Students, get Google Voice now!! Uhh, what is Google voice? Well, imagine you can use one number for all of your phones. Imagine you can use it to send e-mails, text messages for free, cheap international calls, etc. It's not just imagination, because now you can have a number like that. Google has launched one of the coolest things in today's communication world. It's Google Voice. Let's take a quick look at it.
It's cool isn't it? Now, Google Voice available by invitation only. But if you are a student, or maybe teacher or school administrators, with .edu in the ending of your e-mail account (example: myname@school.edu), use it to request the invitation at google.com/voice/students, and get the invitation in 24 hours. So, why wait? Get it now and feel the simplicity it offers.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
University Fee in China Only Rp 16 million/Year (Around $1,600/Year)
Jakarta (Pos Kota) - In the celebration of National Education Day and also celebrating 60 Years China-Indonesia relation, Beijing Language Culture Institute Indonesia invites tens of university from the government of China, and also universities that give degree from universities in UK, Canada, France, and Australia, which campus are located in China, to attend to China Education Fair 2010, 8-9 May 2010 in Hall B 1st floor Mangga Dua Square, Jl. Gunung Sahari, Jakarta Pusat. (it's a mall in jakarta, indonesia).
Total money that you can save to get bachelor degree from UK universities but through studying in universities in China can be around Rp 485 million (around $40,000-$50,000), said Samuel Wiyono MBA, Chairman of Foreign Exchange Students and Teachers Beijing Language Culture Institute Indonesia. "The tuition fees are getting more and more competitive. Rp 16 million (around $1,600) per year for bachelor degree using Mandarin, and Rp 19,8 million (around $2,000) per year if you choose to study in courses that are using English," he said.
For Indonesian student, for now, there are universities from Chinese government who offer apartment in five big cities, Ningbo, Nanchang, Hefei, Suzhou, and Nanjing, for certain programs.
Universities that are planning to attend to the Chinese Education Fair in Jakarta are: Beijing Jiaotong University, South China University Technology-Guangzhou, East China University Science Technology-Shanghai, Jiangxi Normal University-Nanchang , Ningbo University, Xian Jiaotong Liverpool University-Suzhou, Chongqing Medical University, Suzhou University Science Technology , Nanjing University Aeronautics Astronautics. Sino British College-Shanghai, Zhejiang University Science Technology-Hangzhou, Dong-bei University Finance Economics-Dalian, Guangxi Teachers Education University-Nanning, Blue Mountains Hotel SchoolS Suzhou (BMHS) dan Anhui University-Hefei.
sources: http://www.kaskus.us/showthread.php?t=4047878
http://bataviase.co.id/node/185508
http://www.poskota.co.id/metro/2010/05/06/kuliah-di-china-hemat-biaya-1
http://www.poskota.co.id/metro/2010/05/06/biaya-kuliah-di-china-rp-16-juta-pertahun
you can also see the pictures in the source (the kaskus.us one), and I found it interesting that the author wrote an Indonesian old saying (I don't know if other countries have this saying or not): "pursue science to (until you landed in, or reach) the country of China."
The sources also tell you more detail about the amount of money you can save in by studying in China and get degree from foreign universities from UK, Canada, France, and Australia, but in some cases, you have to go study for 1-2 years in those countries. However, spend 2 years in China and then 2 years in UK/Canada/France/Australia still save you a lot of money.
Total money that you can save to get bachelor degree from UK universities but through studying in universities in China can be around Rp 485 million (around $40,000-$50,000), said Samuel Wiyono MBA, Chairman of Foreign Exchange Students and Teachers Beijing Language Culture Institute Indonesia. "The tuition fees are getting more and more competitive. Rp 16 million (around $1,600) per year for bachelor degree using Mandarin, and Rp 19,8 million (around $2,000) per year if you choose to study in courses that are using English," he said.
For Indonesian student, for now, there are universities from Chinese government who offer apartment in five big cities, Ningbo, Nanchang, Hefei, Suzhou, and Nanjing, for certain programs.
Universities that are planning to attend to the Chinese Education Fair in Jakarta are: Beijing Jiaotong University, South China University Technology-Guangzhou, East China University Science Technology-Shanghai, Jiangxi Normal University-Nanchang , Ningbo University, Xian Jiaotong Liverpool University-Suzhou, Chongqing Medical University, Suzhou University Science Technology , Nanjing University Aeronautics Astronautics. Sino British College-Shanghai, Zhejiang University Science Technology-Hangzhou, Dong-bei University Finance Economics-Dalian, Guangxi Teachers Education University-Nanning, Blue Mountains Hotel SchoolS Suzhou (BMHS) dan Anhui University-Hefei.
sources: http://www.kaskus.us/showthread.php?t=4047878
http://bataviase.co.id/node/185508
http://www.poskota.co.id/metro/2010/05/06/kuliah-di-china-hemat-biaya-1
http://www.poskota.co.id/metro/2010/05/06/biaya-kuliah-di-china-rp-16-juta-pertahun
you can also see the pictures in the source (the kaskus.us one), and I found it interesting that the author wrote an Indonesian old saying (I don't know if other countries have this saying or not): "pursue science to (until you landed in, or reach) the country of China."
The sources also tell you more detail about the amount of money you can save in by studying in China and get degree from foreign universities from UK, Canada, France, and Australia, but in some cases, you have to go study for 1-2 years in those countries. However, spend 2 years in China and then 2 years in UK/Canada/France/Australia still save you a lot of money.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Books that I've read and I'll read
I've read some interesting books for the last few years. At first, I read it because it was required for my job and class, but after read a few pages, I think those books are really interesting. Here's the list of some books that I've read, and I'll read. I'll try to give some reviews of the books later in the end of the semester, because I have a lot of things to do now.
Indonesian/Malay Language
Indonesia, as the biggest Muslim country in term of population, and the world's 4th most populated country is an important country, especially, in the south east asia region. Now, Indonesian language is become pretty important in the region, and hopefully, will be important in the world later. Indonesian language is similar to Malay language, so, if you can speak Indonesian language, you can talk to people in Malaysia and Singapore who speak Malay.
Some schools in Australia teach Indonesian language, and you can even apply in big universities in Australia to get a degree in Indonesian language. According to kaskus.us, more and more people are getting interested to study Indonesian language in Vietnam. In arenaonline.org, Yoon Hwan SHIN recommended Indonesian/Malay language to become the official working language of the East Asian community, because it can "contribute to narrowing and closing political, economic, and cultural gaps and discrepancies that stand in the way of integrating Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia" (arenaonline.org). Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia would be ASEAN +3.
Chinese were also recommended to be the official language, however, Indonesian/Malay language is still easier to learn. Here are some of the positive points to studying Indonesian/Malay language from arenaonline.org:
-Among thousands of languages and dozens of national languages found today in Asia, the Malay language stands out with easiness to learn, richness in vocabulary, and equality of speakers. It also has the largest numbers of speakers in Southeast Asia and, in East Asia, the second largest next only to Chinese.
-Throughout its life, Malay has been enriched by the introduction of all major civilizations with new words and expressions full of knowledge, wisdom, and beauty. Indian, Chinese, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, and English loanwords abound in contemporary Malay and Indonesian. The language will continue to adapt itself to the development of science and technology.
-Unlike languages of Mainland Southeast Asia and Chinese, Malay does not have tones. It is not a tonic language. Unlike English, stress on syllables is not distinct or not important.
-Unlike most languages, Malay verbs never change in the ending according to tense and subject. Changes between transitive and intransitive verbs are simple and consistent.
-All put together, Malay was being spoken by at most 10 million when WWII was over, while the number has grown to be now estimated at almost 300 million. It has been one of the most rapidly spreading languages in the world since World War II. Malay has now the fourth largest numbers of speakers after Chinese, English, and Hindi/Urdu.
- Over ten thousand overseas and ethnic Chinese have taken root or reside in Malay-speaking countries. They have developed their own version of Malay called Chinese Malay or Baba Malay. Now there are also found tens of thousands of Japanese and Koreans as sojourners. These groups of East Asians could play a bridging role in transmitting and disseminating Malay to Northeast Asia.
-A large number of Arab and Indian descendants, immigrants, and business people have long frequented and lived in Malaysia and Indonesia. The two countries have a larger Muslim population than West Asia (Middle East). Malaysian and Indonesian cultures have been heavily influenced by Indian and Arab worlds. Such contacts and traditions would help Malay to move beyond East Asia to the whole Asia to become a truly Asian language – and even a global language in the future.
After the whole reading, I think Indonesian/Malay language is pretty important, and luckily, it is easy to learn. So what do you think? Interested to learn more about Indonesian/Malay language?
Some schools in Australia teach Indonesian language, and you can even apply in big universities in Australia to get a degree in Indonesian language. According to kaskus.us, more and more people are getting interested to study Indonesian language in Vietnam. In arenaonline.org, Yoon Hwan SHIN recommended Indonesian/Malay language to become the official working language of the East Asian community, because it can "contribute to narrowing and closing political, economic, and cultural gaps and discrepancies that stand in the way of integrating Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia" (arenaonline.org). Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia would be ASEAN +3.
Chinese were also recommended to be the official language, however, Indonesian/Malay language is still easier to learn. Here are some of the positive points to studying Indonesian/Malay language from arenaonline.org:
-Among thousands of languages and dozens of national languages found today in Asia, the Malay language stands out with easiness to learn, richness in vocabulary, and equality of speakers. It also has the largest numbers of speakers in Southeast Asia and, in East Asia, the second largest next only to Chinese.
-Throughout its life, Malay has been enriched by the introduction of all major civilizations with new words and expressions full of knowledge, wisdom, and beauty. Indian, Chinese, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, and English loanwords abound in contemporary Malay and Indonesian. The language will continue to adapt itself to the development of science and technology.
-Unlike languages of Mainland Southeast Asia and Chinese, Malay does not have tones. It is not a tonic language. Unlike English, stress on syllables is not distinct or not important.
-Unlike most languages, Malay verbs never change in the ending according to tense and subject. Changes between transitive and intransitive verbs are simple and consistent.
-All put together, Malay was being spoken by at most 10 million when WWII was over, while the number has grown to be now estimated at almost 300 million. It has been one of the most rapidly spreading languages in the world since World War II. Malay has now the fourth largest numbers of speakers after Chinese, English, and Hindi/Urdu.
- Over ten thousand overseas and ethnic Chinese have taken root or reside in Malay-speaking countries. They have developed their own version of Malay called Chinese Malay or Baba Malay. Now there are also found tens of thousands of Japanese and Koreans as sojourners. These groups of East Asians could play a bridging role in transmitting and disseminating Malay to Northeast Asia.
-A large number of Arab and Indian descendants, immigrants, and business people have long frequented and lived in Malaysia and Indonesia. The two countries have a larger Muslim population than West Asia (Middle East). Malaysian and Indonesian cultures have been heavily influenced by Indian and Arab worlds. Such contacts and traditions would help Malay to move beyond East Asia to the whole Asia to become a truly Asian language – and even a global language in the future.
After the whole reading, I think Indonesian/Malay language is pretty important, and luckily, it is easy to learn. So what do you think? Interested to learn more about Indonesian/Malay language?
100 Year Old Lady With Her iPad
I found a post in phonedog.com, a website that doing reviews of gadgets, about an old lady. She was an avid reader, but with her eyes problem, books were not working for her. Now, with her iPad, she can read again, because she can control the brightness of the screen and the font size of the texts. Let's forget about which gadget is better than others, let's forget about the patent and suing cases of those high tech device producers, and just watch this video, a video that, like Adriana Lee from phonedog said, "... a great reminder of why technology in general exist in the first place."
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Soil Snack???
Tuban, a village in the East Java province of Indonesia, might be the only place on earth where you can find people who eat baked soil as a snack. How do they make a soil into a snack? Just find some gravel-free soil from the village's rice paddies, pound it by a stick into a solid block, roll it with a bamboo dagger and baked it for an hour. Rasima, a Tuban villager, takes it to the village market. Usually, she gets $2 from selling the soil snack. The villagers believe that the soil snack have the effect as a natural pain killer, and if eaten by a pregnant mother, can soften the baby's skin.
Here's some pictures of the soil snack
Here's some pictures of the soil snack
Friday, April 23, 2010
Population in China
China is a big country, a raising economy power with large population. People all around the world try to learn Chinese, and they are waiting for China to take Japan's place as the world's second largest economy. The Chinese big population and low wage rate attract big companies from all over the world to build their castles there.
Now, let us talk more about their population. As we all know, China is the most populous country in the world. The 2009 World Population Data Sheet write that China has 1,331 million people. One of every five person in this world is Chinese. That means 20% of the world's population. They projected that in 2050, China will have 1,437 million people. How China become so populous? Is it because the fertility rate of Chinese women are high? Is it because their culture urge people to have a lot of kids? The questions about Chinese population are really interesting, because no matter what, they will affect the world.
To find more information about population in China, I found these two videos. These videos are very informative, and in the future, I will post more of these kind of videos (depends on what topic that I will post later) and other videos or information about important or interesting things in our world.
Now, let us talk more about their population. As we all know, China is the most populous country in the world. The 2009 World Population Data Sheet write that China has 1,331 million people. One of every five person in this world is Chinese. That means 20% of the world's population. They projected that in 2050, China will have 1,437 million people. How China become so populous? Is it because the fertility rate of Chinese women are high? Is it because their culture urge people to have a lot of kids? The questions about Chinese population are really interesting, because no matter what, they will affect the world.
To find more information about population in China, I found these two videos. These videos are very informative, and in the future, I will post more of these kind of videos (depends on what topic that I will post later) and other videos or information about important or interesting things in our world.
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