Yet again I was home too late last night to be able to post my day’s happiness, so I have to post it a day late again. I have been to many weddings during my time in Indonesia, most of them I had never met the bride and groom before, but was taken along as […] Read more »
100 Days of Happiness – Day 4
Sun’s out! Ayo let’s go to the zoo! I was so happy so see some sunshine this morning that I decided to take Samudra to Ragunan Zoo, and it seems that half of Jakarta had the same idea! It was busy there, lots of families sat on the blankets on the still muddy grounds for […] Read more »
100 Days of Happiness – Day 3
OK! So things got a little hectic yesterday and by the time I got home last night and a chance to get to my computer it was already today, so thought I would wait until this morning to post yesterdays happiness. We headed in to Ratu Plaza for a quick new release dvd fix as […] Read more »
100 Days of Happiness – Day 2
Today started with more heavy rain and flooding but I managed to make it along briefly to the BWA Playgroup in Pejaten for a quick song circle with all the kids and Samudra half asleep.. I also managed to go for a long walk around the complex while the sun was out, with the aim […] Read more »
100 Days of Happiness – Day 1
Last night there was some seriously heavy rain falling non-stop for hours on end and yet again Jakarta was left underwater and flooding in many parts of the city… so I was wondering what I would do to entertain myself and Samudra as we were going to be indoors for most of the day avoiding […] Read more »
The Color Run Jakarta
Well, it’s almost the end of January and FINALLY I am writing my first post for the year! Happy New Year everyone.. better late than never, right? I figure I still have 11 months of the year to go so there will hopefully be lots of posts to come.. It’s proving a little tricky to […] Read more »
Clean Up Jakarta Day
On Sunday November 10, we hit the streets behind our school to join in the Clean Up Jakarta Day campaign. About 40 students, teachers and parents worked our way up the back lanes of our school to pick up the stray plastic bags, water bottles and of course, the millions of cigarette butts covering every surface […] Read more »
CRAFINA at Jakarta Convention Centre (JCC)
Crafina returns to Jakarta for it’s 6th year and is a massive craft bazaar and expo held at the Jakarta Convention Centre (JCC). It has isles bursting with colour from all the gorgeous Tenun, Ikat and Batik fabrics from all over Indonesia. There are clothes, bags, shoes, knick knacks, jewellery and much more on sale […] Read more »
Car Free Day in Jakarta
Ahhhh Sunday… you have saved my sanity by giving me a chance to walk around outdoors without the fear of being run over by weird and wonderful vehicles… although the amount of bikes on the road this morning was a little overwhelming! Great to see so many eager Jakartans up at 6.00am to take advantage […] Read more »
Brightspot Market – Lotte Shopping Avenue
Hip hip hooray! It’s the Brightspot Market time of year again already and this time it’s being held at the brand new Lotte Shopping Avenue (as if Jakarta needed yet ANOTHER mall!). Today is the last day so head on down if you have the will to battle the traffic and check out the men’s […] Read more »