Archive for November, 2007

Is Our Ministry of Tourism Sleeping? (2)

Not long ago Rasa Sayange song has sparked a rift between Indonesia and Malaysia because the song is believed to be created by Indonesian (hence, belongs to Indonesia) but was used to promote Malaysian Tourism industry. Now Indonesians are upset again toward a new controversial issue. This time, it’s the traditional dance from Ponorogo, a [...]

Indonesia, Travel November 28, 2007 11:30 pm 2 Comments

What's in A Name? (2)

What's in A Name? (2)

clipped from news.bbc.co. ‘Muhammad’ teddy teacher arrested Gillian Gibbons is described as “a talented and able teacher “ A British schoolteacher has been arrested in Sudan accused of insulting Islam’s Prophet, after she allowed her pupils to name a teddy bear Muhammad. Colleagues of Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, said she made an “innocent mistake” [...]

Indonesia November 27, 2007 7:45 am 4 Comments

What's in A Name?

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” (Romeo & Juliet (II, ii, 1-2) I‘ve been confused with my own name for my entire life. It started when I was born and continues until today. Unlike Westerners, most of Indonesians don’t have family name except [...]

Indonesia November 26, 2007 3:58 pm 2 Comments

You’ve Done Us Proud!

I can’t believe that I’m actually writing about football here. Not what I think about football like my previous posts (see Every Little Thing He Does Is Magic). Not tips for guys how to make peace with their partner when they want to watch football. But really, I’m talking about the biggest game happened in [...]

Sports November 21, 2007 7:56 am 3 Comments

Bloody Religion

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Mother dies after refusing blood The 22-year-old’s funeral took place at Telford Crematorium A young Jehovah’s Witness has died after giving birth to twins, amid claims that she had refused a blood transfusion because of her faith. Emma Gough, 22, of Telford, Shropshire, gave birth on 25 October. The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital [...]

Women November 16, 2007 9:03 am 7 Comments

I Love Scotland

Note: I must say that this story is written because I feel guilty that I have written many things about Scotland which seem more like complains, especially about the weather. Weather is not that bad, if we know how to handle it (which puts me in the category of ‘virgin’ since I have no clue. [...]

Being Expat, Life & Style, Scotland, Travel, UK November 12, 2007 9:41 am 3 Comments

Embracing The Wild Weather

I‘ve visited Aberdeen a couple of times before permanently move here. But we’ve always visited the city between September and October, so I didn’t really feel the cold weather. The coldest temperature I had experienced was 9?C, but that was 6.00 AM in the morning and I had it for a few seconds from the [...]

Being Expat, Life & Style November 9, 2007 4:34 pm 2 Comments

Britz

I watched a program in Channel 4 the other day called “Britz” and it just… tickled me. The program, fictional of course, showed brother and sister, born in UK, Pakistan origin, Moslem (who don’t drink, don’t eat pork, but still sleep around, ironically), who went to totally opposite directions. The brother joined MI5 (perhaps like [...]

Arts & Entertainment November 9, 2007 10:22 am 3 Comments