The Saga of P

Mental Blog (or Block)

I have not written much as of late. Well, I could write about current affairs happening in my country and my current site, but sometimes I don’t want to think about it, for one or other reasons.

I stopped watching the local news about ‘Bank Century’ investigation some time ago; watching it will only frustrate me, I thought. Why? Well, it is just another display of politics and corruption at work. I have not even heard of a bank named ‘Century’ until this case unraveled. And I can’t help but think how ironic that the people ‘up above’ in the government are busy trying to find out who can be blamed for the sizeable amount of missing money, the people ‘down below’, people like the farmers, construction workers, artisans, and other people are living below poverty line on a day-to-day basis. I just can’t bear the thought of that.

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Actually, one I can write about is the death of Gus Dur, our former president of Indonesia. I felt sad for his leaving us forever. After all, he is a pioneer of modern thoughts in Indonesia. Because of him, Indonesia finally reached a new height in democracy, especially when we are talking about minorities.

I am of a Chinese descent, and I am also a Protestant Christian, which makes me a minority of minorities, even in my immediate family. Sometimes I feel sad when some people around me (fellow Chinese descents) make bad remarks about ‘pribumi’, although I do understand why they feel that way. But the point is,… I don’t want to feel that way. I grew up in Indonesia, and I want to love this country.

Gus Dur made it possible. That’s why his death shook me, even if only a little (I was in hospital recovering from dengue fever when the news broke).

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So what do I do in the meantime, when out of work? Well, for one thing, this blog can now be viewed on a mobile site (try it and let me know if it works well for you). Also tried implementing a single-sign-on connection to Facebook (ah, who isn’t connected to Facebook these days? Most readers of this entry will probably read it on Facebook, not my own page. Surprise, surprise.) so that if for some reason you decided to comment directly on my blog, you can do so using your Facebook account! No more Captcha tests! Woohoo! But it’s not working yet so it will have to wait What’s already working, albeit not thoroughly tested yet, is the ability for my blog to copy comments straight off Facebook comments.

I probably will not be updating this blog as often as before; I want to focus more on Coding by the Beach, Life Lessons, and another (currently offline) side project, which I am actually spending most of my almost non-existent spare time on.