Travel
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Kei First Flight
Gosh, such a bad mommy I am, I haven’t written anything on Kei ever since he was born! True enough, parents dedicate a lot of resources to keep the memory of the first kid, but the resources are dwindling for…
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Inspired – Around the World as a Family
Traveling around the world need not be limited to adults. Children, even the very young ones, don’t need to be excluded from the experience. These families are our inspiration! They share one thing in common: they are families of world…
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Traveling with Toddler
Many people considered that our last one-month trip to Mexico and Cuba has been a hard-core one. Meaning that people think that it is such an impossible journey, that many people would think many many times before actually committing into…
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Travel Planning
Indi and I shared one common thing: We love to travel, to see and experience the world (*if money is not an issue). And with travel, we also share one common trait: we plan for it in detail. Why do…
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Flying Batavia Air With Blocked Overwing Emergency Doors
On 13 July 2007 my father (Hindro) and I boarded Batavia Air from Jakarta to Bali to attend a wedding. We were seated on row 14 (me on the aisle and my father in between me and the window seat)…
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Indonesia – Distasteful TV and Public Behaviour
There are many good things and bad things from this current trip. However I’ll save the good things for later, and for now, I’ll write about the bad things I’ve encountered in Indonesia. Indonesian TV: Disgusting and Distasteful I have…
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Abu Dhabi 41° Celcius
This month will be another travelling month for our family. Rani and Noe flew to Jakarta last week and tomorrow they will fly to Surabaya while I travel back from Abu Dhabi to Singapore. The day after I will…
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Jakarta: Culture Shock
Hellish Traffic and Relaxed Service I know, the traffic in Jakarta has always been hellish. But after living away from Jakarta for more than 5 years, it seems that I need to get used to it again. And somehow, my…
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Jakarta: Getting Connected
I arrived in Jakarta on the evening of 4th of July, for my sister’s wedding and Anggi’s sister in law’s wedding. Somehow many people are getting married in July 2007, I think about three or four of my high…
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Michael Moore Should Have Come with Us to Cuba
‘Hasta la Victoria Siempre’. Michael Moore is now under investigation for having visited Cuba for his recent film SiCKO (this film does for the US health system what Fahrenheit 9/11 did for Mr Bush and Bowling for Columbine did for…
