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Xander: The Saga Continues…
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Snakes in Da House
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Rockpool Restaurant & The Power of Twitter (part 2)
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Rockpool Restaurant & The Power of Twitter (part 1)
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Posts Tagged ‘Expat’
What A Difference A Nationality Made? (3)
There are two occasions which urged me to think seriously about giving up my Indonesian passport and becoming a UK citizen. One of my friends asked if we’re interested in going somewhere on Easter break, and she quite fancied Switzerland and Austria. While another one immediately said yes, I had to tell her that it’s [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Indonesian Expatriates Forum: Progress Updates
I‘m starting to get some more detailed ideas about the Indonesian Expatriates Forum that I initiated a week a go. Please take a look, and if you have any suggestion, don’t hesitate to let me know, whether through this blog or to my email (finallywoken.blog@gmail.com). As an amateur in the virtual world, I dream big, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]