Akhtar Avatara

Looking at the previous posts, I got the warm feeling inside by looking at baby pictures of Akhtar. It feels like only recently he was still a baby. Now he has grown a lot and turned as a boy instead of a baby :)

Playing badminton with mom, dad, and the Indobangkoknoi group

Self-portrait submitted to the pre-school he is currently attending; Early Years in Sukhumvit, Bangkok.

When asked, what does he want to be? He would reply, "an astronout!". He said that he wants to go to the moon, and stars, and drop by the sun "it's so hooott... in the suuun...", he would add.

He is also fascinated with airplanes, trains, and all sorts of transportation. But he likes airplanes best, and his face would brigthen up by the prospect of all of us going to the airport. Sometimes he'd be a bit disappointed when we went to the airport just to pick up our family members who were dropping by Bangkok, because he wants to ride on the plane.

Riding (posing) on the Thai Airways mobile cart at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport

The last time we went on the plane was to go back to Semarang for our sister's wedding. The plane departed from Bangkok to Jogjakarta (by MAS), unfortunately the weather wasn't favourable and there were several turbulence, which made Akhtar's face a bit dimmed. Then he said, "I don't like airplanes, mommy. I don't want to go on airplanes... no more." But we tried to encourage him that the turbulence is due to the weather, and we went inside the thick clouds, etc. After landing, it seems that he had forgotten all about the sickening turbulence, and said, "I want to ride on the plane again! Let's go, Mommy!"

Akhtar and papa, mesmerizing the replica of an airplane at Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) airport


"Funky music on my earphones, mommy! Yeah... rock on, dude!"