Society & Culture
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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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Police Chief threatens to hit a Pregnant Woman in Jakarta
Forwarded from Tomi Satryatomo. Should I translate this into english? This is sickening Kekerasan, arogansi, power abuse di Indonesia??? ?? Oooh…ini mah sudah tradisi!!!! Mungkin pelaku2nya sudah gak makan nasi kayak kita2 lagi jadi merasa sah2 saja menindas, menyiksa, menghina…
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Prophet Muhammad, our Ancestor
Last year, we began creating family tree in the Wiki-based genealogy site, Rodovid. At that time, we discovered that both Indi and I were descendant of Ken Arok, and we shared the same ancestry up to Bhre Kertabumi (Brawijaya V)…
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Ikea discourages the use of plastic bags?
Indi went to Ikea Alexandra with Noe yesterday to buy tent for Noe’s playhouse. We knew that Ikea in Singapore had just adopted the policy of discouraging the use of plastic bags, and we truly support it, to minimise waste!…
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Corruption off the record
I just heard a news about an acquaintance, who works in an organization within in the Indonesian army. He/She was tasked to sell a thing owned by Indonesian army to fund his/her organization. After a few months, finally that thing…
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Plonco, Ospek, Hazing
Death of Cliff Muntu as the tip of Plonco Culture Iceberg in Indonesia The death of IPDN student is not surprising. In Indonesia, seniority is very much embedded into local education culture. I began to sense this when I enter…
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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…
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Addicted to “Little Mosque on the Prairie”
I am a strong believer in “being able to laugh at yourselves as a sign of maturity”. And that is the reason why I encourage all of you all to watch Little Mosque on the Prairie (especially if you are…
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Sailing Blue Eagle with Mas Judhi
Yesterday we went sailing again with Derek Mazzone on his beautiful 37 feet ketch Blue Eagle from Changi Sailing Club. Mas Judhi came with us and it was his first time sailing, too. So, he had every reason to be…
