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Eat What You Cook

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The beauty of just-married couples is how they do everything together. They sleep together, they shop together, they solve problem together, they laugh together, they pray together, they cry together, they cook together. And they eat together. And we realized that our cooking is crap. Yuck. Image is from here . I shared about this with a best friend back in the home country, and he was exceptionally sympathetic. Best friend: Poor you. What are you craving now? I'll take pictures of it. Me: Ha. Ha. Very funny. Now is 4 pm. And I have to think of something to cook for dinner. *sigh* Lesson learned: Learn to cook and actually do cook when you're still in your mom's house!

How One-Way Ticket Works for Me

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I don't know if this rule is worldwide or only in Indonesia, but to travel abroad you have to have return ticket. I believe it is to avoid people to work illegally abroad and not coming back to their home country. No country would want this to happen. Image is from here . Anyway, when I wanted to leave for Dubai, UAE to be with the husband who's working there, I called several travel agents to purchase a one-way ticket because I needed not a return ticket (and of course to save some money :D). But those travel agents insisted that they could not sell a one-way ticket. It's against the rule, they said, although I had tried to explain that I would have some kind of a visa. So the husband decided to make a residence visa sponsored by the husband (not by the company) and here is the process: Prepare a copy of the marriage certificate (translated into English by a certified and sworn translator, legalized by Kementerian Hukum dan HAM RI, Kementerian Luar Negeri RI, and Embassy o