Journey to the Past

I recently bought a Meiji Black Chocolate Puzzle, thinking it would be fun to play with kids, especially while waiting for our food in the restaurant. I mean, this is better than screen time, right? Little did I know.. this puzzle is actually the harder version of the milk chocolate puzzle (which I didn't know exist). Now, THAT puzzle has lots of solutions and would be fun for kids. But this one? THIS puzzle has ONE solution (according to the YouTube video I watched, anyway). After several hours of frustrating "why is this not working" moments, I caved in and watched the YouTube solution. For my own reference (and sanity), here's the solution. For the next time I need to clean the puzzle up quickly. Hope this helps whoever is currently stuck and ready to give up...

THE movie of the year is without a doubt Avengers: Endgame. I mean, it's the final chapter of phase 1 of MCU (or 1 away from the final chapter, which as everyone knows, is the best part with all the fightings and all the happenings). So we decided to go and watch it (of course!). Since the movie is about 3 hours long, I wanted to buy the premiere version. Better seats. But much to my surprise, the premiere seats were all sold out. I mean, for a 10.45 AM show. I mean, come on people, don't you have to go to work? And not only that, but it was sold out for the next few days until the end of the month. For all of the showings in Premiere. I mean, I knew this movie would be popular, but this popular? Uhm.. yeah, I didn't expect it. Whacha lookin' at? Anyway, we finally decided to just watch it on the regular screen. Waiting for the theater to open Oh boy, it's a loooooongggga movie. Thankfully I knew about it beforehand, so I limit the kids...

Starting from the week before Easter until after Ramadhan, Lenmarc opens up an Adventure Park. This is basically a pop up play area for kids. They have trampolines, water roller (kinda like an inflatable cylinder where kids can climb to the inside and roll the cylinder around), a pin screen area, and a tubing area (down toward a pool of ball), and a separate ball pool so the kids don't get hit by the tuber, I guess. Since the price is decent (IDR 30K for 45 minutes + 15K for parent), we decided to bring the kids there to burn off their energy (school's out since the 6th graders are having their finals). The highlight of the park was definitely the tubing area. It's so much fun and even the littlest one was excited about it. Waiting for turns... Moments before plunging into the ball pool See that smile? Wheeee! Tubing is fun! The ball pool is also fun. Come jump into the pool! Trampoline Jump! This is fun! Pin screen...

After about 9 years of not translating musical notation to doremi notation, I realized that Indonesia is VERY resistant to the idea of learning to sing some other way. While I think it's redundant and totally unnecessary, other people don't see it that way. And being in the minority, I have to give in. It means... back to doremi for me. >_< What bothers me most though, is the fact that I have tons of good songs that I would love to sing with my choir here, but it's not possible without translating it to doremi first. And since I hate manual dots and slashes, I decided to create a doremi font. It's not perfect, but for those who are stuck with this fate, I hope it helps. Download the DoReMi font here Directions : 1234567 = works as usual Shift + 1234567 = with dot on top qwertyu = 1234567 with dot below i = 1 with double dot on top asdfghj = 1234567 with forward slash (up half step) zxcvbnm = 1234567 with back slash (down half step)

Me: Hi, I'd like to buy IDR 100,000 worth of gas, please. Attendant: Sure. Would you like it fast or slow? Me: Hah? What's the difference? Attendant: Well, we have this technology that makes it faster to fill up gas. But some people complained that they don't get their money's worth, because it takes less time. So we can slow it down if you like. Me: But the volume is the same? Attendant: Yup. No difference whatsoever. Just fast or slow. Me: Fast, please. I cannot believe this is an issue.

Raising a kid is an act of juggling between what you're told, what you believe to be true, and making your parents happy. I think.

In Indonesia, this is what happens when you go to a Korean BBQ place. Me : Hi, I'd like a seat in the non-smoking area, please. Waitress : Sorry, we have no non-smoking area. But don't worry, it's all air-conditioned. Me : You don't have the non-smoking area? Why? Waitress : Well, the BBQ cooking generates quite a smoke already. So it won't look worse with additional smoke from the cigarettes. Me : ... You've gotta be kidding me! What kind of logic is that?