Hello, everyone. This is Dita the wife again. I have a very good news to you all. My baby boy Ali has born! (Eventually, he was named Ali anyway.) Alhamdulillaah, he was normally delivered although a little ahead of the common time. I have a story on that that I want to share as well. [...]
Category: Life in Japan
Machida Winter 2018
It is said that this year, winter has its heaviest snow since 2014. I don't know what 2014 winter looked like, but this year the snow was indeed very heavy. Very heavy that it coated the everything with icing sugar they turned into temporary vanilla cakes. Trains decreased their schedule (due to fear of break [...]
Pregnancy in Japan
Hello again! This is Dita the wife again ^^. A lot has happened since the last post and this one, including a new year, a new life for me as a Ph.D student, including a new nickname for our baby that is growing strongly, steadily, and kindly inside my womb: Ali. My husband has called [...]
Autumn 2017 and Trip to Kamakura
Autumn is my (Dita's) second favorite season after spring, so I was excited to meet autumn again after 2 years! https://www.instagram.com/p/vTDBWmjRIU/?taken-by=mbadit I was very grateful and I wouldn't miss this opportunity to catch the momiji as much as I can... and some selfies doesn't hurt, right? (Some of the picture that includes both of Hafis [...]
Pregnancy Nutrients
Hello everyone! I am writing this post for the first time after I learned that I am pregnant! Alhamdulillaah... this is one of the sweet moment that I've been waiting forever, but besides a good relief and joy, the biggest emotion that occupies me right now is 'I should be responsible'. I just don't want [...]
Parkir Sepeda
Dengan sepeda sebagai alat transportasi utama pribadi saya di Jepang, sudah merupakan hal yang maklum untuk berurusan dengan masalah perparkiran. Di Indonesia, memang sepeda sudah sangat jarang ditemukan, apalagi di kota-kota besar. Namun untuk sepeda motor saja, sistem parkirnya cukup rumit. Nomor polisinya dicatat, dan ketika mengambil kendaraan pun karcis dan STNK harus ditunjukkan untuk [...]
My Bicycle in Japan
The last time I rode a bicycle was when I was in junior high school. In high school period I tried to use public transportation (locally called 'micro-let'.. might be a spin-off of 'Chevrolet') to both save my energy and make friends. I learned motorcycle but gave up since I crashed into somebody's fence. Since [...]
Japanese Transportation IC Cards
I'm always a fan of public transportation. One reason is because I don't want to contribute unnecessary greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Other reasons that are more honest are (1) I don't have much money to buy my own car/motorbike and (2) I'm not really good at driving. And I was really excited to start [...]
Sakura Hunting 2017
Alhamdulillah I arrived in Japan in the perfect time when the spring has just begun to kick in. Reportedly, this year's spring was different, where the sakura didn't bloom according to the expected schedule. The weather was weird, one time it got warmer and sakura got bloomed a little bit, but several days after were [...]
Mengejar Suami
Bismillaah. Memanfaatkan website ini yang kata suami bakal terus dia sponsori (alhamdulillaah!), saya ingin mendokumentasikan perjalanan kami selama menikah dengan harapan salah sekian dari isinya, suatu saat nanti, akan bisa membantu seseorang dalam kehidupannya di Jepang sini (terutama yang sudah berumah tangga). Kalau tidak ada, yah, akan saya jadikan kenangan untuk dibagikan kepada anak-cucu (aamiinn!), hehehe. [...]
H&D's Marriage Life 