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Michael is a professional leader in the fields of energy investments, complex commercial deals, and sustainability with extensive international experience. His personal interests span from socio-political issues, history, and culture.
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Part 3: Looking Back at the Preparation
By michael on March 3, 2011
Like any trip to the wilderness, good preparation counts for over half of the success of the expedition. Preparing for this trip brought some sense of deja-vu to the times when I was in the mountainering club in my high school in Jakarta many years ago. The difference is that I always went to somewhere in the tropics, and I was quite a few kilograms less back then. Fortunately this trip will not be as physically demanding compared to the mountaineering trips I did (I surely hope I am right on this).
Category: Climate Change
Bahasa Kebangsaan yang Merakyat dan Supel
Hakikat bahasa Indonesia menurut Ki Hajar Dewantara dalam Kongres Bahasa Indonesia I 1939 di Solo:
”jang dinamakan ‘Bahasa Indonesia’ jaitoe bahasa Melajoe jang soenggoehpoen pokoknja berasal dari ‘Melajoe Riaoe’ akan tetapi jang soedah ditambah, dioebah ataoe dikoerangi menoeroet keperloean zaman dan alam baharoe, hingga bahasa itoe laloe moedah dipakai oleh rakjat diseloeroeh Indonesia; pembaharoean bahasa Melajoe hingga menjadi bahasa Indonesia itoe haroes dilakoekan oleh kaoem ahli jan beralam baharoe, ialah alam kebangsaan Indonesia” (Ki Hajar Dewantara dalam Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Edisi Ketiga (2005: xxv), Jakarta: Balai Pustaka).
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