31st of Sept.
We were stricken by another unexpected earthquake this time in my mother's hometown of Padang, West Sumatera. The earthquake's magnitude reached up to a massive 7.6 Scale Richter and had devastatingly killed hundreds, and thousands injured or lost under landslides and houses. This powerful earthquake shook other cities in Sumatera including my sisters residence in Bengkulu.
While my immediate family is safe, I understand how unfortunate these things are and yet there is little you can do to prevent a natural disaster. What makes me so furious back in Jakarta, The parliament used over Rp 46 trillion for the process of mass recruiting Indonesian celebrities as legislatives. What the hell for??
Why do we keep acting so stupid? What are these people after (besides obviously money)? they clearly have the money, why do they need more??? What do they know about people's needs?? They think, by publicly announcing that their first income will be donated to this disaster shows how noble it is to join the parliament? Why would you tell anyone if you donated??
I've lost complete respect for any of these fucked up soap actors and the parliament. From the unreasonable film bill, health bill etc suggesting oppressed governance. When I came back from Bangkok, I kept comparing this city's deficiencies with a city like Bangkok. I kept thinking how far we are behind, and how difficult it is to be independent. But I kept reminding myself of my goals, and one of them is to find a way to contribute in improving the country, because I want to be able to live here, and I'm sure other people desperately want to. It makes me optimistic thinking about what I can do. Yet these questions cross my mind as I still recall a foreign journalist friend of ours asking, "Did you vote? Every time you come back do see a change? What has changed in Jakarta?"
What has changed in Jakarta?
Am I naively keeping faith over nothing? What has changed?
What the hell did I vote for?
We were stricken by another unexpected earthquake this time in my mother's hometown of Padang, West Sumatera. The earthquake's magnitude reached up to a massive 7.6 Scale Richter and had devastatingly killed hundreds, and thousands injured or lost under landslides and houses. This powerful earthquake shook other cities in Sumatera including my sisters residence in Bengkulu.
While my immediate family is safe, I understand how unfortunate these things are and yet there is little you can do to prevent a natural disaster. What makes me so furious back in Jakarta, The parliament used over Rp 46 trillion for the process of mass recruiting Indonesian celebrities as legislatives. What the hell for??
Why do we keep acting so stupid? What are these people after (besides obviously money)? they clearly have the money, why do they need more??? What do they know about people's needs?? They think, by publicly announcing that their first income will be donated to this disaster shows how noble it is to join the parliament? Why would you tell anyone if you donated??
I've lost complete respect for any of these fucked up soap actors and the parliament. From the unreasonable film bill, health bill etc suggesting oppressed governance. When I came back from Bangkok, I kept comparing this city's deficiencies with a city like Bangkok. I kept thinking how far we are behind, and how difficult it is to be independent. But I kept reminding myself of my goals, and one of them is to find a way to contribute in improving the country, because I want to be able to live here, and I'm sure other people desperately want to. It makes me optimistic thinking about what I can do. Yet these questions cross my mind as I still recall a foreign journalist friend of ours asking, "Did you vote? Every time you come back do see a change? What has changed in Jakarta?"
What has changed in Jakarta?
Am I naively keeping faith over nothing? What has changed?
What the hell did I vote for?
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