Tag: everyday story

  • #mylifeasawriter

    This morning, right after I took Hayya to school and Zaki left for work, I sat in front of my computer, was ready to continue writing a serial for a magazine in Indonesia. I had this feeling that everything would go smoothly. I opened my file, sipped my coffee, turned on the music and I →

  • Finding Home in Sweden

    When I first noticed that the slogan of IKEA, the Swedish-originate-Dutch-based home furnitures, kitchen appliances specialist, is: “Home is the most important place in the world,” I started to think that it’s indeed the best way to describe how house is generally perceived in Sweden (and also a smart persuasive message for the customer of →

  • That Restart Button*

    Moving to a new place when you have a good career back home isn’t just hard; it IS a big decision. But a choice had to be made. And that choice brought me to Sweden, more than 10,000 kilometres away from my home country. I never thought that I would have to move to Sweden. →

  • My Life as a PhD Student’s Wife

    If you think life as a PhD student is so hard, you’re absolutely, 100%, unquestionably, RIGHT! The truth is, it’s super hard it makes the life as his/her partner is NOT easy either! 😄 I’m writing this not to complain about my current situation. Among all, I’m sincerely happy and grateful for whatever happened in the →

  • The Perk of Being a Lundensian

    With only 25.75 km² area, Lund is indeed small compare to other cities in Sweden. You can explore the city in three days and you would have literally been everywhere 😄. The city is also bit quiet as the population is just around 90.000 inhabitants and much lesser on July to August, because most of them →