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Read more: Nordic Noir Recommendations (Swedish Edition)This post is a part of the writing project called Stories from the West that I started with Christa. We’re both currently living on the west coasts (Christa in the US, me in Sweden), hence the name of the project. We want to share our experiences living as immigrants, and every month we’ll write a post each with…
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Rough Week
I’m having a rough week. I have to let a few things go, things that have been my passion for such a long time and things that I so dearly love. I keep saying to myself to let it go, that something better will come to replace it. Something that is much better. But I don’t…
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A Long Overdue Post: Dufan 2012
One of the perks of being a college student is having the freedom to do something, and the time. Ever since my friends and I graduated, its getting harder and harder to meet, say, for lunch or dinner (let alone a day trip). Because the time is limited only in weekends, there’s always someone missing…
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Some things along the way
My favorite thing to do when I travel is getting lost. Oh, I make itinerary, I do. But in the end I always steal some time here and there to escape from the itinerary (by the way, this is why I always put an extra day for each city). Getting a surprise when making a turn…
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Leaving Bandung
My first impression on Bandung wasn’t that good. I came from sunny Sumbawa, with clear blue sky and fresh air. It took some time for me to get used with the grey sky and polluted air, and a few weeks to learn how to cross the road with cars passing by (and I’m proud to…
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Happy Birthday, Mamet!
Meet Mamet, one of my favorite writers. I met him a few years ago, but started to get to know him better after we worked together. Just for a brief introduction, here’s the sum up about Mamet: an absentminded guy who gets lost easily, likes to pick his nose, has great taste in music and movies.…
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Unintentional Eavesdropping
There are many times when I accidentally hear a conversation I don’t want to hear. For most of the time, I can leave straight away, but there are times when there’s no escape, like a conversation I happened to hear this morning. “You know how some people regret loving someone in the past because it’s…
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Mafia Rempong Metal Strikes Back!
So it’s been 3 years since we were together, and 2 years since we stopped working together. With us being scattered in different cities (and different islands), it’s getting harder and harder to meet and do something together. I really miss these guys so much, and I’m not gonna lie here, sometimes I miss the…
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When Lidya was in Bandung
This weekend I found some photos of Lidya’s visit in my old folder. So it was a year ago (probably longer than that) when she visited me for three days. We did what we usually do when we meet: shopping, drawing/painting, telling stories (love stories, to be exact), gossiping (and cursing some people, pardon us), and going…
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Incorrigible Thoughts
Nobody likes being left out. While for some people this might come as the top ten things they hate, for some other it’s the ultimate number one (the second is being lied to, the third is being yelled at for no reason, and so on). There’s nothing worse than the feeling that you’re forgotten, that…
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Varend, My Favorite Kid
Meet my favorite kid in the whole world, Welvarend Damanik. He’s a smart 5 year-old kid (recently just celebrated his 5th birthday!) who speaks German much better than Indonesian. Back when I was in Europe, I babysat for him for a few times, like when his parents were out for their fifth anniversary. All the…
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