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Friday, April 28, 2006

lagu anak

Nyadar ngga sih kalo ternyata lagu2 anak Indonesia banyak yang rancu n bikin anak2 jadi bingung? Baca deh beberapa contoh di bawah ini :D
(taken from forwarded e-mail)

.. .. lagu anak-anak yang populer justru mengajarkan kerancuan dan menurunkan motivasi;

<> "Balonku ada 5... rupa-rupa warnanya... merah, kuning, kelabu.. merah muda dan biru..., meletus balon hijau, dorrrr!!!"

.. .. perhatikan warna-warna kelima balon tsb., kenapa tiba2 muncul warna hijau. Jadi jumlah balon sebenarnya ada 6, bukan 5 !

<> "Aku seorang kapiten... mempunyai pedang panjang... kalo berjalan prok..prok..prok... aku
seorang kapiten!"

.. .. perhatikan di bait pertama dia cerita tentang pedangnya, tapi di bait kedua dia cerita tentang sepatunya (inkonsistensi). Harusnya dia tetap konsisten, misal jika ingin cerita tentang sepatunya seharusnya dia bernyanyi: "mempunyai sepatu baja (bukan pedang panjang)... kalo berjalan prok..prok..prok.." .. .. nah, itu baru klop! jika ingin cerita tentang pedangnya, harusnya dia bernyanyi : "mempunyai pedang panjang... kalo ber- jalan ndul..gondal..gandul.. atau srek.. srek.. srek.." itu baru sesuai dg kondisi pedang panjangnya!

<> "Bangun tidur ku terus mandi.. tidak lupa menggosok gigi.. habis mandi ku tolong ibu.. membersihkan tempat tidurku.."

.. .. perhatikan setelah habis mandi langsung membersihkan tempat tidur. Lagu Ini membuat anak-anak tidak bias terprogram secara baik dalam menyelesaikan tugasnya dan selalu terburu-buru. Sehabis mandi seharusnya si anak pakai baju dulu dan tidak langsung membersihkan tempat tidur dalam kondisi basah dan telanjang!

<> "Naik-naik ke puncak gunung.. tinggi.. tinggi sekali.. kiri kanan kulihat saja.. banyak pohon cemara.. 2X"

.. .. lagu ini dapat membuat anak kecil kehilangan konsentrasi, semangat dan motivasi! Pada awal lagu terkesan semangat akan mendaki gunung yang tinggi tetapi kemudian ternyata setelah melihat jalanan yg tajam mendaki lalu jadi bingung dan gak tau mau ngapain, bisanya cuma noleh ke kiri ke kanan aja, gak maju2!

<> "Naik kereta api tut..tut..tut.. siapa hendak turut ke Bandung.. Surabaya.. bolehlah naik dengan naik percuma.. ayo kawanku lekas naik.. keretaku tak berhenti lama"

.. .. nah, yg begini ini yg parah! mengajarkan anak-anak kalo sudah dewasa maunya gratis melulu. Pantesan PJKA rugi terus! terutama jalur Jakarta-Bandung dan Jakarta-Surabaya!

<> "Di pucuk pohon cempaka.. burung kutilang berbunyi.. bersiul2 sepanjang hari dg tak jemu2.. mengangguk2 sambil bernyanyi tri li li..li..li..li..li.."

.. .. ini juga menyesatkan dan tidak mengajarkan kepada anak2 akan realita yg sebenarnya. Burung kutilang itu kalo nyanyi bunyinya cuit..cuit..cuit..! kalo tri li li li li itu bunyi kalo yang nyanyi orang, bukan burung!

<> "Pok ame ame.. belalang kupu2.. siang makan nasi, kalo malam minum susu.."

.. .. kalo anak kecil, karena belom boleh maem nasi, jadi gak pagi gak malem ya minum susu!

**

Zion's mom;
4:39 PM

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

3rd wedding anniversary

Hari ini, 3 taon yang lalu.....

Pagi2 mommy udah bangun, pake baju yang udah disiapin dari malem, ngga sempet makan apa2, langsung naek mobil, dianterin khiu2 ke Yohannes bridal di Muara Karang. Lagi di tengah2 dandan, daddy dateng dianter sopir. Cuma sempet say Hi, trus daddy dah mulai rapi2in rambut. Mommy masih belom selesai waktu daddy udahan n mo balik ke hotel. Mulai panik dalem ati, keburu ngga ya.....

Bener aja, waktu mommy sampe rumah pas selesai dandan, liat mobil penganten lengkap dengan daddy udah siap di depan gang. Langsung buru2 masuk rumah, jalanin acara tutup cadar muka, trus sambut daddy deh di rumah :). Selesai teh pai, sempet cuil2 makanan buat ganjel perut, trus lanjut ke gereja.

Masih inget gimana groginya mommy waktu baca janji nikah. Ngga berani liat muka daddy sama sekali. Malah ngga berani ngangkat muka sama sekali! Pas acara puji2an, tiap kali coba2 angkat muka, malah nyengir. Berasanya senengggg banget. Akhirnya gue merid bo! Hahahahaha

Selesai pemberkatan di gereja, kita ke Yohannes lagi untuk retouch. Selanjutnya ke Ricky untuk foto, dan terakhir ke restoran untuk jamuan makan malam. Bener2 hari yang melelahkan, tapi tak akan terlupakan *cieee...... :D*


Ngga kerasa, kejadian yang kayanya baru kmaren itu ternyata dah lewat 3 taon. Kayanya masih inget deh sibuknya nyiapin pesta, diskusi menu sama ortu, bagi2 undangan, ngatur tempat tinggal buat mertua, dll. Capenya nyengir sambil salaman n say thanks pas resepsi, berdiri berjam jam buat foto, bisik2 dengan para panitia atao MC pas ada jadwal yang di luar rencana, huahhhhh........

Sekarang dah ada Zion di tengah2 kita. Ngga ada perayaan istimewa hari ini, secara laki gue kerja, n gue bilang sayang kalo musti ambil cuti. Kita bakalan keluar dinner ntar malem, n sebagai hadiahnya, kita bakalan jalan2 ke Tanjung Pinang hari Minggu nanti. Cuma nginep semalem, n rame2 pula. Bareng sama mertua n ipar2 gue. Kebayang lagi capenya, but hopefully it will be fun :)

Zion's mom;
1:22 PM

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Monday, April 24, 2006

weekend story

Hari Sabtu kmaren kita ngga ke mana2. Di rumah aja, maen sama Zion, nonton TV, gosok baju, etc. Males2an lah ceritanya. HeheheheMalemnya Apek (kokonya daddy) dateng ke rumah. Dia sama dengan daddy, suka ikan, jadi suka dateng ke rumah liat2 ikan daddy. Kbetulan beberapa waktu yang lalu daddy baru beli ikan arwana. Trus abis liat2, tiba2 dia bilang mo liat poto n video Zion. Ternyata dia sering diceritain sama Ama gitu kalo mommy suka foto n bikin video. Ya udah kita ajak Apek masuk kamar, liat2 foto n video Zion ngoceh, joged2, ke Sentosa, dll.
Pas lagi asik2 liat, samar2 denger pintu diketok *tok tok tok*. Mommy lari2 ke depan, ngintip, eh...ternyata Om Torkis sama temennya dateng bawain teh Sosro pesenan mommy. Huaaa....senengnyaaaaa. Mereka ngga lama2 karena udah malem n mereka masih mo ke ATM. Mommy langsung buka deh teh Sosro nya, terus bagi2 ke Apek, Daddy n 1 lagi buat mommy ndiri. Zion ikutan minum, tapi malah ngerebut, minta terus. Akhirnya mommy kasih aja, tapi waktu itu dah mao abis sih. hihihihi, emang selera mah ngga jaoh2 dari emaknya deh *toss sama Zion*

Minggu paginya, kita ke gereja. Trus pulang ke rumah, mommy masak bubur buat Zion. Daddy telpon Ama, tadinya mo ngajakin mereka ke Bugis karena daddy mo benerin jam tangannya. Eh malah diajak lunch sama2 di daerah MacPerson gitu. Kita sih ok aja. Mommy yang denger mo pergi sebelom lunch, langsung buru2 bebenah deh. Masukin baju ke mesin cuci, nyapu, ngepel, mandi, suapin Zion makan, trus gantungin baju di jemuran. Tadinya janjian mo jam 12.30 jalan dari rumah, tapi akhirnya baru jam 1an kita bisa jalan. Maklum deh, ibu2 banyak kerjaan. Hahahaha

Dari rumah kita naek bus no 76 sampe Paya Lebar MRT, trus lanjut naek bus no 154 sampe ke kopitiam yang dituju. Karena katanya yang enak di sini adalah "Ngo Hiang", jadi deh kita pesen itu 2 piring full sama 2 porsi Hokkian Mie. Ternyata emang enak loh makanannya. Zion seperti biasanya, ikutan cuil2 walopun sebenernya dah makan dari rumah. Belom selesai makan, Zion mulai cengeng. Sama Ama dibawa ke depan, sekalian ngadem. Pas kita selesai makan, Zion dah tidur, ngantuk ternyata!

Abis makan kita siap2 pergi ke Bugis seperti yang sudah direncanakan. Akong ngga mao ikut, jadi dia naek bus pulang sendirian. Trus kita plus Ama n Apek naek taksi deh ke Bugisnya. Sepanjang jalan Zion tidur. Pas nyampe Bugis, kita muter2 dulu di Seiyu sambil ngadem n nungguin Zion bangun. Trus nyebrang ke Bugis Street n ke Beencoolen, nemenin daddy anter jam tangannya untuk reparasi. Apek terima telpon dari temennya n janjian untuk ketemu setelah itu. Jadi dia pamitan duluan, tinggal kita sama Ama deh. Terakhir kita jalan muter2 di OG. Zion yang udah kenyang tidur, lari sana sini, sampe cape kita ngubernya :D

Pulang ke rumah jam 7an, kita istirahat n Zion tidur lagi. Sehari emang Zion tidur siang 2 kali sih :)

Zion's mom;
6:41 PM

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Saturday, April 22, 2006

indo food's day

Akhirnya niat makan makanan Indo kesampean juga hari ini. Dari tadi siang dah ngomong sama daddy, mo dinner ke "Ayam Penyet", kangen sama masakan indo. Eh tapi dia sama zion tidur tuh sampe jam 7an. Zion bangun duluan, jadi gue suapin makan dulu, abis itu baru siap2 pergi gue pikir. Eh tapi pas liat jam, inget ada janji nungguin temennya temen gue. Dia mo ke sini nganterin teh botol Sosro. Hehehehehe.... Langsung deh bilang daddy, ngga jadi deh perginya. Tapi karena kita dah dari siang ngomongin, daddy rela jalan kaki (dari sini ke Katong lumayan sih kalo jalan) n bungkus makanannya. Mana waktu itu di luar ujan rintik2 lagi *mesranyaa....hihihihi*

Setelah ampir sejam nungguin karena ternyata dia mampir dulu ke NTUC beli buah sama makanan kecil, akhirnya dia pulang deh bawa makanan. Pas ngintip isinya, loh kok ada pecel lele. Secara gue tao dia ngga makan pecel lele gitu loh, n lagi pesenan gue mah ayam goreng. Kotak satunya lagi bener, ayam goreng. Eh ternyata ada miskomunikasi kayanya. Soalnya dia ngotot, waktu pesen bilang "udang" n sempet pake bahasa mandarin juga ngomong "sia". Tapi seinget gue sih di sana emang ngga ada jual makanan dengan judul udang gitu. Makanya dikasih lele kali. Hahahahahaha. Ngga ketinggalan empek2 sebagai penutup.Akhirnya gue yang makan deh tuh pecel lele. Dia makan ayam gorengnya. Zion dah mulai gelisah liat kita siap2 makan. Karena gue takut Zion kemakan tulang lele, jadi gue kasih dia tempe aja. Tiap kotak lengkap dengan tahu tempe nya sih. Gue cuma kebagian segigit, n selebihnya dimakan abis sama dia!

Trus pas makanan gue dah abis, kan makanan laki gue masih ada tuh. Langsung deh dia nyamperin bapaknya, minta2 juga. Dan kali ini masih dikasih makanan yang sama, tempe !!! Abis makan kita panggil Zion "kampung boy" n "tempe boy" deh. Secara ini pertama kali dia makan tempe gitu loh. hehehehehehe

Sekarang lagi nungguin yang mo nganterin teh botol nih. Kan enak ya abis makan beginian minumnya teh botol. Kaya iklan "Apapun makanannya, minumannya teh botol"...Ahhhhhhh *ngeces*

Zion's mom;
8:31 PM

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Friday, April 21, 2006

zion's pic


Hari ini sibuk maenan comments, edit2 poto n blogwalking. Tapi lagi mo pamer foto zion nih, masih fresh, diambil kmaren sama hari ini. Singapore ngga ujan ni ari, padahal biasanya siang pasti aje dapet ujan. Zion juga bae2 aja, aktif maen, lari sana sini, nonton hi5 kalo jam 5. Pokoknya today is a normal day day
Have a nice weekend everyone...GBU!

Zion's mom;
5:29 PM

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Thursday, April 20, 2006

ice cream

Sejak beberapa hari yang lalu gue ngidam es krim :D. Eits....jangan mentang2 gue pake kata ngidam terus ada yang nuduh gue hamil yee....hahahaha...
Biasanya sih siang2 ngga inget, soalnya beberapa hari ini di sini ujan terus kalo siang. Ingetnya tuh kalo udah malem, udah selesai makan malem, trus ngeliat iklan magnum mini, langsung deh...cess..... *ngeces*

Semalem pas ngeliatnya tuh udah jam 10an. Langsung rayu2 laki gue minta beliin di 7-11. Tapi ya apa daya, dia juga males jalan ke bawah cuma buat memenuhi keinginan gila istrinya :P.
Barusan dia telpon gue abis makan siang. Trus abis ngobrol2 gitu dia tao2 nanya,"Lo maonya es krim apa sih?"
*ting* Langsung berseri2 deh gue..tanpa malu2 ngasih tao es krim yang gue mao :D
Dia janji ntar pulang kerja mo mampir ke NTUC beliin tuh es krim....hahahahhaa....thanks lao gong

Zion's mom;
1:04 PM

15 comments

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

susah makan

Udah beberapa hari ini Zion susah makan. Biasanya dikasih makan apa juga langsung abis, malah kadang masih suka cuil2 mommy, minta2 kalo mommy gi makan. Tapi sekarang ngga lagi :(. Kalo udah liat mommy pegang mangkok makanannya, Zion langsung lari. Kadang ngajak maen, atao yang paling parah, langsung geleng2 kepala. Kalo mommy paksa suapin makan juga, mulutnya langsung dirapetin. Paling sukses masuk 3-4 sendok, abis itu mulai deh pake senjata ampuhnya, nangis!!!

Gue dah coba berbagai variasi makanan. Mulai dari bubur, nasi, nasi dikuahin (biar gampang nelennya), tapi tetep aja sama. Paling yang dia tetep suka tuh biskuit, atao kue2 gitu. Semalem gue bela2in ke NTUC, belanja sayur2an sama roti tawar. Tadi pagi gue bikinin model sandwich gitu, pake isi mentega, keju n telor dadar. Tapi cuma dimakan setengah, dan sisanya gue yang abisin. hehehehe
Trus agak siangan gue bikinin sop wortel, ikan n bakso ikan. Ini juga pake tereak2, tetep aja dia ngga makan. Cuma makan 3 sendok.

Tapi sodara2, ada kejutan setelah itu. Karena kesel dia ngga mao makan, akhirnya gue bikinin susu n ajak tidur siang. Dia tidur ampir 2 jam an deh. N bangun tidur, liat gue makan, kliatan lagi deh tuh napsu makannya. Narik2 tangan gue, minta ikutan makan. Ya iseng2 gue suapin aja, toh makanannya sama dengan yang gue suapin ke dia sebelomnya. Trus dia minta lagi!!!!
Ternyata dia maunya dari sendok n piring gue kali yeee.....hahahahhaa. Puji Tuhan deh

Mertua gue bilang sih mungkin dia lagi tumbuh gigi belakang, jadi ngilu n males makan. Ada sepupu gue yang bilang, anak jangan dipaksa makan, ntar kalo laper juga dia makan.
Whatever it is, gue seneng Zion dah makan kaya biasanya :)

Zion's mom;
5:20 PM

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Monday, April 17, 2006

sentosa trip

Liburan paskah kali ini, kita sekeluarga pergi ke Sentosa. Perginya sih pas hari Sabtu, sementara Jumat n Minggunya di rumah aja karena ujan.

Ini kali pertama Zion ke Sentosa. Kita pergi dah siang, jam 2 an dari rumah. Trus jalan2 dulu di Harbour Front, karena seharian itu Zion belom tidur siang. Ampir sejam deh Zion tidur di pram sambil kita dorong jalan2. Mampir ke Sakae Sushi untuk makan siang, karena pas di rumah ngga kepengen makan. N pas kita lagi makan itulah Zion bangun.

Tadinya kita mo naek shuttle bus untuk pergi ke Sentosa nya. Tapi pas liat ngantrinya....wuihh...panjang booo!!! Akhirnya kita naek taksi deh.

Baru tao kalo sekarang dah ngga ada monorail lagi. Jadi cuma ada fasilitas bus untuk keliling2. Katanya sih lagi dibangun LRT, jadi nanti bisa langsung dari HarbourFront MRT. Tapi ya itu paling bisa dipake taon depan. Agak2 ribet sih, soalnya tao dong yang namanya jalan sama anak kecil. Ada pram nya, ada tas nya, ada anaknya. Penuh deh pokoknya pegangan kita. Tiap kali mo naek bus, gue dah sebel aje. Mana ngantrinya panjangggggg lagi.

Kita langsung ke pantai, karena waktu itu dah jam 4 lewat, n matahari dah ngga terik lagi. Maen aer n pasir bentaran. Zion sempet takut waktu awal2 diajak maen aer. Tapi lama2 sih ketagihan deh dia. Hehehehehe

Dari pantai, kita jalan sampe ke Merlion Walk. Zion seneng banget liat aer gitu. N sempet ngambek waktu kita ajak lanjut jalan lagi. Kita sempet duduk2 bentar n istirahat. Kebetulan sebelom pergi ada beli curry puff, jadi ngemil deh. Zion ngga mao ketinggalan. Waktu liat gue minum green tea, langsung deh tereak2 mo minta. Ya udah, botol aer nya gue kosongin n gue isi green tea. Jadi deh kita semua duduk ngadem sambil istirahat ;)

Trus tadinya rencana mo liat musical fountainnya jam 19.40. Tapi kok liat langit kayanya mendung banget ya. Karena takut keujanan, akhirnya kita pilih pulang aja deh. Sampe rumah, Zion tidur 2 jam an lagi. Cape kali ya. N mommynya ikut temenin Zion deh. Tidur juga...hahahahaha

Btw, meskipun dah telad, tapi yang penting kan niatnya ya
Kita sekeluarga mo ngucapin "Met Paskah" buat para pembaca yang merayakan
GBU always!

Zion's mom;
1:32 PM

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Sunday, April 16, 2006

prev posts (taken from friendster's blog)

Well, all these entries are imported from my prev blog in friendster :)
Have a great time reading it
GBU

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AUTHOR: Siska
TITLE: 1st post
STATUS: Publish
ALLOW COMMENTS: 1
CONVERT BREAKS: 0
ALLOW PINGS: 0
DATE: 04/11/2005 08:19:41 AM
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wah.....akhirnya....keinginan gue untuk punya blog sendiri tercapai juga...sejak zion masih dalam kandungan, gue pengen banget punya blog sendiri, jadi bisa punya jurnal tentang kandungan, masa kecil, anak2, remaja, sampe dewasanya anak gue. baru sekarang neh kesampean..hehehe

well... let's talk bout my baby, zion...
kmaren, tepatnya 10 april 2005, dia sudah berumur 4 bulan. ngga berasa loh, tau2 gue dah 4 bulan jadi mommy. angan2 yang dari dulu cuma bisa dibayangin, sekarang dah jadi pengalaman gue sendiri...

mulai dari hamil, yang muntah2nya ngga ketulungan, sampe masuk rumah sakit segala karena dehidrasi n berat badan drop. trus kudu naek taksi ke kantor tiap hari, karena takut muntah di bus. kebetulan waktu itu kantor agak jauh dari rumah, jadi kalo naek bus, perlu sejaman gitu untuk nyampe kantor.

dah gitu pas mau melahirkan, ngga berani bangunin suami gue, karena mulai sakit perutnya tuh pagi2 bener, n gue pikir gue salah makan semalemnya. trus dianter mertua ke rumah sakit, n ditinggal sendirian!!! bayangin sodara2...hehehehe....tapi yang lalu biarlah berlalu. toh pada akhirnya suami gue bisa dateng tepat waktu n nemenin saat2 gue melahirkan :)

zion lahir 10 desember 2004, dengan berat 3,575 kg n tinggi 49 cm. quite a big baby isnt he? dia lahir di KK hospital, singapore.

waktu umurnya pas sebulan, zion dibotakin!!! hehehehe...mukanya tambah buled aja tuh waktu abis dibotakin... n kita adain syukuran di rumah untuk merayakan zion sebulan ini.

3 feb 2005, zion dah ampir 2 bulan. untuk pertama kalinya zion naek pesawat terbang ke indonesia untuk ngunjungin kung2 n pho2 nya. ngerayain sincia, upacara penyerahan anak di gereja, acara lamaran khiu2 nya, sampe pas 30 hari di jakarta

sekarang zion dah 4 bulan. dah mulai belajar tengkurep, udah bisa diajak ngobrol (walopun balesnya cuma ha..ha..oh..oh..uu.. doang :D), dah mulai mamam cereal (nah...kalo ini zion doyan banget), suka mamam buah juga n minum susu 150ml per 4-5 jam.

duh....ngebosenin ngga seh bacanya? hehehehe....mommy ngga bisa deh nulis2 sesuatu yang atraktif geto..sekarang aja dah ngga tao mo nulis apa

but anyway, tujuannya bikin blog seh cuma buat kenang2an aja untuk zion baca2 nanti ;)...n kalo ada yang punya2 baby n mao bagi2 pengalaman, sok yaa....ditunggu loh komen n tuker ceritanya :)

GBU ALL!!!!

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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Chris
EMAIL: chrisqck@hotmail.com
\DATE: 04/13/2005 04:14:45 AM

Hi baby Zion!!! this is uncle Chris dari M'sia!!! :D and hi to Zion's mama oso ;) congrats on your new blog :D and i really like the idea... just can't help imagining what Zion's reaction would be to read all this 20 years later :P hahaha !!! : ) keep it up ;)
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Tutee
EMAIL: mastuti78@yahoo.com
DATE: 04/14/2005 11:43:31 PM
Allo sis,
Lutju juga ide elo utk bikin blog for ur cuttiest baby...yup bener juga sapa tau aja nanti kalau Zion udah gede khan jadi bisa baca2 tilisan mommy nya..:P
guys..Siska ini nih sebenernya temen dari temen gue..kenal nya gara2 doi dulu pesen tiket ama temen gue dan gue yg bantuin gitu deh...so yaudah ampe situ terus berlanjut keep contact..engga berasa juga yah sis sekarang elo udah jadi mommy abisan kayanya baru kemarin deh elo pacaran n merit ama papa nya zion :) hehehehehehehehehe..But anyway GONGRAT aja buat elo yah sis..pasti nya skrg yg lagi excited bgt ama zion...
well Sis always b a good mommy yah buat zion..dan jangan kebanyakan chatting mulu kalao di rumah Bu..inget bayi mu nanti jatuh dari kasur elo kagak tau lagi :P kwak kwak ..hehehehehe5.
Iyanih liburan kemaren siska sempet ke Jakarta ama baby nya. tapi gue engga ketemu dia padahal gue pengen bgt liat tampang nya zion yg super imut...ok deh sis..c u again next time yah...
Heppy besdey buat zion..
always keep in touch,
Tutee
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AUTHOR: Siska
TITLE: 2nd post
STATUS: Publish
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DATE: 04/16/2005 07:46:52 AM
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wah...ngga nyangka, pada suka ya baca tulisan gue...hehehhehe
thanks banget ya buat support kalian semua ;)

i just started working, and yes....as a helpdesk again!!!
zion terpaksa harus ditinggal di rumah sama tante Yvonne n kalo siang2 Ama pasti dateng untuk nengok n ajak zion maen.

waktu zion pas umur 4 bulan kmaren, Ama beliin zion walker lho...belom bisa dipake seh, tapi paling ngga bisa dijadiin bahan untuk zion belajar duduk...sempet kepikiran, kok dah 4 bulan zion belom bisa tengkurep ya, apalagi duduk...tapi, semuanya gue serahin ke Babe deh...gue percaya, semuanya bakalan indah pada waktuNya :)

not sure what else to write...so, Have a nice weekend all...GBU
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DATE: 04/17/2005 08:47:26 AM
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well....lets talk about what happen during this weekend

hari sabtu kmaren, kita diem di rumah aja..tadinya mo pergi jalan2, tapi siangnya tuh ujan gedeeee...jadi deh kita sekeluarga cuma ngedekem aja di kamar, TIDUR!!! hehehehe...

trus hari ini, pagi2 zion ikut mommy n aunt yvonne ke gereja...daddy ngga mau ikut dengan alasan belum pernah ke gereja yang ini. mau suruh mommy cobain dulu, n kalo OK, next time baru ikutan.

sorenya kita pergi ke Parkway. kali ini Ama ikutan..makan malem sama2, terus keliling deh jalan2..persinggahan terakhir kita, Giant. kita beli kebutuhan sehari2 deh..mulai dari pampers, susu, minuman, sampe sayur2an n daging untuk aunt yvonne masak kalo pas mommy kerja.

oh iya, besok mommy ngga kerja lho. zion besok suntik DPT sama polio yang ke 2, n waktu mommy kasih tau supervisor mommy untuk ambil cuti 1/2 hari, eh dia malah kasih mommy off hari senin. jadi minggu depan mommy off nya hari senin n minggu, must going to office on saturday :(

ok deh...time to sleep now.. take care all

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DATE: 04/22/2005 02:17:14 AM
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huah....kerjaan baru kali ini bener2 bikin mommy sibuk sampe ngga bisa bernapas!! tapi gpp deh, demi sesuap nasi n susu zion...hahahahahaha *alesan*

well, lets start this post from monday

hari senin kmaren mommy ngga kerja loh, sengaja minta off untuk nemenin zion imunisasi DPT sama polio yang ke 2. seperti imunisasi yang pertama, kali ini juga bikin zion panas badannya...ngga tinggi2 amat seh, jadi mommy ngga gitu kuatir. lagian dah pengalaman dari bulan lalu :D.. tapi gara2 panas itu, zion jadi cengeng. maunya digendong mulu, sampe pegel deh tangan mommy... oh ya, waktu ditimbang, zion sudah 8.2kg!!! suster yang nimbang sampe bilang, wah..ini mah ukuran anak 6-7 bulan...hehehehe..trus mommy disaranin untuk jangan kasih cereal dulu, karena katanya ginjal sama perut anak tuh belum gitu kuat waktu umut 4 bulan...lagian zion juga udah termasuk gemuk, jadi jangan dicekokin makanan mulu...so, sejak senin kmaren zion balik lagi cuma minum susu aja tiap hari

hari selasanya, lagi2 mommy ngga kerja...kali ini pake alasan sakit...hehehehe...soalnya zion cengeng pas malemnya, jadi mommy kurang tidur gitu deh. daripada ngantuk di kantor n ngasih saran macem2 ke user, mendingan mommy diem aja di rumah. no pay leave loh, soalnya mommy kan baru mulai kerja, masih belom punya hak cuti di kantor...hari ini juga mommy ngga ke mana2, soalnya zion masih panas juga, cuma udah mendingan aja, ngga gitu cengeng lagi

trus rabunya, mommy balik kerja deh...hiks, ninggalin zion di rumah...tapi siangnya waktu mommy telpon ke rumah, dapet kabar kalo zion dah bisa tengkurep sendiri!!! wow...finally :D. mommy sampe cengar cengir mulu di kantor, sampe ada temen mommy yang nanya, hari ini usernya bae2 semua ya? hehehehe...trus waktu mommy pulang, tanpa ba bi bu lagi, bawa zion ke ranjang n zion dengan bangganya pamerin ke mommy kalo dia dah bisa tengkurep :D. thanks God for His time is always good :)


sekarang, zion ngga bole ditinggal sendiri lagi, apalagi kalo di pinggir2 gitu. takut jato soalnya. trus pakein zion baju juga susah banget, soalnya dia muter2 mulu. kadang sampe pampersnya tuh miring kiri kanan, soalnya dia ngga bisa diem seh...hehehehe..aktif bener deh anak gue

oh iya, waktu hari senin, khiu2 ming (ade mommy) yang di jakarta online n mommy pasang webcam, jadi khiu2 bisa liat zion online...patah2 seh, soalnya dari warnet seh, mungkin speednya lelet gitu. tapi yang penting keliatan :D..trus pho2 yang denger cerita khiu2, jadi ngiri. sampe bilang nanti kalo ada waktu mao ke warnet untuk liat zion juga...kangen soalnya...hihihihi...

miss you too pho...
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AUTHOR: Siska
TITLE: mom's wedding anniv
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DATE: 04/29/2005 01:04:26 AM
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few days ago, mommy celebrated her 2nd wedding anniversary with daddy :D

wah, ngga kerasa dah 2 taun ya idup sama2 dengan daddy. musti bilang 'sudah' 2 taon, atao 'baru' 2 taon? hehehehe...waktu mommy sombong2 cerita ke pho2, pho2 bilang, ah...baru juga 2 taon...jadi malu kite

ngga ada special celebration on that day... ngga ada kado2, bunga2 atao makan2. pas hari itu memang mommy off. hari itu, mommy bawa zion sama auntie yvonne jalan2 ke orchard. sebelumnya kita mampir ke kedubes indo untuk translate ijazah auntie. trus pulangnya....mommy online sama khiu ming and pho2

akhirnya kesampean juga niat pho2 pergi ke warnet and liat cucunya pake webcam..kebayang ngga seh, pho2 yang tua sendiri di warnet itu, n terus2an cengar cengir liat cucunya ketawa n bolak balik tengkurep...hehehehe

oh iya, sekarang zion dah bisa tengkurep n balik lagi ke posisi terlentang loh. cepet sekali gerakannya. kadang momy tinggal bentar cuma untuk ambil 1 barang gitu, eh tau2 dah pindah ke pinggir ranjang. jadi serem deh. makanya mommy pesen ke auntie yvonne, kalo ninggalin zion, jangan di pinggir2 ya..lebih baik taro di ranjangnya, kan ada pengamannya. zion pasti nangis seh, karena dia ngga suka dikurung gitu, tapi kan aman n baik buat dia...asal jangan sering2 aja kali yee :D

well...besok mulai long week end di sini, tapi mommy ngga ada libur 1 haripun :(. karena off day mommy hari selasa n rabu kemaren, jadi weekend ini mommy harus kembali ke kantor untuk kerja. bete deh kalo ngebayangin zion n daddy nungguin di rumah n kita sekeluarga jadi ngga bisa jalan2 karena mommy harus kerja...hiks

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AUTHOR: Siska
TITLE: we're back!!!
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DATE: 06/06/2005 02:43:44 AM
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wah...dah lama banget ngga update nih blog..belakangan ini mommy sibuk kerja, pas kebetulan dapet shift pagi, jadi pagi2 kerja sampe jam 5 an, pulang n sibuk sama zion lagi deh.

mau mulai cerita dari mana ya?

pertengahan mei kemaren, thai2 zion dateng ke sini loh. dalam rangka check up seh, tapi sempet ketemuan juga sama zion. malah sempet dateng maen ke rumah. thai2 dateng sama pak kung, pakpho n thaikupho. ngga sempet ajak mereka keliling2, cuma ke rumah, n ke parkway doang. lagian thai2 pake kursi roda, jadi agak ribet kalo mau ajak dia jalan2.

trus setelah mereka pulang ke indo, besoknya thaijipho dateng dari bangka. zion juga baru pertama kali ini ketemu sama thaijipho. thaijipho ngga nginep, n mommy ajak jalan2 ke chinatown doang. abis waktunya mepet, jadi ya ngga sempet ke mana2 lagi deh.

zion sekarang udah ampir 6 bulan... dah tambah gede, tambah lucu, n yang penting seh, sehat! beberapa hari ini mommy dah mulai kasih cereal sama pisang, biar nanti pas 6 bulan nya dah biasa makan. trus kalo yang laen2 nya seh kayanya so far so good deh... mommy sempet kena radang di mata, jadi di retina nya itu ada bintik putih gitu, n pas pake softlens, jadi merah2. disuruh ke dokter seh sama opticiannya, cuma mommy males aja. udah istirahat pake softlens beberapa hari, n sekarang biar pake softlens dah ngga pa pa kok.

oh iya, zion sekarang agak cengeng kalo mau tidur. maunya tuh digendong mulu, n kadang maunya pake tangan kanan, jadi agak susah karena mommy bukan kidal seh.tapi so far seh bisa manage, apalagi kalo dia dah ngantuk, paling rewel nya sebentar doang, abis itu langsung tidur...

zzzzz.......... (ngga mau mau tulis apa lagi...hahahahaha)
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Atan
EMAIL: reinheartdh@hotmail.com

DATE: 06/29/2005 04:14:30 PM
CIKA! sorry gua baru tau lo punya anak. congrat congrat. i like his name! nama yang damai :) hope i can see you in sg. btw anakmu lucuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! congrat again cik :) God Bless!
---rene!!! thanks banget yak...hehehehehe.anak gue juga pengen banget temu aunt rene na....contact2 ya kalo ke sini lagi...GBU too---
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AUTHOR: Ria
EMAIL: ria_ait@yahoo.com

DATE: 07/02/2005 04:43:47 AM
cikaaaa..daku mampir nih...tulisan dikau juga OK..semangat nge-blog ka...hehehhee...join BloggerIndoSpore yaaa...^^
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AUTHOR: Siska
TITLE: July 19, 2005
STATUS: Publish
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DATE: 07/19/2005 09:04:37 AM
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hehehehehehe

ada ngga seh yang ngasih title blog sama dengan tanggal hari ini? thats because i dunno what should i put there ;)

banyak banget kejadian yang maunya diceritain sejak terakhir ngeblog, tapi yah...like usually, cuma MAUnya doang, tapi pas di depan blog, speechless....(atao writeless??? intinya ngga tao apa yang mo ditulis gitu loh :D)

well, pho2 Zion dateng loh ke singapore awal Juli kmaren. mommy sampe cuti 3 hari ngga kerja buat nemenin pho2 jalan2, cek up ke rumah sakit, n maen seharian sama zion di rumah bareng pho2 :). too bad pho2 cuma seminggu lebih di sini. hope her can stay longer but she cant just leave kung2 alone at Jakarta. sedih lagi kalo inget sekarang ngga ada pho2...hiks :(

sekarang tentang zion yak *nyengir lagi*...hm, zion dah 7 bulan lebih sekarang. tambah besar, tinggi, endut, tetep sehat, cakep, lucu n gemesin. mommy pernah cerita ada tante2 lari2 gitu dari halte bus yang letaknya cukup jauh, cuma untuk cubit zion? waktu itu kita jalan2 ke chinatown sekeluarga bareng aunt yvonne and akung & ama. ama yang gendong zion, daddy di sebelah ama. mommy sama aunt yvonne seh ngikut ajah di belakang mereka...tau2 kaget aja liat ada tante2 paroh baya gitu (ada kali 40-50 taon) lari2. tadinya mommy pikir ada apa gitu loh, sampe celingak clinguk *berharap ada kejadian heboh :D*...ehhhh tau2nya dia malah gemes pengen cubit pipinya zion!!

ama sampe kaget n daddy langsung coba jauhin itu tante2, tapi nekad loh dia, tetep aja kekeh sampe akhirnya tangan zion yang kepegang sama dia. mungkin kalo dia ngga buru2 gitu kita ngga masalah kali ya, cuma karena dia pake lari2 gitu n kita kan jadi kaget, jadi ya kesannya malah ngga enak gitu. dia nya seh seem dun mind. abis pegang tangan zion dia jalan lagi balik ke halte bus sambil cengar cengir ke temennya yang nungguin di sana :D. hehehehehe...kebayang kan betapa charmingnya zion ;)

zion sekarang .....
- dah mulai bisa duduk lama kalo didudukin, cuma belom bisa dari tidur ke posisi duduk sendiri.
- dah lari keliaran pake walker sampe kadang mommy takut dia nabrak karena dia jalannya terlalu cepet
- dah bisa ngemil makanan yang sama dengan mommy (kadang mommy cuil2 gitu dikit makanan mommy n kasiin ke dia)
- dah bisa ngomong mamamama (entah manggil mama atao minta mamam)
- dah bisa nunduk2 malu kalo liat stranger
- dah bisa buka telapak tangan kalo kita ajak tepok tangan, jadi tepok tangannya bunyi deh
- dah bisa buka mulut kalo liad mo disuapin mamam atao susu (aaaaaa)
- dah bisa tarik2 tangan mommy kalo mommy gi makan (minta ikut makan juga...hehehehehe)

duh, nulis segitu banyak tentang zion, jadi kangen...... :">

sekarang zion pasti dah tidur, dah midnite soalnya...mommy juga bentar lagi pulang kerja neh, so bisa ketemu n peluk zion :)

buat para pembaca, met malam semuanya...nite2...GBU

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AUTHOR: Max
EMAIL: rotiprata_01@yahoo.com

DATE: 07/19/2005 12:08:58 PM
ALL in Bahasa Indonesia...
I do not understand leh...
Haha Haha Haha
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AUTHOR: Ria
EMAIL: ria_ait@yahoo.com
DATE: 07/19/2005 06:20:05 PM
wow...makin penasaran nih ketemu zion...tapi masih 2 minggu lagiii..hiks..
btw...minggu depan aku emang gak bisa cik..soalnya bakal long weekend di genting, sejak kamis...
kita ketemu 2 minggu lagi yaa...btw...jangan lupa bawa zion yaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...^^
^^ can't wait to see him ^^
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AUTHOR: Chris
EMAIL: chrisqck@hotmail.com
DATE: 07/20/2005 06:16:56 PM
hahaha!!! Zion = Cutest Baby On Earth !!! ;)
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AUTHOR: Siska
TITLE: 80 more days
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DATE: 08/07/2005 07:08:19 PM
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well...have some request to write my blogs in english...trying to do so, but not sure whether I will be able to make it...hehehehehe

s per the title, now mommy and all the colleagues at mommy's office are counting down to the time when all of us will be losing our job.. quite sad to leave as I just started here and however just like the working environment, all the friendly colleagues (even some seem to be dun like me!), the laugh and the tears that we share together (mommy ever cried after I got scolded and complained by user about the service...hihihihihi) , will miss also all the shouting by users....*sigh*... it happen again that I have no other choices then leave..(same things happen with the prev company as they moved the call center to KL).
got offer to transfer to other department, but again, think about it, its not worthed for me to go there since they offer the same salay and the working place is veryyyyyyy far away from home.
will need to spend more time and money on the way to office, and what I dun like is to leave my baby earlier and come back home later, with less money of course, because I will spend it more to my transportation expenses :D

just discuss with daddy few days ago about the plan for mommy to rest and spend few months in Indo with Zion. will going there for Khiu2's wedding and thinking to stay there at least until CNY. still not confirm about it but the though of it make me smile *grin*.
will love to spend more time with my baby and parents even tough I realize, if I do that I will left with no income and will only depend onto my hubby.
but seem not much choice I have since loosing job meaning that we cant afford to have a maid anymore and the though to become not working mommy make me scream...hahahahhaha

a lot of things happen at work now.
people no longer in high spirit when they start working as they no longer care, some keep making a joke and try to cover their own worry with all the smile and laughter, some keep trying to look for some more information as they are wondering what company have for them, some even show their anger and not stop grumbelling as they still need to working and really dunno what next to do.

enough about mommy!!! now back to my beloved son *drum rolls* ZION :)
yesterday Zion try a new taste of food, smashed potato. In the morning before mommy start working, Aunt Vonny steam a potato and she told mommy that when mommy left, Zion ate half of it as a breakfast. What a good boy ;)
Night time we have a family dinner as Agong prepare some foods and brought it to our house. And Zion become the star when they saw him ate so much steam fish with the noodle :D. They dunno that mommy always gave everythings that mommy ate for him....hahahahaha

Even sometimes mommy a bit worried because Zion havent be able to crawl or even sit by himself, but when see him grow so healthy and cutie, all my worry are gone and mommy onlyable to Thanks God for all His bless and cover for our family until now.

May God bless you who read this blog also, and everyone in the world. AMien.....

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AUTHOR: Ria
EMAIL: ria_ait@yahoo.com
DATE: 08/07/2005 07:19:16 PM
wow...spend a few months in indo must be wonderful...hihihihi...yang pasti OK banget deh cik..
btw...Zion luar biasa...setelah denger cerita kamu...wuih..mujizat Tuhan bener2 terjadi ama Zion
May JBU, Zion...all the time
btw..mita photo yang kemaren dong ciiiikkk...^^
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Kucikuci Rizal
EMAIL: papayaface77@yahoo.com.sg
DATE: 08/08/2005 10:03:43 AM
bagus juga kamu berehat sebentar dan jaga Zion
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AUTHOR: Siska
EMAIL: siska_h79@yahoo.com

DATE: 08/10/2005 12:45:34 AM
untuk Ria : nanti ya fotonya, cika kirim dari rumah
untuk Rizal : look like thats the best choice for now on :)
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AUTHOR: Hanny
EMAIL: hunny_04@yahoo.com
DATE: 08/22/2005 07:35:23 PM
cika.. cant wait to see u n ur adorable zion in jakarta :)
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AUTHOR: Siska
TITLE: 10 more days!
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DATE: 09/11/2005 03:30:22 AM
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I believe many of you will be wondering, why the count down run so fast.
Haven't reach 70 days from my prev blog and now the title is '10 more days'?
Well, mommy finally decided that the plan of going back Indo until CNY is the best for all of us. Last week mommy tendered resignation with effective date 30th of September. Cut off my leave and my last day here will be on 21st of September, which is 10 more days from now!

So many things happen during this few weeks.
Yesterday Zion exactly 9 months old :)
I thanks God for His bless that my son grow very healthy, chubby, cute, etc...etc :p
From his born until now, he never make me worried as he really easy to take care and smile or laugh more than cry.
I think he also understand that smiling is better than crying, than make other people confuse, worry or angry
He still unable to sit by himself but he can sit properly for quite sometimes if we put him on sit position. He also like to watch TV. He can sit and not move at all, with the eyes on TV!
Able to crawl a bit, or maybe you cant call it crawl. I dunno how to say it in english. An action like a snake when its walking or moving?
He is eating porridge now, real porridge without need to be smashed anymore. But he still prefer his mom's food, whatever it is! hahaha
often see him crying and asking for my food and he will ignore his own food by that time.
so what I will do is to take his food, touch a bit with a lips then give him. but only can cheat him for once. after that he will cry if he see that I still giving him his food and not mine :D. what a clever baby!!!

Oh ya, on mommy's bday, our family went to the zoo!
The night before it, daddy keep asking me where to go as it will be my off day and daddy take his leave to spend that day with us. He didnt gave me much options as not much places in Singapore except mall, mall and malls.
We still not decide anything when we went sleep. But then when we wake up, he came with the idea, either Sentosa or Zoo. Thinking that not much we can do at Sentosa as Zion still too young to understand about all museums and Merlion :D, so we decide to go to the zoo.
We take bus until woodlands then take taxi to go there. We had a wonderful time there. The excitement to see Zion when he able to catch the movement of the animals with his eyes then he will clap his hands! By that time, mommy will start singing happy bday and he will continue to clap his hands :D
We having our dinner at Woodlands point on the way back home. Quite a tiring day, but however it satisfy me to spend it with my own small family

I am thinking to tell more about my son, Zion.
Whoever saw or met him before will be agree with me that he is a healthy and cute baby.
Have it come to your mind that he was predicted to be a down syndrome baby when I was 5 months old pregnant?
Let me tell you more about this case, since I am thinking to share it to everyone and all of you will be understand about why I always thanks Him when someone ask me about my pregnancy and all the story during my pregnancy until I gave birth.
So, get ready with your coke and popcorn.....and here we are......

oooooo....

not enough time
hahahahaha
to be continued................................

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AUTHOR: Siska
TITLE: Zion's story (1))
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DATE: 09/14/2005 09:18:25 PM
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Sorry that I cant start this story on prev log, as I need to go back home already that time.
Now back to office, not much things to do, and here we are...

When I was 5 months pregnant, I have a complete ultrasound.
The USG that time quite different with the prev USG as they did it with detailed. They measured the length of my baby's legs, hands, thighs, spinals, and everything.
There was 1 thing disturbing me when the nurse keep pointing to the back spinal, and discussed it with her colleague (they are using mandarin so I wasn’t sure what they was talking about, but I know that something must be wrong).
I started to ask what happen and they just smiled and said will need me to see the doctor and ask for explanation from the doctor. They made a phone call and the other nurse came in, take a look on the picture and squeeze my tummy again to get the better result.
They printed few of the results and gave me some notes, then ask me to wait outside another room for another scan.

Was wait for sometimes with some thought running in my head. And when finally they called me to do the second scan, I can’t stop to keep asking what happen.
1 of the nurse (or a doctor?) there explained to me that the neck skin of my baby is too thick. Not really remember the number by that time (will need to open my notes at home), but its already above the normal range.
They called 1 of the senior doctor and ask me to walk around and back in half an hour time, try to make the baby change his position to get better scan result.
The senior doctor that attended to me just shake his head when he saw the baby then start to arguing with the 2 nurses (or doctors? i am not sure).
He said that its because of the baby position, the head face up, that make the neck skin to be thicker.
But the nurse said that she tried to change the baby position but still same problem.
The doctors just mumbling something in mandarin then leave the scan room.
Can you imagine how my feeling that time is?
Hey, it’s my baby! Can tell me about what happen? Why those small amounts of skin become a matter for you?

Finally the nurses explain to me that when they found the abnormal thickness of baby's neck skin, its mean that I have a higher chance to have a Down Syndrome (DS) baby.
I did the DS test a month before it, and the result come back 1:4000.
It mean that the possibility for me to have a DS baby is 1 in 4000, which is very small.
But now the change up to 10 times, make it 1:400, quite a high chance.

They explain to me to do amniocentesis.
Its to get the amnio liquid using a long needle, directly to your tummy, and they will monitor the process using USG.
There is a risk for this action, such as amnio liquid licking, tummy cramp, or even a miscarriage

This what I can found in internet when I google it :D

How: Using ultrasound as a guide, the health care provider inserts a thin needle through the mother’s abdomen. A small amount of amniotic fluid (the fluid that surrounds the baby) is removed and tested
Risks: A small risk of miscarriage (1 in 200 or less). Some women have cramping, spotting or leaking of amniotic fluid after the procedure

They gave me few days to think about it and I must inform them less than 1 week, as they will allow me to abort the baby if it confirms DS, but need to make it faster, before the baby too big.
That time is early August 2004
I remember that I planned to fly back Indo but need to postpone it.
I told my mom that there is something not too good but not really explains to her what happen.
I keep ask myself, what should I do?
Should I precede the amniocentesis with all the risk? Or just keep the baby no matter how is he? (By that time I already know that the baby gender is boy).
I called my cousin and some of my friends to ask their opinions, but no one ever encountered about this.
Then my prev superior, Rebecca, advised me to look for 2nd opinion before I make any decision.
She recommends a gynae at Orchard Plaza, Dr Lui.

I called him immediately to make appt and was told to come at that day itself.
After I explain to him about what happen, he just look at me and ask me questions which will help me to make decision.
He ask whether I believe in God, I said yes, I am a Christian.
Then he ask me this question, "If you know this is a DS baby, what will you do to him?"
I answered, "No matter how is he, I will keep this baby"
e just smile and said what the point to find out then is? Just continue the pregnancy and be happy while waiting to meet up my baby!

AHA...Such a good idea!!!
what is the point of doing so many thing if I already decide to keep the baby no matter how is he

Still have some story after this
will continue at my next log ;)

GBU all
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Yusmi
EMAIL: y_eranta@hotmail.com
DATE: 09/20/2005 12:56:27 AM
wah....tidak sabar untuk baca cerita nya lagi ;)
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AUTHOR: Siska
TITLE: Zion's story (2)
STATUS: Publish
ALLOW COMMENTS: 1
CONVERT BREAKS: 0
ALLOW PINGS: 0
DATE: 09/20/2005 09:13:20 AM
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BODY:
Ok....now is the time for me to continue the story about Zion
Well, after I decide to keep the baby, no matter how is he, there is no special treatment needed anymore. But still, I keep looking for a denial. Everytime I went to KK for a checkup, I will keep telling the doctor in charge about what happen and ask their opinion. They seem to be not sure and said that they can't check anymore because the skin thickness only can be seen on the 5th months pregnancy. Anything after that cannot be accurate anymore.

Every night before we sleep, normally we will pray and will ask my Father to keep the baby safe, for me to have a natural and easy labour, and have a normal baby.

We not talk about it anymore and even keep it from my parents (until now!! thinking to tell them at this trip back to Jakarta). I just enjoying all the days when my baby start to kick and keep comparing with all the information from internet. Try to tell myself that my baby cannot be a DS baby because I have everything as per normal pregnancy. My baby is active and keep growing inside my tummy, normally for sure

To make the story short, I have quite an easy labour. Not as scare as what I imagine, not as painful as what I though. I just realize that I am going to labour around 7am in the morning and Zion was born at the same day, Dec 10, 2004, 1148am. Praise the Lord...

Dont think that the story ended here.
I was told to bring my baby when he is 1 month to follow up, since I have DS baby's symptom during my pregnancy. I did bring Zion to KK to follow up.
I entered the room with a proud face as some of the nurses outside praised my baby for look very healthy. Then I just put my baby on the bed, look at the doctor and ask, "Is he look like a DS baby?"
he doctor take a look for a while and said, "for the first look, NO, he is not look like one".
I feel like something being lifted from my chest and let the doctor continue the check up. The doctor keep take a look at Zion's palm and his toe finger. Also check his other body part but again, back to his palm and his toe finger
My heart started to beat faster again. And I start to be unpatiently asking the doctor about what happen. He just ask me to wait, made a phone call, go out for a while and came back with the other doctor. Look older and must be more senior because the doctor keep asking his advise and ask him to take a look on Zion
The senior doctor just take a look for a while and said, "Its only 1 hand,...and this distance is quite normal, cannot be. You can advise for chromosom test if the patient willing to do it"
I cant take it anymore. Start to raise my voice and ask"What happen?"
The senior doctor explain to me that the doctor found some signs as a DS baby. Not much, but there is!

Oops... pas midnite already
Need to go back home, will continue tomorrow ya
GBU all

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AUTHOR: Siska
TITLE: Goodbye TT
STATUS: Publish
ALLOW COMMENTS: 1
CONVERT BREAKS: 0
ALLOW PINGS: 0
DATE: 09/21/2005 09:11:55 AM
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BODY:
Today is my last day working in TT
Quite sad to leave all my colleagues and friends here, but there is no other choices that I can do now
Will dedicated this log to all my friends (we no longer colleagues but we still be friends, right?)

Not have time to type much at this moment as I am auto-in now. Yes, you not read it wrongly, but I do auto-in now. Still stuck here and doing all this routine.

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Dear all,Today is my last day working in TT.
Feel sad when typing this email and wish to stop the time, but well, life must go on.Will miss all the laughters and jokes, all the user's scolding, all the tears, all the friendships, all the gossips *oops*, but most of all, will miss ALL OF YOU here.Would like to thanks all my seniors, colleagues and everyone in TT who already helped me during my 6 months stay here (yes, its only 6 months but it means a lot for me).
Can't mention your name one by one, but will definately remember you.We no longer colleagues but we can still be friends, right?Let me also apologize for all the inconvinient caused by me during my working period here. Wish you all the best for the time in Teletech and other programs or company in the future.
GBU all!

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AUTHOR: Siska
TITLE: We are back!
STATUS: Publish
ALLOW COMMENTS: 1
CONVERT BREAKS: 0
ALLOW PINGS: 0
DATE: 11/09/2005 12:09:19 AM
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Hi all,Finally we back here, to singapore. after a long talking with daddy about our stay at Jakarta, we decided to back to singapore first.
we will try to be back to indo again later on CNY.Received some requests to continue the story about Zion. Will try to write it later, but cant promise the time since now I am taking care of him alone. No one helping me during daytime as daddy is working. Only have time to online for a while when Zion is sleeping, like now.So stay tune here and wait for the story on the next entry

GBU all

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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Yusmi
EMAIL: y_eranta@hotmail.com
DATE: 11/09/2005 12:26:17 AM
arlow siska...welcome back.. rem to cont ur story ok. i want to know ;)

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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Siska
EMAIL: siska_h79@yahoo.com
DATE: 11/23/2005 05:16:00 AM
thanks Yusmi, you are the only one who welcoming me back..sob sob... will try to look for time to write about it ;)

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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Ria
EMAIL: ria_ait@yahoo.com
DATE: 01/10/2006 04:47:08 AM
Cika n Zion...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...yaaaa

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AUTHOR: Siska
TITLE: zion's story (end)
STATUS: Publish
ALLOW COMMENTS: 1
CONVERT BREAKS: 0
ALLOW PINGS: 0
DATE: 04/06/2006 11:11:40 PM

wah, udah lama banget ya gue ngga update blogkadang kepengen banget sih, udah mikir2 apa aja yang mo ditulis, tapi ngebayangin nulisnya pake bahasa inggris, jadi ribet. ngga jadi2 deh.so, sekarang nulisnya pake bahasa indo aja ya. mo ngelanjutin cerita tentang zion.
terakhir sampe mana ya?
tunggu....baca dulu....
oh iya, pas zion sebulan gitu, kan gue bawa cek up ke dokter, eh dibilang ada tanda2 DS loh. Ngga semua sih, tapi ada beberapa. Katanya garis tangan di telapaknya itu membentuk 1 garis, padahal normalnya 2 garis, kaya membentuk huruf M gitu. Terus jarak jempol kaki ke jari2 laennya jauh, jadi pas dibuka keliatan banget, bisa mekar gitu jari2 kakinya zion. Sebenernya ini bisa jadi normal2 aja, tapi karena pas hamilnya gue ada tanda2 bayi DS, ini bisa jadi masalah juga. So dokter saranin zion diobservasi sampe dia umur setaon. Dibawa ke rumah sakit tiap 2-3 bulan sekali.
Pas ngedengernya sih gue tenang2 aja, cuma mikir : apaan sih, begituan aja dimasalahin. Trus begitu sampe rumah, gue telpon temen SMA gue di amrik, namanya Imel. Kebetulian dia jadi suster di sana n ngurusin ward orang yang ngelahirin. Dia sih tidak mengiyakan, cuma bilang secara teori sih gitu. 2 hal yang gue sebutin di atas itu termasuk tanda2 buat anak2 yang DS. Dia cuma saranin gue banyak berdoa aja.
Ya gue langsung down gitu dengernya. Zion waktu itu lagi tidur. Gue peluk sambil nangis2. Dalem ati berdoa sambil jerit2 sih, kenapa Tuhan? kok ngga abis2? kok masih ada tanda2 juga?

Singkat cerita (cieee.....), gue cuma bisa memperhatikan perkembangan zion tiap bulannya. Pernah gue bawa ke rumah sakit sekali buat check up, tapi dokternya juga ngga ngapa2in sih. Cuma nanya2 udah bisa apa aja, apa makannya lancar, bla bla bla, terus bikin appt lagi untuk pertemuan selanjutnya. Ya gue pikir, toh dokter ngga bisa ngapa2in juga kalo bayi gue DS, ngapain juga gue tiap kali dateng ke rumah sakit. Ngabis2in waktu n duit gue aja. Tul ga ?

Natanya, pertumbuh kembangan zion wajar2 aja tuh. Dia juga aktif, n kalo baca2 milestone nya, dia ngga beda kok sama anak2 laen nya. Sempet sedih sih kalo ada yang bilang, eh kok dah 4 bulan belom tengkurep? Tapi beberapa hari kemudian zion udah mulai terngkurep. Trus waktu mertua gue bilang, udah setaon kok belom bisa jalan? Beberapa hari kemudian dia lari2. Puji Tuhan!!!

Well, gue ngga terusin lagi periksa ke rumah sakit itu dan berasumsi kalo zion ku anak yang normal. Gue pikir sih kalo emang down syndrome mah mustinya udah keliatan kali ya umur segini. Tapi ya gue ngga berenti berdoa buat dia, supaya dia tetap sehat2, lincah, dan ceria seperti sekarang.

Oh iya, waktu gue ada dalam masalah gitu ya, gue sempet janji sama diri gue sendiri. Kalo gue bisa lalui masalah ini, gue mo kesaksian di gereja. Dan itu sudah gue lakukan waktu gue pulang ke Indo sincia kmaren. Seneng deh rasanya, berasa plong gitu sesudah ceritain semua nya dan menceritakan gimana Tuhan dah begitu baiknya dalam keluarga gue.

Akhir kata, ngga ada dokter yang lebih ajaib daripada Dia. Dan ngga ada masalah yang terlalu berat untuk kita. Tinggal gimana kita ngejalaninnya aja.
Dan buat yang baca, bantu doa juga buat gue n zion ya!!!

GBU all

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AUTHOR: Siska
TITLE: alow
STATUS: Publish
ALLOW COMMENTS: 1
CONVERT BREAKS: 0
ALLOW PINGS: 0
DATE: 04/08/2006 12:04:21 PM
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Sekarang kayanya gue jadi ketagihan ngeblog deh.
Barusan dah mau tidur, tapi di kepala nih masih banyak yang dipikirin. Akhirnya gini deh, nyalain komputer, browsing2, n ujung2nya update blog. Hehehehe. Lumayan lah, paling ngga ada kerjaan :D

Biar ngga bosen, kayanya enakan cerita tentang Zion ya. Besok Zion dah 16 bulan loh. Zion dah mulai gede sekarang, juga dah banyak keahliannya
- Dah bisa jalan (malah udah lari2)
- Bisa wave hand kalo kita bilang 'bye bye' n biasanya lanjut dengan flying kiss
- Bisa joget kalo denger musik, apalagi kalo musiknya yang berirama cepet
- Dah mulai makan table food, jadi bisa makan makanan apa aja yang kita makan. kadang dibantu sih, dipotong kecil2 atao diancurin dulu
- Mulai ikut2an kerjaan orang, yang paling sering sih : ngelap2 kalo ketemu kaen atao tissue....hahahaha... kadang juga ngelap kepala or mukanya kalo pake tissue
- Bisa dengan jelas panggil Papa and Mama
- Bisa kasih tangan kalo diajak salaman
- Angkat 2 tangannya kalo pas lagi denger lagu ada kata2 "Haleluya" nya
- Ikut2an tepok tangan kalo ada yang tepok tangan atao kalo pas di TV ada tepok tangan
- Bisa nunjuk2 kalo pengen sesuatu

Hari2 bersama Zion pasti seru n rame deh. Kadang kalo lagi kesel or pengen marah, bisa ngga jadi pas liat Zion. Dia juga kayanya ngerasa kalo kita lagi bete gitu. Bisa tao2 deketin mommy, terus usap2 sambil nyengir. Yang ada gue ikutan nyengir deh. Hahahaha

Cerita tentang hari ini yak!
Tadi siang kita ke Bugis Junction. Ketemuan sama Om Michael. Tujuan utamanya sih ngambil titipan pho2 dari Jakarta, tapi ya sekalian ketemuan n jalan2 deh. Mommy beliin Zion baju n botol aer yang pake sedotan.
Oh iya, hari ini Zion dah mulai minum pake sedotan. Sebenernya sih udah dimulai sejak beberapa minggu yang lalu. Tapi karena masih banyakan tumpahnya, gue jadi males deh. Baru inget lagi tadi pagi, pas mo ngambilin minum n liat gelas dengan sedotannya. Karena emang belom ngepel lantai, sekalian deh. Gue pikir kalopun tumpah toh ntar juga dipel. Eh ternyata ngga tumpah sama sekali loh sodara2. *plok plok plok buat Zion*. Jadi tadi pas ke Bugis nyari deh botol aer yang pake sedotan. Biar kalo pegi2 bisa mulai bawa botol aer, jangan botol susu lagi :D

Dari Bugis kita lanjut ke Serangoon North Ave 1. Tadinya gue dah males ikut aje, soalnya laki gue tuh ke sono karena pengen liat ikan. Heran deh, demen bener gitu loh sama ikan. Tapi demi menyenangkan suami *ceilaaaa* akhirnya jadi deh gue sama Zion nemenin dia. Zion tidur sih sejak dari Bugis n baru bangun pas udah nyampe. Setelah puas liat2 kita pulang deh.

Hm.....cerita gue kayanya ngebosenin yak. Makanya gue kadang suka males ngapdet blog. Tapi kalo liat blog2 orang, kayanya kok pada enak dibaca gitu
Para pembaca, pada komen dong. Jadi gue tao gimana pendapat lo2 orang. Hehehehehe

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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Imelda
EMAIL: imeldafebryani@yahoo.com
DATE: 04/08/2006 09:50:33 PM
Wah, senengnya baca blog elo, 'Ka. Udah lama gak chating lagi. Gua udah gak sempet online2 lagi sekarang. Seneng denger kabar Zion and elo. God is good, and He is always good to us. Kalo elo deket sama gua disini, udah gua baby sit terus anak elo :)Keep praying, never stop okay:)

miss u :),
imel
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Siska
EMAIL: siska_h79@yahoo.com
DATE: 04/10/2006 03:39:58 AM
amien. gue berasa banget betapa baiknya Bapa ke gue, mel. will keep praying dear. thanks alot.

GBU :)

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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Arman-Esther
EMAIL: arman.widjaja@cp.co.id
DATE: 04/10/2006 06:53:05 PM
hi low...gua comment juga nih...
gua termasuk yang selalu baca lho blog blog lo...
so keep on writing sis... :)
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Siska
EMAIL: siska_h79@yahoo.com
DATE: 04/10/2006 11:01:23 PM
hehehhehe
thanks for ur support Man
GBU

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