Sabtu sore di ITC Kuningan
"Mau ke Carre four nggak?"
"Nggak ah, ngapain..."
We called it law of diminishing marginal utility
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Friday, January 06, 2006
Mencari keseimbangan
Itu ternyata jawaban dari beberapa masalah yang terjadi.
Kalo buruh mogok dan demo minta kenaikan UMP apa pemerintah mesti menurutinya? Seharusnya begitu karena inflasi yang mencapai 17% Oktober kemarin tentunya berpengaruh significan terhadap daya beli mereka.
Tapi di sisi lain jika UMP dinaikkan bisa diduga akan banyak perusahaan yang siap-siap memecat karyawannya. Atau bahkan karena merasa tidak sanggup akan keluar dari pasar, dan bagi perusahaan asing mereka akan keluar dari Indonesia untuk mencari tempat yang lebih nyaman untuk mencari untung, yang buruhnya rajin-rajin, yang buruhnya punya ketrampilan tinggi, yang nggak suka demo dan yang aparat pemerintahnya nggak rese’.
Atau masalah yang populer, soal subsidi BBM. Kalo subsidi dicabut, memang sih, membuat orang – seharusnya- lebih bijak dalam menggunakan BBM jadi mungkin ketersediaannya bisa diperpanjang jadi beberapa puluh tahun lagi, mencegah penyelundupan BBM ke luar negeri, menghemat uang pemerintah, etc etc.
Tapi nggak bisa dibantah jika hal itu menyengsarakan banyak orang, karena efeknya tidak terhenti pada kenaikkan harga BBM itu saja, karena ada banyak pihak yang memanfaatnya untuk menaikkan harga secara semena-mena.
Kekayaan alam Indonesia sudah tidak sebanyak zaman dulu, tapi masihlah ada yang tersisa. Saat pemerintah berusaha dengan berbagai cara agar perekonomian bisa tumbuh, ada seseorang yang saat ini –sayangnya- menjadi menteri mengusulkan agar ekonomi didahulukan baru lingkungan. Menurutnya lingkungan bisa diperbaiki setelah ekonomi membaik. Yang penting bisa makan dan sehat dulu, habis itu baru mulai tanam-tanam pohon. (Yeah… rasional mungkin tapi terasa sungguh *****). Bagaimana jika rusaknya lingkungan justru membuat ekonomi tidak jalan, misalnya saat terkena banjir apa kantor-kantor nggak libur?
Masih mau contoh lain? Impor beras atau tidak? Beras dari luar jauh lebih murah dari pada beras Indonesia. Kalo kita impor, beras petani Indonesia jadi nggak laku. (Aku nggak tau sih mutu beras Indonesia tu lebih bagus atau sama aja ato lebih jelek. Kalo mutunya lebih bagus mungkin bisa diharap bisa dibeli orang kaya seh) petani rugi, nggak mau tanam padi lagi (nggak ada PADI ¿???!). Mungkin bisa aja jadi kayak Singapore (dalam hal nggak tanam padinya) cuma nggak kebayang aja sih, Indonesia tanpa sawah :-s. Tapi kalo nggak impor, orang miskin nggak cuma petani aja kan? kalo harga beras mahal nggak punya cukup uang buat beli jadinya busung lapar.
Kalo buruh mogok dan demo minta kenaikan UMP apa pemerintah mesti menurutinya? Seharusnya begitu karena inflasi yang mencapai 17% Oktober kemarin tentunya berpengaruh significan terhadap daya beli mereka.
Tapi di sisi lain jika UMP dinaikkan bisa diduga akan banyak perusahaan yang siap-siap memecat karyawannya. Atau bahkan karena merasa tidak sanggup akan keluar dari pasar, dan bagi perusahaan asing mereka akan keluar dari Indonesia untuk mencari tempat yang lebih nyaman untuk mencari untung, yang buruhnya rajin-rajin, yang buruhnya punya ketrampilan tinggi, yang nggak suka demo dan yang aparat pemerintahnya nggak rese’.
Atau masalah yang populer, soal subsidi BBM. Kalo subsidi dicabut, memang sih, membuat orang – seharusnya- lebih bijak dalam menggunakan BBM jadi mungkin ketersediaannya bisa diperpanjang jadi beberapa puluh tahun lagi, mencegah penyelundupan BBM ke luar negeri, menghemat uang pemerintah, etc etc.
Tapi nggak bisa dibantah jika hal itu menyengsarakan banyak orang, karena efeknya tidak terhenti pada kenaikkan harga BBM itu saja, karena ada banyak pihak yang memanfaatnya untuk menaikkan harga secara semena-mena.
Kekayaan alam Indonesia sudah tidak sebanyak zaman dulu, tapi masihlah ada yang tersisa. Saat pemerintah berusaha dengan berbagai cara agar perekonomian bisa tumbuh, ada seseorang yang saat ini –sayangnya- menjadi menteri mengusulkan agar ekonomi didahulukan baru lingkungan. Menurutnya lingkungan bisa diperbaiki setelah ekonomi membaik. Yang penting bisa makan dan sehat dulu, habis itu baru mulai tanam-tanam pohon. (Yeah… rasional mungkin tapi terasa sungguh *****). Bagaimana jika rusaknya lingkungan justru membuat ekonomi tidak jalan, misalnya saat terkena banjir apa kantor-kantor nggak libur?
Masih mau contoh lain? Impor beras atau tidak? Beras dari luar jauh lebih murah dari pada beras Indonesia. Kalo kita impor, beras petani Indonesia jadi nggak laku. (Aku nggak tau sih mutu beras Indonesia tu lebih bagus atau sama aja ato lebih jelek. Kalo mutunya lebih bagus mungkin bisa diharap bisa dibeli orang kaya seh) petani rugi, nggak mau tanam padi lagi (nggak ada PADI ¿???!). Mungkin bisa aja jadi kayak Singapore (dalam hal nggak tanam padinya) cuma nggak kebayang aja sih, Indonesia tanpa sawah :-s. Tapi kalo nggak impor, orang miskin nggak cuma petani aja kan? kalo harga beras mahal nggak punya cukup uang buat beli jadinya busung lapar.
“Jadi salah siapa? salah gua? salah temen-temen gua?” AADC
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
2005 cont.
19. WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU'D DONE LESS OF?
Sleeping
20. DID YOU FALL IN LOVE IN 2005?
Just litle crush with a such perfect gentleman
21. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE TV PROGRAM?
Playboy kabel hahahaha....( sungguh bodoh!)
22. DO YOU HATE ANYONE NOW THAT YOU DIDN'T HATE LAST YEAR?
I don't hate, just dont like that kind person
23. WHAT WAS THE BEST BOOK YOU READ?
Mmmm...I cant decided
24. WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST MUSICAL DISCOVERY?
Maliq n D'Essential's songs, Too SEntimental by Air Supply
25. WHAT DID YOU WANT AND GET?
Everything.
26. WHAT DID YOU WANT AND NOT GET?
Nothing. When I cant get that then I don’t want that anymore :p
27. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE FILM OF THE YEAR?
Shall we dance (dont know why) n Amelie (unordinary movie!)
28. WHAT ONE THING WOULD HAVE MADE YOUR YEAR IMMEASURABLY MORE SATISFYING?
Arrange my time for work, study n having fun
29. WHAT KEPT YOU SANE?
Books, music, internet n friends
30. WHICH CELEBRITY/PUBLIC FIGURE DID YOU FANCY THE MOST?
Does Gerry count?
31. WHAT POLITICAL ISSUE STIRRED YOU THE MOST?
Too many. FYI, I live in Indonesia
32. WHO DID YOU MISS?
Similikithi, my awkward behaviour's dormmate … sometimes :p
33. WHO WAS THE BEST NEW PERSON YOU MET?
Somebody I should have known from long time but poorly I realized this person’s exist since few months ago n Lita
34. TELL US A VALUABLE LIFE LESSON YOU LEARNED IN 2005:
I need to see everything from both sides not just a simple single point of view.
37. QUOTE A SONG LYRIC THAT SUMS UP YOUR YEAR.
Menanti sebuah jawaban ….
38. WHAT ONE THING HAVE MADE YOU AMAZE THE MOST?
Orang yang kurang kerjaan baca ini sampe abis!!! (Hehehe… kidding..kidding. Keep doing this nice activity, folks!)
Sleeping
20. DID YOU FALL IN LOVE IN 2005?
Just litle crush with a such perfect gentleman
21. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE TV PROGRAM?
Playboy kabel hahahaha....( sungguh bodoh!)
22. DO YOU HATE ANYONE NOW THAT YOU DIDN'T HATE LAST YEAR?
I don't hate, just dont like that kind person
23. WHAT WAS THE BEST BOOK YOU READ?
Mmmm...I cant decided
24. WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST MUSICAL DISCOVERY?
Maliq n D'Essential's songs, Too SEntimental by Air Supply
25. WHAT DID YOU WANT AND GET?
Everything.
26. WHAT DID YOU WANT AND NOT GET?
Nothing. When I cant get that then I don’t want that anymore :p
27. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE FILM OF THE YEAR?
Shall we dance (dont know why) n Amelie (unordinary movie!)
28. WHAT ONE THING WOULD HAVE MADE YOUR YEAR IMMEASURABLY MORE SATISFYING?
Arrange my time for work, study n having fun
29. WHAT KEPT YOU SANE?
Books, music, internet n friends
30. WHICH CELEBRITY/PUBLIC FIGURE DID YOU FANCY THE MOST?
Does Gerry count?
31. WHAT POLITICAL ISSUE STIRRED YOU THE MOST?
Too many. FYI, I live in Indonesia
32. WHO DID YOU MISS?
Similikithi, my awkward behaviour's dormmate … sometimes :p
33. WHO WAS THE BEST NEW PERSON YOU MET?
Somebody I should have known from long time but poorly I realized this person’s exist since few months ago n Lita
34. TELL US A VALUABLE LIFE LESSON YOU LEARNED IN 2005:
I need to see everything from both sides not just a simple single point of view.
37. QUOTE A SONG LYRIC THAT SUMS UP YOUR YEAR.
Menanti sebuah jawaban ….
38. WHAT ONE THING HAVE MADE YOU AMAZE THE MOST?
Orang yang kurang kerjaan baca ini sampe abis!!! (Hehehe… kidding..kidding. Keep doing this nice activity, folks!)
Monday, January 02, 2006
The Year of 2005
I found this kind posting in a somebody's blog last year. N now I decide to answer it.
1. WHAT DID YOU DO IN 2005 THAT YOU'D NEVER DONE BEFORE?
Rent a house with my friends. N now its start to feel hommy
Quit a job then got stuck in super boring job.
Back to school, n felt surprise that I can enjoy it.
2. DID YOU KEEP YOUR NEW YEARS' RESOLUTIONS, AND WILL YOU MAKE MORE FOR NEXT YEAR?
Have no new year resolution
3. DID ANYONE CLOSE TO YOU GIVE BIRTH?
My sister
4. DID ANYONE CLOSE TO YOU DIE?
Budhe (wat i should say in english?) Pardi
5. WHAT COUNTRIES DID YOU VISIT?
Mmmm ... Mangga Dua sometimes felt like other countries.
6. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE IN 2006 THAT YOU LACKED IN 2005?
A digital camera (asap!). Start my own new career as ... freelance. N ...
7. WHAT DATES FROM 2005 WILL REMAIN ETCHED UPON YOUR MEMORY AND WHY?
19 Nov - something came to thrill me n im still wondering wats that mean.
8. WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR?
Got scholarship
9. WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST FAILURE?
Failure to disciplin
10. DID YOU SUFFER ILLNESS OR INJURY?
Got injury because of fell from motor n hit by in the next month :(
11. WHAT WAS THE BEST THING YOU BOUGHT?
Mmmm...Maybe my beloved mobilephone.
12. WHOSE BEHAVIOUR MERITED CELEBRATION?
My nephew
13. WHOSE BEHAVIOUR MADE YOU APPALLED AND DEPRESSED?
My own n some stupid person’s
14. WHERE DID MOST OF YOUR MONEY GO?
Eating, books, house's rent n borrowed
15. WHAT DID YOU GET REALLY, REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT?
Padi, Maliq, blog, google, nephew
16. WHAT SONG WILL ALWAYS REMIND YOU OF 2005?
None
17. COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR ARE YOU:
a) Happier or sadder? Much sadder
b) Thinner or fatter?the same (40kg for whole year long)
c) Richer or poorer? POORER!!!!
18. WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU'D DONE MORE OF?
Writing, reading, traveling n praying for the most
1. WHAT DID YOU DO IN 2005 THAT YOU'D NEVER DONE BEFORE?
Rent a house with my friends. N now its start to feel hommy
Quit a job then got stuck in super boring job.
Back to school, n felt surprise that I can enjoy it.
2. DID YOU KEEP YOUR NEW YEARS' RESOLUTIONS, AND WILL YOU MAKE MORE FOR NEXT YEAR?
Have no new year resolution
3. DID ANYONE CLOSE TO YOU GIVE BIRTH?
My sister
4. DID ANYONE CLOSE TO YOU DIE?
Budhe (wat i should say in english?) Pardi
5. WHAT COUNTRIES DID YOU VISIT?
Mmmm ... Mangga Dua sometimes felt like other countries.
6. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE IN 2006 THAT YOU LACKED IN 2005?
A digital camera (asap!). Start my own new career as ... freelance. N ...
7. WHAT DATES FROM 2005 WILL REMAIN ETCHED UPON YOUR MEMORY AND WHY?
19 Nov - something came to thrill me n im still wondering wats that mean.
8. WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR?
Got scholarship
9. WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST FAILURE?
Failure to disciplin
10. DID YOU SUFFER ILLNESS OR INJURY?
Got injury because of fell from motor n hit by in the next month :(
11. WHAT WAS THE BEST THING YOU BOUGHT?
Mmmm...Maybe my beloved mobilephone.
12. WHOSE BEHAVIOUR MERITED CELEBRATION?
My nephew
13. WHOSE BEHAVIOUR MADE YOU APPALLED AND DEPRESSED?
My own n some stupid person’s
14. WHERE DID MOST OF YOUR MONEY GO?
Eating, books, house's rent n borrowed
15. WHAT DID YOU GET REALLY, REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT?
Padi, Maliq, blog, google, nephew
16. WHAT SONG WILL ALWAYS REMIND YOU OF 2005?
None
17. COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR ARE YOU:
a) Happier or sadder? Much sadder
b) Thinner or fatter?the same (40kg for whole year long)
c) Richer or poorer? POORER!!!!
18. WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU'D DONE MORE OF?
Writing, reading, traveling n praying for the most
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