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jerry van den brink (colson): @ Finally Woken: Am I happy with Kris? The answer is here: http://www.pelopor.nl/2010/kris/. And, well I admit I'm slightly prejudiced, still everybody present can [...]

Finally Woken: Hey Colson, just drop by to say hi. Hope you enjoy the newcomer of the family. Heard he's a big 1 month-old boy now!

Colson: Harry, Great. It took some ( well, eh, a lot of) time because the problem didn't show itself here. But I'm glad that [...]

H.Nizam: Hi Colson, It's morning here, and I am writing at my office's computer. No problem so far. But I haven't check your Soto Betawi blog. Later [...]

jerry van den brink (colson): Calvin, Thanks for checking out. Being the 100% layman I am, I once more will pass onthe problem to our chief engineer in charge: Pelopor/Ingmar..

calvin: Colson, I have visited the sotobetawi, is it only just me but there is an error/bug in design? The site is not centered. the blog [...]

jerry van den brink( colson): Harry, Thanks for the reassuring feedback.

H.Nizam: At last, I am now able to open your interesting blog at my office.

jerry van den brink (colson): @ Harry and Calvin: Thanks guys. And if you keep on having trouble opening this page, please try http://www.soto-betawi.com/. If that is better, let me [...]

H.Nizam: Hey, the new chat box looks cool. Congrats!

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