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Filed under: jingga | Tags: | May 16th, 2012
jingga got her first scar after she bumped into a glass rack.
ouch!
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Filed under: art/design | Tags: | May 12th, 2012
the throw pillows from the land of nod put smile on my face.
will jingga loves them too?
(via oh joy!)
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Filed under: jingga | Tags: | May 10th, 2012
i’ve been breastfeeding jingga for more than a year now.
every time i’m on my business travel, i always carry the pumped breastmilk with me. if i stay overnight, i put the breastmilk in the baggage inside the coolbox with lots of ice pack. the milk with be safe for about 24 hours.
but most of the time i have one day trip only, so i put the coolbox inside the bag that i carry into the cabin. according to the new regulation, this is allowed. but 90% of airport staff doesn’t know about this. i printed the new regulation and have it with me all the time just in case they don’t let me pass with the milk.
i usually fill each bottle less than 100 ml as the limit of liquid regulation. i declare i have breastmilk with me. some let me pass, some want to check inside my coolbox. their next question usually, “where’s the baby?.” so far they always let me pass, even some of them told me not to do this again. but i keep doing it.
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Filed under: art/design | Tags: | May 5th, 2012
love love love this tuscan wedding i found via design*sponge.
i wish i was invited there 
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Filed under: art/design, daily list | Tags: | May 3rd, 2012
after a few weeks of delay, finally the seat cover for the sofa is done. i combine it with the batik cover throw pillows.
behind is the messy kitchen with jingga’s high chair.
i put the vase with flowers just for photo purpose only. jingga was ready to pull the table runner.
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Filed under: book | Tags: | April 27th, 2012
i rarely read non fiction book, so guns, germs and steel is one of the exception. the book is interesting, about history of human and the questions we have been asking.
i just read 1/3 of the book. let’s see how long it will take me to finish the book.
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Filed under: movie | Tags: | April 25th, 2012
“Being a mother: the hardest job in the world, the best job in the world”
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Filed under: art/design, daily list | Tags: | April 24th, 2012
the sofa at home was abused by jingga. you know toddler, they do all kind of activities on it and leave marks. i decided to get a seat cover for the sofa, so the cover can be taken off and washed.
and i want to have face lift for the throw pillows too. i change the cover with colorful batik garut.
look! the happy colors brighten up our living room.
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Filed under: travel | Tags: | April 18th, 2012
on one of the trip to singapore, i came too early to the airport. i decided to take the earlier flight. i arrived a few hours before the meeting. after browsing what to do while waiting, i went to mint museum of toys. a walking distance from my meeting place.
i thought it would me a big building with outdoor area, but it turned out to be a narrow shop house, almost invisible from the street. most of the collection are toys from the old times. i’m not sure the children nowadays recognize them. some of them reminded me of my childhood.
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Filed under: book | Tags: | April 16th, 2012
i changed my mind when i said a visit from the goon squad was not really good. after reading the whole book, i turned to love it!
it’s a collection of short stories that have connection to each other but can be read separately. the theme of the stories is about music industry and around it. i don’t love all of the stories but what i love the most is when the stories tell about the future.
20 years from now when…
no wonder the book won pulitzer prize.
and i finished reading partikel by dee in a day. i’m not a fast reader and i still had to take care jingga and did my work in between. the book didn’t let me down.
it’s a still as great as the previous supernovas. i love the theme about human and nature. and the mystery part hold me from stop reading the book. and the traveling! moving from bogor to kalimantan to london to african countries and south america.
now i can’t wait for the next one. i hope i don’t have to wait for another 8 years.
ps: i lost my supernova 2: akar. i was still living in bali when a friend borrowed it and i never get it back 
now reading: guns, germs and steel – jared diamond
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Filed under: food | Tags: | April 15th, 2012
i like making waffle better than pancake. i don’t like frying. for waffle, i just have to put it on waffle iron, then it’s done.
i found this recipe which use yoghurt instead of milk for making pancake. this is interesting. both jingga and me love yoghurt. and the look of the pancake is so fluffy. i want fluffy pancake!
the first pancake i fried wasn’t too successful. it turned into weird shape. but the second one was much better. jingga loved it! she wanted to hold the fork and ate it by herself.
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Filed under: book | Tags: | April 13th, 2012
got my partikel!
it’s the latest supernova by dee lestari.
it was faster to get it online than the release time in bookshops. i hope the book won’t let me down. i have high hope on it 
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Filed under: art/design, movie | Tags: | April 13th, 2012
tomorrow believes, the more our world we see the richer we become.
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Filed under: travel | Tags: | April 11th, 2012
since i started to travel frequently again, here are some random things about the traveling:
indonesian doesn’t have to fill the immigration form anymore. save more paper and faster immigration line! yay!
since years ago, i never take or fill the custom form. i have nothing to declare and the immigration staff never ask about it anyway.
still a mystery for me: the baggage claim in changi is very fast but in CKG airport is extremly slooooow. it takes 30 minutes just to get your suitcases! blah…
comfortable shoes are very important. my foot wounded several times just because i wore the wrong shoes.
most favorite things from the travel: SQ’s hot towel, changi airport foot massage machine, green tea frappuccino with cream on top.
least favorite thing from the travel: away from jingga.
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Filed under: photo | Tags: | April 8th, 2012
the pattern and colors of pasar modern BSD.
pictures taken by the husband.
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Filed under: art/design, jingga | Tags: | April 5th, 2012
i’ve been wanting to create a garland for jingga’s room. one night, when jingga was already asleep and i’ve done all the work for that day, i began to make the garland. i just used all the things i have at home.
the green pattern paper was bought in tobucil more than a year ago, the pink pattern paper was from jingga’s birthday last month and the orange paper was probably from the wedding day. i used wool thread for the string. and after drawing the letters one by one, it’s finally done.
when i was drawing the letters, i kept thinking why oh why i gave my kid a long spelling name. 6 letters. why not just simple 3 or 4 letters. but hey, longer garland looks better.
i hang the garland by the window. since it’s against the daylight, it’s only can be seen during the night, when we turn on the room’s light.
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Filed under: food | Tags: | April 3rd, 2012
risoles is one of my favorite snack. but somehow i’m just too lazy to make them. i hate to cook something twice, like for risoles, i have to prepare for the skin first.
i was blogwalking when i found this recipe. the risoles doesn’t need any skin making! i can use plain bread. and the filling is just cheese, smoked beef and mayonnaise (i didn’t add egg, don’t like the smell). and voila, my first ever risoles. not bad at all.
