“Why you don’t sell or take back your stuffs? Maybe you need them in the future?” I looked at my stuffs in my apartment in New York City. One big plastic bag of quinoa rice. New one. Never been used. One box of eggs. A-grade 24 eggs. Three bottles of Indonesian chillies. Never been used. […]

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La Guardia, New York City, NY. One week ago. “Make into groups and get someone coming to the front to pick up something.” Kami mulai bergerombol, memilih berada di grup dengan teman-teman dekat yang terbiasa menghabiskan lebih banyak waktu bersama setiap harinya di Columbia University. Aku melihat anggota kelompokku. Ada Dominik, jurnalis asal Sweden, duduk tepat […]

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Upper West Side, Manhattan.  The rain had just stopped pouring, but the sky was still cloudy. Greyish in color. The wet earthy smell filled the air, my nose, my mind. I walked back home from the law library at Columbia University located eight blocks away from my apartment, passing people coming back from school, from […]

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