Nadia Febina has been working as an engineer for 7 years in oil & gas projects & production for a major oil company. She now lives in Angola since February 2007. Prior to that, also as an engineer, she had been posted in London and Bontang, East Kalimantan and lived in Jakarta and Tokyo.
In 2004, she was awarded as fun fearless female (runner up) by Cosmopolitan magazine Indonesia. She has passion with differences and similarities in world’s different cultures and languages. Loves to write but admits she barely finds time to do it.
Enjoys dancing, currently is learning some latin dances and she is looking forward to be able to master this very particular Angolan dance, Kizomba. She has been addicted to yoga asana (hatha) since couple of years ago and hopes that she can still do it while she is here in Angola. More about her in her personal blog: www.nadiafebina.com
Recent Articles by Nadia Febina
The Story of Boabab Tree
Mature trees are frequently hollow, providing living space for numerous animals and humans alike. Trees are even used as bars, barns and more. Radio-carbon dating has measured that age of some Baobab trees at over 2,000 years old. For most of the year, the tree is leafless, and looks very much like it has its roots sticking up in the air. There are numerous legends offering explanations of how the tree came to be stuffed in the ground upside down, so it could no longer complain. Some of the myths are; many myths surround the baobab. The Bushmen believed that goings-on in the baobab so offended God that in his wrath he uprooted it and cast it back into the earth upside-down.
Nadia Febina , 385 days ago
Tips bahagia hidup di Angola
Setelah posting menye-menye sebelum ini tentang tinggalnya saya di Angola yang tidak akan lama lagi, mungkin ada baiknya saat ini kita putar balikkan_ menye-menye_ itu dengan hal yang lebih berguna....
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Nadia Febina , 675 days ago
How to Help the Children in Gaza?
The war has been going on since 27 Dec last year, but today again it hit me hard when I saw the pics of the victims, which many of them...
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Nadia Febina , 1115 days ago
Belajar Dari Teman Di Angola
Salah satu dari banyak hal yang saya syukuri berada di Angola adalah kesempatan untuk berteman dengan teman-teman dari Angola. Mereka sangat terbuka dan ramah, kadang membuat saya lupa dibalik senyumnya...
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Nadia Febina , 1375 days ago
Hanya Terjadi di Angola
Cuplikan percakapan dari film Blood Diamond:
“T.I.A”, kata Leonardo Di Caprio.
“T.I.A?”, tanya si cantik Jennifer Connely.
“This Is Africa”
Sembari mesem-mesem si nadiyem yang lagi nonton DVD Blood Diamond di rumah bergumam: “T.I.A...
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Nadia Febina , 1395 days ago
Ini Perdamaian Juga!
Waktu pertama kali saya diajak gabung sama Luigi buat jadi salah satu koresponden di website yg kondyang ini, saya seneng banget, tp sembari bingung juga dalam hati⦠Lhah, ini gimana...
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Nadia Febina , 1642 days ago
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