My Super Mom

If England has Margaret thatcher to rule the country, my family has my mom to rule the house.

Her wish is our command and no bodies dare to defy her words. She has a golden rule which already understood by each house members (My Father, my Sister, my Brother and even my new dog). So what is her great rule?  Rule number 1: “Mom is always right”, rule number 2: “If Mom makes mistakes look at rule number one”.  She made that rule basing on the assumption that she’s the best on knowing what the best for her family is. At first I thought it’s just an excuse for her to make it her way. But then, as time goes by I realized that “yes, she is the best at least on 3 things"  

First, best to be effective, one day, on Sunday morning, I was just laying back on the couch in front of television, holding my head with my right hand, raising up my left feet and enjoying the easy Sunday. Suddenly my mom came to me “Raisa, what are you doing? Being lazy?” “No mam, I’m not lazy, I had been mopping the floor, washing the plate and cleaning up the table. I deserved to watch Shincan after everything I’ve done today. i have waited for a week mom!” “I don’t say that you cant watch the show, but you need to optimize your time. Rather than just watching the show and doing nothing, why don’t you watching and do ironing. Not only It will increase your merit as you are helping me, but also it will burn your fat” Yes, she always knows the best way to be effective, enjoying the show and burning some fat (although I ended up having back pain for ironing 4 batch of clothesline but hey I had burned some fat! At least I thought i had burn it.

Second, best on finding the right price, when we went to Bangkok, she wanted to buy a big suitcase which was offered on 1,600 bath by the madam seller. Of course her motherhood instinct turn on, she was trying to bargain and offered 600 bath instead. I thought she wouldn’t succeed, because come on her English is not that good. After a tough discussion (which was including me to do the translation and a much of using the body language) she managed to get the suitcase for 700 bath. Jeezzz, she was Bill Gates on bargaining. Even the madam seller agreed with me. “Your mom is great, she is expert! I’ve never met a customer like her! You must be proud of her”.

Third, best on being creative, like I had mentioned before, her English is not really good. So when she had to travel alone from Frankfurt to Indonesia after visited my sister there, I was worried how she would survive. But then she showed me that language barrier wouldn’t stop her for getting what she wants: to be seated near the window and not to be charged for the overweight baggage. On checking in desk “Excuse me sir, I want to seat near the window because I want to “ngolonjor” do you know ngolonjor?” “…” “Look, this is foot , do you understand?” “yes” “this foot is hurt, so I want to ngolonjor. This is ngolonjor, do you understand? Near the window, to ngolonjor I want to ngolonjor” “okay”. Then she put her baggage on the. But suddenly, her luggage were moving as the machine was on “oh noo..stoopp” hearing her hysterical voice, one passenger came to her “may I help you mam?” “my bag is red, I want to nimbang. You know nimbang? My bag is red, I just want to know, my bag is red, put it here, and then nimbang”  but she realized quickly maybe the confused officer just wanted to end the confusing conversation with her by putting in her luggage into the trunk without caring the weight  “Aha, nothing, so far so good, no problem, thank you”

Ladies and Gentlemen, my mom with all of her goodwill and limitation always tried to be best on being effective, finding the best price or being creative to strive. Because of that I hope someday I could have those qualities and i could be a super mom like her!

Happy birthday Mom *thousand kisses for you*

Raisa