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Jumat, 30 Desember 2011
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Rabu, 28 Desember 2011
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Selasa, 20 Desember 2011
Kata-kata Mutiara Part 1
à Sang pencipta member kita 2 telinga dan 1 mulut, artinya 2 kali mendengarkan dan baru berbicara
à Nikmati hidup karena hidup itu sungguh luar biasa! Hidup adalah perjalanan yang indah
à Who wants a cynic who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing (Oscar Wilde)
à Orang yang beruntung adalah orang yang tahu apa yang harus dilakukan (Kenneth Wydro)
à Inspirasi dan kejeniusan itu adalah satu dan sama (Victor Hugo)
à Tanpa mimpi, orang seperti kita akan mati (Arai – Sang Pemimpi)
à Anda adalah penguasa hidup Anda!
à Humor adalah jarak terdekat antara 2 orang (Victor Borge)
à Tidak ada strategi khusus untuk menghadapi persaingan, sederhana saja “Kita harus bertahan lebih lama”
à There will always be a light at the end of the tunnel
à Berikanlah dan anda akan menerima
à Para pemenang tidak takut kalah
à Arogan = ego + kebodohan
à Orang yang menghindari kegagalan juga menghindari kesuksesan
à Setiap orang ingin pergi ke surge, tapi tak seorang pun mau mati
à Kita perlu bermimpi, karena tanpa impian kita tak akan pernah bias mewujudkan apa pun
à Orang sukses adalah orang yang mau BerKomitmen atas mimpi – mimpinya
à Mereka yang bertahan akan menang
à Kita minta kekuatan maka diberikan kepada kita masalah agar kita terlatih dan kuat
à Kita ingin bahagia diberikan kesedihan agar kita bias mengerti arti kebahagiaan
à Intelengensi +Arogansi = Kebodohan
à Jangan menyerah ! Tetap bersabar, berusaha, dan berdoa
à Keberuntungan ada ketika kesempatan bertemu dengan kesiapan
à Beranilah mengembil risiko!
à Temukan kekurangan anda, perbaiki, dan jadikan itu sebua kelebihan !
à Syukuri dan nikmatilah hidupmu!
à Don’t quit till you got nothing left!
à Apa yang tertulis dipikiran adalah Impian, Apa yang tertulis di kertas adalah Rencana, dan Apa yang tercermin dalam perbuatan adalah Tindakan dari sebuah Impian dan Rencana
à Jangan melakukan sesuatu yang tidak membuat anda bahagia
à Nikmati hidup karena hidup itu sungguh luar biasa! Hidup adalah perjalanan yang indah
à Who wants a cynic who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing (Oscar Wilde)
à Orang yang beruntung adalah orang yang tahu apa yang harus dilakukan (Kenneth Wydro)
à Inspirasi dan kejeniusan itu adalah satu dan sama (Victor Hugo)
à Tanpa mimpi, orang seperti kita akan mati (Arai – Sang Pemimpi)
à Anda adalah penguasa hidup Anda!
à Humor adalah jarak terdekat antara 2 orang (Victor Borge)
à Tidak ada strategi khusus untuk menghadapi persaingan, sederhana saja “Kita harus bertahan lebih lama”
à There will always be a light at the end of the tunnel
à Berikanlah dan anda akan menerima
à Para pemenang tidak takut kalah
à Arogan = ego + kebodohan
à Orang yang menghindari kegagalan juga menghindari kesuksesan
à Setiap orang ingin pergi ke surge, tapi tak seorang pun mau mati
à Kita perlu bermimpi, karena tanpa impian kita tak akan pernah bias mewujudkan apa pun
à Orang sukses adalah orang yang mau BerKomitmen atas mimpi – mimpinya
à Mereka yang bertahan akan menang
à Kita minta kekuatan maka diberikan kepada kita masalah agar kita terlatih dan kuat
à Kita ingin bahagia diberikan kesedihan agar kita bias mengerti arti kebahagiaan
à Intelengensi +Arogansi = Kebodohan
à Jangan menyerah ! Tetap bersabar, berusaha, dan berdoa
à Keberuntungan ada ketika kesempatan bertemu dengan kesiapan
à Beranilah mengembil risiko!
à Temukan kekurangan anda, perbaiki, dan jadikan itu sebua kelebihan !
à Syukuri dan nikmatilah hidupmu!
à Don’t quit till you got nothing left!
à Apa yang tertulis dipikiran adalah Impian, Apa yang tertulis di kertas adalah Rencana, dan Apa yang tercermin dalam perbuatan adalah Tindakan dari sebuah Impian dan Rencana
à Jangan melakukan sesuatu yang tidak membuat anda bahagia
The Economic Challenge for the Ummah
The Economic Challenge for the Ummah
- Self-Imposed Dependence
- Restructuring our Economic Systems
[Condensed from a talk by Justice Mufti Taqi Usmani, delivered at the International Conference of the World Muslim Congress.]
The nineteenth century was a century of political oppression whereby the powerful Western nations enslaved most of the Asian and African nations including a large number of Muslim countries.
The present century, which is nearing its end, has witnessed the gradual independence of these countries from Western imperialism. However, despite our apparent success in achieving the goal of political liberty, we could not succeed in acquiring independence on intellectual, economic and strategic levels. That is why Muslim Ummah could not yet reap the fruits of its political freedom.
Now the Muslim world is looking toward the coming century with hope that it will bring for it total independence in the real sense so the Muslims may find their due place among the nations of the world and may be free to live according to the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam.
However, this hope cannot be realized through wishful dreams. We will have to work hard for our total freedom even more than we did for our political freedom. We need a total revision of our strategy, a well-considered plan, a collective resolution, and a revolutionary approach.In this paper, I would like to confine myself to two major issues.
Self-Imposed Dependence.
.
It is common knowledge that Ummah's basic economic problem is the dependence of the Muslim countries on others. Most of the them are borrowing huge amounts from the rich Western countries. Some countries are incurring these heavy interest-bearing loans not only for the development projects, but also for their day-to-day expenses, and what is more serious, for the payment of interest accrued on their previous loans which keeps the size of their indebtedness ever-increasing through a vicious circle.
.
Dependency on foreign loans is the basic disease of our economy that has not only shattered our economic life, but has also devastated our self-determination and has forced us to submit to the demands of our creditors, sometimes, at the price of our collective interests. It is no secret that the creditors impose their own conditions before they advance a loan. These conditions keep us under a constant foreign pressure, often stop us from pursuing our own objectives and force us to follow the policies dictated by others.
.
The evil consequences of dependence on foreign loans are too obvious to need any further elaboration.Islamic teachings consider "Indebtedness" as a detestable phenomenon, which should not be resorted to except in cases of extreme necessity.
.
The Prophet, Salla-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, even refused to offer the funeral prayer for a person who died before paying back his loan.Moreover, the Muslim jurists have discussed whether it is lawful for the ruler of a Muslim State to accept the gifts offered by a non-Muslim. The answer: It is lawful only where the acceptance of gifts does not result in any kind of pressure against the interest of the Ummah.Islamic principles require that the Muslims should avoid incurring foreign debts, even if they face some hardships.
.
But our present indebtedness was not created by lack of resources. In fact, the Muslims have never been so resource-rich. They own enormous natural resources. They occupy important strategic positions on the globe. They are joined together by a geographical chain from Morocco to Indonesia, broken only by India and Israel.
.
They produce nearly 50% of the oil of the world. They are said to account for more than one third of the world's export of raw material. What is more, the cash they have invested in the western countries alone may be more than sufficient to set off their total liabilities.According to a recent report of Islamic Development Bank, the total external debt of the IDB member countries in 1996 amounted to 618.8 billion dollars.
.
The deposits and assets kept by the Muslims in the Western countries are said to be much more than this amount. Obviously, there is no authentic record of such deposits, because their owners do not disclose them. However, the economic experts have estimated them to be between 800 and 1000 billion dollars, out of which 250 billions are said to be taken back by the Arabs to their own countries after the Gulf War. Practically it means that we are borrowing a part of our own money at a high rate of interest.
.
Even if these estimated figures are taken to be exaggerated, one can hardly deny the fact that had these huge amounts been kept and properly used within the Muslim world, the Ummah would have never resorted to incur the debt of more than six hundred billion dollars.Our dependence on foreign loans is self-imposed for which we cannot blame anyone but ourselves. We did never probe in to the factors underlying the flight of our capital. We did never try to remove those factors and instill confidence in our own people.
.
We could not deliver ourselves from the corrupt and oppressive system of taxation. We were not able to create a peaceful atmosphere for investment. We could not provide our countries with stable political system. We did not bother to create opportunities for the sound utilization of capital and, above all, we failed to mobilize the spirit of Islamic unity and to activate the strength of the Muslim Ummah as a whole.The tragic situation cannot be corrected by expensive celebrations at the advent of the new century. We will have to take the challenge of time seriously. Our economic and political leadership will have to find ways and means to free ourselves from dependence on foreign countries.
.
We already have the basic resources for that. All we need is to design new policies to utilize the wealth of the Ummah within the Muslim world, and to develop the concept of Islamic brotherhood and mutual understanding and cooperation.The Quran says: "All the Muslims are brothers." Quranic injunctions and the Prophetic teachings require that the Muslim Ummah should act as a single body. The geographical barriers should not divide them into different nations with conflicting objectives.
.
The political boundaries may only be tolerated for the internal administrative affairs of each country, but all the Muslim countries must have a united face at least with reference to the common objectives of the Muslim Ummah vis-à-vis the rest of the world.Gone are the days when technical know-how was the monopoly of a few Western countries. Now, the Muslim talent is capable of at least handling the immediate requirements of the Ummah.
.
What we need is to seek this talent, and to put it to the service of this Ummah with a missionary zeal.But all this requires the unified efforts from the leadership of our countries. This is the biggest challenge faced by them. They must meet it, not only for the betterment of the Ummah, but for their own survival. A great responsibility, in this respect, lies on the shoulders of OIC, which should take the initiative and create a Muslim talent pool to design new policies for the Ummah as a joint body.
.
Restructing our Economic Systems
.
The twentieth century has witnessed the rise of communism, the conflict between capitalist and communist countries and lastly the fall of communism. The capitalist Western countries are celebrating the fall of communism as if it was an empirical evidence of their own victory, not only on a political front but also on ideological plane. The fact is, however, that communism was based on an emotional reaction against some evil consequences of the capitalist economy, specially, against the element of inequitable distribution of wealth, which has been experienced in the capitalist countries throughout the centuries.
.
The failure of communism was not due to its justified criticism of the evils of capitalism. Rather it was caused by the inherent defects of the alternative system suggested by it. The capitalist economies still suffer from inequities in the distribution of wealth. There is still a large gap between the haves and the have-nots and 'poverty in the midst of plenty' is still the major problem of their economy. These are the real problems created by capitalism and unless they are satisfactorily solved, it may give birth to another reaction that may be more aggressive than communism.
.
The world, therefore, is badly in need of a Third Economic System. The Muslim Ummah can work out this system based on the Islamic norms. The economic principles taught by the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet (Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam) are quite capable of solving the major economic problems faced by the world today. While they allow private ownership and market economy, they also provide a well considered system of distributive justice, which may eliminate the inequities and bring about a system in which profit motive works with the collective interest of the society.
.
The basic fault of communism was that, frustrated with the inequity of capitalism, it assailed the very institutions of private ownership and market forces and developed a utopian idea of planned economy which was unnatural, artificial and oppressive. The denial of individual liberty curtailed the zeal for production and the wide powers of the state left the destiny of the people in the hands of the ruling class.
.
It was neither private ownership nor the institution of market forces that was the basic cause of injustice in the capitalist system. The basic factor for creating inequities in the capitalist countries was the absence of a criterion to differentiate between just and unjust earnings. The instruments of interest, gambling, speculative transactions and the tools of exploiting immoral desires of the consumers to secure huge profits were allowed, which tend to create monopolies and in turn paralyze the forces of demand and supply or at least obstruct their operation.
.
It is thus ironical that the capitalist theory on the one hand asserts the principles of lassiez-faire but, on the other, by allowing the aforesaid instruments, interferes with their natural function and stops the market forces from playing their due role by creating monopolies that impose their arbitrary decisions on the bulk of the common people.
.
The system of interest favors the rich industrialists who benefit from the wealth of the common people who deposit their savings in the bank, and after making huge profits do not allow the common people to share these profits except to the extent of a fixed rate of interest that is again taken back by them as it is charged to the cost of production. At macro level, it means that these rich people always use the money of depositors for their own benefit and in reality pay nothing to them because the interest payments are always added to the cost of production.
.
Similarly, gambling is a major instrument for concentrating the wealth of thousands of men in a few hands and for promoting the disastrous motive of greed for the unearned income. The speculative transactions are also a major source of disturbing the natural market operations and contribute to the inequities in the distribution of wealth. Islam not only allows the market forces but also provides mechanism to keep them operative with their natural force without their being hindered by monopolies.
.
It applies two types of controls on the economic activities.
.
First, it subjects the process of earning to certain divine injunctions, which clearly define the limits of halal and haram. These injunctions tend to prevent monopolies and curb the unjust and immoral earnings and commercial activities detrimental to the collective interest of the society. In the context of modern economic needs where the savings of the common people are activated to boost development, the use of the Islamic instruments like musharakah and mudarabah, instead of interest, may make the common people directly share the fruits of development which may bring prosperity in a balanced manner reducing the gap between the rich and the poor.
.
Second, the institution of zakat, sadaqat, and certain other financial obligations provide that even the halal income is again distributed to the persons who could not earn enough due to insufficient market opportunities. Through the twin controls, the wealth is kept under constant circulation and the chances of its concentration are almost eliminated.But our main tragedy is that the principles of Islamic economy are still in theoretical form for which no living example is available.
.
The Muslim countries have not tried to structure their economy on Islamic basis. Most of them are still following the capitalist system and that too in a half-baked manner, which has made the economic atmosphere much worse than that of the developed capitalist countries. Unfortunately, despite having the clear cut Islamic injunctions, the inequities existing in Muslim countries are far more severe than in the Western world.
This tragic situation cannot last forever. If we are not prepared to mend our ways, some natural process of revolution is bound to find its way. If we want to avoid disastrous consequences of such revolution, we'll have to restructure our economic system on the basis of clear guidance provided by the Qur'an and Sunnah.
.
Our success in setting an example for implementing the Islamic principles will be our best gift to the human fraternity at the advent of the new century. I hope that if the principles of Islamic economy are implemented sincerely, we'll find the world more receptive to them today than we experienced it in the past.
.
Source:http://www.albalagh.net/Islamic_economics/economy.shtml#Restructing%20our%20Economic%20Systems
- Self-Imposed Dependence
- Restructuring our Economic Systems
[Condensed from a talk by Justice Mufti Taqi Usmani, delivered at the International Conference of the World Muslim Congress.]
The nineteenth century was a century of political oppression whereby the powerful Western nations enslaved most of the Asian and African nations including a large number of Muslim countries.
The present century, which is nearing its end, has witnessed the gradual independence of these countries from Western imperialism. However, despite our apparent success in achieving the goal of political liberty, we could not succeed in acquiring independence on intellectual, economic and strategic levels. That is why Muslim Ummah could not yet reap the fruits of its political freedom.
Now the Muslim world is looking toward the coming century with hope that it will bring for it total independence in the real sense so the Muslims may find their due place among the nations of the world and may be free to live according to the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam.
However, this hope cannot be realized through wishful dreams. We will have to work hard for our total freedom even more than we did for our political freedom. We need a total revision of our strategy, a well-considered plan, a collective resolution, and a revolutionary approach.In this paper, I would like to confine myself to two major issues.
Self-Imposed Dependence.
.
It is common knowledge that Ummah's basic economic problem is the dependence of the Muslim countries on others. Most of the them are borrowing huge amounts from the rich Western countries. Some countries are incurring these heavy interest-bearing loans not only for the development projects, but also for their day-to-day expenses, and what is more serious, for the payment of interest accrued on their previous loans which keeps the size of their indebtedness ever-increasing through a vicious circle.
.
Dependency on foreign loans is the basic disease of our economy that has not only shattered our economic life, but has also devastated our self-determination and has forced us to submit to the demands of our creditors, sometimes, at the price of our collective interests. It is no secret that the creditors impose their own conditions before they advance a loan. These conditions keep us under a constant foreign pressure, often stop us from pursuing our own objectives and force us to follow the policies dictated by others.
.
The evil consequences of dependence on foreign loans are too obvious to need any further elaboration.Islamic teachings consider "Indebtedness" as a detestable phenomenon, which should not be resorted to except in cases of extreme necessity.
.
The Prophet, Salla-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, even refused to offer the funeral prayer for a person who died before paying back his loan.Moreover, the Muslim jurists have discussed whether it is lawful for the ruler of a Muslim State to accept the gifts offered by a non-Muslim. The answer: It is lawful only where the acceptance of gifts does not result in any kind of pressure against the interest of the Ummah.Islamic principles require that the Muslims should avoid incurring foreign debts, even if they face some hardships.
.
But our present indebtedness was not created by lack of resources. In fact, the Muslims have never been so resource-rich. They own enormous natural resources. They occupy important strategic positions on the globe. They are joined together by a geographical chain from Morocco to Indonesia, broken only by India and Israel.
.
They produce nearly 50% of the oil of the world. They are said to account for more than one third of the world's export of raw material. What is more, the cash they have invested in the western countries alone may be more than sufficient to set off their total liabilities.According to a recent report of Islamic Development Bank, the total external debt of the IDB member countries in 1996 amounted to 618.8 billion dollars.
.
The deposits and assets kept by the Muslims in the Western countries are said to be much more than this amount. Obviously, there is no authentic record of such deposits, because their owners do not disclose them. However, the economic experts have estimated them to be between 800 and 1000 billion dollars, out of which 250 billions are said to be taken back by the Arabs to their own countries after the Gulf War. Practically it means that we are borrowing a part of our own money at a high rate of interest.
.
Even if these estimated figures are taken to be exaggerated, one can hardly deny the fact that had these huge amounts been kept and properly used within the Muslim world, the Ummah would have never resorted to incur the debt of more than six hundred billion dollars.Our dependence on foreign loans is self-imposed for which we cannot blame anyone but ourselves. We did never probe in to the factors underlying the flight of our capital. We did never try to remove those factors and instill confidence in our own people.
.
We could not deliver ourselves from the corrupt and oppressive system of taxation. We were not able to create a peaceful atmosphere for investment. We could not provide our countries with stable political system. We did not bother to create opportunities for the sound utilization of capital and, above all, we failed to mobilize the spirit of Islamic unity and to activate the strength of the Muslim Ummah as a whole.The tragic situation cannot be corrected by expensive celebrations at the advent of the new century. We will have to take the challenge of time seriously. Our economic and political leadership will have to find ways and means to free ourselves from dependence on foreign countries.
.
We already have the basic resources for that. All we need is to design new policies to utilize the wealth of the Ummah within the Muslim world, and to develop the concept of Islamic brotherhood and mutual understanding and cooperation.The Quran says: "All the Muslims are brothers." Quranic injunctions and the Prophetic teachings require that the Muslim Ummah should act as a single body. The geographical barriers should not divide them into different nations with conflicting objectives.
.
The political boundaries may only be tolerated for the internal administrative affairs of each country, but all the Muslim countries must have a united face at least with reference to the common objectives of the Muslim Ummah vis-à-vis the rest of the world.Gone are the days when technical know-how was the monopoly of a few Western countries. Now, the Muslim talent is capable of at least handling the immediate requirements of the Ummah.
.
What we need is to seek this talent, and to put it to the service of this Ummah with a missionary zeal.But all this requires the unified efforts from the leadership of our countries. This is the biggest challenge faced by them. They must meet it, not only for the betterment of the Ummah, but for their own survival. A great responsibility, in this respect, lies on the shoulders of OIC, which should take the initiative and create a Muslim talent pool to design new policies for the Ummah as a joint body.
.
Restructing our Economic Systems
.
The twentieth century has witnessed the rise of communism, the conflict between capitalist and communist countries and lastly the fall of communism. The capitalist Western countries are celebrating the fall of communism as if it was an empirical evidence of their own victory, not only on a political front but also on ideological plane. The fact is, however, that communism was based on an emotional reaction against some evil consequences of the capitalist economy, specially, against the element of inequitable distribution of wealth, which has been experienced in the capitalist countries throughout the centuries.
.
The failure of communism was not due to its justified criticism of the evils of capitalism. Rather it was caused by the inherent defects of the alternative system suggested by it. The capitalist economies still suffer from inequities in the distribution of wealth. There is still a large gap between the haves and the have-nots and 'poverty in the midst of plenty' is still the major problem of their economy. These are the real problems created by capitalism and unless they are satisfactorily solved, it may give birth to another reaction that may be more aggressive than communism.
.
The world, therefore, is badly in need of a Third Economic System. The Muslim Ummah can work out this system based on the Islamic norms. The economic principles taught by the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet (Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam) are quite capable of solving the major economic problems faced by the world today. While they allow private ownership and market economy, they also provide a well considered system of distributive justice, which may eliminate the inequities and bring about a system in which profit motive works with the collective interest of the society.
.
The basic fault of communism was that, frustrated with the inequity of capitalism, it assailed the very institutions of private ownership and market forces and developed a utopian idea of planned economy which was unnatural, artificial and oppressive. The denial of individual liberty curtailed the zeal for production and the wide powers of the state left the destiny of the people in the hands of the ruling class.
.
It was neither private ownership nor the institution of market forces that was the basic cause of injustice in the capitalist system. The basic factor for creating inequities in the capitalist countries was the absence of a criterion to differentiate between just and unjust earnings. The instruments of interest, gambling, speculative transactions and the tools of exploiting immoral desires of the consumers to secure huge profits were allowed, which tend to create monopolies and in turn paralyze the forces of demand and supply or at least obstruct their operation.
.
It is thus ironical that the capitalist theory on the one hand asserts the principles of lassiez-faire but, on the other, by allowing the aforesaid instruments, interferes with their natural function and stops the market forces from playing their due role by creating monopolies that impose their arbitrary decisions on the bulk of the common people.
.
The system of interest favors the rich industrialists who benefit from the wealth of the common people who deposit their savings in the bank, and after making huge profits do not allow the common people to share these profits except to the extent of a fixed rate of interest that is again taken back by them as it is charged to the cost of production. At macro level, it means that these rich people always use the money of depositors for their own benefit and in reality pay nothing to them because the interest payments are always added to the cost of production.
.
Similarly, gambling is a major instrument for concentrating the wealth of thousands of men in a few hands and for promoting the disastrous motive of greed for the unearned income. The speculative transactions are also a major source of disturbing the natural market operations and contribute to the inequities in the distribution of wealth. Islam not only allows the market forces but also provides mechanism to keep them operative with their natural force without their being hindered by monopolies.
.
It applies two types of controls on the economic activities.
.
First, it subjects the process of earning to certain divine injunctions, which clearly define the limits of halal and haram. These injunctions tend to prevent monopolies and curb the unjust and immoral earnings and commercial activities detrimental to the collective interest of the society. In the context of modern economic needs where the savings of the common people are activated to boost development, the use of the Islamic instruments like musharakah and mudarabah, instead of interest, may make the common people directly share the fruits of development which may bring prosperity in a balanced manner reducing the gap between the rich and the poor.
.
Second, the institution of zakat, sadaqat, and certain other financial obligations provide that even the halal income is again distributed to the persons who could not earn enough due to insufficient market opportunities. Through the twin controls, the wealth is kept under constant circulation and the chances of its concentration are almost eliminated.But our main tragedy is that the principles of Islamic economy are still in theoretical form for which no living example is available.
.
The Muslim countries have not tried to structure their economy on Islamic basis. Most of them are still following the capitalist system and that too in a half-baked manner, which has made the economic atmosphere much worse than that of the developed capitalist countries. Unfortunately, despite having the clear cut Islamic injunctions, the inequities existing in Muslim countries are far more severe than in the Western world.
This tragic situation cannot last forever. If we are not prepared to mend our ways, some natural process of revolution is bound to find its way. If we want to avoid disastrous consequences of such revolution, we'll have to restructure our economic system on the basis of clear guidance provided by the Qur'an and Sunnah.
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Our success in setting an example for implementing the Islamic principles will be our best gift to the human fraternity at the advent of the new century. I hope that if the principles of Islamic economy are implemented sincerely, we'll find the world more receptive to them today than we experienced it in the past.
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Source:http://www.albalagh.net/Islamic_economics/economy.shtml#Restructing%20our%20Economic%20Systems
Beasiswa Musik di Universitas Oxford
St Cross College mengundang aplikasi untuk beasiswa dari mahasiswa yang akan mulai belajar di Universitas Oxford pada tahun akademik 2012-2013 untuk gelar penelitian pascasarjana dalam Musik.
Trik Melamar Beasiswa dengan Benar
Tidak ada trik khusus untuk bisa membuat lamaran beasiswamu diterima tapi dengan sedikit trik di bawah ini mungkin bisa membuat lamaranmu berbeda dengan yang lain.
Senin, 19 Desember 2011
Seberapa Pentingkah TOEFL di Universitas?
Sangat penting untuk bisa menguasai bahasa inggris di jaman sekarang. Namun bagaimana cara untuk mendapat nilai TOEFL yang bagus. Hanya ada satu cara yaitu belajar belajar dan terus belajar. Pada dasarnya ada dua macam test TOEFL yang ada di Indonesia. ada yang peper base dan ada yang internet base.
Untuk TOEFL paper base cukup sederhana dan mudah di pelajari karena hanya ada 3 bagian reading, struktur dan listening. Maka biasanya bisa mendapatkan nilai toefl yang cukup tinggi. Saya sarankan menggunakan buku buku yang banyak agar bisa melatih toefl yang paper base. Rekomendasi punya barons atau longman.
Untuk yang internet based lebih berat karena hanya ada reading, listening, speaking and writing. Harganya lebih mahal juga. Oleh karena itu harus mempersiapkan diri dengan matang.
Sebaiknya untk toefl hanya perlu melatih kelemahanmu saja. Untuk mengetahui kelemahanmu maka butuh tahu dimana yang sering salah. Dari situ kita mulai. Biasanya kita sering salah di bagian itu itu saja. maka kita coba pelajari yang itu itu saja. Tidak perlu mempelajari semua. Dengan sering kita menjawab soal dan latihan maka kita juga sering bisa menyelesaiakan tugas kita.
Rata rata toefl hanya digunakan di Universitas sebagai salah satu syarat kelulusan. Toefl harus minimal 450 kalau lulus menjadi sarjana dan 500 jika ingin wisuda Program Magister. Jadi mulai sekarang manfaatkanlah test TOEFL yang ada di Universitas anda.
Untuk TOEFL paper base cukup sederhana dan mudah di pelajari karena hanya ada 3 bagian reading, struktur dan listening. Maka biasanya bisa mendapatkan nilai toefl yang cukup tinggi. Saya sarankan menggunakan buku buku yang banyak agar bisa melatih toefl yang paper base. Rekomendasi punya barons atau longman.
Untuk yang internet based lebih berat karena hanya ada reading, listening, speaking and writing. Harganya lebih mahal juga. Oleh karena itu harus mempersiapkan diri dengan matang.
Sebaiknya untk toefl hanya perlu melatih kelemahanmu saja. Untuk mengetahui kelemahanmu maka butuh tahu dimana yang sering salah. Dari situ kita mulai. Biasanya kita sering salah di bagian itu itu saja. maka kita coba pelajari yang itu itu saja. Tidak perlu mempelajari semua. Dengan sering kita menjawab soal dan latihan maka kita juga sering bisa menyelesaiakan tugas kita.
Rata rata toefl hanya digunakan di Universitas sebagai salah satu syarat kelulusan. Toefl harus minimal 450 kalau lulus menjadi sarjana dan 500 jika ingin wisuda Program Magister. Jadi mulai sekarang manfaatkanlah test TOEFL yang ada di Universitas anda.
Jangan Takut Kuliah di Universitas Swasta
Sebagian masyarakat kita pasti sudah teriming-imingi dengan kata negeri yang terkenal murah dan berkualitas. Namun semua itu adalah pemahaman yang salah. Jika kita kuliah di Universitas Negeri maka kita akan sukses, tentu itu adalah hal yang sangat tidak mungkin jika dengan kepribadian yang buruk.
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Selasa, 13 Desember 2011
Film Review
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This film take places in the middle of java at the old town at Semarang. Tan Kat Sun (Henky Solaiman) is a konghucu, he is the owner of chinese food restaurant, he had been sick since years ago, he is care of his environment, the food process and the equipment of his restaurant always be divided among permitted and forbiden one. He has a problem with his son Hendra (Rio Dewanto) about the bussiness principal. Soleh (Reza Rahadian), Islam and unemployment who is diligent to pray always depressed with himself, while his wife Menuk (Revalina S Temat) who is a good moeslem works at Tan’s restaurant and take the responsibility to her family, she is a good wife. Rika (Endhita) is a widow who has one son, she continue her parents book store. As her willingness, she studies catholic and want to be baptism. But she force her son to learns bout islam at the mesjid. She is closed with Surya (Agus Kuncoro) who dreams to be as a great actor but he always get a small role in every scene he was played. The story are about the problem that we face in our beloved country, there are so many differences among us, our religion, our ethnic, our cultures, our mother tongue. It’s how about our manner to facing the differences. We should have tolerance with another people. In this film, the director wants show us about the terorism, crash at the restorant, love, and the way to solve the problem. It’s a good film, it’s tell about our reality, we must aware that we must have a tolerance and accept the differences among us. In order that we can move on and always be unity in Indonesia. This film tells us how to have a tolerance with others and tells us more value of the differences. Trust me, it’s a gorgeous film, you should wacth and take the moral value from this film.
Susilo Nur Aji (20110430007)
- Producer: Erick Thohir, Hanung Bramantyo, Celerina Judisari
- Director: Hanung Bramantyo
- Script Writer: Titien Wattimena
- Actor and Actress: Reza Rahadian, Revalina S Temat, Agus Kuncoro, Endhita, Rio Dewanto, Henky Solaiman, Edmay Solaiman, Glenn Fredly, Baim, David Chalik, Deddy Sutomo
- Language: Indonesia logat Jawa
- Another Language: Jawa
This film take places in the middle of java at the old town at Semarang. Tan Kat Sun (Henky Solaiman) is a konghucu, he is the owner of chinese food restaurant, he had been sick since years ago, he is care of his environment, the food process and the equipment of his restaurant always be divided among permitted and forbiden one. He has a problem with his son Hendra (Rio Dewanto) about the bussiness principal. Soleh (Reza Rahadian), Islam and unemployment who is diligent to pray always depressed with himself, while his wife Menuk (Revalina S Temat) who is a good moeslem works at Tan’s restaurant and take the responsibility to her family, she is a good wife. Rika (Endhita) is a widow who has one son, she continue her parents book store. As her willingness, she studies catholic and want to be baptism. But she force her son to learns bout islam at the mesjid. She is closed with Surya (Agus Kuncoro) who dreams to be as a great actor but he always get a small role in every scene he was played. The story are about the problem that we face in our beloved country, there are so many differences among us, our religion, our ethnic, our cultures, our mother tongue. It’s how about our manner to facing the differences. We should have tolerance with another people. In this film, the director wants show us about the terorism, crash at the restorant, love, and the way to solve the problem. It’s a good film, it’s tell about our reality, we must aware that we must have a tolerance and accept the differences among us. In order that we can move on and always be unity in Indonesia. This film tells us how to have a tolerance with others and tells us more value of the differences. Trust me, it’s a gorgeous film, you should wacth and take the moral value from this film.
Susilo Nur Aji (20110430007)
Senin, 12 Desember 2011
Nationalism of Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs in Developing Today’s Economy
First, i want to begin with the question “What is Nationalism?”. Do you know what is Nationalism? Do you have spirit of Nationalism? Of course you don’t have any spirit of nationalism if you don’t know what is nationalism. According to Wikipedia, nationalism a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms[1]. In the simple word, nationalism is an understanding which make convinced that the differences in the country must be united[2]. In my opinion, nationalism is a kind of spirit that we have to united the differences in the nation. With nationalism we defend our country, there’s no ethnic differences, there’s no religion differences, we become one, as a unite. Every country has one thing that make them become one. Indonesia also has one thing to unite all of the Indonesian. It’s Pancasila. This is our ideology which make our country still stand and move on. Pancasila is Indonesia’s ideology since indepence day until right now.
After you know what is nationalism, maybe you still confuse what should you do as a student to realize your nationalism spirit. It’s natural, so i will give some example in realizing nationalism spirit. Nowdays, to realize our spirit of nationalism we don’t need to have war with the colonial. We can do such thing which useful for our society, environment, and nation. As the next generation we must provide many things to keep this country should still stand with realizing the spirit of nationalism. We can realize our spirit in which part that we have master it. We can do the best with our talent. There are so many people that realize their spirit of nationalism with their talent and their passion. For example, Chris John, Bambang Pamungkas, Taufik Hidayat and Deny Sumargo, they realize their spirit of nationalism with their talent in sport, they make others country proud of us. Yoris Sebastian, an creative people who make Indonesian known by others country with their passion in graphic design. Daniel Mananta which realize their spirit of nationalism with their passion in fashion design with his label “DAMN I LOVE INDONESIA”. Profesor Yohanes Surya who always teach Indonesia’s best student to win the science olimpic in many countries. So, we can do something that we love to do to realize our spirit and make Indonesia better.
As an Indonesian young enterpreneur we must have spirit of nationalism. It’s to make Indonesia’s economy better. We must be a creative entrepreneur in order to compete with abroad company. To do that is not easy, but if we start from now, i believe that we can. Nowdays, there are so many Indonesian’s entrepreneur which have a big spirit of nationalism. Some of them sell the original product form Indonesia to another country. And they promote to Indonesian to use the local product, so they have slogan “I Love Indonesia’s Product”. Every entrepreneur which sell the original product from indonesia always stamp this slogan in their package or display it in front of their store. It’s kind of nationalism spirit that Indonesian entrepreneurs have. They do that in order to Indonesian always use local products and make the tourists know it. Not only with that we can make Indonesia better, but as an entrepreneur we can always make a change and be an innovative preneur. So, we’re not left behind. We can also make an entrepreneurship seminar, entrepreneur camp, or entrepreneur gathering to share our experiences with the next Indonesia generation.
Entrepreneurship is important thing that should we have in this decade. Because with entrepreneurship we can stand without any help form government, in the contrary we can help the government to decrease poverty with make sure that our self is not poor. Like Donald Trump said “If you was born in poor condition, it’s not your fault, but if you die in poor condition, it’s your fault”. Entrepreneur is one factor which make this country develop, the minimum percentage to be a developing country is 2% of entrepreneur. If all of us start to be an entrepreneur, actually in next 5 or 10 years later Indonesia will become a developing country. It’s our hope, right?
Let’s begin from now! At the first time we musn’t have a store, but we start from learn, participate in the seminar, read many books, care with our environment, and have a motivation to change our life and our country. There are so many things that we can do. But, the decision is from our self, because life is choice so you always have choices to choose to move on or stuck in your life now. God always give so many ways if we really want to do something. Let’s move on! Be a creative and innovative entrepreneur! Realize your spirit of nationalism from now. We all the next generetion that will lead this country later. If not now, so when we will start? While we have a chance and have a lot of time to make changes let’s make Indonesia better with our capability, creativity, and our spirit of nationalism. Keep spirit of nationalism and always love INDONESIA.
Yogyakarta, November, 14th 2011
Susilo Schwarz
[2] Nasional.Is.Me, Pandji, Bentang Press 2011
Kamis, 01 Desember 2011
This is My New Family
Welcoming Party IPIEF 2011
Ini adalah acara penyambutan buat kami mahasiswa baru jurusan IPIEF angkatan 2011. WP ini diselenggarakan oleh senior-senior untuk mempererat tali silaturahmi antara kami semua. Acara ini bertempat di Pantai Depok, hari Minggu 25 September lalu. Acaranya sederhana tapi bermakna...haha..
Disana kami menikmati makan siang yang telah kami pesan, kami menyantap makanan bersama, bercerita-cerita, bersenda gurau, dan setelah selesai makan kami mulai memperkenalkan diri satu persatu. Ada banyak canda tawa disana, tergambar raut wajah yang ceria dari setiap orang.
Setelah santap siang, kami turun ke pantai untuk bermain air dan narsis-narsisan dengan kamera. Disitu terlihat jelas kebahagiaan yang kami rasakan, tawa lepas, teriakan-teriakan gembira, dan berfoto ria. Saat itulah, tali silaturahmi mulai semakin erat..Semua terjadi begitu saja, semua mengalir seperti ombak yang menghantam pasir pantai. Tanpa kita sadari, semua telah menjadi akrab.
Finally, i just wanna say Thank you very much for the welcoming party...It was a such gorgeous moment for the first we gathered..Hope our relationship will be continue forever, and hope we will have great moment again later :D......All of you are my families now...We're family and we have fun together......Thanks brother and sister...Nice to know you all guys :D
It was the narsis moment :D....enjoy it.........
Posted by ilo_schwarz at 8:35 AM likalikulalulalang.blogspot.com
Accounting Principle
Form of Financial Statement
Income Statement presents the revenues and expenses and resulting net income or net loss for a specific period of time.
Example :
Owner’s Equity Statement summarizes the changes in owner’s equity for a specific period of time.
Example :
Balance Sheet reports the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity at a specific date.
Example :
Statement of Cash Flows summarizes information abaout the cash inflows (receipts) and outflows (payments) for a specific period of time.
Example :
Reference :
Weygant, Kieso, Kimmel 2002, Accounting Principle 6th Edition. Canada: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- 1. Income Statement
Income Statement presents the revenues and expenses and resulting net income or net loss for a specific period of time.
Example :
SCHWARZCORP
Income Statement
For the Month Ended December 31, 2010
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| Revenues | ||
| Service revenue | $5,800 | |
| Expenses | ||
| Salaries expense | $950 | |
| Rent expense | $650 | |
| Advertising expense | $300 | |
| Utilities expense | $200 | |
| Total expenses | $2,100 | |
| Net Income | $3,700 | |
- Owner’s Equity Statement
Owner’s Equity Statement summarizes the changes in owner’s equity for a specific period of time.
Example :
SCHWARZCORP
Owner’s Equity Statement
For the Month Ended December 31, 2010
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| S. Michael, Capital, July 1 | ||
| Investment | $16,550 | |
| Net Income | $3,700 | $20,250 |
| Drawings | $1,500 | |
| S. Michael, Capital, December 31 | $18,750 | |
- 3. Balance Sheet
Balance Sheet reports the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity at a specific date.
Example :
SCHWARZCORP
Balance Sheet
December 31, 2010
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Assets
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| Cash | $9,900 |
| Accounts Receivable | $1,300 |
| Supplies | $2,150 |
| Equipment | $9,250 |
| Total Assets | $22,600 |
Liabilities and Owner’s Equity
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| Liabilities | |
| Accounts payable | $3,850 |
| Owner’s Equity | |
| S. Michael, Capital | $18,750 |
| Total Liabilities and owner’s equity | $22,600 |
- Statement of Cash Flows
Statement of Cash Flows summarizes information abaout the cash inflows (receipts) and outflows (payments) for a specific period of time.
Example :
SCHWARZCORP
Statement of Cash Flows
For the Month Ended December 31, 2010
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| Cash Flows from operating activities | ||
| Cash receipts from revenues | $4,000 | |
| Cash payments for expenses | ($2,100) | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $1,900 | |
| Cash flows from investing activities | ||
| Purchase of equipment | ($9,250) | |
| Cash flows from financing activities | ||
| Investments by owner | $18,750 | |
| Drawings by owner | ($1,500) | $17,250 |
| Net increase in cash | $9,900 | |
| Cash at the beginning of the period | $0 | |
| Cash at the end of the period | $9,900 | |
Reference :
Weygant, Kieso, Kimmel 2002, Accounting Principle 6th Edition. Canada: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Tour D'Java Part Solo
Tour D’Java Part Solo
Kota Budaya Penuh Makna
Tak terasa waktu begitu cepat berlalu, berganti hari – demi hari, Sabtu yang dinanti pun tiba. Manakala minggu pertama ujian tengah semester telah terlewati dengan penuh beban dikepala. Disaat itulah aku butuh penyegaran diri, aku butuh perjalanan yang belum pernah aku tempuh. Demi menyegarkan kembali sel – sel otak yanng mulai lemah akibat terlalu banyak diperas. Hari itu adalah ujian ideologi Pancasila, aku datang ke kampus dengan perasaan menggebu untuk menyelesaikan ujian lalu pergi kemanapun yang aku mau. Ternyata Allah berpihak kepadaku, ujian tersebut tidak di kerjakan di kelas namun dibawa pulang lalu dikumpulkan dua hari yang akan datang. Wow! Really? Am i dreaming? Hahaha, wajar saja aku terkejut, ini adalah tahun pertamaku memasuki dunia kampus dan inilah pertama kalinya aku mendapatkan ujian yang boleh dibawa pulang. Betapa senangnya hatiku saat itu, semangat merasuki tubuhku, jiwa – jiwa pejuang 45 seperti berkumpul di dalamnya. Semangat untuk apa? Ya semangat untuk menikmati weekend di antara ujian tengah semester ini. Hahaha....
Setelah mengambil kertas soal, aku dan beberapa temenku berkumpul di lobby kampus dan membicarakan tujuan wisata kami hari ini. “SOLO”, kataku dengan penuh semangat. Ya, aku pengen sekali ke Solo, kota yang penuh budaya di sebelah Yogyakarta itu. Aku ingin menginjakkan kakiku disana lalu berfoto dan kemudian mencoret kota Solo yang ada di peta pulau Jawa yang aku tempel di dinding kamarku. “Boleh tuh Solo, dekat sih, tapi panas kalo pakai motor”, celetuk Lia, salah seorang teman perempuanku. “Hmm, di rumahku ada mobil gak dipakai, mobil Honda Jazz, muat gak ya?”, kata Icha. “Ya kalo hanya berenam, dicukup – cukupin deh, yang penting sampai disana”, kataku dengan semangat membara. “Ok, tapi patungan beli bensin ya..”, kata Icha. Kendaraan menuju kota budaya telah di dapat, selanjutnya kami menentukan jam dan tempat berkumpul.
Dengan wajah ceria penuh semangat aku pulang ke kostku dan berkemas barang – barang yang akan dibawa ke Solo. Satu benda yang wajib dibawa adalah Kamera DSLR. Bukan punyaku sih, aku pinjam dari seorang sahabat baikkku, Rifky namanya. Lupakan tentang kamera pinjaman. It’s time to traveling and have fun.Yeaahh! Setelah semuanya berkumpul di rumahnya Icha kami pun bersiap untuk berangkat. Eits, sebelum berangkat sholat zuhur dulu dong, biar tenang dan selamat sampai tujuan. Oke! Semuanya sudah sholat, mari di absen dulu, Intan, Lia, Fiqa, Nauval, dan Icha, are you ready guys? Let’s go to Solo :D
Senandung lagu merdu mengiringi perjalanan kami, canda tawa dan gurauan nakal menyemangatiku untuk tetap menginjak pedal gas. Tak ada rasa lelah yang menghampiri, hanya rasa lapar yang kami tahan sejak pertengahan perjalanan. Sejam telah berlalu dan sebentar lagi kami akan memasuki kota wisata tujuan kami. “ Selamat Datang di Surakarta “, kalo gak salah itulah tulisan yang ada di gerbang kota Solo saat akan memasuki jalan utama. Hehehe. Tak ada tempat wisata yang kami pikirkan saat itu, pikiran kami hanyalah mencari makanan di tempat terdekat. Kelaparan melanda para petualang. Akhirnya kami berhenti di depan Solo Grand Mall, karena di pinggir jalan tersebut banyak terdapat warung – warung tenda yang menjual makanan. Aku pakirkan mobil di sela – sela mobil yang terparkir di jalan Slamet Riyadi Solo. Kami pun masuk ke dalam Solo Grand Mall, awalnya sih berniat mencari makan, tapi ternyata Toilet adalah persinggahan pertama. Dan kami hanya menumpang membuang air kecil di mall tersebut. Agak konyol, but it’s the reality. Kami keluar lagi dan mencari tempat makan yang sesuai selera kami di trotoar jalan. Selera makan dan selera kantong anak kost tentunya, hehehe. Semua telah dilewati namun tak ada satupun warung makan yang kami singgahi, hanya melihat – lihat menu dari spanduk yang terpasang di gerobak. Malah mengambil kamera dan berfoto ria di jalanan. Setelah puas foto dan perut ini berteriak semakin keras, barulah kami duduk di salah satu warung tenda. Pesananku adalah Ayam Bakar dan Es Teh. Hmm,,yummy! Ayam bakarnya gede dan sambalnya mantap! Membuat keringat bercucuran seperti lagi ngegym..haha.. “Wah, ini sih lebih dari 10 ribu nih semuanya”, kataku dalam hati sambil menikmati lezatnya ayam bakar. Oia, aku lupa, di Solo aku menghubungi seorang sahabat karibku sejak SMA. Ia kuliah di UMS, Opik nama panggilannya. Ini baru teman yang baik, sekali aja aku telpon dia langsung menyusulku. Maklum, kami tidak tahu jalan – jalan di kota ini, jadi aku menghubungi Opik untuk jadi tourguide kami sekaligus fotografer..hehe..
Puas makan dan perut sudah tidak berkomentar lagi, narsis pu kembali melanda. Kami berfoto – foto dulu sebelum membayar dan meninggalkan tempat makan. “Ayam Bakar sama Es teh, 8 ribu aja mas”, kata penjual makanan. “Hah?! Murah ya ternyata, udah banyak, ayamnya besar lagi, gak nyesel aku makan di situ”, ucapku dalam hati.
Kemudian kami melanjutkan menuju ke Keraton Surakarta, sesampainya disana terlihat banyak orang yang juga sedang berwisata ke Keraton. Kami berjalan menuju ke Keraton. Sepanjang jalan kami berfoto di tempat yang menarik. Wow! Aku kaget ketika memasuki halaman keraton. Seperti tidak ada kehidupan di dalamnya. Sepi dan pintu tertutup rapat, hanya ada para wisatawan yang sedang berfoto di halaman keraton. Setelah puas berfoto di halaman keraton kami menuju Masjid Ageng yang ada di dekat Keraton untuk menunaikan sholat Ashar. Masjid Ageng Surakarta bernuansa bangunan tua yang masih terawat dengan baik, banyak orang yang sedang menunaikan sholat di sana. Bagian dalam dari masjid itu sangat luas dan rapi, suasana di dalamnya tenang dan damai. The next destination adalah Monumen Pers, tapi masalahnya adalah tidak satupun dari kami yang tahu menuju jalan kesana. Akhirnya kami bertanya pada juru parkir yang ada di Keraton, ia menjelaskan dengan baik, tapi tetap aja aku gak ngerti..hahaha.. Ya sudahlah, jalan aja, ikuti petunjuk jalan yang ada dan petunjuk dari hati. Dan hasilnya adalah kami tersesat dan melewati jalan Slamet Riyadi lagi. Tetapi aku tetap melanjutkan perjalanan dan mencoba jalan lain yang belum pernah aku lewati, sembari jalan kami berhenti untuk membeli minum di Alfamart di dekat stasiun Solo Balapan. Aku bertanya lagi pada juru parkir, dan ia berkata bahwa Monumen Pers ada di depan sana. Yeah! We get it.... Kami melanjutkan perjalanan lagi dan tak lama kemudian kami menemukan tempat yang kami tuju tersebut. Sudah capek berkeliling untuk menemukan Monumen tersebut, apalagi yang dilakukan kalo bukan berfoto. Hahaha... It’s one of the purpose why i really want to go, Photography!
Oke, semua tempat tujuan telah dipenuhi. Foto – foto narsis sudah banyak tersimpan dalam memori kamera. Ini saatnya kami kembali ke Yogyakarta karena matahari telah terbenam. Kami pulang dengan perasaan bahagia dan puas karena telah sampai Solo, terutama aku yang baru kali itu ke Solo. Aku puas dan senang sekali, satu kota telah aku kunjungi dan akan tercoret di peta Pulau Jawaku. Perlahan tapi pasti aku ingin menjelajahi Pulau Jawa ini dan Indonesia tentunya.
Kota Budaya Penuh Makna
Tak terasa waktu begitu cepat berlalu, berganti hari – demi hari, Sabtu yang dinanti pun tiba. Manakala minggu pertama ujian tengah semester telah terlewati dengan penuh beban dikepala. Disaat itulah aku butuh penyegaran diri, aku butuh perjalanan yang belum pernah aku tempuh. Demi menyegarkan kembali sel – sel otak yanng mulai lemah akibat terlalu banyak diperas. Hari itu adalah ujian ideologi Pancasila, aku datang ke kampus dengan perasaan menggebu untuk menyelesaikan ujian lalu pergi kemanapun yang aku mau. Ternyata Allah berpihak kepadaku, ujian tersebut tidak di kerjakan di kelas namun dibawa pulang lalu dikumpulkan dua hari yang akan datang. Wow! Really? Am i dreaming? Hahaha, wajar saja aku terkejut, ini adalah tahun pertamaku memasuki dunia kampus dan inilah pertama kalinya aku mendapatkan ujian yang boleh dibawa pulang. Betapa senangnya hatiku saat itu, semangat merasuki tubuhku, jiwa – jiwa pejuang 45 seperti berkumpul di dalamnya. Semangat untuk apa? Ya semangat untuk menikmati weekend di antara ujian tengah semester ini. Hahaha....
Setelah mengambil kertas soal, aku dan beberapa temenku berkumpul di lobby kampus dan membicarakan tujuan wisata kami hari ini. “SOLO”, kataku dengan penuh semangat. Ya, aku pengen sekali ke Solo, kota yang penuh budaya di sebelah Yogyakarta itu. Aku ingin menginjakkan kakiku disana lalu berfoto dan kemudian mencoret kota Solo yang ada di peta pulau Jawa yang aku tempel di dinding kamarku. “Boleh tuh Solo, dekat sih, tapi panas kalo pakai motor”, celetuk Lia, salah seorang teman perempuanku. “Hmm, di rumahku ada mobil gak dipakai, mobil Honda Jazz, muat gak ya?”, kata Icha. “Ya kalo hanya berenam, dicukup – cukupin deh, yang penting sampai disana”, kataku dengan semangat membara. “Ok, tapi patungan beli bensin ya..”, kata Icha. Kendaraan menuju kota budaya telah di dapat, selanjutnya kami menentukan jam dan tempat berkumpul.
Dengan wajah ceria penuh semangat aku pulang ke kostku dan berkemas barang – barang yang akan dibawa ke Solo. Satu benda yang wajib dibawa adalah Kamera DSLR. Bukan punyaku sih, aku pinjam dari seorang sahabat baikkku, Rifky namanya. Lupakan tentang kamera pinjaman. It’s time to traveling and have fun.Yeaahh! Setelah semuanya berkumpul di rumahnya Icha kami pun bersiap untuk berangkat. Eits, sebelum berangkat sholat zuhur dulu dong, biar tenang dan selamat sampai tujuan. Oke! Semuanya sudah sholat, mari di absen dulu, Intan, Lia, Fiqa, Nauval, dan Icha, are you ready guys? Let’s go to Solo :D
Senandung lagu merdu mengiringi perjalanan kami, canda tawa dan gurauan nakal menyemangatiku untuk tetap menginjak pedal gas. Tak ada rasa lelah yang menghampiri, hanya rasa lapar yang kami tahan sejak pertengahan perjalanan. Sejam telah berlalu dan sebentar lagi kami akan memasuki kota wisata tujuan kami. “ Selamat Datang di Surakarta “, kalo gak salah itulah tulisan yang ada di gerbang kota Solo saat akan memasuki jalan utama. Hehehe. Tak ada tempat wisata yang kami pikirkan saat itu, pikiran kami hanyalah mencari makanan di tempat terdekat. Kelaparan melanda para petualang. Akhirnya kami berhenti di depan Solo Grand Mall, karena di pinggir jalan tersebut banyak terdapat warung – warung tenda yang menjual makanan. Aku pakirkan mobil di sela – sela mobil yang terparkir di jalan Slamet Riyadi Solo. Kami pun masuk ke dalam Solo Grand Mall, awalnya sih berniat mencari makan, tapi ternyata Toilet adalah persinggahan pertama. Dan kami hanya menumpang membuang air kecil di mall tersebut. Agak konyol, but it’s the reality. Kami keluar lagi dan mencari tempat makan yang sesuai selera kami di trotoar jalan. Selera makan dan selera kantong anak kost tentunya, hehehe. Semua telah dilewati namun tak ada satupun warung makan yang kami singgahi, hanya melihat – lihat menu dari spanduk yang terpasang di gerobak. Malah mengambil kamera dan berfoto ria di jalanan. Setelah puas foto dan perut ini berteriak semakin keras, barulah kami duduk di salah satu warung tenda. Pesananku adalah Ayam Bakar dan Es Teh. Hmm,,yummy! Ayam bakarnya gede dan sambalnya mantap! Membuat keringat bercucuran seperti lagi ngegym..haha.. “Wah, ini sih lebih dari 10 ribu nih semuanya”, kataku dalam hati sambil menikmati lezatnya ayam bakar. Oia, aku lupa, di Solo aku menghubungi seorang sahabat karibku sejak SMA. Ia kuliah di UMS, Opik nama panggilannya. Ini baru teman yang baik, sekali aja aku telpon dia langsung menyusulku. Maklum, kami tidak tahu jalan – jalan di kota ini, jadi aku menghubungi Opik untuk jadi tourguide kami sekaligus fotografer..hehe..
Puas makan dan perut sudah tidak berkomentar lagi, narsis pu kembali melanda. Kami berfoto – foto dulu sebelum membayar dan meninggalkan tempat makan. “Ayam Bakar sama Es teh, 8 ribu aja mas”, kata penjual makanan. “Hah?! Murah ya ternyata, udah banyak, ayamnya besar lagi, gak nyesel aku makan di situ”, ucapku dalam hati.
Kemudian kami melanjutkan menuju ke Keraton Surakarta, sesampainya disana terlihat banyak orang yang juga sedang berwisata ke Keraton. Kami berjalan menuju ke Keraton. Sepanjang jalan kami berfoto di tempat yang menarik. Wow! Aku kaget ketika memasuki halaman keraton. Seperti tidak ada kehidupan di dalamnya. Sepi dan pintu tertutup rapat, hanya ada para wisatawan yang sedang berfoto di halaman keraton. Setelah puas berfoto di halaman keraton kami menuju Masjid Ageng yang ada di dekat Keraton untuk menunaikan sholat Ashar. Masjid Ageng Surakarta bernuansa bangunan tua yang masih terawat dengan baik, banyak orang yang sedang menunaikan sholat di sana. Bagian dalam dari masjid itu sangat luas dan rapi, suasana di dalamnya tenang dan damai. The next destination adalah Monumen Pers, tapi masalahnya adalah tidak satupun dari kami yang tahu menuju jalan kesana. Akhirnya kami bertanya pada juru parkir yang ada di Keraton, ia menjelaskan dengan baik, tapi tetap aja aku gak ngerti..hahaha.. Ya sudahlah, jalan aja, ikuti petunjuk jalan yang ada dan petunjuk dari hati. Dan hasilnya adalah kami tersesat dan melewati jalan Slamet Riyadi lagi. Tetapi aku tetap melanjutkan perjalanan dan mencoba jalan lain yang belum pernah aku lewati, sembari jalan kami berhenti untuk membeli minum di Alfamart di dekat stasiun Solo Balapan. Aku bertanya lagi pada juru parkir, dan ia berkata bahwa Monumen Pers ada di depan sana. Yeah! We get it.... Kami melanjutkan perjalanan lagi dan tak lama kemudian kami menemukan tempat yang kami tuju tersebut. Sudah capek berkeliling untuk menemukan Monumen tersebut, apalagi yang dilakukan kalo bukan berfoto. Hahaha... It’s one of the purpose why i really want to go, Photography!
Oke, semua tempat tujuan telah dipenuhi. Foto – foto narsis sudah banyak tersimpan dalam memori kamera. Ini saatnya kami kembali ke Yogyakarta karena matahari telah terbenam. Kami pulang dengan perasaan bahagia dan puas karena telah sampai Solo, terutama aku yang baru kali itu ke Solo. Aku puas dan senang sekali, satu kota telah aku kunjungi dan akan tercoret di peta Pulau Jawaku. Perlahan tapi pasti aku ingin menjelajahi Pulau Jawa ini dan Indonesia tentunya.
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