a creative writer (liar!) chalenge

Diane of Forgetfulone awarded me this unique award. I think it is cute. Tahnk you Di, now I can measure how good I lie :D




HERE ARE THE RULES OF THE AWARD...
1.Thank the person who gave this to you. (see above)
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog. (see above)
3. Link to the person who nominated you. (see above)
4. Tell us up to six outrageous lies about yourself, and at least one outrageous truth. (not sure how outrageous I can be, but I will try!)
5. Allow your readers to guess which one or more are true. (Please leave a comment!)
6. Nominate seven "Creative Writers" who might have fun coming up with outrageous lies. (It will be fun for me if you all choose to participate!)
7. Post links to the seven blogs you nominate. (see below)
8. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know you nominated them. (Will do.)

Okay here we go:
1. I love cooking.
2. I am 28.
3. I'm crazy about soap opera and infotainment.
4. I knew I could write since I was in High School.
5. I wonder how can some one dislike working out, as they wonder how can I dislike eating.
6. I am a full dedicated staying at home mother.
7. This is the only blog I own.

Okay. I guess I didn't do it right, I believe you can easily tell which are lies and which are truths.

People I mention below, I hope you got time to do this little fun craziness:
1. Fenty
2. Melissa
3. Queeny
4. Carrie
5. Yessi
6. Vicky Laurentina
7. Lizze

Have fun!

It’s o so quiet

Hosted by Cecily and Angie

I believe, every Mom in the world would agree, when it is so silent – you have to beware. A disaster could be happening. Painting using lipstick on the wall. Messed up toilet paper. Soap and tooth paste all over the wall. Spread cereal.
Semua Ibu di seluruh dunia pasti setuju, kalau suasananya terlalu tenang -- mencurigakan. Bisa jadi sebuah bencana sedang terjadi. Ada lukisan lipstick di tembok. Tisu toilet acak adul. Sabun dan odol diecret-ecret. Cereal disebar.

Usually, Ar + Ir = noise. They do wrestling, they run around the house, the play with the toys, they fight over things. Even when they are drawing, they will be busy telling the story about what they are drawing.
Biasanya, Ar + Ir = berisik. Mereka main gulat, lari-larian di dalam rumah, main mobil-mobilan, rebutan. Bahkan kalau lagi nggambar pun, mulut mereka sibuk bercerita tentang apa yang sedang digambar.

I was wondering what has kept them busy silent this time.
Aku ingin tahu apa yang bikin mereka sibuk tenang kali ini.

TAA…DAA….

They got a set of stickers from their creativity magazine. Do you think this is cute? I think it is. But I can not feel the dot on ‘F’ and ‘J’ as the guidance to ten fingers blind typing. And can hardly see the letters as well.
Mereka dapet stiker dari majalah kreatifitas. Bagus ngga? Kayanya bagus sih. Tapi aku jadi tidak bisa merasakan titik di huruf 'F' dan 'J' sebagai pedoman mengetik buta sepuluh jari. Dan hurufnya juga ngga jelas dilihatnya.

Well it is cute anyway. I will get use to it sooner or later.
Alah sudahlah, yang penting lucu. Nanti juga lama-lama terbiasa.

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And psstt.....
I got a surprise this morning from my bloggie friend Forgetfulone
Dan pssttt.....
Pagi ini aku dapat kejutan manis dari teman blogku Forgetfulone

loyal commenter

Isn't this sweet? I am so honored receiving this, as I don't visit her blog every day. Basically no blog I visit everyday. But I do give some time to visit blogs I like whenever I can. Thank you Forgetfulone!
Baik banget kan? Aku merasa tersanjung menerimanya, mengingat aku ini ngga tiap hari mengunjungi blognya. ya, pada dasarnya memang tidak ada blog yang aku kunjungi tiap hari. Tapi aku selalu menyisihkan waktu untuk mengunjungi blog yang aku suka kalau aku bisa. Terima kasih Forgetfulone!

making friends through blogging

Diane from forgetfulone gave me this beautiful award. Thank you very much...
aku dapat award lagi dari Diane di forgetfulone. terima kasih banyak...

Tell me, how can you be friends when you never met before? Does it make sense to you?
Off course it does! Did you ever have a pen-pal when you were kids? I Did. I found them through magazines. Most of them didn't last long though.
katakan padaku, gimana mau temenan kalo belum pernah ketemu? masuk akal ngga sih? tentu saja! pernah punya sahabat pena waktu kecil? aku punya. dapet dari majalah. memang sih, kebanyakan ga bertahan lama.

Now I make 'never-met-before' friends through blogging. Just like in the real world (that if you consider blogging world is not real :P) I find friends that I like and I don't. Some people are not so nice in the network. But you can still find much more nice people, if you want to.
sekarang aku dapat temen yang-belum-pernah-ketemu lewat blogging. seperti di dunia nyata (itu kalau kau menganggap dunia blogging tidak nyata) aku menemukan teman yang kusuka dan yang tidak. tapi tetep masih banyak orang baik yang bisa kau temukan, kalau kau mau.

I have this blog with most readers are from outside Indonesia, and I have another blog with readers from all over Indonesia. Both gives me lots of blogger friends, the nice ones. With my Indonesian blogger friends I do more than just commenting on each other's blog. We chat, we talk and send messages via phone, and the best part is: we meet!
aku punya blog ini, yang kebanyakan pembacanya dari luar Indonesia, dan aku juga punya blog lain yang pembacanya dari se antero Indonesia. dua-duanya meemberiku banyak teman blogger. dengan teman-teman blogger Indonesia, aku melakukan lebih dari sekedar saling berkomentar di blog masing-masing. kami chatting, sms-an, telpon-telponan, dan yang paling seru.... ketemuan!

I want to meet you Dandelion's readers. But most of you live on the other side of the earth! Enough for me to be able to keep this friendship through blogging, still hoping some day we have a chance to meeting.
aku pengen sih ketemu pembaca Dandelion. tapi kebanyakan tinggal di paruh lain dari bumi. cukup deh ngobrol dan berteman lewat blogging. tetep sih aku berharap dapat kopdaran...

So....

This is what the "Let's Be Friends" Award represents:
jadi inilah yang ingin diwakili oleh award "Let's Be Friends":

These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement (? big word, lol). Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

blog-blog berikut ini hangat mempesona. para blogger yang baik hati ini bertujuan dan ingin mencari teman. mereka tidak tertarik dengan kejayaan pribadi. harapan kami adalah bahwa setiap kali pita penghargaan ini dibagi, akan makin banyak persahabatan terjalin. berikan perhatian lebih pada para penulis ini. sampaikan kepada delapan blogger yang juga harus memilih delapan lagi, dan cantumkan teks yang telah ditulis secara cerdas ini bersama awardnya.

don't forget to let them know they got this.
jangan lupa kasih tahu apa yang barusan mereka dapatkan.

I have chosen these 8 friendly blogger friends to receive the award:
aku memilih 8 blogger bersahabat ini untuk menerima awardnya.

Bloggers outside Indonesia:
melissa from areyouserious
triplet mama from loving my triplet
heather from a day in the life
G from where's my angel?

Bloggers from Indonesia:
easy from easy
abdee from baladaPNS

nina from simple life

evi from grow and shine
rice2gold from beemyfriendblog

you are great friends I have, thanks for being ones.

just couple other awards....

award lagee....



Di at forgetfulone awarded me this triple award. oh my, triple!
Di di forgetfulone memberiku triple award ini. ya ampun, triple!



lemonade, sisterhood, and bestfriend!
lemonade, sisterhood, and best friend!


mmm, lemonade. may be I am. I sometimes am sour. hehe.. is it what it means? or fresh? well I am too, I guess.
sisterhood? I guess I'm related to it in some way I might not know..
bestfriend? well, Di, I'm happy you think I am one. you are too...
mm... lemonade? mungkin aku memang begitu, kadang-kadang suka agak kecut. hehehe.. maksudnya itu bukan ya? atau segar? na.. kalau itu sih selalu..
sisterhood? kalo ini sih pasti aku terhubung entah dengan cara apa..
bestfriend? wah Di, makasih banget kamu nganggep aku begitu. kamu juga....


and.....
dan....

Heather at a day in the life gave me this beautiful award
Heather di a day in the life memberiku award cantik ini..

I've always been amazed by this beautiful creature. how can we not be? remember how it turns from a worm into it? I've even ever once thought to use it as my icon instead of dandelion. but I guess I haven't changed my self that beautifully :P
aku selalu kagum pada kupu-kupu. gimana enggak? ingat bagaimana bentuknya waktu masih berupa ulat? aku bahkan pernah berpikir untuk memakainya sebagai iconku, bukan dandelion. tapi kayanya kok aku belum merubah diriku menjadi seindah itu.. :P

so. the rules to the receivers of these awards are:
1. Put the logo on your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who awarded the blog to you.
3. Award up to ten other blogs ('who has great attitude and gratitude' as an additional requirement for the triple award).
4. Add links to the blogs you award onto your blog.
5. Leave a message for your awardees on their blogs.

jadi, ini peraturan bagi para penerima award:
1. pasang logonya di postinganmu
2. jangan lupa link ke pemberi award ini
3. berikan lagi kepada sepuluh blogger lain (ada syarat tambahan untuk yang triple award, yaitu 'who has great attitude and gratitude')
4. pasang link ke para penerima award
5. tinggalkan komen untuk mereka

ten? okay. I pass on both awards to five Indonesian blogger, and five international ones. you all get both awards.
sepuluh ya? oke deh. aku berikan kedua award ini kepada 5 blogger Indonesia dan 5 blogger luar negeri. semuanya mendapat dua award sekaligus.

1. easy
2. unisyifa
3. mlandhing
4. nina
5. ardifa

6. melissa at areyouserious!
7. carrie at liveinthebadland
8. G at wherearemyangels?
9. tumblewords at tumblewords
10. crazydaisy at foreverdaisies

all are girls? of course lah! there is a siserhood award there!
lha kok cewek semua? ya iya lah! kan ada sisterhood awardnya..

okay awardees...... you all really deserve it. pass on the love and link..
okay para penerima award... kalian semua berhak mendapatkannya. sebarkan cinta dan link-nya...

I never wanted to be a teacher

aku ngga pernah ingin jadi guru

it is a BIG obligation. but not being a teacher, doesn't mean we can not teach any thing. well, at least I taught my kids some things. I share with my friends how to blog, how to work with computers, and many things that we thought simple but mean some thing to some people.
itu tanggung jawab yang besar. tapi dengan tidak menjadi guru, ternyata bukan berarti kita tidak bisa mengajarkan sesuatu. paling tidak aku mengajarkan banyak hal kepada anak-anakku. dan aku berbagi ilmu dengan teman-teman yang mulai ngeblog, bagaimana bekerja dengan komputer, dan hal-hal lain yang kita kira sederhana tapi ternyata berarti buat orang lain.

like this blog I do. all I did is writing about things that cross my mind, telling about things that happen around my in my daily life... but forgetfulone said: I learn about her country and her culture every time I read her blog. isn't it sweet?
seperti blogku ini. aku cuma menuliskan apa yang terlintas di kepala, dan kejadian-kejadian sehari-hari di sekitarku. tapi kata forgetfulone: aku belajar tentang negaranya dan kebudayaannya setiap kali aku membaca blognya. manis sekali kan?

and I am happy that without realizing, I have done something worthy. and what have made me even happier, and honored, is, she awarded me this:
aku bahagia bahwa ternyata tanpa kusadari, aku berbuat sesuatu yang berharga. dan yang bikin aku lebih bahagia, sekaligus terhormat, adalah, dia memberiku ini:


so I proudly give this award to:
jadi dengan bangga aku sampaikan penghargaan ini kepada:


angie, for teaching me how to write with hart (mengajariku menulis dengan hati)
melissa, for teaching me how to deal with 'catastrophe' the kids make (mengajariku menghadapi 'bencana' yang ditimbulkan anak-anak)
carrie, for teaching me how to love and tolerate each other (mengajariku untuk saling mengasihi dan bertoleransi)
mlandhing, for teaching me how to cook (mengajariku memasak)
ndorokakung, for teaching me how to write with passion (mengajariku menulis dengan hasrat)

thank you, for all the lessons you give.
terima kasih atas semua pelajaran yang kalian berikan.

am I brilliante enough?

carrie awarded me this:

so confusing. what is so brillante about this blog? especially when I don't blog much lately.
to let you know, I also get this for my one indonesian blog, and it leaves me the same question. I really thank you for this appreciation.
agak membingungkan. apa brillante-nya blog ini? apa lagi akhir-akhir ini aku males poting. sekadar memberi kabar, aku juga dapat award ini di blog-ku yang berbahasa indonesia, yang juga membutku menanyakan pertanyaan yang sama, bagaimana pun , terima kasih atas penghargaannya.

Here are the rules: I have to answer the following questions with one word answers and one word only! Then I must pass it on to seven others! I guess this one also comes with a list of questions (what if don't answer these question? you'll take back the award? ahahaha :D):
ini peraturannya: aku harus menjawab pertanyaan ini hanya sengan satu kata, lalu pass on ke tujuh orang dan menanyakan hal yang sama. (gimana kalo aku ga laksanakan aturannya, awardnya dicabut? ahahahah :D)

1. Where is your cell phone? hand
2. Where is your significant other? office
3. Your hair color? black
4. Your mother? shelter
5. Your father? art
6. Your favorite thing? blog
7. Your dream last night? forgotten
8. Your dream/goal? twister
9. The room you're in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? singing
11. Your fear? left (being left, not th opposite of right)
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
13. Where were you last night? out
14. What you're not? patient
15. One of your wish-list items?home
16. Where you grew up? Wonogiri
17. The last thing you did? sholat
18. What are you wearing? short
19. Your TV? living-room
20. Your pet? none
21. Your computer? my life
22. Your mood? sad
23. Missing someone? yup
24. Your car? none
25. Something you're not wearing? shoes
26. Favorite store? ADA
27. Your summer? long
28.Love someone? lots
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When is the last time you laughed? yesterday
31. Last time you cried? today

seven people to pass on, would be:
awardnya aku lempar kepada:
granny smith with her amazing stories and poems
wheresmyangels with her wonderful angels
diane-the-forgetful-one who never forget do her memes
susan who understand my limitation in words in writing poems
burpclothebabe with her wonderful mini hunk
mamashasa with her bling bling little angel
eva the super mom which means as gokil as I am

I am done. am I done? Iam done.

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.

you made my day

diane of forgetfulone awarded me this,

thank you for thinking of me. i want you to know you made my days too



who made my days? alot. but these are 5 people i want to pass on the award to:

my auntie mlandhing
melissa
angie
carrie
forever daisies



thank you all for always do, make my days.

my first award!

May be it sounds silly that I was so excited receiving one.
Thank you so much Crazy daisy who has given me this, I can't tell how happy I am. I would like to give this award to you also, although I know you already got one...
mungkin kedengarannya konyol, tapi aku girang banget menerima award ini.
terimakasih crazy daisy, aku juga memberimu award ini, meskipun kamu udah dapet.

So I had to pick 10 people to pass it along, and I decided to pick these followings. They all have great blogs, just go check out.

jadi aku harus memberikan award ini juga kepada 10 orang lagi. aku pilih nama-nama berikut, liatin deh, blog mereka keren-keren.

bloggers abroad:
- melissa at are you serious
- carrie at keiser family
- casey at quilaotriplet
- jane at hotmamashouse
- diana at forgetfulone
- burpclothebabe at shake rattle and read
- kelli at allknames

bloggers in Indonesia
- evi nasywa at grow and shine
- mlandhing at rumah mlandhing
- venus at venus to mars

hope you like it gals!