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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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What a deJavu
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As the title suggest, this movie is a dejavu of many earlier movies with familiar plot, familiar bomb blasts, and familiar (weak) theory of “folding space” to reach the past. Even some of the scenes in it are repeated; it was for illustrating the repetition, but it was done too plainly. The suspensioning facts created at the beginning, [...]
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New China
I started reading about China for my assignment on China-USA relationship. A friend recommended this book. It turned out that the book was not about the relationship, but about China’s road to communism. It’s written interestingly by its journalist-author. It gives an overview of the history just within 113 pages with 12pt font and 1.5 spacing. However, I’m rather skeptical with its balance – it gives [...]
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