February 2012
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My tribute to Anthony Shadid: his Pulitzer-winning... →
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“Someday, someday, this crazy world will have to end,
And our God will take...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle
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lovesand asked: I find that your latest book review is intriguing. However, I disagree with your following notion: "One can only fall in either two traps, by living in the modern Indonesia: ignorance or denial". Some are loving it (or trying - very hard). There are always the hopeful ones.
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Understanding Islam in Indonesia: Politics and Diversity by Robert Pringle My rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s never easy being a (young) Indonesian (especially the Chinese). Most can only fall in either two traps, by living in the modern Indonesia: ignorance or denial. Needless to say, some of us hate living in Indonesia. I was one of them. I denied that I am an Indonesian; I denied the prospect...
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Devil’s Own Work by Alan Judd My rating: 3 of 5 stars A neat little novella that’s well-structured. It has predictable plot, but however still an enjoyable read. What I find lacking is in its list of characters, it’s narrow and a little bit too few. Everything revolves around the protagonist and his friend, the others are practically ghosts. I’m not sure the author had...
January 2012
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Dude, thanks for the 100+ fonts... You just saved...
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Kodak filed for bankruptcy! What will happen to...
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teeth-in-a-jar said: Oh my goodness I want one...
I looooovvvveee fan girls!!
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“Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of...”
– Kahlil Gibran
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Midah Simanis Bergigi Emas by Pramoedya Ananta Toer My rating: 2 of 5 stars The book is composed of 90% tragedy. It even reminded me of some Indonesian soap opera that I watched when I was a kid. I’m not sure if it’s an Indonesian kind of thing. The book is written in the 50s, maybe things were so awfully hard back then. The interesting things about this story is the moral picture...
yadathisntht said: I am Dieing to see this show…...
Happy New Year Pravin! I hope you’ll get it very, very soon!—in BluRay
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“…glory and death and woman were consubstantial.”
– Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea
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A perfect start to the year
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea by Yukio Mishima My rating: 5 of 5 stars Glory, as anyone knows, is bitter stuff. How many books you read did actually touch you in a way that’s changed how you think about yourself? In my case, not many. Not only does The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea revolutionise how I think about myself, it also touches me patriotically....
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“All the other officers have two or three children by now and they read letters...”
– Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea
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December 2011
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Negeri Para Peri by Avianti Armand My rating: 2 of 5 stars The stories are patronising and somewhat dreamy. The good thing about them is they lead you to the dark side. But the way it’s told are more like chaotic ramble that has no sense of order, that feels like abstract painting which you don’t know whether it is a good painting. The ramblings feel too vague that I couldn’t...
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The Devil’s Footprints by John Burnside My rating: 3 of 5 stars If you asked me about Burnside’s writing skills I’d give you 5 stars. I’m not sure about the story. Not sure that I like it; not sure that I find it interesting; not sure that I feel comfortable reading it; not sure that I actually learn anything from it. Story aside (I want to talk more about the brighter...
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Taking off in the new office
As you might know I’ve just recently moved to a new office. It’s pretty fun here.
So we’re located on the fourth floor of a building and next to us is a banana-tree plantation. I think they make money from selling banana leaves.
But how’s inside the office? The interior? That doesn’t matter actually. What matter is the fact that we’re on the fourth floor and...
davilq asked: nyanit<dot>com/ernestjwiyanto<dot>tumblr<dot>com/
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