7 posts tagged “vira”

We went to Ancol beach on Saturday Morning.
My little girl wasn't feeling well, her cough hasn't stopped, and my mom said that a good morning sea air should help a lot, and she was right.

Ancol beach itself has grown. Unfortunatelly it still site between Jakarta's poluted harbour to the east and factories to the west. you can still see them in the horizon. But for the moment, enjoy the pictures and video.

Last Saturday, Im arrived on the 9 AM AirAsia flight from KL. Unfortunately, she arrived at a bad time. Jakarta just started to recover from a seasonal flood, and alas, I wasn't able to pick her up from the airport. She had to take the bus and was stuck in the alternative route traffic for almost 5 hours.

She was afraid of missing the bus, she forgot to buy something to eat. But luckily we had prepared a meal for her once she arrived at our house, and boy did she ate....

After a few hours of a well deserved rest (which Im spent most of it by playing with Vira), Im finally accomplished her mission: Eating Mie Ayam. Yup, we took her to Bakmi Naga in Keramat and she ordered a big bowl of the house's specialty.

After a busy day, we all went home. Im's friend is due to arrive the next day. Enjoy the photos on Flickr. Kapan nih Rehot ikut ke Jakarta lagi? Mancing melulu sih, hahahaha...

Cepat ya, tau-tau udah 1,5 tahun aja umur Shavira. Wah, papa mamanya semakin tua nih, terutama papahnya yang bentar lagi mau ketemu angka 3 didepannya.
Kalo selama ini Vira terkesan ceriwis, sekarang Bawel. Wah vocabularynya makin komplit deh, dan cepet nangkap kata. Pronounciationnya juga dah bagus. Dah jago ngomong "S" dan "V", tapi bilang "R" belum bisa, biasanya nanti kalau udah 3 tahun bisanya. Tapi Vira sekarang suka teriak-teriak, kalo ketawa ngakak, suka lompat-lompat, lari dan.... upsss, soal lari, sering ga liat-liat. Pernah lari sambil manggil mamahnya dan... Brak! nabrak tembok dapur. Benjol deh.
Vira juga sempet gak doyan makan dan minum susu, jadi kuyuuuuus banget. Tapi sekarang udah demen loh om dan tante, di tambah SGM dikit aja biar gak terlalu gemuk. Vira juga dah bisa main sulap sekarang, dia kalo mau main sulap bilangnya "Sulaaap Sulip!"
Tahun ini, Vira pertama kali ikut mudik dan pertama kali ke Solo, rumahnya Eyang Mami dan Papi. Vira anteng loh di jalan, walau pas berangkatnya sempat 28 jam di mobil terus. Vira Top deh.

Di Solo Vira ketemu banyak saudara, pakde, budhe, om, tante, dan sepupu Vira. Hampir tiap hari kerjaannya berenang mulu, item deh. Habis rumah eyang Mami banyak tempat renangnya. Udah gitu nonton papa main mercon dan kembang api, pokoknya seru.
Bulan depan main lagi kemari ya... liat perkembangan Vira lagi. :-)

Oh iya, hampir aja lupa.
Selamat merayakan hari raya Iedul Fitri, minal aidzin walfaidzin, mohon maaf lahir batin ya.
Harap maafkan bila Vira, Papa maupun Mama Vira punya salah.

We've been planning this since January, we actually wanted to go on February at first, but we ended up going on August because we've got free tickets from AirAsia (Horay!!!)

Bags packed and ready to go, we left Jakarta on August 10th from Soekarno-Hatta airport to LCCT Malaysia. Small "no frills" and economic airport for the low cost carriers. Took the Skybus to KL Sentral from here at RM18 for the three of us, then connected from KLI Sentral to our hotel via Skyvan for another RM18 for the three of us. Its not cheap, but its cheaper than the other transports around.

We checked in at Puduraya Hotel, which happens to be on top of the Puduraya bus station. It was a nice hotel, but when we arrived, they gave us a small stuffy room, the hotel was fully booked so we couldn't get a bigger room. So we stayed there for one night. It wasn't so bad.

Being close to Chinatown, we were a bit worried of what to eat, although its a Muslim country, friends warn us that not all the food is halal. In Indonesia (except Bali and most of East Indonesia) all restaurants are Halal, those that aren't put up a sign telling people its not Halal. Here, anything goes. So our first food in KL was.... KFC.

Rehot and Im came to the hotel after Maghrib and took us all around to Chinatown at Petaling street, and to Pasar Seni nearby where Rika bought some souvenirs to bring home.

Then they took us for a Tom Yam dinner at Kampung Baru. The tom yam is served on a hot pot, taste refresing. Later on, we stopped at "Ayam Bakar Wong Solo", to buy some food for Vira. Only in an Indonesian restaurant can you ask for something not normal and not in the menu. Yeah, we actually cook Vira's food in our hotel room, don't tell anyone.

Right before midnight, I got a call from Azhari. He was downstairs at the bus station on his way home to Penang for the weekend. We finally met and talked for a few minutes. I went to 7-11 for some necessities after that.

That concludes adventures on day 1 of our KL adventure, I'll write more soon....

These are the moments I cherrish the most. I try to live my life to the fullest and enjoy every moment, good or bad. Carpe diem... seize the day!