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This quote deserves a blog post:
First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again – and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.
– Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
For those who want to know who Lichtenberg is, [...]

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This time, it’s personal
My Department is mourning the loss of our dear colleague and friend, Mr. Ellyzar IM Adil.
He taught Animal Physiology. Always maintained a close relationship with all students, rarely see him down.
I am sad because I know that he had to deal with a lot of difficult things during [...]

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then it’s time to move on.
Seriously.
I’ve always tried not to quit easily, taking each experience as a learning experience, but sometimes, it’s just not worth it.
They say a job worth doing is worth doing well, but the $64,000 question is, is the job worth doing?
When I literally threw up before going to bed after a [...]

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Memorial services for the dead are always a reminder about our limitations as human beings. That someday, sometime, we will also join those who have passed before us.
The death of Michael Jackson and the media circus that followed reminded me of another death about a year and half ago.
Former Indonesian president Soeharto, the creator [...]

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