Titus Jonathan's Stories

Ini memang unik sekaligus aneh. Saya diberitahu keponakan saya, Yoas, tentang es krim yang unik, aneh dan tiada duanya. Apa sih unik dan anehnya es krim? Itu hal biasa sekali, bukan? Jika ingin makan es krim, kita dengan mudah menemukannya di toko retail seperti Indomaret atau Alfamart yang bertebaran di mana-mana, atau di food court sebuah mal, atau bahkan dijajakan oleh para penjual es krim keliling, benar kan? Cuma es krim doang , apa istimewanya? “Tapi ini aneh dan misterius,” kata Yoas. “Lho, es krim kok misterius?!” tanya saya tak mengerti. “Orang yang jual es krim nggak ada, tapi es krimnya ada,” katanya. “Nah, terus kalau mau beli gimana?” tanya saya. “Ambil sendiri,” jawabnya. “Benar-benar es krim? Es krim sungguhan?” tanya saya lagi. “Ya es krim sungguhan-lah, masa bo’ong-bo’ongan?” “Bagaimana rasanya?” “Hmm…ueeenaak….!!! Bener deh, aku nggak pernah makan es krim seperti itu.” “Waduh…, jangan-jangan itu…” “Nggak usah mikir macam-macam, itu es krim beneran, es krim istimewa.” ...

(published by The Jakarta Post on 23 Dec 2011 in special pages of Outlook 2012. Click here ) The year 2012 will be very hot. The country, already affected by global warming, will be much hotter politically as we approach 2014. At least three challenges will be faced by our country; corruption will still have top billing, followed by the Papua issue and then the political rivalry ahead of the 2014 election. Big battles in three big corruption cases are imminent and likely will prey on other big victims (again): the re-opening of the Bank Century bailout case, the graft scandal in the dormitory project for the 2011 SEA Games in Palembang and vote-buying involving the selection of Bank Indonesia (BI) senior deputy governor Miranda S. Goeltom where the key suspect, Nunun Nurbaeti, has just been apprehended after months on the run. The battles, for sure, will happen, and major political parties will gang up on the bruised Democratic Party while it in turn will fight back. Unfortunately, tho...