TRULY AMY

2015 had a lot to say about humanity and human rights.   The year of dreadful depressing, with economic implication, political turmoil, racial conflicts, flows of migrants who perished while simply attempting to improve their lives, and terrorist attacks on the most sacred symbols of civilization - for both Muslim and Western world. We dwell in a world teetered between technology and human regress.   We progress forward through our institutions, but not through our empathetic of each other, feeding the world where thousands of children died of famine everyday, and providing proper education to millions of people. We get ourselves involved in farce movements against the religions that we don’t understand.   We close our minds from reading and seeing more.   Hence, we stigmatize them for being different.   We waste too much time on too many senseless issues.   People can be totally ignorant of our laws and how it works.   The world gave us the right to be open and to learn from on

“Batam?  Riau? Iskhhh … Boring! What do they have there?!” I said, “Frankly, I don’t know, but why not?  Haih ! How alien can I be at a place like Batam huh.” “Volcano eh?” I said again, “Eh, come on, true! I have never been to Batam but mana ada volcano in Batam- lah !” Some may find this place deserted, monotonous and laid back.  Ya . You may be right. But then again, let us just be curious rather than critical.  There must be something worthy of note coming out of this place.  No matter how insignificant … there must be!  Understanding our perseverance in our life is truly our obligation that calls for us to always seek to grow, to learn.  As usual, our complex life cannot be only compressed in a tiny bubble. Really, we have no choice but to nurture. Moreover, a life built on a human values platform is really one boundless discovery. Batam, the largest of 329 islands in the Riau Archipelago (Kepulauan Riau) is located between the Straits of

It took me quite a while to write about Monte Carlo and to ‘digest’ about Monaco other than the rich and famous, the bold and the beautiful and the swanky, glitzy society.   After Vatican City, Monaco is the second smallest country in the world.  It owns only 490 acres of land with three mile coastline.  But!  Monaco has the most number of tycoons, superstars, billionaires and their presence and chattels kept here somehow ‘endorsed’ to its status as an interesting tiny prosperous country.  It is very apparent that Monaco has the legendary names in showbiz and sports. Monte Carlo, Monaco can be reached by car, yacht, cruise ships, helicopter or by bodyguards!  And we chose by train … obviously, no bodyguards ha-ha!  Didn’t even need a map, and this is the only place we didn’t get lost! Monte Carlo, besieged by the Mediterranean peaks 'Monaco' gets its name from 'Monoikos' (In Greek means 'living apart') And I gu