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The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government, which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states, and nation...The little coterie of powerful international bankers virtually run the US government for their own selfish purposes. Michael Snyder, 2013

Sepatu

I am officially falling in love with this song! This song even more affirms the fact that Indonesia is treasured with a lot of brilliant song writers, singers and musicians. My hat off for Tulus ! :)

Debate - president candidate

For those of you who acknowledge yourself as Indonesian and dare to vote :-P, below is the schedule of debate between two president candidates. They are not perfect, nothing is perfect. And you will never know if you never learn. Given their limitation, nevertheless, they will lead us for the next five years. So lets start learning :) Debat Tanggal Media Tema Capres-Cawapres I 9 Juni 2014 20.00 WIB SCTV, Indosiar, Berita Satu Pembangunan- Demokrasi – Pemerintahan yang bersih dan Negara Hukum Capres I 15 Juni 2014 Metro TV, Bloomberg TV Pembangunan Ekonomi dan Kesejahteraan Sosial Capres II 22 Juni 2014 TV One Politik Internasional dan Ketahanan Nasional Cawapres 29 Juni 2014 RCTI, MNC TV Pengembangan SDM dan IPTEK Capres-Cawapres II 5 Juli

James McAvoy

After watching X-Men and Trance, he is officially my new favorite guy :D *ketawa centil tante2* Source of photo here .

X-Men Days of Future Past

A couple weeks ago I watched the latest X-Men movie: X-Men Days of Future Past . I love the movie! The story line was unpredictable and the audience are pampered with a lot of action scenes. Although it is a typical American heroic movie but it was not boring at all. My favourite scene is when Quiksilver saved Wolverine, young professor, young Magneto from the bullets, in slow motion. 132 minutes. More than two hours but the story was so intense you just forget the time. A must watch movie!!

June

Happy new month! I am enjoying my new life. Still trying to find what my true passion is. But to me it is getting clearer that I enjoy work as a researcher. Now I can satisfied my curiosity. I just need to be more diligent in reading and practice my writing. There are so many things, so many topics on my plate which is really exciting. Some topics that I am currently observing: 1) Indonesian middle class 2) REDD+ (definitely, still an interesting topic for me to see the progress) 3) Community wellbeing 4) Disaster and climate change (this is a new topic which I still need to grasp) 5) Policies and decision making on natural resources (and how they relate to each other) Like one colleague said, in the beginning you just need to work the extra hours. I agree. I am trying to do that in the midst of taking care of my children. Family is still my 1st priority. I tend to learn slow but I believe I can catch up. I still want to keep improving my quantitative skill especially in e...

Our weekend

A simple joy of walking through the paddy field and saw nothing but green. Peaceful.