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.

Men vs boys

Do you believe in sixth sense?

I don't know how's bread toaster in everyone else's home, but my toaster is the kind that has open top. I was on my way home after buying some bread, and I thought, "I really should put some lid on my toaster; it's so gross with the dust and all."

True enough, when I reached my place, put the bread in the toaster and press on... the thing I fear more that cockroach and death -a baby gecko- jumped out at me. Well, it TRIED to jump out. But he's unlucky, and I'm unlucky. So now there's a small half-toasted gecko in my toaster.

(So, sixth sense is no good when it's too late.)

For anyone who wants a free toaster, you're welcome to contact me.

The Thinker

Forex

One of my best friends has been encouraging me (and a few others) to take up Forex trading. When we show reluctance, he gave us an inspiring 'speech'. I was so touched I decided to share it with everyone.

Anyway just to tell you guys why I started trading, I have a few goals.
Financial freedom, for one. I don't want to keep relying on the mercy of a company to earn money. Why trading? Because it's a solitary effort. You don't get burdened by politics or interaction with people or any external factors that usually hinders people in their career/business. You deal with money, not service or business. Other than initial capital, the only other thing you need to master is yourself. Nothing else. So it's very attractive to me.

Other goals of mine would be to be able to teach it to others. This world is a cruel world, where you need to excel academically in order to have an easier life. What about people who are too late? Or people who are handicapped? Trading resets all that to an equal standing ground whereby it does not matter who you are or what is your qualification. As long as you are determined, your account will speak for it. If I can teach this life skill to others and they can earn through trading, I consider it a good thing. It's sorta a second chance for everyone, at least that's how I view it. No matter if you went to prison before, or your grades were horrible, as long as you persevere, trading won't discriminate you.
Now you all know what drives me to learn this trading bizniz haha..

The feeling worse than seeing your archenemy living her dream is probably seeing her living your dream.

I don't remember how to spell archenemy doesn't mean I don't remember hating you.

"Oh"

"Oh" is one of the most versatile words in human language.

When you're too shocked to say anything.
When you're moved by a touching story.
When you don't care enough to say anything else.
When you have nothing nice to say.
When 'ok' is not short enough.

"Oh" comes in just fine.