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One of the big concerns of the Administrative Board of schools in the US (and probably around the world) is student’s plagiarism and its consequences for students who fail to follow their academic guidelines. I, for one, is damn terrified of the consequences as it would require the student to withdraw from the course.

I remember that during orientation at my college, the administrative staff made sure we know how to cite properly. For international students who speak languages other than English, we were given additional remarks, not to simply translate for our assignments and claim it as “my paper”.

Nowadays, due to internet networks, the battle is becoming bigger than ever. Information is only a click away. My husband says that there is software that professors use to pint point plagiarism. The software is not able to detect if a person does not plagiarize “word by word”. Thus, it cannot catch anyone cheating by using of plagiarizing ideas or by the method of translation.

So, why am I blabbing about plagiarism? Well, today, I was doing research for my class, and came across an opinion article that looked all too familiar for me. Where did I see it before? My gosh, I saw it at a friend’s blog. Word by word!!! How disappointing was that? I checked the date, and apparently, my friend’s blog was written way later than the opinion article. I was very disappointed that a person that I truly admire was using this for his/her own benefit. I remember when I read my friend’s blog, I thought that person is so gifted—that is to be able to analyze such issue. I will not mention any names. However, I hope he/she will soon realize plagiarism is CHEATING and you can be expelled from Harvard!!! Please stop what you are doing!!!

1. Driving alone in the traffic jam at Kuningan [speed: 1km/hr!!!]. Ohhh how I miss my “boleh senggol” car!!!
2. Ten thousand text messages per day that I have to reply [pegel bow jari gue]
3. Ke salon, dress up, make up, nyiapin angpao, ngantri2 panjang ala disneyland and all the nity gritty of getting ready to a wedding that can take up to 2 hours just to “meet” the bride and groom for… err …15 seconds max.
4. Somehow I even miss my grumpy boss who always says, “woman, don’t you have work? stop browsing, stop pacaran, stop munching, stop going to the stairs, stop having a two hour lunch, etc”
5. I miss those “entertaining” off key bencongs at the lampu merah.
6. I miss my big fat laud amburadul extended family who never forget to ask me, “yuhuuu…weiwaaa…udah isi blooooom???”
7. I miss all my annoying friends who dares to wake me up at 3 am and said, "gueee dateng ketempat lu sekarang ya, gue mo currhattt, penting niy!"… girlfriend… can’t it wait till the sun comes up???
8. I even miss that little annoying Ronny si Mpek2 jutek di menteng who always gets bitchy if you ask him, “jeung…jeung … mpek2 gue udah jadi blom?”
9. Basa basi here and there of “selamat pagi/siang/sore/malem mba leilaaaaaa, apa kabar mba leilaaa” from the satpams, polisi, pemboki, OB, OG, concierge, tukang parkir, tukan kebon, mas2 valet parking, mba2 and mas2 bimasena, etc. No basa basi in here all right..
10. Most importantly… I miss having NO peace of mind back home… there’s always something “heboh” in  Jakarta