Aprilia From The Block
East Jakarta in late afternoon. The roads were chock-a-block with commuters. The chaos on Jakarta’s roads was the first thing that struck me when I moved there. I spent most of my time in the national capital stuck in gridlock…
Read MoreMasbagik, The City That Never Sleeps
Masbagik is where I call home. Like all homes, it’s a storehouse of old memories. When I was young, maybe three or four years old, my…
Read MoreWhy I Walk With My Eyes Cast Down In Jatinangor
In my four years as a college student in Jatinangor, a small city just outside Bandung, West Java, I shied away from looking straight ahead of me when out and about. When walking, I assumed a hunched, bowed posture and I kept my eyes fixed on the ground, looking up just often enough to avoid crashing into anything. Not without cause, naturally…
Read MoreLast Angkots of Bekasi
A view from inside the dilapidated minibuses that rattle across Southeast Asian cities.
Read MoreI Hiked Mount Rinjani in the Depths of the Pandemic
It began with my friends and I making plans to hike Mount Raung at the start of 2020…
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