Friday, July 25, 2008
Hurraaa... Our Little Prince is Turning One Today!!!
"Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag! ~ Selamat Ulang Tahun! ~ Happy Birthday!"
"We promise you, Baby... we will laugh with you, play with you, talk with you, learn with you, dream with you, grow with you, watch you with pride, stand by your side, all your life through..."
Saturday, June 07, 2008
We have moved... again!
But this time into our own house! Effective April 6, 2008 we live in Herford, in the suburb called Herringhausen. It is only 20 mins away from Bielefeld where we lived for 3 years, a nice housing area close to my hubby's office and his parents' house. Important places like supermarkets, kindergarten & school, playground, doctors, pharmacy, bakery, restaurants, bus stops, etc. are all in walking distance and luckily it is only 3 km away from the city centre of Herford.The first 3 weeks were pretty hectic, as we had to buy lots of stuff and do lots of things in the house. Well, mostly was done by painters, my handy hubby and our good friends. Within 4 weeks we could sit back and relax as it was 95% finished, bravo! Meanwhile we were also busy inviting people to have BBQ in our big garden, which is also completely done, thanks to my beloved mother-in-law who loves gardening and has spent many hours making it look really nice!
Now we have never ending space in the house and our little prince has a nice big bedroom as well as a cozy playroom.
We plan to make a house-warming party in July, as our birthdays are in June and July. We reckon it will be quite a big party and we look forward to it!!!
Our new address and online photo album link to view the house will be emailed to our families and friends.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
OUR FIRST LITTLE WONDER WAS BORN!!!
"Herzlich Willkommen auf der Welt!"
First of all, we would like to thank God for His most precious gift, a healthy and cute baby boy. I was blessed during my healthy and easy pregnancy and we are very grateful that our wonderful baby is fine now after the amazingly dramatic birth. We also thank our beloved families and friends all over the world for all their best wishes, advises, prayers and gifts. Last but not least, Frau Dr. Reichel's team, the friendly Kreißsaal team at Franziskus Hospital and the doctors & nurses at Bethel Kinderklinik in Bielefeld for their professional medical supports. Without them we would not have made it...!
Ohne die tolle Unterstützung, hätten wir es doch nicht geschafft!
* FABIAN GABRIEL KNEIST *
25-07-2007 ~ 11:49 am ~ 3.130 kg ~ 48 cm
We will... laugh with him, play with him, talk with him, learn with him, dream with him, grow with him, watch him with pride, stand by his side, all his life through...
Friday, May 11, 2007
Relaxing Period...
Effective 9th May I am no longer working for Bertelsmann {Arvato Direct Services GmbH (Microsoft Regional Service Centre for EMEA)}, so my work e-mail address (sulis.kneist@bertelsmann.de) is no longer active. But my personal e-mail address remains unchanged (sulisamir@hotmail.com).
:: My Office - Arvato Direct Services Building in Gütersloh ::
After having worked for almost 2 years in Germany, I am taking it easy now to prepare for the big day around the end of July when our first baby is scheduled to come to this world. We are also excited about my mother's visit in July! And our best friends from Townsville [Australia] will also come to visit us. So our house will be full of joy...!
We thank God for the healthy and easy pregnancy I have been experiencing now for the past 7 months. Hopefully everything will be just fine, smooth and as expected until the end of it and everyone is healthy and happy...
:: January - April - May 2007 ::
To see more pictures, please click here.
After having worked for almost 2 years in Germany, I am taking it easy now to prepare for the big day around the end of July when our first baby is scheduled to come to this world. We are also excited about my mother's visit in July! And our best friends from Townsville [Australia] will also come to visit us. So our house will be full of joy...!
We thank God for the healthy and easy pregnancy I have been experiencing now for the past 7 months. Hopefully everything will be just fine, smooth and as expected until the end of it and everyone is healthy and happy...
To see more pictures, please click here.
Monday, December 25, 2006
* Merry Christmas *
To all our beloved families, relatives and friends all over the world who celebrate Christmas... May this day bring joy and peace to us all!!!
My best friend who was in the same colleague in Jakarta (1991-1994) and who has been working in Holland since 1999, Ratna, visited us to celebrate this special event together with my German family and to experience the German tradition. She stayed for a couple of days before she flew to Austria & Switzerland to celebrate new year with her boyfriend and his family. It was very nice and we all had a good time. Mutti of course made the best cookies and decorated the house with a lovely big Christmas tree. There were as usual plenty of gifts under the tree. Oma was very week, but she managed to climb down the stairs to have a nice big dinner with us. This year we did not take her to the church (but took Ratna instead). The doctors doubted that Oma would survive this Christmas, but she did!
This Christmas was also one of the special ones, since we both made a very special announcement to Wolfie's parents that I am now 9 weeks pregnant! We enclosed our baby's first USG picture in one of the gifts for Mutti. It actually does not look like anything yet, but she put it on a little frame anyway, very funny. They were both very happy and also excited about it. Oma cried a bit and said she might not survive that long to see our first baby... That was quite sad. We kept telling her she is a strong woman and she knows we are always there for her. We will have to see what the future brings and wish her also the best... We actually found out about my pregnancy when we were back from our last Indo holiday couple weeks ago, but we waited until this day to tell them, as we thought it would be a nice rare gift for them and it really was!
My best friend who was in the same colleague in Jakarta (1991-1994) and who has been working in Holland since 1999, Ratna, visited us to celebrate this special event together with my German family and to experience the German tradition. She stayed for a couple of days before she flew to Austria & Switzerland to celebrate new year with her boyfriend and his family. It was very nice and we all had a good time. Mutti of course made the best cookies and decorated the house with a lovely big Christmas tree. There were as usual plenty of gifts under the tree. Oma was very week, but she managed to climb down the stairs to have a nice big dinner with us. This year we did not take her to the church (but took Ratna instead). The doctors doubted that Oma would survive this Christmas, but she did!
This Christmas was also one of the special ones, since we both made a very special announcement to Wolfie's parents that I am now 9 weeks pregnant! We enclosed our baby's first USG picture in one of the gifts for Mutti. It actually does not look like anything yet, but she put it on a little frame anyway, very funny. They were both very happy and also excited about it. Oma cried a bit and said she might not survive that long to see our first baby... That was quite sad. We kept telling her she is a strong woman and she knows we are always there for her. We will have to see what the future brings and wish her also the best... We actually found out about my pregnancy when we were back from our last Indo holiday couple weeks ago, but we waited until this day to tell them, as we thought it would be a nice rare gift for them and it really was!
Thursday, November 30, 2006
* Idul Fitri Holiday *
"Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri ~ Mohon Maaf Lahir dan Batin"
To celebrate the end of Ramadhan month with our Indo families, we flew to Jakarta as we always do every year. We stayed in Indonesia from 22nd October until 15th November. We went to other cities (Puncak, Bogor, Bandung) and flew to Bali island, but spent most of the time in my beloved Jakarta city with my big family. On one hand it is kind of hectic for Wolfie to stay for too long in this huge metropolitan city, on the other hand I feel kind of guilty when I travel around for too long while I am there, as going home for me means spending time with my beloved family and enjoying my old 'home' atmosphere. So we arranged that Wolfie could stay longer on Bali and I went back earlier to organise my visa for UAE and spend more time with family and also old friends.
On the way back home we stopped over in Dubai for 3 days before we flew back to good old Germany. We did sightseeing tour and shopped 'till we dropped in those giant malls. We also joined a dessert safari - thank God we did not vomit in that clean 4-wheel car, as it was pure adrenalin sport! Dubai is a very interesting wealthy city which has been developing rapidly with thousands of building sites at the moment. They predict that most of these buildings will have been standing amazingly in 2010. The city overall looks artificial, but it is definitely worth to be checked out once. As we were there in winter, we did not suffer from the heat. Just remember not to visit UAE in summer, or you will have to hide in the air-conditioned rooms and cars all the time!
To celebrate the end of Ramadhan month with our Indo families, we flew to Jakarta as we always do every year. We stayed in Indonesia from 22nd October until 15th November. We went to other cities (Puncak, Bogor, Bandung) and flew to Bali island, but spent most of the time in my beloved Jakarta city with my big family. On one hand it is kind of hectic for Wolfie to stay for too long in this huge metropolitan city, on the other hand I feel kind of guilty when I travel around for too long while I am there, as going home for me means spending time with my beloved family and enjoying my old 'home' atmosphere. So we arranged that Wolfie could stay longer on Bali and I went back earlier to organise my visa for UAE and spend more time with family and also old friends.
On the way back home we stopped over in Dubai for 3 days before we flew back to good old Germany. We did sightseeing tour and shopped 'till we dropped in those giant malls. We also joined a dessert safari - thank God we did not vomit in that clean 4-wheel car, as it was pure adrenalin sport! Dubai is a very interesting wealthy city which has been developing rapidly with thousands of building sites at the moment. They predict that most of these buildings will have been standing amazingly in 2010. The city overall looks artificial, but it is definitely worth to be checked out once. As we were there in winter, we did not suffer from the heat. Just remember not to visit UAE in summer, or you will have to hide in the air-conditioned rooms and cars all the time!
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Birthday Party
It is very practical to celebrate our birthdays together, as his is in June & mine is in July. Besides, it is in summer so we can just be spontaneous to make a BBQ in the garden & I also cooked some Indo foods of course.
Monday, May 01, 2006
To All Our Beloved Families & Friends
Hi All,
It's been a long long time since I last updated this blog and I will just give up for a little while now due to lack of time... However, you guys can always reach us and for sure get a fast response if you send us an e-mail to:
sulis.kneist@bertelsmann.de
w.kneist@sulo.de
or to:
sulisamir@hotmail.com
wolf.kneist@gmx.net
It's been a long long time since I last updated this blog and I will just give up for a little while now due to lack of time... However, you guys can always reach us and for sure get a fast response if you send us an e-mail to:
sulis.kneist@bertelsmann.de
w.kneist@sulo.de
or to:
sulisamir@hotmail.com
wolf.kneist@gmx.net
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Fröhliche Weihnachten!!!
A time to spread joy and warmth...Dear all our beloved families, relatives and friends all over the world,
From snowy Germany we would like to wish you a "Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!".
May you all have a blessed Christmas and may the new year bring new hopes, good luck, good health, success, peace, joy and happiness to the whole world.
Dari jauh kami mengucapkan "Selamat Natal & Tahun Baru!".
Semoga Natal membawa berkah bagi kita semua dan semoga tahun mendatang membawa kesehatan, keselamatan, kesejahteraan dan kebahagiaan bagi semua umat di dunia.
Hope you all have a great celebration!!!
Best wishes, Sulis & Wolfie
PS: I got most of the gifts you see on the above picture! :-D
Thursday, November 03, 2005
* Idul Fitri ~ Back to Purity *
Dear all our beloved families, relatives and friends all over the world:From Germany we would like to wish you a "Happy Idul Fitri/Eid Mubarak 1426 H. Let us ask for forgiveness from you all. May Allah bless you with peace and happiness on Eid and always...
Dari jauh kami mengucapkan "Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1426 H. Mohon ma´af lahir dan batin atas segala kesalahan baik yang tidak disengaja maupun disengaja, baik perkataan maupun perbuatan."
Hope you all have a great celebration!
Wassalam, Sulis & Wolfie
Sunday, September 25, 2005
German Courses
'Sprachschule' alias sekolah bahasa adalah yang tersirat pertama kali waktu ditanya Wolfie mau cari kesibukan apa. Dia sih tadinya mau ngirim ogut ke 'Fahrschule' alias sekolah nyetir biar cepet dapet SIM, tapi kayanya ini kurang urgent, toh masih punya SIM Indo yang bisa dipake selama 6 bln. Kalo kursus ditunda takutnya nanti keburu males & makin 'hilang' itu bahasa dari ingatan soalnya kan kita belum pernah tinggal di Jerman. Belum lagi nanti keburu kepentok sama liburan musim panas sebentar lagi. Alhasil dapet sekolah cepet & langsung mulai tgl 10 Mei di Internationaler Bund (IB), di Bielefeld.
Alasan lain yang bikin semangat juga karena bisa langsung sosialisasi. Karena letaknya persis di tengah kota jadinya pulang kursus selalu tergoda belanja deh, maklum lagi banyak summer sale. Senengnya ya kali ini jalan2nya sama temen2 kursus. Mereka dari mana2 pastinya, yah kaya waktu sekolah dulu aja di Belanda. Kebanyakan sih emang dari Turki & Rusia, sisanya campuran dari Amerika Latin, Afrika, Asia & Eropa. Gurunya ada 3 orang jadinya nggak bosen, gantian aja tiap 2 hari. Tapi ada nggak enaknya juga sih kursus intensive, soalnya PRnya tiap hari & banyak! Kalo hari kerja sih gak masalah, tapi kalo Jumat suka dikasih spesial banyak PR buat wiken, padahal wiken itu justru waktu agak kurang karena kita selalu aja ada acara keluar.
:: Internationaler Bund (IB) - Tandem International ::
Tapi akhir bulan Juli setelah ikut test, guru2 disini menyarankan untuk pindah ke tempat kursus lain soalnya disini agak lambat, ogut sih maklum aja soalnya banyak ibu2 yang udah punya anak banyak. Jadilah pindah ke Tandem International mulai tgl 2 Agustus, masih di tengah kota Bielefeld juga. Disini lebih seru soalnya lebih banyak students atau calon students yang akan belajar di Universitas Bielefeld, kebanyakan dari Korea & Jepang. Mereka rata2 dibawah 25 umurnya, jadi judule ogut agak2 tuing nih. Kita juga kompak, malah pernah ke disko rame2 sambil bawa partner masing2, namanya juga anak2 muda, jadi ikutan sok muda deh, hehe. Kursus disini rencananya sampe tgl 7 Oktober aja terus ikut ujian negara, tapi kita cuma bisa berencana & Tuhan yang menentukan... Mulai 19 September ogut mulai kerja! Ceritanya Oom Bule liat ada vacancy yang kira2 cocok di salah satu perusahaan Jerman terbesar & berskala internasional & doi nyuruh ogut iseng2 ngelamar. Ya Allah lamaran pertama & dalam keadaan nggak gitu pe-de karena baru 4 bln kursus bahasa yang susah ini, tapi alhamdulillah interview sukses & diterima!!! Jadilah ujian gak bisa ikut tapi ikut y.a.d. nanti bulan Februari.
Alasan lain yang bikin semangat juga karena bisa langsung sosialisasi. Karena letaknya persis di tengah kota jadinya pulang kursus selalu tergoda belanja deh, maklum lagi banyak summer sale. Senengnya ya kali ini jalan2nya sama temen2 kursus. Mereka dari mana2 pastinya, yah kaya waktu sekolah dulu aja di Belanda. Kebanyakan sih emang dari Turki & Rusia, sisanya campuran dari Amerika Latin, Afrika, Asia & Eropa. Gurunya ada 3 orang jadinya nggak bosen, gantian aja tiap 2 hari. Tapi ada nggak enaknya juga sih kursus intensive, soalnya PRnya tiap hari & banyak! Kalo hari kerja sih gak masalah, tapi kalo Jumat suka dikasih spesial banyak PR buat wiken, padahal wiken itu justru waktu agak kurang karena kita selalu aja ada acara keluar.
Tapi akhir bulan Juli setelah ikut test, guru2 disini menyarankan untuk pindah ke tempat kursus lain soalnya disini agak lambat, ogut sih maklum aja soalnya banyak ibu2 yang udah punya anak banyak. Jadilah pindah ke Tandem International mulai tgl 2 Agustus, masih di tengah kota Bielefeld juga. Disini lebih seru soalnya lebih banyak students atau calon students yang akan belajar di Universitas Bielefeld, kebanyakan dari Korea & Jepang. Mereka rata2 dibawah 25 umurnya, jadi judule ogut agak2 tuing nih. Kita juga kompak, malah pernah ke disko rame2 sambil bawa partner masing2, namanya juga anak2 muda, jadi ikutan sok muda deh, hehe. Kursus disini rencananya sampe tgl 7 Oktober aja terus ikut ujian negara, tapi kita cuma bisa berencana & Tuhan yang menentukan... Mulai 19 September ogut mulai kerja! Ceritanya Oom Bule liat ada vacancy yang kira2 cocok di salah satu perusahaan Jerman terbesar & berskala internasional & doi nyuruh ogut iseng2 ngelamar. Ya Allah lamaran pertama & dalam keadaan nggak gitu pe-de karena baru 4 bln kursus bahasa yang susah ini, tapi alhamdulillah interview sukses & diterima!!! Jadilah ujian gak bisa ikut tapi ikut y.a.d. nanti bulan Februari.
Our Little World
Dedicated to our beloved families and good friends all over the world 
