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The Raid 2, and things about snow
For those who watched the violence-fest that is The Raid back in 2011, the Gareth Evans-led action flick was a not-so-gentle reminder that Indonesian movies can fare much better in the right hands. It...
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The slight scent of the sea
“I met Aunt Anna in my dream last night.” Nair mentioned this as if she were ordering a Venti, soft yet resolute, assuring I actually heard what she had just said. I took a gaze at her, she was gazing...
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Ruam Rumah
tertidur di sudut, matamu terbuka, pandanganmu mengerucut udara di antara kita tidak pernah menjamah luka. selamat. lambat napasmu musnah. katup bibirmu mudah menyerah, dan aku membuka “siapa dia?”...
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Swimming: a playlist
You are staring at your screen right now, perhaps, when you are supposedly doing something else of higher importance. But it’s justifiable. You’ve had a long week and need just a moment to catch some...
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Selamat Pagi, Malam: taking a jab at Jakarta’s hypocrisy
If I had a one-way ticket to any country that I could give to anyone on the streets of Jakarta, I’m pretty sure there will be a few that would throw punches at each other to get it. Who wouldn’t take...
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Reading is a cyclical evolution
Riding any kind of public transportation in Jakarta has been more interesting now than in the past decade. Even in the most filth-ridden metro minis, you will find a couple of worn-out office workers...
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Interstellar
What’s the last space-faring movie you’ve watched? Sci-fi in recent years continues to be the bore well of pop culture, hiding in plain sight yet goes into great depth of knowledge unlike any other...
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Drifting: a playlist
You are most likely laying in the comfort on your own bed now, a Saturday morning that you can finally enjoy after weeks of working overtime and other bustling activities. You rest your head on your...
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Tabula Rasa: cuisine as a connection
One reason to feel blessed to be born Indonesian is Padang cuisine, my friend once said. For me, a Jakartan whose ancestry never goes back beyond my grandma’s occasional Javanese chitchat, those gulai...
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Late Bloomers, I/2015
“Hey, you’re not writing again!” is what an imaginary reader of my blog might have said (read: myself), and indeed it’s been quite some time since I last wrote something in this space, but this time...
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Six years after my last post, the world has been through monumental change, and so has my life. The one writing the post below was a semi-fresh grad working in a place he half-heartedly applied to a...
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