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Yesterday, the gouden koets or golden carriage of the Dutch Queen, Beatrix, went through the streets of The Hague. It is an annual procession. The carriage is used…
Meet Mr. Soros. Yes, the George Soros, the financier who becomes wealthy for speculating and other financial acrobatics, the founder of Open Society Institute (now Open Society Foundations),…
Here’s a short account of my third birthday abroad, and also the third without family around — (the first one was in Manado, North Celebes, and the second…
Seperti biasa, waktu lari seenak udelnya. Tahu-tahu sudah seminggu berlalu sejak saya menginjakkan kaki pertama kalinya di Budapest, kota cantik yang seperti hasil persilangan Berlin dan Paris. Saya…
Hari ketiga di Budapest, akhirnya saya bersirobok dengan sungai Danube, yang membelah kota ini di tengah-tengah perjalanannya melintasi sepuluh negara. Senja sedang mampir, bercermin di sungai seperti Narkissos….
365 hari sudah lewat dan inilah malam terakhir saya di Den Haag di tahun ajaran ini — saya berencana bakal datang lagi di bulan Desember untuk wisuda dan…
They disappeared 14 years ago. Without words. Leaving families and friends behind, questioning who took them away. Who took the voice, the smile, the laughter, the warmth of…
Still trying to keep calm and write, despite the newest episode of eczema rashes. The time when you hate a part of your genetic inheritance. The keep calm…
The more I read, the more I become drawn to the pessimists’ side. Really. *sigh* “The third element in the U.S. transition entailed an ideological assault upon the…
Kemarin saya bangun kesiangan, jalan cepat ngejar trem sembari “sarapan” pisang, lalu bareng kawan-kawan ISS sampai di Masjid Al Hikmah jam 9 kurang padahal shalat Ied-nya baru dimulai…
Today is already Eid ul-Fitr in Indonesia. Indonesians render the Arabic phrase as Idul Fitri, or even more often, Lebaran. The origin of the word Lebaran is debatable…
Hari ini genap 67 tahun Indonesia merdeka dari jajahan Belanda. Tapi merdeka untuk siapa? Merdeka yang seperti apa? Masih ada puluhan juta warga negara belum merdeka dari kemiskinan,…