Bali Trip - Day 1

Soekarno-Hatta airport, 01.28pm

Here I am, sitting at Bakmi GM at Terminal 3. Waiting for my 03.05pm flight to Bali. To be honest, this is my first trip to Bali :) so I can't wait for that. Gonna meet Arthur, my best buddy, there and have some fun.

This terminal is way nicer than other terminals. Even more comfortable than Terminal 2 - for international flights. When can Soekarno-Hatta could be like Changi or Suvarnabhumi at least? *sigh*

05.00pm
Landing at Ngurah Rai airport in Denpasar. It took 2-hour flight from Jakarta to Denpasar. The flight was smooth. No turbulance at all.

We stopped by at Discovery Mall near Kuta beach to buy sandal (for me) and sun glasses (for Arthur) then we headed for dinner. We went to a small restaurant called Nasi Tempong at Jl. Teuku Umar. Wow...the foods were so tempting. Chicken, squid, prawn, veggies. Arthur told me that they serve the best sambal ever. So I ordered fried chicken and spicy chicken. Fried squid and fresh petai (or Parkia Speciosa in Latin) for Arthur.

Tempong means tampar according to the owner. The sambal is so hot and spicy which can make you feel like being slapped. Well, I must say the food was great.

After dinner, we picked Arthur's friends then dropped by at my guest house for freshen up. Around 10pm we went to Flapjack's. It's a pancake house with combo size. The display made me drooling. For a moment, I felt sorry for having heavy dinner earlier. I was soooo full! But whatever, I could still find a space for a half portion of chocolate waffle with single scoop of ferrero rocher gelato and mineral water. My new friends shared a big portion of ice cream.





11.00pm
Off to home.

Keiko Maria Hutabarat

Keiko Maria Hutabarat or Kei was born on June 25, 2008 - 2 days after her parents first anniversary. She is my little angel. So cute, adorable (she has shiny big eyes, little nose and chubby cheeks), wonderful and smart. She can count 1-10 in Bahasa Indonesia, English and Bahasa Batak. She knows color and some stuff in English too. Uhhh love to hold her so very much.

She loves singing and eating, talks too much and asks so many questions. Why is this...what is that...She can sing about 25 songs or so including Sunday school songs and Barney's song but recently her favorites are I Love You (Barney's) and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star . Singing along with her is so much fun. Sometimes she can't pronounce some words properly.

People always get confused by the way she calls me and her mama. She calls my sister, mama and calls me mami :)

You can listen to Barney's song: I Love You here

Famous Five

Enid Blyton is my most favorite author ever. She was the best story writer who could make me enjoy every pages of her books. Would not stop till last page. Sometimes she would make me skip my meals or nap times or homework years ago. I remember my mom grounded me by hiding all my books until graduation back in the 80s :P Because of her, I was not a fan of comic when I was a little (and until now).

My first Enid Blyton was Famous Five: Five Fall Into Adventure or Jo Anak Gelandangan in Bahasa - the 9th series of 21. Got that book from my uncle when I was in grade 3. I still have it now though with no cover anymore.
Here are book covers from some versions.

All books feature the adventures of 4 kids + 1 dog during their school break - mostly in summer holidays. They are Julian (my favorite character), Dick (Julian's brother), Anne (Julian's little sister), Georgina or George (Julian's cousin) and Timmy (George's beloved dog). Usually, those siblings would visit George who lives in Kirrin island with her parents, Uncle Quentin - a scientist and Aunt Fanny - a lovely housewife then start their vacation by camping or picnic which eventually would be ended up with some mysterious cases such as smuggling, kidnapping or theft.

The picnic part was my favorite as they would bring a basket full of sandwiches, ginger ales, chocolates, cakes and would stop by at a village cafe for some ice creams. Hmmm...yummy!

Famous Five had been adapted into a TV series in the 70s and played in Indonesia early of 80s. I loved the movie too. Below are the stars:

From left to right:
Jennifer Thanisch as Anne
Michele Gallagher as Georgina aka George
Gary Rusell as Dick
Marcus Harris as Julian
source: here