Travel

The NBA Yokohama was the last competition to go in this Japan Summer Competition trip. Thankfully, I think it was Aina’s best in the whole trip, too. Since it was…

IBA was the second competition that Aina joined during this Japan Summer Competition trip. Unlike her other competitions that she had tried before, this one doesn’t need to wear costume,…

Jessi finally came to visit Jakarta, bringing the little Joe with her. So it’s time to schedule another family vacation: To Batu, Malang with Ari’s parents and Jessi + Baby…

We all woke up early today. Aina and Ari went straight to get breakfast in the restaurant, while I stayed in the room and packed the remaining stuff. I was…

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…

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…

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…

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…

We’ve been going to Japan quite a lot lately. This time, though, was not really a vacation. There were two parts of this trip: The first 8 days was to…

Tonight, we were going to have dinner with Ozaki-san and Terry-san at Kisoji Himonya. Ozaki-san and Terry-san are close friends of Ari’s parents, and are also the parents of Kumi-sensei that…

Tokyo was under a typhoon-scare today. Yesterday, the weather forecast said that there would be heavy thunderstorms all day… We were kinda worried that we may have to cancel our…

Finally, the time came for us to get ready for the boat ride. We went back to the building where we bought our tickets and lined up with the rest…