Tag: achievement

• Reason to be (emotionally) proud

  Last night was quite emotional—not just for me, but for many Indonesians. Just a few minutes short of midnight, 17 August 2016, a day celebrated for Indonesia’s 71st Independence Day, its mixed doubles badminton pair Ahmad/Natsir won a gold medal for the country at the Summer Olympics 2016.  It continued an almost continuous run of […]

  Matthew Hanzel

  18 August 2016

  Social

  achievement, badminton, gold medal, Indonesia, Olympics

• The number ten

  

  Earlier last week, I celebrated a major, yet subtle milestone. This is my eleventh consecutive years of participating in my high school choir—to put it another way, this year is my tenth anniversary participating in the choir. It was marked by a Sunday service at one of the major churches in Jakarta.

  Matthew Hanzel

  16 August 2016

  Music, Personal Notes

  achievement, anniversary, choir