Koh Samui

At the begining we were all not excited to go to koh samui. Everybody was tired. We just came back from Indonesia in Jan 5th and now left again ??...... But like Dudi said if we wanted to change the date we needed to put some more additional fees per person. Ok then..... Ceritanya dari bulan oktober tahun lalu. Dudi lagi iseng2 browsing, then he got cheap tickets to go to Koh Samui by Air Asia. For all of us (berlima) -return- only for $ 200. Are you interested?, should we go?, instead I said no I replied it's up to you. Hua..hua..hua... salah sendiri deh gw. Ok, done the luggage is always my job. Although we only went for 2 days but we're 5. Don't forget everybody's swimsuits, these and those cremes, books, sunglasses, sandals, etc.. We left in Jan 25th (thursday) and would be back in Jan 27th (saturday). Titip ibuku dan rumah sama pembantu, yah aku membiasakan nama -pembantu- ini terhadap anak2ku, karena semua tugas rumah tangga adalah di pundakku, dan tugas dia hanyalah bantu2 mama, helper, yg nolongin mama, bukan sebaliknya kaya rata2 pembantu di indo (nggak semuanya nih jangan kesinggung yah ibu2, gw nggak nyindir kok) yg sepertinya rendah derajat, semua pekerjaan ada di pundak pembantu nyonya tinggal nyuruh2. Anyway, we said good bye to my mom and apoligized to her because this time she couldn't go with us. Besides there was no any tickets available (lha yah dah habis tho, wong pesennya dari 4 bulan yg lalu), plus perjalannya nggak worth it at all. Why? because we went by air asia, so the flight only reaches until...I forgot the name of the place. Pokoknya in the middle of nowhere. After that we needed to continue by bus for 3 hours. Wah.. and still not finished. After waiting for some time (about one hour) we went on the ferry for another 2 hours. Then again another 45 minutes to the hotel by taxi. Oalah....... gombal beeng !!. Ngos2an nggak tuh. We left from our house at 7.30 am ( remember people.... the airport is near bkk) and arrived at the hotel about 5.30 pm. My husband said we supposed to be in Shanghai now. Hue...hue..hue... The hotel is really good. Hhmm... nice......, the kids took a rest in their room. They didn't want to have dinner outside. They had room service. After Farah slept, Dudi and me strolled the beach and had dinner at the restaurant. On Friday (the next day), we just spent the day at the hotel. Swam and played on the beach and in the pool. Taught my kids how to swim correctly. (I'm a preety good swimmer). Breakfast at the hotel, bought some burgers at Mc Donald then had dinner at the hotel. The dinner buffet was superb!!. Saturday was our last day in Koh Samui. Dudi decided to change the flight. Off course this is another additional expenses. Anyway it's worth it. We went on Bangkok Airways (one way). It is directly from Koh Samui to Pattaya and only need 1 hour. Yes, airport in Koh Samui is only for Bangkok Airways (boutique airport owned by bangkok airways). It surprised me, the airport is small and very simple. Even the floor is not tiled. But it's clean and they serve international destinations. When we went inside, wow! they have internet service (high speed) and small corner for snacks and drinks (again, they're free). We arrived at Sattahip-Pattaya Airport ( owned by Thai Navy). My mother picked us up. Hm...what a journey.

Arif's 11 th Birthday

Ulang tahun anak pertamaku ini jatuh hari Sabtu last week, tepatnya tgl 13 Januari. Aku bikin nasi kuning dan lauk ala kadarnya. Trus beli cake juga. Tapi berhubung hari itu padat banget. Jadi acara tiup lilin jatuh hari seninnya, tgl 15 januari. How come?. This is the story. Directly after my 2 boys finished their piano lesson, we drop off Arif at his friend's birthday party. And we went around Pattaya, then had lunch at the restaurant. Then, went to IT center. After that, pick Arif up. Then had dinner at the restaurant. Arrived at home, all the kids were tired. Lelap semuanya. Including the birthday boy. Sunday?. Very early in the morning we left. Went to Bkk. When we were at home, it was too late. Again, the kids were really tired. Jadi, Seninnya deh... Trus partynya diadakan hari Sabtu tgl 20. Di Hard Rock Hotel (kebagiannya hari ini, penuh bo!, padahal bookednya dah dari bulan november lalu pas ultah farah). Uwak dan tante dah pulang ke Indo. Pesta dimulai dari jam 11.00 am sampai 5.30 pm. Gw yg nungguin. Dudi dan mama nyusul. Pas makan siang, kurleb jam 1. Anak2 pada happy deh. Anak2 total 10 orang. Banyak activitiesnya pesta di sini. Banyak games. Terakhir setelah semua program activitiesnya selesai ada tambahan foam party. Yeah... anak2 nggak jadi selesai deh, main lagi. Puas lah anak2 semua. Farah juga ikutan sih. Tapi nggak bisa lah yau main bareng the boys. She's too small to join with them. Jadi aku yg ngawasin dia bernang2.

Party at Hard rock

Kakak2 pulang

Setelah liburan disini selama seminggu. Yahh....akhirnya harinya tiba juga. Tadi pagi subuh, kakak dan mbak Iis pulang. Sepi lagi deh kita. Nggak enak, udah biasa kemaren2 rame. Tapi gimana dong anak2 yg cuman ditemeni para pembantu dah menanti di rumah. Juga kerja menanti. Tapi mama nggak pulang dulu dong. Beliau akan menghabiskan waktu bersama kita disini selama sebulan. Selama mereka disini kita dah bolak balik bkk-pattaya. Sayang waktunya kurang. Tetep aja yg di bkk ada yg belum dikunjungi. Insya Allah lain waktu. Kunjungan ke Bkk meliputi grand palace, paragon, chatuchak, pantip, dan pratunam. Sedang di Pattaya ke crocodile farm, pattaya hill (beautiful view), walking street, oh ya sama nonton muay thai (thai boxing) yg kebetulan lagi ada world championship. Selama kakak disini, arif banyak dibantu his math homework, nggak usah nunggu dudi pulang kantor. Seneng yah punya uwak pinter. Pokoknya Eric Clapton teh dah selesai. Kita datang terlambat kira2 15 menit. Bkk macet cet luar biasa. Sampai kaki gw berdarah2 segala gara2 nyeruduk something sharp in the car. Tapi nggak nyesel lah... Btw, while they were here farah didn't go to school. So she's the one who really happy spent so much time with uwak and tante especially tante loves her so much. Bye..tante, next time you should come here again with uwak, mas hamam.....

Mama datang

Riangnya hatiku.

Kemaren sore gw dah meluncur lagi deh ke airport. Dalam rangka menjemput ibunda tercinta, my only brother and my sis in law.

Kunjungan ibunda di Thailand ini untuk yg kedua kalinya. Sedang kakakku untuk pertama kalinya mengunjungiku selama ik tinggal di LN. Hi..hi...gw jangan geer dulu. Mengapa ??. Soale bakalan ada performance mas Erik Clapton tgl 15 Jan yad. Jadinya kakakku beserta my sis in law semanagt datang ke thailand gara2 si mr Clapton ini. Trus sambil sekalian nengokin adiknya yg cuman semata wayang. Ealah... nggak kebalik tuh. Hi...hi...

Karena kedua kakakku ini hanya seminggu saja di thailand. Mari kita ngebut.

Pagi ini kita udah meluncur ke Bkk. Kunjungan wisata. The boys went to school. Farah bolos dulu yah. Dudi is in Japan. (yap! pulang dari indo trus dia langsung besoknya ke jepang)

Naik tuktuk kali ini agak kurang memuaskan kakakku. Yah mau bagaimana lagi. Tuktuk nya nggak bisa ngepot dong kalau penumpangnya penuh. Padahal seninya naik tuktuk itu harus ngebut, ngepot2 dan ngerem harus sampai bunyi2 cit..!!cit...!!. Kita2 semua yang perempuan dah pada kecut mukanya. Kecuali kakak gw yg ketawa2 asyik. Sambil pegangan erat

tentunya.

Tiba di rumah

Alhamdulillah. Selamat sampai di rumah. Jam berapa yah dinihari tadi deh sampai Pattaya. Home sweet home. Tidur ah....istirahat........ zzz....zzz....zzz... Mana bisa..?? itu khan cuma angan2. Sejak pagi tadi. Hayo balik lagi seperti semula. Kerja...... Hi...hi... gw khan home maker. Sampai rumah yah masuk dapur lagi yah beres2 lagi yah ini itu urusan rumah tangga. But really happy..........back to normal. Ssst.....dah malem, semua dah pada istirahat. Got to go now.

Kuningan

Dalam rangka perayaan pesta kawin emasnya mertuaku. Mertua ingin sekali merayakan di kampung halaman. Berkumpul dengan seluruh sanak saudara. Jadi kali ini sekali lagi kel dudi ramai2 berangkat ke kuningan. Dari Jakarta kita2 dan saudara2 Dudi. Mimih dan bapak udah berangkat ke kuningan 2 hari duluan. Buat persiapan. Berangkat tgl 30. Jadi sekalian lebaran idul adha yah juga sekalian open house terima ucapan selamat dari para saudara2 mertuaku. Habis sholat ziarah ke makam trus pulang ke rumah mertua trus pesta dimulai. Banyak banget saudara2 pada datang. Terharu banget begitu melihat my in-laws duduk berdua berdampingan meneima salam dan ucapan. Anak2 ku semua senang. Karena tiada hari tanpa main playstation (again..), yg kali ini mainnya bareng sama sepupu2nya.