Made in Europe, born in Indonesia

Nothing is more happier than having the first child. So this is my happiest moment in life, she was born on 22 November 2008 on 07.00pm. After waiting for more 12 hours from the morning, finally she was borned by normal birthing with help of dr. Stephen Mandang at Siloam Hospital Kebon Jeruk.

We name her Charmaine Tjia. Weight 3.2 Kg, 48 cm tall, just enough and healthy.

ps. Info about Charmaine naming can be found from here and here.

Standing with Stars

When it comes a chance of a lifetime, then you’d better to grab it. Just like I got a chance to stand side-by-side with Andy Lau.

Apparently we’re in same body height, but sadly different waist size :)

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Yepp, by inspecting carefully you’ll notice that it is a wax figure. Picture taken in Madame Tussauds HK in which displays many important Chinese and world figures, from Jacky Chan to Bruce Lee.

And now how about photograph with a star who just released Capricorn album, the one and only Jay Chou?

Firework on Takbiran Night

Apart from noisy taqbiran night, I got stunning firework night on 30 Sept. Seems like all people have firework stocks in their hands and fire them simultaneously.

Photos were taken from my 20th floor room. After this, I still went to my weekly badminton workout. Roads were spacious from Tanjung Duren, via Taman Ratu to Puri.

Saturday Gathering

Oioi Gathering

Oioi Gathering

Result from Saturday July 25th gathering. Well, at least I still could recognize you all, so nothing’s changed.

I dunno what time exactly it began, but I arrived late at 13:00 and they all were still sitting and chatting at Mall Taman Anggrek Foodcourt. Our guest star at the day was Surti who was imported from USA but still made in Indonesia (local content: 100%).

English Service Sunday Mass in Jakarta

Last Sunday I went to St. Theresia Catholic Church in Menteng Jakarta. It held English Service sunday mass on 11am for catholic community, mainly attended by expatriates and foreigners who live in Jakarta such as Americans, Africans (a lot), and Filipinos. If you are Indonesian do not worry losing tongue, just come and try as long as you are familiar with English.

For those of you don’t know the place, it is located one block behind Sarinah building in Thamrin, Central Jakarta. Stop at Sarinah Busway, walk 3 minutes along the Sunda Road between Sarinah and Embassy of France, at the road end you should see it. Parking car was horrible, so better to park a bit far and have some walk since the location is very green and convenient.

Mass was delivered by Indonesian priest who speak fluent English, all songs in English. And don’t worry about lyrics, all songs’ lyrics are printed and can be grabbed in front door.

Not to mention after mass you can have delicious Gelato in Pisa Cafe, directly opposite the church!

After so many years attending same ritual in Indonesian languange, I found myself refreshed not only by its atmosphere but also in prayers and songs. Amen.

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