Logika penjual gorengan
Penjual gorengan biasa pakai kantong kertas. Kenapa sisi kertas yang bertinta malah di dalam dan sisi yang polos malah di luar, bukan sebaliknya?
Divine water cycle
A group of pupils explain water cycle: Seawater evaporates, forming clouds, falling as rain on the sea.
Me (Teacher): 'So water on land comes from where?'
Student: 'God?'
tweeted on 27 August 2013
Me (Teacher): 'So water on land comes from where?'
Student: 'God?'
tweeted on 27 August 2013
Love like admiring a flower
To love is like to let a flower grow. Its beauty blossoms when you don't pick it to be yours.
Prancis tidak cuma Sorbonne
Ketika Laskar Pelangi bikin orang Indonesia kesengsem sama Sorbonne, seolah-olah Prancis cuma punya Sorbonne, aku menyasar Ecole Normale Supérieure.
Di mana filsuf besar Prancis digojlok
Tongkrongan para filsuf termasyhur Prancis:
- École normale supérieure
- Collège de France
- École des hautes études en sciences sociales
Braille name card
My SSEAYP name card is almost out of stock, and when I reproduce it, I promise I'll have it printed in Braille too.
Yang tidak bekerja, janganlah ia makan
Profesi pengemis dan pengamen secara moral lebih rendah daripada penyapu jalan dan tukang angkut sampah. Jangan menyedekahi kelompok pertama.
Albert Einstein v photographers
Albert Einstein was not fond of photographers. He called them Lichtaffen, "light monkey", monkey attracted by light.
-age meng-ase atau meng-asi?
Percentage persentase dan drainage drainase, tetapi baggage bagasi dan garage garasi.
Tesaurus dinosaurus
Aku memperlihatkan kitab Tesaurus Bahasa Indonesia yang baru kubeli di toko buku. Adikku heran, "Buku apaan nih? Dinosaurus?"
dikicaukan 7 September 2013
dikicaukan 7 September 2013
Sembahyang bak berlangganan listrik
Sembahyang bagiku bukan seperti berlangganan listrik: telat bayar langsung kena denda putus hubungan. Ia menyambut siapa pun yg kembali pada-Nya.
Language education preference
Language education in country X: Speak English and Chinese, and you rule the world.
In country Y: Speak English and Spanish, and you rule the world.
In country Y: Speak English and Spanish, and you rule the world.
Beruang beruang beruang
This single sentence in Bahasa Indonesia
Beruang beruang beruang.may be translated as follows.
- A bear has a room which has money.
- A spatial bear has money.
- A bear having money is spatial.
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