Posts from the ‘social’ Category

Football – One Game, One World

“Players are gods, the stands are the pews, football is the new religion” – Stephen Tomkins I cannot think about other games in this world that can unite all of us. Blacks, whites, shorts, talls, ugly, handsome, etc. That game, the ultimate game, is called football. Okay, it does not really matter what you call [...]

Google vs China … It’s not just about economy

It’s just become more interesting for me. Earlier this month, giant company who works extensively at providing information and data (arguably the best and most useful website in the internet history), Google gave a shocking statement. The company threatened Chinese government that they may pull out from China market because of ‘over-censoring’ by the Chinese [...]

Daging Kurban, BLT, dan Budaya Meminta

suasana berdesak-desakan untuk dapat kupon daging kurban gratis Ketika melihat siaran berita di televisi, ada adegan berita yang membuat saya miris dan sedih. Apakah berita itu? Berita itu tentang pembagian daging kurban dari masjid ke rakyat. Oke, kelihatannya simpel dan tidak bermasalah… Tetapi dari rekaman televisi, saya melihat banyak sekali orang – orang berdesakan dari [...]

Sinetron Indonesia

Ketika membaca harian KOMPAS (edisi 26 November 2009), saya sangat tertarik pada sebuah foto yang ditampilkan di halaman 12. Di bawah foto kecil itu, ada penjelasan perihal “Gerakan Mematikan Televisi” yang dilakukan di Desa Sidomukti, Kecamatan Plaosan, Kabupaten Magetan, Provinsi Jawa Timur. Gerakan ini mengharuskan semua televisi di desa tersebut dimatikan selama pukul 18.00 hingga [...]

Obama Doesn’t Deserve The Nobel Peace Prize?

Obama delivered his acceptance speech after being announced as The Nobel Peace Prize winner. I know this note came up a little late. The Nobel Peace Prize was announced last Friday, and maybe you all know that the current US president Barack Obama announced as The Nobel Peace Prize laurate, for his extraordinary efforts to [...]

UNESCO Confirmed Batik as Indonesian Traditional Heritage. What’s Next?

examples of batik. they are not just motives, there are philosophies behind them. Today, 2nd of October 2009, Indonesia created another golden history. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has already inaugurated that batik is the traditional heritage from Indonesia, in Abu Dhabi. Hopefully, the recognition from UNESCO vanished our neighbouring countries to [...]

The Cure Would Be More Painful Than The Illness (Copenhagen 2009)

(A prelude before convention in Denmark regarding climate change issue. I made this article about 2 months ago) In two months time, arguably there will be the biggest convention ever among nations in Copenhagen, Denmark. The leaders will convene, under the auspices of United Nations (UN), to talk about the agreement regarding the climate change, [...]

Selamat Ulang Tahun ke-64, Indonesia!

(Tulisan ini saya buat beberapa hari sebelum peringatan hari kemerdekaan Indonesia di tahun 2009.Tulisan ini saya terbitkan kembali untuk meningkatkan semangat Indonesia!) Oke, sebelumnya notes ini emang keluarnya terlalu cepat. Tapi, mumpung saya lagi punya pikiran yang segar habis bangun pagi, dan pas tanggal 17 Agustus saya kayaknya ndak online lagi karena ujian, ada baiknya [...]

Defining a New Indonesia by The Teenagers!

A scene from Mount Merapi It seems that I like to write something related to Indonesia. Well, it’s quite true. I love Indonesia and there are many topics to talk about. Just to the point, I just want to explain about the definition of ‘New’ Indonesia. No doubt, Indonesia is an extremely blessed country. Many [...]

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