January 2016 – Hafiz Rahman

January 10, 2016 Hafiz Rahman Column

Raising Good Adults

[…] parents raise good children but should instead be raising good adults. The thought blew my mind and really got me thinking.

Let kids be kids. Let them screw up occasionally and let them be sad every now and then. They’re only preparing themselves for the real world and will be ready to face it when the time comes. Most parents do a great job raising good children and when those kids grow up, they’re clueless how to handle real world problems.

There are nuances on that line of thought, of course, and I am not even sure if I know how to be a good adult, but it’s still a good thing to keep in mind.

January 10, 2016 Hafiz Rahman Column

Because You Are

From an r/AskMen thread, “What feat really does separate the men from the boys?”:

Treat people as Ladies and Gentlemen, not because they are but because you are.

I like things that completely change my current way of thinking. That sentence is definitely one of them.

January 10, 2016 Hafiz Rahman Perjalanan

Makadam

Aku sering tergelitik mendengar kata ‘jalan makadam’, sebab tengah bagaimana kata ‘makadam’ itu tidak terdengar seperti bahasa Indonesia–feel dan bunyinya tidak serupa kata-kata lainnya.

Hari ini aku membaca satu buku yang menjelaskan bahwa ternyata memang ada istilah “macadamization“, satu cara membuat jalan di mana lapisan-lapisan batu kecil-kecil disebar sedemikian rupa di atas permukaan jalan, ditambah sedikit campuran pengikat. Saat metode ini ditemukan, ia dianggap sebagai peningkatan dari cara pembuatan jalan sebelumnya yang harus menggunakan batu-batu besar.

400px-fall_country_road_28macadam29 — Contoh jalan makadam

Metode ini sendiri dinamakan begitu karena ditemukan oleh John Loudon McAdam pada tahun 1820. Hampir dua ratus tahun yang lalu.