Suwandi

Category: Travel

  • Ocean Dream Ancol – A Quick Trip

    A quick trip to Ocean Dream – Ancol. I can say it is a nice trip. We start at the beach, close to Beach Mall, where Aiden can for the very first time play with beach sand and of course digging a large hole. Afterward, we go to Ocean Dream. There are many attractions and parks here, namely Dufan, Seaworld etc. And one of them is this Ocean Dream.

    It’s been 3.5 years since the last time i was in this area. I recall taking pre-wedding photo with Ike early in 2010, so yes that is exactly how long. Nothing has changed here except several new apartment towers.

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    Ocean Dream is basically a complex of several show stages: dolphin, hippo (! yes, hippo!), 4D show, underwater theater, sealion. We managed to watch all but sealion show. Overall, this place is good and fun kids 2-10 years old. You will need at least 4 hours inside. The entrance fee is IDR 110,000 or USD 11.

    Good thing is the park has arranged the schedule of shows properly so you can attend most of them within 2 hours unless you want to take it slower and have meals in between.

    I just really hope they take good care of the mammals.

  • Waroeng Ethnic

    Tried Waroeng Ethnic yesterday. To sum up, they serve very good food and drinks. The ambience is also good. I tried their steak, caesar salad, baked scallop, iced coffee. All were good and recommended.

    Location: http://4sq.com/bkiYLe

  • Posing with My Boy

    Suwandi - Aiden Soh

  • Visit a Temple

    So, i join my parents and their best friends’ trip. Destination is a temple in Serang, wuih you probably dont know the exact location, it is 70+ km from Kebon Jeruk. It’s a countryfar far away. Earlier, we had lunch at Duta Mas. A crowded morning, for a bowl of noodle.

    Afterward, a 1-hour trip to Serang. The place is nice, ups.. the temple is nice, built 400 years ago, they said.
    Relaxing. At the time I was there, few monks were bathing God’s figures. I always feel relaxed when i see a monk, I thought hey they are so humble and very sincere in helping others, they probably have no sins, probably have done nothing wrong. I might be wrong about this, anyway.

    There’s one thing interest me. The temple has sort of rooms for visitors to sleep over! Around 20 rooms. No published rate visible to me, so i guess they’re free.

    There’re several regulation for using the room (twin-sharing), for example no alcohol (hehe, how sick a person is to get drunk in a temple), no knife or guns (sure, should not do the killing there, my man), no loud music (it’s a meditation site, for sure). And, maximum staying is one week, dont be crazy and try to have a room for 4 years during your schooling, prohibited. Most are making sense.

    I even thought that i can sometimes use the room, you know when we have a lot of problem and looking for an exile. It could probably works. And then, i tried lying down on a bench, under the green green shadow of a tree.
    Closed my eyes, relaxed,….

    …so calm..,

    …so quite..,

    …and all I can think of is this place is complete if they allow us to bring a laptop and wireless internet! 😀

    As for lunch, yummy, splendid chinese food, not in a restaurant, but a simple food place. Chicken, fish, veggie, egg, slurrpp, good food!

  • Clarke Quay

    Really fun last night. I went out with a friend and his girl-friend. My friend is an Indonesian, who has lived in Singapore for 8 years, while his girl friend is a Nepalese, who has spent 4 years there.

    So, I met them in Modesto’s, a nice italian restaurant. I had a bottle of Stella Artois (love this beer with no specific reason, just nice). And they ordered Tiramisu, which is very very very good. 9/10 in my tongue.

    At 10, we took a bus to Clarke Quay, for a slice of fun fun fun. Waited few minutes in Marrakesh before offered a seat. He recommended Mojito. I dont understand cocktail, luckily these two were graduated from F&B related major (hotel and tourism), so they explained what is mojito, how to make it, etc. Fun! Oh ya, it’s a mix of rum, mint, lime, and sugar. I must say, it’s very very nice! 9/10 again.

    The girl ordered Long Island (i dont like it). My friend ordered Shisha also, peach-flavored. It’s the first time i try shisha. Nice! But, i must say it didn’t make me a shisha fans.

    But, now i love Mojito! 🙂
    Got home at 2, with a crazy taxi charge and surcharge.