Rafif Won 1st Prize of Lego Competition!!

Surprisingly (although not unexpectedly I would say), Rafif claimed the 1st place for the Lego Competition! After the prize presentation, he was interviewed by Trans 7 (Indonesian local television). Well done, son! Papa and Mama are very proud of you!

Rafif Lego Competition in Senayan City

Have been asking to join Lego building competition for a while, Rafif finally participated in his 1st ever Lego single building competition, hosted by Brick Indonesia (Lego Indonesia community group) in Senayan City. Here is Rafif proudly showed his creation, a big starship fighter, which he completed in 45 minutes.

Won My 14th Title!

I won my 14th Copa Kresnadi Cup. Bona got his consolation prize, won "Copa Para Arwah" (the consolation cup for the loosers hahaha) played right after Copa Kresnadi completed.

Winning Eleven Widows

While the husbands are temporarily out of their normal system, playing Winning Eleven like mad, these patient wives trying to console themselves by sharing each other home stories. Hehehe.

Copa Kresnadi Returns to Alea

Copa Kresnadi returns to Alea after last Copa we held in Bandung two moths ago. Who will win? Stay tuned.

Rafif Birthday Celebration

Rafif prepares to blow his birthday cake candle during his birthday party today at our home.

Aya is working on Her Presentation

She can independently work with Powerpoint now. How different kids education right compared to what we used to have. Hope this will bring them to be a much better generation.

My Personal Sanctuary

Yeah a really stress reliever! An hour game or so after a tiring day would make me fresher! (well not really, if I was trashed in FIFA 10 match :))

Copa Kresnadi Dago Pakar

We went to Bandung for a family gathering. We decided to rent a villa in Dago Pakar to stay for whole Kresnadi's family. And it was an excellent decision! Spacious rooms, beautiful view, and not to forget large living room with big LCD to hold Copa Kresnadi! I don't need to mention that I won both of the cups we held that week. Sorry brothers. No competition, really. :)

Aya Birthday

A now customary "Birthday Tumpeng" has been our family tradition to celebrate our birthday. Including today, Aya's 10th birthday. My little girl has grown up so fast. Should I be happy or sad? *grin*

I want one of those

Rafif is staring at bread maker, thinking about the time he can get it after Buka Puasa.

Rania & Dewo

My two cute niece and nephew: Rania and Dewo.

Closing of 'Hari Kebersamaan'

After spending the whole day and night at school, Aya and Rafif conclude their participation in this event through morning briefing and reflections.

Bukber FE UGM 92 1430H

The ritual of Ramadhan: fasting break with colleagues from FE UGM Jogjakarta. Throwing old jokes and stories has never been better.

Spend a Night at School

Rafif and Aya will spend a night today at school. They will participate in "Malam Kebersamaan" which will involve a lot of activities. The car trunk is full with the kids' properties, while Rafif doesn't forget to bring his favourite "guling" (bolster). Have fun kids!

The Crack on the Wall

The earthquake quite created a bit of damage to the building, as shown by the crack on one of my office's wall.

Earthquake Evacuation

Earthquake! Then we need to evacuate the building! HR team posed shortly after safely arriving at the ground. The earthquake today, which epicentrum was in Tasikmalaya, scaled at 7 richter scale, quite made the skyscrapper habitants like us, panic and scared. Alhamdulillah, all of us and family are fine.

Tarawih at Bambu Apus

Another Ramadhan ritual of our family: shalat tarawih in Elok's parents house at Bambu Apus. Shown are Rafif and Rangga sitting at front row, while Aya, Elok and Rania are at the back.

Ex Andersen Reunion + Buka Puasa

As what have been customary for the past couple of years, we had ex Andersen reunion while 'buka puasa'. This year we had it in Samudera Suki restaurant.

Tarawih with Rafif

Alhamdulillah tonight I can do Shalat Tarawih at mosque nearby my house together with Rafif (who doesn't forget to bring his Bumblebee toy along with him :-))

My Two Jewels

There are only few better feeling than arrived at home finding your kids shalat, praying to Allah. Subhanallah.

Rania and Pakde

Rania is sitting comfortably on my lap, while opening her birthday presents. Happy birthday my dear niece!

First Fasting Break of The Year

Ramadhan has come! We have our first fasting break of The Year in Bambu Apus. This is also birthday celebration of Rania, my beloved niece.

Mr. Big on stage #2

The stage has a giant screen which really helps the audience to watch the action of their heroes more closely, just like Billy Sheehan here.

Mr. Big on stage

Ok you can't see them much here. But trust me, it's the original line up of Mr. Big: Eric, Billy, Pat and Paul. Brilliant.

Java Rockin' Land Main Stage

I watch a rock festival at Ancol tonight featuring one of my all-time favourite band Mr. Big. This is the main stage where Mr.Big will be performing.

Golf at Imperial Karawaci

Posed with Agung and Alfred, my office colleagues on an office golf game.

Mas Oyi Claims His 6th Title

After the pending final match has been done and dusted, we held the 24th Copa Kresnadi. This time Mas Oyi won the cup, beating Mas Barry in the final. My teams were both eliminated on their first match. Yah, jaga langganan! Hehehe

My 11th Title

The trophy presentation for my 11th Copa Kresnadi win. This is actually a pending final match between me and Mas Oyi, which was not completed when we had the last Copa Kresnadi few months ago.

Copa Kresnadi @ Jatibening

As usual, we play the ritual family Winning Eleven tournament, right after we finished our birthday lunch. Shown are Mas Oyi and Bona playing their first match.

Waste Area

A unique smoking area sign in front of Sari Bundo restaurant. 'Areal Sia Sia' in bahasa, which means 'Wasted Area' wittingly remind the smokers that smoking is such a wasted activity.

Najah 7th Birthday Lunch

We celebrate our niece Najah, 7th birthday at Sari Bundo restaurant. Selamat ulang tahun ya Najah, semoga selalu menjadi anak kebanggaan Abi dan Ummi.

Rafif thinks Soto Pak Sholeh is Good!

Come to my surprise, Rafif and Aya also love Soto Pak Sholeh, our vintage culinary favourite. "Great!" says Rafif here.

Fascinated by Kraton

Aya, my daughter, is really fascinated with Kraton, Jogja traditional Sultan palace. She enjoys learning unique set of crafts, clothes, and customs she find here.

Riding Becak in Jogja

A never grow old attraction: riding Becak in Malioboro Jogja. Rafif seems can't agree more. :-)

Dik Adit Wedding

The reason we came to Semarang: to attend Dik Adit (Elok's cousin) wedding.

Ayam Goreng Bu Salim

Dinner at Ayam Goreng Bu Salim, Pringgading Semarang.

Suprise Birthday with the Kids

We arranged surprise birthday party for Maya (our boss). We brought all of our kids to our office early in the morning to give her a pleasant surprise. We decorated her room as if it is a kid birthday the night before. The kids were all excited and happy with the experience.

Story of Mino, Jino and Derior

Those are Aya's fictional characters in her book. This is the sample of two pages of her book. I particulary love her illustration here. Beautiful colours Mbak Aya!

Aya's Book: "Bertamasya ke Laut"

The cover of Aya's book 'Bertamasya Ke Laut'. Aya's book is 36 pages long and she really made a great book with interesting story and beautiful illustrations. Her skills of writing has improved a lot since she was enrolled in Tara Salvia.

Aya's Book Writing Presentation Group

This one is Aya's group, attended by Elok in the 4th grade.

Explains the Process

Aside from presenting his book, Rafif also described the book Writing process. It started out from listing his interests (which he listed out 42 of them! Like father like son!). Then he chose one of those interests as the topic of his book. After that he made the mind mapping which become the skeleton of his story, he finally wrote and type the story in the computer, and scanned all the illustrations. The teacher did the last editing and produced the book. Wow, a very thoughtful process which I'm sure will only benefit the kids brain. Kudos to the Tara Salvia School and teachers!

Contents of Rafif's Book

Rafif book is 27 pages long with plenty of illustrations he made himself which clearly visualize his story. This is one of the sample, where he illustrated Tom's tail is being trapped to the mouse trap he set up himself. :)

Presenting the Book

Rafif is presenting the story of his book to his friends and the other parents. He told the story clearly and in a very structured manner. A job pretty well done Rafif!

Book Writing Workshop

Rafif showed his first book 'Si Jerry Yang Jail'. He is going to present his book to me and the other parents.

Arrived at Office

After 35 minutes of biking, I safely arrived at my office at 7.20 am (left home 6.45 am). Enough time to did some exercises at the gym and took a bath afterwards. It's been a good and rewarding exercise! Note: took the pic with Pak Harsono, my office colleague who always be the first person coming to the office. :)

Bike to Work

Biking to work in Jakarta face you with lots of challenges and hazards. Aside from usual traffic risk mainly caused by erratic pattern of other road users, you also need to Be prepared for air pollution. That's why I wear the protective mask.

Elok's Birthday Today

As what become a customary in our family now, Elok has her birthday tumpeng prepared by the maids for our breakfast this morning.

Mas Latief Wedding

We attended our cousin, Mas Latief's wedding at Bekasi today. At the wedding we met Mas Fefa and Mas Hexa, our other cousins, which were our best pals when we were kids.

I Won Again!

This become a habit. For third time in a row, I made all-Iben final and defended the title. Come on brothers, you can do better! Hehehe!