Daddy

Ghia... Ghia.... Entah darimana mulainya atau terpengaruhnya, sekarang dia kerap manggil bababnya dengan istilah 'daddy'. curiganya sih terpengaruh acara tv dan teman-temannya di playgroup.

Tapi ga sih, lucu juga kedengerannya. Dan itu biasanya muncul kalau ybs lagi kesel banget ga diturutin permintaannya, langsung deh teriak,"Daddy.. daddy."

Anyway, ga terasa, blog ini udah lama ga ditengok-tengok. lihat postingan terakhir, eh.. ternyata itu menjelang ultahnya Ghia. Dan pada saat posting ini ditulis, pun menjelang ultahnya Ghia.

Makin banyak kepintarannya yang muncul. Cuma... nanti ya diposting sebagian-sebagian... maklum deh (dengan beribu alasan he he he).

Chiao.

Jumper Hijau - Gigi

Aku posting foto Ghia terbaru ya ... diambil medio April 2008, lagi pake jumper hijau ... maklum, di Aussie sekarang ini udah mulai masuk winter ... so ... pakaian2 tebal sudah mulai 'bertebaran' dan 'bertaburan' ... kalo ga .. wow ... dinginnya. Akhir2 ini suhu terendah sktr 5 drjt celcius and suhu tertinggi sktr 17 drjt celcius ... range nya jauh kan ... kalo tidur malem, udah pasti sekarang ini pake electric blanket deh.

Gigi nya Ghia udah mulai tumbuh perlahan-lahan, udah kelihatan ada 5 buah tuh nongol. Yang pertama yang kanan atas depan (kanan badannya Ghia ya ...). Waktu tumbuh gigi pertama ini sempat panas badannya. Waktu itu sempat khawatir juga seh kalo dia sakit gitu (Alhamdulillah Ghia selama di Aussie sehat2 aja), eh ... akhirnya ketahuan ternyata panas badannya itu karena mau tumbuh gigi ... Alhamdulillah deh, akhirnya dikasih panadol untuk baby aja ... turun deh panasnya. Cuma sekarang bundanya nih yang ketempuhan, kalo nyusu asi ... suka ngegigit ... jadi bundanya kesakitan. Kalo Ghia ngegigit, sama bundanya dipencet hidungnya tuh ha ha ha...

Bulan ini, insya Allah, Ghia mau berumur setahun nih ... nanti tanggal 28 Mei 2008, doain ya supaya Ghia jadi anak yang berguna bagi agama, nusa dan bangsanya dan juga bagi kedua orang tuanya .... (klise ya .. tapi itulah sepertinya harapan ortu pada umumnya ... and indeed, it is true).

Oce .. see you next time.

Wassalam,

Babab

Topi haji

Ghia lagi berpose pake topi haji nih ... mirip siapa ya ... mirip pak Haji kali ya he he he..yang pasti topinya keguedean soalnya topi bababna dipake...
bye
wassalam,
Babab

The age

From my desk calendar,
a wise words:

Life is an endurance test, so why be ashamed of your age? [P. K. Shaw]

Just for our inspiration.
Wassalam,
Babab

Nasehat dari seorang teman di Rotary

Dear all,

Ada nasehat bagus nih dari seorang teman di Rotary: Ivan B., sbb:

Cinta bisa menumbuhkan kepedulian
Seni bisa menambah keindahan dan ketenangan

Ada wejangan dari salah satu buku kuno, sebagai berikut :

Siapa mencintai didikan, mencintai pengetahuan; tetapi siapa membenci teguran adalah dungu.

Orang yang tak berpengalaman percaya kepada setiap perkataan, tetapi orang yang bijak memperhatikan
langkahnya.

Orang bijak berhati-hati dan menjauhi kejahatan, tetapi orang bebal melampiaskan nafsunya dan merasa aman.

Siapa lekas naik darah, berlaku bodoh, karena akan menabung banyak penyakit.

That's all, moga bermanfaat .... ;-D
best regards,
Babab

1 Menit saja

Dear All,

Miris ning ati nih (you may read the following reflection - from the neighbour mailing list):

SEMENIT SAJA

Betapa besarnya nilai uang kertas senilai Rp.100.000 apabila dibawa ke masjid untuk disumbangkan; tetapi betapa kecilnya kalau dibawa ke Mall untuk dibelanjakan!

Betapa lamanya melayani Allah SWT selama lima belas menit namun
betapa singkatnya kalau kita melihat film.

betapa sulitnya untuk mencari kata-kata ketika berdoa (spontan) namun
betapa mudahnya kalau mengobrol atau bergosip dengan pacar / teman
tanpa harus berpikir panjang-panjang.

Betapa asyiknya apabila pertandingan bola diperpanjang waktunya ekstra namun kita mengeluh ketika khotbah di masjid lebih lama sedikit daripada biasa.

Betapa sulitnya untuk membaca satu lembar Kitab Suci tapi betapa mudahnya membaca 100 halaman dari novel yang laris.

Betapa getolnya orang untuk duduk di depan dalam pertandingan atau konser namun lebih senang berada di shaf paling belakang ketika berada di Rumah Ibadah

Betapa mudahnya membuat 40 tahun dosa demi memuaskan nafsu birahi semata, namun alangkah sulitnya ketika menahan nafsu selama beberapa hari ketika berpuasa ..
Betapa sulitnya untuk menyediakan waktu untuk berdoa; namun
betapa mudahnya menyesuaikan waktu dalam sekejap pada saat terakhir untuk event yang menyenangkan.

Betapa sulitnya untuk mempelajari arti yang terkandung di dalam Kitab Suci; namun betapa mudahnya untuk mengulang-ulangi gosip yang sama kepada orang lain.

Betapa mudahnya kita mempercayai apa yang dikatakan oleh koran namun
betapa kita meragukan apa yang dikatakan oleh Kitab Suci.


Betapa Takutnya kita apabila dipanggil Boss dan cepat-cepat menghadapnya namun betapa kita berani dan lamanya untuk menghadapNya saat waktu beribadah.

Betapa setiap orang ingin masuk sorga seandainya tidak perlu untuk percaya atau berpikir,atau mengatakan apa-apa,atau berbuat apa-apa.
Betapa kita dapat menyebarkan seribu lelucon melalui e-mail, dan menyebarluaskannya dengan FORWARD seperti api; namun kalau ada mail yang isinya tentang Keagungan Allah betapa seringnya kita ragu-ragu, enggan membukanya dan mensharingkannya, serta langsung klik pada icon DELETE.

ANDA TERTAWA ...? atau ANDA BERPIKIR-PIKIR. ..?
Sebar luaskanlah Sabda-Nya, bersyukurlah kepada ALLAH, YANG MAHA MENGETAHUI, MENDENGAR, PENGASIH DAN PENYAYANG.
Apakah tidak lucu apabila anda tidak memFORWARD pesan ini. Betapa banyak orang tidak akan menerima pesan ini, karena anda tidak yakin bahwa mereka masih percaya akan sesuatu?

Hope it'll useful.
wassalam,
Bababna Ghia

Yoghurt

Last night was the first time for Ghia to eat yoghurt as his additional food. In Australia, you can find easily at Supermarket yoghurt for babies/infants start their 6 months of age. So we gave him yoghurt and was just wondering whether he would be like it or not. Fortunately, he enjoyed eating his yoghurt. Successfully, he could finish his first cup of yoghurt easily. You can look at those photos above how enjoy he was.

Just for your information, the nurse in health and community center also suggested to give him yoghurt, because yoghurt is a kind of good diet for babies. it contents high calcium.

That's all for today,
Cheers,
Babab

Takut gagal?

Dari sumber Detikcom,

ada yang menarik dari dialog berikut ini, yaitu ketika Thomas Alfa Edison (penemu bola lampu) ditanya,"Mr. Edison, apa tanggapan anda, setelah ribuan kali usaha anda gagal menciptakan bola lampu?". Anda tahu apa jawaban dari Mr. Edison itu...?

Ini jawabannya, "Maaf, siapa bilang saya gagal. Saya sekarang menjadi tahu bahwa ada ribuan cara yang tidak sesuai dengan apa yang diinginkan dan saya juga menjadi tahu bahwa ada ribuan bahan di muka bumi ini yang tidak bisa digunakan untuk membuat bola lampu."

Luar biasa ......!

Cheers,

Babab

Wisdoms: Pressure

"The real pressure is (only) in your mind"
Cheers,
Babab

Refleksi: Hidup ini singkat (lho)!

Orang tua dulu bilang kalau hidup itu adalah suatu yang ‘nyeni’ … full of art … terutama kalau orang itu sudah mengalami hidup berumah tangga …. Artinya apa seh …? Itu loh … bahwa setiap orang itu dalam menjalani hidupnya pasti berbeda-beda. Ga ada yang sama biar bersaudara kembarpun. Setiap orang melakoni jalan hidupnya masing-masing …. Sesuai dengan keinginannya. Keinginannya? Ya betul, keinginannya. Ada guideline yang orang biasa rujuk untuk hidup yaitu: Al Quran + Al Hadist (sorry, that’s because I am a muslim), tapi untuk sampai ke every details in seconds … you shall be creative on it. But that’s life. [Dalam hal ini ane bukannya sok alim sih … Cuma … walaupun mungkin ane masih dalam kriteria ‘bad’ in religion, tapi setidak-tidaknya masih berusaha untuk selalu di hati ada ‘sedikit’ hope untuk tetap bisa hidup sesuai dengan jalanNya … gicu … deh]

Ada pandangan kerohanian (hadist? I forgot) yang menyatakan (dan ini yang saya biasanya sadari dan ikuti) bahwa jika kita melihat seorang pengembara sedang beristirahat (berteduh) di bawah sebuah pohon yang sangat rindang karena kelelahan (pohon beringin kah …?!) untuk sekedar melepas rasa penat dan lelah, dan apabila sang pengembara tersebut sudah hilang rasa penat dan lelahnya maka dia akan melanjutkan perjalanannya … mengembara …. Nah gambaran kita hidup di dunia fana ini adalah sama dengan ketika sang pengembara itu beristirahat di bawah pohon yang rindang tadi. Very short, isn’t it? Kemudian perjalanan sang pengembara sebelum beristirahat di bawah pohon adalah gambaran sebelum manusia dilahirkan dan perjalanan sang pengembara setelah beristirahat di bawah pohon adalah gambaran setelah manusia menemui sang malaikat al maut.

Maksud loh apa seh …? Mungkin maksudku itu …. Kalau gambaran hidup kita seperti itu … kenapa kita terlalu fokus ke arah kehidupan duniawi ya … ga inget akan kehidupan setelah mati … wow … banyak pertanyaan yang lalu muncul:
- apakah bekal kita untuk akhirat sudah cukup?
- apakah hidup kita sudah bisa berarti buat orang lain? (banyak kita jumpai untuk ngurus diri sendiri aja repot apalagi untuk ngurusin orang lain … I hope my life will be not like that)-
- dan seterusnya … dan seterusnya ….

So, jadi ‘ngeri’ ya … karena hidup ini sangat singkat, ga tau deh .. Cuma aja I’ll try to be wise with my (our) life and .. keep being optimistic with the life

This advice is just for myself.

Many thanks

Babab
[Keterangan foto: Sumsion Gardens, Huon Street, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia - 28 December 2007]

Living in Albury, NSW, Australia

Many of my friends asked me why I never updated my blog anymore. A good question indeed and I just realised that updating my blog is very important. Because it likes bringing up to date my journal day by day and will aware other person (and also give a respect) for them who has a chance to visit my blog.

I live in Albury right now with my family (anyone who wants to know more about Albury city in New South Wales Australia please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albury%2C_New_South_Wales). I came earlier (on August 2007), Mia and Ghia came a few months afterward (in late of October 2007). We rent a small house in East Albury precisely in 291 Downside Street, East Albury, NSW 2640. Actually it is a good choice to live, especially for the new comer like us. The downtown is not too far from the house, only need around 15 minutes on foot, crossing the bridge up to the freeway. We have good neighbours. Gill and Robert on the right and Grandma (we don’t know her name) – living alone – in the left. We have another good neighbours in ample forth street, their name are Jo and Dai. They are a young couple and we have a real good relationship indeed.


Mia and Ghia, I think, can adapt with the Australian (specifically Albury) condition. Ghia shows a good growing. His nurse, Caleen, said that when we bring him to her regularly (usually once in a month). She said that it is good for Ghia because he can have what he need for growing: breast milk, formula milk, solid food (he is 7 months right now and he started eating solid food since he was 5 – 6 months of age).

Mia and Ghia also join the Mum and children playgroup at West Albury Community Centre once a week. They can meet with new mums and other children on the same age. We usually come there every Thursdays from 10 – 12 noon. The important thing is they look enjoy with the activities in there.

Ghia has started crawling but still shows his anxiety when he starts crawling. However, for us, he is a good baby. He looks strong enough and he is a hilarious baby. Of course he will cry when he is hungry or sleepy or need attention from us but it is normal I suppose.

So far everything is alright.

Babab

Kanggaroo Boxing

The video of Kanggaroo. They were fighting each other. I captured the video from behind the kitchen, dorm kitchen at University village, University of Canberra - 6 February 2007. Along time ago ... however, please enjoy yourself. regards, Babab (You can also see this kanggaro boxing in Youtube:

The video of kanggoroo. They were fighting each other.

regards
Babab

New performance of my blog

It seems my blog has other performance. Actually I don't want to add another story to my blog. The last edition was to show or to announce about the birth of my first son, Ghia. I wanted to stop until that part of the whole story. I didn't want to change his beautiful picture with another pictures. However I realized that live is still going on and the 'dynamics' is the key word how my blog has to be continued with another story. So, I changed my mind, I promise myself to renew my blog more often. You will be the witnesses how it goes. Perhaps the changing that will happen only the main stream of the blog. I think most of them is talking about Ghia. Please don't get bored to read about him.

see you and thank you to become my place of sharing.

best regards,

Babab

Ghia was born today

Dear all,
Alhamdulillah, Thank God that this morning our lovely baby was born at Hermina Hospital Jakarta on Monday, 28 May 2007 - 5.55 wib. The baby is a boy and his name is Ghia Nugraha Ilefensyah Bugiputra. His weight was 3.220 kg and length 48 cm. Thank to Dr. Judi, Tante Tutrie, Om Tony whom take Mia to the hospital. Ninin Fatimah (QMom), Ninin Sopiah, Aki Rudi, Fifi and fam, Ceu Susi, Madi and fam, Robby and Meta, Doctors, Nurses and all who support and help on the process of Ghia's birth. Thank you and may God bless you forever.
By the way, you could see Ghia's picture on the link website right below. (I don't know, on the time writing this blog, I found difficulties to find the link to put the picture on my blog, I don't know why). I will tell you later on about the process of Ghia's birth. Ok, see you,
wassalam,
Babab Bugi

[Ghia-USG] The Best Picture that I've ever seen (thanks Om Tony, Tante Tutrie and Dr. Judi)

Alhamdulillah .. amazing .... unbelievable. Thanks to Allah SWT who has already create this little lovely creature ... he is Ghia ... our lovely son, he is still in Bunda Mia's uterus (his mother's name is bunda Mia Yunaentin), he is just waiting for the time of baby due .... He looks so nice and cute .. I really couldn't believe that he is Ghia. I can't stop seeing at those pictures.
Thank you Tony for your effort for scanning and sending these pictures to me, It's really appreciated. Indeed, those are the most amazing pictures that I've ever had and have ever seen ( I hope there will be more amazing pictures of him in the near future)
By the way, this ultrasound pictures was taken at Hermina Hospital, of the help of Dr. Judi Januadi (he is a very nice doctor), Jakarta, 16 April 2007. Also, for your information, I've use one of them as my laptop background so I can see him all the time ... seeing from the distance.
Cheers,
Babab

Brief Canberra

Assalamualaikum wr wb

Dear all,

Several pictures just nearby.

Photo 1
Parliament house and War Memorial from the distance


Photo 2
Wow .. canberra ...!!!


Photo 3
Under the bridge, from UC to the Ginnindera Lake


Photo 4
Ginnindera Lake



Photo 5
Ginnindera Lake, near the Lighthouse Cafe


Regards,
Bababna Ghia

Xa Lie, Muslim from China

I met her in the bus (Greyhound coach) when I had traveling from Canberra to Albury on Monday, 9 April 2007. She is Chinese from Hui ethnic group (sorry, I don’t know how to spell it correctly), and she traveled alone. What make me surprise that she is Muslim. Yes, she is Muslim. I rarely meet Muslim from China, ups yes… I met one man during the youth camp in Jervis Bay; he studies at ANU, but he grown up here, in Australia. Xa Lie is doing research at University of Melbourne, one year research. She is a medical doctor, specialization in eyes.

We were talking many subjects. One of it is about food in Australia. As a Muslim, we find the same difficulties, finding the ‘no pork’ food in our diet. It is easy to differ between pork and other meat such as chicken, beef and lamb, we just read the label. However, many Muslims always raise question such as is it slaughtered in the name of Allah? Is it slaughtered in a good manner? When it is being slaughtered, it is not mix with pig? And so on. Furthermore, emulsifiers (sort of thing that mix in the food as one of the ingredients) make us confused. For example, some people said that emulsifier 471 is made from vegetables, but some people said that it is made from animal fat, so it is haram as well. What was Xa Lie’s opinion on aforementioned confusion, she said that there is a Chinese proverb; it says that if you do not see, it means that it is clean. In addition, she said that as long as no pork in our diet, it is acceptable. In my opinion, I will agree with her opinion. What do you think?
Cheers,
Bababna Ghia

My picture on 7 march 2007

Dear all,

just try to send my picture taken at 7 march 2007 in Councourse (alun2nya kampus), after having lunch.

cheers,

Bababna Ghia

Indang Dance and Poco-poco at Univ of Canberra

Canberra, 4 April 2007


Dear all,

Assalamualaikum wr. wb.,

Weleh .. seumur-umur belon pernah nari .. sekali nari kok di
umur-umur segini .. tapi .. fun juga sih .. dimana ayo narinya ...
jauh lho .. di University of Canberra, 21 Maret 2007. For you,

here is the story (walau terlambat, ga apa-apa yo):

21 March 2007 is the Harmony Day, the United Nations Day to
celebrate/commemorate the end of racisme in the world.
For that moment, as the member of UC clubs, University of
Canberra Indonesian Student Society (UCISS) took a part
actively. We performed two dances and one song. Indang Dance

(form West Sumatera), Poco-poco dance (from Sulawesi Island)
and Yamko Rambe Yamko (Song from Papua Province).
Amazingly, nobody is a real dancer, and we have only a courage to
do it (Nike said: 'just do it'). We had been practising just for
around 2,5 weeks, three days per week. Ismail (student - master
program from Aceh) taught Indang dance and myself taught Poco
Poco dance (I only learnt poco-poco in the office, in Makassar).
Surprisingly, our performance was very successful. We received
many compliments. Many people said that our performance was
the highlight of the Harmony Day 2007, and Leonie (Director of
UC Harmony) added that our best achievement was we could
ask the UC Vice Chancellor (Rektornya) to up and dancing
together with the dancers and all audiences. This event was also

attended by the Representative of UN in Australia and Indonesian
Education and Culture Atache. We could not draw how happy we

were. We did it! Yes!!!
We've got two certificate of appreciation, one from UC and one from Embassy of RI.
Now we are very optimistic, we are ready to participate on other
similar events (wah .. nantang nih ye ...). Do you believe that we have received the invitation again from the university to perform in May and September ... We have discussed and we are agree to perform another dance from all over Indonesia (gaya euy, siapa yang nglatih ya .. he .. he ....), and the next dance should be Saman dance, from Aceh. Ups ... I forgot to tell you that the theme of the Harmony Day 2007 is 'bringing the world together' and .. our performance was parralled with the theme and our philosophy: unity in diversity (Bhinneka Tunggal Ika) ...
See you guys,
wassalam,
Bababna Ghia