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How I Deal With Homesickness

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photocredit:caseywest Being married to an American and having lived abroad, homesickness was something I had to dealt with a lot. Technically, I had left home since I moved to Jakarta for High School when I was 15 years old so homesickness is not something that I never feel before. But when you live thousands of miles away – in another continent, homesick feels a lot stronger and here’s how I deal with them: Communications, communications, communication… Back then I – or sometimes DH – always made sure I bought enough calling cards to call my parents on every weekend. This was before we got Vonage who gave us the best international call rates! During the weekdays, chatting online helps too .....

12 Unique Facts About Indonesia

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Being Indonesian, let me introduce you to 12 Unique Facts About Indonesia With over 17,000 islands – approximately 6000 of them still inhabited, Indonesia is the largest archipelago country in the world. Over 580 languages and dialects, Bahasa Indonesia is the formal language (I only knows several traditional languages and dialects) Rice is the main food staple in Indonesia. That’s why most Indonesians will say they haven’t had their meal before they had rice even after they had eaten pizza or hamburger! Indonesia is home to one of the previous 7 Wonders of the world – The Borobudur Temple. It’s the biggest Buddhist temple in the world built in 9th century. Still one of the huge tourism spot in Indonesia. .....

Hit The Road – Baby On Board!

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The first road trip Lil’ A and I did was almost a near suicide mission! Yeah, it’s that bad… Okay, before I scared the heck out of you – calm down! Each babies are different, some can tolerate a road trip better than others. If you’re lucky, your baby will be an angel during the whole trip. It was in August 2007, Lil’ A was only 8 months old and his Mommy was crazy or brave enough to agreed to go on a road trip with another mommy friend + her toddler (her little girl was around 1.5 years old at the time) to Houston, Texas from Dothan, Alabama. She actually drove to pick us up from Sarasota, Florida. So .....

About Our Short Visit To Singapore

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All of these times Singapore has only been a transit spot for me, meaning I (or we) would fly there, stay at the airport then hopped into another flight out so I never really get a chance to explore the city before. We left Jakarta with the first flight out at 7AM that meant we left to the airport at 4AM. That’s one thing I hate about early flight but Lil’ A was excited and super giddy! Tickets were taken care of by DH as we flew with the airline he’s working for and our hotel in Singapore was taken care of by my brother who’s working for Marriott Hotel and have employee’s discounts for the rooms! Double advantages I .....

Infos on Universal Studio Singapore

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Another reason why we went to Singapore was to check out the newly open (well, they’re still on a soft-opening stage really) Universal Studio Singapore. It’s the first one opened in South East Asia. Location: Universal Studio Singapore is located within the Resort World Sentosa, on Sentosa Island. Reachable by cab, MRT or by bus. Easiest way would be to take a cab to Vivo City Mall like we did, only cost us around SGD$ 9 by cab from our hotel at the downtown Orchard Rd. From there we took the Sentosa Express (SGD $3/person) and stop right at Universal Studio a mere few minutes ride away. Opening Hours: Monday – Sunday: 10:00 am to 7:00 pm Thursday  – Sunday: .....

The Wiggles Concert

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The main reason for our weekend getaway was actually The Wiggles! Too bad I found out about their concert in Singapore a tad too late and all the front row seats were sold out! Gasp! I did got us some tickets – not the best seats available – but I was excited for Lil’ A anyway. The Wiggles concert in Singapore was scheduled for Saturday (June 5th, 2010)  – Sunday (June 6th, 2010) with 2 shows on Saturday. My brother, Reggy was kind enough to go with us since DH was stuck with work in Jakarta and couldn’t make it. By the time we got to the venue, Singapore Indoor Stadium, it was slightly raining but that doesn’t stop all .....

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