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Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto – A Review

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I have to make disclosure that I have read Jesse’s past books, Dial A for Aunties and Four Aunties and A Wedding, and madly fell in love with them (that’s for the next reviews). These two books are making Chinese Indonesian Amah and Ayi (mother and aunties) front and centre with their hillarious focus on their children, to say I love it, truly understatement.  So when Vera’s Wong Unsolicited Advice for Murderers are published, I am intrigue. I have always loved detective and mysteries books, I collected hundreds of them, I grew up on them, I can even marked my life milestone nearly with these books. One of my … Continue reading Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto – A Review

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Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto

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I read romantic comedy a lot over decades. Before the dawn of internet age (and Kdrama craze), it is one of my secret guilty pleasure that help me bridge difficult moments (and God knows I have a lot of them). I have read those written in English by international writers with variety of backgrounds and backstory of many nationalities. I always feel green with envy there is none with Indonesian background despite we are also interesting bunch of people with very diverse tribes / descents and languages, not to mention backstories. Therefore I am excited when Jesse Q Sutanto published … Continue reading Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto

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My Top 5 Magazines – A Curated Selection of Fun and Insightful Magazines (for me)

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I read a lot and that help me grow as both professional and individual. Magazines are my fave read because their articles typically short so efficient read, updated and in some, I found to be entertaining. I read for fun, but also to help me kept … Continue reading My Top 5 Magazines – A Curated Selection of Fun and Insightful Magazines (for me)

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4 Reasons Why You Should Read Influence Empire – The Story of Tencent and China’s Tech Ambition

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It goes without saying that if you want to stay relevant commercially, understanding digital landscape as well rising technology is critical. Understanding the super powers within the landscape then is equally critical and there are not that many super powers … Continue reading 4 Reasons Why You Should Read Influence Empire – The Story of Tencent and China’s Tech Ambition