“Look! There is a promotion from Airasia, going to Singapore from Jakarta for free!,” I said to my friends, YR and JW, one morning at JW’s office when I visited them in Jakarta a year ago. “Are you serious? We can go to Singapore for New Year’s holiday then,” YR replied to me. “Let’s ask [...]
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$39 means “Welcome to Singapore”
Posted in Asia, Travel on February 21, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Virtual buddies become real buddies
Posted in Asia, Travel on January 25, 2010 | 16 Comments »
Happy New Year!!! I promised to write soon but I’m afraid it was not as soon as I expected, sorry folks… Holidays had consumed my time after nearly six months in Sudan without having any break. I had a great time and as usual, it was always too short. Went home felt so good, spending Christmas [...]
Dancing in the mud…
Posted in Africa, Asia, Mission Life on December 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
To be in the reverse position sometimes is a little bit awkward… At least that was what I felt when the first time I had to host some journalists in Sudan. Prior to join United Nations (UN) I was a journalist for a local weekly newspaper in East Timor called, East Timor Sun. When I worked [...]
Culture shock in Afghanistan
Posted in Asia, Mission Life on December 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“President Obama plans to send 30,000 soldiers to Afghanistan…” Obama’s new strategy for Afghanistan has been the hottest news for the last three days. Everytime I watch the news on TV, the above quote has always been the headline news of the day. Speaking about Afghanistan… It reminds me to my experience living in Kabul back in 2003-2004. I [...]
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