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Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

14 July 2022 – 3:34 pm |

“Thanks” to today’s gadgets, more and more kids tend to say, “I don’t know what I’m good at. I don’t know what I like. I’m not interested in anything actually.” (But somehow they are interested …

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Video: Hiking Up Mount Sumbing, Central Java

16 January 2020 | Posted in: Video, VLOG | No Comment

A quick glimpse of our recent hike to Mount Sumbing, earlier this month!
 

 

 

 
PS: Heavy fog and rain prevented us from hiking all the way to the summit. So grateful for the sudden clear blue sky …

VLOG and Activity Idea: Enjoying Works of Art WITHOUT Leaving Jakarta!

 
Parents often wonder: WHERE oh WHERE should we go as a family over the weekend in Jakarta?
Here’s one place you can visit: Galeria Sophilia!

THREE (out of many) reasons why you should go and visit (bring …

VLOG: Movie Review of ‘Joker’ (2019) – English and Indonesian

Do you plan to watch ‘Joker’ the movie?

Here’s my personal review of the movie ‘Joker’ (NO spoilers):
 
> This is a very dark movie.
The movie is all about depression, mental illness, rage, revenge, unfairness, bitterness, …

More Outdoors, Please.

16 August 2019 | Posted in: Parenting, Video | No Comment
More Outdoors, Please.

 
 
Do we let our children spend time outdoors?
‘Oh, I don’t want them to be sick under the hot sun.’
‘What if she runs around and falls down?’
‘My boy prefers to stay indoors’, says Mom of a …

A Day at the Beach – Sambolo 1, Anyer, West Java!

4 July 2019 | Posted in: Places to Visit, Video | No Comment

 
We LOVE the outdoors.
And we love the beach!
And so there we were, tanning ourselves before school officially starts again next week! =)
 

 

 
Here are some quick tips and info:
– We went on a Wednesday. We left …

VLOG: Stone Garden Padalarang, Bandung, West Java

6 June 2019 | Posted in: Places to Visit, Video, VLOG | No Comment

 
When we think of holidays, we Indonesians often think of going ‘overseas’.
While exploring the land beyond Indonesia is awesome, Indonesia has a LOT to offer as well, and that’s what we’ve been doing with our …

Video: Short Legs, Big Logs – Mount Slamet, Central Java!

10 January 2019 | Posted in: Parenting, Video | No Comment

 
We are back from mountain climbing!
This time, our family of five (and some 32 others!) climbed Mount Slamet in Central Java.
I have quite a few photos to share (and loads of stories and personal …

TRAILER: Our hike to Mount Prau (back in June 2018!)

‘Why do you climb mountains as a family?’, some people asked me.
We have many reasons =)
One of them is, it’s a wonderful way to experience something together as a family.
Yes. We really think so.
When we …

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