Thursday, November 19, 2009

Philanthropy had become an integral part of Indonesian's life. We're known because our kindness. Therefore, as the young generation of the nation, we have to preserve this good behaviour. That's not such a diffucult thing that we can't do if we start from the simple one. We don't need to spend much money to be a philanthropist. Just help for the small thing based on our abilities. Actually, there are some activities that I want to do to help the have-nots.

The first activity is being a teacher. As an educated person I'm always dreaming to be a volunteer teacher in a remote place in the future, like teaching for a traditional ethnic group there. So, to make it happened later, I want to start it with simple thing, teaching the street children. I know that most of street children, who can't go to school, are happy if we give some lesson. So, beside gives them a provision for the future, this activity also cheers them up.

The second activity is giving our used things. We never know how valuable our used shirts, which we never use anymore, for the poors, who used to wear a rumpled dirty shirt. Even some of them only have one piece of clothes in their lives. So, why don't we just separate our used things for them? It's not so hard.

In summary, that's not so hard to be a philanthropist. Just do the simple things, like giving course or give our used things to the street children. That's a small things for us, but for them it might be very meaningful. And I believe, if all Indonesians concern to the philanthropy activities, we'll live in a wealthy, prosperous, and peaceful country.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

nowadays, technology is one of the most important things in our lives. nothing can separate us from this phenomenon. however, many people admitted that the development of technology brought us and our environment many bad effects. they said that some several natural disasters that happened of late were caused by the technology. on the other hand, I think actually there are so many benefits that we can get from this progress.

first, from the simple one, the food. in the past, people got some difficulties in storing their foods. they were mot able to keep the foods in long time because it would be spoiled. however, today people can keep their provisions in a proximate tin, so it can last long, even for years.

the second benefit is come from communication technology advancement. in the previously era, people needed some days or even weeks to give just a massage for someone. they must ordered a man or bird to deliver the letter. yet, it was so old fashioned, now people can send an email or massage to everybody, everywhere, just in seconds, and there is no bird-post anymore since it is so easy using internet.

in summary, beside the bad effects, actually there are so many benefits of the technology advancement like tinned foods and the internet. that is just a little example of benefits that I can write exclude so many other benefits. actually whether the technology is bad or good is depend. if we use it wisely, it will come the benefits, but if we don't, it won't.