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Balkan Trip 1: Aboard The Budapest-Split Train

June 21st was the start of my so-called Balkan trip. So many changes happened even in the planning stage. Initially I wanted to have an ambitious Budapest-Zagreb-Split-Dubrovnik-Mostar-Sarajevo-Podgorica-Pristina-Skopje trip…

Graduation Ceremony and (Lots of) Unfinished Business

Ok, so two weeks ago I got to get my graduation ceremony. It’s like a HUGE reminder that after almost two years of having fun hard work, the…

Easter Eggs

It’s Easter — again. Today’s the Easter for Orthodox Christians, and as I have one of them as a lovely flatmate, I get my share of egg-ly fun….

Szecesszió Budapest: Török Bankház

Another szecesszió (art nouveau) gem of Budapest is the Török Bankház, the Turkish Bank. The building, designed by architects Armin Hegedűs and Henrik Böhm, was built in 1906…

Szecesszió Budapest: Ödön Lechner

I can never get enough of art nouveau, jugendstil, modernisme, sezessionstil.. or szecesszió, the Hungarians say. I’m definitely not an artist, nor an art expert neither an architect,…

Not The Raid, But A Rajtautes

Iko Uwais is talking in Hungarian! At least in The Raid which is renamed as A Rajtautes, in the language of Magyar people. For those who haven’t heard,…

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?…

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…

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…

Sehari ke Selatan

Hari ini saya meluncur ke selatan khatulistiwa. Nyaris seharian di jalan. Budapest-Muenchen 1 jam 20 menit, transit 5 jam, Muenchen-Sao Paulo 12 jam 45 menit. Bertemu hangatnya panasnya…

Idul Adha di Hungaria

Selamat Idul Adha! Hari ini saya shalat Ied di KBRI Budapest. Jadwal shalat jam 9 pagi, saya niat datang jam 8.30. Dari apartemen relatif gampang ke Kedutaan, naik…