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Hello!!! This is my blog.

I go by the name foodphotomania here. I'm a 25 year-old grad student 28-30-year-old grad student. I do anthropology sometimes, and public health the other times. I like studying about media, gender, HIV/AIDS and few others. I (used to) work as a (junior) research(er) (assistant) in a state university in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. But now, I guess, I'm just a jobless student with a few part-time jobs here and there. I am now based in London Sydney. It's almost my second year here.  It's my 5th month now, but will be returning to Indonesia in a few weeks time (yeah!).

I started this blog a few couple years ago when I was at the first time away from home longer than I had previously done [coincidentally I was visiting Sydney that time too!]. And now that I think about it, I tend to write more when I'm not at home (meaning in Jogja).

I love sea, more than mountain. I guess I don't consider myself fit physically. I get tired sometimes too soon when hiking (but I do enjoy the view). And I'm not really a sport person - all I can do is swimming and playing badminton - both of which I haven't done in the past 14 months. So, err....

I love cats. I have a two year-old male one at my home (my parents' house to be precise). We have a two-year male cat at my parent's house. He's gorgeous. I like animals with fur. I used to keep rabbits when I was in elementary school, and fishes when I did my undergrad.

That's him. Doing yoga-cat in a bowl.

I love food and beverages. and I (used to) love to take pictures of them (obviously from my name). I love to taste different kinds of food. I love cooking, but unfortunately, people don't love what I cook [my father despises it. haha. I guess partly because I don't use and don't like too many spices]. To name a couple of my favorite (from many): coffee (anything, depends on my current mood - but mostly latte or Lampung coffee) and tempe penyet sambel bawang. If you're a food-porn addict, visit my other sanctuary. I post about food there - mostly photographs. [I delete that blog already]

I love books. I like to be surrounded by books (library with no restriction of coffee and snack and some sofa if I decide to fall asleep would be a perfect sanctuary. Hahaha). I lose most of my money for books. My friend said to me that I hesitated too much to buy clothing or shoes, or bags, or almost everything except food, coffee, and books. It's true. So damn true.

I love singing!!! I enjoy spending time (and money) at karaoke! It's so much fun and refreshing. You only need to go with the right partners. Oh, and I'm really keen on watching movies (and drama/sitcom) - mostly Korean, Japanese and a mix of English/American. I used to like watching other non-English European movies - but now not too much. If you care enough to read my ramblings here, you'll find quite a handful of drama and movie reviews that you may consider watching (or maybe not - accordingly). I also love watching Korean variety show. My current favorite: 1Night2Days Season 3, and Three Meals A Day [any Na PD, unless it involves Kang Ho Dong].

I post everything that is relevant to my life - nothing in particular really: from rambling, travels, song recommendation, drama/film review, and a lot more.

Cheers!