: Mom

Dalam perbincangan anak-ibu untuk yang kesekian kalinya
ibuku berkata kepadaku:

Nak, jadilah orang yang melihat dengan hati, bukan dengan mata
sebab mata sering menipu dan hati jarang berbohong.
Jangan berharap pada penampilan, sebab itu bisa diubah
tapi siapa yang mampu menundukkan ego dan sifat seseorang.
Berbahagialah dengan apa dirimu menurutmu, bukan karena apa kata orang tentangmu.
Jatuh cintalah berkali-kali dan patah hatilah sesukamu, sebelum engkau memutuskan yang terbaik untukmu, dengan begitu engkau akan belajar mengenal pentingnya sebuah komitmen.
Jangan pernah takut untuk kalah, gagal, ditertawakan atau tersakiti, karena disitulah engkau memahami kebahagiaan yang sebenarnya.
Hargailah setiap perbedaan, saling mengenallah dan membahagiakan tanpa harus mengubah, itulah yang nanti mengajarkanmu arti cinta kasih sesungguhnya.
Berjalanlah kemana kakimu membawa, pergilah ke tempat yang engkau inginkan, lakukan apa yang mau engkau kerjakan, karena engkau takkan belajar apapun jika hanya duduk berdiam diri.
Jangan tunjukkan muka sakitmu pada orang lain tapi perlihatkanlah wajah gembiramu, dengan begitu engkau menyembuhkan dirimu sendiri dan juga orang lain.
Karenanya, jangan pernah takut untuk mati, sebab engkau telah puas dengan hidupmu...

Ibu,
seandainya aku memiliki anak-anak kelak ,
aku akan mengajarkan hal yang sama kepada mereka.
terbang bebas dan biarkan jiwanya menari-nari
berpetualang dan memilih jalannya.

Ibu,
sekarang istirahatlah yang tenang,
Pada saatnya nanti kita bertemu lagi,
akan kuceritakan padamu kisah-kisah perjalananku
dan betapa bahagianya aku dengan hidupku,
karenamu..

(Mom, it's been three years, but you always in my heart wherever I go)

Love you, mom !

 

(Another essay task for My Writing Class and it is a process essay..)

Life is more meaningful if we have a dream to be achieved before we die. Some people have made it and others probably still fight for it. I wrote my bucket list two years ago after my mom passed away. Traveling to beautiful places is at the top of my list because I believe that there are only two types of persons in this world: those who like to travel and those who will die in boring. There is nothing more fascinating to me than waking up in the morning, putting on the shoes, carrying my backpack and getting ready for my next journey. Go wherever I want. I remember one of my trip to Mumbai, India several years ago. I went there as a backpacker for ten days and I don’t have to steal money from a bank or to born as the daughter of Raam Punjabi to make an amazing Mumbai journey.  It’s easier and cheaper than you think. Based on my experiences, there are three steps that must be done in order to travel with limited budget, which include the pre-departure preparation, the journey itself and the going back process.

The first thing to do is preparing the journey carefully. Goggle on the internet ‘the must-see places’ that you are dying to visit, choose one destination and browse for information  about it. Then, decide when you will visit it. Do not go there during the long weekend and peak season, otherwise you will end up among crowded of tourists and go bankrupt. For example, if you want to visit Thailand, you must look for details about the cultural ceremonies, accommodation availability, the map, places that you are interested in, and so on. Usually, the prices are cheaper if you are traveling on working days. Submit your absence proposal to your boss a few months before so that you can arrange your schedule and have enough time to collect money. If you travel by plane, book your airplane ticket a few months in advance in order to get the special promo. In order to save money on your expenses on food and accommodation, you may join many social networks such as Facebook, Friendster, My Space, Hi5, and Orkut. Make friends with people that come from the places you want to visit. Tell them that you want to see their hometown someday. If they are offering you their house to stay or want to escort you once you are there, say yes immediately and make them promise so that you don’t have to spend your money for lodging, local transportation, and meals.

Besides that, you should also join travelers’ networks such as WAYN (Where Are You Now), Passportstamp, TravBuddy and Travellerspoint to connect you with all travelers around the world so that you know who has the same schedule as yours while traveling to your destination. Maybe you can share transportation costs or share accommodation with them. Furthermore, never forget to prepare your documents such as ID card, passport, etc, make copies for all and put them in different pocket. If you lose your document, you have to make report to the nearest embassy of your citizenship and it probably cost you much money. Write down important numbers on your notebook, just in case you are in emergency situation and need to contact someone. Don’t bring many things in your backpack. In fact, for two week journey, you only need to carry about four t-shirts, two pants, two packs of disposal underwear, one pair of sneaker, one pair of sandal, one jacket, two socks, and a hat. Buy a t-shirt with a slogan on it, “same shirt but different days” to make people understand why you wear same clothing every day. You can wash your clothes later or re-wear them.

After checking your travel list above, you are ready for the journey. Make sure that you already contacting your friends for places to stay. Don’t spend too long in one house because you will burden your host, that’s why you need to be a member of several social networks. Invite some travelers who have the same schedule as yours to that place to go together in a group. At lunch time, you and other travelers in group may order the menu but not too much and share the food and price together. It is cheaper and still make you full. Unless you are an insensitive person and don’t care what people may say about you, wait until they all already order their food and ask them whether you can taste their food. Do that to all of them until you full. Join different group at different places and do the same thing. Furthermore, you must also remember to come back exactly in dinner time and give compliment for the food so that the host family feels happy to welcome you as a guest. Moreover, if you want to visit areas which are quite far from your host family’s house, you may try hitchhiking. It is free but a little bit dangerous for female travelers. If you don’t like that idea, probably you can rent a motorcycle, which is cheaper and more efficient. You may also try local transportation to experience native life. Nevertheless, if you get used to jogging and walking, maybe you can go there by hiking and trekking. You can enjoy the view and save your transportation cost, not to mention you will be more healthy. Also, a mp3 player and a digital camera are a must for you so that you won’t be feel boring. Bring extra full-rechargeable-batteries just in case there is no electricity. Explore the beauty of places that you visit by taking as many pictures as you can. One thing that you must always put in your mind is the traveler’s motto that says “take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but your footprints.” You may send your pictures later to travel agencies after you go back home, maybe they will buy some for their promotion. Write down every day on your journal about your trip and expand it to a short-story, a novel, an article, or even a poem. Post them on your blog or send them to local newspapers. You will get famous and people will invite you to come to their hometown for free and then suddenly your agenda will be filled with traveling schedules.

The last thing to do is the going-back process. Before you start your trip, remind your family and friends that you are going as a backpacker, which means you cannot carry many things with you. They won’t ask you for souvenirs or request you to bring or buy something. If they still insist that you bring them souvenirs, you may buy something but only postcards or key-chains or anything under one dollar and give them just to people who help you most. For those who have no contribution to you, tell them that you don’t have space in your backpack anymore for additional goods. Say it nicely because you never know that someday you probably will need their help. Then, call your family or friend to pick you up at the airport or bus/train station a day before your departure. Likewise, ask your host family politely to take you to the nearest spot from the airport or bus/train station. Later on, you can continue by doing hitchhiking again to get there. Be a good guest by taking pictures with your host family and thank them for the accommodation and help. On your way back home, be friendly with your seat-mates and look for another opportunity for your next traveling destination. When you are using the toilet, take a bottle/bar of soap that is usually provided on the airplane because you can use it later. After you arrive, show your happy expression when you are seeing your relative or friend who has came to pick you. Share your stories and thank him/her indeed when you are already at home. Furthermore, send email to those who have helped you during your trip or post a gratitude message on their social networks’ walls, or if you know their addresses don’t forget to send a thank-you letter to them.

Henceforth, do not wait until you have much money to do your traveling. You don’t want to spend the rest of your life in just one place, right? You must want to see other places, see in person what people say as the most beautiful places, and have your own experience there. You can still have a memorable journey with limited budget only by following my steps which consist of the early preparation, on the-trip-skills and the going-back approach. When you succeed with one journey,  I bet you want to do more. Just do whatever you want to do and go wherever you want to go. All you need to do is take a single step to start your adventures. So, why don’t you begin it now?

 

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(This is one of my essay homework for writing class with Mr. Bayu, I haven't finish edit it because my next essay is waiting, hehehe)

Albany Ray, the son of Sarah Azhari, was born without knowing who his biological father is. Both Ariel Peterpan and Pasha Ungu, lead vocalists of famous bands in Indonesia, have a crush on Aura Kasih but she still cannot decide which one of them will win her heart. Widyawati and Sophan Sophian were married for almost twenty six years until death separated them apart. These situations can happen to any of us and the same stories are probably experienced by certain people. But, do you know that they can also be found in animals’ lives? Do you realize some of animals have similar behavior as humans in their romantic relationship? Do humans have animal instinct in their mind or do animals have human instinct in their mind? Believe it or not, animals and humans are almost alike in the way they are look for their spouses. This statement is based on my observation and literature study analysis on animals’ behavior in the mating period. There are four categories of animals behavior that may reflect humans’ attitude toward the bond of love because they already become the good representatives to be compared with humans.

The first category is the prince charming group. If you consider yourself as a loyal and faithful person, wait until you know these two princes. The first prince is the Emperor Penguin, the largest of all penguins. Emperor penguins are known as monogamous animal which only have one partner until death do them apart. Despite the fact that they spend most of their lives apart from each other and meet only once a year in breeding spot for mating but male penguins are very patient and loyal to their spouse. In the breeding season, the mother leaves her egg to the father for two months and he doesn’t eat for that long because he must keep the egg warm under his belly until it hatches while the mom dives for feed. Together with other fathers, they huddle to  each other and stand patiently. Male penguins can lose their weight about 40% at that time. After the egg hatches, then it is the mother’s duty to warm the chick and father will find food for them. The romantic thing about Emperor penguins is that they can easily find their spouse only by recognizing their calls. Meanwhile, the second prince charming is goose which also known as symbol of loyalty. Geese are monogamous animal, too. They will stay with one partner for the rest of their life.  They will fly and swim together. Usually, they are teasing each other while swimming and face one another by lowering their necks and create love sign.

Next is the competition group. Imagine yourself as a popular girl in your community, you love flirting and boys are dying to marry you, then you are more like the Gray Whale. In mating time, female gray whale flirts to a male whale and they both will tease each other by swimming side by side across the ocean and sometimes rubbing one body to another.  During this romantic journey, the female still looks for another chance to meet a better candidate to be the father of her child and send some love signals to other males. At this level, there is still no commitment between them.  Then one male decide to join the competition and they swim together with the female between the males. Three of them will rubbing, swimming and rolling against one another until the final moment when the female make her decision to choose which one she likes more. The good thing about male whales is that they are all gentlemen. The loser one will support the winner to ‘marry’ (or in animal terms is impregnating) her and they never fight to win the female’s heart. As suggestion, whenever you want to follow this game of love, remember to make sure all candidates are open-hearted and don’t show your emotional feelings too obviously. Or, if you look for the strongest one to win your heart and too shy to express your feeling, then you may imitate Polar Bear behavior. You should give your positive impression to several persons you like. A sow or female bear leaves her paws with a scent so that boars or male bears can follow her to hunting areas. In a way to be triumphant in this competition, boars show their power by having fights with their rivals until they get scars or lose teeth, but they never fight brutally. The loser one will leave the battle before get hurt or killed and the strongest one will have the opportunity to mate with the sow. 

The third one is the bitch group. Cats, dogs, and red-sided garter snakes are examples of bitch group member. Cats are very independent animals. No matter how close you are with them and spoil them  but you will never own them. They are free spirit animals. Female cats do polyandry and like to mate with different males when she is in heat. Most of female cats don’t know who is the father of their kittens because it only lasts 4-7 days for heat period and they may have sex with many male cats during that time. Dogs also do the same thing like cats do. Indeed, dogs are human best friend because they are known as one of the loyal animals, but to their master only. They are not type of loyal animal when related to sexual relationship. It goes similarly with red-sided garter snake, even worst. Besides her polyandry behavior, a female red-sided garter snake will invite all her husbands  to join in her mating orgy party. Moreover, if you tend to be in this group, just make sure that you play safe and be responsible for your choice.

The last category is female-dominant group. What if you think that women have the power to do all the things? What if you think that you don’t need a man at all in your life but still want to have your own child? It’s easy. You can copy whiptail lizard’s way in order to have a child of yours by cloning yourself.  There are no male whiptail lizards. They are also lesbian. They will cloning themselves if they want have babies. Scientists called this cloning process as pseudocopulation, where these lesbian couple switch roles as a male or female to stimulate the eggs production in both of them. In another way, you may also choose to be a single parent like clownfish. Clownfish supports transgender because male clownfish can transform to female clownfish if the female dies or caught by human. So, the male-turn to female-clownfish will become the mother for the baby fish. The other members of this group are black-widow spider and a queen ant. Black-widow spider got its name from the reputation of female black-widow spider who sometimes kill or eat her spouse after mating. The survivor male will continue their life with other females. Likewise, a queen ant holds the highest position in ant’s kingdom and control the number of female and male eggs she places. Female are dominant in this colony. Only the queen and breeding female have the capability to reproduce while drones or winged male ants are have nothing to do except eat and then die shortly after mating. Both of black-widow spider and queen ant are strongly dominant and powerful in their society. You probably may find someone with these personalities in your community.

In conclusion, as C.S Lewis said that humans are amphibians, we are consisted of half spirit that belong to the eternal world and half of animal that inhabit time. We cannot avoid the facts that human and animal are connected to each other and in some ways are influence one another. Half of ourselves will always follow the nature and the other will follow the rules. Whether human instinct or animal instinct, the choice is given to our personal decision. These four categories are presented as examples of both of them. After all, beauty is only skin deep, I will let the judge on you, my readers.

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Daripada pusing mau pilih siapa di PILKADA nanti..mending ini saja, hehehe :

Datang ki nah,


ps :
Undangan nyusul yaa...!!!

Wattunna Matayya Carita. Carita tentang Mariso wattu riolo sanggenna kamma kammanne. Carita passala’ passulo, paboya tude, loro, pannambungang alloang, goccang-goccang, anak sikola, jamang allo.. Wattunna katte-katte bicara, saatnya kami bicara. Wattunna katte carita.. Demikianlah yang hendak disampaikan oleh anak-anak dan remaja yang tinggal di sekitar pesisir Mariso. Tibalah saatnya mereka yang menyuarakan apa yang selama ini mereka amati dan menjadi bagian dari kesehariannya lewat acaranya yang mereka sebut sebagai Trilogy “Saatnya”

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Anak dan remaja seringkali dianggap tidak cukup penting untuk mengeluarkan pendapatnya atas pembangunan yang terjadi di lingkungannya. Mereka seakan dibungkam untuk menyuarakan pengamatannya tentang apa yang terjadi di sekitarnya. Sementara perubahan yang mengatasnamakan pembangunan terus terjadi bahkan kian lama secara perlahan menggusur lingkungan serta mengambil alih tempat bermain dan belajar mereka. Mereka dianggap belum dewasa untuk berperan serta dalam proses perubahan dan pembangunan yang terjadi dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Tugas mereka cukup hanya belajar dan atau bekerja membantu orang tua. Segala tetek bengek pembangunan dan masalah sosial adalah urusan orang dewasa dan pemerintah.

Selama ini yang terjadi adalah pembangunan fisik yang terus menerus dilakukan oleh pemerintah yang kerapkali tidak dibarengi oleh upaya-upaya memperhatikan dan memperbaiki efek dari perubahan yang terjadi karena pembangunan tersebut. Padahal, dalam UU no 23 tahun 2002 tentang Perlindungan Anak mengatakan bahwa anak (dan remaja) adalah tunas, potensi, dan generasi muda penerus cita-cita perjuangan bangsa, memiliki peran strategis dan mempunyai ciri dan sifat khusus yang menjamin kelangsungan eksistensi bangsa dan negara pada masa depan. Bahwa agar setiap anak kelak mampu memikul tanggung jawab tersebut, maka ia perlu mendapat kesempatan yang seluas-luasnya untuk tumbuh dan berkembang secara optimal, baik fisik, mental maupun sosial, dan berakhlak mulia, perlu dilakukan upaya perlindungan serta untuk mewujudkan kesejahteraan anak dengan memberikan jaminan terhadap pemenuhan hak-haknya serta adanya perlakuan tanpa diskriminasi. Sementara akibat dari pembangunan itu justru paling rentan memberikan efek kepada mereka yang masih belia ini. Mereka menjadi kekurangan public space sebagai tempat bermain, minimnya sarana dan prasarana yang mendukung potensi pengembangan diri mereka akibat prioritisasi pembangunan yang tidak memihak  pada peningkatan kapasitas mereka sebagai individu. Inilah yang coba digambarkan oleh anak-anak dan remaja di kawasan pesisir Mariso yang menjadi binaan dari SOKOLA, sebuah lembaga pendidikan alternatif yang banyak memfokuskan diri pada pendampingan pendidikan dan ketrampilan hidup untuk anak dan remaja.

Berbagai peristiwa, aktifitas pembangunan dan perubahan yang terjadi di kawasan pesisir Mariso yang terjadi dalam beberapa waktu belakangan ini direkam oleh anak-anak dan remaja (usia 6 – 18 tahun) tersebut melalui berbagai media yang dianggap mampu menyuarakan pikiran, perasaan dan pendapat mereka selama ini. Sejak kurang lebih setahun terakhir ini, anak-anak dan remaja yang berada dibawah binaan para volunteer SOKOLA ini dibekali dengan berbagai kegiatan dan ketrampilan dengan menggunakan media dimana mereka bisa belajar untuk melihat potensi diri sebagai individu yang mempunyai kekuatan untuk memaknai diri dan berperan serta dalam proses pembangunan yang terjadi disekeliling mereka dan di kehidupan sehari-hari.

Melalui media newsletter “Kareba” yang terbit setiap dua kali sebulan, mereka dilatih jurnalistik dasar dan penulisan sehingga berbagai kejadian dan hal-hal yang menarik yang terjadi disekitar kawasan Mariso dapat mereka tuangkan dalam berbagai tulisan seperti halnya seorang citizen reporter dimedia-media besar lainnya. Tawuran, permainan goccang-goccang, payabo bahkan hingga angin puting beliung yang merusak atap sekolah mereka pun dituangkan sebagai bentuk kesadaran kritis mereka yang kian berkembang.  Mereka juga mencoba menyuarakan persepsinya atas gambaran sosial lingkungan melalui media lainnya. Lewat foto-foto, lukisan dan video komunitas yang mereka buat bersama, terekam berbagai realitas  kehidupan warga Mariso yang sarat akan kesederhanaan namun tetap menggambarkan keceriaan serta keunikan keseharian masyarakatnya.

(Pameran lukisan)

Sebagai bentuk apresiasi terhadap karya anak-anak dan remaja ini dan dalam rangka memperingati Hari Anak, pada tanggal 12 Juli lalu, bertempat di kawasan Mariso pihak SOKOLA yang didukung oleh SoFEI dan Save The Children UK mengadakan Pementasan Teater serta Pameran Foto dan Lukisan dengan tema “Saatnya Mata Bercerita, Saatnya Kami Bicara, Saatnya Kami Bercerita”. Dalam pementasan yang berjudul “Saatnya Kami Bercerita” tersebut menceritakan tentang potret suka-duka kehidupan masyarakat pesisir yang diperankan oleh 20 anak-anak dan remaja. Melihat keceriaan dan kepolosan mereka dalam melakonkan suka-duka kehidupan masyarakat pesisir Mariso yang digambarkan dengan sangat lucu dan lepas, menunjukkan betapa segala permasalahan yang mereka alami sebagai akibat dari perubahan yang terjadi dikeluarga dan sekitarnya oleh pembangunan ternyata mampu dihadapi dengan senyum dan tawa polos kanak-kanak yang ceria. Dan walaupun diusia yang masih belia, mereka bisa memperlihatkan kesadaran kritisnya atas apa yang berlangsung di lingkungannya. Ini terlihat pada lukisan dan foto-foto yang dipamerkan yang sarat dengan objek yang tidak jauh dari keseharian mereka. Sapuan kuas dan jepretan foto mereka yang meskipun masih dalam kategori pemula ternyata mampu membawa kita dalam imajinasi mereka mengenai lingkungan sekitarnya. Bagaimana mereka mesti membiasakan diri hidup dengan genangan sampah, anak-anak yang mesti bekerja membantu orangtua sebagai tukang becak, nelayan yang pergi mencari tude, pinggiran kanal yang berubah fungsi menjadi WC umum dan banyak lagi yang terekam secara ekspresif dalam karya-karya mereka. Bersamaan dengan pementasan teater dan pameran tersebut, juga diluncurkan buku yang berisi kumpulan karya anak-anak pesisir Mariso-Makassar terhadap peristiwa dan perubahan yang terjadi di sekitarnya. Penjualan buku yang berjudul “Saatnya Kami Bicara” ini akan disumbangkan bagi pengembangan Balla Pappilajarang SOKOLA Makassar agar dapat terus memberikan yang terbaik bagi pendidikan dan pelatihan anak-anak di pesisir Mariso. Seperti yang dikatakan oleh Lasti Kurnia, seorang fotojurnalis Harian Kompas, bahwa lewat buku yang memuat artikel, puisi, fiksi dengan ilustrasi karya lukis anak-anak Mariso ini menjadi gambaran yang sangat berharga untuk mengenal masyarakat pesisir Mariso bagi orang-orang yang berada diluar  komunitas tersebut. Aan Mansyur, seorang sastrawan muda Makassar, dalam komentarnya pula mengatakan bahwa anak-anak yang menulis buku ini memberi contoh bagaimana caranya melunasi hutang kita kepada dunia dalam membuat catatan tentang diri kita. Tepuk tangan yang tak putus-putusnya, teriakan kegembiraan masyarakat dan airmata yang bergenang oleh tatapan haru para penonton malam itu membuat kita tersadarkan bahwa kita memang mesti malu pada mereka, kita mesti belajar banyak pada anak-anak ini.

(Buku dan Film Dokumenter Anak Pesisir Mariso)

Baru-baru ini di sebuah kegiatan Pelatihan dimana saya bekerja secara freelance saat hendak berkemas pulang, beberapa orang nampak sedang memasang sesuatu pada dinding gedung. Saya lalu menghampiri bersama kawan-kawan. Rupanya mereka sedang memasang sebuah spanduk untuk acara Malam Ramah Tamah karena pelatihan mereka telah selesai. Saya lalu membaca tulisan di spanduk itu yang nampak begitu jelas dan besar. Setelah membaca tulisan dispanduk itu, kening saya berkerut dan saya mencoba untuk memahami apa yang dimaksud dalam kalimat dispanduk itu. Kawan-kawan yang lain pun sama bingungnya dengan saya dan setelah meminta izin untuk mengambil foto spanduk tersebut, kami lalu bersama-sama pulang sembari membahas apa maksud kalimat tersebut bila diterjemahkan dalam bahasa Indonesia.
Bahkan, sampai ditempat saya tinggal pun, kami yang kemudian membahasnya dengan kawan lain, juga tak bisa secara elok menemukan terjemahan yang pas untuk kalimat dispanduk itu.



Penasaran dengan terjemahan kalimat itu, saya mengajak kalian-kalian untuk ikutan sayembara menebak terjemahan kalimat spanduk. Bagi satu orang yang bisa secara elok, atau secara lucu tapi pas menerjemahkan kalimat bahasa Inggris dalam spanduk itu kedalam bahasa Indonesia akan mendapatkan 1 buah buku "Indonesia di Panyingkul!" secara gratis. Hadiah akan dikirimkan ke alamat pemenang.
Siapa saja boleh ikutan. Jurinya tentu saja saya sendiri. Pemenang ditentukan oleh keelokan atau kelucuan terjemahan yang pas dalam menerjemahkannya.




Jika berminat, bisa menjawab di comment artikel ini dengan menuliskan:
- Nama
- Alamat blog
- Alamat tempat buku akan dikirim (bila menjadi pemenang)
- Terjemahan kalimatnya dalam bahasa Indonesia

Sayembara ini murni iseng aja..tapi hadiahnya gak iseng lho..benaran !!
Ayooo ikutaannn !!!
Deadline : 31 Juli 2008


 

Saya dapat info ini dari sebuah milis Sekolah Rumah. Bagus banget buat para orangtua atau guru atau pencinta anak yang ingin mengajarkan kreatifitas bagi kanak-kanak dalam bentuk permainan gunting-lipat-tempel. Apalagi bagi orangtua yang menyekolahkan anaknya di rumah (Homeschooling), ini sangat bagus diajarkan.

Berikut isi info dari milis tersebut:

Alamat webnya :




Berisikan kumpulan permainan lipat-gunting- tempel.
Mulai dari tingkat kesulitan rendah sampai yang paling rumit.
Ada bermacam-macam kategori:

- Animals : membuat hewan-hewan lucu dari kertas.

- Craftown : membuat gedung-gedung, rumah, mobil, jalan, jembatan, fasilitas-fasilitas umum, semuanya dari kertas (karton), dan bisa dikreasikan (dikumpulkan) membentuk sebuah kota.

- Lucky Items : dapat digunakan sebagai dekorasi ruangan, seperti patung unicorn, naga, dll. Semuanya juga dari kertas/karton.

- Buildings of the world : selain mengenal bangunan-bangunan bersejarah di dunia, anak juga mampu mengenal sejarah di balik bangunan tersebut. Ada Menara London, Kastil Osaka, Taj Mahal, Menara Pisa, Patung Liberty, Patung Moai, Sydney Opera House, dll. Semuanya bisa dirakit dari kertas.

- Science : membuat model yang berkaitan dengan sains dan alam semesta, seperti dinosaurus (dan jenis2nya), serangga, teleskop Subaru, Sundial (Jam Matahari), Globe (bola bumi). Tentu saja semuanya dari bahan baku kertas.

- Toys : di sini kita bisa membuat model-model unik seperti Dump Truck, Excavator, Bulldozer, Airplane, bahkan mobil mewah Jaguar pun bisa dibuat dari kertas lengkap dengan detil-detilnya. Ada pula permainan kreatif dari kertas, misalnya Animal Cube Puzzle, Boomerang, Balance Game, Reversi, dll. Permainan-permainan ini tidak bisa langsung dimainkan, tapi dibuat/dirakit terlebih dahulu, dan sekali lagi, bahan bakunya adalah kertas.

- Origami : berbagai macam bentuk origami yang lucu bisa ditemui di sini, mulai dari pesawat terbang, boat, kelinci, katak, gajah, siput, kura-kura, dll.

- Seasons & Holidays : di sini diberikan bermacam-macam pola untuk membuah photo boxes, gift boxes, maupun perlengkapan- perlengkapan pesta (banners, crown, topi, hiasan dinding, topeng, dll)

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Ayo mari kita tingkatkan terus kreatifitas anak..:)

Wednesday. April 30th 2008. It's 4 am and I couldn't sleep. I let my eyes open wide and keep my mind conscious. I turn on my computer; find relaxing music to fill the silence of my surrounding. I try to rest and lay down on bed. With my unclosed eyes, I look around my room, concentrate to listen every voice that emerges from the quietness. I can hear my instrumental music, rooster's singing, mosque azan and even mosquito noise. All in one harmony. I never feel so peaceful like at this time. I enjoy the calmness of dawn as much as I admire the beauty of dusk. I like the rooster's singing, I like the mosque azan, I like the mosquito noise, I like the sound of my own heartbeat. And what I like most of my cheering moment is good morning text from you. It's really complete my day. I am ready to starting my next chapter of life now. Thank you.