DMZ: Border of hopes

DMZ has been in my list whenever I visit South Korea. However, I always fail to get a spot in a tour to Blue Building. Knowing it was quite difficult to get there, I decided to do trip around DMZ without visiting it. So, I took a half day tour, which was good enough for…

Nami Island and Garden of Morning Calm: Gestures of seasons

These areas were the last place I visited on my October 2019 holiday: Nami Island and the Garden of Morning Calm. I always wish to get all colors of seasons in these two places. I was waiting for this moment, since I was imagining to see colorful leaves falling down in autumn. I was totally…

Seoul: A Pit Stop

For me, traveling around Seoul (like, really the city itself), is sort of getting off at pit stop. Pit stop is a stop where a race car would get proper maintenance, refueling, after laps of high-speed-driving. Not only the car, I think, but also the driver. It is a proper time and place, to refresh…

A visit to Gyeongju: “Museum without walls”

It’s been a while since the last time I post a story in here, I reckon. I guess I was really occupied with life, that I forgot to share what I learn and what I know through this blog. Now that we’re having a work-from-home-period, I save around 3-4 hours of my daily traveling time…

Mainstreaming Gender and Energy: Is it that Simple?

  When I first started to learn about gender mainstreaming, I thought that as long as women are involved in it, then it’s cleared. However, along with time I learned, that gender mainstreaming is far beyond than just making sure women are present. But ensuring that women could access the services offered, participating in the…

Samoa: An unexpected experience in life

In December 2016, I had a chance to go to Apia, Samoa, for 15th Green Climate Fund Board Meeting. I have to admit that I have never thought before, to visit a country like Samoa. A very small country in the middle of Pacific. If you checked the map, it’s really a tiny spot out…

Paris in December…

The last three months in 2016 was actually the toughest months for me in 2016. I think every two weeks, I had to go abroad. October 2016, I had to go to Korea for GCF Board Meeting 14th. November 2016, I had to go to Marrakesh for COP 22, and not long after I arrived…

One night in Bandung

This post is a short story of my staying in Bandung. At first, I was thinking to have a photo-blog kind-of-post, but I think, it would be better for me to put some stories to the pictures, so I decided to make it as a short article of  my stay. Bandung is another home for…

Health is your responsibility

I grew up in sports. My Dad taught me a lot of sports, and along with time, aside from finding my own sports, I also feel that I cannot live without making sweat intentionally. So, I always try to get up early in the morning, and take a zip of sweat to start the day,…

You can’t see? Unveil yourself, then…

I like to drive in Indonesia, despite of its famous traffic that is not friendly for those who love to drive manuals. But what I hate the most is to drive behind a truck, and you cannot do anything about it. For me, caught in a situation like that would desperate me a lot. Why?…

Everyday is a new day…

I took this photo two years ago on my birthday in Bandung, West Java. I just arrived in the hotel for a solo-holiday, and when I opened my room’s curtain, this astonishing scene burst out in front of me. I thought to myself, “God, you really are showing-off…” and giggled. God can be so romantic…

Writing: Spelling your mind, be patience, and satisfied with it

Have you ever feel blank on what to write on your blog, or journal, or whatever? I do. Many times. At first I have around 9-10 blogs in many domains, simply to accommodate the whole life of mine (which then I deleted couple of it. Very hard for me to manage everything). I was crazily…