The Diary of Fajar Fitrianto

My last week in Copenhagen. My last week in Europe. A new semester in NTU has already started this week actually. So, I’m practically missing out my first week of the new semester in my home uni.

It’s been a fun month for me here. Managed to travel to alot of cities and countries … Sweden, Amsterdam, Brussel, Oslo, Paris, Berlin … it was good … it was fun

Although i find it quite amazing that I actually learn more stuff out-of-class instead of in-the-class. The classes here in Copenhagen … well, i have to say that it’s not that good. The way the class is run doesnt exactly meet my expectation. Classes in NTU are far way better with all the class discussion and the case studies. That’s why I can effort to skip some of my classes here in Copenhagen ;p

When I travel to a certain city, I tried to learn the hidden facts that lies behind the city’s history. Like why they have church right in the middle of Amsterdam’s red light district (for a redemption place for the sailor to confess their sin to after "enjoying" a night with the ladies of the red-light district), how the Eiffel tower was actually made to be able to be easily dis-assembled bcos it was only meant to be used for 20 years, how the Fall of Berlin Wall was actually caused by a simple mistake by Gunter Schabowski (back-then was the East German Minister of Propaganda), how Indonesia played a major contribution to the birth of Capitalism by being a "very BIG profit making cattle" for VOC (the first corporation ever to issue shares in the world), etc, etc.

I also experience the "cathedral-palace-and-museum-fatigue" where I have reach my limit in enjoying the magnificent architectures of the cathedrals and palaces here and also the beautiful art collection of the existing museums because i’ve seen too much of them lately.

Well anyway, have to get back to my project now which I have to hand-in next week for the completion of my study here in Copenhagen. Hopefully, I can go back to Europe again one day and do another Eurotrip

Wah besok pagi2 musti siap brgkt ke Berlikn ni. Tapi mlm ini gue masih aja ngutak ngatik tugas BSM (Business Study Mission) gue yang sbnrnya due next Monday. Belum packing2 ni
Tp berhubung gue ga mau bawa assignment ini ke Berlin, gue musti bisa nyelesaiinnya sblm gue brgkt bsk.

Harusnya sih udah gue kerjain kemarin2. Tapi apa daya. Kemarin gue seharian jalan2 sendirian di Sweden. Cape sih. But it was fun though. Alhasil, tugas blm selesai

Tp berhubung tugas ini blm urgent (due date-nya masi bbrp hari lg) alhasil gue ngerjainnya males2an gini. Sambil ntn bleach gini ngerjainnya. Hehehehe.

Although Sweden was fun, tp sbnrnya ga terlalu beda jauh ama Denmark (baik kultur, arkitektur maupun pemandangan alamnya). Dan gue curiga, negara2 lain di bagian utara eropa (kyk Jerman, Belanda, Polandia, Norwegia, dll) mgkn jg ga bakal beda2 jauh. Kalau mau yang agak beda yah mgkn musti agak ke selatan (kyk italia, spanyol, dll). Tapi gue udah book buat jalan2 ke amsterdam ama ke paris buat minggu dpn n minggu dpnnya lagi (bolos kuliah dhe … hehehe).

Tp yg paling menarik perhatian gue sih sbnrnya Turkey (istanbul), Yunani (Athen), ama Czec Republic (Prague). Sayang gue ga punya resource yang cukup buat jalan2 kesana saat ini (time and money of course .. hehehe). Well, maybe next time gue kesananya

We went to this international dinner last night. We were supposed to make our favorite dishes from our own country. So I joined with my friends from Singapore and Malay to make Nasi Goreng and Mee Goreng.

Then a friend of ours from HK wanted to join us to cooked his food. He wanted to make coke chicken wings. And hell yeah, i said "WTF ????"

Yup it’s chicken wings + coca cola …….

I was quite amazed to see him cooked it. He boiled the chicken wings with coke !!!!

Well apparently it did taste nice. Wanna try the complete recipe >>> http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/heritage/pdf/RECIPE_chickenwingsorribs.pdf

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