BeaTles… Thank you

Opening my pc in the morning
Trying for the first time the google earth and very impressed of it
Feels like I’m traveling around the world from my desk

Then I open my winamp
Select my beatles collection

I haven’t heard it intensely since my years in college

my winamp starts out with the Here Comes the Sun

My God
It really is make my day
Feels like John himself is playing his guitar for me
And wake me up and tell me that sun has come

Thanks to my housemate back in bandung
I know this song by heart
She often played this song early in the morning
And I usually awake from my sweet dream at very first her twinkling guitar playing and then the words begin

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Little darling, the smile's returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right

John, Paul, George, Ringo
From the very bottom of my heart
Thank you :)

Tags: Beatles, Personal, Thought

What Kind of Coffee Are You?

You are a Black Coffee

At your best, you are: low maintenance, friendly, and adaptable At your worst, you are: cheap and angsty You drink coffee when: you can get your hands on it Your caffeine addiction level: high

What Kind of Coffee Are You?

Noun 1. Angst - an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom

What Kind of Food Are You?

You Are Thai Food

Trendy yet complex. People seek you out - though they're not sure why.

What Kind of Food Are You?

Blogpaganda: when honesty is not the best policy

The term just coincidentally occurred in my head recently. On this posting, I am referring the term to a personal/journal blog.

According to wikipedia, Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation aimed at serving an agenda. And the aim of propaganda is to influence people's opinions actively, rather than to merely communicate the facts about something.

Yup, similar to above definition, my own definition of blogpaganda also kind of choosy action in communicating (posting) the facts and actively try influence the reader.

The blog owner, apparently aware of the blog power and have quite knowledge on the viewer personality. By having and managing the content, the owner believe that the blog have become an effective tool to influence blog readers.

I used to believe that blog is the most human and sincere virtual space exists in the world wide world. Yup, you may call me naïve

I know my friend comprehensively by reading her blog while she was away in UK, rather than from times we spent together.

Sincere, honest and personal, are my first perception of a blog.

And I am seeing it differently now…………….

Now I notice that not all people have the courage to wholeheartedly express the thoughts and publish it on their blog, I am among those kind of bloggers. Some bloggers are going beyond that, their manipulating the readers by providing manipulative posting to the readers.

A controlled, good, sympathetic and nice posting will usually convey positive message to the reader. The writer will be seen as a good, positive individual and human being as it is expressed from the postings.

You have to be very careful, should an expressive, erupting emotions and honest thoughts playing inside your head about to be published in your blog. It might lead your readers seeing you differently. It might lead you to being judged to a person you are not. Yes, you can do that with a posting or two.

This world wide web apparently is not wide enough. Some strangers might continuously watch over you (your blog).

So, let’s do a blogpaganda, it is much safer. Little hypocrisy could be a best policy in this blog world.

Gee…… sucks !

Tags: blog, thought, personal, www

Asia, hope for pluralism movement

Some years ago, American scholar Samuel Huntington predicted a clash of civilizations along religious lines. Even with the growth of religiosity, in Asia that clash is yet to come to pass. Anger over the publication ofcartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper has been deeply felt in Asia's Muslim communities - but the anger was directed atirreverent Europeans, not local Christians.

In much of Asia, strong traditions of pluralism and accommodation have allowed Islam and Christianity to blossom side by side. Governments in Malaysia and Indonesia are promoting inter-faith dialogue to help shore upthese traditions. Even nominally atheist China has recently loosened up onits hordes of Christian devotees. As Christianity takes deeper root in Asia,it is just as likely to spread without fear and resentment: a vibrant collage rather than clash of civilizations.

http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/HC02Ae03.html

The title of the article is not the shown above title. my own title is merely my own perspective on the content of the article.

The article is showing a great hope for me personally as part of Asian society. Asia should be followed by the western, when it comes to pluralism movement. It is the center of the idea. Hei, we are the place of birth of all religions exist in the world. We, the Asian, are doing it by heart to live in a pluralistic pattern.

Dare not to claim that we are the superior of pluralism movement, dare not to launch a massive PR campaign that we are trying very hard to avoid Samuel Huntington theory from happening.

We simply doing it by heart, so help us God.

Tags: indonesia, news, thought, pluralism

Anita Roddick is Coming To Town

I better watch out
Better not cry
Better not pout
I’m telling you why

Anita is coming to town

She’s having a list
And I’m checking it out
Have to make sure
All working all rite

Anita is coming town
(sing with "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" rhythm)

dalam hitungan kurang dari 30 hari kerja, anita roddick is coming to Jakarta (and Aceh). Pala gue dah mulai suka pusing ga jelas.

Yup.. bener, setelah kunjungannya yg tertunda di bulan September mendatang (see previous story on Anita). Dia akan memenuhi janjinya... ouch.! another hectic preparations. same venue (plus Neuhun Aceh), same activities, sampe key persons, all with Anita !

May she in a good mood.
Dear Santa, pls give her a good mood during her stay in Indonesia.

Tags: anita roddick, the body shop, works, indonesia

Mentan VS Menkes on Avian Flu

TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta:

Menteri Pertanian Anton Apriyantono menegaskan, Indonesia sudah dalam kondisi darurat flu burung, sehingga membutuhkan penanganan yang cepat untuk memutus rantai penyebaran penyakit tersebut. “Indonesia sudah dalam kondisi mengkhawatirkan, tidak bisa ditangani secara biasa lagi,” kata Anton.

VS

Menteri Kesehatan Siti Fadilah Supari mengatakan, Indonesia tidak dalam keadaan darurat flu burung. “Untuk penyerangan flu burung terhadap unggas mungkin bisa dikatakan darurat.

Tapi untuk manusia belum, karena sampai hari ini belum terbukti sudah terjadi penularan dari manusia ke manusia. Yang ada baru dari hewan ke manusia,” kata Fadilah, yang ketika dihubungi Tempo tengah berada di Ternate.

i vote for Mr. Anton....... why?

a. I don't trust Siti Fadila

u don't have to wait until there's a case from human to human spread out

to claim Indonesia in avian flu emergency status. it seems that stupidity is her best policy

b. more effort shown from Anton's department rather than Siti (at least in the media)

c. Indonesia is second worst in avian flu spread out in the world (see below info)

Sampai dengan 20 Februari 2006, WHO telah mencatat sebanyak 170 kasus
dengan 92 kematian pada manusia yang disebabkan virus ini
dengan rincian sebagai berikut (lihat sumber):
Vietnam — 93 kasus dengan 42 kematian.
Indonesia — 26 kasus dengan 19 kematian.
Thailand — 22 kasus dengan 14 kematian.
RRT — 12 kasus dengan 8 kematian.
Turki — 12 kasus dengan 4 kematian.
Kamboja — 4 kasus dengan 4 kematian.
Irak — 1 kasus dengan 1 kematian.

Keterangan: jumlah kasus yang dilaporkan WHO adalah jumlah kasus
yang telah diverifikasi dengan hasil laboratorium.

tentang flu burung di Indonesia:
Flu Burung (Avian Flu) di Indonesia?
Flu burung - Wikipedia Indonesia
Avian flu timeline
Pandemi Flu Burung pada Manusia: Siapkah Kita?

Tags: Indonesia, News, Thought, Bird FLu