Isman H. Suryaman's Weblog: Life, Comedy, and Indonesia (but I repeat myself)

Sunday, December 21, 2003

I talked to a couple of friends on yahoo messenger. Both are young executives. One, is a Japanese.

Me: I'm working overtime this Sunday night.
Japanese friend: Oh. Me too.

Another, is an Indonesian.

Me: I'm working overtime this Sunday night.
Indonesian friend: Oh. Poor you.

Different worlds.

Books by Isman H. Suryaman

Campaigns of The Fools

Gift Guides
(Pointers for every guy on the neverending quest to find the "perfect gift" for their partners. Because... well, they expect us to fail anyway.)
The Cool War
(A one year campaign which ended at January 9th, 2005. Pursuing the answer to Ultimate Question of All Time: Which is cooler, Indonesia or America?)
Against Semantical Illiteracy
(A dormant-volcanically active campaign since January 5th, 2004, which has been voraciously hunting typos from all over the world. But isn't "dormant-volcanically active" a redundant oxymoron?)
Sensitive Journalism Now!
(A not-even-half-hearted dedication of reporting stupid moments in journalism to the world. Started since January 2nd, 2004.)
Deadly Threats
(Searching Deadly Threats potentials around the world. The kind of threats that can force two grown men burn down schools.)

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