Do Something, Not Just Shout!

Demonstration is the most common activities in Indonesia. If you have time to watch Indonesian TV channel (I suggest to not doing this, it waste your time and make you dumber than an idiot), you’ll see a lot of people go down to the streets and yelling something, one of them should bring a speaker. He probably walks backward and supposes to be their leader. But I think he’s like a moderator of disorder party, or such an unclassified mayorette of a disoriented drum band.

Do they speak in the name of people? The messages are clear, but the mind behind it is questionable. The fact is, people in this country turn out worse economically, socially or even mentally. It doesn't educate us at all and for me, it's like a folly.

Corruption, distrust, accumulated with lack of empowerment, and possibly spiced with provocateur made this suicidal collective action brought us to circumstances that are not getting better. They might forget about hard work. I was thinking do they have a real job instead expose themselves to the sun? Do something man, not just march in those indeterminate groups!

This country needs hard workers, and wouldn't change even you rally your entire resources. Something that should be changed is us, ourselves. How do we think, how do we act, and how do we set up ourselves to go through this blurred period.

I hope things will be better...for Indonesia.

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Not Vote at All

Today is public holiday because it's also the first round  election day in Indonesia. Actually I am ready to vote, but I don’t know why I don't receive the invitation. May be because I'm not registered at DPT. Well, it’s not my fault to be such an irresponsible citizen. So instead of hauling myself early in the morning to go to TPS, I choose to work overtime in this quite office. That simply make me feel better. I'm not going to spend my precious time just for those lameass political parties. Haha, so ironic.

How 'bout you?

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End of the Month's Phobia

I don't know if it's different work-culture between Indonesia and other country. Here, we always had our salary in the first day of the month. After it reduced by taxes, bills, debts and contingency fees, we receive paycheck for our time, loyalty, support and tartness..


Usually it won't wait till the end of the month when fund ran dry. Sometimes, if we firm enough to tighten expends, try hard to be patient, and eat with unpretentious menu, we could hold out up to 25th day of the month approximately. But it rarely happen, cause in the middle of the month..everything was finished. Henceforth, we filled out day by day with do these things:
1. Cantering for debt to our close friends.
2. Always go to meet parent-in-law for extra food.
3. Bringing down a visiting habit to neighbor, cause we usually can not restrain to buy something when merchant-men passing through (example: bakso, siomay, ketoprak, tell me all about Indonesian junk food).
4. Rent a DVD, I mean a good movie so we can stay at home for recreation than go to the mall.
5. Keep blogging, cause it can reduce wrath on our heart.

I don't know with you, guys. Wanna share?

Last Night's Experience

I have to write something here..

May be I would start with my experience last night when the earth hour was implemented. Formerly I thought PLN ( Indonesian Electricity Coop) would shutdown entire electricity network in whole town, but when the time came, nothing happened. I saw in my neighborhood and others were wondering too. Well, I think all depends on the awareness of how far we are concerned about the condition of our earth. And as has been previously able to guess, most of Indonesian citizen does not seem to care.

It makes me wonder whether we have not receive sufficient disasters yet? Or we have to wait until a greater disaster comes?

Boring Boring Indonesia

Hey, what's going on here?!

I'm rolling out my destiny and simply let it flow through day by day. Obviously I try to make a difference - write just to fulfill my curiosity to be a better blogger as they talk to. Beneath it all - fiuh - I like riding a roller coaster that bring me up and down through this clouded track. I'm not sure how to explain to you, cause my English is really really shattered, aren't I?. But it can not ceased me from blah blah blah and act like flustered blogger. Yup, just write from the heart - and definitely you understand how is my heart looks like.

You know, sometimes you just get boring to our country sickness. Especially if you're living in country like Indonesia. Everyday such a criminal day, crashed plane, flood, disaster, economic reduction, bad nutrition baby, yea and all things that could full up the black holes.

What's the matter with Indonesia?

I know that foolish question can't throw me into silent helplessness. Instead whining out, I blew it up!

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Where are You Going?

Hi fellow bloggers.

This is a hot season, isn't it? In Solo, Indonesia, in the middle of March there's no rain drop as much as it should be. And you know, these are perfect days to drying up clothes, long day-sleeping, cleaning around the house and even blogging for some of us, including me. No particular topic for today writing, as I just want to share about Indonesian culture in prevalent way.

In Indonesia which english language is not common, also our bahasa Indonesia-minded is so ingrained, it's familiar to say 'where are you going (mau pergi kemana)?' to close friends, colleagues, neighbours when passed by, in case to show our companionship, regard and openness to each other. We usually say it spontaneously and don't expect for a right answer as it would be a doodlebug question. Some answers may be true due to a referent place, or other subtends place, and the receiver also answer whatever place he/she will, but please, don't say you will go to the pawnshop if you won't to be disgrade in your society.

This is a routine habit and nevertheless won't be subside forever, I think.

So, are you non-native english speaker? What is your jokes about your culture?

Postage Stamp Election 2009 Launched

Here come a new collection for philatelist, a postage stamp election 2009 version. We must appreciate this as we admire to those legislative candidates who fight each other oblingingly. We all know, the legislative election definitely would held on april 9th, and it would be a good momentum for communication department to launch a new postage stamp collection. I think this is not just cheering a democratic party, at the heart of matter all will refert to our point of view. Honestly, I might collect one of them in order to remind this major event.


There are four designs. First design inscribed with phrase 'tandai pilihanmu (mark your choice)', secondly '9 April 2009 (April 9th 2009)', the third is '1 menit di balik suara untuk kehidupan anda 5 tahun mendatang (one minute in voting booth for your next 5 years life)', and the last is all election participan party that arranged so looked like our proudly flag, red and white.

It will be printed out to the number of 300 thousands exemplars each. Each postage stamp sell at 1500 rupiahs and composed in 1 package. Each package sold at 30 thousands rupiahs. Humm, may be I'll think it over again to buy one. Cause I think there are cheaper way to socialize the election. People might use SMS, e-mail or other media which more effective, easy and cheap right now.

Abdul Hafiz Anshary, the chairman of KPU told that according to Communication and Information Departement, it still about 1 thousands people communicate by letter. Take a look at this record from TVone..



I didn’t vote last election. D’you think I was the member of loser who named theirself golongan putih? No, absolutely not. I have my own reason that would not be written here. It is not too important.

Therefore, postage stamp making for celebrating the coming election was become such routinized moment. And I hope no routinize for multi-dimensional crisis, we still wait for a major change.

Regards.

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pic: metrotv, video: tvone