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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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come out to light
As I am researching about immigrants in the UK, I found one thing that was rather difficult to comprehend: Everyone is willing to talk to me, except the Chinese groups. The EU high commissioner was on holiday but quick to reply to ask me to schedule an slot with his PA, a professor at the [...]
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Stop complaining about Indonesia
“If you want to complain about Indonesia, the list will go and on,” my friend told me, signalling me to stop. I was telling her the new light into our own history and why things work as what they are now, that there are few rich and powerful people determining how millions of people should [...]
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Critical thinking 5
I wonder if Winnie the pooh is really story for children.
The intended meaning seems to target the mind of adults.
In this example, Winnie the pooh story is an example of fallacy in argument – begging the question.
Begging the question means the premisses presuppose the truth of the conclusion.
In this case, Winnie the pooh draws a map based [...]
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New rulers of the world
The new rulers of the world is written by John Pilger, a very good journalist with very good investigative skills. It is published in 2002. It tells the human’s stories and what, why and by who the real stories are written. The stories that we should know but often being denied from knowing, especially for [...]
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Jomec clip
Christos made a clip using some of our pictures. I found it on youtube.
We are so cute. Thanks Chris….
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rp9WVez0_no
The picnic was fun….So sorry for those who couldn’t come.
Perhaps we can have another one in August or Sept when more people are back in Cardiff????
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Feature: Cardiff Tribune May 3, 2007 edition
[A rather patchy overnight work for Cardiff Tribune]
Almost 60 years on since the United Nations’ declaration of human right to freedom of opinion and expression in 1948, the press freedom is still in appalling state. Various intimidations, ranging from killing threat to more subtle threat about how the media [...]
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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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