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Saya kira setelah bertahun-tahun mendapat pelajaran agama islam di sekolah yang melarang umat islam untuk mengucapkan selamat natal, orang akan belajar dan menyimpulkan bahwa apa yang mereka terima hanyalah kepicikan guru agama yang khawatir sesama umatnya menjadi murtad. Ternyata saya salah. Saya ingat, ketika masih sekolah dasar dan menjelang natal, saya membuat ucapan selamat natal di selembar

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When it comes to sustainability within a relationship, which one do you prefer? Having just one partner for a life time or lots of partner during your life time? This year has been a tremendous one. I have met lots of people and see how they practice relationship. Yes, encounter in ideas do change people’s mind. So do I. I have one fave TV show: Offspring. It was at 2010 when I was frustated

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How does it like to live normally? Well, I’ve moved out from Jakarta to KL. The thing that I really want for a long time. To live alone and have everything by my own. The decision to move were really fast and I’m still questioning whether this is just a long dream or not. Well, so far KL is nice! Everybody seems to live normally and does not face a huge pressure as if in Jakarta. Most of people

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After all of those path that I've passed. I think this is the time to festive what I've fight for. The question is, what I've fight for?You know, after all of these achievements and traveling to see the world, do I still need to pursue what I've dreamed of?I'm jaded and I feel like a zombie.

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Hey, it's been a long time ago for me to update this blog. I'll update you about my trip di Busan, South Korea a few weeks ago. See you! :) P.S. This is me in Shanghai!

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Berawal dari kepo di twitter dan berakhir dengan tarikan napas panjang. Pagi ini, seperti biasanya, ketika saya lagi buka-buka timeline orang yang saya gak kenal saya dapat kabar gak enak. Jadi orang ini ngetwit bahwa dia gak diundang ke acara buka puasa SMA hanya karena dia gay. Ya karena dia gay. That's it. Jujur saya juga baru peduli-peduli amat dengan isu LGBT akhir-akhir ini aja. Waktu

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Mereka bilang ke aku jangan kebanyakan teori, langsung aja praktik dan cari pembenarannya belakangan. Aku kurang sepakat. Iya aku gak suka coba-coba. Menurutku konsep bahwa zinah adalah dosa adalah upaya agama untuk mengakomodir kebutuhan manusia akan status dan kelas. Aku ingat seseorang pernah bilang kalau Tuhan akan bahagia jika makhluknya bahagia. Lalu bahagia dengan berhubungan seksual?

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Perlahan-lahan aku mulai ikhlas. Kadang apa yang kita inginkan tidak tercapai walaupun kita mengerahkan semua daya upaya. Mereka bilang ada yang namanya karma baik. Mungkin karma baikku belum banyak atau bahkan tidak ada sama sekali. Peduli setan dengan konsep pahala dan dosa kataku. Kamu beragama apa berdagang? Aku yakin masih banyak jalan menuju roma. Dan akupun tidak masalah selama kamu bisa

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Yes, today I’m turning into 24. I don’t mean to teach you about what life is, but perhaps some points here suit you and then we can share later :D. Here I go:1. Dream high. Make a visual board about your dream and it will come true2. Love will come in an unpredictable time, place, and space.3. Parents are not always right. You deserve to pursue your happiness.4. Religion teaching, in some ways

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What do you do to make your living wealthier and feel secure? Most parents are likely want their kids to apply for gov’t employee. I’ve heard a lot of complain from friends of mine about this pressure. Some of them are just following this path and get trapped within the system. the only option to get out from this is by paying for the penalty. When I was visiting Indramayu a few weeks ago, I got

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Okay, this is the last day! We were going to a propanda shop and found some old communist propaganda. This is interesting since Vietnam is a communist country but the economic system are gradually being capitalist. Just like Jakarta with a lot of street-restaurant, in Hanoi the characteristic is they have a street-restaurant with a small chair.To wander over Hanoi, we can use taxi. But there are

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Knowing that what you’ll do will be an interesting stuff is exciting. In the third day we make a plan to implement our ideas. Yes, I like planning better than implementing hahahaIn the late afternoon we walk down through the city eventhough it’s rainy.Dinner in a restaurant and choose the food by my own. And the goods here are relatively cheap.When i buy some goods there, there’s a couple who

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How can you make a change? How can you fight for something you believe in and implement it in a real action? In the third day we have a discussion about advocacy. This is an interesting point since we learn about something new. How could you advocate in regional level? Since there is a lot of actor such as regional organization which have power to determine the fate of millions of people they are

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Knowing people from ASEAN countries is really interesting. I met Cambodian, Lao, Vietnamese, Burmese, and Philippines. Oh yeah there’s also Indian and Chinese! They have their own accent in speaking English. For me, Indian and Philippines have the clearest pronunciation compared to others.In the night we’re going to the town headquarter as if in Bunderan HI Jakarta in a mini version. And when it

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I never think of going to Guangzhou before, nor event going to China for any trip. But having a trip to a place like Hanoi which has no direct route from Jakarta give me a chance to visit this place eventhough only for transit.When I got the ticket from China Southern to Hanoi through Guangzhou, I feel so excited that I could visit China eventhough only for 6 hours. Here, in this city I’ve got

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Ketika dunia menjadi tempat yang tidak lebih baik, kematian mungkin adalah jawabannya. Bisa jadi di kehidupan setelah kematian segalanya akan menjadi lebih baik dan tidak ada lagi konflik kemanusiaan. Tapi apa iya? Apa jadinya bila memang tidak ada kehidupan setelah kematian dan kita hanya akan menjadi debu dan membusuk menyatu dengan tanah?The bubble (2006), film besutan Eytan Fox menurut saya

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Sexual violence is a latent phenomenon. This is an urgent case that must be taken into national awareness since it is happened in almost every aspect in our life. Government must be aware to sexual violence, sexual harassment and sexual exploitation toward its citizens. This is the place where the government must take place and intervene strictly.We have seen recently that government tries to

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Kalau kamu tanyaSiapa yang aku cintaKamu pasti bercandaKalau kamu tanyaApa saja kupunya cita-citaKamu pasti pura-pura bertanyaKita memang tidak bisa bersamaKamu senang berkelanaAku senang berdua

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This is the second time I was invited to be a speaker. It was in 2010 when I got a chance to talk about the use of social media as a tools for social change. This time, I talk about youth, social media and social movement in Seminar “You Are The Media: Virtual Discourse, Real Action” Media MattersIt was in 2008 when I was still in the college finishing my final thesis and organising this annual

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Saya prihatin.” –Presiden gembrot.Saya marah. Murka. Banyak ndoro kelas menengah yang merasa bahwa penyerangan yang dasarnya agama ke kelompok minoritas wajar-wajar saja. Banyak yang merasa iman Islamnya dibela oleh FPI. Justru saya heran, bahwa iman mereka sebagai kelas menengah terwakili oleh kelompok preman berjubah dan bayaran. Mereka yang hidup nyaman di perkotaan, makan tinggal beli, kerja

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Hari 3Di hari ketiga, saya mendatangi tempat yang jadi tempat wajib kalo berkunjung ke KL: Menara petronas! Cuacanya agak gerimis waktu saya datangi, tapi tidak menyurutkan niat saya untuk berfoto ria (bahasanya ya gak nahan hahaha). Dari jauh si menaranya emang keliatan tinggi banget dan pas masuk ke dalam, isinya adalah mall yang gak jauh beda kaya di Jakarta.Dari petronas, saya menyusuri KL

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Kali ini tas saya kembali menemani saya pergi ke negeri jiran: Malaysia! Selama 4 hari 3 malam saya tinggal di Kuala Lumpur. Kesan saya dalam satu kata terhadap KL: rapih. Jadi mau pindah aja kesana selama 6 bulan sampai 1 tahun :pHari 1Dari Soekarno-Hatta saya bertolak menggunakan air asia. Jujur ini pertama kalinya saya naik maskapai ini. Dann sewaktu check in, saya kira bakal di tempat biasa,

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Pertama kali saya ke Jogja adalah sekitar tahun 2004 bareng temen-temen SMA. Waktu itu saya cuma numpang mampir semalam dan gak ada gregetnya sama sekali. Kali ini, saya tinggal cukup lama yakni 5 hari 4 malam! Dari perjalanan ini, saya berhasil mengunjungi berbagai pantai dan senangnya suasananya masih cukup sepi. Serasa punya pantai pribadi lah :p. Pada awalnya saya sempat demam dan tidak mandi

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Original link Rinaldi Ridwan, Jakarta | Tue, 01/18/2011 9:31 AM | Opinion Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring’s plan to ban BlackBerry service in Indonesia unless it filters pornographic content is a threat to our democratic way of life.We should be proud of international recognition of Indonesia as the most democratic nation in Southeast Asia, but Tifatul’s

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Okay, it’s already been 2011 and I haven’t made any reflection to 2010. Generally, I’ve made life plan per year since I was in college. So every year I only have to revise the big plan and make it more realistic. Anyway, I don’t mean to brag :p. Here I am:I have passed the IELTS test and got the minimum requirement to apply for master degree overseas. So far it has cost me a lot since I have to

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Who says that Java island is boring and only has a few spot to go? Perhaps you’ve never visit southern Java. And I bet, you have only browsed through kaskus :P. Going through southern Java island is always fascinating yet challenging for me due to its road and route. In the last year at 2009 I was going to Ujung Genteng and in this new year I was going to Garut. You might be surprised that for 3

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Ngomong-ngomong toleransi antar umat beragama di Indonesia sama palsunya kaya ngomongin toleransi di buku PPKn waktu masih sekolah. Saya masih inget dulu dicekokin kalo yang namanya toleransi penting. Penting buat dijawab dengan tepat saat ujian maksudnya. Sisanya ya diajarin juga kalau harus hati-hati berteman dengan agama lain. Salah-salah pergaulan bisa pindah agama. Dan sialnya, dulu saya

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Lowongan Information Officer di NGOInformation OfficerMemiliki kepedulian dan keberpihakan terhadap kelompok rentan. Berwawasan. Bersedia bekerja keras. Berani mencoba hal-hal baru.Jika memiliki kriteria diatas, bisa jadi Andalah orang yang tepat untuk memperkuat tim kami. Perkumpulan Indonesia Berseru adalah Organisasi Non Pemerintah yang bekerja untuk mendorong terwujudnya keadilan sosial,

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Bicara mengenai jilbab bisa jadi topik yang sensitif. Salah sedikit bisa-bisa digebukin sekampung dan dicap liberal. Kadang saya suka gatel sendiri, jilbab yang sebenernya urusan privasi mulai diributkan di ranah publik dan perlahan jadi simbol kepalsuan masa kini. Saya masih inget cerita kerabat terdekat jika pada periode 1980-an jilbab adalah salah satu simbol perlawanan terhadap rezim otoriter

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*I have difficulty in describing “keberpihakan” in English, so I’d prefer to use this term, If you have a more proper term, I’d love to use it :-)The first time this concept came into my mind was when someone criticized my writings about one and a half years ago. She told me that I wrote without any perspective. Having criticized, I was shocked due to my experience so far to write in a magazine.

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I’ve never had a thought before that I’ll be a writer like now. I’ve never attended any writing workshop or writing class and even journalism course. To be honest, I’d taken writing principle class, as an obligation as communication student, when I was still in the college and I only got C. In a more advance level, I even only got C+ for copywriting class. And to be in this job so far, I think,

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What will come into your mind when I state that I’m working in an NGO? Some people think that it would be proper to work in an NGO due to their concern and idealism in some issues. And others think that they have no other choice. However, it’s not the only way to make it true I guess. Here I want to share my experiences so far in NGO, it’s around 2,5 years, so that you could make a decision

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RespectKain sutraProtein ikanProfil AlinePenyaring udara di rumahChangeSexual diversityMacet dan industri ekstraktifMediakuMedia literacyWOMRevolusi social mediaMandi ramah lingkunganMengutip om susno: “Banyak pendapatan tapi kurang pendapatan”. Sepertinya gw harus lebih matre biar cepet kaya raya, hahahaha

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Jurnalis "Marhaen" : jurnalis yg memiliki alat produksinya sendiri, menjadikan jurnalisme sebagai bagian dari identitas dirinya, menempatkan ideologi dan etika jurnalis tertentu sebagai pijakan rasionalitas serta keberpihakannya dalam melakukan aktivitas jurnalistik sehari-hari. Via Dedy Nur Hidayat

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Aku cinta kamuSudah lama aku tidak seperti iniPenasaranSenyum-senyum sendiriRindu tiada habisKurasa 6 tahun bukanlah waktu yang sebentarDan tak kusangka konsekuensinya sangat luasMungkin aku bisa membuat 1 memoar tentang dirikuYa, karena kamu*gombal**unfollow diri sendiri

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Okay, it’s been a while for me not updating this blog with my own story due to IELTS. And after passing that period I’m a bit confuse with this kind of style writing. Yes, for I only write by orders not by mood.A lot of things happened recently and don’t you feel that one month pass so fast that you can’t even remember every single day? And this speed has led me to another existential question.

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Some people prefer to spend their life doing the same things and avoiding change. Others, however think that change is always a good thing. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.Some people might look for stability in their life. In this case, stability could be meant as doing the same things and avoiding change. Otherwise, I prefer to live on the contrary. For me, having a life that

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Improvements in health, education and trade are essential for the development of poorer nations. However, the governments of richer nations should take more responsibility for helping the poorer nations in such areas. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?Interactions between poorer and richer natios is envitable. In the globalized world, these interactions are getting wider

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In many countries, children are enganged in some kind of paid work. Some people regard this as completely wrong, while others consider it as valuable work experience, important for learning and taking responsibility. What are your opinions on this?Child workers are common phenomenon nowadays, especially in developing countries. Millions of children work in bad environment to seek money either for

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*This is dangerously trivial, I warn youHaving someone to love for him is like having a mood booster buttonWhen he woke up in the morning and realized that his life is a bit worth whileAnd he always feels happy and warm everytime they meet, with no specific reason.As if the cloud fell to the sky and made a new hope.It’s too good to be written.And it’s been a long time since in the high school

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When a country develops its technology, the traditional skills and ways of life die out. It is pointless to try and keep them alive. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this option?As human being’s civilizations become more advance, so does the technology. However, some people have curiosities toward technology that it can lead the traditional skills and ways of life to die out. For me,

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I’m not really into sport so much and I guess this writing is just a trivial assumption. Would you please give some suggestion? Thankss :)Popular events like the football World Cup and other international sporting occasions are essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe way. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?Football World Cup

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Latest status: I think the question for IELTS would be suitable only is some specific country.Some governments say how many children a family can hare in their country. They may control the number of children someone has through taxes. It is sometimes necessary and right for a government to control the population in this way. Do you agree or disagree?As the world population increase rapidly in

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Current condition: the more I read the sample answers, the more I'm not confident with my writings so farThe position of women in society has changed markedly in the last twenty years. Many of the problems young people now experience, such as juvenile delinquency, arise from the fact that many married women now work and are not at home to care for their children. To what extent do you agree or

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I'm still feeling that there's a lot of typo here, could you find it? thanks :)Without capital punishment (the death penalty) our lives are less secure and crimes of violence increase. Capital punishment in essential to control violence in society. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this option?Capital punishment nowadays is widely practice all over the world on the base to reduce crime

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Another blabbering, every comment will be approved :)Out of a country’s health budget, a large proportion should be diverted from treatment to spending on health education and preventive measures. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?Health budget is always being a crucial problem for every country. A big proportion has been spent by the government to keep their citizens

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I thought I was from Pluto and you were a Jupiterian.When I fell in love with you I felt that we were from Earth.While I was the Ocean and you were the Atmosphere.But once more I was wrong. We would just met at the horizon and it never existed.Only in their eyes.And now I’m burnt at Alpha Centaury. The more I try to radiate you, the more I’m sucked with the black hole.See you in the next Big Bang.

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Yes, this is my writing practice for IELTS and I feel like blabbering. Unfortunately, I can't help it and fall into patronizing. Any comment will be accepted for the better result ;PThis is the question:Fatherhood ought to be emphasized much as motherhood. The idea that women are solely responsible for deciding whether or not to have baby leads on to the idea that they are also responsible for

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What is happiness? For me, it’s something that makes you live your life consciously. Well, I didn’t mean to lead this to discursive consciousness as Giddens said but I really need an enlightment. I think I don’t know who I am. Whose soul lies between me. Day by day I run my life thoroughly and trapped within. Until someone frankly said about the future, reality and its obstacle. At first I try

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Dipublikasikan dalam Word of Magazine #13Teks: Rinaldi RidwanMemasuki tahun ajaran baru di kampus, mahasiswa baru tidak hanya akan berhadapan dengan lingkungan baru dan suasana belajar yang sangat berbeda dibandingkan sekolah, namun juga yang menjadi momok: inisiasi mahasiswa baru. Dahulu kegiatan ini akrab disebut ospek, namun umumnya hampir setiap universitas memiliki sistem inisiasinya sendiri

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p.s.: this writing are intended for IELTS practice, if you have any suggestion and find some grammatical errors do not hesitate to leave a comment, thanks :)Both male and female are used to have different chances to go to the university. Eventhough nowadays both male and female have the same chances to go to the university there should be a way to make it fair for both gender. In my opinion, I

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When a person has passion and commitment it makes little difference what they are doing... because whatever it is has a vital integrity which exposes them totally and without shame... such people have an innocence which life does not touch... usually they do not fit well with mainstream and are certainly not going to give time to events without purpose... they are busy... engaged in activity

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I hate mediocre. They hide behind the ideas of freedom, pluralism, feminism, and social welfare. Spreading the symbolic violence and making people do believe. Am I wrong If I turn into a cynic?

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Living in a city like Jakarta really make us to be a consumptive person. In fact, when you need a refreshment, a place that would be choosen most is shopping mall. At first when I was a teenager, I was pretty sure that mall is a place where most of our needs could be found and a place for socialization. Now I’m realized, I was wrong.Another place that I missed and (should) know for sure is public

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"And the Jews will not be pleased with you, nor the Christians until you follow their religion. (Koran 2:120)"I always remember this verse. As my childhood time is filled with the prejudice between the Moslem and Christian, the topics such as christianization and the effort of christians to convert as much as people to be a Christian had been a biggest threat for me as a young moslem. Is that

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I have one thing disturbing my mind recently. I’ve been thinking much about the existency of Islam as an ideology, system of thought, and the way people interpret it. Perhaps our prophet would predict that his follower would be this much in quantity, but not in quality. And one thing bothering in Islamic thought recently: conservatism and act of seeing another people as wrong and us as right.Oke

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“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago” (Nietzsche). That explains why sometimes racism, sectarianism, religious fundamentalism, market fundamentalism, ultranationalism, authoritarianism and other idiocies in human thoughts surfaced... are we tired now?a very very smart lecturer

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TweetFatwa 5: Obat penangkal fundamentalisme agama hanya satu: HUMOR. Jangan terlalu serius beragama, santai saja, dan anda akan sehat.via @ulil

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I got this from Maastricht University's websiteStudent profileThe master's programme in Media Culture is aimed at:* university graduates who are interested in exploring the interrelations between cultural transformations and new developments in media technologies* graduates with a degree in a relevant specialisation, such as media studies, communications studies, film or television studies,

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Jakarta, 8 February 2010Based on my observation, in my college, there’s a never-ending debate between the social and economic faculty. In the perspective and the way they see the world. Oh well, perhaps I’m trying to generalize. But, in fact you might find that most of the time, if social and economic people get involved in a discussion about the gov’t policy, they would end up in defending their

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Being in the early twenty. Graduating from senior high school only. Working as a blue collar worker. Living with the parents in law. Married. Having a baby. Living as it is.I’ve heard some stories about an couple with a condition like this. Few days ago my mom told me a stories about young couple and their life. Aside from that, somebody had told me about another couple, in the same age with me

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This morning I read an article about safe sex behavior and the spread of HIV/AIDS at a lifestyle magz. It’s surprising that a lifestyle magazine like them publishing the importance of knowing this issue and acknowledging that they are usually publish trivial topics.From the feature, I concluded that they have a standpoint that sex industry must be regulated by the gov’t. The arguments is that

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Note: this writing does not intend to be cynical or sarcastic. It’s a pure reflection.What do you do to make your life sustainable and safe? Not to mention or refer to specific persons, but this has been a question in my mind recently. Few of my friends have been accepted as a government official (PNS) at several institution. And honestly I haven’t had in my mind to be a government official.Well,

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Ever considered that there is a big mistake in our educational system? I have but let it just be a random thought. In fact, as the time goes by and I graduated from the high school, I started to realize that I was shaped just to be a good-score generator.And then after I entered the college, did the problem be solved? I guess not, in this period I used to think that I was shaped to be a future

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Is this just me or not? I think that everytime moslem preachers try to spread the islamic conception I feel so bored and fall asleep. The example is every Friday in which I attend the Friday pray and make it the time to sleep between the office hour. Am i being too sceptical or phobia?For this reason, I propose that moslem preachers need to adopt the popular campaign just like advertising and

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This is my dairy while working as an AE intern at one of the multinational Ad agency at 2008. I realize that this is full with grammar error. I’m just letting this as it is.Day 1 – 10 June 2008Nice welcoming day. Goes to femina to taste some food. Tidy up some document. The rest? Bengong…Day 2 – 11 June 2008Nothing’s happened and do. I just surfing in the internet and so on… I came up at 1.30

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Have you ever seen a never ending debate between people? Between religion fundamentalist and secular fundamentalist? Capitalism between communism? Man and woman? Been there done that? Perhaps you might need to rethink in which class do you live and come from.Here’s some assumptions that I’ve found so far: •NGO people are the person who always criticize what the gov’t do and in reality their

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I have a theory, people who have a higher level of consiousness than the average of the society will be clustered in some occupations. In this case, I’ll conclude that they could be a copywriter, journalist, and writer.What about people who try to be like them? I guess they would be an ngo worker like err me, LOL*I didn’t mean to generalize this. The first one is my theory, the second one is just

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I would say, 2009 is a blessed year for me and I’ve got a lot of life lessons ever since. Probably I would say here about my first job as an NGO worker in which most people see this job as uncool and a place for people who are dumped from the society. No, you just don’t know what we do. As an addition, media portrayed us as a demonstration lover. Oh well, there is still a type like that, and

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original link: herePenelitian PhD saya memang tentang perempuan dan jejaring sosial melalui aktivitas blog (baik online maupun offline). Tetapi selama proses saya membaca literatur (literatures review), sepertinya saya sulit untuk menemukan data yang valid (dan reliable dalam arti keabsahan metode penelitian) mengenai penggunaan Internet di Indonesia.Menurut saya beberapa penelitian akhirnya

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source: bellaSaya punya resolusi di tahun 2010 ingin keliling Indonesia. Target utamanya adalah green canyon, kepulauan seribu, dan karimunjawa. Dan seperti apa yang terjadi ketika saya memimpikan ke bali, saya membebaskan apa yang menjadi keinginan saya dan yakin jika itu akan terjadi. Intinya saya percaya ketika seseorang mempunyai keinginan dan impian, lepaskan saja dan yakini bahwa alam

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My resolution for this year is going to kepulauan seribu. Guess what? I've got that chance for free provided by the new social media http://mypulau.com!thanks for mypulau and telkomsel by giving me this chance! :)

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by: Vashti Trisawati AbhidanaDear friends who concern in educationAs you know, my last note was about the lecturer's low salary at UI and also we've been unpaid for several months. After dealing and made some noise, I got the calculation of our salary scheme. There's an increasing payment for teaching bachelor (S1 pagi) program for freelance lecturer, from Rp 82.000 to Rp 225.000/attendance/if

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Ok, this will seem like chicken soup and other’s motivation or popular phsycological writings. This is the question: do people change? I’d a small chitchat with my dear friend complaining about an adult with child-minded thing. And lesson learned for that moment is people don’t change darling…Ok, what about the fact that people always learn for the entire in their age? By this question, I couldn’

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Well-done Mr President, congrats on your 2nd term of presidency! But sorry since you’ve been elected for the 1st time, I am still have no idea about what you’ve been done to this whole country except liberating and selling this into another country.Yes, you’ve stabilized, democraticized, what else? It’s an interesting headline by Kompas stating that “conservative leadership promises for stability

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Have you ever felt being so comfort that you have no idea what do you live for? Well, I’d a small chit chat last Sunday with my fellow. The topic range from personal life until cultural studies. Actually it’s the most common topic between us as an ex-communication and literary students, hehehe. So never judge us as a weird or nerd, we’re just crazy about it!And we’re comin’ into socialite life.

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For me, spirituality is a new topic in my life. in order to understand it, we've to open our mind and think there's no single truth. Yes, I was the one who think about the single truth. What do you think? Here I take this post from facebook, not from the note itself, but from the comment from Leonardo Rimba, so interesting!Semua agama dibuat oleh manusia, informasinya terbuka seluas-luasnya kalau

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“Your son has a strong willingness. Once he had a wish, he’ll trying so hard to get it. You think that a bachelor degree is enough for him? Not at all, you can ask him and you’ll find that he wants to take a master degree. He has a good fortune”Ever considered about the truth got from a fortune teller? I used to but then I came up with a conclusion: it’s not about the statement being told, it’s

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Don’t you ever wondering why facebook and reality show could be so hip that people are addicted to them? No, I don’t mean to equalize them. Rather, they have the same simmilarities : exposing the private life.I’ve just read kompas’ Sunday ed. in which published a feature about a love-agent show “take me out” in indosiar. The show really exposes how a single man or woman looking for a love partner

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Last week I hung up with my fellows. Surprisingly there’s a newly graduated doctor in which I’ve never seen him since the graduation time at the senior high school. And of course I got some stories to be told here , he he he.I don’t know why in this full of symbolic world the profession of a doctor could make you so proud. Either you’ll be labelled as a smart or a rich. No, I don’t mean to refer

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Which one do you choose? It’s been a hard and long discussion inside my mind since I was in the college. Based on the discussion in my plurk, everybody is agree to accept democracy based on secularism rather than theocracy system. What about me?Theocracy state? I’d like to refer this to Iran. As the islamic revolution went in 1970s to overthrow the shah regime, finally shariah became the basic

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I think the biggest invention in the 21th century is the status update facilities. Not only facebook, but also Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger, twitter, and plurk. One of the biggest anthropology Clifford Geertz says that “(wo)man is an animal suspended in webs of sugnificance that (s)he himself has spun”. Clifford refers webs to culture. And as status update comes into our life in 21th century,

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RULE:Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer thesequestions. Pass it on to 15 people (or more) you like and include me (presumingI'm someone you like). (Since I’ve prohibited myself to make a note in facebook, I won’t tag anyone, hehehe). Try not to repeata song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Re-post as "my lifeaccording to (band name)"Your Artist/Band:ROYKSOPPAre you a

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A dear friend of mine said that I have such a plain life. Surprisingly she see it far away from Jakarta and we’re just keeping in touch through facebook, YM, and blog. Does technology really reflect my life or it’s a coincindence? (ah yes, there’s no coincindence!)topekku: kalau aku liat, hidupmu kayak kakak2kutopekku: serba teratur, terpikir, dan terencanarinaldiridwan: ha?topekku:

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Was browsing an academic’s approached website this morning and find an interesting article about indigo child. The article said that based on research at 2006 at least 80% children born at that time have indigo-coloured aura. Indigo child seems to be antisocial unless being with the same kind of type. They tend to ignore the people with differences consciousness and feel like no one understand

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Last week I attended a break-fasting event with my senior high school friends (perhaps it’d be proper to call it reunion, hehehe). Began with some chit-chat dan say hi to some old friends and ended up with the break-fasting itself.It was when I’d done my maghrib’s pray. I met my old friend. He’s the son of Indonesia’s top politicians in the current president’s cabinet. Been graduated from a

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Being a bachelor of social sciences really makes me think about my existence. For the first time in my life i’m thinking about a far and distant place: Amsterdam. Yes, i really obsess with it. Not for the red light district, same-sex marriage, and marijuana (not at all dear). Yeah i really want it to be the place for me to take my master degree.The things are, the way to gain it is really hard.

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Jika adrenalin tak pernah mencapai eksistensi, Kuyakin esensimu di neuron neuron dalam batok kepalaku akan melengkapiBagaikan supernova yang menyesap menjadi lobang hitam dalam sekejapKu ingin, ketika mentari pergi, rembulan menerangi jalankuKala hasratku membara, kau mendapat limpahanKala asa meninggalkanku, kuingin kau menggenapiku bak geminiKu benci sistem simbolik ini, kau pun tak ubahnya

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Saya mulai refleksi tahun ini dari anak kecil yang sama temui kemarin. Pengamen cilik. Berbadan kecil, lusuh, mata dengan pandangan tak tentu, dan rapuh. Pemandangan yang seperti pengamen cilik pada umumnya. Entah kenapa saya kemarin mengajaknya ngobrol.Farid namanya. Dia bilang tinggal di stasiun lenteng.Umur kamu berapa?“10 tahun”Tinggal sama siapa?“sama temen”Rumah?“gak punya”Orang tua kamu

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Hangat.Berat.Pusing.Lelah.Srottttttttt!!!Akibat hobi berkelebat. Di malam yang gelap. Menyimak sihir dari barat.Semoga ini bukan H1N1

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Apakah kita semua eksis dan benar-benar ‘ada’?Ketika kecil saya mempunyai pikiran bahwa di dunia ini semuanya adalah ilusi. Beginilah khayalan saya: saya hanyalah satu-satunya manusia yang sungguh-sungguh ‘ada’ dan dunia tidak lebih dari sekedar setting-an Tuhan bagi saya. Katakanlah saya berada di rumah. Ketika saya keluar rumah, siapa yang bisa menjamin ‘keberadaan’ rumah yang saya tinggali?

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Bagi saya, membaca Supernova adalah pengalaman membuka kotak pandora. Membuka perspektif lain yang selama ini terabaikan dan melumerkan senoktah keresahan di dalam jiwa yang selama ini mengkristal hingga membalikkan keadaan. Rapuh dan siap meledak.Pencarian akan eksistensi “aku” dan “ada”. Dahulu saya pernah berpikir betapa anehnya saya: mempertanyakan hal-hal yang dianggap tidak lazim. Dan

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Hampa. Statis. Lelah. Malas.Hidup yang datar dan kurang tantangan. Pikiran yang terkadang memunculkan harapan yang terkubur dalam alam bawah sadar yang siap meledakkan neuron dalam batok kepala penuh murka. Terima kasih pada karya Dee yang fenomenal, sumber kesadaran spiritual dan diskursif yang bikin hidup saya gak tenang sampe sekarang, dan tetralogi Andrea Hirata yang bikin saya makin yakin

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Your view on yourself:You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:You are not looking merely for a girl/boyfriend - you are looking for your life partner. Perhaps you should be more open-minded about

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"itulah penyakit kalian, Orang Melayu. Manja bukan main, banyak teori kiri kanan, ada sedikit harta, ada sedikit ilmu, sudah sibuk bersombong-sombong..."-Capo Lam Nyet Pho dalam Sang Pemimpi

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Clouds in my headHave been part of my twistBy the force of the natureRevealing our fatesAnd our words don’t make sense and I do understand,Falling in love isn’t part of our planForces within me, makes reason with lustBut I try to accept it and not think it worksBecause I know I might lose you by taking the chanceBut love without pain isn’t really romance-Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge

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"Pertarungan fundamentalis dan neoliberal berakhir dengan duduk bareng di meja politik... o ya, duduk juga bersama militer dan intelejen. Yang mempertemukan mereka semua adalah: kapital. Kapital memang bikin orang damai, tapi damai di atas penderitaan, kemiskinan, kematian, dan ketiadaan masa depan orang banyak."-Marianna Amiruddin, Direktur Eksekutif YJP dalam status facebook-nya. Dan saya tetap

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Perjalanan ke bali kali ini adalah yang kedua kalinya bagi saya. Bila perjalanan lima tahun yang lalu saat SMA terasa menyenangkan sekaligus menyebalkan, kali ini sungguh beda! Saat SMA perjalanan dengan bus selama tujuh hari: empat hari perjalanan Jakarta – Bali, tiga hari di Bali. Kali ini empat hari di Bali dengan pesawat yang hanya dua jam dan GRATIS! He he he. And here’s the story!Seminggu

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I see the fatigue in front of the white blank monitorTrying to find a truthTrying to finish the jobListening to the musicWhilst at the same time chatting to every single person I don’t even know for sure whether real of fictionIs this the life that I or we want?I see the sadness in front of the white blank monitorTrying to reveal the world’s wayTrying to figure where is meReading on e-book and

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Really remind me in 2006 when I was a newly marxist ha ha ha

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