→ March 1, 2010
I am sure, the title of this entry makes you puzzled, well..i deliberately wanna attract your attention, coz it’s a very important thing to read . It’s about Air Launch System (ALS). As posted earlier, Indonesia will have spaceport (few countries have it), and it will be developed and maintained by Indonesia and Russia. [...]
→ February 28, 2010
When he first started writing in akhyari.blogspot.com in March 2008, his intentions were simple. He just wants to let people know about the good things in Indonesia, the things that made him proud as an Indonesian, amidst all the negative and poor media review the world was shown. He was not looking for any recognition, [...]
→ February 25, 2010
In the U.S, private universities are deemed prestigious and highly regarded by the Americans for centuries as they have churned many great scientists, economists, business persons, politicians and also Nobel prize winners. Just mention you are a graduate from Harvard, Princeton, Yale and so on, and heads will turn.
Ironically, that is not the same case [...]
→ February 25, 2010
An Indonesian teen stole media attention in Germany when he managed to create a complete pyramid equation that could even be used for up to infiniti numbers.
Ibrahim Handoko (15), a polite teen who is also active in various activities of the mosque astounded his teachers with his finding.
As reported by German news site www.derwesten.de, Michael [...]
→ February 25, 2010
There is no question that batik has become synonymous with Indonesian culture. The much-lauded traditional cloth traces its origins to a noble past and has endured over the centuries, recently being designated as world heritage by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization.
The Danar Hadi Antique Batik Museum in Solo is a good [...]
→ February 25, 2010
The Indian Ocean is often thought of incorrectly as a tropical ocean. I was taught in my primary school that way. Well..check your map! It stretches southward all the way down to Antarctica. It is triangular and bordered by Africa, Asia, Antarctica, and, Australia. Although it covers about 28.5 million square miles, it is smaller [...]
→ February 24, 2010
I fell in love with the Banda Islands, a group of 10 lush volcanic islands in Indonesia, when I visited them a few years ago. I sailed down there on a prahu – a small native sailing boat with a rectangular sail – and discovered a rare part of the world that was absolutely unspoilt [...]
→ February 23, 2010
As a country several times colonized by other nations, Indonesia has been able to carve out history as a nation that succeeded in rising from the long occupation. History has proven that from the Asian-African Conference held in 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia has become a pillar of inspiration and has a big impact for the [...]
→ February 23, 2010
It was like fate when Tania Gunadi won a green card lottery to move from Indonesia to the United States. When she first came to the US, the first thing she noticed was the way the L.A. freeways seemed so clean and magical. New to the language she managed to learn English quickly while working [...]
→ February 22, 2010
I found one interesting writing on the net, written by our fella Thai, and of course the writing should be seen from Thai perspective. In fact, I do believe that in Southeast Asia, Indonesia’s peers are not India, China, and nor Philippines (many said that Philippines is veering from track, and now lagging behind even [...]