Family
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Noe Indi and Rani as Actors
The Breastfeeding Mothers Support Group Singapore assigned me to take part in a documentary film program on Breastfeeding. Not that I have a beautiful actress’s face, heck, I never even use lipstick in my daily life! I was assigned because…
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New Hairdo
We shaved Noe’s hair because we still do not know how to properly cut a kid’s hair. Here’s the result: Before: After: In March, Noe have had his second birthday and we just made a…
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Prophet Muhammad, our Ancestor
Last year, we began creating family tree in the Wiki-based genealogy site, Rodovid. At that time, we discovered that both Indi and I were descendant of Ken Arok, and we shared the same ancestry up to Bhre Kertabumi (Brawijaya V)…
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Beginning of 2nd Trimester
Okay.. we’ve been sorta holding back the news of our pregnancy but since we’re now beginning with the second trimester, we think that today is the right time to announce it more publicly. We kept the news during the first…
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STOP Telling Kids: You’re Smart!
This morning I was telling Noe how smart he was for taking eating his pasta on his own or for kicking a bouncing ball. Then Rani warned me that what I did may backfire on Noe’s motivation to try more…
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14 December: Los Angeles to Mexico City
Our Impression of Mexico Megacity When descending to Mexico City, a land at 2500m above sea level, we saw the city light from above, which was very very very beautiful. Too bad we didn’t have camera ready. We won’t be…
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13 December: Singapore to Manila to Los Angeles
Ready Everything was set by 10 am and we called taxi to go to the airport. Noe was really excited about going and he kept saying “wee wee wee”, which means, airplane (and cars, and boats). In Changi The check…
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Blissful Beverage
When my son latches hungrily onto my bosom and drinks from my body, I always discover a feeling that I have never felt before. It is a blissful feeling, full of love and joy. Time stops. Relaxed. Giving and taking…
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Noe’s First Haircut
Finally, after 18.5 months after he’s born, Noe had his first haircut. We had to form a special team at home to perform this act, consisting of three people. Indi as the chief haircutter, Rani as the cameralady (photography and…
