Jangan nangis, cubit balik!

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Dari kecil, gue emang cengeng banget. Sampai sekarang kadang masih kebawa cengeng dan manja. Sasaran empuknya? Siapa lagi kalau bukan suami tercinta. Suamiku, tabahkan dirimu ya,mwah.

Dulu waktu kecil, kira -kira kelas 1 SD, gue sering banget dijahilin sama anak tetangga. Dari dikata-katain, dimusuhin ala anak-anak (tau kan, si A bisik-bisik ke ke si B, eh jangan temenin Nia yuk) sampai dicubit.

Nah suatu hari, gue dicubit sama anak tetangga gue itu (namanya Dian, btw). Gue ngga inget seberapa sakit cubitannya, yang pasti gue nangis ngadu ke Mama.

Gue: "Huaaa...."
Mama: "Kenapa lagi kamu?"
Gue: "Dicubit Diaaaannn..."

Mama (dengan tenang) "Udah jangan nangis. Kalau dicubit ya cubit balik, jangan nangis"

Akhirnya dengan masih sedikit terisak, gue memberanikan diri ke rumahnya Dian yang hanya beberapa langkah dari dari pintu rumah gue (waktu itu kami masih tinggal di rumah petak kontrakan di daerah Mampang). Dengan sekuat tenaga, gue membalas cubitan di lengan anak perempuan keriting yang umurnya kira-kira 3 tahun lebih tua dariku.

Sehabis mencubit, aku lari ke rumah dan teriak "Udaah Maa! Udah aku cubit!"

Mengingat kami tinggal di rumah petak, yang kalau kentut saja terdengar sampai kamar sebelah, teriakan tadi kontan membuat Mama pucat pasi. Apalah jadinya kalau Ibunya Dian dengar. Tapi untunglah kejadian itu tidak berbuntut panjang, bahkan hanya diingat sebagai kenangan indah nakalnya anak-anak.

Anyway, the moral of the story is: kalau dicubit jangan nangis, tapi cubit balik. Tapi kalau udah nyubit balik, ngga perlu woro-woro, harus elegan. Dalam diam, biarkan orang lain menilai cubitan kita menyakitkan atau tidak. Betul ngga Ma? Maa? Ma, udah aku posting nih cubitannyaa!!

We love it when rain falls outside our room

Trickle, trickle.
Raindrops fell like icicles.

Cuddle, cuddle.
You, me, and love in the middle

In times like these, nothing can possibly go wrong. Not even the harassing sound of those who asked for our future babies. No bills can bring us down. No cockroach in our bathroom to worry us, at least for now.

This moment is for us to savor, to embrace, and to cherish. A moment to sink in the meaning of us, said the wife to the husband. Hold me close, said the husband to the wife.

Trickle, trickle.
You and me, cuddle with love in the middle.

Indonesia Unite

Unity, is something that we Indonesians always long for, yet we never thought that it would take such horrible atrocity to unite and bonded our hearts. The Jakarta bombings last Friday has woken us up after years of peace and bomb-free neighborhood.

I myself never could understand why there are people who hate this beautiful country, so hateful that they unleash such terrors, over, over and over again.

This country is too beautiful to hate, too precious to be left behind.
Right or wrong my country, this is my Indonesia.

We gain our freedom trough countless battles, our forefathers shed blood, sweat and tears to proclaim independence, unlike some country that has being given freedom in a silver platter.

Long before the Japanese claimed they invented Tempeh, people in various kampongs across Indonesia create Tempe on a daily basis. Not to mention the Batik, the Keris, and hundreds of other cultural treasures to be explored.

We survived 3,5 centuries of imperialism, 3.5 years of famine,and 32 years of political oppression. We are one tough country to beat, so yes we are certainly NOT AFRAID.

A letter to my dearest friend

Honey,
you don't have to love him that much. A love like that will slowly kill you. How long must you endure the pain? A pain that will slowly destroy you.

Honey,
I would love to see your smile again, your witty charm, and how your face light up when you laugh. Yes, laughter. It's something that you didn't do much often these days.

Honey,
in my opinion, you don't even have to love him at all. Not because he's married to someone, or because his wife terrorized you with constant SMS or stalking you once in a while. Leave him because your love is too grand for him to cope. It is imbalance.

Honey,
you are too precious for this. We all know that you can accomplish so many things.Why waste your time waiting for something we both know could not work.

Honey,
don't wait for somebody new to replace him. I know you just need somebody to love you back, but you know what, to do that, you have to love yourself first.Loving yourself means that you stop hurting yourself, and this is hurtful. The whole situation is hurtful for you, so why bother?

Honey,
at this moment you are wondering when will all of this ends. My answer is it will end when you value yourself enough, when you wont settle to be the second option. because you my friend, deserves to be the one, the ultimate, the first, the last, the irreplaceable.

Honey,
stop wasting your time. Leave him and his battle for divorce. Love you for all you are, then learn to love again.


X.O.X.O
Nia

I love Ickle and Lardee

This is too cute and so inspiring. Whoever made this blog, has a huge imagination and superb artistic touch to it.

Meet Ickle and Lardee,two milk tooth that comes to life. Check out their adventures HERE

The Birthday Shoe

Hadiah ulang tahun untukku dari suami tercinta: Red flat shoe with lace from Bloop.

Well, actually kado ini lebih ke shopping spree sih. Karena this past week, Acum kena Tipes, jadi musti bedrest di rumah selama 5 hari - untungnya sekarang udah baikan dan stabil suhu badannya - jadi dia belum nyiapin kado apa2. Nah pas hari minggu kemaren, dia ngasi surprise ke gue, dia bilang dia mau nganterin gue KEMANAAA AJA buat beli sepatu APAAA AJAA pilihan gue.

YAAAY!!!

Jadi ada dua kado di hari ulang tahun gue:

1. Acum udah cukup sehat untuk pergi jalan2
2. Bebas milih dan beli sepatu apa aja yang gue mau!!!

Puji Tuhan, haleluya!! :))

Sebenernya sih gue bisa aja nyeret dia ke Senci atau PS buat beli sepatu branded -btw, Nine West lagi sale..hahaha - tapi karena gue mikirin keadaan dia, dan kalo dipikir2 sayang ah duitnya :P...jadinya kita pergi ke yang deket2 aja deh, Tebet Utara aja, ke distro-nya Bloop. Kebetulan gue pengen nyari flats2 yang model Moccassin gt deh.

Siangnya brangkatlah kita ke sana, Milah-milih-liat-liat-nyoba-ini-itu...akhirnya pilihan jatuh ke sepatu flat merah dengan tali-tali. Soo cute and Acum like it also :). Makaci my dear hubby, i love you *mwah*

(Top: Giordano, Necklace: forgot, i think it's from Bali, Jeans: Airplane, Shoes: Bloop)

Egg Salad Sandwich

Bosan dengan roti isi selai atau meisjes?
Jenuh dengan telur yang dimasak gitu-gitu aja?

Coba deh sesekali bikin Egg Salad Sandwich. Gampang banget bikinnya dan rasanya...hmm, enaak! Apalagi dimakan pas weekend trus nonton sitkom favorit. Pure heaven :))

Bahan-bahan:
- 2 butir telur
- 1 sdm mentega untuk menumis
- Blue Cheese Salad Dressing (bisa dibeli di Supermarket. Kalo ngga ada, pake mayones biasa juga bisa)
- 2 lembar roti tawar (kalo aku sukanya yang ngga ada kulitnya)
- garam, gula, dan lada secukupnya

Cara memasak:
- Siapkan mangkok dan kocok 2 butir telur, bumbui dengan garam, gula dan lada secukupnya
- panaskan wajan, dan masukkan mentega
- begitu mentega agak mencair, segera masukkan adonan telur
- orak-arik sampai hancur, jangan sampai terlalu keras, sampai warnanya kuning cerah.
- segera angkat dan pisahkan.
- ambil mangkuk lain, campurkan telur orak-arik tadi dengan Blue Cheese Dressing.Aduk rata.
- Oleskan adonan telur + mayones/blue cheese tadi ke atas roti, seperti kalau mengoles selai.
- Beri saus sambal sesuai selera.

Tadaaa....Egg Salad Sandwich ala Nia siap dinikmati :))