playdate!

days ago, the weather was good enough to make me and ailsa's mom are decided to do a little outdoor photoshoot on the field in front of our house. yes we are neighbors and both have a daughter. niceee :p
i decided to choose 'playdate picnic' as the theme.
unfortunately.....
good weather isn't as good as the baby's mood. they're a bit sleepy, and enjoy the toys like there's no camera. and other bad news is, a group of kids come in and mess up their mood. #failed
i know, outdoor photoshoot is so much much more difficult, especially with two babies in bad mood. *sigh

so, i hope you don't mind to see the results. hahaha
i would look for another photoshoot with them in a better mood, soon :p

"shofi, what's on your shirt?"

"mommy said i have to hug you, shofi." | "oh, okay"

smile please :\

shofi: "yaaay, i got chacha!" | ailsa: "that's mine"

o'ow no good kiddo!

"mom, are we done?"

"this is so... boring, mommy"

"mommy, i want that flower!!"

"cheers..." | "what?"

"don't worry bear, it's almost done"

"mommy says cheers!" | "eeeeeee"

our little lady is so busy with her cake

"flyyy.. flyyy.. balloon flyyy.."

bo to the tak :p

1..2..3.. "aaaa"

i love her bow!

run ail run!

our polkadot table

Pengen Pasta at FLEA market #3

just past a busy weekend. tiring yet fun!
last week we participated in FLEA market at Kemang point.
a very nice market, theres a lot of unique items, second hand stuffs, and vintage stuffs can be found there. 
this event is held every 3 months. and we took a booth on the food corner to serve pasta. 
we named it "Pengen Pasta". we sell lasagna, spaghetti bolognese, potatoe bechamel and garlic bread.
well, back to the event :D
FLEA market is a great event for fashion lovers. there are a lot of clothes, shoes, bags, accessories, with a  pocket friendly prices. starts from 5k per item!

you can visit this market again in april 2013 if you are interested. or for more information, just check out it's twitter here: @FLEA_mrkt

these are some photos i took, and also the pics of our booth.
so, see you again later in April ;)

rain is a good sign

it's been raining lately. for me the rain always brings fond memories dancing in mind. it's like the sky missed the ground, then it send water droplets to answer the longing. romantic. and, did i ever tell you that i do love the smell of the wet land the after the rain? one of the best smell in the whooole world :D

i've passed a couple of afternoons just by watching the rain behind my window, sitting on my bed accompanied by a glass of hot tea or coffee with some bread or cookies while watching my babygirl sleeping with her favourite blanket with raindrops as the backsound. i think we all agree, rain is a blessing, rain is a good sign :')

sunday is almost over here, and i'm still waiting for my hubby to come home from work. yes, sunday and work what a productive weekend, huh? today, i overheard some people said that I love my hubby right out loud, then let me say this, "when i love, i love fully".

anyway i'm writing this post after eating a big plate of spaghetti and now i'm munching oreos. i won't stop until monday. yes please? well then, i need to finish my oreos.
so, goodnight! ;p

meat oh meat

just re-read my last post. i forgot that i had promised to give a simple recipe for making steak. i became forgetful lately. i'm sorry. many things that are often overlooked. maybe, because i'm getting older, NO? (i hope not) or think too much about something that doesn't need to be exaggerated. oh, well that's what happened to me recently, i think too much about something that isn't real, or may not even exist. i need to solve them as soon as a blink. ok talking about this post, did i mention that i want to write about steak recipe for you? sigh~

marinade recipes
2 Tbsp. olive oil
3 cloves minced garlic
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tbsp. soy sauce
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
mix everything in a container and put the meat that has been cut and let stand in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours. the longer the better to allow the flavors permeate.

mushroom sauce 
1 tablespoon margarine
1/4 onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
10 pieces button mushrooms, thinly sliced
4 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon flour
100 ml of milk (plain)
salt and pepper to taste
heat margarine and saute onions and garlic until brown add oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt and pepper and stir well. add the flour and milk, and cook until thickened, put mushrooms, stir again.
turn off the heat

heat non-stick pan, put the meat on top. pour the remaining marinade sauce little by little and cook until well done (mine overcooked :s ). serve with mushroom sauce, fries or mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables.

xo

well done, hubby :)

just passed a busy week (phew!) Eid al-Adha, several deadlines and unfinished work. but the good news is my husband's family came to visit our house for a few days. home became more crowded than usual (yay!). unfortunately they have to go back to surabaya faster than the first plan, my father in-law got a phonecall and his job need to be done immediately. and oh, as i wrote in the previous post aboy my hubby's exam, he has completed the exam and the results have come out. Alhamdulillah he graduated with satisfactory results. yes, i'm a proud wife (bigsmile). in return i made him a 'congratulation cake' :)

this is just a quick update. Shofi is crying and i'm not good at calming a baby while updating a blog as well hehe. but talking about shofi, did i mention that she grew so fast? oh ok, it's a thousand times already. but yes she did. she's 8.5kgs right now. well then, on the next post i'll give you a simple steak recipe. (steak is one way out when you have a lot of freeze meat). gotta go now!
don't forget to grab your lunch ;)
XO

friday's songs

listening to Endah N Rhesa's songs this morning and i remember about last week.
i listened to their live perform at the socmedfes event. it was a great event, there was a lot of social media communities.unfortunately we came up when the weather is so hot and didn't get around.
Shofi began cranky because of the heat (ugh, sorry baby). but, we were so lucky! we came right when Endah N Rhesa on stage (wohoo).has been very long since seen their live perform,
was cool and crazy, as usual. people said, good music will touch the heart, 'aite? :)
talking about Endah N Rhesa, did you see their album design? a nice and unique cover designed by themself (cmiiw). and this is a few lines of the lyrics that stuck in my head this morning.

I climb the highest mountain across the savannah
Dreams of every creatures, dreams of everyone

I look up to the sky, I see you in the clouds
Running trough the night, waiting for a dawn

I’m stopping by a river, staring at the sea
I swim in deep blue oceans, and you are still with me

The flowers and the bees
The birds and the trees
They belong together just like you and me

THE KING

Endah N Rhesa

have a good friday, y'all :)

time, hold on!

my early days have been focused on my works. i've prepared some sample of my baby stuff's project. i was busy with all of my routine activities as a wife and a mom, and thank God, i love it. my thirst for going out slowly fades. I've never been so excited to spend my time in the bedroom (as my workspace).

yesterday my mom took time to meet with us before taking flight to medan. we only met about 5 hours, but that's enough for daughter-grandson-and-grandmother's meeting. she'll come back here few days later before take another flight back to makassar. i kissed and hugged her. has been almost five months since we last met. she looks a little tired. when i asked her about it, she replied with "I am fine", and smiled. yes, she was fine. i mean, she looks ok, but five months is enough to add one or two wrinkles on her face :(

time flew. it feels like just a few days ago i was busy complaining about my college-life, was busy with morning briefing in the office, and have a lot of time laughing with my friends. but now, i have a new routine, i have a new life. i realize that time is not to be wasted. the time is running and nobody can't stop it. and a few minutes ago i found this sentence on twitter 

"love your parents. we are so busy growing up, we often forget they are also growing old." 

i kept repeating these words in my head for few minutes. and will continue to remember it as a reminder when i'm too busy with my own life.


and look! someone is also growing very fast. somebody please tell me, where's my little baby?

 

how deep is your love?

been a long time until this new post. kinda busy with my little babygirl (she grew so fast!) and being a cheerleader for my husband. he just completed his examination.
Thank God, it's over and all we can do now is just pray for a good news :)

well, based on the title of this post, i'd like to ask you something. "how deep is your love?"
have you ever heard these words?  me? i heard it a lot. (maybe) many people asked their partner with that sentence, and all they want is just need to hear something sweet and heavenly words like "it's as deep as deepest sea" and bla and the bla. because people tend to hear something they want to listen.

i've asked this question (few times) to my hubby, actually. as a new couple, that question always sounded in my head everytime i saw him busy with his job or his game or his book. until i realized every people need their "me time".

but everytime i asked this stupid question, (as a woman) i always wanted a long and sweet words (which most of it i've already forgotten). but then i feel this is just a temporary feeling of pleasure.
i mean, sweet words isn't a guarantee of happy life, literally. i found so much happiness from every little thing he did in everyday life. like the way he throw me his wet towel after a bath, the way he sang our childhood song "susan, susan, kalau gede mau jadi apa?" or on every stupid jokes he made :))

i've been thinking about the meaning of love. and the answer is, love is a feeling of excitement. yes, it's all about feeling, i can't even describe it in words.
based on that thoughts, i realized, feeling sometimes rises and falls you can feel both happened within a very short time as a blink. but that is love, sometimes bright sometimes fade.
so, back to the point. for me, there will be no more such questions as "how deep is your love?",
love can't be said with words. you can only feel it. and i will not promise that i will love you forever,
because forever doesn't exist in this real world. it's better to promise a thing you'll fulfilling, rather than a sweet promise you'll be breaking.

these are some of my breakfast photos lately, 
you can see more in instagram version here.