What if, while in our hometown, we eat constantly and continuously; it's just we don't notice it because we are having fun.…
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On my first day visiting Jakarta, my Youtuber cousin took me and Jik to Museum MACAN (Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara). Museum visits were never part of our lives, nor a shared activity, while growing up in Jakarta. Roadside eating, destination-less driving, movie nights, sleepovers, even impromptu road trips, yes – but never…
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I wonder whether I can adopt "dengan senang hati" to the down under. Is Melbourne is ready for "with a happy heart" as a reply to "thank you"?…
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We are in Pantjoran Chinatown to Icip-icip, which means to sample food—not to have a full meal—so you can eat more and try more.…
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As Indonesian Indians, our Diwali celebration is not exactly the same as the way Indians in India celebrate Diwali.…
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The first thing my parents ask for whenever I visit home is to give them my passport so they can safely keep it until I leave again.…
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Lontong can then be served dry with a drizzle of a generous amount of peanut-based sauce or submerged in coconut milk-based soup.…
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Post-audit exhaustion, I couldn't think of anything else but Satay Madura, arguably the most famous Satay version in Indonesia.…
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These days, my weary self yearns only for one kind of travel, to time travel to the pre-covid era — when I could travel on a whim, even with a very limiting Indonesian passport.…
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I am writing to you mid-flight, in between Jakarta and Melbourne. In between Indonesia and Australia. In between Saturday and Sunday.…
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