Nov 26, 2007

Human Pathos and Suffering





AFTER teaching (asistancy) to the undergraduate student at Fakultas Ekonomika dan Bisnis Ugm, I decide to read a moment in Periplus at Bandara Adisutjipto in Yogyakarta. NOTE: Adi Sucipto we can write by Adi Sutjipto, or Adi Sutjipto International Airport. Fakultas Ekonomika dan Bisnis it was: Faculty of Economic, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta). I have found an interesting fiction book and I call it ‘priceless’. In Periplus bandara a lot of book labelled by that mark “just Rp 5000”. Its very cheap than the volatility of dollar versus Rupiahs nowdays. One US dolar could be Rp 9.100, in Bahasa we use to write Rp 9.100,00.
I choose the novel written by Yashusi Inoue “The Counterfeither an Other Stories” copywright 1965. The three stories assembled in that bookreveal another face of Yashusi Inoue –his great compassion for his fellow human being. The tragic Hosen harra in “The Counterfeiter” and pathetic Kagebayashi of “The Full Moon” are not particularly pleasant people by any standards, Oriental and Western, but the symphatethetic compassion with which Inoue handles them provides a real insight into the nature of the author.
It therefore seems rather surprising to find “Obasute” that Inoue harbors a fear that :misanthropic blood” possibly flows through his veins.
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“What do you mean by ‘extraordinary’?”
“I guess it’s a funny thing to say but any how, even now I cant forget the way the old man looked that night”, said Tassan (“The Counterfeither”, page 63)

“The fall colors seem better than the moon, don’t you think?,” said my driver. Right then, I had had exactly the same thought. A corner of the plain was quickly becoming obscured, and just as I was thingking thaht I heard the sounds of an approaching shower, raindrops began to fall right where we were. We left the place. (page 96, Obasute).

There’s not time like the present to make this switch (page 104, The Full Moon).
You see, anything at all can happen (page 107)
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Leon Picon who made the intorduction analyses about Inoue’s book say that “Human pathos and suffering, lonelines and isolation, fatalism, and Budhistic concepts of oredestination form doninant strands in the fabric of virtually all of the writing of Yasushi Inoues. His own separation from his parents when he was a child set the pattern for the basic framework of there moods, particularly that of lonelines.”
The Japanese character for “lonelines” means “orphan alone”. And Yasushi Inoue as a child was an orphan alone in almost every sense but the legal one. I agree with the Mainichi Daily News that this book is “Japanese in setting, but universal in symbol and appeal”
(Yashusi Inoue was born in 1907, and died 1991)
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Nov 19, 2007

One Asean One Market –Too Fast and Furious




NOVEMBER 19th of 2007. Early this month, Southeast Asian civil society leaders met at the third ASEAN and Civil Society Conference in Singapore. On that event, the 10 leaders of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will sign a historical charter and declaration of the Economic Community Blueprint when they meet at the 13th ASEAN Summit here (Jakarta Post on Tuesday). What is ASEAN Charter? From wikipedia, stated that The ASEAN Charter is a proposed constitution for the Association of South East Asian Nation or ASEAN. The intention to draft the constitution was formally tabled at the 11th Asean Summit held in December 2005 in KL, Malaysia. Ten ASEAN leaders, one each from each member state, called the Asean Eminent Persosns Groups has been assigned to produce a draft of the charter. In the 12th ASEAN Summit held in January 2007 in Cebu the Philippines, several basic proposals were made public. One of the proposals includes the removal of non-interference policy that is central to the regional group since its formation in the 1960. "The high point of the summit will be the signing of the ASEAN Charter," host Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said. "It will take us an important step forward in regional integration, to a higher level." The long-overdue ASEAN Charter is aimed at formally turning the 40-year-old organization - often derided as a powerless talk shop - into a rules-based legal entity. That means ASEAN can sue and be sued, and will be held accountable for all the treaties andagreements it signs. The charter still needs to be ratified by parliaments of member countries, a process that will take a year.
It is hoped the charter would help transform the grouping into a more cohesive and rules-based organization, while the economic blueprint will pave the way for a single market and production base in the region by 2015.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Saturday the charter would make ASEAN a more cohesive and dynamic organization and help promote a culture that supports the effective implementation of agreements. He added it would also put a rules-based framework in place, which would include measures for monitoring compliance and provisions for the settlement of disputes. The ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint is a master plan that identifies the priority measures and actions to be undertaken to transform ASEAN into a region with free movement of goods, services, investments, skilled labor and flow of capital by 2015. The ASEAN secretariat said in a statement the blueprint was aimed at ensuring the full and effective functions of the ASEAN economic community in order to generate more growth and create more jobs.

1st Experience: European Integrity
Learning form European Market, Paul R Krugman and Maurice Obstfeld say that by now most of 1992’s market integration measures have been implemented (‘page 611). National economic barriers within EU Europe generally are lower than in the mid-1980s, but 1992 has been more effective in some areas than in others. Financial capital, for example, can move quite freely, not only within the European Union, but between the European Union and outside jurisdictions.
Krugman wrote on “International Economic” thaht the tprogress has been slower, however, in lowering barriers to the free movement of people within the European Union. EU workers are legally free to seek jobs or reside anywhere in the Union, but labor mobility remains limited. Several EU members feared illegal immigration from outside the European Union, however, and as a result the original goal to abolish passport checks at EU members’ common borders by January 1, 1993, was not fully met.
What we talked about “Integrity Market” is exactly the results of development of the global economy with all its fluctuations, cycles of boom and recession creates a wide range of efforts for identifying the outputs and the factors affecting it. While this development to the eighties was focused to the economic competition between West and East, the historical changes in the late of eighties rapidly changed this situation. World economy is transfering to the stage of its globalisation and by this new "game" are accepting quite new rules. The expansion of three centres of economic power (USA, Japan and European Community) are preparing new tools and measures for the wining of definite total economic supremacy. Obviously all three centres are trying to use their existing domestic advantages, but it vill be probably just new strategic elements which can decide who is definitely "number one" and who will win more on detriment of the others.
European has been implemented the one market as symbol of integrity mass of “need and give”, consumption and production from about 400 million people (two times up with Indonesia people). Adapted European phenomenon to Asean case is too fast, but it’s a tremendous trial if we want to implemented. Europe needs more/ less 40 years from 1957 to make an market unification. The ‘original’ EU members formed their custom union in 1957 was still incomplete 30 years later. The efforts culminated in the birth of the Euro on January 1, 1999. Two main motives inspired this integrity is: 1) To enhance Europe’s role in the world monetary system, 2) To turn the European Union into truly unified market. Europe needs 40 years, while Asean follow the idea just 10 years (from KL Meeting in 2005 until 2015 desire to implemented). Its too fast isnt it....

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Nov 1, 2007

We have to be patient with our democracy


USING the “National Library’s” building at Salemba Raya (near to my office) a group of influential political figures attended the launch of the Indonesian Awakening Committee –Wednesday October 2007. They try to express their concern over the pace of development in the country and what they called the government’s short-term political interests.
Rizal Ramli, the committee’s founder, said the idea behind the group was to open a new path for the country (on Jakarta Post) said that “Our leader’s point of view is still influenced by the old regime and foreign countries. This is part of the reason why Indonesia’s economic sector has been left behind by other countries”
Among those attending Wednesday’s event were former People’s
Consultative Assembly speaker Amien Rais; Hanura People’s Conscience Party chairman Gen. (ret) Wiranto; former Golkar Party leader Akbar Tandjung; former vice president Try Sutrisno; chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s advisory council, Taufik Kiemas; former minister for women’s empowerment Khofifah Indar Parawansa; political analysts Yudi Latif and Sukardi Rinakit; economist Dradjad Wibowo; and
the secretary-general of the National Awakening Party, Zannuba
“Yenny” Arifah Chafsoh Rahman Wahid.
During the event, Amien Rais said this kind of movement was common in a democracy, and could instill a new idealism as long as its activities were appropriate and remained within the law.
“This shows that the younger generation can no longer cope with this country’s situation, which still stands under foreign shadows,” he said.
Amien also warned Rizal that if he wanted to be the country’s next president, he must allow the current leaders to finish their terms first.
They also enjoyed Franky Sahilatua’s song the title similar like “we want a new president”. I am agree with Amien Rais that we have to be patient with this democracy. Don’t cut the president’s period. However it’s a result of general selection. People refers to choose SBY-MJK and we have to respect with that. Give the couples time to finish their period until 2009. If we didn’t agree with their policy, don’t choose SBY or MJK on the next Pemilihan Umum. Vox populi vox dei