Hi, my legal name is Andre Barahamin.

Rallu is my Indigenous name. I am an Indigenous rights defender who belongs to the Watunapatto tribe that occupies tiny islands in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, at the border between Indonesia (my nationality) and the Philippines.

So, welcome.

This place is a personal space. Remember that. So, lower your expectations.

On this platform, you will not ever find my kind of writing that you will normally find at news outlets or online magazines — in case you ever read my writing. This is my diary, my personal thoughts and struggles with ideas and concepts, which needed an outlet to be channelled away from within my mind. I also will only publish my writings written in English because I hate how the Indonesian language is limited in reaching wider and broader readers — though I do still occasionally write things in Indonesian (FOR FUCK SAKE, STOP CALLING IT BAHASA, YOU MORON!!!)

So, bear in mind that you might dislike, disagree, or strongly oppose what I write here. That’s on you.

No one invited you to give a damn comment, nor do I care about your opinion. So, in case you left a comment and it never appears here, it means I just sent it down the sink. As the master of this place, I have the right to do so, and you have no standing to complaint nor questioning it.

However, I do welcome all criticism and feedback with my own standards and criteria on which one can make the cut. Be mindful of that so we can go along together.

PS: Do not wonder why I do not use images in my writings. This isn’t Instagram. If you want to see good photos, go there.