, secara disini orangnya super miniatur, langsung sesek nafas pas di suruh cobain dorong, ngelipet dan ngebawa stroller-stroller besar ituh. Hosh...Bawa tas sendiri aja udah suka keberatan..

Padahal I thought stroller should be practical (eh itu finance yah? hihi..) and helping you with the baby, and not the other way around. Si Mbak MC udah susah payah nyontohin ngelipet stroller ("ini tinggal di pencet, tarik dan dorong aja mbak" sambil ngos-ngosan) , tapi pas gue tanya: "terus selama saya ngelipet itu, bayi saya ditaro dimana mbak?" Krik..krik...sunyi...

Berhubung gue ngebayanginnya kalo bawa stroller itu sok mandiri (jalan-jalan berdua aja sama Lil Kiddo) dengan gaya sok keren, akhirnya mau nyari yang enteng dan praktis aja. Atas rekomendasi sahabat gue Vitri, tercetuslah merk Combi ini. Pas di IMBEX, gue dan Anak Joglo dengan norak nya terkagum-kagum dengan enteng dan gampangnya dia kelipet (cukup 1 pencetan, dan voila!). We still cannot decide whether we should by the Miracle Turn, or Urban Walker or Granpaseo type...but we'll buy the combi stroller for sure! In beautiful beige color like above! Classic!

Oiya, and the reason why we're going to buy the stroller promptly despite the fact that this is not number one priority is because: takut duitnya keburu kepake akibat godaan syaiton yang terkutuk hihihi... *cetek*

6. Diaper bag

Up until now, we still haven't found the perfect diaper bag which both of us like. So as long as there is no teddy bear or cute pattern on it and in classic color, we're in! Any idea?

7. Car seat

We've got the same issue like the above. Haven't found the perfect one either. But if we buy Combi stroller, we prolly have to buy the compatible one with it. Again, any idea?

8. Lemari Baju Bayi

Nah, ini kayanya justru yang paling urgent untuk dibeli! Padahal baju-baju, hanger-hanger keciy, tempat wadah, semua udah dibeli. Tapi....semua masih teronggok di tumpukan kantong plastik! hahaha...Karena udah super urgent, kayanya ga bakal sempet untuk bikin sama arsitek kita, jadi ini bakal jadi target kita weekend ini: HARUS. BELI. LEMARI!

I think that's all our target for December. But of course, the remaining never-ending-list is still here. So here are the items that we're going to buy after the baby's born (not necessarily in that priority order):

1. Digital thermometer
Still haven't decided whether we're gonnay buy the ear thermometer or just the regular one. But prolly will buy this one:

Kalau ga salah di Suzanna harganya sekitar 500-800k (can't remember).

2. Bottle warmer
I think this one will be necessary once I start the ASIP program, no? Again, super clueless on the recommended brand for this item. Anyone? I've heard brands such as Tommee Tippi, Avent, etc..but still zero knowledge for this one.

3. Cooler Bag Mothercare or Medela

I know that this is the most essential thing for supporting ASIP program. But I still can't decide which one to buy.
4. Milk Saver

Nah, ini gue juga baru denger. Katanya bisa beli di online shop, dan fungsinya agar ASI yang netes ga kebuang. Kirain harganya murah macam breastpad gitu, ternyata mayan mehong hihihi.. 600ribuan.. :D jadi kita beli nya nanti-nanti aja yaaa....

5. Javan Canopy Bed (Queen Size)

Kemaren pas IMBEX sebenernya udah mau beli, karena lagi diskon. Tapi pas ngeliat bentuknya, kok gue claustrophobic ya??? hehehe...Baiklah, kita beli kalau sang bayi udah bisa glundungan. Selama dia masih jadi bayi manis yang masih dibedong, kita tunda dulu! hoho...

6. Ergo Baby Carrier

Considering that this baby carrier is mostly recommended for baby age 6 months and older, again, we're waiting for Lil Kiddo until he's 3 month old at least before buying this thing. In addition, we haven't reached mutual decision the type we like. Di Mamabebeshop harganya kisaran Rp. 1,1- 1,3 jutaan..

7. Strelizer Panasonic Dish Dryer

After reading all the review, I decided to buy this one. Especially when my sister told me that she got so many (smaller size and different brand) strelizers after she gave birth, yet the long lasting one is this type. So it's a go!

Hosh..hosh...

Banyak juga yaa....

Padahal ini belum beli tambahan-tambahan lain yang belum tentu penting macam baby gym, baby walker, baby bouncer, bumboo seat, feeding set, high chair, baby monitor, etc.

So, Anak Joglo, let's officially welcome the Mothercare Mother KERE phase in our live...

Welkummmmm......!

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