This morning I was woken with tiny feet kicking into my face and squeals of delight as Samudra played with his toys between his mumma and bapak. I couldn’t help but start the day feeling happy just watching him so engrossed in what he was doing and tasting his toys and chewing on everything. He […] Read more »
100 Days of Happiness – Day 13
Another day over and another reason to celebrate as Bib and Jo welcomed their gorgeous little girl into the world back in Melbourne. Big love and congratulations to you from us here in Jakarta, your daughter definately chose her parents well. Babies = happiness for sure. Babies also = sleepless nights. So today has been […] Read more »
100 Days of Happiness – Day 12
What a great, santai (relaxing) day it has been! Samudra has just fallen asleep after keeping us amused tonight with his constant laughter and squealing.. I think he has just discovered his voice and is seeing what noises he can make.. it’s been so entertaining for us and it’s making me realise just how quickly […] Read more »
100 Days of Happiness – Day 11
Another late night = another late post.. I will stop apologising for this as it seems that posting a day late has become normal for me! We had a slow start to the morning as Samudra slept in late (WOW!) after a restless night and he looked exhausted, so he had a quick play with […] Read more »
100 Days of Happiness – Day 10
I am sooo happy! I just found out that the beautiful Deasy and Tommy’s new little boy has arrived safely.. Welcome to the world Prada Bintang Amaru. Gone are our days of sitting in Largo listening to music, drinking vodka and smoking copious amounts of cigarettes (it feels AMAZING to be free of you Mr Sampoerna!!), […] Read more »
100 Days of Happiness – Day 9
Another post, another day late, but this is the life of a newbie mum so it seems! Time got hijacked once again yesterday, but in a good way. I decided to skip taking Samudra to the BWA Playgroup in favour of a sleep in, A SLEEP IN? what on earth was I actually thinking? I […] Read more »
100 Days of Happiness – Day 8
Is someone messing with the clocks these days? I seem to be losing time and my to-do lists are getting longer by the minute and the days and nights disappear so quickly. Samudra was up screaming last night and so when my alarm went off this morning it felt like I had closed my eyes […] Read more »
100 Days of Happiness – Day 7
Ah, it’s 10.34pm, my beautiful baby boy is finally sleeping peacefully (for now..) and I have the chance to get back to my computer to upload snapshots from today. This morning I had an appointment in Jalan Benda in Kemang, and seeing as I had a spare 25 minutes to wait once I arrived, I […] Read more »
Anatman Pictures
As I didn’t get a chance to capture much of todays happiness in Jakarta, I thought I would share some stunning images shot around picturesque Indonesia by my super talented and beautiful sayang, Putra. He has recently started his new company, Anatman Pictures, which specialises in documentary film making. Anatman is a sanskrit word which means […] Read more »
100 Days of Happiness – Day 6
It took awhile to get today going, after a late night and waking super early, it was hard to leave the comfort of bed this morning. Samudra and I went out to visit a new friend and her beautiful kids in Kemang Village today, so it was great to have some proper chats while […] Read more »