coriander in pho
notes and writings
Friends and Family
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We have been following a food blogger/vlogger from Malaysia, Ceddy, and he’s recommending the char kuey teow on this place. Bonus: The food is muslim-friendly. A bit of note, Penang folks are not joking when they said their food is delicious 😋 There is this… joke/anecdote about food peddler. The more unfriendly the seller is, […]
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Do you have a tradition within your culture/nuclear culture that’s interesting/unusual (“unusual” is a strong word. Maybe something that’s not widely known) for others? I came from a Javanese family. We don’t really hold tight into the culture itself, but there are some aspects that my parents did — and I realized it was not […]
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Story by my good friend: Jay Faiz It started with a light tap tap tap on your window on a particularly hazy dusk. Tap tap tap. Tap tap tap. Just enough to annoy you and tickle your curiosity, even though you are fully aware that you’re on the thirtieth floor and it is impossible for […]
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It feels like we are cautiously optimistic recently. We now have 80% of the adult population that have received complete vaccination doses, and it seems like everyone starting to share a wee bit of celebrations mood — and it’s such a beautiful moment to see Mid-Autumn Festival marks the start of something new. Lets hope […]
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We are fully vaccinated! ✨ When we had our first dose back on May, we prepared for 12 weeks of waiting time before the second dose. I… forgot if I have wrote about my first dose experience here. Anyway! It was on May 15, several days after Eid al-Fitr. It was on Saturday, and we […]
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In case you are curious; we had Javanese wedding (hence the kebaya I wore,) but I asked (forced my family, actually,) for the men to wear beskap Sunda-style attire. I also asked for the women in the families to go freestyle with their Javanese kebaya so they can walk comfortably. Happy 10th year anniversary, dear. […]
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Iiiit’s the first day of Ramadan! Ramadan is an Islamic holy month. During this month, the moslems fast by stopping eating and drinking when the sun rises (subuh/soobooh) until the sun sets (iftar/maghrib) — and we do this for 30 days. “No eating, I can understand. NO DRINKING? Even water?” Even water, yep. It’s a […]
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Hey! I skipped blog for the past 2-3 weeks as my sinus infection blaring up. Unfortunately, it happened on the kids too. We actually suspect the current renovation works on our apartment building caused the sinusitis/allergy as it can be pretty dusty at times. Luckily, no fever. Recently, I’ve been listening to this. I heard […]
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A bit of backstory for context: In my culture (Indonesian/asian,) the elders usually say, “let them be. Once they got their own taste of medicines, they will stop doing it,” whenever a young child acted up/refused to listen. For example, a child jumped on a sofa. The elders usually say, “let them be. Once they […]
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