Because It's My First Life

The next thing I knew, it is September already, which means that I have  abandoned my blog for almost half a year  lived in Sweden for a little bit over a year now. Before coming to Sweden, I had no expectation on how I would change on a personal level. But to say that I expected no changes would be a complete lie, because as Kelly Morgan said, "changes are inevitable and not always controllable." But that personal changes talk is a bit  too deep , and my brain is not capable of producing anything near that at this time. Instead, I have compiled a few things that have changed about me after living here for a year.   Being an IKEA model is sadly not one of the changes. It's just a test to see if you've been in Sweden long enough. I assume those who have should know how I got this photo already . Disclaimer: I intentionally picked out the ones that are most relevant to most people in general. Hence let me start the list by this ...

After a pretty successful blog debut last month, I decided to continue writing. I'm honestly not sure whether people liked my post because of the first photo I put up (which is of me and Pak Jokowi) or if they actually took time to read and liked what I wrote. I was surprised to see that many people did read and quote the things I wrote in it, but I wasn't surprised either when the comment made was something related to Jokowi. Well anyways, thank you for the overwhelming responses and care! So a few weeks ago, while lying in bed trying to figure out what to do with my life  how to fall asleep, I ended up jotting down some ideas about how different the Swedish education is compared to that in the US. And so if you're here to figure out what it's like to study or just my general comments on my study experience in Sweden so far, well you're in for a treat! Alright so they say ignorance is bliss . I guess this was kind of true for me, as I did not really pay at...

It was my year. The year of rooster. A friend of mine told me that I should be careful during my year because it’s usually full of unfortunate events. Well, my year has finally passed, and I must say: it was, hands down, the best year in my life. Twenty seventeen highlights include: 1.      Taking a photo with my most favorite politician in the world: my very own president – Pak Jokowi. I must say that I usually do not give much effort when it comes to taking photos with famous people. I’ve spotted a few famous celebrities, but I never had the guts to ask for a photo. However, on the day I saw Jokowi, I knew that I just had to. It was once in a lifetime experience, and I knew that I had to get a photo with him. It took me more than half an hour to get past his bodyguards and the sea of people and older ladies who wanted to take photos with him too. It was tough because the bodyguards would only let you in after Jokowi pointed at you. Well, let ...