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		<title>Tea Turbulence and Coffee Convulsions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder what is it in coffee (and tea) that makes loo visits more frequent. And come to think of it, I can&#8217;t understand why tea and coffee are served at an alarming frequency to airline passengers. The other thing that baffled me, is that even knowing what tea and coffee can do, diuretically (is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moseyed.wordpress.com&blog=3170837&post=22&subd=moseyed&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>I wonder what is it in coffee (and tea) that makes loo visits more frequent. And come to think of it, I can&#8217;t understand why tea and coffee are served at an alarming frequency to airline passengers. The other thing that baffled me, is that even knowing what tea and coffee can do, diuretically (is this even a word?), the airlines seem to turn a blind eye at the fact that there is just not enough loo-boxes inside aeroplanes!</p>
<p>Methinks that the airline people are secretly enjoying themselves, as they watch (or think, or know) how their passengers are lining outside the loo-cubicles crossing and uncrossing their legs, hopping from one foot to another trying to keep it in. Some might even pray to any loo-deity they know so they may reach the loo in time, before they discharge down one leg and spend the rest of their lord-knows-how-long flight in misery.</p>
<p>Because you know they hardly let anybody bring anything in your carry-on luggage anymore these days. One day it might be: 100mL of trousers. What is that? a pair of short pants or a bermuda?</p>
<p>Unless of course, you are in First Class instead of Back-of-the-Class Class, for which one might be expected to pay an arm, a leg and through the nose, or the equivalent thereof. Then, not only will you get your very own loo-box of a slightly larger size and more pleasant mood-/ambient-lighting, you might be allowed to bring whatever hell it is you want in your carry-on. A change of wardrobe, and whatnots. I suspect they might even let you carry your hamster, cat, or possibly a pygmy camel or an endagered tarantula on board. </p>
<p>You might even be allowed shoot your own Snakes on a Plane home video. </p>
<p>Because First Class means you&#8217;re special. Surely, a person with one arm, one leg, and a nasal passage connected to one&#8217;s wallet is considered special.</p>
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		<title>say goodnight</title>
		<link>http://moseyed.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/say-goodnight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[silence soars softly into the night
prayers wisp-whispers upon thy brows,
as calm clear water that balms and soothes
wearied wings past a day-long flight.
the sun sings as it slumbers
a lullaby of magenta and warm bright ambers.
then the moon smiles
quiet, simple, and slight
amidst promises
and the twinkling night.
the world ends.
the dream begins.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>silence soars softly into the night<br />
prayers wisp-whispers upon thy brows,<br />
as calm clear water that balms and soothes<br />
wearied wings past a day-long flight.</p>
<p>the sun sings as it slumbers<br />
a lullaby of magenta and warm bright ambers.</p>
<p>then the moon smiles<br />
quiet, simple, and slight<br />
amidst promises<br />
and the twinkling night.</p>
<p>the world ends.<br />
the dream begins.</p>
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		<title>The Plurk People</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer the First: don&#8217;t expect this to be a structured essay on anything. this is more a blather than anything else, a stream of consciousness of a very confused mind. Read with caution, and expect to come out at the end of this with a headache.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><blockquote><p>Disclaimer the First: don&#8217;t expect this to be a structured essay on anything. this is more a blather than anything else, a stream of consciousness of a very confused mind. Read with caution, and expect to come out at the end of this with a headache.</p>
<p>Disclaimer the Second: this is not about how to use Plurk, that is: no technical advice to be found anywhere on this page. This is about my life with Plurk, three weeks worth of it.</p></blockquote>
<p>Those who know me, and know me well, know that I am all about procrastination. So, unsurprisingly, I am ecstatic to have found a thing called <a title="Plurk" href="http://plurk.com/redeemByURL?from_uid=30187&amp;check=-355795328&amp;s=1" target="_blank">Plurk</a>. And it doesn&#8217;t take long to get addicted. And unlike many other things, I skipped the denial phase, and went straight to the unrepentant card-carrying addict. For me, it&#8217;s not a Shakespearean &#8220;to plurk or not to plurk&#8221;, it&#8217;s more &#8220;to plurk or to plurk even more&#8221;.</p>
<p>What is plurk, you ask? What animal is it? How do you use it? For this, I refer you to the great wisdom of these wonderful people: <a title="Leonnie's tips on plurking" href="http://leonnie.tumblr.com/post/39621714/my-tips-on-plurking" target="_blank">Leonnie</a>, <a title="Mluntrah dapet Karma" href="http://imansyah.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/mlruntah-dapet-karma/" target="_blank">Imansyah</a>, <a title="Ivan's Plurk" href="http://ivanlanin.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/plurk/">Ivan Lanin</a>, <a title="10 minutes guide to plurkingtastic" href="http://www.sucomments.com/2008/06/19/10-minute-guide-to-plurk-part-1/" target="_blank">Teeg</a>, <a title="Short Plurkguide for Twitterlings" href="http://www.plurk.com/p/p3im" target="_blank">Rheta</a>, <a title="Plurktionary" href="http://plurktionary.com/" target="_blank">Plurktionary</a>, and <a title="id-plurk" href="http://idplurk.wiki-site.com/index.php/Halaman_Utama" target="_blank">Indonesian Plurkers Wiki Site</a>.</p>
<p><span id="more-15"></span><strong>The Addiction<br />
</strong>A lot of people who have tried Plurk, said Plurk is addictive. But I’ve since then realized that Plurk itself is not addictive. The fact that it <em>facilitates</em> mindless, endless procrastination is what makes Plurk what it is, in my eye at least.</p>
<p>Plurk is somewhat different from the other things it is accused of resembling: Twitter or Tumblr. Or other things I am not aware of (nor do I want to, really). The much vaunted Plurk timeline I can do without, having proved it by gleefully &#8216;abusing&#8217; the mobile version on my computer. The message threading thing, though, is wonderful.</p>
<p>I must also mention the insane refresh rate, which makes plurk-posting and response-reading/writing almost-realtime (when Plurk servers are sane, and not driven up the proverbial wall by traffic and bugs, that is). I think it is what makes Plurk more than just a micro-blogging site. It transforms Plurk into a new-age mIRC with loosely defined threads which you can choose to follow, unfollow, mute, block, and mark all as read.</p>
<p>(P.S. Mark All has become a mini-celebrity in Plurkdom, I guess. A lot of people has and will continue to invoke his name when things, or plurks, get out of hand. I mean&#8230; a million new plurks and a gazillion new plurk responses? You&#8217;re bound to go get help).</p>
<p>Now you know why it enhances procrastination. It fuels the addiction. Every time I say &#8220;That&#8217;s it! No more Plurk for me! I&#8217;ve read everything! I&#8217;ve asked for Mark All&#8217;s help!&#8221;, as soon as I think everything&#8217;s over&#8230; a new response popped up. And another, and another, and another.</p>
<p>Then,  I wondered why I even bothered with Plurk in the first place. But I do this (this act of wondering and thinking out loudly) while submitting myself to the warm stream of friends plurking about anything and nothing.</p>
<p><strong>The Constant Chatter of the Masses<br />
</strong>A new friend, <a title="plurkuser" href="http://plurk.com/user/greytfriend" target="_blank">greytfriend</a>, likens Plurk to a dormitory. Open 24 hours, the building that never sleeps. And those are no strangers, the people in your timeline. They are friends. Friends who welcome you with equal parts of love and craziness, sometimes with a dash of trepidation. Friends&#8230; the people who make you come back for more. This is another kind of addiction, too. Friends.</p>
<p>Imagine Plurk devoid of friends, devoid of people to fuel my narcissistic tendencies &#8212; my need to be heard, or the need to be fooled into a sense that I&#8217;m being heard&#8230;</p>
<p>Now you see.</p>
<p><strong>The Karma-nifesto<br />
</strong>Now, there is also a sub-species of Plurk called Karma. This is a source of distress for many. In short it goes like this: the more karma you get, the more perks you receive. Funky emoticons, colour choices, timeline personalisations. You name it.</p>
<p>It is good that it helps new plurkers acclimatise: giving a little at a time helps them focus on the basics. But, since plurk is a simple application to start with, the basics are mastered with great efficiency. The karma, however, rises too slowly for comfort. Those impatient enough will start to aim for karma almost feverishly, doggedly, slavishly, to the point of obsession.</p>
<p>And as they say, once you&#8217;ve passed the point&#8230; there is no return. Personally, I have always felt the dread of impending obsession, even from the first few days of plurking. And really, now, once I&#8217;m hooked, it is an uphill struggle to break free. It becomes an inseparable part to the quest for perfect procrastination. A low karma rise meant I haven&#8217;t procrastinated enough&#8230; that sort of thing.</p>
<p><strong>Procrastination: A Full Circle<br />
</strong>For me, foremost, Plurk is still and probably will always be an agent of procrastination. Above the karma, but obviously not above the friends (they are of course, the spice of all life). In a sense Plurkrastination is something of a group thing. When a group of people, who already have problems with procrastination in the first place, comes together in a place of so much fun&#8230; the rest is mere footnote.</p>
<p>I’m sure Plurk is infinitely more than just an agent of procrastination. It has been a place to meet new people, <em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">network</span></em> (because, really, that&#8217;s what social networking is all about, right?), and also a place to find exciting information when you least expect it (I admit this is hard, having to wade through <em>a lot </em>of junk).</p>
<p>But when you see how a lot of people say “I need to get off Plurk and start working, do my job, go out, go to work, get a life, a real life, etc etc…” in a million different sentences and a dozen or so different languages… you know how it appeals to the procrastinators lurking deep within us. And I for one is extremely grateful; happy for not being the only person on the planet who thinks so.</p>
<p>And now, all that&#8217;s left for me to do is to let out the battle cry: &#8220;Plurkrastinators&#8230; <a title="plurk" href="http://plurk.com/redeemByURL?from_uid=30187&amp;check=-355795328&amp;s=1" target="_blank">UNITE</a>!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Oversleeping and Efficiency</title>
		<link>http://moseyed.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/oversleeping-and-efficiency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 03:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I woke up this morning to find I&#8217;ve overslept. After the initial scramble out of the bed, thudding onto the floor, wrestling out of the tangle of sheets and slipping on cold, morning floor, suddenly everything fell into place. Everything became a single-minded, almost automated attempt to make good time. In the bathroom, out the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moseyed.wordpress.com&blog=3170837&post=14&subd=moseyed&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>I woke up this morning to find I&#8217;ve overslept. After the initial scramble out of the bed, thudding onto the floor, wrestling out of the tangle of sheets and slipping on cold, morning floor, suddenly everything fell into place. Everything became a single-minded, almost automated attempt to make good time. In the bathroom, out the bathroom; food on the stove, and straight to the breakfast table, off to the sink&#8230;</p>
<p>Teeth, brush, brush, brush, spit. A drop of mouthwash. Or two.</p>
<p>Change. Shoes on feet. And suddenly I&#8217;m out of the door. </p>
<p>Forty-five minutes. Or was it even less?</p>
<p>I finally realised that things could be so efficient in the morning. That I don&#8217;t need to wake up so bloody early to plod along doing useless stuff to make one eyes realise that it&#8217;s not supposed to close that long anymore, to coax the body to forget staying horizontal. Or such like. </p>
<p>So, I&#8217;m going to try oversleeping again tomorrow.</p>
<p>Of course, the downside is that I can&#8217;t bum around drinking my morning coffee and reading the &#8220;Irate Readers Letters&#8221; section of the paper in the morning. But, I get more sleep, which I value very highly &#8212; being the sloth-incarnate that I am, I guess. </p>
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		<title>Trash in the Sea</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 10:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seeing the multitude of trash floating in the sea and on the shores of Jakarta Bay, a friend said, &#8220;Disgusting. Humans! Deplorable!&#8221;
Another friend walked up to her and said, &#8220;I still maintain that they are debris washed ashore from Atlantis.&#8221;
&#8220;GOSH! Is that&#8230;?&#8221; a friend asked, pointing at a floating woman&#8217;s sanitary napkin, unable to finish [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moseyed.wordpress.com&blog=3170837&post=11&subd=moseyed&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p>Another friend walked up to her and said, &#8220;I still maintain that they are debris washed ashore from Atlantis.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;GOSH! Is that&#8230;?&#8221; a friend asked, pointing at a floating woman&#8217;s sanitary napkin, unable to finish her sentence.</p>
<p>&#8220;Ariel&#8217;s not pregnant yet, is she? Mermaids.&#8221;</p>
<p>And speaking of mermaids, a short and entirely forgettable-come-midday topic: &#8220;The Starbuck Siren Slash Mermaid: Porn or Not&#8221;. Obviously, my mailing list isn&#8217;t the place for up-to-date coffee house gossip. But, just in case I need to know about it later, I&#8217;m putting down the links here. Just for my information, really: <a href="http://www.deadprogrammer.com/starbucks-logo-mermaid">here</a> and <a href="http://www.endicott-studio.com/jMA03Summer/theMermaid.html">here</a>. </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Stephen Howe
Title: Empire (part of the “A Very Short Introduction” series)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Year of Publication: 2002
Status: Draft, In Progress, Unbetaed; Previous Part(s): 00
Pendahuluan: Berita yang saya baca hari ini&#8230;
Sebagian besar dari sejarah dunia adalah sejarah mengenai kekaisaran. Bahkan, dapat dikatakan bahwa semua sejarah adalah sejarah imperialisme &#8212; atau [sejarah] kolonial, apabila [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moseyed.wordpress.com&blog=3170837&post=13&subd=moseyed&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Author: Stephen Howe<br />
Title: Empire (part of the “A Very Short Introduction” series)<br />
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK<br />
Year of Publication: 2002<br />
Status: Draft, In Progress, Unbetaed; Previous Part(s): <a href="http://moseyed.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/empire-stephen-howe-2002-pt00/">00</a></p>
<p><strong>Pendahuluan: Berita yang saya baca hari ini&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Sebagian besar dari sejarah dunia adalah sejarah mengenai kekaisaran. Bahkan, dapat dikatakan bahwa <em>semua</em> sejarah adalah sejarah imperialisme &#8212; atau [sejarah] kolonial, apabila seseorang memilih arti luasnya atau mundur cukup jauh. Karena buku pendek ini hendak mengatakan sesuatu mengenai keseluruhan sejarah manusia, dari jaman yang paling awal dan melingkupi keseluruhan bumi ini, tempat memulai yang paling masuk akal adalah koran hari ini.</p>
<p><span id="more-13"></span>&#8216;Hari ini&#8217; adalah hari di mana &#8212; saya harap &#8212; saya mulai dapat menyelesaikan buku ini, 14 Februari 2002. Sebagai wujud penyempitan pokok bahasan, yang akan coba untuk dihindari untuk selanjutnya, saya membatasi lingkup bacaan saya hanya pada koran-koran besar London yang terbit hari ini; walau saya tentu saja dapat meramban koran-koran dari seluruh dunia, dengan kemampuan berbahasa saya yang terbatas sebagai satu-satunya penghalang. Hal ini adalah karena Internet, sebuah sistem komunikasi yang oleh beberapa kritikus, mungkin dengan terlalu bersemangat, digambarkan sebagai sebuah kekaisaran global yang baru. Tapi, koran-koran Inggris yang lebih bagus menurunkan berita-berita dari seantero dunia &#8212; dan tampaknya, dalam satu atau lain perwujudan, hampir semuanya ada sangkut pautnya dengan warisan imperialisme itu.</p>
<p>Bagi banyak orang &#8216;Barat&#8217;, tanggal 14 Februari adalah Hari Valentine, di mana para kekasih saling bertukar kartu ucapan dan hadiah. Kebiasaan ini baru-baru saja mulai marak di India. Tetapi, seperti yang dilaporkan oleh salah satu koran Inggris, para aktivis dari sebuah partai Hindu konservatif, Shiv Sena, melancarkan sebuah protes yang gencar dan agresif menentang kebiasaan ini. Peringatan ini, keluh mereka, adalah hal materialistis yang bodoh dan tidak bermoral. Peringatan ini adalah budaya asing impor, yang tidak ada urusannya dengan budaya (tradisi) atau agama di India, dan bahkan menjadi ancaman [bagi budaya dan agama itu]. Adalah hal yang sangat memalukan bila para pemuda (dan pemudi) Hindu merayakan &#8212; walaupun tanpa konotasi keagamaan &#8212; sebuah hari/perayaan yang menggunakan nama orang suci agama Kristen. Tetapi para anggota Shiv Sena yang fanatik yang anti-Valentine ini tidak hanya bersungut-sungut mengenai sebuah perayaan yang tidak berbahaya ini. Mereka, paling tidak di mata mereka sendiri, pun sedang menentang kekuatan imperialisme budaya. Santo Valentine, bersama-sama dengan McDonalds, Coca-Cola, musik pop barat, dan moralitas seksual yang &#8216;longgar&#8217;, adalah bagian dari ancaman global terhadap peradaban India. Melawan pengaruh orang suci yang tidak jelas ini adalah perpanjangan dari pergumulan India melawan kekuatan kolonial.</p>
<p>Berita utama <em>The Guardian</em> bunyinya lebih suram. Koran menurunkan berita bahwa Amerika Serikat sedang merencanakan perang baru terhadap Iraq, negaranya Saddam Hussein, sebuah negara dengan siapa Amerika Serikat memiliki konflik berkepanjangan &#8212; sebentar ada sebentar tidak &#8212; selama lebih dari satu dekade. Penduduk Iraq, dan pengkritik kebijakan Amerika Serikat, secara rutin menggambarkan ancaman dan usaha penyerangan terhadap negara-negara Arab sebagai perwujudan paham imperialisme, beberapa dari mereka menuduh bahwa motivasi utamanya dalah untuk mempertahankan kendali perusahaan-perusahaan multinasional Amerika Serikat atas cadangan minyak di daerah itu. Dari sudut pandang lain disebutkan bahwa Iraqlah, yang dituduh sebagai ancaman permanen bagi tetangga-tetangganya &#8212; Iraq pernah sebentar menguasai dan menggabungkan Kuwait sebagai bagian dari Iraq (<em>annexation</em>) pada tahun 1990-1 &#8212; yang memiliki ambisi agresif untuk membangun sebuah &#8216;kekaisaran&#8217;. Selain itu, Iraq dan tetangga-tetangganya, berikut dengan lokasi-lokasi perbatasan yang ada di antara mereka, hampir semuanya ada (terbentuk) karena masa lalu kolonial mereka. Mereka dibentuk dari sisa-sisa reruntuhan Kekaisaran Ottoman oleh Inggris dan Perancis pada dekade kedua di abad ke-20 ini.</p>
<p>Sebuah akibat langsung lainnya dari zaman pemerintahan kolonial di Timur Tengah (walau boleh dibilang hanya sebentar) menjadi salah satu pokok bahasan utama di koran-koran hari ini, seperti yang terjadi sepanjang beberapa bulan kebelakangan ini: [tindak] kekerasan antara Israel dan Palestina. Beberapa gelintir orang, terutama yang ada di dunia Arab, melihat keberadaan Israel sebagai sebuah fenomena kolonial. Yang lain menyalahkan Inggris, mantan kekuatan kolonial yang besar, karena sokongan awal yang mereka berikan kepada gerakan Zionis tersebut. Tetapi banyak orang Israel yang memandang kemunculan dan kelangsungan bentuk negara mereka sebagai sebuah kisah <em>anti</em>kolonialisme, karena menyangkut perjuangan melawan imperialisme Inggris dan Arab.</p>
<p>Di Istanbul, ahli bahasa dan penggiat aksi politik veteran Noam Chomsky &#8212; yang terkenal dengan kritik-kritiknya terhadap &#8216;imperialisme&#8217; Amerika di seantero dunia &#8212; memenangkan gugatan pengadilan menyangkut sensor yang dilakukan oleh pemerintah Turki atas tulisan-tulisannya mengenai masalah suku Kurdi. Hal ini dipandang secara luas &#8212; tetapi tidak dari sudut pandang para nasionalis Turki &#8212; sebagai satu lagi akibat dari bentuk &#8216;kekaisaran&#8217;, di mana kedukaan suku Kurdi di Turki dan di wilayah lain pada dasarnya berakar dari ketidakberhasilan mereka untuk mencapai suatu kedaulatan nasional ketika sistem imperialisme kuno di wilayah itu terpecah di awal abad ke-20.</p>
<p>Akan tetapi, bagi kebanyakan surat kabar, berita internasional yang paling menonjol adalah berita persidangan mantan pemimpin Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosovic di Den Haag, atas tuduhan kejahatan perang dalam peristiwa pergolakan Balkan di tahun 1990an. Konflik di mana Milosovic memainkan peranan yang &#8216;mematikan&#8217; ini, bila dipandang secara luas, juga merupakan warisan dari kekaisaran Ottoman dan Austro-Hungaria yang memerintah di wilayah tersebut hingga sekitar 100 tahun yang lalu. Baru-baru ini, perang yang terjadi di Bosnia dan Kosovo, kejadian yang mendasari pengadilan ini, adalah perang di mana semua yang terlibat &#8212; dari Albania yang kecil hingga negara adidaya seperti Amerika Serikat &#8212; telah dituduh melakukan tindak agresi imperialisme oleh musuh-musuh mereka masing-masing.</p>
<p>Mahkamah di mana ia sedang diadili, bagi beberapa orang, juga merupakan sebuah bentuk ciptaan kaum imperialis. Bagi mereka, seluruh gagasan mengenai hak asasi manusia yang &#8216;universal&#8217; adalah sebuah penipuan besar, di mana kaum imperialis Barat atau kekuatan eks-kolonial mencoba untuk mengedepankan gagasan mereka yang terbatas dan setempat mengenai &#8216;hak&#8217; apa saja yang dapat dianggap &#8216;universal&#8217;, dengan kasar menginjak-injak kepercayaan dan kebudayaan yang lain. Struktur &#8216;hukum internasional&#8217; itu sendiri dibuat di zaman kolonial, oleh kekuatan kolonial. Hukum tersebut dibuat berdasarkan campuran antara kitab hukum warisan zaman Napoelon, Anglo-Saxon, dan zaman Romawi, hampir tidak memperhitungkan gagasan hukum di luar lingkup hukum Eropa. Akan tetapi, sistem hukum di negara-negara bekas koloni (bekas jajahan) pun dibuat berdasarkan sistem hukum bekas tuan mereka. </p>
<p>Perdana Menteri Inggris Tony Blair baru saja kembali dari kunjungannya ke berbagai bekas koloni Inggris di Benua Afrika. Ketika sedang di sana, ia mendesak wacana di mana semua pihak harus berbuat lebih banyak lagi untuk menyelesaikan berbagai masalah yang mendasar, [terutama] mengenai kemiskinan dan pergolakan, di negara-negara tersebut. Halaman-halaman opini dan kolom surat pembaca dari berbagai surat kabar menampilkan banyak sekali sumbang saran untuk perdebatan &#8212; terbaru dari antara banyak sekali pertukaran pendapat selama ini &#8212; mengenai sejauh mana kesulitan yang dihadapi oleh Afrika yang berdikari ini adalah kesalahan yang diwariskan oleh sistem kolonial, atau bahkan apakah Afrika sebenarnya akan lebih diuntungkan apabila sistem kolonial diperkenalkan kembali. Koresponden lain, terutama dari harian konservatif <em>Daily Mail</em>, sangat tidak setuju apabila kedaulatan Inggris atas Gibraltar, satu di antara sedikit tanah yang masih di bawah kekuasaannya (<em>dependency</em>), kemungkinan akan dipersempit. Di Zimbabwe, seiring dengan akan diadakannya pemilu, pemerintah [partai yang berkuasa] menuduh partai oposisi utamanya sebagai antek imperialisme dan [oleh karenanya] merupakan ancaman bagi kemerdekaan nasional, tetapi mereka sendiri pun dikatakan telah mengambil [atau merampas] hak pilih warga Zimbabwe berkulit putih &#8212; keturunan penduduk kolonial asal Inggris. Halaman khusus berita kematian di koran-koran hari ini juga mengingatkan kita akan keterlibatan Inggris yang cukup panjang dalam sejarah masalah Afrika, karena Maurice Foley, seorang politikus Partai Buruh, anggota parlemen (Westminster), salah satu &#8220;Kawan Afrika&#8221; yang paling dikenal di era tahun 1950an dan 1960an, telah wafat.</p>
<p>Di saat yang sama, Blair sedang diserang tuduhan bahwa ia menggunakan pengaruh yang berlebihan untuk membantu pengusaha India yang bertempat di Inggris, Lakshmi Mittal, membeli (mengambil alih) kilang-kilang baja bekas milik pemerintah Romania. Hal ini dapat dipandang sebagai suatu peristiwa paska-kolonial dari beberapa sisi. Seorang pengusaha India tentunya tidak akan mengoperasikan sebuah perusahaan yang memiliki kaitan dengan Inggris, maupun memberikan sumbangan kepada sebuah partai politik Inggris, bila dulunya India tidak dikuasai oleh Inggris. Bagi beberapa kritikus, pembelian pabrik-pabrik usang di Romania oleh perusahaan &#8216;Barat&#8217; ini adalah suatu bentuk imperialisme ekonomi. Bagi yang lain, bahwa pabrik-pabrik di Romania ini kemudian <em>menjadi</em> usang adalah akibat dari kesalahan jenis &#8216;kekaisaran&#8217; yang satu lagi, yang sekarang sudah tidak ada lagi, &#8216;kekaisaran&#8217; Komunis Soviet. Ada lagi mereka yang berkata bahwa tradisi politik Inggris yang terlalu terpusat, dan memberikan kuasa eksekutif yang tidak dapat dipertanggungjawabkan, yang memungkinkan Tuan Blair untuk melakukan apa yang dituduhkan di atas, melakukannya tanpa berunding dengan yang lainnya, juga merupakan warisan sebuah &#8216;kekaisaran&#8217;. Sesuai dengan pandangan ini, kebiasaan pemerintahan otokrasi yang dulu digunakan untuk menguasai &#8216;kaum mereka&#8217;, kaum &#8216;terjajah&#8217; di bagian dunia lain, masih menghantui &#8216;kaum kita&#8217; yang ada di tanah asal. Inggris itu sendiri, menurut kalangan tertentu, adalah koloni terakhir dari Kerajaan Britainia Raya.</p>
<p>Parlemen Skotlandia, menggunakan hak legislatif mereka (yang &#8216;diambil&#8217; daripadanya sekitar 300 tahun sebelumnya, dan baru sebagian diperoleh kembali pada tahun 1998), sepakat untuk melarang perburuan rubah. Orang-orang yang menyukai pengisi waktu senggang yang &#8216;barbar&#8217; ini &#8212; suatu kebiasaan yang mungkin didatangkan ke Kepulauan Britania Raya oleh para penyerbu Normandia dan Romawi, dan mungkin pada mulanya didapat dari kebiasaan para nomaden di wilayah Asia Tengah yang membangun sebuah kerajaan yang luas, namun hanya bertahan sebentar, yang menguasai sebagian besari wilayah Eurasia 1,500 tahun yang lalu &#8212; menjadi marah. Tetapi orang-orang yang betul-betul antusias seperti itu jumlahnya tidak banyak di Skotlandia. Banyak orang Skotlandia yang beranggapan bahwa berburu rubah itu adalah kegiatan orang Inggris, dan bukan kegiatan yang murni dari Skotlandia &#8212; dan pengaruh Inggris atas Skotlandia, secara budaya dan juga secara politis, selalu dipandang sebagai suatu jenis kolonialisme. </p>
<p>Selusin cerita mengingatkan siapa saja yang butuh diingatkan bahwa kehidupan para migran dari bekas koloni Inggris terlihat di seluruh segi kehidupan di Inggris. Persidangan atas pembunuhan seorang siswa kelahiran Nigeria sedang berlangsung, pernyataan seorang model berkulit hitam bahwa sebuah surat kabar telah melanggar keleluasaan pribadinya, dan dugaan adanya aktivitas terorisme yang dilakukan oleh kalangan Islam Inggris militan, kebanyakan dari mereka adalah orang Pakistan. Seorang anggota parlemen kelahiran India harus meminta maaf kepada koleganya karena melanggar peraturan parelemen &#8212; dan, mungkin secara tidak relevan menggarisbawahi pernyataannya dengan pengakuan bahwa ia sangat bangga akan latar belakang etnisnya. Kenyataan bahwa banyak sekali dari berita (atau cerita) yang menyangkut masalah kriminal dan perbuatan melanggar hukum lainnya mungkin menunjukkan bahwa beberapa segi multirasialisme di Inggris selepas masa kolonialisme masih memiliki banyak masalah. Tetapi halaman-halaman ulasan seni dan olah raga di koran-koran tersebut memberikan gambaran yang lebih positif dan lebih seimbang. Darius Vassell adalah sebuah sukses yang luar biasa bila dibandingkan dengan keseluruhan penampilan regu sepak bola Inggris dalam pertandingan melawan Belanda. Baik Vassell dan &#8216;anak baru&#8217; di regu Inggris lainnya, Michael Ricketts, adalah keturunan imigran kolonial, begitu juga tiga lagi anggota regu sepak bola itu. Di sisi dunia yang lain seseorang dengan latar belakang yang sama, Nasser Hussein, sedang menjalankan tugasnya sebagai kapten regu Inggris yang tengah berjuang melawan Selandia Baru pada permainan yang seyogyanya disebut &#8216;permainan imperialis&#8217;, <em>cricket</em>. Sementara itu, halaman seni dari surat kabar ultra-konservatif, <em>Daily Telegraph</em> menurunkan berita wawancara tiga penyanyi wanita keturunan Jamaica, kelompok vokal Mis-Teeq, yang mereka sebut sebagai &#8216;Pendatang Baru Terbaik Inggris&#8217; untuk kategori musik pop.</p>
<p>Gaung sebuah kerajaan terjadi pula dalam berbagai tingkatan imajinasi dan metafora. Nominasi piala Oscar diumumkan. Mengungguli semuanya adalah adaptasi karya J. R. R. Tolkien <em>Lord of the Rings</em>, sebuah karya fantasi besar yang mengetengahkan cerita tentang kerajaan-kerajaan yang saling bertentangan, pertemuan dengan budaya-budaya asing, dan sebuah kekuatan jahat yang berusaha untuk menguasai dunia. Seorang polisi Inggris yang cukup senior dikutip mengatakan bahwa salah seorang koleganya yang namanya tercoreng itu telah mengoperasikan sebuah &#8216;kerajaan keji&#8217; di antara polisi-polisi lokal di Cleveland.</p>
<p>Walaupun sistem-sistem imperial yang agung sepanjang sejarah &#8212; baik itu yang dilakukan melalui perluasan darat seperti Kekaisaran Rusia maupun kerajaan kelautan negara-negara Eropa Barat &#8212; telah mulai runtuh selama setengah abad terakhir, warisan zaman mereka telah membentuk hampir semua unsur kehidupan manusia secara global. Sementara itu, ada sebuah perdebatan yang sengit &#8212; serta banyak dugaan (spekulasi) &#8212; mengenai apa yang telah mengambil alih kedudukan kekaisaran teritorial tua ini di kancah politik dunia. Apakah Amerika Serikat dan sekutu-sekutunya, perusahaan transnasional, institusi keuangan dan media, atau kekuatan &#8216;globalisasi&#8217; secara luas, dapat disebut sebgai sistem imperial baru? Mencoba meliputi bidang bahasan yang luas ini, saya akan mencoba, dalam buku yang kecil ini, untuk mengulas tiga hal yang saling terangkai:</p>
<p>Pertama, menyampaikan arti &#8216;gagasan sebuah kekaisaran&#8217; (secara luas, tentunya!) sepanjang abad dan menyebrangi benua, bagi pemerintahannya, bagi pengikutnya, dan juga pengamat selanjutnya.</p>
<p>Kedua, sebuah esai untuk menjernihkan pengertian dan alur sejarah: berusaha, tanpa berusaha terlalu mengkotak-kotakkannya, mengurai penggunaan dan penyalahgunaan istilah &#8216;kekaisaran&#8217;, &#8216;imperialisme&#8217;, &#8216;kolonialisme&#8217;, &#8216;kolonisasi&#8217;, &#8216;neo-kolonialisme&#8217;, dll, yang beragam itu.</p>
<p>Ketiga, membuat inventaris tentang perwujudan selanjutnya dari imperialisme, perwujudan yang beragam dan kadangkala menakjubkan: baik dalam dunia geopolitik yang &#8216;nyata&#8217; dan berbagai bidang intelektual yang menyangkut pembelajaran dan pembahasan mengenai kolonialisme dan hal-hal yang datang setelahnya (&#8220;paska-&#8221;).</p>
<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m so very, very confused. Apologies, then. Here, you can see a grab-bag of terms being bandied about as if without care&#8230; But it&#8217;s not without care, but it&#8217;s more about me being unable to figure out what&#8217;s best for each term. How do you describe British &#8220;Inggris&#8221; and England &#8220;Inggris&#8221; without sounding very odd? Should I say colonialism as &#8220;penjajahan&#8221; instead of putting a &#8220;k&#8221; in place of the &#8220;c&#8221;? And let&#8217;s not start with the discrepancies about the term I used for the word &#8220;empire&#8221;. I have a feeling that this isn&#8217;t going to go down well.</p>
<p>You see, a better translator than I am wouldn&#8217;t be faced with this kind of problem. *sigh* Maybe I&#8217;m not cut out for this job. But, then again, being the contradiction that I am, has inadequacy stopped me from inflicting myself upon other people before? One day I will learn to stop this destructive impulse. But for now, please bear with me and throw as many bones as you can at me, if you please?</p>
<p>Anyway, that&#8217;s the end of the Introductory chapter.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Empire (Stephen Howe, 2002) pt.00</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Stephen Howe
Title: Empire (part of the &#8220;A Very Short Introduction&#8221; series)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Year of Publication: 2002
Sejarah dunia adalah sejarah tentang kekaisaran besar &#8212; sebuah sejarah yang belum berakhir. Kita bukan hanya sedang hidup dengan warisan kekaisaran-kekaisaran kolonial agung dari jaman yang sudah lalu, tetapi juga di suatu dunia moderen dengan ekonomi [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moseyed.wordpress.com&blog=3170837&post=12&subd=moseyed&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Author: Stephen Howe<br />
Title: Empire (part of the &#8220;A Very Short Introduction&#8221; series)<br />
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK<br />
Year of Publication: 2002</p>
<p>Sejarah dunia adalah sejarah tentang kekaisaran besar &#8212; sebuah sejarah yang belum berakhir. Kita bukan hanya sedang hidup dengan warisan kekaisaran-kekaisaran kolonial agung dari jaman yang sudah lalu, tetapi juga di suatu dunia moderen dengan ekonomi yang dibuat berdasarkan sistem imperium itu. Ada banyak yang berpikir bahwa Internet adalah bentuk baru dari &#8220;kekaisaran global&#8221;, bahwa gagasan &#8220;hukum internasional&#8221; adalah sebuah penipuan maha-besar, dan bahkan negara Inggris (Britainia) itu sendiri merupakan koloni terakhir di dalam Kerajaan Inggris Raya (British Empire). </p>
<p>Buku ini mencapai sesuatu yang gagal dicapai oleh buku lainnya dalam pokok bahasan ini: melihat bagaimana &#8216;gagasan sebuah kekaisaran&#8217; itu diartikan sepanjang sejarah &#8212; dari jaman kekaisaran Romawi kuno, sepanjang pemerintahan Genghis Khan, Raj Inggris, kolonisasi benua Amerika oleh pelaut-pelaut Spanyol, Perdagangan Budak di Jalur Atlantik, dan Kekaisaran Soviet, hingga saat ini &#8212; mengurai penggunaan dan penyalahgunaan nama (julukan) &#8216;kekaisaran&#8217; (<em>empire</em>) dan &#8216;kolonial&#8217;, dan menawarkan sebuah pengamatan yang meyakinkan mengenai perubahan-perubahan mendasar di dunia moderen ini. </p>
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<blockquote><p>So, a friend of mine asked me to help her translate this thing of a book. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Empire&#8221; written by Stephen Howe. I&#8217;m not sure whether someone had translated this into Bahasa Indonesia, but she told me that she couldn&#8217;t find any. But of course, if any of you know anything about a translation, please drop me a line, so I can stop translating.</p>
<p>I am, by no means, a good translator. My grasp of either language are appalling at best; and there are lots others who are way better than me. But, maybe out of vanity, maybe out of sheer whateverness, I said to my friend: &#8220;Okay, I&#8217;ll give it a shot.&#8221; Of course, I also told her to expect many mistakes. But anyway, she&#8217;s going to edit the whole thing again, making sure that my mistakes will never see the light of day.</p>
<p>But, out of masochism, and contrary to any misgivings I had before, I have decided to post the translations here. In hope that a kind soul or two will offer a helping hand and help me clean up the mess before it reaches anybody else. Tripe. I know. But bear with me. </p>
<p>And I don&#8217;t even have to wait to find my first stumbling block. How the hell do you translate &#8220;Empire&#8221;? I settled for <em>kekaisaran</em>, but that doesn&#8217;t sound right&#8230; *sigh*</p></blockquote>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often, when you most need peace and quiet to finish up the day&#8217;s work and just go home&#8230; unwanted things happen. Including irritiating calls from unwanted callers. And so it happened one evening, at work, as we slaved away working, trying to avoid the ever-nearing deadline.
&#8220;Hello?&#8221; I asked.
&#8220;Is Trisna in?&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know any Trisna.&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Often, when you most need peace and quiet to finish up the day&#8217;s work and <em>just</em> go home&#8230; unwanted things happen. Including irritiating calls from unwanted callers. And so it happened one evening, at work, as we slaved away working, trying to avoid the ever-nearing deadline.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hello?&#8221; I asked.<br />
&#8220;Is Trisna in?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know any Trisna.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;This is not Trisna&#8217;s house?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;This is an office.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Well then, who are you? It&#8217;s late&#8230; what are you doing at work?&#8221; I can&#8217;t believe it! Horny old man.<br />
&#8220;Sir, I&#8217;m trying to make a deadline. There is no Trisna. This is not Trisna&#8217;s house. Good night.&#8221;<br />
I had to resist slamming the phone down.</p>
<p>Not long afterwards, another ring.<br />
&#8220;Hello?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;You&#8217;re so cold,&#8221; the man cooed *yuck!* &#8220;Let&#8217;s chat&#8230;&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Sir, I&#8217;m busy.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;So, I&#8217;ll call you when you&#8217;re not so busy.&#8221;<br />
<em>So</em> I said nothing and slammed the phone.</p>
<p>An hour later&#8230; <em>Damn</em>, I thought, <em>no end of work in sight yet</em>. But the next telephone ring heralded the same person, who was steadily getting to my nerves. Oily speech and all.<br />
&#8220;Hello?&#8221; I said (I hate phones without caller-ID)<br />
&#8220;Still working?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Sir, my <em>goodness</em>. Don&#8217;t you have anything better to do? Nothing to do? No people to <em>do</em>? No one to do <em>you</em>?&#8221; I really have to stop myself from snorting (so unseemly, of course). &#8220;Well, of course not. Or you won&#8217;t be calling strangers at night.&#8221;<br />
*slam*</p>
<p>The next ring was less than a minute, and I was so ready to call names at the caller. Fortunately I heard my mum&#8217;s voice from the other end. She wanted to know when I would be home. Phew! if mum knew what I was about to yell out, I&#8217;d be disowned for sure. </p>
<p>An hour later, and finally work was almost done. The dratted phone <em>had</em> to ring.<br />
&#8220;Hello&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Oh! You&#8217;re still here!&#8221;<br />
(Dmn this man. Sarcasm and cutting words really flew past his head. Or he might just be a kind of oh&#8230; I don&#8217;t know&#8230; someone into sadomasochism or something, people who revel from violence from other people) Crap! Have to think about something else.<br />
&#8220;Sorry, Sir. I&#8217;m on the night shift.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;A girl? Night shift? Oh, that&#8217;s rough. You&#8217;ll need some companionship. Don&#8217;t call me, Sir. Call me <em>mas</em>&#8221; (a term of endearment in Javanese or some sort)<br />
&#8220;Sir, I&#8217;m busy, okay?&#8221;<br />
*slam*</p>
<p>The phone rang again.<br />
&#8220;Why did you slam the phone on me?&#8221; he said without preamble.<br />
Shit! Quick! Think!<br />
&#8220;Sir, you&#8217;ll have to wait. We&#8217;ve just received a new body, and I need to log it first. By the way, are you looking for a body in particular, since you&#8217;ve been calling a lot of times tonight?&#8221;</p>
<p>There was silence from the other end, before finally&#8230;<br />
&#8220;Um&#8230;&#8221; he sounded uncertain for once. Gone the casanova posturing from before, which made me really glad. &#8220;What kind of office is this, exactly?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Why, it&#8217;s the morgue&#8217;s office, of course. Where else would anyone store a dead body?&#8221; </p>
<p>Another bout of silence, and I&#8217;m on a roll.<br />
&#8220;Sir! Oh, damn. Please hold the line. The new arrival&#8217;s arm has just fallen off! OH SHIT! It&#8217;s gone under the cupboard,&#8221; I said into the phone, all the while trying to make as much noise as I can with my office equipment. &#8220;Damn! Hey, you!&#8221; I called to a friend who has just returned (might as well recruit someone into this ruse. &#8220;Help me hold his head. It&#8217;s almost chopped off here! Don&#8217;t let the head roll away, okay?&#8221; We were trying so hard not to laugh. I mean, what the hell, really.</p>
<p>Finally, I remembered our audience. &#8220;Hello&#8230; Sir? Hello?&#8221; </p>
<p>Oh well.</p>
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		<title>Jakarta&#8217;s Cathedral (R Kurris SJ, 1991) pt.00</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: R. Kurris, S.J.
Title: Sejarah Seputar Katedral Jakarta
Publisher: Penerbit Obor, Jakarta, Indonesia
Year of Publication: 1991, 2001
Note: This book by Father Kurris traces the story of the Cathedral since the days of the Dutch East Indies. It was part historical fact and part novel, and it was infinitely fascinating, not only for the story of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moseyed.wordpress.com&blog=3170837&post=7&subd=moseyed&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Author: R. Kurris, S.J.<br />
Title: Sejarah Seputar Katedral Jakarta<br />
Publisher: Penerbit Obor, Jakarta, Indonesia<br />
Year of Publication: 1991, 2001</p>
<blockquote><p>Note: This book by Father Kurris traces the story of the Cathedral since the days of the Dutch East Indies. It was part historical fact and part novel, and it was infinitely fascinating, not only for the story of the church itself, but for the history of my city. </p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Prologue</strong><br />
[...] we, from the 21st century, will have lost contact with the 19th century, one which witnessed the spread of Catholicism through the Indonesian archipelago.</p>
<p>Man must see himself as a link in a chain of continuous historical process. Whether he wants it or not, man lives in a continuous movement, even when the society in which he lives has virtually no historical perspective. We are standing in between the past and the future. The past is needed to project ourselves into the future.</p>
<p>This book is written by someone who loves the Catholic Church, by someone who loves history, by someone assigned by his superiors to serve the Church as a minister at Jakarta&#8217;s Cathedral. We hope that readers, by understanding the history surrounding the Church of Batavia-Jakarta, which once encompasses the whole of the Dutch Indies territories, but later diminished only to include the territory of Indonesia&#8217;s capital plus Tangerang and Bekasi, may appreciate more of this Church. It is only fitting that we remember the struggles, the service and rise-and-fall of our fore-fathers. The past is almost like another country; we cannot say much about them if we don&#8217;t delve into them.</p>
<p>Often, there are university students knocking on the door to the pastor&#8217;s residence (the rectory?) on Lapangan Banteng (lit. Bull&#8217;s Field) to ask for information about the history and architecture of the Cathedral. This book is to answer many of those questions. Architecture students are encouraged to read chapters IX, XII, XIII, and XIX.</p>
<p>This book is not intended as a historical study text brimming with complete data and other scientific requirements, but instead this book is meant to provide a historical narrative which may help readers to understand why the Catholic Church in Indonesia is the way it is now, both in terms of form and appearance.</p>
<p>To all friends who have provided much support during the writing of this book, especially to Mrs. Lely Nathan and Lynda Soelistyo, who have diligently provided corrections and helped with the preparation of this manuscript. Thank you.</p>
<p>R. Kurris, S.J.<br />
November 1991<br />
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<blockquote><p>This is one of my favourite books, its about one of my favourite buildings: Jakarta&#8217;s Cathedral. It&#8217;s not as grand as other Cathedrals mentioned in the <em>100 Most Beautiful Cathedrals</em> book (Chartwell Books, ISBN: 078581888X), but it is special nonetheless. I&#8217;ve been attending mass there since forever, I guess, it being my parish church and all. The school I spent my oddly amusing teenage years was built under its shadows. Friends and family; memories were forged and will continue to be made there, under the leafy trees and sturdy walls each whispering a story from ages past. </p>
<p>Anyway, my translating this book is actually for a friend of mine, who would like to read the book in English. I&#8217;ve tried contacting the publisher of this book, Obor, to see whether they have an English version out, but I don&#8217;t think they have. Anyway, if there&#8217;s an English translation already lying around somewhere, please tell me&#8230; I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s infinitely better than my feeble attempt. </p></blockquote>
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		<title>The unbeliever</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently the first person to publicly deny any inclination toward religious beliefs might just be a robber.
It so happens that, a long long time ago in a village far far away, there were a village full of very religious people. Every holy day they would convene in the only religious building, which so happens to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moseyed.wordpress.com&blog=3170837&post=9&subd=moseyed&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Apparently the first person to publicly deny any inclination toward religious beliefs might just be a robber.</p>
<p>It so happens that, a long long time ago in a village far far away, there were a village full of very religious people. Every holy day they would convene in the only religious building, which so happens to accommodate their numbers perfectly. The whole day, they would renew, reaffirm, and express their faith.</p>
<p>Every one of them &#8212; from the smallest of children to the oldest of the living &#8212; would leave whatever it was they were doing and go to this gathering. The children dropped their toys in the middle of the road and ran home to get into their best clothes. Travellers stopped. The shopkeepers closed their shops, the looms stood unattended, the farmers sent up an extra prayer so that their cattle did not stray too far from the farm as the masters went to such gatherings.</p>
<p>So. Every one of them. Except one. Of course he did not lie and would never, for the life of him, say, &#8220;Oh I am sick&#8221; or &#8220;Oh I&#8217;m allergic&#8221; because whatever flaws the villagers had, they were not liars. In fact, they were very honest people.</p>
<p>So, this one person, every holy day, would leave a note on his house door, explaining why he could not be at the religious gathering. &#8220;Gone out,&#8221; the note said. &#8220;At heist.&#8221;</p>
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