Sabtu, 05 Mei 2012

Komunitas Duta Budaya Indonesia Dibentuk di Australia


KEINDAHAN dan keanekaragaman budaya Indonesia acap kali mengundang decak kagum dunia. Ribuan hasil cipta budaya bangsa tak henti-hentinya mendapat tepuk tangan meriah dan menjadi daya tarik wisata.

Mulai Tari Saman khas Aceh hingga Sajojo asal Papua, atau Angklung yang dinamis khas Jawa Barat sampai denting magis Gamelan Jawa, kekayaan budaya bangsa tak jua lenyap dimakan era.

Berangkat dari kekayaan budaya itu, para penggiat budaya Indonesia di Australia meluncurkan Komunitas Duta Budaya Indonesia (KDBI) di Negeri Kanguru. Peluncuran komunitas tersebut disaksikan langsung Duta Besar Republik Indonesia untuk Australia dan Vanuatu, Primo Alui Joelianto.

Menurut juru bicara KDBI, Yasmi Adriansyah, kepada ANTARA, Rabu (2/5), peluncuran komunitas budaya itu disambut hangat warga Canberra, Australia.
Sebabnya, peluncuran KDBI digelar dengan hidangan ragam seni budaya Indonesia.

Kelompok Angklung Awivadya membuka acara dengan lagu-lagu berirama riang. Kemudian aneka tarian tradisional Indonesia ditampilkan dengan dinamis serta suguhan lagu keroncong dari Indonesian Ukulele Orchestra.

Dalam kesempatan tersebut, Dubes Primo Joelianto menyambut hangat peluncuran KDBI dan mengharapkan dengan dibentuknya KDBI. "Saya menyambut baik prakarsa terbentuknya KDBI yang diharapkan dapat merangkul berbagai penggerak budaya Indonesia. Setiap warga Indonesia adalah duta-duta yang sesungguhnya," ujarnya.

Keanggotaan KDBI, kata Yasmi, terbuka bagi siapapun pencinta budaya Indonesia. Sejumlah tokoh-tokoh penggerak berbagai sentra budaya di Australia pun telah memberikan dukungan dan bahkan berkenan menjadi anggota kehormatan.

"Kami merasa terhormat," ujar Prapti, seorang pengajar Bahasa Indonesia dan nilai-nilai budaya Indonesia yang telah bertahun-tahun mengajar diplomat dan pejabat di Canberra, Australia.

Ruang lingkup KDBI berawal di Canberra, namun diharapkan menyebar ke seluruh Australia, dan dunia. Karenanya, KDBI juga mendapat kepercayaan dari tokoh-tokoh seni-budaya di tanah air, seperti Helmy Yahya, Asma Nadia, dan Sam Udjo yang berkenan menjadi anggota kehormatan.

"Saya memberikan apresiasi positif atas inisiatif ini dengan harapan akan semakin menginspirasi siapapun warga negara Indonesia untuk menjadi duta budaya, termasuk dalam hal industri kreatif," ujar Helmy Yahya.

Tokoh angklung, Sam Udjo juga mendukung pembentukan KDBI. "Saya berharap komunitas ini akan berdampak pada langkah penyebaran yang lebih luas budaya Indonesia," katanya.

KDBI mulanya digerakkan Yasmi Adriansyah yang merupakan seorang mahasiswa dan entrepreneur bersama Eris Sugiatna, seorang pekerja sosial dan konduktor Awivadya (Indonesian Angklung), dan Panuntun Nugraha, seorang entrepreneur dan seniman multitalenta yang lama menetap di Australia.

Sebagai organisasi yang bersifat guyub, tujuan dari pembentukan KDBI adalah sebagai sarana komunikasi antar para penggerak, penggiat dan pecinta budaya Indonesia. Adapun kegiatan-kegiatan yang dilakukan adalah saling bertukar informasi serta berusaha proaktif dan sinergis dalam mengadakan berbagai kegiatan budaya.

Keanggotaan KDBI terbuka bagi siapa pun pencinta budaya Indonesia. Adapun kepada para penggerak sentra-sentra budaya, seperti kelompok gamelan, angklung, bahasa, menulis, puisi, tari, musik dan bahkan kuliner nusantara diberikan tempat sebagai anggota kehormatan.
(Ant/Wrt3)


Comment : Indonesia appears to have deserved because of the beauty tourism recognized by the world. I remember when the angklung community of west java playing shows on the National Mall, Washington DC. The nerve of the angklung community, performances are held to introduce the culture of this native of western Java. Untill the activity finally recognized by "Guinness World Records" and UNESCO.

Selasa, 01 Mei 2012

Kelly Clarkson – Mr. Know It All


mr. know it all
well you think you know it all
but you don’t know a thing at all
ain’t it something y’all
when somebody tells you something ’bout you
think that they know more than you do
so you take it down, another pill to swallow


mr. bring me down
well you like to bring me down, don’t ya?
but i ain’t laying down
baby i ain’t going down
can’t nobody tell me how it’s gonna be
nobody’s gonna make a fool out of me
babe, you should know that i lead, not follow


[chorus]
oh you think that you know me
that’s why i’m leaving you lonely
‘cause babe, you don’t know a thing about me
you don’t know a thing about me

you ain’t got the right to tell me
when and where to go, no right to tell me
acting like you own me lately
yeah, baby, you don’t know a thing about me
you don’t know a thing about me


mr. play your games
only got yourself to blame
when you want me back again
but i ain’t fallin’ back again
‘cause i’m living my truth without your lies
let’s be clear, baby – this is goodbye
i ain’t comin’ back tomorrow


[chorus]

so what, you’ve got the world at your feet
and you know everything about everything
but you don’t
you still think i’m comin’ back but baby, you’ll see


[chorus]

mr. know it all
well you think you know it all
but you don’t know a thing at all
yeah, baby, you don’t know a thing about me
you don’t know a thing about me

Kelly Clarkson – Stronger


You know the bed feels warmer
Sleeping here alone
You know I dream in color
And do the things I want

You think you got the best of me
Think you’ve had enough the last laugh
Bet you think that everything good is gone
Think you left me broken down
Think that I’d come running back
Baby, you don’t know me, ’cause you’re dead wrong

Chorus:
What doesn’t kill makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn’t mean I’m lonely when I’m alone
What doesn’t kill makes you fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn’t mean I’m over ’cause you’re gone

Bridge:
What doesn’t kill makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn’t mean I’m lonely when I’m alone

You heard that I was starting over with someone new
They told you I was moving on over you
You didn’t think I’d come back
I’d come back swinging
You tried to break me, but you see

Chorus:
What doesn’t kill makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn’t mean I’m lonely when I’m alone
What doesn’t kill makes you fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn’t mean I’m over ’cause you’re gone

Bridge:
What doesn’t kill makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn’ kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn’t mean I’m lonely when I’m alone

Thanks to you I got a new thing started
Thanks to you I’m not broken-hearted
Thanks to you I’m finally thinking ’bout me
You know in the end the day you left is just my beginning
In the end

Senin, 23 April 2012

Karnaval Batik Tegal 2012: Pawai Corak Batik Tegalan

Seakan tidak ingin tertinggal dari Yogyakarta, Solo, atau pun Jember, Kota Tegal juga akan menggelar sebuah event karnaval khas daerahnya yang bercorak batik. Acara yang pertama kali digelar tersebut bertajuk Karnaval Batik Tegal atau Batik Carnival dan akan dilangsungkan pada 28 April 2012 di pusat Kota Tegal.

Kegiatan ini dilangsungkan dengan tujuan memperkenalkan koleksi batik Tegalan dalam rupa rancangan busana, juga berkaitan dengan hari jadi Kota Tegal ke-432. Acara ini akan diikuti 125 peserta dan designer handal dengan melibatkan siswa sekolah tingkat pertama hingga perguruan tinggi serta sejumlah perusahaan swasta di Kota Tegal.

Karnaval akan dimulai sore hari dimulai dari Pendopo Balai Kota kemudian berpawai di sepanjang jalan protokol sekira 3 km. Pawai tersebut nantinya merupakan pawai umum yang melibatkan pawai pejalan kaki dan pawai kendaraan bermotor dengan tema batik tegalan.
Karnaval Batik Tegal juga akan melibatkan desainer luar Tegal untuk memamerkan rancangannya. Disajikan pula berbagai mode pakaian dengan bahan khusus batik khas Tegalan. Batik Tegalan memiliki corak khas tersendiri yang khas membedakan dengan corak batik dari daerah lain seperti batik Solo, batik Pekalongan, batik Cirebon, batik Madura, ataupun batik Yogyakarta.

Untuk memeriahkan acara nantinya akan digelar berbagai macam perlombaan, hiburan seni dan pementasan. Kegiatan ini diharapkan dapat memperkenalkan batik tegalan kepada masyarakat dan mendukung Program Rumah Karnaval agar agenda karnaval tersebut menjadi bagian dari agenda karnaval batik lainnya. 

Kabupaten Tegal sendiri merupakan salah satu kabupaten di Provinsi Jawa Tengah dengan ibu kota Slawi. Kota ini terbilang Strategis karena berada dijalur lintas antara Semarang-Tegal-Cirebon serta Semarang-Tegal-Purwokerto dan Cilacap. Untuk menuju kota Tegal, Anda dapat melalui angkutan umum nasional lintas Jakarta-Semarang atau Jakarta-Surabaya. Ada pula kendaraan bus dan minibus rute luar kota seperti lintas Semarang-Cirebon, Semarang-Tegal, Tegal-Purwokerto dan dalam kota seperti lintas Tegal-Pemalang, Tegal-Slawi, Tegal-Brebes, dan lainnya. Kota Tegal juga dilewati moda kereta api transit dari jalur Jakarta, Semarang, maupun Surabaya.


Comment : What a beautiful Indonesia!! Too much beautiful things in Indonesia. As I know, Indonesia has more than one million type/style of Batik. Every provinces in Java Island has their own type/style of Batik. It’s really show us that Indonesia has a characteristic that we can remind about Indonesia. But unfortunately, there’re still not too concerned about the wealth owned by Indonesia.

Dahlan Iskan Sisihkan Gaji untuk Pak Raden


JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Menteri Negara BUMN Dahlan Iskan akan membantu beban hidup drs. Suyadi yang lebih dikenal sebagai Pak Raden, pencipta karakter, film dan boneka Si Unyil. Dahlan bahkan rela menyisihkan gaji bulanannya untuk menghidupi Pak Raden.

Kebetulan Pak Raden masih hidup membujang, meski usianya sekarang sudah mencapai 79 tahun. Pak Raden juga tidak memiliki anak, meski anak angkat. Sehingga Pak Raden lebih suka hidup sendiri dan melakukan kegiatan sehari-harinya sendiri. "Saya akan usahakan penghasilan bulanannya," kata Dahlan di kediaman Pak Raden di Slipi Jakarta, Jumat (20/4/2012).

Dahlan menganggap bantuan itu adalah hal yang wajar. Apalagi bantuan itu juga tidak terlalu besar.

Sehari-hari, Pak Raden diperkirakan hanya akan mengeluarkan ongkos untuk biaya pengobatan, biaya untuk pembantu, makan minum dan mungkin hanya untuk keperluan kecil lainnya.

Sebelumnya, Dahlan Iskan silaturahim ke kediaman Pak Raden di Jalan Petamburan III No 57 Slipi Jakarta Barat setelah sholat Jumat di masjid dekat rumah Pak Raden.

Kedatangan Dahlan Iskan tidak melalui protokoler resmi dan bahkan tidak masuk dalam jadwal resmi kegiatan Menteri Negara BUMN.



Comment : I think it’s not a strange thing. In Indonesia, when a people has one achivement that make an influences for their country. They just remind when Pak Raden give our children education from his doll that called Unyil. I’m proud with my childhood, because when my childhood has so many television program that made us entertain with that program. let Pak Raden has been credited with advancing the perbonekaan industry in Indonesia, the world's scientists Indonesia in which there were people, they are given less attention to advance research or life. Not strange that they would prefer out to foreign country, migration from this Indonesia. Don’t knows what this government is actually looking for, but I am proud of Mr. Dahlan Iskhan who have put aside some money to help Pak Raden which is required to be helped.

Selasa, 03 April 2012

Structure and Written Expression- with an answer and causes


  1. Calculus, _________elegant and economical symbolic system, can reduce complex problems to simple term.
a.      It is an
b.      That an
c.       An
d.      Is an
Answer : C
Causes : because the word is elegant, so it must use an and an elegant and economical symbolic system is noun phrase that express.

  1. In cold weather, growers place wind machines_________the grows to keep the air circulating and to warm up the citrus corps.
a.      near to
b.      near of
c.       next to
d.      nearby
Answer : C
Causes : next to is an idiom with preposition word.

  1. Most of Caju French who live in Lousiana can neither read________the French variety that they speak fluently.
a.      nor they write
b.      nor write
c.       or writing
d.      neither write
Answer : B
Causes : neither is a conjunction that need nor to be equal between verb read and neither.

  1. The average temperature of rocks on the surface of the earth________55 degrees F.
a.      be
b.      are
c.       is
d.      been
Answer : C
Causes : the best subject for agreement is is.

  1. This old desk isn’t______to sell, but maybe we could give it to someone.
a.      goodly enough
b.      good enough
c.       good as enough
d.      enough good
Answer : B
Causes : an adjective is use for need expression before enough.

  1. Our daughter and son-in-law visit my wife and_____every Christmas.
a.      mine
b.      my
c.       I
d.      Me
Answer : D
Causes : object pronoun is use as complement.

  1. The situation had cured________a misunderstanding.
a.      for
b.      of
c.       because of
d.      because
Answer : C
Causes : because of is use for cause expression before noun, like a misunderstanding.

  1. The assignment for Monday is to write________about your home town.
a.      a five-hundred-word composition
b.      a five-hundred-words composition
c.       a five-hundreds-word composition
d.      a five-hundreds-word composition
Answer : A
Causes : because in English, an adjective don’t have plural type.

  1. George belongs to the_________
a.      class of the upper middle
b.      upper middle class
c.       class from the center up
d.      high medium class
Answer : B
Causes : the most exactly structure.

  1. Because the farms in our country produce less food than the people need, some products must_____from abroad.
a.      to bring
b.      bring
c.       brought
d.      brings
Answer : B
Causes : modal auxiliary verb is followed by verb one.

  1. Mr. Duncan does not know_______the lawn mower after they had finished using it.
a.      where did they put
b.      where they did put
c.       where they put
d.      where to put
Answer : C
Causes : the most exactly structur is C, becase its an adverb clause.

  1. Botanist are not sure where the plant was grown or even__________.
a.      what plant was
b.      it was what plant
c.       what plant was it
d.      what plan it was
Answer : D
Causes : its an adverb clause

  1. Bernars Foucault_______in 1851 that the earth rotating.
a.      who proved
b.      proved
c.       he proved
d.      it was proved
Answer : B
Causes : Simple Past Tense

  1. The teacher suggested that her students______experiences with ESP.
a.      write a composition on their
b.      to write a composition about the
c.       wrote some compositions of this or her
d.      had written any composition for his
Answer : A
Causes : because its a past subjective with verba suggested.

  1. The doctor insisted that his patient________
a.      that he not work too hard for three months
b.      take it easy for three months
c.       taking it easy inside of three months
d.      to take some vacations for three months
Answer : B
Causes : because its a past subjunctive with verba insisted.

Source : Soal-soal untuk Meningkatkan Score TOEFL by Mien Kasmini, S.Pd. , Dr. Siwi Ultima, M.Pd. and Dra. Umi Prahastuti, M.Si.


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Minggu, 18 Maret 2012

Rolling In The Deep - Adele Adkins

There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch, and it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare
See how I'll leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do

There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch
And it's bringing me out the dark

The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

Baby, I have no story to be told
But I've heard one of you
And I'm gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Making a home down there
As mine sure won't be shared

The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside of your hand
But you played it with a beating

Throw your soul through every open door
Count your blessings to find what you look for
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold
You pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow

(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
We could have had it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
It all, it all, it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

You could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)

But you played it
You played it
You played it
You played it to the beat.