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Lately I’ve been stuck as to where to take Samudra in my spare time as I feel like I have exhausted so many places in the past two and a half years and I have been feeling in desperate need to see something new. At just the right moment, a message was posted on a […] Read more »
Sometimes life really does work in amazing ways, leading us down paths we wouldn’t usually follow and meeting people that really change the way we look at things. A few years ago, I was contacted through this blog by the lovely Lynna at Rachel House and we met to try and find a way that […] Read more »
I have been looking at a big plastic bag sitting on my kitchen table for the past couple of weeks and longing for some spare time to actually open it and enjoy the contents with Samudra. With work taking up most of my time, I’ve had to learn to live with my guilt as I […] Read more »
So I’m a little late with this post as Easter Sunday was already a week ago today, but we had such an amazing time last Monday at the Yummy Mummies play date. This is the first time I have celebrated Easter in Jakarta in the six years I have been here, and this year I […] Read more »
I wrote about our visit to Kuntum Nurseries last year but as we just visited it again last weekend on our way to stay at Novotel Bogor, I thought I would write about it again as we love it so much. If you have young kids and you’re heading to Bogor for a day trip […] Read more »
Last weekend we decided to take another break from Jakarta and head back to our new favourite retreat, Novotel Bogor. We first stayed at the hotel in October last year very spontaneously after doing some recce for a commercial shoot, and instantly fell in love with the place.. and have been wanting to return ever […] Read more »
Welcome to 2016! Yes, it’s already nearing the end of January and time seems to slip away so quickly that I haven’t been able to catch up on all the photos and stories that I have wanted to share with everyone since I last posted. Infact I don’t even know where to begin from where […] Read more »
Certainly there are only two seasons living here in Jakarta – super duper unbearable to be outside hot season, and super duper hot with half your house underwater due to flood rains season. It seems that something was in the air though after Christmas, and bringing in the New Year of 2015 in January.. because […] Read more »
I always feel so happy when we are able to join for playgroup as it means that Samudra gets to spend some time with his little buddies, and I get to meet and spend time with lovely mum friends here. Every time I see a Facebook post of a new mum arriving in Jakarta and […] Read more »
I feel so blessed to have met so many gorgeous mums and kids here in Jakarta and it’s always so fun to get together and see the kids play and celebrate milestone birthdays together. This was the first time I have ever visited Pluit in the six years I have been here and it seemed […] Read more »