tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38923040326051332532024-03-14T03:57:51.581+07:00Happy Feet MitaArtika Farmitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11026525582461849667noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892304032605133253.post-43083055710647583302016-01-28T23:14:00.000+07:002016-01-28T23:16:49.049+07:00Where Tri Rismaharini Went in Silicon Valley?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><br />TEMPO.Co, Surabaya</b> – Elected Surabaya city mayor, Tri Rismaharini, shared her one-week journey stories in Silicon Valley, San Fransisco, US. She departed from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Wednesday, January 13, 2016. After went back to Surabaya, she brought a bunch of stories from the Uncle Sam’s country.<br />
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She went there not only to accompany the winner of Startup Sprint Competition, Masaku, but also to bridge the dream of Surabaya as the next startup technology center. “The most important thing is, we look for the most useful and suitable applications for Indonesian people,” she said to Tempo, Wednesday, January 26, 2016.<br />
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She highlighted that her visit was not intended to adopt Silicon Valley ecosystem to Surabaya, fully.<br />
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Risma explained about the places she visited in the US. Mostly, they were recommended spots for startup businessman, such as Startup Weekend. Startup Weekend creates new technology applications every week. She also came to the F50, one of the well-known startup accelerator. F50 collects funding from around the world for the next startup generation.<br />
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“I went to Facebook, Google, and one of the biggest venture capital who will fund startups in Surabaya,” she added, “they will come to Surabaya soon.”<br />
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After visited those startup companies, Risma made agreements with other startup accelerator, such as StartX and Global Silicon Valley (GSV). StartX was funded by Stanford University, while GSV was a community which elaborated technology and social problems.<br />
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“Startup must not only talk about technology. But also about solving human’s life. I want to build the ecosystem, which integrates all of them,” she explained. Not only creating money, but also promoting change.<br />
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<i><span style="background-color: orange; color: white;">*Original article in Bahasa Indonesia,</span></i><span style="background-color: orange;"> <a href="http://nasional.tempo.co/read/news/2016/01/27/058739723/ke-mana-saja-wali-kota-risma-selama-di-silicon-valley" target="_blank"><span style="color: white;">Ke Mana Saja Wali Kota Risma Selama di Silicon Valley?</span></a></span></div>
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Artika Farmitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11026525582461849667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892304032605133253.post-56087244802612499482016-01-28T22:13:00.002+07:002016-01-28T22:30:39.046+07:00Straight News in English :P<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Government Denied Accusation of Recleckness</span><br /><i>Bahrun Naim is named as the attack mastermind</i></b><br /><br />Jakarta – Coordinator Minister of Politics, Laws, and Security, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, denied accusation on National Security officers and intelligent agency’s recleckness as the cause of the attacks and bombings in Sarinah, Central Jakarta, yesterday. The attack killed 7 people.<br /><br />“Since December 2015, there would be ‘an orchestra’ on Southeast Asia. And National Police work really hard to arrest them in December,” Luhut said after a closed-meeting in Presidential office yesterday.<br /><br />Luhut admitted, although the government had already known that there would be an attack, it didn’t have a clue when it would happened. “One thing that we didn’t know is when it would happen. No intelligence anywhere couldn’t guarantee such information. Never accuse us of being reckless,” he said.<br /><br />Luhut added that security officers had managed to control the situation, so that the December attack was prevented from happening. But this last attack in January did happen.<br /><br />Head of National Intelligent Agency, Sutiyoso, denied the same accusation. Although the agency had already detected some terrors, he didn’t know the time and the place. “The most important thing is after the event, probably four hours, they are clear,” he added.<br /><br />National Police’s Head of Public Relations Division, General Inspector Anton Charliyan said, the police had anticipated the ISIS attacks since November 2015, right after the Paris attack. “It is said that there would be a ‘concert’ in Indonesia and it would become international news.” The word ‘concert’ referred to the attack.<br /><br />Head of Metro Jaya Region Police, General Tito Karnavian, was convinced that the attack executor was ISIS member. He mentioned Bahrun Naim as the attack mastermind, an ISIS leader in Indonesia. “He is willing to be the leader of ISIS in Southeast Asia,” he said.<br /><br />ARTIKA RACHMI FARMITA<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0UQEjROwgbA/VqoyYB9sIOI/AAAAAAAAAlY/XDgnlv3RG2w/s1600/1115.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0UQEjROwgbA/VqoyYB9sIOI/AAAAAAAAAlY/XDgnlv3RG2w/s400/1115.jpg" width="305" /></a><br /><br /><br /> </div>
Artika Farmitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11026525582461849667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892304032605133253.post-15308642800489771832016-01-28T22:08:00.001+07:002016-01-28T22:27:16.245+07:00[FEATURE] Saving the Beautiful Bawean Deer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>Bawean – </i></b>End taper eyes with eyelashes probe carefully. One by one horned-heads poked through the trees, looking shyly from behind the mango trees. Shortly thereafter, elephant grass rustled gently, enticing them to come out of their hiding places.<br />
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"After a few minutes, they will be used to seeing humans. They won’t be scared anymore," said Ahkam, the nurse deer, while moving the grass.<br />
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In late December 2015, Tempo visited breeding conservation of Bawean deer (Axis kuhlii) in Beto Gebang, West Pudakit Village, Sangkapura. The deer live in Princess Island, 128 kilometers northern of Gresik, East Java.<br />
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Bawean deer have petite stature with 60-70 centimeter height. They have short brown fur and a little white color in the crease of the inside parts of their legs. There is also a part of white color around his bright eyes. The adult males have a pair of three-pronged horns, while the females do not. That’s why Bawean deer are referred as the world's most beautiful deer.<br />
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The number of the Bawean deer is ups and downs. Sudirman, a teacher, who lives in the East Pudakit Village, built Bawean deer breeding, recognizing that it would/could be extinct. When poverty and hunger was rampant in Bawean before the 1960s, deer hunting activity increased. "The forest,which is the habitat of these animals, are replaced with teak trees," he explained.<br />
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The story of breeding conservation began in 2002, when the poor Bawean deer being chased by the dog, fell into a well. Residents clustered around the well, trying to catch her. Sudirman felt sorry, knowing that the deer was pregnant. "I stopped people from killing the deer. I offered to exchange it with beef. The people agreed and the deer was rescued," he said.<br />
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From there, the 59-year-old man felt compelled to preserve this species endemic to Bawean island. On an area of 4 hectares of his former garden bark, Sudirman constructed the breeding cage area of 0.7 hectares.<br />
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Sudirman had a unique way to prevent deer from being killed. He observed the habits of people, who liked to hunt wild boars, accused of destroying their agricultural land. The deer often became victims of the trap nets, which were actually installed to captive the wild boars. The dogs belonging to local hunters also attacked the deer cruelly.<br />
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Sudirman created a competition, whoever found a deer going down the hill, he would give him Rp 1 million prize. "As long as the deer is not wounded nor killed." At present, the breeding’s collection reached the number of 40 deer.<br />
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Center for Conservation of Natural Resources (BBKSDA) East Java made a record of Bawean deer population since the 1970s. In the 1977-1979, the deer population was estimated around 200-400 deer. In 2003-2004, BBKSDA, in collaboration with the Faculty of Forestry University of Gajah Mada, conducted a population study. "As a result, it was estimated there were 307-316 deer at that time," said the head of the East Java BBKSDA, Suyanto Sukandar. Five years later, the number increased about 405-417 deer.<br />
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He acknowledged that there were many factors, which affected the balance of the ecosystem. Mostly, it was coming from some outside factors, such as the stealing of timber and other forest products, and the poaching and encroachment of forest areas.<br />
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<span style="background-color: orange;"><span style="color: white;"><i>*This is (shortened) English version of my Science article in Tempo Newspaper, January 13, 2016. The original version is in Bahasa Indonesia (and longer, hehe).<br /><br />*Thank you for Bu Sirikit, my mentor. I learn writing English for Journalism with her (^.^)</i></span></span></div>
Artika Farmitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11026525582461849667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892304032605133253.post-69964838049239331382015-04-28T00:03:00.000+07:002015-04-28T00:03:15.629+07:00Ketika Negeri Pawang Banjir Jadi Sumber Inspirasi Walikota Risma<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hari itu, hujan deras mengguyur Kota Pahlawan. Di dalam Innova pribadi miliknya, sesosok perempuan berkerudung hitam lantas memandang langit dengan mulut komat-kamit merapal doa. Sambil tetap memegang handy talky, ia terus bertukar pembicaraan mulai dari kepala SKPD hingga penjaga rumah pompa. Jika hujan terus terus turun, tamu istimewanya biasanya datang. Banjir. (1)<br /><br />Surabaya ialah satu dari sekian banyak kota metropolitan di Indonesia yang langganan banjir. Walikota Tri Rismaharini paham betul, ia tak bisa hanya mengandalkan 54 rumah pompa yang dimiliki pemerintah kota Surabaya. Strategi penanganan banjir itu diarahkan pada manajemen air. ”Kalau hanya mengandalkan pompa air, biaya operasionalnya besar,” ujar dia. (2)<br /><br />Manajemen sistem drainase menjadi andalannya dalam menangani banjir di Surabaya. Saluran air dirancang berukuran besar agar mampu menampung air sebanyak-banyaknya dan dulu difungsikan sebagai irigasi sawah. Kini saluran itu disulap menjadi saluran drainase yang letaknya lebih rendah daripada daratan sekitarnya. Caranya ialah memasang box culvert sepanjang12 kilometer dengan lebar 12 meter dan kedalaman 4 meter. <br /><br />Tak cukup dengan proyek box culvert Banyu Urip, Pemkot Surabaya mengalokasikan dana APBD untuk membuat sistem drainase di jalan-jalan protokol kota lainnya seperti Jalan HR. Muhammad, Raya Gubeng, dan Raya Diponegoro. Jalur pedestrian itu dilengkapi box culvert selebar 4 meter dengan kedalaman 2 meter.<br /><br />Tak bisa dipungkiri, ide-ide walikota Risma membangun Surabaya tercetus usai menimba ilmu di Belanda. Risma kagum dengan tata kota di Belanda yang menurutnya terintegrasi antar sektor. Kesan itu didapatnya saat ia masih menjadi pegawai negeri sipil di Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Kota (Bappeko). Pada tahun 1996, ia memperoleh kesempatan belajar tata ruang dan perencanaan kota baru di Rotterdam. Diklat tersebut merupakan rangkaian dari proyek Integrated Urban Development Management (IUDM) yang diselenggarakan oleh Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS). (3)<br /><br />“Saya dapat banyak ilmu, karena di sana diajarkan agar kita berpikir tentang integrasi dan bagaimana dampaknya, bukan sekedar membangun. Karena semua harus ada impact-nya. Misalnya ke pendapatan kota, terhadap sosial ekonomi, dan masyarakat,” kata dia.<br /><br />Menurutnya, integrasi menjadi perhatian utama Belanda dalam menata kota. Mulai sistem drainase untuk mengatasi banjir, transportasi masal, hingga bagaimana menjaga warisan budaya. Selain itu, Belanda selalu berpikir jauh ke depan. “Bukan hanya 10 tahun, tapi berpikir 100 tahun ke depan. Mereka juga berpikir impact dari setiap pembangunan,” papar arsitek berusia 53 tahun tersebut. <br /><br />Mengelola air telah menjadi keahlian Belanda sejak abad ke-17, bahkan bisnis besar. Berdasarkan data Netherlands Water Partnership, pada tahun 2008 saja para insinyur hidrolik Belanda dan industri terkait mendatangkan dana $10 miliar berkat ekspor teknologi tinggi di bidang manajemen air ke seluruh dunia. (4)<br /><br />Di sisi lain, setelah sukses membangun berbagai gerbang laut dan tanggul, para desainer dan insinyur Belanda kini menambah teknologi baru dengan melibatkan alam. Belanda mulai mengelola air di masa depan dengan kembali ke ilmu-ilmu dasarnya; memanfaatkan bahan-bahan alami, meniru sistem alam, dan memanfaatkan tenaga alam.<br /><br />Contohnya ialah Sand Engine atau Sand Motor (Mesin Pasir) pada tahun 2011. Sand Engine adalah metode inovatif untuk melindungi pantai dengan memanfaatkan angin, gelombang, dan arus laut. Ketiganya akan menyebar pasir secara alami di sepanjang pantai Zuid-Holland di Ter Heijde. Secara bertahap, Sand Engine akan berubah bentuk dan akan sepenuhnya masuk ke bukit-bukit pasir dan pantai. Sehingga pantai akan menjadi lebih luas dan lebih aman.<div>
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<br />Proyek seperti Sand Engine menggambarkan potensi dan tantangan ke depan dalam pengelolaan banjir berisiko. Selain efektif dalam pembiayaan, infrastruktur baru dikembangkan dengan meminimalisir dampak lingkungan dan beradaptasi terhadap perubahan iklim.<br /><br /><div>
Salah satu solusi lain ialah menggunakan organisme hidup sebagai penyangga alami, contohnya hutan bakau. Pakar biologi laut sebuah lembaga nirlaba di bidang ilmu terapan, Mindert de Vries mengatakan, hutan bakau cenderung mampu menangkap sedimen dan tumbuh seiring kenaikan permukaan air laut. “Tanggul hybrid dapat dilakukan dengan menanam vegetasi seperti pohon-pohon gandarusa di sisi arah laut guna menyerap pukulan pertama laut. Tanggul itu lebih murah dan lebih tahan lama dibandingkan tanggul tradisional,” kata dia. De Vries memperkirakan, metode itu menghemat biaya sekitar 30 persen.</div>
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Peneliti Belanda lain melakukan pengembangan bahan tanggul baru, yakni semen fleksibel atau batu penyerap energi, sebuah geotekstil yang mencegah erosi internal, dan rumput superkuat yang meredam gelombang air.<br /><br />Selain memperkuat pertahanan banjir dengan sistem alam, para ilmuwan Belanda dan insinyur juga mengembangkan Smart Dikes (Tanggul Cerdas), sebuah tanggul dengan sensor tertanam. Sensor itu akan menyampaikan laporan status real-time melalui menara seluler kepada para pengambil keputusan. Pemberitahuan awal tersebut memberikan waktu untuk perbaikan atau bagi warga yang ingin mengungsi lebih awal.</div>
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<br />Tampaknya inspirasi Negeri Van Oranje itu akan terus melekat di benak Walikota Risma. Sejak kedatangan Menteri Infrastruktur dan Lingkungan Hidup Belanda Melani Schultz pada 4 April 2014 silam, ia menegaskan akan terus mengirimkan 10 stafnya untuk belajar ilmu drainase di Belanda. Selain untuk meningkatkan kapasitas kemampuan staf di bidang drainase, mereka juga diutus untuk belajar tentang transportasi di sana. “Saya optimis Surabaya bisa dengan mudah mengatasi problem banjir.” (5)<div>
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<b><i>(*) Artikel ini ditulis sebagai partipasi dalam Holland Writing Competition 2015 yang diselenggarakan oleh Nuffic-NESO Indonesia dan NVO</i></b></div>
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<b>REFERENSI:</b></div>
<br />(1) <a href="http://www.enciety.co/risma-selalu-deg-degan-kalau-hujan-turun/">http://www.enciety.co/risma-selalu-deg-degan-kalau-hujan-turun/</a> <br />(2) <a href="http://www.jawapos.com/baca/artikel/12811/jurus-baru-wali-kota-tri-rismaharini-kelola-surabaya-2">http://www.jawapos.com/baca/artikel/12811/jurus-baru-wali-kota-tri-rismaharini-kelola-surabaya-2</a> <br />(3) Wawancara langsung dengan Tri Rismaharini di gedung Indosat Surabaya, Sabtu 25 April 2015 <br />(4) <a href="http://e360.yale.edu/feature/to_control_floods_the_dutch_turn_to_nature_for_inspiration/2621/">http://e360.yale.edu/feature/to_control_floods_the_dutch_turn_to_nature_for_inspiration/2621/</a> <br />(5) <a href="http://regional.kompas.com/read/2014/04/04/1632443/Risma.Kirim.Stafnya.Belajar.Ilmu.Drainase.ke.Belanda">http://regional.kompas.com/read/2014/04/04/1632443/Risma.Kirim.Stafnya.Belajar.Ilmu.Drainase.ke.Belanda</a></div>
Artika Farmitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11026525582461849667noreply@blogger.com0Surabaya, Surabaya City, East Java, Republic of Indonesia-7.2574719 112.75208829999997-7.5094844 112.42936479999997 -7.0054593999999994 113.07481179999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892304032605133253.post-91619321193024752022015-03-16T02:59:00.002+07:002015-03-16T03:13:11.945+07:00Tax Revenues Up 400 Percent After Gijzeling Threats<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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TEMPO.CO, Surabaya - Application of the forced body imposition threats (gijzeling) claimed to be effective for trapping delinquent taxpayers. Gijzeling caused effects on the amount of tax revenue.
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"It turns out effectively after the news about gijzeling published nationally. Disbursement of tax arrears increased 400 percent," the official substitute Director of Counseling and Services (P2) Public Relations Directorate General of Taxation, Wahju K. Tumakaka, told Tempo in East Java regional police headquarters, on Friday, March 13, 2015.<br />
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Gijzeling is a form of body forced taxpayers who do not pay off the debt. Gijzeling is set in Billing Tax Act No. 19 of 2000 forced letter.
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Wahju said, it was targeting how people who would be subject to gijzeling annually. "We don't set any targets, because what we expect is the general taxpayer compliance, both because of normal and billing reasons," he said. "Even we hope that no one get gijzeling."
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The alumnus of Harvard University said, nationally, the tax which can be collected up to the insured this year is around Rp 20 billion. However, gijzeling can not directly be done because it takes at least two years plus a three-month billing process.<br />
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"It is a long process. Having no tax assessment, the taxpayer may file an objection or appeal. If you already have a final decision but has not paid off, we can only do gijzeling," he said.
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To that end, underscoring the need for synergy between the Wahju police, the Directorate General of Taxation, and Customs and Excise through a memorandum of understanding in enforcing the law in the field of customs, excise, taxation, as well as other crimes.<br />
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"This synergy is expected to give a psychological impact to taxpayers, but not to scare or threaten them," he said. If there are obstacles in billing or investigation, said Wahju, the DGT need police assistance.
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<b><i>Indonesian news version:</i></b><br />
<a href="http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2015/03/13/087649773/Penerimaan-Pajak-Naik-400-Persen-Setelah-Ada-Ancaman-Gijzeling" target="_blank">Penerimaan Pajak Naik 400 Persen Setelah Ada Ancaman Gijzeling</a>/</div>
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Artika Farmitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11026525582461849667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892304032605133253.post-28854789393457935292011-03-15T06:58:00.004+07:002011-03-15T07:16:11.813+07:00Amid my Published Work and my Lovely City...<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d4maTOXZVq8/TX6nNSuP9pI/AAAAAAAAAIc/DUJumjhmMUM/s1600/AMPEL_A.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d4maTOXZVq8/TX6nNSuP9pI/AAAAAAAAAIc/DUJumjhmMUM/s400/AMPEL_A.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584084434791954066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 275px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I think I was lucky when I got this assignment from a famous <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.co.id/">National Geographic</a> family magazine, National Geographic Traveler.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I got a message from one of NGI Forum coordinator for Surabaya region--Muhammad Adhitama, then he connected me with one of the writers, Ukirsari Manggalani or mbak Ari. She said om Rey (Reynold Sumayku, the photo editor) asked me to photograph Ampel. I didn't know why he choosed me (I guessed it's because I'm Adhitama's friends. My photos aren't too fascinating like other NG photographers made...but I'm trying of course :P). Lately, I asked to write the article too. I had a notion that I should challenge myself to be more than I usually do--only making pictures. Dot. Alhamdulillah, they gave me the opportunity.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Although writing is used to be my soulmate, I almost never write about serious topic like this Ampel assignment: history, people's testimony, analizing, drowning into many-many datas which I hardly searched it anywhere, meeting many-many people with various backgrounds to get the old stories about that place, then gathering all of those things into one full article...an article that should make people concerned about Ampel, not only walking around and act like tourist or backpacker-look-alike.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">According to the contract of employment, I can't upload the original file of published images. But I can still show you my printed version I scanned from the magazine. It was officially published in National Geographic Traveler magazine of Indonesia, January 2011 edition.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Good news, then. Although my works were edited (a lot--sigh. <i>Hehe</i>), I have asked to work for another historic place to write and photograph, for the same article again.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Glad to hear that, because it means I will have more chances to do better and better.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Another advantages is now I have such deeper understanding about my lovely city, Surabaya. For over years I complained and had much griefs because of being born and living in this hot city. 22 years is enough for me, I always want to just get out. I want to leave this 'home'. But the more I walk in its wide pedestrians, the more I photographed it, the more it's captivating. Yes, it's a bloody real home. <span class="Apple-style-span">Damn!</span> (but I still want to get out of here...<i>haha</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">And yes...I know I'm still no one.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>(Young and dangerous, some people said..haha)</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I need to learn harder and look further.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Being open minded but well-argued is important, isn't it?</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Cheers ;)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><b>Other pages:</b></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sqa1-GSWUOc/TX6sz9EQgOI/AAAAAAAAAI8/EA5r1y7MylM/s400/AMPEL_B.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584090596551721186" /></div><div><br /></div></div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kj1TZSECK3k/TX6s0KOxrRI/AAAAAAAAAJE/nfAu9MocHBg/s400/AMPEL_C.jpg" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 275px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584090600085499154" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kj1TZSECK3k/TX6s0KOxrRI/AAAAAAAAAJE/nfAu9MocHBg/s1600/AMPEL_C.jpg"></a><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Artika Farmitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11026525582461849667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892304032605133253.post-26442905987704829872010-11-25T07:21:00.009+07:002010-11-25T07:52:20.340+07:00Documentary photography: It's Not as Easy as I Think<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Call me a newbie--yes, I am. Starting <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">my photogra</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">phy as a hobby, then I realized that I've got to do more with it...I found that social </span><span class="Apple-style-span">problem is my interest. Getting close with the subject...talking with them....hearing their sigh about how unfair this system ruin their life...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So...for about 1 month and a half, I got this documentary assignment from my online documentary </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photogra</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">phy magazine, named </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.jendelabidik.net/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jendela Bidik</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. I saw this as a kickoff assignment, because before this, I was just a newbie who wondered to do documentary </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">project. Although I've had 2 </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">personal </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">project, they were made without enough acknowledgement about documentary. Now, after having so many friends who have the same interests, learning from ex</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">perts, exhausting in heavy discussion, meet many </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">problems in searching of 'what documentary </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photogra</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">phy</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is'</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, I must give </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">proof that "yes, I can make it too!"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This social documentary </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photogra</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">phy assignment theme is about HERO. As the only female </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photogra</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">pher in this 2nd editionof Jendela Bidik, I try to </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">put attention to female world too. That hero doesn't always refer to someone who fight in a war. But she is close to us...who love us everyday, cook for you every morning. Yes, she is our mother.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Feel free to give your comments and a</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">p</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">preciations to my </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photowork at the 2nd edition of Jendela Bidik, Indonesia's Documentary </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photogra</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">phy online magazine </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.jendelabidik.net/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">here</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TfBKhi4dGcI/TO2wlR2K5wI/AAAAAAAAAHo/cQpD2_VE6S8/s400/7_MG_7513.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543280870855206658" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span">Katrina dan Karin tertidur lelap, menunggu sang ibu pulang mengojek. Menjalani hari-hari tanpa libur atau tamasya bersama keluarga merupakan hal yang biasa bagi kedua putri kecil Harwati ini.</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Myriad Pro', sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Artika Farmitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11026525582461849667noreply@blogger.com1