Swimming at Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida

Welcome to Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida

I love swimming! 

It is indeed one of my favorite sports and whenever I can, I will definitely do it. I guess I have been swimming when I was a baby and my mom told me I love it since the very first time I tried it!

Well who wouldn’t? It is definitely one of the great sports I love doing whenever I have time. And that includes swimming at the pool or in any bodies of water, like the ocean and river.

On our last trip to Bali in 2020, I swam a lot.

Well, almost every day! Even when I still had classes, I could go swimming afterwards in the hotel where we were staying. That is why I love our vacation in Bali.

 Then in our trip to Nusa Penida, we also got a chance to go to Crystal Bay. Before that, we managed to come to the Kelinking beach, Angel’s Billabong as well as broken Beach. I shared that in my previous post.

In Crystal Bay, we finally swim in it was a lovely spot because it’s clean and water is cool. Since we have been walking and hiking a lot in the morning to see the other spots before, it was really refreshing to finally get into the water. 

Cheeers 

The beach was not so crowded and that is good because then we can swim comfortably. On that day, the waves and current were quite strong but I have to admit that my sister and I had a lot of fun chasing the waves. Our mom was a bit worried looking at the strong and crashing waves but we kept our swimming inside of the safety perimeter and we didn’t go too far either. I guess we really had to be careful as the under current could drag you away and you didn’t know what underneath the water.

The bay has a few islands surrounding it and we saw many boats around. Perhaps those were the one heading to snorkeling 🤿 spots. It would be good if we could try snorkeling here as well if the weather permits. I guess we just have to go back there again soon.

Well, what do you think?

Will you visit Nusa Dua and swim in Crystal Bay as well? 

See you in the next post!

See you soon, Crystal Bay

The Amazing Bali Trip Part 1

Hello from Kelingking Beach 🏖 

Here we go!

How is everybody? I hope everyone is fine and although we are in the middle of the pandemic, we still have a lot to do from home including schools.

I have been enjoying my online classes from the comfort of home, particularly my room, and although it is probably not perfect, but it’s good to continue our study. And the good thing is, it feels like you do have a holidays with some Homeworks occasionally LOL.

Anyway I would like to share a little story about our trip to Bali last December as my mom and my dad decided to have a little break from their works.

We started the journey on early morning and in Saturday to take the first flight to Bali from Halim Perdanakusuma airport. Our flight is at 7 on the dot and we have to be there before 6. We left home at 5 and lined up for all the new procedures during the pandemic. Days before that for the first time I took my rapid test at home together with my sister and my parents. Good thing that all the results were negative or non-responsive so we were good to go. 

All non reactive

The flight was smooth and we arrived in Bali quite early. We went directly to the hotel, which is the Conrad Bali, and Holiday started. It was still Saturday so we basically enjoy your time in the hotel and it’s really good to see some other places besides Jakarta and half the pool as well as the big hotel mostly for ourselves. That Saturday we didn’t go anywhere because the next day, on Sunday, we were traveling to Nusa Penida Island.

That place was amazing!

We took the boat from Sanur to go to this island and had a private tour. We went to Kelingking Beach which will blow your mind! It’s scary to see it from the cliff but the view is wow!

I went down the stairs with my dad to see the place closer. Boy it was even scarier LOL. The stairs are so steep! it was very tiring because the weather was very hot and the stairs are very steep. So we only went halfway there and decided to go back again to meet my mom and my sister. It was quite an experience. The next stops we have are broken beach and Angel’s Billabong. Then we swam at Crystal Bay. I love this beach because it is clean but the waves are strong. My sister and I had fun embracing the impact and enjoying the crystal turquoise water. My mom took a lot of photos and videos for sure.

Tiring but the view is WOW

Angel’s Billabong

Well, next we explored Nusa Dua, Karangasem and Ubud. Guess I will come back later. 

Thanks for reading the story!

Happy Happy New Year

Cheers from Lampung, Indonesia 

It’s been ages since the last time I write down some thing in my blog. Apologies for that but 2019 and 2020 prove to be busy years for me LOL. 

As you know life has been changing a lot even before COVID-19 pandemic for me. But I have to say at this point I do enjoy my time in Jakarta, Indonesia. My school it’s cool and I do enjoy my two years of junior high school here, while now I am already on the first grade of senior high school. My friends here are nice and we spend some time a lot online and off-line. 

Since the beginning of COVID-19, my classes were done in online platforms like zoom or Google meet. It was a bit challenging in the beginning but at the end of the day, I guess I nailed it! My grades from junior high school are good and satisfying, considering that I really have to adjust with everything since day one here. And then now in my new senior high school, I started it fully online as well because we start the term in the middle of the pandemic. Although I have not met my friends and My teachers directly or physically, but since we spent so much time at the online meeting on daily basis, I feel close to them.

Well I guess I will tell you more about schools later on but now I am very happy because things look better and we do have the vaccine now. I do hope we will have better 2021 with this vaccine and less casualties from the pandemic. 

Wishing you all a wonderful 2021 and healthy, safe, happy, and prosperous days ahead. 

Our new home in Jakarta

welcome!

Taraaaa...

WE ARE MOVING TO JAKARTA!

Actually, since July 2018 LOL.
We are enjoying Indonesia so much we forgot to share that here!

Welcome to our home!
Our home in Jakarta.

My mom has decorated it and my dad literally designed it from scratch!
We love how it looks now, although after all our stuff from NYC arrived, we don't have enough rooms for them LOL.

Now my mom and dad continue to work on the house to make sure it's more and more comfortable. It is not always that easy as we brought a lot of stuff from NYC,  inlcuding my book collections, my clothes, toys and more! let alone my sister's collection as well. We are working on ensuring those items are well stored.

Let's have a little peek!

That's me sitting with my sandal jepit, or flip-flop, my favorite sandals at home.
 

Obviously my mom has put it on her IG account as well.
 

My favorite tiles are the ones on the kitchen floor!

So, that's a bit of our house in Jakarta. 
My parents love it sooo much and for sure we all do.
Do you like your home as well?
What's your favorite part in the house?

School school school

Welcome to IS 141 Q

School school school! 

I love school.
How about you?
So much to learn and study, and new friends as well.

Well, with all the homeworks and endless reading :), school can be overwhelming.
But I do enjoy it as I meet wonderful teachers, great friends, a lot of new knowledge and skills and more. There will always be something new every day.

As I have finished my 5th grade in PS 122, I moved to IS 141 in Astoria.
I really love my class. 
We are part of Jewel class under the supervision of Ms. Williams.
My home teacher is Ms. Trotta and she is super nice.

Welcome to IS 141 Astoria

Now that I have moved to Indonesia, here are some photos my mom took in my beloved IS 141 Astoria as I enjoyed my days as the 6 grader.

Got the award, yeah..

With mama :)

Receiving the award on my 6th grade :)

My mom kept taking pictures wherever we go.
Well, I guess that's what moms do, right.
They just don't want to miss the moments.

I have to admit I miss my friends, my teachers and my schools there in NYC.
There are so many differences from our school there and here in Indonesia and my sister and I continue to adjust ourselves.
It was not that easy in the beginning but now we get used to it.
I know now that wherever you go, the school will always wait for you and you just need acknowledged the fact that life will always be changing.
We need to be flexible and try to do our best.

How about you?
Do you like your school?
What's your favorite subjects?

I'm back!

Lampung, our home town in Indonesia :)

Woaaah...
It's been a looong time since my last blog!
Apologies, everyone...being an IS student is not that easy obviously.
Tons of homework, endless reading, volunteer works and socializing seem to be overwhelming but I kind of enjoying it up until now :).
Well, school is cool as always but I do have busy days.

And a lot of things have been going in between.

We have crazy winter in  NYC, even up until April it's still cold.
My sister and I are back to watching Pokemon series, after finishing Teen Titans Go and Gumball.
I have finished reading the whole series of Percy Jackson (he's super cool! try to read the books!) and now I started reading the Kane Chronicles, from the same author (Thanks mom for convincing me how cool it is, reminding of our trip to Egypt back in 2010)
I also joined the Honor Roll Society *yeaaaah and will join the trip to Philadelphia with my friends in May! How cool is that :)

My mom bought me Pokemon Ball from Japan :)

And we are heading  back to Indonesia this summer.
I feel sad already :(.
I mean, it's a mixed feeling.
I love staying here in NYC but I now we have to move back, just like what happened to us after staying in Geneva, Switzerland, for 4 years.

But hey...Indonesia is super cool and the weather is always nice!
So we can make up the lost spring and summer there :)
Can't wait to go to the beaches as well in Lampung, our hometown.

Anybody wants to join me swimming here!

But now, I think I can start sharing some more stories and photos!
You know how my mom loves taking pictures soooo much LOL.

I don't mind going back to Bali, Indonesa, with  my family :)

So, see you on the next post!

Top of the Rock!

Have you been to Top of the Rock in NYC?

I have.
And it was fantastic!

Went there with my mom, my other grandma, and my sister.
My dad was still in Indonesia at that time.

We went there after coming down to the Oculus dan the Ground Zero.
I was tired and hungry, but the view is great!
Fantastic.

We went up and up to the 35th floor I guess.
We took the elevator and waited for a while.
While waiting, they took our photos and they want us to act funny.

Then we enjoyed the view from Top of the Rock.

As always, my mom took many, many pictures.

But it was a beautiful day that we all enjoyed.

I would like to come back here again but my mom said the ticket is quite expensive :)).
So we'll see.

Have you gone up as well?
Do you like to see the view from the top?