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Homage To The Left

History is owned by the winners and its evidence is clear in Berlin and its guidebooks: the Eastern part of the city is framed as the grey, gloomy,…

Antiquities, whose Properties?

Last week, I visited Pergamon Museum and Neues Museum, two of five museums in Museuminsel, Berlin. Using my student card, the 3-days Museum Pass, valid for 70 museums…

Artsy Bitsy Streets of Berlin

Berlin’s full of classical artworks, contemporary galleries, and of course: street art. I saw many of them in almost every street of the huge city. Here are some…

Berlin, Once Again

It is my sixth day in Berlin in this visit. I feel like I’m actually living in Berlin — I get around the metropolis everyday, taking the U-Bahn…

Back to Berlin

Tomorrow I’ll spend a week in Berlin for a study visit. I’ve been there for several days last November, to meet old friends, so I’m not really excited…

Belajar Dari Presentasi Korupsi Struktural

Jangan bosan ya kalau saya masih aja ngomongin korupsi… 🙂 Masih ingat sama diskusi antikorupsi yang seru di Groningen bulan lalu? Nah, Mas Rimawan yang dosen UGM itu…

Going Dutch

I spent the Easter Break as a hostess for fellow Indo-Mundusians (= Indonesians who also get the Erasmus Mundus scholarships). First came Ana from Prague, then Agis who’s…

Greetings, Groningen!

Two weeks ago, I went to Groningen — the northernmost city in the Netherlands — to attend an anti-corruption discussion and an afternoon stroll in the old city…

Terjerat utang

Oh, Kartu Kredit

Saya nggak punya kartu kredit karena nurut sama Ibu. Serius. Dia dari dulu selalu wanti-wanti, jangan punya kartu kredit, nanti repot kalau kebanyakan utang. Lagian kenapa bangga punya…

Subsidi Korupsi dan Legislator Impoten

Bahwa korupsi di Indonesia sudah sampai taraf struktural, mungkin itu bukan barang baru. Makin banyaknya kasus korupsi yang terkuak di nyaris segala level dan sektor — eksekutif, legislatif,…

Spring Picnic

It’s spriiiiing! Sunshine’s back in my life! The real one, I mean, not the deceiving one which gives you the light but not the warmth. Yesterday we had…

Teen Angst + Telekinetic

Three high school boys, new-found telekinetic power, teen angst, and some videocams. Despite its dizzying handheld camera style in the first half, I think Chronicle is a pretty…