Wednesday, May 31, 2006

"Road Rage" Cases in Jakarta

There is an e-mail currently spreading in some Indonesian mailing lists about a road rage case involving a black Honda CR-V in Jakarta's expressway. The e-mail is in Bahasa Indonesia, and a copy of the e-mail can be found here.

Of course, we are not able to confirm whether the case is really true or not, in fact, quite a lot of Indonesian bloggers are discussing about the issue here (in Bahasa Indonesia, unfortunately). However, this is a sign that road rage cases in Indonesia, especially in its big cities such as Jakarta, are growing. I agree that road rage cases happen anywhere in the world, however I believe that the number of cases in Indonesia, especially Jakarta, is much higher than other big cities around the region, such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur or Bangkok. I noticed that these might be the reasons of the high road rage cases in Jakarta:
  1. Unclear traffic rules, and even if there are rules, they are not fully enforced and implemented.
  2. Jakarta's very bad traffic, increasing the stress level of Jakarta's drivers.
  3. Jakarta drivers' bad driving culture and habit, always kiasu and inconsiderate to other drivers.
And, unfortunately, the third problem has become more common on almost all Jakarta drivers, regardless whether he's a minibus driver or a high-rank government official.

Here are some tips if you have to drive in Jakarta, especially for those who are used to drive in built-up cities such as in Singapore or cities in Australia:
  1. Drive relaxedly, no need to hurry. Plan your journey, allow some extra time to accommodate some unexpected traffic jams, which unfortunately are common in Jakarta.
  2. Traffic jams are common in Jakarta, don't allow traffic jams to increase your stress level.
  3. Drive defensively, to avoid road rage. Cutting off other cars is the most common issue in Jakarta which can lead to road rage.
Overall, defensive driving is the best way to avoid road rage, or to avoid become a victim of road rage.

[Indonesian version]

Al-Ameen Eating House

Al-Ameen Eating House adalah tempat makan yang terkenal di seputar Bukit Timah, tidak jauh dari tempat saya. Lokasinya tepat di seberang Beauty World Centre, tepatnya di jajaran tempat makan sepanjang Cheong Chin Nam Road, tidak jauh dari Al-Azhar, tempat makan lain favorit keluarga kami disitu.

Tempat makan ini buka 24 jam, dan semua makanan yang disediakan halal. Keunikan dari tempat makan ini adalah bermacam-macam variasi menu, mulai dari makanan laut (seafood), makanan Thai, makanan India seperti roti prata, naan, masala, aneka macam nasi goreng, semua dalam satu atap. Walaupun memang kadang-kadang, menu tertentu hanya ada pada jam tertentu dan tidak 24 jam. Pelayanannya juga ramah dan cepat, dengan kebanyakan pelayannya orang India yang, hebatnya, rata-rata ahli berbahasa Melayu.

Sekitar seminggu yang lalu, saya dan istri makan malam disana karena istri kangen dengan roti naan dan masala. Roti naan dan masala adalah dua "pasangan" masakan India yang saya dan (terutama) istri sukai (lihat foto kanan). Roti naan ini mirip dengan roti prata, tapi rasanya sedikit beda, dan seperti halnya roti prata, roti naan juga banyak pilihan rasanya, bisa plain, butter, onion/garlic ataupun cheese. Roti naan ini dimakan bersama masala, semacam rendang-nya India tapi bumbu-nya lebih banyak menggunakan rempah khas India, dan dagingnya bisa berupa daging kambing (mutton) atau ayam (chicken). Dulu kita pernah nyobain chicken masala dan chicken tikka masala, jadi minggu lalu kita coba mutton masala-nya. Dan ternyata, tidak kalah enaknya. :)

Kabar-kabari kalau ada yang mau kesana ya, kita tinggal jalan kesana buat gabung. Deket dari rumah, soalnya. :)

[English version]

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Tobacco: Deadly in Any Form

Celebrating the World No Tobacco Day 2006 in May 31, 2006, we -- concerned weblog writers -- would like to remind us all about the danger of smoking.

1. Reminding us all that tobacco is DEADLY IN ANY FORM. Cigarettes, pipes, bidies, kreteks, clove cigarettes, snus, snuff, smokeless, cigars… they are all deadly.

2. Reminding us all that tobacco in all types and names and flavors are deadly alike. Tobacco is DEADLY IN ANY DISGUISE. Mild, light, low tar, full flavour, fruit flavoured, chocolate flavoured, natural, additive-free, organic cigarettes, PREPS (Potentially Reduced-Exposure Products), harm-reduced… they are all deadly. Those kinds of labelling doesn’t show the products are any less dangerous.

3. Demand the Government of Republic of Indonesia to ratify the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) as soon as possible, for the health of future generation. Indonesia is the only country in Asia that is still not in the FCTC.

Internet, May 31, 2006

The Undersigned,

Indra Pramana


Related Links:[Indonesian version]

Quicklink: Data Sementara Korban Jiwa Gempa Yogyakarta

Total korban jiwa: 5730. Detail lebih lengkap per-kabupaten bisa dilihat disini.

Monday, May 29, 2006

Indo-Sing Blog

Indo-Sing mailing list is a mailing list dedicated to the Indonesian community in Singapore. Currently there are 683 registered members, and the number is still counting. This is because the mailing list is not only for those currently living in Singapore, but also for those who are still in Indonesia or other countries and have a plan to migrate to Singapore. The community has also conducted a gathering (article in Bahasa Indonesia) at Kantin Aneka, Lucky Plaza, end of April this year.

Right now, the Indo-Sing community has launched a new blog. The blog is using free Wordpress facility from Blogsome, and it's located at http://indosing.blogsome.com/. The articles will be contributed by all mailing list members who already have the necessary Wordpress account to post on the blog.

This blog will contain a lot of information which -- hopefully -- will be useful not only for Indo-Sing community members, but also for other Indonesians currently living in Singapore, or for those Indonesians who plan to migrate to Indonesia, either for work or study. Most of the articles will be excerpted from discussions in the mailing list.

Hopefully the blog will be useful to anyone. :)

[Indonesian version]

Quicklink: Dompet Peduli Jogja Blogfam

BlogFam Peduli JogjaBlogfam membuka Dompet Peduli Jogja, sebagai salah satu alternatif penyaluran bantuan berupa dana dari sebuah komunitas online blogger Indonesia.

Untuk informasi lebih lengkap, silahkan klik disini.

Quicklink: http://helpjogja.net/

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Sunday, May 28, 2006

Quicklink: Duka di Langit Jogja

Pengalaman salah seorang teman blogger, Sam, yang kebetulan sedang berlibur ke Jogja mengunjungi orangtuanya selama gempa berlangsung, bisa dilihat disini.

Quicklink: Pengalaman adiknya Mbak Niel di sebuah RS di Yogya

Pengalaman adiknya Mbak Niel yang bekerja sebagai dokter di sebuah rumah sakit di utara Yogyakarta, bisa dilihat disini. Saya yakin banyak sekali untold story mengenai "perjuangan" para ahli medis yang tanpa pamrih mengorbankan waktu dan tenaga mereka untuk menyelamatkan saudara-saudara kita yang terluka di Yogyakarta.

Friday, May 26, 2006

Quicklink: Turut berduka cita untuk korban gempa di Yogya

Silahkan lihat disini.

Quicklink: Blog Indo-Sing

Komunitas Indo-Sing sekarang punya blog sendiri. Silahkan lihat disini.

Hyperlink from Planet Indra to Technorati

Let me create the hyperlink first:

Technorati Profile

To claim Planet Indra into Technorati, I would need to add the above hyperlink into the site. Since I don't know (yet) how to edit the template of the Gregarius-powered aggregator, I would need to put the hyperlink on one of its posts. Since this blog is one of the blogs it aggregates, so I just put the hyperlink here. Hope it works. :)

Monday, May 22, 2006

Lau Pa Sat

Last Saturday (20/5) night, I and my wife went to Lau Pa Sat, a big food court located right in the heart of Singapore's Central Business District, not far from the Raffles Place MRT station. This building actually holds quite a lot of historical value, it was a wet market before it was being renovated and now it's being restored as a favourit makan place among locals and tourists, serving Singapore local food.

Actually, during the normal days, there's nothing special with this food court. All the food served there is similar to the one we can find on any other food courts around Singapore. However, one special thing about Lau Pa Sat is if we visit the place at night, especially Saturday night. Why? Because on Saturday night, the stretch of Boon Tat Street south of the food court is closed to traffic, and the road is filled with tables and chairs for all the visitors. It's such a great ambience under the stars (provided it's not raining) between all the office towers with the lights.

Satay is their anchor menu. You can have chicken satay, beef satay, mutton satay, and even duck satay, including the peanut souce, at 50 cents per stick. They also sell the lontong (rice cake) at $1 per portion. Other than that, you can also order BBQ prawn and chicken wing. We ordered 10 sticks of chicken satay and 10 sticks of mutton satay, including the rice cakes (see left picture).

On top of that, they also serve a variety of BBQ seafood, such as mussels, stingrays, etc. We ordered "mee goreng seafood" (see right picture) for $4, and it's indeed a good choice. The noodles are fried with quite a lot of seafood ingredients such as squid, baby octopus and crab sticks, very nice. :)

How about the drinks? Even though there are quite a lot of cold drink stalls available inside the food court, you shouldn't miss the teh tarik served by a makeshift stall near the corner of Boon Tat Street and Boon Tat Link (see left picture). They also provide ginger tea, cino tea, milo, and coconut ice. The teh tarik is really unique, and different from the other teh tarik we usually get from other food courts. The queue is quite long, expect to wait between 10-15 minutes to get your teh tarik here.

More pictures can be found here.

[Indonesian version]

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Martabak Keju dan Coklat

Martabak manis, terutama yang rasa keju dan coklat, adalah penganan favorit keluarga kami. Selama ini, saya dan keluarga biasanya menikmati martabak manis hanya sewaktu kita pulang kampung ke Jakarta. Kios martabak manis favorit kami di Jakarta adalah martabak "Spotlite" di Jalan Raya Cinere, tepat di depan rumah makan Padang "Sasuai".

Siapa yang menyangka, ternyata sekarang kita juga bisa menikmati martabak keju dan coklat di Singapura. Setelah membaca artikel mengenai resep martabak coklat keju di website Dapur Bunda, saya yang memang lagi kangen martabak manis segera menghubungi sang chef Dapur Bunda yang terkenal itu, untuk memesan martabak keju dan coklatnya. :) Tidak tanggung-tanggung, kita pesan 7 pan martabak, 4 coklat dan 3 keju.

Dan, di hari Minggu pagi tadi, kita mampir sebentar ke Bukit Batok untuk mengambil martabak yang sudah dipesan. Sang chef Inong ternyata memberikan satu pan tambahan ekstra, sehingga total ada 8 pan (8 buletan) martabak yang bisa kita habiskan. Dan, seperti yang diperkirakan, semua martabaknya habis dalam waktu satu hari Minggu itu. :)

Walaupun masih belum bisa dibandingkan dengan martabak manis "Spotlite" langganan di Cinere, tapi paling tidak kita bisa melepas kangen dengan martabak manis, yang biasanya hanya bisa saya nikmati pas pulang kampung ke Jakarta. Terus terang, saya tidak pernah melihat ada toko yang menjual martabak manis asli ala Indonesia di Singapura. Memang ada yang jual pancake rasa macam-macam (coklat, keju, dan lain-lain) tapi rasanya beda dengan martabak manis ala Indonesia.

Berminat juga? :) Silahkan pesan langsung kesini, atau kalau mau coba bikin sendiri, resepnya disediakan disini. Kalau ada yang mau coba bikin sendiri, jangan lupa kirim beberapa potong ke rumah saya ya. :D :D

Saturday, May 20, 2006

Interview with RSI (again)

Last Saturday (20/5), again I had the chance to take part in one of Radio Singapore International (RSI)'s programme in Bahasa Indonesia, "Kutak Katik IT". Different from the previous interview which was conducted over the telephone, this interview was conducted on-site at RSI's studio in Mediacorp's Caldecott Broadcast Centre, on Andrew Road.

Similar to the previous interview, this interview is conducted by my friend, which is also an RSI staff, Rane "JaF" Hafied. Thanks to his kind invitation to conduct the interview on-site at RSI's studio, I had the chance to visit the Caldecott Broadcast Centre and see all the facilities myself. All Mediacorp's TV and radio channels are broadcasted from here.

Similar to the previous interview, the IT topic being discussed is quite basic and not too advanced. On this interview, we discussed about search engines and blogs. Specifically on blog topic, we discussed about what is a blog, how to create one and what's the purpose of having a blog. Quite a bit nervous since I'm also considered a beginner in the blogosphere. :) On the session, we also discussed and answered some questions from the listeners with regards to the topic we discussed on the previous interview, which is about e-mails.

Again, for me, it's really a priceless and great experience. And again, I would like to say a very big thank you to Rane for the opportunity being given.

[Indonesian version]

Photos of the Week - 1


Irza at IMM Building

Photos of the week - 6-14 May 2006

Quicklink: Photos of the Week - 1

Photos of Inka and Irza in the past couple of weeks can be found here.

Lau Pa Sat

Mohon maaf, dalam kesempatan ini, lagi-lagi saya akan sharing informasi mengenai salah satu tempat makan favorit saya dan keluarga di Singapura sini. Bukan untuk membuat Anda-Anda ngiler :), tapi saya harapkan informasi ini bisa membantu Anda dalam mencari tempat makan yang enak, baik bagi Anda yang bermukim di Singapura maupun bagi Anda yang kebetulan berkunjung ke Singapura.

Hari Sabtu (20/5) malam tadi (eh, kemarin ya?), saya bersama istri pergi ke Lau Pa Sat, sebuah tempat makan besar yang terletak di tengah kota, tidak jauh dari stasiun MRT Raffles Place. Tempat ini sebenarnya merupakan salah satu gedung bersejarah di Singapura, dulunya tempat ini adalah sebuah pasar (wet market) yang telah direnovasi dan dijadikan tempat makan (food court) dengan banyak stall-stall yang menyediakan hampir semua jenis makanan lokal Singapura.

Sebenarnya, pada jam-jam biasa, tidak ada yang terlalu istimewa dari tempat makan ini. Stall-stall yang ada di dalam gedung food court tersebut tidak jauh berbeda dengan stall-stall biasa di hawker center atau food court lainnya di Singapura. Bahkan, orang bilang harga makanan disitu sedikit lebih mahal dibandingkan di tempat lain di Singapura. Namun, satu hal yang istimewa dari Lau Pa Sat adalah jika kita mengunjungi tempat tersebut pada hari Sabtu malam. Kenapa? Karena, pada waktu itu, ruas jalan Boon Tat Street, di selatan gedung Lau Pa Sat, ditutup untuk kendaraan bermotor dan diperuntukkan untuk tempat makan. Meja-meja dengan kursi-kursinya ditata di sepanjang jalan berlajur empat tersebut dengan suasana dan ambience yang menyenangkan, di bawah langit malam yang indah dan berbintang (tentu saja dengan catatan, cuaca pada hari itu harus cerah, jangan mendung apalagi hujan), diantara gedung-gedung pencakar langit Singapura dengan lampu-lampunya yang indah.

Bagaimana dengan makanan yang disajikan disana? Menu utama andalan mereka adalah sate. Anda bisa menikmati sate ayam, sate kambing, sate daging sapi, bahkan sate bebek, lengkap dengan bumbu kacangnya, dengan harga 50 sen per tusuk. Lontongnya juga dijual dengan harga $1 per porsi. Selain itu juga Anda bisa memesan udang bakar dan sayap ayam bakar. Saya dan istri memesan 10 tusuk sate ayam dan 10 tusuk sate kambing, lengkap dengan lontongnya (lihat foto kiri atas). Semua habis, ludes tandas. :)

Selain itu, mereka juga menyediakan berbagai macam seafood seperti kerang, ikan pari, dan berbagai jenis seafood lainnya. Saya dan istri memesan mee goreng seafood (liat foto kanan) seharga $4, dan ternyata kami tidak salah memilih. Mee-nya digoreng dengan menggunakan bahan-bahan seafood seperti cumi-cumi/sotong, baby octopus dan crab stick, sedap sekali.

Bagaimana dengan minuman? Walaupun disana tersedia stall minuman dingin seperti layaknya food court lain di Singapura, Anda tidak boleh melewatkan teh tarik yang disediakan di sebuah gerobak dadakan pas di pertigaan Boon Tan Street dengan Boon Tat Link (lihat foto kiri). Kelihatan sekali si Bapak penjual teh tarik ini ahli dalam membuat teh-nya. Selain teh tarik, beliau juga menyediakan teh halia (jahe), teh cino, milo, sampai ke es kelapa muda yang disediakan dengan batoknya. Teh tariknya benar-benar khas, lain dari teh tarik yang biasa kita dapatkan di hawker center lain di Singapura. Antrian di gerobak ini lumayan panjang, paling tidak Anda harus menghabiskan waktu sekitar 10-15 menit untuk antri disini.

Foto-foto selengkapnya bisa dilihat disini.

[English version]

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Food Culture

Banquet is our favourite food court, because all the stalls inside the food court are halal. So we can try all kinds of food available there, from hainanese chicken rice, which is our kids' favourite, Japanese food such as teppanyaki or teriyaki, Chinese food such as horfun, or any other kind of food, without having to worry whether the food contains pork or lard. Banquet branches we usually visit are the ones in Jurong Point and IMM.

So I was very happy to hear that Food Junction, the biggest food court chain in Singapore, has started to open halal food court as well. Its first halal food court has opened at Lot 1 Shoppers' Mall, Choa Chu Kang, under the name of "Food Culture". When it first opened, not all the stalls have halal certificate so they initially launched it as a "no pork no lard" food court. However, eventually, right now all the stalls already have halal certificates from MUIS.

Together with my wife, I went there last week. The food court is located at the third floor of Lot 1 Shoppers' Mall in Choa Chu Kang, just next to the "Let's Eat" restaurant, which also serves halal food. It's also on the same floor as the Choa Chu Kang Community Library. Lot 1 Shoppers' Mall itself is the biggest mall around Choa Chu Kang area, and it's located just next to the Choa Chu Kang MRT station, so you won't miss it.

There's quite a lot of variety of food being served, although the food court is not too big. I ordered chicken hor fun (see top left picture), a Chinese specialty which I seldom eat since it's quite difficult to find a halal horfun here in Singapore. :) I ordered it after seeing quite a lot of other guests also ordered the same menu on other tables. :P While my wife immediately went to her favourite Korean stall and ordered her favourite beef bulgogi, the Korean-style minced beef steak (see right picture).

Other than that, there are some other stalls serving other variety of food, although it's not as many as those in Banquet Jurong Point. Not too bad, at least there's another alternative for us to try different kind of food here in Singapore. :)

[Indonesian version]

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Quicklink: Swimming Irza

Photos of Irza while swimming in the swimming pool within our apartment's complex. Please click here.

Tante Dian wondered why the swimming pool is similar to the one in her apartment where she once stayed while in Singapore. Turned out to be that it's actually the same apartment complex. :D :D

Swimming...




Irza berenang di kolam renang di kompleks apartemen

Tuesday, May 9, 2006

Blogspot was down last night

Yesterday night, around 9:30pm Singapore time (UTC+8), I was not able to access this blog, as well as my other blogs hosted in Blogspot. And looks like I was not the only one having the same problem. I was not able to access all my friends' blogs hosted there as well. And one blogger, which I didn't know, even added comment on my other blog (using Wordpress, which is in Bahasa Indonesia, unfortunately), saying that he was also having the same problem.

The problem was intermittent, sometimes I could access, sometimes I couldn't. Even if I could access, I would only be able to see the top parts of my blog. And if I waited longer, I would then get this error message: "The page cannot be displayed". I suspect that the problem was related to load, either the load of the server, or the network. Hopefully this was just a one-time issue and will not recur.

I'm not too sure whether I need to migrate all my blogs here. I actually can combine all the 4 blogs into one, separated by category, which is supported by Wordpress. But then, I will render my Planet Indra useless. Hmm... :)

Alternatively, I can create 4 copies of Wordpress (including this blog) on my server, then I can import all my articles and the comments from Blogger. So there will still be 4 blogs, all using Wordpress and all hosted in my server. I will also still need Planet Indra.

Hmmm... but then, what if I miss the Blogger's interface? :)

Some people are very difficult to be pleased... :) :)

[Indonesian version]

Sunday, May 7, 2006

ISM Gathering at East Coast Park

Yesterday (Sunday, 7/5), we went to East Coast Park to attend the IndoSing-Mums (ISM) gathering. ISM itself is a closed mailing list for those Indonesian mums and mums-wanna-be currently living in Singapore. This gathering is also specially conducted as a farewell party for Tante Wanti and family, who will go back to Makassar this month, and also for Tante Ulfah and family, who will move to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Some of the pictures are below.

Left picture - Inka and Irza were having a great time playing with sands on the beach, together with Fathir and his father, Uncle Roni.






Right picture - Uncle Roni was busy giving chicken noodles to Fathir, while Q2 (Qiratullah), Tante Wanti's son, was waiting to be fed as well. In the end, Uncle Roni was feeding both. :)






Left picture - those are the kids of Om Emil and Tante Nonong, which are currently living in Eunos. From left to right: Marsya, Fadzil and Naira. Believe it or not, currently Tante Nonong is expecting her fourth child!





Right picture - that's Aidan, the lovely and only son of Om Wisnu and Tante Shinta. The family currently lives in Sengkang.







Left picture - That is the picture of Hanan and Iffah, who were having a great time playing with sands on the beach. Hanan is the first daughter of Om Iwan and Tante Hany, while Iffah is the only daughter of Om Duddy and Tante Ellen.





Right picture - That is the picture of Zidan and Syifa. Zidan and Syifa are the children of Om Haris and Tante Inong. They live nearby, in Bukit Batok, about 10 minutes drive from our home.






Left picture - From left to right: Fathir, son of Om Roni and Tante Gita, Atifah, daughter of Tante Ulfah and Om Yahya, Q1 (Qurratayun), first son of Om Iman and Tante Wanti, Aily, daughter of Om Judhi and Tante Ami, and Athaya, daughter of Om Bubun and Tante Wiwie.




More pictures during the event can be found here, as well as here (thanks to Tante Hany), here (thanks to Om Judhi), here, here, here, here, here and here.

[Indonesian version]

Saturday, May 6, 2006

Planet Indra


At last, I managed to build an aggregate site of all my blogs. Even though I named the site Planet Indra, which means "Indra's planet" in Bahasa, but actually the site does not use Planet (misleading, eh? :P). Since I was not able to get Planet to work in my server's environment, i use Gregarius instead.

I first knew Gregarius after I saw the Amigos site belongs to one of my friends, Koen aka Kuncoro Wastuwibowo. The interface is practical and interesting, so I was also interested to try installing it on my server. And I found that the installation is much simpler than Planet's installation, which is more difficult.

The installation process is similar to installing Wordpress, I just need to prepare a new database under MySQL with its own username and password, download the Gregarius installation file here, and then just follow the instruction on the INSTALL file. It was just a simple 4-step installation, including how to protect its administration page by a password.

So now, if you're a bit lost and didn't know which of my blog you should read, just go to Planet Indra. All the articles on all my four blogs can be found there. Much easier to read, don't you think? :)

[Indonesian version]

Quicklink: Pictures at Bugis Junction

Pictures of Inka and Irza at Bugis Junction, can be found here. We were there last Saturday (29/4) for some sightseeing (as usual), was taking care of the children while waiting for my wife (window) shopping. :)

[Indonesian version]

Thursday, May 4, 2006

Interview with RSI

Radio Singapore International (RSI) is the only international broadcasting radio in Singapore, at least until now. The short-wave radio is broadcasted out of Singapore in four languages: English, Mandarin, Malay and Bahasa Indonesia, and run by MediaCorp Radio.

Thanks to my friend, Rane "JaF" Hafied, I had the chance to take part on one of its programme in Bahasa Indonesia, "Kutak Katik IT". The programme is meant for audiences who are new to IT, so the topic being discussed is also quite basic, and not too advanced.

For example, the first interview I had, which was done over the telephone, was discussing about the use of web-based e-mail clients such as Yahoo, Hotmail dan Gmail, which is very popular and widely used by most Indonesians. We also discussed about how to choose a good e-mail address, and also touched on some e-mail etiquette. The interview script and the audio file which you can hear (in Bahasa Indonesia), can be found here.

For me, it is really a priceless and fruitful experience. Many thanks to Pak JaF for the opportunity being given. :)

[Indonesian version]

Wednesday, May 3, 2006

Cycling at East Coast Park

Last Saturday (29/4) morning, the whole family went to East Coast Park for cycling and a little bit of exercising. As usual, we brought Inka and Irza's bicycles there, while I and my wife rented a tandem bicycle from one of the bicycle kiosks there. Fortunately, the weather was just nice, not too hot and a bit cloudy, but not raining either. Just nice. :)

We cycled along the bicycle path for quite some time. After about 45 minutes, Inka and Irza looked a bit tired. So I returned the tandem bicycle to the kiosk and then we walked towards McDonalds to have some breakfast. Inka and Irza enjoyed their big breakfast and hotcakes a lot, quite a bit hungry after cycling for quite some time.

After finishing their breakfast, Inka and Irza took some time playing at the playground just beside the restaurant. The playground is provided by McDonalds for its customers there.

More pictures can be found here.

[Indonesian version]