* She sings a little part of the "Old MacDonald" song... she'd walk around in circle, head tilted and would sing "eee yaa eeeyaaaa ..." and clapping her hands.
We'd repeat the song on tellie and she'd love it so much and keep dancing and singing until she gets tired and takes a rest on the couch *chuckle*
* She's almost running. *long sigh* she also knows how to pull the string of my bedside lamp.
* She's fiddling with the lock of the staircase's gate. I betcha she'll soon know how to open it.
* She officially hates her Procal Gold and is in love with her plain UHT.
Friday, April 11, 2008
what adelle's been up to
Posted by ikho at 5:33:00 AM 0 shout-outs
Thursday, April 10, 2008
kebijakan yang sangat konyol!
Posted by ikho at 8:01:00 AM 0 shout-outs
Monday, April 07, 2008
Boss yang baik itu begimana sih?
gue bingung, sebenernya kategori 'boss yang baik' itu yang bagaimana sih?
contoh nih ya, my friend, W, nah dia itu menurut legenda *cieh bahasanya bok* adalah boss yang baik asal jangan sampe marah. Kalo pak W marah, dia bener2 ngamuk. Denger2, kata2 pak W ke staffnya bisa sangat menyakitkan kuping. Istilahnya, kalo yg marah 'puas' lah memarahi staff tsb. Tapi pak W juga suka banget ngasih oleh2, makanan, dll sbgnya ke staff2nya.
nah kalo gue sebagai boss, gue gak bisa marah2 seperti pak W *walopun kadang pengen*. Paling banter cara gue marah ya, naikin tone suara + kata2 seperti "saya kecewa sama kalian..dstnya". Satu hal yang ga bisa gue sembunyikan adalah ekspresi wajah. Gak suka sedikit aja sama sesuatu hal, udah bisa keliatan di wajah gue. Akting gue nol besar deh pokoknya kalo ada ujian akting :P.
End result, staff pak W 'takut' ama pak W. Staff gue, 'takut' ama gue, tapi diam2 dibelakang tetap 'makanin' gue. I'm not sure kalo staff pak W does the same thing ato ga sih. Moga2 sih nggak yaa, for his sake.
*long sigh*
Gue sebagai boss yang marahnya cuman segitu2 doang, juga suka ngasi kue2, kado + bonus2 here and there kalo gue anggap mrk ada prestasi. Sering. Laki gue juga mungkin krn latar blkgnya, suka ngasih pujian buat staff2 yang layak dapet pujian. Kata lainnya, menunjukkan apresiasi lah. Tapi ternyata it's all never enough.
Sekarang tetep aja ada mereka gak punya 'hati', apa sih anggapan mereka, gue ini ongkang2 kaki? Ga banyak masalah?!
Hati gue terus terang sedih. Sedih banget. I know life is cruel and I'd like to be a little naive and think there are lotsa nice people if you're nice to them, but reality speaks differently.
Mungkin gue harus bisa ngamuk2 spt pak W, kali? Mungkin gue ga usah nice2 ke mereka, krn toh in the end sama aja, percuma nice2.
Itulah kalo kerja with no sense of belonging. Tidak ada rasa memiliki.
Posted by ikho at 9:26:00 AM 2 shout-outs
Kelucuan baru
* Bisa menimang2 boneka2nya - lucu deh liat adelle lipat tangan, tangannya bulet2 dan masih pendek gitu :D Bonekanya kadang2 dikepit diketiak, bukan diatas tangannya. Trus diayun2. Kadang kepalanya di tepuk2.
* Kalo ditanya, suara bebek, dijawab "ducck quaakk quacckk quaackk" (kwakk nih, bukan kweekk hheeehehhe) - suara anjing "uuuhhfff uuhhfff" - suara ayam "uuukkkkkkkk" (sambil mukanya merah kayak org ngeden).
* Kalo ketemu sepatunya, suka mo dipake sendiri. Caranya ya, kakinya diangkat2 dan didempet2in ke sepatunya. Sama juga kalo ketemu bando, jepitan rambut, baju, celana, topi, kacamata & kalung. Lucu banget, kalo udah berhasil 'nangkring' di kepalanya, bisa dibayangkan 'berantakan'nya hihi.
Posted by ikho at 8:42:00 AM 0 shout-outs
Beauty Cheat Sheet
I find some of these to be very useful :)
- For those who aren't as comfortable with pops of color during the day, looks are well played with neutral eyeshadow choices. Preferably matter or satin finishes. But night-time is always a fun time, so don't be scared to play with some color within your comfort level.
- The use of a brown liner on the waterline (such as Brown Border Technakohl) emphasizes your eyes in a much softer way than using black.
- Lining the lower lashline also emphasizes more defined eyes. Lining eyes halfway (from the outer to the middle) allows eyes to appear more open.
- The lip difference between day and night can be as simple as giving lips some shine with some lipgloss and/or going a shade deeper from the day pouters.
- Know where you're placing your eyeshadow on your brush. Do not grind the brush into the pot as too much product will be deposited into the bristles. Blending brushes like the MAC 224 only need color on the tips in order to create precise placement.
- Make sure your paint pots and fluidline jars are tightly shut and stored upside down to prevent drying. I also always make sure to turn my jars upside down when I use them to make sure they're not exposed to air for long periods of time. I'm scared of my gorgeous colors drying out on me!
- If you use a brow setter, brush the gel in the direction against the hairs first then along the direction of growth to coat both sides and maximize staying power.
- When applying eyeshadow/base on the eyelids, hold the brush bristles down and deposit eyeshadow/base near the lashline sweeping up and blending out.
- If you wear sleeve-less shirts, you may want to consider buffing cheeks with a bronzer so as to match your face to your shoulder.
- When lining eyes, use the side of the brush starting from the middle and working outward. Once the guideline is established, line the inner part connecting to the initial line started in the middle.
Posted by ikho at 8:06:00 AM 0 shout-outs
adelle diomelin besar...
gue ga tau ini anak kenapa bbrp hr ini bener2 pantang ditinggal sendiri. contohnya nih, dia lagi maen2 ama buku dan bonekanya, trus gue yg tadinya duduk di meja jalan ke WC. Langsung mencibir2 dan ngejer gue. What's worse is, gue duduk di sebelahnya, babenya yg lagi duduk di meja trus mo ke WC eeehhh dianya jg protes mencibir2 dan lgsg mulai ngejar. Kalo udah gini kan yg nemenin jadi bete kan?! Biasanya gue lgsg manggil "ADELLE! kamu mau kemana, sini maen lagi jangan kejer daddy". Adelle sih udah ngerti kalo dipanggilin begini, lgsg jalannya stop, kpalanya muter liatin gue, trus liatin ke arah WC, trus kalo dipanggil lagi baru badannya muter jalan balik arah lagi ke gue.
akhirnya kemaren malem gue beneran naik darahnya. mungkin memang lagi sensitif aja, mana masalah staff di toko kok rasanya ga abis2nya, ehhh pulang ke rumah adelle begini. Padahal dia udah tidur, tapi trus bangun nyari2. Udah itu susah mo langsung tidur lagi. Yang pusingnya, kalo gue beranjak dari sebelahnya buat ganti baju doang, dia langsung nangis kayak abis digebuk. Gue mo sikat gigi, dia huk huk huk. Langsung ngejer, pas di kamar mandi, yang ada *ampir* megang toilet bowl. Jorse. Untung laki gue dateng.
Nah, udah itu gue nemenin adelle. Padahal dia itu maen sendiri ama buku2nya. bukannya gue mesti maen ama dia, tapi gue MESTI ada di sebelahnya. Ntar sekali2 gue dipanjat2in, trus dia maen lagi sendiri. akhirnya gue ngambil kutex. Ehhhh dikejer2 ama dia (botolnya kali ya, biasa kan pengen tau banget). Gue kepit di antara paha, dan kakinya gue tekuk, critanya biar ga kliatan. Dia maen2 bentar, ehh ga taunya masih penasaran ama apa yang gue lakukan di balik paha...tiba2 banget dia muter, dan tumpahlah botol kutex gue itu. Huaaaa langsung gue kesel
banget kan (sbnrnya salah gue, ngapain coba molish2 di tempat tidur dan di sebelah adelle).
Gue ya ngomel.
Gue bilang,
"Mami udah bilang sama adelle, jangan ganggu barang mami. Liat nih kan tumpah kemana2. (trus dia nangis krn gue kan jalan buat ngambil tissue) Kenapa sih dikit2 nangis, kesel mami dengernya. (ehh pas g deket, nangisnya diem, apa ga tambah sebel?!) Dimana sih blajar nangis pura2?!!! Kamu buat marah mami aja."
Gue cuci tangan ke kmr mandi. Dia nangisnya tambah kenceng, sambil jalan ngejer gue. Gue jalan balik ke matrasnya dia. Duduk disana, nungguin adelle yg jalan sambil nangis2 ke gue. Eh udah itu krn gue duduk aja di matrasnya, dia *kembali* ke aktifitas bermain spt biasa. Udah ga nangis lagi. Gue kasih susu. Trus gue rebahan aja, matiin lampu, maksudnya spy si eneng bobo. Kelar susu, langsung duduk dan berdiri, bouncing2. G bete, tapi g cuman ngomong sekali nyuruh diem, en ngasi tau kalo dia ga stop bouncing, bisa muntah lagi kyk kmrn dulu. Ga lama, dia nyium2 gue berkali2 (mungkin that's how she says sorry). Boneka pooh dan piglet gede di atas tmpt tdrnya pun di cium2 muah2. Meleleh dong gue digituin.
Cuman tetep aja tuh anak bouncing2 dan blm mau bobo. Ga jelas jam brp krn g udah 'melayang2' krn sakit kpl dan minum panadol extra :P
Posted by ikho at 7:01:00 AM 4 shout-outs
Thursday, April 03, 2008
i just love it when..
she sings.
she smiles even if it's an ogre-smile.
she winks.
she kisses me.
she hugs me.
she reaches out for me.
she says "mummaa".
Posted by ikho at 9:50:00 AM 0 shout-outs
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
updates 12 months 3 weeks old
while the video is uploading :O
so, she's now walking everywhere....like a penguin. It's too cute to resist. But there's so many more problems now that she is walking by herself. She's become Adelle the Explorer. She'd push anything pushable - amongst favourite things are chairs. She's never really enjoyed pushing her walkers, but since she walked she'd push them .... sideways *laughs*
she's quite good in turning directions and judging her steps over a little step.
she's gotten taller too (i'm not sure by how much) but she just seems to be reaching at everything on my desk., then walks away with the stolen goods and stops to check it making sure her back is facing me hihii...
she knows when she grabs something that she's not supposed to. She'd point it at us, uhhh-ing it, and if we raise our eyebrows, she'd turn around squealing and either walk away or crawl off in such high speed.
she's quite musical too it seems. she loves the piano, and since she knows how to blow her toet-toet in the party, she's been blowing her recorder too.
she claps her hands with 'style'.
she has 8 teeth now.
she says "daddy" with english accent (it's darn cute!)
she's a very loving girl. she'd kiss all of her soft toys when she wakes up. she'd kiss me a few times too. she'd kiss her oma, opa too, but not so much to daddy nowadays.
Posted by ikho at 11:06:00 AM 0 shout-outs
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Berastagi Trip
We decided that we had not much choice of days left to take the MIL to a nice retreat out of town so there we went last Thursday. Only 4 of us, me, ahren, MIL and adelle.
ohh boy, she really is trying to perfect her walking. the changes that happen in the 2 days we were out of town are just amazing.

she stood still on the concrete, but loved walking on the grass - kissing the mirror (yuck!)
so when did it all happen?
* took 1st step unaided : March 2, 2008
* took 10 steps : March 23, 2008
* took many many steps : March 27, 2008
pictures from the trip coming soon...
Posted by ikho at 7:45:00 PM 4 shout-outs
Adelle's 1st Birthday Party
Soo sorry for the late of updates! You know how tight time is now that my MIL is in town? :D
held on the afternoon of Sunday 23rd of March 2008
@ Benteng Restaurant, Meeting Room

Bear cake & cupcakes as giveaway
The birthday party went well. We had about 8 tables of 10s set up and they were all full. I made about 30 goodybags plus 28 cupcakes and they were all given away.

3 generations - grandma, mummy and oma - with mummy "priceless look, says tante utie"
with presents but the balloons were the highlights - crash course in "How to blow your toet-toet" by Oma went really well
to be continued...
Posted by ikho at 7:33:00 PM 0 shout-outs
Friday, March 21, 2008
my baby is soooo genit
yeap! we were at church and there was this 4 or 5 yo boy sitting in front of us. he kept looking towards adelle, smile, wave, you name it. and adelle is just as 'genit', she reached her hands out to him and held his fingers for quite sometime.
omaygawddd *daddy was freaking out hihihi*
Posted by ikho at 3:12:00 AM 0 shout-outs
ahhh pusyingg
sekarang kalo jalan2 di mall, Adelle pengennya turun dr stroller dan dititah2 soalnya skrg gaya bow, titahnya 1 tangan doang.
haahhhhh pussssyinggggg kapan mami bisa makan bareng daddy yaa kalo begini?!
Posted by ikho at 3:10:00 AM 0 shout-outs
Saturday, March 15, 2008
The cold is going around
I made the right decision to postpone Adelle's party that was supposed to be on this Sunday to next Sunday.
2 days ago she started sneezing and having runny nose. I figured she must have got her flu from my sister, who's still recovering since last week. As long as she drinks lotsa water to keep her body hydrated so she won't have fever, I'm cool about it. But then she started having this weird sound coming out of her. We all worried she might be coming down with laryngitis so I decided to take her to see the ped yesterday evening. Luckily she was diagnosed with a little cold and a little allergies. Thank God no laryngitis or any sort of throat inflammation. I just like to catch it early rather than leaving it too late.
But....a scary thing *at least for me* happenned last night around 10pm. I went out to the store and daddy fed her milk again after I gave her some 2 hours before. Bad Adelle drank it all, but i got home, she fussed trying to sit on me. As soon as she did, she vomitted EVERYTHING - litterally her dinner, 2 milk. OMD :( I screamed a little bit *whoops*.
The 2 grandmas got REALLY busy cleaning us & the floor up. it was a hell lot of vomit. I had to shower and bath adelle after that. She's ok after that *phew*
Posted by ikho at 12:37:00 PM 0 shout-outs
Friday, March 14, 2008
HOW?!
Having made that cake and cupcakes for Adelle's birthday, the inner me is now longing to pursue more! I so wish there's good cake decorating class around here. But, WHEN? HOW? WHERE?!
*arrghhh* *mewek*
Posted by ikho at 6:38:00 AM 0 shout-outs
adelle's new habits
kisses & hugs
ahh before she used to give kisses and hugs when she wanted to, if we forced her, she'd stiffen her body and look away. but these past 4 weeks, she's been giving it when we ask her to! soo sweet... i never want these moments to pass :P
she'd sit in front of this big mirror downstairs and kiss herself in the mirror hehhe...
she'd kiss almost all of her soft toys, babies in magazines/books.
food & milk
portion wise, it hasn't really increased. *sigh* but texture wise, she's on rougher meals. I also started giving her rice porridge yesterday. At first she spitted everything back out and stuck her fingers in her mouth to play with the food. But after several attempts, she finished it all. The key was not to give it in a big portion. I still blend some hard vegies (such as carrots), but vegies/fruits that are quite soft, such as pumpkin, steamed apple/pear, bananas, i crushed it with fork since adelle turned 10 or 11 months.
i've also been giving her plain UHT milk. the key here is to give it in her bottle. if she drinks it from the straw, she'll just spit everything back out. i intend to not give UHT milk with flavour as i assume it'd be just as sweet as the formula. i still give Adelle Procal Gold since we still have a huge box full of them!!
she's been drinking pure juice and pure fruit milkshake too using a glass and straw. she luurrveeees it!
i still haven't introduced fish, but it should be soon :) i'm thinking 'bawal' fish and salmon as starter.
i cook her meat with onion, tomatoes and oregano now to give it more flavour.
activities
she's started walking a few days before her first birthday and has been trying ever since. it's damn cute!
she likes sitting on the floor playing with my brushes when i get ready in front of the mirror.
she loves pushing her folded stroller and her walkers around the house and never seemed to get tired from it. *sigh* my back is killing me!!
she loves music so much i'm not kidding.
she now also points at things she wants or when calling someone over.
she can do these when we ask her to :
* kepala pusing (she'd put her hand(s) on the forehead)
* opa's mouth (pouty lips)
* show us where beo is and where the fish are; where specific people are
* tell us if she wants something or not by either nodding or shaking her head or saying yes
* waves bye
* show us where adelle is, she'd pat her chest.
* show us where nose and mouth are
she can do fake cries too sometimes *tepok jidat*
Posted by ikho at 5:58:00 AM 3 shout-outs
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
birthday dinner with family
adelle with some of her presents
we decided to gather some of the closest family members at home just to celebrate Adelle's first birthday as it did fall on monday. i spent the whole day baking a chocolate cake and about 30 pieces banana cupcake as souvenir. all with the help of my lovely mother in law. she made the green koala fondant (we meant it to be a bear - just like adelle's favourite bear, but it looked like a koala in the end :D)
i was exhausted, but very very happy as people loved my cakes! yaayyy *now i can officially take orders hehhehe*
the part that makes me the happiest is that i managed to bake Adelle her very first birthday cake myself - with all its imperfections. it means the world to me.
once again, happy 1st birthday my dear girl, you have made me a very proud mother and i hope you'll grow to be the best you can be. may God always be with you every step of the way. i love you more than words can say. *muahhhh*
Posted by ikho at 1:23:00 AM 7 shout-outs
From Bali with Love...
Here are some of our photos taken during the trip to Bali (feb 28 to mar 07)
at the bvlgari hotel
adelle playing in the pool (she was so afraid!! :P)
at Kuta Beach, catching a sunshine that's almost non existence
Posted by ikho at 12:45:00 AM 0 shout-outs
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
1 year has passed
adelle on her 1st birthday, around 8am.
after a face full of smiles, i gave her lotsa kisses and wished her happy birthday. i said to her, " happy birthday dear adelle...you're not a baby anymore yea?!" and she answered me "YEAAAAAA".
thanks everyone for their warmest wishes on Adelle's first birthday.
thank you also for the beautiful presents *yippeee*
we'll update you all with more pictures soon!
Posted by ikho at 10:26:00 AM 1 shout-outs



