Today I'm 40
Ooh..of course still fell like much much more younger, but my oh my... my body knows well..ha..ha..I know beside take good care of what I eat I also need exercise / workout.. ehm.. what's that..??, food..??!!
bertambah usiaku
semakin pendek jatah hidupku
semoga Allah SWT memberikan aku panjang umur, sehat, bahagia dunia akhirat
semoga kelak meninggal dalam iman islam yg sempurna, amin.
Today I'm 40
Friday, 7 November 2008
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
Perjalanan ibadah umroh
Berjalan bersama Dudi dan anak2, menuju masjid Al- Haram, sambil menggandeng Farah, kulihat di depan mataku, Ka'bah.
Ya Allah.. bergetar kalbu dan mataku begitu melihatnya. Selama ini tiap kali sholat selalu facing The Ka'bah, now I witness it myself..
Ya Allah.. bergetar kalbu dan mataku begitu melihatnya. Selama ini tiap kali sholat selalu facing The Ka'bah, now I witness it myself..
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Eid Fitr
This time we celebrate Eid Fitr in Saudi. It's been 9 times we celebrated this day not in our country..
Somebody told Dudi " why don't you guys just go to Mecca for Umrah ". Now..?, yes, now !. Yes we think why not now..?
Then after sholat id, right away I prepared the luggages ready for Mecca.
Somebody told Dudi " why don't you guys just go to Mecca for Umrah ". Now..?, yes, now !. Yes we think why not now..?
Then after sholat id, right away I prepared the luggages ready for Mecca.
Monday, 29 September 2008
anniversary
Today - 14 years of our marriage.
Hope still many many.. more years to come....i/Allah
Love you more Dudi..
Hope still many many.. more years to come....i/Allah
Love you more Dudi..
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Another new journey
I can't believe it , finaly we're here in this soil..
I still remember.. 3 years ago on family holiday, we went to KL- Malaysia by Gulf Air. On the plane with the Gulf Air magazine in my hands, I told Dudi that maybe someday we could go to the desert in the middle east for holiday.
Here we are now, safely arrived.
We stopped at Bahrain, Dudi picked us up at the airport. My kids were so excited to see their dad (baru sebulan kok..he..he..). From Bahrain to Saudi only takes 30 min by car.
Amazing places..!
Alhamdulillah..
I still remember.. 3 years ago on family holiday, we went to KL- Malaysia by Gulf Air. On the plane with the Gulf Air magazine in my hands, I told Dudi that maybe someday we could go to the desert in the middle east for holiday.
Here we are now, safely arrived.
We stopped at Bahrain, Dudi picked us up at the airport. My kids were so excited to see their dad (baru sebulan kok..he..he..). From Bahrain to Saudi only takes 30 min by car.
Amazing places..!
Alhamdulillah..
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
from kingdom to kingdom
We're about to leave the Kingdom of Thailand off to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Good bye Thailand... my home..
Kha phun kha......
Good bye Thailand... my home..
Kha phun kha......
Sunday, 17 August 2008
Dirgahayu Republik Indonesia
Today is the 63rd Indonesian Independence Day.
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The container just left an hour ago
The house is empty now...
Kay just came and bought the wayangs. I loved my wayangs but I don't feel like bringing them to Saudi..., no patung...
I know for sure they will be in good hands. I'm happy. Kay and family love Indonesian stuff. And they will be in France soon...,
apa gak keren tuh wayang....di tangan orang asing dan di negara asing...hore..... I'm so proud..
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The container just left an hour ago
The house is empty now...
Kay just came and bought the wayangs. I loved my wayangs but I don't feel like bringing them to Saudi..., no patung...
I know for sure they will be in good hands. I'm happy. Kay and family love Indonesian stuff. And they will be in France soon...,
apa gak keren tuh wayang....di tangan orang asing dan di negara asing...hore..... I'm so proud..
Saturday, 16 August 2008
Sunday, 10 August 2008
I'm gonna miss you my friends....
Padaal temen2 ku masih banyak juga yg belum pulang liburan.. apalagi ita teman terbaikku. woah..lama amat bu liburannya.. gak kangen ma nasi apa..??
Tapi yah gak bisa ditunda lagi.., hari rabu ini rencananya mover company dah dtg, mau ngepak2 selama 3 hari. Yah jadi harus segera diadakan farewell dulu seadanya di rumah, mumpung masih ada furniture serta peralatan2 masak dan makan..
Hope our paths will cross again..
Tapi yah gak bisa ditunda lagi.., hari rabu ini rencananya mover company dah dtg, mau ngepak2 selama 3 hari. Yah jadi harus segera diadakan farewell dulu seadanya di rumah, mumpung masih ada furniture serta peralatan2 masak dan makan..
Hope our paths will cross again..
The kids' friends
still holiday...
selama liburan panjang ini.. gw sering terima temen2 anak2 ku nginep di rumah. Ada beberapa yg gak pulang ke their country of origin ato liburan kemana gitu.. jadi lumayan anak2 gak bosen.
Selama gw sibuk beres2, anak2 juga ikutan sibuk mindahin mainannya ke kamar gw.. yeh..bebas gini.. coba liat ini..
gak cuman temennya arif ato emir, jumat kemaren sahabatnya farah, daniel juga nginep di rumah..!! coba bayi2 jaman sekarang, umur 5 tahuin dah berani sleep over..hebat juga,tidurnya yah dikamar gw bareng2..hi..hi...
untung gak nangis malem2 minta pulang
selama liburan panjang ini.. gw sering terima temen2 anak2 ku nginep di rumah. Ada beberapa yg gak pulang ke their country of origin ato liburan kemana gitu.. jadi lumayan anak2 gak bosen.
Selama gw sibuk beres2, anak2 juga ikutan sibuk mindahin mainannya ke kamar gw.. yeh..bebas gini.. coba liat ini..
gak cuman temennya arif ato emir, jumat kemaren sahabatnya farah, daniel juga nginep di rumah..!! coba bayi2 jaman sekarang, umur 5 tahuin dah berani sleep over..hebat juga,tidurnya yah dikamar gw bareng2..hi..hi...
untung gak nangis malem2 minta pulang
Dudi's off to The Middle East
August 1st, pagi2 masih diantar sama khun akhom supir kita, masih pakai mobil GM dari kantor, Dudi berangkat deh ke KSA. Moga2 insha Allah aku dan anak2 segera menyusul. Setibanya disana Dudi perlu mengurus surat2 untuk kepindahan kita, pindah kesini nih gak bisa bareng. Suami harus jadi sponsor, makanya harus pindah duluan.
Aku harus siap2 disini sendiri, beres2, urus surat anak bw sekolah ke bkk ke konsular Thailand, ke saudi embassy, done alhamdulillah, gak susah cuman mesti bolak balik berkali2... paspor amrik bw si gendhuk cilik, urus rumah di horseshoe point, musti belanja ini itu.., benerin ini itu, pindah ke hotel, listnya pjg.. kamu bisa nih Lis urus sendiri, kata Dudi, yah insha Allah harus bisa.
Untungnya aku masih dikasih pinjem mobil berikut supir sampai sebulan, dan yg sangat luar biasa, visa tinggal bw aku dan anak2 gak dicabut sampai akhie sept ma GM, padahal semustinya setelah resign dari kerjaan bis itu ada waktu seminggu, peraturannya harus segera dicabut visa tinggalnya, dan angkat kaki segera, kalau mau tinggal lebih mah urus sendiri..dari awal. Makasih banget GM tercinta, semoga tetap jaya..!!
Okay pa.. take care..
Aku harus siap2 disini sendiri, beres2, urus surat anak bw sekolah ke bkk ke konsular Thailand, ke saudi embassy, done alhamdulillah, gak susah cuman mesti bolak balik berkali2... paspor amrik bw si gendhuk cilik, urus rumah di horseshoe point, musti belanja ini itu.., benerin ini itu, pindah ke hotel, listnya pjg.. kamu bisa nih Lis urus sendiri, kata Dudi, yah insha Allah harus bisa.
Untungnya aku masih dikasih pinjem mobil berikut supir sampai sebulan, dan yg sangat luar biasa, visa tinggal bw aku dan anak2 gak dicabut sampai akhie sept ma GM, padahal semustinya setelah resign dari kerjaan bis itu ada waktu seminggu, peraturannya harus segera dicabut visa tinggalnya, dan angkat kaki segera, kalau mau tinggal lebih mah urus sendiri..dari awal. Makasih banget GM tercinta, semoga tetap jaya..!!
Okay pa.. take care..
We're moving......
Dimana kaki berpijak, disitulah bumi Allah.
Selama 4 setengah tahun kita tinggal di Thailand, kini waktunya kita hijrah.
It's been 4 and a half years, we're living in Thailand. The place where people smile. This is the time....
We are so gratefull to have a chance for living here, our kids have grown here, as one of their back yards.
We are foreigners in a foreign country, we've learned other cultures, we've met other people both local and expats, made new friends, new neighbours, good friends... , for all of them we are thankful for. Alhamdulillah..
We will move to another exotic place and different cultures.
With an open mind, hopefully we won't have any difficulties in our new place.
Insha Allah our new life in a new place will be in Dammam - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Yes, we are happy and very excited.
Hopefully we always get ridho from Allah SWT
Now, we are moving..., people.
Bismilah hirohman nirohim....
__________________________________________
Hari Jumat, tgl 18 July yg lalu, setelah 2 minggu in the desert, Dudi mendarat lagi di bumi Thailand. Kali ini untuk siap2 pindah, moving out of the country.
Hari2 terakhir sebelum pindah, Dudi mulai kirim2 khabar ke orang2 GM di Indo, GM di negara2 lain, mantan mentors dan bossnya ( dari GM pusat Amrik yg sekarang tersebar di mana2 ada yg di amrik, london, Dubai, china..), temen2 lain di GM amrik, mexico, lah pokoknya orang2 GM yg dia kenal atau eks GM. Hiks..aku baca balesan emails-nya juga ikut terharu.. serasa nonton film.. semua kenangan2 itu terlihat kembali..., inget tampang orang2nya.. Mr O kita pernah naik boatnya dia di lake di michigan di belakang rumahnya, kita baru aja pindah ke amrik, S yg pernah ngajarin Dudi main golf waktu dia dulu bertugas di Indo.., T yg sekarang di dubai, O sekarang di london, A di amrik , B di China yg berkat dia kita bisa pergi undangan gala dinner kantor kadin US di Bkk, bareng petinggi2 GM lainnya, tapi ada yg lucu juga salah satu VP disini malahan bilang.."whatt..??!!, is thailand not hot enough for you.." ha..ha.. he's very nice and his wife too.. they are all nice to us, and to our kids..
Sad of course, you can imagine, it's been for 15 years, working for the company.., you know, the sense of belonging.., dah kaya perusahaan mboke dhewe. dedikasi tinggi, it's true..!!, dah sampai ke anak2 malahan. When Dudi gently broke the news to our kids about this moving, our eldest said.. "yeah we gonna have GMC, right papa..", see.. tuh khan..,lah wong dah disini before we got married. Walau hari2 terakhir di GM, Dudi selalu memantau stock market-nya di TV, tapi tentu bukan karena ini dia mengundurkan diri, (ya masa depan,..anak2 kita mulai besar.. yg sulung i/Allah 5 tahun lagi kuliah.., adik2nya menyusul). kita masih percaya dan berharap dgn motto "apa yg terbaik bw GM itu juga yg terbaik bw america..". Sangat bersyukur berkesempatan kerja di perusahaan besar seperti ini.
Emang tempat yg akan kita tinggalin, bikin komentar pertama2 dari temen2.. apa gak serem..pindah kesitu.. yah kalau gak tahu serem juga, tapi setelah dudi look see sampai 2 kali bow, trus blogging sana sini, baca sana sini.. gak lah.. emang di mana kita..? ha..ha..
Insha Allah, mohon dilindungi Allah terus dimana kita berada. Trus masalah baju, yah aku harus penyesuaian..kalau soal jilbab, anyway gw emang islam yg semustinya pakai jilbab, tapi kalau abaya hitam. Nah.. itu emang cultures sana yg harus kita ikutin , walopun kita org asing, hati2 bisa ditangkep ma polisi khusus..namanya muttawa.. !!actually it's not a bad idea, wearing a black cloak -abaya- , surely make me look slimmer, ha..ha..kidding. Yg musti bener2 penyesuaian nih budaya segregationnya (catat : ini budaya, bukan agama) wanita dan laki2..wah.., tapi katanya denger2 sekarang dah mulai dikit ada perubahan.. he..he.. ini mah urusan mereka aku tak bs ikut campur.. cuman kalau dah gak terlalu segregation..khan aku nebeng enaknya.. tapi ini gak pengaruh ke anak2 sih.. khan mereka ke sekolah international.
Tgl 25 July, orang2 di kantor Dudi ngadain pesta perpisahan bw kita. Ya Allah baik2 yah mereka, makasih sekali, jazakallah. Biasanya sih gak semustinya ini diadakan farewell party bw Dudi, krn Dudi khan bukan transfer ke GM lain tetapi mengundurkan diri. Pindah, keluar ke company lain khan gak dipesta2in...
Semoga dengan kepindahan ini, yg paling penting semoga semakin memperkuat iman islam kita, amin.. Anak2 semakin terbuka, tidak rasis dan tolerance, meyadari bhw orang itu berbeda2 dan tidak satu, beda bangsa, cultures, agama, hopefully aku dan Dudi bisa mengajari, membimbing dan mempersiapkan mereka semoga mereka bisa menjadi kontribut yg baik bagi dunia. Kayanya anak2 kita dah mulai menjadi bagian dari the third culture kids (wikipedia)
Tolong doain kita yah biar kepindahan kita lancar..., makasih.. jazakallah..
Selama 4 setengah tahun kita tinggal di Thailand, kini waktunya kita hijrah.
It's been 4 and a half years, we're living in Thailand. The place where people smile. This is the time....
We are so gratefull to have a chance for living here, our kids have grown here, as one of their back yards.
We are foreigners in a foreign country, we've learned other cultures, we've met other people both local and expats, made new friends, new neighbours, good friends... , for all of them we are thankful for. Alhamdulillah..
We will move to another exotic place and different cultures.
With an open mind, hopefully we won't have any difficulties in our new place.
Insha Allah our new life in a new place will be in Dammam - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Yes, we are happy and very excited.
Hopefully we always get ridho from Allah SWT
Now, we are moving..., people.
Bismilah hirohman nirohim....
__________________________________________
Hari Jumat, tgl 18 July yg lalu, setelah 2 minggu in the desert, Dudi mendarat lagi di bumi Thailand. Kali ini untuk siap2 pindah, moving out of the country.
Hari2 terakhir sebelum pindah, Dudi mulai kirim2 khabar ke orang2 GM di Indo, GM di negara2 lain, mantan mentors dan bossnya ( dari GM pusat Amrik yg sekarang tersebar di mana2 ada yg di amrik, london, Dubai, china..), temen2 lain di GM amrik, mexico, lah pokoknya orang2 GM yg dia kenal atau eks GM. Hiks..aku baca balesan emails-nya juga ikut terharu.. serasa nonton film.. semua kenangan2 itu terlihat kembali..., inget tampang orang2nya.. Mr O kita pernah naik boatnya dia di lake di michigan di belakang rumahnya, kita baru aja pindah ke amrik, S yg pernah ngajarin Dudi main golf waktu dia dulu bertugas di Indo.., T yg sekarang di dubai, O sekarang di london, A di amrik , B di China yg berkat dia kita bisa pergi undangan gala dinner kantor kadin US di Bkk, bareng petinggi2 GM lainnya, tapi ada yg lucu juga salah satu VP disini malahan bilang.."whatt..??!!, is thailand not hot enough for you.." ha..ha.. he's very nice and his wife too.. they are all nice to us, and to our kids..
Sad of course, you can imagine, it's been for 15 years, working for the company.., you know, the sense of belonging.., dah kaya perusahaan mboke dhewe. dedikasi tinggi, it's true..!!, dah sampai ke anak2 malahan. When Dudi gently broke the news to our kids about this moving, our eldest said.. "yeah we gonna have GMC, right papa..", see.. tuh khan..,lah wong dah disini before we got married. Walau hari2 terakhir di GM, Dudi selalu memantau stock market-nya di TV, tapi tentu bukan karena ini dia mengundurkan diri, (ya masa depan,..anak2 kita mulai besar.. yg sulung i/Allah 5 tahun lagi kuliah.., adik2nya menyusul). kita masih percaya dan berharap dgn motto "apa yg terbaik bw GM itu juga yg terbaik bw america..". Sangat bersyukur berkesempatan kerja di perusahaan besar seperti ini.
Emang tempat yg akan kita tinggalin, bikin komentar pertama2 dari temen2.. apa gak serem..pindah kesitu.. yah kalau gak tahu serem juga, tapi setelah dudi look see sampai 2 kali bow, trus blogging sana sini, baca sana sini.. gak lah.. emang di mana kita..? ha..ha..
Insha Allah, mohon dilindungi Allah terus dimana kita berada. Trus masalah baju, yah aku harus penyesuaian..kalau soal jilbab, anyway gw emang islam yg semustinya pakai jilbab, tapi kalau abaya hitam. Nah.. itu emang cultures sana yg harus kita ikutin , walopun kita org asing, hati2 bisa ditangkep ma polisi khusus..namanya muttawa.. !!actually it's not a bad idea, wearing a black cloak -abaya- , surely make me look slimmer, ha..ha..kidding. Yg musti bener2 penyesuaian nih budaya segregationnya (catat : ini budaya, bukan agama) wanita dan laki2..wah.., tapi katanya denger2 sekarang dah mulai dikit ada perubahan.. he..he.. ini mah urusan mereka aku tak bs ikut campur.. cuman kalau dah gak terlalu segregation..khan aku nebeng enaknya.. tapi ini gak pengaruh ke anak2 sih.. khan mereka ke sekolah international.
Tgl 25 July, orang2 di kantor Dudi ngadain pesta perpisahan bw kita. Ya Allah baik2 yah mereka, makasih sekali, jazakallah. Biasanya sih gak semustinya ini diadakan farewell party bw Dudi, krn Dudi khan bukan transfer ke GM lain tetapi mengundurkan diri. Pindah, keluar ke company lain khan gak dipesta2in...
Semoga dengan kepindahan ini, yg paling penting semoga semakin memperkuat iman islam kita, amin.. Anak2 semakin terbuka, tidak rasis dan tolerance, meyadari bhw orang itu berbeda2 dan tidak satu, beda bangsa, cultures, agama, hopefully aku dan Dudi bisa mengajari, membimbing dan mempersiapkan mereka semoga mereka bisa menjadi kontribut yg baik bagi dunia. Kayanya anak2 kita dah mulai menjadi bagian dari the third culture kids (wikipedia)
Tolong doain kita yah biar kepindahan kita lancar..., makasih.. jazakallah..
Saturday, 19 July 2008
so funny....
One night,
The kids were in my room, Dudi was still in The Middle East,
I heard this, the conversation between Arif (my oldest) and Farah (the youngest) :
Well, actually Arif (who's talking), Farah's (who's listening)
Arif :
Farah, listen to me, I'm telling you this :
Don't marry A, he's too disgusting
Don't marry B, he's too skinny
Don't marry C, he's too negative
Don't marry D, he has too many pimples
Don't marry E, he's too sissy, easy to cry
Don't marry F, he doesn't like wearing a tshirt when sleeping (iya betul, cuma pakai boxer, gw aja sampai kaget, gw buka kamar anak2 pas dia lagi nginep di rumah.., whattt.. )
Don't marry G, angry a lot, oh okay he's not, only for some times, but he likes to get angry without any reasons, (wah gawat...)
Don't marry H, he's..., oh no.. oh yes..!! he's good.., he's smart, but no.!, he has bug teeth, maybe later..
Don't marry I, he's too tall
Don't marry J, he's too picky (very difficult to eat) hee..hee.. emang rada norak
Don't marry K, he's too..., oh yes.., he's oke, oh no..!!, he's too good for you ( me : whatt..!!?? )
Don't marry L, heemm, jumping a lot..!!
Don't marry M, he's too fat..!! you will run out of money, just buy food for him..!!
(and now he's talking about Farah's friends)
Don't marry N, he pee a lot ( in the morning, going to the school by school bus, he likes to ask the driver to stop somewhere..)
Don't marry O, he cries a lot..., oh God..
Don't marry P, he's... eemm.., oh okay.. he's a good boy, he's good for you...
(woah...finally..!! someone got approved.. pheeuuhh..!! )
The kids were in my room, Dudi was still in The Middle East,
I heard this, the conversation between Arif (my oldest) and Farah (the youngest) :
Well, actually Arif (who's talking), Farah's (who's listening)
Arif :
Farah, listen to me, I'm telling you this :
Don't marry A, he's too disgusting
Don't marry B, he's too skinny
Don't marry C, he's too negative
Don't marry D, he has too many pimples
Don't marry E, he's too sissy, easy to cry
Don't marry F, he doesn't like wearing a tshirt when sleeping (iya betul, cuma pakai boxer, gw aja sampai kaget, gw buka kamar anak2 pas dia lagi nginep di rumah.., whattt.. )
Don't marry G, angry a lot, oh okay he's not, only for some times, but he likes to get angry without any reasons, (wah gawat...)
Don't marry H, he's..., oh no.. oh yes..!! he's good.., he's smart, but no.!, he has bug teeth, maybe later..
Don't marry I, he's too tall
Don't marry J, he's too picky (very difficult to eat) hee..hee.. emang rada norak
Don't marry K, he's too..., oh yes.., he's oke, oh no..!!, he's too good for you ( me : whatt..!!?? )
Don't marry L, heemm, jumping a lot..!!
Don't marry M, he's too fat..!! you will run out of money, just buy food for him..!!
(and now he's talking about Farah's friends)
Don't marry N, he pee a lot ( in the morning, going to the school by school bus, he likes to ask the driver to stop somewhere..)
Don't marry O, he cries a lot..., oh God..
Don't marry P, he's... eemm.., oh okay.. he's a good boy, he's good for you...
(woah...finally..!! someone got approved.. pheeuuhh..!! )
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Today, our second is 10 years old.
Soon after subuh, I right away went to the kitchen, needed to make a special breakfast.
At 9 am we all were ready for breakfast. Dudi is not here, he's still in The Middle East.
Okay, for breakfast this morning we had nasi kuning, opor ayam, empal suwir, mie goreng, gado2, sambal goreng udang and chocolate pie ( I managed to finish making this pie at 11 pm
, ngantuk rek )
As usual Farah made a special birthday present, her drawing. Last night she drew the picture in front of the birthday boy and I helped her to wrap it while Emir was in front of me . But Emir was so nice to her so when he opened his present this morning he didn't forget to put his face surprisely.. and Farah so happy.
Selamat ulang tahun sayang.., doa mama selalu menyertaimu..
Soon after subuh, I right away went to the kitchen, needed to make a special breakfast.
At 9 am we all were ready for breakfast. Dudi is not here, he's still in The Middle East.
Okay, for breakfast this morning we had nasi kuning, opor ayam, empal suwir, mie goreng, gado2, sambal goreng udang and chocolate pie ( I managed to finish making this pie at 11 pm
, ngantuk rek )
As usual Farah made a special birthday present, her drawing. Last night she drew the picture in front of the birthday boy and I helped her to wrap it while Emir was in front of me . But Emir was so nice to her so when he opened his present this morning he didn't forget to put his face surprisely.. and Farah so happy.
Selamat ulang tahun sayang.., doa mama selalu menyertaimu..
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