Jared is Jared

Oost Indië

As an Indonesian, I know that many of the Indonesian words came from other languages. Sanskrit, Arabic, and the more modern English. And one that should not come as a surprise: Dutch. We were after all colonised for more than 3 decades by the Netherlanders.

However, it's still surprised me whenever I find out that a word is actually from Dutch.

Here are some of them that I find very interesting that they're actually not originally Indonesian (for the full list, drop by Wikipedia instead):

Word	Meaning	Original word
Baskom	Washbasin	Waskom
Beha	Brassiere	Beha
Bioskop	Cinema	Bioscoop
Dasi	Necktie	Das(je)
Ember	Bucket	Emmer
Handuk	Towel	Handdoek
Kaisar	Emperor	Kaizer
Kamar	Room	Kamer
Kantor	Office	Kantoor
Kulkas	Fridge	Koelkast
Laci	Deskdrawer	Laatje; La(de)
Mantel	Coat	Mantel
Montir	Mechanic	Monteur
Om	Uncle	Oom
Oma	Grandma	Oma
Opa	Grandpa	Opa
Pabrik	Factory	Fabriek
Rekening	Account	Rekening
Resleting	Zipper	Ritssluiting
Rokok	Ciggarette	Roken (to smoke)
Selang	Water hose	Slang
Suster	Nun/nurse	Zuster
Tas	Bag	Tas
Telat	Late	Te laat (too late)
Wastafel	Sink	Wastafel
Wortel	Carrot	Wortel

The one that amuses me specifically is "te laat". But now that I know the original word, it actually makes more sense.

Do you?

When two persons you respect disrespecting each other,
do you stop respecting either one?

After I let the thought brew for a few days, it seems to me that you can't help it: You will (involuntarily) stop respecting one of them because there will be one of them that you respect more.

They don't even have to disrespect each other; the doubt can come even when only one of them dislike the other one. In this case, I think you would start disrespecting the person who shows dislike the first.
For example, we respect both Yoda and Anakin, but when Anakin start disrespecting Yoda, of course the natural thing that would happen is we lose our respect to Anakin.

That is just a gist, the fact is definitely a lot more complicated than that.

"Life is lived forward, but understood backwards."

-Søren Kierkegaard.

At least it was here

Inspired by At Least It Was Here by The 88.