'I learn everything from the internet'

'Where did you learn how to make that?'
'How did find the way to fix that?'
'They didn't teach that in class, where did you learn that?'

Those three questions above is a fraction of the whole idea as to why google is google today.
The google search engine has become an educational center, for those who are looking for specific skills; may it be in cooking, in designing, self-home decor, online literature, etc. etc.

"I learned how to design a website from scratch through online video tutorials, for free! And the sh*t that I got from the internet is much more than the ones I learned in college."
- Axxio Graphic Designer, Lula

We do not urge anyone reading this to quit school, and start googling your way to adulthood, yet to create an awareness, that Google and its partners have created a conduit in which quenches the thirst for knowledge, in addition to those who want to acquire other skills, or even self-serving skills.

TRAUMA HEALING

TRAUMA HEALING

Thinking about the victims of the Merapi incident in Jogjakarta, it is important to not only fulfill their physical needs. Their emotional needs are highly affected by this incident and it is crucial to help them cope with their trauma.

Emotional and psychological trauma is the result of extraordinarily stressful events that shatter your sense of security, making you feel helpless and vulnerable in a dangerous world. Traumatic experiences causes human beings to experience struggles with upsetting emotions, frightening memories or a sense of constant danger that you can’t let go of. You might also feel numb, disconnected or unable to trust other people. It takes a while for human beings to get over their pain -after a terrible incident- in order to feel safe again. To speed up the recovery the support from family and friends is crucial for effective treatment methods.

Trauma recovery tips

It is not a one day process to recover from emotional and psychological trauma. You need to let yourself cope with the losses and fear you’ve experienced. This takes a lot of time. You shouldn’t force yourself; try to be patient when you are dealing with your recovery. Finally, be prepared for difficult and volatile emotions. Allow yourself to feel whatever you’re feeling without judgment or guilt.

Staying grounded: A trauma self-help exercise

It is very important to stay ‘grounded.’ If you are feeling disoriented, confused, or upset, you can do the following exercise:

• Sit on someone’s lap. Feel your feet on the ground. Press on your thighs. Feel your behind on the lap and your back against the other person. (It is recommended to do this with a family member that you trust).
• Look around you and pick six objects that have red or blue. This should allow you to feel in the present, more grounded, and in your body. Notice how your breath gets deeper and calmer.

Trauma self-help strategies:

• Don’t isolate. Following a trauma, you may want to withdraw from others. But isolation makes things worse. Connecting to others will help you heal, so make an effort to maintain your relationships and avoid spending too much time alone.
• Ask for support. It’s important to talk about your feelings and ask for the help you need. Turn to a trusted family member or friend.
• Establish a daily routine. In order to stay grounded after a trauma, it helps to have a structured schedule to follow. Try to stick to a daily routine, with regular times for waking, sleeping, eating, and exercise. Make sure to schedule time for relaxing and social activities, too.
• Take care of your health. A healthy body increases your ability to cope with stress. Get plenty of rest, exercise regularly, and eat a well-balanced diet.

Combined Help to reach our people

A while ago we have briefly informed you about citizen journalism. This time we provide you with an example that clearly illustrates the online journalism process:

The website http://www.merapi.combine.or.id/ , is a newly established website that is supported by citizen journalism in order to expose the recent Merapi incident in.  People report from the actual location of the incident, and contribute their information and opinions through this website in order to raise awarness and a clearer understanding of the ongoing situation and the dynamic development of the concequences that the eruption of the Merapi has brought among the victims.

In order for such a website to perform in terms of reaching a wide audience, it certainly cannot be operated by only one person. This website is connected to various online sites such as Twitter, Facebook and also Voulenteering Oragnizations such as “Gabung sbg relawan” ,  “sampaikan bantuan anda” and a few others.
It takes a wide range of people, to keep this website on the move.

Other than that they also cooperate with radio stations. JALIN MERAPI was established trough the cooperation with a number of the community radio stations around the Merapi area. They include, Radio Lintas Merapi (Dusun Deles, Desa Sidorejo, Kec. Kemalang, Kab. Klaten) Radio K FM (Desa Ketunggeng, Kec. Dukun Kab. Magelang), dan Radio Merapi-Merbabu Community (MMC) (Dukuh Kuncen, Desa Samiran, Kec. Selo Kab. Boyolali).
JALIN MERAPI is supported by Community Radio Stations of Yogyakarta, Community Radio Stations in Central Jawa, COMBINE Resource Institution, Kappala Indonesia, Lembaga Kajian Islam & Sosial, and KOMPIP.

The site is managed by JALIN MERAPI and Combine Resouce Institution. Copyright within the documents of the site is acknowledged to each of the contributors. It is allowed to post articles from different media with the condition of mentioning its sources


With the fact that so many organizations and people are involved in this matter, it is only obvious to conclude that in order for a website like this to work, support and cooperations are needed. This will not only help in addressing a wider audiece, but it also supports the crediblity as the organizations involved are accepted by society.

Disgusted? Or Sympathy?

Media ethics, in short, is the fundamental line in which governs media practices; as in it is a body that collects rules and regulation that insures the work of media that will protect the public from the media; the media and the government; and vice versa.

In the aforementioned collection of ethical values, one of which highly champions the degree of 'political correctness' when it comes to the practice of Photojournalism as well as the article piece when it comes to death, depicting death, rape, or other violent and/or inhumane tragedies. ie: one media should not depict the name of a rape victim, they could use initials or aliases with the consent of the victim; another example would also be not to depict any gore pictures explicitly to the public.

Some journalists might disagree with this rule, because to them, the real gore and death should be depicted to procure emotional attraction and distress of the readers, so the readers will know and sympathize; yet in accordance with media ethics regarding this matter says otherwise.

One event in particular, one that is close to home, is the Merapi, Jogjakarta incident that took place in the 26th of October, 2010. Seputar Indonesia Television News Channel (SINDO, in short) depicted the victim of the incident; the scene depicts a gatekeeper, whom resides by the bowels of the Merapi Volcano, that refused to leave along with his family and neighbors in the area... or what's left of them, 70 percent burnt flesh, uncanny dusts that fell of a body.... you get the picture

Disgusted? Or Sympathy?

The uncivilized

I was on my way out the morning before; it was at about 8 am. As I drove out of my neighborhood, I noticed a lot of people walking on the street. They wore training outfits which indicated that this was a sports event. A so called "morning walk" I suppose.  As I drove further I landed in a big traffic jam. I looked to my side and saw all these people walking on the street causing cars to move to the middle lane, to avoid any accidents. Then I noticed that there was a sidewalk right beside them...seriously? Why cause such trouble when all you need to do is walk where you are supposed to walk? It is so typical for indonesians to raise attention just because they're having an event and suddenly they want all the privilege for it; like walking on the street just because they're having their "morning walk". After a while the police came blowing on their whistles telling the walkers to move to the sidewalk. Finally, I thought. Yet, there were still people who did not obey the orders and nothing was done about it.  Ck ck ck *shaking my head*
-sam

citizen journalism

Citizen journalism involves people without professional journalism training using the tools of modern technology and the global distribution of the Internet to create, augment or fact-check media on their own or in collaboration with others.

This is practically what you do:

1. You might write about a city council meeting on your blog or in an online forum.
2. You could fact-check a newspaper article from the mainstream media and point out factual errors or bias on your blog.
3. You might snap a digital photo of a newsworthy event happening in your town and post it online.
4. You might videotape a similar event and post it on a site such as Youtube

STEP UP 3D

Step up in 3D!!!

So, I just watched the movie... well, aside from the super hottie Luke (Rick Malambri), I actually enjoyed this movie very much. The dance moves were awesome, especially with the 3D effect it felt like they were battle dancing against you right there in front of your face. Well, the movie is about a tight-knit-group of New York City street dancers. So, Luke (The one I fell head over heels for) and his crew including Natalie (Sharni Sevani) and Moose (Adam Sevani), team up to battle against the world's biggest hip hop dancers. Well, the dance routines are amazing and one thing you will learn about Dance in this movie is that it will change your life forever. Don't miss this one!

-sam 

CAPITALISM STOLE INDONESIA'S VIRGINITY (PART II)

B. IGNORANCE: If you conduct a study and/or survey that contains political questioners, see what would happen. I went to an 'internationally' acclaimed Christian educational institution in a collegian level, and I asked around about Munir, and this is what they responded:
Mr. A answered: He's dead, right?
I asked back: How did he die?
Mr. A answered: He got shot, right?
I answered with another question, "Why did he get shot?"
Mr. A answered: He commented some things about the government
The more I ventured, the dumber the answers,
Mr. A answered: Well, he talked something about the government
Then, I trapped him with false facts,
I said, "I think it's got something to do with Soeharto's family."
Mr. A responded: Yeah, yeah, it's Tommy Soeharto.
.......... sad, eh?

It was even worse when I addressed the Obama's campaign, all they knew was that he had a childhood in Indonesia, THAT'S IT

Ignorance is capitalism's ideology, dumbing the nation by spoiling them of monetary values instead of humanistic values, therefore, the government can do anything they want, and its people won't have their saying, because they don't know and/or they don't even want to know what's going on, if you don't believe me, see what kinds of law that exist today, and how silly it is or how contradictory it is. Seeing the young generation getting progressively worse, I won't expect much in the years to come when our young takes the elder's places.

C.SHOWMANSHIP. This is the shirt that capitalism wears before going about its business. What matters is the looks, who's got the money, who's got the exterior qualities, and powerplay; almost like theater, but the theater is a mirror looking back at them. The problem is that the nation and its people look at themselves and acknowledge that the world is what they know and the world is revolving only for them. It's almost as if people of this nation are wearing glasses with mirrors on the inside. Showmanship can be seen when you see people hiding behind the 'religion shield' when they act upon certain things. Or when the 2009 campaign started, nobody offered a specific explanation or ideology that would bring comfort to our dark times, all they care is the complicated voting system, and billions of money wasted to make it seem that democracy is working, even though it is not. Showmanship makes of a window-dressed democracy, gift-wrapping capitalism and its ugliness with multiple labels of 'democracy' written all over.

CAPITALISM STOLE INDONESIA'S VIRGINITY (PART I)

CAPITALISM STOLE INDONESIA'S VIRGINITY

-When the funny red, green, blue, monopoly-looking papers were glamorized to the point that each persons are to put such things above everything else, even virtues, they become slaves to money. Never it was easy to put one's happiness above the money, for money itself has attained a certain power that grant human beings a short-term happiness. It's a wondrous invention, to put value on a piece of paper that devalues the meaning of life itself, by 'devaluing', I mean that the rights that one human being possessed has a value lesser than that is of money's. And this phenomena is what we call 'capitalism'.

-Let's take this aspect unto a great many things and fun examples to better understand this ideology that is often bypassed by the majority.

A. MALLS. The idea of malls is to keep you inside at all times and meaninglessly spend 6-10 hours a day in the weekends with a friend or a loved one. When you find yourself trapped in an addiction to become one with the mall, therefore you have become one of capitalism's favorite pet, 'mallrat'. Why would you spend that much time in an artificial environment? It's not even productive nor healthy. Take your chances in the outside world with carbon monoxide and second-hand smoking. By the way, for your information, being in an air-conditioned facility constantly without sun and questionable ventilation can kill you as well, SLOWLY...

The Annoying Orange Phenomenon

The Annoying Orange Phenomenon

If you're feeling annoyed, we have something that could annoy you even more:
Go to your friend, www.youtube.com, and search "annoying orange"
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6IeASZZf1c
and you could search for more; the wtilii (we tell it like it is) members are addicted to this

It's probably the most annoying thing ever uploaded into the internet, but, definitely the most entertaining thing out there, given its massive view count of 22 MILLION HITS and even to 30 MILLION HITS a video. It only shows an animated (minimal animation) orange talking (in an annoying way with an annoying laugh and voice, yet comical) to other similar characters, and how he annoys them to death. Amazing how creativity nowadays are just so... 'annoying'?

- we tell it like it is

I'm Governmentally Sick of Traffic

6th of October, 2010, Wednesday; by noon, the skies were covered by a blight of water waiting to pour on the city of Jakarta and its surrounding areas. It is an usual event for Jakarta to experience heavy rain and flood, yet what was unusual about the 6th of October, 2010, was the UNBEARABLE traffic. We have posted this previously, yet this is how the government is reacting to it.

The problem was not the flood, the problem was the massive amount of vehicles and the social patterns of drivers. Imagine an intersection, flooded with vehicles on four sides of the crossroad, but also imagine the conundrum when all four sides are merging into one hive of vehicles (from public to private cars and... the motorcycles) in the middle of the intersection. No one is moving, everyone is barking at one car to the other, the traffic light’s count down seem to die down in function. Another unfortunate fact is that our beloved president and his cronies are one of the culprits. Everyday after office hours, the president would return to his abode in Cikeas, Bogor; causing a traffic halt; imagine the addition to the traffic on the 6th of October.

One sees plenty of government plated vehicles in the road violating multiple traffic laws, ie: running a red light, cutting off people illegally, etc. etc. The unspoken truth is their ignorance and underestimation of the traffic control, hence, no traffic. In addition, what the hell (excuse our french) are the police doing with all this??? They're not doing anything useful...

People in the city are suffering. From office employees to students:

“Its annoying to see 6 government official cars just holding off traffic, like I don’t have anything better to do, like they’re doing something important anyway! Isn’t it their job to serve us and guide us? What the f*ck?” said one of UNTAR Management student

“It took me 4 hours to get back to north Jakarta from South Jakarta, because the MPR building held off the traffic for the longest time, just because they’re ‘important”. said Intan, CIMB NIAGA bank Manager.

 mana rakyatnya gak ngelunjak,instansi Badan Pengawasan Gedung DKI aja msh mlanggar pnggunaan isyarat lampu | @TMCPoldaMetro @TrafficJakarta 8:04 AM Sep 29th via ÜberTwitter

Rio Octaviano, Chief of Road Safety Association tweeted.

- we tell it like it is

macet!!!

‎​'The heaviest traffic of the century; when drivers on the road turns off their engines during traffic, and the combination of dark clouds pouring rains, you know this is going to be an unbearable journey. Teluk-Gong, Jembatan 3, Jembatan 2, Pluit, most of north Jakarta areas, flooded not only with water but flooded with vehicles with no where or an inch to move. Those with manual transmission would wish they had an automatic transmission car by now. Impatience shown by hammering the honk of the car over and over again without any results.Cars coming from all directions, no one is yielding; now its in the hands of the police to direct traffic properly, under the rain with their yellow lime coats

drivers are  coming out of their cars to chit chat in the traffic
Random, much?

Pretty Pennies 

 is a just-launched operation out of L.A. by Kelsey Stengle, and for us, it is love at first sight. The online store has boat-loads of pieces from some of our favorite designers for amazing prices.

We're talking Mink Pink, Motel, Obey, Insight, RVCA, Joyrich, BB Dakota, Wildfox Couture....you get the picture. And true story: While we were filling up our shopping carts we almost had milk coming out of our noses reading the titles of the Pretty Pennies blog (http://blog.prettypennies.com/)  posts. Example: "The only thing stopping you is looking like an a**hole." You'll just have to see for yourself.

SUSAN BOYLE- A PORNSTAR???

SUSAN BOYLE- A PORNSTAR???
Homely British singing sensation Susan Boyle has been offered $1 million to make a porn flick.

The plain Jane superstar with the spellbinding voice would have to lose her virginity on camera to earn the seven-figure payday from Los Angeles-based Kick Ass Films.

Boyle, who says she’s never been kissed let alone bedded, has taken the entire world by storm since she appeared on the American Idol-style TV show “Britain’s Got Talent.”

A Web clip of her singing a tune from the Broadway hit “Les Miserable’s,” has received 100 million hits worldwide, more than five times President Obama’s historic victory speech.

If Boyle accepts the offer, the porn company will fly her out to Tinsel town on – you guessed it – Virgin Airlines.

Fans will also get a chance to choose the title for the raunchy film. It’s unclear who might play the leading man.


Check her out: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BvBkTmDWBA

All hail McQueen

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN- THE MANICURE

When Alexander McQueen committed suicide this February, the fashion world stopped in its tracks. Makeshift memorials were set up outside his boutiques, magazines stopped their presses to make room for tribute essays, and candlelight vigils were organized, flash-mob style, on Facebook and Twitter.

Now Butter London has a more unusual tribute - a nail color devoted to McQueen and his uniquely madcap aesthetic. Called "All Hail McQueen," the shade is a ghostly gray infused with rough pinches of shimmer. It's a holographic nod to his last collection (a meditation on angels and birds) and also to one of his most famous runway stunts: Putting a holograph of Kate Moss directly on his catwalk.

Don't know what we're talking about? Click the video below. Just be careful - it's so beautiful, you might cry.

Watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cou04-vOZx8&feature=player_embedded

Profit over Consumer Convenience; Universitas Pelita Harapan

PROFIT OVER CONSUMER CONVENIENCE @ UNIVERSITAS PELITA HARAPAN



No space to park, more time to waste



the construction of the new swimming pool



 UPH, Universitas Pelita Harapan, equipped with a variety of faculties and educational opportunities, have overloaded itself with vehicles, leaving students no space to park their vehicles and more time to waste finding convenience. Every business enterprise would want to draw more profit traffic their way, but how far would they go that they would inconvenience their own consumers

Simple logic dictates that if every car dealership zealously try to sell as much cars as possible, the city would be packed, ergo, the more students UPH attracts, and as the number of students grow (from one batch to another from each faculty, in a 30 percent increase), how packed would the location be, and how are they going to accomodate?

The latest innovation UPH has made, is UPH college, occupying the Faculty of Social and Political Science (FISIP) Building, somewhat 'evicting' the members of the FISIP family; not to mention a new swimming pool.
The swimming pool has a become more of a connundrum rather than an innovation, because it takes up a whole new space, yards and yards, and it occupies a space that used to be a student's parking space.

A new faculty + a growing massive amount of new students + swimming pool = a disastrous inconvenience

"It used to take me 5-10 minutes to find a parking spot, now it takes me 20 -25 minutes just to get a spot"
says Hansen, a student of FISIP

"I hate the fact that they are building a swimming, *****" says Evelyn P, student of Graphic Design Faculty



-WE TELL IT LIKE IT IS

Random Fact... I

It is interesting how American cinema portrays Asian people....

A. In Breakfast at Tiffany's they had one asian character who was supposedly..... Chinese or Japanese, we can't even tell, because he was wearing a Japanese Robe and had a roomful of chinese lamps; and since then the image of an asian person from the viewpoint of America and its neighboring countries. The sad fact is, the actor playing the asian character is, in fact, an american actor, Mickey Rooney, playing this bucktooth, slanted and squinty eyes, heavy accented asian person...

from the movie breakfast at tiffany's

How..... stereotypical

Socially Nude (Part I)

Socially Nude

- The ballad literature of series of complaints regarding technology

Greg & Sam


Technology has shortened the distance between oceans, the world have finally come to an era where distance is no longer an issue: computer chat softwares, web cams, mobile communications, blackberry messenger, and the infamous iphone. One might think that the absence of distance is a good thing, yet it has brought a detrimental effect to this so-called 'comfort'. The current discomfort are, as follows:

Privacy is the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others or the desire to condition themselves to conceal or being hidden. The irony in terms of privacy is that, we champion so dearly that it almost seemed like we always want to be secluded and we hear things in TV or just in general social occasions, "CAN'T YOU RESPECT MY PRIVACY?!" or "CAN'T YOU GIVE ME SOME F**** SPACE!"

Yet the very same people who says those things, frequently, also has a facebook account that permits people to see his/her pictures (that anyone can save), location, school, current school, and (the best part) personal INFORMATION. What we're trying to say is (wetellitlikeitis) that we allow ourselves to be socially nude while simultaneously desire to be closed and secluded. In lament terms, WHAT THE F*** DO WE REALLY WANT?

First we complain that the communication delay (lag) is not enough, and at times it seemed like its never enough, but now it is overwhelming.

"Privacy vs. transparency: By the sharing of information, a relationship can grow closer and stronger. However, this need for self-disclosure conflicts with the need for privacy felt by each individual in the relationship. When these needs are at odds with one another, a relational tension is created over how much disclosure is desirable." (Baxter & W.K Rawlins, 1988)

Online journalism

Online Journalism is about writing news articles that are posted on the internet. These articles need to be original, meaning there should be no space for plagiarism. Information needs to be researched by oneself afterward written down.

The competition concerning news posts in online journalism is very strict, since reporters need to compete with their speed and accuracy. They value each and every minute of their time.

           

Reporters working for online media are obliged to be capable of multitasking, such as having the ability to write, showing some skills in photography, knowing how to brows the net, and being able to post their news. It is also necessary for them to be able to work under pressure; since they have to face deadlines for each and every news coverage. Last but not least, online journalists need to be aware and understand the standards of journalism.

The length of the articles needs to be short in connected to other related news articles. Research says, people only endure reading news on the internet for three minutes per visit. Each day, an individual reads online news up to 3-5 times during certain periods of time. This means that the reporters need to be prepared with a number of news so that the consumers are satisfied.

Page views and visitors are two important factors that an online journalist needs to be concerned about. Page views determine the value of banner advertisements. This means to say that the higher the number of page views, the higher the value of the banner advertisement. Thus, writing short, interesting and interrelated articles becomes the way of increasing page views. The most accurate tool for an online site, including news sites is called google analytics.

 Today, in the prosumer era, web 2.0, every individual is a consumer that can also be an information producer that is actively exchanging information. Online journalists are no different than other media journalists. They still have to follow the code of conduct and the main media laws.

The SPIRIT of Pink Floyd -- Not Pink Floyd

Gonzo Journalism

-Greg & Samantha

"Is there anybody out there?" would've been the perfect opening song for the concert, due to the lacking of audience in the concert. Was it a success? Well, it's up to you to decide, as WE TELL IT LIKE IT IS.

In the weeks prior to the event of "the spirit of pink floyd," in Jakarta, 28th 2010, in Kempinski Hotel Indonesia, Grand Ballroom; posters were roaming all over the walls of Grand Indonesia, which was the main sponsor of the event, and the first thought that came into everyone's head was, "OH MY GOD, THEY'RE COMING!!!! WOW!" and the second thing everyone did was to pre-order the tickets. For those who utilized the internet, it was obvious that the band coming was not the legendary PINK FLOYD, but it was a tribute band from England; but others who did not do their research, were holding to the hopes that they would witness a monumental experience on stage with visual effects and a tall stage, with a mesmerizing performance by the legendary members (or what's left of them) of the actual band. On the contrary, they were absolutely, positively, 'dazed & confused' by the fact that the hopes of seeing the old and original members with white hair, and aged exteriors transformed into young men and women, replacing the 'hope'. Apparently, the fact was, it was a TRIBUTE show.

"Who are these guys?" asked one of the confused audience, old at age, sitting in the back row.

"Are these guys the original, they look so..... young?" another one of the confused audience muttered.

The journey, however, was quite intriguing:

1. Finding the parking spot was no picnic, as it was a Saturday night, and the parking was in a mall/hotel

2. Upon entering the premises, one has to go through a thorough security protocol

3. The waiting quarters was intimidating; crowded, hotel style design, it was visually expensive

4. Like any other event in Indonesia, the event was drastically delayed for an hour

5. The enactment of the event, however.....

inquiry:

- The show had 3 types of seatings or rather three pricing sets

      - Silver: 300 thousand idr

      - Gold: 600 thousand idr

      - Platinum (VIP): 1 million idr

If the real Pink Floyd had shown up, the ticket would be twice or thrice as much

WELCOME-WILKOMMEN

"To be, or not to be, that is the effing question"

- JK Rowling spliced with Shakespeare..... or.... is it?

Just kidding


HI GUYS
Welcome to our blog,

Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple) once said, "If it's not Microsoft, it's Apple"

It's a random fact, but we tell it like it is.

Anyways, guys, this is our way of deflowering the first post of this blog, to give you a little taste of randomness, because this blog is a series of unfortunate randomness in a journalistic point-of-view, so don't worry, we're very credible people, and we are so capable of telling the truth.


We're here to educate you to TELL IT LIKE IT IS



We tell it like it is.


Love,

Greg & Samantha (The owners of this blog)