Writing Therapy

Me and the eldest are having a fun game at the moment...handwriting therapy game as we may call.

It started when his teacher refused to examine his test as she could not read his handwriting......at the first glimpse, hand writing could be an issue for teenagers at anytime and to me, boys will be boys......what could be expected from a boy handwriting?  so I am at my ignorance stage that bad handwriting is an issue...

But after a while, I happily announced that it is an issue now, young man...if your teacher refused to look at your test :)

So I run a writing therapy for 10 minutes everyday.  He could read anything he likes and starts to rewrite it clearly.  We just started 2 days ago, and it may end for another 4 to 5 months...

I read from grapho therapy handbook, it is suitable for kids below 13 and the best time to exercise is 10 minutes everyday....maybe he'll end up to be a novelist someday..hahaha..hang it on, boy!

The Bash Day

The boy is the  ultimate museum lover.  The first plan was to have the bday at the museum, only the four of us.  I was imagining myself at the Museum Nasional, sitting at the bench with my picnic basket and the burgers, watching the kiddos running errands and doing some photo shoots with the dragon and robot masks..it will be the coolest pictures ever, I presume... 

In the unfortunate, or fortunate event (I am not complaining, though), it was a national holiday on that day and we ended up by touring to the closed gate on each museums.  I am sorry, honey, mom was too lazy to browse the place before the D day *sigh*  Lucky, we have had our photo shoots beforehand with your robot lil' bro!

I am not a good well-wisher, B-boy.....and I am not good at allowing myself to accept you are growing up either....just wishing you a happy birthday.  

Go get your world, young man, we all luv u! 

Teenager Bash #3

And of course, as mom's specialty of the day (the only specialty I had *grin*), I prepared the burgers with lip toppers.  

I made the chicken rolled with enoki mushrooms, put two slice in the bun, topped with cheese, put it  in a microwave for two minutes to get melted....yum!

Teenager Bash #2

The second prep, I think it's gonna be cool to have this robot and dragon masks for the party! The robots for the boys and the green dragon and stripe hat are for me, with teenie tiny pink ears! mr printables

Teenager Bash

It is the eldest turn now to have his bash this month...and believe me, it is not easy to persuade him to have a party...teenager!  So I started with this, putting lampions at my backyard...

Homemade Lasagna

Yippee...i could cook lasagna now!  I considered this as my achievement and cheaper than you buy :P

Playparq Kemang

Maybe thousands of people has reviewed this place and I am the last.  Yes, we were the first timer to go to Playparq Kemang Timur after, maybe, established two or three years back, hmm..

The pictures tell you all, my youngest with his bff were happy at the playground with less crowd and the food was surprisingly quick  service with thousands of food choice (of course, I am lebay on that thousands part!)  Thank you tante Putri for inviting us!

Cooking Playdate

One of the beauty of digital world is that you are connected wherever you are. And this is me and my lil sis new hobby...

When we cooked the new recipe, we'll share and compete each other to cook the same... since the sis is living in Kuala Lumpur, I called this sista virtual cooking play date...yay!

To start with, I cooked fish balls with crispy rice noddle.

This is my version...

And this is my sis.....

Do not judge from the picture quality, pleaseeeeee.....we are professional chef wannabe, not a world-class photographer :P  

Let's do another round, sis!

Drama

I think people tend to create drama in their life..to justify the complexity, even for a simple thing.  It is easy to find people complaining..even only to announce their mood of the day.

In my humble opinion, I don't get that...problems are everywhere and issues are everyday......Big, small, good or bad..

Life is not easy, I agree, yet the challenge is how to simplify your life and look to your problems gracefully.

Us, are obliged to find a way out...and it is you to decide to become a drama queen or a driver of your life and be happy all the way!

The Cooking Day

And yes this is the cooking day...we made choco balls topped with choco sprinkles at my in law's.  We also prepared the kid's table with colorful chairs and oh oh, not to forget, the Chef's hat!  

It was a messy-yet-fun-cooking and the kiddos were just eating the biscuits without even molding it..haha!  F-U-N.

Cooking Class Prep #2

And this is the cooking class materials.  I had plastic plates and knifes bought from Ikea, cake molds from Pasar Mayestik and cupcake toppers leftover from my previous cooking class at my youngest' class...so happy to prepare this!

Cooking Class Prep

My cooking class preparation for my cutie niece party...could you guess what it is?

Curvylicious Three

Meet the curvylicious three, minus the curvy line, of course, and the chubby Kitty,  my newest edition in Rhumchoco pinata family.

Well, it doesn't look like 3, does it?

Picnic Table

My dream picnic table...simple,  rustic, vintage with different chair size, and color..   Style Me Pretty

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NEGEV, the perfect Ravioli

Tried the Beef Ravioli at Negev for lunch yesterday...the sauce is light, the ravioli is perfectly cooked..what else you expect?

And try their tapas choice before you start, I could not even decide which one is the best :)

Tiga Manula Jalan2 ke Pantura

My current reading..nope, the hubby's actually...

True ironic...

Culinary adventure...

And my favorite......colorful pictures!

you definitely should buy the book, handy book for Java tour, and it's a best seller!

Soto Padang Mangkuto

To introduce traditional Indonesian food is a homework..as a lazy working mom, I always bring the kiddos to the fastest food chain to eat out....fast food.  So, whenever and wherever we vote for the place to dine, the kiddos will proudly vote for it...sigh!

This time is an exception. We go for soto Padang Hj. Mangkuto at Pintu Air Pasar Baru.

They are only selling soto padang, nothing else,..but believe me, you won't be dissapointed and one bowl is never enough.  First rule, do not put anything, sip the broth, enjoy it and later put the sambals.....

and the kiddos?  i hope those smiling faces representing their happy hunger faces for the soto, yay!

Angpao

Angpao from the boss....and he said he only gave this to the best people!

PS : Boss, why I started to see this all over the office....not only me : the best people? LOL!