Tag Archives: Pirate

KING NEAR GOD AWAY

Lilawangsa replied nonchalantly, “King Near God Far!” The Frenchman, named de Beaulieu, recorded Lilawangsa’s words, later this sentence would appear in the memoirs of his trip to Aceh, rewritten by Denys Lombard in a book entitled “The Kingdom of Aceh at the Age of Sultan Iskandar Muda.” Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Fiction, History | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

THE STORY OF A SMALL COUNTRY AGAINST AMERICAN CAPITALISM

The United States as a country is still a merchant selling its own corporate products. No, even though we are a small country that doesn’t know where but we have to fight their capitalism, gently of course. Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in Fiction, Story | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

THE ORIGIN OF THE COFFEE CULTURE IN ACEH

THE ORIGIN OF THE COFFEE CULTURE IN ACEH. Coffee culture was not found in Aceh until near the end of the 19th Century. An orientalist who became a sociocultural researcher, Snouck Hurgronye wrote in The Achehnese Volume I, during his research of the Acehnese, “For most ordinary people in Aceh, white water is almost the only drink, from time to time (occasionally) it will drink sugar cane juice, squeezed from the trunk only with a very primitive tool.” Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in History, International, Literature, Opinion, Reportase, Review, Story | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 32 Comments

HOW TO TELL HISTORY

Memory is never one and stable, memory is easily lost by the sweep of colors that come later. Like a painting, when it appears before us, it is actually in the process of changing. The painting itself may not be visible anymore, crumpled, damp, or even mossy. Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in History, International, Literature, Reportase, Review | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 29 Comments

HISTORY OF COFFEE

Until the seventeenth century, knowledge of the “westerners” about coffee was arguably minimal. Chronicles circa 1600, which contains a group of church leaders coming to Pope Clement VIII to ask him to speak illicit coffee, illustrating how unfamiliar they are with coffee. Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in History, International, Opinion, Reportase | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

ACEH WAS FIRST NATION TO RECOGNIZE NETHERLAND’S INDEPENDENCE

At the end of the 16th century until the early seventeenth century the Dutch freed themselves from the Spanish colonialism, Prince Maurice proclaimed the establishment of an independent and sovereign Republic of the Netherlands. As a result, the Dutch people made a long war against the power of Spain as the largest imperialist state at the time.

At that time, countries in Europe have not dared to recognize the independence of the Netherlands, for fear of the power of Spain. So Prince Maurice as the newly established chairman of the Republic of the Netherlands is making friends and support to other parts of the world, Asia. Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in History, International, Literature, Opinion, Reportase, Review, Story | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 21 Comments

PIRATE, REBEL OR EVIL

Historically, pirates there when there is a cruise that is trading. Commonly referred to pirate it, basically, an act of piracy committed one ship to another ship. Continue reading

Rate this:

Posted in International, Literature, Opinion, Reportase, Story | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments