Corruption and Indonesian Culture

Corruption has happened for many years and today it becomes a bad culture in Indonesia
for three reasons.
Most adult Indonesian or foreigners have known and admitted that corruptions happen in
many places. The daily newspapers, news programs on TV and radio have reported corruptions
are done everywhere, almost in all departments or public services of this country. Corruptions
happen in health, education departments and banks. When we manage to get some documents in
public service offices, we usually need much money to pay. Manipulations happen everywhere.
The actions to eliminate corruption are weak. The ever stronger culture seems not to
come to an end when the responsible institutions who have to reinforce the justice today commit
corruption. This is the worst. Corruptions happen in police department, courts where judges,
public prosecutors, lawyers make deals to do corruption. All of us also heard in the end of 2004,
Probosutejo reported that he had bribed the Supreme Court, or called Mahkamah Agung which
becomes the highest level where the justice can be obtained. Perhaps you have to try to come to
the local courts and see what happen there. You will see practices of bribery and other kinds of
corruption. Therefore, we can say that corruptions becomes our culture. Do you like it?
The citizens have no goodwill to fight against the corruption. They create the situations in
which people ahave opportunities to do corruptions. The citizens like to break the rules because
they are not disciplined. For example, in the street when they drive a car or ride motorcycle, they
do not have the driving license or necessary documents. Then, they are caught by the local
policemen. To avoid more difficulties, they like to bribe the officer. The officer let them go then.
In other words, the citizens and officers are the same, doing corruption together. If only the
people were critical, disciplined, and obey the rules, and willing to report any wrong behaviors,
this country will not be number one corrupting country in the world.
Conclusion Based on the reasons, we can conclude that corruption is becoming a bad
culture in Indonesia if it is not ended soon by all of us. It seems that there must be more severe
penalty for the Corruptors. Do we still care about the future of this country?











The Dangerous of Using Drugs
Everybody must pay attention of drugs. Drugs are very dangerous for us. Why it is very
dangerous for us? Because its can caused harm to our body.
In terms of health, many organs in our body can be harm because using drug. In general,
the impact of using drug are can unconscious, make us hallucinate, can harm our nerve, and
cause addictive effect. Beside that, using drugs can make the users depressed, liver disease,
schizophrenia, blockage of blood vessels, dehydration, optic nerve damage, brain damage, and
finally it can cause DEATH!
When viewed in terms of Islamic law, drugs are forbidden. Because it is cause badness,
self harm, debilitate. And Islam proscribes all that can cause badness, self harm because it is
included zhalim. Also if we using drugs, it means we already do the forbidden things in Islam, it
means we sin. So, in terms of Islamic law, using drugs also dangerous.
Furthermore, if the users of drugs are teenagers, it can endanger their future, and
endanger their homeland, their country. From the data, 32 percent of drugs users in Indonesia are
teenagers, so, if many teenagers in this case Indonesia- use drugs, it can be endanger this
country, harm youth generation, whereas youths are nation expectation. If the youth using drugs,
our nation can be destroy!
So, from now on we must pay attention of drugs, because its very dangerous, both in
terms of health, religion (Islam), nationality and state.



























The Problem of Being Too Fat

Being too fat is commonly known as overweight or obesity. It is simply defined as too
much body fat inside. Overweight potentially leads high risk of health problem.
Being too fat is recognized as a major factor for heart disease. Due to the overweight, the
heart will work harder. It can lead to the heart attack. Furthermore, obesity potentially rises blood
cholesterol and blood pressure. In addition, being too fat can change the amount of sugar in the
blood. This will cause diabetes and other serous disease.
Beside all of that, being too fat is often avoided by many young women. They said that
becoming too fat will bother their physical beauty appearance.
More serious studies are necessary to see the effect of obesity. However it is clear enough
that overweight is not good enough for healthy life.


The Power of Music in our life

Do you agree that music is important in our life? Yes I do, music has certain role
completing our day to day activities. Here are some reasons why music is heard everywhere
andanywhere. Music is a way to express feelings. When we fall in love, the kind of music
wed listen to would be all about love. When were sad, we would go for music that is
melancholic in nature and immerse ourselves in the sadness. When were happy, wed choose
songs with happy tunes too.
Song can help to memorize the last experiences. A favorite song is a powerful
documentary. People with Alzheimer which are impaired the brain would remember details
about songs they were familiar with. For example, an elderly woman who couldnt even
remember her husbands name wouldremember the details of her favorite song; when it was
played, how it made her feel and things about the song that made it especially memorable for her.
Further, music can unite people for a cause and changes the world. A song with good
lyric and striking deep chord can stimulate the universal feeling of all people. We can see it in
the case of the famous and legendary Michael Jacson's Heal the World. It can arouse humanism
of a lot people in this world.So what would the world be like without music? It would be lonely.
















Laptop as Students' Friend

Conventionally, students need book, pen, eraser, drawing book, ruler and such other stuff.
Additionally, in this multimedia era, students need more to reach their progressive development.
Students need mobile keyboards to record every presented subject easily. Of course it will need
more cost but it will deserve for its function.
First, modern schools tend to applyfast transferring knowledge because the school needs
to catch the target of curriculum. Every subject will tend to be given in demonstrative method.
Consequently students need extra media cover the subject. Since there is a laptop on every
students' desk, this method will help student to get better understanding.
Secondly, finding an appropriate laptop is not difficult as it was. Recently there is
an online shop which provides comprehensive information. The best is that the shop has service
of online shopping. The students just need to brows that online shop, decide which computer or
laptop they need, then complete the transaction. After that the laptop will be delivered to the
students' houses. That is really easy and save time and money.
From all of that, having mobile computer is absolutely useful for students who want to
catch the best result for their study. Buying laptop online is advisable because it will cut the price.
This online way is recommended since online shop also provide several laptop types.
Students just need to decide which type they really need.


Why Exercise is Important

The majority of us claim that we do not have time for exercise. We feel too busy to do
that. However, many expert said thatexercise has great role in making our body healthy
Being physically active offers many advantage. In physical reword, exercise can reduce
weight then our body will become fitter. Exercise is also believed to reduce stress levels,
improve sleep patterns, and reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes and some forms of cancer.
Beside physical advantage, exercise also brings good effects mentally. Due to the fitter
body, exercise can make us feel refreshed and happy then we can increase our life quality and
expectancy.
How can we do exercise while we are busy? Such question is commonly found among us.
Actually exercise can be done in simple ways. We can go walking while shopping. In the office
we can take stair rather than lift to run up and down. Or we can go cycling while enjoy the
leisure time.
Over all, doing exercise is little bit difficult in busy life but the little bit of exercise will
help better.





Fast Food
Fast food nowadays is considered a normal eating venture. People are not just eating out on
special occasions or weekends anymore. It means that all the time they mostly eat fast foods.
However is fast food good for health?
Fast food has its popularity in the 1940s. Within a few years, fast-food operations
popped up everywhere. With the compelling rise in fast-food restaurants since the 1940s, oddly
it started the rise in obesity and cancer during that same time period.
Fast food is highly processed with a wide array of additives. To ensure fast foods low
cost, the fast food products are made with highly-processed ingredients to give it shelf-life, to
hold consistency, and to enhance flavor. Fast food is altered from its original healthy form.
It is not the calories in fast food which damage health and waistline. It is the chemical
additives such as aspartame and MSG (monosodium glutamate). Studies show that the chemical
additives lead to weight and disease issues.
So, there is absolutely nothing nutritional about fast food. Fast food simply feeds hunger
and craving.


Learning English

Why is Learning English Important? Language is the mean of communication. Mostly
groups of society have their own languages. Some of them appear the top global languages. Most
people in the world hear about English, Arabic, and Mandarin. However English is the most
global spoken language. Then if a man wants to catch a global goal, he has to master English.
Everyone recognize that English is an international language. English is used in writing
and speaking by many people all over the world. It can be either as a first or second language.
We even hear British, American, Australian, and even Singaporean English. Those various
names of English are used as the first language in those countries. Futhermore, some countries
have their own languages as a mother language but also use English mostly in daily
comunication.
Besides usage in daily interaction, English is also used as a key to open doors leading to
scientific and technical knowledge. No wonder we find manual guides andinstructions of many
devices written in English. Even if we have a pack of instant noodle, we will see the cooking
instruction also written in English. This transfer of science and technic will include many
countries in economic, social and politics developement.
Finaly, the most easily seen in the importance of learning English is that most top
requirement in filling job opportunities is the ability using English; active or passive.
Job applicants who master English are more favourable than ones who do not.
The above facts prove that everybody needs to learn English if he likes to greet the global
era.


Jakarta Issue
Jakarta is the second-worst place for expatriates to work in outside of the United States of
America, Canada and Western Europe. It is according to a recent report published by
Businessweek.
The Businessweek report ranked emerging markets that might be challenging to move
into due to their level of pollution, disease, political violence and availability of good and
services.
The report ranked Jakarta second, just below lagos in Nageria and above Riyadh Saudi
Arabia, saying the threat of violence from extremest, in particular, was serious drawback to
living in Jakarta. Bombings targeting foreign interests in Jakarta, such as the JW Marriot
hotel bombing in 2003, have been repeated elsewhere in the city.
The report said despite problem common to many developing cities such as the risk of
disease, poor sanitation, and excessive pollution, Indonesia can be an enticing location.
In response, the Jakarta administration took the report positively, saying it could spur the
administration to improve its performance.

Is Smoking Good for Us?
Before we are going to smoke, it is better to look at the fact. About 50 thousands people
die every year in Britain as direct result of smoking. This is seven times as many as die in road
accidents. Nearly a quarter of smokers die because ofdiseases caused by smoking.
Ninety percent of lung cancers are caused by smoking. If we smoke five cigarettes a day,
we are six times more likely to die of lung cancer than a non smoker. If we smoke twenty
cigarettes a day, the risk is nineteen greater. Ninety five percent of people who suffer
of bronchitis are people who are smoking. Smokers are two and half times more likely to die of
heart disease than non smokers.
Additionally, children of smoker are more likely to developbronchitis and pneumonia. In
one hour in smoky room, non smoker breathes as much as substance causing cancer as if he had
smoked fifteen cigarettes.
Smoking is really good for tobacco companies because they do make much money from
smoking habit. Smoking however is not good for every body else.







Opportunity in the Global Financial Crisis
US. financial crisis and its contagion to Europe and the rest of the world could also create
new opportunity for Indonesia in term of foreign direc investment and the development of basic
infrastructure.
As the US. financial crisis has now spread to Europe, the oil-rich countries such as Saudi
Arabia, Kuwait and Arab Emirate which have accumulated hundreds of billion of Dollars in their
foreign reserve, are now reviewing their holding or investmentvehicle. They are looking for
more diversified investmentoutside the US and Europe.
Because of unfavorable political developments in Thailand and Malaysia over the past
few months, Indonesia which has largely Muslim population could become one of these oil-rich
countries' favorite place for foreign direct investment. That wil be true if the conditions, legal
and market infrastructure are conducive for Islamic financial instruments.
The government had improved the legal framework with the recent actment of laws on
sharia banking and bonds. The long term nature of Islamic bonds could make them the most
suitable investment instrument for Indonesia, as these bondsgrant an investor a share in an asset
along with the cash flows and risks commensurate with such ownership.
The financial crisis that has gripped the globe and weakening economic growth in the rest
of the world will serve to the government to accelerate the investment reform measures in order
to grab the hidden opportunity in the global crisis. (simplified from the jakartapos.com on Oct 9)
The Advantages of Gold Coin Investment
Gold has become a precious metal to mankind since it was the dawn of civilization. The
nature of gold is soft and malleable which people can make and easily change to any forms, even
it is done just by a simple technology. The beautiful golden and shiny color does not easily fade
out. The form of gold can be as jewelry, bar, or coin. Now days gold coin, such as gold IRA,
becomes an advantageous investment.
Gold is safe and profitable for investment. In uncertain situations, many people are
turning to gold because gold has a more stable value and regarded as currency without limitation
assets. It is secure and can be cashed out at any time we need. The Gold values tend to be stable;
take a look an IRA gold discussion. It is zero inflation effect. It is very rare that the gold
prices fell. Even every year, the gold price tends to increase.
Investments in the form of coins, it is famous as gold coin, is more profitable if it is
compared with the investment gold in the form of jewelry. Gold Coin, for example gold
401k which some people call 401k gold, is very good when used as an alternative investment,
whether it is for the medium-terminvestment and long-term investment. Besides that gold
coins need less cost in production and manufacturing sot it is more lucrative than investing gold
in the form of jewelry.
Moreover, some people do not just think gold as an investment, but also as collections.
Because the character is a collection so the uniqueness and rareness are the point. There might be
coins that cost up to more than a million because of the history variables, ownership, and perhaps
an important event when the coin is launched.
From the reason above, if we decide to make an investment, it could be useful to
consider investing gold coin or think aboutgold IRA transfer. It is really recommended.
Career in Translation
Functionally, translation is transferring the message or the meaning and not the word.
According to Nida, such translation is called dynamic equivalence translation. It tries to bring the
precise message in different language.
Many people like to watch Hollywood movie but many get trouble in understanding to
the actors' dialogue. So the way they get the understanding about the movie is reading the
translating text running. If Hindi translation is provided, it will bring the better understanding for
Indian moviegoer.Hollywood movie spread over other Asia countries. Therefore,Arabic
translation, Indonesian translation and Farsi translationare widely needed and that is a big chance
for English masterin that countries.
India is likely being an English speaking country. Indiatranslation will grow better and. It
seems Indonesia, Malaysiaand Filipina will reach that mark too soon. Translation job will be
great in amount and that is good development for translating job seekers.

Writing for Money Online

The emergence of the internet has given internet entrepreneurs many ways to make
money. Writers are one group that have benefited from their talents as a result in the rise of
internet based jobs.
Blog writing is an increasingly popular way to earn money online determined by the
owner of the blog. They are very popular because of tBlogs are usually written on a certain
subject area but can vary as its content is heir simplicity to get up and running. There are many
free websites out there that will help you set up your own blog if you choose to go that route
because blog plus advertisement is a potential money
Article writing is also good money to earn money online. Make sure to gear your articles
to promote and advertise you own business ventures. These articles are a free way to market the
products and services you offer for free. The most effective advertising with these articles comes
from the dialogue box that is inserted at the end of each article. These dialogue boxes contain
links to basically any website you would like to drive traffic to. For instance, you might have one
link in your dialogue box to a product you are selling and one to a blog where you are promoting
a discussing other products.
Writing takes some time to gain credibility through but once its done earning potential
can become very powerful.













Controlling Children Using Computer

Computer and internet are useful as well as powerful. Information about health and safe
usage of computer and Internet, especially for children, should be owned by each family.
Computer connected to internet is powerful way to socialize with others. It can be good but also
bad effect. Recently we hear a lot of children get the advantage of social networking sites but we
often see the news about the disadvantage of it for children. Healthy and safety of computer and
Internet usage should continue to be campaigned.
The role of parent in assisting and directing children in using computer is very
necessary. Installation of software monitor such as key logger which has function to watch and
note all activities relating to keyboard usage is helpful but not enough to protect children from
potential harms. Children tend to hide what they have done in front of the computer to their
parent. They see that all of they have done are their privacy and no one may know.
We can not prevent children from using computer because it is multifunctional. However,
many parents worry about what their kids do in front of the computer; whether they are doing
homework or even just playing games. Or spending all time to surf internet which is the
materials do not fit with his age. There is a tendency, especially teenagers, want to become
acquainted with many strangers outside. The lack parental supervision of children's activities is
likely to pose a potential danger to them. So parental monitor against the use of computers needs
to be done from time to time.

Why is It Important to Choose the Accredited School?

Most of teenagers need to go to school and there are a lot ofschools over there.
Nowadays, schools grow to offer plenty of choice; private and state ones. However it is a hard
choice since there are many factors which need to be considered before making the selection.
Some will be influenced by friends; because some friend got to certain school than we go to
there too. Some prefer to choose certain school because ofthe closer distance. In fact, the primary
decisive matter for selecting school is whether the school has been accredited or not.
Why is important to choose an accredited school? Well, accredited schools have an edge
over the unaccreditedschools. This label of Accredited School has an impact inemployment
opportunities. As result, if there are two or morestudents with similar qualifications,
the student who comes from the accredited school will have an edge over the other
candidate. Student from an accredited school has more open door than student with
an accredited one.
Many students select certain school depending more on short term factors like friend
influence and short distance from home. It is not bad since commuting actually needs much cost.
Choosing school which is closer to home will save time, energy and money. However if that
school is not accredited, the time and money spent along studying seems to be waste in the long
term because it could become a limiting factor in gaining future opportunities.
Accredited school is not the only factor which will drive students success. Personality
and characterization are very important too. However a student with good personality who comes
from an accredited school is better than the others.