Educated Scavengers

Just a flashback story a few years back when I took advanced studies in Japan. Before deployed in several universities according to their choice, or chosen by the scholarship, we are all included intensive Japanese language course for 6 months in International Student Institute (Kokusai Gakuyuukai Nihongo Gakko) area Shinjuku, Tokyo. It’s quite easy to adapt to our environment, culture, and everything new. Feelings of loneliness in the land of people by itself eroded, because of togetherness that exists and has the same fate.

Before we left for Japan, some friends there who consulted on the Indonesian students who are already settled there on tips on pre-departure and after arrival in Japan. Thank God they give it in detail, so that the preparation of each of us is good enough. One tip is quite laughable when it arrived in Japan, after the Shubuh prayers, go around, because usually the Japanese always throw things that are not used at night, either electronic equipment, completeness of cooking, shoes, and others. If you are lucky, we can get items that are very suitable to be used: D

These tips are not just a figment, because some times my friends find items suitable to be used and in good condition, such as radio, television, video, and others. Not bad, without having to spend money, we get the goods as required. I personally also follow these tips. In the aforementioned shoes, TV, radio still very good and worthy life I have found. Although secondhand goods being sold again in Japan is relatively cheap, but finding free product like this has caused a sensation ecstatic: D. There is a ridiculous comment among our Indonesian students in Japan that the PPI stands for Persatuan Pemulung Indonesia (Scavengers Association of Indonesian) : D since after Shubuh Prayers scavenged items as needed

I was in Japan between the span of years 2001 to 2004. It was this habit is still going on. I do not know whether this scavenging activity still exists or not .

Think outside the box

A few days ago when I was praying in a mosque campus, I was glued to a post on one’s clothes, that is thinking outside the box. Sentences that are so simple but it contains a very deep meaning. Thinking outside the box or thinking out of the box literally think outside the box beyond the limits specified. In wikipedia this sentence be interpreted as follows:

“To think differently, unconventionally or from a new perspective. Often this phrase refers to the novel or creative thinking “

If I may add, do not just think outside the boundaries and customs of the people, but also followed by concrete actions that not everyone can afford to do it. In the scope of research fields, for example, a researcher is required to think critically of previous studies to find something new that other people have never done before. Thinking outside the limits of the ability of people in general to produce good work if not phenomenal.

A few days ago I read a friend’s FB status that the President of Indonesia tend to be reactive and act quickly when issues arise with regard to himself. But otherwise very slow in responding to issues that do not tie him directly. Of course he did, because the president also human, just like we as a people. But when he was supposed to be the number one in Indonesia, he should no longer regarded as human beings. He is required to think and act outside the habits of the people in general. His name was ruler, he certainly has the privilege of being selected by some of the people of Indonesia. It is appropriate for people demanding his thinking and acting outside the box.

Gtalk Chat Badge on WordPress

WordPress bloggers generally want a chat on his blog. WordPress provides a Meebo widget that allows bloggers to interact online with readers. There is also Yahoo Messenger that lets the reader know the online status of the blog owner. But this time I will share how to display the Google Talk chat badge on wordpress.

The initial steps, you can click the link below create gtalk chat badge. Then sign in using a user account belongs to you. There will be display like the following picture

Click the Edit tab to make your display settings. There are several options on the Style. For the free wordpress, you can only choose the style without frames. Examples of “hyperlink and status icon (no frame)”. Once completed, you can press the “update badge”. HTML code that is generated then you copy and paste in text widgets in wordpress. It is easy, isn’t it? The reader will be able to chat when you are in a state of “Available” status.

Good luck …!

Plurk Widget on WordPress

Not like that self-hosting wordpress blog or paid, free wordpress not capable of displaying plurk widget by copy and paste the HTML code embedded antecedent generated from your plurk account. If you are blogging using blogspot hosting, and even then very easy to display a timeline of your Plurk status simply by pressing a button will be linking directly to a blogspot. You can just enter a user name and password.

For the free wordpress, how to copy and paste the HTML code generated from your user account can not be done. The simplest way is by doing copy and paste the HTML code image plurk. But unfortunately, this is not capable of displaying status plurk timeline. So it is only a visual image, which when clicked will link to your Plurk account. If you want to display status updates from the Plurk, you can use RSS feeds in wordpress widget with the following steps:

1. Find RSS feeds for your plurk account. Usually by adding “. Xml” on the profile site. Example: http://www.plurk.com/nasrullaharmi be http://www.plurk.com/nasrullaharmi.xml
2. Open the wordpress account, click on the widget, and move the RSS widget to the sidebar as desired.
3. Edit by incorporating RSS feeds from plurk profile, such as http://www.plurk.com/nasrullaharmi.xml
4. Set the display according to your desired option by checking the displayed
5. Completed

Text-only view of the current update statuses plurk.

Good luck