I have been very fortunate since having Samudra that I have met so many beautiful mums and kids in Jakarta from all over the world. Once I returned with him from Australia at around 8 weeks old, he was only really exposed to local kids in the complex and there were definitely hundreds of them! […] Read more »
Splashing at Playparq Bintaro
Friday night was a disaster trying to get to see the Ogoh Ogoh parade in Monas for Nyepi, missing it due to traffic and ending up in the car for 6 hours driving at slower than a snails pace from the city to home again in the rain. The traffic wasn’t moving, the car fuel […] Read more »
Yummy Mummy Playgroup Easter Fun
Although it’s not yet Easter, we decided to have an Easter themed Yummy Mummies Playgroup last Monday for the kids. After searching everywhere I couldn’t find any Easter eggs for sale anywhere or anything rabbit or easter themed so little Samudra had to go without (hello mum guilt). Strangely it only took us one hour […] Read more »
Kampung Kids in the Park
After a beautiful morning of swimming at Pondok Indah Water Park on Sunday, we arrived home to find some of the kampung kids waiting at our gate and playing in the park across the road, wanting to play with Samudra. I didn’t feel up for a house full of chaos and kids so suggested we […] Read more »
Too Hot. Must Swim. Back to PIM Water Park
Sunday morning came and despite all my reminder notes to FINALLY get back to Car Free Day and do some outdoor exercise, I couldn’t budge Putra and Samudra and so decided to give it a miss yet again. Thankfully the rain stayed away and the sun was out so we headed to Pondok Indah Water […] Read more »
Happy Birthday Sister!
Yesterday was my beautiful beautiful sister Treen’s birthday and I was feeling sorry for her having to be at work when she should be relaxing and enjoying her last birthday of peace before the baby comes. When I messaged her mid morning though I was soo happy to hear that she had actually taken the […] Read more »
Throwback to 2014 _ Dad visits Jakarta
YIPPPPEEEEEEE!! After years of a super full computer which hangs every time I try to do any work on it, and the rainbow swirl a cause of much frustration, I now have a super slim and super beautiful little MacBook Air. It’s so fast I can hardly keep up with it and this means I […] Read more »
Let’s Say ‘I Do’..
Today marks 1 week since I said ‘I Do’ to my most incredible partner, and although we made our vows outside of Jakarta, it’s this city that brought us together in the first place so I’m sharing it with you here. In it’s completely unpredictable way, yet again, who would have thought that when Treen […] Read more »
Kids Club at Shangri-La
Since we went away to Puncak at Christmas and the hotel we were staying at had pony rides, Samudra has become completely horse obsessed! Although he was too frightened at the time to actually get on a pony, we bought him a hand made unicorn from a local seller outside the hotel, and Samudra wouldn’t […] Read more »
My Favourite Medicine..
My New Years resolution this year was that I was going to start regularly blogging again and taking daily photos out on the streets as I have been neglecting both the camera and this page and I miss the joy both bring to me, and the documenting of life here. After our Christmas holiday adventures […] Read more »