Soekarno “We shake the heavens and rock the earth, that we may live not only on ¢2.50 a day.”
SBY “You may read of small radical groups. But mainstream Indo will always be moderate and tolerant.”
The Christian organization Mahanaim along with the churches of the synod Jemaat Kristen Indonesia (the Christian Congregation of Indonesia) a.k.a. JKI were invited by the government, in particular the Commander in Chief of Jakarta’s military area and the President of Indonesia, SBY, to hold a prayer event in the fields in front of one of [...]
Earlier today Mike and I was interviewed by the ABC Radio Australia regarding the new movement by the young digital generation in Indonesia. There is one question that Tito Ambyo, the interviewer, asked me that I still thought about for hours into the evening after the interview was over. He asked me what I thought [...]
While the terrorists with their narrow minded agenda think they can control Indonesia and destroy us by destroying the world’s trust in us, Indonesians arise and join forces. A great movement has started from a social networking and microblogging website Twitter.com. Every tweet Indonesians made they tag with “Indonesiaunite”. The objective is to show the [...]
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Some say that this bombing has been the wakeup call Indonesia needed to understand that there is a lot more work to do before people can relax and say the country is doing well. I must say, so far I have seen Indonesians rise like never before and [...]
In a press conference held at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, SBY expressed his anger towards those behind the bombings. SBY said there is a possibility that the real target of the bombing was actually himself, considering that this has happened only shortly after the presidential election where SBY was leading by 61%. The result [...]
Today the Ritz Carlton and the Marriott Hotel in downtown Jakarta have been bombed. The office I am working out of is around 300 yards away. We went there and I was interviewed by a couple of people and was also able to take some close up footage until security told me to and everyone [...]
As I was still writing the post about explosions at the two hotels in Central Business District Jakarta, Mega Kuningan, I received a message that an explosion just happened also in Muara Angke. A car bomb just exploded outside a shopping complex in Muara Angke and killed 2 people.
Muara Angke is famous for its massive [...]
Two explosions hit two international hotels in one of the fanciest part in the Central Business District in Jakarta. The police suspects that the two explosions at JW Marriot and Ritz Carlton hotel were caused by bombs but until now there has not been any confirmation about this.
As this post is written, Indonesia’s news channel [...]
