Category: Domestic Notes
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Making garlic bread with Cahaya
Cahaya and I like cooking together in the kitchen. Or actually, it is me who likes cooking together with Cahaya. But Cahaya always enjoys our cooking session. I started baking cakes with Cahaya since she was two years old. Perhaps the idea of the comfort baking has grown on her. We often have different ideas…
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Minum kopi sebagai praktik mencuri waktu jeda bagi perempuan
Nuraini Juliastuti Setiap kali minum kopi, saya selalu ingat dua hal. Pertama, ngopi adalah budaya baru dalam kehidupan sehari-hari saya. Kedua, kopi dan ngopi adalah materi dan praktik yang dikenalkan oleh Nenek dan Ibu. Sebagai budaya baru, saya selalu memandang minum kopi lebih dari sekedar minum kopi. Ia adalah sesuatu yang lain, yang akhirnya saya…
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Picnic scenes (1)
Among thousands of pictures and photographs about picnic or picnicking collected by State Library of Victoria, there is a series of photos that interest me. The series was titled “Picnic Scenes,” and it is categorised under Rural Water Corporation collection. It consists of 23 photos; this writing analyses the first five photos of the series.…
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Public barbecue equipment: A note on generosity
We like going to a park. We went to a park for various reasons. A park is a place for Cahaya to play in the playground. It is common to see benches and tables; they are comfortable to sit and eat on properly. Children could play around the park, while parents supervise, and perhaps prepare…
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Arisan revisited: Notes on precariousness (2)
Frictions As a savings association to base on mutual help principle, the operationalization scope of arisanis limited to small groups in which the members know each other. Researches on arisan confirm the condition that it would not occur in a group where the members are unfamiliar to each other. The meaning of mutual help is restricted and not…
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