Angklung Performance @ FAIR 2010 Bandung

Angklung is a traditional music instrument fron West Java. Eventhough other neighbouring country claimed that they also have angklung, but it was originally from Indonesia.

Saung Angklung Mang Udjo is a music school founded in 1966 by the late Mr Udjo Bgalagena.

FAIR 2010 Bandung - Plenary

The Heritage Walk - Bandung

Nasi Ulam @ Pejagalan

Maghrib @ Mosque built in 1760

What a heritage...

Jatuh

Jatuh...

Sakit sekali rasanya.

Kejadiannya pun sangat singkat. Orang yang terjatuh tidak akan sempat berpikir. Kejadiannya mungkin tidak sampai satu detik. Sekelibat saja.

Orang yang sedang berpegang pada sesuatu, kemudian terlepas, pada saat itulah di pikiran orang itu akan terlintas, bahwa tanpa pegangannya, ia hanyalah makhluk yang lemah. Yang tanpa pegangannya itu, ia bukanlah apa-apa.

Orang yang terjatuh, rasanya tidak pernah sempat untuk melakukan apa-apa. Orang yang punya reflek bagus, paling hanya bisa berusaha melindungi bagian tubuh yang rawan, misalnya kepala atau perut.

Selebihnya, pasrah.

Jatuh yang pernah saya alami, berlangsung hanya dalam hitungan detik.

Singkat kata, suatu ketika sedang berusaha memperbaiki genting rumah. Mengandalkan tangga dan berpegangan di lis genting. Tanpa dinyana, hilang keseimbangan dan sekelibat pula badan ini terjerembab.

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Ketika kejadian itu berlangsung, tidak ada hal lain yang terlintas, kecuali rasa pasrah. Gravitasi yang menarik tubuh ini jauh lebih kuat dari upaya meraih pegangan.

Selepasnya, saya hanya bisa mengucap syukur. Tidak ada (sepertinya) yang serius, kecuali beberapa bagian tubuh yang agak lebam karena terjatuh dari ketinggian sekitar 3 meter.

Rasa syukur saya ungkapkan, karena saya masih mempunyai kesempatan untuk terus berucap syukur.

Saya sempat berpikir, seandainya, seandainya. Bila saja, jatuh saya ke sisi yang lain, tentunya saya akan jatuh lebih jauh lagi. Masih beruntung, jatuhnya dari batas genting ke teras lantai atas. Kalau saja jatuh langsung ke dasar rumah.....?

Naudzubillah, bisa-bisa minimal patah kaki atau tangan.

Masih juga bisa beruntung, karena jatuh saya masih terhambat oleh tangga yang menutupi utung beton. Kalau tidak..... *tutup mata

Dari kejadian di atas, saya melihat beberapa hikmah:

1) Jatuh bisa menimpa siapa saja. Baik dalam arti yang sesungguhnya, maupun secara harfiah. Bagi orang yang sedang berada "di atas" bukan tidak mungkin, setiap saat bisa terjatuh yang dapat mengakibatkan lecet, luka atau lebih parah lagi.

2) Manusia hanya bisa pasrah dan tidak akan pernah selalu bisa mengandalkan pegangannya. Hanya satu yang tetap bisa dipegang teguh. Kepasrahan kepada sang pencipta.

3) Berikan suatu pekerjaan kepada ahlinya, atau kepada orang yang bisa dan/atau biasa mengerjakannya. Hal-hal kecil yang terlihat simpel dan sederhana, mungkin pada pelaksanaannya menjadi sulit bila seseorang belum pernah atau tidak tahu cara mengerjakannya.

4) Rasa sok tau dan kesombongan bisa mengakibatkan jatuh. Setiap orang akan tahu batas kemampuannya. Bila tahu tidak akan mampu --- setelah dicoba --- tidak ada salahnya untuk menyerahkan kepada ahlinya.

5) Setelah jatuh, orang tetap akan selalu bisa naik lagi selama punya kemauan dan kemampuan --- tentunya setelah belajar dari jatuhnya itu.

Jumatan @ Masjid Jami al Kautsar - Tanjung Barat

Shalat Ied @ Al Ittihad - Tebet

Allahu akbar
Allahu akbar
Allahu akbar

Laa ila ha illalahuallahu akbar

Allahu akbar wa lillahilham

Menikmati Masa Kecil

Hasil karya kakak zu

Hebat!!!

12 Ways to Get Fired for Facebook

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12 Ways to Get Fired for Facebook

By Kaitlin Madden, CareerBuilder.com Writer


According to a 2009 study by Internet security firm Proofpoint, 8 percent of companies with more than 1,000 employees have fired someone for social media actions -- a figure that is double what was reported in 2008. Yet it probably comes as no surprise that Facebook firings are on the rise. Cases of employers firing employees for social media slip-ups have been consistent in the news over the past few years.

Just in case you need a refresher of what not to say online, here's a timeline of 12 ridiculous examples of how Facebook can get you fired.

1. Nov. 4, 2008:  New England Patriots cheerleader Caitlin Davis was cut from the squad over controversial pictures that were posted on her Facebook page. Davis, then 18, was at a Halloween party when she posed for photos with a passed-out man who was covered in graffiti, including swastikas, anti-Semitic remarks and profanity. Davis was fired from the squad after the pictures appeared on various websites and caught the attention of the Patriots' management team. She had been the youngest cheerleader ever to make an NFL squad.

2. Feb. 26, 2009: A U.K. teenager was fired for calling her job "boring." According to The Daily Mail, Kimberley Swann posted comments such as, "First day at work. Omg (oh my god)!! So dull!!" and "All I do is shred holepunch and scan paper!!!" [sic]. Swann was canned after her boss discovered the comments.  

3. March 9, 2009: Dan Leone, a stadium operations employee for the Philadelphia Eagles, was fired for voicing his opinion on the team's trading practices via Facebook. Leone reportedly updated his Facebook status with, "Dan is [expletive] devastated about Dawkins signing with Denver ... Dam Eagles R Retarted!!" [sic].

4. April 27, 2009: A Swiss woman was fired after calling in sick and then logging into Facebook on her "sick day." Apparently the woman had a migraine and called out of work because she thought the light from a computer would bother her and she needed to lie in a dark room. When her employer caught her surfing Facebook, it was presumed that she was indeed well enough to sit in front of a computer, and she was let go.

5. April 28, 2009:  A Minnesota nursing home employee was fired after rumors spread that she had posted photos of herself with nude patients on her Facebook page. Though no nude pictures were found, the employee did have pictures of herself with clothed patients, which violated the home's privacy policy and led to her termination.

6. August 27, 2009:  Ashley Payne, a Georgia high school teacher, was forced to resign after the local school board came across pictures of her sipping beer and wine. The pictures, which appeared on Payne's Facebook page, were from a vacation she had taken that summer, which included a trip to the Guinness Brewery in Ireland. Payne was quoted as saying "I did not think that any of this could jeopardize my job because I was just doing what adults do and have drinks on vacation and being responsible about it." She sued the school district last November. The case is expected to go to trial this fall.

7. Feb. 11, 2010: South Carolina firefighter and paramedic Jason Brown was fired for creating a three-minute-long animated video and posting it on Facebook. The video, which showed a cartoon doctor and paramedic responding to an emergency in a hospital, was meant to be a spoof, Brown said. However, his department didn't find the video funny, calling it "an embarrassment," and Brown was fired.

8. March 3, 2010: Gloria Gadsden, a professor at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania, was fired after updating her Facebook status with things such as, "Does anyone know where I can find a very discrete hitman? Yes, it's been that kind of day." [sic] The school said it was being overcautious because of the Feb. 12 shootings at the University of Alabama, in which professor Amy Bishop was charged with killing three fellow professors.

9. May 17, 2010: North Carolina waitress Ashley Johnson was fired from her job at a Brixx pizzeria after posting a negative comment about two of her customers. Johnson called the customers -- who left her a $5 tip after sitting at their table for three hours -- "cheap." Though she did not mention the names of the customers, Johnson did include the name of the pizzeria in her post. A few days later, management called her to tell her she was fired for violating the restaurant's social media policy.

10. May 24, 2010: The city of West Allis, Wis. fired a veteran police dispatcher of 21 years over a status update. Dana Kuchler was terminated after posting that she was "addicted to vicodin, adderall, quality marijuana, MD 20/20 grape and absinthe," on her Facebook page. Despite saying the post was a joke, Kuchler was terminated by the city. Her union then filed an appeal, claiming the punishment was too harsh for the crime. The arbitrator agreed, instead sentencing Kuchler to a 30-day suspension without pay. The city is currently in the process of appealing the new decision in an attempt to have Kuchler's termination reinstated.

11. June 10, 2010: Five California nurses were terminated after it was discovered that they were discussing patient cases on the site. The situation was investigated for weeks by both the nurses' employer, Tri City Medical Center in San Diego, and the California Department of Health before the nurses were fired for allegedly violating privacy laws.

12. June 21, 2010:  A Pittsburgh Pirates' mascot was fired earlier this summer, after posting a comment about the team's choice to extend the contracts of two of its managers. Andrew Kurtz, 24, was fired within hours of posting the comment "Coonelly extended the contracts of Russell and Huntington through the 2011 season. That means a 19-straight losing streak. Way to go Pirates," to his Facebook page.

Whether you think the above are examples of employees exercising free speech or simple stupidity, it seems as if Facebook postings are fair grounds for termination at many companies. With that in mind, post at your own risk.

Air Kelapa Muda

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KOMPAS.com — Cuaca terik dan aktivitas fisik siang hari pada bulan puasa akan menguras keringat. Di lain pihak, tak ada pemasukan cairan sama sekali. Kondisi tersebut menyebabkan kita mudah lelah dan mengantuk. Es kelapa muda sebagai minuman berbuka puasa dapat diandalkan untuk mengembalikan stamina.

Perbedaan mendasar antara daging buah kelapa muda dan tua adalah kandungan minyaknya. Kelapa muda memiliki rasio kadar air dan minyak yang besar. Sementara itu, kelapa disebut tua jika rasio kadar air dan minyaknya optimum untuk menghasilkan santan dalam jumlah terbanyak.

Daging buah kelapa muda dapat dimanfaatkan dalam pembuatan aneka jenis minuman, koktail, selai, dan aneka kue. Teksturnya yang lembut dan rasanya yang manis sangat mendukung untuk dijadikan makanan pembuka puasa. Dengan menambahkan sirop dan es batu, dalam sekejap akan tersaji minuman dingin pelepas dahaga yang lezat.

Kandungan energi per 100 gram daging buah kelapa muda cukup besar, yaitu 41-99 kkal. Menurut Barlina (2004), daging kelapa muda mengandung asam lemak omega-6, yaitu asam inoleat dengan jumlah sekitar 200-300 mg/100 gr daging buah. Di dalam tubuh, asam linoleat dapat diubah menjadi asam arakhidonat (AA). Zat ini penting dalam menunjang kecerdasan otak. Adapun jumlah air per butir kelapa muda sangat bervariasi, tergantung ukuran buah. Secara umum, kadarnya tidak kurang dari 250 ml per butir. Secara umum, air kelapa mengandung 4,7 persen total padatan, gula, protein, lemak, dan mineral.

Komposisi zat gizi pada air kelapa sangat mendekati komposisi cairan isotonik, yaitu sangat sesuai dengan cairan tubuh. Minuman isotonik diharapkan dapat menggantikan mineral tubuh yang hilang melalui keringat selama aktivitas olahraga ataupun kerja keras lainnya.

Kandungan mineral kalium yang cukup besar dalam air kelapa muda dapat membantu mengeluarkan senyawa beracun dari dalam tubuh. Oleh karena itu, air kelapa muda sering digunakan untuk menetralkan racun tubuh. Air kelapa juga mengandung vitamin C yang diperlukan untuk hidroksilasi protein dan lisin menjadi hidroksiprolin, bahan penting dalam pembentukan kolagen. Kolagen merupakan senyawa protein yang memengaruhi integritas struktur sel di semua jaringan ikat, seperti pada kulit. Oleh karena itu, air kelapa muda dianggap berkhasiat untuk kesehatan kulit.