Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden

January 25, 2016

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Never thought of ever visiting Stockholm - because it was far and I knew nothing about the city - but as soon as my really (really really really x3000) good friend Kajal asked me to go there with her it took me less than four seconds to say yes. Preparations were made, but nothing really fancy. We sort of looked things up that we wanted to visit and that was it. Accommodations were already settled, since we were staying at Kajal's sister's place which was very lovely.

Stockholm. What a city. I absolutely loved it there. Despite the gloomy weather when we arrived, I knew it was going to be fantastic and it did not disappoint me. It was pouring rain on our first day but stayed sunny and bright for the remaining six days. Also everyone is gorgeous there, we Indonesians would call it 'cuci mata' because everywhere you looked every single person was gorgeous. Ha.

It will come as no surprise that we ate lots and lots and lots of food, so here are some of my favourites. First up food-wise was this foodcourt Kungshallen. It was amazing, haven't seen any foodcourt since I went to Indonesia so I absolutely enjoyed it. In Gamla Stan we had chocolate milk and cakes at Café Nova which was... beyond. Fun fact: Estée Lalonde actually went to Stockholm the same time as we did, she even visited the Fotografiska museet one day after us. *Still sad that I didn't meet her*

In all honesty I couldn't have asked for a better person to travel and explore a new city with than Kajal. One of the highlights was definitely the long night conversations, snuggled next to each other inside our sleeping bags with Keaton Henson singing in the background. 

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Quiet mornings

Quiet mornings

January 23, 2016

On this particular day I woke up early to the sound of heavy rain, which was not necessarily a bad thing, in fact I enjoyed it big time. One of my favourite things to do in the morning is to read my devotional, spending one-on-one time with the Most High - this time accompanied by Captain by Hillsong United which I think is a really wonderful song. I've known this song since it came out but it was only last week that I really paid attention to the lyrics, and I was sold. 

Through waters uncharted my soul will embark

I'll follow Your voice straight into the dark

And if from the course You intend I depart

Speak to the sails of my wandering heart

Anyways right at this moment I am left with just one exam scheduled for coming Wednesday, followed by my birthday a few days after that. Crazy times! I'm beyond excited to finally have a decent amount of sleep and healthy food. 

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Exhibitions day

Exhibitions day

January 12, 2016

Here is a way overdue post from summer last year. I'm starting to think that posting photos way overdue has become a habit for me - as you might know if you had been following me on my previous blog - simply because I'm never fully happy with them and just force myself to post them regardless (it's been almost a year). Nathan and I visited an exhibition at S.M.A.K (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst) in Ghent. Now this wasn't a very wordy post, as the images did all of the talking for me. My favourite part of this day was the afternoon stroll we took in the neighbourhood, oh also the fries we had in front of the river.

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Growing distant

Growing distant

January 05, 2016

It is winter here in Belgium, the weather has been gloomy for the past weeks and I think it affects me greatly. Amidst my frantic studying for the exams (started last Monday, ending in the last week of January) I've been doing a lot of thinking.

If I were to freely choose which habit I want to get rid of first, that might be overthinking. Lately I've been so caught up with thoughts that lead to many, many sleepless and restless nights. I might get ready for bed at ten p.m and would still lay awake at 4 a.m, and even now I still have no idea how at nighttime everything passes by so fast.

I have been missing my friends and family overseas - despite the many conversations shared over Skype, Whatsapp messages and phone calls. There's just something comforting when hearing their voices and seeing them. But this is when it hits me the most, the sadness. When they're already getting ready to sleep and my day is just about to start. When there's this clear and huge time difference that's inevitable. When they hang up on the phone and when they bid me goodbye. That, for me, has always been the one moment that upsets me. And I often feel distant too.

I don't know where I was going with this point but I'm just putting it out there. At the moment I'm looking around, feeling things out. I'm not any less excited than I was back in October, but for at least another month, I'm ok with continuing to feel this way.

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