School Time: Chocolate For Valentine's Day

To be honest, I never really celebrate Valentine's Day. Probably because when I grew up, Valentine was not so popular. Some schools even banned students from talking about Valentine. It was labeled as western custom that was not for us. However, things have changed now. With so many commercials and shows on TV about Valentine, it is hard not to get involved with this so called love day... even for a preschooler.

Yesterday, Evan had a Valentine related event at school which seems to me like a chocolate day. So what did they do at the event? The main message was to teach the children about caring and giving. To symbolize it the teachers would give chocolate to the students and in return us, the busy parents, students had to prepare something for their teachers within three days notice ggrrr.... And the easiest things for me to grab during these days were, of course, chocolate.

Three little boxes of chocolate for teachers

Inside each box are 9 little heart shaped chocolates with teacher's name on it. This one for example was for Ms. Christine, his class teacher.

We had to hide those boxes from the boy until the event started, otherwise his teachers would get empty boxes, lol. So there he was, ready for school without knowing what to give to the teachers.

The dress code for the day was red for boys and pink for girls.

With his teachers, Ms. Christine and Mr. Harry (music teacher). His English teacher, Ms. Eta, was not there. On the table were the teachers' gifts for the kids, Tango wafer and little heart shaped chocolate.

Enjoy your Valentine/Chinese New Year weekend (whichever suits you) everyone!

Happy New Year to All!

On the last minutes of 2009, I want to wish all of my friends and fellow bloggers a very happy new year.

The year 2009 is coming to an end, and it's time to welcome a new brighter year. Let us continue sharing our loves, experiences and stories in 2010.

Selamat Tahun Baru 2010

Our Lunch on Mother's Day

"I don't eat flowers, better bring food!" My mom used to say that every morning on Mother's Day before dad went to work. Not that she wouldn't appreciate the flowers (if) he brought ones, but then she already had enough flowers in our garden, so we really didn't need to buy them. It was just her way to remind him that she would to take a break on Mother's Day. A break from housework, including cooking! So we usually bought food on Mother's Day instead of flowers.

Now to continue our family tradition, today on Mother's Day or Hari Ibu we gave a day break from cooking to the maids and bought some food. Nothing fancy, or special, just like everyday lunch because we are saving the best menu for Christmas! We didn't even bother to set the table.

The menu for today's lunch are grilled chicken ala East Java with hot sambal and meatballs soup which is perfect for this rather cold rainy day. We also added sambal goreng kentang and tempe goreng.

 

With a smile on his face, my son and I want to wish all Indonesian mothers out there...

Selamat Hari Ibu!

Enjoy your lunch with your family

Have a great day everyone!

Just A Quick Note

I've been in Surabaya, East Java, for two days now, got some work to do. Normally I don't update my blog if I'm away (sometimes I hardly go online either), but since this is a special occasion and I found this cute picture message on Friendster, I thought I'll post it here too to wish all of you a sweet Valentine's Day. My family is joining me in Surabaya this weekend but we don't make any special plan to celebrate it. We'll probably just touring around the city.

Anyway, enjoy your weekend everybody! I will return to my blogging and blog-walking routine next week when I come back :)

Happy Chinese New Year!

It's a long weekend we're having here due to the Chinese New Year on Monday. We'll be going out of town for awhile and on Monday we'll be busy with relatives and friends. 

If you are also celebrating it, we want to wish you a Happy Prosperous New Year! Kionghi.. kionghi.

Ang pao na lai? :)

It's Mother's Day

Today Indonesians celebrate Mother's Day. And this wish is for you mother, straight from our heart, "Thank you for being there for us and now for Evan too."
PS: We haven't introduced this special occasion to Evan, so no hugs and kisses from him yet.

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful.
One moment you're just a mother.
The next you are all-wise ...
--Pam Brown--