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Reunion: the past, the future, and the present

This year there has been lots of reunions. Starting with my junior high reunions, elementary school friends, small reunion with at the end of last year, reunion with classmates on the 9th grade, and … more »

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Reunion: the past, the future, and the present — 2 comments

parvita wrote 1 week ago: This year there has been lots of reunions. Starting with my junior high reunions, elementary school … more »

Tags: Food for Thought, reunion

Handphones and Jakartans — 4 comments

parvita wrote 1 month ago: I was taking my usual afternoon fag break downstairs when my eyes looked at this one particular guy … more »

Tags: Indonesia, Jakarta, Daily Happenings, Food for Thought, Communication, Handphones, Addiction, technology, Jakartans

Things I do during my 35 hours spare time a week — 1 comment

parvita wrote 2 months ago: Continuing what I’ve written previously on Quality Time, I just can’t resist thinking of … more »

Tags: Daily Happenings, Jakarta, single woman, Spare Time, Weekend

Quality time: I'm 40, Single and Living in Jakarta (part 5) — 2 comments

parvita wrote 2 months ago: A senior colleague called me up and asked if I can attend a meeting after office hours on Friday.  … more »

Tags: Indonesia, Jakarta, Single Woman in Jakarta, Time Management, Traffic

First Day 2008: Jogging in the Rain (I'm 40, Single and Living in Jakarta (part 4)) — 14 comments

parvita wrote 6 months ago: Happy New Year!  This is one of the reason why I don’t have a new year resolution:  I someti … more »

Tags: health, Jakarta, 40, Jogging, jogging in rain, Running, single

The Season of Making Resolutions — 12 comments

parvita wrote 6 months ago: I never have a new year resolution.  My friends usually have a list, which at the end of the year, … more »

Tags: happy new year, Life, new year resolution, Religion, spirituality

I'm 40, Single and Living in Jakarta (part 3) — 17 comments

parvita wrote 6 months ago: Yippie, my birthday! The atmosphere has been different days before 22 December 2007.  It started fr … more »

Tags: Daily Happenings, Islam, forty, Birthday, Pondok Indah Mall, Capricorn

I'm 40, Single and Living in Jakarta (part 1) — 8 comments

parvita wrote 6 months ago: Hurrraaaaah…..I will be 40 on December 22nd!  Instead of some people benchmark ‘40 … more »

Tags: Jakarta, Daily Happenings, single, forty, SMPN 12 Jakarta reunion, 40

I need the Sun! (How to tackle SAD) — 4 comments

parvita wrote 6 months ago: Here we go again.  Rainy season in the western part of Indonesia.  Lets see what we should expect … more »

Tags: Indonesia, health, Jakarta, Daily Happenings, Food for Thought, Depression, Feeling Happy, Flood, Jakarta traffic

(Trying to) Living Healthy in Jakarta: the gyms — 5 comments

parvita wrote 7 months ago: Looked at the mirror and, ouch, starting to see the love handle.  Darn.  This in new.   Some ext … more »

Tags: health, Jakarta, Jakarta Gym, MyBody gym, Celebrity Fitness, LifeSpa, Fitness First, odysseus, Exercise

Why I Don't Want to Leave Indonesia — 28 comments

parvita wrote 8 months ago: One night, I had dinner with my dive buddy, Dave (American, who lives in Makassar), his girlfriend a … more »

Tags: Indonesia, Jakarta, Bandung, Ambon

Lebaran (Idul Fitri) in Jakarta: It’s a festive, not a vacation — 1 comment

parvita wrote 8 months ago: Just a week before the fasting month ends, people start to prepare for Idul Fitri.  The big feast. … more »

Tags: Jakarta, Lebaran, Idul Fitri in Jakarta, mudik

Funny things you find during Ramadhan (in Indonesia) — 21 comments

parvita wrote 9 months ago: Here are some stuff I find pathetically funny that happens every year when Ramadhan comes. Bars, mas … more »

Tags: Food for Thought, Islam, Muslim, Bars, brothels, Fasting, Qur'an, Ramadhan, Saum

Things you wish in a rainy night in Singapore — 3 comments

parvita wrote 1 year ago: Ini ceritanya waktu ke Singapore, banyak temen2 sesama oil company sehubungan dengan acara SEAPEX.  … more »

Tags: Jakarta, in Bahasa Indonesia

Are You My Friends or My FOOD? — 1 comment

parvita wrote 1 year ago: I used to be a vegetarian since 1994. Nothing with eyes. No dead meat in my fridge. Then in 1999, I … more »

Tags: Diving, Food


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