– 1 min read – Despite being the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, Indonesia has long punched below its weight in the big Islamic debates. The dominant Muslim ideas, spiritual and political, long emanated from the conservative Middle East. Demonstrations of Middle-Eastern-style public piety have become much more common in recent decades in Indonesia. Yet most Indonesians still adhere to […]
– 4 min read – I don’t know about you, but when I first saw this green banner # OPEN TO WORK pop up on LinkedIn profiles a few years ago, I was really surprised. And I am still surprised today. Everybody knows that if you look for a job, the first thing to do is to pretend you […]
– 2 min read – Do you know about the Pacific Ring of Fire? Read below to learn more 👇 The Pacific Ring of Fire is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes spanning 40 000 km around the Pacific Ocean and housing about 800 volcanoes. Volcanic regions host underground reservoirs of hot water, a resource harnessed for geothermal power production. Geothermal power is a renewable form […]
2 min read – Who secured 60% of the votes in the first round? Prabowo killed the game off – read more below 👇 On Feb 14th, 204 million Indonesians went to vote. 800 000 polling stations were spread across the archipelago of some 15 000 islands. At about 8 pm Western Indonesian Time on Feb 14th, the quick counts […]
1 min read – Bruce Lee was not only a martial artist and a movie star. He was a philosopher and a film director and producer. He was born in San Francisco but raised in Hong Kong. He started to act and appear in Hong Kong movies as a child. He then took the stage name of Lee Xiao Long. […]
1 min read – Is TikTok a Kingmaker in Indonesia’s Election ? It looks like it is, read below to see how. Prabowo Subianto is the favorite candidate to win the Indonesia presidential election next week. Prabowo is a former special forces commander accused of past abuses. He has managed to soften his strongman reputation through a surprising image change. […]
2 min read – How is your French? Do you know how to say “stagecoach” in French? ➡ Diligence The most famous stagecoach was the Concord model, developed by Abbot and Downing in 1827 in New Hampshire, USA. When discussing Due Diligence with a French company, make sure they understand the topic is about: ✅ background checks ❌ not a horse […]
2min30 read – I bought a nice car recently. My nephew saw it and loved it, he is 6 years old. Impressed by the car, he eagerly wanted to go inside, so we decided to go for a drive. My nephew was excited as if it was Christmas eve. He was behind, standing in the middle space. I told him […]
4 min read – The first time I heard the expression “in a timely manner” was in one of my first business trips to India, in the early 2010s. “What on earth is that supposed to mean!?” I was then thinking. Well, it can mean several different things, like Asap Immediately whenever you want whenever you […]