Food Combining

Got this email from le husband during my lunch at Pesto Autentico. He summarized the below from his Food Combining class with Andang Gunawan. FYI, Tumbelina, the husband, is an ANTI. Anti fruit, anti vegetable, anti fish.---------Highlights from Food Combining session:The best thing to eat for breakfast is fruits. Either whole fruits or fresh juices. Detoxification starts from 04.00 to 12.00. So it is suggested not to eat too much and it is good to have number 2 during that time. When eating for...

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Time Flies

What is a ruler doing in my messy table?Previously: To measure the size of bags I've been eyeing, directly from the websites.Now: To measure the size of granites, ceramics, and table tops, directly from the websites.Gee, time flies.Now I have a cholesterol issue to handle. Just like my mom! Hahahah. Somebody is getting ooo...

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Javier Bardem

Had a girls' nite out last night with Lalita and Dini.Eat, Pray, Love was gooood.. Although I almost fell asleep on the India part. Agak menakutkan sih ceritanya. Ngeri ngebayangin betapa gampangnya hal serupa bisa terjadi. Ketika ada line yang kurang lebih bilang: "do you remember the time when you were so excited on renovating your kitchen and you were dying to learn to cook so you can be a good...

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Fengshui for the Kitchen

"What if we put the stove on this part of the table? But it's fengshui-ly bad. What say ya?FTF Giiccc...Ah?Fu*k the Fengshui!"Menurut fengshui*:Unsur api dan unsur air tidak boleh berdekatan. Jadi, kompor dan sink atau kompor dan kulkas dilarang berdekatan. Make sense! Kalo sink deket kompor nanti waktu nyuci piring airnya muncrat ke api. Kalo kompor di sebelah kulkas everybody knows si kulkas akan cepet rusak.Bentuk dapur sebaiknya tidak bulat atau tidak beraturan.Atap dapur sebaiknya tidak memiliki...

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Regarding the Kitchen

So, we finally found our kitchen set maker. I fell in love with the price he gave.Jadi, selera kami berbanding terbalik. I love parquet, he loves karpet. I love tegel kunci, he loves anything but tegel kunci. I hate minimalist designs, he, of course, a slave for it.Obsesi-ku adalah punya dapur yang nggak mainstream ala Indaw* dan M*tric Kitchen. (padahal sih sakit hati aja liat penawaran Indaw* 75...

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Phuket

Jadi, Phuket-nya GAGAL!! Tiketnya hangus!Kayanya gara2 congkak nantangin alam deh. Baiklah Wisata Alam, dengan ini, kami menyatakan kalah.... *gontai. Tapi Tumbelina emang tampak super ogah-ogahan liburan ke Phuket. Yah sudahlah, demi keharmonisan rumah tangga.. Mari kita kruntelan aja di rumah selama... 5 hari!Niatnya sih liburan diisi dengan mendandani si Kalibata. Tapi apa daya, terlalu malas bergerak...

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