Indonesian

My life is divided into two phases. Me before and after Dad died. I have been living in Phase 2 for some time. What I’ve just realized is that I’m not feeling great because too many things have been misplaced. The realization began when Pinus and I left town. We…

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds (Bob Marley — Redemption Song) The song “Redemption Song” by Bob Marley invites us to fight against mental slavery. He taught us to be more open-minded and rely on ourselves in thinking and doing anything. Humans must be…

I-LOVE-YOU One of the day for you to remember with your partner. Tell you love them. Give them something to remember, an item like a ring, necklace, clothes, car, or a flat. Well, it’s not too much if you super super freakin’ rich. But if you super super freakin’ poor…

I like watching the ones who aren’t jaded. I like the ones who are full of curiosity and wonder, the ones who take pictures of their food because it’s pretty. Poached egg avocado toast with little purple flowers? Yes, still worthy of a photo, even in 2023. I knew he…

My job requires me to look at how different asset classes in Indonesia performs so that we, as an organization, make better investment decisions for our clients. As investment managers, we try to provide sufficient returns for our investors depending on their risk profiles and investment objectives. …

hom·age: special honor or respect shown publicly. Definitions from Oxford Languages. — Many of us went to the theater or cinema to watch fabulous films. But we don’t wonder about the time when we don’t go to see a picture. From our computers, netizens spoil stories that sell and ranked high at the box office. Those are the mandem that don’t like…

By: Ryno Settrisman, S.Pd., M.A. Ph.D. Student at Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University (IIT BHU) Varanasi, India. Hi guys! Through this post, I would like to share with you how it feels academically, as a foreign student, to pursue a Ph.D. at Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu…

Also published on Wordpress. Yes, I have to commend Indonesians who actively promote our cultures to foreigners. I also have to appreciate foreigners who genuinely love our cuisines without any desire to pander to validation-hungry Indonesians. But, I also need to criticise them for overselling ayam geprek. In a previous…

To elaborate what does it mean to reject victim’s identity. Today, a petition is made to change the second verse of our national anthem. Why do we need to shed blood in this without-war era, I will never understand. Barbaric Nationalist: tanah tumpah darahku Feelings as victims are the second…