Culture and Society: an Indonesian Blogger Perspective is a book which is based on collection of A. Fatih Syuhud’s notes during his stay as students in India in which he actived wrote in English during that time.
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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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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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (9): Nadirsyah Hosen I started to be actively updating my blog on daily basis few months back, I start complaining about blogger Indonesia. I wrote a brief note about the facts that not many indonesian intellectuals are eager to have a blog; to share their precious thought with other bloggers…
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My pick this week is a Blogger Indonesia from Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta. His name as also used as his blog’s is Isnaini. He’s a professional web-designer and he did, does and is doing many web-designing project for major companies like TVRI JOGJA (state owned television), KALSEL.GO.ID (state provincial office of South Kalimantan), etc. Blogger Indonesia…
Blogger Indonesia of the Week (7): Isman Suryaman So far, I only found and therefore, reviewed Indonesian Blogger who blogs in English that cover up about their daily life (that is a pure blogger), political commentary or the poets. Now, by Vervain help i find another type of blogger Indonesia: a Comedian! But Isman Suryaman…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (6): Eko Prasetyo Had Eko Prasetyo ’s name not typically javanese names, I would’ve thought that he’s not an Indonesian Blogger, simply because he writes a very smooth english and in a good mastery in this language of the world. Besides, he writes extensively on many issues, including commentary on…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (5): Firda Beka My choice for Indonesian Blogger of the Week this time is Firda Beka’s blog. She calls Weblog Wannabe She’s an Indonesian stays in Canada, and that’s why she’s very eloquent in english. Most of her blog contents are her daily life plus some link directories. As mentioned…
Blogger Indonesia of the Week (4): Dinastuti Blogger Indonesia of the Week (4): DinastutiBy chance, i found another good Blogger Indonesia who blogs in good English. Her name Dinastuti. She likes to call herself or her blog nom de plume as deefifteen. Contrary to several indonesan bloggers I’d reviewed earlier on, her blogger is entirely…
Blogger Indonesia of the Week (3): Donny Tedjo Blogger Indonesia of the Week (3): Donny TedjoDonny Tedjo Blogs is my choice to be Indonesian Blogger of the Week. This blog, written in English and by Indonesian–the criteria to be my pick of the week, is rich with good analysis on Indonesian culture. Himself is an…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (2): Java Flava Blogger Indonesia of the Week (2): Java FlavaMy pick this week is a blog owned by someone calls herself Java Flava of Semarang, Central Java. She’s good in making travelling report or whatever she feels around her. And the best thing is she’s express it in English….
There are at least top ten reasons on why an Indonesian blogger should blog in English. If you run a Bahasa Indonesia blog, like I do, you should have an English speaking blog as well. Here’s why: 1. My English writing skill is not good. I’d like to improve it by writing regularly in a…
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Georganna Hancock I just want to say, “Hi!”, to Georganna Hancock, a Staff reporter, writer, photographer, book reviewer, stringer with The Miami Herald, The Fort Pierce News Tribune, The Broward Bulletin, The Indianapolis Star,.. The Louisville Courier-Journal who spare her precious break time to visit my blog and generously dedicated a special posting about me…
Blooker Awards Giving up writing a book? Be a blogger, write in a blog and get blooked! Blook? It’s book which comes from a blog. And it has an awards as well called Blooker Awards. Blooker Awards is an award for books arising from blog. The 1st winner will get U$D 2,000. In other words,…
Blog-Media Relation Stronger How to make your Blog appears in the Washington Post If you regularly or occasionally read American media, you’d see some changes in terms of designs with blog look-alike. Just like your blog. There’re a visibly technorati logo outthere and even more than that. Technorati seems to do a good job in…
Envelop Journalism in Indonesia If you watch Metro TV, the Indonesia’s CNN, you’d find a moving text at the bottom of the screen saying more or less like this: Metro TV journalists/reporters would never accept nor ask for money to the interviewee. What does the Metro TV’s notice implicitly mean? Yes. You’re right. Some foot-soldiers…
To Write or Not to Write: Part Time and Full Time Blogger Writer quit blogging? Marisa Duma, an Indonensian blogger whose blog I’ve just reviewed as Blogger of the Week made a surprising announcement here: Fatih. I’ve decided to quit blogging. Saya ingin fokus ke kehidupan pribadi dan profesional dahulu untuk saat ini, apalagi blog…
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How Blog and write in English Could Benefit You First of all, I’d like to congratulate Budi Putra for being selected as a permanent contributor to CNET Asia. One of the big time techno portals in Asia, if not the world. That’s truly an achievement as he’s the first and only Indonesian to pen his…
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Indonesian as Celebrities Worshipper A staff in KBRI (Indonesia embassy) New Delhi laments about our embassy officials ignorant towards what has been achieved by his 16-year-old son in tennis. No appreciation of verbal kinds, not to say in terms of financial assistance, etc. On commenting to his complain I say that our officials abroad or…