As food is a passion of mine, I would love to recommend you to read In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by American author Michael Pollan. This book is about nutritionism and Western diet. Western diets have resulted in the so-called prosperous country diseases: cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and obesity. Pollan’s advise: Eat food. Not too … Continue reading
Today is Valentine’s Day. Although I don’t celebrate it anymore but I would love to share this following infographic here. It is about how our body reacts when we fall in love. When I fell in love with my husband (he was then some stranger I met on Kuta beach, Bali) 25 years ago, I … Continue reading
A Dutch colleague of mine is now in Indonesia travelling in Sulawesi, Indonesia while a good friend from Indonesia is exploring France, Spain and Italy at the moment. Before they departed, they asked me about the prices. H, my dear Dutch colleague was surprised to hear it as was R, my Indonesian friend. The highest … Continue reading
Pidgin is a term for languages which are used by people who do not have a language in common. It is interesting to explore because in spite of the lack of elaborate grammar the users understand each other easily. According to R.L. Trask and Peter Stockwell, “A pidgin is nobody’s mother tongue, and it is … Continue reading
What has happened recently and is happening in the world now has sparked serious and hefty discussions both off- and online. I have noticed that some discussions turned into an endless vicious circle where people involved express themselves in certain way. That is why I share this readable but yet lengthy infographic today. It encloses … Continue reading
Emotional Intelligence is an ability to perceive emotions at one self and others. This intelligence is measured in Emotional Quotient (EQ). People with high EQ know how to faultlessly use and estimate how their emotions are and the impact of them on others. They are also capable of estimating others’ emotions. This is shown in … Continue reading
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