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Malaysia, Negara PERUSAK Hutan Nomor Satu SEDUNIA
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Peterpan17 posted on 19-11-2013 04:43 PM 
Wakakak!! Indon, indon. Skrg lu mo konar apa? Jap ini jap itu. Wakakak!
Aku fitnah menteri? ...
Die dah mereng la tu duk ulang macam kaset rosak 
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OgreBaru posted on 20-11-2013 12:41 PM
aku bukan tanya pasal video tu
aku cuma mau tau mana fakta ko rasa sayange itu asal perancis
itu ...
PETIKAN DARI WIKIPEDIA
Rasa Sayang Daripada Wikipedia, ensiklopedia bebas.
Lompat ke: pandu arah, cari
Rasa Sayang ialah sebuah lagu rakyat dalam bahasa Melayu yang popular di Indonesia, Malaysia dan Singapura. "Rasa Sayang" agak mirip dengan Dondang sayang dan banyak lagi lagu Melayu lain yang digubah dalam bentuk pantun, salah satu bentuk puisi tradisional Melayu [1]. Ada pendapat yang mengatakan lagu ini berasal dari Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia[2], bagaimanapun dakwaan ini diragukan kerana bahasa Melayu dan tradisi berbalas pantun bukan berasal dari Maluku, tetapi dari lingkungan budaya Melayu itu sendiri.
Isi kandungan
Lirik| Bahasa Melayu[3] | Rasa sayang, hey!,
Rasa sayang sayang hey,
Hey lihat nona jauh,
Rasa sayang sayang hey!
Buah cempedak di luar pagar,
Ambil galah tolong jolokkan,
Saya budak baru belajar,
Kalau salah tolong tunjukkan,
Pulau pandan jauh ke tengah,
Gunung daik bercabang tiga,
Hancur badan dikandung tanah,
Budi yang baik dikenang juga,
Dua tiga kucing berlari,
Mana sama si kucing belang,
Dua tiga boleh ku cari,
Mana sama abang seorang,
Pisang emas dibawa berlayar,
Masak sebiji di atas peti,
Hutang emas boleh dibayar,
Hutang budi dibawa mati,
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Oleh kerana lagu ini adalah dalam bentuk pantun, bagi setiap rangkapnya, dua baris pertama memberikan rima untuk dua baris akhir yang menyampaikan mesej. Terdapat banyak versi lirik "Rasa Sayang", tapi ia mesti dimulai dengan rangkap berikut:
Rasa sayang hey
Rasa sayang-sayang hey
Hey lihat nona jauh
Rasa sayang sayang hey
Rangkap di atas akan diikuti dengan pelbagai jenis pantun Melayu yang popular.
| Rasa Sayange (Maluku)[perlu rujukan] | Rasa sayange,
Rasa sayang sayange,
Eeee lihat dari jauh,
Rasa sayang sayange...
Mana kancil akan dikejar,
Ke dalam pasar cobalah cari,
Masih kecil rajin belajar,
Sudah besar senanglah diri,
Si Amat mengaji tamat,
Mengaji Qur'an di waktu fajar,
Biar lambat asal selamat,
Takkan lari gunung dikejar,
Kalau ada sumur di ladang,
Boleh kita menumpang mandi,
Kalau ada umurku panjang,
Boleh kita berjumpa lagi,
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KontroversiLagu ini digunakan oleh Kementerian Pelancongan Malaysia untuk mempromosikan Malaysia, yang dikeluarkan sekitar bulan Oktober 2007. Menteri Pelancongan Malaysia, Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor menyatakan bahawa lagu Rasa Sayang merupakan lagu kepulauan Nusantara dan milik bersama rumpun Melayu di Indonesia dan Malaysia[4]. Gabenor Maluku Karel Albert Ralahalu pula berkeras bahawa lagu "Rasa Sayange" adalah milik Indonesia, kerana merupakan lagu rakyat yang telah membudaya di negara itu sejak lama dahulu, dan mendakwa Malaysia mengada-adakan kisah itu.[5] Gabenor berusaha untuk mengumpulkan bukti kukuh bahawa lagu Rasa Sayange merupakan lagu rakyat Maluku, dan setelah bukti tersebut terkumpul, akan diberikan kepada Menteri Kebudayaan dan Pelancongan.
Menteri Pelancongan Malaysia, Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor menyatakan bahawa rakyat Indonesia tidak boleh membuktikan bahawa lagu Rasa Sayange merupakan lagu rakyat Indonesia, dan Menteri Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Warisan Malaysia, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim mencabar mana-mana pihak di Indonesia membuktikan siapa penciptanya dan memberikan buktinya[6]. Bagaimanapun, bukti tersebut akhirnya ditemui. 'Rasa Sayange' diketahui dirakam pertama kali di Indonesia oleh PT Lokananta, Solo, Indonesia pada 15 Ogos 1962 dalam piring hitam Gramophone[7] Rakaman induk dari piring ini masih disimpan oleh PT Lokananta. Ini dikenali sebagai rakaman pertama terhadap lagu ini. Piring hitam tersebut diedarkan sebagai cenderahati kepada peserta Sukan Asian ke-4 tahun 1962 di Jakarta, dan lagu "Rasa Sayange" adalah salah satu lagu rakyat Indonesia tersebut, bersama dengan lagu etnik lain Indonesia seperti Sorak-sorak Bergembira, O Ina ni Keke, dan Sengko Dainang.
Begitupun pelbagai dakwaan telah bertali arus mengenai empunya sebenar lagu Rasa Sayang ini, lagu ini sebelumnya pernah dinyanyikan dalam bahasa Hindi oleh Mohd Rafi dan Lata Mangeshkar dalam filem Singapore 1960 arahan Shakti Samanta. Namun begitu, sesi pengambaran telah diadakan sejak tahun 1959 lagi di Singapura, yang mana ketika itu jelas Singapura berada di bawah Persekutuan Tanah Melayu. Filem ini juga merupakan filem Bollywood pertama yang diadakan sesi pengambaran secara penuh di luar daripada negara India iaitu di Singapura. Filem ini juga dalam bahasa Hindi disebut "Hai Pyar Ka Hi Naam Ra Sa". Ia dibintangi oleh Shammi Kapoor, Maria Menado dan Padmini.[8][9].
Dalam korus yang berlirik Hindi, lagu Rasa Sayang ini berbunyi sebagai: Rasa sayang re, Rasa sayang sayang re, Hey, pyar ka hee nam? (Hey, adakah ini dipanggil cinta?), Rasa sayang sayang re.
Bagaimanapun, lagu tersebut telah lebih dulu digunakan dalam filem Melayu Rasa Sayang Eh yang diterbitkan pada tahun 1959[10][11], dan juga dinyanyikan dalam satu babak filem Antara Dua Darjat (1960) arahan Allahyarham Tan Sri P.Ramlee[12][13]. Lebih dari itu, pada tahun 1958, sebuah filem Melayu berjudul "Matahari" telah ditayangkan buat tontonan umum, filem ini menceritakan kisah perjuangan menentang penjajahan tentera Jepun di Tanah Melayu. Filem yang dibintangi oleh Maria Menado, Jins Shamsudin, Aziz Jaafar, Ahmad Mahmud ini turut memaparkan segerombolan tentera yang berjalan sambil menyanyikan lagu "Rasa Sayang Eh".[14][
Jadi Jelaslah bahawa Sememangnya Lagu Rasa Sayang Eh Itu Adalah warisan dari Tanah Melayu
Orang Maluku Ambikler Lagu Rasa Sayange Itu Yang Mungkin Berasal dari France Dibawak Oleh Datuk SHAKE of JOHOREAN AL JOWOREAN
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the_killer posted on 19-11-2013 05:16 PM
bila masa perlis milik thailand..setau aku dari zaman berzaman..perlis sampai segenting kra tu mil ...
Vodo sangat Java duk ingat Indonesia tu dah wujud sejak kurun ke-1 M lagi padahal Indonesia wujud lepas perang dunia ke-2
The name Indonesia derives from the Greek words Indós and nèsos, which means "island".[9]
The name dates to the 18th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia.[10] In 1850, George Windsor Earl, an English ethnologist, proposed the terms Indunesians — and, his preference, Malayunesians — for the inhabitants of the "Indian Archipelago or Malayan Archipelago".[11] In the same publication, a student of Earl's, James Richardson Logan, used Indonesia as a synonym for Indian Archipelago.[12][13] However, Dutch academics writing in East Indies publications were reluctant to use Indonesia. Instead, they used the terms Malay Archipelago (Maleische Archipel); the Netherlands East Indies (Nederlandsch Oost Indië), popularly Indië; the East (de Oost); and Insulinde.[14]
After 1900, the name Indonesia became more common in academic circles outside the Netherlands, and Indonesian nationalist groups adopted it for political expression.[14] Adolf Bastian, of the University of Berlin, popularized the name through his book Indonesien oder die Inseln des Malayischen Archipels, 1884–1894. The first Indonesian scholar to use the name was Suwardi Suryaningrat (Ki Hajar Dewantara), when he established a press bureau in the Netherlands with the name Indonesisch Pers-bureau in 1913.[10] 
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boyagombak posted on 20-11-2013 02:03 PM
PETIKAN DARI WIKIPEDIA
aiiyoooo boya....
dgn lagu pun lu boleh di perkotakkatikkan...
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the_killer posted on 20-11-2013 01:16 PM
bila masa perlis milik thailand..setau aku dari zaman berzaman..perlis sampai segenting kra tu mil ...
SIAM, SIN YA ALIF MIM - SAYA YAKIN ALLAH MUHAMMAD
GAMBAR LAMA INI DISIMPAN DISEBUAH RESTORAN DI BANGKOK. TENGOK BETUL-BETUL APA YANG TERTULIS PADA GAMBAR MAHKOTA RAJA SIAM ISLAM INI. SEJAK TAHUN 07 SAYA MENGATAKAN BAHAWA RAJA SIAM ITU BERAGAMA ISLAM DAN RAJA THAI BERAGAMA BUDDHA. NEGERI SIAM ISLAM DITAWAN PUAK SUKHOTHAI BUDDHA PADA TAHUN 1767 LALU NAIKLAH RAJA KAFIR SUKHOTHAI BUDDHA YOTFA CHULALOK BERGELAR RAMA I. RAJA MAHABESAR BENUA SIAM ISLAM ADALAH KHALIFAH KITA DIZAMAN DAHULU BERASAL DARI JURAI RAJA MERONG MAHAWANGSA. BAGINDA ADALAH KHALIFAH SYARIF ABU BAKAR SYAH.
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the_killer posted on 20-11-2013 03:42 AM
selalunya slogan ganyang malingsia ni dilakukan oleh orang2 jawa belah jawa sana...orang2 sumatera ...
yups...benda2 semua ni dah ada sebelum terwujudnya negara baru bernama malaysia,singapura,brunei atau indonesia.pergerakan manusia dari & ke semenanjung, sumatera ke s'jung atau sebaliknya,jawa ke s'jung atau sebaliknya, telah berlangsung selama berabad2 yg lampau sblm tertubuhnya negara2 moden seperti sekarang ini.
cuma utk masa hadapan diharapkan para pemimpin2 kedua2 negara hendaklah memandang dan menangani isu sensitif ini dgn lebih serius.segala hal berkait ttg kebudayaan ini sedpt2nya dibincangkan dahulu secara baik2,demi utk mengelak kejadian yg sama terus berulang...  |
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Kerêta_Angin posted on 20-11-2013 02:51 PM
yups...benda2 semua ni dah ada sebelum terwujudnya negara baru bernama malaysia,singapura,brunei a ...
hah itu baru betul...tp malangnya orang dari kepulauan jawa sana faham ka...hang mungkin paham..sebab semenanjung dan sumatera tu memang adik beradik sejak zaman dulu...
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Bedah.Cun posted on 20-11-2013 01:58 PM
Die dah mereng la tu duk ulang macam kaset rosak
Ckp konar2 serupa pariah. Lama2 thk mcm otak dah mereng |
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The World's 20 Worst Places to Work
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Bruce Einhorn | BusinessWeek
#2. Jakarta, Indonesia
Overall Grade: Very High Risk Location
Major Problems: Pollution, Disease & Sanitation, Medical Facilities, Political Violence & Repression, Political & Social Environment, Crime
Indonesia may be holding up better than many other developing countries during the global recession, but that doesn’t make life in Jakarta much easier for expatriates moving there. Despite problems common to many Third World cities—risk of disease, poor sanitation, and excessive pollution—the Indonesian capital “can be an enticing location,” according to ORC. However, Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim country and has suffered several high-profile attacks by Islamic terrorists targeting foreigners. “The threat of violence, from Islamic extremists in particular, is a serious drawback to living here,” says ORC. Last edited by Santeira on 20-11-2013 03:58 PM
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Rupiah is Asia’s Worst Performing Currency for 2013
Business Featured News & ReviewPosted on 7 hours ago by Global Indonesian Voices
Indonesian Rupiah (IDR)
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The Fall
For many years, Indonesia has enjoyed trade surpluses through its growing exports. However, a sudden decrease in global demands has left the country struggling with $2.3 billion trade deficit, the largest since 2008. This, together with the news of US government shutdown and the expected budget cuts, has put tremendous pressure on the country’s currency.
Reduction in the government’s fuel subsidy spending and increase in central bank interest rate are still unable to remedy the situation. Bank Indonesia has also asked local banks to work on improving the onshore trading volume and stated that it would specify hours in which banks could quote rupiah’s exchange rates in an attempt to cut down on speculative play in the global market and exercise some control over the weakening rupiah.
Nevertheless, rupiah depreciated by 6 percent in August 2013, making it the worst-performing currencies in Asia. By September, it was trading at 11,580 against the US dollar, its weakest level since April 2009.
The Aftermath
Rupiah’s volatility continues to scare investors. Indonesia’s stock and bonds have been met with weakened sentiments, thus decreasing the country’s appeal as an investment of choice among traders. Expensive import has also caused inflation to rise with estimates pegging the year-end level at 9 percent. This will be most harmful for small business owners and consumers from low income groups.
While weak commodity exports are expected to continue to widen the current account deficit, the optimists’ camp believes that weaker rupiah will help to bring back the balance in trade as it makes imports more expensive. Local products will be cheaper and more competitive in comparison which will result in increasing domestic consumption.
There is still another bright side to the situation. Indonesia has recently experienced growth in tourism as trips to Indonesia have become cheaper for many international travelers.
The Outlook
Rupiah’s devaluation is worrisome but experts see it more as a ‘short-term hiccup’ than anything else. Furthermore, the wave of currency depreciation is a global phenomenon and should not be taken as an indication of Indonesia’s unfavorable fundamentals.
Indonesia’s current trade imbalance can be fixed by strengthening the manufacturing sector. The former model, which relies heavily on raw materials and cheap labor, has supported the country’s growth so far but is largely under pressure now. Emergence of factories with higher value products is expected to start a new export regime that will help the country to bounce back. Indonesia’s publicly listed manufacturers have seen their shares rise, showing investors’ faith on the growth of this sector. Nevertheless, this solution comes with its own set of challenges in order to work. Indonesia has to focus in solving its problems of corruption, weak infrastructure, hardly functioning ports, and a poorly educated workforce.
Rupiah has been putting up a bad performance lately, however, well-planned policies can mitigate its negative impact on the economy and prevent any future similar crisis. Development of the manufacturing sector, reduced imports, and more competitive exports can boost domestic industries, thus cushioning the economy against currency instability and creating a more sustainable economic growth. |
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Prevalence and Sectoral Distribution of the Worst Forms of Child Labor in Indonesia
Children in Indonesia are engaged in the worst forms of child labor, many in dangerous activities in agriculture and domestic work.(3-5) Children work on rubber, palm oil, and tobacco farms.(4, 6-9) Evidence suggests that they may be exposed to extreme weather, the use of sharp objects, falls from dangerous heights, and harmful chemicals.(6-8) There is limited evidence that children are engaged in dangerous activities in the production of cloves, coconuts, coffee, kapok (silk cotton), melinjo fruit, sugarcane, and tea.(6, 10-13) Children who work in agriculture may use dangerous tools, carry heavy loads, and apply harmful pesticides.(14, 15)
Children, primarily girls, work as domestic servants.(16) They may be required to work long hours, performing strenuous tasks, without sufficient food or shelter. These children may be isolated in private homes and are susceptible to physical and sexual abuse.(17, 18)
Boys and girls are exploited in commercial sexual exploitation.(19, 20) A 2010 report revealed that the nature of commercial sexual exploitation in some areas has changed from children living in and working out of brothels to children living with their families and working out of hotels and other locations through arrangements facilitated by social media.(20)
Children work in the fishing industry, including for long periods of time on offshore fishing platforms known as jermal.(9, 21) These children do not attend schools and they perform physically demanding tasks, may be subjected to physical and verbal abuse, work for long hours, often work in confined spaces, and may work with explosives.(9, 21) Children also work in the production of footwear and woodwork.(9, 22, 23) Such children face long working hours, low pay and unsafe working conditions.(22)
Limited evidence suggests that children are engaged in the small-scale mining sector, including gold mines.(9, 23, 24) Children also work in construction.(11, 25) There is limited evidence indicating that children engage in the worst forms of child labor in the asphalt, oil, brick, cigarette, floor covering, furniture, marble, stone, textile, and tin industries.(11-13, 22, 26) Children working in the production of these goods may be vulnerable to working long hours, carrying heavy loads, and inhaling toxic fumes.(22, 26)
Indonesia is primarily a source country for child trafficking. Children, mostly girls, are trafficked to Malaysia, Taiwan, and the Middle East where they are subjected to forced labor in prostitution and domestic servitude.(27-30) Children are also trafficked internally for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation at mining operations in Maluku, Papua, and Jambi provinces and in the urban areas of Batum District, Riau Island, and West Papua province. In addition, children are trafficked for sex tourism in Bali.(31, 32) Although information is limited, children are reported to also be trafficked internally for domestic service and fishing. Children have reportedly been abducted from their homes and trafficked for drug trafficking.(33)
There are reports of children working on the streets, but specific information on hazards is unknown.(34)
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/indonesia.htm
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Spying scandal: Australia labelled ‘bad, dangerous and untrustworthy’ in Indonesia
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Revelations of Australian espionage in Asia have been slow to dominate the headlines in Indonesia, superseded at first by a juicy, local corruption story, but the latest claims are now splashed across the front pages.
By Kate Lamb in Jakarta
This week the leading national papers have described Australia in bold print as a bad, dangerous and untrustworthy neighbor, and as a country that has taken it too far.
After reports that Australian embassies in Asia are part of a US-led spy network, the latest documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden also reveal that Australia was explicitly tapping the personal mobile phones of the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, First Lady Kristiani Herawati, and numerous other political elite.
As the editor of The Jakarta Post Meidyatama Suryodiningrat put it, now it is personal.
A slide presentation from Australia’s spy agency the Defence Signals Directorate from November 2009, published by Guardian Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, displays a list of Indonesian “leadership targets” and mobile phone models used by each target.
After announcing the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia Nadjib Riphat Kesoema, would be temporarily recalled, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said he was ‘flabbergasted’ and lashed out at the personal nature of Australia’s targeted surveillance.
“I need quite desperately an explanation [on] how a private conversation involving the President of the Republic of Indonesia, involving the First Lady of the Republic of Indonesia, how they can even have a hint, even a hint of relevance impacting on the security of Australia,” he said.
Hikmahanto Juwana, a professor of law at the University of Indonesia, says it is the personal nature of the latest revelations that saw the ambassador recalled.
“If they had wanted to recall the ambassador they had reason to do it earlier but it wasn’t until the president and Ibu Ani were named that they reacted,” he said.
The First Lady, also known as Ibu Ani, is seen as an influential figure in Indonesian politics and is notoriously sensitive about guarding her family’s honour, recently lambasting several of her followers on Instagram for a perceived insult of her son.
President Yudhoyono is also tetchy about personal insults. After protestors paraded a water buffalo with the president’s name spray painted on its body in 2010, he banned the use of animals at political rallies. And when US cables leaked by Wikileaks in 2011 claimed the First Lady was corrupt, he refused to take a telephone call from President Obama to apologise.
The president also expressed his anger on social media on Tuesday, saying Prime Minister Tony Abbott was ‘belittling’ Australia’s involvement in the wiretapping and damaging the strategic partnership between the two countries.
Despite Abbott’s pledge that his government will not issue an apology, the Australian government is under growing pressure to repair the diplomatic schism.
Foreign Minister Natalegawa has said that all intelligence sharing agreements will be reviewed, including on people smuggling, and Djoko Suyanto, Indonesia's Co-ordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security, has demanded a public explanation from Abbott within two days.
The local press has also backed the calls, lauding the move to recall the ambassador and arguing that it is now up to Australia to patch the souring relations and apologise.
The Indonesian press and public are now viewing Australia’s declarations of friendship as empty and hypocritical.
“Australia is our close neighbor but now there is a growing momentum where the public can hate on Australia,” says Professor Hikmhanto.
“An open acknowledgement, even if short of an apology, is required,” wrote the Post’s editor Suryodiningrat, “It is not only the President who has been insulted but, by and large, the entire Indonesian nation.” |
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To Justin Bieber, Indonesia Just 'Some Random Country' with Bad Studio
Justin Bieber is getting into all sorts of International hot waters across pond, where he is currently previewing Believe — his first studio release as an adult recording artist.
Coming off accusations of being an Anglophobe for allegedly "mocking" the Queen's English, Bieber is now being asked to explain remarks he made reducing the world's largest Muslim nation to a mere "random country."
Speaking with reporters at the London premiere of his third album, Bieber commented on the track "Be Alright," saying it was recorded "in some random country" where the studio staff "didn't know what they were doing." His manager Scooter Braun made things much worse for his young client when he clarified that Bieber was referring to Indonesia — a country of some 240 million people, including many devoted JUZ10 fans.
Not surprisingly, some of those fans were pretty peeved. The "official" Bieber Indonesia Twitter account shot off a tweet asking both Bieber and Braun to confirm reports of his diss, but so far, the singer and his rep remain mum.
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Santeira posted on 20-11-2013 04:07 PM
To Justin Bieber, Indonesia Just 'Some Random Country' with Bad Studio
Justin Bieber is getting i ...
Lu google semua pastu lu tepek sini byk byk k...
semoga hidup lu lebih bermakna...
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Photographer: Indonesian Sea Disgusting
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TEMPO.CO, Los Angeles - Zak Noyle, an international photographer captured a shot that described waves of trash in the sea of Indonesia, during his trip to the nation. He said the waves of Java, always known for being pristine and barreling, were then rolling swells of disgusting trash and debris.
Noyle was shooting Indonesian surfer Dede Surinaya in a remote bay when he discovered the water to be covered in garbage, according to GrindTV.
"It was crazy. I kept seeing noodle packets floating next to me," Noyle told GrindTV. "It was very disgusting to be in there; I kept thinking I would see a dead body of some sort for sure."
Indonesia, as cited by Huffingtin Post, a country comprised of more than 17,000 islands, suffers from a terrible trash problem that is polluting its waters. Some of the population centers have little to no trash collection infrastructure, leading locals to dispose of their waste in the street or in river beds, after which it inevitably is washed out to sea.
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lavacoffee posted on 20-11-2013 04:09 PM
Lu google semua pastu lu tepek sini byk byk k...
semoga hidup lu lebih bermakna...
ko pun boleh provoke berapa2 ramai forummers kat thread, kalau ia boleh buat hidup ko lebih bermakna. 
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Medan: Worst. City. Ever.
Adam Gartrell
Dear Medan. I hate you.
I visited you recently and found you the most unpleasant, charmless and thoroughly depressing city I've ever encountered. And I've visited plenty of s---holes in my time.
Now, when it comes to big Indonesian cities I have pretty low expectations.
I live in Jakarta, the biggest of them all, so I know what I'm in for: traffic, pollution, heat, noise, chaos, the stench of human waste.
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And you, Medan - Indonesia's third biggest city - you provided all those things. In great abundance.
In fact, even though your population, at three million, is a quarter that of Jakarta's, I reckon you're worse on just about every count.
Quite an achievement.
But Medan, you're awful not just because of your many failings but because you appear to have no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
You're slim pickin's for hotels, you don't seem to boast a single, decent restaurant and from what I've heard, you've got no real nightlife.
Your airport is a Boschian nightmare, your roads a mess, your buses an embarrassment and your taxis ... well, if I ever find one I'll let you know.
And ever heard of trees?
Okay, so you have a big mosque but it's also the closest thing you've got to a tourist attraction. And you have a few shopping malls but what city doesn't?
I understand now why you consistently feature on people's "Worst. City. Ever." lists.
You're at the very top of mine.
Okay, I admit, there's a personal element to this. See, I got robbed in one of your hotels.
It wasn't a very nice hotel. It promotes itself as a four star hotel when in actual fact it's closer to a two. But that's fine. I don't need luxury and it cost less than $100 a night.
Except, in the end, it actually cost a couple of grand. Because while I was out one night scouring the streets for a decent meal - in vain, of course - someone broke into my room and stole a giant wad of company cash from my suitcase.
Why did I have a giant wad of cash, you ask? Well, because Indonesia is a mostly cash economy, so I'm forced to travel with plenty of it. But why didn't I put it in the safe? Well, because the hotel didn't provide one.
And when I brought the robbery to the hotel's attention the staff were predictably - and perhaps deliberately - unhelpful.
Security staff at first said they could give me a keycard lock report, so I could see if anyone else entered my room. But then - for reasons not properly explained - they suddenly couldn't.
But that was okay, they said. They could show me the CCTV footage outside my room instead.
Oh no, wait, sorry! We don't actually know the password to review the CCTV!
Can you say "inside job"?
Needless to say I moved to a different hotel for my final night. I woke up the next morning in blood-stained sheets. Mozzies never take any interest in me but your Medan mozzies made quite a frenzied exception.
I didn't get malaria. But I did get spectacularly, violently sick about a week later from an intestinal parasite, which I'm certain I picked up from you, Medan. I just know it.
I've never been so happy to board a plane as I was the one that whisked me away from you, Medan. And I never want to see you again.
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Post time 20-11-2013 01:58 PM
