Hidup di Bali, part of it is lovely being close to the beach and relax life rytem, but when we talking about shopping for little one, or [...]]]> Sophie Helen sekarang sudah 17 bulan, time indeed just flies, rasanya baru kemaren sibuk nyiapin semua keperluan kelahiran Sophie, eh sekarang…sibuk juga sich cuman beda sibuknya…sibuk cari mainan, hehe.

Hidup di Bali, part of it is lovely being close to the beach and relax life rytem, but when we talking about shopping for little one, or even big one, it’s bit annoying.

Put it this way, to gather all the stuff for Sophie birth, I have to shop from about 6 different shop, not include the 3/4 online shop from Jakarta.

Here some list Baby Shop in Bali :

1. NIKITA baby shop, Gatot Subroto

2. Ceria baby shop, Gatot Subroto

3. Clandys, bulu Indah

4. Hello Kitty, Diponegoro Denpasar

5. Balonku, Pertokoan Udayana Denpasar

6. Bintang Kecil, Renon

You can also find some stuff from Carrefour and Hypermart.

For Toys, it’s bit imposibble really, eaither you get normal, not safe stuff or good but tier our pocket, so other way you cant win.

Some stuff I manage to get from Balonku and Toy r  Us, but eveyrthing else are online shop from Jakarta. Which even after calculate shipping cost some price still low then buy here, Im not just talking about small easy stuff but branded toys, like Fisher Price, Vtech, Einsten, etc.

For that reason, I feel why not make an online shopping for mom here in Bali, I had the conection with good price and trust able quality for branded or non branded toys.

FACEBOOK : Chubbawubba Shop Bali

That’s the answer.

So far we been bring stuff from Jakarta all in good condition and yes, lot’s order, thank you.

So, if you looking for toys little one, why not visit us online, and hopefully soon you will able to see the actuall shop.

We went there last weekend, they took 1 shop, which i think enough.

We was wondering half hoping that they will [...]]]> Should i said Finally? hem…not really but yeach finally, nice decend stuff from mother care which I been hunt since Sophie still in my tummy, now they open branch here in Bali at Discovery shopping Mall.

We went there last weekend, they took 1 shop, which i think enough.

We was wondering half hoping that they will work with some local branded stuff so the price wont be Pounsterling covert Rupiah calculation, but they dont.

All items are imported from UK after they brought from China..hehehe, so price still expensive.

Anyway, they you go, if looking for nice items with good quality and safe guarantee.

Now, my turn to share with you all katakoe friends and mom’s…

PARENT – Job Description [...]]]> Received an email this morning, which make me smile even laugh, great one, not even think about it, but for anyone who resume this “Job Description” good job, I mean heheh you did good.

Now, my turn to share with you all katakoe friends and mom’s…

PARENT – Job Description

This is hysterical. If it had been presented this way,
I don’t believe any of us would have done it!!!!

POSITION :
Mum, Mummy, Mama, Ma
Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa, Pop

JOB DESCRIPTION :

Long term, team players needed, for challenging,
permanent work in an
often chaotic environment.
Candidates must possess excellent communication
and organizational skills and be willing to work
variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends
and frequent 24 hour shifts on call.
Some overnight travel required, including trips to
primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities!
Travel expenses not reimbursed.
Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

The rest of your life.
Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily,
until someone needs £100.00 or more.
Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly.
Also, must possess the physical stamina of a
pack mule
and be able to go from zero to 60 kmph in three seconds flat
in case, this time, the screams from
the backyard are not someone just crying wolf.
Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges,
such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets
and stuck zippers.
Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and
coordinate production of multiple homework projects.
Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings
for clients of all ages and mental outlooks.
Must be a willing to be indispensable one minute,
an embarrassment the next.
Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a
half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices.
Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.
Must assume final, complete accountability for
the quality of the end product.
Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and
janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION :

None.
Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills,
so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE :
None required unfortunately.
On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION :
Get this!   You pay them!
Offering frequent raises and bonuses.
A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because
of the assumption that passing matric will help them
become financially independent.
When you die, you give them whatever is left.
The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that
you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS :
While no health or dental insurance, no pension,
no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and
no stock options are offered;
this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth, unconditional love,
and free hugs and kisses for life if you play your cards right.

Forward this on to all the PARENTS you know, in appreciation for everything they do on a daily basis,
letting them know they are appreciated
for the fabulous job they do…
or forward with love

to anyone thinking of applying for the job.

Maybe send it to your kids as well. One day it will be their turn ,, at least give them a chance to decide.
           

  ** AND A FOOTNOTE ‘THERE IS NO RETIREMENT  –  EVER!!!

“This covers it until age 15……then the rules change.

Additional responsibilities then include;

Drug and alcohol counsellor

IT and computing guru specialising in virus and spam removal

Bouncer

Late night cab driver

Linguistics, specialising in interpretation of SMS messaging

Driving instructor and road rage negotiator

Bouncer (might just be my kids but I do it a lot)

Must also be willing to accept “home invasion” as a lifestyle option

Come to terms with being treated like an ATM…its nothing personal.”

Babba, it’s been wonderful year for me…

Peri kecil mama, yang cantik…

Terima kasih untuk satu tahun yang indah, mama tidak pernah bayangkan kalau mama bisa sebahagia ini.

Sophie mama yang lucu dan cheeky…

Tumbuh dan terus tumbuh menjadi buah hati mama yang bahagia

Senyum dan terus tersenyum karena senyum Sophie membuat semua berwarna…

Sophie mama yang pintar…

Mama tidak [...]]]>   

Babba, it’s been wonderful year for me…

Peri kecil mama, yang cantik…

Terima kasih untuk satu tahun yang indah, mama tidak pernah bayangkan kalau mama bisa sebahagia ini.

Sophie mama yang lucu dan cheeky…

Tumbuh dan terus tumbuh menjadi buah hati mama yang bahagia

Senyum dan terus tersenyum karena senyum Sophie membuat semua berwarna…

Sophie mama yang pintar…

Mama tidak sabar menanti tahun tahun selanjutnya…

Ngobrol bareng, tukar pikiran bareng, maen bareng, shopping bareng, ke salon bareng…duch bakalan seru yach kita berdua…

Sophie mama

Selamat ulang tahun sayang…

Maaf soal gigi yang tumbuh, sakit yach…but they are great, sekarang Sophie bisa maem daging..heheheh.

Happy Birthday my darling

You are my little precious..I love you.

Love’

Mama

Aniwe buswe, sharing saja proses kita urus keperluan Sophie Paspor &  Duo Nationality, semoga bermanfaat untuk yang lain :

Yang pertama harus [...]]]> Our big homework setelah kelahiran Sophie adalah ngrus tetek bengek legal thing’i, Syukur Sophie udach masuk ke Duo nationality Era (weleh) coba bayangin kalau gga betapa ribet nya (jangan lama lama ngebayangin-nya).

Aniwe buswe, sharing saja proses kita urus keperluan Sophie Paspor &  Duo Nationality, semoga bermanfaat untuk yang lain :

Yang pertama harus diurus adalah Passport, in Sophie case kita urus UK passport-nya dulu ikut daddy-nya karena patrilineal thing’s we got here in Indonesia, untuk urus Pasport kita harus siapin :

1. Birth Certificate, biasanya dari hospital langsung urus lebih gampang dan gga ribet buat kita, tapi musti diingetin Hospital-nya biar gga kelamaan, soalnya untuk urus Pasport Anak WNA kita punya 60 hari sebelum akhirnya  baby dianggap WNA beneran dan harus bayar mahal.

2. Baby picture ukuran pasport 3 x 4, nach yang ini suka susah kan

Tips Hynes “take foto dirumah, ambil sendiri, trus kerjain sendiri, asal background white clear, baby face are clear should be ok.”

2. Married Certificate

3. Passport Daddy

4. Daddy Birth Certificate

5. Mama Passport

6. Mama Birth Certificate

7. Formulir permohonan (bisa ambil langsun di konsulat)

Tips Hynes “Sebaiknya diurus sendiri jangan lewat agent selain kita lebih tenang biaya juga lebih murah (one of agent here Bali asked for 5 million).

Waktu itu Daddy-nya Sophie urus sendiri, langsung datang sendiri (lebih baek appointment dulu), isi form, show all the document and pay (kita  dicharge IDR 4.156.000 = Child PPT, Reg.Birth & Passport, Courier Bali-Jkt-Bali).

Proses 14 working days.

Sophie’s done in about a week, Passport ship from Jakarta English Embassy.

Yang Kedua urus dua nationality, yang harus disiapin :

1. Baby passport

2. Baby picture 3x 4

3. Mama & Dada Passport

4. Married Certificate

5. Mama & Dada Birth Certificate

6. Formulir permohonan (diambil langsung dikantor imigrasi)

Yang ini kita juga urus sendiri (agent asked for IDR 3.000.000) kita kena charge dari imigrasi cuman IDR 700.000 something, see how much we save on money…emang sich kita harus meluangkan waktu, ngantri di imigrasi cuman wort it kok, lagian the end of process kita tetep harus ke imigrasi sendiri untuk take picture (baby).

Bukti duo nationality-nya emang agak anech (jangan heran yach) cuman selembar kertas print out biasa yang dipotong kecil dan di attached di Pasport baby.

Tips Hynes : “sebaiknya langsung di laminating biar gga rusak karena kertas kecil yang sangat berharga ini bakal kit apakai 17 tahun.”

Tips Hynes : “waktu diminta ke imigrasi ambil foto baby, sebaiknya datang pagi, biar kita dapet nomor awal, Sophie’s dapet nomor satu, cepet dan langsung bisa pulang baby gga perlu nunggu lama kepanasan di imigrasi.”

Tips Hynes :” jangan lupa cek spelling name di layar komputer pas ambil foto baby, dan spelling yang lain biar afdol dan gga ada kesalahan.”

Gitu dech waktu 14 hari kerja juga, Sophie was done in 10 days.

Hope this help moms out there….

” Mommy gga pernah ngebayangin…

” [...]]]> Gga berasa Sophie udach hampir 5 bulan, rasanya waktu cepet banget dan ngerasa bersalah gga pernah sempet nulis pangalaman jadi mom disini, ternyata emang waktu mahal banget..heheh diantara ngurusin poo, gendong dan ngurusin kerjaan, akhirnya katakoe gga kesentuh, padahal udach “mendem jero” dengan berbagai cerita indahnya jadi mommy buat Sophie.

” Mommy gga pernah ngebayangin…

” Kalau hari ini bisa menjadi lebih indah

” Kalau tapak kaki mommy bisa menjadi lebih berarti

” Kalau tawa dan canda, kegembiraan ini lebih berbekas

” Kalau airmata ini worth it

” Kalau keringat ini menjadi harum

” Kalau hidup ini menjadi lebih dan lebih

” Hari hari mommy berbeda, tidak lepas seperti merpati tanpa tujuan

” Iya semua harus dilalui semestinya dengan keringat dan punggung yang lama lama rasanya reyok

” Iya semua harus dilalui semestinya dengan mata setengah ngantuk tapi tetap harus terjaga (ampe kejedot sometime…)

” Iya semua harus dilalui semestinya dengan badan yang remuk redam entah apa rasanya

” Iya semua hilang saat melihat senyum gadis kecilkoe….SOPHIE

” Mommy bangga terpilih mangantarkan adek kedunia

” Mengenalkan adek pada alam semesta

” Memberikan kehangatan dan cinta

” Mommy beruntung mendapat seorang gadis kecil yang cantik, tumbuh dan terus tumbuh

” I am proud to be your Mom

Sophie great baby though the [...]]]> First week was amazing mixing feeling happy, tired, excited, oh my my…Never in my mine will be this great and tiring at the same time, and never cross my thinking it will be really demanding, well i was assume it will be difficult but not as it is…hua hua hua hua

Sophie great baby though the fact that she very good drinker is demand all of my time, result can not even shower…Lucky me have such a great hubby, every bit of straggle is solved.

My mom stay in Bali for last couple months till Sophie bout 1 months old, it such big help.

Sophie milestone :

1’st month : mostly sleep and drink, she love sleep on her tum, already give us wink of smile, able to turn around on her tum by her self, we are amaze. finally manage to get of the house and driving at the last week of this period take yangtie and tie Galih shopping for souvenir to back to Solo.

Me?, happy as larry, but bit worry as my mom and sister are plan to go back to Solo.

2′nd month : First week of this period was hard very hard..I am finally on my own, our maid was such a ignorant no help at all. I was exhausted.

Sophie’s great, such big gift as Sophie give me her first big smile then turn out giggling and laughing…all the pain and sore gone.

Last week of this period my mom manage to send helper from Solo, oh my my, thank you so much Yangtie, finally I will able to relax a bit.

Oyach, Sophie already try hard to suck her thumb, babbling vocal more and more aaa uuu aaa ooo uuuuuuuu, looking at her own hand and try play wit it, looking and follow abject around about half circle, very nice, well done little one.

3′th month : I am finally settle down, got somebody help me with baby and food, house maid run as usual (she still ignorant but hell as long as work done I wont give a bable) and I start back 80% with my work. Business are slow like everywhere else the global crisis hit my biz but I turn to see it in good way its opportunity for me to spend more time with Sophie.

Sophie as always charming as anything, this month she perform her new trick rolling down and splashing every bath time, so fun…

Morning is very intimate for 3 of us and it’s important time, Sean give Sophie massage, help me prepare and give bath and we all play together. I am one lucky wife.

We bough Fisher Price toy call rocking play gym: gym toy it’s make a noise and play song when you kick it, it’s sophie Xmas present (well early Xmas present), Sean have good time to together every bit. Next day I am lucky to show Sophie how the toy work, teach her how to kick the animals, Sophie give me “I am listening and learning” expression and minutes later..she did it her self — I am ga ga gu gu — no word — Sophie look pleased, she smile and laugh..at that point my heart melted…ohh my girl.

Sophie star dropping her baby hair, new hair not show up yet..I kind of looking forward to find out what color it will be…Sean insist it will be black,me..don’t know, no clue ah reason i said that, Sophie was born with brown eye color but now it’s change…not yet know what exactly the color..hemmmm

Consunant start came out on bit of her daily chat chat…like wakkkkkkkkkkkkk, mammmmmmmmmmm, bruuuuuuuu…and she put all the finges in her mouth, I guess the teething period start already.

Generally it’s great and amazing 3 months, Sophie got her own things about po po – yes, she manage to “no friend” with popo.

First month she poo every 3 days, we bit panic but find out it’s normal for breast feed baby.

Second month she poo one a week, we panic…again (even all the book said calm down it’s all right, we just can not) — We double check my diet, cut all diary stuffs (hiks chocolate..I will miz you!), chillies, all gassie food and start consume soya milk, eat more vegie and fruitie. No luck yet.

Third month, Sophie still no popo regularly, we give her microlax every last 5 days (if she still not manage to poo), its hard thing coz the microlax stuff does not look relaxing for her, but we though better out then in.

That’s all the story of Sophie first 3 months ( alot more happen of course but that’s the little clip I’m able to manage and share), I enjoy every bit, love my new world, pleased and proud to be Sophie’s mom and bless and gratefull to have Sean as my husband.