16 AUGUST 2016 JOSEPH SCHOOLING https://www.instagram.com/p/BJIvyYhAN_o/ Eight years ago, Joseph Schooling from Singapore accidentally met his idol US Olympian Michael Phelps in Beijing. Few days ago, he beat his hero in the men's 100m butterfly final in Rio Olympic. The internet was immediately
15 AUGUST 2016 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE English Premier League (EPL) started last weekend and from the above photo you can easily tell who my favorite team is. I hope it will be the year Manchester United finally return to former glory years under Sir Alex Ferguson after frustrating seasons under Da
14 AUGUST 2016 ANGKRINGAN DIAN SASTRO https://www.instagram.com/p/BJEy18BhOnm/ Every Sunday morning I will go to Angkringan Dian Sastro. I call it Angkringan Dian Sastro because there is this poster of her smiling beautifully while advertising certain coffee product and I always see her from the ...
13 AUGUST 2016 ARE YOU HAPPY? https://www.instagram.com/p/BA2T-jFwBZp/ The secret of happiness, as pointed by the poster, seems to be quite straight forward. But we all know that in real life it's not as easy as ABC. Ironically, sometimes the one that may keep us from achieving our own happiness
12 AUGUST 2016 OUR WORLD CLASS SECURITY OFFICERS In some banks or government offices, you may have been welcomed warmly by security officers. What amazes me is that some of these security officers are so well-versed in the banks' or government offices' forms and protocols. They will politely ask
11 AUGUST 2016 A MORE DANGEROUS WORLD Our world has become irritatingly dangerous each day. It wasn't long time ago that we sadly read about the production and circulation of fake vaccine that had been around since 2003. It was this morning that I read about production and circulation of borax-la...
10 AUGUST 2016 CALENDAR https://www.instagram.com/p/BI6jRNWhjbW/?taken-by=ohmasdaniel_ This may seem weird to some of you, but this is what I need to do every morning before I start my work. I need to cross out yesterday's date on my desk calendar. I do not work for anybody and do not have fixed
9 AUGUST 2016 BIMA https://www.instagram.com/p/BAJgiSPwBb0/?taken-by=ohmasdaniel_ That's the picture of my nephew when he was three years old. His name is Bima. I visited him during last Christmas holiday. He was three years old at that time and was already addicted to using smartphone. One t
8 AUGUST 2016 SADAKO VS KAYAKO This is the year of everybody fighting against each other. Iron Man versus Captain America. Batman versus Superman. Now we have Sadako versus Kayako. Why can't everybody just live with each other peacefully? What's your story today? (You can find the Indonesian t
7 AUGUST 2016 ANIES BASWEDAN I was suprised when I learned that Anies Baswedan was among one of the few ministers who were replaced during the recent cabinet reshuffle. Even though I didn't follow the education-related news closely, I had the impression that Anies Baswedan had done a great job in
6 AUGUST 2016 RIO HARYANTO I may not follow the news closely, but I am sad to see Rio Haryanto. He is our country's first ever driver who manages to join the world's elite drivers in competing in the Formula 1 race. We understand that funds must be raised to enable him to continue competing in th
5 AUGUST 2016 BEGGARS Beggars are people who have more faith in maths, statistics and probabilities in particular, than most us might think. They know that not every person they approach will give them money. But they also know that some will do. They believe that the more they see people, the hig
4 AUGUST 2016 SPEED Another funny thing in life is this: If speeding kills and not allowed by police / traffic authorities, why does the government allow car or motorcycle manufacturers to produce vehicles with speed limit of 180 km / hour? Just typing the above sentence already made me very depre
3 AUGUST 2016 NOW When I was a child, my friends and I thought that "now" was the English word for "angkat tangan". It was wrong and silly but you can't really blame us. We learned it from the TV. When we watched the movie program on the TV, we often saw police officers tryin
2 AUGUST 2016 CIGARETTE The funny thing about cigarettes is this: they kill people. We all know that because the cigarette manufacturers themselves put that warning sign on the packages. "Smoking kills". You've seen the notice, right? Yet, despite this, they are allowed to be sold to gen
1 AUGUST 2016 THE LION KING One of my favorite movies is "The Lion King". I first watched it at the local cinema many years ago. It told the story of Simba, a young cub which ran away from his pride after his father died. He blamed himself for his father's death and lived in exile while