Letters from the Land of Smiles

All about Kaeo

2009-08-20T10:00:00.011+07:00

Setelah penantian hampir 3 tahun, akhirnya Kaeo datang juga.
Lahir menjelang tutup tahun 2007 (tepatnya 28 desember 2007) di RS Medistra.
Dengan panjang 48 cm dan berat 2.8 kg (perasaan selama hamil berat badan naik sampai 12 kg :)).
Dengan nama lengkap Kaeo Cedric Lumentut. Kaeo artinya strong, full of knowledge (diambil dari bahasa Hawaii-hasil browsing internet), sedangkan Cedric artinya panglima (ini murni bukan pengaruh dari Harry Poter :) seperti yang banyak diduga orang) dan Lumentut nama Fam.

Di blog ini ada berbagai cerita seputar Kaeo.
Kaeo's Vacation, Kaeo's Story, Kaeo's Home, Kaeo in Paris (and brusel.. and italy..), Kaeo's Video, Kaeo's Gallery, Toddler's recipe dan Toddler's Articel.

Roads less travelled??

2006-02-14T19:03:00.000+07:00

We love travelling so much, more than anything else. We believe, while we're still young, why not take advantage of it and see the world. There is a lot of essence of travelling: experiencing new culture (way of life, food, events), admiring man-made and natural world heritage. Having said that, we become better person seeing all the wonders beyond our home. Our trip was not necessarily expensive and luxurious, in fact most of them were backpackings :)

On top or our explorations in current home (Thailand) and real home (Indonesia), we have been to several countries : Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macau, China. Willy has some extra countries visited : France, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

Next we plan to visit and explore Myanmar, one of the jewels of Southeast Asia, and perhaps... India and Europe (the latter one is one of our passion).

Read more about our journeys and our explorations of Bangkok.

The Young Couple in Bangkok

2004-07-15T13:17:00.000+07:00

Willy & Visca are Indonesian couple who moved to Thailand since June 2004. Our current address is: Rm 8B, Cosmo Villa Apartment, Soi Sukhumvit 12, Khlong Toey, Bangkok 10110. We still maintain our house in Jakarta : Jalan Pulo Asem VI no. 27A, Kel. Jati, Jakarta Timur.

Currently our family contains only 2 persons, we hope to add new members :-)

Brief about willy :
Full name:
Novy William Steady Lumentut
Nick names:
depend on eras. At primary and secondary schools, was called "Bayam" or spinach. High school and college times was Mentut and Willy. Working times : 'ntut. At home, it's even more : wing, wiwi, tutu, tome, come, last one which is valid now is "me" (spelled as mae).
Place & date of birth:
Jakarta, November 24, 1975 (on ID cards, it is Nov 21 due to mistakes in birth certificate :-)
Schools & Career:
Santa Maria Fatima Kindergarten, Primary and Junior High schools; Canisius Senior High School; Architecture Engineering, University of Indonesia.

Now : Market Manager for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar for Procter & Gamble International Operations; before : Key Account Manager and Market Research Manager for Procter & Gamble Indonesia.
Hobbies:
Foreign languages, travelling, collection (anything that can be collected : stamps, phone cards, etc)
Favorites:
food: spicy ones; music: pop, new age, film: comedy, sci-fi, cartoon; singers: ABBA, Belinda Carlise, Enya; books: Man and Boy (Tony Parson), Winning (Jack Welch), Burung Berkicau (Anthony de Mello)

Brief about Visca :
Full Name:
Visca
Nick Names:
mostly called Vis, some close friends call Ika. At home, it is Ika or Pika. Now called cang by hubby (but not chang which in Thai means elephant :-)
Place & Date of Birth:
Jakarta, January 10, 1976
Schools & Career:
Kartini Kindergarten and Primary school; SMPK 5 BPK penabur Junior High, SMAK 3 BPK Penabur Senior High; Architecture Engineering, University of Indonesia

Now : Full time home maker; before : Admin-Planning & Development Manager for PT Lion Super Indo, Architect & Graphic Design for PT Mitra Design.
Hobbies:
reading, travelling, sleeping, cooking and learning to cook
Favorites:
food: pempek, tom yam kung, phad thai; music: pop, new age, classic ringan; film: cartoon, sci-fi, films with old times or future settings; singers: Enya, Josh Groban, Kitaro, Glen Fredly; books : The Alchemist (paulo coelho), The Old man and The Sea (Ernest Hemingway), Man & Boy (Tony Parson), Burung Berkicau (Anthony de Mello)