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A heartbreaking disease that we may not be aware of until it is too late. Alzheimer and other neurodegenerative diseases can almost be prevented with healthier lifestyle, at the very least prolonging the growth of the disease in our brain. Brain is a greedy organ, thus we need to continue to loving this part of our organs. Metabolic health, exercise, strength training, sleep, hearing eval, managing depression, oral health, sauna, B-vits and vit-D, hormone replacement therapy are the prevention skills we (and our parents) might have to start learning if not already. Hope you enjoy our discussions. As always we are not medical professionals, however we like discussing the matters we know nothing about colloquially and hoping that this podcast serves as a reminder for us to rethink about our lifestyle. Link in bio.References Books:- Is It Alzheimer's? 101 by Dr. Peter V. Rabins- The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk- Being Mortal by Dr. Atul GawandeHuberman Lab Podcasts:- Dr. Staci Whitman: How to Improve Your Teeth & Oral Microbiome for Brain & Body Health- Dr. Stacy Sims: Female Specific Exercise & Nutrition for Health, Performance, & Longevity- Dr. Mary Claire Haver: How to Navigate Menopause & Perimenopause for Maximum Health & Vitality- Dr. Natalie Crawford: Female Hormone, Health, Fertility & Vitality- Dr. Sara Gottfried: How to Optimize Female Hormone Health for Vitality & Longevity

If any of the previous episodes is not depressing enough, well welcome to today discussion regarding the runaway cell, or commonly known as: Cancer. Lila and I tried to make this conversation as light as we possibly could and hoping we are not minimizing the seriousness of the disease. Cancer was once identified as an aging disease. But as of 2017, more younger people of 45-64 years old on the receiving end. It is sad, and this particular disease by its own character is so hard to detect, and when it does: mostly it's already there (and possibly somewhere else) for a long time. What to do? Read more and educate what we can do to prevent and how to deal. This book is quite good for that. Enjoy our discussion and do enrich yourself with people in the area of expertise. And be kind!

Our last day and it's a bitter sweet. Sweet because of the memories, adventures, gorgeous architecture and all the beautiful walks we did. Bitter because our experience at the airport on our way home was so colorful. Haha. Surely that is the downfall of going on holiday during high-season. HOWEVER! It would always give us good stories to remember later on. Listen to this episode and it might revoke some of your unique airport memories. Hope you enjoy our last episode of Morocco!

We were so spoilt for the first five days in Morocco, that only on our last two days, we had our own misshapen little adventures. Today we're going hiking, rode a camel, and unwillingly starved ourselves until late in the day while battling hail and colder climate up in the mountain. Such fun! Listen and enjoy!

A day trip to the Port City of Essaouira. Located in the western part of Morocco (a-three-hours drive south of Marrakech), this coastal town is a perfect getaway after the hustle and bustle of Marrakech. A UNESCO Heritage, the Medina of Essaouira is protected by the massive Sea Fort called Sqala. Interestingly, the Fish Market is also one of the set for Game of Thrones for the fictional Astapor. Loads of things going on for such a quaint little town. Beautiful!

Today is the fourth day of our trip which also translates as 'let's stay friends and go separately.' Layla and I started our day a little early for our 6 hours Cooking Class in Souk Cuisine. Ira and Ina went a little far out of Marrakesh for their Pottery Lesson in Yoma Pottery & Painting Workshop. With a little hiccup, we decidedly to have a fancy dinner at one of the most respected restaurant in Marrakech. Immersing ourselves to local vibes today and felt wonderful afterwards. This is a good day!

Ira and I still exploring Marrakech with its beauty and antiques. Today we got lost in the narrow and winding path of maze-like alleys. It might be inconvenient for some, but for the small size of Marrakech, it was actually rather adoring. The architecture is gorgeous, the people are welcome, and this is what adventure is supposed to be. Be comfortable in the uncomfortable. Bahia Palace, El Badi Palace, Place des Feblantiers, Mellah Spice Market, and the labyrinth of Jemaa El-fnaa continues to put us in awe.

After a cold night sleep for me and a warm cozy sleep for Ira, we woke up fresh and ready to tackle the day with a-three-carbs-breakfast! Today we're having the brunch of our life in Bacha, praying (well, some of us) in Kutubiyya Mosque, taking a down time in Le Jardin Secret, and losing our words in Ben Youssef Madrasa. A beautiful institution built in 1564, closed down in 1960. Now, visitors can marvel to the architecture. We're ending the night with Moroccan Couscous, delicious!

Morocco is nothing but here and there stories about getting the hotel reservation mixed up, or the fact that only certain currency is accepted in many money changer, or how you have to haggle for everything. HOWEVER, these are all part of the experience, and a great one at that too. Listen and laugh to our stories and hopefully you enjoy it as much as we enjoy our trip in Marrakesh!

This is a slightly different format. We will be exploring Morocco in a mother-daughter trip and have the trip spelt out in words day to day. And I get to do this with my friend and her daughter! Double excitement. We planned rather poorly but we made it. And this is our attempt to remind ourselves that we did it. We have made it to the Africa continent and loving Morocco. In this episode, Ira and I reminisced on how this trip come to fruition. It's fun, rather dumb, but hilarious at the same time. Something for us to remember when we are of a certain age.

According to Outlive, 18 millions people has some sorts of heart disease every single year worldwide. In the US alone 2,300 of them died annually. Most interesting fact, however deadly, Heart Disease is the most preventable compared to other like Cancer or Alzheimer. Pretty interesting.  Lila and I are trying so hard to delve into this chapter as much as we can. This is a hard subject that we are seriously not the right people to discuss this chapter about Heart Disease. However, it is always good to create awareness to those people who cares, who is curious about stuffs, who has previous experience, in a more laid back settings. There are myths about cholesterol level, type of food we eat, our age, certain gender, or the way we live our lives that this book is the perfect venue to demystify those myths. Thus, here we are. At the very least: Smoking is 100% NO, maintain your blood sugar, pay attention to your blood pressure, ensure your metabolic health, don't be afraid of good fat (nuts, extra virgin olive oil, avocados), don't skip on statins and the tors, those are the absolute requirements to have better heart health. Guess what, one in seven cases of Heart Disease may be saved by doing those things mentioned above. Imagine that!  Enjoy and link in bio.

We outline what is the most necessary spots to look out for in your Medical Check Up and why it is important to keep track on it at least in annual basis. Especially if you have a certain genetic predisposition, wouldn't hurt to pay more attention. As always we are no medical practitioners, only two regular person who loves to share the things we learned from the fab book of Peter Attia called Outlive. A tightly-packed book with massive amount of information. However, when we talk about the book, somehow it gets easier to digest as oppose to second-guessing ourselves. Hope you find it useful as we do! Enjoy. Link in bio.

Sleep is probably the most underrated health-term in our everyday lives. The phrases, "Sleep is for loser" or "I'll sleep when I'm dead" or "I just need an X amount of hour to sleep to function" are the terms we've heard and casually instils in our brain. However, sleep is the easiest version of getting healthy both physically and emotionally that we, as a human, can do to our body. It is no exercise, it is no psychiatrist included, it is no calories restriction in the equation. You just basically sleep, and your body will fix the things need to be fixed inside your body. As long as you set an 8-9hrs time in bed every single night. Wonder why? Tuned in to this conversation Lila and I had about Sleep and more from the Outlive book by Peter Attia. I hope you are ready to accept and give yourself a permission to just...sleep.

Although we are in the same age range, Lila and I have a different exercise level due to a lot of different challenges that we currently have in our lives. However, we do agree with what Peter Attia says about exercise, we really do need to start TODAY instead of waiting for tomorrow. It really does not matter where your current exercise level is at, or whether you are at your 20s, 30s, 40s even 70s. What does matter is your ability to face the music that there is nothing better than exercise as it will give you the highest return to your physical (and emotional) health in the future. We also discuss about those four types of exercise that is recommended. So, enjoy the episode about this fabulous book by Peter Attia, Outlive.

Lila introduced me to the book about a year ago. And only last week that I got the strong urge to actually finish Outlive by Peter Attia. And what a book. It does not disappoint and knowing Lila's taste in non-fiction book, I have always trusted her (and her husband's) recommendations. Now, it is the time to finally talk about stuffs that is long overdue between me and Lila and maybe with you too! Health, longevity, facing the present for the future, knowing how to, understanding why to not do some of the things we used to know its good for us, and much more. There will be more episodes to come, but hey why not starting this season with the topic we love most but too afraid to really go beyond the word: DIET. Hope you gain something good, and while you are at it, do know as well that nor me or Lila is a medical practitioner. We love reading books like this one to create more awareness to the world we are currently living in. Enjoy!

Unpacking the history of Bintaro Trojan Runners with the people behind the scene. Full of memories, laughters, wishes, and tad of seriousness here and there. These are the people you want to be fit with. Come running with us Sundays 06:00AM, for more details do visit @bintarotrojanrunners Enjoy and link in bio.

This interview was recorded on October 2023, so tiny amount of informations may have been three months old already. HOWEVER, still a fun conversation with four (out of five) dudes and dudettes of Bintaro Trojan Runners' current admin team. We went a little deep on how, what, why along with their vision and mission and all the future plans for Bintaro Trojan Runners. Their accomplishments have yield so much compliments across running communities. It would be naive to not recognize their ability to integrate new members with the old members, younger runners to older runners, fast runners to slower runners. BTR would have never been this good without this team. Let's give a shout out to Vita, Nyoman, Kumala, Rio (and Ashar) and hope you enjoy the convo as much as I do. Cheers and link in bio.

There isn't really any succinct wording to describe this episode featuring our guest, Maya Djatirman. She is the third Indonesian to compete in Ironman World Championship-Kona. Sunu and I will be covering her winning the qualification, the training load, the behind the scenes, the Andi Wibowo factor, along with her perseverance to overcome her journey to compete with the best of the world best Ironman Triathletes in Kona 2023. Literally no easy feat, 110% effort, and if you are looking for motivation to be in an Ironman level of commitment, this is one to savor. Enjoy! Link in bio.

Please join Atmasunu and I talking about Chicago Marathon with one of the top two female Bintaro Trojan Runners fastest Marathon finishers. No further introduction needed, say hello to Minda Siregar and let's take a look on her 3:59:51 debut marathon achievement. Enjoy! 

This is a definite Couples Trail Running 101. Racing with your love one is never easy, it comes with its own challenges. However, over time the tension is evolved into something of a sweet spot. If you think you want to start trail running with your other half, do listen to this first. It will help a great deal. We also discussed a lot about the 'true' meaning behind 1500-1800-2000-2700-7500mdpl and how to incorporate the given trail run training plan into the urban city life. It ain't easy, but hey, impossible is nothing. I love reminiscing about trail running life and I did have a great time unpacking Billy and Melina's secret to Rinjani Ultra 36. Enjoy!

This is easily by far one of our most favorite episode. Amanah Istiqomah is easy to talk to. A very matter of fact kind of person, easy going, humble, and also smart. She is the kind of person who uses her weaknesses to be her greatest asset. A two-times Sea Games (another one coming soon) and one-time Asian Game Judo Indonesian Athlete, while at the same time she is in KOPASSUS. She is an inspiration to us and hopefully yours too. Hope you enjoy our serious but also laid back conversation. This is truly an honor. Enjoy!

One of our most endearing episode that really showcased how close we all are to each other, especially when it comes to talk something about running. Today Uchie, Sunu and I got to discuss at length about Tokyo Marathon with Yola: her training, her struggles, her appreciation on Tokyo architecture was also mentioned, along with millions other stuffs in regards to the marathon itself. It is interesting to note the way Tokyo Marathon carried out before and after the pandemic. Learned something new in every minute with laughters in between. Enjoy!

If a race can make a group divided into leftist and far right, then Jakarta Marathon will be named as the winner. This much beloved and hated race is a class of its own. We love the race so much because it is right there in our backyard, but then we have always been triggered by not so small of a thing that is really uhm, spectacularly questionable. Hate if you must, but for all our guests tonight, they (we) all think highly of Jakarta Marathon and very much hopeful that it will someday turn into a good and respectable race. It will be super difficult. Nevertheless, Jakarta Marathon will always have that soft spot in most of us. Please enjoy our patio-like conversation, it is not scientific nor serious but we do have fun and it was such a pleasure to talk to these bunch. Cheers

One of the most committed runners that I've ever known, hence it is a no brainer that she is the person behind @VASquad. For those who wonder, Vasquad is a place where you can learn how to run or if you want to be better at running, or maybe if you want a sense of community while at the same time perfecting your running form. And who would have thought that Valast would be the one who is responsible to help people find their passion and at the same time be better at it. Proud to call her a friend of Bintaro Trojan Runners and hope you enjoy the conversation between Valast, our guest host Uchie Sadiqah and me. This is a longer one and perfect for your long run this weekend or perhaps a long drive or you know that you are about to be caught in a bad traffic later in the day. Cheers!

There are some days where running in asphalt no longer gives us joy. Both to our eyes and mind. And mostly this is the prime time where some runners opt to run in nature instead. Please meet Asti and Irvan, the Bintaro Trojan Runners Trail King and Queen. We covered almost everything about running in the wild (sometimes mix with cone block :d) along with the Coast to Coast race itself. This is a fun and easy convo and hope you get to join their journey as much as Gerry and I do. Link in bio.

None of us liked to be told on how to live our life, it is undeniable that we tend to love living just the way we want as much as the next person. Eat as much as we want, sleep as little as we have the time for, minimum amount of exercise, and other bad habit that has the tendency to stick in our daily routine to which we have zero thoughts before. However, as we grow older, life sometimes did funny stuffs to remind us either mentally or physically by attacking the core of our lives: our beating hearts. This is a fast-paced and tons of information kinda conversation. I hope you do find this as a light reminder that we do need to be preventive instead of corrective. Love and respect thy body. Unintimidating and what a fun conversation that we have tonight. Enjoy!

The story began when Adhitra signed up for Ironman Texas about 1.5 months prior to the actual race. What started as a family holiday, it ended up with a little race in between. Most of the time during a triathlon race, we worried about carrying our bike in between plane rides, this time Adhitra decided to rent a bike with the IM partner so that he can be freed of hassle before and after the race. Another decision that may be cringy for any endurance athletes was that he also decided to wear a new running shoes for the 42.2km distance. What a decision! It was a fun interview, a lot of Ironman perspective and with the help of Atmasunu, we created our own little space to discuss the importance of strength training. Hear us out, and hope there is a smile and a sliver of hope for you to also be an Ironman sometimes in the future. There is never a limit to dream big!

What a fun, quick, and packed with information kind of conversation. Having the minimum amount of knowledge regarding L'Étape, now Sunu and I know more about how exciting the event was. Juanita involvement in the event was not on the participant side, rather she was the MC of the whole event, thus she got to interview a lot of the finishers. So we knew behind the scene stories of the route, the temperature, and the winning jerseys! What do you know, the first place winner in male category is a young man from Banjarmasin. Rock on! Loving it. Love the vibe tonight and I get to do it with my two fave people Ade and Sunu. Enjoy!

Oh it's just another day of 60 km warm up ride and another 43 km uphill ride, with the last 25 km having to endure the 2,000 meters climb. If your knees are not shaking by now, it is about time to register for the 2024 Bromo KOM. This is Riyana first Bromo KOM and she finished strong while it is Roy's fifth time finishing the Bromo KOM. Not for the faint hearted but surely you will learn and laugh at times by listening to this convo. Enjoy! Link in bio.

Serengeti, Ngoro Ngoro, the great migration, the big five, Mount Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, I have lost my count by now. Tanzania is one of the most beautiful and the most visited country in Africa. Truly with the low crime, beautiful scenery, good food, and visa on arrival for Indonesian passport holder, there should be more Indonesian visited this amazing country. To which Fajar comes along. His stories, his connection with Culture Think, his side trip to Comoros, and above all: his easy attitude to the planning. It started in late noon one fine Wednesday and then in less than 24 hours he bought the ticket, booked a couple of tours, and flew to Dar es Salam on Thursday night! These kind of stories will never cease to amaze me and hopefully yours too. Enjoy! Link in bio.

Nigeria has been one of my frequent conversation when it comes to Africa. Their population is massive and their emerging market is salivating for those who works probably in retail. However, none of the Indonesian I know have actually lived there-let alone want to go there. This is where Ponnie chimes in. She had a great career in Jakarta, an avid cyclist, very social and I would assume easily that her likeability is through the roof-then why on earth would she move to Lagos, Nigeria for three years? And that my friend, is a story needs to be told. It is no longer a surprise if in the future you or someone you know is assigned to do some work in Nigeria and when that happens, this podcast is made especially for you. Do enjoy the conversation as Ponnie made her stay in Lagos works for her. Link in bio.

We are going back to 2011 when Egypt has just went through massive uprising and at the same time, Deddy started his job in Cairo. It was exciting, weird at times, but notably BEAUTIFUL place to visit. Listen to their stories, the historical places, the religious history, the cruise and what to not do during your travel in Egypt. We are having a guest host tonight, Bapak Pratomo, one who specialized in Warkop DKI-if you catch my drift. Enjoy and link in bio.

One of my best interview. The amount of knowledge is on par with the amount of laughter from the whole 75 minutes conversation. It is longer, but if you are not looking for flights fare to Namibia after this interview, then I assume you are looking for the infamous route of angkot '09. Do enjoy and link in bio.

Nobody ever think that moving is easy. Let alone moving to another country in the midst of pandemic of 2020. There was the zero sense of certainty for everything, the anxiety of traveling abroad especially with two children in tow. However, as everything else in life, as the time passed-they manage to get through it all. This is the story of Doori and Sari navigating their lives from Jakarta all the way to Richmond-a nice suburb of London. Moving is tough, but it is a challenge that we have to face as a family unit time and time again. Listen to their story and link is in bio. Enjoy!

I was so ready to discuss about fashion, styling, make-up, and whatnots. I have known this girl for so long, so I was not ready for this new woman. Please meet Cherissa, my friend, my dentist, and my fashion icon. In this long and slow-paced convo I get to talk more in depth about life and her recent (a long awaited one) London trip. Excitement is in the air and she is the Queen of Style. And I am even prouder of what she becomes. Love London and love her easy going nature during her family trip. Join our convo, link in bio.

London Marathon demystified. If you love or a bit curious about running, please do join Atmasunu Prabhaswara, Rizky Kusumah and me, in deciphering London Marathon by terrorizing Hasbi Lubis' recollection of his experience years ago. We had fun-lots of laughs as expected and coming out a little bit smarter about the scoops of marathon in general (both the ups and the downs-more of the latter). For that we thank Hasbi for his clear memories of what happened on the windy day of April 24, 2016. Enjoy! Link in bio. @bintarotrojanrunners #ourheartandsouls

There are many ways to continue your studies, and if you are smart enough, there is this thing called scholarship. We heard the stories a million times, but did we really listen? Well, this podcast will bring you the adventure of these two Chevening scholars making their way alive and well for the whole 365 days in the heart of London. A year later, they completed their journey of 20% student-80% traveler (you read this right) as a proud owner of MA in Critical Media Studies from SOAS and an LLM from Queen Mary University of London. They will definitely hate me for my bragging for them, and that is okay. This is one of that useful conversation and the link is in bio.

London to Ira is an endless life journey. So much so that she made a weird booking date for the Harry Potter World or promised her daughters for an easy lunch out to a mall to only ended up in Starbucks or instead of paying less for transportation-she paid more for Uber/taxis here and there. The stories evolved from what supposed to be a halal food inspo to an entirely different admin stuffs convo about getting to UK and being in London. I had fun dreaming about London through her stories, hope you will be too. Link in bio. Enjoy!

I feel like there is no right way other than to say that the three of us have the sort of brutally honest relationship. It took decades to build. And as anything else in life, when the foundation is strong-then the house lasts long. With our friendship, it will be very surprising if it does not stand a lifetime. And baby, this is not an exaggeration. When you do have the time to listen, you'll see that there is no topic that we won't talk about. Body insecurities, envious in nature (of each other and of course of other people), work-life, family and intermittent money problem. We'll spread it out over the hour. Hope you get to have a friendship like these and treasure them! Enjoy. Link in bio.

These are the terms what you will find out during the Podcast: Catatan Si Boy, SMANSA Medan, Fisik 2 & Fisik 5.5, Broken Older, and King Stone. If you feel familiar at least with two of the terms, then by all means do listen. One hilarious with very little amount of editing interview. That's how good the conversation was! Although hardly surprising considering the bond they protect for all the thirty years of friendship-if not more. Enjoy. Link in bio.

If you were at one time involved as an exchange student to the other side of the world during that horrendous teenage years, then we do have so much in common. Today podcast is 99% reminiscing of that time when our parents went out of their way exporting us 24 hours flight away from home. FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. Imagine that. Enjoy. Link is in bio.

Oh to be young again. It is funny how friendship works at times, and to hear all these stories directly, so alive and so young! A friend is indeed a family you get to choose over the years, to find one that works for so long is a treasure. Do listen to how these two who are not so teens anymore found their BFFs unexpectedly. Enjoy. Link is in bio.

Well, I would never know that these two met in a band during their high school years, had it not been for this interview. Galih as the vocalist and Ditto as both vocalist and the drummer. This friendship lasts for as long as they have mostly not because they pour their hearts out to each other but more of consistently inventing some new activities throughout the years: painting Galih's parents house or helping Galih's moving here and there, to name a few. Haha. Enjoy. Link is as always in the bio.

30 years of friendship between these girls and now: women. I have always loved listening to my sister in law stories of her long-lasting friendship for almost 14 years now. However, as luck would have it, only now that I get to meet the three inner-core of this friendship altogether with no limits. Do enjoy. Link is in bio.

I think I've heard more stories about friendship gets ruined because of vacationing together rather than the other way around. Eri and Rio's friendship is the proof, and of course I find it naturally interesting. Starting their adventure by running the Berlin Marathon and with the level of authenticity that they both displayed, I will not be surprised if 50 years from now they are spending much of their day in various coffee-shops all over Bintaro. Link is in bio.

In between tons of friends on one end and tons of workload at the other end, surprisingly a long-term friendship is established. Both Maya and Amma are of two different traits but both confirmed their similar likeness of: Karaoke (but of course) (Amma has a voice of an angel) (while Maya loves the mic and all sorts of Mariah Carey stuffs), and also both like observing people. And by observing, we all know what it truly means dot dot dot. Enjoy. Link is in bio.

Oh Iwan and Ebin, words cannot even describe how stupidly hilarious the both of you were and still are. Coming from Sundanese roots, this discussion is of three languages, meaning that the three of us is, ehem-but of course, highly erudite by nature and we feel the need to showcase them all in the 50 minutes run of Ini Bukan Diskusi Podcast. Link is in bio.

Wonder how a person can keep birds in an apartment? Yeah, me too. To my surprise, although there are times where landlords are not allowing its tenants to have pet, some birds are allowed. They are small, most of them quiet, and are expected to sit majestically inside a cage. However, this does not always stand true. Being one of the smartest animals, not to mention the dinosaurs descendants, birds are highly social, unique and also playful. They know how to get to our heart, especially those who can actually talk. And get this, only by meeting and talking with people like Ning, I get to know some things like how in certain places in the USA, you need to take classes before being allowed to keep chickens on your backyards. Also that when the unfortunate thing happens, pets are usually cremated upon death. Not all topics are dark though, we also get to gossip about Yoshi, Ning's most high-spirited conure. How Yoshi enjoys being cuddled, likes flying around, knows how to keep its poo inside :), and taking a long shower under man-made waterfalls! Wonder how Yoshi and Linux called their parents Toddy and Kiwi? Stay tuned! @yoyotheconure @inibukandiskusi

As you might have learned, I am so ignorant about pets already (at least for the first 5 minutes you would realize that I have a hard time differentiating amphibians and reptiles. Ouch). However, my curiosity overcomes my fear to the extent that now I wanted to know more about reptiles. From tortoises to pythons, from bearded dragons to Cuvier's dwarf caiman (the smallest crocodile in the world), we would cover them all tonight in this breathtaking talk. I am glad that I get to spend the precious minutes with Troy Hambali, outstanding animal lovers, and through him my fear of reptiles started to diminish. Through our talk tonight, Troy would let us be known that caring for reptiles were really a true adrenaline challenge but then you will also be surprised on how low maintenance snakes and crocodile actually are. I mean I am just as surprised as you are! Hopefully, you will gain some depths should you feel like owning one. Troy will walk us through the details on which reptiles to start with, how to caring for them, that it is important to know how big your reptile will become and put that into your considerations before choosing poorly and not realizing that some reptiles do need bigger spaces. And the most important thing to note is that you have a good intention and definitely not a race to look cooler or looking masculine. Having one meant you are ready for something new that not only will bring you joy in life but by understanding reptiles, they will give you and I, quite a life lesson too. Hear us out tonight and hope you have a great time as I do. @troyhambalireptiles @inibukandiskusi

Parvita and her dogs everyday routines as follows. AM: Waking up, everyone down the stairs and do their number one and possibly number two at their designated spaces, Parvita cleans up after them. Taking a 30mins run with the two dogs. Second outing: walk with the third dog, being an older dude that he is. Breakfast for the four of them. Long day ahead for Parvita (house chores-working-life stuffs), while the dogs are taking their first nap of the day. PM: Lunch at 3PM, backyard-outing for all three, and then another nap. And here are some of the things that you need to be familiar with before deciding to caring for dogs or perhaps other pets: Keep their diet as healthy as possible so you won't have to worry about their old age illness and live longer healthy life. Choose the right breed that suits your energy level-your home size-even your Air Conditioner situation should you go for Siberian Husky breed (although I think everyone should also be informed that having an 'Anjing Kampung' usually also means that you will have a hardcore super healthy breed in their lifetime along with littler maintenance and you don't succumb to 'those non-responsible breeders'). Owning 'Anjing Kampung' also means fewer efforts for all their grooming needs. Perhaps Omega 3 and Glucosamine intake and used only as needed. Annual veterinarian check up along with their annual vaccines shots. Once every three months, administered flea drops to their fur. Having an 11 years old who is so crazy about having dog also meant that I need to dig deeper and oh so glad for all the new insights to owning a pet (or three) by listening to Parvita dogs' stories. We had a great time talking about dogs and I can say that I should also be thanking Sumi, Rubi and Choki for sharing your lives with us tonight! Keep being loyal and fun as dogs should and hopefully our tonight discussion is also an eye-opener for you too. Please follow Sumi Lauradewi in Instagram: @sumianjingkecil

Why would anyone have so much pets? The answers may vary, but listening to all the reasons that Ina shared with us tonight is in fact interesting. From the way those animals would love you unconditionally, looking at you lovingly, asking for no returns all the way to the way this surreal times might ease your anxiety by having one or maybe more pets. I like the way the conversation goes as it does sound like it is easy and so much fun in caring for animals to those who enjoys them. There is no tension of having that extra baggage and there is no meaningful hassle until that day where it is time to let them go. Heartbreaking but that's the way any living creatures go. One lives, another passed. A Labrador, three cats, and a couple of turtles are the joy of Ina's and her family time and time again. I used to wonder why, but maybe just maybe, this discussion tonight is another window to open my no-to-pets mind. :) @inibukandiskusi