Tag: Stories from Sweden

  • Midsommar: Film vs Realita

    Sewaktu film Midsommar tayang beberapa waktu lalu, beberapa teman menghubungi saya untuk menanyakan akurasi dari adegan-adegan horor yang ada di dalamnya. Mayoritas dengan nada bercanda tentu saja. Tapi tidak sedikit juga yang menyiratkan nada khawatir, kalau-kalau praktik-praktik seperti yang ada di film itu benar terjadi. Tenang, sejauh ini belum ada indikasi bahwa ritual di film →

  • Eid al-Fitr celebration #inthetimeofcoronavirus

    Every Eid celebration has its own story. And I will remember this year’s Eid al-Fitr (1441H/2020) as a very quiet and lonesome one, even for me who hasn’t been home for Eid for years. There was no communal Eid prayer in the morning. No family gathering. No friend visit. Nothing really special for a big →

  • What Covid-19 has taught me about Sweden*

    When you’re living in a foreign country, it feels like you’re living in two different worlds. As if you set your feet on two different places: your hometown and your current place. Consequently, you can’t stop wondering, comparing, and analysing, which one gives you the better fit. This makes you feel wobbly and restless sometimes, →

  • Chasing Aurora in Abisko (Part 3)

    Abisko with kids Our third day in Abisko was started late because we arrived from the Aurora chasing at around 10 pm the night before and everyone was feeling excited yet cold and tired, especially the youngest one. So we slowed down a bit and didn’t go out until after lunch. That day, it was →

  • Chasing Aurora in Abisko (Part 2)

    As I said in my previous post, our train from Stockholm arrived in Abisko Östra at around 10 am and we were welcomed by heavy snow showers. But we didn’t mind. Skåne, where we come from, barely has winter this year. The temperature that rarely dropped below zero made the snow didn’t last long in →