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Be with my family

(Liana Matasik Karini)

Alone and lonely again. Well yeah…not literally as I am surrounded by 3 hysterical kids, Willem 4 years old (calls himself Babang), Chelsea 3 years old (calls herself Dedek) and Keysha 1 years old (we call her Bibi), who like to run here and there (except Bibi of course but she’s going to very soon) and their giant daddy.

03/07/09
For the one and half month my family was here visiting me in Jool (as my nephew pronounce it). It was my sister in law, Ovin, with his son Terrell (calls himself Teye). The combined of 4 kids makes a time bomb of the mommies. They fight every single day over nothing.

When they watched TV, “It’s Babang’s Ben10!”. Then Teye would say, “Bukan, itu Ben10 Teye!” They said it for 2-3 times with increasing voice then sometimes even worse ended one of them landed their hand to the other. When Babang sang the Little Einstein’s opening song in Chinese version (actually it’s more to his own version), Teye would say, “Babang, bukan gitu nyanyinya!” When Babang kept singing, Teye would scream. If we were in the car, they also fighting over the song played in the radio belong to Babang or Teye, Dedek would be in Babang side. The most nonsense one was when they fighting over who’s the one had worm in their ass. Oh boy…

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Jangan berantem dong…

(Liana Matasik Karini)

Masalah antara Indonesia-Malaysia yang lagi “hangat” belakangan ini menggelitik hati gue. Ini cuma luahan hati gue doang lho tanpa ada unsur politik ataupun berpihak ke pihak manapun.

Gue cuma seorang Indonesia yang bangga dan cinta tanah airnya, yang kebetulan jatuh cinta pada seorang Malaysia dan belakangan menyumbangkan 3 anak cakep dari rahim gue untuk menambah populasi orang Malaysia. Sebagai seorang Ibu ato Mommy-nya Babang, Dedek dan Bibi, gue ajarin anak2 gue apa yang gue tau. Dari anak2 gue dalam kandungan, mereka dengar mommy-nya ngomong bahasa Indonesia dan nyanyiin lagu2 kayak Bintang Kecil, Balonku, Lihat Kebunku, Naik2 ke Puncak Gunung, Cicak2 di Dinding, Pada Hari Minggu, Pelangi2, Bila Kusudah Besar Nanti, dll. Dari mereka bayi, mereka pakai sabun, sampo, hair lotion Switzal, minyak telon Konicare yang setau gue cuma ada di Indonesia semata karena mommy suka wanginya. Satu2nya lagu yang anak gue lancar nyanyiinnya adalah Cicak2 di Dinding (bisa sampai berduet nyanyiinnya si Babang ma Dedek, malah bisa trio ama keponakan gue yang di Jakarta). Makanan favorit mereka kue cucur. Kalau makan maunya pakai kecap (kecap kental manisnya Indonesia).

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The day you were born

(Liana Matasik Karini)

Today is my birthday. In the 36 years of my life, I have lots of beautiful things including giving birth to my 3 adorable babies which I want to recall it all back today, the memory of the day my babies were born.

I was accompanying my kids sleeping last night and I was thinking what made me scolding them that day. I can’t remember it exactly so my mind was trying to remember the day they were born. I can remember it but some parts I have to think very hard before I can regain all the memories. My memories are getting worse everyday. That’s why I want to write down this memory before I need extra effort just to remember the day my babies born.

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Pintu macet

(Liana Matasik Karini)

Tadi pagi seperti biasa anak gue yang cowok bangun pagi-pagi. Seperti biasa juga dia langsung ke kamar bokap ngegangguin. Kali ini pake mainin pintu. Gak tau diapain tuh pintu, pas bokap gue mau keluar dari kamar ternyata gak bisa. Dia kekunci di dalem!

Pintu kamar tuh pake yang diputer gitu. Kita coba buka pake kunci gak bisa. Setelah 15 menitan, mungkin karna kebanyakan nonton film, gue usul gimana kalo pake kartu diselipin gitu kayak gaya “maling”. Eh ternyata bisa!

Sebenernya abis gue usul ide itu, gue khan langsung turun (kamar tidur semua ada di atas) jagain anak-anak gue, jadi waktu berhasil dibuka gue taunya pas suami gue teriak, “My, untung ada Mommy pinter.” Bangga dong gue…

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Yes I can

(Liana Matasik Karini)

Just doing it one day at a time
Just doing it as far as I could
I won’t back down
Forget giving up
Have to survive
Prove it that I can

It’s hard
It’s heavy
It’s the consequences that I take
And the risks that I have to beat
From the challenge that I dare

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Horror

(Liana Matasik Karini)

Last night as usual if my hubby was at home and after all the kids was sleeping, we would go to coffee shop to have cup of tea (teh tarik not English tea!) or supper. It’s not romantic at all (I think) as we are just talking any topics from my hubby’s day at work, my day at home, the kids, movies, songs, football (it’s one way conversation most of the time), even gossiping, etc. Oh yes, my dad is at home so he can call me immediately if one of the kid wakes up (in case you’re wondering…).

Anyway, we’re not talking about me and my hubby. Last night we were talking about Ghost Festival. It’s a Chinese belief that around July or August the hell gate is opened so all the ghosts will wondering around. Usually parents won’t let their small kids to go out because they believe small kids can see the ghosts. Then to make the ghosts happy and not disturb the living, they will conduct shows for the ghosts so the ghosts will be entertained. In the show, a lot of of people come (I’m not sure about the ghosts…) and they will empty the front seats for the ghosts. They say whoever sit on the empty seat, something is going to happened to him or her (of course something bad).

Here comes the story…One of my hubby friend were watching a horror movie in a cinema during the Ghost Festival. The movie is about the empty front seats. He said he was so damn scared until he even didn’t dare to go to toilet to pass urine, didn’t dare to move even a small gesture, and his heart was beating very fast. The movie was a real horror but the most horror one was that he sat just behind the empty seats in the cinema…

(expecting a bloody story? hihihi…gotcha! hey but it’s pretty scary though, try it!)

God is good

(Liana Matasik Karini)

I like one song that always reminds me how God taking care of me and keeping an eye of me in every second of my life. I have lots of obstacles in my life, definitely I also a sinner, but then that song will encourage me to continue walking cause God walk by my side.

Do you ever got a surprise? I remember it was in 1995. My faculty, specifically my major, conducted so called a study excursion to Europe. I want to go but it’s quite expensive and I wasn’t sure if my parents can afford it but I told them anyway about the trip. Please take note that I never pushed them but I know deep down in their heart, they also wanted to send me there.

That night in the last day of paying the fee, my friends gathered in one of my friends’s room in the lodge in Ranca Bentang. We were talking excitingly about the incoming trip. I let my mind flew to Europe with them.

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What comes along with kids

(Liana Matasik Karini)