Celebrating Indonesia's Independence Day

 (( Originally published on 17 August 2012, or at least I attempted to. Blogger then came in and tell me that, yes, beside cooler yet more annoying interface, connection with your Google account, and the ability to customize your blog's appearance, Wordpress is more reliable than he is. ))

Here's a gross generalization: There's about hundreds of nations in the world, most of them have one special day where they proclaim their independence against whatever force was holding them. Today, 17 August, 67 years ago, is such day for one country in particular, something which probably will go unnoticed to those not involved with it, and sometimes even to those who are.

This country is my home nation of Indonesia. 67 years ago, taking advantage of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (not that I approve of it), the founding fathers of Indonesia proclaimed our independence from the Japanese empire, and by extent Netherlands as well.

Bah, I can't seem to write coherently these days. I've been working on this programming project as part of my crash return course in Python, and as a result my brain starts to spout sentences in variables and riddles rife with programming jargon and built-in Python functions. Might need to spend the vacation actually vacationing, lest I'll be driven mad.  

For those not in Indonesia, or for those who doesn't use Google for some crazy reason, here's a gift from those folks at Google Doodle to celebrate the day.

Hurrah!