Wisdom-to-share

Dear Devita, I would like to say “Happy birthday to you my dear cute baby”. It was 16 years ago when I knew that God gave me a second chance to have a baby. I was extremely happy to have you. Your sister fills my life with happiness and you are the one who complete my happiness. Having you is a great blessing ever. Every time I see your brown eyes, I see myself in you. I love you so badly. I count every single step you make. Your smile is cute and your eyes always show your heart. It is hard to believe you are taller than me now. In my mind you are still as small as you were. I always like to hug you and hold you. I wish I could always do it for the rest of my life. We passed 16 years together; you always make me proud as your mom. You have a positive attitude; you have a great responsibility toward your life and you have a big heart to learn about wisdom. Sometimes we argue about life, sometimes we argue about anything. I try to be a good mom for you, I try to teach you about life… o...

One day, I got email from friends who are younger than me; they asked me the tips and trick to be a mom without any help from baby sitter or maid at home. I am honored to have this opportunity. I rewrite this again for all of you. First of all I am idealist person in raising my children. I am a person to see a big picture of life. I had a discussion before I got married how I wanted to raise my children. The most important thing my husband and I have the same vision and mission in this issue. I decided to take care of my children without any help from baby sitter or maids. That isn’t a trend for people in Jakarta. Most of my friends have one baby sitter for each of their children. It was hard when I have to stand for the sake of my ideal thought. Some people seemed against me. Some of my friends told me,” You are so stupid with your education background you can earn more money than just being a full time housewife” Some said,” You are silly to spend your time for doing something which ...

It was about 8.30 AM when I got a phone call. On that day I had to teach and I was preparing myself before I left my house. The phone call was from my neighbor, she was the one who came to me about a month ago and she asked my advice for her son’s education. I already shared in my notes “Like No Other”. She was happily telling me about her son progress. She said that after a long discussion with me, she followed my advice to bring her son to see a doctor. And she found out that her son has a problem with electricity in his brain and it can cause difficulties in his learning ability. I was so happy to hear that she finally found out the truth of her son’s problem and I have a great hope that she can be the better parent who can support and make a right decision for her son. She said she was happy too but she also started to mention that the treatment for her son was expensive. She worried it would be worthless. It bothered me a lot. I told her,” This is about your son, which probably th...

Hari Rabu 20 Mei 2009 langit Jakarta tertutup awan kelabu, seolah-olah sedih menyaksikan waktu yang terbuang di tengah kemacetan di jalan tol Kebun Jeruk. Aku termenung di belakang kemudi, pikiran ku melayang-layang, karena jalanan begitu padat merayap. Ditemanin permainan gitar Jubing Kristanto, kuberupaya menikmati kepadatan kota Jakarta. Hujan mulai turun rintik-rintik seperti tak sanggup lagi menunggu ku sampai ketempat tujuan. Terpaku aku mendengar instrumental lagu Madu dan Racun yang pernah popular di tahun 85. Ketika jaman itu aku masih duduk di bangku kuliah. Lagu berirama ceria itu membuat pikiranku berfantasi, kaki ku bergerak seolah berjoget mengikuti irama yang mengasikkan. Tak hanya hatiku sedikit terhibur mendengar lagu itu, tapi pikiranku juga terinspirasi dengan lagu yang lama tak terdengar lagi. Madu dan Racun, lagu yang bersyair: Engkau yang cantik, engkau yang manis Engkau yang manja Selalu tersipu, rawan sikapmu dibalik kemelut Di remang kabutmu di tabir mega-megam...

We thank God for giving us, you in our life We praise God because of you It has been 17 years ago It seems just yesterday We have fallen in love with you when the first time … We could touch your face and your small hands We love you more and more day by day We always want to do our best for you You give us an honor position to be your mom and dad You make us proud with all talents you have We have watched you change and grow We still remember your first step Your first words, your first song, and your first smile We keep each of detail memories we have about you and We will always do … collecting memories with you Every moments of your life we love as part of our life We love to be with you, hand in hand together to accompany you But there is a time when we can not be with you There is a time only our prayer and love can be with you Today we couldn’t bring Andrea Bocelli to sing "Amapola" or "Because we believe" for you But for sure we want you to have unforgettabl...

That day as usual all students had regular class and I was so relax in my office thinking everything went well and that day would soon ended. Suddenly I heard a very loud voice up stair. I called someone to figure out what was going on there. He went to find out. He went back bringing four students. He said,” Ibu, these boys are the trouble makers in the class, they pretended as drummers and they played in the class using tables.” Discipline the students is not an easy job. I asked for opinion from the students,” what do you think the best punishment for you?” They started to give me their opinion. One boy said,” Ibu if you want to punish us it is okay we can do push up” The second boy quickly said,” Please I can not do push up bu, can you change the punishment to other thing such as running” The others also gave their opinion and they also argued among them what the nice punishment for them. I found the crazy idea. I remember the one of the cigarette advertising when some boys play th...

You are the one who can see beyond my appearance You are the one who trusts me You are the one who always supports me You are the one who believes in my dreams You are the one from many friends I have The only one in my life, whom I love and trust The one who always holds my hands and walks besides me The one who always lends the shoulder to cry on You are my best friend who listens to my heart You are always with me thru any situation in my life. You are my best friend and I am blessed that you are my husband Jakarta, May 17, 2009, at 8.27PM **Lina Kartasasmita**