When I saw this picture, I can imagine myself sitting there....reading...peacefully....
So nice..... Hmmmm....
12 June 2013
A Space for Me
I have always like a place by the window, where I can sit or lie down to read a book.
When I saw this picture, I can imagine myself sitting there....reading...peacefully....
So nice..... Hmmmm....
When I saw this picture, I can imagine myself sitting there....reading...peacefully....
So nice..... Hmmmm....
God and the Universe
Sometime ago, Timmy had these negative thoughts, things like "I'm the baddest boy in the world, etc."
I don't like hearing him saying those things. Have a positive thought about yourself Tim.
Don't think negative about yourself.
So, inspired by the book called "The Secrets", I told him:
"Don't think badly about yourself, think positive about yourself, and the universe will make it come true."
Later that night, as we prayed together, Timmy said "Mom, you said God will hear our pray. Before you also said universe will make it come true. So do you mean that God is the Universe? So God starts with a big bang and home of where the galaxies are? In the Milky Way? So, God lives in the outer space?"
Oh... here we go again. He makes me speechless again. Hahaha.
It suddenly reminded me of the scientist version of how the earth starts.
Scientist version vs the Believers version.
So I told him that night: "God doesn't live in the outer space, Tim. God lives in your heart and you live in God."
Tim: "So, you mean there are 2 Gods Mom?
Me: "No, Tim. Actually it's called "Allah TriTunggal: Bapa, Putra dan Roh Kudus". It's like when you have 3 envelopes. One is the smallest one, then the medium one, and the biggest one.
The smallest one can go into the medium one, and the medium one can go into the biggest one.
So, God is in your heart and yours in God.
So, God is our protector." Now, let's go to sleep.
Tim: "Good night Mom."
Me: "Good night Tim."
Note to Timmy:
Dear Timmy,
I have always enjoy my time with you.
My time with you is so precious, and I like your critical mind.
How you always think so fast, far beyond my own thought sometimes. :)
Here are some inspirative words for you and me.
Love,
Mom
I don't like hearing him saying those things. Have a positive thought about yourself Tim.
Don't think negative about yourself.
So, inspired by the book called "The Secrets", I told him:
"Don't think badly about yourself, think positive about yourself, and the universe will make it come true."
Later that night, as we prayed together, Timmy said "Mom, you said God will hear our pray. Before you also said universe will make it come true. So do you mean that God is the Universe? So God starts with a big bang and home of where the galaxies are? In the Milky Way? So, God lives in the outer space?"
Oh... here we go again. He makes me speechless again. Hahaha.
It suddenly reminded me of the scientist version of how the earth starts.
Scientist version vs the Believers version.
So I told him that night: "God doesn't live in the outer space, Tim. God lives in your heart and you live in God."
Tim: "So, you mean there are 2 Gods Mom?
Me: "No, Tim. Actually it's called "Allah TriTunggal: Bapa, Putra dan Roh Kudus". It's like when you have 3 envelopes. One is the smallest one, then the medium one, and the biggest one.
The smallest one can go into the medium one, and the medium one can go into the biggest one.
So, God is in your heart and yours in God.
So, God is our protector." Now, let's go to sleep.
Tim: "Good night Mom."
Me: "Good night Tim."
Note to Timmy:
Dear Timmy,
I have always enjoy my time with you.
My time with you is so precious, and I like your critical mind.
How you always think so fast, far beyond my own thought sometimes. :)
Here are some inspirative words for you and me.
Love,
Mom
08 June 2013
Growing Timmy
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| 3 months old Timmy |
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| 3 months old Timmy |
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| 8 months old Timmy |
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| 8 months old Timmy, with 8 milk teeth. |
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| April 2013, with 1 wiggly milk teeth and 1 empty spot for permanent tooth. |
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| 7 years old Timmy, with 6 permanent teeth and 2 empty teeth spots. :) |
07 June 2013
Timmy's Final Exams Results
When I picked Timmy up from school yesterday, he told me:
Tim: Ma, nilaiku jauh dari KKM. (Kriteria Kelulusan Minimum).
Me: Hah?! Kenapa?
Tim: Jauh di atas, Ma.
Me: Oh...Fiuh...
Kecil kecil sudah iseng.
Tim: Mom, my score is far from minimum passing grade.
Me: Hah?! Why?
Tim: Far above Mom...
Me: Fiuh.
Cheeky cheeky boy.
Tim: Ma, nilaiku jauh dari KKM. (Kriteria Kelulusan Minimum).
Me: Hah?! Kenapa?
Tim: Jauh di atas, Ma.
Me: Oh...Fiuh...
Kecil kecil sudah iseng.
Tim: Mom, my score is far from minimum passing grade.
Me: Hah?! Why?
Tim: Far above Mom...
Me: Fiuh.
Cheeky cheeky boy.
Note to Timmy:
Dear Timmy,
Papa and Mama are very proud of you.
These final exams results are purely yours, because of your own hard work and effort.
You make a plan for your study and did well on your final exams.
Congratulations Timmy! Keep up the good work.
Love,
Papa and Mama
03 June 2013
Angry Bird Bed Sheet
Here's the photo taken today: Timmy and his Angry Birds bed sheet.
We saw this bed sheet on sale at Hypermart. 50% discount.
There are 2 colors, blue and green. And Timmy chose the blue one. He really wanted to buy it.
I thought the material is not good. But apparently after I wash it, it's OK.
And I like the fact that the rubber strap is all around the sheet. So it fitted nicely and is not easily fallen off.
So, it's quite a good bargain. :)
When I washed it, Timmy has been asking about it: "Mom, is it dry yet?" Not long after, he will ask again "Mom is it dry yet?"
Today, when he was at school, I changed his bed sheet.
When I picked him up at the office, I told him: "Tim, I have a surprise for you."
Tim: What is it Mom?
Me: Surprise...surprise.
Tiim: What is it Mom?
Me: Something in your room.
Tim: The Angry Bird Bed Sheet???
Me: Yes.
Tim: Yay! Yay!
I told him, why don't we take a photo for Papa to see? What do you think?
Tim: Ok. I have think about the pose. Here they are below. He wanted to take a photo with his Certificate showing when he won the 3rd place on the English competition. Hahahaha...
We love you Tim!
We saw this bed sheet on sale at Hypermart. 50% discount.
There are 2 colors, blue and green. And Timmy chose the blue one. He really wanted to buy it.
I thought the material is not good. But apparently after I wash it, it's OK.
And I like the fact that the rubber strap is all around the sheet. So it fitted nicely and is not easily fallen off.
So, it's quite a good bargain. :)
When I washed it, Timmy has been asking about it: "Mom, is it dry yet?" Not long after, he will ask again "Mom is it dry yet?"
Today, when he was at school, I changed his bed sheet.
When I picked him up at the office, I told him: "Tim, I have a surprise for you."
Tim: What is it Mom?
Me: Surprise...surprise.
Tiim: What is it Mom?
Me: Something in your room.
Tim: The Angry Bird Bed Sheet???
Me: Yes.
Tim: Yay! Yay!
I told him, why don't we take a photo for Papa to see? What do you think?
Tim: Ok. I have think about the pose. Here they are below. He wanted to take a photo with his Certificate showing when he won the 3rd place on the English competition. Hahahaha...
We love you Tim!
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.
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