A Personal Story to Reflect the 20th of May, the Restoration of Independence Day

  

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What reminds of our past is what relates to our past. It could be a person, an event, an object, or anything that pokes our mind. Every year, the 20^th of May marks our country’s, Timor-Leste, anniversary; the restoration of independence. The story of getting this full independent state is long and very long and also long, but here is a short personal experience related to that long chain that made me proud to be a Timorese, the super infamous and the most unheard of citizenship among the Americans' ears in particular.

As a person who is currently living outside of the country for a study mission, I always feel proud and excited by the time I bump into our diplomats’ traces who played their contributions from afar, overseas. The diplomatic front had a huge impact on our independence gain because we secured supports from lots of people around the world. Thus, this has always been my passion to learn what our diplomats did in the past that led to our festive 20^th May.  

Adeus Maun Ju

    

Foto: Hau hasai Maun Ju wain hira Nia ba visita
hau iha Nagoya, Japao.  

Se mak nunca lakon Maun Alin iha nia vida moris? Hau senti laiha ema ida! Rona informacao lakon Maun, Amigo, Kolega ida nebe fila hikas ba Nai Aman Maromak, ita sempre senti hanesan iha falta buat ida ona. Wain hira ita hakarak atu hare, nia lakon ona. Wain hira ita hakarak koalia, nia nonok ona. Buat hirak ne’e maromak halo hotu mai ita ema. Iha moris, iha mos mate. Maibe tanba saida ita sei triste nafatin quando sasan ne akontese? “Hahalok.” Hahalok diak nebe Maun ida halo ba nia alin seluk no kolega seluk. Wain hira ema ida sai husi uma ba buka matenek, Inan-Aman, Maun-Bin Alin rasik fo tulun ho reza no suporta ho material. Maibe atu halao moris realidade nian husi segundos ba segundos, minutos ba minutos, oras ba oras to tinan ba tinan iha periodo balun, ema sira nebe hela iha kakuluk okos ida, horon ahi-tein is husi dapur ida, fahe kulsaun belar ida ba isin lolon barak, maka sai Maun Alin ona.

     

A Piece of Opinion

  

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It has been two weeks for the top leadership change at home. I say just “top leadership change” because that’s what happened. Lower tiers did not change so much. It is still reined by both the ’75 and later generations. That does not matter though because leadership change will be realized itself by going through a natural process, live must start and end as it is. Hence, people should not be hurry. The important thing is how this change could penetrate to the bottom line, where the process towards the betterment increments, builds up, and eventually visible in due course. To be realistic, gofers, drivers, and technical staffs must feel the vibration of the change because they are the micro entities within the system that should work properly in order to ensure a sustained change. Now, the question is will the new Prime Minister (PM) be able to increase his tremor from the epicenter?

           

Obama Terlihat Secara Langsung Tapi Dia Tidak Menoleh

  

Obama sedang berpidato

Obama mungkin sangat jarang dilihat secara langsung. Maksudnya, dia orangya super sibuk dengan orang-orang penting bukan cuman hanya di Amerika, tapi di seluruh dunia. Jadi udah taulah, pasti banyak kegiatan seperti rapat-rapat, ngomong-ngomong di tengah kerumunan orang “kaya orang Malaisie aja nih, saya.” Jadi, liat Obama palingan cuman di TV sama Internet. Maksud saya gini loh… emang susah dilihat karena jarang muncul di tempat masyarakat umum kecuali kampanye atau semacamnya. Ditambah lagi dengan ketatnya protocol dan pengawalan. Beda dibanding dengan pemimpin lain karena seperti di Eropa, ada beberapa kepala negara: Perdana Menteri atau Presiden yang pulang pergi ke kantor jalan sendiri baik itu pake sepeda, kereta api atau bis. Nah ini yang sebenarnya aku suka kalo para pemimpin di negara saya ngikutin gaya begini dan bukan gaya Obama yang super ketat itu.    

Wrap Up Story and Photos of The Homecoming Trip

Gedung Sate, Bandung.

     I feel like our campuses should have homecoming tradition. Homecoming is a typical US tradition, but it is worth to adopt because Alumni who are graduated from a university would usually like to come back to visit the university where they use to study and live if they miss it. I take the example myself that I missed Bandung so much after leaving the city for a half decade. Now, I am here and just wrapped up my homecoming, I call it, by putting the photos in this blog.

Ridwan Kamil’s Effects in Bandung

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     I did not know anything about Ridwal Kamil until my Facebook wall was flooded with news about his breakthrough policies on how to build the city of Bandung for everyone. He is not only a great initiator, but also an energetic and aggressive leader because he speeds up projects implementation schedules. He does not linger in deciding projects that are related public welfare. If I am not mistaken, he decided multiple projects within one year which rarely happened before. Projects were all meant to benefit the public, such as improving public parks, public transport systems, solving social problems like beggar and busker. In addition, he is so distinct and deserves to be touted as an excellent mayor because Bandung has been 100 years and so old, and during this time period, the development has been sluggish like a turtle walks. There have been multiple tenures in the mayor seat, even some of them had led the city for two periods. However, there was no significant progress had been done until his leadership.  

Air Asia

     Most people are afraid of what has hit the Indonesian Airline industry in recent weeks. Air Asia, an affordable airline in Indonesia crashed into the sea when on its way to Singapore from Surabaya, Indonesia. There are lots of people who lost their loved ones. It was reported that 162 people were in the plane. It was a big news until France’s and caused worrisome for those who will travel in the region to be picky when they travel. One might not be interested on my story here about the accident because thousands of instant news outlets around the World were reporting it, telling people what happened and went wrong. It makes this story sounds nothing; however, what would you feel if you found out that a plane of the airline you took last week to somewhere had just crashed?