another yoga video

uh-oh. these yoga videos are addictive!!! :)) after the migraine problem 2 days ago, today i'm having a bad neck pain. i think it's caused by my harden sleeping pillows :( i'm not quite sure, but i wake up this morning with a very bad pain in the (back) neck. though i went swimming today with nataya, hoping the pain would vanish by exercising, but it's still here awfully :( so, again i searched via youtube, and found this exercise on the video is quite effective for the neck pain. enjoy!

dealing with headache

2 days ago i had a very bad headache. i've tried to lay down hoping it would disappear, but it didn't :( i could try to take a pill, but didn't want to. then i searched via youtube on 'yoga for headache', and found these great series by an indian lady on healing migraine headaches with yoga. i practiced the 'healing hand mudra', 'wrist & head acupressure', 'boat pose' and 'yoga spinal twist' before going to bed. amazingly, i think it all works very well because i could lay down with no pain and wake up the next morning feeling fresh, no more headaches! :)

this is the 'healing hand mudra' video, one of the poses which i found very simple but perhaps very effective. there are other 16 videos showing on how to deal with migraine.

later on, i've found out (via google) that the indian lady is Vineeta Gogia, a yoga instructor / meditation therapist from Noida - India.

adalahkita

i don't know whether this is super important or not.. but, errr.. because i've been featured at adalahkita-365 project! what an honor, being featured among other Indonesian creative people :) thank you!
PS: i missed when i was on the headline, eek! that day (08/05) i was totally off the internet. 
-edited 23/11/12 :"P

his first event

last week, on 26 May 2012, i helped Sami with his first event. under the name of 'es.ka.pe', he participated in sMart Dialogue, an event held by Dia.Lo.Gue Artspace, Jakarta. More about the event, please go here :)


last year (under the name of GLUTEN) he participated in Locafore, he joined together with Oma Anna and friends, but this time it's his own, so i may say that this is officially his first event :P what he brought this time are surely food & drink, which are: chicken wrap, nachos with salsa & guacamole dip, nachos with chili beans, and the refreshing iced lemon mint drink.










i was totally busy helping Sami from the time we arrived, did the setting, then came the lunch time, continued until the afternoon, then came the dinner time. wow! i realized late in the afternoon that i hadn't looked around and took pictures of other booths yet! so pardon me, most of the pics above are a bit low-light as they're mostly taken in the evening (that is when our goods are mostly sold out and had the chance to walk around). but i managed to bring home this pretty pouch and passport cover from simalakamma (the booth just next to us, hihi)





anyway, we really love the atmosphere, nice crowd and great ambience! thank you Dia.Lo.Gue! would love to have a chance to participate in the next events ;)


more pics of the day.

there's an owl in our kitchen!

that was my tweet on a Friday morning. yes, there WAS an OWL in our kitchen! oh my. so hours before the sunrise, perhaps around 3-4 am, when i was finishing k.e.d goody bags order in the studio, i heard noises from the kitchen, like banging and mouse squeaking. but i didn't take a peep into the kitchen, instead i went upstairs, sleeping :D

in the morning, about 6 am, i went to the kitchen (our kitchen is at back-patio) to prepare nataya's breakfast & bento. then i heard some kind of "huuhuu.."-sound from the back-area of the house. and there it is, the owl, sitting beneath the water reservoir. eeek! i was stressed out, hhooow come??? while nataya was super excited seeing an owl inside the house-area, she said that it was adorable like some stuffed-animal -- --"

i was hoping that it would flew away by its own, instead it flew inside to our kitchen! and sat nicely above the top shelf. arggghh! so i didn't do any cooking that morning. and then we just went to school & work.

we came back around noon, hoping that it had flown away from the kitchen's shelf. but it was still there. argghhhh!

so i called the security to make it go. then the owl got stressed out, it pooped and urined everywhere in the kitchen. aaaarggggh! but finally the security man managed to take the owl away. i didn't want to know what he would do with the owl, i just wished that everything went well and nobody got hurt. so sorry owl, to make you caught by the security man. well you didn't fly away by your own!

and now, i am always suspicious when doing things in the kitchen, especially when it gets dark. aaaarrghhh. but i do wish the owl is ok now - hopefully :)

sunday lunch

sami's creation: home-made pasta with pesto and shredded roasted chicken breast on top.

OH hello blog-world! i'm back. and hopefully not just for a temporary moment :) so what made me disappeared? during my blogging-break, i was very occupied (mostly) with Nataya (off course) & husband (he got hospitalized in April), lecturing (i handled 3 classes this semester, wew!), and went back-forth Bandung-Singapore for several times in March-April-May (that's another story). though in between i could manage doing small projects for k.e.d. buttt, unfortunately, couldn't manage to re-stock for the stockists :( hopefully in the near time! apparently,  i've asked for a short break from lecturing during this short semester. for me it is surely good news (ops, pardon me XP) as i could do more for k.e.d, including designing new items for the next season. it's about time, don't you think? and this time, i want it for real! R E A L!!! :)) so inspiration, come to mama! :))

me-time breakfast

last month, i participated the food photography contest held by Hummingbird Eatery. and yes, the picture above made me win the first prize, yay! :))

whole-hearted

him: "i think He is going to pick me up soon.."
me: "you think so?"
him: (silent) "yes, very soon, i think.."
me: (silent) "oh, so you need to be ready whenever it is. and you need to be very very whole-hearted when it is the time.."
him: "are you?"
me: "i am. i am ready and whole-hearted at the same time.."
him: "really..?"
me: "i know, it would be scary and misterious, but.. after that all your pain will gone.. you won't feel the pain any more.."
him: (silent)
me: "you never thought that i would be this strong, rite?"
him: (smile)

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that was a short conversation happened in my dream some nights ago. i didn't realize it until i got this bad news regarding my father's health today. i think i was reminded to be always strong and whole-hearted whatever happens. it was so vivid that i was really strong in that dream. hopefully i would be like that in the real life, amen.

i love you, dad.

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(nataya's fingers want to take part of the pic, haha)




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bento fever

ever since nataya goes to this pre-school, i have to wake up earlier every morning preparing snack for her to bring to school. i have attempted making cute bentos but most of them didn't turn too cute. they were just a mess and i didn't even want to take pictures of them :P


after many trials and errors for weeks, i decided to stop :P and since then nataya's bento looked just plain :))


then, i bumped into puan's giveaway blog-post. she was throwing a polling to choose the best logo for her new project: project obento. i have seen her (personal) bento projects for her children at her blog (and now on facebook, check this out!) and also her postings about bentos some time ago. i have seen them all right before nataya's new pre-school, which means right before the morning ritual of preparing snack-boxes. i really like all her creation, too cuute! they are all really inspiring :)


after participating her giveaway (and i luckily won it, teehee!), my spirit in making cute bentos for nataya came back ;-) plus the bento tools i won were very useful, just like i needed! thank you puan! :)



trial & error (picture taken with mobile-phone camera)



not sure whether they are bears or cats :)) (picture taken with mobile-phone camera)


first try with one of the rice molds from the giveaway package

the giveaway package

stationery galore

this stationery shop is one of the oldest in town. i once visited it probably around 1998/1999, buying some ring-binder for a journal project (yes, i made journals since then) and never visit the place again until last thursday. after spending the early morning at the gym (which was just across the street from the shop), i decided to re-visit the store to look for some PVA glue.


i didn't get the glue. but i did got some nostalgia. very interesting!



old notebooks with interesting graphics on the covers.



old postcards.


various old rubber-stamps.

am thinking what to do with these letters, numbers, and writing stickers. and look at the old-style desk-calender behind the display window! interesting!

stuff i brought home! can you see the glue? lol! i'm sure the shopkeeper must be very glad, having these finally out of the store :P

morning post

i think it is already become a routine. getting asleep right after nataya got asleep around 9-10 pm. and waking up freshly early in the morning around 4.30-5 am. and this also happens today! on a saturday :))

sami's not coming homing last nite, he was too busy at his office. hopefully (i DO really HOPE) he could home tonite after he finished all his tasks today. i really need a hand from him for this upcoming event ;)

anyway, k.e.d will be participating at the Local Label Festival, held by Locafore - Art, Design, and Jazz Festival, at Bale Pare, Kota Baru Parahyangan next weekend, 23-25 September 2011. an event of local products bazaar and a jazz concert. all of them are free of charge entry. sami will also opening a booth together with Oma Anna homemade & friends at the food section. so pleeease do come if you are around the city!

meanwhile, this means extra work for me & sami preparing for the event. and like always, while juggling from one to another, between housework, k.e.d, nataya and stuff at campus. oh, God.. please give me strength! :))

i'll leave you with the Locafore's poster for details :) -- is it clear enough to read?

k.e.d on The Jakarta Globe

thank you Katrin Figge for the very nice article :) the story also appeared on the newspaper, last weekend, but i didn't manage to get a copy here in bandung :( but some copies will arrive very soon from Katrin. i will surely post it here as soon as they arrived ;)



update:
the newspaper already arrived, here it is:

The Jakarta Globe, vol.IV issue 199, section c: life & times, saturday/sunday, september 3/4, 2011

eid mubarak 1432 H

hope you all had a wonderful eid just like we did :) nataya and i were very delightful that we had sami for the whole week :) -- means good food, lol. we spent the last days of ramadhan in bandung, went to watch Kung Fu Panda 2, which nataya enjoyed very much. she could now appreciate long movies better and didn't ask to go off the theatre before it ended :)

we did our eid prayer at the mosque near my parents', then went to my parents' straight afterwards. my father wasn't in his best condition, but he could manage to go along with us visiting our relatives in the city. and then, in the afternoon, the three of us went to jakarta to meet sami's parents.






i didn't feel really good for a couple of days after too much eating ketupat and opor. too much cholesterol, i guess. blah. but feel better after consuming much fresh fruit and juice.

selamat idul fitri, everyone! may Allah bless us always. amen! :)

small notes

hello. how's everybody? :) oh i am such a bad bad blogger. so minimum updates this past months :( 


anyway, life's been good. oh, i missed one update: we've been to bali in april, celebrating my 30th birthday there, such a blast. would loove to share about the trip. hopefully on the next entry :D. 


nataya's growing well, she's been more chatty lately which is a good thing, since we were a bit worried that she couldn't talk well in her age. she's done more crafty projects by herself and is not afraid of sticky glue anymore :)) she could do coloring better and draws more often, and could also write better. and not like last year when she just cried all day, she performed nicely on her preschool's farewell party last may as a ballerina. she could enjoy the party much better now :) -- will write about the party on another entry, later :D. and now she will be ready to go to another school this year, and we're excited as she's going to her mother's and aunty's alma mater :))

nataya performing as a ballerina on her preschool's farewell party last may.


anyway, amesh mentioned k.e.d on her article about the say-it-with pencils. thank you!



and have you enter for cocomomo's giveaway? their mini cambox are soo irresistible!

and now i have to hurry, i've got to attend lecturing at 9. and i haven't showered yet. ack! anyway, nayata is in jakarta, staying at her grand-parents until this weekend. a good thing for me, i could concentrate finishing k.e.d's projects. go! go me! :))

pink and black

aliya from jakarta emailed me the other day asking ideas for her daughter's goody bag. her little daughter, who's going to be 1 year old (last may), loves music. so she made 'rock and roll princess' as the party theme.



i made her 30 goody bags in two color combination: pink and black, with simple rock-ish ornaments at the front. an activity-book which suited the theme, some coloring pencils, stickers and origami papers were the goodies inside the bag.

the idea of making an activity book for birthday goody bags had popped through my mind some time ago, i almost made it for nataya's next birthday. since aliya agreed about it, so why not? :)



as usual, i tried to make them all by myself. very hectic at the last days. glad i could make it on time :) thank you for trusting k.e.d, aliya! and happy birthday to aizka :)

crafty days #5

finally. a post about the event! :D though it was weeks ago, but.. who carees.. :P come, come let's have a little rendezvous ;)

this year i participated as one of the tenants. i shared the table with a good friend from college, Rieninta Astari (Ririen), who brought along her cool hand-printed shopping bags and pouches under the name of Toko Malka.

while i myself had k.e.d stationery displayed at the event. i also bring some new stuff: the fancy stamps, the newest serial of the say-it-with-pencils and hand-printed gift-tags.

i really enjoyed the event, though very exhausted afterwards, but it was all worthed ;) it was very nice meeting other crafters with their beautiful works, talking with customers or just visitors who came by at our table, getting update stories about the campus nowadays from younger alumnus (both participant and visitors), peeking at the craftypreneur forum (really interesting), and got interviewed at the end of the second day, hihihi.

Angel (Paperpleased), Mei (Oma Anna), Siesca (Anything Sunday), Audy (illustrator), me, Ririen (Toko Malka)
and the second day's lunch: yamien manis, it was so unforgetable :P

then at the end of the event, i got myself these stuff :D

Toko Malka's shopping bag, Oma Anna's apple and mint jam, Derrau's woodcut-printed badge, Ojanto's hand-printed fabrics.
and also this pretty headband for nataya :)

oh.. and i found this (keep on scrolling, hihi.. you'll find k.e.d's notebooks) and also this (scroooling, see the pencils, hihi..) after googling :P
more pictures of the event, please visit the flickr album :)