Die Farbenwelt

In my previous post, I talked about my visa refusal. I found information on the German Embassy website:  "The Visa Section informs that Remonstrance cannot be made in connection with the ongoing pilot project until June 30, 2025. In the event of a visa refusal, the legal steps that you can take are the instructions on the right to appeal (Rechtsbehelfsbelehrung),"  w hich means the appeal must be submitted to the  Berlin Administrative Court  and not processed at the German Embassy in Jakarta. The German Embassy in Jakarta is undergoing a pilot project until June 30, 2025, which temporarily precludes the submission of remonstrations at their office. Therefore, visa appeals must be submitted according to the instructions outlined in the rejection letter. This time I will take close what documents I prepared for the visa appeal to the Berlin Administrative Court. As stated in the rejection letter:  "There are reasonable doubts about your intention to leave the te...

What's the most stressful? Definitely, applying for a German Schengen visa!   This is a glimpse of my experience applying for a German Schengen visa. Every Schengen visa applicant is required to apply in person by making an appointment, and requests are made online through a third party called VFS Global.  Because I am located in Bandar Lampung, I visited the nearest VFS Global office to my city, which is in Jakarta. Other representative offices are in Surabaya and Bali, which certainly are very far away. I applied for a visitor visa with a declaration of commitment or "Verpflichtungserklärung" from J because honestly my savings were not much left after I bought a round-trip ticket, bought travel insurance, paid the appointment fee, paid for travel expenses to Jakarta and paid for the visa. There are so many costs to be incurred, right? TLDR.  This is the document that needs to be prepared to apply visitor visa: 1. Application form (Original) Fully completed in Germ...

Have you ever heard that darkness doesn't like couples who are in union? What I mean here is that darkness is, clearly, "darkness", and always tries to find ways to separate two people who want to be together. Maybe I'm just overthinking, but I felt that power. The power that wants to destroy my good relationship with J. To the point that I decided to do counseling with a psychologist because honestly I almost couldn't face reality, while deep down in my heart, I didn't want to break up with J in such a way. J felt the same way. Until now we still wonder what big thing actually separated us both that night? Although in the end, we both tried hard to restore the situation to what it was before and certainly now we have made up and communicated as usual, my regret is still so great. Why didn't I treat him better? Why did I have to provoke him like that? Was it just because we were tired after the flight from Medan, then transit in Malaysia, back to Bali, and...

I briefly mentioned my trip to Bali with J in my previous story.  After another little drama, before we flew to Medan, we spent a sleepless night at Jakarta airport. We had booked accommodation before flying to Medan, but we decided not to take it because we might not make it to the airport on time if we had to stay quite far from the airport. Finally, J canceled the reservation and we both dozed off, almost looking crazy at the airport. As someone who rarely travels by plane, I had no idea how we were supposed to rest properly, even for a short while. Okay, forget about us not resting properly, and then flew to Medan. Which then caused another unnecessary argument with J, triggered by fatigue and our souls wanting to jump out to fight. But, all of that was eventually quickly forgotten. Every time J and I tried to adjust and match ourselves. Of course, it wasn't easy. We both have different cultures, thoughts, and very different ways of living, naturally, little friction will often...

After intense chats throughout September and October, J visited Indonesia in early November and met me directly in my hometown as he had previously mentioned. Everything moved quickly at that time. I spent the first week with him in my city, we went to museums, and beaches, hiked a mountain I used to climb when I was younger, and finally, we agreed to fly to Bali first. Initially, we planned to visit a mixed German family in Medan, but J complained about a muscle injury in his back from swimming in Germany, and the pain hadn't subsided. I even took him to a reflexology place in my city, but it only improved briefly, and then the pain solely came back. In Bali, we would be attending a week-long yoga retreat, and J thought it was something better to do first than go to the forest and mountains in Medan. Who's the best travel planner? J is. I've read a lot about the traits and characteristics attached and identical to the German people. Most Germans are said to be very serious...

Way back when I was 17, I had a huge crush on this guy from another school who was a Libra. I liked him for longer than I can remember, probably more than 9 years, even though I never saw him again after we graduated and went our separate ways. When he went to college in the same city as me, we never crossed paths, and I heard he was engaged to someone he loved very much. And so, my unrequited love story ended there, with a Libra I adored from afar. So, when J told me he was interested in my profile because he had two Aquarius women in his past who he fell in love with, and even though it wasn't a guarantee, he wanted to give it a try with me, I couldn't help but chuckle. It wasn't because I thought J was absurd, but because it reminded me of something. I have a Libra friend, and we were both really proud of our zodiac signs. She said Libra and Aquarius were the wisest signs in astrology. She thought if you put the two together, you could change the world. Maybe that's ...

Not many people would be familiar with this particular dating site. People are more accustomed to other platforms and app-based ones. It's never mentioned in the top 10 most popular dating apps. I've even forgotten how I exactly found this site. Maybe I was too desperate for a partner back then, so I tried a bunch of dating sites? That's all I can remember, and Rose Brides has a record of me signing up in 2021. However, I rarely opened it due to the lack of consistent communication; I didn't even believe I would find someone here. Whenever I got a message and was interested, I'd reply, only to find the conversation fizzle out. So, whenever I got a message on the site, they'd notify me via email. Then I could open it and reply on the site itself. Honestly, I didn't have any particular intention of finding a foreign partner; even someone from my own country would feel like a stranger if you didn't make an effort to get to know them. I remember thinking whe...