Indonesian Culinary Heritage Food Festival 2008

After one year this Festival is held in various city in Indonesia, in fact last couple month was held in Bandung, West Java, this Food Festival was coming back to Jakarta, Indonesia. This time, as also the celebration of brithday of the big sponsored this Festival, one of famous soya ketchup in Indonesia, Bango, it will have more than 80 venue that will present the famous and Indonesian Culinary Heritage. The Festival will be held in "Plaza Selatan, Senayan, Jakarta in Indonesia on both Friday and Saturday. On Friday, 8th August 2008, the festival will be open from 16:00 until 23:00 while on Saturday, 9th August 2008 is from 11:00 - 23:00.

The food that will be present is mainly from Jakarta and surrounding and with some guess food such as "Kikil Sapi" from Surabaya, "Tengkleng Ibu Edi" from Solo, "Bubur Pontianak Bu Jenah" from Pontianak, "Nasi Jamblang Mang Doel" from Cirebon, "Mie Titi Rmah Makan Pelangi" from Makassar, "Sangu Tutug Oncom Saung Kiray" from Bogor, "Es Durian Kantin Sakinah" from Bandung and "Soto Udang Rumah Makan Rinaldy" from Medan.

So if you are foreigners or Indonesian and will be in Jakarta on those days, loves the Indonesian Culinary Heritage, please mark your calendar and do come to the event!

See you there!

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Higher Education = Longer Life

Yes, for a higher educated people, their life expectancy will be longer than the non-educated groups. A recent study published by the Harvard School of Medicine has stated that people with a better education tend to have a longer live? Hmmm, I might be agree… base on some fact such as the higher educated group, tend to have a better way to choose to stay health by choosing the food combination and nutrition for their health. But let we continue our reading to their study…

They have been studying two groups; one is the high-educated group and the non-quite high educated group. Between 1980s and 2000, life expectancy increases occurred nearly exclusively among high-education group. Comparing 1981 – 1988 with 1991 – 1998, life expectancy at age 25 has grew ¼ years for high education people but as less as 0.5 years for the low group as quoted by AFP and reported by Jakarta Antara News on 11th March 2008. And its grows by 1.6 years between 1990 and 2000 and remain unchanged for the low ones.

The difference in longevity means that you would have enough time to complete more degrees of your choices.

I am a bit agree with this study since for those more educated group, they will have a knowledge on how choosing the right food for their health, making a good life by staying away from the stuff that causing diseases such as smoking, air pollution etc.

With their knowledge they know on how they can save the earth so the nature can produce more healthiness environment for them. They will have knowledge to make their life easier and healthier for them.

What I can see the children in Indonesia who has born after the war in getting the Indonesian Freedom has a better life expectancy than before. The more they get more education, the more they will life longer.

In short, if you want to have a Longer Life, please consider again to go back to School, College or University and get some degree…..

Enjoy your life while you can….


-Dian-

Ayat-Ayat Cinta (Verses of Love)

Ayat-ayat Cinta (Verses of Love) become a spectacular Indonesian movies after hit more than 3 million viewers among the Indonesian Movies Network, 21 Cineplex and Blitzmegaplex. In fact the movies has been seen by several important person from Indonesian such as a former Indonesian President B.J. Habibie, who arrange a special visit back to Indonesia that matching with the film schedule.

The film also has been seen by Indonesian Vice President, Jusuf Kalla and recently last Friday as reported by Jakarta (ANTARA News) seen by President of Republic Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. He said that the Indonesian film "Ayat-ayat Cinta" (Verses of Love) can be a medium to promote a better understanding of Islam.

He made the statement after watching the film directed by Hanung Bramantyo at Studio XXI at EX Plaza here on Friday night. "The film can be a good medium for getting the right message of Islam across," said Yudhoyono, who was accompanied by his family, including his sons Agus Harimurti and Edi baskoro as well as his daughter-in-law Annisa Pohan.

He also claimed that he wiped tears from his eyes several times when watching the film, said Islam was frequently misunderstood by the public. He added that all Indonesian Muslims who had watched the film should be able to explain to the rest of the world that Islam is a peace-loving religion full of tolerance and harmony. According to him, the film directed by Hanung Bramantyo was a reflection of Islam, its ability to rise above mere symbols enabling the world community to coexist despite its diversity.

In fact the film can be more effected if Hanung has not reduced or change the film from the book. On the book, Fachri was described as a young Muslim who would like to become Muhammad SAW, the Muslim Prophet. As a male Muslim, he should not see a female directly or in purpose. He also never had an intimacy meeting with Maria by the river of Nil’s as described on the film.

I also never read on the book, that Fachri more loving Maria rather than to Aisha or Nurul. In fact, the book is written that he expected to marry Nurul, but since he understand that he is not as rich as Nurul’s family, he never ask her to marry him. On the day, he decided that he accept the Aisha’s family request to marry her, he got Nurul’s mail that express her love to him, of which he expected that Nurul said about her feeling before he accepted to marry Aisha.

The books is also never express that the three of them, Fachri, Maria and Aisha has living together in a harmony after Fachri is being released from the jail. In fact the books is describe that after the judge read the statement to release Fachri, Maria is fall-off from her wheelchair and become more ill and make her back to the hospital.

Maria is passed away a few days after she is brought back to the hospital. She passed away after she become a Muslim and read the Surat Maryam. She passed away in a peace with a smile on her chick since she expected to reunited again with Fachri in the Heaven forever.

For all who never read the book, please do read the book first prior seeing the movie. In fact, Hanung should not taking this risk in the future by changing the film from the book. Since usually a film that adopted from a famous book has a great expectation from the books readers. This is also happened with Harry Potter the movie a last few years.

-Dian-

West's Lie Day

April 1, 2008 as well known as April Fool's Day, will be a few hours away and many Jakarta's youngsters does not have knowledge about the history as reported by Antara News on March 30, 2008.

In Indonesia, most of the people known that April 1, 2008 is popular is as "April Mop". Mop is a Dutch Word, means joke. In English, this days is known as April's Fools Day. Usually we all know that day is a day to tell a lies, no matter how serious they sound. But the history about it is quite a tragic ones especially for Muslim of which it caused barbaric slaughter of Muslims in Spain on April 1, 1487.

Unfortunately, not many Muslims in Indonesia know about the history of April Fool`s Day (April Mop) and then preferred to celebrate by lying the public through the media or personal contact.

A Muslim intellectual, Ir H Asmara Dharma, as contacted by phone at his home in Medan said the celebration of April Mop was preceded by a big attack by western troops in Spain which was at that time under the rule of a Moslem's caliph in March, 1487.

According to him, cities in Spain like Saragossa and Leon in North, Vigo and Forto in East and Valencia in West, Lisbon and Cordoba in South as well as Madrid in Central City and Granada as a port were occupied by the attackers.

The Muslim community who survived in the attack were promised not to be harmed if they wished to abandon Spain by ships already made available at the port of Granada. Western troops pledged to let Muslims go free by ship if they surrendered their weapons.

At the time when thousands of Muslims without any weapon gathered at the port of Granada to wait for their turn to leave Spain as promised by the troops, they were slaughtered viciously and their ships set on fire.

Asmara further said the genocide of Muslims and the breaking of the promise happened on April 1, 1487 which was then known as April Fool`s Day. Furthermore, this incident was a ritual popularized as "April Mop" (this term became popular in Indonesia during the Dutch colonial times, mop is a Dutch word meaning joke). It was later used to criminalize other people by the news and action.

I am personally, never heard about this history and all I know is that, on that day I can make a fool to anybody, even to my lovely ones. After I read this news from Antara, I think we should use this day as a momentum to look back on the relationship between us in eastern country or developing country with our "fellow" from western country. We should take a look again our relationship with them. Do we have a good deal or not. So far what I can see, there is no indication from the Western to have a partner from any of developing country. In fact, they will use us as their place to sell their products.

-Dian-

Source : Antara News

The Adventure of Tintin, The Movie

Hooray……

After long awaited, the Adventures of Tintin will be filmed started this year. Tintin, the intrepid reporter comic-book character created by Hergé in 1929 will begin shooting the 1st Tintin Movie, The Secret of the Unicorn, in September 2008. According to the Daily Mail (not the most reliable newspaper on the world), Thomas Sangster, a teenage who will celebrate his 18th years old this May, will be cast as Tintin. He was seen on the movie “Love Actually” and “Nanny McPhee”. The film will be direct by two great Director Steven Spielberg and the Director of the trilogy “Lord of the Ring”, Peter Jakson. And it seems Tintin the Movie will become a trilogy of The Secret of the Unicorn, Red Rackhams Treasures and Crab with the Golden Claws.

As the huge fans of Tintin, this is great news and hopefully by 2009 we can start watching this film in Indonesia. So far I had collected the entire original cartoon VCD of the adventures of Tintin and now I am starting to collect the English and French version of his Adventure. The Adventures of Tintin classified by publication date are as follows:

1. Tintin in the Land of the Soviet, 1st published in 1930.
2. Tintin in the Congo, 1st published in 1931.
3. Tintin in America, 1st published in 1932.
4. Cigars of the Pharaoh, 1st published in 1934.
5. The Blue Lotus, 1st published in 1936.
6. Tintin and the Broken Ear, 1st published in 1937.
7. The Black Island, 1st published in 1938.
8. King Ottokar’s Sceptre, 1st published in 1942.
9. The Crab with the Golden Claws, 1st published in 1942.
10. The Shooting Star, 1st published in 1942.
11. The Secret of the Unicorn, 1st published in 1943.
12. Red Rackham’s Treasure, 1st published in 1944.
13. The Seven Crystals Balls, 1st published in 1948.
14. Prisoners of the Sun, 1st published in 1949.
15. Land of Black Gold, 1st published in 1951.
16. Destination Moon, 1st published in 1953.
17. Explorers on the Moon, 1st published in 1954.
18. The Calculus Affair, 1st published in 1956.
19. The Red Sea Sharks, 1st published in 1958.
20. Tintin in Tibet, 1st published in 1960.
21. The Castafiore Emerald, 1st published in 1963
22. Flight 714, 1st published in 1968.
23. Tintin and the Picaros, 1st published in 1976.
24. Tintin and the Alphart, 1st published in 1986

Most of the title is already translated into Indonesian of which become my first comic books to read when I was a teenager. His story is very inspiring since he is just a reporter, who has a smell or intuition when there is something is not right. When I was a boy, I had a toy that looks like Snowy his dogs and the toys I kept until I am a teenager. I have a huge expectation about the movie and hopefully Steven and Peter can create the great movie about Tintin.

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