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jerry van den brink (colson): @ Finally Woken: Am I happy with Kris? The answer is here: http://www.pelopor.nl/2010/kris/. And, well I admit I'm slightly prejudiced, still everybody present can [...]

Finally Woken: Hey Colson, just drop by to say hi. Hope you enjoy the newcomer of the family. Heard he's a big 1 month-old boy now!

Colson: Harry, Great. It took some ( well, eh, a lot of) time because the problem didn't show itself here. But I'm glad that [...]

H.Nizam: Hi Colson, It's morning here, and I am writing at my office's computer. No problem so far. But I haven't check your Soto Betawi blog. Later [...]

jerry van den brink (colson): Calvin, Thanks for checking out. Being the 100% layman I am, I once more will pass onthe problem to our chief engineer in charge: Pelopor/Ingmar..

calvin: Colson, I have visited the sotobetawi, is it only just me but there is an error/bug in design? The site is not centered. the blog [...]

jerry van den brink( colson): Harry, Thanks for the reassuring feedback.

H.Nizam: At last, I am now able to open your interesting blog at my office.

jerry van den brink (colson): @ Harry and Calvin: Thanks guys. And if you keep on having trouble opening this page, please try http://www.soto-betawi.com/. If that is better, let me [...]

H.Nizam: Hey, the new chat box looks cool. Congrats!

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I love the Minister of Defence

Sometimes, though these are very rare occasions, there is good news in the papers. This for instance was in the International edition of the NRC: “Dutch defence minister Eimert van Middelkoop says he is “very happy” he found a legal way to dodge his military service“. Generally speaking I don’t share Mr [...]

“Asia is overcome by a tidal wave of common sense”

The quote is from Kishore Mahbubani, a learned and eminent Singapore citizen of Indian descent. He himself is making tidal waves in the media and universities by his books in which he castigates the West for arrogance, geo political incompetence and complacency, while at the same time he proclaims the ascent of Asian progress. While [...]

Promotion of the Open Mind.

Usually I try to keep clear of the construction workers of the castles in the air. Good doers and softies. But there is nothing wrong with people who practice their ideals. Courageous guys and dolls who persistently work towards reducing conflicts, helping mutual understanding and enhancing harmony in society and between societies. Especially in times [...]

Mixed Signals from Jakarta

Like everywhere else in the world Jakarta also has several realities. One is caused by the ever widening gap between the poor and the rich. And the way the common man has to cope. By this account (in Dutch) the growing new middleclass gladly pays € 2.10 for the popular iced latte. [...]

Does Democracy Further Corruption?

It’s a disconcerting idea. But it appears there are quite a number of witnesses for the prosecution.

The awful versatile, energetic and prolific rimafauzi, who usually is in a upbeat mood on her blog but never unwilling to aim at some blatant abuse neither, recently wrote a post which looked like a sincere [...]

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