Category Archives: Love & Romance

Of Love, Lust, Light and Life

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Which means, the modern society will once again be polarized into the ones who celebrate it, abhor it, or just plainly ignore it. I’ve long excused myself from all the controversies about the … Continue reading

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Make No Mistake About the Ring of the Real Royal Bells

We all have our own escapist distractions. In the world gradually going mad like this, you practically need to escape from rough reality on some self-determined basis to keep afloat. This week many people turned to the British royal wedding … Continue reading

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My Wed Alert: To Be, or Not To Be?

Do you know that age-old children ditty; from k-i-s-s-i-n-g to love, to marriage, then to baby carriage? I spent my childhood and early adulthood believing that it might just smoothly go like that. Looking at my ring-less left finger, it … Continue reading

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Missing in Action: Romance

Romance. n. A feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love … quality that makes something appeal strongly to the imagination, and sets it apart from the mundane. (Oxford English Dictionary) I wished for love and romance on my recent … Continue reading

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Et Tu, Brutus? Et Tuu…..??

Jakarta, 14 March 2006 Written under Miss Sassy (14) In our merry, party-filled, adrenaline-pumped single life, almost everything may seem all rosy, though they’re often not. In the days when things are just not that pretty, we take another sip … Continue reading

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The Forgotten Art of Wooing

Jakarta, 8 February 2006 Written under Miss Sassy (11) Oxford dictionary: v. court, seek love of; seek to win, invite. I define ‘woo’ as the art of winning over someone’s heart through actions or words showing how that person means … Continue reading

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Oh, But We’ve Looked into Bookstores

Jakarta, 12 September 2005 Written under Miss Sassy (9) One Sunday Cate and I went to a new bookstore in the downtown mall. The idea of touring a well-lit, expansive floor, full of books, with serene ambiance and a cozy … Continue reading

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Soulful Search for A Soulmate

Jakarta, 22 February 2005 Written under Miss Sassy (5) Cate and I recently spent another Sunday discussing, pondering, and ultimately bemoaning the fate of our love lives. Judging at the going rate of our spending quality romantic time with a … Continue reading

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Dahlink, He’s Just Not That Into Ya

Jakarta, 26 September 2005 Written under Miss Sassy (3) I was watching Oprah one day when she introduced a new book by screenwriter Liz Tuccillo and screenplay consultant Greg Behrendt from the hit show Sex and the City. No, the … Continue reading

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Here Comes The Wedding Season

Jakarta, 28 August 2005 Written under Miss Sassy (1) The Rajab month has arrived. Started in August, with 27 Rajab falls on the 2nd of September. For the Muslims, the day marks the ascension of Prophet Muhammad SAW. For most Javanese … Continue reading

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