I'm living in Flower Town, Indonesia. You can call me Flor. I cook and bake things. I love tea and coffee equally, and this place is where I talk about th...
While preparing for BBRC8, in between practice runs, I thought often about Ariana Grande. I tried, and failed, to imagine the impossible amount of scrutiny she has received since the beginning of her career. I can vividly remember her songs playing on the radio and the headlines in magazines and on social media that accompanied each new album release: tirades about her body, her whistle register,…
More than anything I miss feeling invisible while out in the world. As in, walking down the street and disappearing into the crowd. It's been more than a decade in this hot, painful country, and I still wrestle with the loss of that solitude. On this side of the world, where else have I felt it? I can't recall. Maybe in Thailand, while on a weeklong work trip. Brief flashes of it in Bali. Where…
The biggest reason why I wanted to go to Jakarta for that role that I ended up leaving anyways was because I wanted to be a guide, or a mentor of some sorts, and to build a team. I’ve now got a decade of work experience, give or take, but never yet had the opportunity to build a functional department from scratch in the ways I wanted. I always say that I only arrived at this point because of my…
Across the many years I‘ve worked writing for some of the world’s best brands — and collaborating with folks from all around APAC — I can say I‘ve had it good. Most of my bosses and colleagues were rational and delightful to work with. (Maybe it was because I spent most of my time freelancing, or contributing as an independent contractor). But this year, I thought I would try something new. I…
Catatan: First pass blog ini pakai Google Translate; mohon maklum jika ada kesalahan dalam tulisanku :3 Versi ori dalam Bahasa Inggris bisa dibaca di sini . Selama bertahun-tahun aku menulis untuk beberapa brand terbaik di dunia — dan berkolaborasi dengan orang-orang dari berbagai penjuru APAC — aku bisa bilang aku cukup beruntung. Sebagian besar atasan dan rekan kerja aku rasional dan…
I ragequit my job two Mondays ago. Yeah, the brand new job, the one that I just joined. One day, I will talk more specifically about what went down, but for now suffice to say that an excessive multitude of straws accumulated on this ol’ gal’s back within a span of just seven short weeks. This is the first time in over six years that I don’t have a stable monthly income. It’ll just be me, my…
VirtueMoir’s Moulin Rouge performance from 2018 has been a longtime Roman Empire of mine; I think now Alysa Liu’s MacArthur Park Suite performance from the 2026 Olympics will be another one. Like, wow? The smiles throughout? The flick of her hand during her split jump? The aerial shot by Cristophe Ena of her final spin, that idyllic grin stamped on her face? (Reminds me of this panel of Gojo…
My laptop screen broke for the third or fourth time this year. It's nuts. Every time, it costs anywhere from 3 to 3.5jt to replace. That amount could pay for two months of school tuition or about four different vaccines. Multiply that by three or four and I could've purchased a new laptop by now. The last time my laptop broke prior to 2025 was in 2021. That year, it broke twice — first because…
I rode a sleeper bus for the first time in my life last week, and all things considered, it was amazing. I'd definitely do it again. For the price of Rp. 660.000 per ticket you get to enjoy a relatively spacious private compartment, a full meal, snacks, and AVOD (advertising video on demand) if you're lucky. Some poor-quality images of the inside of the compartment and the view from the window: We…
A little over a decade ago, I wrote a list of things that I wanted to achieve within a certain time period. I don’t think I achieved anything on the list — maybe one or two things max? I forget where I wrote it so I can’t check. Rather than dwelling on that one, I am going to make a new list to guide my next ten years. Learn Mandarin and Japanese well enough to be able to speak, read, and write…