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Dalam satu atau dua hari yang lalu, seseorng men-tag link foto-foto berwarna presiden Soekarno dengan John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) di grup F***B**K Madrasah sekolah menengah saya dulu. Menarik melihat Soekarno dengan Kennedy begitu akrab. Di foto-foto itu ada Jack dan Pak Karno berjalan sangat akrab dengan diiringi rombongan pengikutnya di belakang, Soekarno menggandeng tangan John F Jr. Singkat cerita Pak Karno seperti mengunjungi adeknya dalam muhibah tersebut. Hal yang menggelitik saya adalah bahwa dalam sejarahnya, Soekarno adalah seorang anti Amerika. Ini bisa kita saksikan dalam pidato-pidato nya, dari mulai pidato propaganda perang dunia kedua mendukung jepang sampai ganyang Malaysia. Dalam suasana perang dunia kedua soekarno terkenal dengan semboyan Amerika kita setrika, Inggris kita linggis. Setelah kemerdekaan pun demikian, Go to hell with your aid katanya pada Truman. Secara idepun Pak Karno adalah sosialis tulen, sedangkan Amerika adalah lahir batin anti sosialisme. Dala...

This post is written Wednesday, November 14, 2012, a couple hours after statistic exam. I am tired, but also cannot rest. The burden that have just passed made me so excited to rest. That's why I write this down. Almost three weeks since the last time I wrote here. Hectic days of midterm exams have taken all my attention. However, her I am, sound and alive. I don't want to talk about the exam, it's over, at least for now. I write about trivia things here, (means nothing important, and true, there are nothing important here); about me, what I have done and been through for the last four months. Since July 2012, I have been taking Master in Public Administration program at Maxwell School of public Administration and International Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA. The school is listed as #1 school in public administration by US News, above Harvard Kennedy School (although I do not really believe it because they rejected my application, while Syracuse accepte...