tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52710214522205951292011-04-22T10:33:00.944+08:00<br>People live n die, but people's thought will carry on till the world end.</br> <br>We could be tortured, imprisoned, but they will never take our ideas and hope.</br>xainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04207598547216604855noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5271021452220595129.post-82347525980409208462007-03-29T14:06:00.000+08:002007-03-29T15:04:52.045+08:00Last week, when commuting from home to the hospital where i'd work,i noticed that Beijing, as a big metropolitan has so many parks n gardens,n those were mainly open for the citizen.<br />i remember when i was still in my 5th year of graduate school,my friends n i would bought some lunch at 7-11 n ate it at the nearby park (free adm)<br />n i saw some elderly who walked their grandchildren, or just doing some exercise.<br />n i really couldnt remember Semarang has any park beside that "taman KB".<br /><br />With those "Semarang Pesona Asia" slogan that the government trying to launch,i just thought that maybe Semarang has to had some parks n gardens.<br />here's some of my thoughts :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >1. a sports park</span><br />like a small football pitch or/and some basketball courts.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">pros:</span><br /><ul><li>kids n teenager could play here, thus let the kids grow up their talent in sports,thus ensuring new local talents in the future.</li><li>organize some workshops or tournaments that include clubs where they could give some advices or tips to the kids, at the same time scouting new talents for the clubs.<br /></li><li>less kids n teenager on the street, they wont be criminal wannabe...</li><li>the city could build this themselves, got some advertising by some sports brand.</li><li>hire people to make sure it's clean n taken care of, thus opened up some jobs to the people.</li></ul>i think that it's do-able.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. city parks or gardens.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">pros:</span><br /><ul><li>the city could have some "green-belts" that helps reducing pollution.</li><li>people could have some place to had lunch for, or just for a walk...</li><li>put some ads on the benches or waste-bin, to gain some revenue.</li><li>the city could hire some people to make sure it's clean n taken care of.</li></ul>it's recommended.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. a great mass transport.</span><br />build a convenient n regulated bus routes, bus stands, etc.<br />not like what's happened now, where the bus is full of people singing, pick-pockets, or they could stop anywhere on the streets, etc.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">pros:</span><br /><ul><li>urging people to take buses to commute, less traffic n pollution.</li><li>ensure tourists got some convenient services in transport to tourists hot-spots.</li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. social community service house.</span><br />put those kids, beggars n "pengamen" off the street by building a social community services.<br />put some money into it, let them make some handicraft works, or souvenirs of Semarang.<br />put them into some kind of dormitory, pay them accordingly.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">pros:</span><br /><ul><li>less kids, beggars n "pengamen" on the street, less crime on the street.</li><li>sell those handicraft works or souvenirs at those tourist hot-spots, put the money back into the community house.</li><li>promote a good tourisms image of Semarang.</li><li>hire some people to actually manage n take care of it, thus giving people jobs.</li></ul><br />I know that Semarang is not a big city, but imagine when it'd reach 6 or 8 million people by then.<br />so, why not make it regulated by now?<br />with a li'l bit of efforts, i'm sure that the government could builds these.<br />they're giving people jobs opportunities, giving people something to cheer about,putting kids off the streets, less crimes in streets, less traffics n pollutions, etc.<br />its more useful than wasting taxpayer's money for laptops or anything else.<br />what'd be your opinions then?<br /><br />xain.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5271021452220595129-8234752598040920846?l=xainrein.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04207598547216604855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5271021452220595129.post-47279674339983581062007-02-26T14:34:00.000+08:002007-02-26T16:07:58.299+08:00last week, i went to a temple fair, related to the Chinese New Year here in Beijing.<br />not every year i came to those fairs,<br />but i like it nevertheless..<br />coz i'm leavin this town for good in summer, i'm tryin to go to places that represent this city.<br />i know when it came down to leavin a town which you've lived in for 10 years,<br />it feels that you're goin to missed it...<br />i've tried to fill my time here by readin n learnin all things bout Beijing,<br />all the history n folk customs, old pictures n alleyways,<br />n i became more n more attached to Beijing, like its my 2nd hometown.<br />but hey, i grew up in here...<br /><br />yesterday, i went to <a href="http://www.capitalmuseum.org.cn/en/index.htm">Capital Museum</a> where it hosts abundant information on the history of Beijing.<br />i spent half a day inside the museum,<br />imaginin things like, what's Beijing like 200 or 300 years ago,<br />they've put some small replicas of wood describin the way people lived in old Beijing,<br />old pictures, the famous stories of <a href="http://www.photobeijing.com/bei%20jing%20hu%20tong/Beijing%20hutong%202.htm">Beijing hutongs </a> (old alleys), teahouses, etc.<br />what amazes me the most were the decoration is perfect,<br />they had the most advanced technologies to support it,<br />a multimedia room that cited the history of Beijing,<br />multi languange audio n PDA tour of the museum,<br />touch-screen interactive computers, etc.<br />they even put some world's famous people adjacent to the year they'd born with what's happenin in Beijing at the same timeline.<br />the staffs were friendly, n it has a good cafe in the basement where we could relax,<br />art crafts stores, bookstores, n some benches for the elderly.<br />n all of that were worthy of my 30 yuans (1 yuan= approx. Rp.1.200,-)<br /><br />recently the Semarang government has tried to revivin the old streets of Semarang,<br />you could read it <a href="http://suaramerdeka.com/harian/0702/26/opi07.htm">here</a><br />n of course the old chinatown, <a href="http://www.kompas.com/jalansutra/news/0508/05/171844.htm">"Waroeng Semawis" </a> as well.<br />i love old histories of Semarang, where it holds many memories of how this city is build,<br />i remember i once saw some articles about old Semarang in Suaramerdeka sunday newspaper.<br />where it stated bout interactions between the Chinese, Muslims, Arabians, Malayans, etc.<br />how the streets were named, how the rites in Semarang took places, etc.<br />i know Semarang may not be as old as Beijing,<br />n to be honest with you, i've never known if there is a museum in Semarang that holds those kind of information.<br />or maybe i was too little to understand things.<br />but at least if the government saw this, they could put it into work,<br />build a new museum, or re-open an old one,<br />put those stories n pictures of old Semarang together,<br />refurnish it with some great architectures that represent the city.<br />hire some great personnel, make it looks good,<br />than wastin our tax-money elsewhere.<br /><br />what'd be your opinions then?<br /><br />xain.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5271021452220595129-4727967433998358106?l=xainrein.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04207598547216604855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5271021452220595129.post-55362476510623063892007-02-09T15:03:00.000+08:002007-02-09T15:46:24.439+08:00Yes, i know that many blogs been writin bout this flood.<br />as much as its happened in Jakarta,<br />its still have a chance to happened in Semarang,<br />or other cities in Indonesia, mind you...<br /><br />i remembered when i was travellin home back in 2002,<br />when the big flood happenin that February,<br />i was stucked in Sukarno Hatta airport for a few hours.<br />my plane arrived at 10pm,<br />n my mom's supposed to pick me up at the airport that nite,<br />i had only 25 thousand rupiahs in my hand,<br />i used it at the airport phone stall,<br />coz its already closed, they let me used it for a fee,<br />i called my mom n she said that they're trapped in the highway to the airport,<br />n i maybe i had to stay at the airport that nite.<br />i run to the airport hotel,<br />only to find that it has 20+ waiting list guests for that nite.<br />i've tried to ask those taxi drivers to drove me to my auntie's house,<br />around Kelapa Gading, if i'm not mistaken...<br />n they'd charged me around 500 thousand rupiahs,<br />just to get out from the airport that nite...<br /><br />ok, to summarize everythin,<br />i had only 5 thousand rupiahs in hand,<br />everythin's closed,<br />the hotel's full booked,<br />my mom's assumed that i stayed in the hotel,<br />2 big baggage at my disposal,<br />close to midnite,<br />n nothin seems in sight...<br />sleep on the bench of the airport was out of the question,<br />since i had more than 1000usd in my left pocket,<br />n considerin that Jakarta wasnt the safest place on the planet...<br />there was i, stranded alone...<br /><br />then there is someone,<br />with a cell phone in hand,<br />i asked him politely, if i could borrow his cell phone.<br />n i called my mom again,<br />she said that they're stayin at a hotel in downtown Jakarta,<br />n told me to came over as soon as possible,<br />yeah, mom,<br />didnt u saw that those driver's breathin down my neck,<br />askin half a million rupiahs, n i had no rupiahs whatsoever??<br />what, u wanted your son to get robbed n possibly stabbed to death,<br />if they've known that i had some usd in my left pocket??<br />anyway, i asked that man again,<br />if i could exchanged my usd into rupiahs,<br />n he'd kindly exchanged it to me in an acceptable rate by that time.<br /><br />i saw a Bluebird taxi came into the airport,<br />which made me think that the highway was open to passed by now,<br />n i took the cab,<br />to make it short, i arrived at the hotel close to 5am that mornin,<br />the argo stated a lil more than 60 thousand rupiahs,<br />includin those highway fees, i counted around 75 thousand rupiahs to be paid,<br />i just doubled that amount without second thinkin,<br />when the driver asked me why,<br />i just said, i'm grateful that i am safe,<br />n he deserved it more than those drivers at the airport,<br />who couldnt settle less than half a million rupiahs...<br /><br />that noon, i went to my auntie's place,<br />its not flooded yet,<br />n i'm asleep from exhaustion,<br />by afternoon, we went to Bandung by car,<br />n i'm still sleepin at the back side of the car,<br />but i heared my mom's talkin with my auntie back in Jakarta,<br />that her house was floodin soon after we went...<br /><br />i'm grateful to that man who'd be kind enough to lent me his cellphone,<br />exchanged me my usd into rupiahs,<br />the driver's who'd been honest with his work,<br />my auntie who'd let me sleep in her sofa,<br />n God by all means who'd takin care over me that nite,<br />not just that nite actually, in my whole entire life...<br />thank you sincerely,<br /><br />xain.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5271021452220595129-5536247651062306389?l=xainrein.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04207598547216604855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5271021452220595129.post-75576854725877822242007-01-30T23:24:00.000+08:002007-01-31T00:24:35.298+08:00recently, i was officially single again...<br />yeah, she said that she couldnt be sure whether she still love me or not...<br />n i was afraid...<br />to lose everything that i've fought for...<br />just like i couldnt be sure whether i could go back to Semarang to find works.<br />why you said?<br />i'm not in Semarang for 10 years, mind you...<br />i wont know its latest development, trends, market, everythin...<br /><br />when i was in highschool,<br />i thought that i'd go to univ, or go straight to work,<br />find a spouse, get married,<br />have kids, raised them,<br />live happily ever after,<br />n died a happy man...<br />but that was some dreams...<br /><br />in fact, i am quite scared of this world...<br />where we could find anything happened by minutes...<br />n i'm just trapped inside this whole nightmare...<br /><br />dreams...<br />where it could lead everythin into somethin...<br />hope...<br />even a better life...<br />or a simple life that i was always dreamed of...<br />i know it'd be a lot to ask...<br />but at least that i'm tryin...<br />i want to make Semarang n Indonesia a better place to live...<br />coz its my hometown, my country...<br />where i want to grow old,<br />livin my dreams over...<br /><br />n yet i know that i had to work hard to achieve those dreams...<br />n i dont took everythin for granted...<br />thank you God,<br />for everythin that You had gave me...<br /><br /><em>Never Knowing<br />Shocking but we're nothing<br />We're just moments<br />We're clever but we are clueless<br />We're just human<br />Amusing but confusing<br />But the truth is<br />All we got is questions<br />We'll never know<br />Never Know<br /><br /></em>peace out,<br />xain.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5271021452220595129-7557685472587782224?l=xainrein.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04207598547216604855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5271021452220595129.post-78348263189317732212007-01-26T07:13:00.000+08:002007-01-26T07:16:59.828+08:00i want to talk bout the education system in China today.<br />yeah, why you said?<br />coz lately, i'm doin my thesis.<br />n i'm sure as hell that it took a lot of my time as a student,<br />but i'm enjoyin it at least,<br />i heard from my friends in Indonesia,<br />that they're not as free as i would in here,<br />i had a fixed time to write our thesis,<br />a fixed time to make my presentation (around april or may)<br />a fixed time to be graduated (june), in three years, or nothin at all...<br />unlike my friends that could be graduated in years,<br />depending how much did they suck up their mentors in campus...<br /><br />as a medical student here,<br />i had to do my clinical practices too.<br />i had to filed my researches,<br />got some funds taken directly from my tuition fees,<br />while still doin all the dirt work in the hospital i'm workin in,<br />yeah, you know the sayin that goes...<br />we, med students, are the lowest thing in the food chain...<br />but i'm grateful that i'm not in Indonesia,<br />where the funds werent so much as i got, or werent available at all,<br />for so many reasons they could think of...<br />got forsaken in some places far away from civilisation,<br />well, you could apply to work in a city if you'd wished so...for a fee...<br />one of my friends applied to work in Semarang,<br />paid 5 hundred millions rupiah,<br />only to be rejected, n the money's gone...<br />one of my friends claimed that he works in Jakarta,<br />in a small hospital, when the director of the hospital got his beemer in an accident (not insured)<br />n my friend had to pay for it if he wanted to get any grades at all in that hospital...<br />well, it's just some things that happened...<br /><br />n recently i saw a box in my school n hospital (government institution)<br />where you could report some scams, corruptions that happened in the institution<br />an agent from the government made sure that it'd be opened everyday,<br />i wanted to see the same thing in Indonesia...<br />well, either it'd have worked or not in China,<br />at least they've tried...<br />at least they fights corruptions better than Indonesia.<br />i even remembered the former PM of China, Zhu Rongji's word when he was elected.<br />he said: give me 100 coffins...<br />99 for those corruptors, n 1 for me if you could find me corrupt...<br />he was educated in US, mind you...so he could be so bold to made any such statement.<br />i know for a fact that every country in the world has its corruption system...<br />either they wanted it or not...<br />the problem is, its so huge in Indonesia...<br /><br />peace out,<br />xain.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5271021452220595129-7834826318931773221?l=xainrein.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04207598547216604855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5271021452220595129.post-31980796466679844192006-12-11T04:12:00.000+08:002006-12-11T04:47:43.302+08:00as i am in my last year in Beijing, i'm enjoyin my last winter here.<br />well, last week i took a cab n stucked in a traffic, which is a common thin in big cities nowadays.<br />i noticed that some buildings werent there when i came here back in years ago.<br />this city's been changin, n i am part of it...<br />n to think bout those years, i feel a bit of sad, coz i know that someday i'll have to leave this city.<br /><br />i like the sky, where the sun always in your south(in Indonesia, we have the sun directly above our head)<br />when its cloudy...<br />when its rainin...<br />when its snowin...<br />although the weather were much drier than in Indonesia, but i'm used to it now,<br />the secret is : drink a lot of water...by a lot, i mean A LOT!! hehehe<br /><br />to talk bout the people then,<br />i'm surprised that nowadays people were much nicer than years ago.<br />they say thank you in shops, they dont spit in public spaces,<br />imagine the 1st time i came here...<br />but still they lacked of somethin here...<br />in fashion, they're way behind Shanghai, where we could see more flashy people<br />in food, they're way behind Guangzhou, where we could find things more cheaply n variably<br />well, i dont know what it is, but maybe as a capital of this country, they cant resist people comin in from other provinces, n thus they cant promote their own characteristic.<br /><br />but, they have their own history here,<br />they have worlds most historical places that you'll ever had.<br />they have the Great wall (2 hours from the city)<br />they have the Forbidden City<br />they have the Summer Palace<br />they have the Heaven temple<br />etc.<br />imagine that they build it hundreds of years ago.<br />the Great wall was dated in Qin dynasty (approx. 2 centuries ago)<br />while Forbidden city was dated back in Ming dynasty ( approx. in 15th century)<br />n they preserved it well enough to make it a big tourist attraction here.<br />the City Government had millions of yuans every year from sellin those tourist spots.<br />imagine if Indonesia could do the same thing bout Borobudur n Prambanan temples...<br />i wished that people from Central Java government saw this blog anyway.<br /><br />i'll post more things in couple of days,<br />regards,<br /><br />xain<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5271021452220595129-3198079646667984419?l=xainrein.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04207598547216604855noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5271021452220595129.post-31274987952759111442006-12-05T20:57:00.001+08:002006-12-05T20:57:25.010+08:00xain's just created a new blog.hehehe<br />recently, i was blogwalkin around n see that bloggin could be fun in a way.<br />anyway, i hope that this will be my 1st entry of my world, yep, xain's world.<br />how xain view this world in his own mind.<br /><br />thanx,<br />xain.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5271021452220595129-3127498795275911144?l=xainrein.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04207598547216604855noreply@blogger.com2