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Read more: Swedish Summer in the Time of CoronaThis year has definitely been a strange one for everybody. Canceled plans, paranoia over a virus, lots and lots of bad news, and perhaps the biggest change of all: a new way of living, traveling, and even eating. Living in Sweden, perhaps the changes aren’t as drastic as those in other countries. There has never…
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A New Season
When we moved to Sweden, there were 3 things that made me anxious: residence card, job, and apartment. I had none of these when I arrived in Sweden, and the following months, I lived with uncertainties. Among those things, the apartment was the least of the problem, as we would find it a few weeks…
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Room Tour: The Lair
I’m one of those people who like to have a peek into other people’s living space. It’s fascinating to see how people’s personalities reflected in the decor, as much as it’s delightful to find inspiration in the way people spruce up their home in ways I could never think of. And so, I’ll share a…
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It Finally Feels Like Home
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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Spices in the Buns
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…
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The Language Barrier
Four months after I arrived in Sweden, I sat in my first ever Swedish class. I’d learned the language with Duolingo for a few months, so at that point, I was already familiar with the most basic words and phrases. Friends told me the first class would be really easy, bordering on boring. I thought…
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Finding A Job in Sweden
When we moved to Gothenburg, my biggest mission was to find a job. At the time, I was still working remotely for a startup company based in Singapore and India, but I knew I wanted to start working in a Sweden-based company as soon as possible. I finally got a job after what felt like a…
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Memories from Budapest – A Photo Diary
It’s been a year since my short trip to Budapest, but the memories remain vivid in my head. Budapest was an afterthought. “Oh hey, the flight from Prague to Budapest is really cheap. Should we make a detour?” That was how it was decided. Prague was the main course, and Budapest was more like a…
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My First Winter in Sweden
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…
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A Look Back on 2018
2018. What a year. December last year, I explored Gothenburg as a tourist. It was my first time in the city. Excited and curious, I explored the city with my sister as the tour guide. I experienced my first snowfall here in Gothenburg, at Skansen Kronan where the city lied below. I went to Christmas…
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2018 in Numbers
I’ve prepared a (rather) long post to end 2018 with. But just now, I thought about how many apartments we lived in this year, and it gave me an idea to write a summary of 2018. I thought this would be a good and fun way to remember 2018, so here we go!
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