We Are Not Afraid #IndonesiaUnite@Twitter

Only hours after the shocking attack of twin bombs which ruined Jakarta’s leading hotels, Indonesian youths around the world showed us their great wisdom, on twitter! That very sad day I saw #IndonesiaUnite  as one trending topic along with “eternal” issues like Michael Jackson and Harry Potter. I was amazed. I did realize, unlike me, [...]

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In a Serious Need of a Little Peace

I turned off my TV, speechless,with a mixed feeling of being angry and extremely sad, I managed to leave the room, going to pray, for those innocent victims of Jakarta’s Ritz Carlton & JW Marriot Hotels.
My town is attacked, again, by the monsters of hatred, in a cowardly bombing act.
 I should turn off my PC [...]

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Indonesia :Not at All a Bed of Roses

 What is the similarity of American George Walker Bush with Iranian Ahmadinejad and Indonesian Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono? Well, they all won their second term in office in a scandalous election .
“Are you sad? Angry? Humiliated?”, a dear friend who is also a strong supporter for incumbent Yudhoyono asked this morning.
I laughed at her. “Don’t worry [...]

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Indonesia, Let’s Vote!

I have been very angry with all the flaws during these campaign periods lately. It burns my guts and forces me to change my mind. As I have mentioned before in my writings, I never buy those empty -sometimes also silly- promises from the candidates and happily join the nonvoter group. But the constitutional court verdict two [...]

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