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            <title>Pendidikan yang Memerdekakan</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="merdeka.jpg" src="http://www.patvandiest.com/saves/2008/08/17/merdeka.jpg" width="200" height="135" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></span> <div><div>Hari ini negara Indonesia merayakan ulang tahun kemerdekaannya yang ke-63. Kali ini saya berusaha menulis dengan menggunakan bahasa Indonesia, bahasa Ibu yang diajarkan oleh orang tua saya dari sewaktu saya kecil. Kali ini saya menulis untuk bangsa Indonesia.</div><div><br /></div><div>Jika saya bilang bahwa tema dari post ini adalah "Apakah kita sudah merdeka?" mungkin sangat klise sekali dan sudah cukup membosankan untuk disimak. Namun, saya tidak akan pernah bosan mempertanyakan hal ini kepada diri saya sendiri. Kita sudah merdeka dari penjajahan selama 63 tahun berturut-turut, tapi pada kenyataannya dalam sejumlah ruang, kita belum merdeka, atau paling tidak sebagian besar dari kita belum merdeka. Kemiskinan, akses kesehatan, akses pendidikan, kesetaraan, dan sejumlah permasalahan lain membuat kita menjadi bertanya pada diri sendiri, "merdeka itu apa?"<br /></div></div>]]></description>
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            <title>This June Random Notes</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hi, it’s been awhile. I have spent too much time on social media sites like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=563497247">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=39108564">Myspace</a> to notice that I haven’t blog in ages. You probably see me much often on <a href="http://twitter.com/patvandiest">Twitter</a> rather in here, and for that I’m so sorry.<br /><br />So let’s just move on to random stuffs that I’ve been meaning to discuss right now. In regards of the <a href="http://www.kompas.com/read/xml/2008/06/28/18025643/seluruh.jenazah.korban.cassa.berhasil.dikumpulkan">Cessna plane crash that happens two days ago</a>, I give my big condolences to the family of the crash victim.<br /><br />Move on to other topics, Germany against Spain on the finale of the Euro 2008. Thank God they were the team that managed to go to the final. They were two of the rising teams in Euro. So this will be a good match I presume. Although there’s news that David Villa and Michael Ballack will not played, I hope it didn’t spoil the excitement of the game.<br />&nbsp;<br />Mac OS X and Apple. After all this years, I can’t separate my life from this two. Now with the emerging of Mac OSX86 I found myself working 80% of my time in Leopard. This is a good thing. I don’t have that much money yet to buy a nifty Macbook Pro (which is in my wish list of things to buy), but at least I can be more productive now that my desktop is filled with Leopard. The only problem is, I can’t perfectly connect the IndosatM2 modem on it. That’s a glitch. <br /><br />Okay, that’s all for now. See you soon. Very soon. :) <br />]]></description>
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            <title>Nation Awakening Through Education</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Today mark the two months since my last post. In celebrating Indonesia’s 100th anniversary of “Nation Awakening Day”, I have returned to post some of my thoughts here and there. <br /><br />So, it’s been a while, yes? Of course! Aside from the fact that I am very busy (I know, such a cliché excuse), I haven’t managed to write a single post for this past months. Some lack of motivation? Probably. Not enough resource? Not quite. I actually have tons of topics that I like to discuss<br /><br />What’s new?&nbsp; Nothing much. Jakarta seems much dull these past months. The gas price will be up starting this June. That upset everyone of course, including me. I think this kind of policy makes the government very unpopular. Yet, they always use the “hey! We don’t have any other choices, you know!” excuse to finalize this thing.<br /><br />Back to the Nation Awakening Day theme. I went to see Bill Gates lectures and speeches when he visited Jakarta earlier this month. Such a total nerd that guy is. Okay, I concur, he is a brilliant man; I acknowledge that from his speeches. But, he doesn’t have that Steve Job’s charisma. He talks like a professor, no witty comments, no small talk, and no jokes whatsoever. He’s a tech guy, not a sales person. Yet the topic he presented is interesting. I’m fascinated with the Microsoft focus on technology for helping countries via education, healthcare, and economy. <br /><br />What this country need is a good low-cost education system. You know the “Nation Awakening Day” marks the day the “Boedi Oetomo” organization was created. This for us symbolizes the arising sense of unity of Indonesian as a nation back then. The Boedi Oetomo consists of well-educated young man who studied in STOVIA that eager to make a progress through that organization. <br /><br />Education is the fuel that can lead us to advancement in every field that we want. Through education we can achieve great things. With education, we can be a better nation. <br />Yet, a large percentage of Indonesia is still illiterate, many government funded schools logistic are poor and/or damaged, and to have a good educations means you have to spend a relatively large amount of money. So this reality right now is quite flawed. Only rich people can afford good education since it’s so damn pricy. <br /><br />Well, I hope the government raises their spending percentage of education, since the last time I check, they didn’t give it much thought on that. <br /><br />So to Bill Gates, when you said technology that could help education, all I can ask is: “would it be affordable for us as a developing country? Will it help us achieve a low-cost education system?”<br /><br />Okay, probably that’s all for now.&nbsp; Dinner waits. My last though to all of you Indonesian, it’s been a 100 year since a couple of bright young men thinks that “hey! We’re a great nation, let’s join together and arise!” yet life was so simple back then. But now, with all this technologies that we can easily use in front of our eyes, what would you do to make Indonesia a better nation?<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 23:08:58 +0630</pubDate>
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            <title>on Comparing Films</title>
            <description><![CDATA[I had a newly habit of mine where I directly check a movie ratings from <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/">Rotten Tomatoes</a> after I watched a DVD. This habit which started like a couple of months ago is kind a fun. The simple reason that I did this is I want to compare my review of the DVD to the global consensus that form as a rating in Rotten Tomatoes. <br /><br />To my surprises, sometimes the margin scores from me and the so-called Rotten Tomatoes reviewer are quite wide. Like the last movie I watched, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460740/">Cashback</a>, an indie-flick about a boy meets girl theme covered in artsy cinematography. I myself think the movie was okay, not so great, just okay. If I converted my review, I would say it was a 75% rating movie. But surprisingly, <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cashback/">Rotten Tomatoes meter just gave it a 45%</a>. <br /><br />No, I’m not an expert of cinema. I enjoyed films and only take the fun of it. I don’t curate movie like those expert. Because I have a certain beliefs that movies should be a medium for you to enjoy it, not took it very seriously (except for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/">Fight Club</a>, it wasn’t a movie, it is a way of life, <i>I believe in Tyler Durden…</i> :) <br /><br />I said these to many of my friends. I don’t like movies that makes you think hard about the storylines. Movies were made for entertaining people. I watch a movie to be entertained, not to push my brain to the limit in finding the elusive meaning of that movie.<br /><br />But it’s just me. That’s how I enjoy films. <br /><br />Those reviews on Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t affect me though. It just come as a reference for me. I know you can’t debate about individual taste of a certain film. Yet, sometimes I just want to know what other thinks, what’s  their take about it, and how that films affect them. <br /><br />How about all of you? Do other reviews affect you? <br />]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:22:21 +0630</pubDate>
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            <title>Si Unyil and Today&apos;s TV Shows</title>
            <description><![CDATA[It’s great to see this afternoon <a href="http://www.kickandy.com/">Kick Andy</a>’s rerun. In that show, Andy invites some of the great puppeteers from the 80’s and 90’s. These guys (and girls) brought a meaning in educating children through television shows. <br /><br />With all of today’s crime, sex, and violence in television content, let us take a deep breath and go back what would it feel like back then in the 80’s. There was this kid Unyil, he’s just like you and me, he goes to school, he has adventures with his friend, you know, day-to-day life. He got his own show back then. A puppet show. The show that every single kid who got TV was eager and can’t wait to see. Okay, he is a puppet. Lame, if you see it nowadays. But back then, that show was a cultural phenomenon.&nbsp; That show teaches us wonderful things, from moral issues, health, education and everything else. <br /><br />I lived in those glory days of positive televisions. Yes, it kind of sucks where you can only watch one channel back then (TVRI). But, the good side is, they filtered what they want to broadcast, so in a way they provide a couple of quality shoe in term of content.<br /><br />Ah, I’m tired of comparing it to these days TV show. Somehow, I blame them in expanding violence, moral, and all that family problems. <br /><br />Call me conservative, I don’t care. But TV Stations please give today’s kids <b>good educating shows</b> that were you know... meant something good for them in a long run. Please guys, I beg you, there is other goal other than ratings you know, like <b>educate your frickin nation</b> for example?<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:09:59 +0630</pubDate>
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            <title>Ankle Problem: Episode Paling Menyakitkan di Hidup</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div>Di dalam perjalanan hidup seseorang terkadang kita harus mengalami satu atau dua hal yang sangat menyakitkan. Baik itu sakit secara batiniah ataupun sakit secara fisik. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>Saya baru saja mengalami sakit yang sangat menyakitkan secara fisik. Ceritanya begini: Kemarin pagi, saya hadir di JCC pada saat acara <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Microsoft Server Wave 2008</span>. Acara ini merupakan acara peluncuran besar-besaran dari produk Microsoft yang terbaru yaitu: Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, serta Visual Studio 2008. Disitu saya dengan beberapa redaksi bertugas meliput acara tersebut. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>Acara pembukaan berlangsung di Plenary Hall. Karena tempat sudah penuh terisi, saya dan teman-teman kemudian mencari posisi di tribun atas dari Plenary Hall. Untuk mendapatkan gambar-gambar yang penting saya terpaksa ke bawah dan mengambil gambar langsung di bawah panggung. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>Setelah mendapatkan gambar-gambar yang penting, saya kembali lagi ke tribun atas. Disana setelah menulis beberapa catatan penting, saya berniat kembali ke bawah untuk mengambil gambar band Dewa (kebetulan Dewa menjadi artis penghibur pada acara pembukaan ini). Nah pada saat turun tangga tribun, ruangan gelap dan semua orang menumpuk ingin melihat Dewa. Pada saat itulah kejadian naas ini terjadi. Saya salah menginjak salah satu anak tangga, sehingga saya terpeleset dan kaki kiri saya tidak jatuh secara benar. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">KREK!!</span> bunyi itulah yang jelas saya dengar (padahal satu Plenary Hall terdengar hingar-bingar oleh suara lagu Dewa). </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>Terjadilah musibah ini. Kaki kiri saya sakit sekali. Walaupun begitu, saya mencoba untuk jalan. Ternyata masih bisa meskipun sakit. Merasa masih dapat beraktivitas, saya melanjutkan lagi kegiatan peliputan acara ini. Mulai dari meliput salah satu <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">breakout session </span>(oleh Steve Riley, seorang pakar keamanan dari Microsoft) sampai acara <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">private interview</span> dengan beberapa Product Manager Microsoft. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>Selepas peliputan, saya kembali ke kantor. Disana hal yang diduga itu terjadi, setelah membuka sepatu, kaki saya bengkak luar biasa dan semenjak sampai di kantor saya sudah tidak bisa berjalan lagi dan harus dipapah.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>Setelah pulang (diantar oleh salah satu teman saya yang baik hati), saya langsung pergi ke rumah sakit untuk mengecek keadaan internal kaki saya. Setelah di rontgen ternyata tidak ada tulang yang patah (Thank God), hanya (hanya?) terkilir saja. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>Lalu datanglah pengalaman itu. Di dekat rumah saya ada salah satu ibu yang memang ahli dalam urusan urut-mengurut. Saya sudah berpikir bahwa mau tidak mau, hal ini harus terjadi. Saya harus diurut. Dan yang lebih parah, saya harus diurut dalam keadaan bengkak. Karena seyogyanya, bila ada seorang yang terkilir, ia harus segera diurut sebelum pembengkakan terjadi (tentu setelah dilihat bahwa itu bukan patah tulang ya. Karena kalau patah tulang malah tidak boleh diurut).</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>Mungkin satu RT mendengar teriakan memilukan dari saya. Saya tidak peduli. Kemarin malam, saat diurut itu adalah saat paling menyakitkan yang pernah terjadi di hidup saya. Sakitnya begitu mendera sampai saya pusing sendiri.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>Menurut ibu itu, hal ini harus dilakukan untuk meluruskan kembali urat-urat yang bengkok. Setelah selesai, kaki saya diikat dengan perban agar tetap lurus. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>Saat ini, saya masih belum dapat berjalan dengan benar, masih dalam tahap penyembuhan. Saya masih melakukan terapi jalan. Untung saja saya masih dapat berjalan ke komputer. Karena hampir semua aktivitas saya ada di komputer ini. :) </div> ]]></description>
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            <title>Alternatif Akses POP3/SMTP Gmail Menggunakan SSH Tunneling</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sudah lama saya ingin mencoba <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/">Mozilla Thunderbird</a> lagi, khususnya untuk digunakan pada account <a href="http://mail.google.com/">Gmail</a> saya.&nbsp; Alasannya sederhana, saya lama-lama bosan juga menunggu waktu tunggu untuk membuka halaman web-based Gmail. <br /><br />Kebetulan teman kantor ada yang menggunakan <a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable">Portable Thunderbird</a>.
Aplikasi menarik ini dia gunakan untuk segala keperluan mobilitas
e-mail, termasuk di dalamnya, account Gmail miliknya. Menurut sarannya,
Thunderbird cocok digunakan untuk menarik e-mail dari Gmail.<br /><br />Namun,
sangat disayangkan… untuk alasan sekuriti, ternyata port pop3 dan smtp
Gmail secara default ditutup oleh admin network kantor saya. Teman saya
bisa mengakses Gmail karena memang dia minta request khusus kepada sang
admin. Bisa saja sih saya merequest kepada sang admin untuk membuka
port tersebut, namun saya urung untuk melakukannya dengan alasan bahwa
ini merupakan proyek eksperimen saja (hanya untuk coba-coba, biasanya
kalau sudah 1-2 bulan saya akan bosan dengan sendirinya).<br /><br />Tadi
malam, setelah pusing menyelesaikan deadline artikel (yang tiba-tiba
datang bagaikan air bah), dan tidak tahu mau ngapain lagi (pulang
malas, tapi belum ngantuk juga), saya iseng lagi mencoba koneksi Gmail
lewat Thunderbird. Saya teringat teknologi <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_tunneling">SSH tunneling</a> yang dulu sempat saya pelajari dan coba-coba sebentar.<br /><br />Oke, <a href="http://schorsch.rothbauer.info/?Tutorials:Tunneling">googling sedikit</a>,
riset sedikit, ngoprek-ngoprek sedikit, salah-salah...banyak. Akhirnya!
Saya berhasil melakukan koneksi ke Gmail melalui tunneling via SSH.
Begini cara sederhananya menurut pengalaman saya:<br /><div></div>]]></description>
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            <title>Vista&apos;s Second Chance</title>
            <description><![CDATA[These days, after I got my hands on one of the Vista laptop here in the office I’m trying to maximize its potential. I know I'm now diving and becomng one of the minorities now; some of you may mock me since I use Vista. But actually, I have tried this thing you called beast since its beta releases. Though at first it wouldn't make a promising look, but now I can say that I have safe bet on this OS.<br /><br />

With it's <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/feb08/02-04VistaSP1MA.mspx">first announcement of the Service Pack 1 release</a>, I think Windows Vista would make a good choice for newly desktop system. I know I had experience one myself. Windows Update improves many things that early Vista release lack of. Still, is it enough to convince user to change their mind about Vista.<br /><br />

Been trying those <a href="http://get.live.com/">Windows Live Apps</a> and I can say that so far so good. The <a href="http://get.live.com/en-us/betas/maildesktop_betas">Live Mail</a> was okay, the <a href="http://get.live.com/messenger/features">Live Messenger </a>though a bit bulky seems nice too. Unfortunately, I can't connect <a href="http://get.live.com/writer/overview">Live Writer</a> to this weblog. But I think this is a Movable Type problem since I do experience this on other stand-alone blog editor.<br />&nbsp;<br />

Why the sudden change Pat? You know, I still use XP on daily basis, but still, I want to have new perspective on Vista other than what other people think about. It's like giving your ex-girlfriend a second chance in relationship, probably they would do better this time around, and I wrote this with an optimistic feeling around this issue.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[And just when everyone is <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/15/the-macbook-air/">talking</a> <a href="http://gizmodo.com/345115/macbook-air-hands+on">about the new</a> <a href="http://gizmodo.com/345051/apple-macbook-air-looks-absolutely-amazing">nifty Macbook Air</a>, I want to tell you a story about my first concert of 2008 right now. Boring and pointless story? Well, it might be for you who don’t have soul! Ah just kidding there. But seriously, this story will be fun, promise!<br /><br />So back to the story, I promise myself in my spontaneous-unwritten-2008-resolution-list that I had to watch more than three concerts this year. So last Sunday, would be my first one. That day I was as sick as hell, I got this flu that kept my nose feeling it’s going to blow every instance (well it did blow and I sneeze a lot, but unfortunately it blows every time that I’m not ready). <br /><br />Nevertheless, I force myself to watch <a href="http://www.mxpx.com/">MXPX</a> "Live in Concert at Senayan Basketball Hall A",&nbsp; since I have bought the ticket (it’s somewhat expensive) and since I like <b>MXPX</b>. Funny story with <b>MXPX</b>. I know them back in the 90’s (well, late 90’s to be exact). They had this one-hit-wonderful radio playing song called “Chick Magnet”.&nbsp; However, that’s not the case, I like them by the fact that they are somehow punk rock, and they have this very cool singer, <b>Mike Herrera</b>.<br /><br />No I’m not a big fan, I occasionally listens to their album singles that they release every now and then (they had eight albums by the way). The only full album of MXPX that I like was their “Ever Passing Moment“album. That my friend, I believe is the best album they have made so far.<br />]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Again for the second time in a couple of months, I’m not feeling well. I got sick <a href="http://www.patvandiest.com/saves/2007/11/pat-versus-the-flu.html">again by this flu</a>. And again, it came in a not so very right time. I can’t be sick, I have to watch <a href="http://www.mxpx.com/tour_2630">MXPX</a> tomorrow evening. <br /><br />Well anyway, I am planning to watch this new Indonesian movie called “Kawin Kontrak”, I thought&nbsp; it will be a funny movie, I’ve seen the trailer later this morning and&nbsp; since it has Lukman Sardi on it. I like Lukman Sardi’s acting. But Rifie has <a href="http://rifie.com/2008/01/11/138/">different take about this movie</a>. Well thanks Rifie for the heads up.<br /><br />And the <a href="http://www.patvandiest.com/saves/2008/01/soft-re-launch-kompascom.html">Kompas.com website</a> has problems today, now it came back to the original design, and the <a href="http://forum.kompas.com/">forum</a> is down too. I am planning to contact somebody there later. Probably a technical problem, I’m okay with it since it was on their beta stage. You know, problems occured, man. <br /><br />And people of Jakarta, do you not realize that in this couple of days, the temperature seems to be getting back on it’s state a couple of months ago? I mean back in late December and early January, the weather’s seems going to be raining, rain, flood, and rain again. But these couple of days, the damp, hot, and humid temperature has return once again. Now I write this in my room with sweatiness all over me. Well, <abbr title="Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika">BMG</abbr>, what do you have to say for this?<br /><br /><br />Now Playing: Trivium – The Crusade<br />&nbsp;<br /> ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:50:42 +0630</pubDate>
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            <title>Soft (Re) Launch Kompas.com</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"><img alt="kompas.jpg" src="http://www.patvandiest.com/saves/2008/01/11/kompas.jpg" class="mt-image-center" style="margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;" height="293" width="350" /></span></div>Jumat, 11 Januari 2008 tepat pukul 00.00 WIB, <a href="http://www.kompas.com/">Kompas.com</a> melakukan soft launch disain terbaru websitenya. Kali ini tidak hanya disain yang diganti, namun banyak juga feature-feature baru yang ditambahkan pada Kompas.com. Meski baru dalam versi beta, tapi saya rasa sudah cukup stabil.<br /><br />Dari segi disain dan feature, tampaknya Kompas.com sudah agak-agak web 2.0 dengan tampilan yang dilapisi dengan AJAX. Berita-berita juga sudah terbagi per kategori yang memudahkan pembaca untuk membaca sesuai dengan minatnya. <br /><br />Channel-channel yang ada pada Kompas.com ini meliputi:<br /><ol><li><b><a href="http://202.146.5.33/kompas-cetak/">K</a><a href="http://202.146.5.33/kompas-cetak/">ompas Cetak</a></b>. Channel ini bukan channel baru (bahkan disainnya juga masih disain lama, mungkin belum diganti), merupakan website yang memuat edisi koran Kompas dalam bentuk halaman web. Sangat bermanfaat buat mereka yang belum sempat membaca koran hari ini.</li><li><a href="http://www.kompasmobile.com/"><b>Kompas Mobile</b></a>. Website layanan mobile persembahan dari Kompas.com</li><li><a href="http://www.kompasimages.com/"><b>Kompas Images</b></a>.&nbsp; Website berita foto Kompas yang memuat foto-foto jurnalistik beserta berita singkat di bawahnya.</li><li><strike><a href="http://www.kompas.tv/"><b>Kompas TV</b></a></strike> <b><a href="http://tv.kompas.com/">Kompas TV</a></b> Website berita jurnalistik dalam bentuk file-file video yang dapat di-streaming langsung oleh pengguna.</li><li><b><a href="http://www.seleb.tv/">S</a><a href="http://www.seleb.tv/">eleb TV</a></b>. Mirip dengan Kompas TV, hanya saja website ini lebih mengkhususkan diri dengan berita infotainment.</li><li><a href="http://www.gramediaonline.com/"><b>Gramedia Online</b></a>. Website E-Commerce dari Toko Buku Gramedia. Anda bisa melihat catalog buku-buku yang tersedia dan jika Anda tertarik, Anda dapat langsung memesannya secara online. <br /></li><li><a href="http://forum.kompas.com/"><b>Forum Kompas</b></a>. Nah ini nih yang menarik, website ini merupakan forum diskusi Kompas mengenai berbagai macam hal yang ada di sekitar kita. Di sini Anda dapat berinteraksi dengan member lainnya dan saling berdiskusi mengenai berbagai macam topik. (Kebetulan saya didaulat untuk jadi admin disitu, hehehe....)</li></ol>Yah itu dia beberapa feature baru yang ada di <a href="http://www.kompas.com/">Kompas.com</a>. Untuk beberapa feature memang masih ada kendala disana-sini tapi itu wajarlah (website baru <i>gitu loh</i>).&nbsp; Sukses selalu buat Kompas.com deh!<br /> ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:40:51 +0630</pubDate>
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            <title>Lately (Update No.2)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Here’s an update of what’s going on in me in these couple of weeks. This may bored some of you. But this is my blog, I entitled to say anything, right? <br /><br />So this couple of weeks I am:<br /><ul><li>In intense mode playing the <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/pc/puzzle/guitarheroiii/index.html">Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock</a> PC version. Now, I’m in the medium mode career, with my band, The Daylight Dawn.</li><li>Playing <a href="http://www.blizzard.com/diablo2/">Diablo 2</a> all over again with the guys in the office. Bare with me here, though you can say it was kind of outdated but the fun of playing multiplayer devil-ass-kicking RPG will always stand the test of time.</li><li>Bought some of cool music DVD, eg: <b>Soulfly</b>’s “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Soulfly-Song-Remains-Insane/dp/B0007KT0KY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=dvd&amp;qid=1199971496&amp;sr=8-1">The Song Remains Insane</a>”, <b>Heaven and Hell</b>’s “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Hell-Live-Radio-Music/dp/B000TSJVIU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=dvd&amp;qid=1199971521&amp;sr=8-2">Live at Radio City Music Hall</a>”, <b>AC/DC</b>’s “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stiff-Upper-Live-Angus-Young/dp/B00005RDSY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=dvd&amp;qid=1199971531&amp;sr=8-3">Stiff Upper Lip Live</a>” and “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/AC-DC-Family-Jewels/dp/B0007R083A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1199971548&amp;sr=8-1">Family Jewel</a>”.</li><li>In love with the TV series “<a href="http://www.tv.com/how-i-met-your-mother/show/33700/summary.html">How I Met Your Mother</a>” it is awesome and legen… <i>wait for it</i>…..dary!!! :)</li></ul> ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:58:36 +0630</pubDate>
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            <title>The Year-End Rock&apos;n&apos;Roll Road Trip</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<i>This, I presume will become a long post.</i><br /><br />Lama juga ya saya tidak menulis disini, ada kali setahun ya? (<i>just ignore this lame old joke..</i>). Yah tetapi banyak juga yang terjadi selama satu hingga dua minggu ini. Banyak hal yang membuat saya <i>excited </i>dalam beberapa hari tersebut.<br /><br />Mulai dari <i>Christmas shopping</i> untuk kado keluarga yang baru pertama kali (dapat) saya lakukan (dan mungkin yang terakhir kalinya). Kegiatan yang walaupun sangat menguras keuangan ini ternyata cukup menyenangkan. Terus ada juga Natal 2007 yang sungguh meriah yang saya rayakan bersama dengan keluarga dan juga dengan Wita. <i>It was a very joyful and wonderful Christmas indeed</i>.<br /><br />Lalu, ada juga <i>road trip</i> ke Jogja itu. <br /><br />Saya ke Jogja menemani Wita bersama dengan keluarganya untuk menghadiri pernikahan salah satu sepupunya. Meskipun agak grogi pada awalnya, namun ternyata saya disambut oleh keluarga besar layaknya bagian dari keluarga (Ah, jadi terharu sendiri). <br /><br /><i><br /></i> ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:42:53 +0630</pubDate>
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            <title>Kembali Lagi</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Geez...Tidak terasa sudah hampir satu bulan saya tidak melakukan update di blog ini! Wah terlalu banyak alasan yang bisa saya kemukakan, tapi apakah perlu? Sebulan ini banyak sekali pengalaman dan kegiatan yang seharusnya dapat saya tuliskan di blog ini, tapi saya putuskan untuk tidak menulisnya.<br /><br />Kenapa? Ya inilah saya, penyakit/mood untuk malas menulis mendera saya sebulan ini. Entah kenapa setiap kali saya ingin meng-update blog ini, moodnya hilang begitu saja. <br /><br />Syukurlah sekarang penyakit itu sudah berangsur-angsur sembuh, saya kembali lagi dan saya akan berusaha mengupdate sesering mungkin. <br />&nbsp; ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:45:07 +0630</pubDate>
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            <title>Pelayanan Kesehatan Gratis di Indonesia?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Pagi tadi karena <a href="http://www.patvandiest.com/saves/2007/11/pat-versus-the-flu.html">flu saya</a> tampaknya tidak sembuh-sembuh (dan karena desakan dari kiri-kanan juga), akhirnya saya memutuskan untuk pergi ke Poliklinik perusahaan. Setelah pesan tempat di pagi harinya, saya pergi ke sana kira-kira pukul 9. Untung saja pada saat itu tidak banyak orang yang menunggu giliran sehingga tidak berapa lama setelah daftar ulang, nama saya dipanggil untuk diperiksa.<br /><br />Setelah diperiksa dan diberikan resep, saya kemudian menebus resep tersebut kepada apotik kecil yang ada di poliklinik tersebut. Setelah itu? Ya sudah, saya melenggang saja pergi tanpa mengeluarkan sepeser pun.<br /><br />Inilah salah satu kelebihan yang saya sukai dari tempat saya bekerja, ada poliklinik gratis. Saya tinggal daftar, berkonsultasi dengan dokter, diberi obat, dan kemudian pulang dengan obat gratis. <br /><br />Memang di banyak perusahaan hal ini bukanlah hal yang luar biasa, terutama untuk perusahaan yang besar. Terkadang pelayanan kesehatan yang diberikan tidak dalam bentuk poliklinik, namun dalam bentuk rumah sakit rujukan. Pada rumah sakit tersebut, segala biaya kesehatan Anda akan ditanggung, meskipun porsi penggantian biaya berbeda diantara satu perusahaan dengan perusahaan lainnya.<br /><br />Yang mencuat dalam pemikiran saya setelah keluar dari poliklinik adalah: “Kenapa negara kita tidak bisa menyediakan pelayanan kesehatan gratis tanpa terkecuali seperti ini ya?” <br /><br />Saya jadi ingat ke<i>gondok</i>an saya melihat film dokumenter “<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386032/">Sicko</a>” buatan Michael Moore. Di film tersebut terlihat bagaimana mudahnya mendapatkan pelayanan kesehatan gratis di negara-negara seperti Inggris, Perancis, bahkan di negara yang dipimpin oleh seorang diktator seperti Kuba. <br /><br />Seperti halnya di poliklinik perusahaan saya, pelayanan kesehatan di negara-negara tersebut sangat mudah dan gratis. Anda hampir tidak perlu mengeluarkan biaya sepeser pun (bahkan di Inggris, kalau Anda ke rumah sakit naik taksi, pihak rumah sakit akan mengganti biaya taksi Anda)<br /><br />Bagaimana caranya negara dapat menyediakan pelayanan kesehatan gratis seperti ini? Jawabannya dari Pajak. Nah ini nih yang sulit diterapkan di negara kita. Idealnya sih, pajak akan diperbesar untuk digunakan sebagai subsidi kesehatan, suatu bentuk sosialisme kecil. Yang kaya menanggung yang miskin dalam subsidi kesehatan.<br /><br />Namun, meskipun saya memimpikan suatu bentuk sosialisme pelayanan kesehatan seperti yang terjadi di negara-negara di atas, tampaknya hal ini masih tetap akan menjadi mimpi. Hal ini bisa dilihat dari sulitnya birokrasi dan politik di Indonesia. <br /><br />Ayolah pemerintah! Carikan cara agar masyarakat Indonesia bisa menikmati pelayanan kesehatan gratis (tanpa embel-embel “Syarat dan Ketentuan berlaku”), hilangkan paradigma “<a href="http://rifie.com/2007/09/29/sakit-itu-mahal-disini/">Sakit itu Mahal</a>” yang sudah mendekam di sanubari masyarakat. Karena menurut saya kesehatan itu sama pentingnya dengan pendidikan. <br /><br />Untuk sementara, menunggu pemerintah bergerak, tampaknya saya kalau sakit lagi, saya masih akan pergi ke poliklinik perusahaan saja dulu. :) ]]></description>
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