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 »
100 Days of Happiness – Day 5
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 »
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 »