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Flying Batavia Air With Blocked Overwing Emergency Doors
On 13 July 2007 my father (Hindro) and I boarded Batavia Air from Jakarta to Bali to attend a wedding. We were seated on row 14 (me on the aisle and my father in between me and the window seat)…
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Abu Dhabi 41° Celcius
This month will be another travelling month for our family. Rani and Noe flew to Jakarta last week and tomorrow they will fly to Surabaya while I travel back from Abu Dhabi to Singapore. The day after I will…
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Sail Indonesia 2007 is On!
Sail Indonesia 2007 is on! When Rani and I could afford a sailboat we will definitely make an effort to participate in this rally together with many other boats. Last year only 1 Indonesian sailor participated among 95 other sailors…
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My Brother Said My Face Looks Like Efren Ramirez
My brother Yodhi for some reason has been laughing at me everytime he sees Pedro in Napoleon Dynamite. Below is what Pedro looks like when running for president in high school. Last Friday as we were watching Employee of the…
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MUST SEE MOVIE: SiCKO by Michael Moore
I have just finished watching Michael Moore’s new film SiCKO on my computer. Just in case you have not heard: The master copy of the film had the potential of being confiscated by US government due to its Cuban related…
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Singapore NAVY Open House at Changi Naval Base
Jendral Augie from Memphis is in town so we took him to Changi Naval Base to see what it’s like since Singapore Navy were having Open House 2007 for public to have an opportunity to have fun and get inside…
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Michael Moore Should Have Come with Us to Cuba
‘Hasta la Victoria Siempre’. Michael Moore is now under investigation for having visited Cuba for his recent film SiCKO (this film does for the US health system what Fahrenheit 9/11 did for Mr Bush and Bowling for Columbine did for…
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Violence on TV Mobile
I was travelling on SBS Transit bus number 97 from Alexandra to my office in Jurong East yesterday morning (8:30am) when I was really shocked to see something that I think should have been censored but shown on the small…
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Reading the Sea: Learning from the Polynesian Voyaging Society
Sometime in April 2002 when I was staying with Rani in Honolulu, Hawaii, I attended a talk by members of the Polynesian Voyaging Society on how people in Polynesian sailors have been able to navigate thousands of nautical miles without…
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Understanding Phinisi or Pinisiq: Indonesian Traditional Sailboats Influenced by European Modern Design
I am sure some of you may have heard about the legacy of Phinisi as something Indonesians can be proud of but have you really found out what the word really means and what it refers to? In fact, the…
