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Spending 20% of Income for Cigarette
Today Indi’s driver shared a story of his friend who was hospitalized since last week. The friend, who’s around 40-year old, had passed away after one week in the hospital. I wasn’t really clear on the cause of the death,…
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Me gusta aprender las lenguas
Me gusta aprender las lenguas extranjeras porque me gusta viajar por todo mundo. Además, vivo en el centro de Jakarta donde hay muchos centros culturales extranjeros que ofrecen clases de las lenguas extranjeros, por ejemplo, el CCF para la lengua…
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Polyglot Wannabe
Indi was busy right from the start when we moved here in Jakarta. I haven’t gotten a proper chance to sit down in front of my computer to write things. It’s not that “nothing interesting was happening”. In fact, there’s…
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Actions and Religions
People tend to see only what they want to see, they hear only what they want to hear. This is what Indi and I have observed for a long time. We think it is quite interesting. We can’t illustrate it…
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Mixed Message in Preschool
Noe trying to put on his trousers on his 2nd birthdayHe wasn’t successful at that time, but he had tried his best This morning Noe insisted that I put on his clothes on him. I was puzzled, for a long…
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Pesta Blogger 08
Road Trip 2: Jakarta Day 10, Pesta Blogger 2008! from mrbrown on Vimeo. Check out 0:40 minute Whew, we haven’t touched this blog for a long time. Busy busy busy settling down, and I’ll tell you about it later, but…
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Yodhi Won the Video Contest!
Guess what! Yodhi won the Challenge Your Hero video contest! He will fly to Qatar for the Sony Ericsson Championships in the second week of November and meet and party with the finest ladies of tennis. Horrendous curly wig: $60…
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My Sister Aiming at Ana Ivanovic
My sister is submitting her video clip to a Doha, Qatar contest where Ana Ivanovic is the “main attraction”. Or, click here for a direct link to the video . PS: The problem is: I did not know that I…
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Failure Is Good
My Two Friends In the past two years, I have two friends who fell into the abyss of mental disorder (depression, schizophrenia) and their stories concluded quite tragically (please don’t ask me to elaborate on the “how it has concluded”…
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A Chat with Taxi Drivers
So far I always have good experience with Blue Bird Taxi. Their cars are always in good condition, doesn’t smell cigarette, the drivers are quite knowledgeable, good service, although the fare is slightly more expensive than other taxis. One thing…
