Ah, kamu sih tak mau berpikir jauh. Ingat, mereka sudah bekerja keras banting tulang untuk bisa menduduki jabatan ini. Berapa miliar sudah yg mereka investasikan untuk bisa menduduki kursi mahal itu? Kamu saja tidak tahu. Mereka itu orang yang tahu caranya menggunakan otak. Mereka belanjakan, maksudku “investasikan”, ratusan…
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In this age of overproduction of smart gadgets, we are all employees in one way or another. Some of us get paid with comfort in life thanks to our use of technology. A lot of us are outright milked out labors whose job description includes buying the product,…
Review: Under the Bomb (2007)
Shot mostly in Southern Lebanon in summer 2006, days after the ceasefire between the Israeli military and Hezbollah, Under the Bombs is by far the strongest war movie I’ve seen. Its strength as a war movie lies in the fact that what remains of a war as we the audience…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCJS7KDnTk0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0&w=500&h=375] Ini dia video yang saya buat beberapa jam yang lalu. Niatnya sih pingin diikutkan kontes video bertema sepeda. Tapi ya… karena kesibukan ini itu, dan sempat ngeditnya baru pada menit-menit terakhir, akhirnya ya… selesainya pas jam 5.20 sore ini. Padahal batas terakhirnya jam 5.00. Maka, video…
just a standard Aprillian afternoonness
How to Take the Most out of Literature
What I’m writing here is something I’ve done/been doing/am doing/will be doing. By writing this, I’m by no means claiming that I have succeeded in it. Far from that, sure thing. I’m writing this because I know many will/can benefit from this. So, listen up, y’all: To take…
Oh yes. I’m telling you again. I’m writing. I’m in the process. I’m not idling. I’m brewing, so to speak. I’m not, however, into this business of writing a novel in three months, four months, for so and so publishers. No. If you do that, that’s fine with…
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Menenmbak Matahari (Taken with instagram)
Buzzard (Burung Pemakan Bangkai) Three Winters Ago Me: Mr. Wood, I finally took a picture of one of those eagles? J.B.: Eagle? Are you sure? Me: Look at this. (Showing Mr. Wood previews of a couple of pictures I’d just taken in my friend Masrizal’s Canon.) J.B.: Well,…