Saat harus banyak-banyak bersyukur

Yang perlu disyukuri minggu ini adalah…..

Alhamdulillah pengajian bulan kedua di cluster jadi diadakan, dan tausiah dari Pak Muz benar-benar mengetuk hati, bahwa melatih kesabaran dan mampu menahan amarah adalah ciri-ciri orang bertaqwa, dan meskipun sulit – it’s something do-able Insya Allah. Sore itu hati terasa lebih ringan saat melangkah pulang sehabis pengajian.

Alhamdulillah sukses menjadikan Alith the happiest boy in the block hari Minggu yang lalu – it’s his birthday party. Aduh terharu deh dengar kalimat ini keluar berulang-ulang dari bibir mungilnya “makasih mama sudah bikin ade senang banget” sambil nge-kiss pipi kiri, kanan, hidung sampe basah hehehe

Pagi ini bangun dengan hati galau, secara harus membuat keputusan yang crucial tapi belum yakin sama diri sendiri. Siangnya habis Dhuhur, sholat sunat dua rakaat dan membuka Al-Quran, berdoa dalam hati minta pertolongan saking bingungnya apa yang harus diminta. Alhamdulillah, one unexpected phone call yang datang malam ini ternyata membukakan jalan keluar.

Thank you yaa Allah yaa Robbi

7 weird things about me

Okay, my dearest Ika tagged me about a month ago, so there we go – I gotta do my homework.

7 weird things about me

1. I hate being thin, while most of my friends struggle on reducing weight, I urgently need to gain some.

2. I stick to Disney channel even when my kids have gone to bed, I faithfully watch Hannah Montana, That’s so Raven, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Life with Derek, also High School Musical over and over again.

3. The first years I was in college, I sat in the front during exams so that I can not cheat – and that’s only BECAUSE my best friend’s wise words always stinging in my ears – Ulie, cheating is no good

4. I bought and collected too many toys which my kiddos only play for a while (and that’s how I got the idea about toys hiring)

5. My most relaxing seating position is having one leg curled under the other leg – but in some cultures it’s considered inappropriate though

6. My last paid job was a 5pm – 10pm work as a test reader for Elementary School’s Math Evaluation project – a job I got after passing an easy math test

7. My fave drink is a mix of coke and sweetened condensed milk – a deadly drink a friend once called, and she called me weirdo coz I prefer it over a glass of beer

haiya, I am done!

WordPress oh wordpress

frequently asked questions and the answers:

q : website kadoanak.com keren, bikin pake apa?
a : wordpress

q : wordpress itu apa?
a : nggg, apa ya… semacam software untuk bikin website (haiya lah – say something better). Jadi begini…. website itu ada yang statis, contohnya website jadul – bikinnya pake html. Nah kalo yang dinamis pake wordpress.

q : emang website dinamis bisa ngapain?
a : tentang website statis dulu. Website statis terdiri dari halaman-halaman yang biasanya gag perlu sering diupdate, dan content-nya juga gag banyak jadi masih mudah dikelola. Mengubah isi website statis berarti harus ngubah per halaman- halaman yang ada.
Nah bayangkan kalo harus mengelola website yang berisi ratusan halaman – bisa gempor tuh bok. Nah dalam hal ini, boleh deh melirik CMS – content management system – yang jamak digunakan untuk bikin website dinamis. Dengan CMS, website bisa diisi ratusan content, ada database dsb sehingga kerjaan mengupdate jadi lebih simpel.

q : hubungan CMS ma wordpress?
a : baik-baik aja (getok….) err maksudnya wordpress adalah salah satu CMS yang makin banyak diminati saat ini karena konon lebih mudah digunakan, lebih SEO-friendly (nah ini jangan minta dibahas sekarang yak), dll. Selain wordpress ada banyak CMS yang lain kek Joomla, Drupal (bukan krupal lho hehehe), Mambo, wuihhh banyak deh. Tapi eike belajar wordpress ajah, cukup satu bikin mabok heuheuheu – janganlah ditanya bikin program CMS sendiri, ampuuun deh.

q : kok milih wordpress?
a : duh gimana sih kan dah dibilang, eniwei awalnya sih eike terpesona tampilan website-website yg ternyata dibikin pake wordpress, bisa di-customize sedemikian rupa seakan dibuat sama web designer pro. Lagian, ternyata dah ada plugin untuk shopping cart nya kan penting tuh buat bikin toko online. secara cita-cita eike dari dulu ya disitu2 aja

(segitu dulu, 8 minutes to 12 – waktunya cinderella pulang hihihi)

Mamma Mia! aaaaaahhhhh…..

Akhirnya nonton Mamma Mia! at the comfort of my black sofa in the cozy family room – ditemenin abang. Thanks honey I know this is not your favorite kind of movie. But we had a real good time, didn’t we? Cekakakan teyus secara banyak adegan dan percakapan yang hilarious.

did I mention that I love ABBA? Kalo lagi bete di rumah sering nyanyi karaoke lagu-lagunya ABBA, jingkrak-jingkrak bareng Mila sampe doi ikutan hapal liriknya, CDnya sering distel keras-keras di mobil sambil menyusuri Interstate-10 berisikin abang yang lagi dapat giliran tidur heuheuheu.

Mama Mia! filem musikal….. jadi deh sepanjang filem iq ikutan nyanyi, kasian banget deh untung tabah yg nemenin. Sinopsis baca disini. Meryl Streep did a very good job in singing and jumping around…. jadi ingat waktu doi main di Devil Wears Prada, haaa what a completely different person.

Si cantik Amanda Seyfried juga tampil keren, fave gw waktu doi nyanyi Honey Honey – dengerin lagunya disini

“Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honey
Honey honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honey
I’d heard about you before
I wanted to know some more
And now I know what they mean, you’re a love machine
Oh, you make me dizzy…. “

Hampir semua hits ABBA dinyanyikan di film ini, kecuali – yang gw ingat – Fernando (haiya lah isinya gag cocok susyah nyisipin entar maksa dot com lagih).

…and the scene Slipping through My Fingers reminds me to my sweet little girl and that someday I have to let her go, hiks…

” Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I’m losing her forever
And without really entering her world
I’m glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what’s in her mind
Each time I think I’m close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time “

Buat yang belom nonton dan cinta ABBA, this is a must see!