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Some few blogs I have reviewed were run by young Indonesians who are yet to finish their undergrad studies. Obviously I am looking forward to reviewing a lot more good quality content blogs by Indonesian young bloggers as they represent the future of the country and the nation. Actually I saw many of them, the problem being majority of such blogs are written in Bahasa Indonesia, not in English.
I fully understand the reasons. Despite English language teaching starts from the junior high school (Class VII) in Indonesia educational system, and is supposed to be the second language after Bahasa Indonesia instead of Dutch, the students are hardly conversant to this language unless they join a special Englsih course or having experience to study or stay abroad. The methodology of teaching and the quality of English teachers are probably two main reasons if we want to fingerpoint the major culprit.
It is on this regard that we should highly appreciate those few young Indonesian bloggers who blog in English. With all their limitation, they have the willingness and determination to have their voices heard to the outside world. It is not easy. And with their uneasiness and against all odds they keep improving and make their expression understood by the larger audience. This climb towards a higher level of achievement and the difficultires and challenges they bravely face alone deserve our appreciation even more. Abdullah Alwazin (Wazeen) is one of such few gutsy young Indonesian who seems enjoying to face the challenge.
The willingness to face a challenge for a better achievement is not only obvious in this matter. He is one of a few bloggers I have ever met in person when he was joining one of training program in India hosted and organized by an international NGO called Initiatives of Change. I knew he is such a determined and ambitous personality with a kind and honest heart. Things we are eager to see in every young Indonesian.
See all previous Blogger Indonesia of the Week here.
January 9, 2008 at 11:29 am
Thanks for the appreciation mas Fatih and thanks for encouraging me to blog in English,I’m so surprised to notice that, btw if you don’t mind could you please amend the “UN” word in this sentence:
“He is one of a few bloggers I have ever met in person when he was joining one of UN training program in India.”
because the training that I had there was hosted and organized by an international NGO called Initiatives of Change (www.afl.iofc.org), and after all mator sakalangkong for everything.
Done. Sakalangkong yeh koreksinah. hehe
January 9, 2008 at 6:34 pm
wahh kayaknya kenal nihhh..
* coba nginget nginget
January 9, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Dear Mas Fatih Syuhud,
Terima kash atas posting di atas. Saya menghargai pendapat Mas di atas dan alasan2 yang mas sampaikan mungkin ada benarnya. Tapi mungkin kebanyakan temen-temen tetap nulis blog dengan bahasa Indonesia karena memang target audience mereka adalah temen2 yang memang WNI atau mungkin ada pertimbangan lain yang lebih dalam. Dan bukankah bahasa indonesia juga sesuatu yang harus kita banggakan dan terus kita pelihara?
Salam blog.
January 11, 2008 at 5:34 am
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Dhammika
January 15, 2008 at 2:18 am
Nice to meet your blog, I think we have to introduce our site to world wide by english.
January 15, 2008 at 2:55 am
maju terus mas
January 20, 2008 at 7:43 am
Congratulations for my friend, Wazeen for being chosen as Blogger Indonesia of the Week. He deserves to get this award.
Beside his excellent English skill, I was impressed by one of his articles entitled “On Christmas Greeting” where he wrote his opinion regarding “to greet Christmas for those who celebrate it”.
Here I quote one wonderful sentence from his article:
“And I think that all mankind in the world regardless their beliefs and faiths I can say that they’re my brothers and sisters, as long as they do a good thing to humanity, they do deserve all my prayers, help, greetings and all other good things”
As a person who always concerned about religion matters, I found this sentence is wonderful.
Anyway, mas Fatih, I think one of the reasons that make Indonesian bloggers do not write in English is that they expect lot of comments from his readers, who mainly prefer to give comments on Indonesian articles. Well, I am one of those who think like that.
#iya saya maklum. makanya saya tulis posting ini -> http://afatih.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/jangan-terobsesi-komentar-blog-pakar-dan-non-pakar/
Your English is good. why not making two blogs, English and Bahasa Indonesia?
January 25, 2008 at 1:17 pm
dropping by
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