Mob Mentality and Critical Thinking
Din Syamsuddin, a lecturer at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta and former Muhammadiyah chairman, was reported by the...
Observations
Robbery, Attacks and Injured Foreigners – Where’s the Justice?
NOTE: This story is told solely from the victim’s perspective. Other parties were not able to comment. Violence and robberies...
6 Reasons Why and When a Girl Ignores You
Any guy knows a situation when he wanted to contact a girl, but she ignored him for a while, and...
Housequake
When I first moved to Indonesia, more years ago now than I care to remember, finding a pad to live...
Do Not Pass Go Versions of Monopoly
The well-known board game Monopoly was released by Parker Brothers in 1935. In the game, players roll two six-sided dice...
Quality Costs – and Endures
Among the terms aligned with good urban design, like heritage preservation, planning and taste, there’s one that sits awkwardly: money....
Education and Patriotism
Education is an important instrument to enhance knowledge and instil values. The serious contemporary problems involving young people such as...
Going Back to School
The online learning saga has been too long with us, or so it may feel. It all started back in...
Graduation in the Age of Pandemic: Finding Comfort in Uncertainty
Preparing to graduate high school has found me entering a new world of university applications and trying to find a...
The need of the patriotic education and its values among young students
Education is an important instrument to enhance knowledge and instill values. The serious contemporary problems involving young people such as...
EdTech in Indonesia: The Tip of The Iceberg
Jokowi has a dream. In his 2019 inauguration speech, he spoke about Human Capital Development and Indonesia’s 2045 vision. There are...
Why do We Study Humanities?
University students taking humanities such as literature, linguistic or history are familiar with a parental dinner table question as a...
Ayam Cemani – the Mystical Black Chicken from Java
Have you ever seen a jet-black chicken before? Look no further than Indonesia. Indonesia is home to some of the...
Top 10 Romantic Things to Do During Lockdown in Indonesia
Love in the Time of Covid: We all know Valentine’s Day in Indonesia is an infidel celebration of promiscuity, where...
Be Fast-to-adapt in 2021
Once upon a time, two and a half thousand years ago, somewhere on the coast of Ionia (which is present-day...
Will Bali Change Direction in 2021?
New Year’s Eve in Bali was pretty tame. It rained of course because it always rains in Bali on New...
Special Birthday Surprise Ideas With Your Friends In Quarantine
It is your friends’ birthday! You have planned to do a lot of quirky things. Unfortunately, this lockdown didn’t allow...
Goals for Ourselves in the New Year
When the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, many of us grab our journals or mentally note the resolutions...
We Shouldn’t Lack the Principle of Balance
With the Indonesian regional election just around the corner on December 9, 2020, this month is being dubbed the most...
Top Indonesian News Stories of 2020
Kenneth Yeung looks back at a year of bad news. January 1 – Floods and landslides kill at least 66...
Is Bali Ready to Adapt and Thrive?
Mr. Quinn was my old Latin teacher. He was a little “unorthodox” to say the least and would often push...