2006

  • Minang Motor Vehicle

    There are two things that caught our attention during last week’s trip in West Sumatra. First thing is the unique signs that can be found along the way. Second is how vehicle here is always intricately decorated. Let me present…

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  • Minang Signs

    There are two things that caught our attention during last week’s trip in West Sumatra. First thing is the unique signs that can be found along the way. Second is how vehicle here is always intricately decorated. Let me present…

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  • Picnic and Reunion

    Last week we had a picnic and a reunion with an old friend.

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  • Second Time Being Sick

    Exactly one month ago Noe was down with series of illnesses and accidents. We were really worried. First, he fell and bumped his nose so hard that he cried inconsolably and the nose became swollen and blue. A few days…

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  • Spammed

    We arrived home from West Sumatra and found our website full of spam, thousands of them, and the mysql table crashed. This is crazy! Indrani.net has a quite low readership, so the spammer is making bad judgment by trying to…

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  • Jakarta in Google Earth

    Wow, I’m so late, I just found out that Google Earth now have high resolution image of Jakarta, Bandung, and even East Timor. The image is from 2003, and has been online since late march / early april 2006. We’re…

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  • Singapore Government and Online Auctions

    Some of you may have read Rani’s writing entitled How online auction works in Singapore. Given the fact that most Singapore-based online auction sellers and buyers (“participants”) do not act according to the international norms that you normally see happening…

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  • Balut and Others

    This is a long overdue post about Balut, Vietnamese Spring Roll, and Square Watermelon. But first of all, I got to know Michael Ohlsson, another weird food connoisseur, who lives in China, through my entry about weird food Back to…

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  • Hot White Mojito

    Last weekend, I was quite successful in my first attempt to become the bartender of my household. I made mojito, a traditional cuban drink, out of fresh ingredients. I got the recipe from Bacardi. How flattered I was when Indi…

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  • Gmail for my domain

    Yay! indrani.net have received approval for “Gmail for your domain” beta! I found out about it from James Seng, like, so long after it has been launched (in february). Nevertheless, I tried to apply as beta tester during the last…

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