By Aunty Mavis | 11:04am May 25, 2012
Why are you living your life trying to impress people and believing it’s up to you to keep them happy? Why don’t you just be yourself?
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Monkey Mail: No Red Light for Our Police
By Robert Finlayson | 1:15pm May 24, 2012
Now, gentle readers, allow me to state unconditionally and with no fine words left unemployed that this must surely be the pinnacle of work carried out by our police. What better purpose do they serve?
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Watatita: Do Not Abandon Our Indonesian Heritage
By Alexia Cahyaningtyas | 8:55am May 21, 2012
Learn Indonesian history, learn from past mistakes, learn from our culture. Read folktales, learn from its philosophies. As the late Great Dalang, Ki Narto Sabdo said, “Ojo ditinggal kepribaden Ketimuran.” (Do not abandon our Eastern self).
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By Aunty Mavis | 8:29am May 18, 2012
Oddly, the people here who tell others what to believe, and smash up meetings where people have come to discuss and search and explore difficult questions with honesty and integrity are often those who shout a lot and have angry faces and dress up in long dresses, veils and funny hats and disguise their identity. And I find that all a bit – well, frankly – queer. Don’t you?
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Watatita: What Can You Do for Your Country?
By Alexia Cahyaningtyas | 9:14am May 14, 2012
What can I do for Indonesia? It doesn’t matter if you’re a doctor, a university student, a middle school student – start asking yourself, what can you do for your country?
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Monkey Mail: Mosquitoes and Other PR Stunts
By Robert Finlayson | 9:14am May 12, 2012
Sadly, the whole event is a farce or, to call it by its modern name, a PR event staged for the purposes of convincing the public that the government is doing something in defense of their health.
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By Aunty Mavis | 8:22am May 11, 2012
A guide to social etiquette and life’s mysteries for the cosmopolitan, well educated and occasionally confused.
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We Love Jakarta: Something Strange and Beautiful
By Treen May & Tasha May | 8:24am May 10, 2012
Going to see music in Jakarta is often a community event. The musicians never seem to take with them the attitudes of rock stars, rather they tend to play for the people. Any song requests are accepted and attempted; any budding musicians can join the band, or steal the microphone for a whole set, with barely the hint of an eye roll from the singer.
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Watatita: I Love 'Made in Indonesia'
By Alexia Cahyaningtyas | 10:54am May 7, 2012
It is a matter of taste, but many people tend to feel more “expensive” or “valuable” when they use brands from overseas, or they think that local brands are not as good or not as well made. Women would spend a ridiculous amount of money on European skincare products such as Lancome, Chanel, and Clinique when Indonesian skincare products also do the job, they’re made for Asian skin and some specially for tropical climate, and they’re not too expensive.
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Monkey Mail: This, That and the Other Thing
By Robert Finlayson | 10:21pm May 4, 2012
Here, in one rather odd-looking building, are gathered some fine specimens who not only speak with tremendous authority but also always speak the truth — yes they do, lots of different truths, especially when they are ratting on their fellows while arraigned before the anti-corruption court.
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@Sabrina I don't think education plays the biggest role here, certainly not unemployment. If parents instill the right values, a grown up m 7:14am | Hijab, Misunderstood Symbol of...
I spend most my adult live abroad and rarely back home to Indonesia .Reason that worth mentioning here what I remember back than non of my relative 8:17pm | Hijab, Misunderstood Symbol of...
@OVOxo: "It should NOT be the Women's responsibilities to change their clothing, but the Men to change their mindset." Oh, how I 6:36pm | Hijab, Misunderstood Symbol of...
i think we can't judge someone from what she wear or bring or believe. the problem is not about a religion but the people. 4:42pm | Hijab, Misunderstood Symbol of...
@SirAKB, well said.
