end of academic year

tahun ajaran berakhir

... is coming.

... sebentar lagi

Ar and Ir took part for the graduation celebration. they'll be in their second year in kindergarden next month.

Ar Ir ikut acara akhirussanah. mereka akan memasuki tahun kedua belajar di TK, bulan depan.

Ar participated demonstrating the daily prayers.

Ar ikut mendemonstrasikan bacaan doa sehari-hari

there he is.

itu dia.

Ir joined the 'choir' singing three songs.

Ir bergabung dengan kelompok paduan suara, menyanyika tiga lagu.

he loves microphone :)

dia suka microphone :)

Ar won a trophy for the best coloring.

Ar mendapatkan trophy juara mewarnai

and Ir watching his twin receiving it, with a real sad look -- he wanted one. he started crying few minutes after, and took time for me to calm him down.... I know it was so hard for him to deal with the reality..

dan Ir melihat saudaranya menerima itu, dengan wajah sedih. dia ingin dapat juga. beberapa saat kemudian dia mulai menangis, dan butuh waktu bagiku untuk menenangkannya... aku tahu pasti sangat sulit baginya menerima kenyataan ini...

I hope they'll do better next year! amen.

mudah-mudahan tahun depan mereka bisa lebih baik dari sekarang! amin.

Dan's Fear

yeah that's Dan

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and me.




this week's toot would be for Dan. he has beaten his fear of height, by climbing up over 10 meters (about 35 feet I guess) and slide down with the flying fox game.


actually we all did the game. but it was no problem at all for me and the kids. for Dan, with his phobia, it was a hard thing to do. but he did it.

kejar-kejaran (run and chase)

aku perhatikan sejak Ar Ir umur sepuluh bulan dan sudah pintar merangkak, mereka suka banget kejar-kejaran. dan seru banget!

I noticed that since the age of 10 months when they were good i n crawling, Ar Ir had one hobby, run and chase. and they looked enjoyed it so much.

Ar akan lari (waktu itu merangkak) dari kamar A ke kamar B, dan Ir akan mengejarnya. begitu sampai, di kamar B, Ir balik lari menuju ke kamar A, dan Ar akan mengejarnya.

Ar would run (crawl) from room A to room B, Ir would chase him. soon as they got to room B, they'll turn around. Ir would run to room B, and Ar would be the one to chase.

begitu bolak-balik untuk waktu yang cukup lama.

it went that way in reverse for quite long.

sekarang umur mereka sudah lebih dari 5 tahun. dan mereka bukan cuma merangkak lagi, tapi lari. percaya atau tidak. dengan jarak yang lebih jauh, dan tingkat kesulitan yang lebih tinggi (pake acara mbrobos kursi, lompat meja, dan sebagainya...) hobi mereka kejar-kejaran bolak-balik itu masih mereka lakukan. dan sekarang agak-agak campur kahyal dikit, karena si pengejar akan pura-pura jadi monster, gorilla, beruang, atau bahkan hantu pocong....

now as they are 5 and over, and they no longer crawl but run, believe it or not, they still do the game. with longer distance, and more difficulties (such as crawling under a table, jump over a chair, etc). and this time with a little imaginaton, the chaser will pretend he was a monster, gorilla, grizzily bear, or even a ghost...

mengherankanku, bahwa dengan versi yang berbeda mereka masih melakukan hobi yang sudah mereka lakukan sejak umur 10 bulan.

it amazed me, how in different way, they still do the same game they've been doing since they were 10 months old.

a trial camping

Dan bought two 2-persons tents, and planned for a real camp for us in a camping ground one day. Before the day comes, we wanted to make sure that every body is ready to live a 'wild life' (ooooh, this sounds so exciting!). So that night we did a trial by sleeping in the tent, in front of our house. I can't believe that the children were so excited about it.

Dan membeli dua tenda isi-dua-orang, dan berencana mengajak kami pergi kemah suatu hari. Sebelum itu, kami ingin memastikan bahwa semua siap untuk hidup di 'alam bebas' (ooh, kedengarannya menyenangkan!). Jadi malamnya kami melakukan percobaan dengan tidur di tenda, di depan rumah kami. Ternyata anak-anak suka banget!


They got into the tent and went to sleep at 21.00. I and Dan still stayed inside the house for a while. At 22.00 it was a little drizzly, and we were a little worried that it was going to rain. But no, the drizzle stopped just few minutes after.

Mereka masuk tenda dan pergi tidur sekitar jam sembilan. Aku dan Dan masih tinggal di dalam rumah untuk beberapa saat. Sekitar jam sepuluh agak gerimis, kami sempat khawatir kalau hujan akan turun. Tapi ternyata tidak, gerimisnya berhenti beberapa menit kemudian.


So at 23.00 I and Dan assemble the other tent and accompany the children. It wasn't as cold as we imagined. It was warm actually.

Sekitar pukul 11 aku dan Dan merakit tenda yang satunya dan menemani anak-anak dari tenda di samping tenda mereka. Ternyata tidak sedingin yang kubayangkan. Agak hangat malah.


The children woke up at about four I guess, because not too long after we heard adzan shubuh (the calling for early prayer). So we woke up and brought the tents into the house before our neighbour think we are nutts, for sleeping in tents like that.

Anak-anak bangun sekitar jam empat kurasa, karena tidak lama kemudian terdemgar adzan shubuh. Jadi kami cepet-cepet bangun dan membawa tendanya masuk, sebelum ada tetangga yang lewat dan mengira kami tidak waras karena tidur di pinggir jalan seperti itu.

The kids enjoyed it so much. They even asked for one more night sleeping outside! Dan said no. He couldn't sleep well on the surface of hard paving block. His body was painful in the morning when he woke up hahaha...

Anak-anak menikmatinya, bahkan minta satu malam lagi tidur di tenda. Dan bilang tidak. Dia ngga bisa tidur nyenyak di atas permukaan paving block yang keras, dan waktu bangun badannya sakit semua...


Well, at least I know we can bring the children for a real camp one day. Soon I hope!

Yah, paling tidak kami tahu, kami bisa membawa anak-anak kemah betulan suatu saat. Secepatnya, mudah-mudahan!

losing my english

i mean it
these last few days i can not concentrate reading english text. i always had to stop and think so hard: what does this sentence mean?
i still can write it easily, well because it depends on me. but reading others writings in english, especially they who have english as their first language, feels so difficult lately.
see, reading english text always requires more concentration and energy for me. i don't know where they've gone. seems like i lost passion in it, thing i usually enjoyed so much.
what is going on with me?

beneran.
beberapa hari terakhir ini aku ga bisa konsentrasi membaca teks dalam bahasa inggris. aku selalu berhenti dan berpikir, apa sih maksudnya kalimat ini?
aku masih bisa nulis dengan mudah, yo mesti karena itu tergantung aku sendiri, tapi membaca tulisan orang lain dalam bahasa inggris, terutama mereka yang memang penutur bahasa inggris, tiba-tiba terasa sulit.
membaca text berbahasa inggris bagiku selalu membutuhkan lebih banyak energi dan konsentrasi. aku ga tau ke mana perginya mereka. aku seperti kehilangan hasrat untuk itu, hal yang biasanya aku nikmati.
ada apa denganku?

so good together

today, me, my parents and all my siblings come together in my sister Non's house. we are here for my youngest brother's proposal. he was to ask a girl to get married with him. the tradition, it is our father should do the proposal, by asking to the girls parents if the girl would marry my brother. that's why our family visit the girls family and do the proposal.
hari ini aku, orangtus dan saudara-saudara ngumpul di rumah kakak perempuanku Non. ada acara lamaran adik bungsuku. kalau menurut tradisinya, bapak yang harus meminta ijin kepada orang tua si gadis untuk boleh dinikahi adikku. karenanya kami sekeluarga mengunjungi keluarga si gadis, silaturahmi dan lamaran

well, the proposal was just a formality, as we all known they both are ready for the marriage. so the visit went well.
sebenarnya, acara lamarannya sendiri cuma formalitas, karena keduanya memaang sudah siap menikah. jadi kunjungannya berjalan lancar dan baik-baik saja

what I love most about us being together is, how we can feel a real togetherness as siblings. talking and laughing about things. remembering moments when we were children, in our old house there in wonogiri. happy sad times shared. the most touching moment today, is when we do sholat maghrib jamaah (doing sholat maghrib together), all of us
yang paling kusukai tentang saat-saat kami ngumpul adalah, kebersaman sebagai saudara kandung. ngobrol dan tertawa tentang banyak hal. mengenang masa kanak-kanak di rumah kami di wonogiri sana. sedih dan bahagia. saat paling menyentuh kali ini adalah, ketika kami sholat maghrib berjamaah, semuanya.

...
tomorrow everybody will go home to every body's home. good bye is always the worst time in times like these. but I hope we will see each other again, very soon.
besok semua bubar, pulang ke rumah masing-masing. perpisahan adalah saat yang paling 'ogah'. tapi kuharap kami bisa ngumpul lagi, dalam waktu dekat.

where have I been?

some one thought I don't blog too much because I was sick, and made her so worry about it.
I'm sorry. I was fine. and I'm getting pretty well.

the fact is, which made me feel so guilty, resting in bed for a week, with a laptop on my lap has given me more time for blogging. one day a friend introduced me to a new blog hosting from indonesia. I tried, I made a blog of my random thoughts. and another one about daily stupid things that I write in naughty stupid style. both are in indonesian. well in case you are curious at least how they look like... :D

random thoughts of La

whatever lah!

and also work on my poem blog and my stories blog

I was too busy working on them, and left dandelion uncared for awhile.
I'm sorry dand...
so...
I'am back.