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- 5 min readSep 24, 2026I am supposed to be multilingual, but I forgot my native tongue
This is not a joke. I've been scrolling through Reddit a lot lately, and at some point I decided to join the Belgian subreddits. For someone like me, that shoul…
- 4 min readSep 15, 2026I always wanted to open a coffee shop with pastries. I never did.
This is one of those stories that keeps resurfacing every few years, usually when I'm alone in the kitchen at 11 pm making dough for no reason. And today I want…
- 4 min readAug 28, 2026I almost bought an Apple Watch, then changed my mind
For years I've been thinking about buying an Apple Watch. It came up again while I was putting together a spreadsheet for a full hardware overhaul . An Apple Wa…
- 4 min readAug 10, 2026I'm finally considering visiting my country of birth
For years I've thought about going back to Indonesia without ever really meaning it. I never had the real drive to pull the trigger. I have zero emotional conne…
- 4 min readJul 18, 2026My habits changed and so did my health
The last couple of years haven't been great, health-wise. Before that, my other half had a miscarriage and years of health issues, which forced me into decision…
- 4 min readJul 02, 2026I Don't Know If I'm an Expat or Just Someone Who Never Went Home
I've been alive for 44 years. I took a moment recently to trace where those years went. Geographically, I mean. And the result genuinely confuses me even now. B…