Rabu, 28 September 2011

Adopting Foreign Culture to Strengthen The National Character Building



        In this global era where we are linked to so many cultures all over the world, to adjust or to adapt cultures, somehow, is needed. People have acknowledge that these days, it is easier for them to get to know people with cultural differences. Thanks to technology. Culture in some ways are infuentual to one and another. By taking an example of Indonesia which is one of the most visited tourist attraction, this essay attemps to analyze what kind of culture that should be adopted in terms of constructing the national character. The culture that should be adopted by the western culture are the work ethic attitude , and the the self-confidence. Yet, there are several western culture that should not be adopted as well, just because they don’t fit in eastern culture particularly Indonesian culture. Those are the libelarism and also the individualism in society.
            When talking about work ethic, every culture, somehow has its own fundamental values of what will be influential for the culture to affect the work ethic. The majority of people in Indonesia chose the proffesion as an employee rather than entrepeneur. However, if it is examined further, data shows Indonesia is one of the hottest markets for businesses looking at rapid growth of population and also its starategic location. How does this happen? To analyze this further, we need to take a look at the historical aspects. Back to decades ago, Indonesia was under the authority of Dutch for hundred of years. The repression might had affected and shaped the slave mentality of Indonesians. In concequence, these days people see so many chineese people take over the bussiness of Indonesia. Unlike the culture of Indonesia, the majority of foreign culture have a very different viewpoint of work ethic. Western culture for instance, considering the historical aspect, they are accustomed to be the leader of managing the colonialization. Indonesia needs to throw away the slave mentality and encourage themselves. The attitude toward managing work ethic should be adopted. In order to streghten the national character, this nation needs to thicken the leader mentality of the people particularly the youth generations.
            The culture of Indonesia also has the lack of indivual self-confidence. Thus the youth generations of nowadays have the tendecy to have a low self-esteem. Analyzing by its historical aspects, Indonesia, under the repression of Dutch, were shaped to have a victim mentality.  In a concequence, Indonesian people particularly youth generations are usually not well-prepared and vulnerable to compete in this global era. Unlike the culture of Indonesia, western culture for instance, are used to have a high self-confidence that helps them competating in the new  era of globalization. In order to have a better comptence, Indonesians should leave the mentality of victims left by Dutch colonization decades ago and on the contrary, should adapt the mentality of western culture.
            However, culture provides differences that are not fit into each other. Indonesia with its highly collectivist culture somehow, does not always fit into another culture. Liberalism  is the culture that should not be adopted. Indonesian are known as a collectivist culture and according to all points of Pancasila all that matters is to unify all of the civilians. Fact shows that libelarism has taken over our society especially the youth generations.  The amount of teenagers who completely adopted the lifestyle of western lifestyle has increased. Survey shows that 32 percent of average teenagers have had sex and that is heartbreaking fact considering how high the context of culture of Indonesia. This kind of culture should not be adopted. Parents should keep an eye on their children because teenagers are so unstable about what they should be doing and what they should not.
            In conclusion, to define culture, there will never be the “right” one and the “wrong” one. In the end everyone should filter everything and adopt it if it fits into. In order to strengthen the national character in the new era of globalization, Indonesia, as one of the most visited country should be aware of differences of cultures in all over the world.

Selasa, 13 September 2011

The Anonymous Losers of Internet

World is getting worse that even virtual society has some anonymous fags in there. So I have noticed a lot of accounts attempted to torture or hurt people with their hatred words. Let's just call these bitches internet haters. They spread hate for a person, a thing, a movie or even a religion online like cmon dude you don't even have the balls to say it on public so why do you bother talking shits over internet? GOD, pussies stop acting like a precious tough guy cause being a dickhead and hiding behind your computer doesn't make you cool. EPIC FAIL?! jhbdsgdygdfjkbcfhb. You sure need to get a real life try to communicate with real 'humans'

This shit happens all the time and for those who are hated don't need to worry about these haters cause theyre are the examples of life failures, will be a real waste of time if you take your time to respond any of their bullcraps. I believe none of them would want to speak up on public cause that's what eduacated people do as they called to constructively critize something and thats beyond  these retards expectationa as they are not even schooled.

Coretan Kegalauan.

Sekian lama, akhirnya ngeblog juga. Saya selalu punya niat untuk menulis. Tapi terkadang kehilangan semangat di tengah jalan yang akhirnya memberhentikan saya. Tapi semakin saya menunda, semakin banyak hal yang bermain di pikiran saya yang kemudian menuntut saya untuk menuangkannya. Kegalauan yang menghantui saya akhirnya mengajak saya untuk kembali mengingat tentang this abandoned blog and here I am.

Banyak sekali hal yang ingin saya ceritakan bahkan sampai bingung harus mulai dari mana. Berbicara tentang memulai memang perkara yang agak susah. Bayangkan saja, saya mempunyai segudang niat untuk melakukan hal-hal yang ingin saya lakukan tapi ketika saatnya memulai, seakan kehilangan akal dan bertanya balik kepada diri saya, "saya harus apa?". Pertanyaan yang kurang saya sukai. Saya merasa bodoh untuk itu, sudah sepatutnya saya menyiapkan sesuatu yang konkret bukan hanya bermodalkan idealisme saja. Saya seakan menghiraukan sesuatu yang tak kalah krusialnya dengan niat. Struktur. Tanpa struktur saya tidak akan punya 'guidance' untuk apa yang harus terlebih dahulu saya lakukan dan hal apa yang perhatikan selanjutnya. Untuk itu, kembali lagi saya berniat untuk memperbaiki segalanya (hopefully tidak hanya niat untuk kelanjutannya hehehe)

Tapi dibalik segalanya yang telah saya sesali, tetap saja ada hal yang saya syukuri. Ada sesuatu dari saya yang saya yakin tidak semua orang mempunyai itu, well mungkin more likely the consistency dan itu adalah semangat yang saya miliki.

Entah orang akan memanggil saya seorang 'nerdie', saya tidak malu untuk mengakui bahwa saya cinta belajar. Tak lepas karena memang senang akan bidang yang saya geluti saat ini. Tapi jangan kira saya tidak pernah berpikir untuk tidak masuk kelas karena saya benci pelajarannya. Sewaktu SMA, saya masuk ke jurusan IPA dan saya yakin it was a mistake. Saya bukanlah seorang yang terlalu pandai dalam hal berhitung dan cenderung menjadi seorang slow-thinker di kelas matematika dan hal itu membuat saya tidak menyukai pelajaran di kelas. It's just not my passion. Beruntung setelah tamat SMA, saya masuk ke dunia sosial. Seakan dihipnotis, jantung saya selalu berdetak semangat ketika pelajaran dimulai. Saya cinta kehidupan sosial, saya cinta budaya, saya cinta keragaman opini, saya cinta interaksi, saya cinta dunia sosial. Seakaan banyak sekali hal yang menjadi pertanyaan tentang ini dan itu di otak saya yang kemudian mendorong rasa ingin tahu untuk mencari segala sesuatu tentang itu.

Rasa ingin tahu yang terus memacu disatu sisi membuat saya berpacu akan segalanya. Entah sudah berapa kali saya mengumpati diri saya dengan perkataan betapa bodohnya diri ini ketika mengetahui banyak orang ternyata mempunyai pemikiran yang lebih maju satu level. Saya ingin terus belajar...

Banyak orang yang berkomentar tentang bidang yang saya geluti. Ada yang berpendapat bahwa ini tidak akan menghasilkan uang, atau hal lain yang selalu saja ada hubungannya dengan uang. Seakaan hidup ini akan berhenti tanpa adanya uang. Saya sadar, kita sangat membutuhkan penghasilan untuk tetap bertahan hidup, tapi bukankah itu adalah kebutuhan bukan kesenangan?

Anda tidak perlu menjadi seorang yang kaya untuk mendapatkan kebahagian 'kan?
Saya tidak perduli apakah nantinya sesuatu yang saya pelajari ini akan menghasilkan materi, toh saya telah mendapatkan kepuasan batin karena nya and I think, happiness is worth more than anything.