07.13 - Lievell

Sunday, July 28, 2013

6:33 AM

K4 : Week 17

K4 : Week 17

Fritz recently 4 years 4 months

This week, we didn't much do as I was busy with my online shop. There's lots of things to be done as last week I was totally spend days at the funeral home. 

Reading Eggs
Today, we had a replacement test in Reading Eggs. Finally we could join with Reading Eggs with special price for homeschoolers. I really wanted to say thank you to one of my homeschooler's friend, Kak Ophie. I joined with Reading Eggs only for 200K rupiah.

As we had new account, Fritz needed to have a test first and the result was he's in level 6. Great!

Math


"What time is it, Mama?" {Jam berapa sekarang?}
"What day is today, Mama?" {Hari apa sekarang?}

Recently, he's quite busy asking about time and day. It related with the movie he wanted to watch in Disney Channel, Cars. As he's getting better in his English, he could read the day and time. Then he couldn't stop asking me about the day and time every day until the movie was playing. 

I think it's a great start to let him know more about time. I printed some clock's worksheets for him. He's quite okay and excited to learn it. Great!

Sunday, July 21, 2013

11:32 PM

K4 : Week 16

K4 : Week 16
Fritz is currently 4 years 3 months

We had a bad news, Pothai passed away. So during this week, we had to spend few days in funeral house. So sad not having her with us anymore. Mourning week...


Fritz learnt lots of things during this funeral. It's gonna be his first time seeing dead body. He knew that Pothai had passed away, means she slept forever and met Jesus in heaven {though he doesn't know the meaning of heaven exactly}. He was so curious when Pothai was being put in the coffin. He looked into the coffin and saw the ceremony. It's a learning for him.


For three days, he spent his whole days with his uncles, aunties and grandparents. He absolutely was so happy playing along the days with them. Learns to know more about family. 


Another lesson that he got was cremation. Pothai was being burried with her coffin. Waiting for her ashes and releasing her in the sea. 


May God bless her in heaven till we meet again....love you, Pothai....
10:58 PM

Rest In Peace, Popo

Rest In Peace, Popo
Wednesday morning, around 10 AM, I shocked hearing a bad news from Ali that her grandmother, we called Popo, had passed away. I couldn't believe it. I knew this news would come sooner or later in couple months but not sooner like this.

Her condition was not really good since April. She's getting thinner days by days and had refused to eat any food or even milk. She looked totally weak. She even couldn't move her body anymore. She's really needed help in everything. I think it's the best time for her to go. 

After I heard that news, I said to Ali that I wanted to go to his uncle's house to see her. I really wanted to see her for last time. When I almost arrived, I saw her uncle's car went out from his way. He said to me that Popo had been gone away with ambulance to Jelambar, the funeral home. He asked me whether I wanted to join with his car or just went there by myself. I preferred to go there by my bike.

I rushed to Jelambar hoping to see her for the last. Badly, she had already in mortuary. I didn't have any brave to see her corpse there, I was too coward :p. So I waited with the rest of family talking about the procedure this and that then we went home as we couldn't do many things till Iie came from Hongkong.

Popo is my mom in law's mom. She has 4 siblings. Her big sister, Iie Ahan, Ali's aunt from Hongkong. She goes to Indonesia very often recently to see her mom's condition. Then, my mom in law is the second daughter. The rest are 3 uncles, my mom in law's brother that we called Akhiu; Akhiu Awun, Akhiu Afung and Akhiu Aliong. 

Iie came that night and had picked up by Ali. Both of them were rushing to funeral home to know more about the procedure. Then Ali delivered Iie to Fave hotel and he went home around 1 AM.



The next day, on Thursday, all of us gathered in funeral home. In Chinese tradition, we believed in feng shui and it said that Popo had to be put in the coffin around 3-5 PM. Though Popo was Catholic but we had to follow the tradition. At the same time, we also had to pick up Pastor for the Requiem mass. We faced a bit of lack communication as Pastor wasn't at his place at that moment. Thankfully, we had Pastor with us and we could have Requiem mass then. That night, we had to close the coffin. So sad couldn't see her face anymore.


For few days, all the members of the family had to spend along the day at the funeral home together. It's really bad to know that we never had this moment when Popo was alive. To be honest, I didn't want it's over.

On Sunday, we really had to say goodbye forever to Popo. All of her children decided to cremate her at Dadap crematorium. It's the end of her journey in this world. Goodbye, Popo...until we meet again one day....




Sunday, July 14, 2013

6:35 AM

K4 : Week 15

K4 : Week 15
Fritz is currently 4 years 3 months

Holigram
Our Summer Class was going to the end this week. Our last theme was about 5 senses. 

Pasting the name of part of body

Touching Experiment: Hot and cold.
All of them were absolutely excited holding the ice cube. 

Worksheet: Matching the senses

Smelling Experiment

Craft: Making Maracas

Tasting Experiment

Last day! Calem's 2nd birthday party.
Calem is Ms Yuli's son. He's not joining with the HoliGram but all of the kids loved the party so much.

Our Summer Class was over!!

Miscellaneous
His enthusiasm in writing was quite big. After we had dinner with Popo {grandma from paternal side}, he didn't get to sleep. He asked for paper and he started to write all the member of family's name. He wrote my name, Papa's name, MAMA, PAPA, OPA, OMA, UNCLE, SUKSUK {uncle from paternal side, Ali's lil brother}, POPO. I forgot where I kept the picture, so I couldn't post any picture here. Too bad! :(

Fun


We're visiting Tante Emil, one of Papa's friends from college. She's just delivering her second child, Alvin Abimanyu. He looks so gorgeous!! 


We had three voucher that we bought before from LivingSocial for enjoying dimsum. Firstly we bought 3 vouchers as we thought they would count Fritz. Then they said that Fritz wasn't being counted as he's just a kid {kid doesn't eat lots}. So we asked my MIL to join with us enjoying dimsum at Acacia Hotel, Ming Restaurant. What a great dinner!!

Saturday, July 13, 2013

11:06 AM

During the Summer Class..

During the Summer Class..
Many miracles happened during this Summer Class...

It's started when one of my friend from Mom on March, Gabriella {Gaby}, joined with our Summer Class for her daughter, Nicolette. We had an intense meeting with her as she always picked up her daughter after the class. 

On first Tuesday, she asked Fritz to join with Nicole swimming in Puri Mansion's pool as her father in law has a house there. It's noon already but these two kids were busy in the pool while we're talking lots of things in the shady place near the pool. 

I really wanted to ask her lots about the license of making clothes. I've got an idea to make personalized clothes. We talked a lot of things then she offered me to resell her stuffs as she has her own baby shop. To be honest I've ever thought about that idea before and I also wanted to ask that same questions to her. It's just like a coincidence. 

I've never thought that I've got this opportunity. She offered me to resell her clothes by posting the photos only. Means, I don't need to put any stocks. I collected the orders then I went to her shop and got the stuffs to be sold. She really helped me lots with her offers as honestly I didn't have enough money to stock the stuffs any.

My days were getting busy with this kind of things, online shop!

Meanwhile, my best friend was busy with her visa for going to England on June. She said that she's gonna celebrate her daughter's birthday in her husband's hometown. Oh my...I was so jealous on her. LOL.

She's my really best friend I've ever had. Yes, I'm so jealous with her life as I'm so happy for her. She's so lucky having an English man as her husband. She's also having a cute baby girl named Calia.

However, I've got a bad-good news from her. She was so happy staying in England. Then, she had decided to move there next year. She's gonna move and never coming back again for long time. She said that she wanted Calia has the best education environment in England not in Indonesia. I agree with her as she has England man beside her and it's a great decision. If I'm her, I do the same thing.

In fact, I'm sad to know that she's not coming back to Indonesia for maybe 15 years.

Another story was coming in the third week in Summer Class. Again, I've intense meeting with Gaby and Nicole. This time, we had a date. She asked me to join with her and Nicole, watching Monster University. During our time, we had lots of talks. She encouraged me to have Novena. She told me about her story how she believe in Novena. Every time she had a problem, she always put her hope in God by Novena.

She's really a nice woman I've ever meet. She's kind and very rich but she's not arrogant at all. She told me lots about her life. I adore her so much. Really...I've never meet a nice woman like her who still wanted to help her friend like she did to me. I'm so thank to God to send her to help me.

My days were not always flat. I've many terrible days with my family. Sometimes I couldn't hardly face it. I'm so disappointed with them but I don't know how to heal it.

I decided to look for a house. This time, with a spirit from Gaby, I want to have a house. I believe I can have it though I know it's unbelievable. I put my faith in God that one day I can have it. Yes, I need Novena from now on. I believe God will help me!

Thanks for days You gave me, GOD. I know after this Summer Class, my life was change....

Sunday, July 7, 2013

6:32 AM

K4 : Week 14

K4 : Week 14

Fritz is currently 4 years 3 months

HoliGram
Our 3rd week theme was about Fruit and Vegetables. This week, Ms Yuli was going to Singapore for vacation with her family and also checking her mom's health. So it's just me and Ms Sarah handling these 5 kids in the class. Here's what we did during this week...
Art: Stamping with carrot and potato

Find the same pictures

Craft: Making strawberry hand fan

Planting the green beans

Racing for filling their plate with healthy food

Pasting all the fruit and vegetables they'd got during the racing

Stamping their hands to be corn leaves

Applying corns from crepe paper

Cooking Time!! Making fruit satay :9

Fun
Fritz had an opportunity to watch a movie with a girl friend named Nicole. He was totally excited when Nicole asked him after the class. The worst case was both of us weren't taking a bath that morning and I wasn't using any color on my face. Oh gosh!! Both of us were pretty ugly of course... :P :P


I parked my motor on Nicole mom's shop then we rode her car to Puri Indah Mall. Badly, the cinema hadn't opened yet. We decided to fulfill our tummy with Hoka Hoka Bento first for our lunch. The kids ate the Kidzu Bento, that's for kids and they had toys. Yeah, they're so excited!


Time to buy the ticket and watch the movie. They're really like teens who had date. It's really sweet of them. We watched Monster University. Both were sitting still till the end of the story with their toys in hand. Never find any date with toys in both hands. LOL

Thanks Nicole's mom for the treat! ^_^