Bule Gila

I know I already posted this before, but I’m posting it...

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:32:44 +0700

I know I already posted this before, but I’m posting it again.

This has to be my all-time favourite commercial. I mean, c’mon - how can you watch that and not think life is just awesome.

Fuck You, AirAsia!

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:29:07 +0700

… and your 130,000 IDR “Spoilage Fee”. Seriously, what the fuck does that even...

This is my favourite Kings of Leon song. When I hear this song,...

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:24:00 +0700

This is my favourite Kings of Leon song.

When I hear this song, I always think of it being the soundtrack to two lovers making love for the first time. It’s not because this song is terribly romantic. In fact, it’s the opposite: the song invokes feelings of danger and unease - the feeling of entering unknown territory. The same feeling one would get from seeing an approaching hurricane in the distance; the deafening silence and intense stillness in between that makes you feel both scared and alive.

That’s how the lovers feel in the song. What they have is so powerful, so strong; yet, they have no idea what will happen next. They have never been more excited and more afraid in their lives. All they have, their only comfort, is the immediacy of each others embrace. They have no choice but to live and love completely and totally in the moment.

It’s often in the dark unknown where we find the most meaning in life.

Ramblings, Part Deux.

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:50:00 +0700

I’ve just been informed that I need to continue typing in my inebriated state. Never one to...

Ramblings.

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:17:48 +0700

I find it funny how the cockroach is considered the world’s most evolutionary advanced animal,...

So Much For Sleep.

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:44:33 +0700

So I just had the freakiest nightmare ever. It starred me and my friend Alver. In the dream, Alver...

Dear Alex Roach.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:54:00 +0700

barverineceaser: Treat my mother well. You giant dick. I can’t tell if that last part is an...

Alex, I'm sure I'll be writing about the sites and sounds of Saudi a whole lot. The thing I'm worried most about is not meeting any women out there at all. It's really segregated and not like Indonesia at all. That's based on the impression of the country I get from your blog. There are very few places to go and socialise and it'll take time to adapt, I'm sure.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:46:37 +0700

Young people have sex. It’s a fact of life so basic it should be in science textbooks. Young...

La-La Land.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:50:41 +0700

I couldn’t sleep so I thought I might as well write. Next week I will be officially six...

Culture Shock!

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:38:41 +0700

goodbyeblighty: I’m trying to prepare myself for it in every way possible. I know that the world...

thedailywhat: This Is Informative, You Should Watch It of the...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:11:06 +0700

thedailywhat:

This Is Informative, You Should Watch It of the Day: New Left Media’s Chase Whiteside interviews attendees at Glenn Beck’s non-political “Restoring Honor” rally in DC.

[thanks cody!]

Quite an interesting video. I like how New Left let the attendees speak without trying to hamfist everything into a Left vs. Right paradigm.

Still, some of those teabaggers are straight-up crazy.

The World's My Metaphorical Oyster!

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:59:04 +0700

My roommate and I were planning our Christmas holidays today. I get two weeks off of school while...

Re: Indonesian Teacher Wanted.

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:54:32 +0700

frescophonics said: ...

Indonesian Teacher Wanted.

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:34:12 +0700

I’m looking for a teacher in the Gading Serpong / Tangerang area to help me learn Indonesian....

An amazing song from one of my all-time favourite bands in high...

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:16:00 +0700

An amazing song from one of my all-time favourite bands in high school. As I mentioned before, this band made the unfortunate decision to leave 90% of their best songs untethered to physical medium, floating around in the vast abyss of cyberspace. Of course, this was quite frustrating for people like me who valued album-ownership over downloading.

However, with the band’s recent greatest hits album, some of their more obscure gems have been solidified and remastered.

Enjoy!

I discovered this soundtrack when I was working in the music...

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:37:00 +0700

I discovered this soundtrack when I was working in the music section at Indigo Books in Toronto. My boss was such a hard-ass regarding the music I would play in the store. Everything had to be “Indigo Friendly”, a term I learned to despise because “Indigo Friendly” more or less meant “The Wrath of God Upon You Should This Album Contain An Electric Guitar”.

I wound up playing this soundtrack a lot because it was one of the few “approved” albums that didn’t totally suck. This song became my favourite as the melody perfectly captured the slow, tired, walking-wounded feeling I would get an hour before closing time.

Smooth With The Ladies.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:55:58 +0700

So I was walking home from work tonight when a cute girl pulled up to me on her motorcycle. She...

I'm Going For It...

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:57:23 +0700

It’s beard time, baby! … at least, until it starts scaring my kindergartners.

Online Indonesian Lessons.

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:04:52 +0700

Can any of my Indonesian viewers tell me if this sentence is grammatically correct? “Saya mau...

TKT Test Tomorrow!

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:43:21 +0700

This test will decide whether I’ll spend the rest of my life as a bitter, jaded English...