Today is a holiday, well, somewhat officially. The actual holidays are tomorrow, the 1st and the 2nd, officially tagged as the Eid holidays. Today is just a “mandatory” leave (together with Friday, the 3rd) instituted by the government for the general public. Mandatory leave (or cuti bersama) in this case means that the leave will…
[Naya, yet another colleague of mine, forwarded this excerpt on 13 August 2008 (have you wondered how we have time to send and read all this stuff during office hours? Haha). This essay will be the closing post on this topic for now. Although I believe this won’t be the last post on this topic,…
[Okay, how about seeing it from the other camp. Why do people marry? And what’s in it for them? This article, written as a short guide to marriage, is meant for the guy, the husband in the household. This guide, also written in Bahasa Indonesia, was forwarded by a colleague of mine, Bayu, on 6…
[Why do I decide to suddenly write about the topic of being single and being married? Well, a very dear friend of mine has lost his confidence in that sacred institution known as marriage. He is not the first person I know of who holds that view. What made him different was that he was…
[There is this not too small an argument about whether it’s better to be single or married. Let’s have both sides present their case and see their view. It so happens that all cases presented were received via email. Let’s start from the single camp, with their “inspiring” prayer. It was posted in Bahasa with…
[Hmm. if you thought I had forgotten about this report, you are sorely mistaken, hohoho..] YOGA is trying to integrate himself. This purpose in life sometimes makes him aware of the futility of some of his behavior. Something drives him to wish to change his lifestyle. However, he tarries, feeling as though the time is…