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Bloody Eejit
My friend Anja has just arrived from Holland a couple of months a go. She learns that even though she speaks impeccable English, she still can’t understand what Scottish people say half of the time. Well I couldn’t blame her, I’ve been here for over 8 months and I still don’t get it sometimes. And [...]
Kilt
One of the Scottish national symbols is kilt, a traditional garment of modern Scottish and Celtic (more specifically Gaelic) culture typically worn by men (from Wikipedia). clipped from www.macgregorandmacduff.co.uk The original kilt was known as the feileadh mhór (philamore) or “big wrap”. After the ban and during the 1800s the kilt evolved into something like [...]
The Fake Trade
The Fake Trade, a documentary by Channel 4, written and directed by Nick Hornby (yes, the author of Fever Pitch, About a Boy, and High Fidelity), was aired on Monday night, 3 March 2008. It took us to see the inside of the counterfeit industry. The documentary opened with BASCAP arranging the biggest anti-counterfeit conference, [...]
What A Difference A G'Day Makes
The Sunday Times Magazine yesterday featured an article about more and more Britons are emigrating to Australia. I have found several interesting facts that I will share with you. Australia now becomes the most popular destination for British emigrant, and British people now make up almost a quarter of foreigners applying for Australian citizenship. But [...]
You Know You're in The UK When…
I was ordering a new wardrobe at John Lewis. It’s sort of custom made; we could choose size, colour, model, and additional bits according to the given catalog. After settling all the major parts, like size and colour, I began adding the elements like lights, drawers, and tie hangers. The cheery shop assistant happily took [...]
Dying to Take The Call?
In Indonesia, we drive cars, motorcycles or vehicles as we please. The police are more interested in keeping everybody driving straight and God forbid if you cross the straight white line (although it’s ok to park underneath the sign ‘no parking’!). There is no awareness about road safety whatsoever. I mentioned very briefly about drink [...]
Hang out with Fellow Indonesians
Why do we tend to hang out with other Indonesians, and in most of the cases, with only Indonesians, while we’re abroad? I didn’t spend a long time overseas. I was only in Sydney for 2 years doing my master’s degree and grabbing some work experience before heading back to Indonesia. But those 2 years, [...]
High Infidelity
I am sitting comfortably in the living room on this peaceful day, looking out the snow slowly melting, vanishing from the roofs, trees, and roads. I have had just finished a quick online chatting with a dear friend in Indonesia, which leads me to a simple summary: fidelity is almost nonexistent in Jakarta. I have [...]
Céilidh
I went to my first céilidh (pronounced kay-lee) in Aberdeen last December at The Marcliffe Hotel (which, to me personally, was a disaster, since I wore a long ball gown that sweeps the floor, very glamorous for waltz but not suitable for Scottish dance which involves lots of bounces and skips and takes so much [...]
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 [...]
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Lost In Translation
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