Again, On the Universe telling me to do PhD

Bludging away at work (translation: ma-ga-but), these past three days I should be working on my PhD proposal. Since the clients I work with (institutions in Australia, NZ, US, UK, Canada) are on Christmas holidays until first week of January 2013, and most of my customers are holidaying as well, that...

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Night Nursing Toddler

It all started when I started working full-time when Raka was about 5.5 months old. Raka would wake up more often during the night to nurse. I was told this is normal because he didn’t get the breast during the day, so he’s making up for that loss. At around 10 months onwards, it got worse, almost like a newborn, he would wake up every 2 hours to nurse. If he didn’t get to my breast, he would cry...

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Green Light!

Wichitra: Assalamu'alaikum wr wbSent at 10:05 AM on WednesdayTatas: Waalaikumsalam wrwb.Sent at 10:23 AM on WednesdayWichitra: ini eneng baca, University of A menawarkan beasiswa postgraduate research termasuk uang kuliah, living cost and OSHC untuk student&dependenttp untuk masuk di Juli - November 2013kmrn eneng liat sih, kykny ada dosen sana yg bisa jd supervisor enengmenurut akang, dicoba...

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Edisi Kangen Anak #3

Biasa, kalo abis weekend suka kena sindrom kangen anak. So here’s a bit of what Raka can do now that makes me miss him more and more. Sudah bisa panggil orang, yang paling pertama dan paling sering dan jelas terucap, tentunya (and I say it proudly) “MAMA!” Selain itu bisa juga panggil:“PAPA”“MBAK”“NDAH” dan “TI” – Kakak Putri, anaknya Mbak yang duduk di Kelas 1 SD, temen mainnya Raka“TETEH”...

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6 Years in Between..

2002… entered 1st year of Bachelor degree >>fast forward 6 years later 2008… entered 1st year of Master degree >>fast forward 6 years later 2014… entered 1st year of PhD degree Amiiinn!! ...

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Resah Masalah Sekolah 2

I just found out that parents in Jakarta have been registering their kids to go to favourite primary schools/SD since their kids are toddlers and even PGs/kindergartens since they’re babies or not even born yet! Crazyy… So, how are the Baktiluginas doing it then? Well, we’re traditionalists. We can’t afford to get Raka and his younger siblings to go to those kinds of schools, we haven’t...

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AKU RINDU I MISS YOU KA SALIRA!!

Lately I’ve been missing my son a lot at work. When I first started, I try not to think too much of him, and kind of feel guilty that I’m not like other mums who call home to talk with/about their kids while at work. I never call home just to talk to Raka or Mbaknya, unless he is unwell (like when he had fever, roseola and gastroenteritis). But lately he’s been in my mind most of the time while...

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On the universe telling me to do PhD

Just when I thought I found my passion in working where I am today, the signs of the universe are telling me to go somewhere else: do research. These include: students coming to me wishing to apply for PhD studies, so I become familiar with the entry requirements, and also read their proposal and become familiar with how to make PhD proposal and find supervisor etc.. coming across a journal publication...

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Raka dan ISPA (Infeksi Saluran Pernapasan Atas)

Ini apadeh postingan kok tentang anak sakit melulu. Haha. Gapapa, sapa tau pengalamannya berguna buat moms lainnya, dan nanti Raka keinget how we took care of you while you're sick. Jadi masih inget kan pas Raka 9 bulan dia bolak-balik ke dokter karena batuk-pilek terus diare? Nah, abis ketemu Budokter itu, ternyata 2 minggu kemudian si bayi sakit lagi. Kali ini, COMBO AJA DONG.. Batuk plus pilek...

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Resah Masalah Sekolah

Sebenarnya lagi sibuk banget sih di kantor, end of the month and end of Q1 (iya, sini ngikut Australian financial year from July – June) pleuss banyak PR gara-gara ada KPI baru yang harus ditaati endebre endebre.. Tapi, kepikiran si anak di rumah. Raka sekarang lagi pilek ringan, semoga ga tambah berat deh, kalopun tambah berat semoga abis sembuh jadi pinter, sapa tau jadi lancar jalan atau bicaranya...

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Future Education Planning

Today's chat on GTalk: Wichitra: assalamu'alaikum wr wb Tatas: Waalaikumsalam wrwb Wichitra: akang, kemungkinan nanti sore eneng pulang telat, mau ke carrefour/poins square beli usb modem buat kantor, mau dipake sabtu Tatas: emng d ktr skrg ga ad internet? Wichitra: buat hari sabtu kan mau ikut expo di sekolahan soalny data yg dtg mau langsung dimasukin ke database on the spot, biar ga banyak...

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Raka dan Tante Dokter

Di usianya yang baru 9 bulan ini, Raka udah ikrib sama Tante Dokter. Selain karena jadwal imunisasi yang padat (ceileh) ternyata juga Raka lumayan ikrib sama common problems yang diderita bayi/anak (mari mewek dulu, hiks). Yep, Raka so far imunisasi lengkap (hamdalah) eh kecuali rotavirus (as explained before) dan campak (masih pending karena pas jadwalnya dia lg parah2nya batpil). Tapi so far udah...

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Jangan menyerah...

Insya Allah balasannya surga. :’’’’’) RAMADHAN KAREEM. Salam,Mama Raka &nb...

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Akhirnya Datang Juga

Akhirnya datang (bulan) juga. Hihihi. Setelah galau 8 bulan ga mens (padahal normal klo menyusui) dan udah beli tespek tapi ga berani mau tes, palang merah deh jadinya. Legaa.. soalnya beberapa waktu sebelumnya itu saya cranky banget, bawaannya cerewet merepet ke suami, emosian mulu hehe. Belum lagi suddenly PD kyk kosong terus, hasil pumping berkurang drastis. Udah pasrah kirain karena Raka udah...

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Travelling with Baby

Raka suka kita sebut Si Bolang alias Bocah Petualang karena dari bayi udah sering diajak jalan-jalan :) Waktu belum genap 2 bulan, udah diajak road trip ke Tasik dengan waktu tempuh 7 jam (sebenarnya sih 4-5 jam tapi karena ada bayi kan pas berhenti makan jadi lebih lama hehe). Terus usia 2 apa 3 bulan gitu ke Carita main2 di pantai. Dan pas 6 bulan ke Singapura. Alhamdulillah ga ada halangan...

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Singapore - day 4 - Mustafa and Departure

Last day at Singapore. Time to shop for souvenirs at Mustafa Centre. Tadinya mau ke Bugis tapi dipikir2 takut ga sempat jadi ke Mustafa aja. Disana beli oleh2 buat orang2 rumah, trus saya beli jam, Akang beli batik (zzzz lagii.. masa jauh2 ke Singapur belinya kemeja batik??), dan beli Raka mainan stroller. Disana lengkap abis yah, apalagi baby stuff nya. Dari mulai baju2 unyu sampai breastpump dll,...

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Singapore - day 3 - IKEA and Orchard

Akhirnya hari ini kita menuju ke tempat yang membuat Akang mau jauh2 pergi ke Singapore: IKEA. Hahaha. Niat banget pagi2 udah pada bangun biar bisa cepet kesananya. Kita ke IKEA Alexandra aja karena mau mampir Anchor Point di seberangnya. Sebelumnya sarapan di McD (yup, karena pengiritan, kita sarapan sampai dinner di McD City Square Mall.. Cuma $4.50 udah dapat burger, kentang dan minum ditambah...

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Singapore - day 2 - Sentosa Island and Merlion Park

Today we planned to go to Sentosa Island and Vivo City. After a good night’s rest, the big baby is happy and contented. Gave him breakfast of instant oatmeal and breastmilk. Didn’t finish it, it was grainy/sandy so I guess he didn’t like it. Maybe the hot water wasn’t hot enough so it’s not cooked well. But I didn’t make a fuss about it, he’s still learning to eat so if he doesn’t finish his meal...

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1st family vacation - Singapore!

So the time finally came for our first overseas family vacation to the Lion Island. Deg-degan? Pastinyaa… Takut si bayi kenapa-kenapa. Tapi Alhamdulillah lancar jaya. Couldn’t be more proud of my wonderful son. J It was quite spontaneous, the plan for the trip. I mean, I had thought of going somewhere during the long weekend, but didn’t think Akang actually approved. But surprisingly he said...

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Post Holiday Syndrome

Aaakkk… gonna suffer from post holiday syndrome nih hari ini. Setelah long weekend 4 hari dimana kami bertiga (saya, Akang, Raka) menghabiskannya dengan liburan ke Singapur, sekarang harus balik kerja lagi, jauh dari Raka lagi. Iya, sebenernya yang bikin ga semangat bukan karena liburan leyeh2 sudah selesai, tapi sekarang udah ga bisa lagi full megang Raka kayak kemaren, cuma saya dan Akang tanpa...

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Raka kena Roseola

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