Influence of western culture in Indonesia

Should we follow all of the influence of western culture into our country? Influence of western culture contains many positive and negative things for life in society.

Influence of western culture is not always bad or good, such as nation's economy opened international markets to increase employment opportunities and to increase state revenue. Or hold a good cooperation with various activities such as introducing Indonesian culture to other countries.

In terms of social culture, we can also imitate their ways of thinking, such as a high work ethic, discipline and the technology which sophisticated with the purpose to improve the nation's progress and in the end we can promote the nation and enhance the nation's sense of nationalism to the nation.

However western culture to Indonesia can eliminate the feeling of our love to love domestic products such as prefer: Mc Donald, Coca Cola, Pizza Hut, Oriflame and others. Western culture can also change the style of one's life becomes a stranger, and leave the original character of the Indonesian nation. That is can chance us be Individual person so that is make us more do not want to care about the future of our nation.

The influence of western culture in our country is quite a lot. And we should make it be balance and wise to face the influence of western. And we must increase more the nationalism to the nation with the way always love to Indonesia’s product. And we can be selective to the influence of globalization in the politic, economic, socio-cultural in the nation.


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Lirih Hati

Adakah sisi lembut yang kau punya? Adakah penyempurnaan hati yang aku sebut cinta? Ya CINTA yang ada di dirimu untuk diriku. Seberapa lama lagi kau akan menyiksa hati? Apakah penantian bertahun ini belum dapat juga mengetuk sisi lembut

hati mu?

Oh mungkin aku yang gila karenamu yang tak pernah  sedikitpun melihat aku.

Disini. Yah seperti malam yang sunyi, sepi, seperti yang kau saksikan sendiri disini. Hidup ku bungkam. tak berkata tak bernyawa. Hanya mengetik, menulis tentang kamu. Yah hanya kamu.

Taukah dirimu? Ketika aku jatuh untuk mencintaimu ku tak pernah melirik sedikitpun ciptaan Tuhan yang indah lainnya. Mengapa? Ntahlah! Akupun tak mengerti. 

Taukah dirimu ? Disaat aku terjatuh karena luka yang kau beri, sebisanya aku bangkit untuk berdiri dan belari untuk mengejarmu lagi tanpa sedikitpun lelah, keluhan, dan dendam aku selalu memuujimu. Dan disana aku baru mengetahui betapa bodohnya aku, membiarkan perasaan itu tumbuh berlalu dan terlalu tinggi....

Kau hilang seperti di telan bumi. Lenyap ntah kemana kau beralih. hingga jejak mu sulit untuk ku raba setelah perpisahan itu. sebuah perpisahan yang tidak seharusnya aku biarkan berlalu.

Ku cari, ku telusui keberadaan mu yang bermaya di hidup ku waktu itu. Ku kunjungi rumahmu, namun rumah itu hanya tinggalah sebuah bangunan yang tak bertuan untuk ku singgahi. Ku cari kabar hari mu lewat teman aku dan kamu namun hanya sebuah alamat yang aku tuai. Tak mengapa kata hati ku dengan ini setidaknya lara ini telah tersiram sendu.

Ku bujuk taman ku, ku gali lagi tanah itu lalu ku beri pupuk. Seperti perasaan ini yang sedikit ragu akan perasaan itu. Ku jumpai kabar mu lewat tulisan-tulisan di sebuah akun milik mu.  Ketika aku membaca dan mencerna sedikit demi sedikit maksud hatimu baru aku menyadari. Disana ada sosok yang dapat mentramkan jiwa mu dan itu bukan aku. Kau tau perasaan ku dikala itu? 

Ya! aku ingin terkubur dalam perempatan bumi ini dan dibalut kain putih bajumu yang penuh dengan lumuran darah milik ku. Ntah apa yang ingin ku katakan saat itu. dada menyesak! nafas seakan berhenti. dan cairan putih bening di mataku ingin mengalir deras, namun entah hal apa yang menyumbatnya. Seakan aku mati suri seketika. 

Ku pandangi potret wanita yang berdiri di sebelah kiri kamu. Ingin sekali aku membencinya dan menyumpah tentangnya. Namun sisi hati yang lain tetap tak ingin melakukannya. Oh tuhan, biarkanlah perasaan ini terbang melayang bagai anai-anai yang tak akan pernah kembali lagi.

Ku ambil potret mu dan potretnya. Ku bakar hingga abu busuk menjadi bentuknya. Ya begitulah aku menyebutnya!. Ku ambil sehelai kain putih bertuliskan nama mu, kuletakkan abu busuk itu diatasnya. Kubungkus lalu ku ambang kan dan ku buang di permukaan air sungai yang deras dan bersih. Ia pergi berlalu dari mata ku. . . . 

Namun tidak diingatan ku. oh Tuhan, sampai kapan cinta itu akan terus hidup?

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fairytale ^_^

Love Story of Princess Haliana and Prince Eric

One day there lived a wise king, and the king had a beautiful wife and two daughters were very beautiful. But his daughters had different behavior . Princess Sherli was the first child who had no good behavior. Princess Haliana was the second daughter who had a very kind and loving. The palace was standing very luxurious. And the kingdom had a very powerful gold stick and as a symbol of royal power.

One night the princess Sherli with a magician went where gold stick to find and take it. But suddenly princess Haliana came and find princess Sherli steal the stick. Princess Haliana said "what’s your aim, sister?, don’t take it, our father can be angry!". "Leave me alone, go away! princess  Sherli said". Suddenly, the king woke up, and know it all.

And finally the king was angry and droved princess Sherli and witch out of the kingdom. Princess Sherli very disappointed and cried for mercy. But the king could not forgave greed to princess Sherli who intended to rule the kingdom by steal the gold stick. And the king saved gold stick in place in the bottom of the lake around the palace with magic for more safety.

One day the king marry off his daughter to prince Eric who prince Eric was first  love of princess Sherli. Then they met, prince Eric and princess Haliana fall in love. Then the king had a big party for his daughter's wedding. Princess Haliana also looked very pretty and prince Eric looked very handsome. And princess Sherli knew this news from a witch and she was very angry.

Princess Sherli came to party with witch kingdom. She was very angry and asked witch for help her to changed the whole person in the kingdom except her young sister and Prince Eric into a wilted black roses and thorns. And she bound her young sister and Prince Eric. Princess Sherli said "Oh my young sister who a traitor, you've captured my father and mother, seized the kingdom, and now you seize Prince Eric from me, you have captured all my happiness. And now you must feel lonely as I was out there and I'm going to bring prince Eric go and marry with me". Then they left. "I never intended to seize all of you have, she said”

Haliana cried for the night because can’t do anything with the position of binding. She was sad to see his parents and all people became black roses. Suddenly one of her tears fell upon the black rose and turned into a beautiful fairy godmother. She was shocked and she said "who are you". Then the fairy godmother said, "Don’t fear, I will help you. If you want to free them from the spell, then accept this package, take these yellow color liquid, then you will turn into a fish to take the gold stick that can liberate the kingdom of magic, then go to the Colamo hills to find the prince Eric and release from magic. But don’t forget , you only have 12 hours to save the prince Eric. And the rest of you will turn into a fish forever, the choices is in your hands ". Suddenly the Fairy Godmother was lost.

Princess Haliana took that choice. And drank it later turn into fish, she took the gold stick easily and released the curse. Then she ran to the Colamo hills and found a weak him. Then she used the gold stick to fight with witch, the witch was defeat and princess Sherli lost with the witch. Princess Haliana successfully helped prince Eric. But unfortunately princess Haliana turned into a fish again and in desperate need of water. He ran and brought her be quickly to the palace and put her in the lake near the palace. Unfortunately she was dead. And all the people wept.

Suddenly fairy godmother came again. She said "you can bring her back life in a way to kiss her, then she would get up and turn into a princess anymore, but you will be a fish forever". Then the prince kissed her and turned into fish forever. Princess Haliana turned into human and live longer. But she cried and asked for a fairy godmother to transform herself into a fish as well in order to live happily with him. With the permission of the king of fairy godmother grant.

Although it was a little not happy ending but the kingdom became calm again and all people became happy. And the people saved many lesson from princess Haliana’s story to kept nice behavior for all people.



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