December 2011 Page 1 of 2

Wajah Ramah Granada

Yang membuat kami senang dalam perjalanan ke Granada bukan cuma keindahan Alhambra, tapi juga keramahan dan kehangatan orang-orangnya. Penduduk kota delima (= granada dalam bahasa Spanyol) ini juga…

I Left My Heart..

…in Alhambra. It is magical. Beautifully spiritual. Catching my eyes, capturing my soul, satisfying my senses. Colourful azulejos, asma-ul husna along the walls, mathematically precise geometrics, elegant play…

29 Years and Going Strong

Today’s my parents’ 29th wedding anniversary! Woo-hoo! I’m glad they can manage to survive this long. Real life is of course no fairy tale, no “happily ever after”…

Mmmmediterranean Autumn (No Winter Here)

It’s still autumn in Granada! Went through a park on my way to the supermarket, so happy to see trees with leaves there. The leaves were already brown…

Hai, Granada!

Yak, sekitar jam 9 malam, kami sampai juga di Granada setelah transit dulu di Barcelona. Udaranya lebih hangat daripada di Den Haag, cihuy! Nggak usah pakai baju tebal-tebal…

Menyigi Institusi

Sore tadi saya bertemu dengan dosen pembimbing untuk konsultasi tentang esai mata kuliah Continuity, Change and the Politics of Institutional Reforms: Key Debates in Governance and Democracy. Mata…

Kembali Ke.. Bioskop

Minggu lalu, setelah berbulan-bulan absen, akhirnya, oh, akhirnyaaaaaa, *lebay karena terharu* saya kembali ke bioskop. Di Den Haag ada empat bioskop, tiga di antaranya tergabung di jaringan Pathe…

Hey Boy: Clive Owen x Institutionalism

original picture from http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/55-esq-clive-owen-091409-lg-89986732.jpg Wish me luck with the institutionalism.. *sigh*

Chomping the Chocolate

The Chocolate Museum in Cologne is not only telling a story of temptation — with the delicious smell of chocolate in the whole building — but also one…

Juragan Kartu

Empat bulan di Belanda, tujuh kartu baru menyesaki dompet saya sekarang. Yang satu, Museumkaart, lagi dipinjam, jadi nggak bisa ikutan nongol di foto sebelah kiri, hihihi… Kartu pertama…

Hey Boy: Cillian Murphy x World Bank

(Watch Cillian Murphy‘s 28th Days Later and The Wind That Shakes The Barley if you’ve got more time — btw, the picture was from http://www.flix66.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Cillian-Murphy.jpg)

Hey Boy!

It started when a friend told us about the internet meme blogs of Ryan Gosling… juxtaposing pictures of Gosling with feminist and development studies quotes-slash-pick-up-lines. The combinations of…