I have been hearing more and more “chicken for dinner” saying by local friends. A variation of “we are having chicken for dinner tonight”.…
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Guess who did the happiest 5k marathon yesterday? Me! I found out about The Color Run Night – Get Ready to Glow in Melbourne the day I landed here and quickly signed us up. I wanted to keep up the momentum of these happiest 5k events. Starting from last year’s Music Run in Jakarta and now with…
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On the weekend, I watched the Girls' latest season. Shosh wakes up in her Tokyo apartment, living in Tokyo and breathing Japanese culture.…
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My first Australia road trip was to the city of Wangaratta.We drove to a small town, three hours from Melbourne, to the cathedral town.…
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Now that I have moved here, I want to write more about Melbourne ━ about its' immigrant cultures, from the people to the cuisine.…
Keep ReadingI am typing this from a window seat in a fancy-looking Melbourne cafe called Top Paddock Cafe in Richmond, few minutes away from South Yarra.…
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There is a much Instagrammed underground mosque called Sumur Gumuling and hidden pathways inside Taman Sari Water Castle complex.…
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Batik is an integral part of Indonesian culture, the official pattern, and the pride of the country. The word itself means a cloth with dots. It describes how the cloth design is made, by inking it with tiny dots into a beautiful pattern.…
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Borobudur Temple is the oldest Buddhist temple in the world which is interesting considering only a tiny portion of Indonesians are Buddhist.…
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I urge you to try the famous "cat rice" and Kopi Joss whenever you visit Yogyakarta. Have it in Angkringan, a typical roadside food stall.…
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