Am I jealous? Hmmh not really *snorts*

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Not explaining the title :P

Obama's half-sister, Maya Soetoro, in an interview with TEMPO magazine, said that Obama never spoke Indonesian anymore in public because he's embarassed of his now vestigial Indonesian. But in private, Obama sometimes still calls to Maya, "Maya, sini... Maya, sini..." ("Come here, Maya

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My memory failed me but were most Indonesian Hindus Shivaite? There were far more statues of Shiva (Syiwa) than of Vishnu (Wisnu) or Brahma.

I believe yes. My ex's a Balinese Hindu, and though he said that it's rather different from the Indian one, it's still closer to Shivaite than to Brahman Hindu.

Ahahaha... sekolah negeri kayaknya emang punya sindrom ga PD di kompetisi begini. Terus kalo ditanya, alasannya pasti karena sekolah swasta punya dana lebih buat mempersiapkan muridnya. Blah! Basi.

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BTW, turns out that Prince Charles was interested by the same Ganesha statue when he visited the Museum :)

Hmmm... is it true that in Hindu Bali, the highest caste is not the Brahmans, but the Ksatriyas?

Sekolah negeri itu kayaknya juga suka nggak peduli gini-ginian, kalo ga fokus ke UN, paling-paling ke olimpiade sains. Emang sih saat ini gengsi kompetisi ginian belum gede, dan juga masih seperti jadi usaha UNSW memperkenalkan 'dagangannya' untuk menggantikan Cambridge International Examinations :) Tapi kan lumayan buat anak-anaknya mencoba?

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Patung Ganesha banyak di sini karena itu murti-nya aliran Hindu Shiwa <-- kalo gue ga salah inget. Murti itu sederhananya semacam perantara devosi ke dewa gitu deh, perhaps almost similar to Maria to Christ in Catholicism. *is hopeless*

Waduh, kalo yg ini gue juga ga bisa mastiin. Di Besakih, misalnya, kompleks pura yg paling tinggi tetep kompleks yg diperuntukkan buat Brahmana. Masalahnya, biarpun dibilang Hindu Bali tu lebih deket ke Hindu Siwa, Hindu Bali sendiri kan kumpulan dari berbagai sekte (prakarsa Mpu Kuturan, abad X, kalo ga salah, biar ga perang suku melulu). Bali Aga malah lebih deket ke animisme.

Sekolah negeri = UN-driven. ^^;

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Ooooh gitu... thanks ya soal informasinya :)

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Some people are just too...
*pats* I have a friend who graduate in 3.5 years with a GPA nearly 4 and said "I actually didn't want to take computers, I'm more into writing" WUT???

I wonder if it's because most state-owned schools do not think such competition/assesment important?
They think, will we got extra 'personal' money if we attend? (I'm not kidding, this is what I hear when I went to one of those competition back in high school. Some shallow teachers are just...)

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Pernah ketemu teman dari Teknik Elektro UI di bis kuning. IP-nya katanya 3,9. Tapi dia ga puas. WTH? "Habis temen-temen gue dapet 4."
Pusing ah... anak FTUI... lalalalaaaaa...

Hah, ada guru yang kayak gitu ya? Yah kalo menyertai murid sih biasanya dari sekolah kan pasti dapet kompensasi. Tapi toh tetep yang lomba muridnya, masa mau dapet hadiah juga sih???

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Ihh, banyak lagi...
Untung sebagian besar guru SMA gw ga kayak gitu... (ada sih, tapi mereka ga ngurus lomba, syukurlah)