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Recently Read vol. 2
Critical Eleven by Ika Natassa Ika Natassa has always been one of my favorite writers, and let’s admit it, she’s a marketing savvy. Long before this book was published, she’d made her loyal readers anticipate the launching. As expected, the launch was sensational, and so I grabbed this book at the earliest opportunity and dived…
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Recently Read vol. 1
Last year, as December was approaching, I realized I’d only read 6 books that year (apart from journals, papers, and course books). Masters, traveling, and everything else had taken life into a whirlwind where I barely had time to read just for fun. So I made a resolution to read more in 2015. How many more? Well,…
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10 Most Memorable Places in Southampton
Last July was not the greatest time I’ve had this year. It was intensely somber and grim, and wow, I didn’t realize how much it was reflected on my posts. Now that it’s August, I’m trying to be more cheerful. However, since I’m still feeling a bit nostalgic about Southampton (why hasn’t it diminished, by…
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Review: A Number
Photo courtesy of Nuffield Theatre, taken from here Director: Michael Longhurst Designer: Tom Scutt Cast: John Shrapnel, Lex Shrapnel How could a show with only 4 characters (3 of them are played by one person) and a bare design keep me on the edge of my seat for 55 minutes? Well, A Number did. The…
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Review: The Nutcracker
Director: Blanche McIntyre Writers: Hattie Naylor & Paul Dodgson Designer: Rhys Jarman Musical director & arranger: Malcolm Newton Cast: Sandy Batchelor, John Biddle, Jonathan Glew, Krystian Godlewski, Alex Griffin-Griffiths, Hannah Lee, Saskia Portway, Augustina Seymour I’m about two months late to post this, but I’m gonna do it anyway. Early in December I started volunteering…
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Review: The Fault in Our Stars
SPOILER ALERT! A 16 year-old Hazel is terminally ill with thyroid cancer. In one of support group sessions, she meets Augustus Waters, a 17 year –old who is in remission from osteosarcoma. Although at first she is reluctant to get close with Augustus (fearing she might leave him dead someday), they eventually fall in love…
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My 10 Favorite Places in Batu Hijau
When I tell people that I come from Sumbawa, they always tell me that they imagine I live in a densely wooded area. I also get jokes like “Jadi kayak Laskar Pelangi?” or “Beta sonde pernah terlambat lagi,” the latter coming from the Aqua ads. After some time, I stop explaining to them and just…
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Movie Review: The Hunger Games
Director: Gary Ross Screenplay: Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth My friends have a tendency to come up with a plan and cancel it a few hours before we go. It’s annoying, I know. So when one of us blurted out a plan to watch The Hunger Games, I kept…
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Taste Of India
Another culinary adventure with my sister, and this time we were going Indian. I heard about this restaurant from one of my friend. She described it as ‘heavenly delicious’. So on a gloomy Saturday afternoon, off we went to this restaurant, which by the way, is located on Pasir Kaliki Street, one of the most…
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Sisters-Bonding Time!
My sister and I are living under the same roof, but we barely see each other. It’s considered a wonder if we have a couple of hours to be spent together. So according to that, last night can be counted as a wonder. We decided to have a little culinary trip, starting from Coto Makassar…
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