super duper nda

Wondering, waiting for the day to fade away.. So I can hold you once again and chase the fears away..

so long, gus dur January 2, 2010

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Indonesia has had several presidents who issued the policies controversial. He is the KH Abdurrahman Wahid, who often called Gus Dur and is known as one of the former president of Indonesia’s religious and democratic Indonesia has ever had. He was one of Islam who stated that Islam can not be the basis of considering the plurality of state in Indonesia. Abdurrahman Wahid, also known as a very humane because to see things from the human side and empathy for issues related to humanity.

One of the  controversial policies that he mad was going to establish diplomatic relations with Israel in which Indonesia had decide not to have any kind of relations with the Zionist state on the basis of occupation / colonialism by the state against the Palestinians.
Another controversial policy ever initiated by Abdurrahman Wahid was the idea of forming strategic alliances that exists between Indonesia, India, and China that sponsored by Japan and Singapore. This policy is considered very controversial for China and India that eventually led to rejection, because in their opinion the idea of a strategic alliance between the three countries in the region can come up with new threats to the international world.
The formation of this alliance can be analyzed using the framework of the theory of independence formulated by Weinstein. Abdurrahman Wahid considered that the alliance formed by the United States is harming developing countries (eg India and Indonesia). In this case it is seen that freedom also means against western domination of the developing countries in Asia because Asia is a part of a constellation of interactions arena of international relations that has contributed more than other parts of the region. It is also not separated from the plurality of Asian religiousness itself. As a nation that has historical roots of the oldest, of course, produce heterogeneity of race, religion, kind of tribal culture.  Asian Awakening that economists had identified from each of the high income countries in some parts of East and Southeast Asia, where nearly every year gained an average GNP of 6% -10%. In contrast to Europe and America who clearly supported the existence of supporting factors as the State industrialists. High income is illustrated by Stanley Fischer as The Miracle of Asia. Where the characteristics of Asian economies that produced the high growth of earlier decades remain in place, among them highly skilled, hard-working, and high-saving workers and entrepreneurs. So this is what motivates Abdurrahman Wahid to form an alliance that ‘challenging’ U.S.’s domination and its allies and could eventually make the bargaining position of Indonesia, India and Japan-sponsored China and Singapore became larger. The idea of Asia Strategic Partnership and utilization of AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Area) is also an attempt early in the process of economic integration of Asia. Experience of the foundation of the old system, the integration of Asian economies will grow at a solid and at the end Asia will become one of the world economic power.This point was also explains the relation between the concept of development with the formation of strategic alliances. If Asia had a solid into a world economic power, where Indonesia is also included, as well as to take advantages of these conditions, then Indonesia can be completely independent and free of foreign financing that is increasingly burdensome Indonesian economy.
The idea of Abdurrahman Wahid seemed there are some progress to done. ASEAN member countries are actively trying to encourage integration between each other. ASEAN plans to realize the economic community purposes in the year 2015 based on the “Blue Plan ASEAN Economic Community” signed by member states which outlines four points which is the cornerstone for achieving the ASEAN economic community and the market is an integrated production base, the economic zone of highly competitive, balanced economic development and in accordance with international standards in the economic field. Therefore, ASEAN to embrace China, by way of signing the investment agreement, which would create a conducive situation to the establishment of free trade area China-ASEAN. China Free Trade Area and ASEAN was held in 2001, and in the 6-year period only, namely in the year 2007, the amount of trade between both of them reached 200 billion U.S. dollars. With the establishment of free trade zones in China-ASEAN by the year 2010, ASEAN is expected to be able to overcome the U.S. and become the second largest trading partner for China after the European Union in 2015.

The reign of Abdurrahman Wahid, who had a lot of ideas and policies are controversial not long endure. But policies Abdurrahman Wahid was based on a vision that Indonesia does not depend on the concept of western Franklin Weinstein referred to the concept of independence in third world countries not only in the form of independence from colonial efforts of other countries. In the case of the formation of ideas Strategic Alliance between Indonesia, India, China can be viewed as the implementation of free foreign policy that is currently active berkonteks between western and Muslim world.

Good-bye, K.H. Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesia may be aware of your services services-wrote so beautifully for them.

gitu aja kok repot ?

 

REVOLUSI, bukan resolusi December 26, 2009

Filed under: Uncategorized — maand @ 9:47 pm

H – 5,

2010..

jadi inget gue ngobrol sama temen gue,

dia bilang: “sekarang ga jamannya lagi resolusi-resolusi’an. emangnya kamera digital ada resolusi nya. lagian buat apa sih resolusi2, rencana2 doang, dan pada ahirnya, ga ada yg kesampean, karena kita nya juga males jalanin??”

saat itu gue masih bisa angguk2 doang, soalnya gue juga ngerasa sih, gua juga tipikal orang yg juga suka males di ahir2, jadinya nanti si resolusi2 itu terbengkalai lah sudah

masih dia: “kalo gue sih taun ini rencananya mau revolusi aja, nda..”

gue: “hah? revolusi? emangnya masih jaman ya kaya pahlawan revolusi2 gt macem ahmad yani?? ada2 aja deh lo”

dia: “sebenernya yg pinter itu elo apa gua sih??…” trs ahirnya dia jelasin panjang lebar

revolution (from the Latin revolutio, “a turn around”) is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time. -Wikipedia

jadi, menurut dia, taun ini, dia akan mengadakan perubahan yg dianggap plg mendasar dr dalam dirinya dia. dia bilang: “gue pengen lulus taun ini, nda. okelah, mungkin kemaren2 gue sempet ngerasa salah jurusan, gue minatnya di design, sementara gue ngambil hukum. tapi gue gamau terus2an menyesali kesalahan gue, gue udah masuk, mesti bisa keluar di kampus ini, dgn gelar S.H., makanya gue keukeuh pengen lulus taun ini, dan ambil notariat”

oke, gua tau, dia lawyer, bukan notaris.. yg penting masih sama2 S.H. bukan??

heemm,

kok gue ditampar yaa..

emang banyak banget sih hal2 yg mau gue kerjain di tahun depan, banyak banget hal2 yang HARUS SECEPATNYA gua realisasikan. tapi kendala terbesarnya adalah ya itu, diri gue sendiri.

temen gue ini tiba2 maksa gue buat bangun, dan bilang: “Amanda, kamu udah ada di semester 8″, dimana semuanya akan terasa lebih sulit, dan tidak se-menyenangkan semester2 kemarin. 2006 udah swasta, udah akan ada yg di wisuda Februari ini, tp ga sedikit juga yg baru akan memulai seminarnya seperti saya. FAK!! kenapa gue baru bangun sekarang ya?? tapi gue tiba2 inget kata temen gue:

gue udah jatoh, ketimpa tangga, disiram air pula

HAHAHA : D

tapi sekarang saatnya untuk berdiri, mengeringkan badan, ganti baju, dan kembali berjalan lagi

dengan hati-hati

dan ditemani oleh banyak kunang-kunang : ) -Lola Loveita

Okeee,

baiklaahh, baiklaaahh..

hari ini, gue berjanji,

tahun depan,

SAYA UDAH HARUS JADI SARJANA, dengan embel2 setelahnya, dengan nilai yg baik, dan pribadi yg lebih baik.

Amanda Afiantari Kuswandi, S.IP.

AMIN..

p.s. tetep sama2 gue ya, temen2.. kalo di tengah jalan gue males, tabok gue, biar revolusi nya muluuss teroooss..

 

ladies’ day out December 21, 2009

Filed under: Uncategorized — maand @ 9:14 am

ga ada yg bisa ngalah2in excited nya saya ketemu kalian kemaren..

udah berapa lama kita ga ketemu, ga ngobrol2 bego kaya kemaren,

LADIES,


Yes we are [friends] and I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter. There is magic in long-distance friendshipsThey let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound

We are friends and I would miss you, do miss you and think of you very often. I don’t want to lose this happy space where I have found someone who is smart and easy and doesn’t bother to check her diary when we arrange to meet.