Pregnancy: 20 Week Update

Bubba is 20 weeks now! Can't believe time flew so fast and we're already half way through the journey. HOSPITAL/MIDWIFE VISIT On week 16, we finally visited the hospital for the first midwife visit after a month delay since my 12-week scan. I'm such a lazy mother, lol, for not picking up bubba's scan result on time. I was referred to the Westmead Hospital as that is the closest...

Landline

Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble; it has been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but that almost seems beside the point now.  Maybe that was always beside the point.  Two days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can’t go. She’s a TV...

From Muzdalifah

I was flipping through the little blue notebook where I stored all of my prayers for hajj. I had written a couple of journal entries to describe my feelings and the situation around me in there. And the following entry was written when I was in Muzdalifah: 3/10/14 Friday Today was the big day. The day everyone has been waiting for - the day of Arafah. I was already awake from 1.30 am and didn't...

Struggling with Multilingualism

Photo source: http://ux.prattsils.org/2015/10/language-learning-in-a-mobile-world/ Sometimes it does frustrate me that I can't get my points straight using effective sentences when speaking because English is my second language. Out of the 28 years of my life, I've only been effectively using English daily for 5 years. I don't go to fancy private school or university program which offers courses...

Copy-Cat Haagen Dazs Strawberry Ice Cream

My all time favourite ice cream was Haagen Dazs... until I tried Messina (LOL, and I still owe a Messina review). Anyway, the most decent ice cream you can get in Jakarta was Haagen Dazs, so whenever I wanted to spoil myself with gourmet ice cream, I would head straight to a Haagen Dazs cafe. Haagen Dazs have just recently made a re-entrance to the Australian market and I'm so stoked about it....

Can Women Really Have it all?

Every International Women's Day reminds me of this question. And on every International Women's Day, I will spend the day Googling can women have it all. For someone who runs their own business, they have the luxury of flexible working hours, but not necessarily those who works in the corporate world. I have always been trying to find an answer to this question and I think I have made peace...

Mie Aceh Kuah - Asli Enak!

Beberapa hari yang lalu temanku meng-upload foto sepiring mie Aceh. Hmmm... sudah pasti aku ngiler-ngiler melihatnya. Sebelumnya aku pernah memasak mie Aceh tapi rasanya baru 90% mendekati, belum pas betul. Dan seumur-umur aku tinggal di Australia, baru satu kali makan mie Aceh yang rasanya 99.99% mirip Pidie, dan saat itu yang bikin adalah teman ngajiku yang memang orang Aceh aseli. Jadi, sejak...