Waktu dulu belajar bahasa Inggris dibangku SMP dan SMA, rupanya yang diajarkan cenderung bahasa Inggris America. Ternyata ada kata kata yang kupelajari dulu tidak digunakan disini di Lucky Country.
Suamiku bukan dinkum (asli) orang Australia karena dia orang Belanda yang lahir di Nederland. Jadi bicara dengan dia sih masih mudah dimengerti. Dia hanya membenarkan kata kata [...]
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Makan Teh dan Minum Cuppa
Posted in Life, tagged Aussie Slangs, Bahasa Inggris di Australia, Language, Life on November 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Komet Ikeya-Seki
Posted in Life, tagged Ikeya Seki, Comet, Java, Oktober 1965 on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Apakah diantara anda ada yang sudah cukup besar/dewasa untuk mengingat Komet Ikeya Seki yang menampakkan diri ditahun 1965?
Waktu itu dibulan Oktober (menurut data tepatnya adalah 21 Oktober) aku baru berusia 13 tahun. Aku hanya ingat komet yang terang dan besar sekali dan bisa dilihat dengan mata telanjang ini, kami lihat bersamaan dengan dimulainya aksi G30S yang terjadi di [...]
Berdosakah Mereka?
Posted in Life, tagged Berdosakah Mereka, Gempa dan Tsunami, Renungan on October 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Musibah bencana alam lagi lagi terjadi dibumi Indonesia dan sekitarnya. Gempa dan Tsunami yang memakan banyak jiwa dan mengakibatkan sakit, pedih, duka dan hilangnya harta benda. Banyak orang dengan pongahnya menghakimi korban bencana alam ini. Mereka bilang pasti mereka punya dosa yang besar sekali jadi Tuhan marah dan menghukum mereka!
Benarkah tuduhan kejam ini yang ditudingkan [...]
Bid The Last Farewell
Posted in Life, tagged Celebration of life, Death, Life on June 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
How do you want to be remembered after death? It has made me think about a Chinese Emperor who was found buried together with thousands statues of his army and officials. It is believed that he wanted to take them to his next life. I’m not very sure if his morbid ambition would be true [...]
Mother’s Day Lunch in Marysville.
Posted in Life, tagged Life, Lunch, Marysville, Mother's Day on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For celebrating Mother’s Day, my son M took us to Marysville. Since they had re-opened the roads around the area after the Black Saturday Fire in February, there was a Café Bakery in Marysville remained standing untouched by the fire. It was now open its business again. We heard it on the radio that we [...]
More Spendings, More Jobs?
Posted in Life, tagged Life, Household Stimulus Package, Saving Economy, Saving Jobs on April 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We live in a very complex system. It is a cycle that is inter-connected to each other. The economy, producers and consumers affect the availability of jobs. So based on this fact, during this hard time of recession, will it make sense if we have more buyers, it means more business and that we will also [...]
What Do You Collect?
Posted in Life, tagged Collecting, Hobby, Life on February 26, 2009 | 7 Comments »
One day a relative of mine went to visit her son in Australia. One of her grandsons in Indonesia asked her to buy the newest edition of Nintendo Trading Card Game. She asked me if I know a place where trading card games are sold here in Melbourne. She showed me the exact name of the [...]
Happy Valentine!
Posted in Life, tagged Happy, Life, Valentine's Day on February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bushfire Images
Posted in Life, tagged Australia, Bushfire, Images, Victoria on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Bushfire In Victoria, Australia – February 2009
Bush Fire
Posted in Life, tagged Australia, Bush Fire, Life, Victoria on February 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Today, the State of Victoria in Australia is declared as an Emergency State because of the bush fires that were raging in a dozen of different areas around the state yesterday and some are still burning today. There are 25 people confirmed died and more than a hundred houses burnt to the ground. The extreme heat [...]
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