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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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Who Knew?
By michael on 09/04/2008
For all its pivotal utilities, the calendar system also sets benchmarks in our lives so that we can see our life journey in sections like days, months, and years. It enables us to review our past and plan for the future. But most of the time we do not know the full extent of what we do today will bring us in the future. Just like we didn’t know that something small in the past actually brought something we value dearly.
Category: Contemplations
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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