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April 26th, 2008
# 9:19 am
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Taxies: Indonesians are (actually) not lazy

It was our trip back to Lafayette, Indiana, from ifthar gathering in Springfield, Illinois, sometime back in Ramadhan 2004. The trip was around three hours, and it was late in the night. But for the three of us in the car, the trip was fun because we were engaged in a deep discussion. One of the [...]

April 25th, 2008
# 11:02 am
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Celebrating the Prophet’s birthday

How should we react to those insulting cartoons of the Prophet? This is the transcript of my sermon delivered on Friday prayer 21-Mar-2008 at the Islamic Center of Boise. Brothers and sisters, I start this khutbah with an advice for every one of us to always increase our imaan and taqwa to Allah s.w.t. Allah says in the [...]

March 25th, 2008
# 1:17 pm
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Get down and gimme forty

How fit are you? A simple indicator for that is the good ol push ups. The push-up is the ultimate barometer of fitness. It tests the whole body, engaging muscle groups in the arms, chest, abdomen, hips and legs. It requires the body to be taut like a plank with toes and palms on the floor. [...]

February 7th, 2008
# 9:47 am
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Wrath of God

“The wrath of God is the only way I can describe it. I’m used to seeing roofs off houses, houses blown over. These houses were down to their foundations, stripped clean.” said Governor Phil Bredesen of Tennessee, after surveying tornado damage there.

February 2nd, 2008
# 9:15 am
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Abolishing government

James Madison said, “If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a right to abolish an old government and establish a new one.” In Indonesia, …, well no comment.

December 21st, 2007
# 12:23 pm
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Hafizh without tajwid?

Tajwid is a set of rules on how to read the Quran properly. Can you imagine that a person can memorize the quran (being a hafizh) without knowing how to read the Quran properly (tajwid)? Until not so long ago, I cannot. But that has changed.

December 14th, 2007
# 3:07 pm
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NGOS, ke mana IGOS?

From NYTimes: Without big noise, Netherlands goes open source. What about Indonesia’s IGOS? I think its going ngos-ngosan!

February 13th, 2007
# 9:17 am
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Fudding minister

No, there is no typo error in the above title. And, no, it is not a dirty word either. I just made up the word According to The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, FUD is a marketing strategy adopted by big companies that instills fear, uncertainty and doubt in the minds of potential customers [...]

October 18th, 2006
# 9:52 pm
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Beware of road surprises

What can be the surprise on the road when you are driving? Many things, of course. Being a driver is about being alert for any kind or surprises on the road. That goes without a warning in many countries. For a place where they actually warn you about these surprises, well, that kind of make you [...]

October 13th, 2006
# 5:37 pm
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Luggage can tell a story about labour condition

When we left from Jakarta to Boise Idaho, we took Northwest Airline. And since they do not actually have a flight to Jakarta, we have to take Garuda Indonesia to fly between Jakarta and Singapore.

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“The wrath of God is the only way I can describe it. I’m used to seeing roofs off houses, houses blown over. These houses were down to their foundations, stripped clean.” said Governor Phil Bredesen of Tennessee, after surveying tornado damage there.

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James Madison said, “If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a right to abolish an old government and establish a new one.” In Indonesia, …, well no comment.

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Setelah empat belas hari menunggu, akhirnya saya bisa menikmati kembali berita-berita dari Bandung. Harian PR tampil dengan wajah baru dengan koneksi yang tampaknya lebih kencang.

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From NYTimes: Without big noise, Netherlands goes open source. What about Indonesia’s IGOS? I think its going ngos-ngosan!

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Dari detik.com: beberapa karyawan Carrefour keracunan CO. Gubernur mencurigai adanya kesalahan desain. Komentar Pak Gubernur ini ibarat menepuk air di dulang, yang kena kan pejabat Pemda sendiri, karena semua desain ventilasi kan sudah disetujui oleh Pemda. Mari kita tunggu kelanjutannya.

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