Society & Culture
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Spooky Morning
Early this morning at about 7.20am I carried Noe in my arms under an umbrella from our humble home to Queensway, which is the nearest busy road. Normally, I’d walk all the way to his school for a good 1.2…
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What Kind of Blogger Are You?
Thalia had this so I thought, “why not?”
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Jakarta: Can we trust the doctors?
We’ve returned to Singapore and now struggling with deadlines and work. We’ll put down the stories of our Indonesia trip one by one, once we have time to write it down. And let this writing be the last rants about…
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What is your indulgence?
It’s not having what you want, it’s wanting what you’ve got — Sheryl Crow We’ve not really written much thing into our blog because we’ve been busy with different stuff. Busy Reading and Other Activities Although I have completed my…
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RIP Gordon Bishop 2007
Gordon (Joyo), me, and Budiman Gordon Bishop, the founder of Joyo Indonesia News, passed away in New York City on July 21, 2007. I was introduced to Joyonews in 2001 by Jeremy Wagstaff as part of his research project. I…
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JP Frontpage
I managed to get my last blog entry as an article in the frontpage of the Jakarta Post Sunday Edition 22 July 2007! See the bottom left of the scanned page. As an amateur, I’m happy about it :> Click…
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Indonesia – Distasteful TV and Public Behaviour
There are many good things and bad things from this current trip. However I’ll save the good things for later, and for now, I’ll write about the bad things I’ve encountered in Indonesia. Indonesian TV: Disgusting and Distasteful I have…
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Jakarta: Culture Shock
Hellish Traffic and Relaxed Service I know, the traffic in Jakarta has always been hellish. But after living away from Jakarta for more than 5 years, it seems that I need to get used to it again. And somehow, my…
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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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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…
