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Fathers, Here’s What to Do When Your Daughters Start Dating
Notes: I’m writing this as an insight for parents, particularly fathers, whose daughters have started dating. I know teenage years are delicate and can be tricky, and you might mean well but your daughter might take it differently. I’m offering an opinion from the other side, based on my experience. Recently I read an essay…
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A Little Bit about Depression, from My Personal Experience
Initially, I wanted to write a review of Dear Stranger: Letters on the Subject of Happiness, but after reading Bebe and Christa‘s posts about mental health (depression in particular), I decided to write a bit about mental health in the hope to raise awareness, especially here in Indonesia (the review about the book will be…
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A Nightmare
Last night I had a nightmare. In that dream, I saw my dog being shot, and I watched helplessly as blood seeped out of her body. She was trembling all over and shrinking, and before long she lied helplessly in a pool of blood. I woke up sobbing, and my chest literally hurt, as if someone just…
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About Work, Love Stories, and an Engagement Shoot
Since I made a website for my photography work, I’ve stopped using this blog as a showcase for my portfolio. Her Little Journal has always been a personal blog, so as soon as I had another platform for my work, I’ve separated personal photos and commissioned ones. This time, however, is a bit different. For…
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The Day Southampton Made Me Cry
Have you ever missed something, so much that you cry? I cried today, for a chapter in my life that’s long gone; Southampton chapter. I’d been doing so well all this time. I avoided playing songs that I used to listen in my Southampton era, and I put all photos in a folder that I…
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Taking A Leap of Faith
Yesterday was my last day at work. My contract ended and I decided not to renew it. Why would she do that, you might wonder. Well, it was quite a long process until I came to that decision. It had begun since November last year, when I started feeling rotten all the time. Constant fatigue,…
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The Light at the End of the Tunnel
May was a whirlwind and when I look back, it seemed busier than other times. Starting with the book fair, then a trip to Jogja for a friend’s wedding, then a trip to the site (which this time wasn’t all that good, to be honest), and suddenly it’s the end of May. To be honest,…
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Bavaria Trip | Postlude
On my last night in Germany, Marion and I went to the city center to have dinner. We shared a pizza, and had a nice, long conversation about my time there, and walked around the city center before we went home. If Regensburg hadn’t captivated me before, this walk surely would’ve done the job. I…
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Bavaria Trip | Prelude
This is a story that should have been told a long while ago. I had it written and re-written, but somehow it never felt right, like something was missing. I tried to put it into words, all the feelings and experiences and memories. But while most of the pieces were there, the puzzle was incomplete. I…
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Those Little Acts of Kindness
Every once in a while, I get rough days, and sometimes, those days stretch for a whole week. Like this week. It didn’t start very well as I got the flu and had to stay home on Monday, and also for almost the entire Tuesday. Wednesday was a public holiday here, so I effectively only…
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