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Ver van Familie (2008)Among all ethnic tribes in Indonesia, perhaps none is more tragic than the Indo. "Indo" is a translation of the Indische Nederlander, they are European-Asian groups who were born in the colonial era. They were legally classified as European, but in practice, they received discrimination from the full-blooded Dutch. The inability of the Dutch language is one of the cause, and not all Indo could enroll the Dutch schools. It's not entirely correct to classify Indo as European, because most closer to local culture than European culture. They may be more familiar with Javanese culture than European culture. In the year 1945 social revolution ...
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Region and Street Names in Dutch East IndiesJust recently I found this information posted in some bulletin board. Back then before the Indonesia government took over the government and the country, many places in Indonesia is given dutch-sounding name. You could see the list as follow: Continue Reading...
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[Movie] Ver van Familie / Far From Family (2008)Actors: Anneke Grönloh, Gepke Haakma, Ilse Bloem, Jaro Wolff, Joep van der Geest Directors: Marion Bloem Production Date: 2008 Not too longtime ago, one of friend posted the trailer of this movie in the Dutch-Indonesian Groups. This movie tells story about Barbie, an american indische who was travelling to Netherlands to find her extended dutch-indonesian family. This film is portrayal of second generation of Indo people who still practicing their eurasian culture in US. In 1945, Eurasians became target of hostility from native Indonesian, commonly called "Bersiap". Many were traumatized and lost family members during "Bersiap", regardless, it was barely mentioned in Indonesia ...
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Teliti sebelum membeli: Samyun Wan, Obat Penambah Berat BadanBeberapa waktu ini saya menemukan keberadaan obat china bernama Samyun Wan, yang diyakini oleh masyarakat, bisa meningkatkan berat badan. Testimonial dari berbagai orang mengatakan berat mereka bisa meningkat sekitar 4-5 kg dalam seminggu karena obat ini bisa meningkatkan keinginan untuk makan. Sudah banyak informasi yang bisa didapatkan di jaringan internet di Indonesia, tapi kurang cukup untuk mengatasi rasa khawatir akan kandungan obat ini. Kenapa? Pertama, obat ini tidak memiliki sertifikasi BPOM (badan pengawas obat dan makanan) sehingga kita tidak bisa mengetahui apakah ada kandungan yang berbahaya untuk kesehatan. Kedua, manualnya kurang informatif, tidak terdapat informasi apa saja yang terkandung di dalamnya ...
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God is Director: Cina, Tuhan and AnnisaToday I just watched Cin(T)a, a movie directed by Sammaria Simanjutak, with Sunny Soon and Saira Jihan as the main casts. I rarely watch movie, really, when I watch a movie, it falls under some possibilites: either I'm bored, I'm forced, or It's very good. Fortunately Cin(T)a falls under the third. Until now Love to Share is my most favorite indonesian movie, and Cin(T)a just recently added to this list. This is one of the most rare film you could expect in the Indonesian movies (which are filled garbages such crappy ghost movies and crappier emo dramas). It's premiered in London, and just ...
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[Book] The Social World of BataviaFew days ago I bought book titled "The Social World of Batavia" by Jean Gelman Taylor. This book is rarity among history-related books in the market. This is a very good book for these who are interested to see the social life in Dutch east indie which was centralized in Batavia, which was once called "the Queen of South East Asia". The price is Rp. 90,000 (around $10). It's bit expensive for translated books (because most books here priced around Rp. 30.000-65.000) but I think the content worth the price. This book explains many missing points from our history books, it fills the ...
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[Review] Produk Netbook @ Alnect ComputerTahun lalu saya adalah salah satu dari sekian orang yang "terjebak" oleh euphoria Asus EEEPC. Pada pameran komputer di JCC pada sekitar bulan juni 2008, saya membeli netbook asus eeepc 2G yang amat sangat... mengecewakan. Yup, untungnya ada pihak lain yang mau membeli netbook ini sehingga saya tidak rugi-rugi amat, tapi dari pengalaman membeli netbook asus eeepc, saya mendapat pelajaran berharga: jangan pernah terlalu cepat membeli produk di pameran komputer. Apalagi pake kredit. Adira Finance memang memberikan cicilan murah, tapi itu manis di depan, pahit di belakang, setelah saya menghitung-hitung, saya membayar dua kali lipat harga netbook yang tidak saya ...
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We aren’t Afraidcalvin sie (2009/07/17 13:01:53): have you heard? calvin sie (2009/07/17 13:02:04): three consecutives boms in Jakarta westberlin (2009/07/17 13:02:23): yes, i heard it friend of mine (2009/07/17 13:02:28): but only about two friend of mine (2009/07/17 13:02:34): the third was a rumour they say friend of mine (2009/07/17 13:02:39): where is the third one? calvin sie (2009/07/17 13:02:58): in a gate of freeway calvin sie (2009/07/17 13:03:00): muara angke calvin sie (2009/07/17 13:03:06): the bomb exploded in car friend of mine (2009/07/17 13:03:18): hm, then iot went off too early or some calvin sie (2009/07/17 13:03:20): and my boss told me there is another in cinere (unconfirmed) friend of mine (2009/07/17 ...
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Thesis and plagiarismWell I just recently browsing at Kaskus, the biggest forum in Indonesia. It's a hub where sellers and buyers could meet and do commercial transcation informally. You could find almost anything there, from ps2, ebooks, multimedia, dvd-r, etc etc, but there is one thread that caught my attention. There is one seller here selling 1200 thesis of many academic field clamped in one dvd. It even has a site! Oh wow. 1200 thesis in one dvd if that sounds not too fishy. Talk about plagiarism. I wonder why authority hasn't done anything to this guy. Is selling and buying thesis is that ...
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Enuma Elish dan BereshitKitab bereshit, atau yang kita kenal sebagai Kejadian dari Torah merupakan salah satu teks terpenting dalam sejarah umat manusia, karena kisah penciptaan ini diadopsi menjadi salah satu norma dan peganan nilai moral bagi masyarakat Eropa dan pemeluk agama Kristen selama berabad-abad lamanya. Namun interpretasi kitab kejadian selama ini, menariknya, masih dianggap literal, dalam artian, masih dianggap sebagai kejadian nyata dan benar-benar terjadi. Tidak sedikit orang ultra konservatif di jaman sekarang masih mempercayai bahwa dunia benar-benar diciptakan dalam tujuh hari (7x24 jam?), dan menolak keras bahwa manusia berasal dari monyet. Namun orang-orang tersebut tidak menolak untuk mengakui bumi bulat, walau menurut kisah ...
