Archive for the ‘Blog and Blogger’ Category

On Anonymous Bloggers (2)

There was a big hoo-ha a while a go when Fatih raised an old issue about anonymous blogging. He particularly dislikes those who blog anonymously on sensitive issues, like politics or religions, and suspect that they have hidden agendas. Fatih’s post generated ripostes and comments from expats in Indonesia. Unspun, stands firmly behind Fatih, showed [...]

On Anonymous Bloggers

Since last week I have been following closely the intense debate among expats in Indonesia about anonymous blogger, an issue raised by Fatih when he awarded Rob Baiton as the blogger of the week and praised Rob as one of the few Western bloggers who reveals his own true identity. Fatih actually has written a [...]

Indonesian Expatriates Forum: Progress Updates

I‘m starting to get some more detailed ideas about the Indonesian Expatriates Forum that I initiated a week a go. Please take a look, and if you have any suggestion, don’t hesitate to let me know, whether through this blog or to my email (finallywoken.blog@gmail.com). As an amateur in the virtual world, I dream big, [...]

2007 Roundup: It's A Wrap

2007 will leave us shortly. And there are several things I would like to say to all readers who have visited my blog, read my postings, left comments and been involved in the discussions. Since 18 October 2007, after moving from my original Finally Woken in Friendster to Blogger, my new Finally Woken blog has [...]

Copycat

I have found out lately that this person – let’s say the name is Copycat – whom I know through a friend, has been following my virtual steps. Although to be honest, I think that this person has been doing this waaay before I have entered blogospehere. It started with small things. It’s not difficult [...]

Nothing But The Truth

When I started my blog a year ago, my intention was to start writing again – regularly – because this is what I have done many years ago, actively. Somehow I stopped doing it (for leisure, because I wrote probably almost zillions of pages for my master’s degree assignments). Just like when I stopped playing [...]

Dream It, So It Would Happen

My good friend Melly came to me the other day and said, “I wanna make a book!”. I asked her what kind of book she wants to publish. She said a book about women. This is the book based on her own research about married women and single women. It’s more like a combination of [...]