The Tube...

Hmm.. the tube, the popular name for the television (do TVs still use those tubes nowadays?). Anyway, there's been a lot of discussion on television shows in Indonesia, basically they stink. A lot of them tells the story of super rich super handsome guys whose only problem are super rich super beautiful girls. You're damn right I'm jealous of those guys :P.

A worse television idea is "Ari mencari PRT".. roughly translates too "Ari looking for a housemaid". The Housemaid will be paid 10.000.000 rupiah a month ($1200, which is a lot in Indonesia). Like the apprentice I guess, without Donald Trump, or any of the educational content the apprentice has.

A show I've been watching is Scrubs. It's a bit like Ally mcBeal for doctors, with the comedy and the drama. I was looking for a light comedy. Instead I found a wonderful drama about doctors and the problem that they face. It's very very humane, unlike Ally mcBeal which had absurd characters (not that I'm complaining, Ally is very funny too). The writing, the characters, absolutely brilliant....

Why isn't there a show like that in Indonesia? Is it too smart :)?

How can we be happy?

A friend sent me a story from one of the newspaper in Indonesia (it's in Indonesian).

It's basically about a 'pemulung', which means someones who goes through trash for a living, whose 3 1/2 years old child has died due to diarrhea (cholera? dehydration?). He doesn't have money rent an ambulance or car to take his daughter to bury her. So he took the body by the train. The person works for Rp. 10.000,- a day (Approximately $1.25).

When a big diaaster like a tsunami occurs. Our hearts are opened and we give generously. We must not forget however, that everyday small disasters, disasters of poverty occur every single day. How can we work, play, eat, knowing that someone and their children tragically can not even get a decent's day meal?