Tag: personal story

  • Budget Shopping for Newborn Essentials

    Shopping for your new baby is an exciting and a fun part of being pregnant. Imagine yourself go to a baby shop and see all those cute Scandinavian designs, how can you resist the temptation? Wait until you realise that there are only three price categories in Sweden: 1) Expensive 2) Even more expensive, and →

  • Lund, Jogja dan segala sesuatu di antaranya

    Pulang tahun ini bisa dibilang sedikit di luar rencana. Awalnya kami berniat pulang ke Indonesia di akhir tahun, sekalian mengungsi dari musim dingin Swedia yang ajaib. Juga menunggu tabungan agak ”mendingan” dulu setelah libur panjang musim panas tahun lalu 😅. Tapi dua kabar baik di bulan Maret membuat kami menata ulang semua rencana perjalanan. Pertama, →

  • #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 →

  • 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. →

  • 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 →