Let’s Back to Batik

Yesterday, I have a time to hanging around the mall at Lippo karawaci, Tangerang. It’s been so amazing looking at the dress that’s trend in fashion world on the retail shop. There’s a Batik here, There’s a batik there and batik again all over the Mall. Well its make me proud enough because nowadays people have already forgot about that beautiful culture heritage who already dipatenkan by Malaysia. One step behind and feel so cheated.
Batik is one of Java's famous and highly developed art traditions, batik is an important industry in many production centers in Java. It is a proof that the people of Java do love the products, long time ago created by their ancestors. Batik designed materials are clearly seen as women traditional dresses, shirts, sarongs, bags, hats, table-cloths, napkins, painting and decorative items, etc, with traditional color of brown, call sogan, indigo and blue or more colorful ones.
The tourist who visits Indonesia adore of this beautiful motif product. The motifs of Batik, especially with old pattern, as in other field of Javanese tradition are symbolizing something. Some of the motifs are :
1. Sido Mulyo :
Symbolizing 'you should be happy and rich man'.
2. Sido Dadi :
Symbolizing 'you should be a man/woman as you
3. Satrio Wibowo :
Symbolizing 'Man with dignity'.
4. Tikel Asmorodono :
It is meant the one who wears this batik, should be loved more and more by others.
5. Sidomukti, symbolizing a happiness and prosperous life. Using the same motif symbolizing the togetherness. In a wedding ceremony the bride and the bridegroom wear the same motif of batik
6. Truntum, symbolizing the advice of the parents to the newly weds to enter the new life with full of love and confidence.
Although the motif that now in the marketplace are not the old motif but at least we still love our country’s production of batik. Maybe this is the way of the cloth designer to celebrate the national awakening of Indonesia. Long Live Indonesia.

TRAINING EDUCATION PROGRAM
FOR INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS 2008
(INDONESIA –MALAYSIA)

The program followed by 600 teachers who come from all over Indonesia. I’m so excited to have a chance to participate and join them to have a discussion about education generally and about The comparation study of education an Indonesia and Malaysia. The keynotes speakers are : The National Minister of Education (Prof. Dr. Bambang Sudibyo), Dr. jamil Ahmad from University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Noorlia Goolamally from Open University Malaysia, Mr. Syafik Umar (General manager Of Pikiran Rakyat Newspaper), and of course some others education expert from STKIP Pasundan College, Bandung. They are : Drs. H. Edi Komarudin, M.M., Dr. H. Endang Komara, Drs., M. Si., H. Khaerul Syobar, SE., M.M., Diky Komarudin, SE., M.M., Rony Muhamad Rizal, ST., M. Si.
The most interesting is about how we’re teachers in Indonesia feel lucky to have a chance to talk to the Minister of Education directly. Most of us are complained about the Public Policy of The Teachers Sertification. About its selection, its compensation and some other things who had a connection with the wealthy stuffs. Not forget to talk about The National Examination for student that really really makes us so confuse and don’t know what to do. But The Minister, as usual can not make us satisfied because of the special way of bureaucrat answering public question. But it’s OK. That’s just the way they are.
Bravo to the committee who had really successful in building the program. They are the students of STKIP Pasundan. Well Young generation, the country is waiting……..

National Examination

Indonesia, my country has a unique way to make an examination at the end of the school program. The National Final Examination. The years that spent by students in the school will judge in the program which is has a full authority to judge weather a student pass the exam or not. No matter how high the score achieved by students along the process of education. If they can make passing grade scores, just like that, the government have a very arrogant way to make a decision if student deserve to graduate from some school or not. Just as simple as that. So, what about the daily process that made by student and teacher in the class in the pass years

Indonesia’s Favorite Sport

Badminton is indeed Indonesia’s favorite sport. Beside it’s cheap, Indonesia has a good team at it. From Lim Swie King, Rudi Hartono until Taufik Hidayat. We’re really proud of them. Because of them, Indonesia not recognized just as terrorist country but there’s something, at least to be proud of. Now, is Thomas and Uber cup already. And we’re waiting for the happiness and proudness that we will become the Champion of the game..

The National Awakening Day of Indonesia

It’s been a hundred years since Indonesia had the early nationalist movement. So, it doesn’t seem too much if we celebrate it in a large of scale and in special way. Yes, Indonesia commemorating the national Resurgence Day on May 20^th.

People of my country have the spirit of awakening in many ways. The bikers had a rally motorbike tour around the country, even our artist passed away on an accident when they had a journey in central Java. The musician had a concert and sing a national song with full of proud ness. The Military had a special ceremony as a kind of a show force to the world that we have a great army and stronghold to defend the country until the last drop of our blood.

But, is that all? It is not enough. The spirit of awakening is not just like that. It is not just the clamorous applause supporting the Thomas and Uber Cup team in Istora Senayan, Jakarta. It’s not just the poetry that read aloud on the stage. The spirit of awakening is not as simple as that. But, we have to do more, in real action not just rubbish. Let’s fight the corrupt, let’s fight the poorness, and let us do anything better than before, more honest than before….

And me? I have a different way to celebrate the big day. As a teacher, I have a motto “I can make a change no matter how small it is”. Well, I can change the world by teaching in my class. I can change the mindset of my students. So they can face the world with full spirit of awakening day… Just let’s do something better…