When we took the Grab car from the Batu Secret Zoo to the hotel yesterday, the driver was telling us that we really should visit the Museum Angkut, a Transportation…
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The hotel where we stayed, Kusuma Agrowisata, has its own farm within the hotel area. Their farm is actually their main attraction… the hotel came later. It was more like an…
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Ever since I was still working at The Urban Mama, and saw the reviews and postings about Batu Secret Zoo, I had put it on my bucket list. The place…
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We had to leave in the early morning to catch the 8am flight to Jakarta. So, after finishing up the packing and giving a big kiss to Koda, we took…
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So, this is the update from the the first Talisman post. It was exactly three months after the very first practice, and I thought it was a perfect time to…
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Another pointe shoe bag is finished. This one is Mercy, one of Aina’s friend in her ballet class, thus the letter M on it. I have made another one with…
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Finally, the day has come. Aina has to wear glasses now… The school had the HPB come and test the kids, and she ended up with 6/18 vision. I don’t…
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I personally think, The Nutcracker this year was the best end-of-year show by the Cheng Ballet Academy that I have ever watched. The production was pretty crazy: the never-ending snow-cutting…
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I made another pointe shoe bag! I think I will start documenting all the pointe shoe bags I made here. I still need to do a post for Aina’s other…
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After I finished all the dolls I had to make, I brought it to meet with the rest of the dolls made by Naomi-san and Atsuko-san. We made in total…
Remember YBC from 2 years ago, where Aina got her first ballet-related trophy? This year, Aina is back doing Cheng Ballet’s YBC, as a performer. Last year, she was there…
After more than one year of practicing and competing with Silver Fairy variation, Aina finally moved on and learned a new variation: Talisman! She was very happy to get this variation to…