White Orchid

She is Beautiful ..
So pure among black ...
Forbidden to all ....
Don't touch it, just see .....
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Date : 2008:12:28 13:15:17
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..Rice...

Main food of Indonesian, from Sumatra to Papua, from north to south. Another Indonesian may be eat corn, wheat, sago such as maluku, sulawesi or even papua, but, rice is the most popular among Indonesian.

but know....

the availability of rice depend on farmer and farm (or Paddy field) it self. the farmer become losses, and the area of farm also. Conversation of form into another thing become unpredictable and fast, become property, market, or something else. the amount of farmer in Indonesia only 55,1 % (Kompas, 2/5/09) as the results the production are lackdown, in the end.. domestic product of rice become rare and it must import to fulfill it.

Become Major Issue..

In few month, indonesia have General Election (GE, for Precident, House of Representatives and Senator), and again, rice as political issue to gain or persuade people to elect. Every political party give promise that they will resolve the problem, ended the import of rice and also increasing the income of Indonesian farmer..!!.

in my opinion....
Farmer and farm, it must giving more protection from globalization. Area of farm should be maintenance for sustainability production. Stop diversion of farm into another thing. Give more free fertilizer for farmer. Stop the marked-oriented policy for rice, change into half close-oriented, so the price of rise can high, and give more subsidize for farmer.

BULOG (Badan Logistik or Indonesian Bureau of Logistic) should more concern to help farmer, to deals the price control of rice and other foods. Half close-oriented, its make farmer can survive from falling down, WTO deals are killing machine for Indonesian farmer. They force to Indonesian farmer to not accept subsidize more, how come like that..!!. They will die, since price for fertilizer, seeds or even land-rent are too high. Half close-oriented is to maintenance the price normal or even high with government policy.

P/S :
1. For more article, read : 1 or 2

Oil Colappse

In mid 2008, we see the raising of oil price. Almost $100/barrel on wall street, and in Indonesia, gasoline price is Rp.6000/ltr. Then for the chain reaction, every price are climb up, rice, vegetables, fruits, bus, taxi... then in the end, everything is expensive!!!. it also became more worse condition with exchange rates of Rp Vs $..!.

first, let we see the sort history of oil. Oil has been used since antiquity; for example Herodotus recorded that asphalt from a nearby river was used to construct the walls of Babylon.

However, the first modern oil well is usually traced to Sir Edwin Drake in Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859. The Industrial Revolution was already in progress, fuelled by coal and driven by the steam engine. But then in the 1860s, a German engineer found a way to insert the fuel directly into the cylinder inventing the Internal Combustion Engine, which was much more efficient. At first, it used benzene distilled from coal, before turning to petroleum refined from crude oil, for which it developed an unquenchable thirst. The first automobile took to the road in 1882 and the first tractor ploughed its furrow in 1907. This cheap and abundant supply of energy changed the world in then unimaginable ways, leading to the rapid expansion of industry, transport, trade and agriculture, which has allowed the population to expand six-fold in parallel. These remarkable changes were in turn accompanied by the rapid growth of financial capital, as banks lent more than they had on deposit, confident that Tomorrow’s Economic Expansion was collateral for To-day’s Debt, without necessarily recognising that the expansion was driven by an abundant supply of cheap largely oil-based energy.(adopted from Streetswiki).

So, lets face it. our life connected with oil, car, airplane, boat, even internet are need an oil. without oil, we die..!. every aspect of life need oil, today, oil become major issue on world, even for a war (Iraqi wars or dessert storm campaign). Oil is lord and we are his slave!, each people even country fight for it, from north pole to south, from Venezuela to middle-east. And of course Indonesia too. But now, the condition be reverse, economist predicted, with the high of oil price, revenue are good, but they are wrong. oil is not renewable resources, but nonrenewable ones, its limited. Economist say, give more investment to oil exploration, then harvesting, but the real condition is oil field on the world are rare and limited, not every place have it. Indonesia in 60s, is the rise of oil age, Pertamina become oil icon, but now, oil age has pass away. For fulfill domestic need, we import the oil from foreign. We produce oil but we cant fulfill it. Indonesia is one of greedy consumers of oil.

Now, we face the oil-down. The advanced and improvement of oil technology are fast right now, but the oil field are limited. in few years letter the oil produce become lower, but the needs are high. It will be catastrophic for the world if we dont realize. We should be change it right now. For me, it only two way to resolve it, first, find and research a new resources to change the availability of oil or second, squeeze oil from coal (coal-liquidfaction) and oil-sand for extended oil age.



P/S :
1. Oil is refer to Petroleum
2. For further info, see.
3. Pic kiddanap here.

The Old One

Silence eye witness lied down on Yogya.. She was born when indonesia under occupation by dutch ( Dutch East India Company). She was used as office for Nill Maattschappij Assurance and De Javasche Bank. On Japan occupation, basement used as Hoso Kyoku Radio.

At early independence of indonesia the radio converted to Mataram Radio (MAVRO). Now, it used by Bank Negara Indonesia (Indonesia Country Bank). And she still stand till now....

She located at Malioboro street, on north is Gedung Agung (presidential House, born at 1832, in past it used for Dutch Resident dan Governor for Yogyakarta. And become Koochi Zimmukyoku Tyookan in japan Occupation) and Vredeburg fortress museum.
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Pink Chocolate become grey

Since morning...
my feet so happy to meet the night..wondering what happen to night..
they say, this is the night that we can expressed our heart for someone who we loved.
they say, we can share our time together with she alone.
they say, exchange our feeling with happiness
but...
its become Grey...

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Mengapa....'???

Sebuah tanya datang..berjalan berkeliling otak sambil mencubit sakit dipinggiran hati ini, entah kurang apa, tetapi selalu saja salah dalam menjalaninya. Kadang waktu juga berkompeten meredakan hati , berjuang dalam arogan diri untuk mengalah... bukan menyerah. Semua laku dianggap salah, tak pernah ada yang benar..berbeda denganmu bukan berarti bukan bagianmu.

Setiap hati dijalani dengan was-was, bersembunyi di balik log telpon, selalu berbatas diri hanya demi hormat. Kadang impovisasi salah diarti, hati layu baru datang kata maaf, sudah sinis imaginatif membuat langkah berjalan serasa timpang, sampai kapan selalu berjalan dalam rel ganda ini. Riak asa menyeruak hampa, hambar dan kecut dalam menghadapinya.

Andai hari menjadi slave diriku, aku ingin dia berputar ulang hingga perbaikan sikap dapat sempurna, berbagi lilin redup menjadi cerah, menjaga badai menjauh darinya. Andai waktu bawahanku, aku ingin dia taat berhenti berdetak saat aku perintah, biar moment itu selalu menggema. Andai suara peliharaanku, aku ingin dia merdu, menjadi merdu di tengah sahara luas, menjadi oasis hati saat sunyi. Andai ....

Jalan memang panjang, tapi kerikil dan serakan daun membuatnya makin bergetar asa..melangkah atau berhenti menjadi pilihat sakit. Berdiri di pojok niagara, serasa segar menyeramkan, dirimbuni tetes air jatuh dari atas, namun getir saat jatuh kebawah.

Mengapa .....???
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for healing my feeling, i heard a song from Chantal Kreviazuk. for me, this song are suitable if we want escape for while.

"Leaving On A Jet Plane"

I'm ... I'm ...

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye

But the dawn is breakin', it's early morn
The taxi's waitin', he's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go

'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go

I'm ...

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I'll tell you now, they don't mean a thing

Every place I go, I think of you
Every song I sing, I sing for you
When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go

'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time, oh, let me kiss you
And close your eyes and I'll be on my way

Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times that I won't have to say ...

Oh, kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go

'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go

And I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go

But I'm leaving on a jet plane
(Ah ah ah ah)
Leaving on a jet plane
(Ah ah ah ah)
Leaving on a jet plane
(Ah ah ah ah)
Leaving on a jet plane
(Ah ah ah ah)
Leaving on a jet plane
(Ah ah ah ah)
Leaving on a jet plane
(Ah ah ah ah)
Leaving on a jet plane
(Ah ah ah ah)
Leaving on a jet plane
(Ah ah ah ah)
(Leaving) On a jet plane

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A note for Valentine
February 14th, 2009

pic adopted here, song and lyric

Trans-Kalimantan, A Dream Road

Almost 100 year after the independence of Indonesia.. six president had been held, but the road that connected all province of kalimantan (Borneo) are not establish.

Borneo is one of 'raw-material' Capital for government to advanced Indonesia..woods, golds, coals, oil & gas, cpo's and irons are greedy exploited from Borneo for contribute to Indonesia government, but till now the infrastructure of Borneo still lack down !!

the obsession of trans-borneo road is begin from 1800 AD, Muller travel the remote area of Borneo, from east to west, but he lost in borne0 jungle. Nieuwenhuis (1894) is the first Dutchman who succeed travel the island, from Pontianak (west Borneo) to Samarinda (east Borneo). but now, there is nothing connected road establish yet..why..??

Some people in Pontianak if they want go to east, south or central of Borneo (with airplane, because the road isn't connected), they must transit to Jakarta first!!!. its an expensive to do it. In my perspective, infrastructure should be build more in Borneo so the imbalance of development can be done. On Java, the infrastructure are good, but on outside java.. its another thing..its lack!. its enough right now, the road-maps of development must change!. Give more to outside Java now, for totality of integral Indonesia.

A song from Franky Sahilatua - Perahu Retak, for describe its.

Perahu negeriku, perahu bangsaku
menyusuri gelombang
semangat rakyatku, kibar benderaku
menyeruak lautan

langit membentang cakrawala di depan
melambaikan tantangan

di atas tanahku, dari dalam airku
tumbuh kebahagiaan
di sawah kampungku, di jalan kotaku
terbit kesejahteraan

tapi kuheran di tengah perjalanan
muncullah ketimpangan

aku heran, aku heran
yang salah dipertahankan
aku heran, aku heran
yang benar disingkirkan

perahu negeriku, perahu bangsaku
jangan retak dindingmu
semangat rakyatku, derap kaki tekadmu
jangan terantuk batu

tanah pertiwi anugerah ilahi
jangan ambil sendiri
tanah pertiwi anugerah ilahi
jangan makan sendiri

aku heran, aku heran
satu kenyang, seribu kelaparan
aku heran, aku heran
keserakahan diagungkan

P/S : for further info..
1. Original source here
2. Pic adopted from Kompas.
3. A W Nieuwenhuis
4. Lyric and mp3
5. CPO