Rabu, 22 April 2009

RA Kartini, Our Feminist.




Assalamualaikum.. mmhh.. yesterday was the 21st April, we commemorated the birthday of one of indonesian feminists, she is orginally from Indonesia, Jepara, Middle Java. her name is Raden Ajeng Kartini, one of her struggles was written in a book, written by herself, entitled Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang. having great number of willingnes and efforts, she had dissolved the ancient view of women in the past, at that time they spent their life to three things..
Kitchen, Well, and Bed.

but all the things have changed,nowadays women keep on catching up in order to similarize their position with the men..then, i just want to admit a reality that the women's success in various fileds is something common happened in our daily life now, not only in our country but also in abroad, let we count... how many women who have been decision makers in government institution or in company, or even higher than that, we have ever been led by a woman
president, right? it may be the results triggered by the feminists, including RA Kartini.

all their struggles, known as woman emancipation. in my opinion, woman emancipation is a figthing, figthing to do something and to be confessed of
their dignity and voices. based on KBBI (Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia), emancipation means the similarity among the rights on many aspects of life, including the rigth similarty among the men and the women.

but, hehehe.. frankly speaking, as far as i realized, the woman emancipation just goes partially, just tends to the favorable thing toward the women, we know that, even on behalf of woman emancipation, they are still hesitant to mend the roof, repair the broken television or just to fix the water pipeline. in short, they just want to be the same in terms of intelectuality and voices, not phsycally and behaviour.

i am afraid of this thing, have you ever imagined that, some women consider the woman emancipation as a mean of helping their egoism to keep standing in front and being admitted by many people. so they leave their nature, restriction
and function as a woman. if so, meaning that the woman emancipation has been misused to leave that lofty things, may be, all young kartinies nowadays, this our sisters, have to rethink by pondering and realizing the meaning of their
presence in the world.

well.. i don't agree if a woman come to the front as a leader, or president or a conqueror. because in my opinion, all that position can make a woman forget their basic nature as a mother, as a long-life friend for her husband, evenmore
if the thing they do expect is a leadership, actually indirectly they also can be a leader, you know that, if her husband is a leader, the woman can also come up as a leader, for example, being a leader The Dharma Wanita Group or sort of..
by playing a role as a supporter and proponent for their husband, they are giving their devotion by their own ways, simpe exampe: Conducting Blood Donation in their husband institution, Presenting Social Devotion the society. and i am really sure by diong these, they will remain realized about their obligation as a mother of their child, and a wife for their husband, so that their child will not say :"mom.. where are you?i miss you a lot.. why are you so busy all the time, when can you accompany my breakfast??"

hehehe.. far from that, i want to convey to you all that i had and will keep on honouring woman, because in their womb i was taken care of, and by all their sacrifices i was born and brougth up, mother i love you.. i know you are really in happy and sincere there..

Wassalamualaikum

Kamis, 09 April 2009

Gracious Acceptance



Thank You..
Thank You, and
Thank You…
I do thank to every body for all their helps making me deserve for this award, and you know that I may never look at this without remembering the quiet patience of handful mentors who were so kind to me, who were kind enough to put up with me more than once. I trust they have forgiven me for what I did not know so that I have been privileged to be a part of Toastmasters’ most glorious era.
Round of one year and a half joining toastmasters, I was advised by my mentor, Toastmaster Mien Soenari, to compete in an International Speech Contest, and I kept questioning my own eligibility to join that. But she forced me and convinced me that every single Toastmaster, including me, has their own ability and chance to join contests held by Toastmasters International, and whenever the chance comes, that is the moment for us to learn more from a different feel.. the feel of contest.. she also helped me overcome my anxiety of a lost, she said to me not to forget this principle ‘I want to win, but I wil accept everything’. Because the most important thing in a competition is you can learn something new, and one day, you will realize that you have gained all benefits directing you to a better comprehension and you can have many things to share….
To Distinguished Toastmaster Mien Soenari.. Thank you very much :D for all the helps and advices…….
Ladies and gentleman..
Several days before the contest, I was helped by our fellow member who is excellent in English, he helped me to pronounce English words in a correct manner, so that I could perform with more confidence ,Toastmaster Muhammad Faizal Ahda, it is your action and efforts that make this happen, thank you.. thank you very much..
When the Master of Ceremony announced my name to come forward and accepted this award, my thought was really wandering somewhere, it retraced all the long way I’d passed and quickly flashbacked me to the moment when I was a newbie in The Catalyst Toastmasters Club, at that time, with a limited bravery and a great number of shyness.. public speaking was a horrible thing for me, till finally I could really feel the positive environment within this club, willingness to study and support from others..
Thanks to Toastmasters International and all members of The Catalyst Toastmasters Club, it will not be mine without all your encouragement for me… and to all members of Toastmasters Club, wherever you are, I just want to say this :
’if I can win the contest, so can you’
Back to The MC…
(The Audiences give long-standing applause)

Sabtu, 04 April 2009

Legendary Toastmaster

'There are strong women behind every mens' success...'
and in line with that, cordially, i would like to say... there are inspiring people behind our this toastmaster club
the people who make this club become dynamic, lively and existent ...

Dearest Toasmasters and Distinguished Guests.. welcome to our wonderful 'Legendary Toastmasters' ceremony, i for the first time, encourage myself to initiate this giving-award in order to honour those whose their contribution and dedication have helped move The Catalyst Toastmaster Club forward untill right now.

I started thinking about this, when i was awakened that this our club was firstly founded by a group of mothers ,whose husband worked for Directorate General of Taxes, then with all their enthusiasm and eagerness in spreading the benefit they got from this club, they opened this club for others, including us as the youth for sure, and invited many people from many kinds of lifes and walks.

Ladies and Gentlemen..

all of their deeds in the past was so inspiring that we, the youngsters, can come and gain the benefit of communication and leadership skill from The Catalyst Toastmaster Club, they even keep on giving us motivation and the things we should as well as
the things we should not in that field. i do appreciate that they come routinely to our club, evenmore when i considered their ages and their own bussiness nowadays, what a big sacrifices i think!!! ... and we can lost our count if we recall all their merits for the advancement of this our beloved club, in short... we owe more than thanks to them.. :D

Well, Ladies and gentlemen...

Hopefully, these awards can represent our great gratitude to them... a group of wonderful mothers..The Mothers of The Catalyst Toastmaster Club, and for us... they are the Legendary Toastmasters..

please welcome, Ibu Mien Soenari.., Ibu Rosito Taufieq,.. Ibu Ken Didik, ... Ibu Joko Slamet,.. and Ibu Rahardjo...
and please give us an acceptance speech...