Are We Really Awake?

too weak to wake-up.

I felt disappointed by the news on every media in this country.

Too much information about the accident that killed an actor, Sophan Sophian, but less information about our two national heroes, Ali Sadikin and S.K Trimurti, who just passed away 2 days ago. Sophan Sophian is a good man (like what I heard on tv), but compared with what did Ali Sadikin and S.K Trimurti have done, Sophan Sophian is nothing. So why these media keep showing how sorry they are to lose an actor (who once ever be a member in DPR) and forgeting about the real national heroes?

Is this what we call "Kebangkitan Bangsa"? Are we really awake? Or we are too weak for that?

I think from now on, I should call this country Ironic.

Well welcome to Ironic, people. Please enjoy the tiresome.

When We Met

Rain falls, little tiger, and the catlover boy :)

I remember when we met
The weather was so wet
And you were carrying a cat
With a black spot on his head

You were so cute with that sweather
Holding the little "tiger"
Then I knew you are a catlover
That can be mine forever

I wrote this when I was in Junior High School (SLTP N 5 Yogyakarta, 2002). My English teacher, Bu Rini, gave this homework to make a poem to celebrate Valentine's Day. So I wrote this, and dreamt that it would be true. 1 year later, I met that "catlover boy" just like in my poem. Every single word in my poem came true! Amazing right? :)

Boediono

Boediono and his bizzare students.

He's a genius.
He studied at University of Western Australia, for his Bachelor of Economics; Monash University Australia, for his Master of Economics; University of Pennsylvania USA, for his Ph.D; and Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, for his title as professor.

He's "a hawk on inflation".
He succeeded in reducing Indonesian inflation from 17% to 5%!

He's one the most influential people in Asia.
His success means alot for the economy in Asia.

He's the Koordinator Bidang Perekonomian Minister.
He helps Indonesian economy in fiscal and monetary problems.

He's the Governor of Bank Indonesia this May 2008.
He leads this central bank of our country until 2013.

And he's my lecturer :)
Never absent, never comes late, never dissapointed his unknown-student, even he have to teach every Saturday!

Pak Boediono, you're the best.

P/S: Thank you for letting me taking your photograph even you are in a hurry. But hey, like I said to you, I've done my post about you :)

Pemblokiran Youtube

Click Here To See Bigger Picture.

Saya menulis ini memakai Bahasa Indonesia, karena takut ada anggota pemerintahan Indonesia yang tidak mengerti Bahasa Inggris. Bukan maksud menghina, tapi bukankah begitu? Youtube aja diblokir my man!

Beberapa menit yang lalu saya mendapatkan informasi bahwa beberapa situs yang memuat video film Fitna, diblokir untuk mencegah gangguan hubungan antar umat beragama dan keharmonisan peradaban pada tingkat global. Pemerintah yang baik memang memiliki keinginan yang mulia. Namun sayangnya mengambil langkah yang salah: memblokir situs Youtube. Youtube adalah situs yang menurut saya sangat bersih. Situs ini tidak sudi dan selalu menghapus segala macam video yang dianggap porno. Situs ini adalah salah satu situs yang dapat memberikan informasi-informasi penting, yang bagi kebanyakan orang kadang terlewatkan. Terakhir saya ketinggalan informasi penting mengenai suatu berita yang akhirnya dapat saya tonton berkat Youtube. Sekarang bagaimana saya mendapatkan itu semua? Tidak tau. Saya ketinggalan berita, ya sudah, bye-bye, saya tidak akan bisa menonton berita itu. Ini dia kesalahan pemerintah, memblokir suatu hal dengan mengorbankan hal lain yang sebenarnya lebih penting.

Pemerintah tidak berfikir ke depan. Dia tidak menghitung-hitung dahulu seberapa besar manfaat yang dapat diambil dan manfaat yang dibuang dari pemblokiran ini. Memang film Fitna ini film kontroversial, namun informasi lebih penting bagi kita. Kalo takut rakyatnya bertindak bodoh dalam menanggapi film ini (misal demonstrasi brutal), beri rakyat pendidikan yang layak dong. Sudah bisa diprediksi kan, bahwa orang yang melakukan demonstrasi brutal bukan dari kalangan terpelajar semisal dosen atau dokter? Mereka tidak melakukan itu karena mereka memiliki kesibukan yang lebih penting daripada sekedar di jalan berdemonstrasi secara brutal itu tadi.

Bagi saya film Fitna karya Geert Wilders itu tidak bermutu. Hanya opini seseorang yang sebenarnya nonesence. Lebih seperti anak TK yang sedang memaki temannya. Namun kenapa pemerintah malah justru meladeninya dan mengorbankan informasi bagi bangsanya? Bukankah ini malah justru akan menciptakan chaos dalam negeri ini? Apakah memang rencana pemerintah Indonesia adalah menciptakan chaos? Itu perasangka buruk saya. Perasangka baiknya, pemerintah gagap IPTEK, sehingga mereka tidak tau seberapa besar manfaat situs-situs yang sudah mereka blokir dengan sadisnya.

Sebenarnya yang kita butuhkan bukan ditutup matanya dari realita dan dunia luar. Yang kita kita butuhkan adalah pendidikan dan informasi yang maksimal untuk menanggapi realita itu secara cerdas dan bijaksana.

Update:
Apabila kalian setuju untuk menghentikan pemblokiran ini, beri dukungan kalian disini, yaitu petisi untuk menghentikan pemblokiran atas situs-situs internet di Indonesia.

Fitna

Geert Wilders.

I'm sure you guys already watch FITNA, a 2008 short film by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders. This 15 minutes movie is about how worried Wilders is if Islam is getting stronger. He describe how Islam is full of sarcasm, full of killing, terorist, etc. He described it like he knows what Islam is, just because he read Al Quran.

I'm sure you guys already watch the news, how Indonesian Muslims are mad to Wilders and do such a brutal thing: burning the Netherland's flag.

If I can write a letter to anybody, I'll write it to Geert Wilders and all Muslims in this whole world.

Dear Geert Wilders,
Al Quran is not that easy to understand. We have to read it from first to last. Not just read one paragraf or two then make a conclusion. It's not that simple. Al Quran is a very sophisicated religion. It is hard but it is beautiful. No body can understand this if they doesn't know anything about Islam. What you have made is a hate. You want to make a war that the world doesn't need it.

And to all muslims,
This is not a big deal. It's just a movie. We all know that our religion is not that bad. So why should we angry about it? Just take it easy and show the world that we're not like the movie. We love peace and we respect other religion. If we go down to the street do demonstration, burn Netherland's flag, use bad words to mock Geert, and go brutal, it will make other religion really think that we are as bad as the movie, even we know we're not.

Fitna

Geert Wilders.

I'm sure you guys already watch FITNA, a 2008 short film by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders. This 15 minutes movie is about how worried Wilders is if Islam is getting stronger. He describe how Islam is full of sarcasm, full of killing, terorist, etc. He described it like he knows what Islam is, just because he read Al Quran.

I'm sure you guys already watch the news, how Indonesian Muslims are mad to Wilders and do such a brutal thing: burning the Netherland's flag.

If I can write a letter to anybody, I'll write it to Geert Wilders and all Muslims in this whole world.

Dear Geert Wilders,
Al Quran is not that easy to understand. We have to read it from first to last. Not just read one paragraf or two then make a conclusion. It's not that simple. Al Quran is a very sophisicated religion. It is hard but it is beautiful. No body can understand this if they doesn't know anything about Islam. What you have made is a hate. You want to make a war that the world doesn't need it.

And to all muslims,
This is not a big deal. It's just a movie. We all know that our religion is not that bad. So why should we angry about it? Just take it easy and show the world that we're not like the movie. We love peace and we respect other religion. If we go down to the street do demonstration, burn Netherland's flag, use bad words to mock Geert, and go brutal, it will make other religion really think that we are as bad as the movie, even we know we're not.

Two Days After

Damn Flash!

DAMMIT!!!

Because I never use the flash on the camera, soooo... ALL MY PICS ARE FAILED TO BE PRINTED!!! DAMN! I have to try this thing (I mean the camera) on again. Bahhhhh.

Wait for the next post. But I don't know when cuz I'm in the middle of an exam now. I have to study hard first then I go get busy with this cute camera again.

See you later alligator!

Two Days After

Damn Flash!

DAMMIT!!!

Because I never use the flash on the camera, soooo... ALL MY PICS ARE FAILED TO BE PRINTED!!! DAMN! I have to try this thing (I mean the camera) on again. Bahhhhh.

Wait for the next post. But I don't know when cuz I'm in the middle of an exam now. I have to study hard first then I go get busy with this cute camera again.

See you later alligator!

Lomo: The Coolest Camera This Very Moment

Me & Lomo.

It's LOMO, my friend!

Ya introduce the coolest camera at this very moment: fisheye 2 white lomo.
You don't have to be a fish to look at the world :P

I have try this thing on. I can't wait to show you guys the pics. The thing is, this camera is manual so we have to print the film to see the result. Well it take about 2 days to print it. So wait for my next post 2 days after this ok! :D

See you on Monday!