Das Regen Der Sonne

Between Passion & Reality.

This week I saw my timeline on FB full of condolences for the famous Iraq-British architect, Zaha Hadid. This woman had made many remarkable achievements and masterpieces in Architectures. Behind her success, she must have been through many hard phases in her life in achieving her dream. This reminds me with one part of my life stories.

Images copyright 2011 Philadephia Museum of Art

Architect…

Giving Birth, Giving Life.

The process of labor and delivery is the toughest task every woman would ever had. Moreover, we were frequently exposed to bad stories/ images from people’s experiences or media campaigns that labor pain is really painful. Hence, most of us are going to be so afraid, especially if it’s the first pregnancy. That’s normal.

At first, I also had the same feeling 3 years ago. I was scared of the…

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

–Leo Buscaglia

Three months ago, I decided to push my self to read a book at least per one month. Being a mom myself, I thought that I could read about parenting theme. Then I found an interesting book…

Photo credit by Christian Battaglia

When I came back from Zumba course for the first trial, my husband noticed that I was happier than before.

“How was that? he asked, “I guessed that you were enjoying it, weren’t you?”

With smile in my face I replied, “Yes, I thought it becomes obvious to me now that teacher—in this case the Zumba coach—is really an important issue in my learning process”.

She…

Follow the leader! (From Flick Vinoth Chandar)

Leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses

-Mitt Romney

The different between manager and leader is about the intention. Becoming a manager, you only need to deal with the task–how to accomplish it. It depends on your self management–how you manage your time. Sometimes in an organization you will notice that a good manager is…

When The Beloved Prophet Born.

Once upon a time, approximately 1487 years ago, on 17th Rabi’al-Awwal 53 Before Hijriah one child was born with full of blesses from the whole universe. He is Mohammed SAW, the beloved prophet of Islam. Unfortunately, he came to the earth without his father touch and several years after that, his mother followed her husband. He completely became an orphan. This is not a sad beginning even ending…

Tema tulisan saya kali ini adalah “Ayo ke Masjid”. Kenapa saya terbersit keinginan untuk menuliskan tentang ini? Sebenarnya, ini menjadi salah satu cara untuk mengingatkan saya juga untuk rajin-rajin ke Masjid. Apalagi dengan kondisi saya yang sedang membawa-bawa bayi di dalam perut saya ini, saya jadikan momentum ini sebagai langkah awal untuk mulai mengenalkan pendidikan islam sejak dia masih…

The connection between mother and child is ever deeper than thought

-Robert Martone

When I have a child, it becomes more obvious to me about how a maternal bond works. It even convinces me that no matter how bad people treat you, your children know what you are feeling much better than others, including your husband.

Recently, scientists had found that child’s cells are living in mother’s…

Everyone who met me for the first time ever wondered why did I get married in quite young age. They were even being surprised when they knew that I have already had 1 little boy. This is also happened to my husband, who seems a 17 years old teenager in his friend opinions. Many questions raised up, for example “Is it common in your country?” or “Did you have an arranged marriage?”.

First, it’s…

A story of her.

I will tell you a story.

It’s a story about one of my best friends. Yesterday was her graduation day and I was so proud of her. She did it, finally. Moreover, she had made a great job to finish it.

I have known her since she was my senior in my Bachelor study. I won’t tell you her name, but some people might be able to guest who she is. I could say she is a very kind person. I could feel it when…

Father and his student

I have ever wondered why Capoeira ever made me jealous. I know now the reason. This activity can make my husband feel alive. Then it seems he just forgets about me. That’s why I was jealous to something not someone! I think it also happens to couple whose different hobbies.

My husband likes Capoeira so much. When he stopped practicing Capoeira for more than 1 year, I found…

Ich bin ‘Cookie Monster’.

“Ich bin Cookie monster”, said my son in german.

He was pretending to be “Cookie Monster”, one of the monsters from “Sesame Street” serial cartoon, who is so crazy eating cookies. It has just happened because I bought him a sleeping suit for winter. My husband and I got an idea to name it the “cookie monster” cloth as it looks similar. Since then, it becomes his favourite one.

I do like “Sesame…

You aren’t a king of anything.

You are not born to satisfy all person. Even if you are a very kind (red: innocent) person, there must be somebody who doesn’t like you. They will just hate you because of your appearance, social background, and/or, indeed, the religion you believe on.

You are not a king/queen of anything, who can make all people happy because of you.

Yes, that’s the fact! But it doesn’t mean that you become a…

When I was pregnant, my husband had ever asked one question to our doctor, “how to get easily birth delivery without pain?” The doctor only said to me, “if you are willing to have painless labor, you need extra efforts to prepare everything, as if you greet the president.”

The childbirth experience is different for every woman, but it’s a unique experience. Some women are easier giving birth to…

Sometimes I feel the world is not fair for introvert people. Why? As my observation, including me, we are not so good in the verbal communication. This thing often leads people have misunderstanding with us.

There was a research among babies. The group which love to obtain more stimulations tend to be the extrovert. I know now the reason. Because the extrovert need the energy when they are in…

When I knew that I was going to have a boy, I was so happy at that moment. My parents even wished for a grandson since I have 5 sisters but no brother. Now, I can’t be happier. Why? Because everyday I get challenging from my little trouble maker.

Sometimes I just need to take a deep breath. I know now that having a boy, you need a lot of energy to play with him. He do love racing, jumping, etc.…

One of my colleagues from the University had ever complained about why I was so polite. Are all Indonesian kind of polite people? Not exactly like that, even though we are nurtured to obey the older. One side, it’s a good thing. Everyone naturally wants to be respected. As the one who is grown up in the Eastern Culture, the polite behaviour is one of the important manners that should be inside of…