Tag: story

  • Sepatu

    Wajah saya mendadak sumingrah saat kami melewati satu toko di Klostergatan. Sayapun berhenti sebentar. Menatap etalase di depan saya dengan mata berbinar. “Waaaahhhh, bagus banget sepatunya,” kata saya sambil menunjuk sepatu boots berbahan kulit dan berwarna dusty pink. Suami saya hanya tersenyum kecil lalu berujar: “Ada apa sih dengan kamu dan sepatu?” Ya. “Ada apa →

  • 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 →

  • Where to have fika in Lund?*

    Visiting a city in Sweden isn’t a complete experience without having the famous Swedish coffee break better known as fika. Where the best places to have it in Lund? Here is the list: 1. Love Coffee Roasters Located in Klostergatan 1, at the very corner of Lund’s cathedral, this café is famous for its manual roaster →

  • Mrs Fantastic

    On our way home the other day, my daughter and I had a small talk like we always had. We discussed this and that and she excitedly told me about the unit she’s currently doing: “Human Body” and how she did a research on skeleton as part of the unit. That day she said that →

  • What to Expect the First Year (in Sweden)*

    People say the first year of everything is actually the hardest. What about the first year living in Sweden? Well, it’s not easy, I must say. But, if you know what to expect, you will know how to deal with that. Bureaucracy Welcome to Sweden! First thing first: get your personnumer and your Swedish ID →