Time Machine

This conversation took place in a taxi when we went home from PIM this evening:

You: Jimmy Neutron has a time machine. I want one too…
Me: Why?
You: Well, if I have one, I will let you use it…
Me: What for?
You: You can push the button to make everything goes fast. So you can work faster at the office and finish early
Me: And then?
You: And then you can pick me up from school, every day…..

Hmmm, if that’s the case, yes, I would want one too, honey. But, as I said before, in life, we cannot have everything that we want. We get some, we lose some. But no matter what, let’s just be thankful for the life we have, coz I know for sure, we are among the luckiest people in the world.

Just look around you, people in East Java are losing their homes because of the Lapindo disaster, children in Papua have to walk for hours before reaching their school, and all those construction workers that you see working for the Pondok Indah underpass, they have to leave their family in their hometown to be able to earn money. Not to mention all those babies in the orphanage who don’t have their mom and dad holding them at nights….

So, honey, aren’t we among the luckiest people? Even when we don't have that time machine.

First Grade, Second Semester

You have just finished your second semester evaluation test last week, and thank God, you have done very well. Here’s the result of your test:

Pendidikan Agama Islam: 9.2
PKN: 9.5
IPA: 9.3
Bahasa Indonesia: 9.3
IPS: 8
Bahasa Inggris: 8.8
Matematika: 9.8

And following are some of your answers to the test that I found it quite amusing:

The Question: Apa akibatnya bila tidak ada tata tertib
Your Answer: Hidup akan berantakan

The Question: Mengapa malam hari udara terasa lebih dingin daripada siang hari?
Your Answer: Karena siang hari panas banget

The Question: Mengapa bola lebih mudah bergerak daripada kotak sepatu?
Your Answer: Karena kotak sepatu itu kotak

The Question: Buatlah kalimat sesuai gambar di samping (a picture of a kid singing)
Your Answer: Rudi bernyanyi di rumah dikasih tau ke anggota keluarganya supaya keluarganya senang

I'm actually quite surprised on how the school structure the questions. I feel that some of the questions are not supposed to be for children your age. But what do you know, you can answer it anyway. I guess kids nowadays are way smarter than what they used to be.

And I'm so proud of you.

Muffin and Pie

Your dad was hospitalized for dengue, and when visiting him this afternoon, you asked for the muffin that the hospital served for your dad.

Then, while munching the muffin, you asked me casually:

You: Mama, can you make muffin?
Me: No, honey, I don’t know how
You: What about pie?
Me: I don’t know how to make pie either
You: Mama, you should go to Google
Me: Oh yeah?
You: Yeah, just type ‘how to make muffin and pie', Google will tell you how and you can learn making them
Me: Hmmmm, okay…… (totally speechless)

Picture from www.muffin-paradies.de/image/baeck.gif

Jimbaran, this one's in Ancol

Yesterday was a holiday, and without any plan, we went to Ancol Dreamland. We haven’t been there for quite some time, but you still remember every corner that you have been to.

We got there just in time for lunch, and your dad suggested that we try this resto that he heard about the other day on the radio. Jimbaran Resto is located a bit further away, not far from the Ice World. Unlike the other parts of Ancol where it was packed with people, the beach where Jimbaran is was nice and peaceful.

Though so hot, we decided to sit outside, looking over the calm blue sea and enjoying the breezy wind. The sun shined so brightly that it made a glittery reflection on the sea. And while waiting for the food, you and your dad strolled along the beach, chasing crab and collecting seashell. It was really a lovely sight seeing you laughing and running here and there on a beautiful beach backdrop. And when they start playing the Balinese traditional music, it felt like we were actually in Jimbaran, Bali. It must be more beautiful if we were there in the evening.

Before going home, we stopped by at the old vessel playground near A&W resto, and we bought this power ranger watch. Costs me only Rp15 thousand, but you really have fun and were so proud wearing it. Hmm, I bet you like it as much as you would have like the Ben10 watch that I couldn’t get you.