“Jadi Bule di Negeri Bule” means being a foreigner in the land of foreigners. Indonesians usually call a foreigner who comes to Indonesia as “bule”, it’s a slang word btw. You can read also “Jadi Bule di Negeri Bule Part I” here , Part II here, Part III: Saturday in Oporto here, and Part IV here. The perks of … Continue reading
Whoever has came or lived in Porto must be familiar with the sentence, “No photo PLEASEEEE!!!!” at the world’s third most beautiful bookstore, Livraria Lello e Irmão. Being notable as the bookstore that inspired JK Rowling for her infamous Harry Potter series, this bookstore is no longer considered as a common old bookstore. It is … Continue reading
When I decided to choose University of Porto for my master’s study, I didn’t do any research about the city itself. Few months after, oddly enough, who would have known that Continue reading
Javanese Gamelan (in Portuguese: Gamelaõ) is a set of traditional music instruments from Java. Indonesia also has Balinese Gamelan. To understand more about what gamelan is, I put an excerpt taken from “Introduction to Javanese Gamelan” by Prof. Sumarsam, an Indonesian professor who teaches in the Music Department, Wesleyan University, US. “Java also has rich … Continue reading
“Jadi Bule di Negeri Bule” means being a foreigner in the land of foreigners. Indonesians usually call a foreigner who comes to Indonesia as “bule”, it’s a slang word btw. You can read also “Jadi Bule di Negeri Bule Part I” here , Part II here, and Part III: Saturday in Oporto here. —— This winter in Porto was … Continue reading
Olá! How was your weekend? I hope everyone had a great weekend. It was raining super hard in Porto. Cold? Not really. but the wind? OMG! Sometimes I spend my weekend to do a postcard-hunting. Postcard price in every store is different. It depends on the store’s location. In Porto, mostly cost around Continue reading
“Jadi Bule di Negeri Bule” means being a foreigner in the land of foreigners. Indonesians usually call a foreigner who comes to Indonesia as “bule”, it’s a slang word btw. You can read also “Jadi Bule di Negeri Bule Part I” here and Part II here. Spring has come to town! I never appreciated sun … Continue reading
You know I love this city and enjoy living here. And taking picture of every corner of Porto has always been my favourite thing to enjoy this city. Those photos had been posted on my Instagram. Continue reading
Hello Indonesia, apa kabar? I miss you. A lot. Tak terasa, sudah hampir lima bulan saya meninggalkan Tanah Air. Sudah hampir satu semester saya menjalani perkuliahan di uPorto dan selama lima bulan ini juga, saya jadi sering membuka Facebook untuk sekedar melepas rasa kangen kepada Indonesia, terutama keluarga dan teman-teman saya. Really happy knowing that … Continue reading
Yesterday night was awesome! Finally, for the first time in my life, I watched a football match live at the stadium!!! LIVE! Well, I’m so sorry if I flood your twitter timeline about this match these past days because of my excitement. But I was really really excited! Ecstatically excited \(^o^)/ Semua ini berawal dari … Continue reading
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