Just recently, another thing happened which gave me yet another reason of why it is not fun to live in this supposedly-lawful country. On May 13, 2009, Prita Mulyasari was detained in jail following a defamation suit by a hospital chain in this country, Omni Hospitals.
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Some things are better left unsaid. Or aren’t they ? I’m not totally sure about this,…
Anjing-anjing itu kembali lagi. Mereka memang tak tahu diuntung.
When I started this blog and chose a tagline for it, one thing that I promised myself is that I’ll be honest
Yeah, I know I’m so late to write about this. I was hospitalized since 25 December 2008…
Anyone who is a movie buff will love a film that talks about a film. In the similar logic, enthusiastic bloggers will search and find blogs who talk about blogging. This kind of appeal, no,- strike that; this kind of devotion to a passion that got me picking up that copy of “Dante Club” and started reading.
Now, by talking about Dante Club, I make a risqué decision of writing about a book whose hype has passed away long time ago. In fact, Matthew Pearl has already launched his next …
A graphic novel called “Dark Blue” has recently caught my attention. I finished reading it at one sitting in about 30 minutes last night. Yet that doesn’t exactly portray the work as a light reading at all. It was a very serious, mind-bending work of art by the prominent comic artists Warren Ellis and Jacen Burrows.
To me, November is a month that underlines the importance of a lasting relationship. My parents have their anniversary at the 3rd, while me and my wife have ours eight days later. Every time it gets to this time of the year, I cannot help but stop what I am doing, close my eyes, and pray that I will make my marriage last as long as I can. Oh, it’s not that we are having some marital problems or something. It’s just that I don’t know how much longer I …
When Nindya tagged me at her blog to write a post about boobs, I silently cursed the idea of viral blogging.. Oh yes, I’m perfectly straight, before you start to question my sexual orientation. Yet, I was, - and still am, puzzled about the concept of boobs. I don’t have one, - let alone a pair of them. You can imagine my serious dilemma here…
This was made even harder since apparently I was known in the online world as a blogger who write inspiring posts, - sometimes even philosophical. How …