Wach Duo agung saling menyapa nich... hehehe.. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Sunday, January 07, 2007 > > Open Your Eyes By Going Abroad > > > > I like to tell my students to save their money and > go abroad, just > > for a short vacation. It's not that there is no > place in Indonesia > > worth to go visiting, but there is a very good > lesson abroad. For > > example, when I did my research for Bandung High > Tech Valley, I went > > to Silicon Valley, Malaysia Super Corridor, India > (but have not gone > > to Bangalore yet), and Singapore. I want to smell > the coffee in > > these places. > > > > First of all, you can see how other people live. > True you can learn > > this from reading books, blogs, or watching > television, but being > > there is different. There are so many things that > cannot be captured > > by all of these. For example, for political > reasons or (media) > > company's policy the writers cannot write bad > things about the > > object they're talking about. When you go to these > places, you can > > see things for yourself. You can see how > clean/dirty the place is, > > how un/friendly people are, how things work in > these countries, and > > other things. > > > > Second, when you interact with the people of these > countries, you > > will realize that we (Indonesians) are not way > behind and Indonesia > > (as a place) is not bad at all - in fact, in some > places maybe we > > are better. This will give you more power to > believe in > > yourself. "Hey, if they can do it, we can also do > it." ... And, we > > can! This experience will also make you appreciate > what you have > > here in Indonesia. Well, this is why I live in > Bandung - of all the > > places in the world. > > > > Yes, going abroad is still expensive for students. > I know. Students > > are the same, whether they are in Indonesia or in > Ireland. But, if > > there's a will, there's a way. Trust me on this. > Just don't give up. > > > > A few months ahead, we are planning to take some > people of our small > > team to go abroad. Maybe we'll go to Singapore and > Malaysia first, > > just because they are so close to us. Wish us > luck. > > > > posted by budi | 5:12 AM > > > > 5 Comments: > > Anonymous said... > > I can't agree more on this. > > You're absolutely right, wish you and your > students best of luck. > > > > 3:16 PM > > Oskar Syahbana said... > > What really stuck in my mind when we went abroad, > Mr GBT, is that > > how good we are when it's one on one comparation > but how lame we are > > as a community. > > > > Most of the hardworkers abroad are mainly come > from Asia (some from > > Indonesia too) and they can be categorized as > high-achiever. > > > > 8:49 PM > > Anonymous said... > > sometimes when we go abroad, we may not just open > our eyes, but also > > open their eyes about us! > > > > 9:23 AM > > Sahat said... > > First time I went to small town in europe, I felt > more secure than > > Jakarta or Bandung. I don't know, It's just > inspired me much of how > > a country must run. > > > > 2:41 PM > > Marsandre Jatilaksono said... > > By going abroad, we challenge our self to think > outside of one > > little world, and see where you really are in the > grand scheme of > > things in this world.that's beautiful mind... > > > > 11:27 PM > > Post a Comment > > > > http://gbt.blogspot.com > > > > Ass. Wr. Wb. > Sudah lama pengin join speak-speak di milis, baru > kesampean sekarang nich. > ini agung yuniardi yang panggilannya CH. SMUNSASI > '97 ? dimanakah dikau > sekarang ? > Wass. Wr. Wb. > from > Agung BM > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. -------------------------------------------------- Ikatan Alumni SMA Negeri 1 Bekasi, forum untuk menambah teman, saudara, sahabat, dan [.....]. Jika ingin berhenti menerima email dari sma1bks, kirim email ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ingin menerima email dari sma1bks, kirim email ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sma1bks/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sma1bks/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
