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The Singing President

The Singing President

Simon P., a.k.a Metromad, who usually appears in your Sunday’s Jakarta Post, is a proof of life that you should never make a big decision when you’re still under Bintang Beer influence. Under a mysterious spell, he went to the music shop, saw the poster of our president’s album, Rinduku Padamu (My Longing For You), [...]

Indonesia February 1, 2008 8:10 am 3 Comments

Binge Drinking… In Indonesia?

Binge drinking is a big problem in the UK. BBC reported that Britain’s binge drinking culture is costing the country £20 billion a year, according to a government report. The study by the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit shows 17 million working days are lost to hangovers and drink-related illness each year. The annual cost to [...]

Indonesia January 30, 2008 9:04 am 6 Comments

Suharto seen from Different Angles of Perspective

Suharto seen from Different Angles of Perspective

Being 12,000 km away from Indonesia, I received the news of Suharto’s at least 8 hours later. Yesterday, as Stuart directly went to sports channel, I went blogwalking and found out that the former Indonesian president died. I immediately sent texts to several friends asking how the situation in Indonesia after the news is spread [...]

Indonesia January 28, 2008 12:39 pm 6 Comments

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, [...]

Being Expat, Blog and Blogger, Indonesia, Tech & Web January 26, 2008 6:52 pm 10 Comments

Indonesian Expatriates Forum: Looking for Contributors Around The World

Hello everyone, I just start creating a forum dedicated to all Indonesians living abroad. This forum, called Indonesian Expatriates Forum, is developed based on my personal experience. When I moved to Scotland over 6 months a go, I was not well informed about the city’s what, who, where, when, and how. I had (still have) [...]

Being Expat, Indonesia January 20, 2008 8:45 am 10 Comments

2008 Starts With Death

Second day of 2008, I woke up at 7.30 to hear the news about a person we know died this morning. He committed suicide at dawn. It was a difficult to comprehend. Hard to swallow. Not only because the deceased was known to be a very cool, calm, polite person who was in the best [...]

Indonesia, Life & Style January 2, 2008 3:47 pm 5 Comments

Toilet Humor

In certain shopping malls in Surabaya, like Tunjungan Plaza and Surabaya Delta Plaza, every time you have the urge, you have to pay Rp 1,000 (around USD 0.10) per person to enter the toilet. This weird policy has been applied for years without protests from the visitors or the council. When I was studying architecture, [...]

Indonesia December 19, 2007 12:28 pm 5 Comments

Rude Indonesians

I‘m just back in Indonesia (I suppose I can’t call it home anymore because Scotland is my home now) yesterday and before too long I’m annoyed already. Not because the idiot KLM counter officer in Aberdeen airport made my luggage wandered around Schiphol Airport without its owner and arrived a day after me. Not because [...]

Indonesia December 14, 2007 11:36 am 15 Comments

2008 Bugil’s Calendar

I received Eastern Promise newsletter update this morning. Something caught my eyes and I stopped scrolling when I nearly reached the bottom page. I blinked. Again. And again. Probably I was dreaming. But no. The half-naked lady picture was still there. Stop drooling. It’s not me, obviously. It’s the teaser or promotion of the upcoming [...]

Indonesia December 5, 2007 1:11 pm 11 Comments

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
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