Random Non Sequiturs+ 1

 

The more respectable and prominent an Indonesian family is, the more skeletons are squeezed tightly in their closet screaming to be let out.


Move to Jakarta once in your life.  Leave before you find it perfectly acceptable for a radio-station to call itself “Hard Rock FM” and play Celine Dion.


Now let me get this clear:  You wouldn’t go near durian, and yet you’ll eat blue cheese?


After three and a half centuries of struggle, Indonesia declared its independence 11 days after the U.S. dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima.  You do the math.


The tip of your tie should fall at the exact center of your belt.  Any shorter and you would look clown-ish, any longer and it would look like you are desperately compensating.


Give God a break.   If it ain't important, don't waste a prayer on it.


You know you're a "Bule with a Mission" if you have Phillip Glass, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan or Youssou N'Dour on your iPod.


Malaysia: Truly Indonesia


Even when 34A fits better, they will always wear 34B. Trust me on this one.


“Kan tergantung merek!”   Yeah, go ahead and tell yourself that if it makes you feel better about it.  :P


The only thing worse than movies about artists?  Movies about writers.  And even worse than that?  Movies about writers without a substance abuse problem. 


Ayam Negeri: The same, only with desk jobs.


Nothing makes you feel better about your own life than making yourself watch an episode of "Cops".


I have a question to the guy who discovered "Kopi Luwak":  In the name of all that is holy, what the hell were you thinking?


Move to Jakarta once in your life.  Leave before you find it perfectly acceptable to own the latest Nokia Communicator and just use it to make calls, send SMS and giggle over .3gp clips.


I find as much beauty and emotion in Tiesto as I do in Bach.


At the end of the day, it really does come down to this:  Marry the one person you love having conversations with. The sex won't be that great after you are sixty anyways.


When I first moved here, for a while I thought the majority of Indonesians were fluent and understood Arabic.  Well, little did I know...


You know you're Indonesian fashion designer if you have ever used the following words to name your seasonal collection: "Elegy", "Rhapsody", or "Sonata".


I don't care what they say, watching a documentary *is* just as good as reading a book on the subject.  Elitist pigs.  Pffffft.


Sometimes "just be yourself" is just about the worst piece of advice you can give to some people.


"Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a pool." -Anonymous


When a woman says "We need to talk", what she really means is:  "I talk, you listen.  Any lip from you and I swear I will go Oprah all over your sorry ass, so help you God."


Pembokatus Interruptus:  When the maid walks in.


One of the first things you learn when you work in the fashion industry is that “beauty” and “attractiveness” are two very different things.


Many Indonesians get married out of fear, not because of love.  Fear of parents, relatives, society, being alone, financial insecurity and the ticking clock.


Yes, I realize buying pirated movies and music is wrong.  But after watching “MTV Cribs”, I simply stopped caring.  If you can sit on the toilet, press a button, and a 55” HDTV rises from your bathroom floor, you don’t need my measly rupiahs. 


Real men don’t eat rujak. Or quiche, for that matter.


What happened to "Random Shallow Thoughts"? Shouldn't this be Random Shallow Thoughts 14?  Haven't I read some of these entries before?  Whats with the "plus" sign?  Isn't there a monthly column called Random Non Sequiturs (without a plus sign) in Jakarta Post's Weekender magazine now?


Long story.  Don't ask.

   

Comments

[Sheila]

Howdy!
I eat both durian and blue cheese. Love blue cheese.

[Adrian]

Thank God we never dated. :P

[tinus]

hahaha... kewwlll... i like the way you share your poin of view! There's no obligation to listen and to be listened. Even the way you respons the comments..

how 'bout Many Indonesians choose to being single?

[Novee]

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