I want to write about so many things. About the soon-to-be-formalized pornographic bill, about the US election, about the 3 dollar package that killed more than twenty people in Indonesia… ah about so many things. But, as always, not enough time/energy, and then last Sunday (yesterday) I squeezed my left hand between headboard and bedframe while fixing the bed set (ouch, that’s perhaps one of the most talented parts of my body) so now I have difficulties typing. So I’ll just write something short, unimportant though.

I am on a tenure-track and supposed to go for tenure and promotion in about 4 years from now, according to the US university system. So, still long way to go. (more…)

I cannot explain what happened to me when I was in Leiden last week. Perhaps it was the combination of the Dutch weather (it was raining like crazy), my lack of rest, my wild brain, and being with a partner in crime (who requested such crazy music) The result of such combination is the recording of some children songs — sung in a no-shame drunk mode :p

Unfortunately those who didn’t grow up in Indonesia wouldn’t understand the humor behind all of this craziness. But anyway…… please enjoy two of some songs I recorded….. they are about a dog and meatballs…. accompanied with a stolen guitar :p

The Heli Dog of WineHouse

The Meat Ball of Edith Piaf
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…after finished writing my previous posting on “Changing” (hey, go read it before reading this one, yes, you… go!!) I was contemplating a bit about ‘change’… so here is my unorganized thoughts on it…. and yes, also showing my usual attempts to create not-so-inspiring quotes on “change”….. enjoy! or unenjoy!

Many people make changes because they want something better, something more meaningful. But the problem is life itself is constantly changing and might as well the meaning, purposes, and goals of life are changing too. So, in the end, “you have to constantly change your change!” As for me, “every time I find a meaning of life, somebody changes it!”
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Wednesday this week I was scheduled to speak at the workshop at ASU. About a week ++ before the workshop I got ill and it got worse and worse where finally I spent most of my time sleeping and occasional Internet browsing. Sleeping did help. Just one day before the workshop I got a bit better and decided that whatever happened I’d not retreat from the workshop. However, I had no specific clue on what to deliver. I was expected to deliver something about reflexive research. I never talked about this before. (more…)

Q: What is the most concrete example of globalization?

A: With all respect to Lady Diana, the answer is : her death.

Q: Why is so?

A:
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Give a man a fish, and you will feed him for a day.

Catch a a man a fish, and you can sell it to him.

Teach a man how to fish, and you ruin your business opportunity.

Explain to a man about the origin of fish, and take an exam afterward, and you’re a professor!

Here are some more quotes from me, who’s sometimes a lazy person.
They work well for me to encourage myself to continue my state of being lazy and find comfort in it

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“Procrastinate while you can, don’t put it off”
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My friend Jennie always posts her quote(s) in her blog. So, I thought, why not I continue posting some of my quotes too as I did in the past.

The big difference between me and Jennie though, she always makes wise quotes, while I make not-so-useful (and silly) quotes! (more…)

The commencement is around the corner and you still don’t know where to go? Perhaps it’s a little late to apply, but grad school is one of great paths to go.

These are 10 of 79 reasons why I went to grad school!

0. get funded to think, write verbose essays, and intimately debate about God, science, insanity, sex, politics, cow and democracy with your cohort!

1. build a path to a well-respected career where you’re paid for speaking nonsense

2. chances to travel around the world without spending any pennies
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– from http://www.cameraontheroad.com/

This evening I watched a program on TV narrating the story about David Tool, an American living in Beijing, who has been voluntarily correcting misleading English signs throughout the Chinese capital. Tool took the TV reporter around showing some “corrected” signs as well as hilarious “uncorrected” ones. (more…)