Fix The Unfixed

My friend just got temporarily suspended from his academic life, just because his campus thinks his movie screening event was 'provocative.' The movies he was screening were about the late Munir, an Indonesian human rights defender that was killed on his way to NL. Are those movies provocative? Yes. Does that necessarily make them bad? No. Because the movies are telling the truth about injustice and impunity. Similar things are happening everywhere, even to a noble teacher like Pak Dika who's trying to speak the truth about the extortion and injustice in the school he's working at. What happened to him? Pak Dika got fired for speaking the truth, which is 'provocative' enough to be a defamation for the school he used to work at. We need to understand that provocative isn't always bad or threatening. Even in my friend's case, as a form of art the movies were meant to 'provoke' our soul, thoughts, awareness, dignity and our sense of just...

Photo by: YouPic on Pinterest It was the most colorful night of all. The sky was full of fireworks, and people were cheering for a new year ahead. Little Frankie was walking among the streetlights, when suddenly he heard a voice behind him. "Hello there." "Hel...lo. Who-who are you?" Stuttered Frankie. "I'm your shadow." The shadow answered in whispers. "Wha-wha-what are you doing down there?" Asked Frankie anxiously. "I'm following you. Wherever you go, I'll go." The shadow started to realize Frankie's anxious face. "Don't be afraid child, I'm not going to hurt you." "You wouldn't?" Asked Frankie while crouching down his body closer to the ground. "No, I wouldn't. I promise you, child. I'm just a shadow. I'm always around you, but I'll never be able to touch you." ...