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Enjoying a Novel

To be more enjoyable, instead of using your brain, use your heart and feeling when reading a novel. Free your imagination to adventure the plot without too glued to the literal meaning of each word. Rally your sensitivity to reveal hidden meaning from the row of letters.

Finally, each reader will find different effects and meanings, no right or wrong.

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True Leader

A  true leader is the one who eagers to take a risk and responsibility while the other would avoid those.

GObama

This Jan 20 Obama will be sworn. For many  people, this is also a symbol of change. Symbol that change the United States face mimic into a more sympathetic one.

Obama is unique. Not many people have such of various backgrounds like him. Has a Kenyan father, mother whom native United States, was born in Hawaii, has a father-in-law from Indonesia, was attending elementary school in Jakarta, Indonesia and half black. In short, he has a rainbow background.

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Indolent

Being comfortable in an environment makes you reluct to move. Heart and soul become sluggish. Courage change shriveled and wrinkled.

Leaving life comfort is a kind of insanity. However,  become more insane being silent but still expecting changes will happen.

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Opportunity

Opportunity that can change live is slipped in the thousands of opportunities. Decided to welcome thousands of them, may be only one that changing lives.

So what will be acquired only with silence?

Gran Torino

This is Clint Eastwood’s latest movie. Film that has simple story and few players.

Screen is opened by funeral ceremony of a Korean War veteran’s wife, Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood). After the funeral, Kowalski live alone, sitting at home with his dog, while grumbling to see his Korean neighbors.

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Hatred in the Name of Religion

Why in the name of religion hatred is difficult to be muted? There are at least two causes:

First, mystification of the hatred. Religion provides ideological foundation and symbolic justification. When they fight against the others, they consider themselves as warriors whose defending faith and truth. In other words for the sake of God. However the opponents also have the same reason. This makes the conflicts eternal.

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About Poverty

Many wonders, why in the very fertile country many people are still live in poverty.

Going to school is beyond their reach and expectation. How can the children going to school in the situation that their parents cannot provide meals routinely.

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