THE HISTORY TO REMEMBER

THE HISTORY TO REMEMBER

 

Indonesia with its spirit and power rapidly becomes a big nation. The history keeping the struggle of Indonesia people to reach their freedom is always live as a national identity. But, the history is not always about good story. The bad one usually comes with no invitation and prediction. 

Indonesia with all astonishing histories also has the worst history following its development as a country. And what I mean maybe also known by you is about Indonesia Communist Party’s (PKI) Movement on September 30^th 1965 or better known as G30S/PKI.

G30S/PKI (Gerakan 30 September PKI) was the rebellion which was planned and run by PKI with a big purpose to take over the power and to change Indonesia’s national ideology from Pancasila to Communist ideology. PKI with Colonel Untung – Mr. Soekrano’s hand- utilized the good relation with Mr. President Soekarno and lied to Soekarno indirectly to run their plan. But there were several Generals from Indonesian Army who knew PKI’s vicious intention.

The bad thoughts and plans of PKI had been known by those Generals for a long time. And those generals with their intelligent and power tried to prevent and cut every step which was planned by PKI. The other side, D.N Aidit, PKI’s leader, knowing the generals’ resistance on their movement had a plan to get rid their opponents off of their way. PKI which had been influenced communist ideology wanted to kill them all.

The day was coming. On September 30^th 1965, dawn of the day, The operation leading by Colonel Untung from Air Force commanded Tjakra Birawa troops – the president's secret service- to kidnap seven generals and take them all to Lubang Buaya – The location of generals’ murder. 

Lieutenant General Ahmad Yani, Lieutenant General MT. Haryono, and General D.I Panjaitan were The generals who were killed in their own home and witnessed by their family. While, Lieutenant General R. Soeprapto, Lieutenant General S. Parman, General Sutoyo were taken alive by the troops. And the main target Lieutenant General A.H Nasution successfully escaped from this plan because his squire/guard Captain Pierre Tendean manly pretended that he was Nasution.

Once kidnapping, all generals were murdered. 

The day after that day, General Soeharto tried to fix and solve the bad condition. He took an empty position of army power. After successfully took over Republic of Indonesia Radio (RRI) from PKI’s troops, General Soeharto and Lieutenant General Nasution announced to the public that they were in control and would rule an operation to break the case. He then appointed Colonel Sarwo Edhy as a RPKAD commander – The elite troops of Indonesia army (currently known as KOPASSUS)- to lead the operation to quell PKI’s movement.

Finally, the truth would be win. After a little battle with the counter-revolutionary forces, the condition was in control and getting better by the good side. All PKI’s leaders escaped and ran to several cities.

On October 3^th, the bodies of all victims of this movement were discovered. They were thrown into a deep hole. The evacuation was done by Navy troops (KKO) and then all victims were buried with a special honor on October 5^th precisely in Indonesia Army Forces Day. A.H Nasution gave his national speech to explain the rebellion of PKI and to raise the public’s spirit to fight on every communist ideology which grew in Indonesia.

Right now, after 20 long years, a film describing the cruel of PKI’s Movement in September 1965 is allowed to be played again to the public by instruction of Mr. President Joko Widodo. He wants all people especially the youth were born in millennial generation to know and learn about this history. And the main purpose of this instruction are to remember all revolution heroes becoming the victims and to strengthen the unity of Indonesia, also to understand and prevent the dangerous of communist ideology which is still spread by some groups. 

So then, The point is that Pancasila always becomes Republic of Indonesia's main ideology and never be replaced and changed by anything. 

Do not forget our history!

One Nation, One Pride

One Nation, One Pride

Red describes a courage, and White describes a pureness. Those both colors were blended to be the basic side of our symbol, our spirit and our struggle. The hard fight, blood sacrifice, and tears which never stop getting down are appropriate descriptions to know how Indonesia People took their freedom back from colonies. Our freedom is never made by a giving surely as despicable as our noisy neighbor country (Aisyalam) but by fighting and sharing struggle in a whole region of country.

Once Indonesia revealed their independence day on August 17^th 1945 by reading proclamation text, our nation immediately became one of the biggest countries in the world below our founding fathers leadership Mr. President Soekarno and Mr. Vice President Moh. Hatta. Furthermore, in several years later we were called as The Tiger of Asia. We all can’t deny how good Soekarno’s diplomatic strategies and approaches are with several leaders in other lands.

But, a few last years, Indonesia looked like having no power any longer. We aren’t feared anymore by other nations as good as the past. I don’t know exactly what causes which made this, and which a correct answer is. Other nations which have a good and fast growth or we were getting a decline of national development? Maybe the answers have been known exactly by us. The biggest problem we had is about corruption. Yup, actually Indonesia is a rich nation, having not only various cultures, but also many languages, ethnics, and religions. We also have many precious natural resource, and good human resource but honestly there are also so many bad people who abused the position and power to enrich themselves, their group and family. 

Indeed, corruption has been our first enemy in this country for last several years. We must commit to stop it by resisting this bad behavior living in this country starting from ourselves, family to other people. We can’t pretend that this is not a big problem, and this circumstance is still okay then realizing that apparently this sickness is the first factor that makes a destruction for our development. The people and government must conceive then issue strict rules to restrict a chance for anyone who wants to do corruption. 

Another phenomena which is happened in Indonesia currently is hoax and SARA contents that appears in social media and have a big potency to break our harmony among fellow citizens. Furthermore, these contents have become a new business for people who abuse the advance of high technology. Basically it looks not dangerous as bad as the corruption but apparently it will become a big problem if we don’t concern about this. So that, our president Mr. Joko Widodo commanded to cut these threats seriously by making social movement with tagline Mentality Revolution and I am Indonesia, I am Pancasila to unite Indonesia. 

Actually, everyone knows that we can bring back our glory as like as the past time and so do I. We should realize that in fact, we are a big nation, and rich country. We must be united again. Just stop stealing nation wealth, stop bullying each other, and start thinking and acting positively to rise and get our pride. All of you guys must not be having an intention to continue some bad things growing in our country and neither do I. 

Keep our nationalism and kinship between you and I well as good as it should be. Just reminding about our national heroes who were dead in battlefield to give us a freedom. We just need to keep our freedom by making our country better and bigger in future. So much so that we show to the world who we really are as a big nation.

Come on, we are absolutely able to do it. Unity in Diversity. Together we are stronger. 

Long life Indonesia Raya!

Nowadays Business

Nowadays Business

On this day, based on common life style, people generally need more necessary. Everything they have looks still not enough for them. Technology, style, and social status make many people trying to get what they want. The only way to reach it is working hard. And one of the choices is running the business.

In this century, particularly for the last decade, the competition in all field is more difficult and tricky because people’s awareness to improve their quality is getting better. It also works in business competition. 

The business in the future will be more competitive and variant. The trend of business today is described by development of high technology. There are many products look similar to the others. With a little improvisation and the power of technology, a new challenger will challenge “the old master” to get customers and defeat them if the old ones don’t want to change up.

The people who can make the innovation and use the technology well will be a winner in the business competition beside of keeping the quality of product. The improvement of user technology and the ease to access internet will give the good opportunity to the entrepreneurs to establish and develop their business. Most of companies now have utilized technology as their main tools to advertise their product. 

Accidently, my side job currently is helping my father business in culinary which is named GUBUG DJOGJA. Gubug Djogja is the one and only place which serves the delicious Gudeg, the traditional food of Yogyakarta, in Makassar right now. You should come and taste our food there.

Gubug Djogja's Picts

And the second is I tried to establish a new business with my bestfriend –Iccank- and we named it as ICIP-ICIP which has the meaning of taste or eat a bit. This business was planned in the end of march but exactly just started in the early of July 2017. Talking about the concept, ICIP-ICIP is in the same field with Gubug Djogja, in culinary. But the difference is that ICIP-ICIP serves the nice desserts while Gubug Djogja serves the main core. But the both are so nice and delicious surely.

Icipicip's picts

I have learned some conditions how to run the business in this digital era, and the point I got is we really need to utilize the technology and keep creating innovation into the product with creative mindset. Using and utilizing social media as our first tool to commerce our product are the best ways. 

Being an entrepreneur is not easy. Many opinions say that an entrepreneur must be a rich person and doesn’t need to work hard. But in reality, running the business is not easy as people say. There are so many things to think before we started such as identifying our passion, observing the market, and deciding the product. And the most important thing to have if people want to be an entrepreneur is the spirit. The spirit to never give up, the spirit to raise up when we loss out and the spirit to keep the consistence alive.

With this article, I just want to share about nowadays business in my opinion and as what I know. I am not a success entrepreneur yet, I am just a beginner and just started to run business for a few months. But I have a big hope to the people especially to all youth who have still good spirit and productive time to established and run the new business like me. Because believe or not, you will get many advantages if you make yourself brave to take challenge to establish the business.  

Lastly, I will quote Bob Sadino’s words about business. Bob Sadino is one of the successful entrepreneurs in Indonesia. He said that “The best Business is The Business which is run”.

 

Success to you!

The Meaning of Caring and Sharing

The holy Ramadhan 1438H has gone. (May Allah gives us the same chance to meet Ramadhan Next year, Aamiin).

The best month to pray and to do all kindness with multiple benefits was leaving us.

The best lesson I got this year were about caring and sharing.

Caring for poor people and sharing with the people who need a help.

What we have is theirs also actually.

So, we should put a half of our sustenance to them.

On the other hand,

By a long time, Capitalism had taught us to save and keep our money, then we would be rich.

By that, sometimes we prefer to keep the money than give to the poor people even though we have a lot.

And our mind was only thinking about how to enrich ourselves.

But, There is a contradiction about managing our things and money.

In Islam study, Allah commanded us by Qur’an to give and share our money (stuff/things) or anything we had, so not only some people can feel a bliss but also the other people who have nothing particularly.

We will get an incredible feedback we never expect before if we do this sincerely.

And also we would be truly rich.

So, which one will we do?