“I identify myself as a global citizen. My identity is not bound by nationality just because my passport was issued in Indonesia and I’m a second-generation Chinese Indonesian. I have a friend with whom I share values with that go beyond perceived differences. She’s Russian-American. However, it’s hard to find people who are also cosmopolitan,Continue reading Global Citizen
“I was heartbroken and a bit bored of my finance job in London so I decided to do some soul-searching while exploring the world for a couple of months. I found myself in South East Asia then Japan. A week before leaving, I met an Indonesian girl at a bar after she noticed I hadContinue reading Same Love
**日本語訳は下をご覧ください** “Elderly Japanese women seem to have taken a liking to me. One dark and rainy day, a sweet old lady waved to me and said, ‘Come inside the umbrella or you’ll catch a cold.’ Then another time, while I was staring at the moon by myself to wait for the lunar eclipse, some middle-agedContinue reading Rare Experience
“We’re trainees from Indonesia. We’re here for 3 years to learn Japanese work ethics and apply them back home. Some of us work at bakeries while others at pizzerias and fruit stores. So far so good, we’re really enjoying ourselves. Come to think of it, 6 months went by so quick.”
