Blogger Indonesia of the Week (64): Evi Meinar
An Indonesian Chef in Canada
There are many ways for Indonesian expats to heal the “wound” of being far away from their homecountry. And there are even more various ways to express their love and sometimes “unconscious” patriotism to it. One thing for sure, that “nothing like home” is not a hollow word. This is especially true in the case of Indonesian abroad in particular.
There is a Javanese saying which I think represent the psyche of Indonesian in general and it should explain why not so many Indonesians enjoy staying abroad, unlike Indian or Chinese, for example. It says: Mangan ora mangan sing penting ngumpul, meaning that it’s better off staying at home despite starving than making a good life abroad.
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (63): Maylaffayza
A brainy Celebrity, a down-to-earth blogger
I’ve spent a long enough time in India to complete the whole levels of studies during which I never pulang kampung (go home) to see my family and friends. If you ask why, well, it’s something to do with my early “promise” I made to myself before I went to this country.
At the same time to keep in touch with many Indonesian, particularly Indonesian student and intellectual in Indonesia and around the world and get updated with current events and development in my Tanah Air (homeland), I make use of any free services the internet technology has offered.
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (62): Yusuf Asyari
Reaching out to people through Blog
“With this blog, I hope to be able to reach out and get in touch with our people, and
establish good communications by enabling dialogue between the government and its people.” This intro word is what you’ll find when you visit the blog of Yusuf Asy’ari, the Housing Minister of Indonesia.
I made an introductory remark earlier once I knew that another minister of current government had started blogging a few months ago, wishing him well and congratulating him for his courage to blog in between his hectic job activities. Some other respected non-Indonesian blogger like Asia Pundit also announced the emergence of yet another Indonesian minister blogger. I also wrote about Mr Yusuf’s blog [1] on Global Voices Online.
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (61): Budi Saraswati
When I walked through the blogosphere the other day, I found a link the title of which caught my attention and stopped me from surfing further: Being a Civil Servant. The writer, Budi Saraswati, seems to have more prudent way than I am in discussing thing. For her, being civil servant (PNS in local parley) or working in a private company does not really matter.
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