Dagelan Perwakilan Rakyat aka DPR

Well, semua orang pasti sudah tahu kericuhan DPR saat memungut suara mengenai Kasus Century.

Mereka ricuh karena berpendapat kalau pendapat merekalah yang paling benar. Sungguh konyol. DPR yang demikian benar-benar dewan perwakilan rakyat dalam arti yang sebenarnya. Mereka dengan sukses mewakili citra sebagian besar masyarakat Indonesia yang egois dan cenderung memaksakan kehendaknya masing-masing, serta mengandalkan fisik dalam mengatasi masalah. Bayangkan, hal yang biasa kita lihat di kampung-kampung terekspos dengan jelas di gedung MPR-DPR, dan parahnya hal tersebut disaksikan jutaan orang di seluruh Indonesia!

Saya pernah membaca suatu artikel di kompasiana, dan saya menemukan suatu pendapat menarik. Ada pendapat yang mengatakan bahwa penunjukkan orang-orang pansus yang berasal dari kalangan non-ekonom sangatlah konyol. Bukankah sebaiknya anggota Pansus diambil dari kalangan yang kompeten (para ekonom)? Hal tersebut bagaikan berkonsultasi penyakit mata kepada dokter gigi.

Sungguh, hal ini hanya bisa terjadi di Indonesia. Negaraku yang kaya.

Koreksi Itu Penting!

Setiap orang pasti pernah membuat kesalahan. Dari kesalahan yang kita buat, pasti ada yang merasa risih, sebal bahkan benci dengan kita (gara-gara perilaku kita yang salah itu).

Nah, disinilah ada 1 masalah yang dapat dimulai. Ada kemungkinan teman/rekan/saudara kita yang menghindari kita gara kita pernah buat salah ke mereka. Mereka menjauhi kita dan kita dibuat bingung dan bertanya-tanya; "kenapa begitu?"

Nah, yang perlu ditekankan dari ini, harusnya mereka-mereka itu langsung mengatakan kepada. To.The.Point. Kasihan mereka yang bingung karena merasa ditinggalkan. Kalau mereka tidak diberitahu apa kesalahan mereka, bagaimana mereka mau berubah?

Anyway, itulah pentingnya komunikasi.

My Strange Indonesia

Indonesia, my country is a really strange country. You'll find lots of oddity.

Indonesia is the only place where you'll find things can be easily being forbid by a side. Yes, here I'm talking about MUI (Indonesian Moslem Council) who forbid lots of things! Lately they forbid hair smoothing, hair extension, and also curling. They said it attract lust, I mean woman's hair. Crazy isn't it? Those who said that women haircut attract lust is the one who attracted!

Indonesia is one of the country who (want to) restrict the freedom of expression in the Internet. As far as i know, it's intended to protect the government from bad impression. Simply remind me of the New Order (Orde Baru). Where in the world is Democracy? Pancasila?

Indonesia is the one of few country where justice isn't gray. You're the justice and the truth when you have money.

Indonesia, oh how I dream you to be a better country. Actually there are things, strange things in Indonesia that would make you exhales but, these are enough. These are as far as I remember when I post.
For those who celebrate The Lunar (Chinese) New Year and Valentine, I said happy new year or happy valentine!

Jocks Vs Nerds/geeks

There are caste in high school, the popular one most of them called jocks are in the higher and highest level while the lower class, mostly nerds or good boy/girls.

Jocks is a classic North American stereotype of a male athlete. Usually they 'rule' the high school along with their popular girl, and not only in US, but also in my country, Indonesia. They usually do whatever they want for example bullying schoolmate they considered as nerds, loser and so on. They usually think they're strong, cool, and popular, plus they don't care about their academic stuff.

Nerd is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests that are age-inappropriate rather than engaging in more social or popular activities. They usually considered as uncool people and usually, the higher class won't even see their existence. Nerds could be those who study all the time, those who didn't join any sport clubs, or those who aren't popular.

There are one unique statement that crossed my mind recently. Jocks are one of those who 'rule' the school, but know what? The world are being ruled by nerds! Can't believe it? Should I say, Bill Gates? Mark Zuckeberg? James Walles (founder of Wikipedia)? And the genius Einstein?

Be ware Jocks! Be ware you popular kids. Your reign won't be long! Enjoy it while it last. You geeks and nerds, stay positive! You could rule the world. And you could rule the jocks too.

Well, I never say jocks can't be as successful as nerds or nerds and geeks will always success. To become someone in the world (meaning: success), you need more than lucks! You need to work hard and have faith to achieve it. Cheers!

Being Yourself

We live in this world, and believe it or not, sometimes we're not being ourselves. We could be having job we don't enjoy, attending wrong class at college, or else.


The fact is, we have to be ourselves, but how?
The easiest thing we could have done first is, defining our original interest, for example, I love traveling and I love the beauty of nature and that makes me more comfortable in landscape photography instead of photograph that involve model and photographing event.

And the least thing you should do, in my opinion, is not to being other's want you to be. For example, your parent want you to be a doctor, but you love the law deep inside your heart. Pick law in college instead of doctor. But still you have to listen to others because your friend could criticize you and you can take the positive side.



Well? A short one today, i do hope you enjoy it.
~The hardest battle you'll ever fight is the battle to be yourself.~

Teman Jangka Panjang

Pertemanan adalah sebuah topik yang sangat sangat lazim, dan tak jarang diangkat dalam karangan seseorang (bahkan blog ini pernah memuat postingan tentang hal ini). Sekarang, mungkin akan dibahas lagi ya..

Kalau dipikir-pikir, mempunyai teman adalah hal biasa (yang tentunya wajib disyukuri). Begitupula memiliki sahabat. Banyak orang yang menganggap bahwa mereka memiliki sahabat. Tapi apakah hal itu benar? Terkadang memang benar, tapi ada kalanya orang yang kita anggap sebagai sahabat itulah yang 'menghancurkan' kita.

Yang dibutuhkan seseorang bukanlah teman, rekan, ataupun sahabat (jangka pendek), yang sangat dibutuhkan adalah teman jangka panjang. Teman jangka panjang inilah yang bisa disebut sebagai sahabat sejati. Teman jangka panjang inilah yang mampu mengkritikmu secara positif. Mereka pula yang dapat menerimamu meski kau telah membuat mereka kecewa. Mereka juga adalah orang yang akan terus mensupport kau dalam berbagai hal.


Teman seperti ini sangatlah sulit didapat. Mereka adalah orang yang dapat kau percaya sepenuhnya dan mereka didapat tidak dengan segera, melainkan melalui hitungan tahun, bukan hanya 1 atau 2 tahun.

Mereka (sangat kecil kemungkinannya untuk) tidak akan menyakiti perasaanmu, dan saat mereka melakukan itu, pastilah disebabkan engkau melakukan kesalahan terlebih dahulu.

Jadi, carilah teman jangka panjang, karena selain pasangan hidupmu, merekalah yang akan mengisi hidupmu dan mensupportmu sampai hari-harimu berakhir.

Wish For Something

Jolly. It's 2010. And i started this year with a sickness. How sick is that? But fortunately, i recovered, well, not fully though, but it's enough to handle school.

Well, new year can be used as a time to set a new goal, a new hope, or even a new beginning. This year's going to be a big year for me. Well, at least I hope it will be. And it should be.

Things I really wish to come true this year are:

1.watching Java Jazz
2.Attending college, in US.
3. well, before attending college, graduate with good mark of course.
4. see Lakers in action
5.travel with friend(s)
6. be a better man

and one optional things that i don't really wish to come true: is to have a girl, but that's optional. xD

Right, like i said, it's another new year, another new day, another new life, and I'm feeling good. Let's put our past behind, and learn from it. Walk it head straight up. New challenges are waiting for us.