Archive for February, 2007

Somethin…somethin

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Cleaning…..
Done it a lot lately. I may slow mover like snail, but I randomly picking stuff from everywhere every time. I just can’t stand to see old and unused thing lying  useless.  Phillip told me that I have natural nesting instinct before labor.
Hmmmm…don’t know if that is true but it seems that this house has too many stuff. My old clothes, Kaela old clothes, her toys, Phillipold stuff and so on. I collected bags of stuff and sent it to my in laws to give it away to charity.
Kaela gave away almost half of her toys collection, she was brave about that. At first, she really hesitated to let her dolls and toys go, but I told her that the toys would go the other kids and God love good kids, she finally agreed. I am really proud of her.
Now, her room not as messy as before. And just after she gave away her toys, Malaysia King gave away her Barbie collection to Kaela. 7 Barbie that she has now. See…how thing works? What goes around comes around? LOL………..

Back to my cleaning, I am still trying to finish it up, but lately I am easily get tired from all the works around the house. I can’t wait for the baby to come out. Maybe things will get more hectic but at least I move faster….aaaaa…….

Baby Shower!!

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

17 February, I am exactly on my 38 weeks.
My friends threw a baby shower party at King’s family residence and it was so much fun!
We had game, foods, and delicious baby shower cake…yum..yum…..Picture_012Some of the yummy stuff including a rare treat such as Lempok (durian’s special sweet), asinan (Indonesian salad), kue Lupis, fried duck,bacang, martabak,and so on….Everyone came and brought food that they cooked themself…..Home made food is the best!!

Most of friends that I have here already become parent’s of teenager, so they just went crazy bought all the tiny cute stuff for baby Zara. There are blanket, breastfeed pillow, baby bathtub, clothes, bath stuff, diaper, diaper cake, and so on…Some of them said, Ohh I just can’t stop shopping for the baby stuff. Hahaha…………The_sweet_cake

Ja, Ghita and Mom King had  sweet thought about Kaela. They gave Kaela some presents too, so she won’t feel left behind because all the attentions are for baby Zara on that day. She got Dora cute back pack, a Barbie and a Teddy bear with Special Sister written on it. So sweet….so far Kaela is still exciting for her baby sister to be born. I hope she will get along very well with her sister when they grow up.

Yeah, there is something about baby that will melt your heart.
I don’t know why, maybe because they are so innocent and helpless? And especially, when this tiny little creature getting bigger so fast….Kaela is a grown child now, she still has her cute voice and silly behavior but she is big now. She want to do everything by her self. Sometimes I wonder, how she grows that fast? Next time I know, she will go to school, college, work and get married eventually and leave me…..waaa……waaaaaa……..Uh…must be hard when that time is come.
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Well, the big party is over. Next thing to do is to prepare the baby room. I am not going to go crazy and change the whole room but just enough to make it look like it is going to be comfy for the baby and me to spend a lot of time there.Special_blanket_from_ja

Thank you to you all who already gives much support for Coil family.
May God bless you all!!

36 weeks

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

I almost there!!

Day by day I become more anxious to face the labor. It has been long time ago since I had Kaela for the first time and I almost forget everything about labor and baby.
I think my belly is already stretch out as far as it could be and somehow I already notice some stretch mark on the skin…AAAAAAAAA……..
Phillip has to help me to tie up my sneaker since I can’t bent down anymore to do it by myself.
Sometimes he makes fun of me the way I walk, well…..it’s kind of funny indeed….If I have to walk fast, my bottom wiggle like a duck…hahahha….!!
From now on, I will see the ObGyn every week, seriously I am not a fan to drive down there and wait forever only to meet the doctor for about 5 minutes. But, I think it is the way  they would make sure that everything is OK.

Baby is dropped now (the head is on the lower abdomen), I can feel a bit space on my chest to breathe. Well, is just when the baby kick it hurts because I think she is  stronger. She is not move around too much like weeks before, I think she out of space anyway to flipping around inside my belly..hahaha.
Sleeping is not time to rest actually for this stage. It is more like …OOuuchh……AAAA……MMMM…….OUUchh!!
Well, just because it is hard to find a good position to sleep. And once I start falling asleep, I have to wake up to pee……
Talking about pee, it is funny because I actually no longer can’t hold it. If I feel the urge to go to the rest room, I have to do it by then. Yesterday, I felt slightly urge to pee, by the time I was stepping up on the stairs, my underwear wet already…..Yuck!!! Especially since I am sitting in front of computer a lot lately. Try to connect with my Indonesian fellow, to plan and inform about what we are doing now with our Indonesia Association.
It is so much fun to get involved with this volunteer activities. I meet more people, eat more Indonesian food, and of course trying to introduce Indonesia to many people in Kansas City.

Dearest friends are throwing a baby shower for me this weekend. I feel humble that they willing to do this for me. There are  lot of friends will attend, I really looking forward for this gathering, their support and prays what I really need the most.

Jakarta’s Flood “Who is to blame?”

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

Membaca berita banjir di Jakarta, menyedihkan..!! Bahkan di daerah rumah yang tidak pernah banjir kali ini kena banjir. Bayangkan Condet, yang dulunya cagar alam Jakarta kena banjir…
Makanya akhir-akhir ini sering telepon ke rumah, cuma ngecek aja….kadang-kadang Hendra (adik yang paling kecil sering mengangkat telepon)
"Dro…semua baik-baik aja kan? Jangan sampai hanyut ke kali ya….hehhehe"
"Hanyut?…Pohon kali hanyut…….."

Sedih ya, Jakarta kena banjir besar seperti ini.
Surprise?
Oh no…..
Membaca perkembangan berita tentang Pemerintah DKI yang hanya sibuk dengan busway, memangkas jalur hijau untuk pelebaran jalan yang tidak ada juntrungannya dan para pejabatnya yang hanya ribut melulu menuntut kenaikan tunjangan  ini itu tanpa hasil kerja yang nyata….inilah akibatnya.
Habis menyalahkan siapa?
Rakyat kecil yang buang sampah di pinggir kali? Lah bagaimana mau buang sampah ditempat yang layak kalau Tempat Pembuangan Sampah yang seharusnya tanggung jawab Pemda DKI saja masih tidak jelas.
Belum lagi kebijaksanaan yang sangat tidak bijaksana mengenai pembangunan perumahan atau pertokoan di daerah yang seharusnya menjadi daerah resapan air, penebangan jalur hijau dengan alasan untuk mengurangi kemacetan lalu lintas yang masalahnya bukan berkurang malah menjadi-jadi, atau pura-pura bisu dan tuli dalam menghadapi musim hujan yang mungkin sekarang namanya berubah menjadi musim banjir.

Heran ya? Kok saya yang bodoh dan tidak punya jabatan di pemerintahan DKI bisa berpikir seperti ini?
Terus dimana dong otak para pejabatnya? Kan mereka sudah digaji plus korupsi tapi kok rasa prihatin kepada rakyat kecil yang lagi-lagi jadi sapi perahan dan korban atas segala bencana demi bencana, tidak ada?

Kesan saya terhadap Jakarta sekarang adalah kota semerawut dan tidak mempunyai konsep tata kota yang jelas. Pemerintah DKI hanya melakukan tambal sulam atas masalah-masalah yang seharusnya harus dituntaskan pemecahannya dan mengambil tindakan yang rasional.

Daripada ribut-ribut mengenai kenaikan tunjangan kenapa anggota DPRD tidak ribut menyambangi Gubernur untuk menyewa insinyur, ahli tata kota, pemerhati lingkungan yang masih punya nalar untuk menyelamatkan Jakarta. Daripada menerima uang haram dari para developer, mengapa tidak memakai uang kas untuk mengeruk sungai membangun bantaran sungai yang bersahat dengan alam? Atau menggalakan kebersihan saluran air dipenjuru kota?

Jakarta adalah ibu kota negara. Kalau ibu kota negara sudah Knock Out seperti ini, mau dikemanakan kredibilitas negara kita? Mengurus kota kecil seperti Jakarta saja sudah tidak mampu. Apalagi yang akan dipandang dari negara RI yang terkenal dengan mental KORUPSI para pejabat negaranya ini?

Kasihan dengan rakyat kecil. Rumah dan barang yang mereka kumpulkan bertahun-tahun hilang dalam beberapa jam. Kenyamanan hidup mereka terganggu, mereka tidak bisa pergi bekerja, pelajar seharusnya duduk di kelas menambah pengetahuan harus menggigil kedinginan di atas atap rumah berharap bantuan yang tiada kunjung datang.

Yang paling parah: bantuan untuk emergency situation seperti makan/minum, selimut, obat, pakaian pun tidak didapat. Para pejabat seolah-olah hilang ditelan bumi. Tidak tahu sembunyi dimana…Di hotel? Di villa private mereka? Atau ke luar negri untuk menenangkan pikiran dari rasa bersalah?

Saya rasa Jakarta tidak akan terselamatkan kalau terus dipimpin orang-orang yang tidak berpendidikan. Dan alam tidak lagi akan bersahabat jika terus-terus di aniaya.

Tuhan sudah mengingatkan jagalah hubunganmu denganKu, dengan sesama manusia dan sesama alam.

Mental korupsi dan perusakan terhadap tanah, air dan udara adalah tindakan memusuhi Tuhan.

Mengambil harta orang banyak, membuat banyak orang  menderita, dan merusak alam dengan mengambil keputusan yang salah, apakah dosa yang kecil?

Tuhan Maha Mengetahui dan Maha Adil.