long-form rambling
here I shall ramble and rant when I feel like it, posts will be mirrored to my medium profile at medium.com/@jello
a memo from someone who believes in the good of humanity many a times in my life have I been taught that humans are different. the egocentric view of the human experience says that we’re different to other animals in the kingdom because we have the gift of thought, of feeling, of emotions. one we communicate
Don’t feed into their delusions. Let them get to their senses themselves. Lately I’ve been seeing more and more people who voted for the winning second candidate in last year’s general election here in Indonesia along with a few 01 voters saying that the hate towards the 02 voters are overplayed. Saying the cancel culture
The authoritarian free lunch program a la Indonesia It’s January 6th 2025, kids and teens everywhere in Indonesia return to school. One thing is different this time around though. With the finite wisdom of the 58%, these kids shall have free lunches. A brave step towards a more welfare oriented Indonesia. Parents everywhere cheer as
The ironic nature of a militaristic realist championing a free school lunch program. If studying International Relations taught me one thing, its that Realists believe that there is no such thing as a free lunch. There is no such thing as a policy that will just happen without consequences. Like I am not a realist, far
2025 will be the test of my will and maturity 2024 to me feels like that turning point where I move from a sole teenager to the adult I am now. I turned 20, I own a motorcycle, and I work. Entering the third decade of your life feels different, it’s not like turning 10 or
Ever since my grandparents cleaned out their storage and handed me down a Yashica FX-3 Super film camera, I was entranced in the art of analog photography. I take for granted the ability to take photos and store memories with phones these days way too easily. I take it for granted so much that I
A midnight rant/critique of the Indonesian public sector from an observing student in the middle-sector. This whole article is dedicated as a midnight rant from a middle-class Indonesian citizen whose observations of the Indonesian public sector’s work cultures and how what’s normal for them is just weirdly inefficient and stupid. This article is an opinion
Thought of this in class, House Atreides are Marxists and the Hakkinens are just mercantilists Spoiler alert if you haven’t watched the movies yet, I highly recommend spending the 5 hours to do so. It’s worth it. I was in class earlier today, specifically about International Political Economies and such. I and my group took
How Indonesia’s people and government destroyed its potential as one of the best societies in the world. As an Indonesian, I always believe that Indonesia won the geographical lottery. We have a diverse ecosystem, with countless amounts of fauna and flora seeding the hills and valleys of Nusantara. All that paired with beautiful lands and views
It’s the year of 2024. Election year, the quinquennial party of the democratic circus that is the Indonesian General Elections. This year, an eighth president of Indonesia will be chosen by the people, or will it? Citing Republika’s article from July 3rd 2023, 56.45% of voters in 2024 belong in the Generation Z and Millennial cohorts.
