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Fikri Rasyid

I am Indonesian-based WordPress theme developer. I’ve blogged here since 2008. This is my personal blog where I share my thoughts and experiences.

Travel Posts

Obsessively expressive photo-driven blog post. Looks better in desktop / large screen. You have been warned.

Spain Trip 2018

Japan Trip 2017

Recent Posts

EPL & Unpredictability

EPL & Unpredictability

Couple of weeks and matches have passed and i can say that EPL is so fascinating. You just don’t know what happened next or who’ll win. Liverpool which is last year’s champions are surrounded by injury; Manchester City their closest rival seems to lost their way;...

iPad in 2020

iPad in 2020

I recently got myself an iPad Pro and these are the consideration and experienced i’ve gathered so far. Why I think i’ve come to the point where i should separate my needs on different devices. I used to think that i won’t need an iPad: i already use Macbook Pro and...

Farewell, Father

Farewell, Father

My father passed away last weekend. I’ve been trying my best to make sense of this situation but i don’t think I’ve been doing a good job on doing so. The last time someone close to me passed a way was years ago. In a sense i’ve been lucky not to experience these...

Sekiro, Shadows Die Tons Of Times.

Sekiro, Shadows Die Tons Of Times.

I recently finished Sekiro Shadow Die Twice and currently re-playing it already. For those who aren’t familiar with the game, Sekiro is a action ninja game from FromSoftware who’s notoriously known for Dark Souls and Bloodborne: the games so hard but satisfying they...

Thirty

Thirty

I turned thirty this month. A decade ago I wrote this piece while i was turning twenty and i think i owed my past and future self to write about what happened when I turn thirty. Lots of things happened in the past ten years: I’m married.I’m a father of a son and a...

Streaming Services Review

A very quick review of three active video streaming service subscriptions I use so far: Netflix: The OG of streaming services. It has tons of titles and it has tons of originals / exclusives. However, most of their “originals” movies feels generic and formulaic tho....

Spouse, Marriage, & Kids pt. 1

Spouse, Marriage, & Kids pt. 1

Couple of thoughts on spouse, marriage, and kids. I'm not sure what leads me to this, I think there was discussion on my twitter timeline couple of weeks ago regarding marriage and i want to share my take on these. Spouse This actually works both way: before you look...

On Making Company Retreat Vlogs

On Making Company Retreat Vlogs

Elegant Themes does annual company retreat since 2016 and I'm fortunate to attend all the company retreats and making travel vlog out of it: 2016 in Berlin - i shot videos using GoPro Hero 4 then automatically edited it using Quik app (spoiler alert: video production...

Games in Quarantine

Games in Quarantine

There are three games that I've been played more this past week during the quarantine which i'd like to talk about: Mario Odyssey Nintendo Switch I recently give more Switch time for my son since we're self quarantine-ing ourself. Among my very limited Switch game...

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