Rasa Sayange

Whose song is "Rasa Sayange"? I don't think so that we have legal proof of ownership. Neither we nor Malaysian do. Since we were originated from the same cluster, same family language, that song may be found in each old literatures.

But I'm still not sure which part of Indonesian archipelago this song came from. If it was from western side, then it could be possible to be shared. But if it came from eastern side, then Malaysian cannot easily claim that since there was geographical distance.

Anyway, it is naive to recommend that such folksongs or any folk customs should be legally registered or patented. This is not a material stuff, and even more subtle than, let's say, contemporary song with obvious author.

The Earth's Biggest Secret is Now on Our Hand

I've never been a Harry Potter fanatic fan. Reading one of those 500 paged books hasn't been my wish so far. For me, it has been enough to just watch the movie if the reason is only to follow the story. My situation was not so tragic as the girl next to my wife while we were watching the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last week. She asked what Hogwarts is. Well, it has been already the fifth movie!

Finding that the curiosity seemed to be increased after watching that movie (especially for those millions people that had finished the sixth book), my wife was so sure that J.K. Rowling held the current world's biggest secret. At least for this century. And I couldn't find any reason to deny it.

Rowling's last Harry Potter book would be published at July 21th, 2007. I didn't know what time it would be in relation with the global world clock calculation, but I have already found the plot in Wikipedia. And when I told it to my wife, she was screaming and begging so much that I didn't say a word about the story. Actually, I haven't yet read anything except the first line of the summary.

So, here we are. Wanting to be one of the earlier people in the world that knowing more than others. We bought the book at its first published day here. I promised my wife that I will never read the Wikipedia's summary unless she has closed the last page of the book.

Again, reading that 500 paged book is never intended to do eagerly:)

Unnecessary Accident

Accidents, tragedies, badlucks, all of them were never wanted by anyone. Unfortunately, we can not always avoid or prepare some evasion. Some of them were meant to be a lesson, not only for the victims, but also for the people surrounding. Sometimes, it was so clear that some disasters had been so massive, unavoidable, and there is no other better reaction than accept it patiently.

This morning I was reading one of Medan local newspaper in my room. Two teenagers lost their hands and legs while they had been sleeping near the railway. The train had crushed them. At the night before the incident, they had been staying up and talking all night with their friends there. And somehow they got tired and eventually fell asleep on that railway.

I really pity them deeply. I am so sorry and give them my sympathy. But something has really made me down, dissapointed, angry. The cause of this accident is so.. ridiculous, unreasonable, and completely silly. Why can't they think for a few seconds, that the railway is obviously not a safe place to lay their bodies down? Why can't they? Oh God, I can't understand the way You adjust human thought algorithm.

Please protect us from being careless and negligent..

The Capture of Dujana

Despite the unproven status of Abu Dujana, it seemed that questions about his improper arrest are excessive. Some parties objected the way police did to avoid Dujana's escape, that is by shooting his thigh in close gap. There were also opinions that it could cause trauma to the kids that saw the event in surrounding area. One of Dujana's lawyers even argued that Densus 88 should be able to seize the suspect without violence, as they were well-trained elite team.

But this is a big catch, and any risks must be taken to make the mission accomplished. Yes, we will ignore a child's broken heart and a wife's protest to save other thousands children and wives outside. Yes, we will shoot that thigh to avoid many other thighs -and other body parts- explosions. We will kill one life to protect the remains.

People may forget that Azhari was still able to escape even he was in head to head chase with police. Police didn't underestimate Dujana, and that's how it should be.

Tokyo, Sayonara

It was my last night in Tokyo. And I was sure that I would miss this city so much.

Order, colorfulness, punctuality, kindness, safety, well maintained infrastructures, politeness, creativity, honesty, dynamism, custom.

And not to forget, the miniskirts..:)

Mini Card

At the first time, I was disappointed with my Citibank card. It was not the kind that I had wanted. Moreover, the credit limit was so small.

The only different thing was the size of the card. It is a mini card. The size is around a quarter smaller than the usual card. And now, I wonder that so lot of people have no idea about this kind of card.

Front officer of Hotel Angkasa Medan said,
"How funny, it can be issued at this size."

Front officer of Hotel Grand Majesty Batam checked,
"This is not a debit card, right?"

Front officer of Hotel Bristol Gurgaon (near New Delhi) doubted,
"Is this real credit card?"

Front officer of Hotel Miyako Tokyo asked,
"How to use this?"

Some times, this card makes me proud..

Porong Strikes Back

I was so happy knowing that Lapindo issue has been just exposed again. It was still clear in my mind, how it became so boring being trapped in Porong traffic jam last year end. At that time, it was the part of my job to travel Surabaya-Malang several times. Our schedule then was sometimes failed due to this uncertain travel time.

Day by day, Surabaya's daily newspapers always put Lapindo on their headlines. Then I hated so much this company, hoping that their mistakes would be greater as the time goes, collecting all the people's anger and waiting them to take revenge against this company. What an excessive dislike, and what an excessive ruthlessness:)

The issue seemed to be faded after Adam Air crash, followed by some mass transport accidents. Last thing I heard is that Lapindo agreed to pay, but the villagers should have the certificate of their land ownership. Something that Lapindo didn't even care when buying the exploration land before. And the latest news, that may be already late, is that Lapindo will buy the sunk houses in several phases.

Thanks God that some people there still have consciousness about their forgotten rights, and keep fighting for it.

Well, keep your land. It's yours.

Where's my account?

I've been surprised when I was unable to give comments, even on my own blog. Well, after there were no activities for so long time, I've just realized that Blogger.com has had somekind of affiliation with Google. Because of such merger (I've just remembered that even my company has just done merger this early month) I think when it will be that Yahoo join Google. And then I know that there is a site called GahooYoogle.com.

It reminds me about Kusmadiman Kadiyanto..:)