From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V10 #169 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Tuesday, August 9 2005 Volume 10 : Number 169 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Something to talk about - maybe someday another Basia-like story... ["Leslie O." ] Re: Something from the last days.... ["Lonnie Gunter" Subject: Re: Something to talk about - maybe someday another Basia-like story... > So I am digging > now through those 600 mails in my mailbox have read > about 150 so far, but > seeing my name and noticing that someone still > remembers me here :-D made me > feel so moved that I have decided to contribute here > something. Something to > talk about as some recent mails were saying. Yay! Though I feel for you, digging through all that! > ago, she has found an > announcement of pianist who was searching for > vocalist. They have even > recorded a CD together (thought probably in only one > copy), now she is > working wit anothe pianist, she has had some singing > lessons and wants to go > to music schol to study more and also learn to play > the piano. > When saying good bye to her yesterday I said "Hope I > can expect to find your > record in music stores in not very far future". I > think she can get it if > she really wants. So maybe one day I will be able to > say that I have met > personally that famous singer in early stages of her > career :-) Best luck to > her. Aw! that is so cool. I hope she can reach her goals and we can hear her someday.... so it can be said that there are *two* Poles who got into the top forty! ;-) What a great story.. welcome back! - -- Leslie O. "I did nothing, and it was everything I thought it would be!" --Ron Livingston in Office Space Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:06:07 -0700 (PDT) From: "Desianto F. W." Subject: Something from the last days.... Hello everyboby, I hope everything is OK. It seems that we write the word "something" in the subject quite often lately (for smoe.org people). Reminds me of "Something About Him" by Laura Fygi. And now, I write something new with something again; I hope all of you won't get bored.... :-) August is a special month for Indonesians (also Indians & Malaysians), just like July for Americans and November for Poles, because August 17 is the Independence Day of Indonesia. To celebrate the day, most Indonesians usually do some activities in their neighborhood, even they start far before the day. The most common activity is "The Cleanest And Tidiest Neighborhood Contest". People start to clean their surroundings more often, put new paint on the wall and fences, erect some bamboo poles equiped with running lights or long colorful flags, plant a lot of decorative plants and flowers, and more. On a chosen day, group of juries make judgements about which neighborhood is the most beautiful and tidiest, which become the winner. The winning neighborhood will receive prizes and/or a cup from the committee. Other activities are games and competitions. The most common games are: balap karung (sack race), balap bakiak beregu (long wooden sandal race), hitting water bag with blindfolded eyes, eating hung krupuk (a kind of traditional Javanese snack) with bounded wrists, climbing greased pole, pillow war, and funny soccer game. The competitors are from the blocks in the neoghborhood, I mean, e.g. Block I vs Block II, Block III vs Block VII, etc. Balap karung or sack race is a game using sacks. The competitors start the game by running to the folded sacks, put their legs into the sacks, hold the sacks tightly and then hopping back to the starting line. The first competitor who reaches the starting line is the winner. Balap bakiak beregu or long wooden sandal race is a group game. Each group, consists of three to four persons must wear a pair of long bakiak or wooden sandal, made from two wooden planks about 4" to 45" (three persons) or 60" (four persons). The wooden planks have three to four pairs of straps to hold the competitors' feet. The rule is the same as the rule of balap karung. The chalange is how to synchronize the steps so the group will be able to move forward smoothly and as quick as possible, trying not to be stumbled/tripped off and fall down. Hitting water bag with blindfolded eyes is like hitting pinata. While eating hung krupuk with bounded wrists; the faster is the winner. Climbing greased pole is a game using grease (a lot) and a palm pole. The pole is about 6" in diameter and 20 feet tall. On the top of the pole are many prizes, from the small one such as a tea cup to the big one such as a bicycle. The competitors should make a human ladder and struggling with the slippery pole to reach the prizes. Pillow war is held using a log which is positioned accross or above a stream/small river or a pond. Two competitors, facing each other and holding pillows in their hand. Then they're hitting each other till one of them falls to the water. Funny soccer game is just like a usual soccer game except the costumes worn by the players. The players should be male; it's not a kind of discrimination, it's just for the entertainment sake. They have to wear ridiculous clothes such as sarong, robe, and even gown, borrowed from their wives or mothers. Sometimes they have to make up their faces to clown-like. Well, you should imagine yourself, when two groups of men kicking the ball all over the field with their funny and ridiculous looks and attitudes. Of course there are still some serious games such as table-tennis, badminton, volley ball, and chess. Though the competitors are from the neighborhood, which I mean they're just ordinary people, they can really perform as what professional athletes usually do. All of these games and competitions are ended by having a small night amusement show, where the prizes for the winners are given. In the show, we can enjoy some traditonal dances, singing, joking, gamelan, dangdut, or keroncong music, reading poems, and other performing acts/ arts. So, what are the objectives of these activities? Besides celebrating the Independence Day, it can make the unity in the community stronger. No hurt feelings, no enemies, just having fun. Even for the youngsters, it can be the right place/moment to look for girl/boyfriend. That's why, many Indonesians love to celebrate the Independence Day. That's all from me. I hope I could hear or read what other countries do when they have their Independence Day celebration. Have a nice day! Czesc, Desianto F. W. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 11:15:28 -0700 (PDT) From: "Leslie O." Subject: Re: Something from the last days.... > The most common activity is "The Cleanest And > Tidiest Neighborhood > Contest". People start to clean their surroundings > more often, put new > paint on the wall and fences, erect some bamboo > poles equiped with > running lights or long colorful flags, plant a lot > of decorative > plants and flowers, and more. On a chosen day, group > of juries make > judgements about which neighborhood is the most > beautiful and tidiest, > which become the winner. The winning neighborhood > will receive prizes > and/or a cup from the committee. This made me think of how cool it would be if we did this in US cities! I can definitely imagine San Fran would have been so much less gross. :-) And it builds community and relations with your neighbors, which we so lack anymore. - -- Leslie O. "I did nothing, and it was everything I thought it would be!" --Ron Livingston in Office Space ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 18:30:28 -0400 From: "Lonnie Gunter" Subject: Re: Something from the last days.... I just got back from Korea and was shocked to see crystal hand rails and crystal fixtures that had not been destroyed by John Q. Public. It was beautiful but I just know if it were in the states it would have been de-beautified. It was in a subway station. The Korean people were such a reverent people. The only obnoxious behavior I observed was when 4 young American's got on a subway and were goofing off really loud and poking umbrellas at each other in "private" places. It was just embarrassing to watch the Korean people look at them. Their behavior was just ignorant. The girls were mostly dressed very modestly. The streets were safe at night. The parking garage floor where we stayed was painted and mopped regularly. I thought we had in all in America but I saw where we get some of it from and we don't have it all... It was a wonderful eye opening experience. In America it is common not to know someone you live next to for 20 years. Sad. I think we have so much we can learn from each other. Thanks Desianto for your comments. Thelma - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie O." To: Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 2:15 PM Subject: Re: Something from the last days.... > > > The most common activity is "The Cleanest And > > Tidiest Neighborhood > > Contest". People start to clean their surroundings > > more often, put new > > paint on the wall and fences, erect some bamboo > > poles equiped with > > running lights or long colorful flags, plant a lot > > of decorative > > plants and flowers, and more. On a chosen day, group > > of juries make > > judgements about which neighborhood is the most > > beautiful and tidiest, > > which become the winner. The winning neighborhood > > will receive prizes > > and/or a cup from the committee. > > This made me think of how cool it would be if we did > this in US cities! I can definitely imagine San Fran > would have been so much less gross. :-) And it builds > community and relations with your neighbors, which we > so lack anymore. > > > > -- Leslie O. > > > "I did nothing, and it was everything I thought it would be!" > > --Ron Livingston in Office Space > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V10 #169 ****************************