Boycott Christmas!!!

I posted this last year, but feel it's relevant again at this time of the year.

www.adventconspiracy.org

Spend less on gifts.
Give more presence.
Love like Jesus.

Strange Things Indonesian: The President is Watching

Something a little different here, is that in rooms where people tend to gather (like classrooms) it is common to have a picture of the president and vice president of Indonesia, with the pancisilla in between. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is on the right and Vice President Muhammad Yusuf Kalla is on the left. The photos are symbolically placed a little lower than the pancisilla (which represents the basic ideology of Indonesia).

Growing up I remember having a large portrait of the Queen in our classroom, but she wasn't looking straight at us. She was a silent observer of our maths and language lessons, patiently and gracefully standing next to the Tom Thomson print. Bambang and Yusuf are looking at us, however, watching everything that happens. If I go to another classroom, they're there again! This is a bit of pressure not to corrupt these young minds.


At our school, each classroom has a picture of a blue-eyed Jesus too; a much more calming, pastoral element in the classroom (and His portrait is placed a few inches above the presidents'.)