[Project] 3D Design made easy – Sweet Home 3D

My Dearest Adia, If you’re looking for some new project in your school holiday, Abah might have something interesting for you. You know Ibu is an architect (and also a chef, and a business woman, and more), and she is really good at it. She designs houses and stuffs, and may look a bit complicated […]

Just a story of my shoes

My dearest Adia, I have decided to “retire” my (almost) 20 years old eiger mountain slippers (yes I bought that on 1999, when I just arrived in Bandung for college). I had a good adventure with it, we’ve been through a lot (places and events).. so sentimental, eh 🙂 I keep things and tend to […]

Milk Fish

My dearest Adia, We should be thankful for living in Indonesia, an archipelago tropical country where (food) resources are plentiful (though sadly there are still many people “lacking” access to the resources). I’d like to share about the Milk fish (not about fish made out of milk), as we called Bandeng in bahasa. Milk fish […]

Lessons from the Sunflowers (part 1)

My dearest Adia, Remember last month (about 2-3 weeks ago) when I started planting the sunflower seeds? It has grown a bit now. As usual, some notes are taken and also another lessons to be learned. I planted the seeds in different medium (types of soil) and places. I planted about 20-30 seeds in total. […]

Envy

en.vy (n) /painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage My dearest Adia, Envy is one of the deadly/major sins in many religions & beliefs. It is dangerous and easily be done / convicted (unlike other sins like pride which required some achievements or exclusivities […]

[Project] DIY Chromebook & Android Desktop

My dearest Adia, You may have heard of Chromebook. Yes, you can tell by the name, it’s the low cost web-oriented notebook from Google, running mainly on its web browser, Chrome. Chromebook is powered by Chrome OS (now called Cr OS), “a chrome plated OS because it’s stable and shiny” that’s what they said (um, […]

Notes from Tahura Trail Run 2019 – Life Lessons with Fun

To My Dearest Adia, I just finished the “Tahura Trail Run 2019” half marathon (21k) race. It’s an annual event held in Tahura (Taman Hutan Rakyat, Dago Pakar, Bandung) all the way up to Maribaya and back, through a quite extreme track (that’s why it’s called trail run). It was my first time attending a […]

Introduction to Gardening

My dearest Adia, Today let’s talk about.. gardening or planting (plants of course). You already know that your Andung (my mother) is a botanist, and she is very good and experienced with many kinds of plants. She taught me a thing or two about gardening, and it’s a really good thing to do. I’ll give […]

[Review] the Search for Best Quality “Cheap” Speakers (less than $10)

My dearest Adia, We sure do appreciate good music, and good music should be played with a decent audio system. Some top quality speakers can cost a fortune, yeah it would be good, but you know it’s just not my style (as a cheapo) :p (but wait, being cheap doesn’t mean have to put the […]

[Review] Samyang Green “Hot Chicken Ramen”

My dearest Adia, Everyone loves instant noodles! Either you are rich, poor, old, young, well educated, it’s a life saver. One of the peak in human evolution, and a lifestyle for some of us. Abah, you, your mom, we all enjoy a good old instant noodle, though your mom is good to make you some […]