Rafif Speech Contest

It takes big courage for Rafif to participate in Speech Contest organized by his school in Ciputra Mall Cibubur. Speaking in front of public in structured manner is not his forte, but when his english teacher asked for volunteer, he signed up. Which is something that we should celebrate. In the end, he did not…

The Street Workers of Mong Kok

I came to Hong Kong this week for my bank’s annual HR conference in our headquarter. After 3 days of tiring meeting, finally came the last night I stayed in HK before heading back to Jakarta tomorrow morning. Stayed in a hotel around Mong Kok, I used this opportunity to have a bit of walk…

My Golf Game: Year 2013 Review

Following last year’s post on the very same subject, here I look back on my golf game in year 2013. In general, I played a bit better golf than I did last year. Which is good, as at least I still improved. However one thing that I could not repeat from 2012 was to play…

Egg Painting

While we were in Ubud, we took the chance to try the egg painting activity. Aya and Rafif, in particular, was really interested with this activity, as painting arts running in their blood (from me, I guess :)). In this activity they were guided by Pak Wayan and his family who have been pioneering this…

A Trip to Paddy Field

Bali is not only famous of its beaches. If you go northbound to the area like Ubud, you will find lush green scenery of paddy field along the way. It is also famous of it’s “terasering” or stacked paddy field, make use the elevated contour of its area. My mother in law, an avid photographer,…