CAPRES INDONESIA 2009

Yup … ini topik paling hangat di se-antero Indonesia sejak bulan lalu. Minggu lalu JK-Wiranto sudah mengumumkan pencalonan sebagai pasangan Presiden dan Wapres. Trus, sepertinya juga akan ada pasangan Mega-Prabowo atau Sri Sultan-Prabowo. Still, pengumuman yang paling dinantikan adalah SBY-???? …

Sejujurnya, I don’t really care … secara nama gw juga tidak terdaftar di daftar pemilih pemilu *huuuu KPU*. Tapi teutep … sebagai warganegara yang baik, kudu mencermati …paling ngga ngerti lah siapa aja calon pemimpin Indonesia untuk lima tahun ke depan. Diantara pasangan-pasangan calon, gw teutep dukung SBY *secara demokrat juga berkoalisi dengan PKS … hidup PKS!!!*. Gw cuma heran aja … why Megawati githu lho? why? … and still, why masih ada juga yang mau pilih Megawati …. *memang manusia itu ga bisa ditebak*.

Gw juga masih agak pro dengan perkiraan calon pasangan Sultan-Prabowo, but bisa ga ya masuk electoral threshold? … secara Gerindra cuma punya suara hampir 5% …cukup ngga tuh?

Anyway, good luck for calon pasangan presiden RI 2009 … I sincerely hope your purpose is noble and genuine for the Indonesian people.

JavaJazz 2009

This year, I bought the three-days show ticket. Unfortunately, I couldn’t fully participate …thanks to my less perfect health. Still, this year event was awesome …

Another breakthrough for me …. I didn’t go there by myself this year. I mean, I was with my friends *even though it was only one person for each day :p*.

The most anticipated performance was Matt Bianco. They canceled last year performance … I also enjoyed Everette Harp *as much as last year* and the edgy-acid Soil and Pimp Session … also the unique Nita Aarsten featuring Michael Paulo. As for the local, I definitely enjoyed oldies groups, such as Chaseiro and Kla Project. For this year, I didn’t enjoy Maliq and the Essential as much as last year … I guess, it was because they performed late after midnight.

Matt Bianco’s music was party-mood tones. None who didn’t move … even though it was only nodding. Here’s a bit info from “Music Mags” about Matt Bianco: Matt Bianco’s songs can be heard in all clubs and party spaces during the end of the 1980’s. “Whose Side are You On?”, “Sneaking Out the Back Door”, “Half a Minute”, “Dancing in the Street” and “Don’t Blame it on the Girl”, were the obligatory songs, memorized by all. Then again, it was not the matter of memory, it was a matter of euphoria. From my side … unfortunately, their songs were not quite familiar in my ear *not as such as Earth, Wind and Fire*. Still, it was good to dance …

For the Pimp guys … for sure, I salute their skills in playing their stuffs. I mean, they were really good with their sax, drums and so on . The music was okay … but, it was really hard to understand their words when they tried to connect with the audience. Then Nita … Well, it was a superb blend of classical songs and jazz … with percussions and drums and sax.

The most memorable performance for this year was Kla Project. They made new arrangement of their famous songs … into Jazz. The sound was lovely … and for sure, I loved it cos I knew most of their songs . As for Chaseiro … I guess, it was the only stage that wasn’t fill by teenagers *for sure*.

Well, can’t wait for next year JavaJazz … the rumor was that the venue won’t be at JCC. Let’s see then …

How to Love My Work?

I really would like to love my work … I do.

I guess, part of my resolution for this year are … to get serious with my work and to do ‘real work’. I’m certainly hope that I can love this work one day …

Anyway, it’s time to deal with facts of life … So, I’m open with suggestion of how to love my work …at least to like it.

I’m thanking *in advance* for you kind ideas … thank you

Genocide in Palestine

Those lines have been written in few newspapers and many emails *that I received* since few days ago … furthermore, it also has been spoken by few politicians in this country during television interviews and demonstration. Well,  I’d rather not to mention the sources *since it’s too many* …

The number of casualties is increasing each day … and the saddest thing is most of them are innocent children. Based on Cyber Sabili, more than 900 Palestinian have been killed since the Israeli aggression in Gaza. The purpose of Israeli aggression is to destroy underground tunnels that have been used by Hamas to supply weapons … Well, I’ve been reading the history of the wars of both countries. Frankly, I am not really sure if I understand it completely.

Some said that it is an endless conflicts until one of the parties leave the conflicted territories. Some said that whats happening now is one of the ways to kick off Palestinian from their land.

According to wikipedia, genocide is the organized attempt to deliberately and systematically destroy, in whole or in part, an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. The word itself was invented in 1944 by Raphael Lemkin, who combined the Greek “genos” for race with the Latin “-cide” for killing.

I don’t know if what happened in Palestine at this moment is a genocide … what I know for sure that it is a violation against humanity. For whatever reasons, children must not be the victims … and yet, children is becoming the major casualties and suffering the most pain.

My question: Is war or the what so called aggression can stop the conflicts between both countries? Doesn’t it will only make it worst … more hatred?

2009: A Good Year?

I’ve read many forecast about 2009 in newspapers, blogs and people talks … Well, most of them are not too joyful in most aspects, especially economic.

The global economic crisis, which according some experts already have been started in late 2006, will shown its great effects this year. Few developed countries already announced that they’re in recession state, such as Japan and some countries in Europe. This condition resulted in sharp decrease of demands … which at the end affected developing countries *the ones that export their goods to developed countries*.

It is bad news … since export volume decreasing, it means lay off number will increase *few said that the number might reach 2 million workers* …it means decreasing of domestic trade because buying power is slowing down. Well, it means … bad news for my work *the one which I hardly feel the joy of doing it*.

Furthermore, Israel agreesion in Gaza put more bad premonition of the global security situation. Moslem around the globe conduct demonstration against the attack … which worries few politician that it may be the beginning of WW III.

I really hope this year won’t be as that horrible as those premonitions *deliberately say it as premonition*. Also, hopefully that mother nature will be nicer to us this year … less disasters around the globe.