July 2012
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Ikuti Dapur Cinta bersama Gerakkan Indonesia 4 Agustus 2012
Teman-teman dari GERAKKAN INDONESIA berbagi tentang gerakan stop mengeluh dan berbuat sesuatu positif untuk Indonesia yang lebih baik. Visi GERAKKAN INDONESIA: menggerakkan insan Indonesia utk memiliki pemikiran,ucapan,prilaku positif,dan mengeratkan persatuan dan kesatuan. Tanggal 4/8/2012 GERAKKAN INDONESIA mengajak kita untuk mengikuti event DAPUR CINTA yang akan membagikan makanan berbuka untuk 1000 orang dhuafa+warga manula panti wreda.… Continue reading
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Everything You Do, Do for God. And Everything God Does, He Does for You
That is what one of the boys spending all day scrubing the floor beside Elizabeth Gilbert said. He was lecturing her earnestly on how to best perform her work there. I found this on page 131 and it resonated with me at once. Doesn’t it sound so heavenly, pleasing apart from any scepticism sneaking in… Continue reading
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In Protest against Lame Food Policy, Agricultural Department Site Got Hacked
There are too many ironies in this country. Indonesia is a country well known for its abundant natural resources and dubbed as “Ring of Fire”, where two lines of volcanoes meet with each other. Merapi, Krakatau are a few that I guess the most widely known by modern, historic humanity. And in the past, we… Continue reading
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On Ditto Syndrome, Auto Pilot Living, Mindful Living and Writing
Ditto mark (“) is a mark that show you write immediately under a word in a list to show that the same word is repeated. Whereas, ditto is a spoken informal word used to say that you have exactly the same exactly the same opinion as someone else; e.g. ‘I hated Lady Gaga.’ ‘Ditto.’ Ditto… Continue reading
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When You Fast, Do Not Look Somber as the Hypocrites Do
Though I’m a moslem myself, I think this quotation (which I assume is taken from the Christian Bible) would serve as a good reminder for every moslem fasting today: WHEN YOU FAST … Do not look somber as the HYPOCRITES do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell… Continue reading
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RA Kosasih, Indonesia Comic Strips Legend, Died at 93
I am one of his fans, not a huge one though. RA Kosasih was the one who produced these epic comic strips. And I still clearly remember the distinct smell of the brownish comic strips pages, some were dog-earred and torn here and there. But the pictures, the scenes, the dialogs were still too… Continue reading
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Today’s compilation of favorite quotes
This is Ramadhan and I’d like to share the translation of 6th verse of Hud Chapter in Al Qur’an. “There is no moving creature on earth but its sustenance depends on Allah: He knows the time and place of its definite abode and its temporary deposit: all is in a clear Record” Another quote I… Continue reading
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@EECCHI Raises Energy Efficiency Awareness through Video Challenge Contest
In Indonesia, energy efficieny issue is one of the most prominent, urgent ones to deal with. Having more than 240 million people thoughout its vast archipelago, Indonesia is facing a serious threat in terms of energy resources. The country has a lot of potential renewable energy resources, but it takes much time to fully develop… Continue reading
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These First 7 Days as a Glasses Boy
I had been avoiding wearing glasses since a long time ago. They look cool on others but when it came to think of it, they don’t on me. I don’t know. I just felt it was an odd idea. But then I quit teaching in 2009, which provided me a lot of spare time to… Continue reading
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How Writing My Own Obituary Puts My Life into Perspective
Writing your own obituary sounds insane enough. Some say it”s like writing a piece of suicide note. But no, I beg to differ. There’s no way you can liken a self-obituary to a suicide note. While a suicide note is written in desperation, a self-obituary is written for the sake of living the life… Continue reading
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