My “Black Swan” Sketches

Wednesday, 26 August 2009, 21:42 | Category : Our Projects
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The new collection I designed is called: “The Black Swan”. I drew the inspiration from The Swan Lake, by twisting the real story & creating my own “what if” scenario. The main source of inspiration is, naturally, Odile (the black swan herself). The alternative story I created is based on the notions: “What if Odile [...]

Raw Diet

Saturday, 22 August 2009, 18:19 | Category : Food & Health & Fitness
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To empathise with the people around me who are actually fasting this month, I’ve decided to go on a raw diet for the whole month. That means: only raw veggies & fruits, nothing cooked, nothing processed (no sugar, no salt, no processed condiments).
I figured that with everyone going on a fast, I might as well [...]

Music Républicain Syrup

Saturday, 22 August 2009, 16:53 | Category : Miscellaneous
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It has been our tradition to send a little token of blessing to the local communities in the beginning of every fasting period. Last year we gave away boxes of home-made javanese delicacies. This year, we opt for a magic red elixir instead! (coco-pandan syrup, that is).
Attached is a picture of the syrup, tagged with [...]

Field Trip To The Music Républicain

Thursday, 13 August 2009, 17:40 | Category : Our Projects
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Around 90 children (between 4-5 years old) from TKAI (Taman Kreativitas Anak Indonesia), along with their teachers & parents, visited our school today.
This field trip is meant to introduce them to different musical instruments, and to provide them with some sort of a performing experience. To begin with, we located different teachers in different rooms. [...]

Currently Reading: Fool’s Gold

Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 22:59 | Category : Business & Economics
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This book is fascinating! A must read for those of us who cares about our financial system!

New In Town: Eat Me Alice!

Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 18:49 | Category : Food & Health & Fitness
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I’ve also been looking forward to announcing the opening of Eat Me Alice! Yoghurt. This is a new venture of our dearest friend Juliana Tanjo, and her two partners.
Eat Me Alice! yoghurt is now swirling in Plaza Indonesia, 3rd Floor, in Miniapolis Area (Market Street, Unit E35).

Eat Me Alice! has a very special yoghurt concoction [...]

New In Town: Sop Ayam Bu Sumirah

Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 18:21 | Category : Food & Health & Fitness
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One of our closest friends, Emilia Manopo, along with her husband, just opened a new restaurant in BSD Area.
The new restaurant is a branch of the original Sop Ayam Bu Sumirah. For those of you who’ve been to Tulungagung before, this name must really ring a bell! It’s one of the most famous culinary delight [...]

Indostats.com

Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 17:23 | Category : Miscellaneous
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I am privileged to announce to you the official launch of Indostats.com !
Indostats is a web statistics that is completely reliable, and very easy to use. You only need to place the tracker in your website, and voila! Over 40 types of statistics in the report page are ready at your disposal. Better yet, it [...]

My Loyal Companion

Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 16:44 | Category : Miscellaneous
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Peanut spent hours and hours with me while I was designing & sketching. Most of the time, I’d be working, and she’d be sleeping.  Look at how sleepy she gets! (Did you notice her orange/black bed sheet? That’s batik from Solo too! :))
Look at her, she’s a gem, isn’t she?!

Going Solo

Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 16:26 | Category : Miscellaneous
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I just flew to Solo on a weekend getaway last week!
What a lovely town Solo was! It was my first time in Solo, and I loved it! The town was (naturallly) a lot calmer than Jakarta, with courteous people who spoke as “medok” as I do (*LOL*), & we go to places with BECAK! Just [...]