WW: Prospect Park, Brooklyn

One super hot Sunday and we all need some cool breeze.
To Prospect Park, Brooklyn, we go :)





by the lake...

Obi and the swan :)

cheers...

my monkey girl :)

nothing sweeter than cool scoops of yummy ice cream 

How do you spend your hot summer days?

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July is heating up and oh #summerisON.
I don't know what the weather is in your place but New York City is certainly warming up, if it's not too hot.
At least for me.
And I'm a tropical girl inside out :).

But we are escaping the heat by spending some times by the lake, or by the pool. 

Join us :)

It works for a while, although we sadly rush back to the air-conned room if the heat is too much.

chilling by the lake at Prospect Park :)

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Keep Fighting, Keep Shining




Recently, I got a phonecall from Kisha Kelly. Remember her? She's my dearest friend from cancer.org who initially introduced me to this wonderful organization. 

It's s been quite some times we didn't get in touch and how time flies as August is soon coming.

Every August, I join a kick-off breakfast event for our Making Strides against Breast Cancer walk, conducted every October, rain or shine. I have the privilege to join this event for the last two years, since my furst month of chemotherapy.

And how cancer has united us all!  
In a good way.

Young and old, parents or kids, survivors or families, healthy or slightly unwell, with or without hair, we all were there to join the fight!

Kanker memang terdengar menakutkan.
No, let me rephrase it.
Kanker memang menakutkan!

Oh, how I shivered when I first found out that I had those bloody cells (excuse my language >_<) in my body. 

Saya masih ingat dengan jelas air mata yang tumpah dan sesegukan yang tiada henti ketika kenyataan bahwa saya menderita kanker payudara akhirnya terbukti lewat hasil lab dan telpon dari dokter saya. Langsung terbayang keluarga kecil saya, plus rentetan prosedur yang harus dijalani, biaya yang tidak sedikit, serta dampak psikologis, fisik maupun lainnya.
Berat dan tidak mudah? 
Pasti. 

Namun saat kita tahu apa yang bisa kita lakukan untuk melawannya, maka kita pun akan punya kekuatan untuk berjuang.
Untuk mengenyahkannya dari tubuh kita.
Untuk terus berupaya hidup sehat.
Untuk tunjukkan bahwa kita tidak akan mengalah pada kanker sebelum berjuang sepenuh tenaga.

Semangat!
Keep the spirit high!
Mungkin ini adalah salah satu anugerah terbesar dari Gusti Allah kepada saya dan juga mereka yang saat ini masih terus berjuang untuk hidup lebih sehat dan bersih dari kanker.


Introducing, Mba Yuni...

Dan semangat ini yang saya kagumi dari Mba Yuni, Tri Wahyuni Zuhri


Kartini Next Generation 2015!

Seorang Ibu sekaligus penulis buku dan blogger handal yang tidak pernah lelah berbagi dan memberi inspirasi 
Lewat bukunya Kanker Bukan Akhir Dunia, saya seolah diingatkan dan diyakinkan bahwa kanker ada untuk diperangi! 

Saya pertama kali kenal Mba Yuni lewat media Facebook. In the middle of my new 'battlefield', against breast cancer, Mba Yuni hadir dengan kobaran semangat dan inspirasinya yang luar biasa. Bahkan meskipun saya berada jauh di New York City, Mba Yuni dengan baiknya mengirimkan saya soft copy bukunya, Kanker Bukan Akhir Dunia.

Menderita kanker bukan berarti kita menyerah pada nasib. Menderita kanker bukan berarti masa depan kita otomatis kelam. Or as rightly pointed out by Mba Yuni, kanker bukanlah akhir dunia.

Satu pelajaran penting yang saya camkan baik-baik dari Mba Yuni adalah pentingnya ikhtiar, tidak menyerah, seraya selalu meminta yang terbaik pada-Nya, adalah cara terbaik untuk memerangi penyakit yang tercatat sebagai salah satu dari 4 penyakit tidak menular pembunuh utama di dunia.

Berjuang memang tidak mudah.
Please, saya bukannya hiperbola, melebih-lebihkan atau bahkan minta simpati atau dikasihani, namun berjuang melawan kanker dan berupaya untuk bisa sembuh memerlukan kekuatan hati, semangat, pikiran dan juga fisik.
Been there, done that!
Ada banyak prosedur yang harus kami lewati, mulai dari mastektomi, kemoterapi, radiasi dan serangkaian konsultasi lainnya. Itu hanya tindakan besar, di luar berbagai tes darah, sonogram, mamogram, biopsi dan rangkaian tes yang harus dilalui. Belum lagi aneka dampak pengobatan yang hingga kini masih saya dan banyak penderita kanker lainnya rasakan.

Luka bekas operasi, rambut rontok, kuku menghitam, kesemutan permanen, tulang keropos, kulit super kering, mood swings, berat badan naik,  dan menopause dini hanya sebagian kecil dari dampak yang kami alami akibat berbagai prosedur pengobatan yang dijalani.


Banyak cerita dan pengalaman pribadi yang sempat saya tuliskan, sebagai bagian dari pembelajaran hidup maupun harapan agar apa yang saya tulis bisa membantu penderita kanker lainnya dan memberi informasi. Meskipun rangkaian tindakan tersebut dilakukan di New York, namun sedikit banyak terdapat beberapa kesamaan dengan tindakan yang dilakukan di tanah air. 

Dan saya belajar banyak dari Mba Yuni, yang sudah membuktikan itu semua kepada kita.
Lewat tulisan di blog dan bukunya, Mba Yuni jabarkan dengan gamblang apa itu kanker dan apa saja yang akan dihadapi oleh mereka yang tervonis menderita kanker, dengan details pengalaman dan cerita yang sarat informasi, pelajaran dan inspirasi.
Lewat sharing pengalamannya, mba Yuni tularkan semangat yang tidak pernah padam dan ikhtiar yang tiada henti berkat rahmat-Nya. 
Lewat guliran kata, Mba Yuni ingatkan pentingnya bersyukur dan selalu percaya bahwa Yang Maha Adil hanya memberi yang terbaik untuk hamba-Nya, bahkan ketika kita diuji oleh-Nya lewat penyakit.
Dan lewat kegigihan dan senyumnya, Mba Yuni yakinkan semua bahwa jika kita mau berusaha, Allah SWT akan memberi jalan-Nya.

Tidak salah kalau Mba Yuni pun sukses menyabet gelar Kartini Next Generation untuk tahun 2015.
Sederet penghargaan dan tulisannya sudah dimuat di berbagai media cetak nasional maupun lokal.
Dan lewat akun media sosialnya, Mba Yuni tidak pernah letih berbagi dan menginspirasi.

To those who want to know more about her, jangan ragu untuk mengunjungi mba Yuni lewat berbagai akun media sosialnya yang truly inspiring dan sangat informatif.


prestasi mba Yuni luar biasa...

Bisa dicek di sini yaaaa...
Facebook : Tri Wahyuni Zuhri
●Twitter : @triwahyunizuhri
●Instagram : Tri Wahyuni Zuhri
●Website : www.yunirahmat.blogspot.co.id, www.triwahyunizuhri.blogspot.co.id

Dan sekarang, Mba Yuni masih terus berjuang agar tetap sehat. Saya pun demikian, karena pada prinsipnya perjuangan untuk hidup sehat idealnya berlangsung selama hayat dikandung badan.

Semangat ya mba Yuni.
Insya Allah Allah SWT tidak akan memberi cobaan kepada hamba-Nya jika mereka tidak sanggup menghadapinya.
Doa kami untukmu, always.
Keep fighting, keep shining!

*All photos are taken from Mba Yuni's blog

New York Aquarium, Coney Island





"Ma, do you know that great white sharks can smell blood in the water up to three miles away?" exclaimed Bo while looking at the Shark sign
"And ooh ma.. Look at that tiny jaw. With sharp teeth! Touch it!" Said Obi while brushing her tiny fingers to the replica of piranhas' powerful jaws.

Bo et Obi happily bombarded me with questions and answer them themselves while we were walking along the Ocean view room at New York Aquarium, Coney Island, that day.

#summerisON!
And how we all look forward to have a lovely summer.

Here in NYC, kids have been enjoying their summer break since June 26. And since we have no summer classes this time, my hubby and I are working on making sure that the kids, and their parents as well :),  have an enjoyable, yet rewarding summer break.

Not that easy though..particularly as I still have to work full time and the UN, somehow, is still packed with meetings.

Nevertheless, whenever we have day-off and weekends, we try to go out with the kids.
During the Lebaran week, we managed to go to the Coney Island. 
Well, first destination here is the New York Aquarium.

Have you been here before?

New York Aquarium is part of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). As and ID NYC holder, my hubby and I can get 1-year free membership of the WCS which includes, among others, the New York Aquarium, Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo and Queens Zoo. So can visit those places for free. Cool, right.
As for the kids, as they do not have the ID yet, we still have to pay for their admission.
It usually costs $12 per person older than 2 years, but that day it was only $10.

New York Aquarium is undergoing a major change after the devastating storm Sandy.
They are rebuilding and transforming this place but we still have a lot to enjoy.

Coming from Indonesia, the largest archipelagic state, we pretty much miss the ocean and all its interesting creatures. And at this point of time, New York Aquarium is a prefect place to see those beautiful underwater world and spend some quality time with the kids, while at the same time getting closer and getting to know more about nature's wonder.

There are a few places you can visit and enjoy with your kids.

First, the Glover's Reef. 
This is part of the Ocean View Room, our first stop right after entering the aquarium.
And kids (as well as adults) will surely enjoy those great variety of fish and ocean critters from Atlantic, Pacific, Caribbean Oceans and more. Nemo or clown fish are abundant, so is Dory :). Not to mention mantarays and piranhas.


enjoy...
I really love this part as we get to see different types of fish from many corners of the world. My kids got so excited when they saw them so close, found out that piranhas are small yet have super strong jaws.


mantaray, electric blue and more exotic fish

For me who constantly missing the amazing underwater world of Indonesia, this spot is like a tiny home-sweet-home. I let myself immersed in those calming blue water and colorful schools of fish swimming freely right in front of my eyes. I wish I could join them.


the real 'aquarium' in Bunaken, Manado, Indonesia.

Then we also visit the Conservation Hall. And outside the Ocean view room, we have 2 sea cliffs, for walrus and penguins.
Love to see those cute penguins, critters in tuxedo :).
And they make cute noises as well.



What attracts most of my kids' attention is of course the Sharks temporary home. Bo has been smithen by sharks since he was on the 3rd grade. He has a lot of book about sharks and quite knowledgable about this amazing creatures. No wonder he was so happily flipped to see giants sharks in the nearby tank, together with giant mantarays.

the sharks behind the glass...

Before heading home, we watched the show at Aquatheater.
It was so much fun indeed. A 30-minute show with two intelligent sea lions who demonstrated great talents, including dancing, counting and mimicking. Super fun!
Bo et Obi really love the show.






up close and personal :)
You can also enjoy the animal feedings, scheduled at 10.30, 11.45, 1.30, 2.45, and 3.50 PM near the sea cliffs. We missed it because we wanted to see the aquatheater first. They also have 4-D theater featuring Spongebob Squarepants movie. I guess we have to go back here to watch it :).

And don't forget to grab some lovely souvenirs from the aquarium.
This way we can support the the NYAquarium project of rebuilding and transforming this oldest running aquarium in the US.



So, what are you waiting for?
Visit New York Aquarium, Coney Island and have a fantastic time with your loved ones.
We pretty much sure will go back here again :).

New York Aquarium
Surf Avenue and West 8th Street
Coney Island, Brooklyn
(718) 265 3474
For more info, visit nyaquarium.com