Posts Tagged ‘UK’

(Old) Men's Preference?

The weather has been glorious since I landed back here two weeks a go. This afternoon, for the first time, I only carried my trench coat – in case the temperature dropped, but it didn’t – and had my see through top and jeans. It felt like I was in a tropical country; it was [...]

Scotland, UK August 28, 2008 9:44 pm 6 Comments

I Don't Understand…

… that football is such a big deal in UK, even the prime minister must get involved in it. You might have noticed that UK didn’t participate in football at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, because England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland compete in all other international competitions, including the World Cup and European Championships individually. [...]

UK August 27, 2008 6:54 am 12 Comments

I'm Not An Indonesian, Not Yet A Scottish Lady

I think the combination of being in a holiday mood, having too many things to do/people to meet/parties to attend, and having crap internet connection at home, makes me abandoning my blog. It has been over a week and I haven’t been bothered to update it. So I arranged to meet up with Therry at [...]

Being Expat, Indonesia, Life & Style, UK June 24, 2008 5:54 pm 13 Comments

Feel Phenomenal

Scottish version of the famous Rudyard Kipling’s “If” poem: If you can bounce in six inch heels all night And still walk home in your bare feet If you can keep two passions burning bright And see there`s still some romance in defeat If you can hit a foreign beach without a tan Or brave [...]

Food June 3, 2008 7:58 am 5 Comments

Mitsubishi is A Scotsman

Everyone in Indonesia is familiar with Japan and its products, especially in automotive industry. Toyota, Honda, and Mitsubishi are the three brands which dominate the streets in Indonesia. But surprise, surprise! Do you know that Mitsubishi is founded by a Scotsman? His name is Thomas Blake Glover. He was born in 1838 in Fraserburgh, (the [...]

Scotland, Travel, UK May 22, 2008 6:07 pm 6 Comments

Teenage Sex and Fame

Last month on our journey back from London, a 7-years-old girl was sitting next to me restlessly, and in between her non-stop chatting to her mum who looked desperately could use some extra hours of sleeping and her tiny fingers which were busy pressing her pink Playstation Portable to kill whatever enemy she fought against, [...]

UK May 12, 2008 6:44 am 14 Comments

The Mighty Boosh

Billy came and stayed with us on Friday night a few weeks a go. He brought two rucksacks, one contained his laptop, and the other contained his stuffs for the night. Inside his laptop, he had a DVD of The Mighty Boosh. On Saturday morning he made us sit down and watch the show. I [...]

Arts & Entertainment, UK March 31, 2008 8:10 pm 1 Comment

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 [...]

Life & Style, Scotland, UK March 15, 2008 7:45 am 4 Comments

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 [...]

Life & Style, Scotland, UK March 8, 2008 8:19 pm 9 Comments

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 [...]

Being Expat, Life & Style, Scotland, UK February 18, 2008 7:25 am 5 Comments
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