Author: alienkeren
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Small Trip: Madrid
I would never forget the day I arrived in Madrid. It was a Sunday, October 10, 2010, a Columbus Day weekend. I arrived on the super long weekend, when the Spanish people started their holiday on Thursday and did not go back to work until the following Wednesday. The long weekend was ridiculously long.
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Lihat Ini dengan Baik!
Saya terinspirasi dari postingan saya dua tahun silam disini. Karena-oh-karena, kawat gigi saya akan dicopot BULAN DEPAN (!!!! AKHIRNYA!!!), saya putuskan untuk membuat sebuah kenang-kenangan 😀 LIHAT GAMBAR DIBAWAH INI DENGAN BAIK!!! Karena bulan depan, saya sudah tidak akan memakai kawat gigi lagi!!!! YAY!!!
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B.o.B, Adventurous?
The advertisement about B.o.B was coming to Jakarta was too sudden to be noticed. Even when I emailed my editor, to ask whether I can cover about the concert or not, there was no serious intention. But it turned out that no one proposed the idea of writing about B.o.B‘s concert, that was called The…
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Tukang Jalan-Jalan Yang Manakah Kamu?
Ide mengenai tulisan ini sudah ada di kepala saya sejak saya sedang melakukan jalan-jalan beberapa bulan yang lalu. Waktu itu saya sedang asik mengobrol dengan seorang teman yang bukan orang Indonesia dan dia memberikan saya inspirasi soal tulisan ini. Inspirasi yang mirip-mirip kemudian datang pada saya saat saya menghadiri pertemuan CouchSurfing Indonesia beberapa waktu yang…
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Modern Self-Sacrificing Girl
The modern girl doesn’t need a man. Men hold you back and let you down. A job doesn’t. Valerie Roper in The Tennis Party by Madeline Wickham (p. 245) Do you ever notice how all the self-sacrificing women in history, Joan of Arc, Mother Theresa, can’t think of any others, they all die alone. The…
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Small Trip: Lisbon
The next destination on my Small Trip was Lisbon, Portugal. I found that it was not that easy to get to Lisbon when you’re on a budget and on a tight schedule. Sure there were (more than) 24 hour-long buses that will go directly to Lisbon. But I mean, who would want to sit on…