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naritako — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:29:25 +0000

It’s a privilege, you know.
Education.

None of these people can afford to send their children to school. They’d rather have their kids with them, working in the fields or out at sea with them. Then they have to pay for uniforms, shoes, books. Why?
Because they want their children to read and write.
They might not realize it but they believe in the future of this country.

Karl
from Tash Aw’s Map of the Invisible World

bits of korea

naritako — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:04:39 +0000

2011: a summary

naritako — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:58:42 +0000

naritako — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:53:08 +0000

I realize that most people don’t want to be anybody else. They just want to be a happier version of themselves.

to those awarded

naritako — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:21:13 +0000

BEST CONCERT PERFORMANCE
Suede
Sondre Lerche
Blood Red Shoes

WORST CONCERT PERFORMANCE
The Radio Dept.

BEST NEW HANG-OUT SPOT
Motzen Steak and Ale

BEST HIDE-OUT
Warung Etnik Ciumbuleuit

BEST DOWNLOADS

BEST SONGS
ARMS’ “Heat and Hot Water“
Chapel Club’s “The Shore“
Death Cab For Cutie’s “Monday Morning“

BEST RIDE
Bali – Gili, by local ferry

BEST ARTIST
Agnes Cecile

BEST BOOK
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

BEST MOVIES

BEST BARGAIN ITEM
Free Death Cab For Cutie’s Codes and Keys
courtesy and generosity of my best friend

naritako — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:01:14 +0000

naritako — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:36:29 +0000

The way I see it,

This is the age where everybody’s weighing their idealism, trying to figure out how much money it’s worth.

There’s no right and wrong anymore.
Only numbers.

You can actually pay someone to give up what they believe in.

I am an idealist.
I believe that we still have hope, that things can change for the better. I believe that we can rise, that someday our citizens will live prosperously, that our government will protect us selflessly out of sheer love for the people. I believe that someday our treasure will be ours again, like the old days when our majestic kingdoms stretched across Asia.

I know I’m still young; I don’t know anything about the real world, or how much effort it takes to make a living. I haven’t had my share of fights.

But as long as it is possible,
I am an idealist. And I can only hope that my idealism cannot be bought off.

for sunny days

naritako — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:40:02 +0000

chapel club is a new drug

naritako — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:08:39 +0000

One more pilot fish come to swim with the shark
Dreams of bloodiest extremes picks me from their mouth.

naritako — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:50:19 +0000

They have stripped us bare of our richness,

and have made us bend in favor of poverty.