Under My Tiny Feet
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Indonesian Archipelago Series-8: Yogyakarta, city of culture
This is Andong/Delman: Yogyakarta traditional chariot with a kusir (coachmen) and a horse to pull your chariot. The chairman is wearing the Javanese traditional outfits and ready to bring you around Malioboro street, Keraton Yogyakarta, alun-alun Kidul to discover...
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French riviera part 2: Feeling rich at Monaco
Our 5-euro Thelo train to Monaco was at 8 AM after we had a nice breakfast at our hostel. So fellow student-budget travelers, if you want to economize, do stay at Nice to visit Monaco during the day and return at night because there is nothing cheap at Monaco,...
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How to get scholarship: EM Master in Membrane Engineering for A Sustainable World
Finally this is the time I explain about the master program I signed into. As a flashback, I applied 2 master programs from Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) in 2017, the year of my graduation from Environmental Engineering bachelor degree. If you want to start...
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10 easy recipes for people like us
I believe not all of you were born a good chef or is used to work in the kitchen for the family. In my case, before living in Europe, it was relatively easy to find any kind of food you want in Indonesia no matter how late at night or early in the morning. This is even...
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Childhood dream: Disneyland Paris and Val d'Europe
After accomplishing my dream to go to Greece in 2012 which turned out just so-so, so did Disneyland Paris in 2018. From our hotel in Gare du Nord, we took a RER E in the direction of Tournan, then change to RER A at Val de Fontenay in the direction of Marne La Valle –...
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Real opera experiences in Europe
I have always been involved in musical activities since I was a kid. Either it is a choir or an orchestra. My choir in high school and university somewhat led me to a more classical pieces that also brought me to have a private vocal course. Therefore, watching an opera...
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Indonesian Archipelago Series-9: Artsy Bandung
There is an Indonesian childhood song about taking train from Bandung to Surabaya that inspires every child to go to Bandung. I was lucky because my father used to be placed there for his work. Bandung is a capital city of West Java and famous for its pretigious...
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Study guide to save your semester
I want to go a little bit nerdy this time. During my master program here, I find lots of difficulty in my study because I do not have the background in chemical engineering and have to keep up with the advanced chemical engineering subjects. However, it is too late to...
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French Riviera part 3: Cannes
Below is just a casual daily view from a modest bus stop in Nice Promenades: So beautiful, isn’t it ? We left Nice to Cannes at 9:30 using bus number 200. The total travel cost was only 4.5 euros for a round trip, I am so proud of myself whenever I found cheap trick...
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Indonesian Archipelago Series-2: Horas, Medan!!!
Horas! Horas means salutation in Batak Toba language, a race from North Sumatra, Indonesia. It is supposed to be said with a powerful and cheerful manners (as far as I see). I know it has been thousands of years that I do not write due to my moving to Enschede, NL this...
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Japan part 5: Hogwarts at Universal Studio Japan, Osaka
The route from Kyoto to Universal Studio Japan, Osaka is quite complicated guys, I was kind of tired because of the trip. It was maybe around 2 hours, fortunately we were helped by a high school girl who wanted to go to college, because the platform numbers were so...
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Belgium: Huy, Chapon-Seraing and Brussels
Bonjour à tous! I used to live in a Belgian local family thanks to an exchange program called AFS (American Field Service). It is adressed for senior high school students all over the world to have 10-12 months exchange experience living with local families and go to...
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Turning 25 y.o. in Enschede, a nice restaurant ?
This is just to give you a glimpse about having a birthday abroad, far from your family and best friends, and also in the middle oh hectic week of projects (and also because it is my birthday so I am allowed to write whatever I want). Usually I am not that excited about...
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Packing tips for nomads like me
For people that hate packing, this job might be the worst nightmare. I don't know why but I am always surrounded by friends who do not like packing. To be honest, I pretty get this skill from my mother and Marie Kondo. If you do not know her yet, go stumble upon her...
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Southern of France part 1: Aix en Provence
We checked out from our hostel in Nice at around 5:30 AM to get the cheapest train as always. No pain no gain, guys, another morning train to catch: OUIGO train. They were super on time, strict and well-organized. I slept really well in the train and we arrived at Aix...
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Southern of France part 2: Marseille
Day 1 Okay, actually my reason why I wanted to go to Marseille was a bit stupid. It is because of a French series I watched during my Belgium year whose scenes took place in Marseille. It was a lame TV series but I watched it almost everyday with my Belgian host...
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Southern of France part 3: Montpellier, my home
Never was, always is beautiful: Montpellier. I have never imagined in my life to live in this city. Fate always works in a mysterious way and changed my unappealing point of view towards this city into a beautiful and sunny memory of a home. I was so nervous when I...
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Autumn in Lyon
Day 1 Even we needed to wake up super early and walked under the rain to catch the morning train from Strasbourg to Lyon, I still have time to admire the design of Strasbourg train station. However, it was freezing cold inside the train station, I did not notice that in...
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Japan part 1: Tokyo
Going to Japan was one of my main goals, at that time it was still very ambitious to go to Japan using my own savings. Why Japan ? One day my mom said Japan will really suit me and my life style which tends to be organized and kind of clean. Some friends and instagram...
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Japan part 3: Shibuya and Akihabara
The days in Japan were not like holidays, it gave me the feeling that I was the part of the citizens. I am in love with all their tidiness and orderliness without any loss of creativity madness. Today we tended to be more relaxed, because we want to save energy for...