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Political Drama

A month ago, I made a bet with my friend on the prospect of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Jusuf Kalla (JK) duet. My friend, having believed that SBY-JK duet for the last 5 years was a success, insisted that SBY will eventually choose Kalla as his running mate. Just two weeks ago, I claimed [...]

The Thinker: A Netizen Model Of Governance

This article was published on today’s Jakarta Globes “The Thinker” column. You can find it here.

By: Andika Putraditama
Three days ago there was something interesting on my Facebook news feed: a message from Facebook Site Governance asking me to join the group and cast my vote on two documents, the Facebook Principles and the Facebook Statement [...]

First post on my US trip

3 Feb
15:36 JFK local time
For those of you who are wondering why I haven’t updated my blog in recent time, I’ve been occupied with my trip plan to the United States for the HNMUN.
I’m writing this post on a flight to New York. Still 4 more hours to JFK.
Its quite an experience to have my [...]

On the atheist bus of London

Another interesting news from IHT:

[…..And then she thought, how about putting some atheist messages on the bus, as a corrective to the religious ones?
And so were planted the seeds of the Atheist Bus Campaign, an effort to disseminate a godless message to the greater public. When the organizers announced the effort in October, they said they [...]

Cool Stuff!!!

Thinkgeek.com is amazing!! Found some really cool stuff out there for my geeky appetite…  Here are some of the coolest things they have there:
 
DEAD FRED PEN HOLDER

One word for this wacky pen holder: AWESOME!! Turn your desk into a crime scene! It’s always cool to have a red dead body on your desk…plus it [...]

On Israel and Gaza Operation (updated)

Israel’s raid on Gaza, now in its 5th day, continues to dominate international politics in the end of 2008. Condemnation and critics have been delivered to Israel’s brutal acts on Palestinian’s Gaza.
Here in Indonesia, Palestine-Israel war is a sensitive issue for most of the students, particularly those who associated with Islamic organization. Students are now [...]

On EU’s energy future

Ukraine natural gas supply was cut-off by Russia’s state-owned oil company Gazprom on Thursday. It is reported that Gazprom has reduced its natural oil export to Ukraine by 90 million cubic meters per day. That amount is approximately the average daily consumption of the country which currently is at the peak of its winter consumption.
This [...]

A man with the most difficult job on earth

When the decision came out and words were spread around, it was not a surprise for me to see the United States president-elect Barack Obama named as the TIME’s Person of the Year 2008. It is obvious that Obama was on top of the list from the very beginning.
For all his record-breaking achievement and breath-taking moments [...]

Funny airline announcements

Only one more subject to get through the final exam and I have absolutely nothing to do. So I scrambled the internet and found some interesting stuffs here.

Rec’d from co-worker this list of 21 funny statements made by pilots or attendents in the cabin of commercial airliners. Here are the top three…
1. On a Southwest [...]

The one with Ali Alatas and my dream…

Some say that to work in United Nations is every International Relations student’s dream. Well, maybe not all of them, but at least I know that I am one of those dreamer. It has been three years since I started my study as [...]