Teresia

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Welcome

Sunday, March 21, 2010 6:16:14 PM

Hello, welcome to "A Wonderful Life".

This is my blog.

If you are here for the first time, please feel free to have a look, leave a comment or something in the shoutbox.

Note, please that I like to talk and share about my life and that this is personal.

I don't hang out in chat rooms and I don't add friends easily.

Do yourself a favor on my.opera and don't use the "add as friend" button without asking or introducing yourself.

Getting in contact here and talking to each other shouldn't be different from what it is like in "real" life.

Thank you.

Best Regards
Teresia

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Saman Dance

Thursday, November 24, 2011 9:04:28 PM

When I read news today, I stumbled on this good news and I really would like to share with you. it is still about Indonesian culture. A Traditional dance from Aceh, west Sumatera, has been officially acknowledged as a world heritage by UNESCO.

Enjoy the dance!

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Traditional Houses in Indonesia

Friday, October 7, 2011 12:16:09 PM

Indonesia is a very large country. It has 17.706 islands. It is devided into 33 provinces to make it easier in governing. More of it, Indonesia has more than 300 different tribes. There are more than 5 official religions and there are of course more religions that are not admited as religion in Indonesia. The geography of Indonesia is very unique. it is Indonesia lies between latitudes 11°S and 6°N, and longitudes 95°E and 141°E.
Indonesia has a motto:

Bhinneka Tunggal Ika is the official national motto of Indonesia. The phrase is Old Javanese translated as "Unity in Diversity,".[1] It is inscribed in the Indonesian national symbol, Garuda Pancasila (written on the scroll gripped by the Garuda's claws), and is mentioned specifically in article 36A of the Constitution of Indonesia.
It is a quotation from an Old Javanese poem Kakawin Sutasoma, written by Mpu Tantular during the reign of the Majapahit empire sometime in the 14th century. Kakawin contains epic poems written in metres.
This poem is notable as it promotes tolerance between Hindus (Shivaites) and Buddhists. (wiki)

The Architecture of Indonesia reflects the diversity of cultural, historical and geographic influences that have shaped Indonesia as a whole. Invaders, colonisers, missionaries, merchants and traders brought cultural changes that had a profound effect on building styles and techniques. Traditionally, the most significant foreign influence has been Indian. However, Chinese, Arab—and since the 18th and 19th centuries—European influences have been important. (wiki)

Aceh Traditional House. It is called Rumoh Aceh.

Medan, North Sumatera called their traditional house as Rumah balai batak toba
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Padang, Sumatera Barat (West Sumatra) traditional house is called Rumah Gadang.

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Riau, Pekanbaru traditional house is called Rumah melayu selaso jatuh kembar

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Jambi, Jambi traditional house is called Rumah panggung

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South Sumatera, the traditional house is called Rumah Limas.

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Lampung, the traditional house is called Rumah Sesat.

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DKI Jakarta, the traditional house is called Rumah Kebaya.

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West Java, the traditional house is called Rumah kasepuhan Cirebon.

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Central Java, the traditional house is called Rumah Joglo.

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Jogyakarta, the traditonal house is called Rumah Bangsal Kencono.

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West kalimantan, the traditional house is called Rumah Panjang.

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Central kalimantan, the trasitional house is called Rumah Bentang.

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South Kalimantan, the traditional house is called Rumah Banjar Bubungan Tinggi.

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East Kalimantan, the traditional house is called Rumah Lamin.

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North Sulawesi, the traditional house is called Rumah pewaris.

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Middle Sulawesi, the traditional house is called Rumah Sauraja.

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South Sulawesi, the traditional house is called Rumah Tongkonan

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South East Sulawesi, the traditiona house is called Rumah Istana Buton.

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Bali, the traditionall house is called Rumah Gapura Candi Bentar.

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Nusa Tenggara Barat, the traditional house is called Rumah Dalam Loka Samawa.

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Nusa Tenggara Timur, the traditional house is called Rumah Musalaki.

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Maluku, the traditional house is called Rumah Baileo.

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Irian jaya, the traditional house is called Rumah Honai.

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Durian

Monday, September 12, 2011 6:44:14 PM

Durian is one of my favorite fruit. It is also called the king of fruit because it is very big and hard. It is one of a tropical fruit. Before I describe how it tastes, I would like to share with you how it looks like.

I think now you understand why it is called the king of fruit. The skin is thorny and hard. You can not open it with bare hands. There are lines showing where the place you have to do the cut. If it is ripe you can use your feet to push it and make a little open and then you can use your hands. But it is better to use a big knife and something to protect your hands. You will see the inside of the fruit.

The flesh is so creamy and very sweet. It has a very strong taste and aroma. Some people, like me, think that this aroma is very nice but for some other people it is annoying. That is why some hotels forbid the guests to bring in durian. Not only hotels but also some public transportation require passengers not to take it on board. darker the flesh tastes better and stronger.
Durian is a kind of a very big tree.

My question: Will you sit under this tree?

And how is the flower look like? Here it is:

There are so many varieties of durian. Thailand has made a very good effort to breed this durian. There are now so many products made of durian.

People eat durian with their bare hands. Because of that all the strong odor will stay on the hands. But don't worry about it. There is a special ways to wash your hands. First pour some water into the inside of the skin of durian and use it to wash your hands. And all the odor will be gone.

There is another myth in Java about durian:

The Javanese believe durian to have aphrodisiac qualities, and impose a set of rules on what may or may not be consumed with it or shortly thereafter. A saying in Indonesian, durian jatuh sarung naik, meaning "the durians fall and the sarongs come up", refers to this belief. The warnings against the supposed lecherous quality of this fruit soon spread to the West—the Swedenborgian philosopher Herman Vetterling commented on so-called "erotic properties" of the durian in the early 20th century.

If you are interested to know more about this fruit, you can read here.

I had a friend. He did not like durian at all. But one day he decided to live with our family. He had one room. Our family are very fond of durian. One day he tried to taste it and finally he likes durian.

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DIe Überraschungseier (Surprise Eggs)

Monday, September 12, 2011 8:49:20 AM

Überaschungseier (Surprise Eggs) is very interesting for me. I think it is not something strange if you live in Europe. If you never see and never hear it before, here is the picture of it.

We were having dinner and then we did not know how and we talked about this surprise eggs. The next day, I found two surprise eggs on dinning table, my parents in law had bought it when they had an evening walk.
Then my father in law told me a lot about this surprise eggs, How it was so popular, how we could get it, what possible figures we can find in them, what kind of company produce them.

Kinder Surprise originated in 1972 in Italy as Kinder Sorpresa. The German word "Kinder" in the name came about because in 1967, Ferrero's German subsidiary introduced Kinder Chocolate ("Kinderschokolade") to the German market, and in 1968 that product was introduced to Ferrero's native Italy, establishing the "Kinder" brand there, prior to the introduction of the Kinder Sorpresa chocolate eggs. Kinder Surprise eggs were introduced to the German market in 1974, and for many years this was the largest market for the product.

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People could find them in US market but since 1997 it is forbidden to be in US market.

Kinder Eggs are sold all over the world excluding the United States, where the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act prohibits embedding "non-nutritive items" in confections. Additionally, the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall on the eggs in 1997 (mostly via import shops).

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I am so interested in this small figures. I sometimes buy them when I go shopping just to have a little fun

to find the figures in them. Few days ago my father in law gave me a series of elephant figures.