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Seiko Watch

Posted by: ratnayeni on: August 18, 2008

I am contemplating of buying a new watch to replace my missing one, this one looks cool, wonder if they have it in KL

Memorable Sunday

Posted by: ratnayeni on: August 17, 2008

Today is 17 August 2008.  2 major events for today are :
1. Daniel is 4 months old
2. Indonesia is 63 years old – MERDEKA
 
 

Beijing Olympic – Indonesian Team

Posted by: ratnayeni on: August 5, 2008

So sad when I read the following article ;
Menegpora: Satu Emas Saja Sudah Syukur
Rachmadin Ismail - detiksport

detiksport/Lily Indriyani

Jakarta - Menegpora Adhyaksa Dault mengaku bersikap realistis dalam bicara soal peluang Indonesia untuk merebut medali emas di Olimpiade Beijing. Dapat satu emas saja sudah syukur, katanya.
Ditemui seusai mengikuti diskusi di Jakarta Media Center, Jakarta, Selasa (5/8/2008), Adhyaksa menyebut [...]

Randy Pausch Last Lecturer – The Video

Posted by: ratnayeni on: August 3, 2008

More post on Randy Pausch :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Mother’s Day 2008

Posted by: ratnayeni on: August 2, 2008

An old post which I forgot to publish. I got my favourites flower for this year Mother’s day from my lovely husband and daughter.

Total Eclipse of the Sun

Posted by: ratnayeni on: August 1, 2008

Check out the photos below ; it’s so coooool

 
 

An airplane flies past during a partial solar eclipse in Almaty August 1, 2008.  (Zturgan Aldauyev/Reuters)
 

A boy uses a welding mask to watch the solar eclipse in Gaotai, Gansu province August 1,2008.
 REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA)(BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)
 

A Day at Immigration

Posted by: ratnayeni on: July 31, 2008

One word to sum it all : AARRGHHHH!!
They refused to extend my mom’s visa. No explanation just a rejection stamp on her passport. Nothing I can do. She has to fly out all by herself next Tuesday.

Kue Semprong

Posted by: ratnayeni on: July 28, 2008

Globalcookies.blogspot.com have the following explanation for Kue Semprong :
Literally translated, Kue Semprong means smokestack cookie. The Kue Semprong is a very thin, rolled (usually or sometimes flat to display the pattern of the cookie maker in this case an elephant on one side and a snail on the other) sweet cookie. The cookie dough is [...]

Jakarta oh My Jakarta

Posted by: ratnayeni on: July 27, 2008

Excerpt from Tempointeraktif.com ;
Expensive Jakarta
Friday, 25 July, 2008 | 17:19 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The survey was conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, an international consultant company that regularly organizes a yearly survey on the living costs in 143 major cities on six continents in the world. The survey result for the 2008 period was published yesterday. 
The survey was [...]

Randy Pausch – R.I.P

Posted by: ratnayeni on: July 27, 2008

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, he is sure one of the most inspirational people I’ve ever seen. I watched him in OPRAH, at first I was crying in silence ( embarrased being caught by Mom) but after a while my sadness turn into admiration. He is so high spirited, positive and real! He knows he [...]