Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Halo

pic source : by laki gue

yang domisili di medan, pada ngeliat "HALO" ini ga kemaren....?


Halo (optical phenomenon)

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Complex halo display around the sun
Complex halo display around the sun
Halo around the sun at the South Pole featuring a parhelic circle, a 22° halo with two sundogs, and an upper tangent arc topped by a faint Parry arc.
Halo around the sun at the South Pole featuring a parhelic circle, a 22° halo with two sundogs, and an upper tangent arc topped by a faint Parry arc.

A halo (ἅλως; also known as a nimbus, icebow or Gloriole) is an optical phenomenon that appears near or around the Sun or Moon, and sometimes near other strong light sources such as street lights. There are many types of optical halos, but they are mostly caused by ice crystals in cold cirrus clouds located high (5–10 km, or 3–6 miles) in the upper troposphere. The particular shape and orientation of the crystals is responsible for the type of halo observed. Light is reflected and refracted by the ice crystals and may split up into colors because of dispersion, similarly to the rainbow.

Sometimes in very cold weather optical halos are formed by crystals close to ground level, called diamond dust. The crystals behave like jewels, refracting and reflecting sunlight between their faces, sending shafts of light in particular directions.

Atmospheric phenomena such as halos were used as an empirical means of weather forecasting before meteorology was developed.

Other common optical phenomena involving water droplets rather than ice crystals include the glory and the rainbow.

uhukk uhukkk.....

kita udah sampe dengan selamat dari jumat malem, tapi biasalah langsung diribetin sama unpacking, trus urusan toko, eh trus gue tumbang, (ga sampe tumbang sihhhhhh hihi hiperbol banget yaak) leher sakit bener, pala pusing2 mlulu. sekarang sukses gue udah batuk2 kayak org penyakitan. HAIYAAAAA gue paling benci kalo batuk dan demam. tok tok deh gue ga mau demam.

the plane trip home, adelle was way better than laki gue expected. dia udah kembat kembit aja adelle bakalan misbehaving di 8-hour flight dr melb-sin. kalo gue sih asoy2 aja donggg... gue bilang ke dia, adduhhhh lo kok kawatir sih.. gue waktu berdua doang ama adelle aja toh ke handle, ini apalagi kan kita ber2 bok, malah bisa di share adellenya ke yg satu kan?!
akhirnya, emang bener, adelle bobo pas planenya baru di runway, 4 jam kemudian bangun, ya dia kadang2 kalo lg ga turbulance mau berdiri2 aja di sekitar kursi, ngintip2 anak yg duduk di belakang gue yang lagi nonton di laptopnya... trus gue ajakin duduk di pangkuan gue sambil guenya maen mario bros, dia doyaan banget nontonin mario loncat2 hehe..

sampe di airport, ketemu oma & iie yang ngejemput... adelle masih inget. sampe di rumah, opa pun dia masih inget, tapi pas ketemu jiku, adelle pasang gaya sombong2 dikit hihi... lucu bener pas jiku minta cium nih, adelle cuek kan...trus jikunya pura2 nangis sedih, ehhh adelle cuman kerut2in kening, lirik2 jiku, trus lirik2 oma, tetep kerut2 keningnya. langsunglah penonton ngakak2. kali di pikirannya, "omaaaa what is this man doing? emang gue males nyium so whattt?" :D

jadwal bobo & makan adelle, surprisingly dia ga keganggu sama sekali ama perbedaan waktu yang notabene cuman 3 jam sih :P begitu balik sini, adelle ngatur sendiri jadwalnya. Sekarang bobonya antara 1/2 10 - 1/2 11 malam, trus bangun pagi jam 9, makan pagi jam 10, trus jam 12an makan siang, udah itu bobo siang jam 2.30, sampe jam 4.30an, udah itu maen2 sampe jam 6.30 dinner.
yang hebatnya kalo udah 1/2 10 malem, gue tanya, does adelle want to sleep now? dia ngangguk2 sambil ngomong "bobokk" trus langsung nyari matrasnya, rebahan trus narik selimut sambil nyari bear. hihi... asik yaaa... akhirnya 1 rutinitas udah ga gue kawatirin. tinggal potty trainingnya aja nih gue mulai.... *malesss bener rasanyaaa*

one other funny thing sejak balik melbern, kalo di medan gue kan ga pake car seat nih buat adelle, jadi kalo di mobil sekarang adelle kerjanya narik seat belt yg ditengah trus disodorin ke kita, sambil ngomong "iniii...inii.....tutuupppp" maksudnya disuruh makein. dan bener, kalo udah kita ceklek-in, dia duduk manis2 ga ribut2 lagi. hihihi..kebiasaan pas duduk di carseat pas disono kali yaaaa :D

uhukkk uhuukk...... gue permisi dulu yaaa :D

Thursday, September 11, 2008

jarang2 nih..

rabu pagi laki gue nelpon ke rumah great-grandma mau ngasi tau kalo kita mo dateng ntar malamnya. ga taunya ketauan, gr-grandma rupanya barusan jatuh, kepleset di tangga... gr-grandpa ga kuat buat ngangkat plus lagi bad back. gr-grandma sendiri lutut2 dan kaki2nya udah lemes banget, jd ga bs ngangkat badan sendiri kalo sempet jatuh gitu

aduhh kesian banget ya.. jadi grandma mau nunggu sampe cousin-nya laki gue pulang dari sekolah (which is masih 3.5 jam later)...
ya udah langsung laki gue ngacir ke rumah gr-grandma buat bantu ngangkat. puji Tuhan dia gapapa sih..agak pegel2 dikit kayaknya pas kita dateng malemnya.

eniwei, adelle disitu as usual seneng banget, mondar-mandir, ga peduliin daddy ama mummynya seperti di rmh - karna ada orang laen yg bisa diekorin hihihi.. begitu kita nyampe, adelle ga pake babibu lho, lgsg duduk di kursi meja makan, nunjuk2 piring yg masih kosong, trus ngomong "eat .. eat... mamiiii mamammmm" hahah rupanya dese kelaparan yaa..

menu malem itu rupanya surprise2, nasi + stir fry.. adelle banyak juga lho makannya, tumben2an banget. kalo makan biasanya dia cuman 3-4 sdt, kmrn ada kali 10-15 sdt. seneng banget gue... anak ini kayaknya emang pinter makan kalo di depan orang lho.. kalo cuman org2 rumah dia ogah2an.. wahh tau cari-muka dongg hehehhe..

seneng banget gue liat anak gue yg msh 1.5 taon, udah bisa nunjukin her love, dia bisa hug & kiss gr-granpa & gr-grandma, grandma & grandpa... bisa belai2 sayang gently (dari tangan kita sampe kepala bear2nya hehhe), bisa ngomong "sayangg.." ama "ai ... kov yu " (artinya I love you), sehat2 selalu dan masih banyak lagi yang ofkorz ngebuat hari2 gue worthwhile banget :) Happy 18 months dear girl..

sedih juga nih udah mau pulang indo next week....

Monday, September 08, 2008

Ballarat Trip & 18 bulan (kurang 2 hari)








hari jumat minggu lalu kita jalan2 ke Ballarat sama grandpa yang sekalian ada urusan di deket ballarat. berangkatnya sih awalnya mau jam 7.30 pagi, kita trus udah siap2 dong ya, ga taunya grandpa yang telat, jam 9 kurang akhirnya kita baru dijemput. sesampenya di ballarat, busettt disitu dingin abis cong!! kuping gue sampe frostbite *hipebol hiaaaahiahia* tapi anak gue dong, ga peduli, yang penting liat bebek :)

(yang lucunya pas udah di rumah kita liat2 video dari trip kapan ari, komen pertama adelle tau ga apa?? "dinginnnn" hahhahah ternyata die dingin juga bok!)

grandpa had fun with adelle and his camera. sampe moto pake ampir tengkurep2 hehe.. adelle juga had fun, nyabut2in rumput & bunga daisy :D

anyway, adelle 2 hari lagi udah 18 bulan..ga terasa ya, 1.5 taon udah umurnya. pantesan dese makin pinter, cheeky dan bandel aja.

gue dan ahren mulai ngajarin sign language ke dia, just some basic ones. awal2 sih kayaknya duh susah bener ya ngajarinnya, tapi biasalah, she surprised us, one day lancar aja ngesign waktu bilang "more please.."

by today, dia bisa ngesign these :
* more
* please
* baby
* ta/thank you
* milk
* eat
* help
* all done/ all gone

katanya sih, sign language membantu speech development, apalagi kalo diajarin dari baby. yang pasti sih di adelle good manner nambah, tau bilang "more please..." kalo minta sesuatu hihi..

speech-wise, adelle udah bener2 bawel. makin seneng nyanyi dan goyang2. udah bisa ngomong "one two three" ato "satu dua tiga". ga tau deh dese ngerti it's the same thing :)

selaen nap-nya yang udah sekali sehari aja these past couple of months, minum susunya juga udah berkurang 2x aja. hmm, maybe she's weaning herself off the milk, tapi ntar deh gue tanya DSA gue, wajar ga anak dibwh 2 taon minum susunya 400-500cc sehari.

giginya adelle juga udah nambah 1, jd sekarang totalnya 9 biji. yg terakhir ini nih, it was a bi*ch deh.. abis geraham depan gitu, kan gede, jadi kali lebih lama mencuat kluarnya. anak gue jadinya clingy banget, ngekor2in mlulu gitu, pantang ga liat gue aja.. kayaknya it took around 2-3 weeks deh, tapi pas udah kerobek gusinya, she's back to normal.

trus her people skill juga kayaknya udah nambah bagus deh. biarpun nih anak kliyatan ga 'seberani' anak2 bule disini (asli, kalo anak2 sini tuh berani2 aja datengin orang trus diajak ngobrol, dstnya), tapi adelle suka deket2in dan diamat2in dulu, trus diekor2in, baru deh mulai beo2 tuh anak ngapain aja. kalo sama org dewasa, tergantung tuh orang kalo konsisten ngajakin adelle ngomong dan ini itu, ga lama pasti adelle udah lengket dan mau aja digendong.

udah gitu, her memories of people she's met juga top banget IMHO. mungkin of her favorite people aja kali yaa... kita kan udah di melbern 1 bulan lebih ya, trus kmrn pas gue buka email yang ada foto attachment dari oma/opanya, adelle langsung ngabsen2 oma, opa, iie, jiku. berarti dia kagak lupa kan ya..

adelle kayaknya anaknya jijik-an. kalo lagi makan apa gitu yang lengket2 ditangannya, pasti dia ga tahan trus dateng ke kita sambil nunjuk2 & ngomong "iiiiiiiihhhh", minta tangannya dicuci/dilap pake wipes. trus lagi, kalo lagi buka kaos kaki, dia suka ngomong "iiiihh bauuu" hhehhe..

ohh.. one other silly thing that adelle does, adalah dia suka ngebalik2in kata2!!! ASLII congg.. gue ga ngerti nih anak iseng banget ato dyslexic ato malah kepinteran. soalnya kata2nya tuh ga pernah diucapin ama dia, pun bisa dibalikin dengan sukses. tapi kalo gue ngetes, kliyatan dia ngulangin kata2nya dengan muka menggoda.

some of the contoh nih :
* roti --> rito
* poppy --> pipo
* topi --> tipo
* socks --> kos

Monday, September 01, 2008

iseng2

orang kurang kerjaan, ya begini ini.. hehhe...


blown in the wind



serem gaa tuhhhh

Last wiken...

Sabtu kemaren kita ke Misa Akbar (kolaborasi antara Mudika Melbourne & PDKKI) di St. Anthony Church (Hawthorn).. seneng deh ketemu temen2 lama biarpun adelle ajubileh ga bisa diemnya. pake acara jatoh lagi! pipi kirinya kepentok kursi gereja, kayaknya sih sakit banget soalnya adelle biasanya kalo jatuh/kepentok ga pake nangis (maklum, ikut maminya yang punya pain treshold tinggi hehe). kelar gereja, tnyt keliyatan sedikit biru lebam di pipinya.. ck ck ck..


trus kita lanjut makan steamboat di resto Golden House (persis di depannya Crown Casino). abis hari itu angin dari kutub lagi gila2nya, wahhh dingin bener, pas buka pintu mobil aja, pintunya kedorong trus bunyi "grekkk".. weleh2... untung ga ikutan terbang. kita dapet parkir lmyn deket, paling2 5 menit jalan kaki. ga lama kok, cuman kalo mesti jalan di angin badai begitu plus sambil gendong adelle yang lagi bobo, serasa 1 jam jalan dehh :P mana perut keroncongan segala?!!

Overall, restonya asik deh buat kocek dan lidah. Harganya AUD$20 per person, all you can eat steamboat. Tapi kita puas2in makan beef slice yg tipis itu plus xiao long bao (itu lho yg kayak di duck king) pinter kan!!! hihihi... oohh all you can drink juga! drinknya tinggal ngambil di chillernya dia, bisa milih dari soya bean milk, chrysanthemum, iced lemon tea, plum drink sampe coca cola, all bottled/canned. gue paling demen nih kalo begini.. mana lagi dingin2nya, perut anget deh rasanya kalo steamboat-an. sedaappp gumindang.


biarpun kedinginan, foto2 teteup jalan donggg

Hari minggunya kita cuman di rumah pagi2nya, daddy latihan basket di MSAC, trus kita jalan ke airport mo nganter twaku yang mo ke perth buat kerjaan. buset sekarang parkir di airport udah mehi bener lho. 20-40 menit pertama di charge $6, trus menit ke 40-1 jam di charge $12. dan gara2 pipiet & ahren ke WC, kita kelewatan 2 menit jd kena yang $12... wahhh what an expensive toilet break gue bilang hahahha...



adelle's favorite friend

kelar dari airport, mampir ke DFO (Direct Factory Outlet).. blenji blenji dongggg... mami adelle dapet 3 pairs of jeans!! (biar ga diejek pake clown pants lagi deehh), and 1 top dari Portmans. pipiet juga blanja lhoo (hahah inpo penting tapi ga berguna gini)

adelle sih bobo sepanjang kita di DFO - untung ada ahren yang setia mengiring2 2 tuan putri syoping. pas kita beli iced coffee, gue kasih deh 1/2 gelas ke dia.. buat recharge battery hehe..


diem2 duduk manis, rupanya menemukan 'harta karun'!!

gallop..gallop...

lucu bin aneh, anak gue belakangan ini kalo jalan bukan jalan, tapi galloping...

gal·lop (glp)n.

a. A natural three-beat gait of a horse, faster than a canter, in which all four feet are off the ground at the same time during each stride.
b. A fast running motion of other quadrupeds.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

jalan jalan sore @ The Tan :D

karena kmrn udaranya bagus banget, 19 degrees dan ga trll windy, daddy janji mo ngajak adelle liat bebek lagi, dese hepi bener..cepet2 duduk di rak sepatu buat pake sepatu. tapi pas baru nyampe di depan Shrine of Rememberance, adelle bobo. jadi yang jalan2 sore cuman mami dan daddynya dehh... :D
2 hrs later, adelle bangun kita udah nyampe apartment lagi... first word " bebek". hahahha... tapi untung dia ga nagih2 bebek2 mlulu ohh well, mungkin udah ketemu ama bebek2 di dalem mimpi kali yaa.. :P



Friday, August 29, 2008

I LURVE this song!!!!




-I'm Yours by Jason Mraz-

(adelle kalo sing-along, dia tau lho bagian "no more no more" lucu bener pake kerut2 gitu keningnya)

I'm Yours lyrics

Well you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
and now I'm trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I'll be giving it my bestest
Nothing's going to stop me but divine intervention
I reckon its again my turn to win some or learn some

I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm yours

Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love
Listen to the music of the moment people dance and sing
we´re just one big family
It's your God-forsaken right to be loved love loved love love

So I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and I laughed
I guess what I'm saying is there ain't no better reason
To rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
It's what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue

I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

Well no no, well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love love
Listen to the music of the moment come and dance with me
ah, la one big family ([2nd time:] ah, la happy family)
It's your God-forsaken right to be loved love love love

I won't hesitate no more
Oh no more no more no more
It's your God-forsaken right to be loved, I'm sure
Theres no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours

No I won't hesitate no more, no more
This cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours, I'm yours

Thursday, August 28, 2008

serius nih ver, masa ngasi gue PR sihh :D tapi gpp kok, iseng2 berhadiah ponten cantik yaaaaa

4 kerjaan:
1. Kuli di berbagai tempat
2. A wifey and a mummy
3. Jualan : cafe coklat, perlenongan.
4. Wedding organizer

4 tempat tinggal:
1. Medan (jl. kangkung, jl. pattimura, kabanjahe (gue lahir dikampung nih))
2. Dili, Timtim (jaman gue SD)
3. Jakarta (ga lama sih, setaon lebih aja)
4. Melbourne (dari akhir SMA, kuliah, ketemu jodoh, merit)

4 film yang udah 100x ditonton? (hmmm, gue bkn tipe yg ngulang2 nonton pilem nih, dan adelle juga ga tiap hari nonton DVD, jd gue list yang paling sering aja yaa)
1. DVD Karaoke Lagu Anak2x (lagu jamannya susan, cheyquita medi, etc)
2. Dora the explorer - musical adventure
3. Barney - the musical
4. The Wiggles - Top of the Tots

4 makanan fave?
1. Sushi
2. Anything coklat (chocolate cake, brownies, dstnya) and anything jelly2an yang legit2
3. Anything spicy (nasi padang, korean, thai food, any kind of sambal/chilli sauce, dstnya)
4. Steak and mushroom pie

4 situs favorit?
1. fashionesedaily, buat gosip2an, ngeces liat haul2 anak2, cari inpo soal lenongan, jualan
2. suyin's blog
3. allrecipes.com
4. facebook

4 target berikut:
gue ga nargetin deh...kayaknya udah pada kena semua :D

hayooo ver, PONTEN gue manaaa??? :P

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

mimisan

si curly ini :



nyodok2 idungnya seperti ini :


jadinya mimisan (perdana nih :D ) dehhhh



A visit to the Animal Farm



setelah dipikir2 dan ditimbang2, akhirnya kita milih buat bawa Adelle ke animal farm daripada ke zoo dengan alasan, adelle mungkin lebih bisa enjoy di farm krn dese baru tau binatang2 seperti ayam, bebek, kuda, sapi daripada wombat, rhino, etc. lagipula, taon lalu kan udah ke zoo.. :D


adelle lagi minum babycino - ayam bule gendut2 ya..
(sorry for the double photos :D )

Sesampenya di farm, kita mampir di cafetarianya dulu, lucu deh, outdoor gitu. meja dan kursinya tersebar2 di bawah pohon2 rindang, ada juga yang standard, kita milih bench yg standard aja *ga keren yakk heihiihi* duh hari ini sunny banget (tapi teteup dingin bok), adelle sampe kerut2 aja tuh keningnya. kita pesenin soldier toast (cuman 1 slice sourdough + ham + cheese, toasted) tapi adelle cuman makan secuil..bete. dia udah ga sabar mau "tudunnn...tudunnnn" (baca : turun) lari2an liat binatang2.

biaya masuknya buat family AUD16. mahal yah..


adelle saying hello to the chicken and the piggy


eniwei, intinya adelle di farm hepi bener, lari2 mlulu sekeliling farm. burung2 dikejar2. domba2 di pat, kambing dibelai2, dstnyaa... very2 refreshing and the fresh air is priceless...

tapi adelle takut lho liat babi, abis jelek kali yaa hehhe..


-patting a goat-


-with lambs-



-runnnnnnn-


-gandengan ama mami-

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

goyang lagi euyy

makin jago kan goyang pinggulnya hahahhaa.... :D


Monday, August 25, 2008

beanie bear is missing..

some of you have had the honour to meet the green beanie bear, havent you???

welll....consider yourselves lucky, coz beanie bear is MISSING!!!! *mummy nangis*

doain deh, moga2 besok tiba2 muncul bearnya..kalo ga..huuuwwaaa... adelle bisa cranky deh kalo lagi kangen bear-nya :(

kejepit

inilah adelle, suka bener maen diantara double-glass door

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Playtime

Botanical Garden



kelar ngasih makan bebek2 dan burung2, lari2, ganggu2 burung2, adelle ketiduran di strollernya. 1.5 jam kemudian bangun, kata pertamanya langsung "bebeeekk...bebeekkk...?" bwahahhaa

Playing with cloth pegs in mummy's shoes


Play with the fish & splash some coins with grandpa

sampe tangannya ngepink bok, dingin bangeedddsss!!!




Playdate with Flynn & Maeve

great-grandparents

adelle with Pa



trainride on the way to see great-grands.

ada 2 teens yang duduknya ga jauh dari kita lagi denger musik hiphop deh kalo ga salah, saking maksnya, sampe kedengeran sama satu gerbong. tapi anak gue ga komplain, langsung goyang2 sepanjang ride hehe...

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Moby Wrap wraps your bub like a koala :D

Lucu deh...sekarang disini banyak lho ibu2 muda yang pake Moby Wrap (bule version of our gendongan :D ).

bedanya, Moby Wrap ini 100% cotton, jadi gue bilang lebih ada 'give'nya dibanding gendongan yang kita biasa pake. Trus, ridiculously, harganya bok... AUD60!!! busettt... (pelitnya kluar). Cuman yah nih mobywrap lebih keren2 motifnya, ada yg polos, ada yang dari satin sutra, motif batik, etc.




pic. courtesy of justforbubs.com.au


makenya jg ga susah2 amat sih..... liat gih