coriander in pho
notes and writings
Writings and General Commentaries
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Post-food poisoning. Totally not fun. Still bloated, still tired, and my goodness, I can’t take a look at noodles right now. Also, the weather has been super weird lately.
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Some thoughts when seeing a picture of Charles and Camilla as the King and the Queen. While I don’t have any relationship with the British monarchy other than what is stated in the history book, it’s still pretty weird nonetheless.
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Because a relationship is supposed to be that: A relationship. Not some sort of emotional gymnastics exercise.
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I just realized Indonesia and Malaysia don’t have seasonal dishes due to fairly constant weather and temperature (either “hot”, “excruciatingly hot”, or “WTH is this rain”)
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I used to have an Apple Watch, until I gave it to my son along with my old iPhone. I found myself not suitable for wearing Apple Watch — note the wording and the sentence there. In fact, I don’t think I can wear wristwatch 😶 My skin will get itchy really fast, and it […]
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One of the funniest ironies I ever endured was (or is?) whenever foreign friends (not residing in Indonesia or Malaysia) asked me/told me, “hey! I went to this so-and-so place in your country!” while me, an Indonesian and an Indonesian-in-Malaysia-since-2014, is actually never been to that place. “Hey, Retno! I’m in Indonesia right now! I’m […]
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I’ve been wanting to write about my trip to Madrid, but I have something that has been bugging my head during the long-haul flight back home so here we are. I grow up as an Indonesian with the usual “asian outlook” in life. Work (really) hard, hustle culture, never let them see that you are […]
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During its heyday, folks were familiar with the term “blogring” or “webring”. I think the latter came from MySpace. I remember we used to exchange blog links and visiting our friends’ blog is some kind of daily habit. I still maintain my friends’ link on the page Archives & Blogrolls — and you might find […]
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It has been… 2 days? 3 days? And the flu stil persists. At this point, this is no longer “common cold”, man. This is either flu or upper respiratory tract infection. The fever has been REALLY annoying. I’m fine with 38-39°C fever for one day, AND ONE DAY, only. The “fever”, though, has been hovering […]
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