Thursday, September 30, 2010

It's a Bitter Sweet Vacation

Last April or May (I forgot), after confirming that my sister and her hubby are moving to Singapore for good in July/August, we decided to go back to Indo for summer vacation.. I feel that it's time to get together with my family since after wedding, I went straight to Japan for our honeymoon.. so it's the perfect timing.. and Denny too is having his summer break. So all of us can be together for a while.. Plus, I get bored of staying at home doing nothing for several months already. This is because I've finished all classes in February but my job will only start in October..

The vacation is bittersweet because I'm happy to reconnect with my whole family, but I'm sad that one additional family member is leaving me to a different continent.. It does make a difference! Anyway, I transitted Singapore for 18 hours and stayed at its newest hotel: Marina Bay Sands. It has a cool architecture & infinity pool in the skypark. The hotel also has casino, but the weird thing is: foreigners can enter casino for free, but Singaporean needs to pay S$100 to go in. Haha.. weird right? Poor singaporean.. We managed to swim & take picture at the infinity pool.. Yes, it looks cool huh..

From infinity pool of Marina Bay Sands


While the rest had breakfast at the hotel, Richard, me & Lily ate chicken rice for breakfast

Given the short period of time of transit, we were able to EAT a lot, SHOP a lot, WALK a lot.. Lucky me.. I still have another 1 week in Singapore to explore in the month after.. Next is Jakarta & Carita trip ^^

Farewell Monkey & Hippo.. till we meet again!

My dear sister ceki & her hubby are leaving to Singapore for good last July.. hiks hiks.. I am so sad.. she has been a dear sister & friend to me.. We have lived together the longest among other family members.. from Jakarta, Singapore and USA.. maybe a few months of separation because of holidays and Beijing's study.. but.. this will be the longest time we'll be separated.. So I'm so sad.. I'll miss her.. So with this, my bible study group organized a farewell trip to Bodega bay in June.. it was so fun & memorable.. we had a great fellowship, good foods, but most importantly, she and her hubby love the surprise farewell trip & bodega bay a lot.. and US of course.. haha.. We also made a Hippo & Monkey T-shirt as a farewell favor for everyone.. It was so cute when we walked around downtown Petaluma and people started noticing us.. and even asked us about the T-shirt.. Btw, monkey = evan, hippo = vicky.. they called each other hippo and monkey.. that was why we got the idea.. And of course.. farewell won't be complete without a farewell video... It's a funny & crazy video.. but we enjoyed making it.. hahaha.. Too bad I cannot upload the video here because we are so shy to show it to public :P

Monkey & Hippo


The peak of the night = hawaiian luau theme

Great decor as always by ci irene... when we (sisters) met.. we do crazy things..


Lovely siblings


I know you'll miss us :)

All photos are courtesy of Mr. Herman Yudi