A Disgusting Opinion on Indonesian Women

Sunday morning, while I was having a superb brunch at Four Season Hotel with five friends of mine, I was so pissed off by an article appeared in The Jakarta Post. David and Ri told us about this article that they read earlier before coming to see us. (Advice: read the article first, before you read my posting through)

At glance, I wouldn't think this article is annoying as written on the title "More sex please, we're British", but after have read it, I say that it's the most disguisting article ever written. And why in the hell they could publish it?

The article was written by Duncan Graham, The Jakarta Post contributor lives in Surabaya, East Java. It was an interview to an old pensioner and former military pilot, Sheldon Archer, who apperently lives near Surabaya, in Probolinggo. The article is a story & confession about how Mr.old-b*****d Archer and his typical-village-woman-and-of-course-uneducated Indonesian wife, Yuyun, got together in a knot of marriage. Well, you would say, "what's wrong with that?"

What annoyed me is how he's ignorantly and so rude to describe his experience marries to an Indonesian woman...

This is what he said in the article:
"I could never have got married to someone like Yuyun if I was still in England. Here there are no problems", "I married a child", "Let's face it; every middle-aged man has a fantasy of making it with a young girl -- just ask Bill Clinton. Here in Indonesia fantasy can become fact"

Yeah, look how old he's and this village woman sees him as a money tree, no matter how old he is. In Indonesia, most in villages, sadly, the people always think that foreigners have better economic scale than Indonesian, which is true. So, that's why, Yuyun married him as her ticket to a better life. His statement on “fantasy”, is totally exaggerating & I don't think it's something that we, as Indonesian woman, can be proud of.

What really ignorant is this:
"I had to become a Muslim to marry. I just mumbled a few words I didn't understand. I'm not religious and Yuyun isn't serious about religion."

Hell, his statement is really degrading and has misperception on muslim marriage.

This article is nothing compared to the website run by him, as a very potential business. Check out An Asian Wife:

"Would you like a wife who never complains, nags or refuses sex? One who devotes her life to making you happy ... who will love you as a person and not as a meal ticket?"

Hey, the way he said as if a wife is similar as a dog. Of course, Yuyun & the rest of village women will never complains, nags or refuses sex. Have you ever heard about communication barrier? This is it, these women can’t speak your language & how could they say it!

More about this website, it’s you to judge…for me this site is more than just matchmaker service, it’s a human trafficking and hidden prostitution.

No wonder he said, "They'd call me a dirty old man back in my hometown Sheffield.”

I think you ‘re more than that!!!

Simon got knock-down by The Simpsons

Let's go dog!
Marie Poppin's accent, ooouuucchhh....

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An Evil Superhero's in Town

Finally, Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) strikes back to win M.J's heart and at the same time, he's full with doubt to choose being a good or an evil Spiderman.

The film with total budget about $258 million, makes this movie as the most expensive film ever made. It even breaks the record of King Kong's budget of $207 million. Spiderman 3 has been released in U.S on March, 4 and just arrived in my town two days ago.(Wikipedia)

Well, now I know where I will spend the weekend. Meet you there?

Now, Nike+iPod!

Went success in co-branding with several brands, such as with The Global Fund, which focusing on to fight AIDS in Afrika, Apple released iPod nano under label PRODUCT (RED), nowadays, Apple teams up with Nike to launch a breakthrough product, named Nike+iPod Sport Kit.

As quoted from their official website:

You don’t just take iPod nano on your run. You let it take you. Music is your motivation. But what if you want to go further? Thanks to a unique partnership between NIKE and Apple, your iPod nano becomes your coach. Your personal trainer. Your favorite workout companion. Introducing Nike + iPod.

I'm an Apple MacBook user and I thought Apple & Nike idea was brilliant. Whenever I go to the gym, I always see people running on the treadmill with iPod in their pocket. So, now with this kit, it's even less hassle, and it can measure & record the distance & pace of a walk or run. This iPod nano is eqquiped with accelerometer attached to or embedded to the shoes. The accelerometer then send the run or walk history to iPod wirelessly. Pretty cool, hah?

More about Nike+iPod Sport Kit as written in Wikipedia:

The kit was revealed on May 23, 2006 but for a short time was unavailable for purchase. The kit is able to store information such as the elapsed time of the workout, the distance traveled, pace, or calories burned by the individual wearing the shoes, and display it on the screen or broadcast it through the headphones of an iPod.

Glimpse of Historical Harput & Elazig

Hi everybody! Recently I had a trip to a town in Eastern Turkey called Harput. Although it’s no match for Indri’s KL and Bangkok visit, I just wanted to share here a few pics that I took from the town :P

Harput is very close to a central city in Eastern Turkey called Elazig and has lots of very old historical buildings. The region belonged to various Turkish states during the times of Crusader Kingdoms, around 800 years ago. One of the Turkish princes of the time, Balak Ghazi, was a very successful commander and administrator. Among his other deeds, he took prisoner Josselin of Courtenaty, the Latin Count of neighbouring Christian Countship of Edessa in 1122 and later the Christian King Baudouin of Jerusalem in 1123. So in addition to his other successes he became a local hero, commemorated even today with a large stone statue at a dominant hill in Harput overlooking Elazig.

From the very same spot, here's a view of Elazig.

This is me from the same spot :)

There are also several very old mosques in Harput. One is callsed Sara Hatun Mosque, named after the charitable noble woman who was the mother of the Turkish Akkoyunlu Sultanate in the region in 1465. Them mosque is small but in remarkable shape if you consider its age.

Yet another and older one is the Ulu Mosque (Ulu meaning, great/ holy/ sublime in Turkish), built astonishingly in 1157 by a Sultan this time of a Khanate called Artuklu, right after the time of Balak Ghazi. Even if you're not a history geek to keep all these names, I found the age of the mosque incredible, and that it's still in operation! Also remarkable is that the minaret isn't straight, little bit leaning but still standing. I took this picture minutes before it started raining, as you can see from the gathering clouds. The leaning of the minaret is only slightly noticeable at this angle. One final mosque I will mention is the Kursunlu Mosque. This one is relatively newer, having been built "only" in 1739 during the time of the Ottoman Empire. Its name (Kursunlu) means "leaded", as the dome is covered with lead.


There is one more structure in Harput yet older than any mosque or any building for that matter in town. That's the Citadel of Harput. Originally built by the very ancient Anatolian Kingdom of the Urartu, more than 2500 years(that's 25 centuries!) ago, waay before the Turks arrived in Anatolia. Later, each conqueror (God knows their number) repaired and perhaps enlarged/modified the structure, as it was built on a commanding spot and its utility unchanging over the millenia, down to our times. It's in remarkable good shape, and as you walk through Harput towards it, you can understand why everybody preferred to keep it working all this time. Among the notable guests of the Citadel are the Count Josselin and King Baudouin among many others down the ages. Notice the flagpole at the top of the castle; you can go up there along a winding path starting from the entrance gate at the bottom right, to arrive at the top some 10 minutes later, where I took the other picture.

One final place that you can go in Harput is a traditional Eastern Anatolian Turkish home, kept as a museum next to the Ulu Mosque. It's actually a smal house but enough to give you a glimpse of life back then. In those days, where winters were long and no mass entertainment was available, they put red hot coal pieces in a bowl (seen under the arch) and put ashes over the contents to keep them hot. They then placed the bowl under this low table, around which all the members of the family gathered sitting, with their feet under the long table cloth piece (which was thick enough to act a s a blanket and long enough to extend out to cover the legs of people sitting), as seen in the picture. The stories exchanged by the fire, as well as the fire itself, kept people warm and happy through many nights.

Finally, here's a picture of one of the rooms upstairs from the arched room. A very old (like 200+ years) authentic flintlock double barrel hunting rifle as well as a copy of the Quran within emprodered cloth covering are on the wall. Also typical is the low sofa. In the other picture is me at the door of the same room. The pictures on the wall are there perhaps to remind the visitor of the changed times.

Well, that was a short glimpse of a small but a very historical town in Eastern Turkey. Sometimes small towns hide their treasures better than you expect, so this trip proved to me the value of straying out of the main tourist routes once in a while. I hope you enjoyed this small recollection too :) Cheers!

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Check out HurricaneStevens' funny video!
Worth watching...
I can't stop laughing!!!

If...

Let's cook in Jak TV!

Cooking live on TV? why not! It's even more fun...

I and four other Mavericks, Shilla, Nancy, Riri and D were invited to be the guest (stars :P) in Jak TV cooking program, Sendok Garpu. A one-hour cooking program hosted by Rinrin*, a newcomer host in Sendok Garpu, turned out to be a great experience for Mavericks. Aside from late schedule that was first set up at 9 pm to 10 pm, it could only end at 11 pm, the rest of the taping process was big laughter, jokes and great chat.

Rinrin led the show in casual, communicative and fun way, and the born talented Mavericks, acted so natural, as if it wasn't a show at all. Rinrin prepared for us breakfast set which consist of bruschetta, apple truffle, and magenta juice... all yummy!!

After the show, Jak TV handed us goodie bags and a parcel of food & beverages as a token of appreciation. Surely, we want to do it again. Jak TV, we look forward to your other invitation...as guest star :P

* Rinrin, third from left.
Before, Sendok Garpu was hosted by three male chef.
Sendok Garpu's aired Monday to Sunday at 9 am and 5 pm.

"Who the hell is that guy on the far left?"

... maybe ...

Today is our monthly anniversary, 28 months to be exact.
He used to call in the morning...
Or if he's busy, he will text me...
Or send me e-card...






But today, no news from him... no call, no sms, no e-card.
Maybe he's busy...
Maybe he forgot...
Maybe he say it late...
Maybe...maybe...maybe...

Too much maybe...
Just let it be...

A "busy" month

Feel so awful that I still don't have time to write in Shisy Kozzy. Almost a month, I'm so God damn busy*!!
Just wait for my next insertions in coming week.
There are plenty to share!!

*With work, travel to Jogja, KL & Bangkok :)


Coming soon my story about...

Trip to Losari, 16 - 18 March 2007













Trip to KL, 23 & 27 March 2007










Trip to Bangkok, 24 - 26 March 2007