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Jakarta Is Flooded Again. People Eat Noodles and Move On.

A photo story of life in floodwaters: still cooking, still playing, still smiling

Jul 10

Jakarta Is Flooded Again. People Eat Noodles and Move On.

Jul 10

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Why I Write in English (Even When It’s Not Perfect)

Permission, Precision, and Everything In Between.

May 14

Why I Write in English (Even When It’s Not Perfect)

May 14

X is a Mess. But It Makes Geopolitics Make More Sense. (And Weirdly More Fun?)

I Used to Hate What Elon Did to Twitter. Now… I Get It?

Jun 19

X is a Mess. But It Makes Geopolitics Make More Sense. (And Weirdly More Fun?)

Jun 19

I Was Going to Write Something Brilliant. Then Life Happened.

Five things I did instead of writing. None of them impressive.

Jun 3

I Was Going to Write Something Brilliant. Then Life Happened.

Jun 3

Sorry Harvard, I Missed the Flourishing Memo

The Global Flourishing Study crowned Indonesia a winner. I must’ve skipped the sermon.

May 17

Sorry Harvard, I Missed the Flourishing Memo

May 17

Sponsored by Integrity. Paid by Bribery.

How a courtroom drama film about honest judges got funded by a corrupt court fixer — with a bribe that didn’t even work.

May 6

Sponsored by Integrity. Paid by Bribery.

May 6

“Di Sana”: When Patriotic Songs Become a Long-Distance Relationship

What happens when patriotic songs describe your country as somewhere else?

May 1

“Di Sana”: When Patriotic Songs Become a Long-Distance Relationship

May 1

When the Shepherd Opens the Gate

A Personal Reflection on Faith, Distance, and the Gentle Revolutions of Pope Francis.

Apr 26

When the Shepherd Opens the Gate

Apr 26

Offline Smiles, Online Knives

Indonesia Unfiltered Series.

Apr 21

Offline Smiles, Online Knives

Apr 21

Smiling Nation, Sudden Rage: When Small Talk Turns Deadly

Indonesia Unfiltered Series.

Apr 17

Smiling Nation, Sudden Rage: When Small Talk Turns Deadly

Apr 17

SimpleJoy

SimpleJoy

Jakarta-based writer exploring everyday contradictions ✍🏽 Observer of irony and in-between spaces 🌏 Simple joys 🌸 complicated truths 🕊️

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