Category Archives: Socio Cultural
Semarak Imlek di Beijing
Warga Beijing meluapkan kegembiraan menyambut pergantian Tahun Baru Lunar dalam sistim penanggalan China yang jatuh pada 23 Januari 2012 dengan menyalahkan petasan dan kembang api secara besar-besaran. Suhu udara minus 12 tidak menyurutkan semangat warga Beijing untuk menyalakan petasan dan kembang api di wilayahnya masing-masing.
Sejak Minggu sore (22/01/2012), sebagian warga Beijing yang belum sempat membeli petasan dan kembang api terlihat ramai mendatangi berbagai kios penjualan petasan dan kembang api yang sudah diijinkan untuk berjualan sejak dua hari sebelum tahun baru. Mereka membeli beragam bentuk petasan dan kembang yang harganya mulai puluhan Yuan hingga ribuan Yuan. Karenanya tidak mengherankan jika bunyi letusan petasan sudah mulai terdengar dan nyala kembang api terlihat di berbagai tempat sejak sore hari itu pula.
Mudik Imlek di China
“Wah jalanan di Beijing dalam beberapa hari terakhir ini lancar ya, biasanya perlu waktu hampir 1 jam, sekarang 30 menit saja sudah sampai?” Komentar teman saya usai menempuh perjalanan dari kantornya di Dongzhimenwai ke sebuah kantor pemerintahan di Tian anmen.
“Iya, setiap menjelang tahun baru China, jalan-jalan di Beijing memang relatif lebih lancar. Karena banyak warga Beijing yang sudah kembali ke kampung halamannya untuk mudik merayakan imlek”, jelas teman saya yang lain yang ikut dalam perjalanan tersebut.
Mendengar percakapan kedua teman saya tersebut, saya hanya tersenyum-senyum. Kok mirip ya seperti suasana di Jakarta menjelang atau saat Idul Fitri, dimana jalanan menjadi lebih lenggang.
Pray for Japan
Pray for Japan: In this image published by CNN, boats, houses and vehicles are washed away by tsunami in coastal area in eastern Japan after Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday.
The earthquake hit northern Japan on 11 March 2011, triggering tsunamis that sent a wave filled with boats, houses and vehicles toward land. Numerous deaths have been reported. Many people are missing. Topic #prayforjapan became a trending topic in Twitter
Tintin Diplomacy
Comic fans certainly familiar with Tintin, a character created by Belgian comic artist Georges Remi or Herge (1907-1983). Tintin is a young journalist from Belgium who actively investigate cases of international criminal and adventure to various places, from Russia to the Moon. And in each of his adventures, Tintin is always accompanied by Milou, a fox terrier type dog.
Through his strong imagination and a comprehensive research, Herge was able to narrate every Tintin adventure with enough detail. Herge did not just make a comic series for children who showed muscle strength, he shows Tintin’s views and attitudes toward an issue that was raised at that time.
Tintin adventure story begins with the publication of Les Aventures de Tintin, reporter du Petit “Vingtième”, au pays des Soviets (Adventures of Tintin in the Soviet Union) as a comic strip in Vingtième newspaper published in Belgium in 1929-1930 and made a separate album on 1930. Since then (1930-1986) Herge published a series of Tintin adventures in the Congo, America, Egypt, China, Tibet, Australia as well as in the Moon. Totally there are 23 books plus an unfinished work “Tintin and Alph-Art” in 1986.
Mathematics in Islam
On 23rd February 2007, the BBC News issued an article on Advanced Geometry of Islamic Arts. It was mentioned that a study of medieval Islamic art has shown some of its geometric patterns use principles established centuries later by modern mathematicians. According to the researchers, Islam has applied the concepts of geometry on their arts since 15th Century. This indicates intuitive understanding of complex mathematical formula, even if the artisans had not worked out the underlying theory.
Brazil Wept
When the match Netherlands vs Brazil has just begun, I wrote on the twitter “Brazil will be lost because wearing uniforms away.”
What I wrote on twitter unlikely to become reality. Brazil played well in the first 30 minutes and winning 1-0 in the 10th minute goal by Robinho.
In the twitter, fans continue tweet for the Brazilian Samba team. Meanwhile, via Blackberry Messenger, various groups are also supporting Brazil. Brazilian supporters seem overly confident and predicted his favorite team would win easily. Some estimate the Netherlands will suffer the same fate with when Germany beat England 4-1 in round 16.
Bloggers and the Formation of the ASEAN Community 2015
On May 22, 2010 at the Hotel Inna Simpang, Surabaya, Directorate General for ASEAN Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Community Blogger Surabaya (Tugu Pahlawan.com) has organized seminars and Dissemination Implementation of the ASEAN Charter and the establishment of the ASEAN Community in 2015. Acting as a speaker was Ambassador Hazairin Pohan, while the speaker of the bloggers were dr. Raden Ajeng Purwaningsih (Ajengkol) and Abdul Ghofur (Gempur). Present as the participants were the bloggers from Surabaya, Bangkalan, Mojokerto, Malang, and Gresik.
Amprokan Blogger Bekasi
Why should you write blog about Amprokan Blogger Bekasi in English? Do foreign bloggers need to know about blogger activities in your region? Well, actually it is not about blogger activities itself but related to bloggers Bekasi activities in promoting their region globally. As mentioned by an IT expert, the information about Bekasi in internet is still limited. So the bloggers Bekasi need to flood the internet with information about Bekasi, particularly in English. The more bloggers write about Bekasi the more internet users could get information about Bekasi.
