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Tourist for a Day

This year is my third year live in Surabaya. I thought I already explored this city (well, I'm good at exploring malls here), but the fact is I haven't explored many things yet. I usually don't have time to explore things, or my friends won't accompanied me (basically I don't have solo traveller's soul--so, explore some places by myself is a big thing for me). So, before final exams come to me I decided to explore this city! Surabaya known as City of Hero, so this city has lots of history behind everything. My friend and I decided to explore old-city here, but our meeting point was at De Javasche Bank (aka Museum of Bank Indonesia). Personally I love museum and old thing, so this place was pretty cool for me. I found many interesting things here. I learned about the history behind money here, history behind the building itself, and the old regulations here.  We walked kilometers for shooting photos around old-city, talked about many things. About his crush, ab

Questions that Haunt You on Family Gathering at Eid Mubarak

It's Ramadhan! So you'll be getting closer with Eid Mubarak we call it as 'Victory Day's because we're strong enough for fasting around a month. Based on our culture, we'll be gathering with all families and just sharing stories about everything.  From family gathering itself, we can get many things! Here I give you pros and cons of family gathering. pros: we'll be getting know our family members better after sharing things,  rebounding relationship between family member, most important and excited thing: pocket money from ones older than you.  cons: your family will ask you tons of classic and sometimes annoying questions, with no mercy. Here I rate most common questions I get: as a girl how to handle it! - Wah makin gendut ya sekarang. Naik berapa kilo? // wow you're getting fatter than before. How much your weight right now?  Physical appearance is very important, and they know that you're changed! your weight, your hair style, even your pimpl