Earth Hour Malang - SWITCH OFF CEREMONY 2016 #NgalamPetengan with DU Group and ES File March 19

March 28, 2:54pm

Last Saturday, on March 19 2016, is personally my third year of joining Earth Hour Malang as a volunteer. Each year, Switch Off Ceremony surely gave me such different experiences in participating this annual global event.

This year, we (Earth Hour Malang volunteers) were having a huge creative concept of celebrating the switch off. Being sponsored by PT. BAIDU DIGITAL INDONESIA, we got a ceremony namely #NgalamPetengan with DU Group and ES File. 

Different with last year, which we had candles formation of 60+, this year we were having pedal power which were connected (by LED) into the 60+ lights and Indonesian map. The pedal powers were creating energy of electricities made by LED. We got directly support from Brawijaya University student, named Muhammad Ilham Akbar, who is still majoring in Electrical Technic there. I am personally thank him due to his effort and time for making this possible.

Also, we had performances from SAFIR (Saman Fabulous Indonesian Art), Freestyle Soccer, OCARINESIA, VOIX Acapella, and STK Asri Kusuma. Not too mention that one of our Ambassadors this year was also performing, they are Wake Up Iris! Indie band originally from Malang.

Even though the weather was not really "friendly", we were still running the whole agenda quite well. Under the rain sky, we were together to shine a light on climate action.

Earth Hour is not only once a year, it is all about the symbolic action. Earth Hour is what we can give to our earth, to change our lifestyle, to save our planet, together.

By switching off the lights for one hour, it means we are already aware what we can save to what our next generation should be gotten. Started from now on, from small actions, and from ourself. Together, we can shine a light on climate action! (apa)

#IniAksiku

#EarthHourMalang

#EarthHourIndonesia

#NgalamPetengan

(pic: Earth Hour Malang Ambassadors 2016)

(pic: Indonesian map and 60+ formation light)

(pic: Sifa Herdini and Yolanda Remetwa, Earth Hour Malang Ambassadors 2016)

(pic: Freestyle Soccer Malang)

(pic: Saman Traditional Dance by SAFIR)

(pic: Fire Dance by STK Asri Kusuma)

(pic: Special Performance by Wake Up Iris!)

(pic: Malang City Hall; before and after switch off)

(pic: Brawijaya University; before and after switch off)

and 

(pic: Earth Hour Malang all volunteers)

p.s: Earth Hour Malang luckily featured (again) on Earth Hour Global official video this year! Check this to find out:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS5u1Cl1VTo

First trying news reporting!

Thursday, January 14, 2016.

Bombing Tragedies in Central Jakarta

Indonesian citizens were shocked by some random issues about bombing in Jakarta. But yes, this is the fact. A few of police officers were about against a terrorist! It is not known yet who caused this terrible tragedies. This bombing tragedies were reported happen in Sarinah, Palmerah, Thamrin, and other areas around Jakarta.

Many Indonesian netizens (known as citizens who used social media) got informations spread directly by Jakarta citizens, such as photos and videos about the tragedies. The bombing itself hurt few of innocent people who came by the area. Not only bombing, the worse part of this tragedies is also shooting between police officers and unknown persons, who are most likely the terrorists.

Up to now, the exact reasons are not yet known.

(apa)

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note:

Hiii, this is my first ever news reporting. I know that article is really bad, but at least I'm trying! lol. Later I' ll be getting more informations from some reliable sources to conduct the news reporting.

Malang, 2:36 pm.

Solitaire.

Here, right now, alone by myself, in my private park.


Yet at this moment, there are few of people who disrupting my private time :(

Cant say much, just think.

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blue. black. grey.
do not know what to say.
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i was stumbling.
looking in the dark.
with an empty heart.
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hhhhhhhhhhhhh.

For you, F

"Aku kadang bingung, fungsi grup ini apa ya?"

Begitu celetukan salah satu sahabatku di grup Line geng kami. Ya, kami sangat dekat, hingga membuat kami terkesan nge-geng.

Sejak aku mengenalnya saat kelas 11, which is now we've been bestfriends for 5 years, aku selalu menganggapnya sahabat paling loyal. Dia adalah sosok laki-laki yang dulu terkenal sok playboy, hingga aku mengubah penilaianku sendiri dengan menganggapnya sebagai mature grown up man.

Di antara kami ber-11, dialah sosok yang menurutku paling dewasa. Dia tidak berasal dari keluarga menengah ke atas, tapi kami sangat respect padanya. Pernah suatu kali, saat sekolah kami akan mengadakan study tour angkatan, dialah satu-satunya anak di kelas yang tidak excited akan hal itu. Tentu saja, faktor biayalah pemicunya. Kami tidak mungkin membiarkan dia tinggal sementara kami have fun sendiri. Alhasil, aku lupa ini ide siapa, kami pun menggalang dana untuk membantu kendala finansialnya.

Begitulah cerita singkat tentang erat dan loyalnya persahabatan kami saat SMA. Sampai tibalah kami pada masa-masa "Eh guys, kapan nih kumpul? Kangen tau." , atau , "Si X ulang tahun nih minggu depan, usahain luagin waktu yuk buat kumpul." , atau "Kalian ada yang free? Meet up yuk lama nih nggak ketemu." , atau bahkan sampai pada titik terjenuh kami. Ya, kalimat di awal paragraf ini. "Aku kadang bingung, fungsi grup ini apa ya?". Itulah kalimat yang dilontarkannya saat ajakan-ajakan bertemu yang berkedok rindu itu hanya menjadi wacana belaka. 

Mungkin dia sudah lelah. Oh tidak, aku yakin dia pasti sudah lelah. Aku pun begitu. Entah ini hanya perasaanku saja, atau bagaimana. Tapi aku rasa, akulah yang paling bersemangat untuk menghidupkan suasana kaku di grup Line kami. Ini hanya masalah karakter saja kalau aku boleh berpendapat. Mungkin memang aku yang dasarnya suka inisiatif memulai pembicaraan, mungkin memang mereka yang kurang excited dengan keberadaan grup ini, atau alasan-alasan aneh yang muncul dari kepalaku.

"Nggak ada fungsinya. Bikin nggak mau ketemu." Itu kalimat selanjutnya yang dia lontarkan.

Entah kenapa, aku merasa ada yang berbeda dari dirinya. Entah mungkin ini hanya perasaanku saja. Dia tidak biasa berkata seperti demikian. Sampai akhirnya, salah satu sahabat kami menimpalinya, "Kamu kok beda ya." dilanjutkan dengan celetukan temanku yang lain, "Alhamdulillah terwakilkan, makasih."

Dua kalimat tersebut cukup membuatku yakin bahwa ternyata bukan hanya aku yang menganggapnya berbeda.

".....Maaf karena kalian semua itu yang membentuk karakterku, baik buruknya aku ya terbentuk bareng kalian. Tapi ya udah lah, mungkin aku agak berlebihan karena naruh temen di urutan paling atas. Kayak orang kangen tapi yang nggak kesampaian. Tapi ya udah kalian juga suka sama grup ini. Aku sih males. Nggak lama aku pingin keluar dari grup ini. Lebih baik chat langsung diajak ketemuan. Haha semoga kalian semua sehat!"

Serentetan kalimat yang benar-benar nggak aku sangka bisa diucapkan oleh sesosok yang paling aku respect di antara persahabatan ini. Sudah sedikit melebihi ambang batas kesabaranku. Oh ya, aku lupa. Kalau kata orang sih, sabar nggak ada batasnya. Hahaha. Omong kosong. Coba sini gantikan posisiku!

Aku, disini, terhitung seorang teman yang sangat peduli dan perhatian. Aku pemikir, kalau boleh jujur.

Dengan kepala dingin aku mencoba menimpali kalimat panjangnya yang cukup aneh itu dengan "Kalo kangen ajak ketemu aja nggak harus lengkap kok. Dikira aku juga nggak males apa tiap kali ngajak ketemuan tapi cuma di read aja. Tapi aku tetep sabar dan positive thinking oh mungkin mereka pada sibuk oh mungkin udah ada janji oh mungkin kebentrok sama janji lain atau gimana. Yaaa mau gimana lagi. Semua ada masanya sih. Nggak perlu dipaksa. Kalo waktunya tepat pasti kesampaian kok mau kumpul semua. Yang penting intinya tetep jaga komunikasi dan sabaaar ngehadepin karakter berbeda. Persahabatan toh terbentuk dari indahnya perbedaan. Harus saling menegerti. Nggak semua bisa langsung berangkat ketemuan, nggak semua bisa keluar malem. Gitu"

Lalu dia meninggalkan grup Line kami.

Aku hanya bisa berharap saja bahwa semoga akan datang masanya individu yang berbeda bisa saling mengerti, menerima, menaruh persahabatan di tingkatan prioritas yang sama, memanage waktu dan kesibukan masing-masing, dan yang terpenting..... tetap menjaga tali persahabatan ini sampai masing-masing di antara kami habis masanya. :)

Teruntuk yang dahulu sangat kuhargai,

Persahabatan.

Organic restaurants in Jakarta (by Niken Anggun Anggraini)

Nowadays, a lot people become more and more realize the benefit of healthy eating and organic foods, which was planted, grown and stored without artificial chemicals, such as pesticides, preservatives, coloring substances, and flavoring. This fact leads to the growing of organic restaurants to meet that needs.
Since cooking could be troublesome for some people, dining out or getting take-out foods from organic restaurants is actually a great solution. Here are some organic restaurants that you can find around Jakarta:


Healthy Choice
This restaurant provides various types of organic food menus, ranging from Indonesian dishes like oxtail soup to European dishes, such as organic pizza. At a first glance, their menus might sounds like junk foods, but the ingredients that are used are organic based and cooked without artificial seasonings.
The good thing about this restaurant is that you can easily find it in malls in Jakarta, such as Plaza Indonesia on 3rd floor, One Pacific Place Mall on the 5th floor and GF Bellagio Boutique Mall, all in South Jakarta.
Warung Kebunku
If you want to enjoy healthy organic dishes at affordable prices, you may want to try out this restaurant. Warung Kebunku, with their “from farm to table” concept, serves organic menus, which ingredients are fresh from their own garden. You can find it at Jl. Terogong Raya no.11, Cilandak Barat, Jakarta Selatan.

Warung Daun
Another restaurant with a great selection of organic Indonesian dishes! Warung Daun serves Sundanese foods with organic ingredients. Healthy comes first is the concept that brought out by the restaurant that is located at Jl. Wolter Monginsidi no.41 Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan. The restaurant’s owner even implements regulations that no plastic used in the restaurant and only using high-grade stainless steel kitchen appliances to maintain the quality of their foods.

Bellagio Organic Blood Type
Cuisine Have you ever thought that your food can actually be matched with your blood type? A restaurant in Mega Kuningan Jakarta, named Bellagio Organic Blood Type Cuisine, serves their customers with organic menus that based on their blood types. For example, if you are an A type, it is highly recommended for you to become vegetarian. A B type should limit, or avoid, chicken while O type should avoid dairy products. As for AB, lucky you, as it is said that you are able to easily adapt to any variety of diets.

So, dare to try?

copied from: www.thejakartapost.com

30 Empowering Quotes from Women Who Dare The most inspiring quotes from the trailblazers who make us proud to be women.

"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." —Margaret Thatcher

"A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts." —Nancy Rathburn

"A woman is like a tea bag—you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water." —Eleanor Roosevelt

"I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman." —Diane von Furstenberg

"I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay." ―Madonna

"A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men." ―Gloria Steinem

"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass." —Maya Angelou

"I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back." ―Malala Yousafzai

"Feminism isn't about making women strong. Women are already strong. It's about changing the way the world perceives that strength." —G.D. Anderson

"Women are always saying, 'We can do anything that men can do.' But Men should be saying, 'We can do anything that women can do.'" —Gloria Steinem

"You don't have to be pretty. You don't owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don't owe it to your mother, you don't owe it to your children, you don't owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female.'" —Erin McKean

"A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman." —Melinda Gates

"Women, like men, should try to do the impossible, and when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others." —Amerlia Earhart

"When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch."―Bette Davis

"I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say, 'Yes, women can.'" —Dilma Rousseff

"Women are leaders everywhere you look—from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women, and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes." —Nancy Pelosi

"Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in."

―Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity." —Angelina Jolie on her double mastectomy

"The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who's going to stop me." —Ayn Rand

"We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored." —Sheryl Sandberg

"It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent." —Madeleine Albright

"Women are the real architects of society."—Harriet Beecher Stowe

"I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy." ―Diane von Furstenberg

"Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants." —Coco Chanel

"Feminism is for everybody" ―bell hooks

"I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century." —Hillary Clinton

"We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead."—Beyoncé

"I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me." ―Maya Angelou

"Why has the word [feminism] become such an uncomfortable one? It is not the word that is important; it's the idea and the ambition behind it." —Emma Watson

"The idea of being a feminist: so many women have come to this idea of it being anti-male and not able to connect with the opposite sex, but what feminism is about is equality and human rights. For me that is just an essential part of my identity."—Lena Dunham

copied from: www.marieclaire.com