Category: Life
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The Untold Story of Tjian Nio
Here’s my paternal grandparents. My grandmother should be around 19 when this picture was taken, my grandfather presumably in his late 30s. This was 16 years after he left China and arrived in Palembang. It was his third marriage, first in China, second in Jakarta; to my grandmother’s older sister. My grandmother came to live with…
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In memory of Vindhya Birahmatika Sabnani (8 December 1984 – 23 May 2017) It really is difficult to make sense of losses when you’re young, and especially when those who pass are also young. When you’re young, you feel that you’re invincible, you don’t quite grasp the idea of life as temporary. When I was in…
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Setelah Ahok
Ini seperti hari Ned Stark, yang dengan naifnya membela Raja Baratheon dan pewaris tahta yang sebenarnya, dipenggal di episode terakhir Season 1 Game of Thrones. Saat menonton kita tahu siapa yang jahat, yang kita belum tahu adalah betapa kecilnya bagian dibandingkan keseluruhan cerita yang masih belum bergulir. Ini hari yang sama sulitnya buat saya, hanya saja ini nyata.…
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Catatan Tiga Bulan
Foto: Koleksi pribadi dan Matiinu Ramadhan Prinsip hidup saya yang ingin seperti Moomin saja, yang hanya ingin hidup dalam kedamaian, menanam kentang, dan bermimpi diusik tiga bulan ini. Entah apa yang merasuki saya saat mengiyakan permintaan (atau penunjukkan?) menjadi ‘penjaga’ proyek Charity Dinner ini. Jebakan Batman selalu terjadi di pemilihan ketua panitia proyek di lingkaran relawan ini. Biasanya mereka menunjuk orang…
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A Quiet Readjustment
I remember how culturally shocked I was being home after my first year abroad. Getting used to live in the States as a seventeen year old made everything in Indonesia wrong. It was too hot, too loud, too dirty, too humid, too messy. The foods were still good but they could’ve done better aesthetically. I could’ve…
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