september... I'm coming

I went for a check-up to dr. aswin -the ob/gyn- yesterday. according to him the baby is ready to see the world anytime soon. the head is already low. the size and the weight is fine. so... wish me luck! and I guess it's time for me to pack my bag and keep it in the trunk just in case :)

one thing that's not ready yet.
the name of the baby...
well, let it be a surprise...

sincere devotion...

last week I watched a program about a sincere and very devoted midwife named ros rosita. she lives in kabupaten lebak, banten. she helps people in baduy community (who isolate themselves from modern life) to deliver the babies. her father also helps this community as a medical aide.

to reach the outer baduy kampong (village) midwife ros, her father and a helper have to walk for hours because cars and motorcycles are not allowed to enter the baduy community. at the first years of course they were not welcomed by the baduy community. they have their own traditional midwife. but in the end, the outer baduy community can accept their sincere help and even the man is willingly learn how to measure weight, write, and read.

I am so touched that there are people like midwife ros and her father. they are not rich in term of money, but they are rich in heart, sincere, and devotion. they do not think about money (she only gets ten to twenty thousand rupiahs per delivery), but they think about other people.

searching for a maid has made me crazy

preparing for the third baby is very time consuming especially searching for a maid that is reliable. I have one maid already and I am satisfied with her. plus, she is not a live-in maid. she comes at 7 am and go home at 5 pm. and she has a day off every Sunday.

but the closer to the due date, papa nina and grandparents of course push me to find another maid to help me take care of the kids. that stays in the house! yaiks! so wish me luck I can find one that is reliable.

bagel with cream cheese

it's another 6 weeks before I deliver the baby. the funny thing is I want to have bagel with cream cheese and a bowl of cereal with cold fresh milk after the labor. isn't it crazy?!? yes... kinda... I remember I had bagel with cream cheese, and a bowl of corn flake with cold fresh milk after I deliver kaka nina 9 years ago and nina 4 years ago.

so now I have to find info where to find bagel in jakarta :)

'changcuters' and 'cinta laura'

it's been a couple of weeks nina and kaka nina are 'poisoned' (keracunan) by 'the changcuters' - the new group who sing popular songs 'racun dunia' and 'I love you Bibeh'. plus, nina is crazy about 'cinta laura'. I don't know why...

but may be...

for my kids, the name 'changcuters' sounds funny and strange to their ears. especially after my mom said that 'changcut' in sundanese means 'underwear'. so kaka nina cannot stop laughing everytime he remember what 'changcut' means. meanwhile, nina pronounce 'changcuters' with her own accent which is almost sounds like 'cinta laura's' accent.

other reason they like 'changcuters' because the beat of the songs are cheerful. plus on 'I love you Bibeh' song it has rhyme (rima). kaka nina loves rhyme since he was preschool.

why nina is crazy about 'cinta laura'? I guess because nina saw an ad of a cellphone product which is performed by cinta laura. she is pretty cute though... although many people make fun of her accent:)

proud mama

yesterday, as a student at yamaha nuansa musik school, kaka nina joined the yamaha big fair concert at pim2. he played 'ode to joy' on the piano. I'm proud of him because he could play really well without reading the paper, he could manage his nervousness, and he could play with no mistake. that's a good start since he just join this school for only 3 months.