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Finally Woken

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A tale about culture shock. An Indonesian stranded in Scotland and has to deal with Scottish people, accent, weather (most of the time), food, and football. If you think eating chips with vinegar is normal, think again!

Added on: Dec 5th, 2007
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Author: Finally Woken
Listed in: Personal Travel
Tags: indonesia expat scotland culture shock

Recent Posts

New Home… Almost

Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 23:04 in travel, UK, expat

The date is set, the flight is booked. We officially have only less than 1 month in Aberdeen. By end of this month we will start our new journey in Australia. The movers will come to pack everything away a few days before departure, and the list of w...
Surprises & Secrets

Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 04:47 in travel, indonesia, UK, affairs, men are from mars, between women, indonesian behaving badly

I had planned my trip to Indonesia oh-so “quietly” I only told some people that I was coming. The mission: to surprise my mom who thought that she is not going to see me until next year or after I move to Perth, and to surprise R & E ...
An Overdue Update

Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 12:34 in travel, writing, UK, social network

Yes, it has been 19 days since my last posting, but I wouldn’t bore you with excuses. Instead, here is some stuff I could share by now: Moving – again! This is the first time I officially confirm that mr.mck and I are going to move down u...
What People Do Behind Closed Doors With Google Search

Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 17:27 in Culture, social network

Have you googled your own name? Or your ex? Do you feel that you are a weirdo by doing that? Well think again. Apparently people have too much time on their hands – either that or too much imagination – and rely a lot on Holy Google to an...
What Makes You An Indonesian?

Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 18:00 in indonesia, indonesian behaving badly

Somebody posted intriguing threads on twitter on the other day. I wasn’t sure what subject that triggered her posting, but she was ranting about Indonesians living overseas who pretend to know more about Indonesia [compares to those who are ins...
Lockerbie Bomber Released

Posted on Sunday August 23rd, 2009 at 18:45 in travel, UK, scotland shocking moments

Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi from Libya was jailed for murdering 270 people after Pan Am flight 103 exploded 31,000ft over Lockerbie (a Scottish border town), 38 minutes after take-off from London en route to New York in 1988. He is found guilty of murd...