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“I Learned New Life Skill during Self-Quarantine”. Have You?
By taking advantage of self-quarantine experience, learning new soft skills in your pocket might be useful for the future as one can speak a new language or come handy for homemade crafts. Unsplash.com/NOW!JAKARTA On a daily basis, before the coronavirus crisis forced everyone to stay at home, one might have no time to learn a
Turn Your Room into your Dancefloor
Photos courtesy of unsplash.com For many people who are staying at home today, listen to music can be enough for entertainment to fill ourselves with emotion and have a therapeutic moment with our favourite playlist. And dancing is another fun activity that we might need during the self-quarantine by filling up the atmosphere of our house
Things that Money Can’t Buy
Alistair Speirs believes that there are ten specific things that money can’t buy, no matter how much money you have. Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash/NOWJAKARTA Alistair Speirs shares ten—well, actually, eleven—things that money can’t buy, no matter how much money you have. Do we have them, care for them, teach them, live them, or do we just not
French Cooking at Home: Pan-Seared Scallop and a Light-Cream, Black Truffle Risotto with Rocket Salad and Shaved Parmesan
Pan-Seared Scallop and a Light-Cream, Black Truffle Risotto with Rocket Salad and Shaved Parmesan. NOW!JAKARTA AMUZ Gourmet’s very own Chef Gilles Marx shares his best recipe to cook Pan-Seared Scallop and a Light-Cream, Black Truffle Risotto with Rocket Salad and Shaved Parmesan. Here’s what you need to prepare. Ingredients: Scallops 120gr/portion Risotto: Arborio rice 125gr
Quality Family Time with Lots of Fun Activities
Club Med have a wide range of activities for you to spend a quality time with your kids. Photo courtesy of Club Med/NOWJAKARTA Every parent dream of having more time with their children. This current situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic gives us all the time we have ever dreamed of. This is the perfect
All Day Fun Family Activities at Home with Club Med
Club Med at Home provides ideas for fun activities during self-quarantine. Photo courtesy of Club Med/NOWJAKARTA This home quarantine period gets harder every day for everyone. We all feel bored, stressed or maybe even depressed (please consult the experts if you feel so) staying at home for an unusual long period. We miss taking a walk in
Now is the Time for Poetry and Philosophy
Let us take a selected tour of the great philosophers words of wisdom which apply, amazingly, to our age of corona twitterdom. Photo by Alex Block on Unsplash/NOWJAKARTA I know it's all necessary and it's for our good, but aren’t you just getting a little tired of social distancing, constant hand washing, sanitizing, isolation and masking up?
William Wongso’s Cooking at Home: Tips & Tricks!
Indonesian renowned chef and culinary expert, William W. Wongso at his office. Photo by Raditya Fadilla/NOW!JAKARTA As we all try to deal with the current coronavirus crisis, we find our regular routines completely altered and disrupted. Quarantines, office and mall closures and social distancing are keeping people at home to slow the spread of the disease. One
Making Sense of Meditation and Why You Should Do It
While many people consider meditation as a way to reduce stress, depression and anxiety, it has, in fact, offers many more. Unsplash/NOW!JAKARTA Meditation is about getting a healthy sense of perspective, a process of training your mind in awareness. Oftentimes, many people benefit the practice of meditation as a psychotherapeutic technique for depression, anxiety, stress
Party For One: A Self-Isolation Soundtrack
The joys of Friday happy hours and Sunday brunches seem to exist as mere memories. The buzz of beach clubs, whirring motorcycles, and other every day soundtracks are lost and replaced by the humdrum of social distancing. Whilst the world is sitting in collective – seismologically-recorded! – silence, we invite you fill in the void with
Aromatic Rice with Griddled Chicken Strips and Canapés from Manado, Bali and West Papua
Aromatic Rice with Griddled Chicken Strips. Photo courtesy of Chef Petty Elliott/NOWJAKARTA Aromatic Rice with Griddled Chicken Strips This is a great recipe for introducing spices and new flavours to kids. Living in Jakarta provides an opportunity to learn about different fresh root spices. These are available in all supermarkets. This recipe is very easy
Put Down That Phone, Unplug That Screen! It’s Time to Read!
Based on John Peder Zane's book, here are top 10 books of all time. Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash/NOWJAKARTA Ok, we all have some extra time on our hands and yes, it is a good time to read those books I have always wanted to read, but wait, what were they? Those classics I was always told
Home Workout by Coach Vincent
Coach Vincent, a personal trainer and boxing coach in Bali. Photo courtesy of @___V27___/NOWJAKARTA Whilst gyms are closed, you’re stuck at home or you’re simply avoiding big crowds, keeping your regular exercise routine at home is hard – that’s why we’ve started this ‘Health & Wellness’ category as part of our ‘Home Life’ series. We know that
