Archive for the ‘Being Expat’ Category

Tantrum Injury: A Massage Experience in Saigon

Have you ever been in the situation where you were so mad you did something silly that hurt you back? It happened to me last Saturday in Saigon, which generated tantrum injury term from Stuart. Here’s the story. After wandering around Ben Thanh Market in a hot, humid temperature to buy oleh-oleh, we ended up [...]

Being Expat, Life & Style, Travel January 15, 2008 9:35 am 6 Comments

Vietnam: What A Difference A Nationality Made (2) ?

Do you remember my lengthy post about being Indonesian and how I feel that as an Indonesian we are treated lousy by the rest of the world? (click here to read my old posting). Well, the ‘belief’ sticks in my head strongly, and I saw some more proof the other day that confirmed me to [...]

Being Expat, Travel January 10, 2008 9:26 am 6 Comments

On Life, Being Busy, and Moving On

It’s Monday night. I find myself sitting in a big table in Cazbar, drinking glasses of good red wine, listening to the good music (although there was one time I raised my eyebrows when they played Wham!’s Wake Me Up Before You Go Go – and was surprised that nobody protested, not even Jasper, the [...]

Being Expat, Life & Style January 7, 2008 3:29 pm 6 Comments

I Love Scotland

Note: I must say that this story is written because I feel guilty that I have written many things about Scotland which seem more like complains, especially about the weather. Weather is not that bad, if we know how to handle it (which puts me in the category of ‘virgin’ since I have no clue. [...]

Being Expat, Life & Style, Scotland, Travel, UK November 12, 2007 9:41 am 3 Comments

Embracing The Wild Weather

I‘ve visited Aberdeen a couple of times before permanently move here. But we’ve always visited the city between September and October, so I didn’t really feel the cold weather. The coldest temperature I had experienced was 9?C, but that was 6.00 AM in the morning and I had it for a few seconds from the [...]

Being Expat, Life & Style November 9, 2007 4:34 pm 2 Comments

Living in A Foreign Country… Is It Always Better?

I received an email from my friend the other day. She’s one of the few Indonesians who could hop on the plane and fly to the US when she’s fed up with what she’s encountered. Which means 1) she has money, 2) she has passport, and 3) most importantly, she has her visa ready. Nevertheless, [...]

Being Expat, Life & Style October 29, 2007 8:30 am 11 Comments

What A Difference A Nationality Made

In my short career as a globetrotter I’ve learned something valuable: it sucks being Indonesian. As a country we only have dual agreements with 11 countries which allow Indonesian citizens to enter those 11 countries without having to applied for a visa. That means for the rest of countries in the world, we have to [...]

Being Expat, Indonesia, Travel October 15, 2007 11:05 am 8 Comments

Things that We Thought Are Normal….

Mr. mck finds me crazy. Well, it’s not the first time, but this is the first time I realize that what we usually have in Indonesia are considered crazy. Here they are: Pisang goreng (banana fritter). Pisang goreng with chocolate sauce, condensed milk, and grated cheese. Or pisang goreng with melted brown sugar and icing [...]

Being Expat, Food August 31, 2007 4:28 pm 4 Comments

Confusing Weather (2)

Note: I must say here that I am forced to write something good about Scottish weather. Mr.mck and GG are deeply concerned that I have sent the incorrect message across the nation that the sun forget to shine in Scotland and the weather is entirely, continuously dreadful. But to me, the virgin of weather-changing-climate, the [...]

Being Expat, Life & Style, Scotland August 27, 2007 4:30 pm 0 Comments

Confusing Weather

Tips: read this while listening to Ciara’s 1,2 Step song. Let me see ya 1, 2 step I love it when ya 1, 2 step Everybody 1, 2 step We about to get it on People have had warned me that UK weather is terrible, but I’ve only come here during autumn and it was [...]

Being Expat, Life & Style August 3, 2007 4:32 pm 0 Comments
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