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Missing Idul Fitri

Today is already Eid ul-Fitr in Indonesia. Indonesians render the Arabic phrase as Idul Fitri, or even more often, Lebaran. The origin of the word Lebaran is debatable…

Between Sangria and Paella in Barcelona

What’s better than blogging about food when you’re fasting and getting nuts thinking of the thesis? Ha. Here’s a peek on what I tasted during the summer school…

Words to Watch

“I’m sitting here complaining to you about my wife, which is sleazy and low and not fair to you and the oldest trick in the book. Suddenly I’m…

Bye Bye Bike

My bike is gone… 🙁 I parked it two days ago near the Central Station, when I had to take the train to Amsterdam to see my friends….

Modernista Fiesta (part 2)

Enclosed with the documents for the summer school in IBEI was a ticket of Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC). Woo hoo, free ticket to a museum! A…

Modernista Fiesta (part 1)

I guess enough sulking and condemning and bitching on SaveMaryam for now (but please read some very good arguments against the KONY-style badvocacy campaign from an Indonesian living…

Muenchen Musings

Hi! This is a post that should be posted long, long time ago, as the topic is about my transits in Muenchen, or, as dubbed by English: Munich…

Ramadhan and Maryam

Happy Ramadhan, friends and families. Got an interesting link as one of the first “test” in the holy month! I think it’s completely misleading. I don’t know the…

Passport Problem

I lost my passport. Don’t ask me how as it’s still a mystery for me. Kind of. The biggest problem was that I realised the loss at 3.30…

Milano Melange (Third Italy Trip part 3)

My two nights in Milano is a mix of very good experience with fairly bad ones. First of all is its impressive, grand Milano Centrale train station. It’s…

Visiting Verona (Third Italy Trip part 2)

On June 18th, Tina, Claire and me took the train to Verona. It was not started with a good beginning as the schedule board in the train station…

Viva Venezia (Third Italy Trip part 1)

After Alghero, then Firenze and Pisa; Venezia, Verona, and Milano were in the list of my third trip to Italy in July 16th-20th. The first three days were…