Society & Culture
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Sending Troops to Lebanon while Country Remains Poor and Undeveloped
I am expressing my disappointment in Indonesian government for spending so much money on something that I believe should be left alone. Indonesia Offers Peacekeepers for Lebanon “President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won the approval of the Indonesian parliament to…
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Engdonesia Bahasa Kita
Selamat hari merdeka! Terlambat dikit gak papa deh, daripada enggak sama sekali. Dalam rangka tujuhbelasan mari kita membahas tentang bahasa. Bahasa Inggris terdiri dari bermacam-macam variasi. Mulai dari Inggris Amerika, Inggris Australia, atau Inggris Ratu di negara Inggris sono. Di…
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Don’t Be Empty! (An Interview with David Saul Marshall)
A very wise and intelligent young man of Singapore by the name of Dharmendra Yadav has shared with us his 5 May 1994 interview with David Saul Marshall (born March 12, 1908, Singapore – died December 12, 1995, Singapore) Marshall…
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Yuhui’s Explanation on Online Auction in Singapore (eBay)
I cannot agree more with Yuhui on the importance of educating the online auction participants on the benefits of sticking to the rules. Even my wife and I have been puzzled by this for quite some time, too. Yuhui wrote:…
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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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Fidel Castro’s Message to the World
Fidel is not well but his spirit is always healthier than average people in the world. Here is a copy of what he said translated from Spanish: What is important is that everything in the country is running and will…
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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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Oil is Expensive but Human Lives are Cheap?
Each coffin represents a single person killed in the on-going conflict between Israel and Lebanon. Created by Moiz Syed.
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Jangan Lakukan Hari Tanpa TV
OK, coba menulis dalam bahasa Indonesia, deh. Beberapa Blogger Indonesia, seperti Priyadi, Lita, dan Jay Yulian akhir-akhir ini aktif mempromosikan Hari Tanpa TV. Sebenarnya kampanye mematikan TV bukan hal baru. TVTurnoff Network sudah melakukannya sejak 1994 di Amerika. Kami pun…
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Project NoSpank
After knowing that there is a “Kiwi organization promoting hitting children” , I immediately felt I needed to find out about the cost and benefit of doing so. As you may already know, Rani and I have a 16 month…