I found this article from my mail archive. It was dated back to 1998. A friend of mine, who at that time works at fmi.com, got this article from her friend who works at the same office. It has some comments written in Bahasa Indonesia, talking about the situation in Indonesia at that time, especially in Jakarta.

Have a nice reading!



Thanks.. see comments... (just for refreshing)

Here's some tips for success suggested by H. Jackson Brown Jr.

1. Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.

jangan ngawinin anak soeharto, bisa2 dipanggil Kejagung

2. Work at something you enjoy and that's worthy of your time and talent.

jangan di jl. sudirman jkt. apalagi dekat semanggi-senayan

3. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

kasih bogem mentah sambil tersenyum

4. Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.

selalu berusaha terdepan dalam antrian biarpun harus nyerobot

5. Be forgiving of yourself and others.

maapin juga bos gendheng

6. Be generous.

rajin-rajin traktir temen

7. Have a grateful heart.

tetap gembira walau di PHK

8. Persistence, persistence, persistence.

tekun cari kesalahan orang

9. Discipline yourself to save money on even the most modest salary.

jangan ke cafe mulu...

10. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.

dimandiin, dibedakin, disuapin... pake dollar tentuuu...

11. Commit yourself to constant improvement.

musti naik gaji tiap bulan

12. Commit yourself to quality.

kualitas ekspor ?

13. Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.

makanya baek-baek ama bos, juga sering2 kirim upeti buat keluarganya

14. Be loyal.

asal jangan kepale kite diinjek

15. Be honest.

biarpun akibatnya dipecat

16. Be a self-starter.

biarpun dimusuhin bos

17. Be decisive even if it means you'll sometimes be wrong.

resiko bung..

18. Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life.

aaah kan biasa cari kambing hitam...

19. Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.

hayooo.. siapa berani sama bos..

20. Take good care of those you love.

yang nggak disayangin boleh nggak diperhatiin

21. Don't do anything that wouldn't make your Mom proud.

jangan jadi sales

Send this to 20 people or more. You have the strong mind and motive to be a successful person. kirimkan ini ke 2000000 orang atau lebih maka anda akan membebani jalur internet ISP atau perusahaan anda. Mungkin anda akan dipanggil bos dan dipecat ! :)

Kapitein

Aku..seorang kapiten..

When he arrived in a English-speaking country for the first time, a friend of mine told me, he had a confusing experience when he heard the confusing English word spoken by native speaker there. Another friend of mine told me a story where she heard an Englishman speaking words after words of English while she can't comprehend most of what the Englishman said. She was with another Englishman who listened with her to the first Englishman. She said to the second one, "I can't hear any word from him". Her friend replied with, "Don't worry.. I can't understand what he is saying either! What I'm doing is guessing what he meant."

Here is my own experience of such confusing spelling in Bahasa Indonesia.

When I was a kid, when I was in kindergarten, there's one song that I remembered I sing incorrectly. The funny thing is..I realized that I sing it incorrectly after I entered 2nd grade in Junior School. As long as I remember, there is no one who tried to correct what I sing.. except my Mom. But even my Mom had tried to correct the spelling, I insisted to sing it in the wrong way.

Still remember the next phrase of the song?

Mempunyai pedang panjang..

Instead of saying those words for the second phrase, I sang it this way..

Mampu naik pedang panjang..

How silly I was!

Amazingly, the words are rhymes to each other though.. \mem-pu-nyai\ rhymes with \mam-pu naik\. So I think it wasn't my fault to sing it incorrectly, right or right?

Of course today I sing it in the right way as the song writer intended. The silly things came from the hearings of a child, who misheard the lyrics and sang it happily..

Kalau berjalan, prok-prok-prok!
Aku seorang kapiten!

Heavy Reading

Last week I had a conference with my old friends in YMessenger. Somehow one of us talked about blog, and asked if anyone of us already has a blog on the net. I and Achmad Rully already have one. And..the conference member was happily creating their blog after the conference was over :)

My friends already read one of my posting before, and ALL their comments is saying that the posting is indeed a philosophical one.

It is my thought about life. About why human exist in earth, capable of exploring other world, thinking many things.

Anyway, I apologize to them. I know they expecting more lighter posts from me, some joking posts, some entertaining words. I will post them.