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  • Happy dog, happy life

    Happy dog, happy life

    “I want a house with a small backyard. We’re gonna get a dog. An outdoor space is essential!” That’s what I told my husband few years back, during our hunt to find a house. We did successfully find a house with a tiny backyard. We also maintained to adopt a medium size dog from local…

    AJ Tjondronegoro

    March 28, 2022
    Dongeng harian, english, go dutch, life in daily basis, love and life, today’s tale
    beertje, dogs, english, life in the netherlands, photography
  • Finally, Da Vinci!

    Finally, Da Vinci!

    Liburan terakhir gue sebelum Covid-19 ditetapkan sebagai pandemi terjadi Januari 2020. Gue dan suami berlibur ke Paris khusus untuk pameran 500 tahun Maestro Leonardo Da Vinci di Museum Louvre. Sebenernya liburan ini agak maksain. Suami gue gak terlalu minat ke Paris. Tapi gue meyakinkan beliau, “Sia edan? Sok kapan lagi sebagian besar lukisannya Da Vinci…

    AJ Tjondronegoro

    January 29, 2021
    arts and culture, bahasa indonesia, liburan, travel, turis, Vacation, wisata
    art and culture, before covid, da vinci, louvre, old master, Paris, Vacation
  • 2021 yang Belum Tentu Smooth

    2021 yang Belum Tentu Smooth

    Di tahun 2020, warga dunia berharap banyak bahwa 2021 bakalan lebih baik. Gue juga berharap demikian. Sejujurnya, akibat covid banyak hal yang tidak berjalan seperti sedia kala. Rindu beraktivitas tanpa khawatir sakit, atau dihakimi massa. Rindu berlibur, tanpa harus tes PCR berulang kali. Rindu ngebar atau ngafe dan ngobrol tanpa jarak minimal 1,5 meter. Dan…

    AJ Tjondronegoro

    January 20, 2021
    bahasa indonesia, Dongeng harian, keluh kesah, life in daily basis, productivity, today’s tale
    2021, covid-19, decluttering, minimalism, pandemic, saham, sars-cov2, stocks, stress
  • Virus yang mengubah (gaya) hidup

    Virus yang mengubah (gaya) hidup

    Sudah enam bulan berlalu sejak dunia dipaksa berubah lantaran pandemi covid-19, yang sedihnya sampai sekarang, bahkan diprediksi sampai beberapa tahun kemudian belum akan usai.  Tanpa perlu dijelaskan, pembaca sekalian sudah tahu lah, perubahan yang aku maksud apa saja. Baik di tingkat pribadi maupun secara kelompok, perubahan ini sedikit banyak berimbas ke banyak hal, salah satunya…

    AJ Tjondronegoro

    September 14, 2020
    bahasa indonesia, DIY, keluh kesah, life in daily basis, today’s tale
    bahasa indonesia, corona virus, covid-19, keuangan, pandemi, psbb
  • Self Quarantine and Feeling Okay

    Self Quarantine and Feeling Okay

    Okay peeps, To many people it’s prob self-quarantine week 2. But for me, it’s been almost a month being a hermit and minimise chance to go out into the crowd. Well, I went out but only to my backyard, or dog park, with of course minimum distance to others: 1,5 meter as obliged. Do I…

    AJ Tjondronegoro

    March 28, 2020
    arts and culture, Dongeng harian, english, keluh kesah, productivity, today’s tale
    corona virus, covid-19, illustrator, self quarantine, stay at home, work from home
  • Budaya Malas Membaca dan Permintaan yang Gak Kira-kira

    Budaya Malas Membaca dan Permintaan yang Gak Kira-kira

    Kira-kira beginilah isi hati gue setiap terima DM di instagram yang kira-kira isinya “Mau dong digambarin.” Yang kira-kira bisa diartikan pengirim kepengen gue gambarin mukanya terus dikirim ke dirinya dengan cuma-cuma. Karena apa? Karena kami berteman mungkin? Sejujurnya ya, sebagai orang yang baru banget belajar menggambar, masih dalam tahapan eksplorasi gaya dan teknik, serta belom…

    AJ Tjondronegoro

    February 28, 2020
    bahasa indonesia, critics on life, keluh kesah, life in daily basis, sumpah serapah
    art, complaining, illustration, instagram, productivity
  • Ten thousand thundering typhoons!: How storm Ciara damaged my (neighbour) house

    Ten thousand thundering typhoons!: How storm Ciara damaged my (neighbour) house

    Storm Ciara came to The Netherlands on the first weekend of February 2020. Been a while since a storm hit us. Last time I remember happened in 2018 where the wind is as strong as 100 km/h. And the same strength happened again during Ciara. I am always afraid of storm. I’m not afraid to…

    AJ Tjondronegoro

    February 18, 2020
    english, go dutch, life in daily basis, today’s tale, WNI di Belanda
    english, house ownership, huisverzekering, storm ciara, winter
  • “Just practice.”

    “Just practice.”

    Dari kecil gue selalu suka menggambar. Entah gimana malah larinya ke nulis. Mungkin semenjak nggak lulus ujian masuk FSRD ITB dan malah nyasar ke Ilmu Politik (jurusan Hubungan Internasional bahkan). Pada akhirnya, gak ada juga dari ilmu politik itu jadi modal buat kerja. Buat yang kenal gue, tahulah kerjaan pertama gue admin kantor, lanjut jadi…

    AJ Tjondronegoro

    February 2, 2020
    arts and culture, bahasa indonesia, DIY, Dongeng harian, life in daily basis, productivity
    art, artwork, illustration, productivity, progress, study, toonme
  • Playing tourist in Paris

    Playing tourist in Paris

    My husband and I just got back from our short trip to Paris. For me it’s a first time. For him it’s his second. He used to hate the idea of Paris but this time I kinda forced him. We came to Paris to celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary while also visiting Museum Louvre for…

    AJ Tjondronegoro

    January 24, 2020
    english, foto, liburan, travel, turis, Vacation, wisata
    black and white, english, france, Paris, photography
  • How bad do we need to change?

    How bad do we need to change?

    Nama Puteri Novitasari Ramli (selanjutnya akan aku sebut PNR) beberapa hari terakhir ini turut meramaikan jagat media sosial warganet di Indonesia. Nama yang bersangkutan disebut berkaitan dengan skandal penyelundupan motor Harley Davidson di dalam pesawat Airbus A330 yang dibeli maskapai Garuda Indonesia dari Toulouse, Perancis. Penyelundupan ini jelas ilegal dan ngemplang pajak. Berita jelasnya bisa…

    AJ Tjondronegoro

    December 7, 2019
    Asal Saja, bahasa indonesia, critics on life, Dongeng harian, Garuda Indonesia, life in daily basis
    changing, culture, haircut, kappers, social, women
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