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A Guide to Indonesian Dining: 7 Things You Need to Know
In the last few years, Indonesian cuisine has risen to prominence. The more popular ones, like chicken satay and beef rendang, have made their way to tables around the world, in either fancy restaurants or cozy household settings. Many of humble ingredients like tofu and tempeh have been adopted and used in ways that are…
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7 Quirky Things You’ll Find 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 post each with…
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7 Things About Summer 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 both want to share our experiences living as immigrants, and every month we’ll write a post each…
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7 Funny Swedish Phrases
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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7 Favorite Books Read in 2018
A long time ago, I created a series called 7 Things, where I share my favorite things from travel destinations to books. I’m planning to revive this series, although it won’t be a regular feature for the time being. For now, let me share my curation of 7 favorite books I read in 2018, in no…
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7 Things About Indonesian Culture That I’m Critical of
A few weeks ago I tweeted about everyday sexism in Indonesia, and had a little bit of chat with Mbak Yoyen and Mbak Deny. I also got a lot of replies for those tweets, and it made me think about other things in Indonesia that I didn’t like. For the longest time, I have these…
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7 Reasons Why I Love Traveling Solo
The view from Arthur’s Seat, one of my favorite places in Edinburgh. The summer of 2012 will always be one of my most favorite times, as it was the first time I traveled solo. It clearly left a mark on me, as it got me addicted. Most of my favorite moments happened when I traveled alone,…
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7 Favorite Blogs
I have this rather unpopular opinion about blogging. *deep breath* I’m not a fan of blogs whose contents are 90% outfit posts and reviews of makeup, restaurants, or hotels. Don’t get me wrong, I read those kinds of reviews from time to time, and they are useful. But it’s not why I follow someone’s blog.…
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7 Ubud Favorites
People say you’d never get bored of Ubud. They’re right. This was my second time in Ubud this year, after going here with my friends last summer. This time, I stayed longer, and good thing that I was, as it was raining every day around mid-day, so we effectively only had around 6 hours each…
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7 Best Books I Read in 2016
In 2016 I read some amazing books, a few of them have even made it to the list of my all-time favorite books (along with The Little Prince, the Harry Potter series, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, and South of the Border West of the Sun, among many others). It’s hard…
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