Producing an album

I really don't know how SBY managed to launch his fourth album this year knowing his frantic schedule and highly demanding tasks as the head of the country.

As for me, I'm still struggling to find my time to record all the songs I've written together with my band, I guess I should learn from SBY on how he managed his time :).

We had around 20 songs now, 10 of them already reviewed by many of my friends and seems promising in terms of offering a fresher angle of music and lyric, economically well I don't know for sure, but the objective is to produce a responsibly good quality music.

The challenge is to keep our dream alive while struggling on a daily basis to finish our jobs at the office, commitment and consistency is really key, which I feel that not all of our band member have the same level of intensity.

My album has been hanging for about three years now, and need to do something fast to have it on air.

Our new venture Elitery the first Tier 4 Data Center in Indonesia

The world is becoming paperless, most of data transfers nowadays are done trough digital process. Therefore IT infrastructure has become an integral part of any modern company; servers, data storage, and PC’s and mobile devices are basic requirements to enable a company to operate efficiently and effectively in today's world.
Indonesia Officially The Twitter Capital Of Asia. With more than 6 million Twitter users, Indonesia is currently the fourth largest country on Twitter after the US, Japan and Brazil.
Alexa, the California-based web information company, puts Facebook on the top list of most visited sites in Indonesia exceeding Google and Yahoo!
Smart Phone has taken a lot of market share with more than 30% growth until Q2 2010 and expected to be 50% by end of 2010. The growth in Mass Smart phone Category market has been largely driven by product innovation, especially to excite consumers with SNS features.
Main driver in Smart Phone Category is teenagers who enjoy using SNS features to support their activities and lifestyle.

Looking at above facts we decided to build the first Tier 4 Data Center in Indonesia late last year. Wish us luck :)

Check our video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M841I1V5XZE&feature=feedu

First breath

I've been blessed to witness the great event of giving birth, three of them. Each event is so very spiritual and special at the same time.

The energy, smell, spirit of the event was so overwhelming, and never fail to remind me of how fortunate we are to be born in this world. And the question of will I be able to give my best to my children is always hanging in the deepest corner of my mind.

Ooh well , our presence is short and time surely flies fast.

Bisa bernafas itu luar biasa! It's amazing to barely breath

Internet and our life

It's amazing to think about how significantly different the way we live our life compared to ten years ago. Internet surely becoming a dominant agent of social change by having prominent and widely used social network sites such as facebook and twitter.

All of sudden our social life "has to be digitize" we have to update our status in facebook or update tweet for everything happened in our life. Coupled to that I also noticed that we tend to shortcut our way to conclusion based on bits and pieces of information we received.

The question remains, is this progress shape our society into a better more connected environment? Are the updates and tweets we digest on daily basis really hone us to become better human being?

Back in the 1986, pre social network sites era (in fact nobody is using cellphone at that time) I remember that I got circumcised in my hometown Kuningan, as part of our tradition my family held a big Wayang Golek party to celebrate it. All of relatives and neighbors were helped building the stage, decorating the venue and cooking the meals without expecting something in return.

Come to think of it, it was a beautiful sight to see, hundreds of people working harmoniously in a well orchestrated arrangement working to make the party goes as planned. A great way of life.

Our values change so dramatically, I never see this happen again especially in big city like Jakarta. And really hope that we can use facebook and twitter as a powerful medium to relive our great values inherited by our ancestors.

#berbagibuku berbagi asa

Sangatlah bersyukur untuk mereka yang tinggal di bagian barat Indonesia, kebijaksanaan ekonomi Soeharto yang sangat sentralistik membuat kita dimanjakan dengan infrastruktur yang lebih baik. Berbeda jauh dengan saudara-saudara kita di daerah timur Indonesia yang masih sangat tertinggal.

Salah satu fokus program #berbagibuku adalah membantu penyediaan buku khususnya untuk siswa SMA di daerah Flores Timur. Kondisi perpustakaan yang ada saat ini sudah mulai membaik, bisa dilihat di http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150340673708751.349120.535288750&type=3. Namun tugas pengumpulan buku masih banyak sekali harus kita lakukan.

Sudah banyak sekali pihak yang membantu kami tanpa pamrih termasuk dari teman-teman di 8 Penjuru, dan itu sangat kami syukuri. Pendistribusian buku dibantu dengan kerjasama yang baik dengan Bapak Bara Pattiradja dari Sanggar Timur Matahari di Pulau Adonara. Sebuah pulau yang sangat indah (http://www.kaskus.us/showthread.php?t=9866884) tapi minim infrastruktur.

So dengan blog ini saya ingin mengajak kita semua untuk mengumpulkan buku bekas kita dan mengirimkannya ke alamat Jl Bona Indah Raya Blok A6 No 13, Jakarta 12440, atau bisa langsung kirimkan ke, SANGGAR TIMUR MATAHARI Surya Mandala High School Sekretariat: Jl. Trans Adonara-Waiwerang, Flotim-NTT.

Thanks all :)