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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (33): Rasyad A. Parinduri Blog of an Indonesian Economist Economy is mighty important thing in life. You cannot even live without it. You can’t even read this blog if you don’t have Rupiah (Indonesian currency) to access the internet. In practical terms, It’s the only one any human being have…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (32): Jennie S. Bev Blogger Indonesia of the Week (32): Jennie S. BevProductivity is Better Off Abroad?Do Indonesian scholars & intellectuals need to live abroad to stay productive and prolific in a conducive environment? Many Indonesian scholars like Nadirsyah Hosen think so. One such case in point is Jennie S….
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (31): Maya Nasution Indonesian Expats Life: Bringing Indonesia to the World There are some few debates, pros and cons, in several Indonesian mailing list (or milis as it’s locally known) over Indonesians who keeps staying abroad after finishing their studies and making a decent living. Some speculations being raised about…
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A few months back, a non-Indonesian friend asked me in the comment box why I hardly blog on Indonesia religio-political issues, to which question I replied that when I’m blogging, I’d like to write what I want; not what I have to. Besides, blogging a very serious topic is not in-vogue from “blog-marketing” point…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (23): Tylla Subijantoro The Education for All, India Case Many Indonesian journalists who cover up the president’s state visit to India know her name. They only spell it incorrectly. Kompas, for example, spells her name here and here as Tya Subiantoro. Wonder, how come the biggest Indonesian newspaper like Kompas…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (22): Indonesia Anonymus It’s been long overdue for this blog to be reviewed. It should come a way earlier, considering its very good content, a collaborative of good writers behind it and its blog-for- justice-and-the-poor kind of vision. A vision I share in a great deal and shared by global…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (27): Purwarno Hadinata The Significance of English Language Grammatical skill for the first step is not required, because all Indonesians who passed their 10+2 grade must’ve had the basic requirement. And as a matter of fact, most Indonesian bloggers are at least already got their bachelor degree.Having said that, if…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (29): Agus Setiawan Expertise and Commitment Agus Set is a PhD student on Oceanography in Hamburg, Germany. He’s one of those few Indonesian students who are fortunate enough to have the opportunities to further their studies that far. Indonesia lacks in human resources. Everybody with PhD degree will be considered…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (28): Soulful Girl Consumptive Indonesia Last week, my friend Mukhlis Zamzami Chaniago, head of Indonesian Student Association in India (PPI INDIA – Persatuan Pelajar/mahasiswa Indonesia India) gave me a call asking me to attend a weekend debate held regularly by the association. This time around the speaker expected to be…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (26): Christine Susanna Tjhin Ethnic Chinese, according to a survey conducted several years ago and reported also in Gatra (?) magazine is among the four major ‘chosen’ ethnics of the world beside Anglo-Saxon, Jews and Indian. Believe it or not, but the facts are all the above-mentioned ethnics always excelled…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (25): Ninit Yunita A career woman and family life When a woman with a good job gets married with a husband whose job requires him to shift places frequently, she has two choices: either follow her husband and hence quit the job or stick to her job and, consequently, living…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (24): Ahmad Qisai India, according to Mr. Suhadi Salam, an Indonesian diplomat in KBRI (Indonesian Embassy) New Delhi, will play an important role in the near future in South and Sout-East Asia along with China not only in terms of its military muscle but in the field of economics and…
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TERBUKA PADA MASUKAN POSITIF DAN KRITIK KONSTRUKTIF The pinnacle of a great leader is realizing they are not always the smartest person in the room and even when they are, it doesn’t mean they will always have the best idea or solution.– anonym “Puncak kehebatan seorang pemimpin sukses adalah saat dia menyadari bahwa dia tidak…
Blogger Indonesia of the Week (20): Dedy W Sanusi Despite a lotta appreciation and aknowledgement around, I am not sure how many Indonesian bloggers get inspired by my call to blog in English to make Indonesian voices heard to the outside world. Yet, I found one or two bloggers who have explicitly stated that they…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (19): Yosef Ardi The Blogger, the Journalist and the Economist Another Indonesian journalist has come to the blogger world. He’s Yosef Ardi who works for Bisnis Indonesia daily, an economic newspaper based in Jakarta and former managing editor in the paper before he further his study to UC Barkeley for…
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On around May this year, when I wanted to start blogging actively, I’d been wondering whether there’re free blog providers which belong to or facilitated by Indonesian techno guru. I tried googling using keyword “blogger, blog, Indonesia”. Google led me to many Indonesian blogs none of which free blog providers. they’re only a bunch…
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Dalam sebuah hadits yang diriwayatkan oleh Umar bin Khattab, Rasulullah menekankan perlunya sikap tawadhuk atau rendah hati dan buruknya sifat takabur atau sombong. Dalam kitab Misykat al-Masabih, hadits no. 5119, diriwayatkan: – وعن عمر – رضي الله عنه – قال وهو على المنبر : يا أيها الناس ! تواضعوا فإني سمعت رسول الله – صلى…
Blogger Indonesia of the Week (17): Wimar Witoelar When the monetary crises and the students power has led to the fall of the Indonesian strongest dictator General (retd.) Suharto–who ruled Indonesia for 32-odd years–Indonesia for the first time during my life-time became the poster boy of contemporary world media for a good reason. it became…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (15): Hermawan Kartajaya Big Guy blogger and Autobiography When I was a kid my dad and my only big brother (I’ve plenty of little brothers, though) more than once urged me to read any autobiography of the “big personalities” of national as well as international calibre. I did what…
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (16): Agustinus Wibowo The Young Indonesian Traveler On June this year, I called for Indonesian bloggers to start blogging in English especially if the content has a face value in terms of culture, social, and other personal experiences that can be shared with foreign readers. This kind of content is…
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