Tentang Bahasa

In the first episode of "Clearing Out Old Drafts" aka "Too Lazy to Write New Content", here's a post I drafted on the 6th of January, 2014. ~ Buka blogger. Ngecek traffic sources. Salah satunya dari shortminded. Buka shortminded. Inget yang lalu-lalu. Lalala... Eheung. Nggak, kok, nggak lagi galau(-galau amat), cuman lagi nostalgia aja. Dulu ngeblog…

The Netherlands: the actual ending.

In the morning of the 31st of December 2015, I took a one-way flight from Amsterdam to Jakarta. I checked in 50 kilograms worth of suitcases. I remembered the 30 kilograms I brought five years ago, which are in no way a part of the 50. I thought of the physical things in the 30 I've thrown away,…

The Netherlands: somehow close to the ending.

I have to admit something. I am not good at writing series. This post was supposed to be the anchor post for me to blog about all the phases I went through while living in the Netherlands, but they never got written. Well, unless you’d like to count all the blog posts I did inbetween. Now…

Feigning Ignorance

It was during one evening; specifically on Easter night. Five individuals were chattering in a language I do understand but have yet to speak in. For that inadequacy I slowly drifted off, and as my brain began to wonder, I started on contemplating life. How did I get here? I remember going on a plane.…

The Netherlands: the beginning.

Hey people. I just realised that I haven’t really told the story of how did I end up being here, in Holland. I did write a post mentioning a small amount of the whole thing, but it’s not enough. I guess it’s because the whole thing was not decently planned in the first place. I…