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Maap, nggak banyak moto-moto karena memang niatnya cuman beli backfisch lalu pulang. Setiap ada pasar malam gini gue and D emang paling doyan hunting makanan hehe...Menu wajib adalah backfisch sama mandel. Nah yang nggak wajibnya yang banyak :D

Blog EntryMinta maaf ya teman-teman...Sep 25, '08 6:36 AM
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Maafkan saya yang tidak bisa merangkai kata-kata yang indah untuk meminta maaf di akhir bulan Ramadhan ini. Namun kami tulus, bila ada salah kata, ada menyinggung perasaan atau hal-hal yang tidak berkenan di hati teman-teman, itu murni karena kami alpa.
Minal Aidzin Wal Faizin...

Beth&Daniel

Blog EntryIch hab dich lieb...Jul 23, '08 6:07 AM
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A heart shaped box of chocolate for the other half of my heart :)


Thank you for all your patience...
Thank you for always holding my hand...
Thank you for always having me with you...

Love you...


Blog EntryA nasty story to shareJun 23, '08 1:27 AM
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So yesterday it was a really good weather and we had nuthing to do (you know, Sunday in Germany...). So after lunch we decided to go swimming and it was a good idea. A big swimming pool (which has separated place with kids!) with big park so we can just lay down under the tree with flowers around beside swimming around like a duck. Really different with the last time I came to this swimming pool - on winter!

In a ticketing Daniel asked me if I like to have 4 hours or two hours ticket. Again it was sunny weather and we had nuthing to do (and additionally, I brought a lot of food and water also!), so we went for 4 hours.

Passed the electric door with coin, went to dressing room, wore my bikini, walking around a little bit in indoor swimming pool then headed to outdoor one. Placed our picnic blanket neatly, open food box, took ipod, put sun-protection lotion and then lay down in front of the fat lady with red bikini.

Then the story went on. After 10 mins lay down, we decided to go swim. So we woke up and walked around 30 meters to the pool. Was already jumped to the water when I forgot my  goggle. I went back to my blanket and on the way there, suddenly sumthing hit my left feet. I looked down, damnit! A stinger! Maybe from a bee! Or at least a BIG BEE! Cos I didn't see the animal who was nicely left his stinger in my feet! It was quite pain but I was okay.

I took my goggle and back to the pool.Water gave a comfy feeling for my bulging feet. But then the area under my right eye became itchy.I ignored it, just an itchy. But then again...its getting bigger. So I asked the swimming pool management if they have kinda cream cos it might be from caterpillar. Bad luck, they don't have it. But its ok, not that bad...we back to our blanket again, lay down again.

But now, less than 5 mins, its getting bigger and bigger! The whole right part of my face was really bulging like just got a hit from Mike Tyson! So we decided to collect our stuffs and go rushy to emergency hospital. Believe me, when its not that nasty, I wont go to hospital!

On the way to hospital, all over my body started to be itchy and red, but not bulging (yet). Long queue in hospital but doctor called me first, he was shock to see monster face! He asked what happened during quickly prepare some stuffs for me.  God! No matter I hate needle, I had to stay there for infusion!

But good thing that it worked fine. Less itchy and the red spot were gone from my body soon. My face still looks like monster, even till I'm writing this. But yea, it gets smaller. I have to put ice also n my face to help it faster. Doctor allow me to go home after 1 hour. He said it will take hours to  make my face normal again. And it was really wise idea to drove fast to hospital, otherwise, the whole body will be like balloon!!

This nice young doctor said I had allergy of this unknown animal. I think its not a bee. When I was kid, I got stinged by bee many times, but never been this bad. And even when its really bee, doctor said its a NEW allergy! Perfect!

Moral of the story: nice weather is not guarantee to have fun :D


nb: Picture taken in a day before. Just to remind me hows my face before that bitch animal attacked me :D


Blog EntryPemanjat BabiJun 20, '08 9:28 AM
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Saya kan setiap hari kecuali Sabtu dan Minggu, selalu chat dengan ayah saya di Jogja. Akhir-akhir ini temanya tentu saja sepak bola piala Eropa. Kapan itu saya sempet cerita kalau (Bastian) Schweinsteiger itu makna harafiahnya dlm bahasa Indonesia adalah 'pemanjat babi'. Schwein= babi/  Steiger=pemanjat

Lalu tiba-tiba siang ini tadi papa dengan hepinya nulis di YM: "Wah si pemanjat babi hebat ya semalem mainnya!!"

Gedubrak! Terjatuh ngangkang saya! Mengeja nama Schweinsteiger memang syusyah!

Di sini memang suka ketemu nama aneh-aneh. Tetangga di apartemen saya nama belakangnya Knoblauch alias bawang. Lalu ada juga Tits, Löser, Hammster

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Rosenmontag (literally "Roses Monday") is the highlight of the German "Karneval" (carnival), and is on the Collop Monday before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. This event can be compared to "Mardi Gras," though is celebrated on Monday, not Tuesday. It is celebrated in German-speaking countries, including Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but most heavily in the "Hochburgen", German carnival strongholds, which include the Rhineland (especially Aachen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Mainz).

The Karneval season begins at the 11th of November and the "street carnival" starts on the Thursday before Rosenmontag, which is known as Weiberfastnacht ("women's carnival").

Carnival is not a national holiday, but schools are closed on Rosenmontag and the following Tuesday in the strongholds and many other areas. Many schools as well as companies tend to give teachers, pupils and employees the friday before Rosenmontag off as well and have celebrations in school or in the working place on Weiberfastnacht, although every now and then there are efforts to cut these free holidays in some companies.

Celebrations usually include dressing up in fancy costumes, dancing, parades, heavy drinking and general public displays of debauchery.

Things quiet down the next day, for it is "Veilchendienstag" (Shrove Tuesday). Rosenmontag also takes place all over the country and is very popular, people that watch the parade are also dressed up, sweets are thrown everywhere and everyone says "Helau" (Mainz area) or "Alaaf" (Cologne area) - a great experience for the young and young at heart. Visitors should be careful which of these words to use in which special region. Use of the wrong word can be interpreted as favoring a rivalling city or region and is considered offensive.

A Flock of Seagulls recorded a song called "Rosenmontag" for their 1983 album "Listen". The song was eventually used as a b-side and consisted of Arthur Baker-inspired hip-hop beats with guitar noise. (wikipedia)

EventMudik!Jan 22, '08 9:02 AM
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Start:     Mar 14, '08

EventMom's birthdayJan 22, '08 9:01 AM
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Start:     Jan 25, '08
Yippie! I got her present already!

Photo AlbumNight Out (18 photos)Dec 29, '07 7:31 AM
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At Dec 26th we tried to get a luck if in Emsdetten city center all shops are already open. But no, its not open still. Everybody still on Christmas holiday. So this time we or better I, tried to have a luck with playing ice skating. But well...when in almost two hours you cannot sliding fast like a flash yet, then its time to give up hehe...

So we back to city center just to take some pics cos in the early evening the lights started to on and the sky still blue.



Blog EntryViva Fergie!Apr 5, '07 4:00 AM
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My mom was so noisy this morning.

I was busy writing for my next project when she kept talking. But somehow I couldn’t understand what she’s talking about and I didn’t want to know cos I was busy. But time by time I realized that she’s singing. She sang Fergie’s song, fergalicious hehehe…

I didn’t notice before that mom is Fergie’s fan :p


Blog EntryJUliaFeb 15, '07 3:26 AM
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Semalem nyokap gue heboh, abis dari masjid buru-buru nyetel TV grasa-grusu. Katanya ada Julia Perez di TV. Huh, sejak kapan nyokap gue suka ma Julia Perez???

Setelah gue ikutan nonton TV, ternyata...Julia Roberts!
Gedubrak!!

Entah apakah keduniawian lebih menguasai diriku atau malah sebaliknya, dari dulu aku selalu merasa bahwa mudik lebaran itu selalu merepotkan.

Di satu sisi, aku ingin lebih kusyu dalam beribadah karena justru di akhir Ramadhanlah Tuhan melipatgandakan pahala dan memberi hadiah Lailatul Qadar pada umatnya. Tapi apa yang terjadi? Aku musti sibuk kesana kemari pontang-panting cari tiket murah dengan skedul harus sebelum lebaran. Lalu memilah-milah tabungan, mana yang buat beli oleh-oleh, mana yang buat angpao lebaran, mana yang buat pergi ke Jogja dan balik lagi ke Jakarta, mana yang buat beli kue lebaran, etc..etc…

Mungkin terdengar simple; ah hanya tiket dan urusan keuangan aja. Tak akan pernah simple bila semua jadwal transportasi kereta dan pesawat penuh. Tak akan pernah simple jika aku menderita mabuk darat sehinggak nggak bisa naik bis. Tak akan pernah simple bila keuangan terbatas. Mau nebeng ke Jawa, nebeng siapa? Belum macetnya. Bisa 24 jam dari Jakarta ke Jogja di saat lebaran seperti ini.

Memang ada seninya bila mudik naik mobil. Kita bisa melihat stan dan bendera macam-macam provider telepon pamer di pinggir jalan, kenalan dengan sesama pemudik di tempat peristirahatan, dan polisi yang ramah-ramah. Atau kita bisa ketawa-tawa di mobil melihat papan penunjuk jalan sebuah restoran “Restauran Anu –100 km” Lalu angka 100 km itu akan berkurang di setiap kilometernya “Restauran Anu-99 km” Sampai akhirnya papan menunjukkan “Restoran Anu-0 km sedia anu, anu dan anu”

Kembali ke soal kerepotan tadi…Kerepotan akan bertambah ketika ternyata aku masih punya pekerjaan yang belum selesai. Bukan karena malas atau lelet tapi pekerjaanku mengandung unsur komunikasi dua arah dengan klien. Sehingga kadang-kadang aku harus sabar (namun menggerutu) menunggu klien yang lelet memberi materi atau lelet mereview pekerjaanku. Aku termasuk orang yang bertanggung jawab tinggi dengan pekerjaan sehingga berat rasanya meninggalkan pekerjaan yang belum beres selama dua minggu. Maunya sih satu Minggu saja, tapi kalau satu Minggu dengan syarat pas lebaran harus ada di Jogja, pasti syusyah transportnya.

Kenapa sih harus repot dan rela kehilangan moment untuk kusyu di akhir-akhir bulan Ramadhan dengan pikiran mudik mudik dan mudik? Kenapa harus memaksakan diri berjubel naik kendaraan umum, bahkan ada yang naik truk atau motor demi berada di kampung halaman pas hari H-nya? Bahkan mungkin orang-orang musti utang sana-sini untuk bisa pulang kampung. Belum lagi yang harus memaksakan diri terlihat ‘sukses’ di kampung halaman dengan membeli bejibun oleh-oleh atau perhiasan emas gemintang buat dirinya sendiri. Apa orang tua kita akan marah besar bila sehari dua hari sesudah lebaran? Apakah kita akan durhaka?

Bila kupunya anak nanti, dan di era itu mudik lebaran masih saja merepotkan, aku tak akan mewajibkan anakku berkunjung pas hari H lebaran. Lebih baik bila dia menyisakan cuti panjang di hari lain untuk berkunjung santai, tak perlu repot dan stress. Kunjunganpun akan lebih terasa bermakna dan tak sekedar ‘wajib pulang’

Maaf mama…mama jangan sedih…Akupun rindu mama dan papa…tetap akan kuusahakan pulang…Aku hanya capek dan ingin berkeluh kesah….


Blog EntryBye Bye Germany!Sep 22, '06 4:58 AM
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Doing packing and collecting my working files here. Tomorrow I have to fly back to Jakarta. Hm...I start to like it being here but I will never be here for good if I'm not back to Jakarta and process the rest of marriage document. Only 30% left now I hope. yesterday me and Danny went to city council and not much we need to do more regarding the marriage. Everything seems perfect! :)

But here, my project is also not finish yet. Hmm..I hope I can continue it from Indo. The bar is still under construction!!

Will be back here again next year! In winter! Doh! But I'm happy!

Btw I'm listening some old funny songs from my uncle. Quite cheering up! hehe...Glory morning...Thx again uncle!

Photo AlbumChildren Painting Exhibition (10 photos)Aug 9, '06 12:19 AM
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Sorry for late upload. The exibiton already closed :(

I took these pics with my cell, sorry if the pics are not that good quaility.

Dhandy and Safina are some of the children in this exhibiton. They'r my nephew and niece. They are 8 and 3 yars old now. Even so young they are so active in painting exhbitions. No wonder, cos their parent are artists and their mom always organize painting and arts exhibitions for kids :)

Blog EntryMaybe God just wanted to say hi :)May 31, '06 12:39 AM
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Saturday 27 May around 2am, I couldn't sleep. Woke up many times and heard one single biggest thunder ever heard in my whole life. I had a feeling already that something is happening in my hometown, Yogyakarta. I thought it was the mountain so I didn't worry. believe Merapi wont harm us.

But at 6.15 I got terrible news, its earthquake in Yogya. Not by Merapi but by the sea.

My parents!!
My parents house is only around 13km from beach line, behind Indonesia Institute of the Arts, my university and the tsunami issue really stressed me out. Tried to call my parents thousand time but no gain. Trued to call all Yogya numbers I know and still no gain.

My bf called me at his really early morning and I started to cry. Vonny didn't get any words for me cos I kept crying when she called. Everybody started to spam me with sms and calls but I didn't know how to explain! I need them to help me find out hows my parents! But they couldn't cos they are not in Yogya! Amazingly I could reach Dede and Sinta in Yogya. They are panicking. Everything seemed not good. I gave them my parents number...but still no gain from them as well. Electricity and phone connection are broken.

And my dad is sick. He cant walk without help of his square walking stick or wheelchair when he has to travel. Its hard to imagine hows my daddy tried to escape when this 5.9 richter earthquake happened.

Finally around 11am, a military brought us a good news. Our house had gone but my parents are ok. Feel relieve but I need to know how 'ok' were my parents. Impossible to get flight, my brother in law, a driver and me went to Yogya by car right away after got the position of my parents.

Sunday, 28 May, 3am we arrived Yogya. Passed my university and my head started to spinning. Everybody lay down on the street with whatever light and the main buildings of my university are totally damaged. I really didn't looking forward what I would see the next. Got into my house complex...Sigh...the view is not that different. I started to shiver.

And...
I wish I can describe hows my feeling when I saw my dad laying down on the street in front of our broken house with sky as rooftop. Its my mom tried to calm me down, not me calm her down. I was so sad...and my beloved mom is so tough :)

Then the day started to dawn. The sun started to rise and the candle light started to fade away. Now we can see clearly whats in front of our eyes. I thought its already worst, but when I walked around to the suburb next to my complex...its worse!! I started to cry and ran back to my complex. I cant be a volunteer! I always cry and have no heart to see the fact! Gosh..whats happened to us...God angry to us? Why? or God just wanna say hi?

Saw bad bad condition around me, I should say thx God and feel bless that my parents are okay without any harm. When the earthquake happened my mom hugged my dad, cover him from any material from the top. My dad couldn't run and my mom didn't want to leave him. Ceiling, rooftops, painting, wall, everything fall drop to my mom and she didn't feel a thing. The floor jumped around and water pop up from the ground but she didn't feel a thing. And alhamdulillah they are ok

Before sunset we left Yogya, back again to Jakarta. Overnight in Boyolali for a day cos everybody tired. Here my mom started to feel pain. Her body bruised but its not that bad. Its a miracle :)

Tuesday, 30 May, 1am we arrived Jakarta safely. My parents getting cheer up and the only thing that made my mom worry is only: where we gonna make celebration for your engagement dear Ita? (my family call me Ita). We don't have house anymore...
My engagement supposed to be on 24 June and parents already done with all preparation for my boyfriend visit. Mom is so sad when everything didn't happen as the expectation.

I laughed for this question. She's too much worry about such little thing for that :) I think my bf doesn't mind to put me a ring under the tree :)

So everything ok with my family. They stay with my sister right now. With grand kids there I'm sure the healing process wont take long time :)

But still lots people stuck in Yogya. They don't have place to go. I will go back there today. Me and some friends from Indonesia Institute of the Arts try to collect donations and give our best help for people around the university, sewon Bantul.

And for the last I would like to thank for all pray, support and attention that friends give me. John who never stop calling me to make sure that everything okay, mama Kimberly, Jan Andre, Selina, all friends in Destin and Prestige...hey guys :)) , friends who suddenly show up after didn't have contact for years...(I hate to admit it, but sometimes it natural disaster can gather us) , everybody who really back me up in the most difficult of time...I love you guys...


this buildings no longer there :(


Blog EntryHello mom...Apr 13, '06 4:50 AM
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Sleepy again.
Always sleepy.
Born sleepy eh? Hehe...

I'm in the beginning of step in new life and nuthing is easy with that.
I'd like to go back to my hometown...and find whatever job there.
I'd like to accompany my parents for awhile before I move out again.

Hmm..I never really stay with parents in fact. Already separate with them since I was 16 y/o and before that i didn't really had time with them as well since they're busy mom and busy dad :) But I remember one night, when somebody knocked the door at 2am and asked my mom to help the woman who will deliver the baby. Mom took me with her cos my dad was out town at that time,and we drove with her green motorbike. My mom is a midwife, she will go to anywhere people call for her help. And that night, it was poor family who lived near the beach. A hut, tipsy house, no electricity there. My mom went inside the house with lil light and I waited outside alone, no light, only sea-breeze, splashy waves and night sounds accompany me. It was scary and bloody cold. But if I went inside with my mom...euh...to see woman crying and yelling to give birth...I might get faint. Don't ask me how I will deliver my baby later since I'm afraid of blood! :p

Hmm...miss my mom...
Greeting to all moms here...
Greeting to Mauro's mom



Blog EntryThe most Friday I love!Mar 16, '06 10:58 PM
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Bloody sleepy but I'm terrible happy today :))
My life is blessed! Thx God!
Thx mom!
thx dad!


Blog EntryAnna KareninaJan 19, '06 3:12 AM
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Day ago watched Oprah Winfrey show about her Book Club. She choose Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy for summer reading in her club and she started it with saying 'Don't be scared' regarding to that thick book with many russian names inside.
I always want to read that book! But I'm scared! Remember when I was kid, my mom always busy tried hard to finish that book beside working in hospital and cleaning the house :(







Btw i always curious whose Oprah make up stylist? She always looks beautiful with make up!


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