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 [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘personal musings’
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 [...]
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 [...]
July 10, 2009
Let’s not take life for granted, part 2: Because they were someone’s father…
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 [...]
April 7, 2009
Let’s not take life for granted!
A recent disaster, this time nearby my childhood home, made me think about life and we sometimes take life for granted. Around 34 years ago, my family moved into the university housing complex for teaching staff in a place, where in 1975, was not the most developed place in the world. Sure the houses were [...]
November 26, 2008
The Art of Conversation
:::Dusting off the blog::: :::cough, cough::: Phew… I’m back. Well, no promises except for the oft repeated early new year’s resolution “I shall update this blog more often”. Anywaaay… the musings in my head have been swirling around causing a slight headache. It’s good, though, that means I still have the desire to write. Topic? [...]
August 17, 2008
Berbahasa (apapun) dengan baik dan benar 3: Indonesia atau Inggris atau…?
atau an entire different language entirely ? Ugh, keluar lagi deh si penjahat bahasa yang suka campur-campur ini. Saya tergelitik setelah membaca sebuah posting di blog ini . Saya belum kenalan dengan si empunya blog, who is quite prolific and opinionated (and BTW, if you’re reading this, hello…), tapi “tembakan” beliau lumayan kena nih, hehehe. [...]
August 1, 2008
Yet Another Blog…
Blog lagi, blog lagi…abis gratis sih Karena saya punya hobi nonton seri TV Amerika, dan banyak seri TV ini dijual (bajakan, tentu), rasanya perlu deh disortir supaya bisa dipisah mana yang oke dan mana yang bisa dilewatkan… So, mohon jenguk The Depok Couch Potato untuk cerita-cerita tentang TV Amerika. Bilingual (rencananya). Dan sudah pernahkah menengok [...]
