Last Day of Bumi's K2

This is the graduation invitation for five. Yeeay!

Blueberry Cheese Cake Penghibur Lara

Rajab 5th 1435 H was Bumi's July 8th 2008. His 6th Milad in Islamic Calendar. Alhamdulillah...

Mom and Dad and pretty sister Najeela wish you the very best. May Allah SWT bless you with strength of iman, patience, and brain that goes beyond earthly matter. Amiin.

When asked what he wanted for breaking his fast that day, he'd said spontaneously, "Blueberry Cheese Cake!". And so we'd gone to this bakery and bought a slice. Maghrib came and he put his small fork over the cake. 'Aaaargh!' If ever there was a description for a cheese cake as fluffy-soft-melted, then this particular cake was anything but.

And today, Rajab 16th (12 days after), still early in the morning, came one big Harvest plasic bag containing a carton box and two cans of Cookies Harvest. Super excited, the Spidey Boy looked like this:

Alhamdulillah! Thank You Maniez! 

Ini baru Soft, Fluffy, Melted Cheese Cake, sesuai standard lidah normal ^_^ Enjoy Spidey Boy!

Welcoming Performance by Little Akhwat of SDIT Harapan Bunda

Ini cerita kami di PEMILU Legislatif 2014

Sejak jauh-jauh hari, sudah apatis menonton aksi politisi wara wiri di TV, di jalanan, di baliho, di kaca angkot, bahkan di selipan bawah pintu rumah. Bulat tekadlah Bu2n untuk Golput. Namun mendekati hari H, nurani makin tergerak untuk ikut ambil peran dalam masa depan negeri yang rasanya makin hari makin sulit untuk dicinta ini. Tapi dimana-mana cinta perlu perjuangan, ya gak? Bahkan disaat yang paling terpurukpun. Terlebih di saat paling terpuruk, disitu cinta diuji. Bukankan pasangan yang menjalin janji untuk hidup bersama pun berikrar For Better and Worse. Bukan ATAU ya. DAN. Dalam senang DAN susah. 

GAGAL MILIH CIIIIING!

Dan pagi itu Najeela, Bumi dan Papu jalan kaki menyambangi TPS terdekat (yang ternyata tidak dekat) membawa 2 KTP. 6.30 pagi saat itu. Komisioner yang bertugas disitu menginfokan bahwa pemilih tanpa form C6 yang terkenal itu, harus kembali jam 12 siang untuk memilih. Senangnya. Rasanya terhibur dari kesal karena tidak ada petugas yang mendata atau mengantar undangan ke rumah sampai hari H. Yah, meskipun memang tadinya bukan masalah besar ya buat yang berencana golput hihihi...

Bumi's 1st Visit to Pedodontist

So Eager and Nervous, he jumped on the seat before 
the dentist told him to hahaha

Pedodontist is a dentist, specializing in kids dental care. Back in 2011 Najeela had her 1st visit in KMC, Kemang. We were planning to take Bumi there, but our last couple of visits did not allow any appointment. Busy, busy, busy. Engagements and weddings here and there.

Young Enterpreneurs: The Beginning

While I was browsing just now, researching for ideas to encourage my youngsters' enterpreneurship, I found this one article about 4 persons who started their businesses early in their lives. One particular person is only a kid of eight when she started her own hair product. Najeela is eight this year on August. And that's why this article in BBC News interests me. I can tell that my girl loves selling stuff and especially loves getting money out of it. Even at 5 in kindergarten she would offer her teachers products from my Oriflame Catalogue. It always amuses me how she seems to be really impatient of my reservation about my way of doing business. She would say, "Do you quit your Oriflame?" or "Are you still selling Oriflame" if I don't give her catalogues to be shown off.

So what does that show me. It's not impossible for them, the kids, to have a will, or dream of getting money from selling stuff they want to sell. It's not like the 90s anymore where all you can think of is that once you get that higher education, you'd be engineer, policeman, doctor, etc. In essence, we grew up longing to be an employee somewhere out there. Now, it's reall a differrent world. Especially for us, my hubby and me, who comes from a family of employees, whether private sector or governmental. Kids these days seriously are considering getting money from selling! It's just a matter of what to sell that needs to be clarified. One day, my girl wanted to sell her used underwear because they are already too small. We don't want that, right? Thus, this is where ideas, brainstorming, and research kick in. 

Pasta Frenzy by Li'l Papuans (Patent Pending)

It's been 2 weeks since we started our PASTA FRENZY days, and she seems still excited about it. Meaning, not yet bored about it. Me? I'm just the mom who cooks. Super glad to have incoming orders for my little daughter's brand new company. She's doing the promotion, the distribution of tester cups. So where do we go from here, then? That's what I'm going to find out. School is ok. Once it held a business day, but not yet to be accounted for. I want business to be in the lesson plan if it were up to me. But it's not. So, I'll go do that research let you know 

Post Manado Flash Flood

Lapangan Sparta Tikala, Manado. Before - After

Almost 3 weeks after the flash flood in Manado and the city is still sea of brown with dust from dried mud in the air. In every breath I take, I can almost feel the thick dirty air. When we took a drive down town, I had never seen so many people queuing at the pharmacies. I deeply wish for a speedy recovery for this city, the society... to stand back up and learn from what happened.

Happy Kuncikan!

Satu  tahun yang lalu, tepat bulan Januari 2011. Kami landing di Manado. Tanpa mobil, karena bim2 tercinta masih otw di atas kapal PELNI dari Jayapura. So, naik taksi lah kami orientasi ceritanya. Wiiihhh kemana2 pada hari itu kejebak arak2an, pawai, atau sekedar kursi2 yang diatur sampai nutup jalan.... Hmmm... tahun baru sudah lewat, imlek belum lagi tiba. Apa gerangan? Pak taksi bilang, "ini perayaan kuncikan, mbak."
haaah? apa pula ituuuu? baru ngeh 1 tahun kemudian. Itu juga pas lihat postingan teman2 di FB. ada yg ngucapin met kuncikan, ada yg posting foto rame2 dalam rangka kuncikan.

KUNCIKAN atau kunci Tahun adalah salah satu budaya yang dilaksanakan sebagian warga Minahasa Selatan, sebagai puncak perayaan Tahun baru, yang dilaksanakan pada Hari Minggu terakhir bulan Januari.
Di sebagaian besar wilayah Minahasa terlebih didaerah Minahasa Selatan perayaan Kuncikan atau kunci tahun dirayakan sebagai ucapan syukur atas berkat Tuhan ketika memasuki tahun baru, yang substansinya adalah meminta perlindungan Tuhan Yang Maha Esa, ketika akan mengarungi tahun berjalan. Perayaan ini juga dilakukan untuk saling mendekatkan keakraban antar sesama keluarga. 

sumber: http://www.manadotoday.com/kuncikan-ucapan-syukur-memasuki-tahun-baru/15711.html 

Kapan tepatnya perayaan ini berlangsung?

Express Feast for Four: by A Single Fighter

H minus 1 tiba-tiba ingin bikin menu ala ibu tercinta. Yeah, hari raya selalu bikin homesick. Sayur labu dan kawan2nya: opor ayam, sambel goreng ampela, rendang. Tidak lupa kerupuk udang. Tanpa asisten, liat jam udah jam 4 sore. Bisa? Bisa lah :D

To Do List-nya:

1. Shopping!

2. Get Busy in the Kitchen.