Bid for Statehood

Palestinian asked for a legal statehood and UN membership yesterday, and pardon my lack of knowledge, what was happened that day? Well, from what I just read on some website like here and here and here, it was a rough day and they still have a long way of struggling for Palestine to gain freedom that they should deserve.

The question has been prolongedly immersed in my mind, should we negotiate with a group of burglars coming to our house and giving them half or even more part of our land to occupy? Living in peace and let them take our property? What do you think?

PS. I know this topic is not compatible to be discussed here as I don't know much about what's actually happening out there, yet I keep praying that someday, my brother and sister still hold on to the hope and have faith that we will eventually get back what we once fully owned. After those years of sufferings, it's understandable that there should be "enough" word. Insya Allah.

October Green Forum

Going back to the office after a week Eid holiday in the beginning of September is going fine so far, but I think we will be busier than our usual day because we're going to have a big event in less then a month! And as a researcher in the building and construction industry's media company, I think it's kind of my basic instinct to spread the words about this international conference.

Well, anyone in the design process and interested in sustainability and green architecture is highly suggested to check the message below.

Green building and sustainability are sometimes regarded as fashionable, but are becoming more and more crucial in today's built environment. One of the main challenges of this trend has been to lift it from a niche to a broad application in architectural planning. Besides cost issues, what are the reasons for this? What are crucial factors for good performance? Which are examples of best practice?

The FuturArc Forum 2011 will answer all of these questions. With international experts and local examples, the principles of sustainable architecture will undergo an in depth analysis. Moving beyond the usual “why” and “what” questions circulating in the green building arena, the FuturArc Forum 2011 leaps ahead and tackles the challenging questions of “how it is implemented” and “how to sustain it”. In a series of seven events, in seven countries, attendees will have the chance to learn about green building and sustainable design first hand from leading architects, engineers and academics.

The event will be accompanied by an exhibition acknowledging the innovations and achievements in green technologies.

When and Where?

Date	:	04 October 2011 - 04 October 2011
Venue	:	9:00am - 6:00pm Mutiara Ballroom, Gran Melia Jakarta Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. X-0, Kuningan Jakarta 12950

What?

It's when the “Who is Who” of the sustainable architecture and green building design scene in Southeast Asia and beyond presents their projects
	INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER for the MASTER CLASS SESSION				Prof. Dr. Deo Prasad Program Director: Sustainable Development - University of New South Wales, Australia
	FUTURARC 1ST PRIZE WINNER 2010				Ramandhoni Dwi Payana Principal Architect in Simon & Dhoni Studio Indonesia
	FUTURARC 3rd PRIZE WINNER 2010				Yu Sing Lim Principal Architect Genesis Architecture Studio Indonesia
	FuturArc Green Leadership Award Winner 2011				Ridwan Kamil Principal of Urbane Indonesia Architect PT Indonesia
	FuturArc Green Leadership Award Winner 2011				William C.W. Wong Director of Building Services - Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong
Supported by with the Indonesian Green Building Council and the Indonesian Institute of Architects
Under the patronage of FuturArc Prize Sponsors and the Green Leadership Sponsor
Organised by					Funded by

How?
Please kindly contact our office

Manggala Wanabakti Building 8th Floor, Wing A Suite 805
Jl. Jend. GatotSubroto Jakarta Pusat 10270;
(+62) 21 5790 2930

or check the website.


See ya there! :D

thanks to you

Dear you.. I want to thank you again and again, because saying it once or twice more still couldn't pay back the kindliness you've ever given me. You, who was ever be someone I always depend on to, someone with whom I felt safe and sound, someone with whom I could still remember how the way happiness of a little girl happened to me although it was already more that ten years ago.. But when Allah took you back with Him and left us all in this perishable life, I learned something precious, that I can't depend on people to make me happy. Only Allah in His immeasurable compassionate can do that. So I learn to put my trust only in Him.

~
Thank you for teaching me how to love
Showing me what the world means
What I've been dreamin' of
And now I know, there is nothing that I could not do
Thanks to You 

For teaching me how to feel
Showing me my emotions
Letting me know what's real
From what is not
What I've got is more that I'd ever hoped for
And a lot of what I hope for is
Thanks to you 

No mountain, no valley
No time, no space
No heartache, no heartbreak
No fall from grace
Can't stop me from believing
That my love will pull me through
Thanks to You 

There's no mountain, no valley
No time, no space
No heartache, no heartbreak
No fall from grace
Can't stop me from believing
That my love will see me through
Thanks to You
Thanks to You 

For teaching me how to live
Putting things in perspective
Teaching me how to give
And how to take
No mistake
We were put here together
And if I breakdown
Forgive me but it's true
That I'm aching with the love I feel inside
Thanks to You
Thanks to you

~

I've just randomly stumbled across the lyrics of Tyler Collins's Thanks to You, and it is something that can be pretty much related to what I write now.

Few days ago, where we all celebrated the festivity of eid day, did visits to gather with big family members and forgave all the mistakes that have ever happened among us with all the kith and kin.. on August 31 for exact, I still imagined what if my beloved daddy was still here with us? We could have celebrated his birthday as well now.. But I swallowed those questions back, because I know, he is now already in the best place where he should be, resting in peace. And I also learn to believe that the things happened to us human are all under Allah's will. 

...happy birthday Papa, you know I always remember you and pray for you from down here :)

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Eid Mubarak 1432 H

Though it's a little bit late, I hope the gates of sincerity and forgiveness from every single of you are still widely opened for me and my family. Happy hari raya idul fitri, friends! Hopefully in this Syawal we can be the same old person but with a new better spirit. Salam :)

"Don't fast unless you sight the crescent, and don't break your fast till you sight the (following) crescent" (Al-Bukhari, Vol3:130)

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