Annisa : She Can!

English Department in State University of Semarang and United State Embassy  hosted a programme called International Academic Supervision (IAS). this programme offers  graduate scholarship for English Department students.

 Annisa Widyawati from English literature has a chance to fill the scolarship. Her motivation are she wants continue her study to graduate progamme and she adores Mrs. Erica Ballasz who has a great thought.

The selection of the scholarship had been held since last year and selected four students Annisa, Andar, Lutfiana, and Arum. They are selected from 20 candidates who apply in this shcolarship.

They are train to fulfill the requirements to get shoclarship in United States. There are four guidance that must follow by them in order to get shcolarship and learn about universities in United State.

Annisa said that the difficulty in this programme is confuse about the procedure from the department. She has to do exercises about IELTS and discuss it with Mrs. Erica who is the IELTS trainer.

She would like to take Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) because in undergraduate she takes English literature and she wants to take something different. That is why she would like to take TESOL in her graduate programme.

And the expectation, in 2016 she will go to United State. 

Behind the Scene of Tourism in Central Java

Talking about tourism, especially in Central Java cannot be separated with people who work in the tourism field. One of the organization which contribute to tourism in Central Java is ASITA. In this occasion, I have an oppurtunity to interview with secreatariat of ASITA.

Diyah Nila Chrysna was born at 6 Agustus 1671 works at Asosiasi Perusahaan Perjalanan Wisata Indonesia (ASITA) Jawa Tengah as a secretariat. She began her works in 2003 because her friend offered to have a job in tourism field.

 “I like tourism and especially I graduated from AKPARI Semarang, so I have knowledge and experience in tourism” she said.

Then I asked about what are the difficulties in her job, she says “ the difficulties are if we have an event, I have to came home late whereas my little daughter needs me”.

I understand about what she feels because she is a mother and her husband also works in tourism as tour guide.

Like the event which is held recently in Lawang Sewu “Central Java Tourism Expo 2015”. The event was held to introduce tourism in Central Java and was followed by hotels, stand about tourism in Central Java and many more.

“I hope there are many event like this, so we can develope tourism in Cenral Java and increase the economy of people”.

 She worked hard and almost come home late because she must prepare the event well. And because of his dedication and other people, the event was successfully held.  

She admit that organize the event is difficult but she likes her job because she can contribute in promotion central java tourism and invite the illegal tour agent to join ASITA and have a license and be an dependeble tour agent.

“you as the next generation have to contribute to promote the potential tourism sepecially in Central Java, Salam Pariwisata”

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Kartini Day Celebration

Pustaka Sari and one of the coordinator who distribute flower
to celebrate Kartini Day

Last tuesday (21/04) Indonesia celebrate Kartini day. This day is to commemorate the national heroine which is known for her right to equal rights for women, Ibu Kartini. She inspired many women even men to continue her struggle againts gender discrimination. Many ways people do to celebrate the day, from wearing traditional outfits until distribute a flower to woman.

Like students from Pendidikan Luar Sekolah (PLS) State University  Semarang (Unnes), they distributed flowers to women in other faculty.

One of the coordinator said Ibu Kartini has inspired them that women are created uniquely with their own and has same opportunity with men. That is why they distributed the flowers to women as a symbol. They want to spread motivation to other women to keep struggle in whatever the condition.

Pustaka Sari, a student from English Department say “we have to appreciate with what they have done, distribute the flowers is just the symbol and celebration. Don’t forget the essential of the Kartini’s day itself”.

A Murderer of Yanuar was Sentence 15 years old

Suwari or Kasman’s eyes filled with tears in the state court Semarang last Thursday (9/4/2015). Suwari confess regret about what he has done. He asked to the tribunal law not to punish him heavily.

Suwari lives in Dawung, Jatibarang, Mijen, Semarang. He is a murderer toward Yanuar Rusmiyanto (25) in WR. Soepratman street, Yanuar Rusmiyanto (25) who lives in Condrokusumo, Gisikdono, Semarang Barat.

Suwari confess that he murdered Yanuar because Suwari was embittered toward Yanuar which asked him to fight. He was very angry and had a planned with his friend, Ginanjar to murder Yanuar. Suwari and His friend tried to find Yanuar, and finally met in internet shop and Suwari kill him with a knife directly.

After the session, He whimpered because he was sentence 15 years in prison by the judges. Nevertheless Suwari and his lawyer, Krisna Tri Surya Hadiwijaya said that they accept the decision. 

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The Talented Mikha Angelo

Singer Mikha Angelo Brahmantyo is a rising talent of the country’s music scene. The 17-year-old not only sings and writes songs, but also plays the guitar, piano, bass and ukulele, a small guitar-shaped instrument.

Actually when he was an elementary school, he want to be a soccer player but his mother enrolled him at the Istana Nada music school in South Jakarta to learn the piano. After learning the piano, Mikha interest to learn guitar and he asked his older brother to teach him.

“I realized that playing guitar was simple,” said Mikha. And it makes he changed his dream to be a musician.

Mikha later formed a folk-pop band with his older brothers, Reuben as guitarist and Made Emanuelle Brahmantyo, 20, as bassist. By that time he had the confidence to sing with the band on stage. They naming their band “ The Overtune”.

Mikha continued his studies at the School of Sound Recording (SSR) in Central Park, Jakarta.
He participated in a talent show X-Factor Indonesia because many of his friends signed up. After passing the first three rounds, he met with doubt and wanted to leave the competition because he did not want to be known as a soloist but his mother asked him to stay.

He praised God because during the show he was mentored by internationally acclaimed singer Anggun C. Sasmi. “I learnt many things from her. She taught me vocal techniques and singing improvisations. She was very nice. She was like my sister,” he said. 

After X Factor ended, Mikha told record label Sony Music Entertainment Indonesia he wanted to develop his music career with his brothers instead of as a soloist. He was very happy as his band had finally released its first album, along with the single “Dunia Bersamamu”  in February this year after releasing debut single “Sayap Pelindungmu” in 2013.

He said he had no secret about giving a good performance, but he always followed the advice given to him by his first music teacher, Evi Hutapea, when he was four. “She told me to just enjoy music every time I play it.”

Rephrase A Hard News

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Remission for Corruption Convicts

A government plan to ease a remission regulation for corruption convicts as a way of protecting the members of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI-P) from legal charges, the party having suffered more corruption convictions than any other over the past decade. 

Alvon Kurnia Palma from the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) and also the attorney for former KPK deputy leader Bambang Widjajanto revealed that PDI-P politicians had been involved in the most graft cases between 2004 and 2014. The party has 157 cases in a decade, with Golkar Party members in second place with 113 cases and the Democratic Party third with 47 cases. The data is provided by several anticorruption organizations, including the KPK, Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) and Transparency International Indonesia. He added that we must suspect that the political agenda is stronger than the legal one behind the plan.

Separated from Alvon, Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H. Laoly argued that a graft convict had a right to remission and against the KPK’s authority to recommend sentence cuts but Abraham Todo Napitupulu from the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) advised Yasonna to drop the plan and instead conduct a comprehensive study on the impact of the regulation.

Yasonna said that the plan was aimed at improving the legal system and it has nothing to do with the PDI-P. He merely want to fix the system. And he had reported to President Joko Widodo about his idea to revise the 2012 regulation, telling the President that the idea had been widely misunderstood.

He also said that he want to impose stricter requirements. For example, in corruption cases may get remission only if they show good behavior for a year or a year and a half and he also suggested that graft convicts could get a maximum remission of 15 days.

Malnourished Causing the Orang Rimba’s Illness

News Four children from a nomadic group known as the Orang Rimba have received medical treatment in Batanghari regency Jambi. But these four are only a few of the many Orang Rimba that are in need of food, water and medicine.

Mangku terap, the tribe’s chief said that Cipak (one-year-old) and Merute (12 years old) from a tribal group led by Mangku Terap, who live in Bukit Dua Belas National Park (TNBD) have been treated to a pediatric ward’s isolation room in the state-owned hospital in Muarabulian city, Batanghari since Saturday. And two other children, Besikap, 4, and Sebilau, 3, have been treated as outpatients.

Mangku said that before they admitted to the hospital, they had been suffering from fever for seven days, and the group tried to help the kids, but they did not show any improvement of their health, and thats why the group bring them to the hospital. He adding that Actually there are seven more children who have been suffering same disease but they were yet to be able to take them to the hospital.

Beby Andihara, one of the doctors at the hospital said that the kids were suffering from fever, cough, acute respiratory infections which is caused by malnutrition and bad sanitation. He adding that being nomadic had weakened their immunity and vulnerable to diseases. If the kids did not improve next day, they would be referred in to a hospital in Jambi city, the provincial capital and the Batanghari regency would recover the administration.  

The Warsi Indonesian Conservation Community (KKI Warsi) unit coordinator Kristiawan said that eleven Orang Rimba in TNBD had died over the past two months. Most were members of the Temenggung Marituha group.

Different with Kristiawan, the Jambi provincial Social Manpower and Transmigration Agency’s Suku Anak Dalam section head Usup said his office had started investigating the deaths of the Orang Rimba caused by starvation. Both of Kristawan and Usup hope that government would proactively provide health and food aid, most importantly, medical treatments to the ill children.

KKI Warsi reported that the tribe are bound by their strong tradition because the damage of the forest forcing them to buy fish from outside the forest where they are not allowed to eat meat except that which they hunt. So it makes the tribe had been malnourished.

Temenggung Nyenong who led 35 families of Orang Rimba hope that the government will pay attention to them and call for a stop to forest destruction.