Jakarta Trip 10 June - 17 June 2011

Jakarta was never listed as our holiday destinations. Things are expensive and the most important is the transport is not convenience. So why did we go there this time? Well, Mr.'s close friend was having his wedding ceremony in Jakarta. So, Mr. wanted to go and I took this chance as the best time to travel before another new member arrive somewhere in October. The wedding was actually at 19th but then my Master's final exam was on the 18th. So I have to change the flight for me and Dave from 22nd to 17th and it costs extra Rp. 240.000 for 2.

Luckily the flight was not the low cost carrier, which means that we still can adjust the departure and arrival date. Unlike the Idul Fitri trip that we have to let go in August. The Medan - KL - Medan and KL - Singapore - KL flights are booked in August with pretty good deals. However, I will be in my 34 weeks and not sure if I will be able to fly at that time.

Back to the topic. Jakarta indeed is a very nice place to visit. Except the public transport that is not convenience at all. Luckily we stay with Mr.'s aunt and so fortunate that one of her daughter was taking leave from work. So, technically, she's driving us all over the place.

As usual, Dave was very excited to ride on airplane. He asked what is the name of the airlines that we were flying with. We went to Jakarta with Citilink and flew back with Lion Air. He is demanding to fly with airlines that start with B alphabet next time.

Nothing much on the first day. On the second day we went to Mall of Indonesia (MOI) and lets Dave played a bit. Surprisingly, I bumped into Tonton, my Grade 10 classmate that I haven't seen for years. MOI has a great stuffs for children to enjoy.

On the third day, we went to Pasific Place. Here, I met Nat for dinner. Yeah, things are not the same anymore. College life we used to hang out, but we can only met for couple of hours during this visit.

Nat, Me, and Louis

Mr's Third Aunt (3i) and her daughters

Dave and his 3 aunts.... ^^

Dancing fountain at Pasific Place. Dave loves it so much. 

On the fourth day, we went to Bandung. There a few places to visit in Bandung. However, due to time limitation, we just went to Tangkuban Perahu.

Stagnant Blog

My blog has been stagnant for couple of months. Actually I have lots of things to write but I just cannot find the time. I thought that after I took 1 semester off, then I will be able to update my blog. However, it's just the same. Apparently, household works are more than the office works. Restless. Things can get more hectic at home than at the office. Similar to when you are dealing with kids, it's like endless work compare to the household works.

Things that I have missed to write that maybe I will write again when I have time. The first was my Vietnam's trip, then Chinese New Year and many more. The most important part is actually the feeling when I found me pregnant again. It was about 20 weeks ago. I am in my 25 weeks now. So, it's about 3 months time before a new member join us in the family.

After sometimes, I realized that I won't be able to have a proper career path in my life anymore. After a few years, I just realized that it was all over at the time when I decided to get married. So, sometimes when I recall back, I might think that maybe it would be better when I don't get married in the earlier age. There are like lots of things that I haven't done in life and yet I couldn't do it anymore due to the responsibility of marriage life. For example, I were being asked to be a tour leader to Australia in this coming August. Well, I always wanted to do that in my earlier age, but no chance. Now, the opportunity is here, but I cannot take it anymore. So, the financial wise is not that great on my side.... ^^

Well, that was when I talked about the career path. However, when I looked at Dave. He's like the best in life that I ever get. No words will be able to describe the feelings...

The New Ugly Duckling ~ City Adventure

The New Ugly Duckling ~ City Adventure by VTech is the story book that Dave needs to listen every single night for almost 1 month in a row till today. There are about 18 pages and it's actually quite tiring to read for him every day and not to forget other stories books also. However, these readings are worth something as Dave can read certain words by himself now. He can even memorize the first 3 pages of The New Ugly Duckling almost perfect. So basically, sometimes when he's in the mood, he will read the first 3 pages for me and I will continue the rest. ^^

He can memorize days start from Sunday and every morning when he wakes up he will ask what is the day today. Usually he doesn't like Wednesday and Friday since those are the time he will have his Mandarin lesson. For the first few months he will be crying when it's Wed or Fri. I think he was just trying the new trick whether he can get something by crying. Apparently no, thus the Wed or Fri these days are OK already.

The Kid has to Go Back to the School where His Parent Went?

We finally made a decision to move Dave to national school instead of national plus school. The choice is at Sutomo School. He is going to Kindergarten A in July.

Like years ago, in order to register to Sutomo school, if you would like to register first, then you need to have a recommendation letter. It doesn't mean people with no recommendation letter cannot register. It's just that they have to register in the later date. This year, the school registration date for people whom have the letter is opened on 21 and 22 March.

Luckily a cousin's mother-in-law is working in the Sutomo school in the Kindergarten department. I asked a favour from her if she could get the letter for us and apparently yes. So, we went to register yesterday, 21 March, and when we reached there it was about 7.45. There were lots of people waiting already and I didn't even know what time they got there. My queue number was 67 and we have to wait for almost 2 hours before we got in for the registration. It costs about Rp 1.9 million (1USD = Rp 8700).

The school starts in July 11 and he is enrolled in the class A9.

Cougar Town

I am not a TV person that can spend time in watching TV shows series. Recently, a friend of mine introduced this TV show "Cougar Town" and apparently it's quite hilarious and it's only 30 minutes show. I am interested in in because she said that Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox from FRIENDS are starring. I love FRIENDS. I watched it and apparently Jennifer Aniston is just the guest and that's totally fine since Courtney Cox as Jules is quite rocked in the show.

This Cougar Town is the comedy drama series that talk about Jules (Courtney Cox) as a recently divorced mother who explores the honest truths about aging in each own beauty and dating. I also loves the relationship of Jules and Travis (her son) in this drama.

A Question from Three Years and Five Months Toddler

Dave sees lots of pregnant women these days. These women always tell him about the baby in the stomach. Some of the women with early pregnancies, the tummy are not that big yet, and some are really showing already. He is aware that there is baby in the tummy. So, I were pretending to tell him that there is baby in mommy's tummy. Then he will really show his love and talk to the "baby" in the tummy. This morning, he was kinda pointing to my breast and asked "So, who is in there?"......... ('coz he thinks that everything big has baby inside... ^^)
Honestly, I were quite stunned and I didn't know what to answer. So, after a few seconds, finally I told him that there is nothing in there. The babies are exists only in the tummy.

When is the best time to educate him about human anatomy? 

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This might be out of topic. But, some of my students ask for it and it's tedious to send through email one at a time.


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