Blogger Indonesia of the Week (63): Maylaffayza

A brainy Celebrity, a down-to-earth blogger

I’ve spent a long enough time in India to complete the whole levels of studies during which I never pulang kampung (go home) to see my family and friends. If you ask why, well, it’s something to do with my early “promise” I made to myself before I went to this country.

At the same time to keep in touch with many Indonesian, particularly Indonesian student and intellectual in Indonesia and around the world and get updated with current events and development in my Tanah Air (homeland), I make use of any free services the internet technology has offered.

First, from about five years ago where mailing list becomes a new online trend to communicate and discuss things I started joining any mailing list of significant before I, along with my friends, founded our own discussion forum that turns out to be one of major and most active current-events Indonesian mailing list (milis, in local acronym); its members are mostly Indonesian students from around the world as well as many big guys of Indonesian analysts, journalists and academia.Second, and then came the blog technology and its exraordinary phenomenon and growth. Unlike mailing list, it’s more personal in nature; yet, the impact is no less significant, if not more.

If mailing list enables me to be always in close contact with many important individuals from intellectuals, journalists, editors to current-event anthusiasts, blog enables me to be in closer relationship and friendship with everyone. I know every single individuals–almost personally: those whose blogs I’ve visited and those who’ve visited mine. They come from various educational background and various career preferences; something I don’t get in mailing list. This new experience certainly enhance a new vista and expand my horizon of seeing things. Seeing many different things will make you think differently, in more positive and prudent way.

Contrary to mailing list where a member are not necessarily talking or responding to a certain topic of discussion– he/she could be just a quite reader–a blogger is a certain writer for his/her own blog. One cannot be called a blogger if his/her blog is empty, no?. And that’s the reason why I said earlier that I know every single blogger ‘almost’ personally just by visiting his/her blog.

I admire many of those bloggers for various reasons, including Maylaffayza and her blog.

For non-Indonesian readers, let the “introductory” remark from the Jakarta Post give you a clue:

Award-winning violinist Maylaffayza is very busy these days preparing her first solo album. On the album, she will not only play the four-string instrument but will also sing…

…Fayza is often seen performing at the launch of a service or product for the elite in Jakarta. However, the management said it hoped Fayza’s performance would be acceptable to everyone, regardless of economic background.

Born in Jakarta on July 10, 1976, Fayza received her musical training from violinist Idris Sardi and music expert Sharon Eng.

Fayza is not a new figure in the country’s entertainment industry. As a solo performer, she has been able to develop her own image…

She and her blog are among factors that makes me looking at things differently as I said earlier. The way she’s expressing what she feels, her active blogging in between her hectic schedule and –most imprtantly– her warm and active responses to any comments from readers of her blog really impress me.

To be honest, I live my whole life in a background that totally different with hers. Two persons who live in totally different environment will have a certain “assumption” on what the “other” life looks like. Sometimes it’s in positive way, but more often than not it’s called prejudice. It’s a common thing and it’s humane as well.

So, it’s the duty of each other to introduce him/herself to others as to make closer understanding, and hence less misconception. Blogging technology and all its great impacts and nitty-gritty have enabled us to be closer and wiser. And fortunately, a brainy, humbled, congenial and knowledge thirsty Maylaffayza has made use of blog to maximum result for her own (positive) personal purposes and the world she represents.

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