some of us might have heard lately that there were many immigrants came to Indonesia by water. well, they exactly just pass through the country with Australia as the main goal, but the ended up quarantined by Indonesian authority.
i didn’t put so much of interest until i realized today that this is actually a matter for us. first we should start from the cause.
the causes of immigrants happen because there are many conflicts which caused social disaster in the region. lately immigrants from Sri Lanka causes diplomatic and political heat between Indonesia and Australia.
Indonesia act humanely to the immigrants based on moral and humanity values, despite our agreement to help Australia to stop illegal immigrant flows to the country. despite all statements and heat to solve immigrant problems, i start to wonder.
if might be all the problem and conflict could be reduce and solved, all this immigrants and diplomatic problems would not appear. well, since it has happened (the conflicts, i mean).
i think there is alternative way to stop immigrants coming to Oz. you see, ASEAN got this charter ratified already, and it includes in the ASEAN Security Community how to solve conflict that happen in a country in the region:
i. Support the inclusion of culture of peace which includes, inter alia, respect for diversity, promotion of tolerance and understanding of faiths, religions and cultures in the curriculum of ASEAN academic institutions;
ii. Develop programmes and activities aimed at the promotion of culture of peace, interfaith and intrafaith dialogue within the region;
iii. Promote respect and appreciation for the region’s diversity and harmony among the peoples of the region;
iv. Promote dialogue and greater interaction among various religious and ethnic groups;
v. Promote networking among schools in the region to develop peace-education in their respective curricula; and
vi. Support poverty alleviation and narrowing development gaps to contribute to promoting sustained peace and stability in the region.
with all the points mentioned above, the member-states could actually do something to solve the conflicts. nevertheless, Indonesia as the main player of ASEAN could do more than just solving this problem bilaterally.
the recent meetings in Hua Hin, Thailand was mentioned as the most effective meeting of ASEAN over the years by some medias, and according to that, we could hope that ASEAN could do the same effective way to help this region solve its member-states conflict problems rather than just giving new problem and causes unecessary heat between Australia-Indonesia.
i mean, if the core problem could be solved, the immigrants problem would be reduced also and it wouldn’t caused this much of a matter between Oz and its strategic neighbors, would it?
I learnt to Ignore Criticism and advice from expertsm especially academics in the social and political sciences. They have pet theories on how society should develop to approximate their ideal… I always tried to be correct, not politically correct.
when i recall some of my memories in junior high, one of them was to not involve in political world….but here i am now, taking international relations and write essays on international politics a lot.
one of the reasons i felt not to favor politic was because the dirty stuff people do in the name of politics. those includes manipulating minds, dirty money, and shadowy vandalism to provoke the society’s mind and situation.
talking about manipulation, i just knew some of the latest news from the lovely political world in indonesia regarding the campaign for presidency. not that i read or watched news in the latest 3 weeks, lol.(even political student like me need to get some politic OFF her mind for some times, it’s holiday!)
see, this wednesday this big nation are going to vote for their leader for some years ahead. what i catch from what i know so far, number 2 and number 3 seem to compete even tightly and competitive, leaving number 1 in the position of hoping and praying for miracle so far.
i have my own choice; not that i will spill that to anyone. but the thing is, whoever is going to take the hot seat by the end of this year, i hope they will do good for this rotten nation who trying it best to raise from its chaotic era
shoot…tadi udah nulis panjang lebar trus kehapus…..nyebelin.
udhalah, diulang lagi ya:
a friend once told me to changed. berubah buat ke arah yang lebih normal dan lebih baik dalam pandangan mainstream komunitas. maksudnya dy sangat baik, dan gw sangat menghargai itu, dy gak pengen gw dianggap ‘freak’ seperti biasa gw di cap…[padhal gw nyantai aj tuh..hahaha]. tapi dy lalu bilang juga, bahwa gw jangan barubah gmana gitu…cukup jadi diri sendiri aj, cuman lebih baik. okay, sumhow i got the point…biar agak kontradiktif juga..
well, cerita gw diatas itu hanyalah satu dari banyak contoh yg terjadi di masyarakat, dimana dalam masyarakat yang katanya mengakui segala perbedaan ini, ternyata masih belom bisa menjalani secara penuh hati apa yg menurut mereka itu ideologi yang ‘baik’.
maksud gw gini, yah…ini juga bukan murni pemikiran gw, dan merupakan pencerahan dalam sebuah diskusi yg ternyata lumayan menarik…hehehe…
iya, jadi, lu gak akan guna berkoar2 demokrasi, yg mana mengakui hak2 orang del el el, ketika elu belom bisa mengakui hak orang lain sebagai individu. misalnya, klo lu majikan, lu belon bisa ngakuin hak pembantu lu ketika lu kasih gaji pembantu yang udah kerja keras gak sesuai sama keringat yg udah dy keluarin….
ato ketika lu mengagungkan yg namanya unity in diversity, tapi pada nyatanya, lu suka ngetawain n ngomongin orang yang ternya beda dari mainstream yg ada, hanya karena lu merasa dy aneh. see? sama aj boong kan? dan itu terjadi secara nyata di depan mata gw sendiri, meskipun gw rasa mereka gak sadar sama kelakuan dan omongan mreka.
manusia kebanyakan, cenderung ingin diakuin haknya sbagai manusia, dan dihargai perbedaannya sebagai individu. sayangnya, hal tersebut gak dibarengi sama kelakuan mereka. istilah gak mau take n give, hanya take without giving anything. percuma kan kalo lu ngomong dan ngagungin ideologi lu yang judulnya keren itu tapi gak bisa lu terapin dalam kehidupan lu sendiri.
hal ini lebih parah lagi kalo udah masuk ke dunia politik. sadar gak sih, banyak manusia yang merasa politik itu segitu gampangnya dijalani? pdahal kalo mau jujur ya, orang2 yg memandang poltik sedangkal itu, dy biasanya yg dijadiin bidak atau pion dalam dunia politik yg sangat keras dan bejat ini. sadar gak sih, orang2 yang lu agungkan membawa ideologi ini atau itu, bisa aja pribadinya gak berpegang pada ideologi itu, hanya saja, dy menggunakan ideologi itu untuk menjerat massa dan memobilisasi banyak hal untuk mengantarkannya ke dalam suatu jabatan ato posisi tertentu.
well, pada akhirnya smua ini adalah asumsi gw yang belom dapat dijelaskan secara faktual lewat data2 yg ada. but at least, gw berharap, dengan gw nulis gini, ada kesadaran kritis minimal dari yang baca, buat berpikir berkali2, bahwa untuk memahami suatu masalah, gak bisa hanya mengetahui berita dari 1 ato 2 sisim tapi dari berbagai sisi. sehingga kita bisa lebih wise dalam memutuskan suatu solusi dalam permasalahan tersbut.
in the end [again], biarpun kata2 gw masih brantakan dan scattered like always, hoope u guys udah dapet gamabaran dari apa yg gw omongin. BE REAL. NOT THEATRICAL n PLASTICS
i’ll put more personal thoughts in this writing, expect nothing spectacular, kay? 😉
like some of u may have guess my biggest goal of life is to take over the world (read: traveling), i’m happy to joined this Model UN at Harvard univ (well, it wasn’t exactly at the harvard, it was in Boston Park Plaza hotel tho’).
my university’s team spent at least 2 weeks at the land of freedom. we visited NY then DC then went to the conference.
if u ask me, how was the trip? will answer: FAB, duh! lolz
first thing to acknowledge is that this is my first experience steppin’ out from the lovely Indonesia, and the next thing is that i have always wanted to feel the snow!
dun’ gimme that look! sounds norak, i know, but this is one of my reached goal! so, whatever 😀
hahaha…thankfuly went there at the end of winter, at least there were snow around
despite all the trip to liberty, cheap-shops (sale season, babe! lolz), the cold, and all chinese restaurants (the only place we found rice): THE ASSEMBLY WENT WELL DONE. thanks to the committee!
the team, in front of the capitol Hill
i mean, i got this DISEC room, and yes, contributed only small part to the assembly. beside this is my debute on any international MUN, i love to observe more and gaining experience rather than having ambition to win some trophies (but i was serious at the assembly!)
this big committee was…..BIG. u know, because of the vast participants, and (i have to admit), boring topic that was chosen (sorry, still love Banyamulenge more), and many repetitive nonsense from some delegates, i felt bored….lolz, blame it on me, but at least i joined the session diligently 😉
the thing i’ve learnt about joining Harvard National MUN was that: the session went FAST. really…really fast! it’s just the second day and everyone seemed ready with their working papers and draft resolutions! (i always thought they made it before comin’ to the assembly tho’), and in some smaller committees, a friend told me the flow went intense. whatever she meant
have to admit, having english as ur second language was a burden, need to work more on the fluency (and may be to be fast thinking too)
indonesian’s student mostly still slow. not all, but generally. the culture of us is slow…hahaha..but being slow leads nowhere, so we better be hurry now.
indo’s student also still, generally, lazy to read books not to mention we also lack on writing and also critical thinking. we are not independent (okay, not all, but generally, coz i’m not. hahaha…). i think joining HNMUN, again, open my eyes study more on how students (especially in USA) arrange how they study and party. *wink wink*
oh yeah, sometime i also realized, if people recognized u were from outside the country, and not comin’ from europe… they tend to looked down u, unless u proof urself u were worth more than what they thought about u. got this by experienced. not quite insulted nor offended, but just…*whut da??* feelin’…hahaha
but even I still stunned when my head delegate from African Union Committee got this OUTSTANDING DELEGATE!
don’t compare our institution with some other famous ones like yale, west-point, pennsylvania, etc. don’t even compare us to other US’s universities that have joined this annualy since decades ago. it wasn’t comparable.
the thing is, this award made us feel worth to spend thousands of dollars to come accross the globe to attend the assembly. it was pain in the arse for arranging our trip (thx to Raisa, Katrin, Tony and those who helped arranging our lovely trip), but by this award: we feel HAPPY.
anyway, had lovely trip. and this journey to USA proven me that i love my Indonesia with all its lack ness more than any country could give. and this trip encourage me to travel more crossing the globe. thinking about Asia (near the Europe, tho) for the next destination. but still collecting the guts, and the money. hehe…
he ain’t has any bachelor degree, he never finished his study, but he’s the founder of Pixar animation and also Mac, and now becoming one of the excecutive boards of the company.
to dream and never give up is his theme for this speech. who will believe that nobody like he used to be would be somebody big like this?
he stated he didn’t want to finished his study because he found nothing useful for him in real world to be applied in the study he took. but he kept going on some classes he loved, as a non-student spectator. he learned many things that become his passion in the next decade of his life
eventhough he succeed with his Mac project, because of some reasons, he’d been kicked out from the company he started with his own hand. he then became the founder of animation company, Pixar. the first job was disney movie ‘Toy’s Story’ which became a big boom at that time. the funny thing was, he’d been hire again in his previous company after those being mergered.
anyway, his speech reminds me to keep dreaming all the time, because to dream is the first step of being succeed. but that’s not enough, work hard and never give up contributes to the succeed you shall gain from you work. never be afraid to fail, even though i know it’s suck.
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