My mother in-law & sister in-law passed me this photo,
whom they said as someone who looks like me.
I don't feel that we look alike.
What do you think? Do we look alike? :)
30 May 2013
Someone Who Looks Like Me?
My mother in-law & sister in-law passed me this photo,
whom they said as someone who looks like me.
I don't feel that we look alike.
What do you think? Do we look alike? :)
25 May 2013
Noble Task of Motherhood
I read this article today, and I thought it's really nice.
http://www.momlifetoday.com
Back in my teens, my high school stopped offering home economy classes. No one wanted to take them. Why? Most young women believed home ec was for unambitious girls who didn’t plan on getting an education and going somewhere in life.
http://www.momlifetoday.com
The Noble Task of Motherhood
MAY 24, 2013 BY
Back in my teens, my high school stopped offering home economy classes. No one wanted to take them. Why? Most young women believed home ec was for unambitious girls who didn’t plan on getting an education and going somewhere in life.
Society had denigrated the noble task of motherhood to something women only focused on if they failed elsewhere. In fact, many were rejecting the idea of motherhood as important at all.
Social ideals ebb and flow. Thankfully, not everyone believes this lie about motherhood being for the simple, the unambitious, the uneducated, but do we reflect enough on the noble calling of motherhood?
When asked to give our job description, moms should include, “I’m dedicating my life to raising up the next generation.”
Motherhood is about mentoring our children. Motherhood is a missionary field, a place of teaching and imparting wisdom. It is about being one of the first pictures of God’s love in a child’s life. It is one of the highest callings in life.
But … what about the other tasks of motherhood? Carpooling, endless meals, never-ending laundry piles, homework, and other to-dos? Are these tasks any less noble because they seem ordinary?
No.
When a mom friend recently lamented she never accomplished anything, I asked her to name off what she did in a typical day. It took her a long time to list everything, and most of it was for her children.
“Imagine,” I said, “what would happen if you went on strike.”
“They’d starve, maybe become savages.”
While we both laughed, the point was clear. Her tasks didn’t seem lofty in the eyes of the world but they were vital to her kids’ (and husband’s) success. No, she hasn’t been paid for her mom tasks, nor has she received glowing accolades from the world, but she is irreplaceable. She is a picture of servant leadership, the kind Jesus modeled when he washed his disciples’ feet. She is a tangible picture of love.
Sometimes the noble but everyday tasks of motherhood are downgraded into the “I did nothing” category. But motherhood–in all it asks of us–is a noble calling full of self-sacrifice and love. It is often full of doing little things that lack glamour and take lots of time, but those tasks make the world go around for countless others.
All too often I find myself tempted to think I’ve done nothing when I don’t have anything tangible to show for my labors. But having lunch with my husband, mom, or daughter, folding clothes, carpooling, packing lunches, sitting with sick kids, cooking dinner–all of these are noble tasks! Some of them are doing, but they also involve being–being there for others. Being with others. Being the arms and hands and face of God’s love to others.
In Be the Mom, Tracey Eyster urges us to remember the importance of being, not only doing. Some of the tasks I mentioned above are doing, true, but when kept in their proper perspective they are necessary for living. And many of our mothering tasks often have an element of being. A mom could fill her life with other, more glamorous “me-oriented” tasks, but it is a wise mother who knows her limits and leaves room around the edges of her life to be with her family.
Motherhood may sometimes feel ordinary, as though the little things don’t matter, but it is a noble, beautiful task, perhaps the greatest task to which most of us will be called.
24 May 2013
Playing Chess with Grandma
It was Sunday and Granda thought of teaching Timmy on how to play Chess. :)
Here's the snapshot of them playing chess together. Hehehehe...
Timmy is 7 years and 6 months old.
Here's the snapshot of them playing chess together. Hehehehe...
Timmy is 7 years and 6 months old.
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Frieda Meyrani Salimin The funny thing is that just now I wanted to let Cynthia see that there is someone who looks like her Popo...hahaha. Only then I realized that she is really her Popo.
17 May 2013
21st Century
Last night, before we went to bed, Timmy asked me the following question:
Tim: Mom, 1 century means 100 years. Is that right?
Me: Yes, Tim. 1 century = 100 years.
Tim: So, 21 century...
Me: equals 2100 years.
Tim: Now is 21st century.
Me: Yes, so its 2113.
Tim: No, Mom. It's 2013. So, it should be 20th century. Why is it called 21st century? That's wrong.
Me: (Thinking....). Hm...? Clueless. Hahahaha.
Is it because year 0-100 already counted as the 1st century?
Is it because year 1900ish is considered as 20th century straight away?
I posted this on my facebook and got the following comments:
Michelle Delacorn and Lina Khanti Devi like this.
Tim: Mom, 1 century means 100 years. Is that right?
Me: Yes, Tim. 1 century = 100 years.
Tim: So, 21 century...
Me: equals 2100 years.
Tim: Now is 21st century.
Me: Yes, so its 2113.
Tim: No, Mom. It's 2013. So, it should be 20th century. Why is it called 21st century? That's wrong.
Me: (Thinking....). Hm...? Clueless. Hahahaha.
Is it because year 0-100 already counted as the 1st century?
Is it because year 1900ish is considered as 20th century straight away?
I posted this on my facebook and got the following comments:
Michelle Delacorn and Lina Khanti Devi like this.
- After a hundred it counts as one so we are on 2013 so it counted as 21st
- Bernadette Susan Sofjan wkwkwk.... thanks len I learn something as well ... what did you feed timmy, he is darn SMART !!!
- Helen Mulyadi Bernadette Susan Sofjan: haha. I learn something too. I have never even thought of something like that. Never even bother. Hahaha. His questions often gets me speechless. Just feed him the same food that I eat. wkwkwk.I googled up Timmy's question and answered him:
Me: Tim, about your question yesterday, 1st century is from year 0-100.
So 2nd century is from year 101- 200, and so on.
Tim: No Mom. Shouldn't it be until year 99? 1st century from 0-99.
He gets me thinking again, and I had to google up again. Hahaha.
His comment was straight away, right after I explained him.
Here's what I found from Wikipedia:
"Centuries in astronomical year numbering.
Astronomical year numbering, used by astronomers, includes a year zero (0). Consequently, the 1st century in these calendars may designate the years 0 to 99 as the 1st century, years 100 to 199 as the second etc."
Timmy was right! Oh dear...dear...
And actually there is a lot of debate out there about this year numbering thing.
I'm confused right now actually.
If we follow 0-99 as 1st century, 100-199 as 2nd century, etc. Then 21st century is from year 2000-2099.
But Wikipedia also explains that 21st century starts from 1 Jan 2001 - 31 Des 2100.
Which means that 1st century should be 0-100, 2nd century: 101-200, 19th century: 1801-1900, 20th century: 1901-2000, 21st century: 2001-2100.
"The 21st century is the current century of the Anno Domini era or the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It is the 1st century of the 3rd millennium which began on January 1, 2001, and will end on December 31, 2100."
The Wikipedia answers that 1st century is from year 0-99, and 21st century is from 1 Jan 2001-31 Des 2100, contradicts each other. I'm confused. - Bonaventura Netyastomo likes this.
- Bernadette Susan Sofjan hey, leave it alone, should we ? wkwwkwk, so when are we goin to meet ? u , ifony, and i ?
- June Chan I reckon the 21st century started on 1 jan 2000 (following the reasoning that year 0 is the first century) and thus should therefore end 31st dec 2099. What do u think? Wiki sounds wrong on the 21st century bit.
- Helen Mulyadi Ferry Widjaja: Hahaha. I like the terms Ferrypedia. Haha. The Widjajas can start an interesting discussion there because Bennypedia thinks it's year 0-99. Haha.
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