Yesterday outing
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Life like this couldn't be better.
[get this widget]
Kehilangan seseorang
Monday, June 22, 2009
Dia pernah berterima kasih kepada saya karena saya salah satunya orang yang membuat dia bikin satu jurnal khusus tempat dia berkarya. Saya merasa senang bisa membantu orang lain. Tapi saya terus terang bukan orang yang rajin bertandang. Tapi bukan berarti saya tidak suka dengan dia lagi.
Satu kali saya merasa, koq saya tidak pernah dengar kabarnya lagi? Lalu saya periksa sana sini, ternyata, nama saya sudah dihapus. Dari jurnal yang satu dan jurnal yang lainnya. Mungkin sudah lama, mungkin masih baru. Hilang dari jejak-jejak yang dibikin.
Ah...ya mungkin saya salah. Saya tidak memupuk persahabatan. Saya jarang bertandang. Saya cuma berkomentar pendek. Mungkin komentar saya tidak bermutu lagi di hatinya. Terlalu berbasa-basi. Tidak ada tujuannya. Mungkin ideologi saya berbeda dengan dia. Dia suka ke kiri, saya lebih suka ke kanan. Mungkin saya orang bodoh! Tidak intelektual...
Merasa sedih, tentu saja. Saya bukan orang yang gampang berteman dengan siapa saja memang. Tapi kalau sudah ketemu yang cocok, berat melepaskannya. Supaya bisa cocok itu tidak gampang, kadang harus melangkah dengan hati-hati. Kadang dari tulisan bisa saya tebak apa bisa cocok. Tapi, lagi-lagi tapi, mungkin juga bukan salah siapa-siapa. Bosan tentu melanda siapa saja.
Hari ini baru saya tahu. Lucunya, saya baru sadar kalau dia kenal dengan bekas teman sekolah saya. Tapi sebelum bertanya, si dia sudah meninggalkan saya. Ya sudah, apa boleh buat.
[get this widget]
Many photos, not too long of a story
Thursday, May 28, 2009
My mother-in-law got to go with Nathaniel to one of his field trips to a new emergency wing at Portland Adventist Hospital. Look at how the children were dressed in scrubs from head to toe! My husband came with them, sadly I had to work that day. Each child got to experience how to operate laparoscopy instrument to get a piece of chocolate candy in a fake stomach :)
Later that day Nathaniel had Spring Concert with his classmates in school. This was where they performed songs that they've been practicing in the last quarter. The concert was definitely better than last year and his class performed very good as well. They were singing some songs and also did a sign language song of "Battle Hymn of Republic" with third and fourth graders. That song just made everyone's heart swelled with pride and joy!
Last Friday was the opening day for Rose Festival in Portland, so we (I, actually made the plan) went to downtown Portland that night to see the fireworks. We went to Eastbank Esplanade which was a better place to see the fireworks. The barge was in the middle of Willamette River and we're so close to it that we got a first-class view. Lots of people also took advantage of the good weather to see the fireworks so both sides of the river were jam-packed with people. The fireworks started around 10:15 and lasted about 20 minutes or so. It was a wonderful display and in the end people applauded it cheerfully. Now, I couldn't take credits for the downtown and fireworks pictures since my husband horded the camera :P It pays to have another camera body when this thing happens too frequently...
Then on Sunday we went to Brooks Garden where it has peonies and lilies in bloom. As usual, I love to take flower pictures in a garden, too bad that the sun was particularly strong that day and it didn't help that we went right smack in the middle of the afternoon. When taking flower petals up close I found that the petals were making curvy lines similar to brushstrokes in painting.
My mother-in-law finally went back home two days ago. I still hadn't had downtime myself because my son's school activity took my time again. That Tuesday he and his classmate had an investiture service for being in Adventurer Club. It's a club which is similar to Boy's/Girl's Scout but this club emphasizes interest in nature and animals for children up to grade 4. Nathaniel got his badges for all the things that he had accomplished in the class. The service was bit too long, some children just simply couldn't stop yawning!
And today, my husband and I had our 14th anniversary which we celebrated by doing....nothing! Look, we're not so romantic couple ourselves and I had to watch my son's friend for the rest of the day today until her brother could pick her up in the evening. So yeah... our day was still filled with children. I was gonna bake a cake for today and tomorrow (hubby's birthday) but I think I have to postpone it until the weekend. In the end, I still feel blessed of having a good husband and loving son!
[get this widget]
