It's Only 5.30pm

when I woke up from a nap, and surprised that the sun had gone down!! It was completely dark inside the house and and pitch black outside as if it was 9pm. I felt soo strange as if i was dreaming. Usually the sun would set down around 7-7.30pm. Apparently that's how the day light saving in Amman ended. Today we had to switch the time 1 hour backward, and the sun does really rise and go down earlier than usual.

That's explained why KFC which supposed to be open at 12.00pm didn't open when we got there at 11.55am (we got a bit upset to see that they didn't have a single chicken on the shelf when they supposed to be open in 5 minutes). But that was because we didn't know the time has changed! It must have been still 10.55am when we got there. (*grin*)

Big Question

Is it a girl or a boy ??

Another question is whether I want to know it now or want it to be a surprise.

Some people say this, the others say that,

but no one can tell me what to do

Yes, I make up my mind,

I don't want to be a surprise!

Am too excited and too curiouuus!!

Play The Beads

For those who knows me too long must know that I have passion in doing handy crafty work. I like doing crazy (according to some people) things, like: Paper Tole, Scrapbook, Making Cards, Knitting, Cross Stitch, Jigsaw Puzzle, etc. Some people think I was nut when I show them my paper tole work, where I have to cut many an small pieces of paper and built it into 3 dimension picture with glue. Others could not understand how could I finish a picture of 10.000 pieces jigsaw puzzle. Sometimes I even dream about it. Example, when I worked on puzzle, I would dreamt about pieces of puzzles everywhere and connected it. When I worked on cross stitch, I dreamt about the pattern, tangle yarn, match colour. When I worked on paper tole, I dreamt about the mountains of glue melted... and many other strange dreams.

As much as I like doing it, there are times when I busy with work and other things, too tired and has no time to do anything else. That's when hobbies started faded away. It has been left out for quite a long time.

Not long ago I learned how to knit. I like it but I didn't have so much time after that. I know I have to do it again before I completely forget how to.

But in the past few weeks I've been having fun playing with my new toys, ie: beads, wire, pliers, crimps, clasps, headpins, etc. Yes, I am now at the stage of learning to make jewellery. Apparently not so easy! Especially the ones with wire. Same as other hand craft work, you have to be creative and super patient, as you are working with tiny bitty beads or soft/hard wire sometimes. But I lovee it! I have so much FUN ! :)

Beads for my lariat necklace project with varies of tools

One of the charm for the necklace. Making the loop and wrap on the wire is really a challenge.


Some of the charms I've been making so far.


Simple necklace I made for our first project.

Ketupat Lebaran

Lebaran,... selalu jadi salah satu penyebab saya kangen pulang kampung. Bukan karena saya ikut ngerayain, bukan karena kangen ramenya beduk dan takbiran, bukan karena hebohnya petasan, bukan karena sepinya jalanan Jakarta, tapi karena...anteran ketupat (dan teman-temannya) dari tetangga-tetangga! Ada tetangga Jawa, yang semur dan lodehnya mantap, ada tetangga Sunda yang opornya leker, dan ada tetangga Padang yang rendang dan sambel goreng hatinya pedes bukan main. Ketupat plus lauk pauknya yang bersantan, pedas, berlemak, plus krupuk dan sambel, aaaah.....slurp.. slurp... :)

Gak terasa udah 3 tahun absen lebaran di Jakarta, dan tiap tahunnya saya ada di tempat yang berbeda. Dua tahun sebelum ini, di Adelaide dan Darwin, Australia, dimana Lebaran tentu saja tidak terasa. Tahun ini, di salah satu negara di Middle East. Mau tau gimana ramenya lebaran disini? Ternyata sama saja seperti di Australia. Lebaran tahun ini disini dirayakan pada tanggal 12 Oktober, bukan 13 Oktober seperti di Indonesia. Buat kami yang tidak merayakan ternyata sama sekali tidak merasakan suasana meriahnya Eid / Idul Fitri. Malam sebelum Eid, gak ada ramai-ramai beduk lebaran, gak ada rame-rame takbiran, acara TV Dubai dan Saudi Arabia (saya tidak bisa menangkap acara tv lokal) tidak ada yang berubah, gak ada acara special Lebaran. Toko-toko kebanyakan tutup, tetapi supermaket dan restoran buka seperti biasa. Sama seperti hari Jumat secara umum. Kota lebih sepi dari biasa, dan tidak ada suara petasan. Intinya, semua berjalan normal seperti biasa! Kantor-kantor libur 2 hari. Sangat amat mengherankan terutama buat saya yang biasa tinggal di Indonesia. Meskipun tidak ikut merayakan lebaran, tapi dampak dari hari raya ini sangat terasa di Indonesia, bukan cuma buat mereka yang merayakan, tapi hampir bagi semua warga. Seenggak-nggaknya jalanan lebih sepi dari biasa, tontonan TV semua bertema lebaran, yang kerja dapet bonus THR, sebagian dapet libur lebih dari satu minggu, dan sebagainya. Jadinya saya gak tau warga jordan ini ngapain aja untuk ngerayain Lebaran. Mungkin mereka bersilahturahmi antar keluarga saja. Sepertinya juga tidak ada perayaan besar kenegaraan. Yang pasti, secara umum saya tidak merasakan suasana lebaran di kota ini. Kesimpulannya: Lebaran di Indonesia jauh lebih heboh dan ramai, dan lebih asik karena ada ketupaaat. :)

Anyway, for those who celebrate, have a blessed Eid day. :)

Expecting

I've been waiting for so long to tell this. In the past 3 months I've been feeling tired, sleepy, and lazy most of the time. I know I know,.. for anyone who knows me, it's sounds like very 'me'. But not only I felt it more than usual (so bad that I have to lied down or took a nap), but after a few weeks, it also followed with other symptoms, like headache, heartburn, bladder 'calling' 100 times at night, and... growing tummy.

Guess what, ... yes,... I'm expecting!

I know! Can you imagine, me, pregnant? It was a rather shocking when I found it out too. ;p

I welcome the second trisemester this week. The last first trisemester had been full of new sensations. This very new experience, so amazing that I could freak-out and excited at the same time. Doctor said being pregnant means live as normal. But I don't agree. I definitely have to take a good care of myself more. More cautious of myself. Have to watch what I eat, what I drink, what I see, what I hear, what I say, what I feel, and what I do. Automatically I have to switch the way I think, as I am not only think about myself anymore. So, yeah, this is another changes in my life I should take, and I am really thankful for that.

As I am in the second trisemester now, my tummy is a little bit showing. At least that's what people said when they see me. I am hoping to feel better, have more energy, more energetic and enjoy this new experience more.