Jakarta 10th Toys & Comic Fair

We are a regular visitor for Jakarta Annual Toys & Comic Fair. This year is no different, we came to Balai Kartini to see wealth range of toys and comics displayed and sold here. It’s an interesting event where toys fans meet, share and discuss their interests. Rafif is obviously excited meeting a lot of…

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…

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,…

Pandawa Beach, Another Addition to Ever Growing List of Beach in Bali

Bali is famous for its beaches. In 70s basically we only know 3 beaches in Bali: Sanur for sunrise, Kuta for sunset, and Nusa Dua for the “haves”. With ever growing popularity of Bali as tourists destination, the demand for tourist attraction made local authorities and entrepreneurs looked for new places. Then we heard new…