Well, at least happy holidays to me. People start getting back to work, and we’re off for holiday. Mine will start very early tomorrow and take 18 hours before it actually begins in 12,000 km away from Aberdeen, in a much warmer, albeit wet, climate. We will sneak away to Cambodia for a few days [...]

Natalie Massenet, the woman behind net-a-porter.com, is about to lunch a designer “outlet” website that will stock top brands with up to 80 per cent off.

clipped from www.vogue.co.uk
Massenet is currently putting the finishing touches to THEOUTNET.COM, which will buy in ready-to-wear clothes (by the likes of Christian Louboutin, Marc Jacobs and Stella McCartney) that have [...]

I am delighted that lately I have been collecting college friends in Facebook. Everyday each one pops up and says hi. While some of them I recognize immediately as they were in my assignment or student body groups, I need more time on others as we weren’t that close in uni (excuse me, my class [...]

I am due to be back in Indonesia by 24th of January. Which apparently not a perfect time to visit the country since God has problem with her bladder lately. Our place should be like a lake by now, and I prepare for the worst. In February 2007, I was stuck in Hong Kong for [...]

I should have declared The Netherlands embassy my sworn enemy as I have never had any luck with them whatsoever. Last year I applied for a Schengen visa because mr.mck was going for a training and I decided to join him, and it took the consular here in Aberdeen 2 weeks to proceed the visa. [...]

I’m back, baby!!
After being suspended by my hosting provider for exceeding the bandwith quota, I finally have given up and upgraded my account. They said it’s my fault for having up to 500 visitors and high traffic every day. Yeah and thanks to them for banning me, I might have lost them all.
But now I’m [...]

… plan to change hosting vendor.
Since before Christmas my blog was suspended, because, according to them, it has exceeded 8 MB quota of bandwith. And they did nicely without warning whatsoever. One morning I still could post a new thread, and two hours later my blog was suspended. My frantic question was answered by typical [...]