A month before 30
Hi there, I know, I know, it's been a long time coming. I feel ashamed that it would take me turning 30 years old to get another post after a long hiatus from writing. It's not that there is a lack of things to write about. Let's see, many things have happened. I will try my best to chronologically look back on the things that happened after I start my doctoral studies. First of all, Tante Nia died on the 17th of January 2024. Honestly, on the last post, about what happened that last time I went back to Indonesia before coming to Freiburg in November 2023, I wanted to tell you about what happened to her. During the time that I was in Indonesia back then, her health had gotten worse. As I arrived in Germany at the start of my PhD, it was really difficult to be excited for it when my mind wandered again and again to the conditions at home. It almost felt that I did not really want to be there at the time. However, due to the prior commitment that I made to my PhD supervi...
