Membaca tulisan ’Kursi Saja Dibedakan...’ oleh Luki Alia di KOMPAS hari ini (3 Juni 2010), saya sungguh kecewa karena tulisan yang penuh idealisme ini ternyata terpuruk menjadi sesuatu yang menggebu-gebu dengan naif dan semangat ‘sama-sama miskin’, bukan ‘sama-sama makmur’ dan tanpa pengetahuan mendalam. Seharusnya, penulis lebih bisa berpikir ( Read more... )

Not explaining the title :P

Obama's half-sister, Maya Soetoro, in an interview with TEMPO magazine, said that Obama never spoke Indonesian anymore in public because he's embarassed of his now vestigial Indonesian. But in private, Obama sometimes still calls to Maya, "Maya, sini... Maya, sini..." ("Come here, Maya ( Read more... )

Bring Manics to Jakarta petition.

This morning we have a halal-bihalal - an Indonesian tradition, held in weeks following the Idul Fitri in which co-workers, circle of friends, etc meet to ask forgiveness from each other with the words "Maaf lahir batin". Because I'm a teacher, it meant: more than 1000 handshakes in a day. I washed my hands ( Read more... )

How about meeting with the parents of a student today? Parents (nowadays?). They just can’t believe that their children misbehave at school, eh? “Oh he’s such a sweet sweet boy at home! You know what, Miss, when he arrives home, he quickly puts on some gloves to help building a mosque near home. And he goes to dzikir meeting twice a week ( Read more... )

Ah sorry I was so late! Indonesia's Independence Day is August 17th, but I've been feeling not too well since Sunday so I just got the time to sit and make a post now ( Read more... )

Alive. Busy. VERY BUSY.

Will go on a trip with the kids to Tanjung Lesung. I don't even know where that is.

THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED BATGASM COMMENT HERE!!!!
I've watched it twice--once in PIM2 XXI (free tickets from Wizard!) and once with the boys (who brought two other girls along) in Citos. The queues, man! Whoa! A friend of tyrant-mouth told ( Read more... )

I LOVE FYFE DANGERFIELD!
I LOVE 'RED'!
I LOVE COCKATEELS!
I LOVE GUILLEMOTS!Wide-field eyepieces/Huyghenian eyepieces made me crazy ( Read more... )

Why did they choose the name 'Friends of Earth' - abbreviated as FOE? Just like New Musical Express is NME - enemy. LOL. Nice reports to download for my class, anyway.

Free biology worksheets from Glencoe.

Which embryo is human? I got dog embryo instead of human lol.

- I'VE RECEIVED MY ASSOCIATION OF INDONESIAN TRANSLATORS MEMBERCARD!!! I'm truly a professional translator now! LOL ( Read more... )

A reader sent a mail to Animonster (published in this month's edition):
Is Tyas Palar a foreigner?

What makes him/her think I'm a foreigner? LOLS

At school, although today's public holiday in Indonesia (Vesak Day); the kids are having Cambridge's ICGSE Chemistry exam. Am too lazy to do anything, but I hafta work. *whips self*