What is a good day for you?

Despite being the first day of my period. In the end, I feel that today is a good day. I now feel relax and content. Today's formula of a good day is:
- I had time with my kids where I wasn't in a hurry or had to check my phone every now and then
- I had eye to eye conversation with them and listened to their story
- I cooked a meal for Oki
- I had dinner together with the kids
- Jehan, the relatively picky eater tried new food!. She ate a lot since I got home at 5: 30. A small chunk of banana bread I made last night, lots of mangoes, rice & chicken curry (most of the sauce was washed away first since it was kinda spicy), and she tried a piece of tofu I made for Oki and finished off with cup of chocolate milk.
- Jibran started to write in his little journal and we read together.
- Jehan read me her favorite Dora goes to the doctor story for 5 minutes. It was the cutest thing. I recorded it but she pressed the delete button accidentally. I was actually planning to let the girls at the office listen to it tomorrow *emang orang tua nggak boleh pamerin anaknya :D*
- Before she dozed off, she asked for a hug a few times and felt asleep in my arms :')

So in the end, it's all about whether I was there for my family or not and as long as I'm making memories with them, all is well with the world.

Just in Time

First day of period today so yea I was a bit cranky. In fact, I've been pretty cranky for the last two weeks. Something is definitely wrong with my stomach as I could feel nothing but gas!. Pair it with the flu that I've just been infected since Monday. I feel worse that I've ever felt in a long time :(. I haven't been very productive as I would like in the work department too. and the workload has been crazy. I'm overseeing a few projects that I have very little controls of, so it's stressing me out :(. In fact, I'm suspicious that it's actually stress that contributes to my stomach problem.

So I decided to leave the office at 4:30 today. I missed the kids. I missed being at home when the sun is still up. I missed lounging around the house and taking pictures of the kids. That's why I took the camera home with me, hoping to chase the light so I could take nice pictures.. But I had to stop at the grocery store first and came home before dusk, just in time to see this

Pantry Cabinet turned Book Shelf

I hated the transparent glass on my pantry cabinet because everyone can see the mess inside. It stores everything from empty containers, cereal boxes, ketchup and everything else. I've been planning to change the glass or put stickers on it but couldn't get myself around it somehow. One day I had a brilliant idea to get everything out and put other stuff that'll at least look more organized. So now this mess has turned into...

Success is...

...an outgrowth of articulating your values and living them - Psychology Today

Artistry 8 Minutes; Beauty Inside Out in a Bottle

I know I haven't been taking care of myself as religiously I should have been. The culprit is what else other than time?. If I could have it my way, I will regularly visit beauty salon to receive my facial or microdermabrasion or have my skin checked and treated at the dermatologist. But I don't have an hour to spend on waiting in line at the dermatologist waiting room, two hours to spend on the road and half hour to spend inside the dermatologist office. Oh, plus another 15 minutes or so to wait for the prescription. Almost four hours? Thanks but no thanks!


That's why I was delighted when I learned about Artistry 8 minutes beauty.I love anything that takes less than ten minutes to do or anything with three-in-one formula along with reversible jacket and multifunction cardigan *lho, jadi panjang :p*. Anyway,

Have we been wishing on the wrong star?

Kalau ada cerita seperti ini..

Ehh..si A kan kemaren ulang tahun ..trus dia dikasih jam Rolex lho sama
sahabatnya

Reaksi kebanyakan orang mungkin."Oh yaa..enak banget sih, gue mau dong jadi temen sahabatnya"

Yes, wishing that we would be that A person, wishing to be on the receiving end while instead we should be wishing we were the best friend, who is on the giving end (and probably more financially secure that she can afford the nice watch for a present).

To give, no matter how we look at it, is always better than to receive.

And why would we want to be the one who receive while we can be the one who share happiness and who give other people something they would treasure forever?

Not my typical afternoon...

Last Thursday morning, I found a series of pictures showing people pray in the most extreme places such as in a war zone, in the streets filled with snow, in the jungle somewhere, in between the building construction and other places that we don't normally go, let alone pray in there. Of course that kind of put me to shame because there are times when I missed my prayer, even when I was in my most comfiest zone :(.

WW; In Conjunction w/ The Royal Wedding Fever

Here's the Big Ben, not far from Westminster Abbey. (I know I should've posted the one in Buckingham Palace instead).

Loving The Positive Vibe!

I don't know what it is, but I feel like there's a pouring positive energy come my way this past few days. Which is of course a good thing :). I guess that's what happen when you meet with many nice and inspiring people intensively.

I went too two full day seminars last week, first was about Marketing to Women while the other one was about Fashion Forecasting. Two very different topics but both were very similar in terms of the key note speakers and audience. Both were filled with great people, people who are passionate in their fields, people who are smart yet love to share their knowledge and still yearn to be learn more. Those are people who have bigger missions in their life and not only think for themselves.

In addition to the seminars, there was also one event hold by AIMI-ASI to celebrate their four years anniversary. I don't know much about them but it doesn't seem like they have a big team nor they are profitable, but they have gained so much in such a short time and limited resources.