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Buku dan Anak Usia 1 Tahun: Tentang Kata, Waktu, dan Kehadiran

Di usia 1 tahun, anak belum mengenal huruf, belum memahami cerita, bahkan belum bisa duduk lama mendengarkan. Namun justru di usia inilah, buku memiliki makna yang sangat sederhana dan penting, yaitu kehadiran.   Buku bukan tentang membaca. Buku adalah tentang duduk bersama, membuka halaman perlahan, dan membiarkan kata-kata hadir lebih dulu di udara.   Kata yang Didengar, Bukan Dibaca   Anak usia 1 tahun mengenal dunia lewat suara. Ia menyerap nada, irama, dan pengulangan. Saat sebuah buku dibacakan, yang bekerja bukan hanya telinganya, tetapi juga rasa amannya.   Buku dengan kalimat pendek, pengulangan kata, atau bahkan hanya satu kata per halaman sering kali lebih bermakna dibanding cerita panjang. Di usia ini, irama suara orang tua jauh lebih penting daripada alur cerita.   Beberapa orang tua memilih buku papan (board book) dengan kata-kata sederhana karena lebih tahan dibuka, ditutup, dan dipegang berulang kali oleh tangan kecil. ...

I don't like shopping.

Lately it's very rare seeing me coming back home from office without any plastic or paper bag in my hand. One day I came home with 2 plastic bags full of groceries from Cold Storage, a day before I would be rushing home with one paper bag, couldn't wait to try on the new lingerie in that bag. Another day I came home with one pack of chili chicken floss and sweet & spicy grilled cuttlefish. Today I came home holding one plastic bag of Borders with 5 novels in it. Gees..I couldn't believe it sometimes. 


It's not that I like shopping very much. Yes, I like shopping just like any other women but not very much. But as I said, my frequency of shopping is very high lately. Sometimes I feel a bit guilty also knowing that later on I realized that I didn't like that sweet & spicy cuttlefish, or I forgot to drink the milk until the expiry date was due, or even the books I bought previously have not been touched yet and now I already bought other books which I don't know when I'm going to read them. 


If I'm not very fond of shopping, why do I do that then? It's just because I feel so lonely I guess, I don't know what to do, then I just go roaming around the mall and usually end up in one corner of shop. I try to cope the loneliness with that "very positive" activity. To fill my solitary walks with something that can distract my solitude. That's all.  

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