Long Weekend in August

As you see in the picture above, there's a long weekend in August to commemorate Independence Day.

If the long weekend in July I spent it in Bangkok, so this long weekend I spent it in my hometown, Solo. So I achieved one of new year resolution this year : to come home more often, not only just once in a year like before :)

I came to Solo on Friday, 14th August and back to Jakarta on Tuesday, 18th August, 2009.

As usual I did when I came to my hometown, I enjoyed my day with Solo culinary like Bebek Goreng Slamet, Soto Geger, Sate Kambing Pak Darso, Tumpang Mbak Endang, etc.

I also visited my daddy's chicken farm :

My mom also helped my dad with distribute the food evenly.

And I want to tell you that I have a routine activity when I came to my hometown : selling batik!! :) Yeah, that's my hobby too .. May be someday I will focus to this activity and hope you become my customer :) It's sold out now, thank God ...

Summer Holiday

Hi friends, long time no see ...

This month I will share about my summer holiday. As you know, July is identic with school holiday and vacation; besides we had public holiday so we could enjoy a long weekend, do you agree with me? :)

So, in this summer holiday, I spent it in Bangkok only for three days.

I’m so happy because it’s a gift from my office, yeah exactly it’s free and we had pocket money too!! Could you imagine how happy was I? The pocket money made my happiness double J We’re 18 people, organized by tour.

In early plan we’re afraid of political situation there and also their swine flu. We anticipated swine flu by consumed vitamin for a week before and a week after we go. Thanks God we’re all healthy …

Day 1

We went to Grand Palace where the King of Thailand often holds ceremony there. There were so many temples there which were made of gold.

The famous one is Sleeping Buddha or Reclining Buddha : a giant Buddha statue. In that room we could buy a cup of small coins for 20 baht which we could put them into 120 pots, one by one to get some lucky and get the bad luck away from us.


We also went around Chao Phraya River by boat. We saw so many patin fish there. The legend said that white patin could give lucky to people who could feed them. So people in the boat usually sell breads to their customers to feed the fish.

After that we went to Wat Arun, a place that sells souvenirs. Because we had a tight schedule, so the tour guide gave us only 1 hour to shop!!

In the afternoon we checked in to our hotel, Twin Tower Hotel and we prepared to get our dinner cruise at Chao Phraya River. It's a fantastic experience .. The togetherness, the music, the dinner, the view, so perfect!! We went around Chao Phraya River for about 3 hours. We dance, took some pictures, chit chat, enjoyed the moment we shared that never be forgotten.


The dinner cruise ended at 10.00 PM then we went to Suanlum Night Bazaar. We shop there until 12.00 PM and still, not satisfied, still need more shopping hihihi.

Day 2

After breakfast, we visited Gems Factory then Supattraland, the fruit buffet, all you can eat.
When we finished with Gems Factory then we went to Pattaya for about 2 hours from Bangkok.
We checked in to Baron Beach Hotel and get a free schedule. We just walked around the hotel, the beach and walked into the mall in front of the hotel.

In the night, we prepared for watching Alcazar Show, the famous show from Thailand. You will be amazed when you saw this show : the costumes, the stage background, the light, and last but not least, of course the people or the stars of the show. They're all men, but beautiful like women, they had a good body to see, even more beautiful than the women had. Our tour guide told that they drink family planning pills since they were kids. Could you imagine that their parents also want their children to be like that? Unbelievable to thought.
After show, we could take some pictures with them but we must pay 40 baht for each pictures.





Day 3 (The last day)
We visited Honey Bee and took a picture below. It was said that if we took a picture with the bee so we will be lucky. Amennn :) There were 3 products : honey, bee pollen and royal jelly.
For the last schedule, we visited a shop that sells many special foods in Thailand.


And finally, we went to the airport, came to Kualalumpur International airport and transit for 3 hours there. We came to Jakarta at 9.30 PM. Thanks God, You had given me a very nice journey with my friends, all of us are healthy. Bless us so we could have next trip to another country. Amen.

Important events in my family

This month I had two important events to remember.

The first one is my brother's birthday on June 11 and also be his wedding anniversary.
We celebrated my bro's birthday with a family dinner at Hanamasa. Thanks bro for a yummy dinner :)
Happy bday (again), wish all the best for you : happiness in your life! God Bless You all.
Happy anniversary for Dhany & Yennie. Actually they had 2 dates for wedding anniversary because they had holy matrimony in December and wedding reception in June the year after.

The second ones is my parents' wedding anniversary on June 24.
Happy anniversary, mom and dad. Wishing you a good health and happiness in your life too. Thanks for being my parents, thanks for your unconditional love. I love you so much ...

Memorable Moments

In this early June I have some memorable moments to catch in my camera. After I arranged to meet my colleague from Porsche, so finally I met Yuli, Kristin and Nena yesterday @ Sour Sally, FX. Kristin brought her husband and her lil girl, Aletha. It's glad to see them again after may be a year we didn't meet to each other. Hmm I miss you, girl! :)

And you know, we're woman ... sooo after we shared our life we began to have a window shopping around there and of course ... there were photo sessions :) But unfortunately Yuli had to go. Still, we continued our window shopping to another mall, Senayan City without Yuli.

With Kristin and Nena :

With Yuli, Kristin and Nena :

Thanks girl, we have to arrange another schedule to meet with more people included :)

Nice to see you!!!

I have another memorable moments to catch. My office arranged a lunch @ Sekai Shabu, Wolter Monginsidi to memorate Mrs Effy's bday. Happy bday Mrs Effy, I wish the best for you.

Here is my picture with Lukito Haryono and Mr Saiful Bahari :

With Betty and Lina :

With Bu Wiwied, Ci Ani and Dewi : we're food and travel team :) We usually have lunch together every Friday outside our office. And Bu Wiwied becomes like our mom :D Thanks Bu Wiwied to bring us on culinary schedule ...

Cika 3 Reunion

It's my pleasure to write the title : Cika 3 Reunion here at my blog.
The time we spent together in our dorm at Cikapayang 3, Bandung really made us close like families. When we're far from our parents, we had to survive, learn, study, continue our life in a town that may be we don't know about it at all. We just helped and shared to each other. So after years we quit from our dorm, there's a wish to meet to each other, not just only talk by email or chat. So that is the reason of this reunion.

This event held on May 21, 2009 at Pecel Madiun BSD which had about 30 people there.
The idea came from Iranie and had good responds from other members of Cika 3.
We had some surprises because the participants are not only from Jakarta, but also from Bandung, Pekanbaru and Solo!!! I think it's amazing, isn't it? They spent their holiday to celebrate Cika 3 reunion, even spent their money for air ticket. Unfortunately, there was a cancellation from Selvi in Bandung because her daughter was sick. Get well soon, Arlene!

Voilaaa these are the moment that caught by my brother's camera (thanks bro!!) :

The souvenirs :

Special thanks for Iranie and her husband Sutopo, the committee of Cika 3 Reunion that spent a lot of time to arrange all things : the place, the souvenirs, etc.

Thanks for Pinta and Frans who picked up Jui and Vivi from airport :

Thanks for Jui who came from Pekanbaru, Riau :

Thanks for Judy for the delicious picnic roll from Kartika Sari :

Thanks for Vivi who came from Solo :

And thanks for all the members of Cika 3 : Iranie, Tyas sister, Mia, Jui, Pinta, Vivi, Judy, Yen2 sister, San2 my sister, Gina, Agus who will give birth in this week may be. And also for the husbands and children who accompanied their wives and their mothers. Thanks for my brother, Dhany & his family. Thanks for coming and join in this beautiful reunion. I hope our friendship will never end.... Keep in touch, girls! Miss all of you! May we will have our next reunion. God Bless You. Really touched my heart and made my May so complete!! :)

See you ..

Family Time

As I promised, I want to share about my family gathering, my family time.
My mom came to Jakarta on May 8 and my dad came on May 14 with some plans : come to her best friend's daughter wedding, visit their daughters and son, also their grand daughter and spend 2 days in Cipanas together.

On May 16 we went to Cipanas, Puncak in the morning because we're afraid to stuck in the traffic jam. Fortunately, Puncak was not crowded as usual. May be because the next week is long weekend if people on leave just for day. So we're really enjoy the trip! We ate at Rindu Alam restaurant at puncak pass with such a beautiful scene from up above and fresh cool air :) Then we went to Green Apple Villa.

Green Apple Villa has a park inside. We often walk together in the afternoon, in the evening and in the morning :)

Here are the pictures :


My niece with her "mushroom" hat :) Actually it's my mom's shower cap ...

We also ate at Sate Sinta, which is famous at Puncak. Last but not least, my mom didn't forget to buy some fruits and vegetables across the street, like tomato, corn, banana and avocado.

We're really had our quality time there : played cards together, shared to each other, watched television and shared our opinions & thoughts, laughed, took some pictures, walked together and I had a horse-drawn buggy with my niece around the villa :)

We're back to Jakarta on May 17, without any traffic jam too.

My mom and dad back to Solo yesterday. My niece cried because of this and made us cried too :) Hmm really thank God for this family time, all things run smoothly as we planned. I'm happy to the fullest. Bless our family and guide us always ...

Wonderful Moments

Finally I visit and write at my blog again ..

After I lost all my mobile phones, I lost my shoes in my office (do you believe it? shoes?? oh nooo) .. I decided that in May I will have wonderful moments to catch, I hope so :) Pray for me.

Why I said wonderful moments? These are the reasons :

I'm thankful because at mother's day, I could spend it with my mom. And my dad will come on this Thursday. We will spend our holiday in Puncak, Cipanas.

Besides, I will get a Cika's reunion on May 21, 2009. Cika means Cikapayang, the name of the street in Bandung. Hmm before I make you be more confuse, let me tell you the story. I come from Solo and had my college in Bandung, so I lived at a dorm in Cikapayang 3, Bandung.
Many college girls came from different town, and had lived at the same address in Bandung.. Untill now, we still keep contact to each other... But after we had our college graduation, we seldom to meet to each other. So, after years, we decide to arrange a reunion. I can't wait till next week!!

So ... the stories have to be continued. I promise to post some pictures soon!

Happy mother's day and Happy waisak day, better late than never, right? :)

Have a nice day, friends.