Posts Tagged ‘West Java’
When I’m Restless at One A.M., This is the Place I Go
The food at a burjo resto is easy enough to cook up. What draws Muhammad Nanda Fauzan is conversation and comedy.
Read MoreThe Cost of Free Parking
Fikry Ainul Bachtiar ponders a question with far-reaching implications: ‘Should we have given money to that person we left behind?’
Read MoreThe Unconventional Majesty of Mount Sunda
Flying squirrels, leeches, orchids and spiritual pilgrimages: on the slopes of Mount Sunda, Pradipta Dirgantara finds everything except tourists.
Read MoreIn Bandung, a Place of Diversity, and a Place to Sleep Soundly
For Joan Oktavianie, living in Kopo, Bandung, has brought many gifts – including the gift of learning to live among people who are different.
Read MoreIn Front of a Mosque I Found Tranquillity, Until I Didn’t
Facing a ‘quarter-life crisis’ as his college graduation looms, Fikry Ainul Bachtiar receives some unsolicited advice.
Read MoreWhy Do Equatorial Trains Have Antarctic Temperatures?
A frostbitten night crossing Java.
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…
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