Saya baru tahu..

Poem for my Indonesian Flag

Ya bendera ku yang tercinta..
biar sederhana bentuknya
tapi selalu bermakna

Benderaku akan selalu berdiri..
tegak kokoh menjadi patok negeri..
Bersama semangat para pahlawan yang ‘kan slalu abadi

“ah saya sudah sabar banget kok..”
“saya sebenarnya sudah ikhlas, tapi..”

Kata mantan Puket III bekaskampus saya sih kalo gitu artinya belum ikhlas, belum sabar..lha, kalo sabar/ikhlas kok pake ngomong, artinya ya belum dong..

Saya juga pernah denger kata-kata;

“ini loh..saya sudah ngerjain anu”
“ah, saya sudah capek ngerjain ini-itu, beda sama kamu”
“kamu siapa?seperti saya doong, sudah kerja keras”
“saya saja yang kerja keras gak dapet apa-apa,masak kamu..”

Mungkin sengaja, atau tidak saya juga pernah mengatakannya. Banyak arti memang..
Sengaja atau tidak, kita ingin membandingkan pekerjaan yang telah kita lakukan, pada akhirnya mengerjakan pekerjaan dengan pamrih..secara tidak langsung menuduh orang lain tidak bekerja semaksimal diri sendiri. Tidak terasa, tapi sifat ini memang sangat tidak disarankan

Sekarang saya mulai belajar bekerja tanpa banyak perhitungan, dengan sedikit demi sedikit menghilangkan sifat suka membanding-bandingkan, menunjuk2an (riya), dan menganggap seolah-olah orang lain tidak mengerjakan apa-apa..padahal kita tidak melihat apa-apa (dari sisi rekan tersebut)

Ah, yang penting bekerja rajin saja. Melakukan semaksimal mungkin, biarlah orang lain yang menilai baik tidaknya, tetap semangat.

NB:
ah,pusing juga nulis tanpa mikir, metode yang tidak cocok untuk saya. Gambar diambil dari sini

Buku adalah gudang berisi emas

waktu adalah emas, tapi waktu yang hilang tidak akan bisa dibeli dengan emas

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Zaman Kebangkitan Besar Imperium III. Eko Laksono

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Recently I read some Javanese traditional kid songs, that very interesting, eventhought i never been sing thus songs and dont understand the meaning of thus songs.

Here’s the lyrics, provide to you for nostalgia moment or maybe have a litle interesting in it and try to sing one song

Cublak-cublak Suweng
(about share something between the kids)

I already finish my study and im in the process for my graduation in August. Which mean i will get S.kom title for my name. This will be ‘Mandahadi, S.kom’
When we already graduated of course people around us, especially our parents, family, and parents in law expect us to have a proper job, at least we should have a job, not become unemployement (jobless).

This state happen to me also, actually im not graduate yet, but still waiting my graduation party (wisuda) in august. But people around me already asked me “do you already worked yet?”. Damn, i kind hate that question, that makes me underpressure, push me to the corner. Once time my ‘mother in law-to be’ also asked same question “Where do you work now?”
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Recently i do badminton..
yeah kind of sport that im sure i cant play it, since senior high school i always do practice, but my skill never increase at all..until i never do again it since i enter university.

But last saturday my friends challenge me, of course with my over-self confidence, (ofcourse, will be very embrassing if people find out i cant play badminton)..

Amazingly, when we started playing, as if my body follow the shutlecock and goes with the ritme (halah…).
I cant explain why i can play very nice, compare my practice when years ago, i much better.

however, it takes very side effect to my body..because i never play sport before..The day after, several parts of my body feel ache (pegel2) until now. Well its feel not good, cause decrease productivity.
So guys, plz do sport while you can.

Name make first sense, when hear/see your name, people will think what you looks like. At least a name will decide your sex, woman or man.

My Name is Manda, in Indonesians habbit, usually that name use for girl. It very rare manda named to a boy,except me. So when people hear my name, without seing my face they will think im a cute pretty women. Yeah im cute, good looking..:D, but im still a man :).

Once time, my friend’s girlfriend feel jealous, when she saw my name on his phonebook. She thought he cheat with me. When in internet also, people will get very excited when they read my name, hopefully im a girl. When i join some mailing list community also (linux and blogger community), the members also expected im as a girl.

They become very excited when we want meet each other, gathering in some place (kopdar), hoping the band will be more colorfull with girl present there. BUt i think i already disappointed them..again. Yeah im still a man indeed. Sorry to let your hope gone guys >:)

Acctually, my name comes from word ‘Mandah’. In my place (Riau), when people go work so far until cant go home for a days, they will said going to Mandah (kind of slang language). When i was born, my Dad, also gone for Mandah so he cant attend my birth. Because of that he give that name to me.

It just coincidence to named me look like as a girl name. No any intention to make that way. Besides im very proud of my name, its unique and create a special moment at first glance. Then people will easy to memorize it..i hope

Just proud to be me..(clik here for my picture, avaiable to copy or donload)

On May 15-16 2007 i was join seminar and workshop in Hotel Shantika from government. I got an invitation from the community. The participant comes from any organization and institution in Yogyakarta, all participant come for free (no charge needed). at least about160 person include committe from government.

Just consider this rate is about normal(i know it because im an organizer also :))
Let me calculate the budget they already spend for this occassion;

1. Average rate in Hotel for one person is IDR 150.000 include once lunch and twice Coffee break, delicious indeed. In this case means 150.000 x 160 person x 2 days = 48.000.000 IDR
2. 20 Computer for the workshop (include network). 250.000 x 20 unit computers = 5.000.000 IDR
3. t-shirt and cap for committe and participant 50.000 x 160 person = 8.000.000 IDR
4. Shirt for committe. 50.000 x 10 person = 500.000 IDR
5. Seminar kit (include simple bag, copy material, 2 cds, 1 DVD, pen, note book, 3 guide books, 1 book System information tutorial, and sertificate). 150.000 x 150 person = 22.500.000 IDR

Rough total for this 2 days seminar and workshop is = (48.000.000 + 5.000.000 + 8.000.000 + 500.000 + 22.500.000) = 74.000.000 IDR + 10% for unexpected cost.

So at least government at least should spend about 80.000.000 - 100.000.000 IDR for doing seminar and workshop. This money comes from our tax.Thats pretty much for me.

Of course this value is nothing compare than the value of corruptor in our country (yeah..Indonesia). Also this occasions bring more good, which is to socialize the goverment programme and educate the society. Of course this is very positive activity.

Well if you get invited again for government occasions, for free of course, dont forget to joined me in ..loh.. :-\, i mean try to get advantages from the there..because that budget comes from our money also (duit rakyat dab!)

Recently, home school become a popular option for the parent to educate their children. Especially in big city home school concept become very reasonable. Although home school need private teacher it means possibly make the cost more expensive but the parents can always accompany their children through learning process.

Usually home schooling for elementary and junior high school. after that the children can enter senior high school through several process, or if the child still love home school they can continued it until senior high school level (i dont know the details :)).

Considering the safety for the children, recently there are so many criminal that abducted the children, healthy and environment also can controlled by the parents if the children still near the house.

It looks home school is very reasonable option to maintain childrens and keep them safe from his rotten world :(. But if you see much deeper, there are stil lacknes in its system. Especially about soft skill development (interaction, social, and leadership ability). We also should consider, education not always about lesson or make our children smart in special things, because we dont want to create a robot here.

Yeah, im a person who disagree with home school system, not because the kids get special way of education, but because the child just get lesson there, they wont have ability howto interact with the other kids and other people. Even the parents still have reason that their kids can play with mom and others kids around neighbourhood. But still they are very different, between friends in school and friends form neighbourhood.

With friends in school kids can play with learn, such as make a study group. With friends in school kids can learn about teamwork, learn howto share, and help the others. But with friends in neighbourhood their just playing around, yeah its fun indeed, but just play, nothing else. Simple question is, are home school can provide such education, education is just not about howto solve mathematic or memorize biology, its more than that. The point of education is how to make a better generation that care with environment and other people around them. How they can be useful and create a better situation (yeah..very clise, but thats the point)

Im afraid it seems home school just want to create egosentric person, the important is themself without consider about people around them. The kids get private teacher, get more attention from the parents, and in safe zone..But with this condition kids dont learn anything outside the safe zone, they will say ‘this my zone, im comfort with this situation..you cant distrub me, go away!’

So parents, home school just useful if there arent a good option, like when parent have a job a forest scientist, and should all family lives in middle of jungle and there are no school around there :). But in normal condition, especially in this country, there are still many option better than home school, such as boarding school. (well i want talk about it in next writing).

Kids have rights to get appropriate education.Safe the children from education abusement!