We - Indonesian - are very much creature of ceremony. And believe me we could drag on this for hours without realizing it. Things I hate. But I faced it last month. It was for my Ray's exercise contest. There were a flock of around 800 kids waiting for their turn to go to the stage for contest. But these adults, the program committe had let the kids waiting for almost 2 hours in the heat of the sunshine, so some of them could take turn to give a very long speeches. The bla-bla speeches no one really really cared about. They called this 'kids program' and they were busy listening to their own voice on the sound system, while letting the kids grilled in the sun!
This is not the only event where speeches feel like a nightmare for the audience.
Last week I attended what so called the heart aerobic exercise at 6.30 am. I came in a hurry as I did not want to miss it. There, I had to wait for almost two hours, and the speeches was still on and on and on....the speaker was so self-absorbed, my impatient grew taller. I decided to go home ... I lost my morning time to such a waste!
Please appreciate people's time: learn how to organize event properly...
Friday, April 21, 2006
Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Oh Bibitku
Di dunia yang sudah gila ini, ada orang yang setengah mati kerja, kepala di pantat, pantat di kepala, tapi uang tetap susah masuk ke periuk. Ada yang senang-senang, uang mengalir seperti air terjun. Contohnya, cowok ganteng yang model ini baru saja menjual sperma nya dalam suatu lelang, dan laku 18 ribu dollar.
Dia punya pesan untuk siapa saja yang mau mendengar: ‘butuh sperma? Saya menjualnya! Ditanggung anak Anda jadi ganteng seperti saya!’.
Peduli amat dengan yang tidak kelihatan, ai kyu, penyakit syaraf, bloon, nggak masalah yang penting ganteng. Sepertinya orang yang ganteng atau cakep adalah segala-galanya.
Sayangnya aku lupa mengingat alamat website penjual sperma ini. Siapa tahu temanku ada yang berminat membeli?
Dia punya pesan untuk siapa saja yang mau mendengar: ‘butuh sperma? Saya menjualnya! Ditanggung anak Anda jadi ganteng seperti saya!’.
Peduli amat dengan yang tidak kelihatan, ai kyu, penyakit syaraf, bloon, nggak masalah yang penting ganteng. Sepertinya orang yang ganteng atau cakep adalah segala-galanya.
Sayangnya aku lupa mengingat alamat website penjual sperma ini. Siapa tahu temanku ada yang berminat membeli?
Sunday, April 04, 2004
Shopping Mall Society
(30/10/02)
Some friends from Jakarta just visited Vancouver for their NGO tour in Canada. I was ready to take them to Vancouver Public Library, Science World, and Stanley Park. When asked what place they would like to see, their answer had surprised me. They wanted to see shopping mall! I couldn’t help thinking that Jakartans are becoming more and more into shopping mall society.
For most of Indonesian, western countries almost always identical with luxury, modernity, beautiful, rich, and smart people. Look at them on TV! So it surprised them that Vancouver didn’t have those shopping malls as big as the ones in Jakarta.
On the other hand, many people in western country may think that the third world is identical with poverty, lack of education, and chaos. One illustration was when a new friend I met here was surprised to see a picture of me with a beautiful swimming pool as a background. She said honestly that she pictured Jakarta as a slum place where beauty doesn’t exist. Little she knows that Jakarta is a place where its 12 million population live in wide range of life from the bottom of hell to the top of seven heaven.
When I went back home the last time in June, I could hardly see the scar from few years back of economy crisis. The big shopping malls and traditional market were full with people, and still growing. Salon and beauty parlors were busy. Glodok electronic center, one of the biggest electronic center in South East Asia were hustling and bustling as usual, though in 1998 it was one of the place burnt out by fire and loot.
These are such phenomena. With the hardship of economy crisis, we are looking to have fun, to forget about what have happened. Those places offer such entertaining, and fun atmosphere. It is the place for us to see what we can’t afford but still can dream about.
Some friends from Jakarta just visited Vancouver for their NGO tour in Canada. I was ready to take them to Vancouver Public Library, Science World, and Stanley Park. When asked what place they would like to see, their answer had surprised me. They wanted to see shopping mall! I couldn’t help thinking that Jakartans are becoming more and more into shopping mall society.
For most of Indonesian, western countries almost always identical with luxury, modernity, beautiful, rich, and smart people. Look at them on TV! So it surprised them that Vancouver didn’t have those shopping malls as big as the ones in Jakarta.
On the other hand, many people in western country may think that the third world is identical with poverty, lack of education, and chaos. One illustration was when a new friend I met here was surprised to see a picture of me with a beautiful swimming pool as a background. She said honestly that she pictured Jakarta as a slum place where beauty doesn’t exist. Little she knows that Jakarta is a place where its 12 million population live in wide range of life from the bottom of hell to the top of seven heaven.
When I went back home the last time in June, I could hardly see the scar from few years back of economy crisis. The big shopping malls and traditional market were full with people, and still growing. Salon and beauty parlors were busy. Glodok electronic center, one of the biggest electronic center in South East Asia were hustling and bustling as usual, though in 1998 it was one of the place burnt out by fire and loot.
These are such phenomena. With the hardship of economy crisis, we are looking to have fun, to forget about what have happened. Those places offer such entertaining, and fun atmosphere. It is the place for us to see what we can’t afford but still can dream about.
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