Tag: my life in Sweden

  • 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 →

  • Love’s Most Frequent Question | Yang Sering Kita Tanyakan, tentang Cinta

    We often ask ourself what love really is. A definite question for which everyone comes up with different answer. They say it’s a commitment. They believe it’s a trust. They claim it’s a friendship. They define it as an acceptance. For Zaki and me, love is THIS. Whatever we have and share in the last →

  • The Weekenders

    One of the most common “needs” in our generation is the urge to always spend the most of the weekend. As if, after five consecutive days of hard work, we all deserved two days full of joy and excitement. Work hard, play harder, they say! And frankly speaking, I’m not an exception 😅. Ever since →

  • 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 →

  • How to Save (a little bit of) Money in Sweden*

    It’s a common knowledge, I think, that living in Sweden is not cheap. According to a data from Numbeo (2018), “Cost of living in Sweden (rent is excluded), is 15.47% higher than in United States.” However, thanks to the Swedish ways of life, there are some things that we can do to save a little →