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Grapes in Granada

Ibu (mom) and I celebrated new (mainstream) year in the way Granadinos and Granadinas do. There were two choices, whether book an expensive table in one of the…

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…

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…

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…

Happy Birthday, Ayah!

Dearest Ayah (= father), happy birthday! Hope you’ll have more days of happiness and health. Sorry I can’t be home this time. But I know you know I’ll…

Post This, Past That

Finally done my Development Theories workshop session on post-development critique and modernity/coloniality/decoloniality option. The topic’s a new beast for me although I’m glad it was mentioned in the…

A Journey Through German’s History

Deutsches Historisches Museum, or the German Historical Museum, is the place where I spent most of my first afternoon in Berlin. It’s near the Museum Insel, or Museum…

Slideshow: First Day in Berlin

Spent the whole morning sleeping since I was so exhausted — woke up at 2.15, took off from dorm at 2.45; 1,5 hours of being lost when biked…