Having a Baby While Doing Post-Grad Study - Departure

We knew we're going to be parents about 3 months before departure. Setting and packing everything up for a long flight is daunting task. Coming to know that I have to make sure my wife and our baby safe is an extra responsible, yet we don't see it as an extra problem. As soon as we knew there was a baby in my wife's tummy, we rang a women and children hospital to have our daughter checked. We're fortunate to had already visited the hospital a few times beforehand. Several months in advance, We visited a gynecologist in the hospital to plan a pregnancy program. It was a several simple medical treatment to help us having a baby as we're already married 3 years and my wife have not been pregnant.The first concern was the pregnancy age eligible...

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Mandalika

I'm not a dead fans of MotoGP but the first event of the year that held in Indonesia catches my attention. Today is a day away from the main race. Many other Indonesia folks are just as excited as I am. The last motogp race hold in the country was about 15 years ago. At that time, as far as I can remember, Valentino Rossi was still in his prime and he was still in his 20's I guess. What makes this particular event feels special is the circumstance that is the pandemic is still going on.  In this difficult situation the government of Indonesia and all related partners manage to organize a world class event.For your information, a motogp race is a series of four race. The first three race are practice riding. Racers are learning the circuit...

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Indonesian Student in Birmingham: Places I've Visited

My first impression in England was quite boring. Arriving in the United Kingdom during pandemic, I had to spend 10 days in quarantine hotel. I was not allowed to leave the hotel except for small walk for about 15 minutes in the hotel car park. It was not a wonderful situation but it was not awful either. In spite of this, at least I was with my wife. That way I had someone to talk to. Another thing that made the quarantine less miserable was food. We brought many Indonesian food. So, to kill the time and wierd-tasted food which served by the hotel, we ate the food earlier. I mean, the food was supposed to consume once we arrived at our home. But "emergency" situation made us to change the plan.After 10 days, we managed to leave the hotel and...

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Snow

Being foreigner in a four-season country has made me striving for first-hand experience of touching snow.This would be wonderful experience for me. I imagined I would running around like a little child, playing with snow chunk or building snow man. But thinking that I'm a grown-up man, I would be more behave. staying calm and take picture. Coming from Indonesia, a popular tropical country, I was struggling keeping myself warm during winter. I used to warm, damp and hot air. Spending time in a cold England makes me unbelievably fortunate being born in a tropical country. I was playing with mud and earthy-smell soil. You can say that those are equal to white cold snow.   As a tropical man, I know inside and out the process of rain manufactured. So, I'd love to learn how snow come...

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