Bloom

Bougenville~it blooms so beautifully under the scorching sunlight.

Let's learn from it~when life hits us hard, bloom. :)

Photo was taken when I was stuck driving in the highway traffic light.
11 km long of bad traffic jam.

I am grateful for the inspiration that was taught to me today by dear God.

Pizza

We made pizza at home for breakfast.
Fast and easy.
The boy requested this for his breakfast.
Put it in the oven and voila. Hahaha.

Philipians 4:6-9

I am very thankful for this info from my best friend Sisilia for this. :)

Philippians 4:6-9

6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

Playing Kite

It was a fine afternoon, and we played kite together. 

Run...run to keep the kite flying. Hahaha... 

With Uncle Hans, the kite was  going up a little bit. :)

We saw neighbours walking their dogs.

Yay! It's up up in the air... 

Yay! Naik nih layangannya

Happy face. 

Same style with Uncle. Both were holding their kite. Hahaha...

I hold it here, you hold it there, Tim. 

Okay Uncle, I'm holding it here.

The kite was high up in the sky! Yay! 

The kite flyer. 

Speechless

The boy asked me:  "Mom, if I behave good for the whole week, am I allowed Rp. 2,000 per week?"
Me: "Okay, sure. But when you are not behaving well, then your allowance will be deducted proportionally."

(I thought that it will be a good  opportunity for him to learn how to manage his money, whether to save it, spend it or donate it).

The during the week, he didn't behave well 1 day, and it was reduced to Rp. 1,600.

Tim: "Mom, if there is a way of reducing my allowance, is there any way that I can increase it?"
Me: "Well, there is no way.  The only way is by growing up. The bigger you are, the more allowance that you will get."

(earlier during the week, he has been saying that growing up is not fun, more responsibility, bla bla bla)

Then few days past...
Tim: "Mom, you told me once before, that if I massage you for 10 minutes, you would pay me Rp. 2,000.   *showing his cheeky smile*  You said that right Mom?"

Me: "Yes, ehm..." (That was way long long time ago, and he never massaged me for 10 minutes).
I said that when I was super tired and his massage was good. But everytime he massaged, it was always short duration.

Tim: "So, from now on, if I massage you, I will turn on the timer. If I massage you for 10 minutes, it's Rp. 2,000, 20 minutes means Rp. 4,000.

Me: *Speechless"
Ah...this boy is so cheeky...
He comes up with the unthinkable solutions.
Hahahahaha...

Growing Up

Tim said: "Mom, it's not fun growing up.
The more I grow up, means the more things that I must do by myself.
The more responsibility that I have. I don't wanna grow up."

A Note from The Teacher

He got a note from his Chinese Teacher at school, because his score was improving from 254 to 287.
The full score is 300.

Well done and jia you Timmy!