Go Tik Swan

Terkejut pagi ini membaca sebuah berita ttg Radya Pustaka yang menuliskan "Go Tik Swan(almarhum)". Betapa kehilangan rasanya, terlebih kabar ini begitu terlambat, beliau meninggal 5 November 2008 yang lalu, pada usia 77 tahun.

Pertama kali mengenal nama ini di kisaran tahun 2004/2005 ketika diadakan pameran batik di aula barat. Sebuah karya beliau dipajang disana, kain pagi sore berlatar putih. Sebuah karya yg sangat indah dan tak terkira bagaimana membuatnya, garis-garis canting yang begitu bersih, tipis, dan tegas. Entah apakah masih ada orang yang bisa membuat karya seindah itu, semoga saja masih ada dan akan selalu ada.

Sugeng tindak Go Tik Swan, semoga diberi kelapangan di alam sana. Karyamu dan namamu akan senantiasa abadi.

h o p e

They don't need money

They need hope
They need courage
They need leader

They need you

veronica guerin

I don't know exactly when this speech was delivered, but in the same year, 1996, she
was shot to death somewhere outside Dublin.

economy stimulus

Building infrastructure is believed to be one of economic stimulus, especially in this crisis time. Sometimes this infrastructure is built with less consideration what the functionality of infrastructure suppose to be. The infrastructure is built just to make the economy moves or even run.

The sample of this is Japan, and now Obama seems aware of it.

HAMADA, Japan: The Hamada Marine Bridge soars majestic over this small fishing harbor, so much larger than the squid boats anchored below that it seems out of place....

The fruits of that obsession are apparent across Shimane, a rural prefecture about the size of Delaware, where Hamada is located. Each town seems to have its own art museum, domed athletic center and government-built tourist attraction like the Nima Sand Museum, a giant hourglass in a glass pyramid. The prefecture, with 740,000 residents, even has three commercial airports able to handle jets, including the $250 million Hagi-Iwami Airport, which sits eerily empty with just two flights per day.

I suspect the assignment of many(many) state employee in Indonesia is falling into this class of case, they were recruited and paid for making the economy moves.

another hidden in america

COSTA MESA, California: Greg Hayworth, 44, graduated from Syracuse University and made a good living in his home state, California, from real estate and mortgage finance.

Itulah tulisan koran IHT hari ini.

I wonder how about Indonesia?

"El crisis afecta todo el mundo", my friend said.

hablum minan naas

Interaction between human and other human.

Yesterday in a bus I saw a hurt feeling scene. A bearded "moslem look like" young man, who didn't know how to behave. He seated without awareness of people around him. Instead of giving his seat to old man or old woman he ignorantly clung his seat and let them stand up. I wonder what is in his head? If he is a muslim it will be a bad image of this wonderful religion. Moreover for sure he is not a good muslim who is taught how to behave among fellow human.

Ironically the native people I met are really much more nicer(this super superlative is intended to emphasized the situation). An old woman who kindly took me to my direction when I asked her and a young woman who come to me and show me how to reach the halte when I was in confusion eventhough I didn't ask her! Amazing.

Ironic.

dasar!

Iseng-iseng baca barackberry yg cuma seharga US$3000-an kok jadi pengen bandingin ke vertu. Di situs vertu kok justru menemukan yang lebih ajaib lagi.



Berapa banyak sih penggunanya di negara miskin semacam Indonesia, kok sampai ada bahasa indonesia segala. Ah emang tipikal negara korup!