tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88010832012-02-02T07:08:57.739+09:00bloggito, ergo sum... I blog, therefore I amemcnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801083.post-54833170568064838902009-10-09T08:12:00.008+09:002009-10-09T08:27:56.037+09:00

By BOB HERBERTThe New York Times, Oct. 3, 2009Berkeley, Calif. -- While the U.S. has struggled with enormous problems over the past several years, there has been at least one consistent bright spot. Its system of higher education has remained the finest in the world.Now there are ominous cracks appearing in that cornerstone of American civilization. Exhibit A is the University of California,

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On Democrats:"The old union guys who built the Democratic Party enjoyed public face-offs and knew how to deal with hecklers -- you get up close to them and snap their underwear -- but the party's been taken over by academics who come from a medieval world where your insignia grants you a worshipful hearing." (From "All the Rage," 09/22/2009)On Republicans:"When an entire major party has excused

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You used to be my party dollBut now you say the party's overYou used to love to honky tonkBut now the honky tonking's overNow life is a bitter thing, my sweetNow life is a mystery to meLove's pain, I ain't buyingLove's strange, I keep trying, trying, tryingYou used to be my party dollBut now you want to live in cloverYou used to be my number oneBut now those salad days are overTimes change but

emcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801083.post-89034711459193622182009-08-18T23:50:00.002+09:002009-08-18T23:55:42.666+09:00

"All Midwesterners adore San Francisco, the city of Sam Spade and the waterfront, the basso complaints of the big ships, the trolleys rumbling along Market Street, the Mediterranean colors of buildings, the river of fog in the Golden Gate, and the beautiful hybrid faces of young people.Back where I come from, we mostly look like we walked out of a 1958 Sears catalog, but here, everyone is in a

emcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801083.post-14801798737134762542009-08-18T23:33:00.007+09:002009-08-24T08:34:31.986+09:00

"perhaps you're familiar with the phrase 'i'll let (my gun) do the talking'. my second amendment thing has its own first amendment to it."-- david cross (sarcastically)

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in response to a democratic senator's remarks that diabetes makes one a better judge of character and more fair, jon stewart said, "it appears [that] sherrod brown just made a case not that sotomayor would be a good justice, but that all judges should have diabetes. because then there's a far greater chance that over time justice would indeed be blind."

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here's a very good article that should make opponents of gay marriage think hard. as soon as we consign gender to the realm of law -- assorting what is legal or illegal for a person to do because of her/his gender -- we must be able to delineate the person's gender legally. but how, jennifer finney boylan asks, "do we define legal gender? by chromosomes? by genitalia? by spirit? by whether one

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i went to see milk yesterday and came out wishing that everyone on the planet had seen it as well. sean penn was convincing and worthy of oscar. milk makes me want to be a gay rights activist and believe that despite its sometimes problematic application, the idea of human rights has done more good than bad for humanity.i also bought a campaign button that says "NO on 8." i hope the proceed will

emcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801083.post-89812322034806709392009-04-03T21:00:00.002+09:002009-08-11T07:51:37.426+09:00

I took an early evening stroll under the street-lining cherry trees in full bloom and wondered if that's how it looked like if nature could have orgasm.

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"You look at other countries, man, when they get upset, they actually go on strike -- they have riots. (When we Americans get upset) we just kinda send off emails in capital letters."-- Jon Stewart, March 30, 2009

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This is so hilarious, I bet you'd watch it more than once! David Alan Grier, host of Comedy Central's new "Chocolate News," questions whether Barack Obama would really be the "first black president."

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The moral of Jon's story, "Those who do not study the past get an exciting opportunity to repeat it."

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hari selasa kemarin vokalis U2, paul david hewson alias bono, mendapat gelar doktor honoris causa dari fakultas hukum, keio university. sebenarnya aku cuma berencana datang ke lecture-nya, tapi terpaksa hadir ke upacara pemberian gelar utk memotret nobuto yg jadi MC di acara tsb.ternyata si bono orangnya sangat akrab -- obral jabat tangan dengan mahasiswa, jokes, suka goofing around -- dan pendek

emcnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801083.post-3932192344187517472008-03-02T20:00:00.008+09:002008-11-14T04:31:42.013+09:00

Bahan-bahan:- Pisang kepok kuning atau raja atau uli (matang sedang) 8 buah- Tepung terigu 100 gram- Gula pasir 3 sdm- Garam 1/4 sdt- Telur ayam 1 butir- Air 150 mlCara pembuatan:1. Campur semua bahan menjadi adonan tepung yang cairnya sedang.2. Kupas pisang dari kulitnya. Iris masing-masing menjadi dua bagian. Bila Anda suka, Anda juga bisa mengirisnya tipis-tipis seperti bentuk pisang. Tentang

emcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801083.post-56866473689683156062008-02-28T16:58:00.059+09:002009-05-01T06:46:01.803+09:00

"We are the ones we've been waiting for."The prophetic Hopi line may be popularized by Obama, but it's what Megawati's camp wished to tell the Indonesian people with recent insinuations, quite publicly, that she ran for presidency with Meuthia Hatta, the daughter of her father's co-signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Together they will recreate history.Never mind that the Dutch and the

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Soeharto is gone, but the long-time tyrant continues to bring about discontent in Indonesia.The cover of the Feb. 4-10 issue of Tempo magazine illustrated the recently deceased Soeharto and his children in the manner of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, and naturally provoked plenty of gripes from Christian organizations.Indeed, the analogy between Soeharto and Jesus set off a few alarms.

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The pairing of "Islam" and "fascism" has no parallel in characterizations of extremisms tied to other religions, although the defining movements of fascism were linked to Catholicism -- indirectly under Benito Mussolini in Italy, explicitly under Francisco Franco in Spain. Protestant and Catholic terrorists in Northern Ireland, both deserving the label "fascist," never had their religions

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"[The Republicans] gave us a president who, with all due respect to fools and idiots, is a fool and an idiot."-- Garrison Keillor

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When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall,we used to love while others used to play.Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by,someone else moved in from far away.Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small,and you don't ask the time of day.But you and I, our love will never die,but guess who'll cry come first of May.The apple tree that grew for you and me,I watched the apples falling

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belum lama ini kutemukan artikel yang membuatku terperangah. isinya tentang penemuan2 baru yang menghubungkan perfeksionisme dengan depresi, OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), dan ketergantungan. masalah mental yang berkaitan dengan perfeksionisme ini justru ditumbuhkan oleh budaya kita yang mengagungkan prestasi. orang tua juga berperan besar dengan selalu mendorong, bahkan menuntut, agar

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seorang pastor di gereja santo ignatio di yotsuya sering membuat aku geli karena aksennya. keliatannya dia orang spanyol, atau paling tidak berbahasa ibu spanish, karena dia gak bisa mengucapkan bunyi "y" seperti pada kata "yamaha." dia akan menyebutnya "jamaha."kupikir dia berbahasa ibu spanyol karena dia mengingatkan aku pada kawan baikku, irene fernandez, mahasiswi dari mexico city yang

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semalam kami nonton film animasi berjudul hotaru no haka di tv. pagi sebelumnya, sewaktu kubaca judulnya di jadwal program tv di koran, aku agak curious.what does "haka" mean? tanyaku pada nobuto yang kebetulan sedang berdiri di dekatku.it means tomb, jawabnya."jadi film ini berarti kuburnya hotaru?" kubayangkan hotaru sebagai nama seorang laki2.noo..., nobuto menyela. "hotaru itu semacam

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Where it began, I can't begin to knowin'But then I know it's growing strongWas in the springAnd spring became the summerWho'd have believed you'd come alongHands, touchin' handsReachin' out, touchin' me, touchin' youSweet CarolineGood times never seemed so goodI've been inclinedTo believe they never wouldBut now I, look at the nightAnd it don't seem so lonelyWe fill it up with only twoAnd when I

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belum lama ini ada kejadian sensasional di manado. seorang ayah menebas tewas balitanya dengan parang, kemudian membawanya ke altar gereja dekat rumah. kesadisan pembunuhan ini membuat kepala pening membaca berita-beritanya, tapi saya lebih prihatin pada retorika psycho-religious yang muncul sesudahnya.sebelum dilakukan diagnosis psikologis pada si ayah, beberapa pendeta telah angkat bicara. ini

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genta perdamaian berdentang tepat 8:15. pertandingan baseball di depanku pun terpotong. waktunya utk mengheningkan cipta. tapi mataku justru menatap layar tv -- untuk sesaat siaran pindah ke upacara di hiroshima. kepalaku tiba2 kosong.berita2 di tv kemarin ttg hiroshima dan kejadian 62 tahun lalu. yg paling menyentuh adalah pemandangan seorang kakek yg menangis sendiri di depan kuburan masal utk

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Pretty soon you'd need more than a wealth report to run for an office in Indonesia. The law requires that all state officials file reports on their possession -- cash or otherwise -- before, during, and after their tenure. Recent development in the political scene suggests that you also need to be up-front regarding you marital history. You may need to disclose inventories of not only your assets

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rupanya gereja lagi kurang kerjaan sampai ribut2 ttg harry potter (lihat artikel di bawah). kedengarannya, untuk pendeta2 yg protes dengan terbitnya buku injil menurut harry potter, cerita harry potter tdk bisa dibenarkan secara injil karena mengandung sihir. memangnya ada apa dengan sihir?kalo dipikir-pikir, pada dasarnya iman kristen bertumpu pada kemampuan/kemauan untuk percaya pd hal2 yg

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the midsummer classicthat gorgeous city over the pacificcool splash at the McCovey Covehot dogs and beer, and stars collidedthen he came out "most"half of my dreams in one, onlyi wasn't there

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i came across this picture by accident on the web. it looks fitting for the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love in San Francisco. plus, recycled contraception must be good for the environment

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"mediocre looks have always been a great spur to creative achievement and ugliness is the mother of genius."-- david brooks

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Consider this a formal complaint from me. The name of my childhood hero, the English folktale legend Robin Hood, has been recently brought up for comparisons with Rokhmin Dahuri, the former Minister of Marine and Fisheries, now embroiled in a graft case. The latter is accused of unlawful expenditure of departmental fund, most notably for presidential candidates of the 2004 general election.Court

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By Teddy WayneIHT, May 29, 2007The Cannes Film Festival annually brings out the brightest stars for a red-carpet barrage of photos, gossip and generally profound discourse. Was the pre-show interview always this glamorous?Joan Riverus: Hail, Caesar! Over here! How are you?Julius Caesar: Fantastic. Et tu, Joanie?Riverus: Super. You look positively divine, Julius.Caesar: Thanks - this is a really

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Every time she spoke of her daughter, Holly's eyes sparkled. Her eldest child was a pre-med student and last fall she was to go on to a medical school. They rarely saw each other, as the daughter was "always very busy with school." The few times a year she managed to schedule a trip home, Holly would spoil her with feasts of her favorite dishes.Holly, and her fellow immigrant Ping, were the two

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"the brain ... is a most important sexual organ."--d.h. lawrence (as quoted by maureen dowd in her article)tjap tjay: it gives a new spin to the phrase "to fuck one's brain out."

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sesudah berpisah dengan ben di platform subway, kami pulang utk siap2 ke nagasaki. just enough time to do laundry, ngepel lantai, dan istrahat. esok paginya kami sudah di kereta menuju haneda airport. tapi ada kecelakaan di jalur kereta, hingga kami terpaksa mengambil rute memutar lewat stasiun tokyo utk kemudian naik monorail. di mana2 terlihat orang berlarian. gangguan kereta telah mengacaukan

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dua minggu belakangan ini aku hampir gak pernah di rumah. mulanya karena workshop 3 hari yg diselenggarakan universitas keio, dengan nobuto sebagai salah satu penanggung jawab. pesertanya adl mahasiswa2 doktoral yg studi ttg nasionalisme di asia. mereka datang dr hongkong, cina, korea, filipin, malaysia, kanada, usa dan jepang sendiri. sayang sekali tdk ada dr indonesia, padahal semua ongkos

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kemarin pagi aku nonton dreamgirls. it was such a sweet movie! nobuto harus mengurus laporan pajak tahunan di kantor pajak dan aku menunggu dia dengan nonton di bioskop dekat situ. bioskopnya buka jam 9:30 pagi, dan morning show mulai jam 10. gak lebih dari 10 orang dalam ruang teater kemarin. rasanya spt nonton di private theater -- sooo nice.dreamgirls was captivating from beginning to end.

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tak sengaja kutemukan resep ini di suara pembaruan. sudah lama kepingin makan kue terang bulan, tapi sewaktu di indonesia selalu tidak sempat. resepnya sih keliatan gampang. should i give it try? the only problem is, i have no idea what "ragi roti kering" is. i need to call my sister! bahan-bahan:300 gram tepung terigu500 gram susu segar1 bungkus ragi roti kering1 bungkus backing powder3 butir

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waktu kembali dari indonesia bulan lalu, kakakku yg di gorontalo titip sekoper penuh makanan yg sdh diolah dan dibekukan. dia paham sekali gaya hidup kami yg sering kekurangan makanan. nobuto yg pinter masak sering tidak punya waktu utk itu. aku sendiri merasa sayang kalau waktu yg berharga dihabiskan utk masak. begitu banyak koran dan majalah yg tdk sempat kubaca!minggu kemarin, misalnya, waktu

emcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801083.post-79085639953107983352007-02-06T23:04:00.000+09:002007-09-20T09:50:35.962+09:00

Supinah is blissful. She has met a benevolent man, of well-to-do background to say the least, who does not mind her past. The knight in shining armor has finally come to rescue her from the moral mud she is entrapped in. She is a village girl who came to Jakarta and was deceived into prostitution. Now her lover wants her to quit, but her pimp would not let her go.The story derives from a 1970

emcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801083.post-69208518377866482312007-01-27T00:20:00.000+09:002007-01-27T08:05:43.695+09:00

so the news is out. untuk white house correspondents dinner tahun ini, stephen colbert tdk lagi diundang to deliver a "tribute" utk prez bush. what a bummer! i loved it when he did it last year -- typical colbert yg mengkritik pemerintah lewat sarkasme seorang neocon. bush was visibly pissed. a few memorable quotes:"I believe the government that governs best is the government that governs least.

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this article was forwarded by a friend. thanks, goez! it's quite hillarious.German or English?The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted

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"There is anxiety talking about the issue. And normally one feels shy to go to a chemist's shop and ask for a smaller-size condom."-- Dr. Chander Puri, responding to a survey that found the standard international size is too large for most Indian men (Newsweek, 18 Dec 06)

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Men of Her Choice, Two or Three or FourI came home last week finding my beloved motherland amidst a debate on polygamy. I had to admit, I was at a loss of words. The concept did not exist in my universe, nor in my discursive habitat, nor in my mental dictionary. While her neighbors are engaged with developmental issues, foreign investments, green life style, sustainable growth and so on,

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Ave MariaGratia plenaMaria, gratia plenaMaria, gratia plenaAve, ave dominusDominus tecumBenedicta tu in mulieribusEt benedictusEt benedictus fructus ventrisVentris tuae, JesusAve MariaAve MariaMater DeiOra pro nobis peccatoribusOra pro nobisOra, ora pro nobis peccatoribusNunc et in hora mortisEt in hora mortis nostraeEt in hora mortis nostraeEt in hora mortis nostraeAve Maria--original music by

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Satirizing the Vatican: Some Quotes"[Monsignor Ganswein, the Pope's Secretary] used a mobile phone with the Hallelujah Chorus as its ring tone.""It is hard to resist spoofing a pope who seems to have been raised in libraries and not among people.""The Holy Trinity won a free trip and had to decide where to go. God the Father says he would like to go to Africa, Jesus prefers Palestine and the Holy

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tak sengaja terbaca berita ini kemarin, and it broke my heart. di bulan desember lalu, memang sdh kudengar beritanya -- tammy duckworth, penerbang militer US yg pernah aku tutori bhs indonesia sewaktu di manado, kehilangan kedua kakinya dlm perang irak sesudah helikopternya dihantam misil. sempat kusebutkan di blog entry tgl 11 desember, sesudah rob (teman sekelas tammy waktu itu) memberitakannya

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The falling leaves drift by the windowThe autumn leaves of red and goldI see your lips, the summer kissesThe sunburned hands, I used to holdSince you went away, the days grow longAnd soon I'll hear ol' winter's songBut I miss you most of all, my darlingWhen autumn leaves start to fall--Nat King Cole, 1955 (see jukebox)

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kemarin sesudah bertemu seorang dosen di sofia university, aku ikut seminar ttg human trafficking yg sedang berlangsung di sana. pembicaranya adalah wakil2 dr berbagai organ united nations yg terpaut dengan masalah trafficking spt UNODC, UNDAW/DESA, UNICEF, UNFPA dan UNHCR; juga wakil2 dr NGO dan pemerintah. regional scope-nya juga luas, mencakup kasus2 dr eropa timur sampai kolombia.layaknya

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bush : "iraq will be a strong ally in the war on terror."frank rich : "as is often the case, the president was technically truthful. iraq will be a strong ally in the war on terror -- just not necessarily our ally."

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some good quotes from norman mailer:"bush, in my opinion, may be the most ignorant president that america has ever had. but he was the perfect type to lead the crusade because, having a simple mind, for him crusade is the only thing that makes sense. he keeps saying 'we're fighting terrorism, we're fighting terrorism' like a priest who depends upon repetition.""more iraqis have been killed by the

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To Kill or not to KillWhen I used to live at the International House in Berkeley, California, among the many things I cherished were the communal meals in the beautiful and airy Spanish-structured dining hall. There, students of mostly graduate levels convene three times a day, not only to chomp on dorm-style "ethnic cuisine" and fantasize food from elsewhere, but also to socialize with fellow

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setiap kali aku melewatkan musim panas di jepang, kudapati perhatian penduduknya terpusat pada stadium baseball koshien di dekat kobe. pertandingan2 puncak dr turnamen baseball musim panas setiap tahun digelar di sana. it's a national tradition.selama ini, sebagai pendatang yg menjadikan jepang sbg point of transit (persinggahan antara sekolah dan research field), sulit kupahami daya tarik

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sudah seminggu ini aku ikut kursus bahasa jepang intensive di YWCM. kursusnya mulai jam 10 pagi sampai jam 3 sore, kemudian dilanjutkan dengan acara pengenalan budaya jepang di hari2 tertentu. so far so good -- i like my class a lot. aku di kelas beginners bersama seorang pria swiss-italian yg menikah dengan wanita jepang, dan seorang cewek aussie yg mengajar bahasa inggris di jepang (program JET

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Nation-state ReconsideredAlmost six decades ago, Hannah Arendt lamented the proliferation of nation-states as the source of modern political problems. The dissolution of old empires such as the Austro-Hungarian, the German-Jewish philosopher claims, had given way to the emergence of new states that were established along the lines of ethno-nationalities. The emergence of these states, in turn,

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BlasphemySekali lagi orang-orang Yahudi mengambil batu untuk melempari Yesus. Kata Yesus kepada mereka: "Banyak perbuatan baik yang telah Kulakukan di hadapanmu; perbuatan manakah di antaranya yang menyebabkan kamu mau melempari Aku?" Jawab orang-orang Yahudi itu: "Bukan untuk suatu perbuatan baik maka kami mau melempariMu, melainkan karena Engkau menghujat Allah dan karena Engkau, sekalipun

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sejam yg lalu aku terbangun. kuraih cellphoneku, jam di jepang baru saja masuk pukul 4 pagi. artinya di hongkong baru jam 3, pikirku. daripada tidur lagi, lebih baik aku main dng komputer -- barangkali bisa connect ke internet utk ngecek email.sesudah membikin kopi, my thinkpad on my lap, dan kaki bertumpu pada pinggiran coffee table, aku mulai menulis journal. i should've been born in this

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di amerika, world cup hampir tak punya gaung sama sekali. utk mereka, american football adl satu2nya football; sedangkan soccer, karena tdk dimengerti, dianggap membosankan. the late show with david letterman, talk show tengah malam yg hampir tdk pernah aku lewatkan sewaktu di amerika, menawarkan 10 saran (dr orang2 amerika, tentu saja) bagaimana membuat soccer menjadi menarik.Top Ten Ways to

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Let Us Invent Human RightsThe other day I was in Osaka for a three-day visit. In an attempt to avoid becoming a voyeurist of Art in Japan, I had, perhaps subconsciously, avoided the Municipal Museum of Art and the likes. (I could not however resist the Osaka Castle.) I had immediately set out to conquer the Osaka Human Rights Museum and the Modern Transportation Museum. It is of the former, these

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sejak submit disertasiku tgl 8 mei kemarin, tdk pernah sekalipun aku buka lagi filenya. kurasa ingin mengambil jarak utk beberapa waktu. kemarin, utk pertama kalinya file diss kubuka lagi, sebelum kukirim ke seorang teman utk dimintai feedback. filenya kubuka hanya utk mengganti format -- sama sekali tdk kubaca satu paragraf pun. i'm still sick of it.aku pulang ke jepang sekitar 2 minggu lalu

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sebagai bacaan akhir pekan, koran asahi kemarin merekomendasikan buku misquoting jesus: the story behind who changed the bible and why (new york: harper collins, 2005). buku ini ditujukan utk orang2 kristen fundamentalis yg memperlakukan alkitab sebagai suara tuhan, sebagai tulisan yg dibuat berdasarkan divine inspiration (wahyu), dan akibatnya, sebagai suatu kebenaran mutlak yg mengatasi ruang

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tonight you're mine completelyyou give your love so sweetlytonight the light of love is in your eyesbut will you love me tomorrow?is this a lasting treasureor just a moment's pleasure?can i believe the magic of your sighs?will you still love me tomorrow?tonight with words unspokenyou say that i'm the only onebut will my heart be brokenwhen the night meets the morning sun?i'd like to know that

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sejam yg lalu aku kembali dari oakland coliseum menonton baseball game. my team, the seattle mariners, are in town for a three-game series. aku pergi dengan dua orang teman, linna dan adwoa, yg gak ngerti apa2 ttg baseball. aku bersemangat sekali pergi karena yg pitching hari ini adalah jamie moyer, pria fantasiku. saking semangatnya, dari stasiun kereta sampai ke stadium aku setengah berlari.

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fantasy baseballsuatu kali, saat sedang khusuk bekerja, aku terima sms. dari teman baik yang iseng. isinya cuma sebuah pertanyaan, "so what's your favorite sexual fantasy?"aku tersenyum. sesudah berpikir sejenak, aku balas smsnya. "in empty ballpark, dng 3 dr 5 pitcher seattle mariners. plus rightfielder-nya. one by one though."teman cowok ini sesama penggemar sport, jadi kupikir bisa memaklumi

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do we need heroes?siang tadi aku dikirimi url radio free asia versi bahasa burma yg memuat wawancaraku dengan seorang reporternya ttg pramoedya ananta toer. wawancara ttg pram ini merupakan satu bagian dari serial mereka yg bertajuk "asian heroes."wawancara per telepon 2 minggu lalu itu dimulai dengan pretensi bahwa pramoedya ananta toer adalah seorang pahlawan. at least, si pewawancara tdk lagi

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kemarin, untuk pertama kalinya dalam beberapa minggu ini, matahari bersinar cerah di kota berkeley. sudah berhari-hari aku kehabisan bahan makanan, tapi ogah keluar karena hujan. wilayah california tengah sedang dilanda musim hujan yg paling hebat dalam 125 tahun terakhir. praktis sepanjang bulan maret kemarin, hanya 4 hari yg tdk diguyur hujan. padahal california justru terkenal dengan murahnya

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Tjap TjayTulisan Goenawan Mohamad tentang bahasa Indonesia yang dimuat di majalah Tempo minggu ini (10-16 April 2006, berjudul "Gado-gado") menarik untuk ditanggapi.Dalam tulisannnya, beliau memuji bahasa Indonesia tidak hanya sebagai bahasa yang mempersatukan, tetapi juga yang mendukung kebhinnekaan Indonesia.Untuk klaim yang pertama, saya kira tidak bisa dibantah kebenarannya. Tetapi untuk yang

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"Tunding LSM Provokator Papua, Intelijen Nggak Cerdas"kalimat tsb adalah judul sebuah artikel di rakyat merdeka yg aku baca pagi ini. membaca judul tsb, aku jadi ngakak. kalimatnya mengingatkan aku pada film renaissance man yg dibintangi danny devito. filmnya berkisah ttg seorang bill rago (played by devito) yg sdg diterpa berbagai masalah besar secara beruntun -- dipecat dari kerjaan, kemudian

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semalam akhirnya aku bisa nonton crash. minggu lalu sebenarnya mau nonton film itu juga bareng linna, sepulang gereja. gereja selesai jam 12:30, sedangkan filmnya mulai jam 4 sore. ceritanya wkt itu kami mau lewatkan waktu dng kerja di cafe setengah blok dr cinema. wkt kami datang jam 1 utk beli tiket, petugas tiketnya bilang jam 3 br mulai dijual. jd kami kerja di cafe sampai jam 3:30, kemudian

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Oh - thinkin' about all our younger yearsThere was only you and meWe were young and wild and freeNow nothin' can take you away from meWe've been down that road beforeBut that's over nowYou keep me comin' back for moreBaby, you're all that I wantWhen you're lyin' here in my armsI'm findin' it hard to believeWe're in heavenAnd love is all that I needAnd I found it there in your heartIt isn't too

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malam ini roommateku, adwoa, bikin masakan ghana yg bernama jollof rice. sejak pagi mmg doi sdh pesan bhw dia mau masak utk kami, jd kami dilarang makan yg lain utk dinner. semalam aku bikin yaki soba, yaitu mie goreng gaya jepang dan ternyata mereka senang sekali. aku bikin yaki soba krn gak jadi bikin sup tom yam krn gak ada bahannya di supermarket kemarin. anyway, jollof ternyata luar biasa

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ok, lanjut ceritanya... sepanjang siang hr sabtu kemarin sampe jam 4 sore aku lewatkan dng maki, margaret dan baby alex, kemudian eli gabung dng kami sktr jam 1 utk makan siang. kami ngopi dan ngobrol di halaman kampus, di bawah pohon magnolia yg hampir selesai masa mekarnya. matahari yg cerah membuat udara dingin menjadi hangat dan nyaman. aku bahkan gak perlu pakai sweater. ceritanya maki mau

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it's already the first day of spring semester! secara mental kurasa belum siap utk memulai semester. baru 2 hr yg lalu aku tiba dr jepang. dan sampe skrg masih jetlag. semalam jam 9 aku sdh ngantuk, dan jam 1 lwt tengah malam aku sdh bangun lagi. bingung mau ngapain... ssdh ngopi, aku mulai cari2 kelas yg bakal aku kunjungi hari ini. minggu pertama semester adl wktnya utk shop around for classes.

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tokyo (15 jan) 20:00 -> san francisco (15 jan) 11:30

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bbrp hari yg lalu the new york times menurunkan laporan investigasi mereka ttg limbah tambang freeport-mcmoran di papua dan ttg kolusi papan atas antara petinggi militer/sipil yg bertugas di papua dng perusahaan freeport. menurut laporan, sejak 1998 freeport sdh menghabiskan tdk kurang dr us$35 juta utk membangun infrastruktur militer spt barak, kantor, jalan, dan mobil2 land cruisers/rovers utk

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asahi shimbun weekend barusan memuat berita ttg trend di kalangan wanita karir jepang utk mencari gandengan yg jauh lbh muda. alasannya krn pria yg lbh muda gak bossy, gak menuntut dilayani, bs memperlakukan mereka (para wanita) sbg equal, gak merasa terancam dng kedudukan/gaji mereka yg tinggi, dan merupakan anti-aging supplement yg murah meriah. utk mendapatkan jimat awet muda spt ini, menurut

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selesai sudah semester musim gugur... kalo roommatesku pd senang krn semester sdh berakhir (tinggal minggu ujian), aku malah sedih... kelas2 semester ini sangat enjoyable utkku. rasanya tak ingin berhenti. terutama kedua kelasku di setiap hr selasa dan kamis. aku belajar sangat banyak dr situ... rasanya belum puas utk belajar dr dosennya. kamis kemarin adl pertemuan yg terakhir. di kelas yg pagi

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sdh hampir seminggu aku pilek. sungguh menjengkelkan! pdhl di penghujung semester begini pekerjaan justru menumpuk. seminggu lagi kuliah selesai, diikuti dng minggu ujian. spt biasanya, saat pergantian udara di bulan december, suhu turun scr drastis disertai hujan yg hampir tiap hari. akibatnya setiap bulan nov-dec, bnyk yg kena pilek di berkeley. di antara kami yg serumah, cuma adwoa yg cukup

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is he out of his mind??? perlu dicek kewarasan orang ini!Bupati Poso Anggap Pembunuhan Siswi di Wilayahnya Kasus KecilKamis, 10 November 2005 19:43 WIBTEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta: Bupati Poso Piet Ingkiriwang menganggap kasus yang terjadi di wilayahnya terlalu dibesar-besarkan oleh media massa. "Kejadian di Poso kan kecil, tapi di-blow up," ujar Piet seusai rapat di kantor Kementerian Koordinator

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sebegitu lama dan sebegitu seringnya kasus trafficking kita baca di koran, baru sekarang ada tindakan pd germo2 penyalur perempuan ke luar negri. mudah2an pers kita mau terus memantau penyidikannya, spy org2 busuk ini gak lantas kasih duit, terus melenggang bebas lagi. kejadian ini jg baru ditindaki sesudah (lwt lsm perlindungan perempuan di jepang) "kasus itu sampai ke telinga pejabat di Kantor

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tadi pagi di kelas ada hal menarik. beberapa minggu ini kami membahas "objects of desire." dari tulisan2 freud ttg konsekwensi psikis dr perbedaan anatomi antar sex, juga ttg fetish, diskusi diteruskan pada tulisan franz fanon ttg "fact of blackness," di mana orang afrika dikonstruksikan oleh budaya barat menjadi "negro" lwt film2, cerita2, dan terutama sejarah. di akhir kelas, yg paling menarik,

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i got nothing to blog... actually, many things to blog. i just don't have the time to write. too much work...

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Give me neither poverty nor riches -- feed me with the food You prescribe for me; lest I be full and deny You, and say, "Who is the Lord?" Or lest I be poor and steal, and profane the name of my God.--Proverbs 30:8-9

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tadi pagi aku terbangun jam 4 subuh krn fraternity (kelompok mahasiswa cowok yg tinggal serumah) di sebelah gedung kami berpesta sampai pagi. rumah mereka pas di bawah jendela kamarku. sebeeeelll!! padahal semingguan ini aku kurang tidur dan tadi malam sdh berniat utk istrahat saja, tdk kerja lagi sampai besoknya. tapi krn tetangga yg ribut, tidurku dikorting menjadi 3 jam. krn tdk bisa tidur

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utk memperingati 30 sept, saya muatkan wawancara dng ben anderson sekitar peristiwa tsb. wawancara ini dibuat 9 thn yg lalu, saat soeharto masih berkuasa, jadi mungkin ada bagian2 yg tdk lg relevan. peristiwa ini penting utk diperingati krn telah dipergunakan utk menjustifikasi pembantaian hampir sejuta anggota pki dan simpatisannya. yg patut diperingati jg adalah mereka yg selama lbh dr 3 dekade

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"Do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor detest His correction; for whom the Lord loves He corrects."--Proverbs 3:11-12 (also Job 5:17-18)

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there is a road meant for you to travelnarrow and steep is the shepherd's wayand as you say "yes," letting me guide youi will be strength for the journeythere is a cross meant for you to carrythere is a cross meant for you aloneand as you bow down in humble surrenderi will be strength for the journeyhow many times have you doubted my word?how many times must i call your name?and as you say "yes,"

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"kebahagiaan itu bagaikan kupu-kupu kecil yg harus kau tangkap selagi bisa... tapi jangan terlalu lama digenggam krn nanti dia mati."-- p.a. daum, l. van velton-van der linden, 1886 weekend ini aku harus selesaikan 1 novel dr daum yg berjudul ups and downs of life in the indies. yg mengecewakan adl kali ini aku baca novel belanda dlm terjemahan inggrisnya. beberapa tahun yg lalu, sesudah ngambil

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entah kenapa, puisi dr film gie ini terus tinggal di kepalaku. mungkin perlu dituangkan ke blog -- diexorcise -- spy aku bisa terbebas darinya."ada orang yang menghabiskan waktunya berziarah ke mekkahada orang yang menghabiskan waktunya berjudi di mirazatapi aku ingin habiskan waktuku di sisimu, sayangkubicara tentang anjing-anjing kita yang nakal dan lucuatau tentang bunga-bunga yang manis di

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nih ada komentar dr seorang pembaca tjap tjay. sesudah minta izin penulisnya, aku muat seluruh emailnya di sini. oentoek awie, thanks a lot ya!Oentoek Beth....Beth..... kemaren gue baca blog kamu kayanya cuman 2 yang mau saya komentari, yah belajar komentarin orang punya cerita neh, nga keberatankan ?pertama mungkin cerita tttg kamu wawancarai ...... ah lupa pokoknya dia berkepentingan akan

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where east meets west...sore tadi aku jalan kaki ke farmer's market utk beli buah2an. kebiasaan baru utk belanja di pasar drpd di supermarket ini lebih krn kebutuhan utk berolahraga. di jepang yg namanya jalan kaki tdk bisa dihindari, krn dr rumah ke stasiun kereta saja sdh hampir satu km. biasanya aku jalan 4 km utk exercise. dari apt ke pasar td aku tdk bs mengukur berapa jauh, tapi

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nobuto pulang ke jepang siang tadi. sepi sekali rasanya melihat kamar yg kosong, makan sendirian, atau melewati tempat2 yg kami singgahi selama 10 hari dia di berkeley. pulang dari airport abis ngantar nobuto, aku tdk langsung balik ke kamar -- takut dng kesepian. tiba di downtown berkeley aku jalan kaki ke farmer's market yg cuma satu blok dari stasiun kereta -- jalan2 sendiri utk menghibur diri

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dua hari yg lalu aku chat dng seorang teman yg sdh agak lama menghilang. obrolan kami akhirnya menyerempet soal gerakan separatisme akhir2 ini yg membuat dia (sepertinya) menyesalkan peristiwa terlepasnya timor timur dari genggaman nkri. intensitas retorika separatisme belakangan ini menurut dia adl "domino effect" dr merdekanya tim-tim. perkataan teman itu membuat aku teringat tulisan ben

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"Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. For He bruises, but He binds up; He wounds, but His hands make whole."--Job 5:17-18 semalam aku nonton film "gie" dng bekas teman kuliah dr manado. usaha mengangkat karakter aktivis 60-an ini ke permukaan patut diacungi jempol. ide ceritanya juga sebenarnya cukup kuat utk eksploitasi. tapi

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narita 11:30 -> jkt 17:00

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cinta = AIDS ?satu lagi kasus perempuan korban sex trafficking yg kuwawancarai kemarin. wawancaranya sbg bagian dr application utk bantuan repatriasi -- ongkos tiket pulang, medical care, sheltering, counseling dan job training. kali ini gadis dr mojokerto, jatim, yg jadi korban. parahnya lagi, yg jadi germonya (mama-san) adl sesama perempuan jawa yg menikah dng yakuza pengusaha beberapa night

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wah, ini baru berita!! bandara poso aktif lagi. yay!! skrg lebih gampang utk pulang. sayang sekali rumahnya gak ada lagi. jadi bisa pulang, tapi belum tau mau pulang ke mana. bingung... btw, ngapain nih bupati ikutan penerbangan perdana segala? bawa rombongan 17 orang lagi!! kurang kerjaan ya? mending atasi tuh masalah BBM yg bikin orang hampir adu jotos di poso.DAS Rambah Bandara Kasiguncu

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got cookie?hari ini panas, temperatur kembali ke 31 derajat. padahal kemarin lumayan cool -- hanya 22 derajat dan hujan sepanjang pagi. dng udara sejuk begitu kemarin aku kerja seharian di depan komputer -- kaki berbungkus blanket, dng sweater dan hot choco -- nyaman sekali. target menulis per harinya tercapai menjelang sore. waktu sore cuaca mulai berubah terang, tapi udara di luar tetap saja

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nothing to blog actually... except ttg udara akhir2 ini yg seperti berjalan mundur. sesudah mencapai 36 derajat celcius hari selasa lalu, temperaturnya dropped setiap hari. kemarin 23 derajat, hari ini 21 -- ditambah hujan lagi! jadinya di dalam rumah kembali ber-sweater, padahal skrg sdh masuk summer. menurut ramalan cuaca besok suhu bakal kembali naik sampai 29 derajat. benar2 roller coaster

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what's in a dream?tadi pagi aku terbangun dng perasaan gelisah. ternyata aku baru bermimpi. dlm mimpi ada teman yg jatuh sakit. tdk begitu jelas siapa teman tsb, yg pasti dia adl orang yg dekat denganku. anehnya, sesudah terbangun seharusnya aku jadi lega krn peristiwa tsb ternyata cuma dlm mimpi, tapi perasaanku tetap saja tdk nyaman. padahal aku bahkan tdk tau persis siapa teman yg sakit dlm

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