does a President need to “clarify” things to an author? Apa karena pengarang itu George Aditjondro, keeper of all things anti corruption? Padahal isi buku yang judulnya serem itu, konon adalah studi literatur terhadap informasi yang sudah terbit? Dulu, jaman Orde Baru Pak Harto, saat informasi (sangat) terbatas bila dibandingkan saat ini, buku seperti “Membongkar [...]
November 25, 2009
Quote from President Barack Obama’s Speech on launch of “Educate to Innovate”
Presiden Amerika Serikat Barack Obama dalam pidato peluncuran program “Educate to Innovate” : “The leadership of tomorrow depends on how we educate our students, especially in those fields who hold promise of future innovations and innovators. That’s why education in math and science is so important.” “Time and again, we have let partisan and petty [...]
November 24, 2009
The Heart is not Rational
About five years ago, a certain “event” caused to me to utter the phrase “Matter of the hearts is never rational”. And how true that is. While biologically, the Heart (Bahasa Indonesia: “Jantung”) is the major organ in our body which distributes absolutely important oxygen to our cells, we often use the word “heart” (Bahasa [...]
November 23, 2009
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
DISCLAIMER: VERY PERSONAL INDIVIDUAL POINT OF VIEW. IT’S MY BLOG, GET YOUR OWN BLOG IF YOU DON’T AGREE WITH ME & WANT TO THROW ROCKS AT THE PRESIDENT Boy I bet that’s how our President feels right now, between a rock and a hard place… Some things are more obvious than others, and the general [...]
October 5, 2009
For the child in all of us…
Ever had a toy that you loved and cherished forever (or so it seems)? For me it was a chimp called Jocko. Around 30something years ago, my Dad brought Jocko home from Germany. Dad explained that Jocko was special because he had a “knopf im ohr”. He was made by a famous toy company named [...]
September 16, 2009
You are missed, Pak…
The beginning of the semester is usually chaotic, and this semester is no exception. For the past two weeks, my patience has been tested by the fact that when I arrive to start the lab course, the doors to the lab have not been opened yet, and the tech doesn’t have the key. What the…? [...]
September 15, 2009
The Biologist in me totally gets this!
2PM …Which Will Likely Also End in a Cell. Lecturer, discussing cell membranes: “So now the membrane has potential… unlike my career.” Physiology Lecture Melbourne University Australia Overheard by: martinasnape via Overheard in the Office, Sep 11, 2009 I’m still laughing…
July 26, 2009
What do you believe in?
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 [...]
