Yesterday I had a chance to visit Marriott Hotel after so many years. Last time I was there was way before the first bomb in 2003. These recent bombings changed a lot of the hotel’s outer appearance from how I remembered it. Being there again after knowing that hotel has gone through two bombings attacks kind of give me chills thinking of those darkest days of the hotel history and most of all of the innocents’ people fell victims of such a cruel acts. My brother who is currently working there told me where the blast originated and how the whole restaurant we were sitting at got ruined. Now the whole place looks amazing, packed with people enjoying their delicious .....
A friend of mine asked a very intriguing question awhile back, you know that kind of question that a little mind boggling you just have to write about it. She’s also a mixed couple with children who recently moved back to Jakarta due to her husband’s job, much similarities to my own. Like mine, her hubby’s job also involved a lot of traveling, thus the question “How do you deal with it?”, “Do you ever worry about the ‘ayams*’ here?” arises. Let’s answer the first question… How do I deal with it? Meaning how to do I cope with our marriage and parenting issues while DH is traveling a lot for work? Well, I think there’s no one size fits .....
