Will there still be schools and teachers in the future?

Many people thought that there will be no schools and teachers in the future.  Is that true? Now, Internet and the other technology are very helpful to improve us for study. And as we know, there are many students who are very lazy to go to school. Schools and teachers can disappear in the future, but I do not believe it will really happen.

It is true that technology are very affect students to study outside schools without teachers. Technology, especially internet are very useful things to help students to study.  They can access many information about the subject they want to study, and students doesn’t take more time to go to school.

But, student need to socialize with the other student in the other place. Students need teachers who can answer their question if they can’t solve the problem. And students need a place where they can study inside or outside chamber, and it’s schools.

To conclude, I think there will still be schools and teachers in the future. People can’t live without the other people. Similarly to student, they can’t live without the other student. If in the future doesn’t have schools or teachers,  some student will be very lazy to study because there’s nobody who monitor their activities. But I believe, all of Labschool Kebayoran students are very diligent to study at School. Because study is a good habbit for a better future.

Almost Gone From Indonesia

Sumatran tiger or Panthera tigris sumatrae is a subspecies of tiger found on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Genetic testing has revealed the presence of unique genetic markers, which isolate Sumatran tigers from all mainland subspecies. About 400-500 wild Sumatran tigers were believed to exist in 1998, but their numbers have continued to decline. According to the RSPB in March 2008 there were approximately 300 Sumatran Tigers remaining in the wild.

The Sumatran tiger is the smallest of the tiger subspecies as compared to the Siberian tiger which is the largest.

Sumatran male tigers average 8 feet (2.438m) in length from head to tail and weigh about 265 lbs.(120.2 kg). Females average 7 feet (2.134 m) in length and weigh about 200 lbs (90.718 kg).

The smaller size of the Sumatran tiger makes it easier to move quickly through the jungle. Also, their stripes are narrower than other tiger species. The tiger's patterned coloring is an adaptation for camouflage in their natural habitat, which is often tall grass. The males, especially, have a more bearded and maned appearance in which neck and cheek hair are well developed.

Webbing between their toes, when spread, enables the Sumatran tiger to be a very fast swimmer. It will, if given the chance, run hoofed prey, who are much slower swimmers, into the water.

The white spots on the back of tiger's ears are called "eye spots" or "predator spots." These spots are believed to function as false eyes as well as to make it look larger to any predator approaching from behind. This is particularly helpful in keeping cubs safe.

Sumatran Tigers commonly prey on larger ungulates like Wild Boar, Malayan Tapir, and deer, and sometimes also smaller animals such asfowl, monkeys, and fish. Orangutans could be prey, but since they spend a minimal amount of time on the ground, tigers rarely catch one. Sumatran tigers will sometimes prey upon mice and other small mammals when larger prey is scarce.

The Sumatran tiger is found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra in habitat that ranges from lowland forest to sub-mountain and mountain forest including some peat moss forests. According to the Tiger Information Center and the World Wildlife Fund there are no more than 500 of these tigers left in the wild with some estimates considerably lower.

Sumatra has undergone much agricultural growth and as a result, tiger habitat has become fragmented with about 400 tigers inhabiting five National Parks and two Game Reserves. The largest population of about 110 tigers lives in Gunung Leuser National Park. Another 100 live in unprotected areas that will soon be lost to agriculture. The tigers that live in unprotected areas are very vulnerable to poaching as well as the killing of problem animals that come in contact with villagers encroaching upon the animals' habitat.

The continuing loss of habitat is intensifying the crises to save this tiger. Deforestation resulting from the production of palm oil is a major threat to the Sumatran Tiger.^[4] The reserves also do not provide safety, as many tigers are killed by poachers each year despite conservation efforts. According to the Tiger Information Centre and the World Wildlife Fund there are no more than 500 remaining Sumatran Tigers in the wild, with some estimates considerably lower.

In 2006 the Indonesia Forestry Service, the Natural Resources and Conservational Agency (BKSDA) and the Sumatran Tiger Conservation Program sat down with commercial concession holders and Asia Pulp & Paper and set the foundations for the Senepis Buluhala Tiger Sanctuary, an area that covered 106,000 hectares in Riau by 2008. These organizations formed The Tiger Conservation Working Group with other interested parties and the project is recognised as a pioneering initiative. Current studies include the identifying of feeding behavior of tigers to develop strategies that will help protect both tigers and human settlements.

In 2007, the Indonesian Forestry Ministry and Safari Park established cooperation with the Australia Zoo for the conservation of Sumatran Tigers and other endangered species. The cooperation agreement was marked by the signing of a Letter of Intent on 'Sumatran Tiger and other Endangered Species Conservation Program and the Establishment of a Sister Zoo Relationship between Taman Safari and Australia Zoo' at the Indonesian Forestry Ministry office on July 31, 2007. The program includes conserving Sumatran Tigers and other endangered species in the wild, efforts to reduce conflicts between tigers and humans and rehabilitating Sumatran Tigers and reintroducing them to their natural habitat.

Traditional instruments in Indonesia

Hello my friends! In this post, I would like to tell you something about traditional instruments in Indonesia. As we know, Indonesia is a rich country and has many cultures.. one of them are traditional instruments.  Traditional instruments in Indonesia are very popular, for example like Gamelan, Kecapi suling, and Angklung. Traditional Instruments usually came from Java,Sumatera, and Kalimantan.

The  most popular traditional instruments from Indonesia is Gamelan. In Central Java, gamelan is intricate and meticulously laid out. The central melody is played on a metallophone in the center of the orchestra, while the front elaboration and ornamentation on the melody, and at the back, the gongs slowly punctuate the music. There are many students in Labsky who play this instrument.

Kecapi suling is a form of Sundanese music from West Java. Many hotels in Indonesia, especially in Bali, and other parts of the world like in Shenzhen China play this Sundanese instrument in their lobbies. Malaysia itself invited Sundanese Kecapi Suling experts from the Province of West Java to teach their expertise in Malaysia. Kecapi suling is very unique instrument I think, so lets preserve this instrument!

Angklung is a bamboo musical instrument native to Sundanese people of West Java. It is made out of bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. The tubes are carved so that they have a distinctive resonant pitch when being vibrated. Each of three or more performers in an angklung ensemble play just one note, but altogether complete melodies are produced. When I was little, I loved to play this instrument because it was very interesting, especially when I played it with my best friends :).

So, I conclude that Indonesia has many unique cultures from sabang until marauke, don’t let other countries steal our cultures!!! :D 

Indonesia has Giant Military Force in 1960? Really?

Do you know that Indonesia’s military strength is one of the main, the largest, and strongest in the world at 1960s? At that time, even the Dutch forces were not comparable to Indonesia, and the United States was very concerned with the development of our military forces that was heavily supported by the latest technology of the Soviet Union.

In 1960, the Dutch were still entrenched in Papua. Seeing the power of the Republic of Indonesia became more powerful, Western-backed Dutch deceptionally designed to establish a puppet state that seemed to be independent, but still under the Dutch control.

President Sukarno immediately took extreme action, in purpose of Papua recapture. Sukarno immediately issued a decree “Trikora” in Yogyakarta, and the contents were:
1. To prevent the formation of a puppet state of Papua, made by the Dutch colonial.
2. To raise the Sang Saka Merah Putih (The Red-and-White Indonesian flag) in the Papua (West Irian at that time).
3. To be prepared for a general mobilization, maintaining independence and unity of the nation’s homeland.

Thanks to the proximity of Indonesia with the Soviets, Indonesia then got a help with massive naval forces and advanced air military in the world with a huge value of U.S. $ 2.5 billion. That time, the Indonesian military forces were considered the strongest in the southern hemisphere.

The main strength of the Trikora Indonesia forces is one of the largest warships in the world’s fastest man-made Soviet Sverdlov class, with a giant cannon 12 caliber 6 inches. This is the KRI Irian, a giant weighing 16,640 tons with a crew of 1270 people, including 60 officers. The Soviets never once gave this strong ship to any other nations except Indonesia. (New ships now from Indonesia Sigma class weighs only 1600 tons). 

KRI Irian was the most dangerous one of the main ship in the world and its strength was proportional to the ships America’s best fighter, the USS Iowa, USS Wisconsin and USS Missouri. The defender anti-air attack was very strong, because the kind had a triple 4-bis Mk5 gun turrets 20 mm caliber, and 32 multi-function Canon 3.7 cm caliber. Its armored belt had reached 100 mm thick, almost impossible to penetrate the warships with the Dutch’s best, including Hr. Ms. Evertsen.

       HNLMS Karel Doorman in Biak, Papua

Since the arrival of this ship immediately the Dutch drastically reduced its presence in Papua. The carrier of  the Dutch largest pride, HNLMS Karel Doorman was ordered to leave immediately as soon as HMS Papua New Guinea moved to leave the Admiralty Yard in Leningrad to Surabaya, Indonesia.

Indonesia Air Force also became one of the main fleets of air deadliest in the world, which consisted of more than 100 aircraft-art at that time:

10 aircraft supersonic MiG-19.

• 20 fighter supersonic MiG-21 Fishbed.
• 30 aircraft MiG-15.
• 49 fighter high-subsonic MiG-17.

The aircraft MiG-21 Fishbed is one of the main planes of the world’s most advanced supersonic thathas been able to fly at the speed reaching Mach 2. This aircraft was even better than the most sophisticated American aircraft at that time, the supersonic F-104 Star-fighter and F-5 Tiger. All while the Dutch were still relying on the planes from World War II such as P-51 Mustang.

For the record, the magnitude of the aircraft MiG-21 and MiG-17 was thatin the Vietnam War they encouraged Americans to establish the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor, the training center for best pilots known as TOP GUN.

Indonesia also had a fleet of 26 long-range strategic bomber Tu-16 Tupolev (Badger A and B). This made by Indonesia one of only 4 nations in the world that have strategic bombers, namely the United States, Russia, and England. The home is located at the Air Force Base Iswahyudi, Surabaya.

Even China and Australia did not have strategic bombers like this. The bombers also featured a variety of sophisticated electronic equipment and special anti-missile warships Kennel AS-1, which could easily sink the ships of Western combat.

Indonesia also possessed a 12 Whiskey-class submarines, dozens of Corvette-class battleships, 9 of the world’s largest helicopter MI-6, MI-41 helicopter 4, various aircraft carriers including heavy transport aircraft Antonov An-12B. In total, Indonesia possessed 104 units of combat ships. Not to mention the thousands of the best assault rifles at the time and still become legendary to this day, the AK-47.

This all made Indonesia air force become one of the sea and air military strongest in the world. It was so thrillingly great that America under the leadership of John F. Kennedy forced the Dutch to get out of Papua, and stated in the UN forum that the transition of power in Papua from the Netherlands to Indonesia was something that can be accepted.

Indonesian food :)

Indonesia is a country with thousand islands. Each islands represent many kind of different unique cultures. Indonesia is well-known from their rich culture, from their traditional dance, music painting and many more. One of the most popular and interesting culture from Indonesia is their food. Each island have their own traditional food, and this made Indonesia has a lot kind of food.

Indonesian food usually has such a strong flavour. And usually every region has the different flavour of food. Like in Java, usually the food taste sweeter than the other. Meanwhile, traditional food from West sumatran has spicier flavour. Sometimes people from western not used to Indonesian food because of the strong flavour. But with this uniqueness it is make Indonesian food different from the others.

There are many traditional food from Indonesia. Like 'gado-gado', 'ketoprak', 'sayur asem', 'opor ayam', 'ayam rica-rica','ketupat', and many more. But now in modern era, there are a lot of restaurant that serve fast food amd wetern or eastern food. But this didn'y make our love to Indonesian food get less :)

Indonesian usually serve traditional food in a special occation, like 'lebaran' or birthday party. This make us love Indonesian food even more. I hope Indonesian traditional food will still be Indonesian's favourite and not lose from another food from other countries..