Hi! Before you judge my mathematical ability, allow me to say that there is, indeed, a shortie #4, however, I decided against publishing it in the time being. Anyway, my first post from Indonesia after a while hehe :)
Talk to me a few years back, and you would find inside me a fiery passion about developing Indonesia. I know that my country is screwed up, and I have a lot of people telling me that. Feeling as if I was responsible for the state of my country, I swore to myself that I will break my bones and work hard to develop her.
Now, the wish remains intact, but to be brutally honest I am increasingly able to enjoy the fractures and loopholes in my beloved country. Hey, my country's ain't that great. But she's not a bad place to live in, and I love her so much.. Why does she need to progress rapidly? What's the rush? Let's just take it slow.. Anyway, what is bound to happen is going to happen anyway --- We can afford the luxury of time, arguably, unlike Singapore who needs to buck up and rapidly grow to maintain her sovereignty.
Now, now. Don't accuse me of falling into the typical Indonesian complacency. Let me offer you another way to look at it. If countries are sick people, Indonesia would probably be akin to someone suffering from stadium 4 cancer. Of course, it's not too bad --- The past decade has shown us how she got better. However, to treat such patients, we need to give weaker medicines first, mixing it with porridge. Afterwards, we slowly give her slightly stronger medicines, and once she is close to full recovery, only then should we give her the strongest medicine to eliminate the disease completely. If you give a dying person the strongest medicine, you'd simply kill the person. It's giving poison in the name of medicine.
So take it slow, Indonesia. I have faith in you.
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