About the author
Simple facts
- My name is Basfin Siregar
- I was born on September 4th, 1977
- I’m married and living in Jakarta
- I currently work as a journalist for Gatra weekly news magazine
Born and bred
I was born in Semarang, but I grew up in Kaliwungu, a small village about 20 km west of Semarang. It’s quite famous for its numbers of traditional Islamic boarding schools (madrasa).
Pics

This photo was taken in 1998. An old photo. But actually my face doesnt change much. I still look like the photo above. I admit I was acting to look ‘smart’ when the shot was taken (which later I realized was actually stupid).
But that pic used to be my favourite so I’ll keep it here for ‘sentimental’ reason.
Here’s a more recent version

Hobbies
Reading, writing, watching film, listening to music. I enjoy coffee and smoke a lot. In fact I’m quite a heavy smoker.
But I dont do drugs, beer, or wine. It’s forbidden (haram).
Update
I moved all contents from my previous blog, basf.blogsome.com to this blog. Unfortunately its comments were all lost, but the posts remain intact.
By the way, the easiest way to navigate this blog is by using categories or tag cloud in the sidebar. Posts written in english are categorized in english.
Halo Mas,Foto zaman jadul kok isik dipasang terus! Btw Happy B-Day ya sori telat.Aku baru tahu ada tampilan baru!:)
maklum ti, foto yg lain elek kabeh. itu yg menurutku agak bagus.
makasih ti ucapannya, ga nyangka dirimu masih ingat.
i always remember u bang, gak mungkin gak
Halo Basf…
Numpang lewat ya… maklum nih lagi kasak kusuk ngumpulke balung pisah histofasa 89.
Sukses ya dg karirnya….
Dua jempol 4 U ! ( sebuah apresisasi untuk orang2 yg loyal dengan disiplin ilmunya…)
Salam Sastra…
Herywewe
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sama-sama mas hery.
saya baru tahu kalau lingkungan RT bisa punya website. keren.
Ka’ basfin,
piye kabarmu?
sori baru hari ini liat site mu..
dirimu tidak berubah..still like used to be..he-he
baik2 aja is.
long time no see u too.
mudah2an maksudnya baiknya tetap ga berubah, he he.