Arts & Music
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Borat Sagdiyev – Борат Сагдиев
My brother Yodhi introduced me to Borat. I wished I had known him earlier as he embodies the aura of most decent men on earth. Borat Sagdiyev (Cyrillic: Борат Сагдиев) (“born” July 30, 1979) is a Kazakh journalist that you…
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Cuba : Love & Suicide
The first narrative-feature film shot in Cuba in 47 years is now available for you to see. It is called Love & Suicide by Luis Moro. Rumor has it that Fidel Castro watched Love & Suicide – and ruptured his…
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Rani and Noe are Harvard Bound
This morning I took Rani and Noe to Changi Airport to fly to Boston for a week. This will be the first trans-pacific travel for Noe and also the first long-haul trip with a young toddler for Rani (yup, Noe…
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Space Invaders Brings back Vivid Childhood Memory
Space Invaders was the first video game that I ever played in an arcade. My father used to take us (Anggi, Indi and Yodhi) to Mayestik (Majestic) in South Jakarta during on weekends in the early 1980s. He gave us…
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My Cubicle – Motion Picture
Hi, Friends! I thought you may wanna see this motion picture on You Tube: My Cubicle – Motion Picture shot, directed, edited by Judhi Prasetyo. He used his trustworthy Canon 20D with various lenses to capture the essence of my…
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Come Join Us: Pilgrimage to Cuba
In light of our preparation to visit Cuba in December 2006, Rani and I have been reading so many books about the place as well as watching films with the same subject. If you have an interest in Cuba, Fidel…
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Minang Motor Vehicle
There are two things that caught our attention during last week’s trip in West Sumatra. First thing is the unique signs that can be found along the way. Second is how vehicle here is always intricately decorated. Let me present…
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West Sumatra Bound
Some say that what they like the most about Singapore is when they “leave” it, not when they “live” in it. I am saying this because we are about do another getaway and experience “leaving it”. West Sumatra, it is.…
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Indonesian Music Concerts and Tobacco Go Together Like a Horse and Carriage
I am a passive observer of Indonesian music industry and a great admirer of live music performances. However, I find it very hard to understand why large music concerts (jazz or rock or indie-pop or dangdut) in Indonesia are mostly…
