Capture a dedication..

Just want to share this event... (I was on one of the pic looh... can u guess ??) - posted on May09
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Dan inilah pemenangnyaa...... saya post tgl 7 Agustus 2009..
Selamat ya teman2.. ditunggu traktirannya.... Cheers !

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A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety. ~Ansel Adams

May, month of happiness.. full of celebrations..

Another birthdays to celebrate..

May is the month of birthdays in our big family.. both from my side or pap's fam.. there are:

1. May 5: my sis-in-law Tante Syifa (my brother Fredy's wife)
2. May 5: my cousin Tante Merry Sembel (mom of Tristan & Dominic)
3. May 15; my youngest sister Felia Hilde Tasya (Happy 18th birthday aunty!)
4. May 18; my loyal nanny Mbak Tri Mulyani (not fam member but more than anything to us)
   
5. May 19; my nephew Aditya (son of my sis-in law bou Jeanny & om Priyo)
6. May 21; my brother Fernando Siahaan (bapak Bonargi)
   
7. May 21; my sonshine Kian Christopher Benjamin
8. May 24; my hubby Neil Simanjuntak (happy 40th bday, honey!)
9. May 24; my aunty Tante Telly Belleng (my mom's sister no.1)
10. May 26; my cousin Dian Kansil (mom to be, daughter of my uncle Om Jack Kansil-Tante Puji)
11. May 27; bou Raya (my mom-in-law niece, she lived in our house too)
    
12. May 30; my aunty Tante Vonne Rainard (my mom's sister no.5)
13. May 31; my nephew Amadeo (son of my sis-in-law bou Vera & om Anton Sumarlin)
14. ........welllll.... who else that I forgot to mention ?
    

Last sunny Sunday, Tobing family (my mother-in-low big family), were gathered in Cinere for arisan.. right on my husband Neil's birthday, so we celebrate it once... look at the happy faces from youngest one to senior ones..

Tobing big Family (Arisan Cinere, 24 May 2009)


Blow the candle, birhtday boys !!

We have 2 bday cakes, one for Neil and one for Kian

Note:

Cheese cake by Homemade
Chocolate cake by Mom

Singing happy birthday .. :)

Kian always loves to clap his little hands when he heard bday songs.. :)
Kylie... I can't ask her to put her legs down from the table.. (my boyish girl..)


Happy birthday Pap..! We love you !!

Syair: Thanks to God!; August Ludvig Storm
Terjemahan Inggris: Norman Johnson
Terjemahan: Tim Nyanyian GKI
Lagu: John Alfred Hultman

SYUKUR PADAMU, YA ALLAH (NKB No. 133)

Syukur padaMu, ya Allah, atas s'gala rahmatMu;
Syukur atas kecukupan dari kasihMu penuh.
Syukur atas pekerjaan, walau tubuhpun lemban;
Syukur atas kasih sayang dari sanak dan teman.
Syukur atas bunga mawar, harum, indah tak terp'ri.
Syukur atas awan hitam dan mentari berseri.
Syukur atas suka-duka yang 'Kau b'ri tiap saat;
Dan FimanMulah pelita agar kami tak sesat
Syukur atas keluarga penuh kasih yang mesra;
Syukur atas perhimpunan yang memb'ri sejahtera.
Syukur atas kekuatan kala duka dan kesah;
Syukur atas pengharapan kini dan selamaNya!
~000~

You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness.
~Author Unknown

Birthday of the lovely one: my Sonshine !

Kian is turned One on 21st May 2009 and we celebrate his birthday at AW Cinere Mal ..
Happy Birthday my Prince ! God Bless You ...!

Kian with Mom & Dad

Thanks for Shangrila Fam with special guest stars the Sembels (perwakilan KBKM)

And also... the big family of Simanjuntak Cinere.. thank you all !! We love you !!

My precious ones.. can't live without one another..

Special thanks also to my dearly friends: bu Herny & fams, bu Ati & fams, bu Selly & fams, bu Marina.. You are all Rock !! I LOVE YOU gals !

This cake is dedicated to my little pony:
Kian Christopher Benjamin Simanjuntak..
with deep kiss on your chubby cheek !!

You are my sonshine. ~Author Unknown

Son, you outgrew my lap, but never my heart. ~Author Unknown

You don't raise heroes, you raise sons.
And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.
~Walter M. Schirra, Sr.

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more pictures: http://williamkylie.multiply.com
also exclusively in my facebook account (@ Fiona Siahaan)

a little bit reflection

All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naïve. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: that I am nobody but myself.

~Ralph Ellison, "Battle Royal"

mid-may-09

One ordinary nite..

Quote of the day:
Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are.
Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart.
Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.
Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so.
One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow,
or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want,
more than all the world, your return.
~Mary Jean Iron