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30 Things British People Say and What They Actually Mean

Posted by Bagus Prakoso in August 6th, 2014  
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Richmond Park Deer Are Just Majestic

Posted by Bagus Prakoso in August 2nd, 2010  
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Posted in: This is London     Tags: London

Tweet Last weekend I had the opportunity to take some guests to visit London’s Richmond Park.  Richmond Park, at almost 1000 hectares (2500 acres) is the largest of thenine Royal Parks in London. But that’s not all that is unique about it.  What’s so unique about Richmond Park is the strong herd of 650 deer in it!  The special thing […]

My First Social Media Birthday Party

Posted by Bagus Prakoso in April 27th, 2009  
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Tweet Today is a special day for me … it’s the day I was born ! Cue the fanfare and confetti ! So, first of all, let me take this opportunity to say that I’m really grateful to be given yet another rich year that was full with all possible things I could ask in […]

Indonesian Election: To Vote Or Not To Vote

Posted by Bagus Prakoso in April 15th, 2009  
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Tweet Last week, my home country (Indonesia) was holding its Legislative Election (to elect local MP) and if everything goes according to plan, we are going to have the Presidential Election this summer. Since we do election every 5 year, this year’s election is the third election I would’ve experienced since I’ve been abroad. The […]

Serial Jobseeker: The Importance of Having Internal Recommendation in Finding a New Job

Posted by Bagus Prakoso in April 3rd, 2009  
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Posted in: Featured, Serial Jobseeker     Tags: job

Tweet When I left Wallstreet Systems (WSS) at the end of 2006, I didn’t think that I would be back working with them again.  But yet, here I am, sitting in their new office using all the office supplies as OfficePro shipping labels and others, surrounded by my old collegues (most of them are still […]

Culture Shocks #3: I Don’t Know SQUAT !

Posted by Bagus Prakoso in February 18th, 2009  
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Posted in: Culture Shocks, Featured     Tags: Culture

Tweet Yes, SQUAT, as in Squat Down Funny enough, this seemingly trivial little fact was only made aware to me recently.  I guess when you take something for granted, you don’t really care about it, until somebody point it out to you.   I am talking about Squatting Down.  Yes, the trivial exercise that most […]

I am a Serial Job Seeker – The State of The Current Job Market from The Trenches

Posted by Bagus Prakoso in February 18th, 2009  
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Posted in: Featured     Tags: freelance, job

Tweet Some of you might’ve known that recently I was made redundant (that is 3 weeks from today). Not many of us could’ve predicted what is happening today, and the ones who could, most of them just turned a blind eye away from it (damn those bankers!). Unfortunately, the recession is real, is here and […]

London 2009 is snowing – The worst in two decades!

Posted by Bagus Prakoso in February 2nd, 2009  
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Posted in: Featured     Tags: London, snow

Tweet Today is Monday the 2nd of February 2009, and London is snowing! I can hear other people from colder countries say ‘meh’ in unison  But if you know London, you would know that snow is really rare let alone one with 20 cm thick. So, I took a liberty to record it this morning […]

Culture Shocks #2: Do You Take Milk With Your Tea ?

Posted by Bagus Prakoso in January 14th, 2009  
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Posted in: Culture Shocks, Featured     Tags: Culture, History, Tea

Tweet Err … what ? Hell No ! Tea … you wouldn’t understand the ‘extend’ of the Brits’ obsession for drinking Tea until you actually live for a while in this country. I didn’t realize how much drinking tea were so integrated to the British life that, like football, cricket and rugby, it had become […]

Indonesian Bloggers Unite To Provide Media Coverage and Aid for Victims of Natural Disasters

Posted by Bagus Prakoso in January 7th, 2009  
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Tweet I would like to take a bit of your time to tell you about this group that I joined recently. ‘Blogger Peduli’ (Bloggers who care in English) is a Network of Bloggers and Blogger Communities, whose main concerns are issues regarding places in Indonesia where Natural Disaster strikes, the people who are victims of […]

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