November 2020
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Pandemic Diary: Diary Review Video Binge Watching
When we are too tired of keeping updated with the current affairs about coronavirus and the death toll numbers, the Internet whose day is commemorated on October 29th every year offers solace and temporary escape. So instead of judging how silly our government is at handling the pandemic situation, I try to be more positive… Continue reading
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Pandemic Diary: That Crumbling Sense of Fairness, Justice and Equality Before Law
COVID-19 has brought us to an unprecedented epoch when again and again authorities fail to give us protection and safety. Instead, they spread profound anxiety, confusion, psychological and mental fatigue, pessimism, and even anger. While the US has found its new hope with Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris, Indonesia has just found another source of… Continue reading
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Pandemic Diary: The Ugly and the Bad Faces of Education
A university student somewhere in Indonesia died after having fallen from a tree. The poor reception at home made him climb up the tree to get better reception. Another climbed up his house roof and got electrocuted. Now he is pleading so that doctors won’t amputate his extremities. A young girl was beaten to death… Continue reading
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Pandemic Diary: A Block that Lifts
As a writer, I know what writer’s block means. This pandemic is also a block. For all of us. But instead of pushing the gigantic block that gets me in the way to my destination, I want to climb over it. I want to step on it. I want to get a better point of… Continue reading
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Pandemic Diary: The Fall and the Rise of Giants
I heard the news of Joe Biden being the US president-elect. Kamala Harris also deserves a praise for her soothing words. She brings more decency to the US administration, I hope. I guess pandemic gives us a lot of time to ponder and plan and carry out some revolutions in our civilization. We have lost… Continue reading
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Pandemic Diary: Malls That Refuse to Die
Malls in Jakarta have been opened since June 15th, 2020 after being closed for 3 frustrating months. The online shopping experience can never replace the freedom of leaving home, curtailing screen time, going to malls and taking a stroll and dining. But of course, pandemic won’t let us have fun like before. We have to… Continue reading
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