tuition

every parent that I know right now is putting their children in tuition class, whether it is mandarin, english, drawing, ballet, music, etc. for Joice, her father and I don't or maybe have not decide in which area that we should put her in tuition, maybe soon one day id she does not want to obey and follow my instruction for her in doing homework, somehow I will put her in tuition class, sigh.

what is actually the reason for each parent to put their children in tuition anyway? after a long survey around friends, neighbors, and relatives, simpoly the reasons are the children dont want them (parent) to teach at home and they seek more new experiences and knowledge out of school context. which mean, they think with the tuition it will help children to master the subject deeper, thats true. I agree. but still i have the slight feeling and guilt to think that i should put Joice in tuition centre where i, myself, is a tuition teacher! yaiks...and now Joice is getting older, she knows how to say no and argue with me to do her other homework, except from school. i am fully realize that she's just only 3 years old, compare to her friend that already celebrated their 4th birthday at school. however, i remember vcaguely when i was her age, i went to tuition too and i begged my mom to put me in prechool earlier than other kids. yeah i loved school so mouch back on that time, ha ha, not now (hihi)

so at the end of long discussion with mw own inner (mad) thinking :)> i decided to put her in crayon class trial for this wednesday, in my opinion, she might pratice her writing pressure with her hand (motoric skill) and she learns to combine colors and use her imagination widely. she is lazy to color, and she can't choose the colors, she would color whoever faces with purple! he he and skin and all clothings and shoes with one same color! maybe its her age, i am not sure about this, so i saw the class once and think she might want to try.....and they also teach to paint and color with crayon. one method that i like from hadiprana art centre, they dont have a handboook for the kids. the kids may draw and color without any dotted line and a formal book. not like global art. so it will span their creativity area

lets just see what will be happened this wed anyway...he he.....many people ask me to put her in mandarin lesson or english, yet i still think that i am not expert in mandarin but i still can teach her some of that strange scratches in mand he he....my back up is my parents, they can come over in weekend to teach Joice anyway ha ha! saved by the grandparents

days with my daughter

baliii holidayyyy

Pertama kalinya Moses naik pesawat he he he, dan pertama kalinya kita semua bisa holiday, means real holiday, kalau ke bogor, namanya bukan holiday, karena jarak terlalu dekat dan papanya harus nangkring di telepon hihihihi, libur lebaran kemarin 2-8sept 2011, keluarga kita dan bapak bany siregar :) berlibur bersama ke bali, yeyyy!!!1 cukup excited karena pertama kali juga nih keluarga pergi berlibur membawa baby caleb yang masih 9 bulan. wow....

tempat-tempat yang kita pergi memang ga seheboh orang lain, speed kita lambat dan 1 hari 2 tempat, supaya anak-anak lebih fresh, bisa take a nap di mobil. wisata kuliner juga diusahakan tetap berjalan

day 1. baru sampai dari airport, jadi hanya unpack di seminyak townhouse, tempatnya cukup besar, tapi karena tempat ini milik orang asing lalu dibeli lokal, dan manage oleh orang italia, disewakan per unit, 1 unit 2 lantai dan 2 kamar. cukup bersih, ada kolam renang, sayang musuh terbesar adalah lalat dan nyamuk! cukup nyebelin karena moses bentol 5 di muka! haissss, dan lalat bertebaran di dekat dapurm entah dari mana. selain itum okelahhh, tempat cukup rapi dan dibersihkan setiap hari.

day 2. all fresh , pagi2 langsung maen air di dpn kamar. kolam persis di depan kita lah ya....lalu langsung ke benoa, kita mau ke pulau penyu dan liatin org parasailing, iya cuman liatin, soalnya bawa anak2 , masa mamanya parasailing, doohhh. moses bobo di boat ke pulau penyu, sampe perjalanan pulang, sampe di mobil juga, rupanya dia ngantuk berat hahahahahha joice enjoy karena pengen liat sammy katanya..., habis dari benoa, ya kita cari makan yang deket dan searah aja....nothings special..

day 3. uluwatu time! nice temple with lots of monkeys, monkeys itu ada rajanya, ada ajudannyam juga anak dan cicit2nya bertahta di uluwatu. pemandangan spektakuler banget....topppp and recommended, sbnrnya wkt honeymoon kita uda kesini hehehehe dan kita dulu nonton tari kecak yang indah dgn pemandangan sunset. romatis abisss...cak cak cak cakcak....skrg dgn bagasi nempel 2 dan barang2, tentunya cuman puas liat ombak dan monyet. bagusss banget.....turun dari uluwatu, kita ke padang padang beach yang terkenal dari eat pray love itu, ya ternyata cukup tersembunyi dan terkenal setelah booming film julia roberts, sebelumnya tempat ini sepi, karena jalur masuknya agak susah, lewatin batu besar dan sambil gendong anak sih turunnya semangat 45, naiknya????? mojrotttttt, untung joice mau jalan sendiri, calvin gendong moses plus bawa dirinya sendiri, naik lsng minum pocari 2 botol hahahahaha gimana nehhhh.....after padang padang, ya dinner time...

day 4. bali safari and marine park. unforgettable place for our kids. kids love this place so much!!! recommended deh, yang punya anak boleh kesini, tatanannya mirip sama sing zoo tapi ya ga seluas sing zoo, tapi krn tempat ini dikelola oleh swastam ,makanya bersih dan rapi. resto nya muahal tapi kualitas kebersihan memang okes banget. bersih pollll. anak2 bisa menyusui dan bobo di tempat ini. babies i mean. yang 2 lagi, lari lari senang kegirangan. seharian dientertain oleh binatang2 sampe malam menjelang baru pulang, karena ga puas dan ga mau rugi, masuknya cukup mahal, turis yang dateng hampir semua juga bule dan asians, sisanya orang indo cuman kita doang...ckckckckck

day 5. ubud...bebek...nyam..nyam...ktmu mbak mega nih lagi lunch di tempat sama, bebek tepian sawah. bebek crunchy dan empuk, hrg 75 ribu 1 paket tapi sesuai dgn taste nya yang aduhai nyam nyam...after ubud, finally kita sampe juga ke kute....untuk sunset dan ke mall hahahaha...dasar org jakarta kalo ke mall lsg nafsu krn adem dan bisa beli perbekalan kering dan basah ha ha hahahhaa.....

day 6. time ti check out and check in ke kuta townhouse, tempatnya di poppies lane, menjorok di pojok gang, yang ternyata dalamnya guedeee, kolam renang aja ada 2, masing2 ada kolam anak lagi. bagoossss. isi ruangan ada kitchen set yang luengkap buanget dan bersih, bebas lalat dan serangga apapun itu namanya, kamarnya besar dannnn ssttt ranjang king size nya bisa kita turunin. jadi gelaran di bawah, bisa tidur bebas dan luas deh malam itu...selth itu kita ke joger, ngeliat kaos khas bali, trnyt ga murah loh, 1 pcs kaos biasa aja, oblong yg ada tulisan kocaknya itu seharga 75 ribu untuk ukuran paling kecil, makin besar makin mahal. kaos anak saja hanya dikit di bawah itu...hm...udah jauh2 ya kita beli deh kaos kembaran anak2 aja....dinner at warung made yang di seminyak, tempat lebih besar jadi cocok untuk anak2

day 7. time to go home, packing and byebye baliiiii, we'll see you on another holidayyyy

haircut

haircut was such an annoying moment for most of kids, including my Joice. She hates having a haircut, so one day we decided to face the 'nightmare' by taking her to the kids saloon, the saloon understand and provide things to overcome those cranky children who hate to have a haircut ha ha! anyways, she also refused to sit on a car chair by herself so her dad put her on his lap and he was also covered with cloth hahahaha it looked like father was also had his hair cut. then i asked the person to turned on the hello kitty dvd, she sat nicely and even had a hair blow wow! it worked.....

before, i took her to a regular saloon, and it was kind of embarrassing. Joice would cry very loud and she ended up throwing up at the cloth, and everybody in saloon would stare at us. i didn't care of those eyes though, i just thought this shouldn't be like this, haircut should be fun, right???? having someone taking care of our hair while we are relaxing. anyway, i post this picture so we are all can remember the first time of haircut time without any trouble...heheheheheh good job, joice! she got a cup of baskin robbins afterward :))))

and look....who is enjoying the toy car ride so much....

sent from uncle chandra

Moses Chen Nicolson....1 year and 2 months old

snapshots

just a thought

everybody struggle with her/his health condition, either sometimes we catch a cold or we ill and cared in hospital. whatever condition that we have, we need to be grateful to God. He knows what is best for us. i trust God fully and always give thanks for his caring and love to my family.

mu uncle Johan is very close to us, to me in particular, i knew and closed to him since I was very little. he used to come to my house and spent time with me and my brother. He is loved by every nephews and nieces. since he is the youngest uncle in my mom's side, he is always young and like to tease us all.

in 2004, he got nasopharinx cancer. we were all so shocked, and all we thought was nothing, we never had anyone in our family who got cancer. it was a new thing for us to face and cope. it wasn't easy of course and we had nothing to expect except getting help as much as we could and treated well.

after chemo and radiation, he was well treated and being "cured" for a while. he ate much and kept his lifestyle healthy. but God has other thing, his cancer came back now at 2011, after 7 good years. his son is in college now, daughter is in high school. everybody could accept it with greater heart and ready response. he had to undergo another series of chemo and radiation. doctor is not responding very well this time. another chance is having treatment and checking at singapore. his ENT doctor suggested that.

so here I am searching all over friends, relatives, and internet, to find good doctor. i have hope. a BIG hope should i say, he is only 53 and I believe, if we try more maybe God also has plan to him.

whatever happen now and then, i really believe that God put his hands to my uncle. he has a good plan for him and his family, so what we do now, is supporting him in all times and be encourager for him.

God, I know that once again you know whats best for him. Please be with him through all this hard condition, and may your name be glorified after all.