Rahma Bustamam's Blog

Being born and raised in a small village in Indonesia made me wonder how life and people out there, in other cities and in other countries, could be. What language do they speak? What food do they eat? What do they look like? Oh, I wanted to know everything and I wanted to see for myself. Who knows, years after God answered that little girl's wish. Not only did I visit, but I got a chance to live there for some time. And yes, I learned lots of life lessons from that. Ankara, Turkey - Comfort in differences Can you imagine coming to a country where almost everything is different from yours? That's what I felt when I arrived in Turkey for the first time. Different faces, different seasons, different languages, different food, different cultures. I felt like a chocolate chip on whipped cream. Well, that was what I noticed about the people there. They're all white. Not only that, mostly they're taller than me. I felt like an ant. Tiny. 😄 I went to Turkey and stayed ...