It was a bright scorching Monday morning in Jakarta, when I decided to stroll around the city. I felt like getting my lungs a little bit dust of Jakarta’s polluted air because I had stayed there for about a month and gotten myself in hiding mode ever since, without any exposure to the capital of Indonesia. Like few acquaintances from the other sides of Jakarta, … Continue reading When the Sun Shined over Jakarta
The second week of November is coming to its end. So, it is time to say again and again that cliché spells; “how time does fly in a blink of an eye!” And also a mark of me officially being jobless for about a year. Wow. When you do nothing time passes you just like that. Okay, I have travelled to few countries and cities … Continue reading I Am Sigourney
Autumn is happening now at the northern hemisphere countries. It might be funny to decide that autumn is my most favourite season of the year, despite the fact that I have lived in two season country for my whole life and only tasted autumn for twice. Moreover, both of it weren’t the peak of foliage. But still, I do love autumn for many sentimental reasons. … Continue reading Let’s Go Sokcho
Hi World, Hi November, Hi Rain… And… Hi You! The one that I long for, every time they play my song of the rain in hope in November. I can mention at least five people around me who undeniable love the rain, especially the November’s rain. They all romanticize the rain. I don’t complain about it because I am a person who will romanticize just … Continue reading I Play Her the Song of the Rain in Hopember
Please expect many post about fall is coming, back to a year ago or even years ago. I always fall for fall. I wish I can experience fall season of many more countries. I have seen plenty of pictures of fall in U.S. it all is awesome. And I love everything about u! ❤️🍁🍂👢 . . . #autumn #fall #foliage #boots #yellow #batik #travel #travelsolo … Continue reading When Fall Comes
You can put “soondaegukbap” (rice and soondae soup) in the middle of my name for my love for it. It doesn’t sound appealing nor sexy, but I do love this (what many friends said) weird food. I once posted about Halmoni Joah, my first experience with soondaegukbap, and now it’s Halmae Joah. When I have Halmoni Joah in Jeju Island, Halmae Joah was in Busan. During my … Continue reading Halmae Joah
Another multicultural family happened to be my host in Yamashinden, Watauchi Wakaho, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It was a quite unique experience. I tasted two unique life style, included food preferences under one roof. In morning, I always stuffed my stomach with those sugar-overloaded English breakfasts following the preference of the husband, which mostly the same with tea times and snacking cheat times outside. Meanwhile, lunch … Continue reading Food Fiesta in Yamashinden, Nagano
Have I written here that I continued doing HelpX even in Japan? Have I told you it was at one tiny hilly village named Yamashinden, which I first acknowledged the area from the profile of my future host? Have I written here that one of numerous things I loved about Nagano was the food? Okay, it doesn’t matter because I assure that I have written … Continue reading One Last Night in Yamashinden
A very long post Being lucky in finding awesome hosts while traveling or conducting HelpX was something that I should be grateful for. I also thought it was sort of special skill. 😀 😀 Despite the series of unfortunate event on the road, I could still feel thankful for them coming as the side effect. When I lost my baggage at the very first time … Continue reading Longing for Lobras
The Love on the Road Series (this one will be long, please don’t get tired) Started to get entangled. That one night was not this One Guy and I first encounter at the same weekly meeting. It might be our second or third. However, we had never talked one to another, neither urged to start any conversation. I greeted the other attendees who I … Continue reading Love on the Road: That One Guy
I was scrutinizing each of my travel files for pictures to tag along with my travel articles when I stopped at Sangatta’s file, and then realized, I hadn’t talked much about one of few areas where I spent my childhood. I moved to Sangatta in 1994 with my (late) mom, couple years after my dad moved. Dad was pursuing his carrier better paid job in … Continue reading Weekends in Sangatta
