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Weekly Roundup – 4th Week of July

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WOW…July is almost over? Hard to believe how fast the weeks has gone by. Here are some updates from my side of the world: I had join SITS in doing the ProBlogger‘s 31 Days to Build A Better Blog (31DBBB) since last Monday (July 19, 2010). Actually, I had ‘attempt’ to do this in January but never get to finish it so when the SITS girls came up with this I signed up and it’s more enjoyable to do this as a community. So far I’ve ‘met’ new fantastic bloggers through the challenge and although it’s not easy to keep up with the task especially during the weekend, I truly enjoy this challenge and hope to complete it along with .....

Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk

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It all started from one tweet from PD-JKT (Photo District Jakarta) two weeks ago or so about a Worldwide Photo Walk. Not just your typical photo walk but it’s The Scott Kelby! The photo walk is scheduled for Saturday, July 24, 2010 and knowing DH’s schedule, I had ‘booked’ him well in advance so he can watch Lil’ A. He’s great tho’ and kept Lil’ A entertained at home while the driver took me to Kota Area where the group meet-up. Scheduled for 3:00PM, I got there just 2 minutes shy of exactly 3 o’clock! There were plenty of people – none that I know of. Mind you, this was my first ever photo walk and I didn’t know a .....

Weekly Roundup – 3rd Week of July

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Time to do a roundup again. I’m starting to love doing this. Last Tuesday, I had my first guest post over at The Urban Mama. They are one of the most influential Indonesian Mommy Website. Their readers were really sweet and gave me great response. Thanks TUM for having me. Don’t you just love something with a tag line “there is always a different story in every parenting style”. Word of the week in this household has been “Oh, man!!!” Told the Little Tornado it’s time for his bath, he grunted “Oh, maaaan!” same replies when I told him it’s time for bed. I’ve been so fascinated seeing him playing by himself and talking away imagining things while he built .....

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 .....

Weekly Round-up – Second Week of July

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Another week gone by too fast or at least that’s how it feels for me. About ‘that girl‘, well I got plenty of curious questions about the girl I mentioned on my Friday Flip-offs, some of the comments I received totally crack me up. You guys are the best! Here’s the story: Late last December an old friend from college asked me if I’d be interested in doing some   translation job for her friend – see I don’t know ‘that girl’ personally. Off I worked my behind off to translate two killer Press Release for ‘that girl’s company for a friction of a cost licensed translator would charge. Press release means it will be published somewhere right? I didn’t have .....

7 Things You’ll Face After Moving to Your Husband’s Country

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After your dream wedding, you’re now officially Mrs. Someone. Your new life as a couple will start in a foreign country if you decided to follow your husband, which is usually the case. There are many many adjustments we – the Indonesian wives have to deal with and here are just some fun list of things that you might face after you got married and supposedly moved to your husband’s foreign country: People will stare at you less: Ehm…remember those annoying stares you used to get in Jakarta (or Indonesia in general)? Well, the natives in your husband’s country won’t stare at you from head to toes – at least maybe not as obvious as Indonesian does. Housewife chores: Yes, .....

Weekly Round Up – First Week of July

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Been a rather busy start of the week here on my neck of the wood. Here’s what we’ve been up to: With how hard it has been for me to find a job here, I had decided that I’m going to try and start my own small business. By small I mean really really small…Let me introduce you to Creative Scoops… Since I’ve been doing these kinds of ‘freelance’ work before ever since I left my old job, I thought why not doing    it   formally? Well, maybe not formally until I can obtain my translator license. Wish me luck, guys! With my Dad leaving back to Zambia on July 7, we’ve been all over the place this weekend and I’ve .....

Sweetest Reunion

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It was June 19, 2005 when I finally boarded the big steel bird to embark on a new chapter of my life. The hardest part wasn’t hugging my family goodbye at the airport…it was hugging my dog for the last time. He’s been anxious and super clingy for the last couple of weeks before my departure date. As if he knew…and the look on his face breaks my heart. After spending a night in Singapore, on June 20, 2005 I finally boarded Northwest plane bounded for JFK. I was so nervous, anxious and happy all mixed up like a giant ball of knot in my stomach. “What if I miss my connecting flight in Japan?” my mind raced, my palms .....

Terrible Two, Eat Your Heart Out!

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Just when I thought we had escaped from the forest of the screaming-meltdown-tantrums from hell-phase that everyone calls the sweet Terrible Two… Please don’t let this sweet face fool you!  Yes, he can be as sweet as honey when he wants to! But lately I wonder where did that sweetness hide? It have to be his way or the high way! He talks back – already! Told me to stop talking *triple gasps!* Criticizing my Mommy skill by saying “Not like that Mommy!” or “No…this way, Mommy!” The boy stripped himself naked every chance he got! Pushing every ounce of patience this Mommy already lack off. The screams – oh the screams the piercing painful screams had returned from the .....

Holier-Than-Thou

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Even before I moved to America to join DH, I’ve noticed some ‘uniqueness’ in Indonesians behaviors that lives in the US especially those who married Americans but I did not see the full extent of it until I personally live there and seeing it with my very own eyes. Of course not all Indonesian women are that ‘unique’. In my short years of living there, I had met and make friends with some fantastic, smart and brilliant women but I also have my share of not-so-lucky-ones. Ones that I’d rather forget but still couldn’t. Some of these friendships had lasted years already. However, there are some that, well how can I put this nicely, just too bizarre for my taste. .....

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