From the Jakarta Tourism Summit 2007 we can learn a lot of things. From the press conference (My first press conference :)) to how the media provide spaces for this international event. Economy or other industrial summits seems more important to cover than tourism, while we could actually earn a lot from tourism. While as a host it is also important to show that we do value all the good deed offered by the sister cities, especially for those who seemed very serious in preparing their visit here.
This article is in bahasa Indonesia (you will be linked to the article by clicking the title above). It is also talking about other aspects that I found interesting such as the urban and environment issue was given by a lecturer of a school of tourism (I regret missed this part)and those students from local school of tourism was totally blank about what it is. They are vocational school and they are only learning about service but not the planning and their role (tourism sector) in making suggestion for urban planning. Coordination between subjects is something that we, Indonesians, should learn. The other thing is about gambling and night life, how it can increase the revenue but also a reminder that it can also be the poison for the younger generation of the country. Government has to choose and stick to it.
I do not really remember all written there (oups I wrote that I do not like to live in Jakarta because of the traffic jam, in the comment I corrected the sentence I do like to live in Southern Jakarta but I could not afford it.) Some of it share the similar content of what I wrote for OMNI, only that I used different pictures.
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Friday, 9 November 2007
Pesta Blogger: Pesta Usai, Kenangan Tersimpan di Hati
Another article about Pesta Blogger. The party is over, memories will be kept in hearts!
Reviewing some memories from the party. The content is a mixed between my earlier post in English and some additional comments I made on others' posts about the party.
I recently read two articles published in daily Kompas and in daily Seputar Indonesia.
The article in Kompas raised up a good question that I did not think before. The writer commented that usually a national day should be through presidential decree. She mentioned slightly over the minister claiming it as a blogger day on the basis of his being overwhelming by enthusiastic crowd of the party. So, can we really say that we are having a national blogger day?
Wimar Witoelar wrote in Sindo (Seputar Indonesia) November 8, 2007, "Apakag Blog Berpengaruh pada Pemilihan Presiden?" The growing number of bloggers are amazing and is it possible that the next presidential election will be affected by the voices of bloggers?
PS: It is difficult to search the link to Kompas cetak, so I inserted the link from Forum Pembaca Kompas (Kompas readers' Forum).
Reviewing some memories from the party. The content is a mixed between my earlier post in English and some additional comments I made on others' posts about the party.
I recently read two articles published in daily Kompas and in daily Seputar Indonesia.
The article in Kompas raised up a good question that I did not think before. The writer commented that usually a national day should be through presidential decree. She mentioned slightly over the minister claiming it as a blogger day on the basis of his being overwhelming by enthusiastic crowd of the party. So, can we really say that we are having a national blogger day?
Wimar Witoelar wrote in Sindo (Seputar Indonesia) November 8, 2007, "Apakag Blog Berpengaruh pada Pemilihan Presiden?" The growing number of bloggers are amazing and is it possible that the next presidential election will be affected by the voices of bloggers?
PS: It is difficult to search the link to Kompas cetak, so I inserted the link from Forum Pembaca Kompas (Kompas readers' Forum).
Tuesday, 6 November 2007
News
I’m going to Jakarta Tourism Summit 2007. As an architect I am interested in urban tourism and environmental issues (see more discussion issues from JTS website). As a housewife I am confused on providing my time to be there. As a citizen reporter I am urged to be there…
Now I knew the different between current issues and news. Some days ago my brother commented on wikimu; “wikimu is quite something as a media, it reported the British Council event before the news posted in British Council’s own website”.
Actually wikimuwas also the second in the internet reporting about an earthquake. Yet, we can post even a very short article to keep it really update. We don’t have to worry about the length of the article. Off course we do need to be linked to the internet. This is the only obstacle. A fellow citizen reporter from Papua finished his study in Yogyakarta and came back to Papua without internet access. We miss his reports. Communication comes through articles. If voices could not be voice out then frustration can be the output. We need to speak and to listen to each other to gain a better cooperation in building this country (the most important thing is still the ACTION!).
Now I knew the different between current issues and news. Some days ago my brother commented on wikimu; “wikimu is quite something as a media, it reported the British Council event before the news posted in British Council’s own website”.
Actually wikimuwas also the second in the internet reporting about an earthquake. Yet, we can post even a very short article to keep it really update. We don’t have to worry about the length of the article. Off course we do need to be linked to the internet. This is the only obstacle. A fellow citizen reporter from Papua finished his study in Yogyakarta and came back to Papua without internet access. We miss his reports. Communication comes through articles. If voices could not be voice out then frustration can be the output. We need to speak and to listen to each other to gain a better cooperation in building this country (the most important thing is still the ACTION!).
Saturday, 3 November 2007
Current Issue
What is a current issue? The daily Jakarta Post is the earliest (I knew) reported the National Bloggers’ Day. The daily Kontan published the event’s report yesterday. The daily Kompas wrote a page about blogging and the party today. Yet, my article (today, November 2) was turned down by the senior editor of Ohmy News as something “too old”.
I’ve read a T-shirt’s design wore in the bloggers’ party “No one cares about your blog”. I do think that people do care as long as it is something that they think is important.
Nobody wrote about the Indonesian bloggers meeting in OMNI so I do think it is still a current issue. Perhaps, my way of presenting it was wrong. I do not master how to write a feature. One of my articles that I sent to a mainstream media here was never published, and I overheard that the editor was confused where it would fit, Feature or Opinion.
It is so hard to work as a citizen reporter without the proper facilities. I’m glad that my writing about fighting the poverty can get published in Ohmy News. Then, I was already struggling with the problem of my new modem. I just bought it about three months ago through Telkom, so I could still ask for its replacement. As there were Lebaran holidays it was a long wait until I got back my modem. Before I had the chance to get it connected (glad that I did not connect it), the computer broke down. The electricity wire got struck by the thunder storm (one of the 480 thunderstorms on that afternoon, as stated by the BMG). So I’ve got to go to the Blogger Party without having a proper research. I printed out my invitation in my brother’s house just after I left my children in my parents’ house to go for the party.
My article reporting the National Bloggers’ Party for wikimu was commented by a reader as a very modest report. Although it is about my way of using the word Bapak (Mr) or Bapak Menteri, but I knew that it was also too plain….I wrote it in a restaurant borrowing a friend’s notebook.
After the Lebaran, my domestic assistant did not come back. So the proportion of handling the house chores are abundant. Without my personal computer I am paralyzed. While I usually can cut my sleeping hours to write, now I can do nothing…
Do I become addicted to the internet? Addicted to blogging? I hope not! I’ll always remember the articles about blogging that I read in OMNI, one from Claire George, and the other one from Nicolas van der Leek. I hope I can prepare myself to have a more balancing life in my relation with the internet.
I’m going to ease down…
The important thing is to deliver the content. And I do need to remember to make check and recheck before delivering it. I won’t change it to have instant sensational news.
I like the term citizen journalism as it gives me the feeling of being a citizen in the global world as well. It also gave me a chance to do things that I won’t have as a housewife. I won’t have the chance to visit Seoul on an invitation if it was not for the article I wrote about wikimu.com.
The term grassroots journalism is not really appealing for me. Why? Don’t know…, it is just that the word “citizen” gave a better direction as for “right and obligation”.
In the Bloggers’ party there were seats reserved for the press, but as it is a party without the presence of the president we were free to take pictures. Journalists or non journalists were all free to go to the front and take pictures.
I know now that I should put my blog under the term of bridge blogging. Let my current issues be something currently thought in my mind.
Hopefully my computer can be fixed soon, and I’ll be able to concentrate on writing my current thoughts in my blog. (He..he..he..this post is still written using another borrowed note book).
I’ve read a T-shirt’s design wore in the bloggers’ party “No one cares about your blog”. I do think that people do care as long as it is something that they think is important.
Nobody wrote about the Indonesian bloggers meeting in OMNI so I do think it is still a current issue. Perhaps, my way of presenting it was wrong. I do not master how to write a feature. One of my articles that I sent to a mainstream media here was never published, and I overheard that the editor was confused where it would fit, Feature or Opinion.
It is so hard to work as a citizen reporter without the proper facilities. I’m glad that my writing about fighting the poverty can get published in Ohmy News. Then, I was already struggling with the problem of my new modem. I just bought it about three months ago through Telkom, so I could still ask for its replacement. As there were Lebaran holidays it was a long wait until I got back my modem. Before I had the chance to get it connected (glad that I did not connect it), the computer broke down. The electricity wire got struck by the thunder storm (one of the 480 thunderstorms on that afternoon, as stated by the BMG). So I’ve got to go to the Blogger Party without having a proper research. I printed out my invitation in my brother’s house just after I left my children in my parents’ house to go for the party.
My article reporting the National Bloggers’ Party for wikimu was commented by a reader as a very modest report. Although it is about my way of using the word Bapak (Mr) or Bapak Menteri, but I knew that it was also too plain….I wrote it in a restaurant borrowing a friend’s notebook.
After the Lebaran, my domestic assistant did not come back. So the proportion of handling the house chores are abundant. Without my personal computer I am paralyzed. While I usually can cut my sleeping hours to write, now I can do nothing…
Do I become addicted to the internet? Addicted to blogging? I hope not! I’ll always remember the articles about blogging that I read in OMNI, one from Claire George, and the other one from Nicolas van der Leek. I hope I can prepare myself to have a more balancing life in my relation with the internet.
I’m going to ease down…
The important thing is to deliver the content. And I do need to remember to make check and recheck before delivering it. I won’t change it to have instant sensational news.
I like the term citizen journalism as it gives me the feeling of being a citizen in the global world as well. It also gave me a chance to do things that I won’t have as a housewife. I won’t have the chance to visit Seoul on an invitation if it was not for the article I wrote about wikimu.com.
The term grassroots journalism is not really appealing for me. Why? Don’t know…, it is just that the word “citizen” gave a better direction as for “right and obligation”.
In the Bloggers’ party there were seats reserved for the press, but as it is a party without the presence of the president we were free to take pictures. Journalists or non journalists were all free to go to the front and take pictures.
I know now that I should put my blog under the term of bridge blogging. Let my current issues be something currently thought in my mind.
Hopefully my computer can be fixed soon, and I’ll be able to concentrate on writing my current thoughts in my blog. (He..he..he..this post is still written using another borrowed note book).
Friday, 2 November 2007
New Voices of Indonesia Speak Through the Internet.
Pesta Blogger Nasional Celebrating the First National Bloggers’ Day in Indonesia.
Indonesian government acknowledges the value of Indonesian grassroots’ voices that speak through the internet. Voices from the mailing lists, Readers’ Forum, to the voices of bloggers in the internet are now considered the new voices of Indonesia (Suara Baru Indonesia).
The Minister of Communication and Information, Muhammad Nuh, opened the First Indonesian Bloggers’ Party (Pesta Blogger) that served about 500 bloggers on the 27th October 2007 in Jakarta.
Indonesian bloggers came from Sumatera, Sulawesi, Java, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore joined the party. It was also a celebration of the first National Bloggers’ Day. The government gave its support and will guarantee the freedom of speech in the internet. Yet, bloggers do need to remember their responsibility in presenting their country through the cyber space, and to help building Indonesia through their views and developing critics.
As an archipelago with more than 17,000 islands the internet will surely be the best tool to make a faster and easier connection to unify the citizens. The Indonesian bloggers are now approximately 130,000 people, which is far beyond the huge population of Indonesia. While developing the ICT to serve Indonesian people, it is also important to raise people’s awareness of their position as bloggers in presenting Indonesia to the global world.
This bloggers’ day celebration took place a day before the celebration of the Youth Pledge Day. It was hoped that the spirit that unified the youth in 1928 will be renewed and unified the Indonesian through the power of these new voices.
The internet is more familiar to the young people in Indonesia. There are plenty of teenlits published by youngsters after their blogs. But as shown in this first Indonesian bloggers’ party, a blog is not exclusively maintained by youngsters. I met the oldest blogger in the party, a seventy six-year-old, Prof. Dr. Iwan Darmansjah. His blog is mostly about health and medicine, and he said that he already kept it for ten years.
As in an Indonesian wedding party, where people can meet a lot of friends and be introduced to new acquaintances, the party was served to all range of age. There were also some seventh grader students and ninth grader students who maintained their blogs for about one or two years.
Family and school seemed to have a good influence in introducing blogging to youngsters. I’ve met a family whose members are all keeping their own blogs. First, it was to cater a long distance relation between parents as the father had to work far from the family. Then it became a habit that was followed by the children. The eldest son, who did not really keen on writing, started his first blog about Play Station Games. Now he is also posting to another blog as a part of his school assignment. The younger son started his blog last year when he was a sixth grader student. While his father’s blog is called ndobos (Javanese word for nonsense), he named his blog anakndobos (the child of ndobos). He wrote about his daily routine. He was frankly said in his post about the bloggers’ party that he kept playing Game Boy as he did not understand what the minister was talking about. Yet, as he revealed to me, he never wrote any complaint about his parents in his blog.
I think this is the different between blog and diary. When I was his age I wrote a lot of things in my diary, including my complaints for my parents or teachers. It was wonderful to look back at the diary and learnt how I grew up and to keep reminding myself on things that I might now act as a parent. While diary can be keep personal, blog is meant to be a public share.
Blog is a way to communicate to each other, relate to new acquaintance, or even fight for defending arguments. It will do good deeds as long as we keep it in the cyber world noted Ong Hock Chuan. He is a Malaysian blogger, a former journalist who is now a technical advisor for Maverick (the Public Relation Company that also helped worked out this event). In his blog he posted an article about the dispute between Malaysia and Indonesia on a traditional song known to Indonesian as a song from Maluku, East of Indonesia. He received 249 comments from Indonesia and Malaysia. While the discussion was heated in the cyber space, hopefully a better understanding of the different views could ease down the anger in the real world.
This big event was organized by some senior bloggers with Enda Nasution as the chairperson of the steering committee. The committee was consisted of some popular names like
Budi Putra, Nukman Luthfie, Wimar Witoelar, Shinta Danuwardoyo, Wicaksono, etc. Bloggers’ communities came using their own T-shirts’ design. Some were advertising their community, and there was also an activity from the Bundaran Hotel Indonesia community (Jakarta) to raise education fund for children from Bangsari, a village near Yogyakarta.
In the first session which was moderated by Wimar Witoelar, stories of bloggers came out. From those who can have their books published, to those who found the spouse through blogging activities. Another blogger lost her job in a TV station after a story she posted in her blog provoked anger from the Malaysian Minister of Tourism. She revealed her gratitude to other bloggers who kept supported and encouraged her during her ordeal. In this session Adrianto as the CEO of wikimu.com was also giving his words. He said that wikimu.com as a citizen journalism website is the participatory form of citizen in revealing their opinions. I have noted that more people are now attracted to write for citizen- journalism websites, and only some of these writers have their own blogs.
The second session divided the participants into several topics. The topics were personal blog, celebrity blog, current issues, bridge blogging, women’s issues, on-line marketing and sales, and technology blog.
I registered myself in current issues as I’d like to know more about how to handle current issues in my limited time for writing. I think it is important to know how to make an objective view if I want to cover current issues for my blog. My blog Buah Pena was constructed after I knew citizen journalism website. I consider it as my diary as a citizen reporter. I like the term citizen journalism because it reminded me of my duty as a citizen of my country and also as a citizen of the world. The moderator for this group were Wicaksono (a senior journalist), and Rudiyanto (an NGO worker).
This second session was very informal so I did placed myself between two groups, Current Issues and Bridge Blogging, to be able to hear both discussions. While the participants for Current Issues were plenty, the participants for Bridge Blogging were only about ten persons. Moderated by Ong Hock Chuan, the topics Bridge Blogging was mainly concern about the function of a blog as a bridge to give information about Indonesia to the world.
Actually the conversation in the group of Bridge Blogging was more interesting for me, but my interest in grassroots’ objectives on current issues kept me longer in the bigger crowd. As an excerpt from Bridge Blogging, I got that language is still the main obstacle for bridge blogging but there are plenty of friends who will be happy to help out. Then, community of mailing list, forum, or citizen journalism website can become an additional resource of knowledge and help. The voices from bridge blogs are important to give more opinions on Indonesia outside the voice of the mainstream media to the world.
There are two important things that I dig out in this session. First, as a blogger I do not have to worry about current issues. Just be ourselves. That way we can produce a better view on any current issues that took our interests. Then, for being a bridge between Indonesia to the world it is important to be very objective. Networking communities can be a big help to gain more knowledge and to build a better blog performance.
Between the two session people made their vote for their chosen blogs. This vote brought some prizes such as Nokia Hand Phone. A lap top was a spontaneous gift from the minister for the most voted blog. It was such a party, but it was also a start for a bigger job. To be the real new voices!
Indonesian government acknowledges the value of Indonesian grassroots’ voices that speak through the internet. Voices from the mailing lists, Readers’ Forum, to the voices of bloggers in the internet are now considered the new voices of Indonesia (Suara Baru Indonesia).
The Minister of Communication and Information, Muhammad Nuh, opened the First Indonesian Bloggers’ Party (Pesta Blogger) that served about 500 bloggers on the 27th October 2007 in Jakarta.
Indonesian bloggers came from Sumatera, Sulawesi, Java, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore joined the party. It was also a celebration of the first National Bloggers’ Day. The government gave its support and will guarantee the freedom of speech in the internet. Yet, bloggers do need to remember their responsibility in presenting their country through the cyber space, and to help building Indonesia through their views and developing critics.
As an archipelago with more than 17,000 islands the internet will surely be the best tool to make a faster and easier connection to unify the citizens. The Indonesian bloggers are now approximately 130,000 people, which is far beyond the huge population of Indonesia. While developing the ICT to serve Indonesian people, it is also important to raise people’s awareness of their position as bloggers in presenting Indonesia to the global world.
This bloggers’ day celebration took place a day before the celebration of the Youth Pledge Day. It was hoped that the spirit that unified the youth in 1928 will be renewed and unified the Indonesian through the power of these new voices.
The internet is more familiar to the young people in Indonesia. There are plenty of teenlits published by youngsters after their blogs. But as shown in this first Indonesian bloggers’ party, a blog is not exclusively maintained by youngsters. I met the oldest blogger in the party, a seventy six-year-old, Prof. Dr. Iwan Darmansjah. His blog is mostly about health and medicine, and he said that he already kept it for ten years.
As in an Indonesian wedding party, where people can meet a lot of friends and be introduced to new acquaintances, the party was served to all range of age. There were also some seventh grader students and ninth grader students who maintained their blogs for about one or two years.
Family and school seemed to have a good influence in introducing blogging to youngsters. I’ve met a family whose members are all keeping their own blogs. First, it was to cater a long distance relation between parents as the father had to work far from the family. Then it became a habit that was followed by the children. The eldest son, who did not really keen on writing, started his first blog about Play Station Games. Now he is also posting to another blog as a part of his school assignment. The younger son started his blog last year when he was a sixth grader student. While his father’s blog is called ndobos (Javanese word for nonsense), he named his blog anakndobos (the child of ndobos). He wrote about his daily routine. He was frankly said in his post about the bloggers’ party that he kept playing Game Boy as he did not understand what the minister was talking about. Yet, as he revealed to me, he never wrote any complaint about his parents in his blog.
I think this is the different between blog and diary. When I was his age I wrote a lot of things in my diary, including my complaints for my parents or teachers. It was wonderful to look back at the diary and learnt how I grew up and to keep reminding myself on things that I might now act as a parent. While diary can be keep personal, blog is meant to be a public share.
Blog is a way to communicate to each other, relate to new acquaintance, or even fight for defending arguments. It will do good deeds as long as we keep it in the cyber world noted Ong Hock Chuan. He is a Malaysian blogger, a former journalist who is now a technical advisor for Maverick (the Public Relation Company that also helped worked out this event). In his blog he posted an article about the dispute between Malaysia and Indonesia on a traditional song known to Indonesian as a song from Maluku, East of Indonesia. He received 249 comments from Indonesia and Malaysia. While the discussion was heated in the cyber space, hopefully a better understanding of the different views could ease down the anger in the real world.
This big event was organized by some senior bloggers with Enda Nasution as the chairperson of the steering committee. The committee was consisted of some popular names like
Budi Putra, Nukman Luthfie, Wimar Witoelar, Shinta Danuwardoyo, Wicaksono, etc. Bloggers’ communities came using their own T-shirts’ design. Some were advertising their community, and there was also an activity from the Bundaran Hotel Indonesia community (Jakarta) to raise education fund for children from Bangsari, a village near Yogyakarta.
In the first session which was moderated by Wimar Witoelar, stories of bloggers came out. From those who can have their books published, to those who found the spouse through blogging activities. Another blogger lost her job in a TV station after a story she posted in her blog provoked anger from the Malaysian Minister of Tourism. She revealed her gratitude to other bloggers who kept supported and encouraged her during her ordeal. In this session Adrianto as the CEO of wikimu.com was also giving his words. He said that wikimu.com as a citizen journalism website is the participatory form of citizen in revealing their opinions. I have noted that more people are now attracted to write for citizen- journalism websites, and only some of these writers have their own blogs.
The second session divided the participants into several topics. The topics were personal blog, celebrity blog, current issues, bridge blogging, women’s issues, on-line marketing and sales, and technology blog.
I registered myself in current issues as I’d like to know more about how to handle current issues in my limited time for writing. I think it is important to know how to make an objective view if I want to cover current issues for my blog. My blog Buah Pena was constructed after I knew citizen journalism website. I consider it as my diary as a citizen reporter. I like the term citizen journalism because it reminded me of my duty as a citizen of my country and also as a citizen of the world. The moderator for this group were Wicaksono (a senior journalist), and Rudiyanto (an NGO worker).
This second session was very informal so I did placed myself between two groups, Current Issues and Bridge Blogging, to be able to hear both discussions. While the participants for Current Issues were plenty, the participants for Bridge Blogging were only about ten persons. Moderated by Ong Hock Chuan, the topics Bridge Blogging was mainly concern about the function of a blog as a bridge to give information about Indonesia to the world.
Actually the conversation in the group of Bridge Blogging was more interesting for me, but my interest in grassroots’ objectives on current issues kept me longer in the bigger crowd. As an excerpt from Bridge Blogging, I got that language is still the main obstacle for bridge blogging but there are plenty of friends who will be happy to help out. Then, community of mailing list, forum, or citizen journalism website can become an additional resource of knowledge and help. The voices from bridge blogs are important to give more opinions on Indonesia outside the voice of the mainstream media to the world.
There are two important things that I dig out in this session. First, as a blogger I do not have to worry about current issues. Just be ourselves. That way we can produce a better view on any current issues that took our interests. Then, for being a bridge between Indonesia to the world it is important to be very objective. Networking communities can be a big help to gain more knowledge and to build a better blog performance.
Between the two session people made their vote for their chosen blogs. This vote brought some prizes such as Nokia Hand Phone. A lap top was a spontaneous gift from the minister for the most voted blog. It was such a party, but it was also a start for a bigger job. To be the real new voices!
Thursday, 1 November 2007
Apakah Kita Masih Terikat Pada Sumpah Pemuda 28 Oktober 1928?
The spirit to be united in 1928, now known as the Youth Pledge Day is it still ours?
Afraid that their children will be left behind in the global world, more and more parents imposing their children to speak English as their daily language. It is obvious that we do need international language such as English to enter the global competition, but do we have to take our own language for granted?
Regional languages or dialects are also being left behind. More and more youngsters did not have this kind of language attachment. So, are we still attached to the spirit of the Youth Pledge Day or is it all ceremonial?
Afraid that their children will be left behind in the global world, more and more parents imposing their children to speak English as their daily language. It is obvious that we do need international language such as English to enter the global competition, but do we have to take our own language for granted?
Regional languages or dialects are also being left behind. More and more youngsters did not have this kind of language attachment. So, are we still attached to the spirit of the Youth Pledge Day or is it all ceremonial?
Pesta Blogger 2007 - Ketemu di Dunia Nyata
This is a short report for wikimu.com on the first Indonesian bloggers' party. I wrote this article using a borrowed lap top in a restaurant. My computer was broken due to the thunder storm lightning in Serpong. It happened just after I got my modem replacement from Telkom. Lucky that the modem was not connected yet. I've really got to struggle to keep online...
Indonesians Speak Out Against Poverty
Ikut bangkit dan berdiri menyuarakan perlawanan terhadap kemiskinan (atau pemiskinan?).
Bukan hanya yang tua, yang muda juga bisa bersuara dengan caranya sendiri...
Kesulitan air bersih menjadi salah satu hal yang penting untuk Indonesia. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengajak warga negara dunia (citizen of the world) untuk turut prihatin dan bertindak. Semoga tidak sekedar berhenti di kampanye melainkan diteruskan dalam kehidupan nyata!
Link: http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=7&no=380755&rel_no=1
Indonesians Speak Out Against Poverty
Successful campaign should be followed by real action
Bukan hanya yang tua, yang muda juga bisa bersuara dengan caranya sendiri...
Kesulitan air bersih menjadi salah satu hal yang penting untuk Indonesia. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengajak warga negara dunia (citizen of the world) untuk turut prihatin dan bertindak. Semoga tidak sekedar berhenti di kampanye melainkan diteruskan dalam kehidupan nyata!
Link: http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=7&no=380755&rel_no=1
Indonesians Speak Out Against Poverty
Successful campaign should be followed by real action
Sunday, 21 October 2007
Gambar Anak Indonesia Akan Menghias Perangko PBB
A Picture of an Indonesian boy will be used as the design of UN's stamps. I intend to make a longer posting in English for this one.
Combining both the previous post (Voices Against Poverty), this news about Children's Art Competition and some material from the previous water seminar was already create another article for OMNI. I'll put it in my next posting in this blog.
Combining both the previous post (Voices Against Poverty), this news about Children's Art Competition and some material from the previous water seminar was already create another article for OMNI. I'll put it in my next posting in this blog.
Satukan Kepedulian, Ayo Bangkit dan Suarakan! (Jangan Lupa Ikut Bertindak!)
Unified our concern, stand up and voice out! (Don't forget to act!)
I wrote an article to celebrate the International Day Against Poverty. The title might be a bit too long. I was in a hurry to get it published on time (October 17, 2007). When I was connected to wikimu.com I saw another article was already published. I changed my title a little bit...et voila! (I need to learn how to make an eye catching title!)
I wrote an article to celebrate the International Day Against Poverty. The title might be a bit too long. I was in a hurry to get it published on time (October 17, 2007). When I was connected to wikimu.com I saw another article was already published. I changed my title a little bit...et voila! (I need to learn how to make an eye catching title!)
Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1428 H, Mohon Maaf Lahir dan Batin.
What can be a better way for a citizen reporter to wish her friends all the good wishes and asking for forgiveness in the of the Ramadhan month? An article off course...
I reviewed some opinion from the national newspaper and made a personal poem. I mentioned the letter from the Pope too. As a non muslim who grew up in Indonesia, Lebaran (Idul Fitri) is also a part of my life. I think even as a non muslim I can gain more self enrichment from both the spiritual event and the social event of Lebaran.
I reviewed some opinion from the national newspaper and made a personal poem. I mentioned the letter from the Pope too. As a non muslim who grew up in Indonesia, Lebaran (Idul Fitri) is also a part of my life. I think even as a non muslim I can gain more self enrichment from both the spiritual event and the social event of Lebaran.
Wikimu: Komunitas di Dunia Maya, Keluarga Indonesiaku.
Wikimu: The Cyber World Community, my Indonesian Family.
As writers and readers are commenting online, we get more closer. Off line meeting were also helping us to get to know each other. Sometimes we were never meet each other but we started to communicate through personal e-mail too. It makes this community like a family to me...my big (multi back ground) Indonesian family.
This piece is to celebrate the first birthday of Wikimu.com. (I won't forget as it is the same date with my twins' birthday!)
As writers and readers are commenting online, we get more closer. Off line meeting were also helping us to get to know each other. Sometimes we were never meet each other but we started to communicate through personal e-mail too. It makes this community like a family to me...my big (multi back ground) Indonesian family.
This piece is to celebrate the first birthday of Wikimu.com. (I won't forget as it is the same date with my twins' birthday!)
Apakah Anda Seorang Blogger?
This article was actually written just after my post about Pesta Blogger Indonesia. The translation of the title is "Are You a Blogger?"
I'd like to get the opinion of the readers about the difference between a citizen repoter and a blogger. It was read by quite a high number of readers, and got some comments.
I do hope to write a better article about citizen journalism and blogging. Just need more time to concentrate on writing!
I'd like to get the opinion of the readers about the difference between a citizen repoter and a blogger. It was read by quite a high number of readers, and got some comments.
I do hope to write a better article about citizen journalism and blogging. Just need more time to concentrate on writing!
Umur Panjang dan Penampilan (Intermeso)
This one is not my original piece. A friend of mine had sent me an e-mail attachment as a gift for my birthday. I was cleaning my mail box when I saw it once again. I thought it would be nice to share with others, so I translate it from the original (French) into Bahasa Indonesia (with some adjustment).
Readers like this article, I got more votes for this one. I've got to keep reminding them that this one is not originally from me. Yet, I do not know who is the real author.
Readers like this article, I got more votes for this one. I've got to keep reminding them that this one is not originally from me. Yet, I do not know who is the real author.
Jatuh Cinta Sejak Usia 12 Tahun.
Fell in love since the age of twelve, that's the title...
How I fell in love with museums and our love story will be added soon (I hope)...
How I fell in love with museums and our love story will be added soon (I hope)...
Selamat Merayakan Hari Penerjemah Internasional!
On celebrating the International Translators Day I published this article in wikimu (September 30, 2007). More detail will be added soon...
Belajar Menjadi Orang Tua
Learning how to be a parent, I'll give more details later. For the time being you can link to the title and read the Indonesian version in wikimu.com
Friday, 5 October 2007
The first Indonesian bloggers meeting in Jakarta
Indonesian bloggers will have their first meeting on the 27th October 2007 in Jakarta. After experiencing the international citizen reporters' meeting in Seoul I know that it will be a very nice chance to meet all senior bloggers. It will help new bloggers to know more about blogging, and it will enrich the senior bloggers with more network and hopefully better connection and comments.
So, hopefully
Just keep my fingers crossed.
So, hopefully
Just keep my fingers crossed.
Tuesday, 2 October 2007
On Peaceful World, May be Mother Earth is Waiting For Godot!
News these days are mostly bad news! We’ve got bad news from Iraq. We’ve got bad news from Myanmar.
A Japanese journalist was killed in Myanmar. More than thousand people are missing. Several hundreds of Buddhist monks and activists are taken away by the military. All happened after the Buddhist monks together with the citizen performed the demonstration asking for a reformation in politic and economic fields.
Democracy seems to be a very expensive jewel of mother Earth. Blood shed to present her the democracy. Pro-democracy (in the case of the US in Iraq) or anti democracy (in Myanmar) are all the same, they are all starting sacrificing human lives.
I saw the real meaning of citizen journalism in Myanmar. They are all fighting to keep the world know what is happening. The internet links are cut, blogs are blocked…but they found ways to scream out their miseries to the world. Mother Earth cried quietly on the blood that runs over her body.
I do think she is also waiting for a better and peaceful world, but I keep wondering if she is only waiting for Godot!
A Japanese journalist was killed in Myanmar. More than thousand people are missing. Several hundreds of Buddhist monks and activists are taken away by the military. All happened after the Buddhist monks together with the citizen performed the demonstration asking for a reformation in politic and economic fields.
Democracy seems to be a very expensive jewel of mother Earth. Blood shed to present her the democracy. Pro-democracy (in the case of the US in Iraq) or anti democracy (in Myanmar) are all the same, they are all starting sacrificing human lives.
I saw the real meaning of citizen journalism in Myanmar. They are all fighting to keep the world know what is happening. The internet links are cut, blogs are blocked…but they found ways to scream out their miseries to the world. Mother Earth cried quietly on the blood that runs over her body.
I do think she is also waiting for a better and peaceful world, but I keep wondering if she is only waiting for Godot!
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