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August 19, 2005
never the patriot
sometimes i don't know how to be indonesian. i spent my life following my dad on his tour of duty around the world, in the name of indonesia, the indonesian people, the indonesian government. along the way of representing my nation, i forgot how to be indonesian.
what is it to be indonesian, anyway? i never really understood when people told me i was too westernised. i've been thinking about it a lot and it bothers me. maybe i should write something for the blogfam August 17th event, one of which is a blog entry competition on the subject of being indonesian, reflecting upon 60 years of independence.
mbak retno posted a nice entry about the indonesian independence day and how it was to be indonesian in another land. her blog is one of my regular stops for reading :)
have a good weekend, everybody! i'm meeting my parents tonight for a couple of hours as they are on stopover from portugal to jakarta, and then spending the weekend in amsterdam with robert. birthday party to go to tomorrow night, then sunday remco is buying us dimsum lunch in namkee :)
Posted by Yasmina at August 19, 2005 10:03 AM
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Hi Yasmina... I really understand your situation. Born in Indo and grew up everywhere else...
We say hi from Cote d'Ivoire :)... we didn't celebrate Indonesian Independence here, coz the only Indonesian Embassy for West Africa is in Dakar. We were there last year.
ninit & adit
Posted by: ninit at August 19, 2005 02:33 PM
terima kasih sudah sering berkunjung yas :)
ayo ikut lomba foto aja, kayaknya sudah saatnya robico nongol nih, udah kangen ;)
have a nice weekend ya :)
Posted by: retno at August 19, 2005 08:27 PM
I can totally relate on how to be a proper Indonesian, oops! ;)
Oh, I hope you all had fun this weekend! Say "Halo" to sweet Remco for me!
Posted by: kathya at August 20, 2005 10:07 PM
ninit & adit: wow, gue baru ke north africa aja tuh, kalian berapa lama di cote d'ivoire?
retno: waaaa, si robico didandanin ala paskibra kali ya, haha...
kathya: ugh, remco cancelled the dimsum session at last minute, but i told him you said hi! he said hullo back... and wishes you a good journey back to germany... little did he know...
Posted by: yasmina at August 21, 2005 02:56 PM
