Sip N’ See is a southern tradition in the U.S. where friends gather to meet a baby. My talented, stylish friend, Ana of Stumble Abroad, offered to host a gathering for me and my baby boy so tha...
Playground in Kemang Dalam is one of the two outdoor playgrounds in the Kemang area. The other one is Play Parq Kemang on Kemang Timur. クマン・ダラムにあるプレイグラウンドは、クマンにある2つの公 園のうちの一つです。もう一つは、プレイパーク(Play Parq ...
My friend gave this lovely pink skirt to my daughter and I love it. I want one for myself although as turning 37 soon, I would not look good in it. I want my girl to wear it all the time. So, I grabb...
My girl friends, Kara and Julie, and I went to visit Angkor Wat after our race was over. Julie ran a half marathon, Kara ran 10K and I ran 3K. You might be wondering why I went all the way to Siem Re...
Tamani Kafe is an indoor play ground in Kemang with a cafe attached for parents to hang out. I went there for the first time with my friends and her play group in June, 2011. It was in a building acr...
Finally our baby boy’s nursery became presentable. This room used to be my girls’ play room and look like this. Per my daughters’ request, I painted the wall in lavender when we mov...
PREAH KAHN Preah Khan and Preah Neak Pean were the last two ruins out of five we visited on the first day of our sightseeing tour. You can tell from the number of photos I took here compared to three...
I purchased a pair of sneakers for my first daughter at Pasaraya. It is a local department store that has a variety of items such as Indonesian knickknacks, batik, clothes, sporting goods, toys, furn...
After visiting Ta Prohm and Pre Rup, we got back on our tuk-tuk and headed to Ta Som. ター・プロムとプレ・ラップに行った後、またトゥクトゥクに乗っ て、今度はター・ソムへ向かいました。 I loved riding a tuk-tuk in Siem Reap. Compared to tuk-tuk ride ...
Pre Rup was the second ruin my two girl friends and I visited after our first site, Ta Prohm. Ta Prohm and Pre Rup are completely different in the way they look. The interesting part of Pre Rup was t...
Ta Prohm is the very first temple my girl friends and I visited in Siem Reap. I was excited to go there as I heard that Ta Prohm was the most photogenic temple as it was left in much the same conditi...
Going to visit Angkor Wat in Siem Reap? Looking for a place to stay? Angkor Pearl Hotel is a good accommodation for any travelers who would like to stay at a clean and comfortable place with a budget...
Senteurs d’Angkor is a store that sells products with scent such as lotion, lip balm, candles, soaps, and incense, and food products such as coffee, tea and some spices. Senteurs d’Angkor...
Kokoon is one of the boutiques of Senteurs d’Angkor. It is a shop that mainly sells products with scents such as candles, lip balms, soaps, spices, incense, etc, which would be perfect for souv...
The Blue Pumpkin is an ice cream parlor, bakery and cafe all combined. My girl friends and I loved the lunch and dessert at The Blue Pumpkin so much that during our 4 day stay in Siem Reap, I think w...
This is a scene from this morning. My son is 2 and a half months old. Sitting up is not so easy for him. Yet. 今朝の一場面。2ヶ月半の息子。彼にとって、一人で座るのは難し い様子。
One of the attractions of living in Southeast Asia is that trips to neighboring countries are very accessible and inexpensive. Especially with the tickets through Air Asia, the cost of traveling with...
It’s been a while since I wrote a Monday Mode post. It’s been challenging to take photos of my girls lately for the purpose of Monday Mode because they would not necessarily wear what I w...
I stayed in Singapore to give birth our third child from the beginning of February, 2012 till the beginning of April, 2012. Our third child, son, was born on February 29, 2012. Since my stay was cons...
Our baby #3 became 2 months old. I’m delirious. Is it because I’m older or because my son is more demanding than my other two? I don’t know. The newborn phase is cute, but it’...
Antipodian is as you see in the title of this post, a Kiwi/Australian style cafe in Kemang Hero Complex. It is currently one of my favorite places to go in Jakarta. Their breakfast plates, lunch plat...
Being Japanese, I feel the need to know a good Japanese restaurant in town. I do get asked about good Japanese restaurants in Jakarta or wherever I am. In Jakarta, I know several places that we like ...
During my stay with my second child, 4-year-old, in Singapore to have my 3rd child, my daughter was invited to go to a birthday party of the children of my blogger friend there. I met Marie of Etince...
When I saw my oldest daughter reading to our baby boy and my second listening to her read, I said to my girls “Wait! Don’t move!” I ran downstairs to grab my camera and rushed back ...
One weekend before we left Singapore, we explored the area around Arab Street. I wish we went there earlier during our stay because it was so much fun!! We got on a taxi and asked our driver to take ...
We love Indian food. One of our favorite places to eat out in Jakarta, our current home, is Kinara in Kemang, South Jakarta. When we went to Hoi An, Vietnam in 2011 (blog posts index is under TRAVEL)...
As a mother of two girls and now a boy, I am familiar with girl outfits, but not with those for boys. Baby boy fashion is a new world I’m exploring with our newborn baby boy. Our son only has o...
If you visit Singapore and want to taste something from a local cuisine, I recommend you try Hainanese Chicken Rice at a Hawker Center. Since there are so many places to have Hainanese Chicken Rice i...
Those of you who know that I was pregnant might have guessed the reason for my absence in the blog sphere. You’ve guessed right. I gave birth about two weeks ago. I also have been busy with vis...
I took my daughter to Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden in Botanic Gardens in Singapore. It was fantastic. There is nothing like this for free admission in Jakarta, Indonesia. It reminded me of th...
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