Nowadays there are many people involving in social media like facebook, twitter, google plus, multiply, and others. There are also many reasons why they use them. Whether they want to connect with their friends who they rarely meet, make new friends, open business, or anything else.The point is that some people now seem to swerve from what they were trying to do.
Some people use social media, say facebook to make friends. Either they are trying to keep in touch with their friends or they are trying to make relationship with new people. Some relationship go really well, some others just end really bad.
Selasa, 15 Mei 2012
Selasa, 20 Maret 2012
Let's learn korean
actually, this is copy paste from my notes in Facebook. but since I'm going to give more information about Korean, still I need to post this. :)
these are what you have to pay attention on when you are pronouncing korean words. I'm not going to give explanation about every single letter because information about hangul and stuff are already easy to find in the internet. Here I only provide sentences or less which I conider to be meaningful and can be applied in daily life, or at least to make Facebook status. Check this out!
How to pronounce:
o = like in "note"
eo = like in "jaw"
eu = like in "hurt"
ae = like in "back"
g = plosive (producing much air) ; between /k/ and /g/;soft
j = plosive (producing much air) ; between /j/ and /c/;soft
h in hae at the end of words = pronounced a bit vague (sounds like only 'ae' without /h/)
HOW TO SAY YOUR FEELING IN KOREAN
괜찮아 gwaenchana i'm okay
궁금해 gonggeumhae i'm curious
신난다 shinanda i'm excited
편해 pyeonhae i'm comfortable
자신있어 jashinisseo i'm confident
피곤해 phigonhae i'm tired
외로워 waeroweo i'm lonely
화가나 hwagana i'm angry
무서워 mooseoweo i'm scared
짜증나 jjajeungna i'm annoyed
부그러워 boogeureoweo i'm embarrassed
우을해 woorhae i'm depressed
슬퍼 seulpheo i'm sad
행복해 haengbokhae i'm happy
심심해 shimshimhae i'm bored
답답해 dapdaphae i'm frustrated
졸려 jolyeo i'm sleepy
these are what you have to pay attention on when you are pronouncing korean words. I'm not going to give explanation about every single letter because information about hangul and stuff are already easy to find in the internet. Here I only provide sentences or less which I conider to be meaningful and can be applied in daily life, or at least to make Facebook status. Check this out!
How to pronounce:
o = like in "note"
eo = like in "jaw"
eu = like in "hurt"
ae = like in "back"
g = plosive (producing much air) ; between /k/ and /g/;soft
j = plosive (producing much air) ; between /j/ and /c/;soft
h in hae at the end of words = pronounced a bit vague (sounds like only 'ae' without /h/)
HOW TO SAY YOUR FEELING IN KOREAN
괜찮아 gwaenchana i'm okay
궁금해 gonggeumhae i'm curious
신난다 shinanda i'm excited
편해 pyeonhae i'm comfortable
자신있어 jashinisseo i'm confident
피곤해 phigonhae i'm tired
외로워 waeroweo i'm lonely
화가나 hwagana i'm angry
무서워 mooseoweo i'm scared
짜증나 jjajeungna i'm annoyed
부그러워 boogeureoweo i'm embarrassed
우을해 woorhae i'm depressed
슬퍼 seulpheo i'm sad
행복해 haengbokhae i'm happy
심심해 shimshimhae i'm bored
답답해 dapdaphae i'm frustrated
졸려 jolyeo i'm sleepy
Sabtu, 10 Maret 2012
dengki
Kalo ngomongin soal dengki, sekarang emang lagi ngetrend dikalangan Fine Apples, my lovely classmates. ada yang aneh dikit, dengki. ada yang nyeleneh dikit, dengki. ada yang jelek dengki. ada yg bagus juga dengki. manajemen dengki sepanjang masa. :p
tapi buat saya sendiri ada beberapa hal yang bikin saya paling dengki.
1. Ababil
Kadang2 heran liat abege jaman sekarang. (cieh,sok tua.) anak SMP in some terms do not look like they are. do not think like they should be. do not act like people at their age. ada apa sih sama anak2 itu? salah orang tua kah? salah lingkungan kah? well, that depends. kalo menurutku sih, tergantung anaknya. ada kok anak broken yang hidupnya baik2 saja. as long as they know where to go. the point is LABIL ITU BOLEH, TAPI JANGAN MERUGIKAN ORANG LAIN...
2. Udah bukan ABG, tapi masih labil
apakah ngaruh kalo umur uda 20an baru pake kawat gigi atau behel? inget umur kek, tulisan masih aja bikin orang puyeng bacanya. gede kecil angka... if you are under 17 okelah... tapi mahasiswa? come on,
3. Mulut doang, action nol besar
some people, even if they can argue really well but they do nothing. some are really brave within the community but they zip their mouth outside. you're just inconsistent dude.
yaudah segini dulu, tar di-updet lagi deh ya
tapi buat saya sendiri ada beberapa hal yang bikin saya paling dengki.
1. Ababil
Kadang2 heran liat abege jaman sekarang. (cieh,sok tua.) anak SMP in some terms do not look like they are. do not think like they should be. do not act like people at their age. ada apa sih sama anak2 itu? salah orang tua kah? salah lingkungan kah? well, that depends. kalo menurutku sih, tergantung anaknya. ada kok anak broken yang hidupnya baik2 saja. as long as they know where to go. the point is LABIL ITU BOLEH, TAPI JANGAN MERUGIKAN ORANG LAIN...
2. Udah bukan ABG, tapi masih labil
apakah ngaruh kalo umur uda 20an baru pake kawat gigi atau behel? inget umur kek, tulisan masih aja bikin orang puyeng bacanya. gede kecil angka... if you are under 17 okelah... tapi mahasiswa? come on,
3. Mulut doang, action nol besar
some people, even if they can argue really well but they do nothing. some are really brave within the community but they zip their mouth outside. you're just inconsistent dude.
yaudah segini dulu, tar di-updet lagi deh ya
karya lama (Desember 2010)
Honey
You’re too sweet for me
That sometimes I think I don’t deserve you
You open the door of the car for me
Take the chair out for me
And give me some beautiful roses everyday
Honey
You’re too gorgeous for me
That your smile melts me
That half smile to the right corner of your lips
It weakens my knees
But warms my heart up and up till I get burnt
Honey
You’re too good to be true
Though you don’t even realize
But I still hope we are meant to be
The kiss you give to me
On my forehead
On my closed eyes
On my cheeks (a million times)
On my nose
On my lips
Or on my hands
Those mean a lot to me
I never get bored of it
It’s my passion
They’re giving me spirit
I think you’re the reason for me to live
To find someone like you
Who can make my life colourful
And can fill the empty space on my heart, my mind, my life
I don’t care if you think I’m lebay…
Happy birthday anyway…
Hope you can get what you want
You can be more mature and decrease your bad temper
And you can love me always because
I LOVE YOU AS MUCH AS I ALWAYS DO
Well, ini dibikin 2 tahun lalu lah kira2... beautiful waktu itu. karena belom sempat dikasi ke mantan, yaudah gw post aja lah. ihihihi... sebenarnya pengen muntah bacanya
You’re too sweet for me
That sometimes I think I don’t deserve you
You open the door of the car for me
Take the chair out for me
And give me some beautiful roses everyday
Honey
You’re too gorgeous for me
That your smile melts me
That half smile to the right corner of your lips
It weakens my knees
But warms my heart up and up till I get burnt
Honey
You’re too good to be true
Though you don’t even realize
But I still hope we are meant to be
The kiss you give to me
On my forehead
On my closed eyes
On my cheeks (a million times)
On my nose
On my lips
Or on my hands
Those mean a lot to me
I never get bored of it
It’s my passion
They’re giving me spirit
I think you’re the reason for me to live
To find someone like you
Who can make my life colourful
And can fill the empty space on my heart, my mind, my life
I don’t care if you think I’m lebay…
Happy birthday anyway…
Hope you can get what you want
You can be more mature and decrease your bad temper
And you can love me always because
I LOVE YOU AS MUCH AS I ALWAYS DO
Well, ini dibikin 2 tahun lalu lah kira2... beautiful waktu itu. karena belom sempat dikasi ke mantan, yaudah gw post aja lah. ihihihi... sebenarnya pengen muntah bacanya
untitled
I feel like loser, why can’t I win when I want to?
Why can I reach that top of the stairs when I want to??
Why can’t I get what I want when I really want to???
I keep questioning in mind, what did I do wrong?
Was I a bad girl?
Obeying none of your orders than I kicked off?
Still wondering, what plan you have for me…
I’m waiting…
Till I understand I will get what I need, not what I want
Why can I reach that top of the stairs when I want to??
Why can’t I get what I want when I really want to???
I keep questioning in mind, what did I do wrong?
Was I a bad girl?
Obeying none of your orders than I kicked off?
Still wondering, what plan you have for me…
I’m waiting…
Till I understand I will get what I need, not what I want
curhat
Uwaaaa... uda lama sekali gak nulis. males soalnya. :p hari ini mau curhat aja deh dikit soal kejombloan. :p
Well, I would like to say that miris adalah ketika anda tidak mampu menulis apapun ketika jomblo. when I had a boy friend, I created a bunch of poems and posted them in facebook not. but now I cannot even create any poems reflecting my loneliness, my singlity. :p
Pengen sekali bisa menulis lagi soal cinta, soal apapun. tapi kepala rasanya blank sekali. grrr... jadi emosi juga kadang2...
I'm not saying that I'm a pathetic jomblo. no. I'm just losing my inspiration.I wrote not only bout him months ago. but now I cannot write anything. (well, except my thesis, it's a must soalnya. LOL)
aishhh... sumpah jadi sensi sama diri sendiri kalo kaya gini ceritanya! :(
Well, I would like to say that miris adalah ketika anda tidak mampu menulis apapun ketika jomblo. when I had a boy friend, I created a bunch of poems and posted them in facebook not. but now I cannot even create any poems reflecting my loneliness, my singlity. :p
Pengen sekali bisa menulis lagi soal cinta, soal apapun. tapi kepala rasanya blank sekali. grrr... jadi emosi juga kadang2...
I'm not saying that I'm a pathetic jomblo. no. I'm just losing my inspiration.I wrote not only bout him months ago. but now I cannot write anything. (well, except my thesis, it's a must soalnya. LOL)
aishhh... sumpah jadi sensi sama diri sendiri kalo kaya gini ceritanya! :(
Sabtu, 14 Mei 2011
Penjual Stroberi
Lelaki itu berdiri dengan santai di pinggir jalan.Ia masih muda. Tapi guratan di wajahnya menambah umurnya beberapa tahun.Gendongannya disampirkan di pundak. Tangan kanannya melambai-lambaikan sekotakstroberi. "Stroberi...! Stroberi...!", teriaknya penuh semangat.
Aku sedang dalam perjalanan pulang ketika itu."Hmm... enaknya mau ngasi oleh – oleh apa ya buat orang rumah?", pikirku. Waktu kulihat penjual itu, aku langsung menepikan mioku. "Berapa satu, Mas?",tanyaku. Dia bilang harganya delapan ribu rupiah untuk sekotak sedang stroberi.Mahal. Biasanya aku dapat tiga kotak dengan hanya sepuluh ribu rupiah.
Jelas saja aku tawar. "10 ribu dapet dua ya?"tanyaku. Tanpa mengiyakan, ia langsung mengambil tas plastik dan membungkuskandua kotak stroberi untukku dan akupun membayar.
Kemudian kulihat dia melambai – lambaikan uangyang kuberikan padanya ke keranjang gendongannya yang berisi beberapa kotakstroberi sambil berkata "Garus, garus..." aku agak terkejut. Ternyata akupembeli pertamanya hari itu. Betapa sulitnya menghasilkan uang 10 ribu rupiahdalam sehari. Lelaki itu, dia berdiri sejak pagi dan berteriak-teriakmenjajakan stroberinya. Sementara orang lain mungkin dengan gampangmenghambur-hamburkan uang demi kesenangan pribadi. Kalau aku mengingat sipenjual stroberi itu, rasanya aku ingin mengunci dompetku rapat-rapat danberusaha untuk membelanjakan isinya dengan sangat bijaksana.
Herma Yanthi
Tabanan, 2 Agustus 2010
20.29 WITA
Aku sedang dalam perjalanan pulang ketika itu."Hmm... enaknya mau ngasi oleh – oleh apa ya buat orang rumah?", pikirku. Waktu kulihat penjual itu, aku langsung menepikan mioku. "Berapa satu, Mas?",tanyaku. Dia bilang harganya delapan ribu rupiah untuk sekotak sedang stroberi.Mahal. Biasanya aku dapat tiga kotak dengan hanya sepuluh ribu rupiah.
Jelas saja aku tawar. "10 ribu dapet dua ya?"tanyaku. Tanpa mengiyakan, ia langsung mengambil tas plastik dan membungkuskandua kotak stroberi untukku dan akupun membayar.
Kemudian kulihat dia melambai – lambaikan uangyang kuberikan padanya ke keranjang gendongannya yang berisi beberapa kotakstroberi sambil berkata "Garus, garus..." aku agak terkejut. Ternyata akupembeli pertamanya hari itu. Betapa sulitnya menghasilkan uang 10 ribu rupiahdalam sehari. Lelaki itu, dia berdiri sejak pagi dan berteriak-teriakmenjajakan stroberinya. Sementara orang lain mungkin dengan gampangmenghambur-hamburkan uang demi kesenangan pribadi. Kalau aku mengingat sipenjual stroberi itu, rasanya aku ingin mengunci dompetku rapat-rapat danberusaha untuk membelanjakan isinya dengan sangat bijaksana.
Herma Yanthi
Tabanan, 2 Agustus 2010
20.29 WITA
It's not just a Game
I am a maniac of game. For a girl, I can be said as a true game lover, where not many girls like to be. I love playing many kinds of game for entertainment. Just for making myself happy and killing the time. But because of my friend, I know that game is not just for fun.
Once I got a game from a friend. The name of the game is Piggly. The game is an adventure game of collecting apples. At the first time, we need to find only an apple. But the number of the apples we should get gets bigger and bigger next. Just like any other games, there are also obstacles in finding the apples. The worms, snails, frogs, horses, hedgehogs, some. Torn, acid, high places, many. And it was kinda hard to win.
Someday, I gave the game to my friend. A girl next door. And I taught her to play. And she liked it just like me. She was not a gamer like myself. But she finally likes to play game, influenced by me. Because she sees me playing many times and maybe she feels like, “Oh, that looks fun! I’ll do it also!”. And there she was, playing Piggly beside me.
Playing this game was not easy. Even me, say an expert, :-p I couldn’t finish the game easily. Sometimes it took many times to win a level. But sure, a true gamer never gives up until the end. And my friend, she stopped playing because she found it hard to win a level. It was in the half way of winning the game in her laptop when I had finished the final level of Piggly. And I said to her, actually joking, “Why do you give up? It’s just a game. If you stop now, it means you totally lose. Imagine if you do it in your real life. I can do it, why do you think you can’t? We eat the same rice,” and she said nothing.
The next several days, I saw her continued playing. She had passed some levels that I did not even know that she really did. She had gone so far. “So, you play again?”, I teased her and smiled.
“Well, yes I do it again. I’ve thought about what you said and I think you are right. If I give up to this game, means that I lose, not only in the game, but in my life.” She said.
“Oh my God, I’d be honored. I’ve inspired you…” I said laughing and she threw a pillow on me. So, she took it seriously. Actually, I couldn’t even remember that I’ve said that kind of thing to her.
Well yes, at the first time, it’s just a game. But then it deals with your life if you really take the lesson. Why don’t you just be patient? Just give a little more effort and you’ll win. At the end, it’s not just about a game, but finishing something. If you surrender in the game, maybe you’ll do it in your real life. You quit doing something because you think you can’t. Do you think that’s good for you?
Once I got a game from a friend. The name of the game is Piggly. The game is an adventure game of collecting apples. At the first time, we need to find only an apple. But the number of the apples we should get gets bigger and bigger next. Just like any other games, there are also obstacles in finding the apples. The worms, snails, frogs, horses, hedgehogs, some. Torn, acid, high places, many. And it was kinda hard to win.
Someday, I gave the game to my friend. A girl next door. And I taught her to play. And she liked it just like me. She was not a gamer like myself. But she finally likes to play game, influenced by me. Because she sees me playing many times and maybe she feels like, “Oh, that looks fun! I’ll do it also!”. And there she was, playing Piggly beside me.
Playing this game was not easy. Even me, say an expert, :-p I couldn’t finish the game easily. Sometimes it took many times to win a level. But sure, a true gamer never gives up until the end. And my friend, she stopped playing because she found it hard to win a level. It was in the half way of winning the game in her laptop when I had finished the final level of Piggly. And I said to her, actually joking, “Why do you give up? It’s just a game. If you stop now, it means you totally lose. Imagine if you do it in your real life. I can do it, why do you think you can’t? We eat the same rice,” and she said nothing.
The next several days, I saw her continued playing. She had passed some levels that I did not even know that she really did. She had gone so far. “So, you play again?”, I teased her and smiled.
“Well, yes I do it again. I’ve thought about what you said and I think you are right. If I give up to this game, means that I lose, not only in the game, but in my life.” She said.
“Oh my God, I’d be honored. I’ve inspired you…” I said laughing and she threw a pillow on me. So, she took it seriously. Actually, I couldn’t even remember that I’ve said that kind of thing to her.
Well yes, at the first time, it’s just a game. But then it deals with your life if you really take the lesson. Why don’t you just be patient? Just give a little more effort and you’ll win. At the end, it’s not just about a game, but finishing something. If you surrender in the game, maybe you’ll do it in your real life. You quit doing something because you think you can’t. Do you think that’s good for you?
Gold or Flower
Gold is diamond
As sweet and fragrant as cinnamon
Brings us content illusion
But calling like a demon
Gold is only gold
Like what my mother’s told
When we’re old
Nothing left to hold
Then I see flower
It gives me power
Offering absolute pleasure
And it won’t devour
Gold can be bless or mess
But flower never requires stress
For myself, I choose flower to rest
With or without cash
As sweet and fragrant as cinnamon
Brings us content illusion
But calling like a demon
Gold is only gold
Like what my mother’s told
When we’re old
Nothing left to hold
Then I see flower
It gives me power
Offering absolute pleasure
And it won’t devour
Gold can be bless or mess
But flower never requires stress
For myself, I choose flower to rest
With or without cash
How we look at our badness
Kmpln biksu sdg mmbgun wihara.Akhrny,one of them mnylesaikn tmbok batany yg prtama n puas.tp kpuasan it hlang saat dy mlihat 2btubata yg miring,tdk sprt bata lainny yg rapi.dy brtanya pd biksu kpla bolekah mmbongkar tembok it,atw meledakknny sxan utk mbuat yg baru.tp ktny tdk perlu.ia mrsa gundah dan tak mau pgunjung mlhat tmbok it.One day,ia n pengunjg tk sngaja lwt ksna.pngunjg it blg,"tmbok it indh".biksu it brtnya ap pglhatanny rusk.tp ia mjwb,"tdk.Saya bs mlhat 2bata jlk it.tp sy jg mlhat 998 bta bgus"
When we're married
When we're married,
What was beatiful, now is pitiful
When we're married
I say u're an evil
Though i used to call u an angel
When we're married
The sun's gone away
I'm livin' in d dark
When we're married
Your smiles turn into grim
And anger
There's no good morning kiss
Just dismiss
You said u love me
But i dont think it still be
When we're married
Heaven's becoming hell
What was beatiful, now is pitiful
When we're married
I say u're an evil
Though i used to call u an angel
When we're married
The sun's gone away
I'm livin' in d dark
When we're married
Your smiles turn into grim
And anger
There's no good morning kiss
Just dismiss
You said u love me
But i dont think it still be
When we're married
Heaven's becoming hell
Love u
Standn up on d edge of d bay
Waitn 4u 2 arrive
The clock rotates in full
Sun ups n downs
N moon stays
This' just another song
Bout u
When i'm busy thinkin of 1thing
When i'm havin a dream
The capture of ur smile
N memories of ur touch
It was only tiny little rocks i stepped on
No matter what happens
I LOVE U
Waitn 4u 2 arrive
The clock rotates in full
Sun ups n downs
N moon stays
This' just another song
Bout u
When i'm busy thinkin of 1thing
When i'm havin a dream
The capture of ur smile
N memories of ur touch
It was only tiny little rocks i stepped on
No matter what happens
I LOVE U
Tidal Wave
Lovin is like sailin
We start to sittin on d boat
Observin
We can start at nite,
In the morning,
Or at noon
Whenever u want
Once u see how calm dsea is
And it's beautiful to taste the scent of the saltwater
Feel d vibra sounded thru d wind
But then the storm come in
Erasing the melancolic music in the heart
Abrating the drama into pieces
But if we can built d puzzle up
The paradise island is awaitin
We start to sittin on d boat
Observin
We can start at nite,
In the morning,
Or at noon
Whenever u want
Once u see how calm dsea is
And it's beautiful to taste the scent of the saltwater
Feel d vibra sounded thru d wind
But then the storm come in
Erasing the melancolic music in the heart
Abrating the drama into pieces
But if we can built d puzzle up
The paradise island is awaitin
Tidal Wave
Lovin is like sailin
We start to sittin on d boat
Observin
We can start at nite,
In the morning,
Or at noon
Whenever u want
Once u see how calm dsea is
And it's beautiful to taste the scent of the saltwater
Feel d vibra sounded thru d wind
But then the storm come in
Erasing the melancolic music in the heart
Abrating the drama into pieces
But if we can built d puzzle up
The paradise island is awaitin
We start to sittin on d boat
Observin
We can start at nite,
In the morning,
Or at noon
Whenever u want
Once u see how calm dsea is
And it's beautiful to taste the scent of the saltwater
Feel d vibra sounded thru d wind
But then the storm come in
Erasing the melancolic music in the heart
Abrating the drama into pieces
But if we can built d puzzle up
The paradise island is awaitin
tanpa judul
Aku tak biasa, menjaring mimpi di siang hari, sendirian
Aku tak biasa, menghabiskan remah rotiku, sendirian
Aku tak biasa, menatap wajah itu dengan kening berkerut, sendirian
Karena selama ini, selalu ada kamu di sampingku
Tapi hari ini tidak
Maka kuputuskan untuk menjadi biasa
Aku tak biasa, menghabiskan remah rotiku, sendirian
Aku tak biasa, menatap wajah itu dengan kening berkerut, sendirian
Karena selama ini, selalu ada kamu di sampingku
Tapi hari ini tidak
Maka kuputuskan untuk menjadi biasa
I'm truly madly deeply in love with you
When my eyes shed tears,
Sometimes i just dont knw why,
I just need his shoulder to cry on.
While i laugh,
Sometimes i dont knw what's funny
Just wanna look his smile,laughing with me
When i'm angry,
I dont knw what it's for,
But there's him who'll kill the fire inside
While i'm sad,
He's the one i want to be on my side
Maybe he makes me cry sometimes
But he's d'only one who can stop me from crying
And i love him
AS MUCH AS I CAN DO
Sometimes i just dont knw why,
I just need his shoulder to cry on.
While i laugh,
Sometimes i dont knw what's funny
Just wanna look his smile,laughing with me
When i'm angry,
I dont knw what it's for,
But there's him who'll kill the fire inside
While i'm sad,
He's the one i want to be on my side
Maybe he makes me cry sometimes
But he's d'only one who can stop me from crying
And i love him
AS MUCH AS I CAN DO
The Development of Body Piercing
Body art is something that is related to esthetic that is expressed on our body. One of the body arts is piercing. Nowadays, piercing is a part of lifestyle. It is common for females to have their ears pierced. But there are also some other kinds of piercing done by people because it amends. Here is the development of body piercing since the ancient time.
The first piercing was discovered in Egypt, reflecting status and love of beauty. It was found on a body of a mummy whose age was over 5,000 years old. The mummy was pierced with a large hole on his ears, just like what Vicky Nitinegoro has. I call it “we can see the world behind through the ear”. At that time, everyone wore earrings to show their beauty and wealth. Even sphinx has earrings. But pharaoh was the only one who could have his navel pierced. If there was anybody who wanted to have piercing on their belly button, they would be executed. Now we know that Egyptians loved to explore themselves for the sake of beauty and prestige.
In other part of Africa, many primitive tribes had different kinds of piercing. Some of them wore earrings to prevent demon to get into them. They believed that demons could enter humans’ body through the ear and only metal could repel them away. The lip piercings existed among Africans expressed spiritual meaning, when other people sensed labrets as aesthetical face decoration, and since all of the people wore them, labrets became the component of religious right of engagement in the rituals. Another aim of lip piercing is for beauty. When an explorer came to Malawi tribe to ask the reason of wearing lip piercing, the chief answered, “For beauty! They are the only beautiful things women have. Men have beards, women have none. What kind of person would she be without Pelele? She would not be a woman at all.” That will not be in modern community down here.
Body piercing is also mentioned in the Bible. In the Old Testament, it is stated that piercing is a mark of beauty and wealth. In the Middle East, approximately 4,000 years ago, as it is stated in the Bible, exactly in Genesis 24:22 where the nose-ring was given as a part of dowry and bridal gift and the size of the ringing referred to a household wealth. It is obvious that body piercing was a symbol of status and attractiveness in the Biblical time.
In Rome, piercing was worn by Roman centurions to signify their strength and virility. As a symbol, it was important and served a specific function, unifying and bonding the army. Even Julius Caesar pierced his nipples to show his strength and identity as a man. Genital piercing through the head of the penis was performed on gladiators, who were almost always slaves, for two reasons. First, a ring through the head of the penis which was tied the organ back to the testicles with a length of leather could prevent serious injury during the fight. With a large enough ring or bar, it also prevented the slave from having sex without the owner's permission. In this case, the other purpose of piercing has been revealed.
In America around the same time, Aztec, Maya, and Indian tribes wore tongue piercing as a part of their religious rituals. They believed that they could get closer to the Gods if they wore it. As warrior tribes, Aztec and Maya also use septum piercing to frighten their enemies. This kind of piercing was also common in New Guinea and the Solomon Island. They used bone, tusks, and feathers to stab their nose. Now, if you wear it in Indonesia, you will look like a buffalo. There were also lip labrets, just like in Africa, which were worn for aesthetic and sexuality purpose. Women who wore these were thought to be attractive, having high sex appeal. These variations may be uncommon for modern society. But it appears again as extreme body piercings done by people today.
For some hundred years, piercing was forbidden. The medieval church considered it as a sin. Western civilization abandoned the practice of piercing. Nobody did it for a period of time.
After the Renaissance, the interest of piercing came up to the surface. Men became aware of fashion. They had at least one ring on their ear. The more precious their earring cost, the better they could advertise their wealth and prosperity. Women did not want to be left behind. They started to wear nipples piercing to show their jewelry. They put chains and even strands of pearls draped between the two. Finally it was found bringing more pleasure on bed so men also did it. This kind of discovery led to the use of piercings on genital on both sexes. That sounds terrible for me but perhaps it was just about the way of thinking.
During 1960’s, American adapted the nostril piercing from Indian females. In India, the ring which is commonly on the left side of the nose was linked to the left ear. It aimed to make childbirth easier and lessen period pain because the spot was associated in Ayuvedra (Indian medicine) with the female reproductive organs. In this case, we can see the use of piercing for medical purpose.
After this, the interest in body piercings of all kinds quickly caught on in USA during the 1980's and 1990's and spreads all over the world until today though not all people have piercings on their body. Almost all girls in Indonesia are pierced since they are infants. When they grow up, they may add up their earrings, nose rings, and navel rings. While some boys decide to pierce their ears and do further body modification on their lips, tongue, and so on. And the others stay “clean” and neat with no piercing at all on their body.
In short, what we have today is not something new. Piercing is only a kind of “tradition” that is continued by many people. Some of them may try the common piercings on ears, and nose and the rest begin to put upside down nails on their heads. It is only the matter of choice. What I wonder is only the face of the family when they see the “strange” holes on the “pierced-man” on his or her funeral.
The first piercing was discovered in Egypt, reflecting status and love of beauty. It was found on a body of a mummy whose age was over 5,000 years old. The mummy was pierced with a large hole on his ears, just like what Vicky Nitinegoro has. I call it “we can see the world behind through the ear”. At that time, everyone wore earrings to show their beauty and wealth. Even sphinx has earrings. But pharaoh was the only one who could have his navel pierced. If there was anybody who wanted to have piercing on their belly button, they would be executed. Now we know that Egyptians loved to explore themselves for the sake of beauty and prestige.
In other part of Africa, many primitive tribes had different kinds of piercing. Some of them wore earrings to prevent demon to get into them. They believed that demons could enter humans’ body through the ear and only metal could repel them away. The lip piercings existed among Africans expressed spiritual meaning, when other people sensed labrets as aesthetical face decoration, and since all of the people wore them, labrets became the component of religious right of engagement in the rituals. Another aim of lip piercing is for beauty. When an explorer came to Malawi tribe to ask the reason of wearing lip piercing, the chief answered, “For beauty! They are the only beautiful things women have. Men have beards, women have none. What kind of person would she be without Pelele? She would not be a woman at all.” That will not be in modern community down here.
Body piercing is also mentioned in the Bible. In the Old Testament, it is stated that piercing is a mark of beauty and wealth. In the Middle East, approximately 4,000 years ago, as it is stated in the Bible, exactly in Genesis 24:22 where the nose-ring was given as a part of dowry and bridal gift and the size of the ringing referred to a household wealth. It is obvious that body piercing was a symbol of status and attractiveness in the Biblical time.
In Rome, piercing was worn by Roman centurions to signify their strength and virility. As a symbol, it was important and served a specific function, unifying and bonding the army. Even Julius Caesar pierced his nipples to show his strength and identity as a man. Genital piercing through the head of the penis was performed on gladiators, who were almost always slaves, for two reasons. First, a ring through the head of the penis which was tied the organ back to the testicles with a length of leather could prevent serious injury during the fight. With a large enough ring or bar, it also prevented the slave from having sex without the owner's permission. In this case, the other purpose of piercing has been revealed.
In America around the same time, Aztec, Maya, and Indian tribes wore tongue piercing as a part of their religious rituals. They believed that they could get closer to the Gods if they wore it. As warrior tribes, Aztec and Maya also use septum piercing to frighten their enemies. This kind of piercing was also common in New Guinea and the Solomon Island. They used bone, tusks, and feathers to stab their nose. Now, if you wear it in Indonesia, you will look like a buffalo. There were also lip labrets, just like in Africa, which were worn for aesthetic and sexuality purpose. Women who wore these were thought to be attractive, having high sex appeal. These variations may be uncommon for modern society. But it appears again as extreme body piercings done by people today.
For some hundred years, piercing was forbidden. The medieval church considered it as a sin. Western civilization abandoned the practice of piercing. Nobody did it for a period of time.
After the Renaissance, the interest of piercing came up to the surface. Men became aware of fashion. They had at least one ring on their ear. The more precious their earring cost, the better they could advertise their wealth and prosperity. Women did not want to be left behind. They started to wear nipples piercing to show their jewelry. They put chains and even strands of pearls draped between the two. Finally it was found bringing more pleasure on bed so men also did it. This kind of discovery led to the use of piercings on genital on both sexes. That sounds terrible for me but perhaps it was just about the way of thinking.
During 1960’s, American adapted the nostril piercing from Indian females. In India, the ring which is commonly on the left side of the nose was linked to the left ear. It aimed to make childbirth easier and lessen period pain because the spot was associated in Ayuvedra (Indian medicine) with the female reproductive organs. In this case, we can see the use of piercing for medical purpose.
After this, the interest in body piercings of all kinds quickly caught on in USA during the 1980's and 1990's and spreads all over the world until today though not all people have piercings on their body. Almost all girls in Indonesia are pierced since they are infants. When they grow up, they may add up their earrings, nose rings, and navel rings. While some boys decide to pierce their ears and do further body modification on their lips, tongue, and so on. And the others stay “clean” and neat with no piercing at all on their body.
In short, what we have today is not something new. Piercing is only a kind of “tradition” that is continued by many people. Some of them may try the common piercings on ears, and nose and the rest begin to put upside down nails on their heads. It is only the matter of choice. What I wonder is only the face of the family when they see the “strange” holes on the “pierced-man” on his or her funeral.
THE BAD IMPACTS OF MODERN BODY PIERCING
Many people go to pierce their body parts these days. They pierce their ears, nose, and even some other parts that I am not even brave enough to mention. They have many different purposes to get their not-in-proper-place-piercings done. Some only follows the trend and others argue that they can explore the beauty of their bodies through this kind of piercing. They say that this is art. Honestly, I don’t think so. Because actually, piercing (except ear piercing) brings bad impacts for ourselves instead of showing beauty.
First, body piercing may leave unhealed ulcer if the process of piercing is not hygienic. Our body is very fragile. If we pierce our body on improper place, means that we force our body to have something that it should not. Moreover, piercing is identical with injury. Once you do not treat it well, your body will struggle. The wound will get infection and it will become worse and worse. Imagine if for example we have piercing on our cheek and then the wound become ulcer. Then we will lose our pure face! That’s terrible.
Second, if the needle used to pierce is not sterile or has been used to puncture other people, we may be affected by HIV/AIDS. As we know, this disease cannot be healed perfectly. We can die suffering from this disease because our immune system is weak. Furthermore, we may not socially be accepted if people know we get this disease. Actually, not only in extreme piercing, this problem can be happened also to people who do common piercing. A small pleasure can bring a huge disaster.
Third, some of piercing may be dangerous for our nerves. I have heard that eyebrow piercing is risky. Once there was a person taking the ring off from his eyebrow. He found something around the eye that he thought as a thread. He pulled it and then he became blind. Later, the doctor said that he broke the optical nerve around the eyebrow. If for instance we pierce our face and it causes us not being able to move our face muscle. It is so lucky that we will not be deaf if we pierce our ears.
Fourth, some piercings may disturb our daily life. If we have our tongue pierced, it is not easy to eat because it hurts when something stuck on the ring. We can even swallow the ring coincidentally. I say that because my friend did it three times. For extreme piercing on the lips, it is also hard to eat. We cannot chew food easily because it is difficult to close our mouth. Some of the extreme nose piercings may also cause breathing disturbance because the air stream in and out through the nose be blocked by the huge rings or sticks.
Last but not least, the “hole” remains from piercing is absolutely far from beauty. It even looks terrible. One may make our ear as long as Buddha Julai, but with a large hole on the lobe. For extreme lip piercing where people put something as big and round as needles box, we will find a hanging lip on the chin. The big plug on nostrils may cause us having four holes on the nose. For short, all of these holes do not reflect aesthetic value at all.
In conclusion, piercing does hurt. How can people hurt themselves only for a trend? It leaves wound, it may contaminate our body with disease and illness, it disturbs our daily activities, and the hole remaining not good. But it is only the matter of choice. You just only need to think about the consequences before practicing this kind of “art”.
First, body piercing may leave unhealed ulcer if the process of piercing is not hygienic. Our body is very fragile. If we pierce our body on improper place, means that we force our body to have something that it should not. Moreover, piercing is identical with injury. Once you do not treat it well, your body will struggle. The wound will get infection and it will become worse and worse. Imagine if for example we have piercing on our cheek and then the wound become ulcer. Then we will lose our pure face! That’s terrible.
Second, if the needle used to pierce is not sterile or has been used to puncture other people, we may be affected by HIV/AIDS. As we know, this disease cannot be healed perfectly. We can die suffering from this disease because our immune system is weak. Furthermore, we may not socially be accepted if people know we get this disease. Actually, not only in extreme piercing, this problem can be happened also to people who do common piercing. A small pleasure can bring a huge disaster.
Third, some of piercing may be dangerous for our nerves. I have heard that eyebrow piercing is risky. Once there was a person taking the ring off from his eyebrow. He found something around the eye that he thought as a thread. He pulled it and then he became blind. Later, the doctor said that he broke the optical nerve around the eyebrow. If for instance we pierce our face and it causes us not being able to move our face muscle. It is so lucky that we will not be deaf if we pierce our ears.
Fourth, some piercings may disturb our daily life. If we have our tongue pierced, it is not easy to eat because it hurts when something stuck on the ring. We can even swallow the ring coincidentally. I say that because my friend did it three times. For extreme piercing on the lips, it is also hard to eat. We cannot chew food easily because it is difficult to close our mouth. Some of the extreme nose piercings may also cause breathing disturbance because the air stream in and out through the nose be blocked by the huge rings or sticks.
Last but not least, the “hole” remains from piercing is absolutely far from beauty. It even looks terrible. One may make our ear as long as Buddha Julai, but with a large hole on the lobe. For extreme lip piercing where people put something as big and round as needles box, we will find a hanging lip on the chin. The big plug on nostrils may cause us having four holes on the nose. For short, all of these holes do not reflect aesthetic value at all.
In conclusion, piercing does hurt. How can people hurt themselves only for a trend? It leaves wound, it may contaminate our body with disease and illness, it disturbs our daily activities, and the hole remaining not good. But it is only the matter of choice. You just only need to think about the consequences before practicing this kind of “art”.
The goodness and badness of Social Gathering
All departments in Ganesha University of Education always celebrate their anniversary. They hold many activities containing internal and external events. Just like them, English Education Department where I am studying in also has this kind of celebration which is called Social Gathering or Socgath for short. In my point of view, the latest Social gathering brought both good things and bad things. There are some reasons why I say so.
The first good thing I have found during Social Gathering was the euphoria of the students. Everyone looked happy because they could escape for a while from the tiring lectures. We could get involved in the activities together with our friends. People could enjoy many kinds of food in Bake Sale, came and joined Potlight Party, and watched the fantastic Social Evening. Some of them, who won the Debate Competition and the door prize from Sport Day, were also very glad. We could see big smiles and laughs everywhere.
Second, Social gathering improved solidarity of the students and lecturers. That was because we did many things together in a week of Social Gathering. Starting from Sport Day, we did exercises and games together in Kampus Tengah. Then, in Bake Sale, some of the lecturers also participated in purchasing food and accessories made by students in each stands. In Baksos, the students and also the lecturers went together to Wanasari to give contribution for the students in SD 4 Wanasari. We could feel the solidarity and show it to other people.
Third, some events in Social Gathering revealed the students’ hidden talent. In EEDDC for example, as one of the committee could see that actually there are many students of English Education Department who are capable in Debate. Although they had just got the knowledge of debating rules one time, they could present excellent debate for the adjudicators and the audiences. We could also find that the students and lecturers were able to be entertainers. They presented wonderful music show and the dance performances were awesome. It seemed that they were professional singers, musicians, and dancers. If there is no Social gathering, perhaps we do not know that they have those kinds of ability.
On the other hand, I can feel the harms brought by Social gathering, that is, the exhaustiveness. We had to prepare all the activities from a few months before. Sometimes, we had to join meetings with the committee, while we were thinking of many assignments given by the lecturers. On the week of the Social Gathering, we could be staying in Kampus Bawah for more than 12 hours. We came in the morning to join the activity till afternoon, and then some of the committees prepared for the following day activities from the evening until late at night. Some of them even stayed till the next morning. We were all tired when we got home that we finally fell asleep in our own room.
Money was also the problem I faced in the Social Gathering. We were asked to pay for 100.000 rupiahs but we finally found out that it was not enough, so 20.000 rupiahs taken more from the students. The expenses were also included Socgath T-shirt which cost almost 50.000 rupiahs. Some might also spend money for Potlight costumes though there was no message from the committees saying that we had to wear expensive and spectacular costumes for Potlight Party. If we like shopping and eating in Bake Sale, we might also take much money from our wallet, purse, or pocket. Well, we could not deny that we fell to broke after the Social Gathering.
In conclusion, regardless of those bad things, I believe that Social Gathering brings more goods than harms because it unites us, everyone in English Education Department is happy, and they can show their non academic abilities as entertainers. We hope for a better celebration next year. Oh, I cannot wait. EED, Bravo!
The first good thing I have found during Social Gathering was the euphoria of the students. Everyone looked happy because they could escape for a while from the tiring lectures. We could get involved in the activities together with our friends. People could enjoy many kinds of food in Bake Sale, came and joined Potlight Party, and watched the fantastic Social Evening. Some of them, who won the Debate Competition and the door prize from Sport Day, were also very glad. We could see big smiles and laughs everywhere.
Second, Social gathering improved solidarity of the students and lecturers. That was because we did many things together in a week of Social Gathering. Starting from Sport Day, we did exercises and games together in Kampus Tengah. Then, in Bake Sale, some of the lecturers also participated in purchasing food and accessories made by students in each stands. In Baksos, the students and also the lecturers went together to Wanasari to give contribution for the students in SD 4 Wanasari. We could feel the solidarity and show it to other people.
Third, some events in Social Gathering revealed the students’ hidden talent. In EEDDC for example, as one of the committee could see that actually there are many students of English Education Department who are capable in Debate. Although they had just got the knowledge of debating rules one time, they could present excellent debate for the adjudicators and the audiences. We could also find that the students and lecturers were able to be entertainers. They presented wonderful music show and the dance performances were awesome. It seemed that they were professional singers, musicians, and dancers. If there is no Social gathering, perhaps we do not know that they have those kinds of ability.
On the other hand, I can feel the harms brought by Social gathering, that is, the exhaustiveness. We had to prepare all the activities from a few months before. Sometimes, we had to join meetings with the committee, while we were thinking of many assignments given by the lecturers. On the week of the Social Gathering, we could be staying in Kampus Bawah for more than 12 hours. We came in the morning to join the activity till afternoon, and then some of the committees prepared for the following day activities from the evening until late at night. Some of them even stayed till the next morning. We were all tired when we got home that we finally fell asleep in our own room.
Money was also the problem I faced in the Social Gathering. We were asked to pay for 100.000 rupiahs but we finally found out that it was not enough, so 20.000 rupiahs taken more from the students. The expenses were also included Socgath T-shirt which cost almost 50.000 rupiahs. Some might also spend money for Potlight costumes though there was no message from the committees saying that we had to wear expensive and spectacular costumes for Potlight Party. If we like shopping and eating in Bake Sale, we might also take much money from our wallet, purse, or pocket. Well, we could not deny that we fell to broke after the Social Gathering.
In conclusion, regardless of those bad things, I believe that Social Gathering brings more goods than harms because it unites us, everyone in English Education Department is happy, and they can show their non academic abilities as entertainers. We hope for a better celebration next year. Oh, I cannot wait. EED, Bravo!
The Crowded “Gerak Jalan”
Ganesha University of Education was celebrating its fourth anniversary. It conducted many events from April 26th 2010 until May 10th 2010. One of the activities was gerak jalan competition which was held on May 6th 2010. The gerak jalan containing 28 teams competing each other caused traffic jam. There are some reasons for that.
First, the gerak jalan squads spent almost half of the road. This made riders and drivers of motorcycles and cars became disturbed. For example, it was quite difficult to pass by on jalan sudirman. It was not a wide street so people needed to slow down their vehicles or even stopped to wait for those teams of gerak jalan to pass.
Second, the audiences filled the sidewalk because they wanted to see the squads. Those people stayed on the sidewalk in group. They also parked their vehicles on the side of the roads. Like on jalan pahlawan, there were rows of motorcycles on the side of the road disrupting the traffic.
Third, the supporters of each team also made rows after the squads. They screamed out loud to support their squad. I thought, somehow they were much more excited than the competitors themselves. They even brought big flags and banners to tone up the atmosphere. The dangerous thing was that they may crush the pedestrian because they were on motorbikes. For example on jalan gempol, there may be some students of STM passing by, but it seemed like the supporters did not care. The spirit of being supporter flew their logic away.
Finally, the police did not work effectively that the traffic jam could not be warded off. I saw only a few police organizing the way of the gerak jalan participants. The mass were too many to handle.
In conclusion, the squads, the audiences, and the supporters of gerak jalan flooded the road and caused traffic jam along the track. Yet, the police did not help very much to solve this problem.
First, the gerak jalan squads spent almost half of the road. This made riders and drivers of motorcycles and cars became disturbed. For example, it was quite difficult to pass by on jalan sudirman. It was not a wide street so people needed to slow down their vehicles or even stopped to wait for those teams of gerak jalan to pass.
Second, the audiences filled the sidewalk because they wanted to see the squads. Those people stayed on the sidewalk in group. They also parked their vehicles on the side of the roads. Like on jalan pahlawan, there were rows of motorcycles on the side of the road disrupting the traffic.
Third, the supporters of each team also made rows after the squads. They screamed out loud to support their squad. I thought, somehow they were much more excited than the competitors themselves. They even brought big flags and banners to tone up the atmosphere. The dangerous thing was that they may crush the pedestrian because they were on motorbikes. For example on jalan gempol, there may be some students of STM passing by, but it seemed like the supporters did not care. The spirit of being supporter flew their logic away.
Finally, the police did not work effectively that the traffic jam could not be warded off. I saw only a few police organizing the way of the gerak jalan participants. The mass were too many to handle.
In conclusion, the squads, the audiences, and the supporters of gerak jalan flooded the road and caused traffic jam along the track. Yet, the police did not help very much to solve this problem.
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