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Marital Culture Shock

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This is a more serious spin on my suppose-to-be-entertaining-list of things you’ll face after you married your foreigner husband. Marriages between two Indonesians with different tribes can cause problems, so a marriage with a foreigner means you’ll need bigger efforts to bridge the cultural differences, we did came from a totally different worlds so to speak. Although my past of living around expatriates did help to understand the western cultures, it doesn’t mean that it’s a smooth sailing for me – or for my husband. He will talk about it more so stay tuned. Marriage life means both parties needs to synchronize their differences and the process actually started before we got our marriage certificates. But surely dating and actually .....

5 Tips To Find The Perfect Pediatrician

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Relating to my previous post about my ‘struggle’ to find the perfect pediatrician for us, I had made a short list of things that might be helpful when you are in need of a new pediatrician for your child especially if you are new in Jakarta or you are considering to switch doctors. Please do keep in mind that you are really looking for someone who is going to care about your child, listen to and respond to your needs, and be available when you need him/her. 1. Recommendation: Friends or family members can easily provide you with recommendations for pediatrician based on their own experiences. Ask what they like about the doctor and judge for yourself if you would .....

Are you a doctor, Ma’am?

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One of the first thing that I researched (Google and asking around) before we settled back in Jakarta was pediatrician for Lil’ A. After being lucky to have found an amazing pediatrician in Dothan, AL who had set up my personal standards of how one should be for our little boy, it was a bit difficult at first to find someone new. My first experience with an Indonesian pediatrician went back to the first time I came home to visit my families with Lil’ A when he was 8 months old in 2007. He had catches a cold mostly from the change of weather and the 20+ something hours of flights we took. Decided to see a doctor in Balikpapan .....

Missing Dr. McAllister

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Taking our lil’ one out to see the doctor has been a challenge ever since he was hospitalized twice when he was just 14 months old. You see, he suffered from Bronchiolitis and had to be hospitalized twice within such a short period of time. First of all, our son was considered a preemie baby since he was born 5 weeks early due to me suffering from a really bad pre-eclampsia, resulting in his emergency c-section. Although he was healthy and weighed more than we expected, he had a bit of a breathing problem when he was born. Who knew that would lead into Bronchiolitis over a year later? Anyway being hospitalized twice were enough to scar him for a .....

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