Journal by Marisa DumaJournal by Marisa DumaStreetlights and Raindrops. Anthology of creativity. Commentary articles from the far southeast. 
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The Story of Burning Man
2008-04-19 21:30:00 Before we begin, we must warn our audience that the content of this following article may not be suitable for the general public, in general. Whatever. You have been warned. — When looking on how modernity evolves in Indonesia’s urban societies, most locals would refer the late-night lifestyle in downtown Jakarta as a vivid projection of hedonism in the modern age. That may not be entirely true, especially when compared to the rave subculture abroad, ... More About: Philosophy , Lifestyle , International , Events , Story
Evolution of Beauty
2008-04-16 07:51:00 Dove and Ogilvy & Mathers creative team in Canada takes an unique and daring approach by exposing the true evolution of commercial beauty for its 2007’s viral video [Wikipedia] titled Evolution. Cannes describes Dove’s Evolution as a “riveting, 1:14 time-lapse film of a young woman’s transformation from pretty, but ordinary girl to strikingly beautiful billboard model. It deconstructs the beauty myth by revealing everything ... More About: Video , Beauty , Lifestyle , International , People
Talk is Cheap. Give It For Free.
2008-04-13 18:21:00 This time I am featuring myself (!). Yes. I will feature several comments I’ve posted on other blogs. Not all. Most are just the lengthy (sigh.) ones and somewhat contextually related to one another. Thought I should compile them and share it here as a post first before I continue with the next one. Some would ... More About: People , Free , Blogosphere , Talk , Give
Questioning FanBox
2008-04-12 16:54:00 Yep. Got tricked into registering for FanBox. Fanbox is a new social networking site built by SMS.ac, the premium SMS service website. FanBox displays as a virtual desktop with Windows-style cloud background which is pretty cool at first. It offers “fun-loving” applications such as What Is Your Stripper Name? or Sexy Celebrity Photos, integrated messenger services that includes ... More About: Web 2 , Questioning
Ten Most Inspirational Design Aesthetics for Blogs
2008-04-10 19:43:00 The Kaleidoscope archives and showcases the best of image works throughout the world according to certain topics. The series will be covering illustrations, vector graphics, photography, digital arts, architectures, and almost every kind of visually designed arts we find noteworthy. If you have any suggestions, please leave a comment or email at writer[a]marisaduma.net. Quite noticeable already that ... More About: Design , Inspirational , Web 2 , Blogs , Listings
777 On-site Report
2008-04-08 11:19:00 List of blocked sites in Indonesia, as of April 2008: 1. YouTube 2. MySpace 3. Metacafe 4. Rapidshare 5. Multiply 6. Liveleak 7. Themoviefitna.com That would be the report. Please google further details on the event instead, or please wait until we’re in a better mood to write some more. As some of you have noticed, this site was shut down for several hours while ... More About: Site , Report
Peace Teez.
2008-04-06 07:18:00 On sale. Contact Kurnia at +62.816.1844751 to place your order. View more graphic works concerning social issues and public interests at Jurnal Grafisosial. More About: Peace , Design , Lifestyle , Activism
The 777 Meeting: Government Calls For Bloggers
2008-04-05 09:42:00 Indonesia’s Information and Communication minister, M. Nuh, wishes to engage discussion with local bloggers on a gathering scheduled next Monday, 7th April 2008 at 7 PM local time, at the 7th floor meeting room, Communication and Information Department building, Jakarta. Issues to be intensively and transparently discussed would be surrounding the UU ITE implementation, also a bit of Idiot’s Guide to ... More About: Government , Events , Indonesia , Blogosphere , Calls
Animated Philosophy
2008-04-01 23:00:00 For those of you who are familiar with South Park and its animators, directors, producers, also voice actors, Trey Parker [Wikipedia] and Matt Stone [Wikipedia], the following movie clips shown below are created by the same co-creators of the television show. The Flash animated clips are the audiovisual illustration and adaptation of the works of Alan Watts [Official website], a philosopher of the modern days that ... More About: Philosophy , Animated
British Council Blogger Day 2008
2008-03-31 21:50:00 British Council Indonesia proudly presents: British Council Blogger Day 2008 Sunday, 6 April 2008 (12.30 - 15.00 WIB) Ballroom 1B, Ritz Carlton Hotel Pacific Place Jl. Jend. Sudirman, Jakarta This event is specially designed for all bloggers and bloggers to be to meet each other face to face, Live and not Online. Famous names in blogging like Wicaksono from Koran ... More About: Events , People , Blogosphere , British
UU ITE: The Crime v. The Law v. The Rights (v. The Crime)
2008-03-31 01:17:00 Barack Obama, American senator and present Democratic presidential candidate, once enquired his audience and his country by asking: “In the end, that’s what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or do we participate in a politics of hope?”. If anything, the present and forthcoming situation in Indonesia ’s new media environment ... More About: Crime , Activism , Rights , Blogosphere
Ogilvy & Mather Office Makeover
2008-03-25 19:05:00 Just in late 2007, mas Dharma from Ogilvy offered me to apply as part of Ogilvy & Mather Jakarta ’s creative team, that is, after realizing how passive-repulsively self promotional I am. I reasonably declined the offer since I’ve set my eyes fixed on a certain media company; and yet now, I am filled with guilt and remorse for passing up the chance. ... More About: Video , Design , Office , Makeover
Clowns Without Borders
2008-03-21 14:38:00 Sometimes a better change in this world started out with small things, from smiling when you feel like frowning, from reaching out two hands while others reaching out one, from taking a look at ourselves in the mirror and recognizing that our differences from others are only skin deep. Clowns Without Borders is a non-profit humanitarian ... More About: People , Indonesia , Activism
Jakarta On Visual: Five Best Videos of The City, So Far.
2008-03-19 21:29:00 Assalamualaikum, WR WB. Shalom. Salam sejahtera. Jakarta , who wouldn’t love this miserable, polluted, flooded, overpopulated, frustrating friggin’ city? Here are the five best vid clips on Jakarta; the vids were chosen based on YouTube’s popularity count (rates, favourites, views), the story captured in the scene, or out of mere luck. What do most Indonesians, or the international world, know of Jakartans anyhow? Jakartans might’ve assumed as either filthy rich people or poor urban dwellers in the slums, either corporate leeches or hot wild babes in discotheques, either gizmo-frenzy latte-drinking intellectualites or illiterate uncultured victims of globalization; but let us cast our assumptions aside for a moment, and enjoy Jakarta on visual. (more…) More About: Videos , Visual , City
Regatta Luxury Complex Jakarta
2008-03-18 21:40:00 If you’ve been wowed by the epic architectural designs from The Heavens Below, a post published earlier on this site, believe it or not, there would be a quite similar version of those forementioned underwater resorts built right here in Jakarta , Indonesia. It is the Regatta Luxury Complex [Official website]. Don’t let its futuristic and extraterresterial look fool you though. It isn’t a scientific laboratory, ... More About: Design , Lifestyle
Open Letter to ASEAN Foreign Ministers
2008-03-17 02:29:00 Amnesty International [Official website] is an international non-governmental organization which defines its mission as “to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.”. Founded in the ... More About: Indonesia , Activism , Open , Letter
World Silent Day on March 21st
2008-03-14 16:11:00 The World Silent Day [Official website], is an environmental movement organized by the BCCC (Bali Community for Climate Change). The mission is to encourage people of the world to stop, or at least to minimize, any energy-consuming activity so that the Earth could rest for one day–the 21st of March. World Silent Day’s ethical approach is characterized by traditional ... More About: Philosophy , International , Events , Activism
Universe(s) of Netvibes
2008-03-13 10:28:00 Over the internet, there must be hundreds, even thousands of new articles, stories, headlines, images, podcasts, or tutorials posted and published everyday. How can bloggers keep up with such rapid pace? Do they add and approve one another’s blogs, like Friendster or Facebook? How can they spare time to visit and comment people’s blog, aside from preparing ... More About: Design , Lifestyle , Universe , Web 2 , Blogosphere
Woman?s Day
2008-03-11 22:50:00 Much thanks to Mbak Mulia [Blog] and Mr. vanden Brink [Blog] for reminding us that last 8th of March was the annual celebration of International Woman ’s Day. Honestly, I never knew there is such a thing until both of them mentioned it. Therefore, on behalf of mother nature, global interdependency, transhumanism, the bubble market, the millenials, melting ice, fake prada, sixty millions of those chauvinistic, ignorant, ... More About: Video , Events , People
Ravelex Electronic Dance Music Awards (REDMA) 2008
2008-03-11 17:53:00 Ravelex Electronic Dance Music Awards , or popularly known as REDMA [Website], is an awarding event presented for professionals in Indonesia’s electronic dance music industry. It might be the most prominent award presented for music scene outside the borders of major label and mainstream music dominance. Therefore, unfortunately, musical conformists music listeners will not find Mulan Jameela, Peter Pan, Agnes Monica, ... More About: People , Jakarta
Planet Earth
2008-03-06 11:25:00 Clip above is playing the trailer of Planet Earth [Link], an Emmy Award-winning BBC nature documentary. The series’ narrator, Sir David Attenborough, noted: “Planet Earth is more a celebration of our planet than a lament about the state of it. It shows what is still there. In some areas there is no doubt that we are doing ... More About: Video , International , Activism
Sebuah Percakapan oleh Sultan Hamengku Buwono X
2008-03-05 04:12:00 Sebuah Percakapan adalah sebuah orasi budaya yang disampaikan oleh Sultan Hamengku Buwono X [Wikipedia], pada seremoni pembukaan Pameran Biennale Jogja IX 2007. Sebuah Percakapan, sebagai suatu wacana sosial, membahas mengenai kemajemukan suku dan gejala budaya di Indonesia menuju masa depan (neo-nation) dalam pertimbangan moral dan intelektual. Terlepas dari runut perbandingan antara ranah budaya Indonesia dan negara lainnya–yang mungkin akan terkesan ... More About: Bahasa Indonesia
What is Darfur!?
2008-03-03 08:33:00 Believe it or not, most of us here in Jakarta are still asking what Darfur really is, what happens there, or how it can affect us here in Southeast Asia. The term is everywhere on international websites, blogs, social networking sites, even the Facebook’s FunWall skin might’ve subtly brought our mind to the cause: “Save Darfur”. Okay, Obama, we ... More About: Video , International , Activism , Commentaries
Did You Know?: Fun Facts About Indonesia
2008-02-20 17:00:00 Noteworthy list of facts submitted by Laurent Lavoye from 1-2-dive Agencies [Link] for Official Indonesia n Bloggers Group’s discussion board. Did you know, that with more than 250.000.000 people, Indonesia is the 4th most populated country in the world? Did you know, that there are 316 ethnic groups which speak 670 dialects in Indonesia? Did you know that it is ... More About: Facts , Activism , Listings
Across The Universe, and Space
2008-02-14 21:06:00 On the February 5th, NASA beams up The Beatles’ song, Across The Universe , into space. Who’s the audience? Aliens. Turned out NASA has used Beatles music before in November 2005, when McCartney performed the song “Good Day Sunshine” during a concert transmitted to the International Space Station. “Here Comes the Sun,” “Ticket to Ride” and “A Hard ... More About: The Universe , Across the Universe
Komunitas Blogger Indonesia
2008-02-13 18:41:00 Good news. Indonesia n bloggers now have their own web community portal. However, it isn’t officially affiliated with Pesta Blogger steering committe, as the committee has been considered the patron of Indonesian blogsphere; on contrary, the Joomla-powered portal is managed by Komunitas Chatter Indonesia and Dealer Pulsa Murah–the less familiar names in Indonesia’s new media scene. It provides basic ... More About: Blogosphere
Post-Soeharto Note: Indonesia Needs To Move On
2008-02-09 14:17:00 Singapore, 28 January 2008 Indonesia ’s great Father of Development, former President Soeharto has finally passed away on Sunday noon. He succumbed to multiple organ failures at the age of 86 and will be finally rested on a family mausoleum in Solo, Central Java. His death has obviously led to many debates on whether Indonesian should remember ... More About: People , Post , Note , Move
News Portals for Local Citizen Journalists
2008-02-06 19:02:00 Citizen media of the Internet age had taken on major significance since citizen journalists and bloggers participated in the worldwide reaction and relief efforts to the tsunami and flooding in Southeast Asia in late 2004 and hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the U.S. in 2005. Presently, as one of the most impactful Web 2 .0’s product, ... More About: News , International , Indonesia , Journalism
The Malaysian style of bitchslapping
2008-02-06 13:03:00 Okay. I’m speechless. You decide. Tsue Ahmed, a female Malaysian blogger, rants on how her fellow countrymen are becoming more foolishly attracted by Indonesian women rather than Malaysian women. Yes, boyfriend issue involved. Eventhough her well-written subliminal angst mainly directed at the insensitiveness of Malay men, she also considers the typical oh-so-Indonesian gracefulness as a big ... More About: Style
Gudang Garam: Rumahku Indonesiaku
More articles from this author:2008-02-02 19:30:00 Great great great –that’s three greats– ad from PT. Gudang Garam, one of the tobacco giants in Indonesia . The ad metaphors on Indonesia’s diversed cultures and how each is interconnecting with the nation’s ideology of unity; its concept may not be based on the economics of sales potentials, but on goodwill, social responsibility, and how ... More About: Video 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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