My year in yarns (2023 edition)

For the past year, I’ve been *obsessed* with knitting and crocheting. I picked it up first around Christmas 2022, and even though I was afraid that it would be a short lived hobby, it turns out to be one of my favourite pastime in 2023. So I thought I would dedicate this post to highlight …

The tartan blue green dress

If you were forced to wear one outfit over and over again, what would it be? This pretty dress. I bought it from a UK-based shop right before they started imposing additional fees due to Brexit. I’ve used it on many important occasions, including my 30th birthday and thesis nailing. Not to mention different photoshoots …

Promovering — my PhD graduation ceremony

a.k.a. one of the best days in my life On 12 May 2023, or approximately a year after my PhD thesis defence, I finally had my doctoral degree conferment ceremony, or promovering. This has been something that I so much looked forward to. It was a quite fancy event, you have to dress up in …

DIY: Sarung tangan layar sentuh

Sebenernya aku bukan termasuk tipe orang yang crafty banget. Yang artistik dan suka bikin barang-barang do-it-yourself. Tapi terkadang kondisi memaksa demikian jadinya ya apa boleh buat. Ceritanya kan di Stockholm udah masuk musim gugur yang dingin-dingin banyak angin gitu. Nah beberapa hari terakhir ini suhunya udah ga pernah di atas 9 derajat celcius lagi nih. Hari ini malah parah …

Hari Kesepuluh

Wew, udah 10 hari aja di mari. Heheheheu. Jadi ceritanya temanya hari ini adalah... main badminton!!!  Diajakin main sama Tante Titin, temennya uwaku yang udah lama tinggal di mari. Katanya tiap Sabtu suka ada badminton yang disponsorin KBRI, jadi sewa lapangannya gratis (apah? gratis? demen nih aye :p) hehehe *dasar kere* Janjian sama c tante …

Hari Kelima

...merupakan saatnya kursus Bahasa Swedia. Kursus ini merupakan bagian dari Introduction Days KI dan gratis (haseeek). Belajarnya dari jam 10 sampe jam 4 sore dan kita dikasih bukunya juga. Sekelas aku ada 15 orang. Aku sekelas sama temen-temen dari Rwanda, Uganda, Malaysia, Italia, Georgia, Spanyol, Meksiko, Sudan, Inggris, Bangladesh, Belanda, dan Indonesia (aku sekelas sama …