(Reflection) : Being 40, Lie About Age Then

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age. -Lucille Ball- This quote is my favourite, as I have already been 40 since September last year. People say  life starts at 40. But for now, I’d like to describe about Lucille Ball’s funny quote about 40 something man…

The Most Multilingual Countries?

How many languages can you speak? How many languages your country speak? Okay, keep it by yourself I believe most of world’s people are at least bilingual, either naturally or academically, even many are also polyglots. You can speak two, three or more languages depend on individual basis. Some are monolingual by various reasons, such as,…

(Saturday Reflection) : Cultural Exchange – Tukar Budaya

Indonesians learn and in many cases adore Japanese cultures Japaneses learn Indonesian cultures as well However, not many Japanese learn Indonesian cultures, not as many as Indonesians love Japanese ones. Why? Japanese has got great marketing and pride as well as their distinctive pop culture. We, Indonesians still follow, not produce yet, particularly in pop…

(Reflection) : Terrorism has no religion

I hadn’t been opening my cellular during three sessions of teaching yesterday. I just left it next to my laptop for modem. I didn’t know anything about happenings outside as I couldn’t leave school until 3.45 pm. When my classes finished at 11.15 am, I just went downstairs for doing something else, and then at…

(Tuesday Reflection) : Indonesian Names and with-some-Controversies

Name is something given to identify someone, and differentiate him or her from the others. Name is also parents’ pray and hope symbol for their child. In many countries, most people have given name (or Christian name), middle name or surname. But sometimes only given names and surnames. Do you have surnames? If I ask…

(Saturday Night Reflection) : Gemstone Fever Phenomenon!

Gemstone fever! It’s the hottest and most recent trend happening among Indonesians. Gemstones are everywhere! They’re already sold even in pedestrian and one another is very close (maybe around 100-200 metres you can find gemstone sellers). Gemstones are part of human’s jewel and usually large one like agate (batu akik) is identical to men and…

(Saturday Random Thought) : I am Proud to be Asian

As far as I know, many people especially Westerners consider Asians are oriental looking faced, have almond eyes, straight hair and yellow skinned. It’s generalization for more specific Asian features as exactly same as we generalized Europeans. We also consider Europeans almost identical in physical appearances. In my humble opinion, Westerners’ idea about Asians like…