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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (28): Soulful Girl Consumptive Indonesia Last week, my friend Mukhlis Zamzami Chaniago, head of Indonesian Student Association in India (PPI INDIA – Persatuan Pelajar/mahasiswa Indonesia India) gave me a call asking me to attend a weekend debate held regularly by the association. This time around the speaker expected to be…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (26): Christine Susanna Tjhin Ethnic Chinese, according to a survey conducted several years ago and reported also in Gatra (?) magazine is among the four major ‘chosen’ ethnics of the world beside Anglo-Saxon, Jews and Indian. Believe it or not, but the facts are all the above-mentioned ethnics always excelled…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (25): Ninit Yunita A career woman and family life When a woman with a good job gets married with a husband whose job requires him to shift places frequently, she has two choices: either follow her husband and hence quit the job or stick to her job and, consequently, living…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (24): Ahmad Qisai India, according to Mr. Suhadi Salam, an Indonesian diplomat in KBRI (Indonesian Embassy) New Delhi, will play an important role in the near future in South and Sout-East Asia along with China not only in terms of its military muscle but in the field of economics and…
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TERBUKA PADA MASUKAN POSITIF DAN KRITIK KONSTRUKTIF The pinnacle of a great leader is realizing they are not always the smartest person in the room and even when they are, it doesn’t mean they will always have the best idea or solution.– anonym “Puncak kehebatan seorang pemimpin sukses adalah saat dia menyadari bahwa dia tidak…
Blogger Indonesia of the Week (20): Dedy W Sanusi Despite a lotta appreciation and aknowledgement around, I am not sure how many Indonesian bloggers get inspired by my call to blog in English to make Indonesian voices heard to the outside world. Yet, I found one or two bloggers who have explicitly stated that they…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (19): Yosef Ardi The Blogger, the Journalist and the Economist Another Indonesian journalist has come to the blogger world. He’s Yosef Ardi who works for Bisnis Indonesia daily, an economic newspaper based in Jakarta and former managing editor in the paper before he further his study to UC Barkeley for…
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On around May this year, when I wanted to start blogging actively, I’d been wondering whether there’re free blog providers which belong to or facilitated by Indonesian techno guru. I tried googling using keyword “blogger, blog, Indonesia”. Google led me to many Indonesian blogs none of which free blog providers. they’re only a bunch…
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Dalam sebuah hadits yang diriwayatkan oleh Umar bin Khattab, Rasulullah menekankan perlunya sikap tawadhuk atau rendah hati dan buruknya sifat takabur atau sombong. Dalam kitab Misykat al-Masabih, hadits no. 5119, diriwayatkan: – وعن عمر – رضي الله عنه – قال وهو على المنبر : يا أيها الناس ! تواضعوا فإني سمعت رسول الله – صلى…
Blogger Indonesia of the Week (17): Wimar Witoelar When the monetary crises and the students power has led to the fall of the Indonesian strongest dictator General (retd.) Suharto–who ruled Indonesia for 32-odd years–Indonesia for the first time during my life-time became the poster boy of contemporary world media for a good reason. it became…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (15): Hermawan Kartajaya Big Guy blogger and Autobiography When I was a kid my dad and my only big brother (I’ve plenty of little brothers, though) more than once urged me to read any autobiography of the “big personalities” of national as well as international calibre. I did what…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (16): Agustinus Wibowo The Young Indonesian Traveler On June this year, I called for Indonesian bloggers to start blogging in English especially if the content has a face value in terms of culture, social, and other personal experiences that can be shared with foreign readers. This kind of content is…
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Membiasakan anak untuk hidup sederhana itu sangatlah penting. Terutama bagi keluarga yang hidup berkecukupan. Sebab, dalam kesederhanaan terdapat nilai-nilai kebaikan yang tak ternilai banyaknya. Menkes Budi Gunadi ternyata salah satu dari kalangan elite yang membiasakan hidup sederhana pada ketiga anaknya. Baca juga: Hidup sederhaan sebagai pilihan Berikut penuturannya pada Mary Riana seperti diliput liputan6. Budi…
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Mau Jadi Pengusaha Sukses? Tak Usah Kuliah! Setidaknya itu menurut Bob Sadino, pengusaha kenamaan, saat memberi orasi di Udinus. Menurut dia, seperti yang dilansir Jawa Pos (18/12/07) universitas tidak mengajarkan kita untuk bekerja atau membuat pekerjaan. Universitas, menurut dia, hanyalah tempat pembodohan. Jangan pernah berharap jadi pengusaha sukses hanya dengan mengandalkan sederetan gelar S1, S2…
Blogger Indonesia of the Week (14): Amalia Sanusi What’s the difference between Indonesian teenagers living abroad and those who’re living in the homeland? My assumption is the former have a much more advantages, and therefore they tend to mature (educational and behavioral wise) more quickly than the latter. You may not agree with this proposition,…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (13): Nad’s Note Do you want know what the Indonesian people, or some of them, feel when the three bomb blast in Bali? Or what they feel when BBM (petrol) and, automatically, all prices in the market hike more than double? Come to Nad’s Note: the Lesson of Unlearning. He/she…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (12): Paras Indonesia When the nation is in grief by the terrorist attack in Kuta and Jimbaran on Saturday October 1, 2005, my mind’s in a hang-over. I dont have a good mood to write a little review this week. I still think of the nation’s future; of the civil…
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Halle Berry (baca, halei beri) artis peraih Oscar dan tampil seksi di film James Bond ‘Die Another Day’ pada tahun 2004 mendapat piala Razzie Award. Kalau piala Oscar sebagai tanda apresiasi atas actingnya yg sangat baik, sebaliknya piala Razzie Award diberikan karena actingya di film ‘Cat Woman’ sangat buruk. Singkatnya, Halle Berry mendapat penghargaan sebagai…
Blogger Indonesia of the Week (11): MementoesMementoes: Travel Notes, Concert Reports, Daily Crap is the title of her blog. She stays and works in UK, after finishing her study there. As she put it as an introduction in her blog, “Despises being far from her family but hates the idea of having to go back…
Blogger Indonesia of the Week (10): Joko AnwarJoko Anwar, based on his profile and blog stories, is a free-lance writer and film director. Considering his age, he can be considered as a young talented-ambitious-energetic film director. I dont know whether he ever stays abroad or not. but it’s obvious that he speaks english eloquently. if…
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