marhaban yaa ramadhan

welcome ramadhan

tanggal 1 september 2008 insya Allah juga akan sekaligus menjadi tanggal 1 ramadhan 1429
bulan mulia yang dinanti-nanti umat islam di seluruh dunia. ketika semua ibadah dilipatgandakan pahalanya oleh Allah.
selamat berpuasa bagi yang menjalankannya...

1st september 2008 will insha Allah be 1st ramadhan 1429 as well. a holy month that every moslem in the whole world has been waiting for. a holy month where we have to be fasting the whole month, when every ibadah is given multiplied blessing from Allah.
have a holy fasting month to everyone having it...

aku gemeteran....

I was trembling...

terpaku pada jari-jariku yang berlompatan seperti tak terkontrol. aku tak mendengar dia, aku tak mendengar yang lainnya. han, ceritakan padaku…
stucked to my almost uncontrolled jumping fingers. I didn't hear her, I didn't hear anyone else. Dan, tell me what happened...

sunyi. semua terdiam. terhipnotis. aku bahkan gemetaran mengambil gambarnya.
it was so quite. every one stayed in silence, hypnotized. I was trembling also taking her picture

terangnya hidup di dunia
karena sinar kasihmu papa
biar duka menyelimuti kita
kau selalu hadirkan bahagia
the brightness of my life
because you shine your love on me
no matter how sadness surrounding us
you always bring happiness

apapun keadaanmu
bagiku kau bagaikan raja
pelindungku dari semua badai
siang malam kau hangatkan aku
how ever you are
to me you are a king
who protects me through all storms
day and night you keep me warm

bila Tuhan ijinkan aku bicara
kubersaksi tak akan pernah menyesal
punya dia yang terhebat
hanyalah dia
if God allow me to speak
I promise I'll never regret
to have him, the greatest one
only him

bila Tuhan ijinkan aku meminta
hanya ada satu pintaku yang suci
ku bernafas hanya untuk dia bahagia
oh… papa
if God allow me to ask
I have only one request
I breathe just to see him happy
oh papa

kau lihat mereka yang melihatmu?
did you see them watching you?

tidak, aku hanya bernyanyi, 'papa'.
no I didn't, I just sang 'papa'.

friends

(I promise Diana from forgetful one to write about this, dedicated to all my bloggie friends)

are those who are there
through good times and bad times

to laugh with you
not to laugh at you

to cry with you
not to make you do

I thought friends were
just people around me
those who I can hear
those who I can see

but come here and take a look
who are they who come to visit me almost everyday
in my imaginary home?

I can't touch them
I never heard them
but still they are real
ones I hope I'll have a chance to meet
someday
someway

aku lapar!!

I am hungry!!

aku kenyang...
I'm full...

from my trip...

last week, the whole week I traveled around some district in my province, just a part of my job.
here are some unique pictures I took. these don't have to do with my work, off course...
minggu lalu, seminggu full aku keliling beberapa kabupaten. perjalanan dinas. ini beberapa foto aneh yang aku ambil selama perjalanan, ga ada hubungannya sama kerjaan pasti..

imagine my head shrank into a lemon size...
bayangin kepalaku mengkerut jadi sekecil lemon..

honey... don't get mad to me...
you ate all the grasses!

it was rainy on my way home from Wonosobo
hujan di perjalanan pulang dari Wonosobo

in Magelang, I walked at least 1 kilometers on this path. hot but fresh and windy, with the smell of paddi flower..
di Magelang, aku harus jalan kaki paling tidak 1 kilometer di pematang sawah ini untuk sampai ke lokasi yang akan dikunjungi. panas, tapi anginnya segar, dan bunga padinya wangi...

and the farmers do the harvest on the other side of the paddi field
di bagian sawah yang lain sedang panen...

capek deh....

ooooh.... tired.


dalam 20 menit perjalanan dari Mbah Sungkono ke Mbah Terok, setelah capek uber-uberan dan rebutan dengan Imong dan Muyas...
in 20 minutes trip from my parents house to Dan's grand parents', after run and chase and some fights with Imong and Muyas...

ini kejadian seminggu yang lalu ketika aku pulang kampung. pagi subuh mereka sudah digiring pakdenya jalan kaki di lereng perbukitan yang mengelilingi waduk gajah mungkur. senang, tapi capek.
this one is from my visit to my parents last week. in dawn, their uncle has brought them to walk along the hill surrounding Gajah Mungkur Dam. tiring, but fun.

kalau libur, anak-anak memang jadi susah disuruh tidur siang. isinya main dan main, apalagi ketemu sepupu -- tambah parah.
in holidays, it is always so hard to make them take a nap. all they want is to play. moreover they met their cousins, made things worse...

tapi untungnya asal udah masuk ke Interplay jelek Bapaknya, jalan sebentar aja pasti begini hasilnya. jadi insya Allah ga kurang deh istirahatnya...
fortunately, every time they get into their dad's ugly Interplay, this is what happen. so I think they all get enough rest.

this morning when I woke up

anak-anak sudah duduk di ruang tengah
the children were in the living room

Dan-ku keluar sebentar, dan kembali membawa sesuatu yang diambil dari mobil
Dan got out the house a minute and came back with some thing

"selamat ulang tahun Ibu..."

"happy birthday Ibu..."

terima kasih sayang....

thank you everybody....

*sayang, kau simpan kuenya di bagasi ya???????*
*honey, you kept the cake in the baggage, didn't you?+

this august 20

is my birthday
and
my parents in law 35th anniversary

I can only thank Allah, alhamdulillah, for all the blessing through the years. I have nothing left to say. Do you?

MERDEKA!!!

FREEDOM!!!

Indonesia's Independence Day is on 17 August, which is tomorrow. We have started the celebrations from few days ago.
these are some pictures from our independence day celebration in my neighborhood. not the best shots, everybody was moving and my cam isn't good enough for that...

games for children

we have done this last Saturday


eating kerupuk is the most frustating game



Ir was frustated



but Ar broke the rules


and Ansel didn't care about it at all, just enjoyed the kerupuk


Ibit won this race


Ar was so good in this one





the night before the day


Ar Ir and Ibit helped me wrap the gifts for the children in the afternoon


we prayed for our heroes who has fought with their blood to free this country from Dutch and Japan



games for dads: they had to move 5 marbles in a plate filled with flour to a little bowl, using their mouth



games for moms: they have to put a pencil tied behind their back into a bottle




every kid got a gift






and hot soto was great for a cold night dinner


more reports next week!!

delapan

eight




Rasanya baru kemarin, sambil terbaring lelah memandangi sosok mungil merahmu, setelah 5 jam berjuang mengantarkanmu hadir di dunia ini. Keajaiban yang Allah berikan di pelukanku...
Felt like it was yesterday, I was so weak lying and staring to your tiny red body, after 5 hours struggling to bring you out to this world. A miracle Allah has given to me.

Masih jelas saat-saat kita berdua saja di rumah. Mengisi waktu sambil menunggu Bapak pulang kerja.Melihatmu tumbuh dari waktu ke waktu. Berguling, merangkak. berjalan, berkata-kata. Bermain, bernyanyi, tertawa, menangis.
I can still remember the days we spent together, waiting for Bapak to come home from work, I watched you grow up, time to time. Rolling, crawling, stepping, saying words. Playing, singing, laughing, crying.

Masih terngiang suara kecilmu, menyanyikan 'si kancil', "... ayo lekas di buru, jangan dibeli ampun...". Bukan tidak bisa bunyi 'r', tapi karena menurutmu begitulah kata-katanya.
I can still remember you sing with your little voice, with words that didn't come out right coz you were still so young.

Masih terasa pedih menungguimu berhari-hari di rumah sakit. Masih terasa gelisahku menenangkan gelisahmu dalam racau igau ketika demam tinggi memelukmu. Tidak, aku tak mau lagi melihatmu begitu. Aku lebih suka melihatmu tertawa, mendengarmu bernyanyi, menemanimu membaca, menungguimu menulis, menyimakmu bercerita...
I can still feel the pain, waiting for you lying in hospital bed for days. I can still feel my nervous to calm down you mumbling in fever. No, I don't want to see you like that again. I'd rather see you laughing, hear you singing, accompany you reading, beside you writing, listen to you telling...

Maafkan Ibu yang mengabaikanmu, di awal-awal kelahiran dua adikmu. Ibu tahu, betapa cemburunya kamu saat-saat itu. Berlari dan membanting pintu, kecewa karena Ibu menepikanmu. Dan Ibu tak bisa berbuat apa-apa untuk menghiburmu. Ibu tahu, tak akan bisa terulang lagi saat-saat itu untuk membayarnya. Tapi Ibu akan berusaha memberi yang kau butuhkan, saat ini dan seterusnya.
Forgive my ignorance in the first year of your brothers' existence. I understand how dissapointed you wre, but there was nothing I could do to make you feel better. I knew those time has gone and never come back, and I'll never be able to pay. But hear me saying, I'll do my best to give what you need, from now on.

Terima kasih karena telah menjadi anak manis yang mandiri dan mengalah. Kau tak tahu betapa itu sangat meringankan beban Ibu.
Thanks for being such a nice girl, who always stand on your own. You just have no idea how much it becomes a help for me.

Ibu tahu, tak pernah menjadi ibu yang cukup baik bagimu. Ibu hanya ingin menjadi temanmu. Melihatmu cemerlang dalam kesederhanaan dan kerendahan hatimu. Dewasa pikirmu dalam lincah tubuh mungilmu.
I knew, I've never been a good enough mother for you. I just want to be your friend. Watch your brightness in you simplicity. A mature girl in a little frisky body.

Selamat ulang tahun Mbak Ibit. Semoga menjadi anak salihah seperti yang selalu kau inginkan, dan Bapak Ibu harapkan. Tetaplah menjadi warna indah, dalam kehidupan...
Happy birthday Ibit, be a salihah girl, as you always wanted, as I and your Bapak always pray for. Keep being a wonderful color of our life...

perbandingan (bagian 2)

pada umumnya.. (pada dasarnya?)
Apa perbedaan antara kembar dan bukan?

Aku selalu beranggapan bahwa Ar Ir adalah dua saudara yang k ebetulan lahir cuma berselang 6 menit. Itulah kenapa aku ga pernah beliin baju yang persis sama. Sama warna beda model, sama model beda warna, atau beda sama sekali. Aku senang bahwa mereka sekarang sudah bisa memilih sendiri tanpa harus merasa bahwa mereka harus berpakaian kembar. Kedengarannya sepele dan gak penting, tapi buatku penting. Aku lihat banyak pasangan kembar yang masih pake 'seragam' sampai mereka dewasa. Bukannya menurutku itu salah, cuma bukan bagaimana aku inginkan kembarku jadinya seperti itu.

Tidak bisa dipungkiri ada ikatan yang berbeda di antara keduanya, lebih erat daripada ikatan dengan mbak Ibit. Normal kurasa. mereka sudah tidur di 'kasur' yang sama sejak mereka masih berbentuk zygot

twin bed tidak berguna buat mereka

malam pertama

beberapa malam kemudian

Apa yang kubicarakan di bagian 1 hanyalah hal-hal teknis, yang pada dasarnya berarti, butuh energi dua kali lipat diperlukan untuk mengurus kembar, dibandingkan bila hanya satu bayi. Yo mesti. Maksudku, bayinya kan memang ada dua (ga bisa bayangin yang kemar tiga atau lebih...)

Hal terberat, yang tidak kutemukan pada Ibit, adalah kebiasaan rebutan. Emangnya Ibit mau rebutan sama siapa? Dia malah penginnya berbagi dengan seseorang. Ar Ir selalu berebut, bahkan selembar daun. Masih, sampai sekarang. Kelihatannya bukan masalah apa yang diperebutkan, tapi rebutan adalah bagian dari permainan.

Tapi di sisi lain, mereka tidak dapat dipisahkan. Mereka akan merasa ada yang hilang kalau tidak m elihat yang lain. Dan ini adalah tantangan terbesarku, untuk membuat mereka tidak saling tergantung. Aku sudah membuat kemajuan besar, dengan berhasil membuat mereka pisah kelas. Aku sedang berpikir untuk memisahkan sekolah kalo mereka masuk SD nanti, tapi kedengarannya terlalu kejam...

Aku banyak menghabiskan waktu berdua Ibit. Hampir 24 jam sehari, sampai kembar lahir. Dengan adanya kembar, ngga bisa begitu lagi. Aku harus m embagi perhatianku untuk tiga anak.Ini adalah penyesalan terbesarku: mengabaikan Ibit selama dua tahun pertama Ar Ir. Dua anak ini m enyita hampir seluruh perhatianku.

Penyesalan yang lain adalah, aku tidak bisa mengajarkan banyak hal, seperti yang kuajarkan pada Ibit waktu seumuran mereka sekarang. Ibit itu seperti bintang. Dia cepat belajar, dan masih selalu ingin belajar. Ar Ir ga pernah berkata, 'Ibu, ajarin baca dong' atau 'Ibu, ajarin main k ibod dong'. Mereka hanya tertarik untuk bermain dan bermain. Apa karena mereka laki-laki? Apakah karena mereka sudah selalu bermain bersama, bakan sejak mereka belum bisa beranjak dari kasur? Atau karena waktuku yang kurang buat mereka?

Sekarang, aku kerja, waktuku buat mereka makin kurang saja.

Aku tahu aku bukan ibu yang sempurna. Masih jauh dari itu. Dan mungkin aku melakukan banyak kesalahan membesarkan anak-anak. Tapi sejauh ini, itulah yang kupikr yang terbaik buat mereka yang bisa kuberi. Dan inilah alasan lain kenapa aku bikin blog ini, selain karena aku suka nulis, dan kenapa aku suka jalan-jalan ke blog ibu-ibu yang punya anak kembar. IPengin belajar bagaimana membesarkan anak kembar..

Membesarkan anak kembar lebih sulit dari yang tidak. Bisa dirasakan, tapi ada hal-hal yang sulit untuk diungkapkan. Ada yang mau bagi pengalaman?

comparation (part 2)

generally.. (basically?)
What are the differences between twin and not?

I always considered Ar Ir as two brothers who were happening to come out to this world in 6 minutes delay. That's why I never bought them the same clothes. Always different color for the same style, or same color for different style, or different at all. I'm glad that now they choose what they like, and never think that they have to always wear the same. Sounds like a little unimportant thing, but it is to me. I see most twins wear 'uniforms' until they are grown up. I'm not saying that it is wrong, but it is just not how I wanted my twins to be.

Yes I can not deny there is a special bond between them, tied tighter than to their sister. It is so normal I guess. They've been sleeping in the same 'bed' since they were zygots....

twin bed don't work for them

first night

couple nights after

What I talked about in Part 1 were all about technical things, which basically means, taking care of twins requires twice energy than you need if you take care just one baby. And it's normal. I mean, there are two babies there, right? (I can not imagine the triplet or more...)

The hardest thing, that I never found in Ibit was, the fighting. Who would Ibit fight with? She was alone, she even wanted to share things with some one. Ar-Ir always fight over things, even a piece of leave. And they still do now. I guess it isn't about the things, it seems like fighting is a part of their games.

But in other side, they are not separable (is it a right word?). They always feel like something is missing when they can not see each other. And this is my biggest challenge, not to make them depend on each other too much. I made a progress, by succeeding put them in different classes at school. I'm thinking about putting them in different school, next year when they enroll elementary school. But it sounds so mean...

I spent much more private time with my eldest Ibit. Almost 24 hours a day everyday, until the twin were born. With the twin, I could no longer give them that much. I have to share my attention to three kids. This one is a regret I will never be able to pay: I ignored Ibit in Ar Ir's first 2 years, the boys took almost all my attention.

The other regret is, that I don't teach my twin as much thing as I gave Ibit in their age now. Ibit is like a star. She learned (and always wants to learn more) everything so quickly and amazingly. Ar Ir never asked me 'Ibu, I want to be able to read', or 'Ibu, teach me how to play keyboard'. All they do, and what they are interested in, is play and play. Is it because they are boys? Is it because they are twin who have always play together even since they couldn't move from their bed? Or is it because I don't have much time to spend with them?

Now that I'm a working mom, I have less time for my kids, and it makes things worse.

I know I'm not a perfect mother, I'm too far from that. And I might do mistakes raising my twins, but so far this is what I think is right. And this is one other reason why I made this blog (beside because I like to write and tell stories), and go blog walking to those mom's site who have twins. I want to learn more about having twin.

Raising twin is so different from single. I can feel it. But some things are indescribable. Tell me your experience...

perbandingan (bagian 1)

antara membesarkan kembar dan tidak kembar. ini atas permintaan Angie

1. popok dan diaper

Saat Ibit lahir, aku bertekad untuk memakai diaper sesedikit mungkin. Pakenya popok.
Ibit punya 3 lusin popok. Aku harus ganti pooknya tiap kali di pipis atau pup, bahkan di malam hari. Kalo malem aku musti bangun beberapa kali untuk gantiin popok dan neteki. Diapre cuma dipake kalo pergi-pergi yang agak lama.
Popok cuma dipake sekitar dua bulan, setelah itu ganti dengan celana.
Di umur 10 bulan, aku mulai membiasakan 'tatur'. Ibit aku bawa ke kamar mandi untuk pipis secara terjadwal, bahkan malam hari. Aku akan sentuh pantatnya dengan tangan basahku yang dingin, lalu, ssssss.... Jadi di umur 2 tahun, dia hampir tak pernah pake popok lagi.

Ar Ir beda. Aku sudah siapin 7 lusin popok, tapi akhirnya cuma kepake setengahnya.
Minggu pertama, aku melakukan sama dengan untuk Ibit. Tapi itu membunuhku... Aku ga bisa tidur sama sekali. Mereka terus aja bangun, gantian hampir setiap 15 menit. Ar pipis, lulu Ir. Lalu ar minta mimik, lalu Ir. Gitu terus. AKu hampir tidak tidur sama sekali sekitar dua minggu. Waks!
Aku menyerah. Akhirnya kuputuskan untuk memakaikan diaper kalo tiba waktu aku mau tidur. Sekitar jam 22.00 gitu. Nanti jam 01.00 aku bangun untuk ngganti diapernya. Lalu jam 05.00 saatnya aku bener-bener bangun, mulai pake popok lagi sepanjang hari terang. Luamyan membantu.
Sisanya, sama dengan perlakuan untuk Ibit.

2. ASI

Ibit dapet full dua tahun. Setelah sapih langsung minum susu pake gelas. Ga ada botol.

Ar Ir? Minumnya banyak banget... aku ga sanggup memenuhi. Lagian, kadang mereka nangis bareng minta mimik. Aku ga bisa dong, neteki dua sekaligus. Ada sih, bukuk yang ngajarin netekin kembar sekaligus. Cara pertama, minta tolong orang untuk pegangin bayi yang satunya. Cara kedua, bayinya dua2nya ditaruh di meja, lalu dipasin supaya bisa mimik. Tapi aku ga sampi hati. Rasanya aku jadi kaya kucing dan anak-anaknya... Jadi aku minta bantuan botol..

Tiap malam sebelum tidur, Dan akan siapi 8 botol yang sudah terisi air, dan susu yang sudah ditakar. Jadi kalo bayinya nangis tinggal campur, kocok, dan glek.. glek.. glek..
Ar Ir stop nge ASI umur 11 bulan :(

3. Nggendhong

Aku nggendhong Ibit ke mana-mana pake gendongan bayi. Juga waktu nyuapin. Habis dia kecil dan enteng banget.

Ar Ir? Jarang nggendhong. Aku taruh mereka dikeretta bayi. Cuma waktu mereka mulai jalan, aku kadang emang terpaksa harus gendong dua sekaligus. Berat bo!

4. Partisipasi Dan

Ngurusin Ibit, Dan hampir tidak cawe-cawe sama sekali. Ga pernah dia ikut bangun malam hari, tapi aku ga masalah.
Kalo Ar-Ir, beda. Seperti sudah aku bilang, aku hampir tidak tidur sama sekali minggu pertama mereka di rumah, setelah 5 hari di ICU. Dan juga kayanya ga tega lihat aku ngurus bayi kembar sendirian, tambah Ibit yang masih 2,5 tahun waktu i tu. Jadi dengan sadar Dan membantu, seperti nyiapin botol sebelum tidur itu misalnya. Aku berterima kasih banget soal ini...

5. eMbak.
Waktu jaman Ibit, aku ngga merasa perlu bantuan. Tapi katika Ar Ir lahir, terpaksa aku pake. AKu merasa cukup berat ngurus satu balita, rumah, dan sepasang kembar.


ok, itu dulu untuk bagian 1. Aku akan pikirkan untuk bagian selanjutnya. Sabar, dan jangan bosen ya..

comparations (part 1)

between raising twins to single. this one is on request of Angie.

1. layettes and diapers.

When Ibit was born, I push myself to use diapers as less as possible. I used layettes. Ibit had 3 dozens of it. I change the layette every time she peed or pooped, even at night. I needed to wake up several times at night to change her layettes and breastfed her. I only use diapers when we need to go outside for quite long.
Layettes were only used for about two months, then we turned to pants.
When she was about 10 months, I started the toilet training. I brought her to bathroom and made her pee in schedules, even at night. I would touch her bottom with my cold wet hand, and she would.. ssssssss..... So when she was 2 years, she almost never wear diapers anymore.

Ar and Ir was different. I prepared 7 dozens of layette, but then they only used like a half of it all.
First week, I did like what I did to baby Ibit. But it was killing me. I couldn't sleep at all. They woke up one after another like every 15 minutes. Ar peed. Then Ir. Then Ar cried for milk. then Ir. It went on and on like that. I didn't sleep (almost) at all for at least two weeks. Waks!
I gave up. I decided to put diapers on them at night, whenever I decided to sleep. Started about 22.00 they wore diapers. I'd wake up at around 01.00 to change them. Then at 05.00, time for me to wake up, and started to use the layettes again, all daylight long till it's time for bed. It helped a lot. The rest, I did like the way for Ibit.

2. breast feeding

Ibit got the whole two years breast feeding, without any additional milk. She turned from breast to glass, no bottle.

Ar Ir? They drank way too much for me to fulfill. Beside, they sometimes cried at the same time. I couldn't breastfeed them at the same time... I read books about breast feeding for twin. You can do it by asking some one to hold the other baby when you are holding one. Or, you can put the babies on a table and fix their mouth to your nipple.
But it was too weird for me. I felt like a cat with its kittens.... So bottle was the answer.

Every night before we go to bed, Dan prepared 8 bottles filled with measured water, and measured milk powder. So when the babies cried for milk we just needed to mix them and, glek..glek..glek..
Ar Ir stopped drinking from me at 11 months... :(

3. carrying

I carried Ibit with baby carrier anywhere I went. Even when I fed her. She was so small and light.

Ar Ir? I carried them with my hands so rarely. I put them on baby strollers. But when they started to walk, I sometimes need to carry them both. One in my right hand and one in the other hand.
ugh!

4. Dan's participation

In taking care of Ibit, Dan almost did nothing. He never woke up at night. I did all by my self and I was OK with that.
In Ar-Ir's case, as I've told before, I almost had no sleep at all for the first week they were home, after 5 days in ICU. I didn't ask Dan to help, but he could see how hard it would have been if I had to work alone. Moreover I still had to take care of Ibit who was 2,5. So he gave me helps, as much as he could. And I'm so thankful for that.

5. Nanny
I didn't need one for Ibit. But sure I need it for Ar Ir. I was a house wife then, but still taking care of a toddler, a house, and a couple of twin, was hard.


ok, I guess it's enough for part 1. I'll think of the next stuffs. Be patient and don't get bored.

hair cut and another award

the hair cut/potong rambut

tulisan tentang rambut sudah dipublish sebelumnya di blog multiply-ku. baru sempet terjemahin ke Inggris, untuk bisa dipasang di sini
the writing about the haircut has been formerly published in my multiply-blog. I just got time to translate it and put it here.


udah seminggu lebih Ar Ir minta potong rambut, kata bu guru sudah panjang. ya... aku juga bisa lihat. tapi emang aku sukanya mereka agak gondrong. jadi aku bilang iya iya aja, berharap mereka lupa. pokoknya kalo belum aku dipanggil atau disurati gurunya, ga akan kupotong. kecuali gondrongnya udah kelewatan.
it's been over a week Ar and Ir asked for a hair cut. their teacher said it's getting long. I could see it, but I'd rather see them a little long haired. so I just said yes and yes but pretend to forget. I planned not to cut the hair until the teacher send me a letter or call me about it.

sabtu kemaren mereka ngingetin lagi untuk potong rambut. kataku, "iya, besok kita ke om anto minta potong ya...". om anto itu langganan bapaknya.
last Saturday they remind me again about the hair cut. I said, "ok, tomorrow we'll go to Om Anto". Om Anto is a barber where Dan usually goes to do his haircut.

hari minggu acaranya malah pergi ke pemancingan, maen seharian. ndilalah pemancingannya lengkap dengan fasilitas permainan, jadi anak-anak betah. ada kolam renang, flying fox, arena outbond, dan yang paling penting ada hot spot! we... ini sih emaknya yang paling suka :P
akhir kata karena kecapekan mereka ga mikirin rambut lagi. yesss!!... pikirku.
But at Sunday we went to a fishing park restaurant, almost all day long. There so many facilities that will keep children stay happy and fun. The fishing pond, swimming pool, flying fox games, outbound games, and most important is hot spot, which is my favorite :D. They were to busy playing and forgot about the hair. Yess!!!... I thought.

senin pagi bangun tidur, Ir nggelendot di pangkukanku sambil bertanya, "bu, ini hari apa?". "senin, makanya ayo adik siap-siap sekolah..."
reaksinya mengejutkan, dia langsung nangis sambil berkata, "aku belum potong rambut..."
waks! inget juga. waduh, udah jam setengah enem pula. akhirnya terpaksa aku mengeluarkan keahlian terpendam...
"yuk, ibu potong rambutnya..."
Monday morning, Ir woke up and asked me, "what day is it today?". I answered, "It's Monday. Come on, you have to prepare for school"
His reation was out of my guess. He cried and said,"I haven't cut my hair..."
Wakks! He remembered, and it was 05.30. So I was forced to pull out my secret ability...
"I'll cut your hair, ok?"

tadinya mereka kelihatan seperti ini
They used to look like this before I did it.

setelah aku potong jadinya begini (Ir ga mau difoto, jadi cuma Ar aja sebagai contoh, lagian potongannya sama kok...)
And this is how they looked like after the cut (Ir refused to pose so I just took Ar's pic. They have the same cut anyway)

tampak depan
front sight

kok ngga kelihatan beda sama sebelumnya ya? ya iyalah, wong bagian depannya emang ga kupotong sama sekali hihihi...
Does it look different to it was before? It shouldn't, I didn't cut a bit the front part, hihihi...

tampak belakang
backsight

ini diprotes embah putrinya yang waktu itu nungguin potongnya, 'lah, kok slawir-slawir gitu?"
jawabku, "maunya dibikin buntut, tapi kalo cuma satu pasti ketahuan gurunya kalo itu buntut. jadi dibikin slawir-slawir aja, buntutnya banyak..."
My Mother who was happening seeing me doing the hair cut protested, "why do you make the bottom scrambled like that?"
I answered,"I wanted to make a tail. But one tail will make their teacher realize it's a tail. So I made some tails there"

mbah putrinya juga protes satu lagi, "kok ngga simetris?"
jawabku, "ini gaya komtemporer jaman sekarang"
padahal... kalo aku harus bikin simetris malah ga bisa, mana kepala mereka udah ga simetris duluan alias peang....
And she had one more protest, "It is not symmetrical"
I answered, "I knew it. It is a contemporrer style". Beside, I wouldn't be able to make a symmetrical cut, especially when their had is not symmetrical as well...

ketika selesai dan berkaca, akhirnya yang punya rambut protes juga, "kok masih panjang?"
jawabku, "engga ah, kan adik lihat sendiri tadi rambutnya yang jatuh banyak..."
mereka melirik ke rontokan rambut yang sengaja belum kusapu buat meyakinkan mereka bahwa mereka udah potong. dan mereka akhirnya pasrah....
When the cutting was finally done, they looked at the mirror and did a protest too, "It's still long"
I answered, "Nah... you see the hairs fall over the floor..." And they look at the cut hair I haven't swept, to convince them they have had the haircut. And they gave up...

so far so good. kelihatan kok kalo rambutnya berkurang, meskipun mungkin belum sesuai harapan bu guru. tapi kayanya bu gurunya juga udah nyerah....:P
So far so good. You can see the hair was cut, although may be not as much as their teacher wished. Well, seemed like they gave up too... :P

the award

dan terima kasih pada Angie dari Seven Clown Circus yang telah memberikan award ini. Kau jelas sudah banyak menyebarkan cinta di blogosphere

and thank you very much to Angie at Seven Clown Circus, for giving me this award. you sure spread love all over the blogosphere.

it's a baby phyton and a contest

would you do this?

enough for me to get this close and take these pictures
don't ever wish I'll ever touch that baby

ok. look at the pictures on my side bar as the clue. now tell me which one is Ir and which one is Ar in this post?
if you get it right, I'll write a post on any topic you ask me to
waiting for your answers :)