Java Indonesia Earthquake

The 6.2 strong earthquake in Yogyakarta/jogjakarta has caused an estimate of 2000 people killed. The number is also reported by CNN whose journalist has been on the ground since last night. But CNN also reports from other sources that the casualties is no more than 400.

Whatever the case, the number of casualties is significant enough as far as natural disaster in Java island goes.

Two Other Earthquakes in Indonesia

Kompas today reports that there two more other earthquake in Wamena, regent capital of Jayawijaya, Papua province on thursday (30/06/2006) 12.28 AM local time, and another in Padang provincial capital of West Sumatra. While the former almost similar to that of Yogyakarta quake with 6 richter scale, the latter was around 4-5 richter scale.

No casualties being reported on the latest two earthquake.
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Hadji Girl Video of US Marine

The US Marine’s song of death for an Iraqi family.

Here’s the excerpt of lyric sung by a US marine who expressed his honest feeling how excited and joyful he was to see a little girl’s blood sprayed when his bullet fly between her eyes. The video is now removed from the original website, but I’m fortunate to save it and Google Video permit it to be saved there. Click the link at the bottom of this post to watch the full video song.
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Mumbai Bomb Blast India (2)

Among the grieving voices and the resilient the Mumbaikar (Indian expression for a person stays in Mumbai) has shown, we Indonesians expats in India and I personally should feel fortunate that none of the train bombing victims are an Indonesian. Indian PM Dr. Manmohan Singh addressed the nation today urged Indian people to stay calm and are not provoked by any rumours regarding the perpetrators behind the terror attacks.

The casualties now are reaching 190 dead and 403 injured some predicts it’s well over 190 dead and more than 700 wounded. If you’ve been to Mumbai or Mumbaikar yourself who’s now stays elsewhere, googlemap will show you where the incident took place.
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Mumbai Bomb Blasts India

At 19.24 just a few moment after I’ve done my Ashr prayer, Mr. Amar Makruf, Minister Councillor KBRI (Indonesia Embassy) New Delhi sms-ed me telling me about several bomb blasts just took place in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), the industrial capital of India with 22 deaths and 150 injured and he offered the condolences to those victims and families and hoped that it would not occur in any other parts of Indian cities including in New Delhi where many Indonesians reside.

I quickly turned the TV on and watched the continuous LIVE coverage of Indian local news channels. So, the serial bomb blast occurred between 18.00 - 18.30 local time (+5.30 GMT)
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Grateful Being Far Away from Israel

I love my country Indonesia simply because it’s geographically far away from Israel. How could you imagine, all of a sudden in the middle of the night an Israeli bomb are falling down like rain on monsoon season as what happens in the Gaza strip.

As it is also happening in Lebanon now. And what will you do if that happens? Nothing. Nobody, no institution even like UN can defend your sovereignty or at least your legitimate right. Because, when Israel has the appetite to kill you, in which case you are in a second away from eternity, you just simply surrender and nothing you can do about it.

Tsunami and Quake Indonesia

So, it’s official the quake which spur a tidal wave in south of Bandung, West Java is called Tsunami. No less than Presiden SBY (Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono) himself says this. In his meet-the-press, the Indonesian president along with VP Jusuf Kalla regarding the quake and tsunami says that for the time being five people are dead.

Detik online reports that two unidentified dead bodies found in Binangun, Cilacap, Central Java allegedly by tsunami wave.

7.2 Earthquake in Java Indonesia

UPI reports that an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale shook the Indonesian island of Java Monday, spawning a tsunami that killed at least five people.

Government geologists told the Antara news service the center of the tremor was around 385 miles south of Bandung 20 miles below sea level.

The southern coast of Java and Australia’s Christmas Island were included in a tsunami warning from Hawaii’s Tsunami Warning Center, Voice of America reported.

My Foreword on Jennie S. Bev Book

A few weeks back, my friend Jennie S. Bev emailed me requesting me to write a foreword for her upcoming Bahasa Indonesia book Rahasia Sukses Terbesar (The Greatest Secrets of Success). A self-motivation book which is very interesting and impressive. The strong point of the book is it’s chiefly based on her own struggle and self-reform, so to speak, on how she achieves what she is now. For little intro about her see my post on Jennie as my Blogger of the Week.

Through reading the draft of her book, I was so impressed with her way of transforming herself. I feel as though I see my own personal struggle there only with a big differences: while she has gained and achieved so much; I achieve so less. Nevertheless, her book is a must for those who wants to see their personality improved.