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I happened to stumble upon pages in ‘Beat about the Bush’ by Trevor Carnaby. An essential reading for those who want to learn about animal behavior. I am accidentally exposed to some names that I never heard. Even my auto-correct kept suggesting wrong corrections. : D. So I decided to surprise myself by searching the… Read more

I am a feminist. I have to be one. My rationale is simple: Who else would protect your body, your passion, your value, and your believe if someone let you down because of your sex? I am writing this not to compete which gender is better. I want to remind readers, if you try to… Read more

Horologicon by Mark Forsyth is done reading and to conclude, it was a fun reading experience! Horologicon is an entire day of man’s life recounted in Old English and non-English words, which are no longer popular in today’s conversation. It is difficult to confirm that the words he introduced are correctly explained. (Even some of… Read more

I just finished reading ‘A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines’ by Janna Levin and beginning to question myself whether math does exist in nature or it is purely human made. If the latter, I would give them excellent credit for their contribution to society. Without math, how do you measure time and distance? In engineering,… Read more

Who do you call an educated person? Is that someone who earns high academic title? someone who obtained cum laude distinction? someone who excels every subject in class? In Indonesia, being educated is often associated with having bachelor/master/PHD degree (or higher) or graduated with GPA higher than 3.5. This mindset impacts people to do anything… Read more

The book I am currently reading will be finished soon so I need to prepare the next book to read by now. Kinokuniya Plaza Senayan is the regular bookstore I visit. It is the largest bookstore in Jakarta to purchase imported books but I am starting to feel their collection is too few. I often… Read more