Rani

  • This Guy For Jakarta

    We need Jaime Lerner as governor of Jakarta. Below is his presentation at TED, and he came across as a very down to earth person. His presentation is concise, simple, but profound. Some of my favorite quotes: – To fix…

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  • What Is Your Earliest Memory?

    I am trying to remember what is the earliest event in my life that I remember. Sure enough, I don’t really remember myself being a baby in a diaper. But there are some remnants of memory in my brain that,…

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  • Tracking My Time

    I’ve been tracking my time for the past few months. I’m able to do this perhaps because I’m just a housewife with plenty of spare time(Yeah right, the truth is, being a mom is a 24hr job!). Let me share…

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  • My Ankle

    I am pissed off by whoever did the paving along Labrador Park using limestone (or whatever material) that becomes slippery when wet. It was raining so I slipped and sprained my ankle this afternoon. I landed from my fall the…

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  • Berapa Biaya Hidup di Jakarta?

    Berhubung ada kemungkinan kepindahan kami ke Jakarta, kami perlu mempersiapkan diri untuk tahu kondisi hidup di Jakarta. Saat ini gak kebayang berapa sih biaya hidup di Jakarta. Dari beberapa kali pulang kampung semenjak tinggal di Singapura, kok Jakarta rasanya mahal…

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  • Following Bourdain: Eating Shark Head

    I just got a chance to watch the recording of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations Singapore Episode last week. As usual, Bourdain visits nondescript, hidden, non-touristy places which are frequented by the locals with the sole goal to enjoy good food.…

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  • Inspired – Around the World as a Family

    Traveling around the world need not be limited to adults. Children, even the very young ones, don’t need to be excluded from the experience. These families are our inspiration! They share one thing in common: they are families of world…

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  • Traveling with Toddler

    Many people considered that our last one-month trip to Mexico and Cuba has been a hard-core one. Meaning that people think that it is such an impossible journey, that many people would think many many times before actually committing into…

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  • Travel Planning

    Indi and I shared one common thing: We love to travel, to see and experience the world (*if money is not an issue). And with travel, we also share one common trait: we plan for it in detail. Why do…

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  • Obsessed with Tracking Stuff

    I think the sayings “What gets measured, gets managed” is quite true…. Tracking our expenses and transactions We have been quite rigorous in tracking our expenses and transactions since the first years of our marriage. We log our expenses up…

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