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Kabar dari Rumah

Dua kartu pos datang dari rumah tercinta di Yogyakarta. Satu berasal dari Washington, D.C., dibeli dan ditulisi pas Ayah “ngamen” ke negeri Abang Sam, tapi entah kenapa dikirimnya…

Pretty Postcards

Update from postcard department! Not so recently (read: long long time ago) I received postcards from a fellow Mundusian, Sandya Rani, and a best friend from Jakarta, Vennie….

Ini Juga Cinta

Dulu saya kira cuma Jogja kota yang bisa saya cinta. Sampai saya berkelana ke Budapest, Hungaria, untuk sembilan purnama. Apa yang membuat hati terpikat? Pada apa saya terpesona?…

Getting Ready for The Transition Year

Whoa the 2012 almost ends! It’s been a year jam-packed with events and loads of lessons. Can’t list it all here as there are sooooo many things —…

Three LDRs

Last week I had the fortunate chance to meet a friend I first met in GYAC+IACC Brasilia. The Afghani Mr. O, let’s call him that, had a meeting…

Three Decades… and Counting

This morning, thirty years ago, Ibu (mom) and Ayah (dad) took a leap of a faith. They married in a simple ceremony in Istiqomah mosque, Bandung, West Java….

Graduation & Goodbyes

14 December 2012, yesterday, was the graduation day of ISS students. I was not part of the graduating batch, as I am actually in a two-years Mundus MAPP…

Dearest Ayah*,

Sorry I can’t be with you, again, in your birthday. I guess it’s one of the pitfalls of having the opportunity to study somewhere far from home —…

M.I.A.

What’s happened with the pledge to blog everyday? Uhm. Sorry. Been M.I.A. for a while. The usual heap of exam and papers at the end of the term…

Smoking & Impotency

I saw this in Brasilia (lame) airport’s duty free, two weeks ago. The picture was set right above cigarette shelves. I think it’s quite a powerful image, as…

Marcelo + Sao Paulo

The first time I met the marvellous Brazilian Marcelo Soares was two years ago, in the first GYAC Forum in Brussels, Belgium. We were together in the young…

Sukses Guncang Brasilia, Simponi Makin Semangat Cari Dana

Dua malam lalu, band Sindikat Musik Penghuni Bumi (Simponi) sukses mengguncang International Anti-Corruption Conference di Brasilia, Brasil. Mereka bahkan bisa memikat Peter Eigen, pendiri lembaga antikorupsi global Transparency…