‘Journal’ Archives
A Statesman’s Journey
Journal | Wednesday, 15 February 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Hawé Setiawan /1/ IT is my second time to gratefully participate in the regular forum of Bandung-based Asia-Africa Reading Club. My previous participation was to put forward some introductory remarks on a memoir written by Roeslan Abdulgani (1914-2005), The Bandung Connection: [...]
Visiting Tribun
Journal | Friday, 21 October 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawé Setiawan My colleague and I accompanied our students in visiting Tribun Jabar's office this afternoon. This is one of our regular programmes in offering journalism course for students of English Department of Pasundan University. There are 17 students who join the course for [...]
Minutes of a Meeting
Journal | Tuesday, 23 August 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan Subject: Planning to Redesign Bandung Station Hall Venue: Bandung Station Hall Date: Monday, August 22nd, 2011 Participants: scholars, students, activists, government officials, military officers, etc. THE meeting was held at Bandung Station Hall in the [...]
Doing Research
Journal | Tuesday, 2 August 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan MY friends and I had an interesting talk last weekend with Dr. Bachrudin Musthafa of Indonesian University of Education (UPI) at my friend's house in Bandung. Studied extrinsic aspects of language at Ohio State University, Dr. BM is now one of the key figures organizing [...]
A Consolation for the Victims of Norway Massacre
Journal | Saturday, 23 July 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan Dear sweet young fellows who were killed by a gunman in Utoya island, and the people who were killed in a bomb attack detonated by the same mad man in Oslo barely two hours before, on Friday, 22 July 2011, rest in peace. The horrible incident, the nightmare, has shocked [...]
Lulu’s New Day
Journal | Monday, 18 July 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan Today is the first day of my eldest daughter Lulu's high school years. Woke up in the morning, she was dressed in her new uniform: a grey long skirt with a white blouse. Her mother and I were very happy, and we asked her to take pictures of this very special [...]
Culture and Character in the Time of Corruption
Journal | Friday, 15 July 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawé Setiawan I was invited by the West Java Branch of Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), a top Moslem clerical body in the country, to join a discussion on 'character building'. The forum was held at Lingga Hotel, in Bandung, two days ago. Along with sociologist Dr. Dadang Kahmad of Gunung [...]
Return to Bandung
Journal | Sunday, 10 July 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan On Saturday morning we took a flight with Garuda Indonesia from Hong Kong to Jakarta. Our mission in promoting Indonesian culture to Chinese public in Guangzhou during the last week days had been completed. We were happy for our performing group had received good [...]
Pasundan at Xinghai Concert Hall
Journal | Wednesday, 6 July 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Last night our performing group staged 'Pasundan Seba Buana: Bamboo Bridge under the Rainbow' show at the prestigious Xinghai Concert Hall in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou. Named after a renowned Chinese composer Xian Xinghai, the concert hall is located next to Guangzhou Museum of Art, near [...]
Passing Through the Red Banner
Journal | Wednesday, 6 July 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan I didn't realize that on July 1st, when my colleagues and I arrived at Guangzhou International Airport, Chinese government and its people were commemorating the 90th anniversary of the founding of Communist Party of China (CPC). It came to my senses yesterday afternoon [...]
