September 22nd, 2008 / Triwidodo /Spirit of Indonesia
Achieving many result in a short time
The spirit for the busy people is ”Time is money”, so they work efficiently. In Indonesia, their children are entered to school very early stydying foreign languages and mastering science subject as much as possible. For executing the burden job, their having fast lunch at fast food counter, eating is even also interrupted with phones and sms by selular phone. Solonese girls do not walk likes Macan Luwe, an Hungry Tiger, an elegant steps. Their rhythm of shoe steps like a rap music. A greedy human mind wants to do many things at one moment.
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August 6th, 2008 / Triwidodo /Spirit of Indonesia
Sun Tzu represents such human primordial, it is applicable for fight or flight law, fight out as a winner, or run away from a battlefield to save oneself . With this basic concept, He composed art of war to attain a victory. Nowadays, many people enthusiastically apply it in business.
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August 5th, 2008 / Janfrional Hutabarat /Spirit of Indonesia
It was about two years ago. I attended an Open House event held by Anand Ashram Foundation. A friend invited me,” Why don’t you come tomorrow for the Pesta Rakyat NIM“(The People‘s Celebration of National Integration Movement). “Okay, but I don‘t sure I can get up that early”, I replied. The next morning, I woke up quite early in the morning and went to Monas.
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July 30th, 2008 / Triwidodo /Spirit of Indonesia
Citation of the Jangka-Jayabaya’s script
Akeh kelakuan sing ganjil
Wong apik padha kapencil
Akeh wong gawe kabecikan padha krasa isin
Luwih utama ngapusi
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July 30th, 2008 / Aisanya Wibhuti /Spirit of Indonesia
When we live our daily routine and ritual, have we ever think, is there any love for our country, Indonesia ? By ‘love’ here, I mean love that come into reality. Not only wondering or speaking about love.
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July 30th, 2008 / Triwidodo /Spirit of Indonesia
Rawa Pening legend
A giant snake desired to be a human to follow a King word. He did penance by surrounding Mount Ungaran waist so that his tail could achieve the mouth. Only when the mouth could bite its tail, he would turn into a human. He only ate anything passsed in front of his mouth. After ten years, his body nerves had become insensible, he could not sense his body, but each year the body became longer about 10 centimeters and in a few years more his mouth could achieve its tail.
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June 22nd, 2008 / Webmaster /Media
Violence by members of a radical Islamic group earlier this month has damaged the international image of Indonesian Muslims, chairman of the country’s second-largest Muslim group said.
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June 21st, 2008 / Maya Safira Muchtar /Maya S. Muchtar's Column
I salute Din Syamsuddin, chairperson of Muhammadiyah, for his statement in The Jakarta Post’s article on June 20 titled “FPI attacks damage RI Muslims’ image”. Such a statement from the chairperson of the second largest Muslim group in this country represents the silent majority of moderate Muslims.
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June 18th, 2008 / Anand Krishna /Anand Krishna's Column, Maya S. Muchtar's Column
Radical Islam in Indonesia is on the march, and the religious pluralism enshrined in the doctrine of Pancasila is coming under direct attack. Last week the Indonesian government has issued a joint ministerial decree telling the heretical Muslim Ahmadiyya movement to ’stop spreading interpretations and activities’ which deviate from orthodox Islam. That decree has implications for other minorities as well, including liberal and reformist Muslims, and the moderate Wahid Institute (named for former president Abdurrahman Wahid) says the country is on the brink of becoming an Islamic state.
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June 10th, 2008 / Zeeshan Sajwani /Others
When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream but when we are dreaming with others, it is right beginning of the reality.
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