Stories, experiences, and feelings in this journey of life.
As you have known, I send postcards to myself. If that makes me a narcissist, so maybe I am. I might have written it but let me say it again: I think it’s a good thing to write to myself. If I ever got lost or lose my memory someday, (hopefully not), maybe I’ll find…
By Europe, I also mean UK because it’s in the same continent, no? Pickpocketing is not a new thing for me considering where I am from. We also have pickpockets in Indonesia. It’s not a secret though I’m not proud of it. I myself experienced it one time when I was traveling in East Java,…
First of all, Norway is the fifth European country that I visited (I’m not counting UK). Second of all, Oslo is a very beautiful city and I really love it. Third of all, I had bad experience going to and traveling around the city. It’s such a drama, and let me tell you how or…
My next destination in UK was Leeds. The reasons? Well, I have friends there. Yeah, I know, I’m kinda cheap. I keep bothering my friends so I can travel at low cost 😔😭 Bless their souls for being so kind and nice to me 🙏🙇♀️ Anyway, I left London for Leeds in the morning using…
So I went to UK. I took a bus from Tucson on June 28 afternoon to catch my flight from Los Angeles on June 29 morning. I had a long transit in Las Vegas before finally flying to Gatwick airport in London, UK. The flight was about 9hours. I didn’t get a window seat and…
As usual, I kept checking on the tracking number for my return envelope as well as my bank account. I checked the tracking number because I wanted to know when I could expect to receive my passport and hopefully the visa. At this point I was still open to the possibility that they would not…
He then asked about the proof that I was active as a student, like the lady previously did. He asked if the university paid me. I was like, “No, it’s full scholarship. I don’t work. My Indonesian government pays everything for me. I also get the monthly stipend, the document of which I attach along…
I frantically made my reservation using the app and tried to matched it with the itinerary that I have made. (Thank you T-Mobile, thank you family plan T-mobile, thank you Google, thank you playstore, thank you booking dot com). Of course I chose the free-cancellation ones. But you know, the free-cancellation ones are actually more…
I went to Greyhound station (thankfully it was close to my place, around 10minutes walking) because my bus to LA was scheduled on May 15, 2018 at 10.55pm. So I left home around 10.15pm. There were not so many people, but I wasn’t surprised, that’s how it usually was at night, for the bus to…
Then….May 11, 2018, at 10.24pm (Yes, at night!), the embassy – visa department – finally responded to my email, explaining about how to make the appointment, etc. along with the links. They apologized that they didn’t immediately reply. Well, they were busy. I understand. But I really wished that they had had replied much earlier…