Selamat Idul Fitri/Eid 1445 H

Another year, another Eid away from home. (But where is home, really?) This year’s Eid falls on Wednesday. In the beginning I had no intention of cooking traditional dishes like before, because it’s gonna be in the middle of the week, and I couldn’t invite anyone. But then in the supermarket, I was inspired. I …

Residency

Describe one of your favorite moments. This one is difficult because I have many. But I think the recent one was when I had dinner with my best friend, and he told me that he got into a residency program (to be a specialist 👨🏻‍⚕️). Words cannot describe how happy and proud and grateful I …

Svårt

Medan jag skriver detta inlägg, mina föräldrar bör vara på väg hem till Indonesien efter en kort vistelse här. Jag förväntade mig inte att jag ska känna… känslorna. Ni vet, jag är så van vid att bo långt ifrån familjen. Jag har gjort det sen jag var ung. Jag har bott i Sverige i nästan …

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 …

Cerita lebaran 1444 H

Berhubung udah lama ga nulis pake Bahasa Indonesia, mari kita coba. Mudah2an ga awkward 😂 Lebaran kali ini mungkin jadi lebaran terniat yang aku rayain. Terniat dalam standar ngerayain lebaran sendiri di luar negeri ya… Wkwkwkwk. Hal pertama yang aku siapin buat lebaran taun ini tu dekorasi. Iya, agak aneh emang. Cuma gatau kenapa orang2 …

Διακοπές του Πάσχα 2023

Το Σαββατοκύριακο του Πάσχα, ο καλύτερος φίλος μου κι εγώ είχαμε διακοπές στο Μάλμε και στην Κοπεγχάγη. Ημέρα 1 Πήγαμε με το αεροπλάνο γιατί δεν υπήρχε τρένο. Πετάξαμε στο Μάλμε. Το αεροδρόμιο είναι μικρό. Πήραμε λεωφορείο για την πόλη. Και μετά πήγαμε στο ξενοδοχείο. Ήμασταν χαρούμενοι γιατί το δωμάτιο μας ήταν ψηλά στο 22ο όροφο. …

Turning around

After such a bleak year, things seem to start turning around 🥺 (alhamdulillah) This week, many important things occurred almost at the same time it feels like Christmas in July. Or an early Eid. Whichever suits you. That paper that was rejected 13 times by the journal? Published this week. 😭 It took me almost …