It’s funny working in the Internet industry, there must have been days I didn’t even write one single word on paper. Therefore, I decided to handwrite a blog post. And to be honest, I didn’t like it very much. It takes a whole lot of time to scan the thing, way much longer than typing a post! For those … Read More
Indonesian Batik Pattern
Batik, a wax-resist dyeing technique on textile, is a traditional art form from Indonesia. It’s currently enjoying some sort of retro revival among Indonesia’s stylish urbanites. I regret that I never attended one of those batik workshops when I was still living in Yogyakarta and learn more about the techniques to create such beautiful patterns. But hey, see what one … Read More
Catching up on RSS Feeds Feels like Doing an Overload of Homework
I graduated from high school majoring in eight subjects: Art, my native Dutch language, English, French, German, Greek, History, and Math. This set of subjects was often referred to as a ‘fun package’ since it’s composed of so many ‘alpha’ subjects. Not necessarily so, reading nearly a hundred books for interviews on literature in a foreign language wasn’t my idea … Read More