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COVID-19 caused a big loss in the tourism sector. Bali, the land of the Gods has a bad effect. Peoples who live from tourism are suffering. Nobody visited Bali. There is only several domestic tourist who have a short vacation. During the pandemic, many peoples are afraid of traveling to a crowded place. kompas.com Foreign tourists have not come to Bali during the travel restriction around the world. Finally, Bali becomes deserted. Many tourism businesses have bankrupt. Peoples have lost their job since people are restricted to get around. Many hotels provide a discount, but it is still quiet. Fortunately, government relaxes the social restriction. So, people can trip to Bali for vacation or business. 270 million populations definitely are very helpful to move the economy, not only in Bali but also to the other regions. During the pandemic, tourism and its derivatives were the sectors that had the hardest hit. Tourism is about traveling, moving people from one place to another. When a p...

Do you ever see a House of Cards Series? If you don't yet, I suggest that you watch. This American TV Series is worth it to watch. Its story is very exciting to me. Besides, maybe it's because I like politics too. I totally pay attention in every scene. It is thrilling to me and made me couldn't stop to from episode to episode. Photo: apnews.com House of cards is an adaptation of the BBC series 1990 based on 1989 Michael Dobbs's novel which has the same title. The first episode was streaming on Netflix and for your information, the first moment I saw is from the free streaming website. But, because the government has been blocked all the illegal websites, So I switch to subscribe Netflix service. The stories brought from the series seem related to political reality. You should give your heart but don't too much. Because in reality, too much feeling in your political activity is just a burden to you. Sometimes you need just follow your rationality and maximize every ...

In Western you often find peoples wearing a suit, walking to their office, and using a bicycle to work. It is common in the countries which have mild weather and cold temperature. However, it is becoming odd when peoples in tropical countries do the same things. Photo: cnnindonesia.com In the warm temperature and hot weather, wearing a suit will make you drenched in sweat. I think it's weird for looking peoples in tropical countries dress up like western peoples. How can you be comfortable wearing that outfit? Just wanted to look like a westerner is a bad idea. You must be rational in thinking and acting. Not only about wearing a suit, but tropical peoples also build a wide sidewalk. Their government hopes more peoples walk and even go to the office by walk. Come on, how could you walk with a thick coat under the sun? It's not like in European Countries Pal. You do not only get sweat when arrived at the office, I believe you will get stress and tired too. Furthermore, bike to w...

Photo: cnbcindonesia.com COVID-19 requires us to stay at home. It is preventing the spreading of viruses. Therefore, governments around the world have been applied social distance policies such as work from home and study from home. It works in countries which level of discipline of citizens is high (Japan, Switzerland). However, it hards for applied in the low discipline of citizens such as America and Indonesia. Furthermore, originally, humans are social creatures. We can't be alienated from our environment and social life. We must work and get some money to fulfill our basic needs. Unfortunately, COVID-19 enforce us to stay at home. These are contradictory to human nature. So, after more than a year people fight with Corona, Nowadays, people become resistant and careless. No matter how dangerous the virus, silence is not the way out to survive. Even though you are not infected, you still could die because of starving or failed to pay your debt. It looks natural when today, peopl...

Agapornis, or popularly known as lovebird is originally from the Africa continent. It is a small group of parrot which spread and adaptive around the world including Indonesia. In a tropical country like Indonesia, lovebirds can adapt easily. Birds lovers in the 4th populous country are very like with these little birds. Lovebirds have many colour and mutations. The price was high in Indonesia. It's about $15 to $8000 per head. Nowadays, the price has been plunging. It's about $3 to a hundred dollars. This condition is difficult for many breeders in Indonesia. They have been grumble about the selling price and feed prices that continuously going up. This phenomenon is actually natural because it's related to economic law. When supply rises up, demand will decrease and vice versa. Lovebirds are easy to breed. You don't need a big cage or quiet environment to breed it. They can spawn 3 or 4th times a year. If everybody has a pair of lovebirds, then you can have many loveb...

Picture: news.sky.com Stay clean and healthy is a must in the pandemic era. Besides, wearing a mask and physical distancing in everyday life. We must apply health protocol to contain the spread of viruses. Nowadays, hand-sanitizer becomes sticks out such as handphone. We can't miss that, because a hand sanitizer is like a gun to protect our body from an enemy (Corona). In addition, you have to wash your hand. If you don't have a hand sanitizer, make sure you always clean your hands. Although washing hands is a part of hygiene behavior that taught to us since childhood, We really practice after the spread of COVID-19. We are afraid and impose to wash our hands in every situation. Today, washing hands become very important and transformed into a lifestyle. You always insecure after touching anything around you. It is good for sure because that habit not only saves you from COVID-19 but also can protect you from other viruses or germs. However, you have to pay attention to your sk...

Photo: Jakarta Globe Ramadan means every Moslem around the world will get fasting as part of their worship. It's common in Ramadan you will see many Moslem eat in the early hours and they will iftar when the sun comes down. Not only about fasting, but there is also Tarawih Prayer after Isha. When fasting, Moslem around the world is expected to hold their carnality. They have to intensify their worship. When pandemic COVID-19 spread to the globe, it causes changes in carrying Ramadan worship. Pray in the mosque has been limited and must implement health protocols. You can't get iftar together with an old friend or with your relatives. So Ramadan in the pandemic era is very silent. In Many countries, there are different ways of carrying out Ramadan. For instance, in Indonesia, there is a prevalence that after fasting and toward Eid Mubarak, people will back to their hometown. Unfortunately, same as last year, homecoming is forbidden to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Even though,...

picture from thejakartapost There is a big question about Why cigarettes considered dangerous and must give a warning in their package? Smoking can kill you, harmful, etc. It is like a monster and becomes a scapegoat for heart disease. Meanwhile, there are no warnings about junk food. We all know that unhealthy food can damage your body. Fat, sugar on food and beverage also harmful too but there is no warning on their package. If you want to pay attention to cigarettes about their dangers for your health, You should treat the same to foods and beverages that contain fat, sugar, and preservative. McD, Pizza Hut, KFC, Coca-Cola must give a warning in their package. In this case, I do not see equal treatment. This is strange to me if a smoking cigarette is prohibited but eating unhealthy food is not. In my opinion, it is definitely unfair. You kill the cigarette but on the other side, you let junk foods thrive. If you are afraid of smoke addiction, You have to know that cigarettes and jun...

ihayegreejello.com Tanjung Layar Beach Besides Sawarana beach in Sawarna village you can also enjoy the Tanjung Layar beach. This beach has a unique feature. There is a pair of giant coral that resembles like a sailing boat. That is why this place called Tanjung Layar (cape-sail). Furthermore, this place is lined up with coral. When the sea goes recede, you will look corals that like fortress facing the waves. It gives the tourist beautiful scenery. I guarantee that you will be amazed by the panorama. This view can be enjoyed when the sun goes down. So that you can take a good photograph or just relax with your partner. pantainesia.com Ciantir Beach Ciantir Beach has large white sand with a big wave so you can surf. But don't worry, in this place you can swim too. There is an area that has been marked where you can go swim or not. If you do not want to swim or surfing, just play with the sand or take exercise and sunbathing. In the afternoon you can ...

jejakpiknik.com Sawarna beach is located at Sawarna Village, Bayah District, Lebak region, Banten Province. Sawarna famous because has much attraction. This destination usually crowded by local tourists at the weekend. You can reach out to Sawarna Beach by car or motorcycle. Sawarna village has many beautiful sceneries such as a mountain, cave, river, and white sand beach. Sawarna Beach area starts from Pulo Manuk Beach to Karang Taraje Beach. History of Sawarna Village In this village, there is an old square grave with 1-meter height. The prominent painter from Holland named Jean Louis Van Gogh was buried there. This cemetery just found after the division of Banten Province in the 2000s. In 1907, Van Gogh opening a coconut plantation in Tanjung Layar, Ciantir area. His plantation employed many local residents. As time goes by, the number of workers increased and a group of habitant was formed. Their settlement named Sawarna, but because of differences in acce...

Cheating is a problem often encountered in today's relationship. How often you hear about an affair or you have been experienced it for yourself? It is really ironic even though everyone knows that cheating is wrong, but inf fact many people do it. Why man Cheating? Men are easily distracted creatures when seeing something more attractive. Although cheating can be emotional needs that can not be fulfilled, men are visual beings. The main reason why men are cheating because of beautiful women who respond. It causes men labeled as outstanding cheater. They realize that they want women. They actively start to chat, pick her up, and pay attention to them. Even they have a mate, Men often can not hold for just have fun. Only want to know how far they can approach, and it can be as self proof. In this case, we can blame a man because He crosses the line. To prevent this, men must behold themselves and close their eyes. As a man, you have to control yourself and ...

Ijen Crater is a tourist attraction which is located on the border between Banyuwangi and Bondowoso regency (East Java Province, Indonesia). To reach it places yo have to climb mount Ijen. This beautiful place usually visited by more than 2000 tourists every month and makes them return to enjoy the beauty of Ijen. In Ijen, you can see blue fire and sunrise, but before you go to Ijen, It is important to pay attention to a few things below. 1. Steep Road banyuwangibagus.com The road towards Ijen Crater is steep, So prepare your vehicle and physics. The uphill roads reach 45 degrees. You have to careful, especially when going in the night. 2. Extreme Temperatures wartaterkini.news Just like the mountains, Ijen has low temperatures. Between May and September, its temperatures can be 5 degrees Celcius. Wear warm clothes to avoid Hypothermia, especially for Indonesian. 3. Food Stalls anekawisata.com You can buy some food and beverage su...

In the last past week, 100 companies have pulled their ads from social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram in the American market. The amount can increase, depending on Facebook's response. The advertiser's decision come from stop advertising on the Facebook campaign in July. It is campaign incessant by the civic organization such as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Anti-Defamation League, Color of Change, dan Free Press with the tag line: "Stop Hate for Profit" Facebook was considered not to make any changes in handling racial content, hate speech, hoax, and violence. The anti-racial discrimination and public violence movement in the US gained momentum after the death of George Floyd by the police. The response of the brand owner did not come suddenly. A few weeks ago public protest to Facebook related to indecision in dealing with President Donald Trump's statement in social media that contained violence and ...

The "New Normal" that linked to the new life order brought optimism to the transformation of the state governance. But, will the stakeholders want to transform to implement an effective and efficient government? The New Normal, actually required to obey clean and healthy behavior and minimize face to face interaction in daily life, as well as on running the public administration. In my opinion, this condition makes an opportunity to accelerate to implement governance through ICT (e-government). All the time, e-government practical in Indonesia is going slow. UN Surveyed about E-Government Development Index (EGDI) in 2018 placing Indonesia on ranking 107. We are still far behind from the other South East Asia e.g  Vietnam (88), Philippines (75), Thailand (73), Brunei Darussalam (59), Malaysia (48), dan Singapore (7). Human resources and infrastructure become a hurdle that makes us left behind. However amid the pandemic which is not known when will be f...

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) faces blasphemy on the issue of draft bill of Direction of the Pancasila Ideology (HIP). The draft bill accused of reviving communism in Indonesia. But, the interesting thing is no clause that states about communism in its draft. Communism which identically with Indonesia Communism Party (PKI) has been forbidden since 1965. But in reality, it issues always rolled out in the political interest of certain groups. This issue is not the first time for PDIP. The ruling party often linked with PKI since 1999.  The historical aspect becomes a trigger to charge PDIP with a communism issue. Soekarno, one of the Indonesia founding fathers is a figure that closes to PKI. In the revolution era, He tried to consolidate three big ideologies (Nationalist, communist, and religious). When G30S occurs, Soekarno allegedly involved. Furthermore, after the dissolution, all of the organizations linked with the communist pa...

Indonesia, a country with 270 million population (4th largest) is a big market for business. Countries in Europe, America, and Asia are competing in this archipelago country. Many products exported to Indonesia but we will discuss specifically automotive industries. Since the fall of Soekarno, Indonesia becomes Japan's market and big investment flow from Japan to Indonesia. Cars brand from Japan e.g Toyota, Suzuki, Daihatsu, Honda dominated the Indonesian market. They have been defeated Europe and America e.g Mercedez, BMW, Ford, etc. The question is Why Indonesian people more idolize Japan's Cars? First, Japan's cars have a lower price than Europe or America's cars. Indonesian income is still low. The income per capita in Indonesia is about US$ 4300 per year. So, rationally, Japan's car more affordable than Europe's cars that categorized as luxury cars. Second, it is still related to the income, where the treatment of Japan's car is eas...

Tickling news comes from Australian Media, The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). This media highlight about COVID-19 in Indonesia. They gave a title: Indonesia: The world's next coronavirus hotspot is emerging next door. SMH criticized about poor handling on COVID-19. The media said that Indonesia lost on fighting Corona Virus compared to other countries in South East Asia. The high number of cases in the last ten days (more than a  thousand new infections each day) being the one that criticized. Furthermore, The low number of the test also become a spotlight by SMH. It is compared with countries like India which testing 4.530 tests per million people, Brazil with 11.302 tests per million people, and Indonesia only testing 2.123 per million people. Testing capacity That Indonesia has done (only 10.000 people per day)  rates as not comparable with the population. SMH illustrates that New South Wales which has 7.5 million people has the same amount of testing COVID-19 p...

COVID-19 become enemies of the world. We don't know yet when this pandemic will end. Millions of peoples died, many sectors affected and peoples lost their jobs around the world. Now we are facing a situation that lockdown and open our neighborhood can spread the virus aggressively. We couldn't run away, so we have to face it by adjusting strict health protocols. New Normal becomes a new term to adapt to COVID-19 in Our daily life. Unfortunately, the public often misinterprets it with "normal". They don't use a face mask, social distancing, and even don't do healthy behavior. Life is like Darwin Said that natural selection will be applied to the human being ( survival of the fittest ). Many theories evolve, especially conspiracy. But, whatever it is, COVID-19 looks like won't finish sooner. The economy has to roll on and We must vigilant on Our activities. Every Country and researcher has to attempt continuously to find anti-virus. That is th...

jateng.tribunnews.com Coffee that cultivated in Indonesia has been highly valuable plant and selling at the world market on 1830’s. The Netherlands that colonize Indonesia took advantages from it. At that time, Netherlands commanded Indonesian people to inculcate coffee in their fields. Coffee seeds from local and oversees imported. For those who do not have land must be worked at The Dutch Coffee Plantation. The Netherlands tasted the sweetness of planting coffee. State finances had been increased, but vice versa the colonies became more miserable. As the time goes by, coffee had declined at the international market. The Netherlands did not get a big income again. Nowadays, coffee becoming popular again. We can find coffee shops in every town of Indonesia. Coffee becomes trend and lifestyle among youths. Currently, hanging out without drinking coffee seems awkward. These become opportunities for many people open the coffee shops. ...