Pulang Kampung

We've just returned from a lovely 6-day vacation to Jakarta. For Derek, it was his fourth trip to Indo. For Dewi, it was her first. Dewi met most of her family at her first birthday. Our master event planner was my cousin, Cheryl. She did such an amazing job from picking a very fun venue, to decorating the party area. We had the party at Tamani Kids Kafe in Kemang, a really cool place with a big play area for kids that catered to both crawlers and older kids. Dewi absolutely loved it there. She crawled around the soft play area, and hung out in the ball pit with her second cousins. She was ecstatic the entire afternoon, happily babbled in the long car ride home, and immediately passed out as soon as we got home. Other notable things we did this week were:

1. Drinks with Mira & friends to the 3 House, a very cool rooftop bar that reminded me of KuDeTa in Bali.
2. Birthday lunch with my girl cousins at Din Tai Fung at Pondok Indah Mall
3. A birthday night out with Mira (my ultimate nightlife and foodie guru) to Social House in Grand Indonesia (seriously, these malls keep getting bigger and more luxurious)
4. An afternoon at the spa with Derek to get massages and creambaths (scroll towards the bottom for the description and warning: Derek's hair still smells like chocolate so whatever you do, don't get the chocolate kind. By all means "splurge" for the hair spa treatment) followed by lunch and cocktails at Potato Head at Pacific Place.
5. Eating amazing cheap local ribs at this awesomely cheap place that shall remain nameless for the sake of keeping the prices low for our next visit.

Now we are back in Singapore and had a lovely afternoon at a friend's pool party. This coming week starts our new routine of my going back to work and Dewi going to daycare. Wish us luck!