-Sleepless Minds-

Moved ...

2008-02-15T22:55:00.002+07:00

Hahahahahahahaha ...
Saya pindah rumah saja ah ...
Silakan cari saya di http://winardi.wordpress.com

I'm moving out ...
You can reach me at http://winardi.wordpress.com

Cenk Blonk Baru ...

2008-02-15T10:36:00.006+07:00

Cenk: Yen bindan ci baanga mitis biin ken Bhatara Siwa ke Mercapada, dadi apa nyet ci e?
Blonk: Dadi sampi
Cenk: Ngudiang dadi sampi? Kan dadi manusia lebih bagus. Yen dadi manusia ngelah bayu, sabda, idep. Ngelah pikiran.
Blonk: Ah luungan dadi sampi. Yen dadi manusa, apin ngelah idep nak keweh. Be ngelah pipis biin blanjaang, biin telah, biin alih. Uyeng - uyengan uyak e. Idup olaha teken pis. Yen dadi sampi aluh. Amah padang gen, betek basange pules. Mikirin meli hp, sing
Cenk: Dadi sampi?
Blonk: Ae. Meli sepeda motor, sing. Aman idupe
Cenk: Sampi to kan lacur?
Blonk: Pe lacur?
Cenk: Metegul di bada
Blonk: Madak pang tegula. Wak e tegula nak semengan baina ngamah, baina yeh. Meju, kanti tain wak e garukina. Kan aman. Manusa e dadi pembantun wak e

One of many things that I miss from Bali is Cenk Blonk puppet show (Wayang Cenk Blonk). I really – really love this show, I’m a huge fans of Cenk Blonk. You can call me old fashioned for loving traditional puppet show, but this show really – really rocks. If someone told me to choose between Lindsay Lohan and Wayang Cenk Blonk, I would definitely choose Wayang Cenk Blonk hahahaha …

And today, my friend, Guru Wewe, told me that my other friend, Bli Kadek, have put the latest Cenk Blonk in his blog. Bli Beni actually told me about it a few days ago, but I was unaware of it because I thought it was going to be the same Cenk Blonk with the one tha I already have. And knowing it’s a new one makes me very - very happy and I’m listening to it right now. Yes, I’m listening not watching it. Uploading the entire 3 CD content will be one heck of a job. That’s why mp3 is good enough for me. Even though it’s just in form of mp3, I still can enjoy the show.

I can’t wait to watch the VCD version :)

In The Name of Solidarity and Freedom of Expression

2008-02-14T10:11:00.008+07:00

Last night I got one interesting email from Bung Antonemus through the Bali Blogger Community mailing list. The email was about a writer, Bung Bersihar Lubis, who are being sued for his critic to the Depok District Attorney. Bung Bersihar Lubis, through his writing openly criticize the government for allegedly prohibiting and burning history book which doesn’t cite or put the word “PKI” after the word “Gerakan 30 September (G30S) 1965”. Deputy General Attorney, Muchtar Arifin, said that criticizing the government for prohibiting and burning those books is categorized as an act of reversing the history fact.

While on the other hand, Bung Bersihar Lubis argued that citing and putting “PKI” will become an unscientific move because the involvement of PKI during the 1965 coup itself is still in doubt. Current history that are written in history books and taught in schools are solely based on the government version without the involvement of many great Indonesian historians such as Asvi Warman Adam, Anhar Gonggong, etc. He later on said, which are taken from Benedetto Croce words, every true story is contemporary history. Truth is a relative thing. It can right at a certain period and it can be wrong at another time. History is an illustration of the past, but it is not precisely depict the past. But, he continued, monopolizing the truth of history are absurd.

***

I really love Bung Bersihar point of view. Monopolizing the truth of history is absurd, then taking advantage of the monopoly even more absurd. This is what happens in Indonesia. Everything must get along with the government policy, or should I say the Suhartoisme policy. If things don’t get along, then it must be an act of subversives, an attempt to coup, or an attempt to reversing the history. If these acts of stigmatization keep on happening, what’s the point of shouting that Indonesia is a country that highly respect the human right and a country that based on law (at least, this is what the teacher taught me in school)? What’s the point of shouting that Indonesia is a democratic country if the citizens don’t have the right to make a fair judgment about an event? Is it just a lip service to make everything stay in order? To make people feel as if they live in wonderland? Wake up and smell the coffee, Mr. Deputy General Attorney.

Seems that there so many thing that these people need to learn. So please, could you really – really studying something if you have to do a study tour, not just do shopping with your wife. But first of all, learn to have a big heart when criticize. Does the White House sue them for this video?

To all blogger, let’s unite against this type of stigmatization.

Kebebasan informasi dan berekspresi adalah hak asasi.
Karena itu, kami menolak penyeragaman informasi.
Mai ngeblog apang sing belog!
Manifesto of the Bali Blogger Community

image randomly taken from the internet

Ngiring Ngelawar ...

2008-02-12T10:06:00.000+07:00

First of all, I would like to congratulate Bali Blogger Community which was officially launched last Saturday. From the invitation in my last post, you’ll understand that this event will be very fun. Everybody was so excited anticipating the launching. Too bad I can’t come and see it with my own eyes. Just see it through some pictures, read some stories from and chat with member of the Bali Blogger Community members. Hopefully, next time I will have the chance to meet members of the community.

While everyone come to the launching ceremony enjoying "gerang meterik" made by Bu Lode, the wife of Pak Antonemus, I was having fun myself in my apartment. I was making lawar (again). Last time when I tried to make lawar, I was only using ground pork and green beans. This time, I have the long beans and pork skin. Yes, it’s pork skin, Balinese more familiar with the term “rames”. Everyone feast your eyes with the one and only LAWAR …

Undangan Launching Bali Blogger Community

2008-02-08T08:14:00.001+07:00

Semeton Belogger yth,

Setelah tertunda bulan lalu, akhirnya kita akan launching komunitas blogger Bali, Bali Blogger Community (BBC) juga bulan ini.

Launching ini sebagai bagian dari kampanye kita untuk mengenalkan blog pada masyarakat, sekaligus mengenalkan BBC. Karena itu, mengundang dengan hangat pada semeton belogger Bali untuk hadir pada Launching BBC yang akan dilaksanakan pada:

Hari/Tanggal: Minggu/10 Februari 2008
Waktu: Pukul 16.00 s/d 19.00
Tempat: Popo Danes Art Veranda Jl Hayam Wuruk 159 Tanjung Bungkak Denpasar

Selain launching resmi BBC dan website, juga ada acara bebas seperti makan malam, bagi-bagi doorprize, dan seterusnya. Jadi jelas rugi kalau tidak datang. Oya, ada kaos BBC pula untuk yang datang. Tapi kaosnya tidak gratis.

Untuk hadir pada launching ini, semeton belogger tidak perlu bayar apa pun alias gratis, tis. Namun, untuk kepentingan teknis, mohon untuk konfirmasi ke Made Yanuar di 08155734998/yanuar@gmail.com atau Luh De di 08123986124/lodegen@yahoo.com. Bisa juga telepon ke flexi 7989495. Konfirmasi paling telat pada Jumat, 8 Februari 2008 pukul 18.00 Wita.

Demikian undangan ini. Semoga semeton belogger sareng sinami berkenan untuk hadir. Mohon bantuannya juga untuk memasang undangan ini di blog semeton belogger Bali sekalian agar makin banyak blogger Bali yang hadir.

Terima kasih,

Panitia Launching

Sumber: http://rumahtulisan.wordpress.com

Tata Krama Toko dan Restoran

2008-02-08T01:27:00.001+07:00

Dagang Acung: Sir, buy sir. Cheap sir, very cheap. (Pedagang acung menawarkan barangnya kepada tourist di Bali).

Today, I want to write thing that are not related to my previous post. For tourist, these are somewhat annoying thing. The following are some etiquette that I’ve seen and practiced by people here. I personally really like it and hoping we can do this in our daily life. The following conversation usually occurs when you entered a store. SR is the sales representative and S represents a bunch of shopper.

SR: Hello guys, how are you today?
S: Oh good, thanks. How about you?
SR: I’m doing great today, thank you. Is there anything I can do to help you today?
S: Oh no, we are just looking around.
SR: Ok, just let me know if you need anything.
S: Ok.

The sales representative then leaves the shopper to wonder around looking at stuff in the store. Here, sales representatives are very friendly and helpful. With a big smile in their face they welcome and help the customer. They don’t care whether the customers are really going to buy some stuff or just window shopping, they serve the customers equally.

When you want to pay for all the items that you want to buy, this is the conversation that usually occurs. CS is the cashier and S still represents a bunch of shopper.

CS: How are you guys doing today?
S: Not bad, thanks, and you?
CS: I’m good, thank you. Do you find anything you need in the store today?
S: O yeah, everything is ok.
CS: (After counting all the items) The total will be $xxx
S: (Prepare to slide credit card)
CS: Do you want to use credit or debit card?
S: Credit, please…
CS: Please slide the card and sign the receipt …
S: (Signing …)
CS: Do you want me to put the receipt in the bag?
S: Yes, please
CS: (Handing over the bag with all items in it) Here you go. Have a good day
S: Thank you. You too.

These are the thing that we must adopt. We must learn how to make shopping as convenience as possible in Bali for tourist if you really want to make living from tourism. Is there anybody willing to teach the “pedagang acungan” on how to do this?

Galungan and Kuningan di Negeri Orang

2008-02-02T07:21:00.000+07:00

Wow, I never thought that I will get plenty of comments on my last blog entry. I got 11 on my blogspot post and got 6 on wordpress blog. Well, I know that 16 is not a big number, but that’s the biggest number hehehehe … So cheers to everyone who put comment on my last post. But, as Mr. Antonemus said in one of his blog entry, we write a blog because we loved to write and not because we are expecting many comments on our blog hehehehe …

Actually, I want to write a blog about the death of our beloved former president, H.M Soeharto I need to write this one correctly because someone in the Bali Blogger Community complained when I just use Soeharto (I still can’t stop laughing when I remember about that discussion hahahahahahaha … ). But, right now I realize that there is no point to write about him because it will be a very “heavy”, Sandy and Sam will complain like what they did before hehehehe ... and I might be accused of being not objective again (hint: hagnen atremus) hehehe … Moreover, the media hype with their praise to our beloved former president is not a match for my writing (hint: who own all those medias? hahahahaha … ).

Finally, actually Mr. Anton keeps on asking me to write, I decided to write about Galungan and Kuningan abroad hehehehehe … So, let’s start our story then. Galungan and Kuningan has always become a day that I always looking forward for. It’s a day where you spend your time with your entire family member. But this time I have to spend my Galungan and Kuningan day abroad, without my family and friends. A few days before Galungan, I already planned to make lawar, or at least something that looks like lawar to me hehehe … I planned to buy ground pork, some pork skin and pork ear, some pork liver and jackfruit. And don’t forget the spices, chilies, onion, garlic and black pepper. These are the only spices that I know their English name hehehe … I think the plan are perfect and I am looking forward to do it. Just go the Strip district, I know the name is kind of like xxx area but trust me it’s just a normal shopping area, and grab all those items from the Robert Wholey’s store and the Asian store.

Well, I can only make a plan but it seems that that the almighty God have other plan too. It was a freezing day, way too cold for me. I think it was 25°C below zero hahaha … I don’t think I can stand it if I have to stay outside waiting for the bus to go to strip district. And in the end, I decided to go to a nearby supermarket and buy ground pork. In this supermarket, you won’t find any jackfruit or long bean. So, I grab some green bean as a substitute hahaha … and went back to my apartment. In the end, I managed to finish my lawar and taste good, well not that good but not bad for an incomplete spices hahaha ... I just need to go through three more Galungan day and I’ll be home … Looking forward for that day :)

Happy Galungan and Kuningan to all :)

Balada McD, Makanan Sampah yang Menjadi Mewah

2008-01-21T11:58:00.000+07:00

Miss X: 'Kita makan siang dimana hari ini?'
Mas Y: 'Di McD aja yuk …'

-Yang bener aja, makan di tempat lain napa?-

Mas A: 'Eh, aku ada bazzar ni dari si Y, mau bareng ga?'
Mas B: 'Bazzar? Bazzar di daerah mana tu? Kalo waitressnya cakep – cakep, aku ikutan deh'
Mas A: 'Bazzar McD'
Mas B: [jdeng … shock ...]

-Plis deh, bazzar di McDonalds? Ga banget deh-

From my personal point of view, McDonalds has increasingly become a meal for high class Balinese. Almost everyone that I saw in McDonalds come from either middle or high class person. All of them loves McDonalds and will be proud if they have eaten at McDonalds. If you have kids and want to throw party for their birthday, just throw it in McDonalds and you will be considered a high class person. High schools students often go to McDonalds at lunch time and considered McDonalds as a cool place. Families often get dinner at McDonalds with their children. I don’t know what so special about McDonalds that help them to decide to get dinner at McDonalds.

When I was in college, I was thinking that by eating at McDonalds, I would achieve a higher social stature hehehe … So, when my friend told me that he will buy me a double cheese burger at McDonalds, I was so excited. Few days later we went to McDonalds at Simpang Dago. He bought me a double cheese burger but after I ate it, I was so surprise with the taste. I was wondering why would someone go and eat this kind of crap. It didn’t taste anything. It was very plain. I would rather eat Lawar rather than that crap food. And until now, I’m still wondering why our people loves McDonalds so much.

And then, at some point I have the chance to go to the country of McDonalds. I was curious whether there, McDonalds is also highly regarded as in Indonesia. The first time I went to my new school I saw Wendy’s on one corner of the block and McDonalds on the opposite block. After sometime and got used to the area, I realized that McDonalds is not a high class food. McDonalds here are considered as the most cheapest and unhealthy food. High class people here eat organic food, not McDonalds. So, why do we considered McDonalds as cool place and highly regard McDonalds? Only you can answer that question. How about other fast food like Wendy’s, KFC, or BK? Well, pretty much the same.

I Will Always Love Bali

2008-01-06T14:57:00.000+07:00

I never thought that I will get many responses for my last blog post. Bli Anton, one of the big boss of the Bali Blogger Community, even post a writing in response for my post. Afterwards, we chat a bit about this problem and I agree with him that this kind of problem already started to happen long time ago, but everything was covered up in the name of economy by some people. And that’s makes me wonder, should I revised the image about Bali that is planted in my mind?

Bli Kadek Suparta said that problems exist in every race, island and province. Though I’m totally agreed with that, I don’t like the facts that killing someone because of a trivial problem which often occurs in Bali. If you want to kill kick someone is the ass then that person has to be someone who made a big sin, for example that freaking dog Soeharto. He made out country like what we see today and he also made his family like what we see today. So, if you want to bang him in his head kick someone in the ass, then I wouldn’t mind at all. [Hope you die pain; may your soul unable to rest in peace; hope the devil will torture your soul in Hell, right sir; no shouldn’t be a sir but dog will be more appropriate]. But if it just a trivial problem like staring each other, border line or problems that occur in a café then it’s unworthy to kill someone.

But probably, all these problems and violence occur because the nature of human as an omnicide being who tend to vanquish everything. Not just other human (homicide), but also the nature (ecocide), other race (genocide) and even themselves (suicide). This was stated by Johan Galtung, a Norwegian sociologist, in one of his writing. But I do think that we can’t generalize and categorized everyone as an omnicide being. We, as the noblest being in the earth, have the knowledge and ability to suppress the omnicide desire. There are so many example of this noble thought around us. The world silent day campaign is one of the examples of our noble thought to fight against ecocide. So let’s fight those desires, the homicide desire, the ecocide desire, and even the suicide desire to make this world a better place to live in.

So, should I revise my image of Bali? I don’t think so. I will always remember Bali as the island of Gods, island of thousand temples and the most peaceful place on earth.

Rahajeng nyanggra rainan Siwa Ratri.

Balinese People These Days

2008-01-03T23:58:00.000+07:00

Before the new years eve, I spoke with one of my friend and I said that I predicted there will be another fight that caused by trivial problem during the new years eve celebration in Bali. During this kind of celebration which involved a large group of people, a small frictions or problems which actually not a big deals, can become source of big fight which sometimes leads to fatality. And what I fear the most occur in Kuta, at Dee Jay Café to be exact. Two security guard of the café was killed that night as reported by Balipost. One of the victims died with stab wound on their back, while the other got stab on their back. Both of them were Balinese, Ketut Mustiada (45) from Buleleng and Wayan Suparta (45) from Denpasar. Another victim who survived the horror, Ketut Mustika (40), suffer wound in his hand which almost cuts his right hand artery.

One of Dee Jay Café staff said that the murder occurs outside the café and the café are not related to the murder case. The staff also said that both of the victims were freelance security guard hired only to secure the café. It seems to me that the café trying to wash their hand of this case and they feel have no moral and material responsibility to the victim’s family member. Moral of the incident is to never work as security guard for a café hehehehehe … [just kidding]

As of yesterday, police already caught four suspected person involved in the incident. My main concern is not whether the killer is caught or not, but rather on how we can prevent this kind of “small friction to fatality” problem happen again in the future. We see this kind of cases more often these days in Bali. Is it true that Balinese people become angry easier these days? Well, I certainly hope not because the Balinese people that I know are gentle and warm hearted people with sincere smile on their face.

Happy New Year 2008

2008-01-01T07:56:00.000+07:00

Happiness keeps u sweet,
Failures keeps u humble,
Success keeps u glowing,
Only GOD keeps u going.

Let's hope Lindsay Lohan will be cured from her sex addiction.
Let's hope there will be no more crazy story from the Spears family.

Have a blessed & amazing New Year 2008.

World Silent Day

2007-12-26T09:18:00.000+07:00

I got this banners from one of my friend. The idea is really awesome. It will give sometime for the earth to heal itself. Hope this idea can be materialized sometime in the future.

Let's save the earth from global warming. I hope recent conference that was held in Bali by the so-called United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will bring something new to the world.

Semrawutnya Minta Ampun

2007-12-11T12:14:00.000+07:00

Sesuai ketentuan, denda yang dikenakan dalam sehari 1/1000 X nilai proyek (Rp 788 juta), sehingga dalam sepuluh hari, CV Wira Karya Sari harus membayar denda Rp 7,8 juta. [Denpost, 11 Desember 2007]

Kirain hukuman yang bakalan didapat kontraktor yang ga bisa memenuhi janjinya bakalan lumayan besar dan bisa memberikan efek jera. Ternyata cuman 1/1000 saja. Walah, ini sih ga bakal membuat jera para kontraktor yang ga bisa memenuhi janji. Saya perkirakan awalnya paling tidak bakalan kena 1% lah dari nilai proyek. Ternyata ... Yang paling saya tidak suka adalah mereka mempermainkan kualitas dari proyek. Kalo udah kayak gini, maka seharusnya disikat saja langsung supaya menjadi peringatan bagi kontraktor nakal lainnya agar tidak mengulangi hal yang sama. Lain halnya kalo keterlambatan terjadi karena faktor lain seperti gunung meletus, angin ribut, hujan badai.

Jangan tanya pula bagaimana proses tender proyek - proyek ini bisa berlangsung. Semuanya sudah diatur rapi. Dari pejabat yang memberi tender, peserta tender, sampe pemenang tender juga udah disiapkan. Acara bagi - bagi tender hanyalah formalitas saja. Sekedar ada padahal semuanya sudah disiapkan dari awal.

Darimana saya bisa tahu semua ini? Well, saya punya teman yang mukanya sampai babak belur dihajar oleh preman - preman sewaan dari salah satu perusahaan yang seharusnya menjadi pemenang sebuah acara lelang tender proyek. Perusahaan itu gagal menang gara - gara boss teman saya tidak terima dengan acara tender - tender palsu ini. Jadi dia tetap memaksa dan akhirnya dikasi menang, tapi setelah keluar ruangan, mereka langsung dihajar.

Yang lebih lucu lagi, ada teman saya yang ikut tender buat menghabiskan duit APBD. Kalo kata yang punya duit APBD proyeknya asal ada saja. Yang penting duit APBD yang sudah dianggarkan bisa dihabiskan saja. What the heck, kenapa tidak disimpan saja untuk tahun berikutnya? Apakah semua harus dihabiskan saja walaupun pengeluaran itu sifatnya tidak urgent diperlukan masyarakat? Saya orang yang tidak mengerti ekonomi, jadi tidak mengerti masalah APBD ini. Kalo pemikiran saya sederhana saja, kalo ada sisa yang ditabung buat pengeluaran berikutnya. Jangan dihabiskan semua kalo memang tidak diperlukan. Well, saya juga kurang mengerti kok.

Crooked Cops In Bali

2007-12-10T11:24:00.000+07:00

I just got this link from one of my friend. It's so freaking hilarious. It's about some tourist trying to set up and open public eyes about the real "Police" in Indonesia. Enjoy the video !!!!

Credits goes to Halim, Millstone2006

The video:

Ginada Jaya Prana

2007-12-07T13:10:00.000+07:00

Wenten katuturan satua ...
Wong tiwas mungguh ring gurit ...
Sampun ia mepumahan ...
Mangelah pianak tetelu ...
...

Itulah sepenggal pupuh Ginada Jayaprana yang masih saya ingat sampai sekarang. Entah mengapa sangat sulit sekali mencari hal - hal seperti ini di internet. Disaat hampir semua hal bisa kamu temukan di internet, pustaka - pustaka kekayaan Bali seperti ini masih sangat sulit untuk ditemukan internet.

Saya yakin tidak banyak generasi muda di Bali yang masih mengenal tembang Sekar Rare, Sekar Alit maupun Sekar Agung saat ini. Semoga dengan di-upload ke internet akan meningkatkan gengsi pustaka - pustaka Bali ini di mata generasi muda sekarang. Sejauh yang saya lihat, generasi muda cenderung tidak mau mengikuti hal - hal yang tidak gaul dan ketinggalan jaman. Mungkin seharusnya ada upaya untuk membungkus semua itu supaya menjadi lebih menarik lagi, karena jika tidak, suatu saat semua itu hanya akan menjadi nama saja.

Semoga ada upaya untuk meng-upload data - data itu dan semoga salah satu budaya Bali itu tidak punah :)

I Will Always Love Bali Forever

Pittsburgh, December 07, 2007

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Kari alit ...
Mawasta I Jaya Prana ...

Pop Quiz

2007-10-21T09:22:00.001+07:00

1. Miniature or real hotel?

2. Painting or photo?

My Poor Beloved Bali

2007-10-16T11:37:00.000+07:00

Mrs. X : Nyoman, where are you from?
Nyoman : I’m from Bali
Mrs. X : Bali? You’re from Bali? What are you doing here? Bali is a paradise. Why did you leave Bali?
Nyoman : bla bla bla bla.

Nyoman : I’m here to make xxxxx
Mrs. Y : Ooo ok. I need your yyyy. Where are you from?
Nyoman : I’m from Bali.
Mrs. Y : Wow you’re from bali. My sister went there on 1978 and she said that Bali is so beautiful.

These are some opinion that I get from some people that I meet around here. I have talk with many people around here and most of them said that Bali is a beautiful place. But is it still true until today? Do they know current situation in Bali? Or they just know Bali from their friends or from their old memories about Bali?

I don’t want to be skeptical about this problem nor be a person who said bad words about Bali. But after reading news especially in Balipost, I just can’t stop my mouth from saying bad words. Things seem to be getting worse day after day. Today, I read news about some tax that will have 1000% increase [what the hell]. And then I read about the government officials saying that they gave up on trying to solve the immigration problems; as you might aware, there are many people from other island who try to find living in Bali but some of them have limited skills. If these people can’t find any job, they might turn into villain and threatened the community.

I just hope that the upcoming election will produce true leader that will lead Bali away from destruction, true leader who won’t sell Bali to some irresponsible investor, and true leader who understand the true meaning of “Ajeg Bali”.

Fun With Dikmenti DKI

2007-10-11T09:15:00.000+07:00

Today i saw this disturbing but very funny article in the Dikmenti DKI's website (I have no idea what Dikmenti is). But it's really - really funny. My wild guess would be the system use some sort of translator that will translate the article from Indonesia to English.

Petani Bali, Tanam Bunga Jadi Alternatif

2007-10-11T00:48:00.000+07:00

Petani Bali
Tanam Bunga Jadi Alternatif

Perbaikan nasib petani yang sering diwacanakan maupun peluncuran program pertanian ternyata tidak banyak menyentuh petani. Buktinya, dari sejumlah petani yang ditemui, sebagian besar menyatakan tak ada perbaikan nasib. Lalu, apa kiat mereka untuk bertahan hidup di tengah keterpurukan harga komoditi pertanian?

Bali Post/dok
ALIH PERAN - Buruh luar daerah kini mengambil alih peran tenaga lokal dalam memanen padi.

BERCOCOK tanam sayur dan bunga pacar, kini menjadi alternatif para petani di sejumlah kabupaten di Bali. Di Kabupaten Klungkung, banyak tanah sawah tidak lagi ditanami padi, tetapi bunga pacar. Petani beralasan, hal itu dilakukan lantaran biaya operasional yang dikeluarkan untuk menanam padi tidak sebanding dengan hasil panen. Bahkan, cenderung lebih tinggi biaya operasional.

Wayan Kerta, petani di Subak Mungguna, Tihingan, mengakui hasil bunga tak seberapa, tetapi melebihi biaya produksi yang juga tak banyak. Hal sama diakui petani Subak Mekoodan, Nang Kapuh, Pan Siring dan Nang Rudi. Mereka mengaku, hasilnya sebagai petani benar-benar tak layak. Makanya mereka tak heran kalau generasi muda sekarang makin menjauhi sektor ini.

Anggota DPRD Klungkung Ketut Ariyasa menuding banyaknya lahan sawah yang ditanami bunga akan menggagalkan upaya swasembada pangan. Hal ini dampak dari ketidakpedulian pemerintah dalam upaya peningkatan produksi. ''Mereka hanya melaksanakan program rutin yang tidak menunjukkan peningkatan hasil produksi. Akibatnya, petani hanya bisa berproduksi untuk memenuhi konsumsi sendiri.''

Petani di Tabanan juga mengeluhkan hal yang sama. I Wayan Budiarta dari Baturiti Kaja yang memiliki sawah di Subak Meliling dan Pan Putra asal Mandung menyatakan harga pupuk dan obat-obatan yang tinggi sangat memberatkannya. Kak Bayu yang memiliki sawah di Subak Mandung juga mengeluhkan harga pupuk dan obat-obatan. Kak Bayu menyatakan jika dihitung dengan biaya produksi dan hasil yang didapatkan, dipastikan akan minus.

Pendapat yang hampir senada juga disampaikan Pan Suka, Pan Sutarja dan I Ketut Bina yang memiliki sawah di Subak Wangaya, Penebel. Gangguan hama sering membuat petani ketar-ketir karena takut gagal panen. Dengan harga pupuk seperti saat ini, nasib petani akan membaik manakala harga gabah saat panen dapat dikontrol, bukan selalu anjlok ketika panen.

Maka tak salah dengan kondisi itu, banyak petani di Buleleng kini memperlakukan pekerjaan pertanian sebagai sampingan. Memang, jika melulu hanya mengandalkan hasil pertanian mereka masih bisa makan sehari-hari, namun tak akan bisa menyekolahkan anak-anak mereka sekaligus memenuhi kebutuhan peralatan rumah tangga.

Sebagaimana diakui Gede Yadnya, seorang petani dari Banjar Abasan Desa Panji Anom Kecamatan Sukasada. Dulu, ketika kebutuhan hidup belum sebesar sekarang, ia masih bisa hidup nyaman menjadi petani. Namun kini, selain kebutuhan hidup keluarganya terus meningkat, juga kebutuhan pupuk dan obat-obatan untuk meningkatkan hasil panen juga harganya semakin mahal. Untuk itu, sejak sekitar sepuluh tahun lalu ia sudah tak berharap banyak lagi dari hasil pertanian. Ia hanya ke sawah ketika musim sedang bagus, sementara pada hari-hari biasa ia terpaksa bekerja di bidang lain, seperti pertukangan. ''Jika hanya mengandalkan pertanian, kami tak bisa menyekolahkan anak-anak,'' katanya.

Hal yang sama dikatakan I Made Mustika dari Banjar Mandul Desa Panji Anom, Sukasada. Menurutnya, menjadi petani bukanlah pekerjaan gampang, bahkan lebih sulit dari pekerjaan lain. Apalagi harga pupuk dan obat-obatan terus meningkat dan kondisi irigasi makin amburadul. ''Air saja susah diperoleh, apalagi pupuk yang harganya mahal,'' katanya.

Kepala Dinas Pertanian dan Peternakan Buleleng Ir. Putu Ardika mengakui anggaran untuk pertanian tahun 2007 ini berjumlah sekitar Rp 9 milyar. Anggaran itu meningkat dari tahun 2006 lalu yang jumlahnya hanya Rp 7 milyar. Namun, ia mengakui jumlah anggaran itu masih kurang jika dibandingkan dengan berbagai program yang harus dilaksanakan untuk kembali memberdayakan pertanian di Buleleng.

Harga Rendah

Di Karangasem juga setali tiga uang. Pemberdayaan masyarakat petani masih sekadar wacana. Petani seringkali cuma disuruh menanam, tetapi setelah ada hasil harganya rendah akibat petani tak memiliki daya tawar.

Sejumlah klian subak dan petani di Karangasem mengeluhkan hal itu saat berdialog dengan anggota Dewan Perwakilan Daerah (DPD) Dra. IA Agung Mas, Selasa (9/10) kemarin. Ketua Asosiasi Petani Cengkeh Karangasem Nyoman Merta mengatakan, harga cengkeh kering kini anjlok cuma Rp 28 ribu per kg. Demikian juga harga vanili. Jebloknya harga cengkeh akibat jalur pemasaran yang terlalu panjang.

Anggota DPRD Karangasem Nyoman Subaga, S.T. di Amlapura mengatakan para petani di Karangasem kerap mengeluh, karena jerih payahnya bekerja membanting tulang tak sepadan dengan hasilnya. Dia mengakui memang sudah ada proyek seperti perbaikan irigasi sawah, tetapi belum seberapa. Saluran irigasi masih lebih banyak yang rusak.

Ia juga menambahkan, bantuan pemerintah berupa 60.000 ton bibit padi enam bulan lalu, justru menyebabkan petani merasa dibodohi. Bibit padi yang diberikan diduga cuma pelemparan untuk kepentingan politik tertentu. Nyatanya, petani yang menggunakan bibit padi itu menyebabkan gagal panen total. Soalnya, bibit padi Ciherang itu sama sekali tak tahan tungro, sehingga tanaman padi total daunnya memerah diserang tungro ganas. Padahal penyakit tungro di Karangasem sejak dulu dikenal endemis.

Kadis Pertanian Tanaman Pangan Karangasem Subrata Yasa saat dihubungi beberapa waktu lalu mengatakan, belakangan ini sulit mencari bibit padi yang tahan tungro. Jenis padi yang tahan tungro seperti variets tukad Petanu atau Unda. Dikatakan, distribusi pupuk bersubsidi yang dulu sempat dikeluhkan petani kini sudah lancar. (tim BP)

Visit Malingsia

2007-10-09T11:57:00.000+07:00

Today I got this funny picture from my blogger friend. This is related to the cold war between Malaysia and Indonesia because, from Indonesian point of view, Malaysia hijacks so many things from Indonesia. Anyway, the word “maling” is an Indonesian word for stealing or stealer.

Nah sekarang menyesal kan menjatuhkan Bung Karno pada saat dia mau melancarkan "Ganyang Malaysia". Soeharto anjing kok didukung. Bego sih. Susah emang jadi orang bego ...

Jadi Petani Bali, Dibanggakan, Bukan Kebanggaan

2007-10-09T11:16:00.000+07:00

Hari ini aku dapat artikel ini dari Balipost. Sangan menarik dan rasanya mewakili kebanyakan petani Bali.

I just want to say that my father is a farmer, my mother is a farmer, and I am proud be the son of a farmer.

Jadi Petani Bali, Dibanggakan, Bukan Kebanggaan

Subak jadi kebanggaan Bali. Subak juga sering ''dijual'' untuk memperkenalkan Bali di mancanegara. Tetapi pernahkah disinggung bahwa krama subak -- petani -- kini sudah tak berdaya di balik nama besar itu. Pernahkah pula ''diperkenalkan'' bahwa subak di Bali kini menghadapi krisis air. Mengapa dua hal itu sering disembunyikan demi kebanggaan semu di balik nama besar; subak!

HIDUP petani memang sederhana, sesederhana pemikirannya. Mereka setia bertahan dengan segala keterbatasan. Meskipun seringkali penghasilan dari pekerjaan bertani kurang untuk menutupi biaya dapur.

Keluh kesah Wayan Dapur, Pekaseh Subak Canggu, barangkali bisa menyuarakan betapa getirnya hidup sebagai petani saat ini. Tingginya biaya pupuk, bibit, dan obat-obatan memang menjadi permasalahan klasik yang dihadapinya. Namun yang paling terasa menyusahkan para petani sekarang adalah tak lancarnya air irigasi.

Keinginan mereka yang utama, mendapat air yang cukup untuk irigasi sawah mereka. Setelah kebutuhan air tercukupi barulah mereka memikirkan bantuan lain dari pemerintah seperti subsidi benih padi dan pupuk.

Lelaki yang masih tampak energik di usia senjanya itu mengatakan kekurangan air irigasi merupakan persoalan cukup berat bagi petani, khususnya di Canggu.

Lantas, bagaimana keseharian para petani ini? Seolah menegaskan bahwa kesejahteraan para petani memang jauh di bawah standar. Wayan Dapur mengaku hidup sebagai petani memang sulit dan tidak dapat dibanggakan. Dia tidak memungkiri pendapatan petani seringkali tidak sebanding dengan biaya operasional yang harus dikeluarkan.

Wayan Dapur mengaku terang-terangan, hidup sebagai petani itu melarat. Banyak petani tidak mampu bertahan apabila hanya mengandalkan hidup sebagai petani. Karena itu banyak petani yang mengontrakkan tanahnya untuk dibangun vila. Banyak juga petani yang bekerja sebagai tukang bangunan, berjualan, menjadi nelayan dan peternak. ''Yang penting bisa bertahan hidup dan mendapat tambahan penghasilan,'' imbuhnya.

Hal serupa dikatakan Si Putu Widya (65) dan Nyoman Sudana (42), warga Banjar Pande, Sempidi, yang mengaku punya sawah tidak lebih dari 20 are. Mereka mengaku biaya operasional yang dikeluarkan cukup besar, sedangkan pendapatan sebagai petani tidak seberapa. ''Jangan mengharap dapat untung dari bertani. Hasilnya hanya cukup untuk biaya makan sehari-hari. Tidak bisa untuk membiayai anak sekolah dan memperbaiki rumah,'' ujarnya.

Alami Penurunan

Berdasarkan data Sensus Pertanian Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) Propinsi Bali, luas lahan sawah di Bali periode tahun 1996-2006 mengalami penurunan yang cukup signifikan yaitu sebesar 0,92% per tahunnya. Jika pada tahun 1996 luas lahan sawah di Bali 88.830 ha, maka di tahun 2006 luas lahan berkurang menjadi sekitar 80.997 ha.

Penurunan luas lahan sawah bahkan mengalami indikasi penurunan yang cukup tajam di wilayah Kota Denpasar, yaitu sebesar 2,64% per tahun. Pada tahun 1996, Denpasar memiliki lahan sawah seluas 3.552 ha, sementara pada tahun 2006 sebesar 2.717 ha. Dalam hal ini Denpasar mengalami penurunan luas lahan paling parah di Bali, disusul Jembrana (2,35%).

Hal itu dikatakan Kepala Bidang Statistik Produksi BPS Propinsi Bali Agung Raharjo, Senin (8/10) kemarin. Terkait tentang jumlah petani gurem atau petani yang menguasai lahan kurang dari 0,5 ha, Agung mengatakan justru terjadi kecenderungan peningkatan tiap tahunnya. Tanpa menyebut jumlah yang pasti, ia menyebutkan kecenderungan peningkatan itu ada kaitannya dengan penurunan luas lahan sawah itu sendiri.

Sementara itu, Ketua Himpunan Kerukunan Tani Indonesia (HKTI) Bali Prof. Dr. Nyoman Supartha, M.S. Senin kemarin mengatakan, persoalan dalam usaha pertanian bukan hanya menyangkut produksi, juga pascapanen. Namun karena modal yang terbatas, saat ini petani hanya mampu berproduksi sehingga kehidupannya tak maju-maju.

Lalu bagaimana kebijakan yang diambil pemerintah daerah untuk memajukan sektor pertanian. Adakah upaya itu hanya pemanis bibir? Bisa jadi hal itu benar adanya, kalau kita lihat anggaran untuk sektor pertanian masih sangat kecil. Bagaimana kondisi yang sebenarnya, akan dibahas pada laporan Rabu besok pada halaman yang sama. (tim BP)

Masalah Datang ... Masalah Pergi ...

2007-10-05T00:52:00.000+07:00

Ah sepertinya daku lagi mengalami hari - hari buruk dengan komunikasi. Setelah beberapa minggu yang lalu ada masalah dengan sim card, sekarang muncul lagi masalah dengan henpun. Ah kapan berentinya ni masalah ya.

Kejadiannya sebenarnya salahku juga seh. Beberapa hari yang lalu, ada pesan dari si henpun kalo memory-nya dia udah mau penuh, tapi dengan cueknya daku ignore pesan dari si henpun (beginilah jadinya kalo punya barang tapi ga diperhatikan). Ujung - ujungnya dia malah tidak mau mengabdi deh denganku. Sekarang aku lagi paksa dia dengan berbagai daya upaya supaya dia mau bekerja kembali untukku. Come on, I need you and I need you so bad.

Eniwei, kenapa daku tetap keukeuh memaksa dia bekerja? Hal itu karena dia adalah tipe henpun yang sudah di-unlock. Jadi disini semua henpun sudah dilock ke providernya. Ga kayak di Indo yang bebas jual - beli henpun, disini semua henpun terkunci untuk jaringan tertentu. Jadi kita ga bisa pasang-cabut sim card seenaknya kayak di Indo.

Sebenarnya bisa saja kalo mau beli henpun yang unlock disini, tapi ini henpun punya sisi sentimentil karena dia henpun pertama yang kubeli dengan gaji pertamaku dulu ... cieeee ... (tipikal anak IF yang udah kerja, biasanya beli henpun deh langsung). Waktu itu beli henpun ini di BEC (Bandung Electronic Centre) bersama Kiki (kikimetallazio) dan Nonik Chantong (anindya_ca). [Gimana kabar kalian berdua? Kapan mau merit? Jangan lupa ngundang ya :) ]

Seperti kata alm mas Chrisye, badai pasti berlalu. Dan ternyata memang benar, karena sekarang aku lagi dapat pinjaman henpun dari Mbak Mita. Jadi selama daku berusaha memperbaiki ni henpun, daku masih bisa pake henpun mbak mita.

Pesan moral (ikutan Suna no Sandy):
Cek free memory henpun anda biar ga mengalam WSOD (White Screen of Death, kata orang
forum di luar sana, yang berarti hal yang daku alami juga dialami banyak orang)

*winardi lagi ga jelas*

Raped While Drunk - What The Hell Is Going On ...

2007-10-03T09:39:00.000+07:00

Satu lagi aib yang mencoreng pariwisata Bali. Dua karyawan hotel Kamini Legian, Kuta, Badung yakni I Wayan Yudiantara (24) dan I Nyoman Suartana (22) terpaksa berurusan dengan polisi. Mereka dilaporkan ke Poltabes Denpasar karena terlibat kasus pemerkosaan.

Kedua pemuda ini, diduga telah memperkosa MO (23) asal Jepang, Senin (1/10). Perbuatan bejat itu dilakukan di kamar nomor 7 B, hotel setempat. Pukul 00.30 wita, korban dalam keadaan teler berat. Melihat kondisi korban yang teler, membuat libido kedua pelaku naik. Pikiran jahat pun timbul secara spontanitas.

Kedua pelaku langsung menggerayangi tubuh korban dan akhirnya terjadi perbuatan layak sensor. Kedok pelaku terbongkar setelah teman korban mengetahuinya. Perbuatan bejat pelaku dibeber dan korban melaporkan kasus tersebut ke Poltabes Denpasar.

Berita:
Teler, Turis Jepang Diperkosa

I don't know what is wrong with my Bali lately. It seems that bad thing happen again and again in Bali. Balinese people said that they would like to live from tourism, but why they do stupid things like this one (for your information, it’s a raping story that come up in today’s newspaper).
Come on, wake up and smell the coffee. You should learn the word “SERVICE”. It’s just a simple word yet hard to do. If you want to get laid, why don’t you try to find street hooker some place else. Damn, I’m so pissed right now. If you can’t stand to see some smooth, juicy, white skin, then you are not qualified to work on tourism. Because for tourist, using mini skirt or tight shirt are a common thing in a hot area like Bali.

Cicing ... esmosi cang ne ...
Bangsat mula ci nok ...
Yen bangun celak ci nepukin paha mulus, aliang ibane lonte ...

-sorry for rude words-

*update*
The rapist experiencing a premature ejaculation. Shame on you dude ...
Gadis Jepang Digilir Karyawan Hotel

Pengalaman Tak Simpatik Petugas Imigrasi

2007-09-27T23:15:00.000+07:00

September 17th, 2007

Attention Mr Budiarman Bahar. I am writing you with great concern, and a heavy heart, following an incident on September 16th at Denpasser Airport.

My wife and I are very regular visitors to the Island of Bali, and have not been afraid to visit on several occasions since the awful bombing disasters of recent years, we continue to support your Country, both by visiting Bali, and by our other actions, at home in Australia.

On September 16tth, we arrived to enjoy a 12 day holiday, at 3 different Villa’s, in Jeroboam, Seminyak and finally at Jimbarren Bay.

On our arrival, off Jet star JQ37, we proceeded to Immigration, where I was cleared without any problem, however, when my wife Dorothy proceeded, she was advised that as her Passport expired on March 5th, 2008, she only had 5 months an 2 weeks remaining!

We then produced evidence to show we held return Business Class Tickets, for September 28th, and, evidence of our 3 confirmed booking at the Villas above.

Following that we were taken to an Immigration office, where we were “interviewed” by Mr Nanang Yunanto, who suggested that, in order to clear Dorothy, we should pay a special fee. When we asked Mr Yunanto how much this fee was, he led us outside his office and told us US$4000.00.

When we objected strongly, he asked us what we each did for a job, and what was our Income per year and when I told him we were basically retired, he asked for US$2000.
As I was bringing my wife back to Bali to assist in her cancer recovery, I offered him US$500.00 as the “special” fee; however, he said this was an insult.

I then pleaded with him to allow Dorothy to stay, I told him of her cancer struggle, however, he just walked away, and refused to discuss it any further, simply shouting, “go back where you come from” and ordered that we be sent back on the next ‘plane. He took offence at me as I asked for his name, and he refused to give it to me, however, several of the younger customs and Immigration Staff were happy to give me his name, as they claim he regularly behaves this way, and asks for Bribes. They told me he was an embarrassment to the Balinese people with his behaviour. It was only because of them that we learnt his name.

My Wife and I will be happy to return, at our own cost, to act as witnesses should you wish to take the appropriate action against this person and show that your Country is no longer dependant on the people that act this way.

I do not wish to harm the fantastic Balinese people, but, if necessary, I will go to any lengths to expose this behaviour, and warn people about the odd bad person in the system.

Kind Regards,
Geoff and Dorothy Longhurst

Berita Terkait:
- Karyawan Imigrasi Peras Wisman Wapres Minta Dipecat

Kleng anu kene be ane ngusak citra Bali ne ...
Sing perlu perluasan bandara ...
Sing perlu ngae villa ane aeng - aeng ...
Sing perlu meli - meli carik penduduk e ...
Sing perlu pejabat - pejabat ndas kleng ...
Jeg lestariang gen budaya Bali ne ...
Jeg pasti be rame buin Bali ...
Pemerintah ndas bedag mula nok ...

*winardi lagi emosi*

Jakarta: In Dire Need of Improvement

2007-09-15T21:19:00.001+07:00

Well, I found another article from the same writer and I think it very important to understand the situation in our country from foreigner perspective.

Jakarta: In Dire Need of Improvement

Andre Vltchek
Worldpress.org contributing editor
July 26, 2007

Indonesian motorists stuck in a traffic jam in Central Jakarta. (Photo: Bay Ismoyo / AFP-Getty Images)

Today, high-rises dot the skyline, hundreds of thousands of vehicles belch fumes on congested traffic arteries and super-malls have become the cultural centers of gravity in Jakarta, the fourth largest city in the world. In between towering super-structures, humble kampongs house the majority of the city dwellers, who often have no access to basic sanitation, running water or waste management.

While almost all major capitals in the Southeast Asian region are investing heavily in public transportation, parks, playgrounds, sidewalks and cultural institutions like museums, concert halls and convention centers, Jakarta remains brutally and determinately 'pro-market' — profit-driven and openly indifferent to the plight of a majority of its citizens who are poor.

Most Jakartans have never left Indonesia, so they cannot compare their capital with Kuala Lumpur or Singapore; with Hanoi or Bangkok. Comparative statistics and reports hardly make it into the local media. Despite the fact that the Indonesian capital is for many foreign visitors a 'hell on earth,' the local media describes Jakarta as "modern," "cosmopolitan," and "a sprawling metropolis."

Newcomers are often puzzled by Jakarta's lack of public amenities. Bangkok, not exactly known as a user-friendly city, still has several beautiful parks. Even cash-strapped Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea, boasts wide promenades, playgrounds, long stretches of beach and sea walks.

Singapore and Kuala Lumpur compete with each other in building wide sidewalks, green areas as well as cultural establishments. Manila, another city without a glowing reputation for its public amenities, has succeeded in constructing an impressive sea promenade dotted with countless cafes and entertainment venues while preserving its World Heritage Site at Intramuros. Hanoi repaved its wide sidewalks and turned a park around Huan-Kiem Lake into an open-air sculpture museum.

But in Jakarta, there is a fee for everything. Many green spaces have been converted to golf courses for the exclusive use of the rich. The approximately one square kilometer of Monas seems to be the only real public area in a city of more than 10 million. Despite being a maritime city, Jakarta has been separated from the sea, with the only focal point being Ancol, with a tiny, mostly decrepit walkway along the dirty beach dotted with private businesses.

Even to take a walk in Ancol, a family of four has to spend approximately $4.50 (40,000 Indonesian Rupiahs) in entrance fees, something unthinkable anywhere else in the world. The few tiny public parks which survived privatization are in desperate condition and mostly unsafe to use.

There are no sidewalks in the entire city, if one applies international standards to the word "sidewalk." Almost anywhere in the world (with the striking exception of some cities in the United States, like Houston and Los Angeles) the cities themselves belong to pedestrians. Cars are increasingly discouraged from traveling in the city centers. Wide sidewalks are understood to be the most ecological, healthy and efficient forms of short-distance public transportation in areas with high concentrations of people.

In Jakarta, there are hardly any benches for people to sit and relax, and no free drinking water fountains or public toilets. It is these small, but important, 'details' that are symbols of urban life anywhere else in the world.

Most world cities, including those in the region, want to be visited and remembered for their culture. Singapore is managing to change its 'shop-till-you-drop' image to that of the center of Southeast Asian arts. The monumental Esplanade Theatre has reshaped the skyline, offering first-rate international concerts in classical music, opera, ballet, and also featuring performances from some of the leading contemporary artists from the region. Many performances are subsidized and are either free or cheap, relative to the high incomes in the city-state.

Kuala Lumpur spent $100 million on its philharmonic concert hall, which is located right under the Petronas Towers, among the tallest buildings in the world. This impressive and prestigious concert hall hosts local orchestra companies as well top international performers. The city is currently spending further millions to refurbish its museums and galleries, from the National Museum to the National Art Gallery.

Hanoi is proud of its culture and arts, which are promoted as its major attraction — millions of visitors flock into the city to visit countless galleries stocked with canvases, which can be easily described as some of the best in Southeast Asia. Its beautifully restored Opera House regularly offers Western and Asian music treats.

Bangkok's colossal temples and palaces coexist with extremely cosmopolitan fare — international theater and film festivals, countless performances, jazz clubs with local and foreign artists on the bill, as well as authentic culinary delights from all corners of the world. When it comes to music, live performances and nightlife, there is no city in Southeast Asia as vibrant as Manila.

Now back to Jakarta. Those who have ever visited the city's 'public libraries' or National Archives building will know the difference. No wonder; in Indonesia education, culture and arts are not considered to be 'profitable' (with the exception of pop music), and are therefore made absolutely irrelevant. The country spends the third lowest amount in the world on education (according to The Economist, only1.2 percent of its GDP) after Equatorial Guinea and Ecuador (there the situation is now rapidly improving with the new progressive government).

Museums in Jakarta are in appalling condition, offering absolutely no important international exhibitions. They look like they fell on the city from a different era and no wonder — the Dutch built almost all of them. Not only are their collections poorly kept, but they lack elements of modernity — there are no elegant cafes, museum shops, bookstores or even public archives. It appears that the individuals running them are without vision and creativity. However, even if they did have inspired ideas, there would be no funding to carry them out.

It seems that Jakarta has no city planners, only private developers that have no respect for the majority of its inhabitants who are poor (the great majority, no matter what the understated and manipulated government statistics say). The city abandoned itself to the private sector, which now controls almost everything, from residential housing to what were once public areas.

While Singapore decades ago, and Kuala Lumpur recently, managed to fully eradicate poor, unsanitary and depressing kampongs from their urban areas, Jakarta is unable or unwilling to offer its citizens subsidized, affordable housing equipped with running water, electricity, a sewage system, wastewater treatment facilities, playgrounds, parks, sidewalks and a mass public transportation system.

Rich Singapore aside, Kuala Lumpur with only 2 million inhabitants boasts one metro line (Putra Line), one monorail, several efficient Star LRT lines, suburban train links and high-speed rail system connecting the city with its new capital Putrajaya. The "Rapid" system counts on hundreds of modern, clean and air-conditioned buses. Transit is subsidized; a bus ticket on "Rapid" costs only $.60 (2 Malaysian Ringgits) for unlimited day use on the same line. Heavily discounted daily and monthly passes are also available.

Bangkok contracted German firm Siemens to build two long "Sky Train" lines and one metro line. It is also utilizing its river and channels as both public transportation and as a tourist attraction. Despite this enormous progress, the Bangkok city administration claims that it is building an additional 50 miles (80 kilometers) of tracks for these systems in order to convince citizens to leave their cars at home and use public transportation.

Polluting pre-historic buses are being banned from Hanoi, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and gradually from Bangkok. Jakarta, thanks to corruption and phlegmatic officials, is in its own league even in this field.

Mercer Human Resource Consulting, in its reports covering quality of life, places Jakarta repeatedly on the level of poor African and South Asian cities, below metropolises like Nairobi and Medellin.

Considering that it is in the league with some of the poorest capitals of the world, Jakarta is not cheap. According to the Mercer Human Resource Consulting 2006 Survey, Jakarta ranked as the 48th most expensive city in the world for expatriate employees, well above Berlin (72nd), Melbourne (74th) and Washington D.C. (83rd). And if it is expensive for expatriates, how is it for local people with a GDP per capita below $1,000?

Curiously, Jakartans are silent. They have become inured to appalling air quality just as they have gotten used to the sight of children begging, even selling themselves at the major intersections; to entire communities living under elevated highways and in slums on the shores of canals turned into toxic waste dumps; to the hours-long commutes; to floods and rats.

But if there is to be any hope, the truth has to eventually be told, and the sooner the better. Only a realistic and brutal diagnosis can lead to treatment and a cure. As painful as the truth can be, it is always better than self-deceptions and lies.

Jakarta has fallen decades behind capitals in the neighboring countries — in esthetics, housing, urban planning, standard of living, quality of life, health, education, culture, transportation, food quality and hygiene. It has to swallow its pride and learn from Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Brisbane and even in some instances from its poorer neighbors like Port Moresby, Manila and Hanoi.

Comparative statistics have to be transparent and widely available. Citizens have to learn how to ask questions again, and how to demand answers and accountability. Only if they understand to what depths their city has sunk can there be any hope of change.

"We have to watch out," said a concerned Malaysian filmmaker during New Year's Eve celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. "Malaysia suddenly has too many problems. If we are not careful, Kuala Lumpur could end up in 20 or 30 years like Jakarta!"

Could this statement be reversed? Can Jakarta find the strength and solidarity to mobilize in time catch up with Kuala Lumpur? Can decency overcome greed? Can corruption be eradicated and replaced by creativity? Can private villas shrink in size and green spaces, public housing, playgrounds, libraries, schools and hospitals expand?

An outsider like me can observe, tell the story and ask questions. Only the people of Jakarta can offer the answers and solutions.

Jakarta Votes While Holding its Nose

2007-09-15T11:32:00.003+07:00

I got this article from my friend. It's really interesting. Please read it and you will know why I hate Jakarta so much. I hope I will never have to work there forever. Some people say that I should go and work in Jakarta. Well, yeah right, and I will get old in the roads. Not in a million years man ... I would rather going home to Bali than working in Jakarta.

Jakarta Votes While Holding its Nose

Andre Vltchek
Worldpress.org correspondent
September 13, 2007

A man scavenges through a polluted river in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Photo: Bay Ismoyo / AFP-Getty Images)

A visit to the fourth-largest urban area on Earth (with approximately 23 million inhabitants) may be hazardous to your health. Although there are no exact statistics to prove it and, in any case, one can hardly rely on official data, the city of Jakarta is rapidly collapsing. It is terribly polluted, but the local press stubbornly refrains from conducting any serious investigation that would analyze the amount of pollutants in the air. Visitors get often sick, unless they remain in fully-sheltered, luxury hotels equipped with air conditioners and air purifiers. Eventually most succumb to coughing spells, poisoned by the grayish substance hanging over the capital; a substance that can be, if one uses some imagination, still described as "air."

Many visitors also develop stomach ailments due to the appalling quality of Jakarta's water supply and food. Some simply collapse psychologically under the weight of the sheer ugliness of the place, where traffic jams are the main landmarks of the capital city and where one has to drive to the shopping malls in order to "take a walk." Almost nothing "public" has survived decades of the pro-business turbo-capitalism practiced in the Suharto and post-Suharto eras.

The city's first gubernatorial election took place on Aug. 8. Previously, the governor of Jakarta had been appointed by the president, or, as in 2002, by local legislature. Former deputy governor Fauzi Bowo, a life-long bureaucrat and "urban planning specialist" (as he likes to be described) backed by a medley of 19 mainstream political parties received around 58 percent of the votes, comfortably winning over Adang Daradjatun from the conservative Islamic Prosperous Justice Party (P.K.S.).

The governing abilities of the "urban specialist" Bowo are highly questionable. If anything, he and his outgoing boss, governor Sutiyoso, brought the capital city closer to collapse. Jakarta is dotted with modern skyscrapers alongside smelly, garbage-filled canals with muddy water — the only "playground" for hundreds of thousands of children.

According to some unofficial statistics (it seems that pollution is yet another "sensitive issue," with almost no reliable official data available), Jakarta is the third most polluted city in the world after Katmandu (Nepal) and New Delhi (India). This unflattering position is shared with the Chinese city of Chongqing.

According to an article titled "Cities of the Future" in online science and technology magazine RedOrbit: "The U.N. reports that the city's drinking water system is ineffective, leading 80 percent of Jakarta's inhabitants to use underground water, which has become steadily depleted. In low-lying North Jakarta, groundwater depletion has caused serious land subsidence, making the area more vulnerable to flooding and allowing seawater from the Java Sea to seep into the coastal aquifers. According to Suyono Dikun, deputy minister for Infrastructure at the National Development Planning Board, more than 100 million people in Indonesia are living without proper access to clean water."

None of this is surprising, as drinking water is privatized and run as pro-profit enterprise by French and British companies, "increasing prices and decreasing quality," according to The Economist magazine.

Deforestation, over-development and poor city planning has led to repeated, devastating floods. The most recent one, on Feb. 2, displaced more than 350,000 people, and destroyed more than 50 percent of Jakarta's dwellings, as approximately 70 to 75 percent of the city area was flooded with water up to 13 feet deep. Infrastructure damage and lost property amounted to almost $600 million. The great majority of the population has no insurance.

The city is choked by traffic jams. Specialists are warning that it is approaching permanent gridlock, unless there are some dramatic changes in the very near future. Jakarta has almost no public transportation system, considering its size. Sutiyoso's brainchild, the so-called "bus ways" (an idea adopted from much smaller cities in South America) never managed to fly. Buses are (ridiculously) equipped with only one door for loading and unloading passengers, and special ramps for disabled people never arrived. A one-way fare is going to climb to over $.50 in a country where the average monthly income is approximately $65 a month, and where more than half of the population lives on less than $2 a day.

There is almost no transparency and accountability in government. A much-advertised monorail system was supposed to have its first line opened this year. Some of the main avenues were blocked due to construction, causing traffic increases. Citizens were asked to be patient as the city government attempted to develop acutely needed transportation alternatives. But at some point, construction of the monorail simply stopped. Trees in the middle of the roads were already cut down; ugly concrete pillars had been driven into the earth, with metal bars sticking several yards high. No official explanation was given. There was no hotline to call, and no information about the funds that allegedly disappeared.

Once again, the government showed profound disregard for its own citizens. The local press, unfamiliar with anything even distantly resembling investigative journalism, decided not to ask uncomfortable questions — hardly a surprise in a country where the media is owned, without exception, by big business.

Instead of the monorail, outgoing governor Sutiyoso introduced a "water transportation service," probably in order to guarantee himself a place in the history of the city. Two pathetic little "public" boats navigate approximately one mile of polluted canal water, looking like miniscule icebreakers cutting through the endless rubbish. Service is available only for a few hours, on weekends — hardly a solution to almost permanent gridlock.

After being ruled for years by Sutiyoso, a former general, Jakarta truly resembles a mythical purgatory with its dark sky, endless chain of vehicles, and children begging and offering themselves at several major intersections. Some beggars have faces that are burned beyond recognition; others display what is left of their amputated hands and legs, for a fee. And, unlike in other Muslim countries that broadcast only calls for prayer, citizens of Jakarta are bombarded for at least six hours a day by prayers and religious recitations at unbearable volumes, like in the worst Orwellian nightmare.

There is almost nothing "public" left in the capital. Jakarta has only a handful of small parks, of which some are even charging an entrance fee. The city has almost no passable sidewalks. Jakarta seems to be fragmented, brutal and compassionless; commercialized to the extreme. No wonder: it was shaped after the 1965 military coup that killed between two and three million people, from those belonging to the leftist parties and movements to ethnic and religious minorities.

Military Connection

Indonesia is still governed to a large extent by the old military clique. The president, Susilo Banbang Yudhoyono, is a retired four-star general. Outgoing Jakarta governor Sutiyoso is also a member of the retired top army brass — a lieutenant general who served in the Indonesian military for three decades, and was involved in Indonesia's occupation of East Timor. It has been alleged that Sutiyoso was once a member of Team Susi, one of the military units that were involved in the savagely brutal advancement on Balibo, East Timor in 1975, when five foreign journalists were killed.

Not surprisingly, Bowo's deputy will be another military man, this time retired Major General Prijanto, described by the Jakarta Post as a "longtime army officer." He was deployed to East Timor as chief over the squad of air defense infantry for Operasi Seroja (Lotus Operation) in 1978.

Operasi Seroja began on Dec. 7, 1975. With American approval, Indonesian forces launched a massive air and sea invasion, utilizing almost entirely United States-supplied weapons and equipment. By mid February, around 60,000 men, women and children of tiny East Timor were dead. This operation, which lasted from 1975 to 1979, was aimed at curbing efforts from Fretilin, a movement comprised of indigenous Timorese who wanted to separate from Indonesia.

In the recent campaign for governor of Jakarta, the opposition candidate was also part of the military apparatus. Adang Daradjatun once served as the deputy national police chief; in the past, the police and the army were part of essentially the same organization.

Choice? What Choice?

Most of the citizens of Jakarta did not go to the polls to vote for the candidate of their choice, as there were none willing to address the grievances of the majority. They instead voted to prevent calamity, which for the most of them meant an Islamic party taking over the city's governance. Several areas of Java are now facing discriminatory restrictions imposed by Islamic Sharia Law. In theory, these bylaws are unconstitutional, but an extremely weak and indecisive local administration is unwilling or unable to confront the increasingly strong Islamist movements and organizations. Many citizens of Indonesia worry that secular essence of the State is in danger.

Primarily, the election campaign consisted of colorful pop music concerts and "stars" expressing support for one of two candidates. Eventually, both candidates appeared on television screens hugging the elderly, children and the poor. Neither of them offered any serious analyses of the devastating future Jakarta is facing. The media, always compliant, refrained from asking hard questions. As a result, only a handful of residents believe that the election will have a deep impact on their lives. Cynicism is growing, but the opposition is fragmented and weak, not surprising in a country where the military and religion play decisive roles.

In the meantime, rotting garbage contaminates poor neighborhoods and clogs canals. Corruption is so institutionalized that police do not investigate car theft or burglary, unless offered considerable sums of money in advance. "When one of our correspondents is robbed, we call the police and complain," said an editor from a national news magazine who didn't want to be identified. "They often apologize and bring the loot back in just a few hours. What does it mean? That police are working with the thieves. How can you fight corruption with such police force?"

Millions of uninsured and unprotected people are living in shacks. Even those surviving under the bridges in makeshift carton dwellings face extortion, as they are forced to pay "rent" to local thugs and "officials." Social services have already collapsed, and so has the infrastructure. Next to the luxury hotels, people eat in dirty stalls, often washing dishes with the water from open sewage.

If the situation doesn't change dramatically, citizens of Jakarta may be tempted to turn to conservative Islam, considering it the only force willing to "protect" them. However, in these latest elections they still opted for a "secular" candidate — the "city planner" and his deputy who had "proven himself" by bombing a helpless East Timorese civilian population more than 30 years ago.

Kong Kali Kong

2007-09-12T13:14:00.000+07:00

Di blog saya sebelumnya saya pernah membahas tentang kasus pemerkosaan yang dilakukan oleh oknum mantan bupati di salah satu kabupaten di bali. Dan hari ini keputusannya sudah keluar ... dan tralalalala ... keputusannya adalah bebas murni ...

Well, susah memang kalo mau mengadili terdakwa dimana semua terdakwa sudah kong kali kong ... Mau gimana lagi ya ...

Hidup Hukum Kita ...
Balipost
Cicing ... bangsat ... kampret ... emoa urang ningali Hukum di Indonesia ...

Bantuan = Hutang???

2007-09-08T12:07:00.000+07:00

Hari ini pemerintah US berjanji akan memberikan bantuan dana (lagi) kepada Indonesia. Itulah hasil "pertemuan dan pembicaraan" (mengemis) presiden SBY dan Bush. Dana tersebut (rencananya) akan digunakan untuk pengelolaan hutan Indonesia, yang menurut Bush adalah sebagian besar dari hutan dunia. Tapi, yakinkanlah diri anda semua, dana tersebut akan menguap dengan sukses. Kemana menguapnya dana itu, tidak akan ada yang tahu. Mungkin saja hutan yang terbakar itu membuat uang itu menguap. Entahlah ...

Hal yang menarik lagi adalah istilah yang digunakan untuk menyatakan hutang itu. Semua orang menggunakan istilah bantuan bukan hutang. Well, kalo di Indonesia istilah - istilah memang suka diperhalus untuk menutup - nutupi makna sebenarnya.

Saya sebenarnya sudah pernah membahas hal ini di blog saya sebelumnya. Tapi kita memang lebih menyukai istilah bantuan daripada hutangan. Sebenarnya masalah yang ditimbulkan oleh penggunaan istilah ini hanya di sisi psikologis (menurut saya). Kita jadinya tidak merasa berhutang, tidak punya kewajiban, tidak punya beban. Silahkan dipikirkan baik - baik, pernahkah kita tahu berapa hutang negara kita sekarang ini? Mungkin kita ga pernah menyadari pertambahan hutang ini karena istilah yang digunakan adalah bantuan x, bantuan y, dan bantuan z. Padahal sebenarnya bantuan - bantuan inilah yang memberatkan bangsa kita.

Kalo jaman Bung Karno ada istilah "Go to hell with your aid" yang akhirnya membawa Indonesia ke posisi hutang luar negeri hanyak 2 juta dollar (entah berapa harga dollar waktu itu), sekarang yang ada adalah "Bring it on".

winardi
-masih tidak suka pemerintah and never will-

AADS - Ada Apa Dengan simPATI

2007-08-26T11:08:00.000+07:00

Wah tidak terbayangkan deh kesalnya saya beberapa hari ini. Ini semua gara - gara kartu simPATI yang saya bawa tiba - tiba tidak bisa menerima sms dari Bali. Saya kemudian minta tolong kepada teman - teman saya untuk mencoba mengirim sms kepada saya dan hasilnya adalah sebagai berikut:

- Fery "Botak" Sinambela [+628119176xx] -> diterima
- Wawan "Wewe" Dipoetra [+6285630729xx] -> diterima
- Hery "Shark" Susanto [+628178956xx] -> diterima

Sampai disini saya ber-hipotesis bahwa kartu simPATI saya tidak bisa menerima SMS dari sesama Telkomsel tapi bisa menerima SMS dari operator lain. Tapi hipotesis ini dimentahkan oleh data pertama. Saya kemudian memasang status di Yahoo Messenger untuk minta tolong supaya saya di-SMS jika mereka menggunakan kartu dari Telkomsel. Hasilnya adalah sebagai berikut:

- Andreas "Andre" Aulia [+628117845xx] -> diterima
- Arie "Inul" Minandar [+6281224880xx] -> diterima
- Putu "Kukang" Yanti [+62813201458xx] -> diterima
- Sandy "Suna/Naruto" Martedi [+62813201124xx] -> diterima
- Adnyana "Bro/Teddy" Sudewa [+6281797180xx] -> diterima
- Ibu "Bro/Teddy" [unknown - simPATI - Bali] -> tidak diterima
- Clyra "Dara" Hayuning [+62852377777xx] -> tidak diterima

Nah lo. Dari data diatas ternyata saya masih bisa menerima SMS dari simPATI dan Halo. Saya kemudian berhipotesis bahwa terjadi suatu masalah pada jaringan Telkomsel yang ada di Bali karena semua SMS yang tidak saya terima itu asalnya hanya dari kartu Telkomsel yang ada di Bali saja. Sedangkan kartu Telkomsel lain, yang SMS-nya berhasil saya terima, semuanya berada di luar Bali. So Ada Apa Dengan simPATI [Bali]????

Terima kasih kepada orang - orang diatas yang telah bersedia mengirim SMS kepada saya.
Adakah yang bisa memberikan penjelasan kepada saya?
Adakah yang bisa membantu saya?
Prens yang di Telkomsel bagaimana?

-winardi-
-lagi kesal dengan simPATi-nya-

Momo's First and Liverpool's 7k

2007-08-26T10:04:00.000+07:00

Sunderlan 2 - 0 Liverpool

Liverpool cruise to another victory today, thanks to the goal from Momo Sissoko and Andriy Voronin. Who would have thought that Momo will score today and the goal he score today is Liverpool goal number 7000? What a way to give your first goal to Liverpool. All Liverpudlians will remember that goal.

The other goal was scored by Andriy Voronin which also happens to be his first league goal for Liverpool. So today mark the beginning for both of them and I hope more goal will come from them to take Liverpool to glorious years.

The match itself could end up with more goal but Sunderland's goalkeeper have been superb today by making so many important saves with all part of his body. Fernando Torres becomes a consistent threat to Sunderland today with his movement and pace. He also has a good understanding with Voronin which we can see in the second goal. Torres laid a perfect pass to Voronin who finished it with a placed ball in left corner of the goal. In the final minute of the game, Voronin try to repay Torres in a two against one situation, but the last defender of Sunderland manage to read the pass and recover the ball. Voronin should have finished it alone but he seems to be a non selfish type of striker.

We lost Sammi Hyypia and Jamie Carragher today but I hope they can play in the next fixtures especially Jamie Carragher because he is the main players in Liverpool defensive line. Let’s hope that the injury is not too serious.

Well done lads.

The Future Is Bright And The Future Is Reds. You’ll Never Walk Alone.

[picture taken from Yahoo]

A Stupid Penalty and A Red Card

2007-08-19T23:58:00.001+07:00

Liverpool 1 - 1 Chelsea

Well, there’s nothing I can say about today’s match that end up in a draw.

But the most disappointing thing from today's match is the ref. The ref incorrectly gives a penalty for what seems to be a non dangering move from Florent Malouda. He's just rushing to the penalty area without any intention to receive a cross from Wright-Phillips. There he collides with Steve Finnan and then to surprise everybody, the ref pointed at the spot. Chelsea have been given a penalty for nothing. There was no dangerous move from Chelsea at the time, so it's truly a gift from the ref.

The next interesting fact is that actually, Chelsea should have received a red card on the match. The red card should go either to Michael Assasin or Talal Ben Haim because they have received one yellow card before. But it’s seems that the ref didn’t realize it. You can read the full coverage of the match in this Yahoo link.

This will broke the Liverpool player who have worked so hard today. They will remember today’s match for the rest of the season, a match when poor ref decisions have cost us 2 valuable points.

But in Rafa, we trust. And the future will be bright for us because the future will be Reds.

You'll Never Walk Alone ...

[picture taken from Yahoo]

Selamat Ulang Tahun Indonesia

2007-08-18T01:19:00.000+07:00

Selamat Ulang Tahun Bangsaku ...
Selamat Ulang Tahun Negeriku ...
Selamat Ulang Tahun Tanah Airku ...

Aku sangat mencintaimu ...
Aku sangat menyayangimu ...

Tapi tidak untuk para petinggimu ...
Tapi tidak untuk para pejabatmu ...
Presiden, DPR, DPRD dan semuanya ...
Fuck them all ...
[Exclude pegawe yang baik - baik]

Tadi nonton MetroTV dan liat ada salah satu veteran perang yang sudah meminta tunjangan veteran dari tahun 1982 tapi sampai sekarang belum mendapatkan apa - apa. What the fuck, rasanya masalah ini selalu saja ada dari tahun ke tahun. Kenapa mereka bisa bernasib seperti itu. For God sake, mereka itu yang memerdekakan bangsa ini. Kapan masalah seperti ini bisa hilang ya? Susahnya apa seh kalo ngurus masalah seperti ini? Kerjanya mereka "diatas" sana itu ngapain aja seh? Saya pengen tau jadinya kerja mereka kayak gimana.

Semoga dengan bertambahnya umur bangsa ini, orang - orang yang ada "diatas" sana bisa lebih memahami cara untuk membawa bangsa ini menuju ke gerbang kemakmuran dan kesejahteraan, instead of gerbang kehancuran.

Makanya Pak, jangan hanya bisa menuh - menuhin kekayaan sendiri. Ingat tu rakyat masih pada kelaparan.

-winardi-
-08172007-

A Bright Start, Liverpool Menang

2007-08-12T02:07:00.000+07:00

Sesuai permintaan dari Suna No Sandy dan Sammy, maka saya akan menulis topik bahagia :)

Piss ah Sand dan Sam ...

Wah akhirnya bright start buat the Reds dengan kemenangan 3-1. Bahagia sekali rasanya bisa melihat gol - gol yang terjadi walaupun hanya rekaman saja. Buat teman - teman pendukung Liverpool, saya berikan klip - klip gol yang terjadi yang saya dapatkan dari salah satu penggemar Liverpool di luar sana. Sayang premiere league tidak disiarkan lagi di tipi lokal di Indonesia :(

The Future is Bright, The Future is Definitely Reds ...

Why?

2007-08-11T12:17:00.001+07:00

Seorang teman saya bertanya kepada saya, kenapa isi blognya berat banget? Yah gimana ya, mungkin ini satu - satunya cara buat saya untuk menunjukkan kepedulian saya pada Bali yang sangat saya cintai dan berharap orang - orang bisa melihat secara nyata apa yang terjadi di Bali dibalik topeng - topeng keindahan yang ditunjukkan di brosur - brosur.
Bahwa sebenarnya saat ini Bali sedang mengalami pergeseran - pergeseran yang mungkin akan mengubah wajah Bali dalam 10 tahun ke depan. Saya sebenarnya berharap perubahan yang akan terjadi membawa Bali ke arah yang lebih baik, tapi sepertinya perubahan yang terjadi akan membawa Bali menuju ke jurang kehancuran. Orang - orang Bali sudah terlalu terbuai dalam sanjungan - sanjungan serta pujian - pujian atas keindahan Bali. Orang - orang Bali sudah mulai lupa pada jati dirinya. Tanah pelaba pura dijual, pesisir pantai dijual, tanah warisan keluarga dijual, semuanya dijual tanpa menyadari dampak yang akan terjadi dibelakangnya.
Semoga kita bisa sadar dan mengubah perilaku kita.

Mahalnya Pendidikan

2007-07-27T12:14:00.000+07:00

Hari ini saya membaca Balipost lagi dan saya tertarik dengan salah satu berita yang menyebutkan masalah biaya pendidikan yang semakin membengkak di negeri kita ini. Saya lihat memang biaya pendidikan makin lama makin mahal saja di negeri ini tapi tanpa diikuti dengan peningkatan yang signifikan diberikan pada nilai yang diperoleh oleh siswa dari sekolah itu sendiri. Sejauh yang saya lihat dari sekolah - sekolah hanya berusaha untuk meningkatkan citranya sendiri di mata masyarakat. Dengan meningkatnya citra sekolah di masyarakat otomatis maka siswa - siswa akan tertarik masuk ke sekolah itu. Metode inilah yang umumnya dilakukan oleh sekolah - sekolah yang yang memiliki embel - embel sekolah unggul di daerah saya. Contohnya sekolah ini.

Jadi sebenarnya input yang didapat oleh mereka sudah bagus, tinggal dipoles sedikit saja, maka jadilah mereka juara - juara olimpiade yang tidak memiliki makna selain menambah citra sekolah di masyarakat. Tapi yang saya ingin pertanyakan bukan itu, tapi saya ingin mempertanyakan mahalnya biaya yang dipunggut untuk masuk ke sekolah itu. Dengan uang gedung mencapai 7.000.000 / siswa dan SPP 280.000 / bulan bisa dibayangkan besarnya dana yang diperoleh oleh sekolah. Tapi fasilitas apakah yang diperoleh oleh siswa atas bayaran sebesar itu? Saya pun belum tau tapi yang pasti siswa itu akan mendapat sebuah benteng yang akan memisahkan mereka dari dunia luar.

Dengan uang sebanyak itu, apakah tidak mungkin akan terjadi korupsi? Tentu saja amat sangat mungkin akan terjadi. Contoh nyata tentu saja korupsi yang dilakukan oleh salah satu oknum pada saat pembangunan salah satu gedung lab di sekolah itu. Kemudian korupsi - korupsi yang sebenarnya nyata - nyata terjadi tapi kita tutup mata karena menganggap sebagai hal yang wajar, seperti dana yang diterima oleh beberapa oknum didalam sekolah pada saat pembangunan gedung - gedung baru. Bukan suatu rahasia lagi kalo beberapa oknum di dalam sekolah akan menerima beberapa persen dari total dana pembangunan. Dana ini akan diberikan oleh kontraktor - kontraktor yang akan melakukan rehab ato pembangunan gedung baru karena telah memilih si kontraktor untuk proses pembangunan itu. Jadi seolah - olah bukan korupsi karena diberikan oleh si kontraktor, tapi apa bedanya donk. Toh dana itu datangnya dari sekolah. Makanya jangan heran jika melihat mobil pak kepala sekolah bisa berganti - ganti. Jangan heran pula jika melihat para oknum itu bisa jalan - jalan ke luar negeri dengan tujuan studi banding ke Nanyang Technological University tapi sayangnya studi banding hanya berlangsung 30 menit. What the hell ... tapi 30 menit cukup kok untuk oknum itu untuk menyerap semua yang diperlukan (tidak jauh dengan anggota DPR kita yang suka jalan - jalan).

Kemudian bentuk korupsi yang lain berupa dana yang hampir serupa dengan yang diatas yang akan diterima oleh oknum - oknum sekolah pada saat pengadaan barang - barang untuk sekolah seperti komputer dll. Semua ini saya dapatkan infonya dari orang - orang dalam yang tidak ingin disebut namanya. So believe me, sekolah pun sudah menjadi tempat para koruptor.

Tapi saya yakin tidak semua yang disana adalah koruptor. Ada beberapa yang saya yakin 100% tidak akan mungkin menjadi koruptor dan salah satunya adalah Ibu Ratmini. Guru yang saya sangat kagumi sampai sekarang. Pengabdian, kesabaran, keibuan dan masih banyak lagi kata tidak akan bisa menggambarkan beliau. Terima kasih atas semuanya, Bu. Saya tidak akan melupakan semua itu, Bu.

Jadi kalo sekolahpun sudah dijadikan ajang bisnis, saya amat sangat pesimis sekali negara ini akan maju.

Akhir kata, semboyan sekolah itu harusnya diganti dari "We are Simple People" menjadi "We are Elite People"

Dilema Menjadi CPNS

2007-07-25T13:28:00.001+07:00

After being covered up for some time, finally there is a man crazy enough to spill out everything and do some unpredictable thing (click here). Actually, bribing problem in the government official recruitment process is not a new thing for me. It's there but you couldn't see it. The mobs in the government recruitment process try to work as clean as possible. But no matter how good you at covering bad thing, the stink will always come out.

My neighbor and one of my relative was asked to pay million rupiah just to get one "unimportant position" in the government. And finally, because they can't afford to pay it, they were not selected. Can you imagine that someone told you to pay some millions to get a job where you will get a few hundred thousand as a take home pay while your current take home pay is far – far those millions number? My neighbor still serving our beloved country as an hourly paid teacher and they have been serving for quite some time.

The craziest thing that I’ve ever heard is done by a mob officer who has the list of accepted person. This person will try to persuade the person on the list by saying that they won’t be accepted unless they pay some cash to the mob officer. If the person is not confidence enough with their ability, then the mob will get some money. And when the list of accepted person is announced and they see their name in the list, they will think that the mob officer was the one who made them in the list. In the end, they will thanks the mob officer and become the servant of the mob officer because they feel they have a debt to the mob officer.

This has become one of the dark images of our beloved country.

The most surprising thing is the mob will do whatever they can to escape the responsibility when they got caught. Even the highest person in the mob hierarchy dares to say that it was an act to frame him and make him unpopular in front of public.

Come on, Sir. Wake up and grow some balls there. If you kept trying to runaway from problem like this, I really don’t know when we will become a prosperous country. Think about it, why would a person try

Dilema

2007-07-14T14:35:00.000+07:00

Aku ga tau ada apa denganku akhir - akhir ini. Mungkin karena pengaruh homesick ato kenapa. Tapi aku punya pikiran akan gantung mouse ama keyboard dalam dua tahun ke depan [niru istilah pemain sepakbola yang gantung sepatu]. Aku ingin tinggal bersama keluarga dan menikmati setiap waktu bersama kedua orang tua tercinta.

Rasanya sudah terlalu lama meninggalkan mereka. Rasanya belum sempat melakukan apa - apa untuk mereka. Rasanya belum sempat mengabdi kepada mereka.

Maafkan anak yang tidak berbakti ini.

Kadang merasa jenuh juga dengan mouse dan keyboard ini. Jenuh dengan gemerlapnya dunia maya di dalam layar ini. Tapi sepertinya sudah saatnya untuk meninggalkan semua ini dan hidup tenang di pedesaan yang tenang dan nyaman.

Bisakah ...

-galau dan homesick-

License To Kill

2007-06-26T00:35:00.000+07:00

Kleng jeg mula bangsat sajan jelema ne nok. Cang jeg langsung esmosi kelas berat suud mebalih video interview ne Abu Dujana. Apa sih keneh jelema bangsat to nah? Jeg sing ngerti cang jak pikiran cicinge to nok. Ngudiang iraga harus saling membunuh? Membunuh ne to atas nama agama bin, kleng bangsat cicinge to nok ... Jeg anggona alasan untuk ngematiang nyamane pedidi agama e nok ... Dija ci mlajah agama to cing? Deneh - benehang ibane dadi jelema cing ... Iraga idup di gumine pang dadi rahayu gumine cing ... Sing perlu sing ngae rusuh - rusuh keto ...

Yen mula ci emosi jak Amerika, kemu nak e ci ke Gedung Putih nge-bom, ke Pentagon nge-bom. To mula tongos ne petinggi - petinggi Amerika ditu to. Mula tongos ne ABRI-ne Amerika to ditu. Yen ci sing nawang tongosne, soalne tawang cang ci jelema uli desa ane sing nawang tai, buka google map jeg alih be ditu Gedung Putih ato ci dadi masih nginstall Google Earth terus alih be Gedung putih ditu. Nyidang ci masi ngalih jalur menuju Gedung Putih. Pang sing nyasar ci ngaba bom ci ne ke Bali bin.

Ci jelema bangsat mula. Tawang ci nak mlali ke Bali to dalam rangka liburan. Kaden ci ada petinggi - petinggi ato ABRI-ne Amerika di Bali cing? Sing ada ... Pang ci nawang gen cing, nak mlali ke Bali to ngalih idup tenang. Kaden nyaman - nyaman ci ne liu masi ane ke Bali ngalih idup? Ci sing demen nepukin nyaman - nyaman ci ane di Bali idup tenang cing?

Sing nyidang cang ngerti isin otak ci ne nok cing? Ngudiang iraga harus saling ngematiang?Apa hak ci ngematiang anak len? Apa hak ci ne mencabut nyawa nak len? Yen ci sing demen jak Amerika de nak e ngematiang rakyat biasa. Yen ci mula wanen matiang Bush. Bom ndas ne tapi de rakyat ne. Ci ngorang ci siap ngemaang hidup ci demi tujuan ci ne. Tapi yen menurut cang, ci to cuman pengecut ane cuman bani ngelawan rakyat biasa. Ci cuman bani ngematiang rakyat biasa ane sing ngerti apa masalah bom dll. Ulah - ulah ci ngerti abedik masalah bom, sok - sok jago ci ngebom anak tapi cuman nak biasa. Yen orina ci ngelawan ABRI - ne Amerika pasti ci sing bani. Jelema sing ngelah butuh ci, ci ngelah tuali, getap, pengecut bangsat.

Yen mula ci wanen, kemu ci ke Amerika lawan ye di umahne pedidi. De ngusak - ngusak umah pedidi, dasar ci jelema sing ngelah otak. Umah pedidi usak ci, iraga jak makejang masi ane kena dampakne nawang ci. Nyaman - nyaman ci ane medagang bakso di Bali sing ada ane nyak meli.

MIKIR NAK E KAPAH - KAPAH ... YEN CI NU BISA MIKIR ...
ANGGON OTAK CI KAPAH - KAPAH ... YEN MULA CI NGELAH OTAK ...
MLALI KAPAH - KAPAH KE AMERIKA PANG TAWANG CI KENKEN SEBENARNE PENDUDUK AMERIKA TO ...
AWAK JELEMA DESA SOK - SOK NAWANG AMERIKA TO KENKEN ...
PALING CI CUMAN NAWANG AMERIKA ULIAN NINGEH - NINGEH GEN ULING OSAMA BIN LADEN ...
JELEMA DESA SING NAWANG TAI CI ...
BANGSAT ... MATI GEN BE CI MU ...

-winardi-
'lagi emosi berat n pengen nge-blog pake basa bali soalnya emosinya ga ketulungan'

Filthy Mouth

2007-06-12T10:15:00.000+07:00

I don’t know why I get so pissed every time I read news about our People's Representative Council (DPR) member. I just finish up reading an article on today’s Balipost about the communication fee that have been received by those people.

I don’t know what they would do with that money, but rest assured, they will use the money for the good of us as the Indonesian citizen. At least that is what they said in today’s newspaper. But as for me, I would never believe it would happen, even in my wildest dream. Never ever believe what a politician said, those are the words from my parents and I will never forget it. Politicians are just some guys who love to talk about shit and money. First they will talk about shit but in the end they will talk about how much money needed for those shit.

As for today, they talk about some communication fee they will receive and they did talk about some shit saying that they actually didn’t need those money.

“Kami juga bingung mau diapakan dana itu,'' ujar anggota DPRD Bali Si Ketut Mandira Natha, S.H. Minggu (10/6) kemarin.

We are also confused on what to do with that money. What a piece of crap. Why did you take the money in the first place if you don’t know what to do with it? Come on, you have a degree on law, didn't you?. Didn’t they teach you about responsibility? If you take something that doesn’t belong to you, then you should take the responsibility for that thing.

Hal senada juga dilontarkan Wakil Ketua DPRD Bali Drs. IBG Suryatmaja. Ia mengakui dalam aturan itu tidak ada rincian penggunaannya.

What the f*ck. Now come this guy who tell us that when the money is given to each member of the local representative, there are no details on what they should do with the money. So they didn’t know the word “planning”, right? Some people said that even a carefully made plan can fail some time. Now how about something that has no plan?

''Namanya juga untuk komunikasi intensif. Yang penting digunakan untuk lebih meningkatkan komunikasi dengan masyarakat,'' tegas mantan Ketua DPRD Badung itu bernada enteng.

Then he easily said that we can figure out the usage of the money from the name which is communication fee. So it will be used to improve the communication with the community. Yeah … yeah … your family is also part of the community right. You wouldn’t give a damn care with the real community.

What a bunch of filthy mouthed people. Just kiss my big black elephant ass, shit head.

If they don’t know what to do with that money, why don’t they just give it back or maybe they can allocate that money to some other real project, project that will give benefit to the real community. Mark my word, those are real project and real community. Not some fake project to some of their colleague.

But I don’t think they have the will to return it. A few months ago, the government made a new bill saying that some (big) amount of money will be given to member of the local People's Representative Council (DPRD). But in the end the bill was revoked due to massive protest from the community. After the bill was revoked, the local People's Representative Council (DPRD) protests to the government saying that the bill was already issued and they must receive that money.

Go to hell you bunch of asshole. What on earth have you given to us that made you think that you deserve the money? Have you ever made something useful for us? Think about it sometime with your bloody head (if you really have a brain inside it). I believe most of you have a degree on something but you are not better than a fifth grader (it remind me of a television show “Are you smarter than a fifth grader?”). You beg for something that you really doesn't deserve.

But what happen if you are talking or working on things for us, your people? You would rather sleeping, reading paper or text messaging with someone else. You barely think about us in each of your meeting.

All I can conclude is that if it's a matter of your share of money then you can act fast and do everything to get anything that you thing you deserve (which actually you don’t deserve). But if it is a matter of our share of money, then you would say … why should I give a goddamn care? It’s your problem, not mine.

Winardi
- never believe in politician and never will-

Is This Bali ...

2007-06-04T11:05:00.000+07:00

...
Ulian medenengan mata sing terima
De, cakcak ndas ne, De ...
...

It's a part of a song from Nanoe Biroe, a local artist from Bali. The song basically tells us about how Balinese people can be so violence just because of a silly and unimportant stuff. In one of the line, he said that just because you stare someone in the eyes you can start a fight with the one you stare at.

An example of this type of incident happens on Sunday, June 4, 2007.

Taken from Balipost (http://www.balipost.com/)

Warga Jalan Raya Pemogan, Denpasar Selatan, Minggu (3/6) dini hari kemarin digegerkan dengan adanya peristiwa bentrokan antardua kelompok pemuda. Akibat insiden itu, warga setempat sempat membunyikan kulkul bulus, karena salah satu pemuda dikeroyok hingga babak belur. Beruntung, polisi cepat datang ke lokasi kejadian sehingga situasi berhasil dikendalikan.

Informasi yang berhasil dikumpulkan di Polsek, peristiwa ini terjadi akibat kesalahpahaman semata. Di mana kelompok Desta diteriaki oleh kelompok Abdi saat melintas di depan Banjar Dukuh, Denpasar Selatan sekitar pukul 02.30 wita. Merasa ada yang meneriaki, Desta dkk. menghampiri kelompok Abdi yang sedang nongkrong di depan Banjar Dukuh. Tanpa basa-basi, Desta menantang Abdi untuk duel. Namun, saat itu Abdi tidak melayani tantangannya karena Desta membawa sebilah pedang.

Diketahui ada ribut-ribut di luar, warga setempat melerainya dan kelompok Desta pulang ke rumahnya. Sementara kelompok Abdi yang diduga pesta miras, masih nongkrong di Banjar Dukuh.

Rupanya tak sampai di sana. Sekitar pukul 03.30 wita, kelompok Desta kembali dengan mengendarai mobil kijang dan dua sepeda motor. Tanpa disengaja, mereka bertemu di depan Banjar Jabe Jati, namun Desta saat itu tidak ikut. Kelompok Abdi yang mengira akan diserang, justru duluan menyerang. Kelompok Desta yang tidak menduga akan diserang, lari tunggang-langgang. Namun, salah satu pemuda bernama Bayu berhasil dikejar oleh kelompok Abdi.

Tanpa pikir panjang, kelompok Abdi memukul dan menginjak-injak Bayu hingga babak belur. Warga yang melihat insiden itu, langsung membunyikan kulkul bulus sehingga kelompok Abdi kabur. Bayu yang tidak berdaya akhirnya selamat dari amukan kelompok Abdi.

The incident started when a group of youngster (Desta’s group) booed by another group of youngster (Abdi’s group). Desta’s group then approach Abdi’s group and challenge them for a duel
[Come on … just because of those silly stuff you want a duel …]

But Abdi group didn’t respond to it because Desta brought a sword with him
[WTF … just because of that silly stuff you brought a sword … are you planning to kill someone just because of it … do our live is as worthy as a … arrrrrgghhhh ...]

When the community heard about this, they come stop both parties from dueling. Desta’s group then went back to their house, while Abdi’s group still staying at Banjar Dukuh enjoyin alcoholic drink.
[Well … what can I say … alcoholic drinks have become a lifestyle in Balinese youngster …]

At about 3.30 AM, Desta’s group accidentally met again with Abdi’s group at Banjar Jabe Jati. Abdi’s group who thought that they will be attacked, come to attack Desta’s group first.
[Fu*kin moron, that’s why you should stop drinking alcohol you bloody idiots ]

And then the fight goes and injuring Bayu from Desta’s group.
[What a waste of time and energy ...]

Well, I guess Balinese people are not so simple minded anymore. This kind of things makes me wonder, how Bali would look like in the years to come. Youngsters, as the next generation of Balinese people, are not inheriting their ancestor simple minded style.

So stop talking bullshit about Ajeg Bali and that stuff if their mind set still like that.

The most important thing to do right now is to make them understand the real meaning of the Ajeg Bali. Ajeg Bali is not about selling meat ball with Bakso Krama Bali logo. If you really want to keep Bali then you must change the mind set of most of Balinese. Arggghhh … there are too many changes that happen in Bali which disturbing my mind…

I only hope that these changes will eventually end up in a good way for Bali …
I can only hope because I love my Bali so much …

...
if it's me you need to turn to
we'll get by,
it's the heart that really matters in the end

our lives are made in these small hours
these little wonders, these twists & turns of fate
....
[Rob Thomas - Little Wonders]

Humanity

2007-02-14T15:11:00.000+07:00

I never know what is happening with me lately ...
When I saw someone in need of help, I just stood there in the corner ...
I just watch them and then went by ...
My body is freezing ...
I couldn't move ...
Deep down inside me I want to help them ...
But my body wouldn't move ...
I still stood there in the corner ...
Have I lost my human side ...
Have I lost my humanity …

I hope today, the so-called valentine day …
Will be the moment to change myself …
Will be the moment to improve myself …
I want to get my human side back …
I want to have my humanity back …

Happy Valentine Day to all of you ...
May the spirit of love touch every heart and bring peace to this world ...

True Meaning ...

2006-11-30T16:22:00.000+07:00

I'm standing right here...
All alone in the corner...
Trying to find the true meaning of my life...
Is it for pride…?
Is it for dignity…?
Is it for money…?
Or just to find love…
Some people said that we are here for something ...
But I never know why i am here ...
Do I still have a pure mind of a baby ...
Do I still have a pure heart of a baby ...
Can I still give a huge smile to everyone ...

(to be continued...)

True Love Never Ends

2006-10-01T17:07:00.001+07:00

"There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. - George Sand –"

If you want to know the meaning of true love than you should ask Mr. Widodo. Mr. Widodo Suwardjo who was born in East Java September 2, 1940 lived in Havana, Cuba as a stateless person, someone with no nationality status.

The whole story started when Mr. Widodo left Indonesia on October 13, 1960 for a study under a government scholarship to Moscow. During his final years, the G30S occur in Indonesia. Mr. Widodo managed to finish his study and earn bachelor on metallurgic science on 1966. But on the same year, Mr. Widodo lost his passport because of the G30S incident. On late 1966, the government declared that his passport is no longer a valid one.

Without a passport, Mr. Widodo continued his study to the Master degree until 1969. On late 1969, Mr. Widodo was invited by the Cuban government to work in Cuba to build steel factories and prepare the local technician for the factories. From that day, Cuba becomes his place to live. The Cuban government, on 1985, sent Mr. Widodo to pursue his doctorate degree in Moscow.

When Mr. Widodo left Indonesia on 1960, Mr. Widodo also left his loved one in Indonesia. Until today, on his 65, he still misses his loved one, Widari Soewahjo. Mr. Widodo is still single until today. He never marries another girl because when he left Indonesia, he promises Widari that he will marry her, the only girl that he ever loved. Widari who was born on 19 April 1944 also promises that she will wait for Mr. Widodo to come back to Indonesia.

I’m speechless when I read his story. Where could we find a man like him anymore in this world? I personally don’t think I would be able do the same thing as he does.

So please, if someone out there knows anything about Ms. Widari, let Mr. Widodo know. You can contact him directly at
- widodo [at] magcime [dot] cu
- masthuri [at] ombudsman [dot] go [dot] id
(dedicated to Mr. Widodo, taken from detik thanks to Andy S)

"Holding onto love is like holding your breath.
It is not easy and it will not let you rest."

The Black Years

2006-09-30T12:00:00.000+07:00

30 September 1965 will be marked as a black day in Indonesia’s history. Late in the night of that day, a troop of the Tjakrabirawa officer leads by Letkol Untung kidnaped and killed 7 generals of the Indonesian Army. Then they dumped the bodies in Lubang Buaya region in East Jakarta. Later on, all of the general were hailed as the hero of the revolution. We can read everything about this in the history book of the elementary school, secondary school, and high school students. Is all thing that happen during that period? No, there were more than that.

But there were something that was never written in the history books. They never mention what happen after the incident in 30 September 1965. They never mention the horrifying days that last for years after the incident. For some people the horrifying moments even last until today.

After 30 September 1965, spread words saying that all of the generals were killed brutally. They said that the generals were tortured until their death by some women from the Gerwani organization. They also claimed that the generals were mutilated and the Gerwani’s were dancing while torturing the generals. Further autopsy reveal that there were no torturing occur in Lubang Buaya that night.

After the incidents, RPKAD were sent to rural areas to capture members of PKI and all organization that has a connection with PKI. Most of them end up dead or disappear. They were brutally murdered by some people selected by the RPKAD as the executor. Report claim that there were more than 2 million were killed.

If you watch Kick Andy show on Saturday than you will hear confession from one of the executor. He said that on one day on 1966 there were members of RPKAD come to his village. The RPKAD told him to select another 20 to 30 people who will act as executor for members of PKI and all organization that has connection with PKI. Almost every night he was called by the RPKAD to execute people. An executor usually handles 10 – 12 people. He later claimed that he doesn’t care whether the one the he will execute is one of his family or even his best friend. For him, it was a duty to protect the nation.

Questions come up to me after he said that. Why did the RPKAD use civilian as the executor? Why didn’t they execute them by themselves? There were no courts and justices for all of those victims. Did they really done something wrong? Is it legal to capture someone and then execute them even though there were no evidence connecting them with the incidents in Jakarta? RPKAD didn’t care with all of that. If you are a “left minded” people, then you are wrong and so did your family including your wife and sons. Leader of Bali CDB PKI were brutally murdered in Klungkung with his wife and sons.

Another hundred thousands people were sent to exile in Buru Island. They were forced to work transforming a forest into rice field. Thousands acre forest were finally transformed into rice field. How much did it cost? Thousands were killed due to lack of food, struck by disease, killed by wild animal, and some others were executed by the army guarding the island. Those people were finally released on 1978 – 1979. There were no justices for those people either.

While for best students from Indonesia who was studying abroad at that time, the situation was not different. Their passport was rejected which mean all of them were not Indonesian anymore. Most of them never returned to Indonesia and gave their ability to other country.

Until today, family members of people who were accused have a connection with PKI and organization under PKI get so many social disadvantages. They will find so many difficulties to work in the governmental areas, get an ET (ex – tapol) tag in their ID card, get bullied by their surrounding areas, don’t have the right to choose during the national election period, and many more.

I’m not trying to blame someone on this incident. But I just want to show you that there were something more than the deaths of 7 generals that occur during that period. It’s time to rebuild everything. The victims should be treated the same as other people. The perpetrator who still alive today should make a clear confession about what happen during that period. That way, everything will be clear. Our sons will be able to know the truth that happens during the black years.

Save our land from the curse of black years …

Save our sons and thought them the truth …

(taken from many source)

The Other Side of Bali - Raping

2006-09-28T08:07:00.000+07:00

Tears fall to mother earth …
A nation in mourn …
An island in sorrow …
A girl in grieve …

Kasus penjualan dan pemerkosaan terhadap gadis dibawah umur di Amlapura akhirnya terungkap. Terungkapnya kasus ini gara-gara Bunga menghilang dari rumahnya 11 hari. Ayahnya yang anggota Mapolsek Kubu kelimpungan mencarinya ke mana-mana. Akhirnya, Bunga ditemukan di sebuah hotel di Amed. Saat ditemukan, Bunga sempat menolak diajak pulang, berteriak histeris dan mengatakan dirinya sudah telanjur rusak tak mau lagi menjadi orang baik. Ayahnya terkejut dan curiga dengan kondisi anaknya yang tampak shock dan ketakutan.

The case of selling and raping under age girl in Amlapura regency was finally solved. The case was finally unveiled because the victim, Bunga (in Indonesia we often called a victim as Bunga), disappear for 11 days. Her father who is member of Kubu sector police officer, look for her everywhere. Finally, Bunga was found at a hotel in Amed. When he found her, Bunga refused to go home, screaming hysterically and said that she was already devastated and don’t want to be a good girl anymore. Her father was shocked and curious with his daughter condition that looks so shock and frightened.

Sesampai di rumahnya di Amlapura, seluruh keluarganya membesarkan hatinya. Dia meminta Bunga berterus terang apa yang telah menimpanya. Bunga mengaku dijebak di tempat penginapan atlet Kejurda Karate di Buleleng dalam rangka seleksi atlet Bali untuk terjun di tingkat nasional. Sejak saat itu, Bunga merasa dirinya telah hancur.

When they arrive at their home in Amlapura, the entire families try to make her to have a big heart about this incident. They asked her to tell the truth about what happen to her. Bunga explained that she was trapped (raped) in the athlete’s dorm (she was a Karate athlete) in Buleleng regency during the athlete selection for the national championship. Since then, Bunga felt so devastated.

For you information, the police have put 6 name as the suspect for this case. Among the suspect are former member of the government executive officer (they didn’t mention his name), member of the Karangasem regency police officer, and a high school principal. The suspects are truck driver of the Karangasem regency police station Bripka I Made K (45), member Satpol PP Karangasem Regency Mrs. Ni Made BA (42), S (49), Dr (46), I Nyoman A (38), serta Sb (37).

When I read this story in the news paper, I was so furious. What the f*ck are those people thinking? For God sake, how could they rape an innocent young girl and sell her? It’s not just once but for a total of more than eight times they rape her.

Don’t you have a daughter or sister? What would you feel if the same thing happens to your daughter or sister?

When I look at the suspect, I become more and more furious. What the f*ck is that government officer doing there? Did we pay you with our sweat to rape our daughter or sister? For me government officer just a bunch of scum shit, maybe not all of them but most of them are.

Then we got another suspect who has the slogan to protect and to serve. Or should we revise it with to rape and to sell. My God, I couldn’t believe it. A person who has the duty to keep us secure now has turn against us. You are humiliating others police officers who have dedicated their live in the line of duty. While others put their life in jeopardy just to stabilize situation, you rape a young girl and destroy her futures. Your mother would be so ashamed have gave birth a man like you.

Then we got a high school principal, one damn stupid f*ckin principal. Your main purpose is to make people well educated. You should become an example for your students and you should give a good example. Not an example on how to rape and sell a young girl you stupid scum shit.

The last one is for Mrs. X who acts as the courier of the young girl. Damn this lady. I doubt if she is really a woman. Maybe she was a man who got dumped by so many girls and tries to make some revenge. You are so f*ckin lunatic bitch.

A politician said that the problem become so big because there were some ex government officer of the Karangasem regency. He also said that if the problem only involving some meat ball seller than it wouldn’t become this big.

Politician will always try to turn everything upside down. They never want to get blame although they know that they are in the wrong side as if they have the ability to turn north into south. It’s just their behavior. That’s why I never trust in politician. They talk bullshit all the time. None of their words ever become a reality. So if you’re good at talking bullshit and crap you should try to become a politician.

We all aware that a government officer is a public figure that should give a good example. A public figure will always be a prey for the press. When they do something wrong press will blow up everything. It’s a natural thing.

Damn all of you. You should die and go to hell. Enjoy your visit in the jail and I hope you’ll stay there for a long time.

(dedicated to Bunga)
taken from Bali Post and Nusa Bali

The Other Side of Bali - Prelude

2006-09-20T15:53:00.000+07:00

When you heard about Bali, first thing that would come out to your mind probably a beautiful island in Indonesia’s archipelago. But for the next post on this blog, I will try to show you the other side of it. I will try to show you some of the story that you would never see in the tourism advertisement. I will try to show you the reality that happens in Bali.

I hope when you read it, you will see Bali differently than you see today. And I hope this will help Bali to become the real paradise on earth once again.

Let's save Bali and let's start it today...

A tribute to an Angel on Earth ...

2006-09-15T14:08:00.000+07:00

angel poetri : usaha bantuin buat obat papa...
angel poetri : angel ada kerjaan...
angel poetri : sorry...
angel poetri : angel gak balik ke rs...
angel poetri : harus kerja...

We never met each other but I feel that we’ve become a friend for a long time. While some people wasting their life by doing unnecessary things, you must work really hard to get some money for your father medicine. I’m speechless when I think about her. She has to work until 4.00 am just to get some money for her father. When morning comes, she has to go to some high school to teach English. Later on the evening she has to update some e-commerce website followed by other extra jobs.

angel poetri : When I try to pull out myself from down the earth..
angel poetri : I’ll try to make u fly as well...
angel poetri : I’ll do anything I could...
angel poetri : It will be a pleasure to help a friend...

I’ll never forget the one above. You’re not selfish and always thinking about your friend. She said that friend is all that she has in this world.

I hope our friendship will last forever until the end of time.

Keep fighting in this world...

Keep smiling to this world...

And be strong...

Maybe one day the world will smile at you...

(In memories of angel’s father who passed away on September 13, 2006. May her father rests in peace and the bereft family be strengthened)

Bali : Past - Present - Future

2006-09-15T10:39:00.000+07:00

I'm a Balinese boy and I feel so unsure with what's going on Bali right now. The old Bali I know was a peaceful place. Place where people live in peace and harmony. There are things that Balinese people always try to keep. We must keep the harmony with other peoples, the nature and the almighty God (Tri Hita Karana).

But somehow, people seem to forget about the harmonization with the nature. People try to exploit all the natural resources and use it for their own advantages. Right now, if you come to Bali, you won’t see the same things as you would see in late 70s. Most of the rice fields in Bali have been transformed in to a field of concrete. The photo shows what was the region between Kuta and Denpasar look like during the 70s. You didn’t know that they were rice field in 70s, aren’t you?

In my early days, about 10 – 15 years ago, I use to play kite with my friends during the dry season. There were so many open fields because people harvest their rice field. We use it a place to play, sometime we play football there, and at other time we play our kite there.

But right now, when most of the rice fields have been transformed, where would we go if we want to play our kite? I couldn’t imagine what Bali would look like in another 10 – 20 years. Maybe there will be no more rice field. There will be no more birds looking for seeds. There will be no more children running and playing with a big smile on their face.

The fastest transformation occurs in the Denpasar and Badung region. The tourism sector becomes the main factor that drives the transformation. As more people attracted to come to Bali, more and more investor will be willing to invest their money to Bali. As the result, a village called Kuta has now become village of people from whole over the world. Would you believe that this was Legian Street on 70s? Maybe you should come and see how it looks like right now.

The tourism may have given some living for Balinese. But did it give the advantages to most of Balinese people? Or it just a few people who sit in the government office?

When we give up and sell our land to some lunatic investors who just want to exploit the land without giving any advantages to the surrounding area, we have sold the future of our sons. One day we might have to buy some tickets just to watch the sunset.

Tortured Minds

2006-09-01T09:20:00.000+07:00

If you heard the term hospital (or Rumah Sakit in Indonesia), the first thing that will come up to your mind would be a place where people receive treatment for their illness. Most people will come out in a better condition compared to the condition when they come to the hospital. But that only happen for normal people (with lot of money if you're in Indonesia).

Different thing would happen if you have a mental illness. These photos are taken from one of the so-called "Rumah Sakit Jiwa", hospital for people with mental illness, in Cipayung. How can you cure someone with this kind of facility?

John Stanmayer, a reporter of the Time magazine, takes the photos. It's worst than a jail to me. Some of the patients are in shackled or chained to the window bars. It is said that there are more punitive than palliative treatment in the facility. You might see the facility as another Resident Evil's Racoon City.

The report also suggests that no other country offers less mental health care than Indonesia. Indonesia spent less than $1 per person per day. If to cure them is to far away, how about to make them feel a little bit comfort in the facility? That's too far either. Other photos are more horrifying than this one.

If the facility can't cure them so why should we call it "Rumah Sakit Jiwa"?

Maybe we should call it prison for people with mental illness. Well, in Indonesia it's a common thing to use a non-harsh term because talking too frankly is not a common thing in Indonesia. Another example is the use of "loan" instead of "debt". You will always hear "Indonesia get a loan with a soft interest" not "Indonesia make a soft interest debt".

Well, $1 per person per day is way to small. So much for a so-called "we have gone through the crisis" heh.

Only in Indonesia ...

2006-08-31T10:47:00.000+07:00

Setelah selama 120 hari mendekam di tahanan Mabes Polri, Dirut PLN Eddie Widiono akhirnya bisa menghirup udara bebas. Di hari pertama kebebasannya, Eddie langsung ngantor.

After being held for 120 days in the police headquarters, the director of PLN, Indonesia's national (sole) electric company, Eddie Widiono, finally can breathe the air of freedom. At the first day of his freedom, Eddie went directly to his office.

You'll never believe what could happen in Indonesia. A national company run by a criminal? That's not a new story here. Where in this world, can you find a criminal run the house of representative? Only in Indonesia ...

Unbelievable. What would you expect if a house controlled by a criminal? A nice guy who care with people who vote him during the election? Not in your wildest dream mate. You will always get a bunch of criminal too, maybe not all of them but most of them will.

If he is being dishonest, so why should I?

If he get a lot of dirty money, so why can't I?

Where can you find it all? Only in Indonesia ...

Another Tale Of Kampret Roy Suryo

2006-08-04T08:22:00.000+07:00

After missing for quite a while, he is back again with his old habits of saying nonsense thing. This time he talks about Juwono Sudarsono’s blog-type personal website. This is the news that I found in Jawa Pos. I got the link from Enda Nasution's Blog. I try to translate it (sorry if the English is not good enough).

Pakar telematika Roy Suryo mengkritik pemilihan domain (nama) website Menhan tersebut. "Kalau belakangnya pakai com, itu perusahaan, ada kepentingan bisnis atau komersialnya. Karena itulah, kita tidak menggunakan ekstensi com untuk website presiden," ujar anggota tim khusus pengelola website kepresidenan itu.

Telematic expert, Roy Suryo, criticizes the Minister of Defense’s website name. “If a website ends with a .com, then it would be a company and there is a business and commercial interest involve in it. That’s why we don’t use the .com for the president’s website”, said by member’s of a special team to maintain the president’s website.

Lebih lanjut, Roy meminta Menteri Komunikasi dan Informasi Sofyan Djalil untuk mengingatkan koleganya. "Itu tugas Pak Sofyan untuk segera mengingatkan beliau," katanya.

Furthermore, Roy asks the minister of communication and Information, Sofyan Djalil to remind his colleague. “It’s Mr. Sofyan duty to remind him”, said by Roy.

Menurut Roy, dalam dunia maya, sudah ada klasifikasi di balik pemilihan domain. Dijelaskan, jika website didesain resmi untuk informasi kenegaraan, menggunakan ekstensi domain go.id, misalnya www. deplu.go.id yang dipakai Departemen Luar Negeri. Untuk kepentingan pendidikan, lazimnya menggunakan ekstensi domain edu di belakang nama situs. "Jangan salah kaprah," tegasnya.

According to Roy, in the digital world, there are classifications for the domain selection. He explain that if a website was officially design for a civil or state information, then the domain should be go.id, for example www.deplu.go.od which is used by the Department of Foreign Affair. For an education purpose usually the domain would be .edu. “Don’t get it wrong”, claimed by Roy Suryo.

Pria bergelar Kanjeng Raden Mas Tumenggung itu juga mengkritik model blog yang digunakan dalam situs Menhan. "Itu kan tidak resmi, sepatutnya sebagai pejabat publik harus menampilkan citra yang baik, termasuk dalam berkomunikasi melalui internet," ujarnya.

The man who has title Kanjeng Raden Mas Tummenggung also criticizes the blog-type which is used in the minister of defense website. “It’s an unofficial website. So, as a public servant he should be showing a good image, especially when communicating through the Internet”, said by Roy.

At the first he talks about the domain selection but in the end he talks about some good image as a public servant. What is your point mister expert in telematic. What a stupid idoiot.

Roy, please stop talking nonsense thing like this one. It’s just going to make you look like a stupid idiot in front of public. It’s a personal website, so it’s non of your business whether he use .com, .net or maybe .org. Please read this Wiki if you don't trust me. It’s all there:

The .com, .net, and .org gTLDs, despite their original different uses, are now in practice open for use by anybody for any purpose.

So please think before you made any kind of comment and do get yourself a references. There are lots of reading materials in the Internet. Well then, still thinking of you as an expert in telematic? What a big bollocks he is …

You can read about this guy everywhere in the Internet. Or you can stop at the Wiki about him, but it’s not in English.

War Is Not An Answer

2006-08-02T09:25:00.000+07:00

"There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for"

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

I don't understand what is going on the Middle East right now. What is the Israel looking for? Why do people choose war as an answer of the problem? Human life is like a piece of shit in the war. Don’t have a price at all. If you meet your enemy than kill them. It’s just as simple as that.

Don’t they understand that we come from the same mother? We all are brothers. We have the same blood. Though we come from different race, different culture, and different religion. Human makes all of the different, while for the almighty God we all are equal.

So why couldn’t we live together in peace. Live side by side, helping each other. Live in peace and harmony.

Please stop the war because war is not the answer for any kind of problem. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. You aren’t going to get a thing through war and violence. Always use love and compassion when handling everything.

The earth is crying when they see us killing each other. Can you hear it?

"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?"

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Hitman : Blood Money

2006-07-17T13:22:00.000+07:00

In the last weekend I played this game for almost 18 hours. The game is really cool because it has so many options to accomplish the mission. The game is about a secret agent who accepts various types of jobs, where most of the jobs are to assassinate some specific target. The fun side is you can accomplish the mission in any way you like it. You can do Rambo-style of play, where you take you weapon and try to gun down every enemy you see (or even every moving object you see hwehe...).

Or you can do a sneak and kill strategy. I like this one because there is a sense of satisfaction if you can kill your enemy from behind using a fiber wire or a poison syringe hwaha... I'm not a maniac but it's just feel good to kill that way ... Another fun side is you can take anybody clothes and pretend to be one of them. My favorite clothes would be the FBI suits. Look relly cool...

Another aspect that makes me fall in love with the hitman series is the use of the sniper rifle. Wow ... this weapon is really awesome ... You can gun down the enemy from quite long distance and left them without knowing who is shooting hwaha ... I wish I had one so I can gun down mr. xxx hwaha ...

The down side of the game is it minor bugs ... You need to install the patch to make the game works perfectly. Overall I'll gave 9/10 for the game ...

Long Time ...

2006-07-17T13:14:00.000+07:00

It's quite a while since I last post to this blog. And today I'll start to write again. The first thing I've decided to do today is to clear my old blog and replace it with something new. So if you have something to say to me about my blog or whatever you want to say, just hit me. Don't hesitate. Happy reading and I hope this blog can provide some useful info for you.

Cheers

P.S. : If you have any comments on my english, please write a comment too. I want to improve my english, that's why I wrote this blog in english.