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Perfect and Sovereign Will
Ada term yg describe toddler kalo udah reached 2 years old. People call it ‘The Terrible Two’. Knapa begitu? Karena at this age, toddlers uda bisa throw tantrum. Being stubborn, screaming, refuse to eat/sleep/clean up toys/mandi, or just because they dont get what they want. Well, gue sih experience all that with Aiden, but I dont want to call it the ‘Terrible Two’, instead I call it ‘The Anointed Two’ or lately I discovered, it is actually ‘The FUN Two’! Why? Because spending time with Aiden now is so much fun! Not saying that dulu2 ga fun. Dulu when he was way younger, it was fun too. But now, at 2.5 years old, it was more funner!!!! (if there is a word).
Gue pernah baca ada yg pernah komen, “skarang umur 2 udah Terrible Two, loe belon tau aja ntar umur 3 lebih parah lagi.” Hmm, ga setuju!! In my case sih, it is so much interesting to be with Aiden. Dia udah bisa communicate and express himself better. That’s the fun part because biasanya tingkahnya itu so cuteee/funny. Meskipun sometimes he throws tantrum or misbehave, but masih aja that tantrum bikin gue ketawa coz ada aja yg bikin lucu. So sometimes I had to work hard supaya ga ketawa pas gue mestinya marahin dia. But of coz, there are times when tingkahnya bikin gue kesel but those moments ga bisa dibandingin ama moments2 yg fun ama dia.
I LOVE BEING A MOM! It is the best job in the whole world! Cape sih cape, but I have so much fun!
One of the fun parts is making things for Aiden to play/learn with.
I finally find an outlet dimana gue bisa nyambungin my creativity blood and my teaching gift. And gue juga suka make things with my hands. So now when I have kid, I rediscover my passion for Art & Craft. I forgot how much fun it was making things with my hands, karena gue udah terlalu lama berkutat ama komp terus. Yah namanya juga Graphic Designer hehe.
Here are the things that I had made for Aiden…
1. Portable Parking Garage
My absolute win!! 
I love this piece very much! Because it was made from recycled cardboard, bekas kue gitu. Then I spray-painted it black and cut yellow stickers as road signs, cut half of tissue roll to make into road bump/’polisi tidur’. Cut and roll some yellow tissue paper for the Car Wash station.
I make the ramp to the second floor detachable. Using velcro on both pieces so can be detached easily. The point is to make this toy thing compact. After finish playing, Aiden can easily detach everything and pack up, and put them all inside the box!
Ahh I love smart DIY toy!
2. Water Fountain
Aiden absolutely loves this one because he loves water. Can play this for a long time till all his fingers wrinkled.
He loves mixing the colours too. I purposely used clear plastic cups so that he can see the colours.
3. Marble Run
This one looks very simple, but actually needs quite an engineering ‘calculation’ to make sure the marbles run smoothly and don’t go out of path. By trial and error, finally Aiden can play without having to chase the marbles that got away.
4. ‘Kemah-kemahan’ or Playing Tent
Who doesn’t like to play this during childhood!!!
This tent was made on our bed. Ranjangnya gue and G, and since Aiden loves it so much, gue ga sampe ati buat dismantle it. So literally our bed became like this for a week or so. So gue and G slept inside this thing for almost a week. Aiden juga bobo siang disini. Asik juga sih wkkwkwk.
Beberapa hari after kemah2annya diturunin, Aiden minta2 terus, tarik2 kain nutupin kepala dia and kepala gue and said ‘tent.. tent’. He just can’t get enough of this.
5. Firefly
And some other crafts that I don’t have time to post yet.
So yah, Aiden had fun, and me too! I love making them all. Meskipun some of them gampang rusak. But I make it my challenge to remake kalo emang Aiden suka, to find a better materials. Gue suka experiment2 making things hehe.
For updates:
- Aiden suka banget ngomong, “bye-bye Daddy”. Ga ada Daddy around pun, dia suka tiba2 bilang “bye2 daddy”. Ngadep lantai juga bisa ngomong “bye2 daddy” ke lantai wkwkkw.
- Vocabularynya dah makin banyak. Ma mau (ga mau), tata (water), dink (drink), tatu (thank u), mamam (makan), layah (lion), lolo (hallo) *kalo angkat telpon, dia “loloooo, loloooo”*, gogo (bobo).
Sampe sekarang masih belon bisa bilang ‘Mommy’. Mama sih bisa. But I call myself Mommy not Mama hehe.
Gue pernah ajarin dia begini,
Gue: Aiden, can you say…. maaaaaa
Aiden: Maaaa
Gue: Miiii
Aiden: Miii
Gue: Maaaaa
Aiden: Maaaa
Gue: Miii
Aiden: Miiii
Gue: Mami!!
Aiden: Daddy!!
Ok deeeee.
The closest that he can say for Mommy is “Maih”
- Aiden udah ga nangis lagi kalo ke sekolah. Skarang kalo dianterin ke skolah, and liat temen2nya dijendela, temen2nya pada heboh, dadah2 sambil teriak2, “aidennnnn, aidennnnn!!” Kayak nyambut selebritis aja wkkwkwk. Jadi Aiden skarang udah ga pernah nangis lagi kalo ditinggal di skul.
Di skul, dia suka satu cewe yg namanya Felicia. Aduhhhhh masih kecil gini kok uda suka2an. Beberapa kali Aiden nangis pas liat Felicia pulang. Pertama kali G kirain it was just a coincidence Aiden nangis waktu liat Felicia pulang naek taxi. Aiden kayak ga mau pulang gitu, maunya ngikut Felicia sampe ke taxi. Trus pas si cewe naek ke dalam taxi, Aiden kayak mandangin dari luar dengan tampang sedih.
Nah terus the next day, gue yg jemput Aiden. Eh ternyata it happened again just like that! Dia merengek2 pingin ngikutin si Felicia and grandmanya yg lagi jalan naek taxi. Kita jadi detour deh. Then Aiden ngejarrrrrr mereka. Then waktu taxinya pegi, Aiden juga ngejar itu taxi sampe taxinya ga keliatan.
Aduh kayak pilem Korea ajaaaaaaa! No no no, Aiden, you are too young for this!!
Ini Aiden disuruh poto ama Felicia, dia modelnya malu2 gitu wkkwkwk
Di skolah, ada satu cewe yg suka ama Aiden. Dia orang Philippines, cantik, matanya gede. Tapi Aiden ga suka, ternyata dia sukanya yg sipit2 Cina kayak Felicia kwkwkwkwk.. 
And lastly, my favourite photo of the week…
Here Aiden nemenin Daddy latian for his 10K charity run. Not bad, si Aiden lari, jalan, dan occasionally jatuh… total for 3 laps. And the last photo yg lagi stretching itu. Aiden ngeliat G stretching, dia ikut2an padahal kita ga suruh begitu kwkwkwk. Then waktu G goyang2 pinggulnya for stretching, Aiden goyang2in kepalanya doank sambil duduk karena cape wkkwkw. So very funny.
Thats why it’s not ‘The Terrible Two.’
Have I mentioned, I love being a mom??
(Article ini dimuat di Majalah Pearl edisi April 2013)
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Siapa sih yg ga mau duit?
Gue mau duit, gue butuh duit. I need money to buy food, susu buat anak gue, baju dll. Kalo ga ada duit, gimana kita bisa beli makan? Gimana kita bisa bayar rent rumah? Apalagi kita berdomisili di Singapore, yang jelas2 cost of livingnya quite high. And rent rumah harganya juga very high.
Sometimes it sounds silly to say or act like we don’t need money because kita anak Tuhan, sepertinya uang itu gimanaaa bgt. Some of us heard the saying ‘money is the root of all evil’, so we think when we say “gue butuh duit! Or gue mau duit!”, orang lain akan anggap kita ‘kurang mencerminkan orang Kristen’.
The idea ‘money is the root of all evil’ is actually taken from the Bible itself. But then, in 1 Timothy 6:10, it was written:
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
Take note of the words, ‘Love of money’ alias lust of money alias greed. When we feel that we never have enough, that’s when all kinds of evil will appear. It actually starts in our heart and thoughts, and it will blossom into our actions.
Karena kita butuh duit, kita jump into any opportunity yang datang, yg ada kemungkinan membawa duit kearah kita. Karena kita kuatir, siapa tau that opportunity will never come again. But sometimes, a good opportunity is good, but it is not God’s.
It happened so many times in our family. Gue, as a wife, punya gaji yg jauh lebih besar dari suami gue. But sebenernya gaji gue pun juga ga gede. Cukuplah buat kebutuhan sehari2. Kerjaan suami gue, sebut aja G, lebih kepelayanan, urusan gereja dan misi dll. Kita menghadapi beberapa kali challenge of faith in our financial. Apalagi sehabis ngelahirin Aiden, our only son (for now hehe). During those times, beberapa kali G dapat tawaran untuk kerja yg lain, selain pekerjaannya yg skarang. Kerja sebagai manager dengan gaji yg lebih besar dari gue. There were times when he really felt the urge to take these jobs. Because as a husband, of coz he wants to provide for his family as a breadwinner, instead of his wife. Apalagi dengan kondisi kita, akan sangat membantu sekali kalo G bisa dapet kerja dengan gaji yg lebih besar. Sebagai laki2 dan seorang suami, siapa sih yg ga tergerak untuk provide for his own family? Dan gue yg harus mengingatkan G about our calling. Gue ga nyalahin G kalau dia feel the urge to get the bigger salary jobs, sebenernya he also knows that’s not God. Yes, those opportunities are good, but they are not God’s. And gue yg harus ngingetin G a few times when these opportunities came, “say, ga usah deh. Remember, itu bukan our calling, not ur calling. So we have to let go.” Sometimes kalo gue yg goyah, gantian G yg ingetin
Kita sudah tau our calling and vision, so we know when those jobs with bigger salary came, we know mereka ga sesuai dengan calling n vision kita. Dan most likely G harus sacrifice his pelayanan etc. So we say no, meskipun G sempet dikejar2, diminta2 untuk ambil the job, karena bosnya suka sama karakternya and they trust him. Tapi kita stick to our faith in our calling. Sticking to what God has put in our hearts.
As a result, u know what happened? Yes, we were challenged financially. And what happened was, as a response to our decision, God honors our commitment to our faith and calling. We experienced sooooo many miracles! Salah satunya adalah when Aiden was about 1 yr old (skarang dia dah 2 taon lebih). Kita lagi minim duitnya, gue sempet concern gimana mo beli susu Aiden. Eh tiba2 ada kenalan kita yg, out of the blue, nelpon and bilang companynya mao clear stock susu baby mereka. Jadi susu2 ini mau dibagi2in. And this person ga tau susu Aiden merek apa kan, tapi ternyata merek susunya exactly what yg Aiden minum, and ngasihnya ga kira2 lagi, yaitu about 40 kaleng susu!
Yg ibu2 pasti tau deh, susu baby itu harganya mahal bok! Nah ini udah mahal, dikasih 40 kaleng lagi, gratis!! Gue sampe bengong2 liat Tuhan bekerja. Bayangkan, bisa aja Tuhan kepikir bikin miracle lewat beberapa kaleng susu!!
Our most recent miracle is about our home. Pembaca setia blog gue pasti dah tau ceritanya. Gue slama ini di Spore slalu nyewa rumah. Setelah merit, setiap taun kita pindah. Dan kita tinggalnya itu biasanya di HDB flat,government punya gitu. Yg kagak ada fasilitas apa2.Kalo di Spore, ada berbagai tipe: HDB Flat, Apartments, Condo, Landed House. HDB Flat yg paling murah. Tapi murahnya Spore ya tetep aja mahal hehe. Yg paling lengkap fasilitasnya adalah Condo, ada swimming pools, tennis court, badminton, basketball, BBQ, Jacuzzi… macem2 lah.
Nah pas itu kita udah mepet banget harus pindah dalam 7 hari. Dan kita masih belon dapet tempat, karena rental smakin mahal. That makes our choices limited, karena kita harus cari yg sesuai budget. To cut the story short, pas udah mepet2 begini, tiba2 kita ditawarin tinggal di condo dengan harga sewa HDB! Itu miracle bgt! (To read the full story, you can read here ‘Siapa Bilang Itu Mustahil’)
Article ini akan jadi sangattt panjang kalo gue cerita satu2 His miracles for us. Banyak hal yg terjadi ama kita yg bener2 campur tangan Tuhan banget. His supernatural work yg orang laen ga bisa deny it’s Him working in our family.
Gue finally understand that God did all that for us, karena Tuhan honors our commitment and decision, He knows that we rely on him, not on how the world might think of us. Kita decide not to take the other jobs with higher income, knowing that it’s not His calling for us, meskipun kita face financial challenges. When we decide to rely on Him only, we allow Him to work His miracles for us.
Dulu waktu gue mau menikah ama G, ada spiritual leaders yg came to me and said, “Kamu yakin sama dia? Nanti hidupmu akan susah, kamu harus bekerja. Mending kamu dapatin cowo yg udah mapan, dan sepadan statusnya sama kamu” But I know and know that G is the one from God. And throughout our marriage, meskipun kita hadapin financial challenges, gue belajar banyaaakkk banget as a wife, as His servant, gimana Tuhan shapes my character and my attitude about money and giving. Satu hal yg gue kagumi dari G adalah dia punya hati yg giving banget. Gue belajar dari dia banyak soal giving. Gue belajar dari kalimat favoritnya buat our family, “Kita harus belajar to let go. Saat kita tidak mempertahankan, disana kita akan mendapatkan kembali. Bahkan berkali2 lipat”
Gue juga belajar jadi istri yang punya gentle and quiet spirit. Apakah gue merongrong dan menuntut suami untuk ngumpulin duit lebih lagi. Apa gue ngedumel saat ngadepin challenges. And the biggest lesson for me is, ‘When I said I trust Him, how far do I trust Him?” Kita selalu bilang Tuhan is our provider. We have encountered these financial challenges many times, and we always believe that He is our provider. That lesson terus menerus diterapin in our family. And that’s where Tuhan build us, … the next level of faith, every time.
We never regret that kita harus ngalamin ini smua, malah dengan all these that happened, we got to know His character more, and of coz our character. Do we really2 trust Him in financial? And Tuhan juga lebih reveal Himself for us.
This is how God operates in our family. It’s not about the financial challenges, but it’s about how God provides for us many many times in His supernatural ways. To show us how Great HE is.
Sometimes people say that God is great, but we don’t really understand how GREAT He is, sampe kita bener2 ngalamin sendiri dan we have greater peace. Damai sejahtera yang melampaui segala akal manusia. Damai sejahtera yang kita dapetin karena kita trust Him 100%, because we know that HE IS GREAT!!!.
Pasti ada yang nanya2. Nah knapa kita kok mengalami financial challenges, padahal kita melakukan pekerjaan Tuhan dan setia melayani? Bukannya kalo kita pelayanan, cari Tuhan, seek His Kingdom first, kita akan dapat berlimpah2?
There must be something why we experience things from God. Why God allows it to happen to us. There is an eternal divine purpose. More often kita ngeliatnya adalah how we are impacted now by that circumstances, but little that we know, tuhan pake those circumstances buat preparations for our calling and future.
Our calling is mission. That’s why kita di shape seperti ini. Our level of faith. Karena di bidang misi, we can only rely on God. Our mentor often said to us, “memang begini cara Tuhan membangun keluarga dan iman kalian. It’s always about Radical Faith. Nah itu sangat dibutuhin dalam misi.” Yes we can see the pattern in how God builds our family according to His future plan. He wants us, as a family, to learn to trust Him 100%, and Tuhan lagi gunain financial challenges to do that. Nanti pasti ada challenges2 di bidang laennya. But the purpose is the same, how much we trust Him. Karena di bidang misi, trusting God in every area is crucial, and He wants us to learn that way before God sends us lebih lagi di misi.
Another thing is, saat gue as a wife has a bigger salary, I learned the true submission to my husband. And my husband learned true authority over me. Aside from money. Kalo suami punya gaji lebih besar, of coz it’s natural to feel or have more authority over the wife. Nah since keadaan kita terbalik, Tuhan ajarin kita the true meaning of submission and authority. Karena those two udah ke contaminated by the world, those two usually are measured by how much money we have compared to the other person. Liat aja gimana dunia bekerja. Most people yg lebih punya banyak duit bisa easily rule over those who have less.
And I can submit to my husband no matter how much his salary is, because I have financial peace (not total peace yet karena masih dibentuk sih hehe). I have financial peace because I know that our money comes from God, not from my husband, so gue ga pernah nuntut my hubby to provide higher income. So our ‘jabatan’ in our marriage bukan based on money earned. Money doesn’t talk in our relationship as husband and wife, in contrast of the world system.
Setelah mengalami semua ini, we definitely know that God is our provider, We don’t need to worry or bersungut2. That’s what we call financial peace. The total trust in God that Dia yg bakal mencukupi, mau sampe mepeeeettt bgt pun, Dia pasti cukupin. Meskipun our help didn’t come in time pun, kita masih percaya that He is our provider. Knapa sepertinya His help doesn’t come in time? Mungkin karena Tuhan punya rencana lain. And it’s ok with us, karena who can argue with Him what’s the best way for us? He knows better.
Yang penting adalah terus jaga hati dan jaga iman baik2. When we respon dengan baik segala padang gurun yg kita sedang alami, the deliverance is near.
Sebenernya I kinda embrace the financial challenges from God, coz I tasted n saw His miracles, yg slalu lewat bermacam2 cara. Gue excited n looking forward how God will deliver us thru. Deg2an sih, but He never fails to deliver us, in His way.
Tapi apa gue slalu dalam peace in financial? Ga juga. Masih in process. Sometimes sbagai manusia daging, of coz masih ada rasa kuatir dll. I know God will process me even more in this, until I have that total peace in financial. Ga tau kapan, but it will be done.
Tuhan terus memproses sehingga kita bener2 totally dependent on Him in every area.
So, look into your own life. When you have challenges in one or several areas in your life, ask yourself why God allows it happening to you? Most likely, because He wants to shape your character to be more like Jesus. Total trust in His Father.
Pada suatu hari, Thalia dan Aiden berkunjung ke rumah Timmy yg berada di Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Scene: Aiden sedang berbincang-bincang santai dengan Thalia.
~THE END ~
Aiden skarang uda umur 2 taon 2 bulan.
Udah mulai banyak di disiplin. Kadang2 disuruh ngelakuin ini itu, dia ga mau or he did something yang ga dibolehin. Yah jadi lebih sering di disiplin lah skarang wkwk. Udah di spank juga. Tapi spanknya sih ga sakit, karena diapernya tebel gitu wkkwkw. But he knows what it means kalo di spank. Dan biasanya dia nangis minta dikasihanin gitu.
Kalo misalnya gue yg marahin dia, dia bisa nempelll terus sama gue. Bisa seharian or a few days. Ga mau ama daddynya. Kalo misalnya G yg marahin dia, Aiden nempel sama G terus, ga mau sama gue. I think he feels a little bit insecure kalo abis dimarahin. Maybe insecure kalo daddy mommynya ga sayang lagi ama dia.. but ya biasanya kita sayang2 dia ga lama kemudian.
Emang skarang lebih banyak effort buat disiplin him, more than before. Karena dia mulai banyak ‘acting out’ or misbehave. Orang2 dunia kan bilang this stage is ‘The Terrible Two’, but we refuse to call him that. We call him ‘the Anointed Two’ aja. Dia kan a little man of God wkwk
Here is Aiden now:
- Udah bisa ngomong or minta cucu (susu). He lovessss his susu so muchhh. Kalo Aiden lagi bobo pulas, gampang kalo mo bangunin dia. Gue tinggal manggil, “aiden.. aidennnn, cucuuuu cucuuuu”. Langsung dia bangun, ambil empengnya yg dimulut and tuh empeng langsung dilempar gitu aja. Then langsung ambil posisi buat minum susu dan dengan tampang telernya, manggil2 “cucu… cucuu…”. Btw dia masih ngempeng kalo bobo malem.
- Flatmate kita skarang ada yg namanya “Atan” and of coz Budi juga masih tinggal sama kita. Aiden suka banget maen sama Uncle Atan. Suka teriak2 manggil Uncle Atan, “kakaaaa… kakaaaaaa!!!”, kalo Uncle Budi, “kikiiiiii…. kikiiiiiii!!”. Biasanya kalo reach home after jalan2, dia slalu teriak2 manggil di bawah tangga, “kakaaaaaa kakaaaaa!” manggil Atan yg tinggal dilantai atas. One day, kita lagi ke satu building centre yg ada tangganya ke atas. Si Aiden tiba2 deketin tuh tangga, and teriak2 manggil sambil liat ke atas, “kakaaaaa!! kakaaaaa!” AHUEhaUEhuaEH apa coba.
- Udah bisa ngomong, “ga mao”. Kalau kapan ari Aiden suka ngomongnya “yabaeee yabaeee”, skarang dia suka ngomong, “keikoooo, kakooo, kakooo, keikoooo”
- Sometimes he insists on eating his rice with roti tawar. Sok bule deh. Kalo lagi susah makan, tricknya adalah, gue nanya Aiden, “u want bread?”, dia langsung senyum ngangguk2. Gue ambil roti secuil then gue taruh diatas sendok yg ada nasinya. Then harus bener2 tunjukin ke dia kalo beneran ada roti di atas nasi, “see, seeee… ada breaddd tuh”, dia akan ngeliat secara teliti ada breadnya ga. Kalo ga ada breadnya dia ga mao makan. Kalo dia liat ada bread, baru mau buka mulut. Dasar.
- Sampe skarang ga suka ama yg namanya pantai. Biasanya anak kecil bisa ‘menggila’ gitu ya maen pasir di pantai. Tapi pas kmaren ini diajak kepantai, dia cuma stood still, duduk dipasir pun ga mau. Trus dia liat paha gue penuh pasir, dia tunjuk2 paha gue, dan dengan tampang jijik dia tepok2 bersihin paha gue dari pasir.
- Udah bisa ikut2an tumpang tangan kalo doain orang. Sometimes at night, I asked him to pray for me, “come Aiden, pray for mommy..” Dia langsung tumpang tangan ke kepala gue and close his eyes while I’m praying, “Lord Jesus, bless mommy, guide her to be a godly mom, and enlarge her capacity supaya have more patience for Aiden. And mommy can stop working soon and can take care of Aiden fully, enlarge her capacity till that day to come. Amen.” And sometimes while I’m praying that, dia lay his hand on my head, and juga lay his other hand on his head wkkwkwkw.
Ini gaya Aiden kalo kita doain orang…
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-Remember this comic? (kalo mo liat full comicnya, u can click here)
Sebelah kiri, Aiden. Sebelah kanan, Noel….
And now look at them now!!
Awwwwww!!! Udah gede2 nih yeee. Btw Noel jadi lebih bongsor dari Aiden wkwkkwkw.
- Aiden tuh ada kacamata sendiri, but he prefers to use mine. And kacamata dia dikasih ke gue terus buat gue pake. Padahal kacamata dia funky loh…
This is Aiden with his own sunglasses.
- Kalo dibilang, “Aidennnn, where is handsomee???”, dia langsung miringin kepalanya ke kiri ke kanan dengan slow motion and lirik2 senyum menggoda.
- Btw Aiden itu banyak gayaaaaa. Suka melirik2. Kalo dia udah mulai melirik2 gitu, G langsung nyanyi dangdut, “lirikannnn matamuuuuu.. menarikkk hatiiii…”, si Aiden langsung goyang2 and muter2in tangannya ngedance.
- Ini Aiden lagi gaya jalan sendiri di Orchard… minding his own business..
- Below ini mini ‘music video’ yang gue bikin, featuring Aiden with his fav sunglasses (punya gue). Salah sendiri Aiden banyak gaya and tampangnya begitu menggoda buat dikerjain wkkwkwk.
I’m pretty sure banyak anak2 di gereja gue yg udah denger kesaksian miracle about our new house. Tapi banyak para pembaca blog yang belon tau detailsnya hehe.
Seperti yg kalian tau, bulan lalu kita ribet cari rumah, karena rumah kontrakan yg lalu udah abis kontraknya and kita ga bisa perpanjang. Proses pencarian kali ini lumayan ribet dibandingin ama yg dulu2. Kalo dulu, lumayan gampang gue dapetnya. For the last 7 years gue di Spore, gue itu pindah2 setiap taon dari rumah kontrak satu ke lainnya. Selama ini, lumayan gampang lah dapetnya. But this time, adaaaaa aja yg bikin kita ga dapet2.
Kita udah dapet tempet yg pas with our budget, eh kita ga ketemu orang yg bisa share bareng. Udah ketemu orangnya, eh ga ktemu tempet yang pas. Wkwkkwkw. Begitu aja terus muter2. Gue sempet pusing juga sih, but that time impresi gue bilang Tuhan bakal kasih nya mepet. Impresi gue juga bilang, Tuhan mo ajarin gue the next level of faith, yaitu yg mepet2. Kan bikin ketar-ketir tuh faith yg kayak gituan wkkwwk.
Tiap kali gue liat2 listing rumah di internet, lumayan stress loh, karena muahal2 skarang harganya. Our budget ya ga nyampe. Sampe kepikir, apa kita beneran cuma nyewa master bedroom aja dirumah orang gitu. Tapi mana bisa, barang kita satu rumah banyak banget. But then, I kept telling myself that I refuse to be stressed, karena I know my God is faithful. And Tuhan ingetin gue ttg miracle taun lalu for our previous house. And He would do a bigger miracle this time.
Sebelon rumah kita yg skarang ini, kita tinggal di HDB flat. It’s like a government flat gitu. Ini yg lumayan murah di Spore dibandingin apartment, condo or landed house (rumah kayak di indo gitu loh). Nah last year miraclenya adalah, seumur2 kita selalu bayar agent kalo kita pindahan rumah. But that time, malah agent rumahnya yg kasih kita duit $450 buat beli2 barang rumah. Mana ada agent kasih duit ke tenant? biasanya juga kita yg kasih duit ke agent. And rumah itu udah gede, murah lagi!
So this year, waktu gue cari2 rumah, Tuhan ingetin about that miracle last year. And He said, He would do a bigger miracle. Tapi yah itu, bakalan mepet hehe. Trus one day gue bangun dari tidur and tiba2 nyanyi lagunya Maria Shandi yg this part, “Namun satu yg Dia minta, agar kita percaya sampai mukjizatnya terjadi” .. Gue nyanyi itu aja diulang2, sampai gue resapin and gue renungin.
Tuhan ternyata cuma minta satuuuuu aja dari kita, … supaya kita PERCAYA. Itu aja sih. Ga minta kita doa nangis2 bersujud minta Tuhan, ga minta kita puasa mati2an, ga minta macem2 deh. Tuhan cuma minta kita PERCAYA sampai mukjizatnya terjadi. That’s all. Sounds easy, isn’t it? But it is a constant practice for us to keep on believing wkwkkw. Jadi gue terus inget2 lagu itu supaya gue tetep percaya heheh.
Nah the thing is, kita bener2 ga ada duit loh kalo mo jujur wkwkkwk. Makanya our choices of houses is very very limited. Mao bayar agent sih sebenernya ga bisa HAUEhUAEHuAE. But kita bener2 by faith aja nelp2 agent. Nah di Spore ini, lumayan jarang bisa dapet koneksi langsung ke owner rumahnya, biasanya pasti direpresent ama agent. Selama ini gue dapet rumah, selalu lewat agent, ga pernah bisa langsung konek ke ownernya gitu. Thats why kita ga dapet2 rumah karena our choices are very limited becoz of the budget. Banyak agent2 yg bilang, “it’s a bit impossible lah to get a place with that price…” but dalem ati sih gue bilang, “loe belon tau aja, christianity is about making the impossible possible” kwkkwkwkw.
Nah beberapa hari sebelonnya, gue ngobrol ama satu anak greja. Dia bilang cicinya (yg still unbeliever) tinggal gratis di condo, karena punya temen cicinya. And temennya itu kasih cicinya tinggal gratis di condonya buat skalian jagain condonya yg di Spore. Karena temennya itu tinggal di indo. Tiba2 ada sesuatu yg ngeklik di dalem gue. Slama ini gue tau gue doain a miracle for our new house, tapi gue belon dapet mesti doain what kind of miracle. I mean ga specific gitu. Then saat si anak greja itu cerita seperti itu, sesuatu inside of me click! Langsung gue tau gue mesti doain apa. I mean, orang dunia aja bisa dapet yg kayak gitu. Masa anak Tuhan ga bisa sih! wkkwkwkw. Jadi gue dapet that conviction and I know what kind of miracle that I’m aiming for.
But then, mana mungkin kita bisa tinggal di condo yg notabene muahal lah ya. Soalnya fasilitasnya lengkap etc. Ada swimming pool, gym, etc etc. Wong HDB yg 2-3 kamar aja harganya udah tambah mahal, apalagi condo.
So yeah days passed, sampe udah 7 hari lagi kita harus kuar. Masih belon dapet rumah and still low on cash wkwkkw.
One day, pas gue lagi dikantor, tiba2 G nelpon sesudah dari Healing Ministry. Nah G ini faithfully serving di Healing Ministry and sebenernya this ministry bukan dari greja kita. Tapi gabungan antara beberapa greja di Spore. Dia serves disana setiap hari Senin (doa), setiap hari Kamis (kebaktian), and third Saturday of the month. Never fail. And sebenernya gue angkat topi ama dia soal ini. Karena it’s not an easy ministry, apalagi yg Senin doa itu, dia satu2nya a guy and paling muda and yg maen musik. Yg laennya itu ibu2 wkkwkwk. Jadi G itu somehow kesayangannya ibu2 di healing ministry. Kalo ibu2 ini tau Aiden sakit or gimana, mereka pada beliin buah, or obat or vitamin. Lucu deh pokoknya. So waktu mereka tau, kita lagi ribet cari rumah, mereka pada doain kita in that Monday prayer. And mereka lumayan kuatir ama kondisi kita yg ga dapet2 rumah, padahal si G itu tenang2 aja wwkkwkw.
Nah one day, ada seorang tante yg udah lamaaaaaa banget ga pernah dateng ke Healing ministry. About 4-5 years deh. And tiba2 dia dateng, and somehow jadi konek ama G, and ternyata dia lagi nyari orang to take over a house! Jadi ceritanya begini, si Tante E ini jagain satu condo punyanya Tante R yang tinggal di Amrik and Indo. Condonya yg di Spore ini sebenernya disewain ke students2, but recently this condo with 4 bedrooms ga ada yg nyewa alias kosong for 4 months or so. Si Tante E udah cape jagain and ngurusin this rumah, so dia and Tante R (the owner) mau cari someone yg bisa take over. And there comes G in the pictureeee.. wkkwkwk. So intinya, we will take over the house from Tante E, we will help to take care of the house for Tante R, and jadinya kita sewa this rumah dengan harga yg lebih murah dari our previous HDB flat! Padahal this house is a condo, and also a penthouse and ga perlu bayar agent!!! SO it is a condo with 4 bedrooms, dua tingkat. With killer views wwkkwkw, what i mean is that, rumahnya viewnya bagus bangetttt.
Here it is view yg kita ambil from our balcony…
Golf course just right in front
And di 2nd pic itu ada park buat children’s waterplay. Ada fountain2 gitu deh buat anak2 kecil. Perfect for Aiden.
All these located cuma didepan rumah kita wkwkwkkw.
And our condo fasilitasnya lengkap banget.
Ada:
- 3 swimming pool – jacuzzi – gym – BBQ -tennis court - badminton – squash – table tennis – basketball court – billiard – sauna – putting green (buat golf)
And we got all these for the price that is lower that our previous HDB house yg ga ada fasilitas apa2! wkkwkkwkw Waktu gue kesaksian ama temen gue yg agent rumah, gue kasih tau how much we pay for the house monthly, dia bilang, “THAT’S CRAZY! Oh my, that is really a miracle!” kwkwkwkw
And lucunya, sewaktu gue masih pusing cari rumah, kalo lagi dibus, gue suka liatin penthouse yg di condo2. Sambil mikir, hmm isinya penthouse itu apa ya? kok sampe dua tingkat. Segede apa sih? And how does it look like ya? Hmm, I guess I’ll never know.. wkkwkkwkwk…
But ga nyangka, that is exactly yg Tuhan kasih ke kita! kwkwkwkwkw
Waktu masa2 cari rumah itu juga, Tuhan reminds me akan ‘tiang awan, tiang api’. Diingetin terus soal itu. Karena yes, kita waktu itu masih gelap, ga tau mo kmana, etc etc. Sebenernya sih situasinya hopeless kalo diukur kacamata dunia kwkwkkw, dengan budget segitu mana bisa dapet rumah gitu lho. But then ya our God kan GREAT gitu lho.. wkkwkw.. and Tuhan slalu ingetin ttg tiang awan tiang api, means that even kita ga ada titik cerah, Tuhan selalu menyertai, and selalu ada penyediaanNya. How keren our God is!
Dan Tuhan ingetin ttg Abraham and Isaac. Saat detik2 terakhir Abraham harus bunuh anaknya sendiri, apakah dia tetep percaya sama Tuhan, kalo Tuhan akan menyediakan domba korban? Detik2 akhir loh. It’s like me and G. Masih mending kita masih ada waktu seminggu. Lah Abraham, cuma brapa seconds man… So how far can we trust Him?
Saat pencarian rumah itu, Tuhan emang lagi stretch kita about ‘how far we trust Him, when we said we trust Him’…
And setelah kejadian rumah ini, the phase yg Tuhan skarang lagi kerjain buat kita adalah… Tuhan wanna see, “How much can I trust you?”, begitu kata Tuhan
Karena we know for sure, kita udah dapet conviction, that when He said initially Dia bakal do a bigger miracle, this house is just half the miracle. The other half is coming. Kita ada feeling what kind of miracle it is, but yah para pembaca just wait and see deh.. hehe…
So yah, now kita really enjoy our new home. All along gue suka banget balkoni yg windowsnya dari ceiling ke ground. And ternyata our new home kayak gitu Emang rumahnya udah tua, banyak yg udah rusak and kotor, karena ga diurus dengan baik. So we spent about 2 weeks buat bersih2 dan buang2 barang owner yg udah jelek2 ga jelas. Now rumahnya udah ok. And gue dapet Isaiah 61, dimana Firman Tuhan bilang, that kita dikasih tempat yg sudah tua and dying. God placed us there to revive the place and then we will move on to a bigger miracle There are only two principles in life, yaitu increasing or decreasing. When we use our faith, we are increasing. So we believe that we will increase not decrease. That’s our faith.
One day, di pagi hari G liat banyak orang keluar dari condo kita buat pergi kerja, and Tuhan bilang sama dia, “u see, all these people work hard to pay for their condo, but u dont need to, u guys just enjoy gitu aja… ga perlu susah payah harus kerja keras to be able to afford a condo.. and that is FAVOR”
Everyday, kita bangun pagi selalu bersyukur bisa liat view so bagus.
It’s true… in God’s economy, faith is the currency.
Seperti judul gue kali ini, .. siapa bilang itu mustahil? Yg bilang itu mustahil berarti belon kenal how Great is our God.
Seperti kata our beloved Ps. Charles, “how we respond to God is based on what kind of revelation we have about Him.”
Maksudnya,
Kalo kita ngerti dan have revelation that God is a provider, our respon ga bakalan: kita stress, mengeluh, sedih ga punya duit. We know for sure that HE WILL PROVIDE.
Kalo kita ngerti dan have revelation that God is a restorer and healer of our past, our respon ga bakalan: keinget masa lalu yg jelek terus, self pity etc. We know for sure that WE ARE HEALED.
Kalo kita ngerti dan have revelation that God has redeemed you from your sin and a bondage breaker, our respon ga bakalan: terpuruk dalam dosa terus menerus. Becoz we know for sure that SIN HAS NO POWER OVER US ANYMORE.
So, dengan statement diatas, kita smua bisa introspeksi. Kalo kita masih suka stress soal keuangan, brarti kita masih belon yakin seyakin2nya kalo Tuhan is a provider. Kalo kita masih suka stress/pusing kok jodoh ga dateng2, brarti kita ga yakin kalo Tuhan is our matchmaker. Kalo kita masih sering jatuh dalam dosa, brarti kita masih belon yakin kalo Tuhan itu udah bener2 mutusin ikat2an iblis/dosa itu. Padahal jelas2 emang udah diputusin, cuma kita aja yg kurang percaya. Kurang percaya sama dengan TIDAK PERCAYA.
Sekian statement saya hari ini wkwkkwkw
“Aiden,look at the camera &say muachhhh”
Alo smuanya!
Dah lama ya my blog adem ayem hehe. Btw, I’d like to start a new series yg judulnya ‘Growing Aiden’, where gue bakal nulis mostly ttg Aiden. His perkembangan, his keunikan etc. As time goes by, smakin kelihatan karakternya dan lain sebagainya.
1. Aiden anaknya cautious, alias ati-ati. Anak lain mungkin suka lari kmana2, atau nabrak sana-nabrak sini. Kalo Aiden, dia tuh agak2 ga mungkin menjadi ‘liar’ wkwkkw.
For example, kita sometimes biarin Aiden jalan sendiri, lepas dari strollernya. Like a few metres behind us. Or maybe kita lagi duduk dimana, then Aiden keliling sendiri. Kita ga worry sih, karena dia ga pernah jauh2 dari kita. Mau explore2 pun, he makes sure ga jauh. Kalo dia lagi jalan sama kita terus tiba2 dia stop or ke tempet laen karena distracted, nanti juga waktu dia liat kita menjauh and say bye to him, dia akan balik ngekorin kita lagi. Kalo gak ngekor, biasanya cara ampuh gue buat dia balik lagi ke gue adalah… teriak, manggil dia sambil ngomong, “Oneeeee…. *buka tangan lebar2*, twoooo *pasang senyum lebar2*…. ” dan kalo dia liat gue begitu, most times dia bakalan senyum gede and lari ke gue.. and when he reaches me, I’ll say “three!!!”, pick him up and muter2 ama dia wkwkwk. He loves it sih biasanya.
Kalo dengan nada marah, or merintah dia untuk dateng, kemungkinan besar dicuekin ama dia, tapi kalo dibikin fun for him to come back to me, baru dia dateng dengan suka cita wkkwkwkw.
But there were times dimana gue udah pasang wajah gue yg paling manis dengan tangan terbuka lebar2, menunggu dia lari ke gue, … but gue tetep dicuekin…
2. Aiden jijikan. Dia ga suka ama sand, mud, playdough, stickers, anything that are sticky. Apalagi kalo nempel ditangan dia. Tampangnya jijik banget gitu, ogah megang and nyodor2in ke gue supaya gue yg ambil. Kmaren sempet maen ama bubbles di bathtub, seneng maen airnya, tapi ama bubblenya dia agak2 jijik, tangannya cepet2 dibersihin.
Waktu dia umur setaonan, gue pernah bikin homemade playdough buat dia. Lumayan ribet bikinnya, dan gue bikin beberapa macem warna. They turned out nice. Gue bikinnya kira2 took one hour. Eh pas dikasih Aiden, dia pegang2 bentar, kasih tampang jijik then kabur maen mobil. He only touched it for 3 secs. Trus beberapa minggu lalu, gue coba lagi kasih playdough beneran (no way i’m gonna make one again), reaksinya tetep sama hUAEHuaHEaE. Cape dhe.
Trus gue itu udah kebayang2 bakal have fun maen di pasir ama dia. Pas itu udah bawa dia kepantai beberapa kali, bawa2 maenan buat dipasir. Eh dia juga ga suka. Tangannya kena pasir aja jijik hAUEhuaEHuaHE. Ok dheeee…
3. Aiden udah mulai throw tantrum, dan suka drama. Alias kayak ‘drama queen’ gitu. Kalo ga dibolehin something, dia langsung *dengan gaya india* menjatuhkan badannya ke lantai dengan berlutut, then tengkurep, and menangis meratapi nasibnya sambil putting his hands to cover his face,tengkurep face down on the floor sambil sesegukan. Persis kayak episode sinetron dimana sang artis mendapatkan kabar yg sangat menggenaskan. Tapi of coz Aiden actingnya lebih keren dan dramatis.
4. So far bisa ngomong, “daddy”, “no more”, and “yabae”. Smuanyaaaa “yabae” wkwkkw. Ga ngerti apa maksudnya. Mungkin mau bilang “DIA baek” wkwkkw
5. Suka bye2 in orang. Aiden bestfren-an ama supir bus yg busnya kita take to send him to skul everyday. Bisa saling kiss bye segala ama tuh supir bus wkkwkw.
Kalo kita jemput dari skolah, Aiden say bye2 ke gurunya bisa sampe 3 menitan. Udah bye2, jalan dikit, eh ntar balik lagi, bye2 lagi ama gurunya. Sampe gurunya cape, and aiden di lead keluar sambil bilang “ok, ok bye bye.”
So yeah, Aiden beddey is coming this Saturday. Sebenernya gue bingung mo ngapain buat ngerayainnya wkkwkw. And kalo dirayain rame2, dia tuh ga suka keramean. Kalo banyak orang yg deketin dia or berusaha ajak maen dia, dia biasanya agak cranky and maunya nempel aja ama kita. Of coz we dont want him to be stressed on his beddey. Karakternya Aiden itu dia lebih suka ga diperhatiin orang banyak wkwkwk. Kalo dia sadar banyak orang ngeliatin dia, dia pasti diem ditempat sambil menunduk. Kadang2 lucu banget gayanya. Bisa malu gitu kalo diliatin orang2. Beberapa kali, pake tangannya buat nutupin mukanya, supaya ga keliatan orang2 kekekeke.
Tapi kalo orang2 ga gitu ‘gangguin’ dia, dia bisa adjust with his surrounding, and bisa berani mulai maen2 sendiri. It took him sometime sih to adjust with new environment.
Kmaren ada yg nanya ke Aiden, mo hadiah apa for his beddey.. wkwkwkkw. Yah as usual, kalo ada yg mo ngasih tapi bingung mo ngasih apa, gue tulis disini deh for guidance wkwkwkw.
1. Art & Craft supplies
Gue mo mulai ajarin Aiden berbagai macem art & craft. So things like washable paints, brush, etc etc will be good. Please choose yg safe for toddler.
2. Educational toys
Things like wooden puzzle, wooden blocks, lego, dll. Ya tinggal tanya ama tokonya aja, educational toys buat 2 yrs old.
3. DVD Praise N Worship
Ini mah ga ada matinya. Sampe skarang si Aiden masih enjoy watching his abank Michael W Smith. Masih suka joget2 and worship bareng abank michael. So maybe DVDnya Hillsong Kids or yg buat orang gede juga boleh.
4. Transportation things
Aiden lovessss his cars, trucks etc. Tidur pun kadang2 maksa harus meluk mobil. Satu dipegang ditangan kanan, satu ditangan kiri. Baru deh pules tidurnya. Maybe bisa kasih dia things like parking garage, or car park or things like that. So he can play with his cars. Kayak disusun or apaan kek wkwkkw.
5. Shisedo Compact Foundation Powder
Lho. Ini mah buat emaknya hihihi j/k. Btw si Aiden suka banget merhatiin gue pake make-up. Dia perhatiin gue secara intensely saat gue pake eyeliner, mascara etc etc, and tiap kali selesai satu step, gue slalu nanya dia, “is it nice, Aiden?” and Aiden selalu senyum and ngangguk2. And gawatnya, Aiden kapan ari ikutan ambil lipstik and dia teken2 ke bibirnya kwkwkwkwk. Trus dia juga ngerti ambil lotion rambut gue and dipeperin ke rambutnya. Dia juga udah bisa ambil hairdryer gue yg berbentuk sisir, dan disisirin ke rambut wkkwkwkw.
Below is a video of him praise n worship. Dirumah kalo ada lagu PW, dia biasanya ikutan worship, lift up his hands and sometimes sambil close his eyes. Di video ini I caught him praise n worship, pas kita lagi komsel. Smuanya lagi nyanyi, and I saw Aiden doing this behind them. Check out his last pose… wkwkkwkw
Aiden & his favourite verse
He is a big boy now!
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