this is so touchy...just remember what our parents did it will never be repayable. Robbighfirlii waliwalidayyaa warham humma kamaa robbayani shaghiraa.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Mongolian Chinese Song - chandman erdene 吉祥三宝
Ini lagu lucu banget..seems appropriate to share with Mas Ai, Abang Zidan and Adik Irish...tapi liriknya belum ketemu
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Bang Abi - Vlissinge (jilid 2)
Ini foto - foto berikutnya dari perjalanan Bang Abi di Vlissingen.
Foto sebelah adalah ruang makan yang setiap hari
"disambangi" oleh tim TNI-AL. Lumayan juga besarnya,
tapi kok sepi ? mungkin jam makan orang Indonesia
beda dengan orang Belanda ?
Waktu Dinner, apa menunya ? ada di gambar sebelah
dengan bentuk Dinner box. Terdiri dari 3 roti (kismis, keju, daging ayam), coklat, apel/jeruk, orange juice & susu. Box ini tersedia setiap hari Jumat, Sabtu, Minggu. Cukup nggak ya buat makan orang2 yang sedang kedinginan ?
Foto sebelah persis di depan kantor Satgas TNI-AL di Vlissingen.
Selanjutnya juga foto2 di depan galangan kapal dengan latar belakang KRI Hasanuddin (366).
Nah, foto terakhir sudah lebih serius, ini berada di
dalam ruang latihan Combat Information Centre (CIC).
Sementara itu dulu ceritanya, secepatnya akan diupload lagi yang terbaru ya.
sent from Vlissingen
posted from Jakarta
enjoyed from Surabaya
Foto sebelah adalah ruang makan yang setiap hari
"disambangi" oleh tim TNI-AL. Lumayan juga besarnya,
tapi kok sepi ? mungkin jam makan orang Indonesia
beda dengan orang Belanda ?
Waktu Dinner, apa menunya ? ada di gambar sebelah
dengan bentuk Dinner box. Terdiri dari 3 roti (kismis, keju, daging ayam), coklat, apel/jeruk, orange juice & susu. Box ini tersedia setiap hari Jumat, Sabtu, Minggu. Cukup nggak ya buat makan orang2 yang sedang kedinginan ?
Foto sebelah persis di depan kantor Satgas TNI-AL di Vlissingen.
Selanjutnya juga foto2 di depan galangan kapal dengan latar belakang KRI Hasanuddin (366).
Nah, foto terakhir sudah lebih serius, ini berada di
dalam ruang latihan Combat Information Centre (CIC).
Sementara itu dulu ceritanya, secepatnya akan diupload lagi yang terbaru ya.
sent from Vlissingen
posted from Jakarta
enjoyed from Surabaya
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
surat untuk Majelis Ugama Islam Singapura - MUIS
Saya masukkan email yang pernah saya kirim ke MUIS (Majelis Ugama Islam Singapura) yang menangani masalah agama Islam di masyarakat Singapura.
Idenya sih berawal pada pengalaman pribadi dalam mencoba untuk menjadi muslim yang lebih "bertaqwa" melalui sholat. Visinya ingin menjadi muslim modern yang tidak membentur-benturkan kewajiban sebagai umat Islam dengan lingkungan yang mungkin kurang Islami.
Namun demikian, untuk kasus di Singapura yang lambang benderanya saja sangat islami dengan 5 bintang yang menandakan sholat 5 waktu, rupanya mayoritas yang berkuasa kurang mengakomodasi hal itu sendiri. Nah disinilah muncul "semangat" untuk memicu agar masyarakan islam harus lebih exist memperjuangkan hal-hal dasar yang sifatnya wajib, tanpa perlu memprovokasi masyarakat agama lain.
Tapi ya semuanya terserah di Singapura, karena saya pun juga hanya seorang pendatang yang mencari sesuap nasi di negeri ini. Yang jelas, apapun hasilnya, tidak akan mengubah prinsip saya untuk konsisten sholat dimanapun kita berada tanpa perlu mengorbankan interaksi sosial kita dengan seluruh masyarakat. Umat islam tidak perlu mengalienasi dirinya hanya karena harus menjalankan kewajibannya. Jika memang kita minoritas, beradaptasilah terhadap hal2 yang sifatnya hubungan antar manusia dan interaksi sosial.
selamat membaca ;
Assalamualaikum MUIS,
I have been working here for 3 years and found out that practising sholat in Singapore, an originally moslem population surrounded by big Moslem country, is not that easy. It started in 2004 when I realize that my neighbour used to pray on the emergency exit stair for Dzuhur and Ashar. For me, I did it inside the office since the company is Indonesia company and it is normal to pray next to your table. Then, I also start to realize that a big office complex like Suntec city do not have a place for moslem to pray. The nearest one is a surau built in the basement of Centennial Tower, and prepared only since the coming of people from Pakistan working for Citibank.
The worst experience is around 3 weeks ago when I’m browsing around Plaza Singapura and suddenly realizing that Dzuhur time is almost passed. So I walk to information counter to ask for direction. It surprised me that the girls (both are Malay and I believe moslem as well) advised me to go to Al Falah in Orchard. How could I get there without missing the Dzuhur time (around 10 minutes before time) ? and the girls knew that exactly. So I asked where did the moslem employees of Plaza Singapura pray ? the first girl looked speechless and then the second took control by saying that they have their own private pray room for employee and it is not allowed for public and they stated it with very clear articulation with no indication for flexibility. And then they could only say sorry, that’s all they could do. That’s is too much for me.
So, I went up to 6th floor, found the toilet and do the wudhu, and then try to find a corner to pray. While looking around, I spotted an auntie looked suspicious to me, so I approached her and explain that I’m looking for a relatively clean space of 1x 0,5 m to pray. And she asked me, are you moslem ? I said yes. Then this auntie asked me to follow her and she showed me a corner where the worker and janitor used to rest with a pack of flattened box. She allowed me to use that place to pray. That experience really shook me, and what surprising is that the auntie is an Indian – Hindu (with red dot line on her forehead).
So, bottom line there are 2 points : 1. Should MUIS step up to ensure that every building is provided with quiet room or place to pray ? the moslem staying in the building could be assigned to maintain it. And it could also be used for other religion if necessary (like the praying room I found inside Changi Airport). 2. MUIS working with Singapore Tourism Board should start to educate people which will be likely serving the tourist to go extra mile, especially related to something that should comes first in life like sholat. This could be specifically targeted to Moslem who works in all the information counter throughout the island.
I hope this feedback will bring Singapore and its moslem population to a better community. Insya Allah.
Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wa barokaatuh
Achmad Abimanyu
Suntec - Singapore - 21 Aug 2007 (1.38 pm)
Idenya sih berawal pada pengalaman pribadi dalam mencoba untuk menjadi muslim yang lebih "bertaqwa" melalui sholat. Visinya ingin menjadi muslim modern yang tidak membentur-benturkan kewajiban sebagai umat Islam dengan lingkungan yang mungkin kurang Islami.
Namun demikian, untuk kasus di Singapura yang lambang benderanya saja sangat islami dengan 5 bintang yang menandakan sholat 5 waktu, rupanya mayoritas yang berkuasa kurang mengakomodasi hal itu sendiri. Nah disinilah muncul "semangat" untuk memicu agar masyarakan islam harus lebih exist memperjuangkan hal-hal dasar yang sifatnya wajib, tanpa perlu memprovokasi masyarakat agama lain.
Tapi ya semuanya terserah di Singapura, karena saya pun juga hanya seorang pendatang yang mencari sesuap nasi di negeri ini. Yang jelas, apapun hasilnya, tidak akan mengubah prinsip saya untuk konsisten sholat dimanapun kita berada tanpa perlu mengorbankan interaksi sosial kita dengan seluruh masyarakat. Umat islam tidak perlu mengalienasi dirinya hanya karena harus menjalankan kewajibannya. Jika memang kita minoritas, beradaptasilah terhadap hal2 yang sifatnya hubungan antar manusia dan interaksi sosial.
selamat membaca ;
Assalamualaikum MUIS,
I have been working here for 3 years and found out that practising sholat in Singapore, an originally moslem population surrounded by big Moslem country, is not that easy. It started in 2004 when I realize that my neighbour used to pray on the emergency exit stair for Dzuhur and Ashar. For me, I did it inside the office since the company is Indonesia company and it is normal to pray next to your table. Then, I also start to realize that a big office complex like Suntec city do not have a place for moslem to pray. The nearest one is a surau built in the basement of Centennial Tower, and prepared only since the coming of people from Pakistan working for Citibank.
The worst experience is around 3 weeks ago when I’m browsing around Plaza Singapura and suddenly realizing that Dzuhur time is almost passed. So I walk to information counter to ask for direction. It surprised me that the girls (both are Malay and I believe moslem as well) advised me to go to Al Falah in Orchard. How could I get there without missing the Dzuhur time (around 10 minutes before time) ? and the girls knew that exactly. So I asked where did the moslem employees of Plaza Singapura pray ? the first girl looked speechless and then the second took control by saying that they have their own private pray room for employee and it is not allowed for public and they stated it with very clear articulation with no indication for flexibility. And then they could only say sorry, that’s all they could do. That’s is too much for me.
So, I went up to 6th floor, found the toilet and do the wudhu, and then try to find a corner to pray. While looking around, I spotted an auntie looked suspicious to me, so I approached her and explain that I’m looking for a relatively clean space of 1x 0,5 m to pray. And she asked me, are you moslem ? I said yes. Then this auntie asked me to follow her and she showed me a corner where the worker and janitor used to rest with a pack of flattened box. She allowed me to use that place to pray. That experience really shook me, and what surprising is that the auntie is an Indian – Hindu (with red dot line on her forehead).
So, bottom line there are 2 points : 1. Should MUIS step up to ensure that every building is provided with quiet room or place to pray ? the moslem staying in the building could be assigned to maintain it. And it could also be used for other religion if necessary (like the praying room I found inside Changi Airport). 2. MUIS working with Singapore Tourism Board should start to educate people which will be likely serving the tourist to go extra mile, especially related to something that should comes first in life like sholat. This could be specifically targeted to Moslem who works in all the information counter throughout the island.
I hope this feedback will bring Singapore and its moslem population to a better community. Insya Allah.
Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wa barokaatuh
Achmad Abimanyu
Suntec - Singapore - 21 Aug 2007 (1.38 pm)
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Bang Abi di Netherland
Assalamualaikum,
Ini sedikit cerita tentang Bang Abi yang sekarang ada di Belanda.
Di sebelah kiri adalah markas perusahaan dimana Bang Abi "ditampung" sampai nanti Desember 2007. Disinilah tempat penampungan seluruh rombongan semenjak dari kedatangan pada tanggal 17 Agustus 2007 yang lalu.
Namanya tentara, biar baru mendarat langsung saja ikut perayaan 17 agustus, minimal pas acara dengan masyarakat...nah disitulah Bang Abi bisa ketemu dengan keponakan kita yang sekarang sedang bertugas di Belanda....namanya Cicik, dengan 2 puteranya. Fotonya ada dibawah.
Tapi ada bagusnya juga disana, rupanya disediakan sepeda untuk jalan-jalan. Untuk lingkungan seperti di Belanda kelihatannya ok juga tuh...sambil juga menghangatkan badan untuk melawan suhu yang berkisar di 12 sampai 17 derajat celcius.
Seperti apa sepedanya dan lingkungan tempat tinggalnya bisa dilihat di foto berikut. Disitu bisa terlihat juga KRI Hasanudin yang masih dalam proses penyelesaian.
Kalau dilihat dari cuacanya sih tidak terlihat suhunya dingin ya...tapi percaya deh, saya sudah pernah tinggal disana. Lebih baik sedia payung sebelum hujan. Mendingan pake jaket terus daripada mendadak kedinginan atau sakit.
Nah...yak opo kangmas-ku iki ngirim foto-fotone. Iso ndelok nang gambar sebelah. Masiyo kamare yo sederhana mung nganggo kasur soko wesi koyok asrama tentara tahun 70 an, tapi jenenge internet connection ono lan gratis.
Hebat abang-ku iki, technologically adapted person...he..he...
Wis, monggo sakdulur kabeh...nek ono maneh sing anyar, mengko tak posting nang kene supoyo kabeh iso melu dungakno Bang Abi supoyo tugas-tugase lancar...amin.
sent from Vlissingen, NETHERLAND
posted from Simei, SINGAPORE
enjoyed from Surabaya, INDONESIA
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Welcome
Hi all, after thinking for quite a long time, I did finally decided to have a try on a blog.
Considering that a blog is the way for us to express all the feeling and opinion that we have based on the values and past personal experience that we had achieved, then it sounds convenient for me to utilize this kind of media to share the thought.
It happens that I am the kind of person of talking and always trying to share any kind of new thinking or point of view to my subordinate of friends. I believe that by sharing, it will help to crystalized the value itself into my own soul and I will feel obliged and attached to it as the matter of integrity.
So, will blogging be able to give me feeling or satisfaction of sharing the thought ? and could eventually help me internalize the values into myself ? It could be hypothesized that the number of responses is the crucial factor that create the difference between talking directly to (a group of) people and blogging. Is it so ? let's see in the near future.
Regards,
Achmad "Bambim" Abimanyu
Considering that a blog is the way for us to express all the feeling and opinion that we have based on the values and past personal experience that we had achieved, then it sounds convenient for me to utilize this kind of media to share the thought.
It happens that I am the kind of person of talking and always trying to share any kind of new thinking or point of view to my subordinate of friends. I believe that by sharing, it will help to crystalized the value itself into my own soul and I will feel obliged and attached to it as the matter of integrity.
So, will blogging be able to give me feeling or satisfaction of sharing the thought ? and could eventually help me internalize the values into myself ? It could be hypothesized that the number of responses is the crucial factor that create the difference between talking directly to (a group of) people and blogging. Is it so ? let's see in the near future.
Regards,
Achmad "Bambim" Abimanyu
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