Room’s President Game

Sisters having fun work together

DAY THREE AND FOUR

Still worked,quite good on the 3rd, but getting less motivated on the 4th.The 3rd day was the older sister turned to become President.  She was  quite a motivated girl, and kind of kid who likes being in charged. Well, typical 1st child character. This is I guess why she still enjoys the game, instructing her li’l sister this, and that…:), .

The 4th day was a bit different. It was the Li’l sis turn for the president. She was not really motivated. She said ” I don’t want to play this game anymore” she said while laying lazily on the sofa. Hmm, then I make a vote. I said “okay, who wants to be the president now?”. Then her sister in a still motivated mode raise her hand. She shouted ” I want to be the president”. Seeing this, the li’l sister seeing herself as the loser, from her big sis. Then she changed her mind and said ” well,I still wanna be the president”…:). I know she was halfheartedly doing this though , but she is still become president then.

The result was good, the room clean even before 7 o’clock (fascinating!because it is in the morning and a holiday time!). Though through the process, I observed that the President today becoming more authoritarian because she is actually feeling lazy, and most of the time she gave ordered to the minister, while she was lazily sit and do nothing….hahaha. But of course the minister was sounding a protest many times, asking the president to also work….hahaha. So I guess we know, if suddenly our leader becoming more authoritarian, probably because s/he actually already tired or too lazy to hold the role her/him self !! .

Well, as a reward today, I feel that I must add more bonus to make it still interesting. So, praise them saying that the room becoming even cleaner and neater than before, so I gave 5 more stickers bonus.

Hmm …Need to think of more reward for the days ahead.

Anyway, gotta check this book below. Interesting!

Room’s President Game

DAY TWO

This morning, was the little sister becoming the president. It was so funny to see, she was sooo excited. By the time she wanted to clean the room, the minister was still sleeping. I was ironing when the president came to me an grumbled, said, “Mommy, the minister is still sleeping…..”. I then told her that it is her duty to wake the minister up, because the due date is @ 8 o’clock. Then, she woke the minister up! haha…I didn’t even have to wake them up. The minister woke up and also excited.

So, today…it also went pretty well! They both work excitedly cleaning their room, not even one word from my mouth telling them to clean their room!! yeeiiyy!!

When the room is clean, I inspect and I gave 4 stickers, because there are still some sock scattered around and some books not properly put in its place.Then, the president really really happy when I gave the 4 stickers, and she exchanged it with the minister, with other stickers that she likes more….:)

Well done Miss President!!

The president and minister on duty.

Room’s President Game

DAY ONE

First day my maid went home! Back to Indonesia, I used to depend again on my assistance, a.k.a my lovely maid to help me run the housework. Anyway, house work back home is impossible to be done without a helper. The house is in 1000m2 land, and the house is 300 m2. How do you expect to clean it all and cook, etc whereas you still need to drive your kids to school, to their extra curriculair activities plus still trying to make additional earning for family?

Soooo….Every time Ied holidays come,like it or not, I must transform myself to become Cinderella (before she became princess of course), Oshin, or whatever you called yourselves in the Facebook’s status . However this time, I decided to transform my selves to become the Parliament. In fact, I have the President and the Minister (my daughters) to help me.

This is the game that I just created today so that my 2 daughters (7 and 5 yold), at least, willingly and have fun cleaning their room. Here is the game :

1. Each day, one of the kids will become a Presidentof their own room and the other become the minister. (they share room). The president will change each day, so each kids have the same number of days for becoming president or minister
2. I explained to them what clean room is, what is my expectation of their roo3. if the room is according to what I expected, Only the president will get 5 stickers. (luckily my kids still love stickers). It is up to the president what s/he will do with the stickers.
3. I give the time limit for cleaning room. which is during holiday, at 8 o’clock.

By the time I was writing this blog, voala….!! the kids room has been really cleaned!! It really worked!!! Without me, yelling, and telling them all the time to clean it!!

Soo….today, the oldest was the president, and she got 4 stickers, because I judged the bookshelves is not as tidy as I expected. ….

They are sooo excited to do this! And the good thing is, The president give 2 stickers to the minister….She said, because she already helped her….

So…let’s see whether this game can continue and will work throughout this Lebaran Holiday or not….:)

DAY ONE RESULT

Hmm...clean bed! Day One works!

Mba, Kak, Jeung, Mas,Bang, Kang….Ciiiiiin…..

Sebenarnya hal ini penting nggak penting. Penting karena orang bisa saja tersinggung karena panggilan yang salah. Nggak penting karena apa sih sebenarnya arti sebuah panggilan?

Kenyataannya, banyak ibu2 (seperti diri saya juga tentunya ) yang berada pada usia middle 30-ies, merasa senang kalau disapa dengan panggilan “mba” dibandingkan dengan “ibu”…tentunya karena di usia2 ini maunya menghindar dari efek faktor ‘U’ alias Uzur!
Ada seorang teman yang bisa jadi BT seharian karena di usia ini lebih sering dipanggil “Ibu”….haha padahalkan memang sudah punya anak ya…sudah jadi ibu….:)

Kalau yang usia-nya lebi muda, dipanggil ‘dik’ atau apa ya…? tapi kayaknya kok kedengarannya aneh ya kalau teman kantor yang lebih muda dipanggil ‘dik’…sepertinya panggil nama saja lebih sreg

Terus akhir2 ini banyak juga sebutan untuk perempuan “Kak” dibandingkan “Mba”. Katanya kalau ‘Mba’ kan untuk orang Jawa. Kalau orang dari Sumatera dipanggilnya “Kak”….hmmm …jadi kalau dari Sunda dipanggil “teh” , atau “Uni” kalau kita tahu seseorang itu dari Sumatera Barat?

Kalau untuk laki-laki, juga membingungkan. Yang paling umum tentunya panggilan ‘Mas’. Tapi ‘Mas’ juga berkonotasi Jawa. Jadi “Bang” untuk orang dari Sumatera. Apa mau panggil “Kang” untuk yang dari Sunda, Atau ” Uda” yang dari Sumatera Barat? Rasanya aneh kalau secara formal kita panggil bos muda yang berasal dari Padang dengan sebutan “Uda”? Pastinya walaupun lebih muda dipanggilnya tetap “Pak”…walaupun mungkin nggak suka juga, karena jadi terdengar seperti orang sudah tua.

Kalau anak2 usia balita ataupun remaja memanggil seseorang yang usia-nya sama dengan ortu mereka, yang bukan saudara, apa sebutan yang pantas ? ‘Bu’, ‘Pak’ , ‘Tante’ atau ‘Oom’?hmm…kayaknya kalau orangnya trendy dipanggilnya Oom…tapi kalo kuno dipanggilnya Pak kali ya….hahaha

Di Instansi pemerintahan, dimana senioritas masih dijunjung tinggi, panggilan Ibu/Mbak bisa jadi masalah. Senior yang dipanggil Ibu tersinggung,karena inginnya dipanggil mba. Tapi kalau dipanggil mba, nanti disangka tidak menghormati senior….hmmm…bingung-kan?

Kalau jaman dulu, sepertinya ibu2 familiar dengan panggilan “jeung” atau ” zus”…wah…pengaruh jaman penjajahan kayaknya..
Jadi apa sih sebenarnya panggilan baku dalam bahasa Indonesia?

Atau daripada susah dan ribet…seperti seorang pria yang saya dengar dibelakang saya di bis siang ini, dia menyebut seseorang di telponnya begini ” …ketemu besok ya Ciiiiin…bye Ciiiiin…” –dengan gaya tangan lemah gemulai.Tentunya yang diseberang telpon tidak sakit hati karena merasa di”Cintai”….:)

Diet tidak perlu lapar lho…

 

udah turun berat berapa ya.....hmm

Menurutku, diet yang baik adalah diet yang tidak membuat kita tersiksa. Diet Pantai Selatan ini mengajarkan cara makan sehat, bukan cara makan tersiksa. Karena itu aku cocok sekali dengan diet ini. Dan diet ini bisa jadi kebiasaan alias gaya hidup.

Diet ini diciptakan oleh seorang dokter jantung di Florida, US. Jadi sebenarnya diet kesehatan. Tapi ternyata berefek pada badan yang berbentuk, alias lemak2 menyebalkan di pinggul dan pinggang menghilang.

Saat ini hari ke-7 menjalankan diet “Pantai Selatan”, lumayan juga turun 1 kg. Suami turun 1,5 kg. Padahal selama diet nggak pernah lapar lho, dan memang nggak mau kelaparan!

Sebenarnya asli-nya diet ini setiap menu ada takarannnya. Tapi kujalankan dengan caraku. Yaa…mungkin mestinya 1 minggu 2 kg ya…jadi cuma 1 kg. Tapi nggak apa2, yang penting tak tersiksa dan enjoy!!

Intinya, dalam diet ini :

1. Diet ini terbagi 3 tahap. tahap I,selama 2 minggu. Dalam tahap ini tidak boleh makan karbohidrat sama sekali. Tidak boleh nasi, mie, pasta, roti , dan semua kerabatnya . Menurut buku-nya, dalam tahap ini bisa turun 5- 8 kg. Tapi dulu ku hanya turun 4 kg. Mungkin karena aku suka bandel dan ogah lapar…:)

Pokoknya Mie & Roti itu konon katanya sih karbohidrat yang jahat banget bikin tumpukan lemak2 dipanggul. Ibaratnya mendingan makan eskrim daripada makan roti2-an itu!!!
2. Dalam tahap I ini juga hindari buah2an yang Glukosa Index (GI) nya tinggi.

Salah satu contoh buah GI tinggi : mangga, pisang, dll. Karena buah2an ini membuat kita cepat lapar lagi.

3. Rasa makanan dalam diet ini penting. Harus enak! udah diet masa’ rasa makanannya nggak enak! tersiksa banget kan? jadi disarankan pakai semua bumbu2 yang bikin enak…

4. Nyemil boleh2 aja kok, tapi nyemilnya lebih baik yang protein tinggi. Misal : kacang edamame, tempe di oven (lebih baik dari yang digoreng, tapi kalo aku digoreng juga nggak apa2 asal Canola oil/olive oil ), tahu, atau jenis kacang2an yang lain. Aku suka banget chick peas (nggak tahu apa bahasa indonesianya), atau makanan timur tengah Homus (chick peas yang dihancurkan + perasan lemon +garlic + olive oil…hmmm) (notes : tapi chick peas ini belum ku check kadar karbohidratnya….jangan2 tinggi lagi…yang pasti proteinnya sih tinggi). Kalo gitu batang seledri gede2 itu pake dip non fat cheese/ dip dari olahan yoghurt…

5. Boleh makan makanan yang digoreng, asal digoreng dengan Canola / Olive oil . Tapi sebaiknya di grill/rebus.

6. Olah raga cukup sehari 30 menit….jalan/lari atau apa aja deh yang cocok. Tapi rutin. (minimal seminggu 5 kali deh..)

7. Minum harus banyak dan hanya boleh air putih. Dalam tahap I ini Boleh siiihh sekali-kali minum teh/ kopi…tapi dengan gula diet ya….

Hmmm…kira2 itu deh tips2 singkatnya…

Untuk 2 minggu tahap pertama, sekedar berbagi beberapa menu :

Makan Pagi

1 atau 2 telur

1 tomat – dirajang

2 jamur mushroom- di potong kecil2

sedikit bawang bombay untuk perasa.

1 gelas juice jeruk

Telur ini sesuai selera bisa digoreng / direbus.

Aku juga suka telur yang dicampur dengan bayam dipotong-potong.

Intinya, telur itu bisa membuat kita kenyang lebih lama.

Makan Siang / Makan Malam

Menu 1 -grill food

ayam 4 potong (satu ayam dipotong 12 )

dipanggang dengan bawang putih, kecap manis, kecap asin, garam, merica.

Salad dengan dressing olive oil.

Menu 2 – Stir Fry food

Daging sekitar 40 gram (berdua) dipotong kecil2.

Bawang putih, bawang bombay (secukupnya)

baby kaylan, wortel, capsicum (paprika) (sesuai selera)

olive / canola oil 1 sendok makan

Bumbu : Kecap manis, kecap asin, garam, merica, bubuk ketumbar

Cara : tumis bawang putih, kemudia bawang bombay sampai harum.

kemudian masukan daging, tumis sampai matang. Beri bumbu2

Aku palingan ganti2 yang di grill…kadang ayam, kadang steak, kadang ikan…

pokoknya sayur / salad makannya tidak terbatas…hehehe

Snack selingan favorit :

Batang Daun Seledri yang besar2 dimakan pakai Homus.

Ok…cukup segini dulu …pengen tahu juga nih…diet kali ini turun berapa kilo ya…? kalo dulu pertama diet kan 2 mingu turun 4 kg….ini diet yang ke-2, nggak tahu juga tahap pertama turun berapa kilo…

ok deh..buat yang pengen diet…sukses ya…jangan lupa bagi2 pengalamannya di blog ini, jadi bisa diskusi. Komen2-nya welcome banget….

MY NON HUNGRY ‘N FUN DIET…

 

fun & healthy

Kids Stomach flu : drives you MAD but no need to panic!

the stomach flu virus

Arrrghh….really hate it when my angels got this stomach flu virus! I think it is one the illness that my kids got and it really drives me MAD. It makes your whining all day long, day and nite.., but you can’t really do something to sooth them as time will heal!

My kids are 6 and 4 y old. Just recently,both of my kids got it, at a different time. First, my little one got it. The pain is come and go. Usually it started with a little bit of runny nose and coughing. Kids reactions are different. My little one still have a good appetite whereas my older one, totally didn’t want to touch any food. My lil one didn’t vomit but my older one vomit 4 times. During the flu, they both didn’t have diarhea. But both of them were whining all day long, even at nite times. Living my heart broken and sad seeing them in pain!!

Coz it happened the first time, I brought my little one to the doctor. 2 doctors even! I was really in panic! I was just afraid it was Appendicities. Both doctors didn’t give her any medicine. just rest and drink much water and no stomach-sensitive food.

The pain can take 4- 9 days, depend on the virus and your child immune system.

When it happened again to my older ones, I didn’t took her to the doctor. just total rest at home, and in 5 days, the pain totally stop.

notes :

If you are worried of appendicities in your children, just do a simple test. Ask them to jump 3 times, squat 3 times. if they can do it, it means it is not appendicities. the doctor said, when the kids have appendicities, the pain makes them don’t want to do anything…