{EAV_BLOG_VER:655994800ff61fc3} 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 [...]

First of all I would like to apologise for not writing for so long.  What can I say, there are other things that needs more attention. But, I’m back and I’m going to try a different thing this time, I want to try to document my experience using video   I think there is something [...]

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 life, [...]

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 thing [...]

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, surrounded by my old collegues (most of them are still here).  It’s been a strange feeling, as if I had never left.  [...]

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 of [...]

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 is [...]

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  In [...]

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 part [...]

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 these [...]