Archive for August, 2008
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Mon, 08/11/2008 10:29 AM | City
CHILDREN FOR CHILDREN: Young performers prepare to entertain their counterparts Saturday at Suropati Park in Central Jakarta, in celebration of Children’s Day. (JP/Mariani Dewi)
Children from different walks of life shared a morning of fun Saturday at a children’s get-together, as part of national Children’s Day [...]
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[Revision of the article published on The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Sun, 08/03/2008 http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/08/03/alicia-keys-lights-jakarta-stage.html]
The U.S. neo-R&B singer Alicia Keys does not need fireworks to light up her modestly adorned stage. Instead, she blew Jakartan minds with her music and performance on Thursday evening.
The anticipation was high at the concert, titled the same as her latest album [...]
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Indonesia goes through its 63rd birthday and it was marked with a bad sign.
The highlight of today is perhaps an accident at the flag ceremony at the Presidential Palace, when the master of the ceremony found the knife at the tip of his rifle fell off to the ground.
Speculations have arise around it. Some say [...]
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A year ago
It’s been a year since my last posting.
I didn’t realize how fast time goes until I revisited the site.
Last year I was a student chasing up a dream and now I am living the dream.
Reality hits in that it is not an easy dream to live in. There are ups and downs and times when [...]
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The (purposely) forgotten hero reintroduced
His name is Ibrahim Datuk Tan Malaka and a small book he wrote in 1920s about the independence for Indonesia sparked the revolutionary mindsets on many youngs to fight for freedom of the nation. The youngs include the forefathers Sukarno and M. Hatta.
He spent all his life to gain the independence for the nation but [...]
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