One more day to go before the grannies fly back to Jakarta. I wouldn’t want to talk about how Briana is going to cope with them both gone. One day they’re there, next day they’re gone. Everyone suffers. *hiks*   I really have to start looking for a domestic help, pronto!  Otherwise it’s going to get [...]

It was a little bit before midnight when husband walked into the room after a really long day in the office. Wifey was on the computer doing her html codes.
Husband:  blablabla… blablabla…. it was a good meeting. Oh btw, blablabla….
Wifey    :  (blinks with occasional nods while eyes glued to her computer screen)
Husband:  (carries on) and then [...]

Panjang umurnya, panjang umurnya, panjang umurnya serta muliaaaaa……   It’s oma’s birthday today.  No plan to go paint the town red tonite. Just a family dinner at home – and the birthday girl is doing the cooking. The cake arrived early in the afternoon. It was supposed to be a surprise birthday cake with a sexy [...]

Xintiandi is a fashionable street for pedestrian in Shanghai. The brick wall in most buildings are still the original ones from the 1920 of  stone gate houses typical in Shanghai.  Architecture wise, it is simply a-m-a-z-i-n-g. Every corner seems to be photo ready for the artistic type of black and white photography.  I rarely see [...]

This little monkey is now  10 months 3 weeks old. And SHE IS FINALLY WALKING ON HER OWN.  Whooo-hoooooooo.  She had her first 12 steps a few of days ago on February 20th – that’s when uncle David was in town. Yups, he came for a visit to spend the weekend with us. Briana sure [...]

Actually oma and nene have been here in Shanghai for almost 2 weeks. They both arrived on Feb 10th close to midnight, to a pretty cold shanghai temperature about minus 10 degrees (I think ?) which is quite warm for us who are used to Hohhot’s bitter cold.  Once they were settled in the room,  [...]

….. lewat tengah malem sambil bongkar pasang blog theme buat websitenya  Eliza ….

Setelah begadang kemaren malem dengan hasil (cuma) ngapload satu theme saja, siangnya waktu Bri bobo siang dipake buat bongkar pasang kode. Tumben nih anak ngebo bener tidurnya hari ini, sampe ngelewatin jam minum susu dan makan siangnya. Baru kebangun jam 2:30 dengan ketawa [...]

Bye mom, I’m off to see the world. See you next month

Yes, we like to hop, crawl and now walk….  with this new bright thing. Since we bought the second walker, her walking skill increased tremendously. More sturdier steps with perfect steering directing the walker to where she wants to go.  My part on this? [...]

Beginilah gayanya kalo lagi nonton Barney. Biasanya Barney khusus dipasang saat makan aja, maksudnya biar gampang disuapin. Tapi setelah pindah ke Shanghai, acara makan malah lebih gampang. Breakfast biasanya diajak turun makan dari breakfast buffet di restoran aja. Makan siang dan malem ga susah, cukup kasi satu mainan dan duduk di bouncer. [...]

Yups, this is our new home. Shanghai. Better place with better opportunities for the 3 of us. I keep telling myself how relieved I am to be back in the civilized world. At least living would be so much easier here, easy access to health care,  friends to go out with (real human contacts … [...]