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[Emonopinion]- Episode 1- Mari biarkan wanita memilih

Listen to this episode from emonikova podcast on Spotify. Beberapa waktu yang lalu, dunia nyata dan maya guncang dengan iklan sebuah WO ghaib yang menasbihkan diri mendukung pernikahan dini, poligami, hingga nikah siri. Terlepas dari berbagai opini yang berkembang terkait WO ini, yang menggelitik adalah bahwa diskriminasi gender rupanya masih ada saja di masyarakat kita. Masih banyak yang lupa bahwa wanita bisa melakukan banyak hal. Masih ada saja opini bahwa wanita dengan karir dan pendidikan tinggi adalah manusia-manusia yang mengintimidasi. Benarkah? Saya, wanita itu... ingin bicara.

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Enjoying “Warteg” : why you should try it

Enjoying “Warteg” : why you should try it

Forgive me for such a long hiatus.

It is all because of my PhD life. But, I graduate now… and  no one can stop me to write my food  blog 😀

Just like any other students who graduate, they go back to their home. Because no place as cozy as home. So, I was back to Indonesia! And in such a very short time, my brother brought me throughout the town and eat lots of foods. He suggested me to eat in…

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Another vegetarian challenge!: Vegetarian Pad Thai

Another vegetarian challenge!: Vegetarian Pad Thai

Finally, back to the kitchen. I decided to challenge my self for a vegetarian week this time. And to start, I decide “Homemade vegetarian pad thai.” I am not a vegetarian, and before everyone is starting a war about which one better of being vegan, vegetarian, and meat lover, listen… for me, whatever your choice that’ll be fine. As long as you can control your consumption, nothing wrong.

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My Culinary Adventure in Kawagoe, Saitama- Part 2

My Culinary Adventure in Kawagoe, Saitama- Part 2

Sorry for a long delay with my post. So here is the 2nd part of my culinary adventure in Kawagoe, Saitama. Last time we already talk about the foods, this time lets see its interesting beverages.

Coffee VS Tea

As I went with my friend who is a coffee lover, I think she has the sense to smell coffee from kilometres away. “Look! Edo-style Starbucks“ Oh wow! I just know that there is another unique…

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This song is nothing but so sweet. I wish I can play piano :) Unfortunately, I am zero on it :`p

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I am curious about football now :p Euro effect? Not really... It is because my country, INDONESIA. Indonesia is the biggest market of football gambling :'D oh yes, unfortunately. One report stated that in Indonesia, even when the team should do defense or attack are already arranged! My brother even say that prof. in game theory can't solve football gambling in my country. If someone can crack the gambling game, he/she might get a nobel in economics 😂 I am bad in football, but it is more and more interesting now :p About euro? I am sad Germany already went back home, but portugal vs france.... I think france will win. While they also have 12th player: their supporters :'D ------------- #book #bookreview #soccer #soccernomics #football

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It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known. -Charles Dickens, A tale of Two Cities- It is never late to transform ourselves to be a better person, at least for me :]

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My holiday reading. My brain can't stand with laptop, excel files, programming, and stuff. My head burnt. But tadaaaa, lucky I have books home :D I borrowed some books from my campus library and then do marathon reading to Charles Dickens' book [I really love Charles Dickens]. I borrowed Penguin Readers books everytime I need to do a fast reading or I want to decide whether I should buy or not the original and complete version. It is also good to give you brief understanding about the story especially when you are not a native English speaker like me :]

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Usually, people ask me about my favorite songs and singers. It is hard to decide... I basically love indie bands whose have simple but sweet melody and lyric. Simple... beautiful... meaningful...

Something like humming birds in the morning :) I don’t know what kind of genre is that hahahahha. Like books, I love something classy and meaningful The same with songs.

I started to hear indie band from korea. This one is really sweet actually ^O^/

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Motivating myself with this book :'D I hope I can finish my thesis soon, but it is so complicated :'] People keep asking why I never go outside, well it is simple.... I am dying! I can't work when people interrupt my works. I admit it, my focus is easily distracted. I prefer do everything until finish first then... read something home :p it is also too hot outside. I have a full refrigerator, full book shelf, and please... incredible works to do (read: difficult works to do). At least I need to finish my preliminary result on saturday. Then read books and hibernate all day on Sunday. Hmmmm, I'll buy some ice creams too :p

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Will pack them soon to my lil' bro :] he'll need it more than me *actually I just want to make space in my shelf :p I am not that kind fuuffufufufufu* I got this books from a second hand bookstore near my campus, I can't afford them in Indonesia but I got them just with 1000 yen in total :'D and they still in a good condition. Probably because Japanese not really into reading English books, so they prefer sell it in a cheap price. Hahhhahaha... whatever, but lucky me :] I recommend the economic naturalist for you if you want to learn basic economics. I think it is more interesting to start than reading similiar books like "freakonomics." Easy to understand and only use very basic theories of economics... so it will not hurt your head at all.

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The Book of tea is a compact book to read if you want to know further about the history and philosophy of tea in East Asia especially Japan. As a tea addict I can't stop to read this one. You will get information about the history of tea, the philosophy of tea and tea ceremony, the importance of tea house in Japan culture, until the illustration of Japanese tea ceremony and its utensils. I love this book because it makes me say "aha! I know it now" after read every chapters in this book. However, like any other translation version, sometimes the translation seems odd :'D something very "linguistic" might be too hard to be translated... I always recommend you to read every books in their native language :'] but well... if you are in the same boat with me, no choice except enjoy the English translation version. yeah better than none :D

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[Emonifoodie] lontong pecel

Thanks Indonesia, for having many delicious foods :’D As half Javanese, I really love Javanese cuisine. Pecel is one of my fave breakfast menu. This is Indonesian salad with mix boiled vegetables as the ingredients.

No Indonesian can live without rice *at least me :p* so although it is salad we also mix it with lontong or ketupat [pressed steamed rice]. Well, make everything more convenient but still without losing “rice” component on it hehe.

Oh it is similiar with gado-gado. But gado-gado is from Betawi [jakarta] and they mix the peanuts sauce with coconut milk. Pecel not use coconut milk on its sauce. Also as javanese cuisine tend to be a little bit sweeter than cuisine from other provinces. But you always can add some pepper or chili on it :D

Korean may have bimbimbap, we Indonesian have pecel. About taste hmmm we confident about it ^^b

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I love this comic "oishinbo" comical, funny, but very educative. While I am very busy, I can't read such a long and serious book for a while. Reading this comic for 15-30 minutes really refresh my mind and add some knowledges. This comic will explain you about foods in Japan. You'll got some recipes and also many educative information about food and agriculture in Japan. They deliver serious and important informations in an easy and interesting way.

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I recommend this book if you have or works around kids [or perhaps only love a light reading while have a little break] Japanese children's favorite stories. Why? Because I think classic stories are still the best than today's children books. And this book illustrated by Yoshisuke Kurosaki, a Japanese children books illustrator specialist. He kept drawing for kids until he passed away in 1984. It is worth to buy this one, because the the original and beautiful illustrations. I think he painted everything using water colors, so if you learn water color painting, it is a good choice too :]

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From Iran, flew to Poland, then now in Japan. These dates already travel more than me :'] Hiks~ Ah let me tell you about this. In Indonesia we call it "Kurma". In arabic if I am not mistaken, they call it "Ruthob" for fresh dates and "Tamr" for dried dates. Also, it has a cool latin name: Phoenix dactylifera, dactylifera because it is as big as your "dactylo" of finger in Latin ^^b [at least that's what my mom said, she was an agronomist]. It is recommended as a menu for break our fasting in Ramadan of course because it has high glikemic index so it can fulfill glukose need immediately. What's else? Emmmm.... dates rich with vitamins and minerals. Dates is good for everyone, you can try it. This is ideal for people who want to gain instant and enough energy to do any activities without getting too full by eating so many food, and this is healthy too :D ------------------------------ #didyouknow #datesfruit #agriculturefact #ramadan #foodfacts