Recently we sent our entry for the Nuffnang Friso Family day out event and yesterday we received the invitation from Nuffnang! We are all excited now waiting for the big day!

Here is the invitation:

Dear family-loving Nuffnangers,

Congratulations! You have been chosen to attend the ‘Nuffnang Friso Family Day Out’ happening this month! Bring your family along and meet other bloggers and their family to have a family fun day together!

The details for Nuffnang Family Day Out are as followed:
Date: 29th November 2008
Time: 10am – 2pm
Venue: Kidsportz & Gym, One Utama (Old Wing)

There will be a lot of goodies given away with fun activities lined up for both children and parents. Expect games, magic show, talks on parenting experience and many more.

You are allowed to bring (1) guest family, and do let us know the name of the father/mother of the guest family and the number of pax attending. Do also let us know the number of children from age 1-8 that will be attending so we can make the necessary arrangements.

Do send me the number of pax from your family who are attending as well.

We hope that you will have fun at the Nuffnang Friso Family Day Out!

Anybody else coming?

Tags: 1 Utama, dayout, family, family day, friso, Home, Large Families, nuffnang, Parenting, Society and Culture

ihikks… nangis mulu’ klo denger lagu inih… sontak teringat ning Huda.. tante g yg tinggal di cirebon, yg mg lalu baru aja kumpul keluarga di sidoarjo, surabaya… 1000hari-an almarhum dik Guntar…
so, we dedicated this song for her…
“Tuhan lebih menyayangi nya ning… kita doa-in rame2 si adek udah lebih senang di sisi-Nya… sabar yaahh.. peluk dan cium sayang dari kami bertiga yg jauh diseberang laut..”

Terlalu Istimewa

Ku tatap gambar wajahmu
Sinar mata itu
Lirik senyumanmu
Pesona yang membelai

Wajahmu bercahaya
Memberi bahagia
Tiap yang memandang
Hati jadi salju

Kau terlalu istimewa
Kasih dan sayangmu terpancar
Seikhlas
Tiada batasan terus membara
Terkilan rasa jiwa
Inginku lihatmu dewasa
Apa daya Tuhan lebih menyayangimu

Ku pasti kau berbahagia
Duduk di sampingNya
Mendengar cerita Segala rahsia

Tak tertanggung rindu
Mendengar suaramu
Tawa mengusik jiwa

How do you make a 1½ year toddler sit still for about a minute? We have no idea. We do not seem to figure out a way to do that so far. That’s how active our son, Pasha, is. The only time that he stops doing something is when he is asleep.

When he wakes up, he would want to get out of the room. Once he is out of the room, he wants to get out of the house. The house is now too small for him and I guess he could not find any new thing and place to explore in the house anymore and he has seen enough of our faces already.

He loves getting out of the house. He loves getting into the car and going out for a drive somewhere. He knows when the weekends are here and he knows what to expect during the weekends. Every morning, before I leave for work, I would always tell him that we would only take him out during the weekends and surprisingly, he remembers that well.

He loves the trip to the hypermarkets and the mega malls. He would become excited as soon as he sees the familiar entrance to those places and once inside, he feels that he is in heaven! The presence of other kids and abundance of stuffs for him to touch and carry around in his own shopping basket can easily make his day. He would never get bored there…

So, because of that, we have to make plans for the weekends. We have to take him somewhere as a reward for being so understanding that Papa has got to go to work during the weekdays. He does not really mind where we take him as long as it is out of the house. All he needs is to see some new faces, to say hello to other kids and some open space where he can run as much as he wishes.

Today we saw the Nuffnang Friso Family Day Out event. We’re simply elated! This is the kind of event that we would love him to attend. This is where he would be able to meet and play with lots of kids of about his age. It would be an awesome experience for him especially at this stage where he is learning about relationship, friendship and the big idea about socialization. This is something that we have been thinking of for a long time and now our prayers have been answered.

Apart from the great time that he would definitely have there, the event would be an opportunity for us as parents to spend some great quality time with our children. This would be a chance for us to bond with our child while learning about nutrition and sharing some parenting experiences. Those are the reasons why a family day is really important for our children!

This could be our first big event where three of us would be participating as a family and it would definitely be something that is too important to miss!

Tags: family day, friso, Kids and Teens, nuffnang, Parenting, Quality time, Shopping cart, Shopping mall, Time

percobaan yg kesekian kalinya!! akhirnya berhasil jg berkat resep dari elisa, thank u gurl!!

Brownies Elisa (*modifikasi g) ..

Ingredients
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup butter
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
40g kacang mente(gajus)
100g dark cooking chocolate (cut into chunks, g pake colatta..

Method
Preheat oven to 350degFarenhite(g pake otang jadi panasnya gak boleh lebih dari 100derajat C, dan klo adonan dah masuk diputer setiaap 10 mnt.. biar rata matengnya..).
Grease, flour and/or line the bottom of 9″X9″ square pan or 11″ round baking pan.
In a bowl, mix well flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and cocoa powder.
In another bowl, mix well oil and eggs.
Add flour mix into oil+egg mix bit by bit and stir to mix well. Add vanilla and nuts and stir till well incorporated (you dont see peanut butter streaks anymore).
Fold in chocolate chunks.
Pour into baking pan and bake for 20-30 minutes or until your cake tester (read: toothpick) comes out clean.
Let cool completely before cutting.

selamat mencobaaahh!!!

Yesterday AirAsia launched the Free Seats - No Fuel Surcharge promotion and we decided to grab the offer. We are not really a fan of AirAsia due to some of its ridiculous policies such as, express boarding fee and low baggage weight allowed but when they made such an offer, we would have to grab it since we know that when AirAsia is  on sale, it will be really on sale!

We managed to get free seats for the whole family, including Papa Bear’s mom for round trip travels from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta and from Jakarta to Surabaya. It is a dream come true for Mama Diah who has always wanted to bring her mother in law to her place in Jakarta and her hometown in Surabaya, Indonesia…

So, how much does it cost to get tickets for 4 people for a total of four trips? It is less than RM 800.00! That is approximately IDR 2.4 million or USD 230.00. A really awesome deal even though we have to wait until end of September 2009 for our trip. At least we have already planned for our next year’s annual family vacation.

The last we checked, there are still many seats available to all destinations!

Tags: AirAsia, Asia, family, free seats, fuel, Indonesia, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, Surabaya, surcharge, vacation