I don’t want to be political but the primary reason that my supposedly one month visit to Kazakhstan turned into a long stay was due to the local government’s policy that put the country in a lockdown as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic. I had no idea that the global pandemic would have affected my life in the way it had affected the lives … Continue reading How the Lockdown in Kazakhstan Changed the Way I Perceive Life
The Mango tee is 100% organic cotton, the Pull & Bear jeans are eco-friendly, the River Island clap handbag is made ethically and the Aldo trainers are designed to last forever and despite all these sustainable pretexts along with the beautiful country-side that reminds me of England, the picture after all is not totally green. It is obvious, right there, on the left side of … Continue reading A Little Picture That Creates a Huge Impact on My Life and The Earth
How are you getting on with your 2020? Have you managed to dust out the bad habits and budged away the negative thoughts that have been hovering you for the past few years? How’s your desktop looked like, by the way? Have you applied Marie Kondo’s advice to declutter and transformed your computer home page into an appearance that deserves, at least, a bit of … Continue reading The Unusual Way I Choose to Create My 2020 Resolution
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Indonesia is once again in mourning for a national comedian. Now, therefore, is a good time to scrutinise how the media covers deaths of famous figures like Olga Syahputra. A TV station recently began a new Bollywood-nuanced program. As an international relations graduate, I perceive the new show as an effort to boost business and cultural ties between Indonesia and India, which were booming at … Continue reading Catastrophic Media: Mixed Signal From National Television Programme (As published on The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta… Oh, I could never run out of a story about this particular city. It sits on a special place in my heart. Stepping into Carrie Bradshaw’s Manolo Blahnik strappy sandals, I would say that Jakarta is my New York. Having used to be the connecting port for trading vessels from Portugal, The British Empire, China and The Arabian Peninsula, the now cosmopolitan city never … Continue reading Jakarta is My New York!
During my first trial of living in Jakarta, quite often, I received criticism from my inner circle, telling me that I have made a mistake by moving out of the comfort zone. When hard time hit, frequent questions they had bombarded me revive, compounding in my mind and making me believe that I did make a mistake by moving into the big city. For them, … Continue reading How Living a Nomad Life Led Me to Find a New Self-Image and Awareness
My dream that someday Indonesia will have a public service-oriented broadcaster, similar to BBC, is seemed to be unlikely in the near future. The chances are television companies or media programmers in Indonesia chose to follow the common trend by dumbing-down their programme contents amidst the strong pressure of commercialisation. Regardless the ethos of a television company, profit-concern apparently becomes a determining factor in programming policy. … Continue reading The Ugly Truth about Indonesian Current Affairs Programme: Dealership-based E-commerce, an Innovation or a Drawback?
He would never let us be untouched. He will always trace us as long as we live in the world he called Mine. How many people realise that we have been haunted by some elites and their associates, the so-called The Eye, who sought to own the world?. The Eye has played it well and fooled us using a mischievous ways, too subtle that we … Continue reading We Are Haunted !
On March, 15 2015, I and my siblings visited Leang-Leang Village, Maros, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. This UNESCO World Heritage site has been my tourism crush since months ago. It was due to the mystery it holds behind the veils of pre-history. Thus, I flied from Jakarta to visit my origin in intention to witness the famous karst and the art-cave with my own eyes. Continue reading Pre Historic Veils Upon Leang-Leang
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When Allan Stuart reaffirmed that news from the streets will be favourable, I should have just agreed. Since it is disappointing to prove that, to some extent, mass media has succumbed to the public’s preference of news coverage. It was a pity to discover that the audience prefer to peruse bombastic headings with shallow content and popular events. It was also inevitable to observe that … Continue reading The Three Fractions of the Public’s News Preference (As published on The Jakarta Post)
