I Chose to Fight.
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25 Jun 2009
It is a common knowledge that Indonesian police officers often use their authority to bully and frighten us into thinking that we’ve broken some rules, when in fact they’re just on their usual duty prowling the streets looking for extra money (bribe money, that is).
This afternoon, I became one of their victims when I was just exiting the freeway gate at Bekasi Barat on my way home.
Bule Aja Doyan!
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7 Jun 2009
If you’ve seen the latest coffee ad from Torabika, you’d know the tagline being said by Luna Maya at the end.
The ad starts off with Luna Maya sipping a cup of Torabika coffee, and then all of a sudden a Caucasian man comes up in the background, sips the coffee as well and shows genuine delight that he likes the coffee. The ad ends with Luna Maya saying the tagline which is the very title of this post, which means something like, “See, even foreigners like it!”
The term bule itself refers to Caucasian foreigners or westerners, and it can be derrogative or right down offensive to some of them. For most of Indonesian people, the term bule simply refers to the look of these people. But sometimes, it can mean so much more than just the looks.
I am awesome, truly, I Am.
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30 May 2009
Thanks to Ecky and Yoyen who have tagged me in their I Am Awesome posts, because my blog seriously needs updating. Due to the hectic work life, I haven’t been able to update anything but that’s about to change now! So here it goes…
I am awesome because….
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The Dogs at Work
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6 May 2009
Being a female teacher is difficult.
No, no. Let me rephrase that. Being a female teacher is challenging. It is. Especially when you teach adult students in which about 99.99% percent of them are males in their early (and sometimes late) twenties.
Most of the time, the students are surprised to find out that I’m in my late twenties as well. I am indeed currently the youngest teacher at work, and that fact alone can make seem somewhat unconvincing – as a teacher and as a person they’re supposed to look up to.
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Social House – Not so social after all.
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3 May 2009
The fourth Land Coffee aka Kopi Darat was held yesterday at Grand Indonesia’s Social House, which was located in Harvey Nichols’ grocery shop in the West Mall. The ones who made it were Boy, Devi, Parvita and Toni.
Now, first things first – Grand Indonesia kind of irks me. The size of the place, for a start, is simply too big. It’s humoungous. No one needs a mall that big. But I could be wrong – apparently Indonesians do. But seeing as there was a full on hype about Social House, (to be exact I can’t remember who suggested this venue in the first place but never you mind), we decided to give it a go.
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Therrysays.com is a personal blog where I share my thoughts, opinions and rants about life in Indonesia and beyond. If this all sounds good to you, enjoy your stay, but if it isn't your cuppa tea, then kindly leave and let me be! Cheers.
- Mia: Go girl! Once the police pulled me over for being in the exact same situation, only it was right aft [...]
- lunaticg: Hi! Some people really look on gender to manipulate. What exactly you are working for by the way. [...]
- rima fauzi: guys, you can see her uniform in her facebook photo album. let's get your drools in check with the d [...]
- rima fauzi: J, I find english cuisine often use herbs from india, and french use herbs and spices from vietnam o [...]
- Jakartass: Hi gang, I'm here, and I know you expect me to say that I find the word bule offensive. Which I do. [...]
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