obituary:Sayonara Ibu Mardiyem…

What we can do for Ibu Mardiyem? It’s already too late. She was passed away last December, after endlessly fighting for her dignity as a human being, and a woman, that had been robbed by Pacific War (1941-1945). Ibu Mardiyem was a “Jogun Ianfu” survivor from Indonesia. And about Jogun Ianfu itself, people tends to [...]

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the jail brace

 
Actress Lydia Pratiwi was sentenced in jail last year, she got about 15 years in prison after proven guilty in Gonggom Hutagalung murder. Months in prison did make a change in her appearance. A couple of days ago Lydia was interviewed and abracadabra, now she has a brace. Wow, Indonesian prison must be very complete and luxurious [...]

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all the suharto’s men

Oh no, it’s already midnight and there is still another Suharto show on TV!
Gee, for the last ten days my TVs (all of them, about 9 national stations) aired the ailing former President Suharto almost every hour, night and day. I don’t know what is happening with those producers and editors who treated Suharto’s news with [...]

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Muharram the First

It was cold and I can’t see any stars in the sky. The night was so ordinary and thanks to my hectic day, these muscles were so tensed and I felt very tired. I finally gave it up at 11.30 pm, sleeping, with a nightmare about having a toothache. Ouch!  
Previously, in the morning, I [...]

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Merci Surya and Cynthia

Rumor has it that when actor Surya Saputra proposed singer Cynthia Lamusu on a live show—after winning the first prize of a local Dancing with Star program here—it actually was fully orchestrated by the broadcast, for the sake of its high rating. Ahhhh…why did they rudely say so? Can’t people just be happy of what [...]

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The Jenggot Look

It’s always fun to watch the Jakartans’ lifestyle. People with a getting- more- serious- fashion-consciousness is a wide phenomenon here, not just in the female department only, but working hard too to the guys.Oh yeah, that’s for sure, Baby.

I saw them on the street and was kind of amazed with their various (male) accessories. One of [...]

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tomorrow is just another day

             I agree with Margaret Mitchell, the author of Gone with the Wind, who used that sentence as an ending for Scarlet O’Hara’s  optimism, a very powerful closure for such an enormous but troubled life. Was that 2007 for us?
My partners in crime, Nicky and Bos Gondrong laughed to hear that.
 “You mean enormous catastrophe?” said [...]

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