This week, we took three days off to visit Berlin. It was not the first time we visited Berlin. But it was our first trip together to Berlin, which made it special. We did not plan a lot for the journey, but the trip left such a deep impression. This was our first trip outside…
In a hot tub
Ever since I moved to the new house, I have a new guilty pleasure: chilling in a bathtub! I feel guilty because it requires a lot of water to make it full, so I try to do it not so often, maybe just once every two weeks, but I cannot deny that it was such…
Trying to recollect time
Can you believe that it is almost November? and it is mid-Autumn already? I just went through the blog and realized that the last time I published a post was in June, almost five months ago! So sad to realize that in between June and today, the time flies while the virus stays. Although the…
Our take on equality
Two weeks ago, I watched an Instagram video on equality in a relationship, hosted by two Indonesian couples. The video itself gained quite an attention on my Instagram feeds. Some people cheered for it. Some people wished their relationship could be like that. Some said, “it was not supposed to be like that.” The couples…
On Fasting
Let me tell you something. I always look forward to welcoming the fasting month. I like fasting. In a sense that I also fast, even if it is not during the fasting month. But of course, not every day. In the last six years, I have been living in a part of the world…
On Styles and Tastes
On our journey to strike a happy medium between our interior taste differences, I somehow recalled a theory on good and bad taste from my best-loved writer-slash-philosopher, Alain de Botton. In his book The Architecture of Happiness, he approached the question “Why do we have the taste we have?” with the theory of compensation. He…
How we met (his version)
1607 days ago I went to a ball in Scheveningen with some fellow interns – a yearly festive company activity. All good and well, good music being played and nice snacks. It was late in autumn and cold, so it was an inside party. Thinking she wouldn’t come anymore, she did walk in around…
How we met (her version)
Five years ago, I attended an office party. The party already started around 8 pm. But I was there rather late (or very late actually, it was 11.30 pm when I arrived) because I had attended a jazz concert before that. When I just arrived at the venue, I took a fortune cookie since…
On being married and quarantined thereafter
Hi everyone, how are you? These past few weeks have been unusual for us. We have been spending time at home more than we used to because of COVID-19 measures in the Netherlands. I believe the same standards are currently in place everywhere around the globe. I hope things get better soon. Most importantly, I…
We tied the knot!
You read it right. We just got married two weeks ago! It was a dream wedding come true! If I could, I wanted to repeat it, with the same person of course 🙂 Now I am sitting on the couch and just had a call with a now-my husband who is on his 2-week offshore…
Short Respite 