Indonesia : 63rd Independence Day

Merdeka!




That means, "free" or "freedom" in some context. Well if you are wondering why am I so excited about it, it is because we - Indonesian - have just celebrate our independence day. Which took place on August 17th.

Yeah, it's few days back. But this is the only time I have the chance to share about me, my country and our independence day. Being a 63-yrs old country, for me, is not supposed to mean anything. But being a soon-to-be-25-years-old citizen is questionable, for I'm not really sure about myself. Have I give something for this country?

Mostly, people demand things, such as comfort, GNP rate, or workers' rate to be raised, and so on - towards the government. But do people realize that they are citizens as well? The same individual who have obligation to support and develop their country?

Okay, for you who live outside Indonesia, paying taxes probably is common things you do periodically. But here, having / registered for tax is something extraordinary! No one avoid tax, since its' existence itself is questionable. "Do we have to?". But me, hey .. I do pay attention to this issue. Not because I have a company that I run (which obviously pay taxes), but also because I am aware how development can be achieved by involving citizens. Well, I can't help it when it comes to road construction, or traffic management. But if my money can help it, I'd like to help.

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I have a dog

Who doesn't, huh?

Well, that's quite contrary with me, actually. It's been years since the last time we had a dog (or two). Let's call it, unfriendly-neigborhood factor what was causing it. But now, we have one. Not some breed, just an ordinary "village" dog that most people ignore and can't admire


We gave him a name, well.. that's a start on getting involed with something, isn't it? We call him BlackOut, in dedication of our too-often power outage in this city. Funny for some, but a big challenge for others. I realized that. Just like the pre-mentioned situation. This dog, aslo act the same.

What matter for me is how we treat each other, well. Don't you feel so happy, whenever you reach home, there's always someone (in this case, something) waiting for you. He'll wag his tail over-and-again, to show how he missed me..


He won't even let me go, when I just have to leave the house. Aww..
I just remembered that this pet story related to this blog, too.

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What A Failure Supposed to Mean

A simple writing you should check out..





A failure is not the same thing with a total break-down,
because a failure is a first-hop you have to do to go for the next level.
And remember that being success doesn't always translated in what your efforts result are, or your self prestigious achievement.
Take a better look at your family, friends, and all those who support you all the time.
So if you think you haven't become a success man.. think again about the last thing I said.

Those ain't a poem for I'm not a poet myself. I ain't good at it, but I can enjoy the beauty of words when one arrange it so well (especially when you put your heart in it). I was astonished by the last line. It opened my eyes, to realize that what I have achieve in my line of work isn't the thing that determine SUCCESS itself. How you evolve your family and friends to trust you, is the thing you have to see in a better way.

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