Farida of Egypt

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for more information: Queen Farida of Egypt - Wikipedia

The moment when a Pakistani friend was very excited about my last name (he thought Farida is my husband's name) and shouted, "Farida is a queen of Egypt!" and I felt like I don't know what to say and he continued, "you should know it! That's your name!" And I only could say "Ach so.." And I still don't know how to behave..


Xoxo,

The one who once thought that "Farida" was a ndeso name. I'm relieved I wasn't born at the time the queen of Egypt was alive.

(Not) My Laboratory

During my stay in Japan, a generous professor gave me permission to stay at his lab. I should do something in the lab, but it turned out that I only sat at the desk and contemplate about how my life should be -____-

I used to think that in this lab, the communication was less intense than in Indonesian office. Here, we don’t need to tell everyone that we have already been in the campus, are going somewhere inside the campus, are going somewhere outside the campus but we’d come back soon, are having a meeting, have been home, etc. We don’t even need to shake someone’s hand (oh, how I love this!). We used this magnet system. The day when I took this picture was a holiday due the birthday of the emperor, so there was no one there, except us. He did something in the lab, and I sat and wondered about a life.

It used to be my husband’s desk, but then I used it, thus, he moved to another desk near the exit door. The desk with boxes on it and an umbrella belongs to our Indonesian fellow:

+ + INSIDE THE LAB (A LITTLE TRIP) + +

The door to the lab:

Behind the door:

A cute room thermometer:

His job:

Yes. We did our prayer in the lab!

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This is the hallway. Can you see a pair of shoes? It belongs to a researcher from the neighbour lab.  A suuuuuuper busy and diligent and productive lab. And this guy, I used to think that he was actually homeless and spent all his day in his lab.

I am going to miss the lab very much, even if I didn't have anything to do at the lab :')