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The Step of Thousand Stars

FX Rudy Gunawan — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:50:06

I don't want to be defeated by life

again, I try to enter the center of the earth

the dust somehow has been the part of my feet

without doubts, I will find that song there

A verse of poem above is taken from the poem "Langkah Seribu Bintang" (The Step of Thousand Stars) written by Irwan Dwi Kustanto, a

Gie

FX Rudy Gunawan — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:32:15

In a Non-Government Organization's office, an office boy passionately cooks lunch. Just call him Gie. Of course, he is not Soe Hok Gie, that legendary activist of Angkatan 66, but his name is indeed contained the word "gie", it is Tugimin actually. Gie's face was wet of sweat by the high temperature from the stove placed in that two meters square kitchen. The strong muscle of Gie's arms can

An Odd Concert

FX Rudy Gunawan — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:14:38

An old friend of mine suddenly phoned me and told me about this unique activity he has been doing. "Do you have any friends who suffer from serious illness?" he asked. I was surprised by his question. "Do I have a friend who is suffering from a serious illness? What do you mean?"

It was really such an odd question to me. A question which definitely makes many

The Death of the Deep-Fried Food Seller

FX Rudy Gunawan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:36:22

As the price of vegetable oil began to skyrocket, about several weeks before Soeharto's health turned critical, a deep-fried food seller hang himself and died. Maybe the incident has already erased itself slowly from your mind, overlapped by lots of more important incidents, or even sadder and more dramatic ones. His suffering may be only a small thing that happened and not so important to many people. But to

The Lunatic from Muara Bondet

FX Rudy Gunawan — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:55:04

I want to share a story about mentally illness. The story makes me think and think again about the illness. This story tells about a woman suffering mentally illness. She lives in a suburb area, far away from central of Jakarta. People said this woman got insane because her husband left her. Some people feel pity for her; some do not care about her, while some other are happy to see her suffer