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Read more: London: A Love LetterThe other day, I read Nora Ephron’s old essay on The New Yorker, Nora Ephron’s Apartment: A Love Story. She wrote about how, despite the ridiculous key money she had to pay for an apartment called the Apthorp, she fell deeply in love with it and was determined to make it her own. In the…
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A Year of Many Things
Around this time last year, I came to Southampton with no expectation at all. I knew I’d have a whole lot of things to experience, but never have I ever imagined that this year would be the best year in my life. I thought I would spend a year of meeting people with lots of…
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It Was Raining the Day You Left
The weather had been good for a couple of days, but the day you left, it was raining. When I woke up and went outside for smoking, I was surprised to find the soil was wet, and there were puddles in the backyard. That didn’t help at all. Already I was feeling gloomy, and the weather…
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Windermere, Lake District
I just came back from a weekend getaway to the Lake District. I’d been planning to go there for a long time, but never really got time to do it until my old friends told me they were coming there. A few days before, I was still hesitating. As much as I wanted to go…
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Ljubljana
It’s been 4 months (four!) since I went to Ljubljana, and I must admit that I’m really bad at keeping track of my travel journal. Oh well, better late than never. So after six-hours trip from Salzburg, I arrived at Ljubljana and Maša picked me up at the train station. When she asked, ‘Are you tired?’ I…
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Happy Birthday, Divie!
This girl. She’s really one of a kind. I might be biased here, but she’s one of the people I adore the most. A smart, beautiful girl with positive attitude towards life. She plays music, she writes, and she always has a lot on her plate, and only god knows how she manages to do it all…
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Some Bits of June
It’s eleven days into July already, but there are some traces of June that are left in my phone. I’ve been too lazy to bring my camera with me for the past few weeks, so I can’t be more grateful for phone camera. I try not to get attached with my phone, but there are…
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June in a Nutshell
The weather this month has been very friendly that most of the days were spent outside. I lost count of how many picnics I’ve had, either real picnics or junk food picnics. Some times we were prepared with proper food and grill. Other times we just needed an excuse to go outside and lie in…
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Favorite Bits of Bled
A few months ago, when talking about Slovenia, Maša told me about Bled. I googled it and knew right away that I had to go there. All the photos looked dreamy and magical, and the cheap tickets made it easier for me to decide my Easter break plan. I arrived in Ljubljana on Friday night,…
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May
How come it’s June already? It feels like it was just a few days ago that I came back to Southampton from Ljubljana at midnight, deadly exhausted, where in fact it was 6 weeks ago. I honestly can’t remember what I did in those 6 weeks, it’s been such a big blur. Going to the library everyday…
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The Second Hellos
About one and a half years ago, Marion came to Indonesia and she stayed at my place for a few days. I was supposed to talk to her in German and she was supposed to talk to me in Indonesian, but a few sentences after ‘Ich heiße Dixie‘ and ‘Nama saya Marion‘, we gave up and talked…
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