This mp3 provides much better quality sound, but below you can see the live performance. The lyrics are the same. sore tugu pancoran pillar at night at Pancoran (famous area in Jakarta) si budi kecil kuyub menggigil the very little guy shivers menahan dingin tanpa jas hujan trying to stand the cold without a rain [...]
Perjalanan ini This travel Terasa sangat menyedihkan Feels very sad Sayang engkau tak duduk Too bad you are not sitting Di samping ku kawan Next to me, friend Banyak Cerita Many stories Yang mestinya kau saksikan Which you have surely witnessed Di tanah kering bebatuan On the dry stone-filled earth Oh… Oh… Oh… Tubuhku terguncang [...]
Perjalanan ini This travel Terasa sangat menyedihkan Feels very sad Sayang engkau tak duduk Too bad you are not sitting Di samping ku kawan Next to me, friend Banyak Cerita Many stories Yang mestinya kau saksikan Which you have surely witnessed Di tanah kering bebatuan On the dry stone-filled earth Oh… Oh… Oh… Tubuhku terguncang [...]
One of the problems I had when learning Indonesian in Jakarta was that what people actually spoke seemed to be very distinct from what was in my textbooks (never mind that my textbooks were also about 20 years old, but most importantly they taught a very refined Indonesian. I remember on the title page was [...]
Although it was Eurocentric, I like to think back at the time when all serious scholars in Europe were expected to know at least French (and by association perhaps Italian and Spanish), German, English and some Greek and Latin. When you read a book, and there are frequent citations in those languages, that are not [...]
My problem with doing research is that I come across so many interesting topics, and it is hard not to pursue them, and get lost. Sometimes I write books down in my “books to read” list, or download pdfs meaning to read them later. Sometimes I spend hours on things that I absolutely do not [...]
From the excellent [i:boekoe] blog on book culture in Indonesia, comes a press release about the Indonesian government. I have translated it below (slightly shortened): The Indonesian government buys the copyright to textbooks (From the newspaper Kompas, February 8, 2008) The Indonesian government has decided to buy the copyright of textbooks for primary, secondary and [...]
I have been following the Burma protests, carefully optimistic, hoping that the great powers will take this opportunity to speak up and be pro-active, especially the other ASEAN countries. Now it looks like that is not going to happen, although I keep hoping, impressed with the great courage displayed by the citizens of Burma. I [...]
I have been thinking for a while about wanting to post more quick links, without having to write long articles, when I want to share articles I have read, or sites I have come across. Perhaps something like what Kottke does with his tiny links. Perhaps I could also integrate my Google Reader shared links [...]
A fascinating article about Daniel A. Bell who works as a professor of political thought at Tsinghua University in Beijing, one of the most prestigious universities in the country. Having also tough in Singapore, he offers some very interesting perspectives. He writes about the problems he encountered in the one-party state of Singapore, where his [...]
