The efforts that young people have to do in order to strengthen the nationalism through loving the culture

Since 1945, in Rengasdengklok, our founding fathers had unite us together into one Republic of Indonesia. For our beloved country, they put a foundation called Bhineka Tunggal Ika. I believe that Bhineka Tunggal ika that means Unity in Diversity didn`t just come casually. I too, believe there was consideration behind it.

Indonesia has been long known as one of the biggest archipelago in the world. It is enormous. Compromising more than 17.000 islands, we do diverse in a lot of way. Since each island had been isolated back then, each island and region had developed their own custom, tradition and way of life. We are diverse. In this kind of diversity, we are also prone of war, ethnosentrism, and competition against each culture. Inspite of killing and mocking others, our founding fathers were hoping that we can unite as one. ONE INDONESIA. I believe this was their consideration.

As young people, WE ARE the PILLARS of this country. The future of this country is us and depend on us. Whether our country will stay strong or easily divided by others, it is also our responsibility. So what do we must do in order to love our country more? Then how to grow sense of belonging of Indonesia? I think these kind of questions have even popped out to your mind. No, not all of you, just those who is concerned about this country.


Considering on how diverse we are, there are two things that we can do in order to make a change. First is the effort to tolerate, and the second is the effort to learn.


Being diverse, we sure are different. Sundanese are different then Javanese, Balinese are different from Papua' s people and so on. What we believe in might be different, so instead of exaggerating this differences, i hope you are able to say ' It is not good nor bad, it is just different". Your belief is good for u, their belief is good for theirs. Everybody has their chance to pick what is good for them. So, there is no need for us to judge them from our narrow perspective.


Instead, allow yourself to learn. It is a beautiful thing to learn other culture. So, you might understand why others have certain value. Learn WITHIN yourself too, remember that each of has two identities. First, is our national identity as Indonesian. Second is your tribe/ race/ regional identity. Root for it.  As for me, i am Indonesian but i am also Tionghoa ( Indonesian - Chinese). I try to grasp and live it everyday. I cherish lunar new year, cheongsam ( i love it!), filial piety and so much more. I am proud to be Indonesian and Tionghoa. It is who i am.


I hope you do too. Just imagine if each of us learn and understand who we really are. Then we have a heart to preserve the traditional culture. I believe our country heritage won`t be forgotten. They will be well preserved, and other country would not even think to claim them. Instead, they will be amazed on how beautiful and diverse we are, yet we can maintain national peace and we belong together as Indonesian. 


These are the keys. Beauty of our country Indonesia. 


<3 Hana

Random thoughts: Tips on balancing school and work

Hi girls, this week has been a long week for me because i have an exam week, so suckie >.<.. Alongside the exams i am still working so sometimes i ended up not eating properly and sleeping properly, well yeah only like 1-3 hours a day. And my smart toggle keeps going on and off, and makes me real mad. (sabar,han ). Hmm, Today is going to be the last day of exam tho :) so please wish me luck ya friends.


As i may say, this semester is like the hardest semester that i have ever encounter in my college life. Working - studying needs to be balance, that is what i thought. Do you girls working alongside school too? How do you cope?


For me, keeping my grades well is a must. Money has to keep coming, but there is no way i get bad grades, because i wanna be lecturer. Those grades determined my future scholarship. So i have been working hard for it and today i feel like to share what i have learned from working-studying experience. I may not the expert on this, since i am still learning too but i hope you find it helpful :)


1. Money is sweet but we need to know how to restrain ourselves



True, right? money makes us able to buy what we want, new bb cream, lip tint, and in my case keeps me stay at college :) When i first time working, i was taking too much work than i could handle, i used to work for four employer at once. Busy! and of course my grades slipped down as well as my deteriorating health. Hmm, so i hope you dont make the same mistake like me. Don`t take too much, take what you can take and when you feel that it starts to be too much, you have to learn to let go. Let go is hard, because it means less pay, but if we keep on forcing myself, i find it tiring and i can not do the best of all. My works will be moderate, not the best ones


2. Eat well



This is my mom`s tips. She is so kind, even where i am far away from her she always reminds me to eat. Thankies mom, and i am sorry that sometimes i dont obey you >.< Well, i learn the hard way tho, i got sick and it was real bad. The works piled up, and very stressful. So, better eat well lha, i am learning to do so.


3. Pray well



Working and studying can be stressful sometimes. Especially when they aren`t going well. Working also means i am taking more responsibilities than friend of my age ( FYI: In indo, most parents pay and fulfill the kids necessity until they graduated form uni and have a settle work). When i burn out, this is what i do, i take 5 minutes, praying. I find it very very helpful, girls. I know that God hasn`t left me and always supports me. That thought gives me strength and courage. Everytime.


4. Change your learning strategy
For me, personally i use mindmap to study. It is a lot faster, and i remember better. Hm, you dont need to do the same thing as me, coz everyone has their own way to learn. Some people learn better with music, some with TV on, some with dancing. You just need to figure out what is best for you





I also buy a netbook, and maybe if i spend enough gotta buy a tablet, so i can read research journals, presentations, and doing homework pretty much anywhere and it is not a pain carrying them around.


5. Spare some money to buy what you want and do what you like
Hehehe. this is the nice part of working, i am independent financially. I always spare some money to buy my fav things every month, like buying my cosmetics haul, or saving it to buy a big wish list like a new lappie, new camera or tablet. Sometimes, i even use the money to eat at my favorite place :) This pleasure reminds me that  working is fun and beneficial. In some way, it motivates me ^^. Just remember that you don`t go overboard and make sure that you have enough money left on the bank :)

Speak Out: Indonesian Thanksgiving ( Tasyakuran)

I love American thanksgiving. That is one of my favorite holiday of the year, with all the big turkey, delicious foods, people gather together, cute cousins ( Libbee, and Rilee), cute Silvia and also the gratitude that you feel after you give thanks to God. On American thanksgiving, I used to go up to PreSQUE Isle ( 10 MIN from Canada) and spent about a week with my grampy and grammy there. Then my gram would make my favorite dish, GREEN BEAN CASEROULE ( the yummiest thing in the entire world, it beats my favorite kwetiauw and chocolate). On the thanksgiving day, we would gather around on the big big table, gave thanks, and chatted.

Here, in Indonesia, we also celebrate thanksgiving. An event what we called “tasyakuran”. Instead of a family gathering, this tasyakuran is a mass gathering. The whole neighborhood participate and enjoy this tasyakuran. A few days ago, Menanggal village had this event. I was so surprised because this event held very near to my boardinghouse. The people gathered just outside, and I gather along with the crowd. FUN! Hehehe Indonesia is full of culture. They are truly interesting, and you wont find this kind of culture in the other country.  

This “tasyakuran” is combined with “bersih desa”. Bersih desa is a traditional ritual, where people cast away bad energies and satan from their village. It sounds so superstitious, but yes, Indonesian still believe in satan, ghost, genies, and occult. This belief is manifestated in this interesting ritual. Nowadays, the ritual is not as creepy as before. It is more like a parade now. It is a lot more fun!

Here people gather around, they bring a sacrifice, as u can see below, there is banana, eggplant, cakes. And people dressed up  traditionally. There are also people who dressed up in a frightening outfit. They symbolize the satan and all the “bad things”.

This woman with a creepy face and black dress symbolized the bad energies.

This woman symbolize prosperity and gratitude because of the good harvest. She rides becak, our traditional transportation. 

To cast away the BAD energy, people use a ritual that is called REOG. The reog itself has a  interesting story and philosophy behind. They also see traditional wayang kulit the whole night. Other things, in this parade people dressed up and use ancient bike. They call themselves “ Paguyuban Sepeda Onthel” They dressed up as a dutch ( because dutch colonized Indonesia long time ago), an indonesian soldier, and they also wear traditional clothes. Hehehe these people are awesome, they preserve our traditional transportation and history. Two thumbs up for them.

Other than that, we also have girls, women,and even oldies participate and wear kebaya. I saw a grammy, dressed up as a witch. And a beautiful lady dressed up as a peasant.

Hehehe the other interesting part is the MUSIC. The music is traditional, they play gamelan, and percussion. Guess who play this kind of music? YOUTH and CHILDREN. Woooo.. I see some light of hope here. I always very sad because our traditional art has been fading away. Because now aday youth loves pop culture more. But seeing them play our traditional music so well and how they enjoy it, I see that our traditional culture has a hope to stay wellknown and loved by Indonesian people.

 I heard a lot of people talk about how sad they are because Indonesian culture is fading away. But, when I asked them to learn traditional arts, they politely refuse. When I asked them how much they appreciate cultural art, I can tell that they know little and appreciate none. I even experienced bad times, when I dance, people made fun of me because I am chinese and I dance traditional Javanese dance. Some people even judge traditional dance and cultural arts as outdated and boring. Hmm, no wonder now why our traditional cultural art is fading. Because most of us talk only and do nothing.

Tasyakuran is what I called an ACTION. Even if we live in Surabaya, a metropolitan and modern city. People in Menanggal still very confident to held this kind of event. They spend money to lend traditional costumes. They dance, once every week the youth and kids gather together, they learn how to play gamelan and traditional percussion. AWESOME. All people participate and have fun together. This is very good, since a way to love or traditional arts is to have fun with it.

I truly encourage the government to held this event more often. Make it regularly, make it a yearly event. I believe if we have a lot of cultural event, it will increase our selling point as a tourism city. We can truly “sell” our culture as a strong point to consider when tourists visit Surabaya. Tourist, especially, international tourist, they love love love to see cultural arts and how Indonesian people actually live. That is why Bali has so much tourists,that is because they preserve their culture.

If the tourist wants to shop. They can go to Singapore, Hongkong, Macau, and those cities with big flashy malls and department store. But, for culture tourism? I hope they choose Indonesia. We have 280 tribes and 300 language across Indonesia. Its tribes has their own culture and traditional arts. Don’t let it fade away! Preserve it. It is our natural and latent strength as a country. The government should worry more about making cultural event rather than building malls to attract tourist. Every country can build malls, man! But culture and traditional arts? They are ours, uniquely us, and a heritage to make Indonesia prosper.

If you are parents, please encourage your kid to participate in this kind of event. Encourage them to learn traditional arts. If you have a daughter and want them to learn dance. Ask them to go and learn traditional. I want to tell you my experience ya, I am a dancer, and I have been learning a lot of kind of dance ranging from ballet, traditional, hiphop, korean pop, and coreography. And I love traditional the most! If you kids learn traditional, they can be as flexible and graceful as ballet dancer. Don`t worry.

Moreover, when they learn about traditional dance, their nationalism increase, they will learn a lot of philosohy about Indonesian woman. Don’t you love it if you daughter grow as a graceful lady, respect the elders, strong, passionate, modest, and also has a good etiquette? That is the philosophy of indonesian woman, and they can learn that through the dance. One more thing about learning traditional dance is that you can “brag” about it when you study overseas. When they ask me to perform in events, I will choose to dance a traditional dance. Because it truly defines me as an Indonesian. People overseas are used to ballet, hip hop, and korean pop, but traditional dance is unique for them.

If you are a teenagers and youth. It is not too late to appreciate our Indonesian cultural arts now. If you feel shy to learn how to dance, and perform arts, you can watch others when they are performing. You can also participate as a committee in a cultural event. Together, we can preserve Indonesian cultural arts J

Love, hana

  

Speak Out: Cara mengentaskan kemiskinan di Indonesia part 3

3. Membangun infrastruktur dan mewujudkan stabilitas negara
Indonesia adalah salah satu negara yang sangat diminati investor asing. Dalam sebuah berita, Ibu Marie elka pangestu bercerita bahwa ia gak bisa "istirahat" dalam sebuah pertemuan ekonomi internasional. Ia ditarik kesana kemari dan diajak berbicang - bincang tentang masalah investasi asing ke Indonesia.  Hebat bukan, negara ini? Kalau investor asing masuk, kita bisa menyerap banyak sekali pengangguran. Selain itu, kita bisa alih teknologi, dan menjadi lebih maju. Tapi tetap harus dibatasi ya, jangan sampai investor asing turut merambah sektor vital negara.

Namun sayangnya, investor asing mikir dua kali dan sering membandingkan kita dengan vietnam kalau mau invest di Indo. Semua itu negara kita ini tidak stabil >.<. Tidak stabil plus infrastrukturnya kurang sekali >.< Menurut pengalamanku bekerja dengan investor asing, mereka pusing dengan kondisi Indonesia yang serba tidak teratur. Jalanan rusak, macet dan kurangnya fasilitas umum. Kalau mau mengurus ijin itu, pengacara Indonesia lambat dan minta tambahan uang untuk melicinkan jalan. Oh No!
..Trio kekuatan PMA (penanaman modal asing), PMDN (penanaman modal dalam negeri), dan UKM ( Usaha kecil menengah) bila dikembangkan dengan baik akan meningkatkan GDP negara. Kalau GDP naik, maka pendapatan perkapita meningkat. Bila pendapatan ini terdistribusi dengan baik, Yaaayy, makmurlah Indonesia.


4. Investasi jangka panjang: Mewujudkan pendidikan yang baik
Guru favoritku, pak Hasan pernah bilang. Perangi kebodohan! Hehehe karena kebodohan membuat orang menjadi miskin. Kita sudah memasuki era globalisasi dimana lapangan kerja terbuka luas. Kita bisa kerja di luar negeri, dan orang luar negeri bisa kerja di Indonesia. Fun? Yes. tapi konsekuensinya, saingan kita bukan lagi orang negeri sendiri, tapi orang asing juga. Mampukah kita menyaingi mereka? Nah, pendidikan adalah kunci untuk menyiapkan anak - anak bangsa untuk bersaing di era globalisasi. Memperlengkapi anak bangsa dengan iman, tujuan hidup, skill, pengetahuan dan karakter yang baik adalah poin - poin yang harus diperjuangkan dalam pendidikan masa kini :).

Speak Out: Cara mengentaskan kemiskinan di Indonesia part 2

Haiii, lanjut lagi ya tentang cara mengentaskan kemiskinan di Indonesia :)

2. Berantas korupsi

Hehehe kedengarannya klise banget ya, tapi buatku, memberantas korupsi tetep aja penting untuk memberantas kemiskinan. Pertama kali menyadari hal ini pas SMP, mata pelajaran PPKN, sewaktu guru lagi menjelaskan tentang fungsi pajak. Aku masih inget banget kalau salah satu fungsi pajak itu untuk memeratakan pendapatan. Gunanya untuk bikin jembatan, jalan, bikin lampu jalan, telepon umum, trotoar dsb. Selain itu, juga untuk mendanai pondok sosial, Jamkesmas, BOS, dan orang - orang homeless yang ada di jalan - jalan. Yaa, segala hal yang berhubungan dengan kepentingan bersama masyarakat lha. Sekarang kalian nangkep ga apa hubungannya? Hmmm, supaya nggak klise, aku buatin sebuah cerita.

Korupsi >,<

Karena korupsi, uang negara gak cukup untuk bikin jembatan. Jadinya, hutang deh sama negara lain. Akhirnya hutang negara jadi menumpuk >.<

Selain itu, kalaupun dananya sudah ada, karena ada korupsi saat proses pembuatan jembatan, kualitasnya dikurangi. Akhirnya jembatan roboh, kayak cerita jembatan Kertanegara.

Karena jembatannya roboh, maka perlu uang untuk ngangkat puing - puing pakai balon dan bikin jembatan lagi. Uangnya? Utang lagi. Tambah miskin.

Terus, berita tentang jembatan roboh jadi berita internasional deh. Para investor asing jadi malas taruh uang di Indonesia karena infrastrukturnya jelek. Mereka lari ke vietnam dan bangun usaha disana. Gross domestic product yang seharusnya tambah meningkat, tetap stagnan. Pengangguran kehilangan lapangan pekerjaan. Tambah miskin.

Ketika pengangguran ini mencoba bikin usaha sendiri ( industri kecil dan menengah), mereka butuh modal. Dana bantuan untuk mereka dikorupsi  dan orang - orang ini kekurangan modal. Tetap miskin. Nah, dengan modal pas - pasan mereka tetap bersikeras bikin usaha sendiri. Maka pergilah mereka untuk mengurus surat ijin usaha. Astaganagaaa.. Sungguh berbelit - belit, kalau mau cepat maka harus kasih uang pelicin dulu. Akhirnya uang habis dan ijin belum keluar. Tambah miskin.

Karena miskin sekali >.<, mereka hanya bisa buka di pinggiran jalan dan jadi pedagang kaki lima. Suatu hari Satpol PP datang dan mengusir mereka layaknya anjing kudisan. Ada yang dipukuli, dimaki - maki, dan dihancurkan kedainya. Sebenarnya petugas ini bisa jadi baik kok, asal dikasi uang. Sayangnya orang - orang ini ga punya uang, jadinya mereka harus pasrah diperlakukan seperti binatang.

Akhirnya orang - orang ini jadi pengangguran lagi. Tambah miskin, putus asa, plus sakit hati luar biasa. Sakit ini semakin berdarah - darah ketika mereka melihat Gayus Tambunan dan para koruptor lain di TV. Rumah mewah, tas pocket penuh dengan uang dollar, naik haji setiap tahun, dan hidup bagaikan raja. Aaaa.. Perih!

Akhirnya orang - orang ini ramai - ramai berdemo di depan DPR. Mereka marah sekali! Mereka jadi garang dan berkelahi dengan polisi. Polisi melempar gas air mata dan menembak kaki pendemo. Aaaa.. bertambah lagi satu, sakit tubuh karena luka tembak!

Keluarga mereka menangis keras - keras. Uang tidak punya, kini anggota keluarga mereka terluka. Akhirnya, berbekal JAMKESMAS, pergilah mereka ke rumah sakit. Ternyata, di rumah sakit, mereka tidak boleh masuk karena pihak rumah sakit tidak lagi terima JAMKESMAS. Sudah berbulan - bulan dana JAMKESMAS tak turun lagi. 

Keluarga ini berdoa dan duduk di trotoar depan rumah sakit. Jalanan berdebu. Orang lalu lalang, namun tak sedikitpun bertindak dan menolong mereka. Mereka juga sibuk, harus menyelamatkan diri sendiri di negeri yang curang ini. Seminggu telah berlalu, kaki dengan bekas luka tembak itu telah menjadi biru. Bau, dengan ulat - ulat di dalamnya. Keluarga ini mulai kebingungan. Mereka bertanya - tanya pada orang. " Kalau kakinya sudah kayak begini, apa yang akan terjadi sama bapak?" Orang itu menjawab, " Kakinya harus diamputasi supaya tidak menjalar ke bagian lain.Cepet diamputasi lho, bu, kalau tidak bisa bahaya" 

Ketika orang yang tertembak itu mendengar hal ini, menangislah ia. Sudah miskin, tambah miskin, putus asa, sakit hati, dendam, dan kini ia tahu kalau ia akan cacat. Seluruh keluarga juga menangis bersamanya. Si anak dengan gelap mata, mengambil parang, turun ke jalan dan merampok sepeda motor. Seorang gadis kehilangan sepeda motor dan kehilangan tangannya karena dibacok.

Uang penjualan sepeda motor itu kemudian dipakai untuk mengamputasi kaki si bapak yang terkena luka tembak. Seluruh keluarga bangga sekali dengan si anak. Ia telah menyelamatkan hidup si Bapak. Akhirnya, Bapak itu akhirnya seumur hidup hanya bisa tidur di dipan. 

Suatu malam, polisi menggedor rumah keluarga itu. Anak itu ditangkap dengan tuduhan pencurian sepeda motor. Seluruh keluarga menangis, " Anak ku anak baik - baik! tidak mungkin ia mencuri! Ia rajin beribadah dan tak pernah berbohong. Jangan tangkap dia pak polisi!" Tapi anak itu akhirnya ditangkap karena bukti sudah kuat. Miskin. tambah miskin, putus asa, depresi, sakit hati, dendam, cacat, rusak akhlak, penjahat, kehilangan anak. 

Tuh kan, korupsi merusak berbagai hal. Ia sumber segala kemiskinan, ketidakpercayaan masyarakat kepada pemerintah, ketidak percayaan masyarakat asing kepada Indonesia, bahkan kebobrokan masing - masing individu. Ketika seorang pelayan masyarakat melakukan korupsi uang negara, ia sedang memikirkan dirinya sendiri. Sedih ya, padahal indonesia dikenal punya budaya korupsi. Artinya, banyak orang yang menjabat di pemerintahan sedang memikirkan kepentingannya sendiri. Kalau kita masing - masing memikirkan diri sendiri terus menerus, pada hakekatnya kita bukan lagi sebuah negara. Karena negara didirikan untuk mencapai kemakmuran bersama dan kepentingan bersama. Kita hanya orang - orang yang sikut - sikutan mencari untung bagi diri sendiri di negeri yang curang ini.

Jadi, korupsi harus diberantas. Setuju?

Speak Out: Cara mengentaskan kemiskinan di Indonesia part 1

Indonesia disebut negeri kaya raya, gemah ripah loh jinawi :) Luas, punya kekayaan sumber daya alam yang melimpah, tapi penduduknya miskin >,< Paradoks yang mengerikan. Akhirnya timbul banyak pertanyaan, gimana caranya mengentaskan kemiskinan.  Menurutku, ada beberapa kebijakan yang harus dibuat pemerintah:
1. Memfasilitasi dan mendukung industri kecil menengah

Industri kecil dan menengah ini telah menyelamatkan Indonesia di krisis 2004 lalu, ketika negara negara adi kuasa jatuh, Indonesia bisa berdiri dengan mentereng karena pertumbuhan ekonominya masih plus! Kalau ga salah sekitar 4 - 6 %. Bagaimana tidak, negara lain pusing mikirin saham yang kolaps,Indonesia senyum - senyum aja karena IKM gak pake saham - sahaman.  Selain itu, industri IKM kreatif Indonesia, punya ciri khas sendiri di mata dunia :) Dulu pernah baca di koran, seniman - seniman di Bali mengekspor produknya ke Inggris. Tau dijual di mana? HARRODS, pusat perbelanjaan paling mewah di sana. Hebat, kan? Ini nih, kekuatan laten Indonesia yang harus dipupuk dan dibina. 

Pemerintah selama ini sudah memfasilitasi IKM dengan pemberian bantuan KUBE, kredit dengan bunga kecil dan lain - lain. Namun, selain pemberian fasilitasi dana, IKM perlu dibimbing untuk meningkatkan kualitas. Cara peningkatan kualitas, bisa saja dengan memberikan pelatihan dalam hal teknologi supaya proses produksi berjalan lebih efisien sehingga kuantitas maupun kualitas meningkat. 

Aku punya teman namanya Thoni. Ia sekolah di Sekolah Teknik di Gresik. Si thoni bikin sebuah mesin untuk IKM pembuat jenang jubung  ( makanan khas gresik). Dia bikin mesin ini supaya IKM lebih efisien dan makanan tradisional Indonesia tidak punah ( Motivasi yang sungguh mulia!) Kalian tahu cara buat jenang jubung? Jadi jenang jubung itu dimasukkan di dalam tungku besar dan panas, kemudian diaduk aduk selama 10 jam. Satu tungku bisa memuat sekitar puluhan kilo bahan jenang. Gendeng toh? Orang - orang di gresik masih mengaduk dengan cara manual, dan semakin lama, kalau jenangnya mengental maka mengaduknya pun semakin berat. Aku bayangin orang - orang yang ngaduk jadi keringetan (kan panas dan berat tuh hehehe) , masuk ke adonan jenang. Hiiii.. Si thoni ini bikin mesin pengaduk, jadi gak perlu lagi pake tenaga manusia. Keren, kan? Selain itu juga lebih higienis.

 Aku punya cerita lain dari IKM jenang jubung ini. IKM ini semakin lama semakin habis karena tidak ada regenerasi. Setelah mendapat pendidikan anak - anak pemilik jenang jubung ga mau meneruskan usaha keluarga. Alasannya karena bagi mereka usaha ini sudah ketinggalan jaman. Jaman sekarang, siapa mau mengaduk jenang 10 jam? Apalagi kalau sudah punya gelar. Padahal bisnis ini cukup menjanjikan. Nah, dengan adanya mesin si Thoni ini, diharapkan anak - anak pemilik industri jenang jubung mau melanjutkan usaha keluarga. Kan sekarang ga usah ngaduk lagi tuh. Jadi mereka bisa lebih berkonsentrasi ke urusan - urusan halus seperti pemasaran dan manajemennya :).  (P.S. Buat kamu yang bisa bikin mesin, jangan lupa mengembangkan mesin untuk IKM seperti si Thoni ya :), secara tidak langsung kamu bisa memperkuat ekonomi negara lhoo)

 Kemudian, bisa diberi pelatihan untuk manajemen dan pemasaran. Banyak IKM yang gulung tikar karena manajemen yang kurang baik. IKM  yang bentuknya home industry biasa dikelola bersama dalam keluarga. Jadi kadang dana produksi kepake buat kebutuhan sehari - hari. Kalau ada duit, bikin barang, kalau ga ada, tunggu sampai ada. Yaa kapan majunya kalo kayak gini. Coba kalau mereka dikasih pengetahuan tentang cara memasarkan dan cara mengelola uang. Hopefully, mereka bisa jadi lebih bijak dan lebih maju dalam mengelola usahanya.Ada sebuah contoh untuk gerakan ini. Beberapa bulan lalu di Universitas Pelita Harapan Surabaya,ada pelatihan untuk IKM pembuat batik. Selain diajari cara bikinnya, mereka dapat paket lengkat dan hemat tentang cara pemasaran, manajemen, dan lain sebagainya.  

Omong - omong tentang pengembangan masyarakat, aku pernah bikin penelitian tentang ini. Hasilnya? Ternyata pengusaha - pengusaha IKM perlu banget yang kayak gini. 

Sampai di sini dulu yaa, aku mau ke Royal, ada job make up in orang dan les :) Hehehe sebenarnya ada beberapa poin lagi. Pasti kulanjutin setelah aku punya waktu luang lagi :) Hopefully, entri ini membantu yaa, terutama buat adik2 angkatan psikologi yang lagi ngerjain tugas ini. Maaf ya, karena ga ada studi pustaka lebih dalam. Entri ini mainly opini, ingatan, pengalaman, dan common sense hehehe. Tapi bisa dicari kok.