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Let's Talk About: Toilet paper

Sitting in the toilet, looking around, and all of a sudden my sight was fixed to the toilet paper. Now that I think about it, Indonesian isn't really a big user of toilet paper (in this post I only talk about what occurs in Indonesia. I dunno if it also occurs in other Asian countries). Well, we use it but not as often as Westerners (in this case, Americans). Okay, let me explain. In Indonesia, if we want to clean ourselves after doing the business in the toilet, we use water to clean ourselves. The toilet paper is being used for wiping the excess water so that our underwear won't be wet and we throw the toilet paper into the garbage can. While in the West, people are actually wiping the down-under part with the toilet paper itself and then throw the used toilet paper inside the toilet bowl to be flushed away. Since the Westerners use it a lot, so pretty much their life depends on the toilet paper. I still remember how frustrated I was when I ran out of toil...

Let's Talk About: Favorite Harry Potter Characters

Scrolling through Facebook and found a post about the newest movie based on the book that J.K Rowling wrote, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them , lead me to a page of Pottermore . Ah how I miss Pottermore. Been a while not checking the website, I was so surprised to see the website again. It's totally changed. Big time. No more interactive reading where you can also pick the House to be in, play some games, brew some potions, and even have a dueling for spells. Now, it's become more reading, like reading some article online, with no interactive activity at all. But still, it's still full of detail writing about a certain character or place or event. Speaking of character, in Pottermore you can find more detail about character that you've read (or seen) in the Harry Potter series. You will know the historical stories behind each character. And it got me thinking who is (or are) my favorite character(s) in Harry Potter. Hmmm...let's see... I always have a thi...