Funny Parenting Guidance

Please don't take all these pictures so seriously, just think it as humor. I just want to make you smile here...

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Teach Your Children to Compromise

Compromise actually is a process of giving and taking, a sign of strength not weakness, and an avenue toward a win – win situation for everyone involved. By teaching your children to solve problem among them with compromise, you also train them to learn to discuss and to build their empathy feeling.

If you have child more than one, apply compromise method in your family earlier. Start it from little things. Ex: when your children struggle each other to have your attention, tell them to ‘draw’ the order; to decide who will be the first, second… The other has to wait, listen and be patient waiting his/her turn.

An expert said that compromise can be taught to children since 4 or 5 years old. In this time period, your child still won’t be understood if you explain the meaning of compromise, negotiation, or diplomacy. So, the appropriate way to teach your child is by applying it in their games.

While your children are playing, it can be often if then quarrel or ‘conflict’ happens. The cause usually is no one wants to wait his/her turn to play; every child wants to be the first. If between them there is none who wants to give way, as parents, you should involve solving the situation. It’s the right time for you teaching them compromise. You may give alternative solutions, but with your guidance, let your children have the solution together.

I’ll continue this compromise topic in my next post. In my opinion, compromise thing in a family is one of interesting topic to be discussed. You might have your own question, should parents compromise with their child? Well, we’ll discuss it later.

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Noodles Creation Recipes (1)

It’s my first time to share a food recipe here. There are several requests of sending the recipes that I’ve showed the pictures before, so, I think it might be better to post the recipe one by one…

Toast Bread Filled with Fried Noodles
Ingredients:

1. One pack of instant fried noodles.
2. Four slices of wheat (or just regular white) bread.
3. One piece of medium length sausage (beef or chicken, according to taste), boiled and sliced small dize.
4. Cheese (at sufficiently), cut it into short stick or whatever size that you want.

How to make :

1. First, cook instant fried noodles as the instruction on the packaging, mixing well with the available spice, set aside.
2. Fill bread with enough amounts of fried noodles. Add the sausage and cheese on top.
3. Bake the bread in sandwich toaster (could also with teflon pans or other baking equipment) until the bread a little dry.
4. Bread is ready to serve (one pack of instant fried noodles is enough to make two pairs of bread). For those who like spicy, it can be served with chili / tomato sauce.

It’s an easy one, right? This food is very delicious to eat while warm, perfect for breakfast. It’s very practical because it can be enjoyed on the way to the place of your daily activities or for your child’s meal at school.

Versi Indonesia

Panggang Roti Isi Mie Goreng - Parodi

Bahan:

1. 1 bungkus mie goreng instan
2. 4 lembar (2 tangkep) roti tawar gandum/biasa
3. 1 buah sosis (sapi atau ayam, sesuai selera) ukuran sedang, rebus dan iris dadu kecil
4. keju secukupnya, potong stik atau sesuai selera

Cara membuat:

1. Masak terlebih dahulu mie goreng instan seperti yang terdapat pada kemasan, aduk rata dengan bumbu yang ada, sisihkan.
2. Isi roti dengan mie goreng. Tambahkan sosis dan keju di atasnya.
3. Panggang roti dengan alat pemanggang roti (bisa juga dengan wajan teflon atau alat panggang lainnya) hingga roti agak mengering.
4. Roti siap disajikan (satu bungkus mie goreng cukup untuk membuat dua tangkep roti). Agar menjadi lebih sedap, bagi yang menyukai pedas, sajikan PARODI dengan sambal / saos tomat.

Selamat mencoba...

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A Husband’s Confusion

To start the week, today I post my favorite comic, For Better or Worse by Lynn Johnston.

I post this comic to all husbands that always confuse in choosing what kind of present they will give to their beloved wife in any occasion like celebrating feast day, birthday or wedding anniversary. The lesson is: if you confuse, don’t make the decision by yourself, discuss it first with someone that you can trust. Maybe they will give you better ideas. Hahaha…

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My Husband’s Food Creation

Hi, have a nice weekend to all of you…

Today post is about one of my hubby’s hobbies. My hubby loves to cook. He’s good at the kitchen. Whenever he has spare times, he makes his favorite dish or experiment on making a new creation. Being compared with him, my cooking ability is just average; I’m a typical woman who has just cooked after becoming someone’s wife, hehehe. Before marriage, cooking isn’t one of my hobbies…

Though my husband is good at cooking things, every day meal is still my responsible. Thank God, he has never protested my home cooking; and moreover, I can learn a lot about cooking from him.

In this post, I’ll share some pictures of his noodle food creations. We have these pictures because we’ve ever joined them to a cooking contest several months ago. Yes, we don’t win the contest (though I wonder why, hahaha); but I think the food’s performance are good enough to share here. I don’t translate in detail each food’s name and I don’t mention the recipes; but if you are interested to know the recipe, please let me know, I’ll send it to you…

• Mi Goreng Ceker - Fried Noodle with Crispy Fried Chicken Skin Legs.
  
  
• Mi Kuah Wortel - Gravy Carrot Noodle. Look at the orange gravy, it's a smooth blended carrot...

• Parodi (Panggang Roti Isi Mie) - Toast Wheat Bread with Fried Noodle inside.

• Mie Goreng Torang (Tauco Jamur Merang) - Fried Noodle with Tauco Sauce and Mushroom.

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Couple’s Corner: Shopping Experience

I’m not a spontaneous buyer; I use to write a shopping list or at least make a plan in my mind before leaving home to go shopping. This habit doesn’t change much after I’ve become a wife. Before marriage, I really enjoy shopping alone at malls, or wandering around a mall to do window shopping… I love spend hours at a big book store for free reading the latest books. Just seeing displayed good stuffs can be so refreshing for me!

After marriage; there’s no more shopping alone at malls, my hubby forbid me doing it. For buying daily household needs, I use to buy it at nearby stores. We only go to the mall to buy needed stuff that it isn’t available at little stores. We seldom buy things to fill our wardrobe, twice a year shopping for clothes is quite enough for us. Of course as a woman, I like wearing good clothes; but I’m not a fashionista who always wants to catch up the latest trend or every big sales. I’ve my own style. I’m also not crazy in branded things, it’s only because we still can’t afford it, hehehe.

My hubby like to shop in a flea market, he’s good in bargaining (not like me). We go to a flea market almost every week to buy fresh foods. When we’re at a flea market, I use to only follow him here and there; he’s totally in charge.

We avoid credit card, we always pay in cash or using our debit cards. I think it’s the safest way because we won’t get trapped in debt. Living debt free is so enjoyable, right?

My hubby is more spontaneous than me in buying things. Our finance condition is tight now, so, I have to accompany him often to remind him whether he needs or just wants the stuff. We should think twice before paying expensive things…

Well, it’s a brief story of mine, how about you? If you want to know other couple’s shopping experience, just click the badge above!

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