This evening Ivonne & I just did a very quick recording session at home. Here I’m putting up my singing “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” for you to listen to. It’s nothing serious, just some fun stuff. Consider it my early Christmas gift for all of you (yes, even if you laugh at some [...]
It’s only 6 more days to Christmas! How exciting! I’m sure you all are already in your Christmas mood right now. Things are starting to slow down a bit as we reach the end of the year, accompanied by the constant cloudy sky & occasional rain (let’s pretend that it’s snow)— all that really completes [...]
Most of the time, it is our chauffeur who does our grocery shopping. But, whenever I have time, I love to do my own grocery shopping. I realise that it’s the closest activity we can get that resembles the pre-historic notion of hunting and gathering our own food from the nature. Our ancient male ancestors [...]
Here’s an article from The Economist, which I think is a must-read this week. Rather than re-telling the news in my own words, I’m going to let you read the whole original article. Enjoy reading!. Oh, if you find this article interesting, may I also suggest that you read “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” book. It’s about [...]
Last nite we went to watch La Boheme the opera of tante Catharina Leimena’s SuSvara Company in Gedung Kesenian Jakarta. Tante Catharina has been a close friend of ours whom we respect profoundly. She’s an inspiration to us, as I’m sure she’s been to the rest of Indonesia. Some of our friends and Ivonne’s students [...]
There was a half-page coverage of Ivonne in Seputar Indonesia edisi cetak last Saturday, beautifully written by Muhammad Fauzisyah. As you see there are 2 separate articles: one on the right (with the picture of Ivonne in teal); and one on the left (that’s Ivonne at the back and me at the front).
I’m only able [...]
