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Selected posts from Ega and Aisar’s social medias

Happy First Birthday, Musa!

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#ea5512 One year ago today, without a hard and prolonged labor, you came to the world in the most beautiful way I could never ask more. If you only knew, Musa.. that I was very scary to die after delivering you, that I worried about losing chance to be a MOM of you, that I sometimes thought you would be my only child.. every time I felt, “oh, pregnant is really tough!”, and wanted to give up. However, your coming made all of my fears faded away and putting you first in my everyday life now is one thing I’ll never regret (and won’t take it for granted)!!! I have to say, “Thank you, Allah, for trusting me in taking care of him”, and yes, in the hands of lady who was disinterested in young kids, you are ‘unfortunately’ be entrusted 😀

If you deserve a better mom, please let me be that one. We have learned too many things together from zero through this first year. Why should we stop? It’s wonderful life ahead, dear baby, and your opportunities to create benefits for universe are unli mited. May you become a son who loves being closer and faithful to Allah whatever happens and we are united as family for ever up to jannah (heaven). Aamiin.

Happy first birthday, Musa! Happy mother’s day to me!

\P. S.: baby development, up and down of first year parenting, and what to expect will be written in different post.

4th Anniversary Dinner

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#ea5512 With the most precious gift from Allah #musaromas, 4th anniversary dinner last night wasn’t necessary to be either high budget or romantic.. 😜😝 Yet, the food was such a blast for us! That #ThaiFriedRice tasted very similar to street-food cart in Indonesia we miss aaaaall the time! Ohhh so touching 😂😂😂

A plate costed less than $12 was filling enough for two persons and we got a basket of crackers too. Yum! Lucky us to have this old restaurant as our neighbor 😁😭

P.S.: I do thinking to write about my feeling and sharing our experience so far in sailing this marriage boat. However, our attention is still on another event coming up this weekend. May is super duper BUSY and SPECIAL month. Thank you so much for those who have been participating in our survey on Facebook 🙂

Posted by Ega Dioni Putri via Facebook on May 06, 2016 at 07:49 AM

Bento Review for April 2016

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Collage of captured #bentoforwork (was: #bentotooffice) from #recipega for hubby – April 2016 edition. Menu can be seen below. ea5512 — Beberapa trik untuk menyiapkan #bekalkantor kilat adalah sbb: – selalu sedia stok lauk matang di freezer – potongin sayuran minimal seminggu sekali (sayuran siap pakai, udah dicuci + disiangi + diirisi + dibagi) – potongin buah lebih kalo lagi makan buah – bikin salad dan kuasai cara bikin dressing untuk salad (kalo mau bikin sendiri) atau beli jadi aja juga enak-enak >> saya ga suka karena ga bisa atur kadar keasinan / kemanisan. Dressing andalan saya: olive oil/ minyak wijen, madu, italian seasoning (parsley, oregano, dsb tinggal tabur), lemon. – stok nasi instan (precooked, 10 menit di dalam air panas udah jadi) – punya microwave 😛 Menu from far top left to far bottom right: (1) White rice, sambal, roasted peanuts, roasted chicken, cucumber, orange (2) Brown rice, ayam bakar kecap (Indonesian grilled chicken with sweet soy sauce), salad, watermelon (3) Red rice (white + red rice), chicken teriyaki, capcay, cantaloupe, fried onion (4) Fried noddle with chicken and vegetables, broccoli, fried egg, orange (5) Red rice, fried chicken, hot tomato sauce, salad, watermelon (6) Quinoa, semur daging kentang (Indonesian beef potato stew), green beans, urap sayuran (vegetables mix with shredded coconut), watermelon (7) Pad Thai with vegetables, fried egg, orange, kerupuk udang (Indonesian shrimp cracker) (8) Brown rice, fried chicken, salad, strawberry, cantaloupe (9) White rice, tofu tempeh stew + roasted peanuts, pecel (kale and shredded zucchini + peanut sauce), grapes, kerupuk bawang (Indonesian gatlic crackers) (10) White rice + sambal, ayam bakar kecap (Indonesian grilled chicken with sweet soy sauce) + basil, mix veggies and macaroni soup, grapes (11) White rice + fried onion, semur daging kentang (Indonesian beef potato stew), salad, grapes + orange (12) Red rice + roasted peanuts, chicken nugget, jangan bening / sayur bayam (Indonesian spinach soup), apple All ingredients above was homemade, except “urap sayuran”. — #bentobox #bentoboxes #lunchbox #lunchboxideas #lunchboxeswithlove #bento #お弁当 #サラリーマンのお弁当 #毎日のお弁当 #instabentoPosted by Ega Dioni Putri via Facebook

Meeting with Imam Shamsi Ali

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#ea5512 Precious meeting with two germs of Indonesia: Imam Shamsi Ali and Fauziah Fauzan. Yet, taking a picture together with #imamshamsiali (far top) such beyonds our dream before coming to USA. We adore him, since we read his memoar book by Julie Nava, as an Islamic chief figure who respects others no matter what their religions are. His kindness has attrated many people to come to the Islamic center or masjid he’s in charge of, including those who came there with intention on finding errors in Islam or expressing hatred to Islam, but then ended up converting to muslim 😀 Meanwhile, Mrs. Fauziah Fauzan is leader of an honorable boarding school in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, called “Diniyyah Puteri”. She was invited by Indonesia counsellor at Chicago for weeks of staying in USA to promote Islamic education. Well, I didn’t attend her speech at MSU, but in the session of our meeting she gave brief message to us which really left deep feeling in my heart. She said to ta ke care of my baby really well up to two years old and help his brain neurons to get connected perfectly (I’m still on search about it and will write it later once I found the scientific facts) by keeping screen away!!! Oh, it’s in line with the advice I heard from Ellie Risman, a parenting expert of Indonesia, and also a suggestion from “Brain Rules for Baby” book that the amount of TV a child should watch before the age of 2 is zero! Thank you so much for imam and staffs from Islamic Center of East Lansing too to have us there in their place and kindly sponsored the dishes. Totally worth it an hour trip from Farmington to the Michigan capital city! #imamshamsiali #fauziahfauzan #kjrichicago #eastlansing #lansing #islamiccentereastlansing #indonesianmuslim #indonesianevent #muslimlife #muslimhood #musliminmichigan #musliminUSA #
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Musa is Turning 11 Months

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Today, our little warrior (武者・Musha) is turning 11 months. One simple sentence to describe the last month: Enjoy a baby who can’t refrain his tiny fingers into everything and accept that your home can’t be as tidy as before (ok, two sentences.. -_-). The end. LOL

His brain seems to developing rapidly recently as we continue to get surprises every day when finding him got the new skills either from those we never taught before or those he gained after countless repetition of learning from us. Above all these milestones:
– clapping hands, plus striking two objects to make sounds
– waving hand to say bye-bye
– playing balls (throw, try to catch, give, transfer from one hand to another.. not kick yet :P)
– returning handshake, kiss, instruction, and warning
– flipping through the pages of a book
– pulling out drawers and dressers
– saying Mama-Papa deliberately (and maem-baba-des randomly)
– responding to talking and story read, mimicing voices
– standing from squat position
WALKING is the major achievement between his 10th and 11th month and now improved into ability to turn around and carry objects during the walks. Experts say walking marks transformation from baby as external fetus to toddler as a real human. It’s altering life ‘coz both baby’s body and mind become free! Continue reading →