Print Send Close KOMPAS, KAMIS, 19 FEBRUARI 2009 | 00:07 WIB C Anto Saptowalyono dan Ahmad Arif Jalan aspal itu lurus dan mulus. Tak ada guncangan ketika mobil melaju kencang di atasnya. Ini berbeda dengan jalan trans- Kalimantan dari Nunukan, Kalimantan Timur, hingga Palangkaraya, Kalimantan Tengah, yang penuh lubang dan bergelombang.
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By Ade Tanesia After a four-hour bus ride from Yogyakarta to Semarang, I alighted at the factory headquarters of Jamu Jago, one of Indonesia’s largest producers of jamu traditional medicines. After passing the security guard’s inspection, I was allowed to proceed in towards a luxurious two-story, glass-walled building housing the Indonesian Museum of Records.
By Ade Tanesia My daughter’s third birthday is just a few weeks away. I begin to add up the expenses for everything I’ll have to supply to celebrate her birthday at school—the birthday hats, birthday cake, and balloons; the candy-filled treat bags; all the drinks, cookies and chocolates; and, perhaps most importantly, the nasi [...]
By Ade Tanesia What would have happened if Indonesia hadn’t been colonized by the Dutch? From the point of view of fashion, it’s possible that Indonesians would look similar to the people of Burma who, to this day, wear a sarung (length of fabric, sewn into a tube, and worn wrapped around the waist) as [...]
Oleh Ade Tanesia “Oh dari Indonesia ?,” ungkap seorang pemilik toko yang saya temui di Amman. “Yang saya tahu, di sini banyak orang Indonesia yang bekerja di rumah tangga. Kadang mereka datang ke toko, dan dari wajahnya saya melihat mereka mempunyai hati yang baik,” lanjutnya seraya berusaha membagi pengetahuannya tentang Indonesia. “Well, Welcome to Yordan,” [...]
