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Medan Is NOT The Worst City In The World

photo credit: a_rabin I came to read this article that says Medan (capital of North Sumatra) is the worst city in the world from Twitter. Eyebrows were raised reading it, disturbing but at the end I found myself laughing. Disturbing, because as much as I have this love-hate affair with my own country, it always pull a few nationalism nerves on me when I read others write badly about Indonesia. Funny, because it sounds like that piece of crap – yes it is crap – article came out of an amateur bitter tourist. Let’s analyze it a bit, will you. You’re slim pickin’s for hotels, you don’t seem to boast a single, decent restaurant and from what I’ve heard, you’ve .....

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. .....

Flying Alone With A Child? Read This!

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What would come to your mind if I ask you about flying with a baby/toddler alone? I can tell that I will first get a knot in my stomach! Then the worry wart me starts kicking in. Here are some steps by steps guide to prepare yourself BEFORE the actual flight(s): 1. Read, read and read: Don’t let the horror stories scared the heck out of you. Let them instead prepare you to face the worst case scenario! With plenty of preparations and reading – there are plenty of great resources out there if you Google up flying tips with small children, you can armed yourself with load of information’s. Check out this lady, Jamie Hassen. She’s a pro and .....

First Flight: Conclusion (Part 2)

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This is part two of our First Flight stories. Read the first part here. After what seemed like the longest 7 hours flight from hell with Lil’ A who was crying almost the whole way, boy, was I glad to landed in Jakarta. The smell of ‘kretek‘ (cloves) cigarette welcome my nostrils like a long lost buddy, I was home! My brother, Danny met us at the airport and we all went back straight to a hotel since at that time my family were still living in Balikpapan, East Borneo. The next morning, we were ready to tackle another leg of the journey, a two hours flight to Balikpapan. Oh and guess what, the mystery of why he was super .....

Dual Citizenship Dreams

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When Lil’ A was born in December 2006, the Dual Citizenship law for mixed children born out of marriages between Indonesian and foreign citizen parents were still pretty much fresh from the oven. We were pretty lucky as the law stated children born after the law was implemented (June 11, 2006) should immediately granted with Indonesian citizen, while the ones that were born prior, have a more tedious steps to follow. By the time he was 7 months old, Lil’ A proudly have his Indonesian passport and the process at Indonesian Consulate in Houston was a breeze. Although the law stated that when the child turns 18, they will have to decide which citizenship to follow and ditch the other .....

First Flight: Dothan – Korea

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photo credit: WSTAY.com This is a story of my first flight ever with Lil’ A. It’s a long story so I will ‘chopped’ it off to several parts. Our journey to go to Indonesia started on October 22, 2007 when Lil’ A was 10 months old. Early flight out of Dothan, AL to Atlanta, GA then from there we flew Korean Airline to Incheon, Korea. During that longest leg of our trip (almost  15 hours), Lil’ A was behaving so good, he slept most of the time. There was only one thing on that flight that upset me, they claimed to be out of bottled water when I asked for one  to make Lil’ A’s formula then later I saw .....

Makassar – Revisited

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Knowing that I was born and still have families in Makassar, South Sulawesi, DH decided to took us along with him for one of the outstation audit program. Since my mom and bothers couldn’t make it, I took my aunt with us. We suppose to leave Jakarta at 4:30 PM but around 10:00 AM, DH called and told me an accident had happened with one of their fleet so he will have to stay behind and took care of things but he will try to hop on the last flight to Makassar that night or the first flight out in the morning. Thanks God my aunt was there! Our flight was delayed for almost an hour and it’s really hard .....

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