Sosial Budaya : Keraton Yogyakarta

Hallo teman-teman..kali ini saya akan kembali melanjutkan cerita saya waktu di Jogja...
Namun, aku hanya akan menceritakan salah satu objek yang cukup menarik dan menambah wawasan kita tentunya sebagai seorang Indonesia sejati..heheheh

Jadi, di hari kedua kami study tour, kami mengunjungi Keraton Yogyakarta yang merupakan salah satu peninggalan budaya daerah setempat dan warisan budaya nasional. Jadi..begini ceritanya teman-teman...
Dulu keraton ini dikenal dengan nama Keraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat. Keraton ini merupakan istana resmi Kesultanan Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat yang kini berlokasi di Kota Yogyakarta, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Walaupun kesultanan tersebut secara resmi telah menjadi bagian Republik Indonesia pada tahun 1950, kompleks bangunan keraton ini masih berfungsi sebagai tempat tinggal sultan dan rumah tangga istananya yang masih menjalankan tradisi kesultanan hingga saat ini. Keraton ini kini juga merupakan salah satu objek wisata di Kota Yogyakarta. Sebagian kompleks keraton merupakan museum yang menyimpan berbagai koleksi milik kesultanan, termasuk berbagai pemberian dari raja-raja Eropa, replika pusaka keraton, dan gamelan. Dari segi bangunannya, keraton ini merupakan salah satu contoh arsitektur istana Jawa yang terbaik, memiliki balairung-balairung mewah dan lapangan serta paviliun yang luas.

Keraton Yogyakarta mulai didirikan oleh Sultan Hamengku Buwono I beberapa bulan pasca Perjanjian Giyanti di tahun 1755. Lokasi keraton ini konon adalah bekas sebuah pesanggarahan yang bernama Garjitawati. Pesanggrahan ini digunakan untuk istirahat iring-iringan jenazah raja-raja Mataram (Kartasura dan Surakarta) yang akan dimakamkan di Imogiri. Versi lain menyebutkan lokasi keraton merupakan sebuah mata air, Umbul Pacethokan, yang ada di tengah hutan Beringan. Sebelum menempati Keraton Yogyakarta, Sultan Hamengku Buwono I berdiam di Pesanggrahan Ambar Ketawang yang sekarang termasuk wilayah Kecamatan Gamping Kabupaten Sleman.

CNN Heroes - Michael Brosowski - Director of Blue Dragon Company

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The son of a German immigrant, Michael Brosowski, had a childhood that was far from comfortable - the family actually built their house, and struggled financially. "Looking back on it, I'm so glad that I had that experience," he reflects. "I think it's made me a bit more resilient to changes. I grew up in Sydney and then spent my teenage years on a little farm with nothing but trees and kangaroos for miles."

Observasi ke Cirebon

CIREBON'S ADVENTURE
5 mei 2011

a local flower

     Well well, 2 days ago my partner, Silvia, had already posted the "Study Tour to Jogja" right? Now, i'm gonna take the turn to tell you the story from our study tour to Cirebon.

     So, there were four of us, Tari (myself), Desi, Meli, and Danis who didn't go to Jogja like the others, and we went to Cirebon instead.. First of all, i'm gonna say that it wasn't easy for us, as Jakarta's high school student, to go to next town without a lead from anybody.

     

     What we did first was asking permission from school and get the covering letter from the TU's employee. After that, we went to Jatinegara train station to get 4 business tickets of Cirebon Express. The next day, we made an appointment with the sugar fabric, P.T Rajawali, so that we could take a look in there.  

IMF's Chief Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn's issue

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Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn (French pronunciation: [dɔminik stʁos kan]; born April 25th 1949 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France's wealthiest suburb. He is the son of Gilbert Strauss-Kahn, a legal and tax advisor and member of the Grand Orient de France, and Russian/Tunisian journalist Jacqueline Fellus. 

He is a French economist, lawyer, and politician, and a member of the Socialist Party of France (PS). In 1995, he was elected mayor of Sarcelles, a poor suburb of Paris, then masterminded the economic policy that helped the Socialists win legislative elections in 1997, when he became finance minister.

Strauss-Kahn became the 10th Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 28 September 2007, with the backing of Nicolas Sarkozy.

(Update) Japan's clear-up likely to take three years

After the tsunami: Japan's clear-up likely to take three years

source: www.mediastar.net.ua

Masayuki Yamazaki takes a camping chair out of his car, unfolds it outside his home of 20 years and sits down to watch his street reduced to rubble in what is likely to become the world's biggest demolition operation.
He is not alone. Several neighbours have also returned for wrecking day. They look on as buildings erected over decades are torn down in hours by a fleet of mechanical diggers.

The Royal Wedding : Prince William & Kate Middleton

Hello everybody...! How's everything ?
I hope everything's good. So, what's the latest new nowadays?
yup..It's still about the Royal Wedding : Prince William and Kate Middleton.

(Update) New anti-nuclear tsunami first aftershock -translation-

第一原発 新たな津波余震対策
New anti-nuclear tsunami first aftershock

4月30日 23時12分
April 30, 12:23 .

東京電力福島第一原子力発電所の新たな津波や余震による被害を抑えるため、東京電力は、原発の海側の場所に仮設の防潮堤を設けたり、トレンチと呼ばれるトンネルの一部をコンクリートで埋めるなどの対策を行うことになりました。
To reduce the damage caused by aftershocks and tsunami of new Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station TEPCO, Tokyo Electric, and provided temporary seawall seaward of the primary location, make some concrete measures such as filling in a tunnel, called a trench now.

(Update) Summary of Japan's Reactor Status and The Rebuild Costs

IAEA Update Briefing on Fukushima Nuclear Accident

28 April 2011, 18:00 UTC

Presentation:
→ Summary of Reactor Status

1. Current situation

     Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains very serious, but there are signs of recovery in some functions, such as electrical power and instrumentation.

2. Changes to Fukushima Daiichi plant status

     The IAEA receives information from various official sources in Japan through the Japanese national competent authority, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA). Additional detail is provided in the IAEA Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) status summary with information received by 17:00 UTC on 27 April 2011.

3. Management of on-site contaminated water

     According to the 25 April evaluation by NISA of the report submitted by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), there is a little less than 70,000 tonnes of stagnant water with high level radioactivity in the basement of the turbine buildings of Units 1, 2 and 3.

Teenage Binge Drinkers in Western World

Binge Drinking

Alcohol is the most widely used recreational drug in Australia. Because of its popularity, people don't tend to think of it as a drug, or even realise that it can be harmful. But alcohol is the largest cause of drug-related deaths among Australian teenagers.

According to a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, in 1998 alcohol was the cause of 814 deaths and 25,207 hospital admissions for people between the age of 15 and 34.

• What is binge drinking?

(Update) Japan's Emperor Made His First Trip to The Disaster Zone

TOKYO, April 14th: Japan's widely respected emperor made his first visit Thursday to the disaster zone devastated by an earthquake and tsunami, kneeling on mats to commiserate with survivors who bowed in gratitude and wiped away tears.


    Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited two evacuation shelters Thursday in Asahi city, where they spoke quietly with evacuees sitting on mats in the community centers that have become their temporary homes.
Asahi, about 86 kilometers (54 miles) east of Tokyo near the Pacific coast, is one of the southernmost areas to be heavily affected by the March 11 natural disasters, which killed up to 26,000 people and also set off a crisis of radiation leaks at a flooded nuclear plant.

    

(Update) Japan Changes in Public Attitude Towards Nuclear Power

      Explosions in the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan have created active protest against nuclear energy in Western Europe and Estonian economy and coruscations minister Juhan Parts said that the Estonian government will also have to take into account the change of public opinion, LETA/National Broadcasting reports.

Building a nuclear power plant is in the election programme of the leading Reform Party, and Pro Patria and Res Publica Party (PRU) programme also prescribes corresponding studies.

“We have to take into account the public opinion and it is clear that what is seen on TV affects public opinion,” said Parts (PRU).

Non profit organisation Estonian Nuclear Power Plant CEO Kalev Kallemets (Reform Party) said that most likely the governmental and Riigikogu cannot focus on that field of energy fully this year. “Most likely thorough studies and explanation work has to be done before such a decision can be made,” he noted.

Corruption : Eternal Enemy

Hello everybody, well our today's topic is corruption. what makes me choose this topic is the newest news about the revision of corruption criminal law.
well, corruption is becoming a common thing, especially in my beloved country. Some people also say that corruption is becoming our culture. Yah, many action have taken to resolve it, but sometimes it fails.
For example, recently we have heard about the corruption which done by G***S (censored). It was one of many greatest corruption in this country. Many people are fed up with that kind of news. They think that the government only speak about their promise to punish the corruptor and decrease the amount of corruption.
Sometimes I think that's true, but..It's not only the government's fault but also our fault.

                                                                                  

Social Messages from "ARASHI" in connection to Japan's current disaster

     Well, maybe as a writer i am a little bit selfish here to write this one post. But i can't help it, so, this is a video and written translation of Social Messages from ARASHI in connection to Japan's current earthquake and tsunami disaster.

(credit: SoftBangkok)

Tsunami Harpoons Japanese Whaling Town

This is an update about the effect of Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster March 11th, 2011 that occured in the Ayukawa area. This affected Japan's scientific research of whales as well.

Below is the article written by Shingo Ito 

AYUKAWA, Japan — The Japanese whaling town of Ayukawa has survived the wrath of environmental groups for decades, but had no defence against a giant tsunami that wiped out the industry here, possibly for ever.

The Effect of Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster ( 11 March 2011 )

Below is a video about the tsunami..

(credit : franktze)

Sadly, the impact of this disaster doesn't stop there. Aside from debris and casualties, the disaster also brought a scary aftermath: radiation. Read article below:

Tokyo water warning on radiation

Effects of Social Networks

Social networks are becoming more popular nowadays. Then, for many people it's going to be their need. In fact, the users of  social networks such as Twitter and facebook is increasing, especially in my beloved country ( Indonesia ).... believe it or not... According to many sites and webs, indonesia is one of the countries which has the greatest amount of social networks users in the world...sounds great.. but still, there's a bad news..yah of course, we've heard about the crime that started from using this kind of social networks..
So, actually what is the effect of using social networks? of course there are so many effects, both positive or negative.. so, I'm going to tell you a little bit about that...

Viva! Homeless へようこそ.

ホームレスの皆さんの自立を支援する『THE BIG ISSUE JAPAN』(ビッグイシュー)の理念に賛同し、一人でも多くの皆さんに『THE BIG ISSUE JAPAN』の存在を知っていただき、支援の輪(購入者)を広げていくためのサイト、「Viva! Homeless」（ビバ！　ホームレス）．

Pengaruh Entertainment pada Perkembangan Sosial

   Dunia hiburan saat ini semakin berkembang, baik di bidang musik maupun perfilman. Seiring dengan perkembangan tersebut, pengaruh yang ditimbulkan pun semakin berkembang,baik pengaruh positif maupun negatif. Contohnya saja belakangan ini kita sering mendengar lagu-lagu dan film-film yang sebenarnya bermakna negatif dan melanggar norma susila dan kesopanan. Bahkan film-film zaman sekarang  cenderung mengikuti budaya barat yang terkadang tidak sesuai dengan adat timur. Meskipun hiburan tersebut tetap dikonsumsi oleh masyarakat namun sebenarnya hal tersebut membawa dampak negativ bagi kaum muda khususnya anak-anak dan remaja.