saturday...
when i went out of the apartment today, i thought i was on a different street altogether... there were SO many people outside on my street, there had to be hundreds of them demonstrating against the war in iraq. there were a lot of police on motorbikes and horses, and a helicopter was whirling up in the sky... it was kinda dramatic. this was part of a few others that have been happening in and around the city for the past week... many major streets were closed due to the rally.
anyway, this was the reason why i was late to the permias grad education seminar this afternoon. a lot of people came, which i guess indicates that many are interested in this topic of education.
budi presented the constructivist and objectivist views of education, and evi presented the issues and needs for multicultural education in indonesia. the q&a sessions for both topics were very lively, and the whole thing lasted for about 3 hours.
overall, the seminar was interesting and thought-provoking... even if the answers and solutions seem to be still far from reach and might not even happen during this generation, but at least we're aware of the problems and could start from doing small things from ourselves, which then maybe could include our family, social group, and some day maybe spread even wider to be the effort of all the people...
afterwards, me and jane met up with the others to have dinner and ended up hanging out at my apartment. the conversation evolved from silly jokes and hilarious performances by david and cecil mimicking people (these two should've just majored in acting) to a serious discussion about indonesia and its first two presidents... hmmm... *no comment*
anyway, i can't sleep after they left, so i decided to catch up on some browsing and found out that sg has a new weblog! check it out! ;)
oh yeah, i've been watching 2 episodes of lain recently... it's definitely weird and pretty dark, but so far i kinda like it! am contemplating whether i should try getting the whole series on ebay :P ...well, if anybody has seen it, please let me know what you think of it.
another thing that happened today: i found out the grueling fact that yes, the bonus is taxed at 40%... sniff... oh well... better than to get nothing at all, i guess...
