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Yesterday there was a bombing accident Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. It blew up a police box. There were at least 10~14 people as suspects. There were also gunshots heard. I don't think our security officers wasn't on guard. There were cases of bad people exposed hiding weapons in Depok. A case of detonated bomb on an orphanage because of the failed assembly process. Yeah, sick people hiding on places that should be out of usage. Well, considering how they would shamelessly used women and children as living bomb, I guess it was natural of them for shamelessly hiding on there. In case you didn't know, Depok is a rural city next to Jakarta. Anyway, contrary on what the western media wrote, our shock only in a moment. After the bombing in Sarinah, Jakarta, the events evolved as jokes arouse around the event. There were still street peddlers around like nothing happened, like this satay peddler. Why they were there? Because people in Jakarta at first shocked. An...

Kasih Tanpa Syarat - Christmas Celebration at Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha (edited) My Youth church had an unique idea of celebrating Christmas differently. They gave a thought of visiting a nursing house. This year, they had an idea to celebrate Christmas with many of our seniors. Last year we were going to an orphanage. The year before, we went to the streets visiting street children. This year, the core Christmas team suggested us to touch the old. Our Youth was lucky enough to have government nursing house Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha welcomed us. They let us used the auditorium for having Christmas celebration with our seniors there. Waiting to die Our Christmas committee made a brilliant idea. Before the Christmas celebration, each working day, Monday to Friday, we took shifts in small teams (three to five people) to visit the seniors. The idea behind this was for us to get to know our senior first before the celebration. Knowing them before the Christmas celebratio...

The video was about 26th year old wife protesting her husband practising polygamy. It was not an easy task for people to raise awareness. Not when the thing that being protested was something cultural. It was getting harder when the problem sometimes entangled with religion. There were things that made people uncomfortable when confronting such issue. Some people scared of what they did would inflict God's wrath. Some people unconsciously tried to defend their existence embodied in their deep rooted culture. Some felt that it was unnecessary to open the stinks out in the open. I'm not eligible to talk about the issue because I'm not a Moslem. I brought this up because issues like this not belong exclusively in Islam. They also exist in many ancient religions including Christianity. What I want to talk about is how we can start a positive discussion about these kind of sensitive matters. Culture vs Religion People often forget that sometimes parts of their religious a...

This video is a sub culture in Java called Dangdut Pantura. Dangdut is a downbeat music style that popular in Javanese culture derived from Hindustan. Pantura is a north region of Java island. Some people would mistakenly call this kind of performance by calling it Dangdut Koplo. That's not true. Dangdut Koplo is actually a sub genre of Funkot , a sub of House Music, with emphasis on Dangdut element. This stage play actually derived from a traditional dance Jaipong . There is nothing lewd from Jaipong. The dancer play her body elegantly as the music makes this mystically charming. An art that enticing yet seems spiritual. The Stage Show Unfortunately, this dance grow on people's culture as sexually innuendo. I don't know since when but it was there since long a go. In people's show, e.g. traditional wedding, circumcision and so on, they often invited traditional band to perform this dance. Thanks to a culture called Saweran combined with Dangdut   the dance be...

There is nothing wrong with GMO, except it would lead farmers dependent to its source. Many GMO seeds produced without seed. Some even have been tampered to only last one or two generation. I know that electronic industry also makes their component cheaper and not-last longer so there would be a cycle of refreshed demands. It is sickening to me. And to put that practice also to poor farmers... The prominent problem of GMO to me is not about the GMO itself. It is how far human greed tainted the seeds. Of course, the problem of GMO also the question of life. Would this product makes the other varieties gone? This might not pose a problem, but would really redefine what humanity is. Don't get me wrong. I'm also not that alergic to GMO products. I long for seeds that could withstand environment without using antibiotics or insecticides. As of now, I would not endorse GMO because of the social factor. May be someday I'll accept GMO. But, because of the current practice...

The Indonesian Internet-sphere running havoc these past days. Many offended people said their condemn about two things: A male actor, Lukman Sardi, converted from Islam to Christian. The so called Gay Pride event made some people openly promoting it. Facebook made a gimmick apps as a notion. I've found many hate posters in my Facebook timeline because of those. I didn't particularly hate the haters. They were innocents anyway. They were victims. As a country with large discrepancy between the poor and the rich, Indonesia had many becoming escapists. They seek asylum from religion. As the religion became a dope, they would do anything willingly without thinking. Btw, why did I call them escapists? I could only think of those poor people as people that want to run from harsh reality. I cannot think of them religious. They only want to have convenient answers. They only fear about themselves but coating it with religious themes. They would easily misled with article...

You may seems to find this blog is inactive. I think so too. But, 94 drafts means there are 94 articles unpublished! Most of them lengthy posts. Most of them written unedited and raw. Seems like I wrote them in anger and poured up all of my knowledge and said things that should be spoken. But, my sanity took me before I pressed the publish button. This blog should be a stress relieve for me to write things that I would like to say. I thought there is no one would read my bad English. My friend used to check my grammar, but he might already be too busy with his doctorate now. I notice when I reread my blog, I got so many grammatical error. I never bothered with it. This is a personal blog anyway. No ads or whatsoever. Boy, oh, boy, this blog ain't that hidden. When did this blog gained popularity? Sometimes I got interesting feedbacks from interesting people enriching my understanding of different cultures. The all time highest rate of traffic comes from STAN vs UI post. ...