Saturday, November 24, 2007

Thinking ahead on MBA?

Are you
- thinking to get a business degree?
- pursue study in Australia?
- dream of MBA life?
- shifting career?
- want to get information about Melbourne Business School?
and have no one to ask for above questions..

Don't hesitate to discuss with me by leaving your message in comment section and start to jump ahead for your better future..

Oshi

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Melbourne Cup Day 2007

When : Melbourne Cup Day is fixed for the first Tuesday in November

Today is a big day for Melburnian, because there is an important event held and people all over Melbourne come and enjoy their time. It is Melbourne Cup Day.

Melbourne Cup is a horse racing championship. According to Victorian Government, Melbourne cup first held in 1861 and successively become a part of Melbourne Culture. Melbourne cup day officially is public holiday, where all people are encourage to watch this event with their families.

Today's champion is number 6 , Efficient (10) 54.5kg.
Trainer: Graeme Rogerson. Jockey: Steve Arnold.

But it is not happen to my campus community, because we're still have class rolling and things that we can do is watch the race from the projector inside class !!

Monday, November 05, 2007


There will be a national event in Melbourne this week, where in this event is an opportunity we can advertise our richness of culture and also to attract people to invest their business in Indonesia.

For me, it is a perfect time to meet with other Indonesian, and of course to taste Indonesian food made by real Indonesian ..


Festival Indonesia
10 - 11 November 2007
10am - 8pm
Waterfront City Pavilion and Piazza
Docklands Drive, Melbourne Docklands
MEL REF 2E D4

Free shuttle bus from CBD-Docklands.
Bisa juga naik tram 48, tram 86, tram 70, atau city circle.

Website

Sunday, November 04, 2007

I love you !




How to say "I love you" in your language?

0. Bahasa Indonesia - Aku cinta padamu......
1. Afrikaans - Ek is lief vir jou
2. Albanian - Te dashoroj
3. Algerian - Kanbghik
4. Arabic, female to male - Ana behibak
5. Arabic, male to female - Ana Behibek
6. Armenian - Yar ounenal
7. Austrian - I hab di gean
8. Bangladeschi - Ami tomake valobashi
9. Bavarian - I mog di narrisch gern
10. Bengali - Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
11. Bosnian - Volim te
12. Bulgarian - Obicham te
13. Burmese - Chit pa te
14. Cambodian - Bon sro lanh oon
15. Cantonese - Ngo ai ni
16. Corsican - Ti tengu cara
17. Croatian - Ja te volim
18. Czech - Miluji te
19. Danish - Jeg elsker dig
20. Dutch - Ik hou van je
21. Esperanto - Mi amas vin
22. Estonian - Mina armastan sind
23. Ethiopian - Afgreki
24. Farsi - Tora dost daram
25. Filipino - Mahal kita
26. Finnish - Minä rakastan sinua
27. French - Je t'aime
28. Gaelic - Tá mé i ngrá leat - pronounced "taa may ee ngraw lat"
29. German - Ich liebe dich
30. Greek - Eime eroteumos mazi sou
31. Hawaiian - Aloha wau ia oi
32. Hebrew, female to male - Ani ohevet otcha
33. Hebrew, male to female - Ani ohev otach
34. Hindi, female to male - Mai tumase pyar karati hun
35. Hindi, male to female - Mai tumase pyar karata hun
36. Hungarian - Szeretlek
37. Icelandic - Eg elska thig
38. Italian - Ti amo
39. Japanese - Kimi o ai shiteru
40. Korean - Dangsinul saranghee yo
41. Kurdish - Ez te hezdikhem
42. Laotian - Khoi huk chau
43. Latin - Te amo
44. Latvian - Es tevi milu
45. Lebanese - Bahibak
46. Macedonian - Te sakam
47. Malay - Saya cinta pada mu
48. Mandarin - Wo ai ni
49. Moroccan - Kanbhik
50. North American Native Indian, Apache - Sheth she~n zho~n - nazalized vowel sounds
51. North American Native Indian, Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse
52. North American Native Indian, Chickasaw - Chiholloli - first "i" is nasalized
53. North American Native Indian, Hopi - Nu' umi unangw'ta
54. North American Native Indian, Mohawk - Konoronhkwa
55. North American Native Indian, Navajo - Ayor anosh'ni
56. North American Native Indian, Sioux - Techihhila
57. North American Native Indian, Zuni - Tom ho' ichema
58. Norwegian - Jeg elsker deg
59. Pakistani - Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai
60. Persian - Tora dost daram
61. Pig Latin - Ie ovele ouye
62. Polish - Kocham cie
63. Portuguese - Eu te amo - pronounced "eiu chee amu"
64. Romanian - Te iubesc
65. Russian - Ya tyebya lyublyu
66. Samoan - Ou te alofa outou
67. Serbian - Ja vas volim
68. Spanish - Te amo
69. Swahili - Nakupenda
70. Swedish - Jag älskar dig
71. Swiss-German - Ch'ha di ga"rn
72. Syrian Bhebbek
73. Tahitian - Ua here au ia oe
74. Thai - Phom rak khun
75. Tunisian - Ha eh bakn
76. Turkish - Seni seviyorum
77. Ukranian - Ya tebe kokhayu
78. Urdu - Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon
79. Vietnamese - Toi yeu em
80. Vulcan - Wani ra yana ro aisha
81. Welsh - Rwy'n dy garu di
82. Yiddish - Ikh hob dikh lib
83. Yugoslavian - Ja te volim
84. Zulu - Mena tanda wena
85. Zuni - Tom ho' ichema

Saturday, November 03, 2007

Oshi Castle in Saitama, Japan





I am browsing over internet and read on Japan prefectures, suddenly jump up into one of the website that mention my name as a national heritage. It is Oshi castle.

Yes, it is true..but of course it isn't mine :)

Where : Honmaru, Gyoda-shi, Saitama
Admission fee : 200 yen

History :
Oshi castle or Oshi-jo was completed by Narita Akiyasu around 1479. The Narita family ruled over the area of Gyoda for about 100 years until the castle fell to forces loyal to Hideyoshi in his assault on the Kanto area. Oshi-jo was considered to be well designed in that it made use of the many marshes and swamplands in the surrounding area to its defense. These marshes proved to be valuable defenses in the initial attack by Ishida Mistunari.


Ishida Mistunari brought 23,000 troops to take control of Oshi-jo after having defeated Tatebayashi-jo just three days earlier. Compared to this legion of seasoned warriors, Oshi-jo had a complement of approximately 619 samurai and another 2,000 soldiers made up of local farmers and townspeople. With the help of the natural defenses provided by the area, these people amazingly held off Mitsunari's army and forced him to regroup and consider a different approach

Just as Mitsunari was defeated by the swamplands surrounding Oshi-jo and Gyoda, he devised a new plan to make use of nature himself. He put his samurai to work building walls and in 6 days they completed 28 kilometers of walls to divert the water of two local rivers into the town to flood the castle. This water assault began on July 6 and the heavy rains of the rainy season also aided in Mitsunari's efforts to flood the town. However, since the castle was built on a slightly higher elevation, it remained undamaged.

During this time, Narita Ujinaga, the master of Oshi-jo, had actually been fighting with the Hojo at Odawara while his younger brother Nagachika defended the castle. Once Odawara fell to Hideyoshi, Ujinaga sent word to Nagachika to surrender the castle. After the Tokugawa moved to Edo, Oshi-jo fell under the control of Ieyasu who placed his fourth son Tadayasu in charge.

This tenshu was actually reconstructed in the original Sannomaru.

Interesting isn't it, finding your name become one of the historical place's where people come to visit. Someday, I will come to Saitama and take my picture in front of Oshi Castle :)

picture1: main castle

picture2: bell tower

picture3: bridge

Source : Japan Tourist Organization, Japan Castle