Crystal is 22 months today
since Crystal could sit well, and especially when she started to walk, 11.5 months, if i was at home, i'd try as much to let her sit on potty when pee or poop.
also i often told her:
"Jing-jing, if you want to pee or poop, tell mama. OK? or if you want, you can go and pee at toilet. or you can sit on potty by yourself."
i think it's about time for her now.
she is more than half way to success for this potty training.
sometimes if she wants to pee, she sits on the potty by herself.
sometimes i just remind her by saying, "Jing-jing, go and sit on potty before you pee on your pants."
many kiddy pants in china are having a hole on the bottom area.
so, she wouldnt have to take off her pants. she can just sit on the potty and pee.
actually i have let her wear a kiddy panty. but her grandma is not so patient to let her wear it. she doesnt want to let her wear it.
sometimes Crystal will tell us by saying, "niao niao." (means: pee).
but still .. sometimes she says "niao niao" after she has already pee. lol !
last nite, around 9pm, i let her play puzzles on bed. few minutes later, i fell aslept 'coz i was awfully sleepy.
on 9.30pm, in my sleep, i heard her saying to me, "niao niao..niao niao..."
i found out she was standing besides our bed, talking to me, pointing her pee on the floor.
her pants were wet. lol !
she had got down from the bed. she just had pee before reaching the potty.
blamed mama for falling a sleep !
on 10pm, she told me she wanted to poop. so she sat on potty with me sat in front of her, accompanying her.
here was the sweetest thing she did while we sat together waiting for her to poop;
she said she wanted to kiss my eyes. so i let her do it. my dear lill one, mommy's enjoying your kissing mommy's eyes very much !!! and i also kissed her eyes.
Smarty doesn't want to use potty
On contrary, Smarty, the boy of my in-laws, never wants to sit on potty or toilet.
So anyone in the house should carry up this 18kgs boy whenever he poops, with extra bonus: the smell comes up from the basin where he poops.
They never let him have potty training .. never !
He is now, 2 years 8 months; maybe a little bit late for starting a potty training.
'They' here includes his own parents and my mother and father-in-law.
They just simply say, he doesn't want to sit on potty or toilet.
Yes .. of course he doesn't want, 'coz they never let him do from the very beginning.
So, please do carry him all the time if he wants to poop, and you all will surely get your bonus of course.. lol.
They never listen to my advise regarding some parenting stuffs. They think they know more perhaps. Whatever..!
But they often finds out Crystal can do this or that earlier compares to her brother.
Then they would start to teach similar thing to Smarty.
Same case with eating with a spoon.
I have a little argument (not quarrel) with my husband regarding potty training last nite.
My husband doesn't believe that Smarty doesn't want to sit on potty or toilet because of no potty training on him.
My husband said, it's just a boy's nature. A girl is easier to squat when pee or sit on potty, because of the nature that she is a girl.
Whatever-lah .. the potty training I did for Crystal has brought good result.. as i said, more than half way to success.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2007
funny fact about math
From a strictly mathematical viewpoint it goes like this:
What makes 100%?
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?
We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give more than 100%!!!
How about achieving 103%?
Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:
If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
and,
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
but,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
And,
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%
And look how far ass kissing will take you:
A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%
So, one can conclude with mathematical certainity that:
While Hardwork and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, Bullshit and Ass Kissing will put you over the top!!!
a ton of people who practice this and get places in this world!
from:
http://sunrisenmoon.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/2006/02/the_real_truth_.html
What makes 100%?
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?
We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give more than 100%!!!
How about achieving 103%?
Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:
If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
and,
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
but,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
And,
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%
And look how far ass kissing will take you:
A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%
So, one can conclude with mathematical certainity that:
While Hardwork and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, Bullshit and Ass Kissing will put you over the top!!!
a ton of people who practice this and get places in this world!
from:
http://sunrisenmoon.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/2006/02/the_real_truth_.html
husband store
A lady enters a "husband store".
there's a sign written on the door:
our store has 6 floors.
you can only go up and cannot return to the lower floor.
you will find an exit on each floor after you've picked what you need.
On the first floor the sign reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
She continues to the second floor. The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking.
"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012th to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.
Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
there's a sign written on the door:
our store has 6 floors.
you can only go up and cannot return to the lower floor.
you will find an exit on each floor after you've picked what you need.
On the first floor the sign reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
She continues to the second floor. The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking.
"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012th to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.
Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
Friday, April 27, 2007
bener2 pengen nangis !
sebel ama pemerintah china!
setelah nanya sana-sini, ke pihak berwenang .. ternyata aku tidak boleh melahirkan di china.
kalo melahirkan di china, suamiku akan kehilangan pekerjaannya, karena punya 2 anak status WNC. anak yang lahir di sini otomatis jadi WNC, karena salah satu orang tuanya WNC.
jadi aku harus balik dan melahirkan di indo. supaya si anak bisa berstatus WNI.
NO OTHER CHOICE, NO OTHER WAY !
kebayang bagaimana repotnya nanti.
atau pilihan kedua, menggugurkan si janin !
bener2 pengen nangis !
setelah nanya sana-sini, ke pihak berwenang .. ternyata aku tidak boleh melahirkan di china.
kalo melahirkan di china, suamiku akan kehilangan pekerjaannya, karena punya 2 anak status WNC. anak yang lahir di sini otomatis jadi WNC, karena salah satu orang tuanya WNC.
jadi aku harus balik dan melahirkan di indo. supaya si anak bisa berstatus WNI.
NO OTHER CHOICE, NO OTHER WAY !
kebayang bagaimana repotnya nanti.
atau pilihan kedua, menggugurkan si janin !
bener2 pengen nangis !
Thursday, April 26, 2007
got angry with mama
while playing on the bed after dinner, Crystal scratched mama's face with a plastic part of a pen. Mama didn't let her. She got angry and insisted. so mama beat her hand coz she kept insisting. after that she cried.
daddy came and said that he would take her out for a walk. she stopped crying. and said to daddy, "don't play with mama. play with daddy."
hahaha... made daddy and mama laughing.
few hours later, when it's about bed time, again similar thing happened on the bed.
Crystal got angry again.
Crys : Beat mama..beat mama.. Mama .. go to work!
Dad : (work on the computer, laughing)
G'ma: (just come in, hear it and laughing too)
Mom: OK, mama goes to work. Mama doesn't want Jing-jing anymore.
Crys : Jing-jing goes to work.
Mom : Hey ... didnt you ask mama to go to work just now ?
Crys : Jing-jing goes to work.
Mom: Mama goes to work, mama doesnt want Jing-jing anymore.
Crys : want Jing-jing.
Mom: dont want Jing-jing
Crys : eeh.. want Jing-jing, mama dont go to work.
Mom: (smiling) Ok, want Jing-jing. come here and hug mama.
yesterday evening, Crystal was playing with daddy's drawer key.
Grandpa said with hard tone, "dont play with it. gun-dan!"
Crystal cried bcoz of that.
during dinner, when we talked about this, Crystal also joined the conversation:
Crys : Jingjing went to grandma grandpa's bedroom.
Mom: oh.. what did you get ?
Crys: Got a key
Mom: what did Grandpa say to you?
Crys: gun dan
(everybody laughed)
Mom: and what did you do? did you cry? how did you cry?
Crys : eeh...eeh...
Dad : Jingjing, here is what gun-dan means ... (daddy got an egg and rolled it on the table)
gun = rolling
dan = egg
gun dan = go out (Chinese colloquial)
daddy came and said that he would take her out for a walk. she stopped crying. and said to daddy, "don't play with mama. play with daddy."
hahaha... made daddy and mama laughing.
few hours later, when it's about bed time, again similar thing happened on the bed.
Crystal got angry again.
Crys : Beat mama..beat mama.. Mama .. go to work!
Dad : (work on the computer, laughing)
G'ma: (just come in, hear it and laughing too)
Mom: OK, mama goes to work. Mama doesn't want Jing-jing anymore.
Crys : Jing-jing goes to work.
Mom : Hey ... didnt you ask mama to go to work just now ?
Crys : Jing-jing goes to work.
Mom: Mama goes to work, mama doesnt want Jing-jing anymore.
Crys : want Jing-jing.
Mom: dont want Jing-jing
Crys : eeh.. want Jing-jing, mama dont go to work.
Mom: (smiling) Ok, want Jing-jing. come here and hug mama.
yesterday evening, Crystal was playing with daddy's drawer key.
Grandpa said with hard tone, "dont play with it. gun-dan!"
Crystal cried bcoz of that.
during dinner, when we talked about this, Crystal also joined the conversation:
Crys : Jingjing went to grandma grandpa's bedroom.
Mom: oh.. what did you get ?
Crys: Got a key
Mom: what did Grandpa say to you?
Crys: gun dan
(everybody laughed)
Mom: and what did you do? did you cry? how did you cry?
Crys : eeh...eeh...
Dad : Jingjing, here is what gun-dan means ... (daddy got an egg and rolled it on the table)
gun = rolling
dan = egg
gun dan = go out (Chinese colloquial)
Friday, April 20, 2007
one child policy in China
by one child policy regulation in China, normally a Chinese couple is only allowed to have 1 child.
several exception i've ever heard:
* both the husband and wife are from the minority folk. the majority is "HAN". the minority are such as Xinjiang, Zhang, Chaoxian, etc. there are total 55 minority folks (thribes) in China.
* both the husband and wife are single-child in their own families.
* farmers whose first kid is a daughter.
* either the husband or wife is a foreigner.
previously, we got info that we could have 2 kids with Chinese nationality. but we needed to wait for another 3 years for the second one. but it was a mis-informatiton we got. another version we got was, if we wanted to have 2 children, both of the children must have foreign nationality (which is Indonesia).
the latest version, which is the correct version so far is:
we can have 2 children, if first one has Chinese nationality, then the second one cannot have the Chinese nationality, and cannot change it also in the future. if the second has the Chinese nationality, my husband will get fired from his job, which he works for the government (China Telecom). for this second kid, we dont have to wait for 3 years or so.
Thank God ! i really feel in such great relief now.
last few days i was in most stressfull condition ever, worried .. by the law that i must abort my second baby. if it happened, and i got no choice, i would plan to have my second baby in Indonesia.
and here is the great news...
i am now 9 weeks pregnant. and i feel great now!
actually it is out of our plan, out of the calculation, it happened during my infertile period; which was around the 20th day (from the first day of my period).
never rely on calculation by "fertility period" if you dont plan to get pregnant. lol ... !
several exception i've ever heard:
* both the husband and wife are from the minority folk. the majority is "HAN". the minority are such as Xinjiang, Zhang, Chaoxian, etc. there are total 55 minority folks (thribes) in China.
* both the husband and wife are single-child in their own families.
* farmers whose first kid is a daughter.
* either the husband or wife is a foreigner.
previously, we got info that we could have 2 kids with Chinese nationality. but we needed to wait for another 3 years for the second one. but it was a mis-informatiton we got. another version we got was, if we wanted to have 2 children, both of the children must have foreign nationality (which is Indonesia).
the latest version, which is the correct version so far is:
we can have 2 children, if first one has Chinese nationality, then the second one cannot have the Chinese nationality, and cannot change it also in the future. if the second has the Chinese nationality, my husband will get fired from his job, which he works for the government (China Telecom). for this second kid, we dont have to wait for 3 years or so.
Thank God ! i really feel in such great relief now.
last few days i was in most stressfull condition ever, worried .. by the law that i must abort my second baby. if it happened, and i got no choice, i would plan to have my second baby in Indonesia.
and here is the great news...
i am now 9 weeks pregnant. and i feel great now!
actually it is out of our plan, out of the calculation, it happened during my infertile period; which was around the 20th day (from the first day of my period).
never rely on calculation by "fertility period" if you dont plan to get pregnant. lol ... !
Monday, April 16, 2007
most difficult moment ever ...
this is the most difficult moment EVER in my life.
i dont know what to do, cause it seems that i won't have any choice.
i dont know what to do, cause it seems that i won't have any choice.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
diarrhea and brown sugar
we arrived at home on 11.30pm yesterday.
fyuuuh... awfully tired in and out ...!
'coz we travelled by train from Shanghai to Hefei.
it took us 7 hours sitting on the train.. fyuuuhh... again !
of course we kept Crystal being as convenient as possible, including when she wanted to sleep. at the beginning she slept on my arms and thighs. later on i couldn't stand it anymore, and i put her on the seat. thank goodness ... she slept soundly still. she got a little fever and cough before leaving Jakarta, blamed us on letting her drank coconut ice few days before.
she got well once we arrived at home. while today, i got diarrhea.
i took 2 tablets of diarrhea medicine, but i didn't work out. i still went to toilet 3 times and it's getting worse.
my father-in-law asked me to drink brown-sugar-water.
put around 2 table spoons of brown sugar into a glass of hot water (around 200ml).
voila... it worked ! and for the whole nite i only went to toilet once.
today is Lin's lunar bday.
we have some bday cake .. no... no... i didn't bake for sure, it's from the bakery.
we also got a nice surprise today. a very nice surprise !!!
well ... though we have thought we would get it. tell you later on.
fyuuuh... awfully tired in and out ...!
'coz we travelled by train from Shanghai to Hefei.
it took us 7 hours sitting on the train.. fyuuuhh... again !
of course we kept Crystal being as convenient as possible, including when she wanted to sleep. at the beginning she slept on my arms and thighs. later on i couldn't stand it anymore, and i put her on the seat. thank goodness ... she slept soundly still. she got a little fever and cough before leaving Jakarta, blamed us on letting her drank coconut ice few days before.
she got well once we arrived at home. while today, i got diarrhea.
i took 2 tablets of diarrhea medicine, but i didn't work out. i still went to toilet 3 times and it's getting worse.
my father-in-law asked me to drink brown-sugar-water.
put around 2 table spoons of brown sugar into a glass of hot water (around 200ml).
voila... it worked ! and for the whole nite i only went to toilet once.
today is Lin's lunar bday.
we have some bday cake .. no... no... i didn't bake for sure, it's from the bakery.
we also got a nice surprise today. a very nice surprise !!!
well ... though we have thought we would get it. tell you later on.
Sunday, April 01, 2007
flight to Jakarta
on 30-Mar-07 we took night train from Hefei to Shanghai.
left hefei on 8.15pm. arrived at Shanghai the next morning on 5am.
Crystal was being nice on the way. as i learnt from Lisa, who prepared 15 gifts for her Fino on the flight; i brought a puzzle for Crystal; but no 15 gifts. lol.
so she played puzzle on the bed or wandered around on the train. she also loved to climb the bed stairs. there're 6 beds in a block. 3 on the left and 3 on the right.
luckily, we got 2 lowest level beds. otherwise, i couldn't imagine how troublesome it would be.
after arriving in Shanghai, we had some breakfast at a resto besides the railway station. actually we could take the airport bus, with only RMB 18/person. but consider our flight was on 10.10am, so we took taxi, which cost us about RMB 170.
ghosh... our flight was canceled. it's said that Jusuf Kalla was in Shanghai, on his way to Egypt (or somewhere in the middle east country). the plane would be used as back-up for him. damn !
so we were all hanging around waiting for news regarding our flight.
our flight was transfered to Singapore Airline, schedule on 00.05am the next day.
so we all went to hotel for a rest.
on 9pm, we went to the airport again.
i was told that Garuda had mistakenly booked Crystal flight on the 08.30am flight. i just needed to inform the person-in-charge during check in. so we queued. around 11.10pm, we got trouble, we couldnt check in due to Crystal was not booked at the same flight with us. those stupid persons couldnt change her flight to the same flight with us in the booking system, even she was infant, which meant she didn't need a seat.
at the end, we couldnt get into this flight.
they re-booked us for the next morning flight.
ghosh .. in the middle of the night, we returned again to the hotel.
woke up 5.30 the next morning and went to airport again.
finally, we flied with SQ on 8.30am to Singapore.
luckily, SQ services was quite nice, the seat was also more comfortable (if compared to Garuda).
Crystal also got some toy from the stewardess.
Thank God, she was not giving us any trouble during the flight.
she played puzzled, played with spoon, fork, bread jam, butter, cup, etc.
The only problem was she didn't sleep --while i was quite sleepy-- and never stopped bugging me .... hahahaa... !
walking in the plane, going into the first class area, sometimes saying she wanted to pee while actually i put diaper on her. so once in a while i took her to toilet for pee in her diaper. lol !
when the plane were about to land, she fell asleep. at that time, unfortunately ... i couldnt sleep anymore.
we arrived at Singapore on around 1.30pm.
waiting for the next flight with Garuda to Jakarta on around 4.30pm.
Crystal was sleeping on my arms, for about 1.5 hours.
we ate some Hainan chicken rice at a resto in Changi airport.
hmmm... the taste was quite ok .. especially the "saus cabe" ... very tasty!
finally ..
in Jakarta, my cousin sister (Eny), her daughter (Jasselynn) and my youngest brother came to pick us.
what a tiring day !!!
Pudong Airport (31-Mar-07)
Shanghai Airline Hotel, 31-Mar-07
Changi Airport, 1-April-07
left hefei on 8.15pm. arrived at Shanghai the next morning on 5am.
Crystal was being nice on the way. as i learnt from Lisa, who prepared 15 gifts for her Fino on the flight; i brought a puzzle for Crystal; but no 15 gifts. lol.
so she played puzzle on the bed or wandered around on the train. she also loved to climb the bed stairs. there're 6 beds in a block. 3 on the left and 3 on the right.
luckily, we got 2 lowest level beds. otherwise, i couldn't imagine how troublesome it would be.
after arriving in Shanghai, we had some breakfast at a resto besides the railway station. actually we could take the airport bus, with only RMB 18/person. but consider our flight was on 10.10am, so we took taxi, which cost us about RMB 170.
ghosh... our flight was canceled. it's said that Jusuf Kalla was in Shanghai, on his way to Egypt (or somewhere in the middle east country). the plane would be used as back-up for him. damn !
so we were all hanging around waiting for news regarding our flight.
our flight was transfered to Singapore Airline, schedule on 00.05am the next day.
so we all went to hotel for a rest.
on 9pm, we went to the airport again.
i was told that Garuda had mistakenly booked Crystal flight on the 08.30am flight. i just needed to inform the person-in-charge during check in. so we queued. around 11.10pm, we got trouble, we couldnt check in due to Crystal was not booked at the same flight with us. those stupid persons couldnt change her flight to the same flight with us in the booking system, even she was infant, which meant she didn't need a seat.
at the end, we couldnt get into this flight.
they re-booked us for the next morning flight.
ghosh .. in the middle of the night, we returned again to the hotel.
woke up 5.30 the next morning and went to airport again.
finally, we flied with SQ on 8.30am to Singapore.
luckily, SQ services was quite nice, the seat was also more comfortable (if compared to Garuda).
Crystal also got some toy from the stewardess.
Thank God, she was not giving us any trouble during the flight.
she played puzzled, played with spoon, fork, bread jam, butter, cup, etc.
The only problem was she didn't sleep --while i was quite sleepy-- and never stopped bugging me .... hahahaa... !
walking in the plane, going into the first class area, sometimes saying she wanted to pee while actually i put diaper on her. so once in a while i took her to toilet for pee in her diaper. lol !
when the plane were about to land, she fell asleep. at that time, unfortunately ... i couldnt sleep anymore.
we arrived at Singapore on around 1.30pm.
waiting for the next flight with Garuda to Jakarta on around 4.30pm.
Crystal was sleeping on my arms, for about 1.5 hours.
we ate some Hainan chicken rice at a resto in Changi airport.
hmmm... the taste was quite ok .. especially the "saus cabe" ... very tasty!
finally ..
in Jakarta, my cousin sister (Eny), her daughter (Jasselynn) and my youngest brother came to pick us.
what a tiring day !!!
Pudong Airport (31-Mar-07)
Shanghai Airline Hotel, 31-Mar-07
Changi Airport, 1-April-07
Thursday, March 29, 2007
persiapan mudik
ternyata bloggernya bisa dibuka lagi. jadi masih nyempetin nulis sedikit catetan.
persiapan mudik repot juga...dari pesan tiket sampai belanja oleh2.
TIKET
maklum, maunya cari tiket harga termurah. akhirnya dapat tiket discount, mesti balik dalam 14 hari. cocok banget, soalnya kerjaan kantorku dan kantor suami sama2 gak bisa ditinggal terlalu lama. kalo kerjaanku, gak bisa ditinggal karena aku kawatir gak ke-handle dg baik.
kalo suami, pertimbangannya, kalo lebih dari sekian hari (lupa berapa hari), bonusnya bisa hilang. dan bonusnya itu separoh dari gaji.
tiket discount Garuda pulang pergi Shanghai-Jakarta harganya US$500/RMB 3845 (all in, udah termasuk tax, fuel charge dan sebagainya). karena tiketnya special discount, tiket untuk Crystal (infant) bukan yang seharusnya 10% untuk anak di bawah 2 tahun, tapi kena 20% (aturan internalnya Garuda). jadi harga tiketnya si kecil mayan juga... RMB 3310 (US$430).
tiket Jakarta-Jambi juga dah dapat: Rp 338,000/adult, Rp 68,000/infant.
jadi rada tenang sekarang.
untuk Hefei-Shanghai, kita naik kereta malam. jadi bisa tidur di kereta. ada tempat tidurnya dan ber-AC. biar irit ... hehehe! kebetulan schedulenya juga pas dg jadwal terbangnya.
BELANJA OLEH2
repot juga yah kalo punya sodara sekompi. bayangi makku total ada 11 bersodara (1 orang dah meninggal) dan babe 8 bersodara (ada 1 juga yang dah meninggal). masing2 oom dan tante punya anak 3-6 orang. dan 50%-nya dah married dan punya anak 1-3 orang. kalo didaftar kira2 kayak gini statistiknya:
oom dan tante = 25 orang (termasuk pasangannya)
sepupu = 28 orang (gak termasuk pasangannya)
ponakan = 30 orang (estimasi aja..soalnya gak ada update yg pasti).
maren mertua gua belanja chinese teh (Huangshan Maofeng, Huoshan Huangya, Lu An Guapian, Longjing) nyaris total mencapai 8 kg. packingnya dalam bentuk kalengan. total 1 kardus ukuran sedang. itu pun gak semua tante/oom dapat jatah. kalo yg tinggal di luar jambi / jakarta, udh gak dijatahin .. hehehehe..! gua sendiri belanja cemilan2 khas chinese di carrefour, plus belanja sedikit baju/celana untuk ponakan, sodara dan bonyok. total 1 koper gede. hehehee...!
oh ya, untungnya bokap mertua banyak channel nih. beli chinese teanya itu nyari teman "seperjuangan" waktu di tentara kelautan dulu, yang kebetulan punya adik yang buka toko chinese teh. uuh... discountnya gila-gilaan. bayangi aja, harga normal pasaran (udah gak bisa ditawar) untuk Huangshan Maofeng adalah RMB 480/kg. nah, bokap mertua gua itu bisa beli dg harga RMB 160/kg (udah modalnya doang).
sebenarnya pusing juga, belom mikirin oleh-oleh untuk teman2 dekat, yang kayaknya udah gak muat lagi, alias mesti di-skip kayaknya...! =( soalnya masih mesti bawa koper baju dan menggendong si kecil, kalo dia gak mau jalan repot juga kan... gua dah nyari semacam tali buat gendong bayi gitu. (apa yah namanya?) biar tangan gua bisa bebas narik koper.. gak nemu euiii... adanya yang rada belibet gitu... gak ringkes. akhirnya gak jadi beli.
di samping belanja oleh2, kudu belanja baju-baju tropikal untuk si kecil, soalnya banyak baju kala summer tahun lalu dah agak kekecilan. repot juga belanja buat si kecil .. baju-baju, sepatu untuk summer belom launching di toko2. ujungnya, gua cuman dapat 1 buah rok terusan. akhirnya coba bongkar2 baju-baju tahun lalu. yah... beli di indo aja deh, solusi termudah.
repotnya lagi.. pas gua nyoba-nyoba topi buat si kecil, semua ditolak ama dia. juga sepatu, nemu satu di stok lama yang punya toko, terlalu ngepas banget, gak ada ukuran yang gedean dikit. takut gak nyaman di kaki, udah gitu, dia juga menolak, protes-protes terus pas dicobaiin ke kakinya. emang paling pusing kalo beli sepatu buat dia. solusi terbaik adalah nyari yang persis sama dg model yang dia pakai saat ini. tapi di toko gak ada yang sama persis. toko tempat gua beli tahun lalu kebetulan dah tutup, dan buka tempat mandi untuk baby.
di rumah ada beberapa pasang sepatu yang dibeliin, dia gak mau pakai. setiap kali dipakaikan ke kakinya, nangis2, ngomel dan protes, dan dilepasin sendiri ama dia. puyeeengggg...!
PASSPORT
sempat nyaris batal rencana pulang bawa anak dan suami. soalnya sempat passport suami gak diloloskan dg alasan yang gak jelas dan gak penting banget. tapi akhirnya dg bantuan sodara / oom yang di kepolisian, akhirnya jadi juga paspornya 2 bulan lalu. fyuuuh....!
SINGAPORE dan BALI
tadinya sempat mikir mampir dulu 2 hari di singapore, soalnya kebetulan gua ada customer visit ke singapore. udah nyiapin uang jaminannya segala. warga PRC yang apply visa singapore mesti bayar jaminan RMB 5100/orang, dewasa maupun anak kecil idem. eh.. pas lagi mau urus2 visa via agent, ditolak, karena katanya maknya orang asing, agent gak bisa urus visanya, mesti urus sendiri ke konsulat singapore yang di shanghai. cari info di website, katanya sih warga PRC yang mampir di singapore gak lebih dari 96 jam, bisa visa free. tapi ada syarat ini itunya, yang akhirnya males juga ngecek lebih jauh, lagian takut kalo bermasalah pas di sononya .. malah repot.
yah sutralah... akhirnya mutusin gak mampir ke singapore, tapi langsung beli tiket ke jakarta.
ternyata mau "keluar negri" itu repotnya juga minta ampun yah!
sempat nimbang mau ajak suami jalan2 ke bali, udah contact guide segala. tapi sutralah..takut si kecil gak kuat fisiknya, kecapean jalan jauh, akhirnya ditunda untuk beberapa tahun aja lagi.
GAK SABARAN
oke deh... dari segala pernak-pernik persiapan mudik di atas, gua paling gak sabaran pengen cepat2 menikmati pempek, sate padang, siomai, ayam bakar, ikan bakar, sambal terasi, sayur asem, gado-gado, martabak, bakso, ... kuetiaw/bihun goreng.... nyammm....nyamm....nyammm... ! jangan kata gua di china sini, tempat asal kuetiaw dan sodara2nya; kuetiaw, bihun goreng atau bakmi terenak tetap aja dari indo. hahahahaa!
persiapan mudik repot juga...dari pesan tiket sampai belanja oleh2.
TIKET
maklum, maunya cari tiket harga termurah. akhirnya dapat tiket discount, mesti balik dalam 14 hari. cocok banget, soalnya kerjaan kantorku dan kantor suami sama2 gak bisa ditinggal terlalu lama. kalo kerjaanku, gak bisa ditinggal karena aku kawatir gak ke-handle dg baik.
kalo suami, pertimbangannya, kalo lebih dari sekian hari (lupa berapa hari), bonusnya bisa hilang. dan bonusnya itu separoh dari gaji.
tiket discount Garuda pulang pergi Shanghai-Jakarta harganya US$500/RMB 3845 (all in, udah termasuk tax, fuel charge dan sebagainya). karena tiketnya special discount, tiket untuk Crystal (infant) bukan yang seharusnya 10% untuk anak di bawah 2 tahun, tapi kena 20% (aturan internalnya Garuda). jadi harga tiketnya si kecil mayan juga... RMB 3310 (US$430).
tiket Jakarta-Jambi juga dah dapat: Rp 338,000/adult, Rp 68,000/infant.
jadi rada tenang sekarang.
untuk Hefei-Shanghai, kita naik kereta malam. jadi bisa tidur di kereta. ada tempat tidurnya dan ber-AC. biar irit ... hehehe! kebetulan schedulenya juga pas dg jadwal terbangnya.
BELANJA OLEH2
repot juga yah kalo punya sodara sekompi. bayangi makku total ada 11 bersodara (1 orang dah meninggal) dan babe 8 bersodara (ada 1 juga yang dah meninggal). masing2 oom dan tante punya anak 3-6 orang. dan 50%-nya dah married dan punya anak 1-3 orang. kalo didaftar kira2 kayak gini statistiknya:
oom dan tante = 25 orang (termasuk pasangannya)
sepupu = 28 orang (gak termasuk pasangannya)
ponakan = 30 orang (estimasi aja..soalnya gak ada update yg pasti).
maren mertua gua belanja chinese teh (Huangshan Maofeng, Huoshan Huangya, Lu An Guapian, Longjing) nyaris total mencapai 8 kg. packingnya dalam bentuk kalengan. total 1 kardus ukuran sedang. itu pun gak semua tante/oom dapat jatah. kalo yg tinggal di luar jambi / jakarta, udh gak dijatahin .. hehehehe..! gua sendiri belanja cemilan2 khas chinese di carrefour, plus belanja sedikit baju/celana untuk ponakan, sodara dan bonyok. total 1 koper gede. hehehee...!
oh ya, untungnya bokap mertua banyak channel nih. beli chinese teanya itu nyari teman "seperjuangan" waktu di tentara kelautan dulu, yang kebetulan punya adik yang buka toko chinese teh. uuh... discountnya gila-gilaan. bayangi aja, harga normal pasaran (udah gak bisa ditawar) untuk Huangshan Maofeng adalah RMB 480/kg. nah, bokap mertua gua itu bisa beli dg harga RMB 160/kg (udah modalnya doang).
sebenarnya pusing juga, belom mikirin oleh-oleh untuk teman2 dekat, yang kayaknya udah gak muat lagi, alias mesti di-skip kayaknya...! =( soalnya masih mesti bawa koper baju dan menggendong si kecil, kalo dia gak mau jalan repot juga kan... gua dah nyari semacam tali buat gendong bayi gitu. (apa yah namanya?) biar tangan gua bisa bebas narik koper.. gak nemu euiii... adanya yang rada belibet gitu... gak ringkes. akhirnya gak jadi beli.
di samping belanja oleh2, kudu belanja baju-baju tropikal untuk si kecil, soalnya banyak baju kala summer tahun lalu dah agak kekecilan. repot juga belanja buat si kecil .. baju-baju, sepatu untuk summer belom launching di toko2. ujungnya, gua cuman dapat 1 buah rok terusan. akhirnya coba bongkar2 baju-baju tahun lalu. yah... beli di indo aja deh, solusi termudah.
repotnya lagi.. pas gua nyoba-nyoba topi buat si kecil, semua ditolak ama dia. juga sepatu, nemu satu di stok lama yang punya toko, terlalu ngepas banget, gak ada ukuran yang gedean dikit. takut gak nyaman di kaki, udah gitu, dia juga menolak, protes-protes terus pas dicobaiin ke kakinya. emang paling pusing kalo beli sepatu buat dia. solusi terbaik adalah nyari yang persis sama dg model yang dia pakai saat ini. tapi di toko gak ada yang sama persis. toko tempat gua beli tahun lalu kebetulan dah tutup, dan buka tempat mandi untuk baby.
di rumah ada beberapa pasang sepatu yang dibeliin, dia gak mau pakai. setiap kali dipakaikan ke kakinya, nangis2, ngomel dan protes, dan dilepasin sendiri ama dia. puyeeengggg...!
PASSPORT
sempat nyaris batal rencana pulang bawa anak dan suami. soalnya sempat passport suami gak diloloskan dg alasan yang gak jelas dan gak penting banget. tapi akhirnya dg bantuan sodara / oom yang di kepolisian, akhirnya jadi juga paspornya 2 bulan lalu. fyuuuh....!
SINGAPORE dan BALI
tadinya sempat mikir mampir dulu 2 hari di singapore, soalnya kebetulan gua ada customer visit ke singapore. udah nyiapin uang jaminannya segala. warga PRC yang apply visa singapore mesti bayar jaminan RMB 5100/orang, dewasa maupun anak kecil idem. eh.. pas lagi mau urus2 visa via agent, ditolak, karena katanya maknya orang asing, agent gak bisa urus visanya, mesti urus sendiri ke konsulat singapore yang di shanghai. cari info di website, katanya sih warga PRC yang mampir di singapore gak lebih dari 96 jam, bisa visa free. tapi ada syarat ini itunya, yang akhirnya males juga ngecek lebih jauh, lagian takut kalo bermasalah pas di sononya .. malah repot.
yah sutralah... akhirnya mutusin gak mampir ke singapore, tapi langsung beli tiket ke jakarta.
ternyata mau "keluar negri" itu repotnya juga minta ampun yah!
sempat nimbang mau ajak suami jalan2 ke bali, udah contact guide segala. tapi sutralah..takut si kecil gak kuat fisiknya, kecapean jalan jauh, akhirnya ditunda untuk beberapa tahun aja lagi.
GAK SABARAN
oke deh... dari segala pernak-pernik persiapan mudik di atas, gua paling gak sabaran pengen cepat2 menikmati pempek, sate padang, siomai, ayam bakar, ikan bakar, sambal terasi, sayur asem, gado-gado, martabak, bakso, ... kuetiaw/bihun goreng.... nyammm....nyamm....nyammm... ! jangan kata gua di china sini, tempat asal kuetiaw dan sodara2nya; kuetiaw, bihun goreng atau bakmi terenak tetap aja dari indo. hahahahaa!
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
libur posting dan libur mau pulkamp
gak tau napa, blogspot di tempatku gak bisa dibuka (baik komputer kantor maupun komputer rumah). yang kayak gini nih sering banget. periode tertentu bisa buka. terus periode tertentu... gak bisa lagi. aneh ... !
cuman bisa buka dashboard dan kirim entry, tapi gak bisa lihat hasil jadinya.
jadi libur posting dulu ah... juga libur mengunjungi blog2 teman2 ..! =(
ada satu lagi ... sekalian libur mau mudik nih.
rencananya mau pulkam, Jakarta, Depok dan Jambi ... 31 Mar-13 Apr.
langsung kebayang makanan2 enak ... paling kangen pempek nih !!!!!
terus ayam bakar cikini !!!!!!!!
cuman bisa buka dashboard dan kirim entry, tapi gak bisa lihat hasil jadinya.
jadi libur posting dulu ah... juga libur mengunjungi blog2 teman2 ..! =(
ada satu lagi ... sekalian libur mau mudik nih.
rencananya mau pulkam, Jakarta, Depok dan Jambi ... 31 Mar-13 Apr.
langsung kebayang makanan2 enak ... paling kangen pempek nih !!!!!
terus ayam bakar cikini !!!!!!!!
Sunday, March 18, 2007
because .. again .. puzzles ..
BECAUSE
Crystal can use "because" to answer a "why" question.
Mama: Jingjing, do you love mama?
Crys : love mama
Mama: why do you love mama?
Crys : Because Jingjing wants to get down.
Mama: hah .. what relation it has with you love mama?!
Crys : (thinking..) because mama is nice.
Mama: Of course mama is nice, because mama loves you. (kiss.. smack..smack..)
AGAIN
Crystal always loves to play with spoon. Mama's feeding Crystal with her lunch. She said one word that I never expected she could say it, which is "again"; like this: "spoon .. give to Jingjing. Mama take one again" (pointing at the kitchen cabinet).
PLAYING 11pcs PUZZLES
Crys : cannot match
Mama : change another piece
Crys : (take another piece) cannot match
Mama : take this one
Crys : cannot match
Mama : turn it another way
Crys : can match now
and when she finishes the puzzles, she will say, "yeah..." and holding up her hands. (this was taught by her grandpa)
Crystal can use "because" to answer a "why" question.
Mama: Jingjing, do you love mama?
Crys : love mama
Mama: why do you love mama?
Crys : Because Jingjing wants to get down.
Mama: hah .. what relation it has with you love mama?!
Crys : (thinking..) because mama is nice.
Mama: Of course mama is nice, because mama loves you. (kiss.. smack..smack..)
AGAIN
Crystal always loves to play with spoon. Mama's feeding Crystal with her lunch. She said one word that I never expected she could say it, which is "again"; like this: "spoon .. give to Jingjing. Mama take one again" (pointing at the kitchen cabinet).
PLAYING 11pcs PUZZLES
Crys : cannot match
Mama : change another piece
Crys : (take another piece) cannot match
Mama : take this one
Crys : cannot match
Mama : turn it another way
Crys : can match now
and when she finishes the puzzles, she will say, "yeah..." and holding up her hands. (this was taught by her grandpa)
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
weird .. chicken? doggy?
This morning around 4am, suddenly Crystal woke up and cried.
Crys : get it ... get it ...
Ma : what do you want to get?
Crys : (still weeping a bit) shao zi
Ma : what? (couldn't understand clearly)
Crys : shao zi
Ma : xiao ji? (it sounds like 'xiao ji', chicken)
Crys : shao zi
Ma : ok, mama will get the chicken for you (wooden chicken)
Crys : (still crying) shao zi .. shao zi..
Ma : (listen carefully .. seems not chicken)
Ma : xiao gou? ok, mama will get the doggy for you.
Crys : shao zi...shao zi...
Ma : (think a while, aah.. remember now. go and get a spoon)
Crys : another one. another one.
Ma : ok, ok... get another one for you.
Crys : (back to sleep calmly by her hands holding 2 spoons)
Crystal likes to play with spoon. she has plastic, wooden and iron spoon. last nite before sleep, she was playing with 2 spoons. then i said to her, "let's put the spoons on the shelf, you can play it again tomorrow when you wake up. ok?" She noded.
weird ... ! =)
Crys : get it ... get it ...
Ma : what do you want to get?
Crys : (still weeping a bit) shao zi
Ma : what? (couldn't understand clearly)
Crys : shao zi
Ma : xiao ji? (it sounds like 'xiao ji', chicken)
Crys : shao zi
Ma : ok, mama will get the chicken for you (wooden chicken)
Crys : (still crying) shao zi .. shao zi..
Ma : (listen carefully .. seems not chicken)
Ma : xiao gou? ok, mama will get the doggy for you.
Crys : shao zi...shao zi...
Ma : (think a while, aah.. remember now. go and get a spoon)
Crys : another one. another one.
Ma : ok, ok... get another one for you.
Crys : (back to sleep calmly by her hands holding 2 spoons)
Crystal likes to play with spoon. she has plastic, wooden and iron spoon. last nite before sleep, she was playing with 2 spoons. then i said to her, "let's put the spoons on the shelf, you can play it again tomorrow when you wake up. ok?" She noded.
weird ... ! =)
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
WHINING PRINCESS
Crystal now can whine more and more.
A toddler is smart. Once she knows she can get something by whining .. hah .. she will whine more and more often!
if we don't let her climb the table .. flings on the floor .. whining ..
if we don't let her play with a glass.. whining ..
if I want to go to toilet, she won't let me .. whining ..
if I want to eat my dinner, while she wants me to play with her .. whining ..
so I have to distract her, so she forgets to whine. Lol.
She always wants to do things we do. Anything! Even my glasses have to be put by her on me.. instead of wearing it by myself.
If I take her to toilet with me, she will get a wipe and said, “wipe mama's butt.” she will also try to pull up my jeans. Hahaha!
Sometimes she will pick up phone, and said, “hello. where are you?”
That's what her grandpa says every time he calls his sons.
Or she will say, “hello. who are you looking for?”
Usually I seldom forbid her doing anything she wants, coz I think it’s a learning process for her, unless doing something which has relation with fire, hot water, electricity, knife, or medicine.
Two nights ago, after repeated twice, I said to her:
Mama : Crystal, there are 5 things which are forbidden for children.
First is fire, second is hot water, third is electricity,
fourth is .. (I stopped a while, thinking what's next)
Crys : knife!
Mama : ah .. you remember. and fifth is ..?
Crys : medicine!
Last night, she climbed the tea table in the living room.
Mama : Crystal, get down, or you might fall.
Crys : (keep climbing)
Mama : Crystal, get down. If you won't listen, you have to stand on the naughty corner!
Crys : (went to naughty corner for 5 seconds, then back to climb the table again).
Mama : Get down, or mama will spank you
Crys : (ignore mama's words)
Mama : mama will spank you if you won't listen (spank her twice)
Crys : (still ignore and leaning her tummy on the table)
Mama : get down quickly.
Crys : (ignore..ignore..)
Mama : (spank twice again)
Crys : (come to mama, crying and beat mama's hand)
Mama : mama's not wrong, why do you beat mama? (beat Crystal's hand)
Crys : (lying on the cold floor and crying loud)
Mama : stand up, the floor is cold.
Crys : (still crying loud for few minutes)
Gr'pa : (come to carry her up and go to dining room)
Crystal doesn't want mama, mama is bad.
Grandpa carries you.
Crys : (stop crying)
Mama : mama said you should not climb the table. Do you understand?
Crys : (don't reply mama's word, looking at mama with angry face)
Mama : (repeated the same question)
Crys : (keep silent, still with angry face)
Mama : (cant keep smiling behind Crystal)
Gr'pa : go and pinch mama's nose, mama will not be angry anymore.
Crys : (come to mama, pinch mama's nose and smile)
Mama : next time you should listen to mama, will you?
Crystal: listen to mama.
Mama : what shouldn't you climb?
Crystal: tea table
Mama : if you climb tea table, what will mama do?
Crystal : spank Crystal.
Mama : so, will you listen to mama?
Crystal: listen to mama (nodding her head)
A toddler is smart. Once she knows she can get something by whining .. hah .. she will whine more and more often!
if we don't let her climb the table .. flings on the floor .. whining ..
if we don't let her play with a glass.. whining ..
if I want to go to toilet, she won't let me .. whining ..
if I want to eat my dinner, while she wants me to play with her .. whining ..
so I have to distract her, so she forgets to whine. Lol.
She always wants to do things we do. Anything! Even my glasses have to be put by her on me.. instead of wearing it by myself.
If I take her to toilet with me, she will get a wipe and said, “wipe mama's butt.” she will also try to pull up my jeans. Hahaha!
Sometimes she will pick up phone, and said, “hello. where are you?”
That's what her grandpa says every time he calls his sons.
Or she will say, “hello. who are you looking for?”
Usually I seldom forbid her doing anything she wants, coz I think it’s a learning process for her, unless doing something which has relation with fire, hot water, electricity, knife, or medicine.
Two nights ago, after repeated twice, I said to her:
Mama : Crystal, there are 5 things which are forbidden for children.
First is fire, second is hot water, third is electricity,
fourth is .. (I stopped a while, thinking what's next)
Crys : knife!
Mama : ah .. you remember. and fifth is ..?
Crys : medicine!
Last night, she climbed the tea table in the living room.
Mama : Crystal, get down, or you might fall.
Crys : (keep climbing)
Mama : Crystal, get down. If you won't listen, you have to stand on the naughty corner!
Crys : (went to naughty corner for 5 seconds, then back to climb the table again).
Mama : Get down, or mama will spank you
Crys : (ignore mama's words)
Mama : mama will spank you if you won't listen (spank her twice)
Crys : (still ignore and leaning her tummy on the table)
Mama : get down quickly.
Crys : (ignore..ignore..)
Mama : (spank twice again)
Crys : (come to mama, crying and beat mama's hand)
Mama : mama's not wrong, why do you beat mama? (beat Crystal's hand)
Crys : (lying on the cold floor and crying loud)
Mama : stand up, the floor is cold.
Crys : (still crying loud for few minutes)
Gr'pa : (come to carry her up and go to dining room)
Crystal doesn't want mama, mama is bad.
Grandpa carries you.
Crys : (stop crying)
Mama : mama said you should not climb the table. Do you understand?
Crys : (don't reply mama's word, looking at mama with angry face)
Mama : (repeated the same question)
Crys : (keep silent, still with angry face)
Mama : (cant keep smiling behind Crystal)
Gr'pa : go and pinch mama's nose, mama will not be angry anymore.
Crys : (come to mama, pinch mama's nose and smile)
Mama : next time you should listen to mama, will you?
Crystal: listen to mama.
Mama : what shouldn't you climb?
Crystal: tea table
Mama : if you climb tea table, what will mama do?
Crystal : spank Crystal.
Mama : so, will you listen to mama?
Crystal: listen to mama (nodding her head)
Rich
just a thought ..
when you are very rich and wearing a fake-branded product,
people around you will think it's real one!
but when you are not rich, and wearing a real-extremely-expensive-branded product,
people will anyway think... aaah.... it must be fake!
moral:
when you don't extremely have much money, focus your money for buying something more useful or functional, of course considering the quality properly.
(don't have much time to write lately...)
when you are very rich and wearing a fake-branded product,
people around you will think it's real one!
but when you are not rich, and wearing a real-extremely-expensive-branded product,
people will anyway think... aaah.... it must be fake!
moral:
when you don't extremely have much money, focus your money for buying something more useful or functional, of course considering the quality properly.
(don't have much time to write lately...)
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
big and small - 20 months
Crystal is 20 months today
it's amazing if you observe how your children grow and how their intelligences develop!
and it's really amazing to find out how fast they learn something, either to sing, to count, to memorize poem, to mimic things the adult do, or anything else.
as a working mom, i always want to rush home after office hour, to be with my girl and see her grow up time to time.
Crystal begins to understand the concept of big and small.
lately she often says to herself, "Mama's big. Jing-jing's small."
if i ask about her rubber duckling, which one one is big which one is small, she can also point it out. same case with spoons or balls or anything else with different size.
Crystal sings several songs.
either 100% or only 70% of each song.
Crystal memorizes 4 poems.
Quiet Night
Stork watcher tower
Toiling Farmer
Goose
Crystal likes to counts 1-100.
with a little help on 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Crystal says several names of vegetables / spices.
carrot, cabbage, brocolli/cauliflower, cucumber, potato, mushroom, eggplant, ginger, garlic, chilli, corn
Crystal says some fruit names
watermelon, apple, peach, grape, pear, lichee, cherry, orange, lu-gan orange, banana, strawberry, mango, melon.
Crystal mentions some vehicles names
sedan, taxi, bicyle, motorcycle, bus, boat
Crystal pees in toilet floor or in potty by herself
but, she often pees on her pants too.
and still wears diaper when sleeping.
we dont want out bed to get wet.
Crystal can eat with a spoon, can drink with a cup
but mommy will always remind her not to drip while drinking.
but she cannot have soup with a spoon.
but she often are so messed-up if eating by herself, so mommy prefers to feed her, let her use spoon sometimes.
Crystal takes shoes for others when coming home
Crystal asks daddy to have dinner after coming home
Crystal says goodmorning and goodnight
now Crystal likes candy or chocolate very much and will eat unstoppingly if you let her. blame to the spring festival. all the adults (of my husband's relatives) always gave her a lot of candies during our visit, which was very difficult to refuse. i only took it away some whenever nobody saw it. usually i always keep candy out of her sight and reach. she also likes dried melon seeds (kuaci, gua zi). she will eat it all with the peel. but often she spits out the peel after some time.
it's amazing if you observe how your children grow and how their intelligences develop!
and it's really amazing to find out how fast they learn something, either to sing, to count, to memorize poem, to mimic things the adult do, or anything else.
as a working mom, i always want to rush home after office hour, to be with my girl and see her grow up time to time.
Crystal begins to understand the concept of big and small.
lately she often says to herself, "Mama's big. Jing-jing's small."
if i ask about her rubber duckling, which one one is big which one is small, she can also point it out. same case with spoons or balls or anything else with different size.
Crystal sings several songs.
either 100% or only 70% of each song.
Crystal memorizes 4 poems.
Quiet Night
Stork watcher tower
Toiling Farmer
Goose
Crystal likes to counts 1-100.
with a little help on 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Crystal says several names of vegetables / spices.
carrot, cabbage, brocolli/cauliflower, cucumber, potato, mushroom, eggplant, ginger, garlic, chilli, corn
Crystal says some fruit names
watermelon, apple, peach, grape, pear, lichee, cherry, orange, lu-gan orange, banana, strawberry, mango, melon.
Crystal mentions some vehicles names
sedan, taxi, bicyle, motorcycle, bus, boat
Crystal pees in toilet floor or in potty by herself
but, she often pees on her pants too.
and still wears diaper when sleeping.
we dont want out bed to get wet.
Crystal can eat with a spoon, can drink with a cup
but mommy will always remind her not to drip while drinking.
but she cannot have soup with a spoon.
but she often are so messed-up if eating by herself, so mommy prefers to feed her, let her use spoon sometimes.
Crystal takes shoes for others when coming home
Crystal asks daddy to have dinner after coming home
Crystal says goodmorning and goodnight
now Crystal likes candy or chocolate very much and will eat unstoppingly if you let her. blame to the spring festival. all the adults (of my husband's relatives) always gave her a lot of candies during our visit, which was very difficult to refuse. i only took it away some whenever nobody saw it. usually i always keep candy out of her sight and reach. she also likes dried melon seeds (kuaci, gua zi). she will eat it all with the peel. but often she spits out the peel after some time.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
mama goes to work
Crystal and daddy were lying on the bed.
Crys: Daddy's computer (pointing at the PC)
Dad : Eiih... yes, daddy's computer.
Mom: (hiding behind daddy's back and
grabbing watch and glasses on the shelf)
Crys: Mama is here (saw mama already)
Mom: (couldn't help laughing) Mama will go to work
Crys: wuaaah.... wuaah.... (started to cry and crawled up)
G'pa: Mama will go to work.
Crys: Mama won't go to work. Grandpa goes to work (still crying)
Mom: (having breakfast, washing teeth)
Dad : Mama will go to work and earn some money
for buying milk and buying candy for Crystal.
G'pa: Grandpa goes to work. Mama doesn't go to work.
Crys: Eeeeh... mama goes to work. (stopped crying)
G'pa: Mama doesn't go to work.
Crys: Mama goes to work!
Dad : Why does mama go to work?
Crys: To earn money.
Dad : Money for buying what?
Crys: buying candy
Crys: Daddy's computer (pointing at the PC)
Dad : Eiih... yes, daddy's computer.
Mom: (hiding behind daddy's back and
grabbing watch and glasses on the shelf)
Crys: Mama is here (saw mama already)
Mom: (couldn't help laughing) Mama will go to work
Crys: wuaaah.... wuaah.... (started to cry and crawled up)
G'pa: Mama will go to work.
Crys: Mama won't go to work. Grandpa goes to work (still crying)
Mom: (having breakfast, washing teeth)
Dad : Mama will go to work and earn some money
for buying milk and buying candy for Crystal.
G'pa: Grandpa goes to work. Mama doesn't go to work.
Crys: Eeeeh... mama goes to work. (stopped crying)
G'pa: Mama doesn't go to work.
Crys: Mama goes to work!
Dad : Why does mama go to work?
Crys: To earn money.
Dad : Money for buying what?
Crys: buying candy
if we want her do something, which she refuses and has her "no..no..NOOO..", we will say the contrary. for example she refuses to eat, we say, "we don't let Crystal eat". she will open her mouth. sometimes it doesn't work anyway !
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
empathy...ribut-ribut
kemarin malam, aku ribut-ribut dg lin. masalah sepele. gara2 sebuah senter.
dan urat air mataku terlalu tipis. menangis kesal dengan Crystal dalam gendongan.
fifth grandaunt-nya si Crystal bilang, "sini, grand-aunt gendong. mama lagi nangis."
sebenarnya gak nangis gimana, cuma mata basah aja saking kesel pada suami.
Crystal memandangku dan langsung menangis dengan kencang.
aduh, cintaku, mama tak sampai hati melihatmu menangis karna melihat mama menangis.
so, aku bilang, "mama gak nangis. mama gak nangis." dan aku pun menghentikan tangisku.
dia pun berhenti menangis juga.
guess what?!
setelah itu, siang ini lin bilang semalam dia menatap lin dengan pandangan mata yang galak. seolah berkata, "jangan bikin mamaku nangis." dan dia gak mau digendong lin.
mungkin karena capek. malam ini pun aku jadi marah2 dan ribut lagi karena kesal oleh hal lain.
gimana gak capek, selama 2 hari menjelang imlek, di mana2 terdengar bunyi mercon. Crystal ketakutan sekali. jadi setiap saat merayapi badanku, minta gendong, gak mau oleh orang lain. jadi selama 5 hari ini sejak libur ngantor, otomatis pagi sampai malam, hampir selalu minta gendong atau gandeng. kadang masih bisa digendong sambil duduk, kadang setelah digendong pun dia bilang, "mama berdiri."
udah gitu, di rumah sodara di kampung, ranjang kecil 1.4m, buat tidur berempat. iparku, aku dan kedua anak kecil. mana si kecil tidurnya gak kalem lagi. sering bolak balik badan. kadang udah muter2. sering mendesak aku ke pinggiran. otomatis 2 malam aku gak terlalu tidur nyenyak.
udah gitu, mak mertuaku lagi di kamar main game di komputer. sehabis aku marah2 pada suami, dia bilang ke suami, "anakku kasian yah. dimarahi dua orang." kali ini, bokap mertua mendukungku saat aku marah2 karena kesal. mungkin aku terlalu sensi, tapi kupikir, kok nadanya menyindir yah? kesal pun jadi bertambah.
aku gak bisa menahan air mata saat menemani si kecil yang sudah mengantuk. si kecil sepertinya ngerti. gak banyak ngomong saat akan tidur. matanya terus2an menatap mataku. tangannya mengelus2 wajahku dan mataku yang berair. lalu dia pun tertidur.
mama sayang sekali padamu .. malaikat kecilku!
dan urat air mataku terlalu tipis. menangis kesal dengan Crystal dalam gendongan.
fifth grandaunt-nya si Crystal bilang, "sini, grand-aunt gendong. mama lagi nangis."
sebenarnya gak nangis gimana, cuma mata basah aja saking kesel pada suami.
Crystal memandangku dan langsung menangis dengan kencang.
aduh, cintaku, mama tak sampai hati melihatmu menangis karna melihat mama menangis.
so, aku bilang, "mama gak nangis. mama gak nangis." dan aku pun menghentikan tangisku.
dia pun berhenti menangis juga.
guess what?!
setelah itu, siang ini lin bilang semalam dia menatap lin dengan pandangan mata yang galak. seolah berkata, "jangan bikin mamaku nangis." dan dia gak mau digendong lin.
mungkin karena capek. malam ini pun aku jadi marah2 dan ribut lagi karena kesal oleh hal lain.
gimana gak capek, selama 2 hari menjelang imlek, di mana2 terdengar bunyi mercon. Crystal ketakutan sekali. jadi setiap saat merayapi badanku, minta gendong, gak mau oleh orang lain. jadi selama 5 hari ini sejak libur ngantor, otomatis pagi sampai malam, hampir selalu minta gendong atau gandeng. kadang masih bisa digendong sambil duduk, kadang setelah digendong pun dia bilang, "mama berdiri."
udah gitu, di rumah sodara di kampung, ranjang kecil 1.4m, buat tidur berempat. iparku, aku dan kedua anak kecil. mana si kecil tidurnya gak kalem lagi. sering bolak balik badan. kadang udah muter2. sering mendesak aku ke pinggiran. otomatis 2 malam aku gak terlalu tidur nyenyak.
udah gitu, mak mertuaku lagi di kamar main game di komputer. sehabis aku marah2 pada suami, dia bilang ke suami, "anakku kasian yah. dimarahi dua orang." kali ini, bokap mertua mendukungku saat aku marah2 karena kesal. mungkin aku terlalu sensi, tapi kupikir, kok nadanya menyindir yah? kesal pun jadi bertambah.
aku gak bisa menahan air mata saat menemani si kecil yang sudah mengantuk. si kecil sepertinya ngerti. gak banyak ngomong saat akan tidur. matanya terus2an menatap mataku. tangannya mengelus2 wajahku dan mataku yang berair. lalu dia pun tertidur.
mama sayang sekali padamu .. malaikat kecilku!
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
poetry reading (2) Stork-Watchtower 登鹳雀楼 and Toiling Farmers 悯农诗
here are other 2 poems Crystal could memorize these 2 days.
登鹳雀楼 王之涣(688-742)
白日依山尽
黄河入海流
欲穷千里目
更上一层楼
Stork-Watchtower
by Wang Zhihuan (688-742)
sunlight fading away over the mountain
yellow river flowing to the sea
to look thousand miles away
let's climb up higher steps
悯农诗 李绅（772-846）
锄禾日当午
汗滴河下土
谁知盘中餐
粒粒皆辛苦
Toiling Farmers
by Li Shen （772-846）
farmers weeding during sunny day,
their sweat drips down on the ground
who knows food on a tray
due to their toiling day?
登鹳雀楼 王之涣(688-742)
白日依山尽
黄河入海流
欲穷千里目
更上一层楼
Stork-Watchtower
by Wang Zhihuan (688-742)
sunlight fading away over the mountain
yellow river flowing to the sea
to look thousand miles away
let's climb up higher steps
悯农诗 李绅（772-846）
锄禾日当午
汗滴河下土
谁知盘中餐
粒粒皆辛苦
Toiling Farmers
by Li Shen （772-846）
farmers weeding during sunny day,
their sweat drips down on the ground
who knows food on a tray
due to their toiling day?
every chinese students know this poem. it's to let the children value their meals as every grain of it comes from the farmers' hard toil.
Crystal's pronunciation is not perfect of course. She still can't pronounce "ke/ge" (similar to k for "key" or k for "kunci").
for example:
guan = close (she will say 'puan')
gege = big brother (she will say 'dede')
gugu = auntie (she will say 'dudu')
let's go = she will say "let's joe"
Thursday, February 08, 2007
poetry reading (1) IN THE QUIET NIGHT 静夜思
Crystal is 1 year 7 month 1 week today
Smarty could memorize around 4~5 poems from the Tang Dinasty. i only knew (memorize) 1 poem. so i read this poem several times to Crystal on Tuesday nite, before bed time. and explain the meaning to her in kid language. this is the only one chinese poem i could remember by heart.
静夜思 (李白)
床前明月光
疑是地上霜
举头望明月
低头思故乡
There are 7 translations for this poem. among them, below translation is what i like the most. though i still think it's a little bit awkward anyway. such kind of poem if translated, cannot represent the original version in Chinese. though i'm not very fluent in Chinese language, i still could feel the beauty in the above poem when reading in original Chinese version.
IN THE QUIET NIGHT
by Li Bai
Beside my bed a pool of light---
Is it hoarfrost on the ground?
I lift my eyes and see the moon,
I bend my head and think of home.
(Tr. Xianyi and Gladys Yang, 1984, from "Poetry and Prose of the Tang and Song")
to my surprise is .. tonite Crystal can memorize the whole poem. though i believe she doesnt really understand the meaning. but it's amazing !
hahaha... and it encourages me to learn more chinese poem and also improve my chinese learning. otherwise, how could i teach my daughter in the future if she has questions for her school homeworks? well, her dad will be in charge actually ... =)
all this time, i am too busy and have no time to learn 'kanji' (chinese characters).
actually the true reason is, i am lazy! 'coz i still have time for blogging.. ;P
Smarty could memorize around 4~5 poems from the Tang Dinasty. i only knew (memorize) 1 poem. so i read this poem several times to Crystal on Tuesday nite, before bed time. and explain the meaning to her in kid language. this is the only one chinese poem i could remember by heart.
静夜思 (李白)
床前明月光
疑是地上霜
举头望明月
低头思故乡
There are 7 translations for this poem. among them, below translation is what i like the most. though i still think it's a little bit awkward anyway. such kind of poem if translated, cannot represent the original version in Chinese. though i'm not very fluent in Chinese language, i still could feel the beauty in the above poem when reading in original Chinese version.
IN THE QUIET NIGHT
by Li Bai
Beside my bed a pool of light---
Is it hoarfrost on the ground?
I lift my eyes and see the moon,
I bend my head and think of home.
(Tr. Xianyi and Gladys Yang, 1984, from "Poetry and Prose of the Tang and Song")
to my surprise is .. tonite Crystal can memorize the whole poem. though i believe she doesnt really understand the meaning. but it's amazing !
hahaha... and it encourages me to learn more chinese poem and also improve my chinese learning. otherwise, how could i teach my daughter in the future if she has questions for her school homeworks? well, her dad will be in charge actually ... =)
all this time, i am too busy and have no time to learn 'kanji' (chinese characters).
actually the true reason is, i am lazy! 'coz i still have time for blogging.. ;P
2 hal baik hari ini
naik gaji
naik gaji lagi euy.. kali ini 10.5%.
lagi2 gak nyangka, aku kira gak secepat ini yah. soalnya bulan juni kemaren baru naik. seneng sih, siapa yang gak seneng coba ? tapi juga gak senang2 banget. cenderung biasa.
why?
2 minggu lalu sempat ngobrol2 sama orang finance soal naik gaji dan apa yang dicari di dunia kerja.
kayaknya setelah punya anak, kita-kita merasa gak terlalu pengen ngejar karir. bahkan gaji naiknya sedikit atau gak dikasih naik gaji juga gak terlalu masalah, si orang keuangan di tempatku ini juga punya pikiran yang sama. dia juga puas-puas aja dengan penghasilannya sendiri. toh suaminya berpenghasilan cukup tinggi dan bekerja untuk "bumn" di china sini.
intinya biasa2 aja, penghasilan (yang mungkin) tetap. kalo perusahaan gak terkena ancaman tutup. dan dapat menikmati hidup secara sederhana dan bahagia. cukup kayaknya.
aku sendiri cukup puas dengan penghasilanku saat ini. soalnya mengingat betapa susahnya awal2 nyari kerja di sini. gaji di perush pertama, lebih kecil dibanding fresh graduate di jakarta. gaji perush kedua, malah lebih kecil lagi. baru sekarang ini .. aku cukup puas (soalnya udah ngalami pahitnya..huehehe..! jadi mesti disyukuri!)
yah gitu deh. senang sekaligus juga biasa-biasa aja.
padahal gak lama ini masih kepikiran pengen karir meningkat, pengen gaji meningkat. mungkin juga sekarang berasa biasa-biasa aja, siapa tau beberapa bulan kemudian, eeeh, tabiat ambisius nongol lagi.. huehehe!
promosi
hari ini Lin dapat promosi ke divisi yang lebih baik. kalo dengan posisi sekarang, nyaris gak ada peluang peningkatan karir. di tempat mereka, kalo dah kepala tiga, sudah mulai tanda-tanda kemandegan di karir.
bedanya, sebelumnya dia mengepalai 20 orang (dari 4 shift). sekarang dia jadi gak punya bawahan, tapi bekerja dalam team. nah lho!
bedanya lagi, orang-orang di team ini punya kesempatan promosi yang besar. sebelumnya, kemungkinan dia akan tetap di posisinya sampai 10-15 tahun. lalu digantikan orang lain, balik lagi jadi maintenance engineer biasa, tinggal nunggu pensiun.
biarpun promosi, dari segi gaji, gak ada peningkatan. aku senang, tapi malah dia yang biasa-biasa aja. padahal sebelumnya dia juga ikut proses seleksi untuk masuk team ini. tapi yang kepilih orang lain. dan dia ditempatkan pada posisi yang sekarang. dia kecewa sekali waktu itu. sekarang, tanpa proses seleksi, eh dia malah biasa aja.
lagi2 soal berubah pikiran. dia cukup enjoy dengan posisi sekarang, karena cukup bebas. dengan posisi baru, akan lebih repot dan akan sering dinas atau kadang sering tugas tengah malam kalo ada maintenance project.
kadang memang gitu. ketika kita menginginkan sesuatu, gak mendapatkan dan jadi kecewa. saat sudah mendapatkan malah jadi biasa-biasa aja. padahal mestinya disyukuri yah?!
jadi yah, aku tentunya sangat dan tetap bersyukur atas semua kebaikan Tuhan yang tiada henti!
naik gaji lagi euy.. kali ini 10.5%.
lagi2 gak nyangka, aku kira gak secepat ini yah. soalnya bulan juni kemaren baru naik. seneng sih, siapa yang gak seneng coba ? tapi juga gak senang2 banget. cenderung biasa.
why?
2 minggu lalu sempat ngobrol2 sama orang finance soal naik gaji dan apa yang dicari di dunia kerja.
kayaknya setelah punya anak, kita-kita merasa gak terlalu pengen ngejar karir. bahkan gaji naiknya sedikit atau gak dikasih naik gaji juga gak terlalu masalah, si orang keuangan di tempatku ini juga punya pikiran yang sama. dia juga puas-puas aja dengan penghasilannya sendiri. toh suaminya berpenghasilan cukup tinggi dan bekerja untuk "bumn" di china sini.
intinya biasa2 aja, penghasilan (yang mungkin) tetap. kalo perusahaan gak terkena ancaman tutup. dan dapat menikmati hidup secara sederhana dan bahagia. cukup kayaknya.
aku sendiri cukup puas dengan penghasilanku saat ini. soalnya mengingat betapa susahnya awal2 nyari kerja di sini. gaji di perush pertama, lebih kecil dibanding fresh graduate di jakarta. gaji perush kedua, malah lebih kecil lagi. baru sekarang ini .. aku cukup puas (soalnya udah ngalami pahitnya..huehehe..! jadi mesti disyukuri!)
yah gitu deh. senang sekaligus juga biasa-biasa aja.
padahal gak lama ini masih kepikiran pengen karir meningkat, pengen gaji meningkat. mungkin juga sekarang berasa biasa-biasa aja, siapa tau beberapa bulan kemudian, eeeh, tabiat ambisius nongol lagi.. huehehe!
promosi
hari ini Lin dapat promosi ke divisi yang lebih baik. kalo dengan posisi sekarang, nyaris gak ada peluang peningkatan karir. di tempat mereka, kalo dah kepala tiga, sudah mulai tanda-tanda kemandegan di karir.
bedanya, sebelumnya dia mengepalai 20 orang (dari 4 shift). sekarang dia jadi gak punya bawahan, tapi bekerja dalam team. nah lho!
bedanya lagi, orang-orang di team ini punya kesempatan promosi yang besar. sebelumnya, kemungkinan dia akan tetap di posisinya sampai 10-15 tahun. lalu digantikan orang lain, balik lagi jadi maintenance engineer biasa, tinggal nunggu pensiun.
biarpun promosi, dari segi gaji, gak ada peningkatan. aku senang, tapi malah dia yang biasa-biasa aja. padahal sebelumnya dia juga ikut proses seleksi untuk masuk team ini. tapi yang kepilih orang lain. dan dia ditempatkan pada posisi yang sekarang. dia kecewa sekali waktu itu. sekarang, tanpa proses seleksi, eh dia malah biasa aja.
lagi2 soal berubah pikiran. dia cukup enjoy dengan posisi sekarang, karena cukup bebas. dengan posisi baru, akan lebih repot dan akan sering dinas atau kadang sering tugas tengah malam kalo ada maintenance project.
kadang memang gitu. ketika kita menginginkan sesuatu, gak mendapatkan dan jadi kecewa. saat sudah mendapatkan malah jadi biasa-biasa aja. padahal mestinya disyukuri yah?!
jadi yah, aku tentunya sangat dan tetap bersyukur atas semua kebaikan Tuhan yang tiada henti!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
19 months
Crystal is 19 months old
here are her pictures taken while her grandma and grandaunt was cleaning her house since it's near to CNY.
here are her pictures taken while her grandma and grandaunt was cleaning her house since it's near to CNY.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Smarty got flu again ... and the following impact to Crystal
oh boy... Smarty got flu and cough again these few days.
so it's unavoidable for Crystal (just as most of the time).
after returned home last nite around 11.30pm .. from dinner with our CEO and Asia Pacific VP, i found out that Crystal got a flu by her breath. she was sleeping.
and on around 3am, she woke up for a short time, saying: "snot. snot." (she likes to repeat a sentence or a word she says). then i wiped her snot. only several seconds, she complained again: "snot. snot. eeehh... " i wiped it again and said, "mama has wiped it. now you can sleep again."
My in-laws took Smarty to visit an old 'Chinese doctor/herbalist doctor' (zhong yi 中医，in Indonesia people know it as 'shin shei'). The doctor is around 70 years old and owns his own herbal store. He sometimes goes abroad to cure his patients. Smarty went back with a herbal bandage tied on his feet.
Usually if Crystal gets a flu, i give her a kind of chinese medicine, of very light one made of herb, with red sugar taste, so she wants to drink it. if we ask, "Jing-jing, what are you drinking?" she says, "ban lan gen".
so it's unavoidable for Crystal (just as most of the time).
after returned home last nite around 11.30pm .. from dinner with our CEO and Asia Pacific VP, i found out that Crystal got a flu by her breath. she was sleeping.
and on around 3am, she woke up for a short time, saying: "snot. snot." (she likes to repeat a sentence or a word she says). then i wiped her snot. only several seconds, she complained again: "snot. snot. eeehh... " i wiped it again and said, "mama has wiped it. now you can sleep again."
My in-laws took Smarty to visit an old 'Chinese doctor/herbalist doctor' (zhong yi 中医，in Indonesia people know it as 'shin shei'). The doctor is around 70 years old and owns his own herbal store. He sometimes goes abroad to cure his patients. Smarty went back with a herbal bandage tied on his feet.
Usually if Crystal gets a flu, i give her a kind of chinese medicine, of very light one made of herb, with red sugar taste, so she wants to drink it. if we ask, "Jing-jing, what are you drinking?" she says, "ban lan gen".
Monday, January 15, 2007
thoughtful lill girl
Thoughtful
Crystal is such a thoughtful lill girl. Since few months ago, i noticed that everytime for example her head strucked my face or somewhere else, and i said, "aiyooleee.. you strucked mama's face. it hurts." she would quickly turn over and use her little fingers to touch my face and do a little massage.
Saturday nite when i fed her some fruit soup, she bumped into my arm so the soup was poured onto my jacket. i said, "you look at it .. mama's jacket is now wet. don't bump mama's arm again, sit nicely and have this fruit." she stood up, walked into the dining table, got a wipe paper and then came to wipe my jacket.
how thoughtful this lill girl is, is she?
another same case i notice she would do:
put on the plastic into the trash bin whenever she sees us taking away the garbage;
take shoes out for me from the cabinet when i get home (and also for her dearest grand-aunt)
take (empty) potty and shoes for her cousin when he wakes up from his nap (if she has awaken from her nap)
Crystal is such a thoughtful lill girl. Since few months ago, i noticed that everytime for example her head strucked my face or somewhere else, and i said, "aiyooleee.. you strucked mama's face. it hurts." she would quickly turn over and use her little fingers to touch my face and do a little massage.
Saturday nite when i fed her some fruit soup, she bumped into my arm so the soup was poured onto my jacket. i said, "you look at it .. mama's jacket is now wet. don't bump mama's arm again, sit nicely and have this fruit." she stood up, walked into the dining table, got a wipe paper and then came to wipe my jacket.
how thoughtful this lill girl is, is she?
another same case i notice she would do:
put on the plastic into the trash bin whenever she sees us taking away the garbage;take shoes out for me from the cabinet when i get home (and also for her dearest grand-aunt)
take (empty) potty and shoes for her cousin when he wakes up from his nap (if she has awaken from her nap)
if she pees in the potty, she will bring the potty by herself to toilet, pour it into toilet, get some water to rinse it, wipe the edge of it with toilet paper, then put the potty on the usual place. of course i would help her on the part when she brings it to toilet and when she rinses it (she copies what i do everytime she pees in the potty, and insists to do by herself).
deliver bowl, chopstick or glass to kitchen.
pick up a used toothpick (if she found one) and deliver to trash bin (her grandpa/ma often put used toothpick anywhere instead of putting it straightly into trash bin).
if my glasses drop from my nose, she will fix the position with her fingers.
probably these all make her feel important..hahaha... !
sometimes while having dinner, she would call her daddy, "papa.. chi fan!" (daddy, have dinner!)
several times i asked her question like: "do you love mama?" she would answer: "love mama" (intentionally i asked about everyone except her uncle, then she would say by herself, "love uncle")
i often teach her to ask other people to have dinner (in case somebody hasn't come to the dining table). i also teach her to greet good morning, good nite whenever she is going to sleep or just waking up. she could also know how to reply when somebody says 'xie xie, Jing-jing!' (thank you) to her, she will say, "bu yong xie" (no need to thank)
Ooh...oooh...!
if there is some certain thing she cannot express in words, she would say, "ooh...oooh...!?" with puzzled eyes and face, sometimes pointing with her forefinger. just like Sunday nite, grandma took a piece of plastic rope and tide grandpa's plant in the living room. she felt that there was something unusual, she looked at the plant and said, "ooh..ooh...oooh!"
we all agreed that it ain't look good that way. i taught her to say that it ain't look good. and she followed me by saying, "bu hao kan!" so now if we ask her, "Jing-jing, does it look good?" she will not say 'ooh...ooh...' with puzzling face anymore
Saturday, January 06, 2007
new year's photos
New Year's Eve 31-Dec-2006;
wouldn't cooperate coz wanted to grab the camera, wanted to see pictures in it.
with mommy alone at home (6 Jan 07)
pose for the camera with winter outfits =)
eating some frutty snack .. smile .. raise hands up .. aaaah... give me the camera i wanna see.. ooooh, i'm not happy if mommy won't give me !
in Hefei, during winter the lowest temperature is around -7 centigrade. only several apartment blocks have heating system. normally we have AC in the house. but we seldom turn it on, coz to be honest i myself don't like it, it makes the skin dry and uncomfortable for our throat. so usually we wear more cloth at home or outside.
winter outfits for Crystal:
shirts:
cotton shirt
woolen t-shirt
cotton vest
thick cotton shirt
woolen shirt again
outside layer to prevent from dirty
pants:
cotton pants
2 - 3 pairs of woolen pants
thick cotton pants
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Where is it? It is here!
Crystal is 1 year 6 months 3 days old today.
i often read books for Cyrstal before bed time. or sometimes she looks at the pictures by herself and i ask her questions.
there is one content like this:
eye-eye-eye.. where is it?
eye-eye-eye.. it is here.
nose-nose-nose.. where is it?
nose-nose-nose.. it is here.
mouth-mouth-mouth.. where is it?
mouth-mouth-mouth.. it is here.
(i usually improve with other parts of body that she knows, such as neck, fingers, thumb, hair, etc.)
this afternoon i fed her a 'lu-gan' orange (jeruk lokam) in our bedroom. i asked her to put the orange peel into the trash bin. she went out to the living room and said by herself :
trash bin, trash bin..where is it? it is here.
i often read books for Cyrstal before bed time. or sometimes she looks at the pictures by herself and i ask her questions.
there is one content like this:
eye-eye-eye.. where is it?
eye-eye-eye.. it is here.
nose-nose-nose.. where is it?
nose-nose-nose.. it is here.
mouth-mouth-mouth.. where is it?
mouth-mouth-mouth.. it is here.
(i usually improve with other parts of body that she knows, such as neck, fingers, thumb, hair, etc.)
this afternoon i fed her a 'lu-gan' orange (jeruk lokam) in our bedroom. i asked her to put the orange peel into the trash bin. she went out to the living room and said by herself :
trash bin, trash bin..where is it? it is here.
few days ago, i asked my mother-in-law where Crystal's moisturizer cream was. Crystal was sitting on a stool in living room, drinking her milk and watching TV. out of our expectation, she came to our bedroom, holding her bottle with one hand, and the other hand pointed at the shelf telling us,
"it is here. it is here."
not only i was surprised, also her daddy, grandpa and grandma. it's the joy that you would get when your toddler starts to talk more and more.
the other day, i was looking for her milk-bottle-straw, but couldn't find it. then i asked her, "Jing-jing where is your straw?". She was drinking milk with her bottle, there was another straw in it. She's pointing at the bottle and said, "it's in here." and this one surprised me 'coz i found out that she understood the word: in
two days ago, she wanted to change her shoes. she brought her red shoes to me, saying , "wear big red shoes." actually the shoes are a bit bigger, i often hide it, not let her wear it. but sometimes she just could find them. if i dont change for her, she will cry insistedly. so i change for her.
later on i went to balcony to put some laundry on the clothsline. she went following me bringing her pair of orange winter shoes and said, "dry for a while..dry for a while.."
i never taught her these words (to dry something in the sun). she must have heard either one of us saying it.
another day, her grandma told me that she tested Crystal by asking, "what's grandpa doing?" she answered, "grandpa's reading a newspaper." and as usual her grandma feels surprised!
usually if i play with Crystal and at the same time seeing her grandpa is reading a newspaper, i will tell Crystal what her grandpa is doing.
if you want your toddler to speak more, talk more to her/him. it enlarges her vocab. and you will feel surprised and also you will feel the joy!
Sunday, December 24, 2006
little mouse ate an orange
Crystal was sick this evening after nap time, 39.4 centigrade! we took her to doctor. her high fever was ceased down after having some medicine. she's got a throat infection.
her grandma blamed me for letting her catch a cold this the morning while she woke up. saying that i didn't put her cloth on immediately. actually it wasn't really cold this morning. actually i thought the most reason was she was having an orange two days ago. during winter we shouldn't have too much oranges (not chinese 'lokam'/ 'lu gan' orange. lokam orange is ok, you can have as much as you like).
there was another story behind it. Smarty likes to beat Crystal on her head with his hand. if he beats her, Crystal will say, "bu yao da mei mei. bu yao da mei mei." (don't beat little sister). and then Crystal will run to her grandma or grand-aunt, saying, "grandma carry me up. grandma carry me up." Smarty will chase her of course.
on friday, grandma had used an orange to attract Crystal to our bedroom in order to separate Crystal from Smarty for a while. Crystal followed her. after giving her a slice of orange, granda went to kitchen and left the orange on our computer desk.
when grandma came back to the bedroom, the orange wasn't there. grandma looked under the table and the bed, but couldn't find it. finally grandma found out the orange peel in the living room trash bin; noticed that Crystal had eaten up the whole orange and threw the orange skin into the trash bin.
at her age of 12 months or so, Crystal could differ which things could be thrown into the trash bin. her grandpa often puts after-used toothpick everywhere, sometimes on the living room table, sometimes on the phone table. if Crystal sees it, she will take it and throw it into the trash bin.
oh yes, Lin often plays with Crystal and Smarty by letting them throw the orange skin bit by bit into the trash bin. so these two toddlers will walk back and forth like busy bees, taking the orange skin from Lin's hands and throw into trash bin.
it's very funny thing also yesterday when i took away the plastic bag from the trash bin in our living room. and put it outside to be delivered later on to the big trash bin on the first floor. Crystal then took an empty plastic bag from the living room table drawer and put into the trash bin. how cute!
we usually use water from cloth washing to flush toilet. now everytime after pee, Crystal wants to flush the toilet by herself. of course i should assist her to avoid her cloth and shoes getting wet.
her grandma blamed me for letting her catch a cold this the morning while she woke up. saying that i didn't put her cloth on immediately. actually it wasn't really cold this morning. actually i thought the most reason was she was having an orange two days ago. during winter we shouldn't have too much oranges (not chinese 'lokam'/ 'lu gan' orange. lokam orange is ok, you can have as much as you like).
there was another story behind it. Smarty likes to beat Crystal on her head with his hand. if he beats her, Crystal will say, "bu yao da mei mei. bu yao da mei mei." (don't beat little sister). and then Crystal will run to her grandma or grand-aunt, saying, "grandma carry me up. grandma carry me up." Smarty will chase her of course.
on friday, grandma had used an orange to attract Crystal to our bedroom in order to separate Crystal from Smarty for a while. Crystal followed her. after giving her a slice of orange, granda went to kitchen and left the orange on our computer desk.
when grandma came back to the bedroom, the orange wasn't there. grandma looked under the table and the bed, but couldn't find it. finally grandma found out the orange peel in the living room trash bin; noticed that Crystal had eaten up the whole orange and threw the orange skin into the trash bin.
at her age of 12 months or so, Crystal could differ which things could be thrown into the trash bin. her grandpa often puts after-used toothpick everywhere, sometimes on the living room table, sometimes on the phone table. if Crystal sees it, she will take it and throw it into the trash bin.
oh yes, Lin often plays with Crystal and Smarty by letting them throw the orange skin bit by bit into the trash bin. so these two toddlers will walk back and forth like busy bees, taking the orange skin from Lin's hands and throw into trash bin.
it's very funny thing also yesterday when i took away the plastic bag from the trash bin in our living room. and put it outside to be delivered later on to the big trash bin on the first floor. Crystal then took an empty plastic bag from the living room table drawer and put into the trash bin. how cute!
we usually use water from cloth washing to flush toilet. now everytime after pee, Crystal wants to flush the toilet by herself. of course i should assist her to avoid her cloth and shoes getting wet.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
darling, mama's home
lill darling,
it's always the sweetest time for me when i see you smilingly come to me and call me mama as i open our front door and come in. do you love it as then i hug and kiss you .. as i always love to do it?
that's the most reason i always wanna be home as soonest as office hour is over. that's also why i seldom go shopping or often refuse dinner invitation from friends as much as possible.
it's always the sweetest time for me when i see you smilingly come to me and call me mama as i open our front door and come in. do you love it as then i hug and kiss you .. as i always love to do it?
that's the most reason i always wanna be home as soonest as office hour is over. that's also why i seldom go shopping or often refuse dinner invitation from friends as much as possible.
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