Happy Easter 2011

HAPPY EASTER ALL

Thanks,

Nila -MJ-

Kartini day

halo Nijmegeners,

today (April 21) is the kartini day.

So today, pipin want to share with you the story of kartini. Enjoy it ^^

Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904) is credited with starting the move for women's emancipation in Java, an island then controlled by Holland as part of the Netherlands Indies (now Indonesia). Born to the aristocracy, Kartini was privileged to be able to attend Dutch colonial schools, but was forced to quit at an early age due to Islamic law at the time. At the age of 24, she was married to a man twice her age who already had three wives. Kartini wrote letters to her friends in Holland protesting the treatment ofwomen in Java, the practice of polygamy, and of the Dutch suppression of the island's native population. Decades later, the Indonesian state constitution promised gender equality to all its citizens, and Kartini Day continues to be celebrated on April 21 to commemorate Kartini's contribution to women's rights.

Kartini was born on April 21, 1879, in Mayong village near of Jepara, a town located in the center of the island of Java. She was born into the Javanese priyayi, or aristocracy; her father was Jepara mayor Raden Mas Adipati Ario Sosroningrat. Kartini was one of 12 children born to Raden's several wives.

Educated at Dutch Schools

As a child, Kartini was very active, playing and climbing trees. She earned the nickname "little bird" because of her constant flitting around. A man of some modern attitudes, her father allowed her to attend Dutch elementary school along with her brothers. The Dutch had colonized Java and established schools open only to Europeans and to sons of wealthy Javanese. Due to the advantages of her birth and her intellectual inclination, Kartini became one of the first native women allowed to learn to read and write in Dutch.

Despite her father's permission to allow her a primary education, by Islamic custom and a Javanese tradition known as pingit, all girls, including Kartini, were forced to leave school at age 12 and stay home to learn homemaking skills. At this point, Kartini would have to wait for a man to ask for her hand in marriage. Even her status among the upper class could not save her from this tradition of discrimination against women; marriage was expected of her. For Kartini, the only escape from this traditional mode of life was to become an independent woman.

Promoted Nationalist Movement

Fearful of losing control over their island territory, the Dutch colonialists believed that knowledge of European languages and education could a be dangerous tool in the hands of the native Javanese. Consequently, they suppressed the activities of the native people, keeping them as peasants and plantation laborers, while at the same time counting on the Javanese nobility to support them in their rule over the region. Only a few of the nobility, Kartini's father included, were taught the Dutch language. Kartini believed that once the Europeans introduced Western culture to the island, they had no right to limit the desire of native Javanese to learn more. Clearly, by the late nineteenth century there was talk of independence. With her letters and her egalitarian fervor, Kartini can be said to have started the modern Indonesian nationalist movement.

Kartini was not proud of being set apart from her countrymen as one of the privileged few of the aristocracy. In her writings she described two types of nobility, one of mind and one of deed. Simply being born from a noble line does not make one great; a person needs to do great deeds for humanity to be considered noble.

Wrote Letters to Holland

From 1900 to 1904 Kartini stayed home from school in according to the dictates of Javanese tradition; she found an outlet for her beliefs in letters she wrote in Dutch and sent to her friends in Holland. Kartini was unique in that she was a woman who was able to write; what set her apart even further was her rebellious spirit and her determination to air concerns that no one, not even men, were publicly discussing.

Kartini wrote to her European friends about many subjects, including the plight of the Javanese citizenry and the need to improve their lot through education and progress. She recounts how Javanese intellectuals were put in their place if they dared to speak Dutch or to protest. She also describes the restrictive world she lived in, rife with hierarchy and isolationism. In 1902 Kartini wrote to one letter, to Mrs. Ovink-Soer, that she hoped to continue her education in Holland so that she could prepare for a future in which she could make such education accessible to all women.

Kartini is most known for writing letters in which she advocates the need to address women's rights and status, and to loosen the oppressive Islamic traditions that allowed discrimination against women. She protests against education restricted to males of the nobility, believing that all Javanese, male and female, rich and poor, have the right to be educated in order to choose their own destiny. Women especially are not allowed to realize their calling. As Nursyahbani Katjasungkana commented in the Jakarta Post, "Kartini knew and expounded the concept that women can make choices in any aspect of their lives, careers, and personal matters."

Opened School for Girls

Rather than remaining submissive and compliant, like a good Javanese daughter, the unconventional Kartini often had disagreements with her father, and it is believed that her family was, consequently, eager to marry her off. On November 8, 1903, she obeyed her father and married Raden Adipati Joyoadiningrat, the regent of Rembang. Joyoadiningrat was a wealthy man of age 50 who already had three wives and a dozen children. Kartini - who was, at 24 years of age, considered too old to marry well - found herself a victim of polygamy. She was devastated by the marriage, which ended her dream of studying abroad just as she was awarded a scholarship to study in Europe.

Despite the marriage, in 1903 Kartini was able to take a first step toward achieving women's equality by opening a school for girls. With aid from the Dutch government Kartini established the first primary school in Indonesia especially for native girls regardless of their social standing. The small school, which was located inside her father's house, taught children and young women to read and make handicrafts, dispensed Western-style education, and provided moral instruction. At this time, Kartini also published the paper "Teach the Javanese."

Kartini's enthusiasm at educating Indonesian girls was short lived. On September 17, 1904, at the age of 25, she died while giving birth to her son. Kartini is buried near a mosque in Mantingan, south of Rembang.

Letters Ultimately Published

Kartini's legacy is found in the many letters she wrote to friends in Holland. In 1911 a collection of her Dutch letters was published posthumously, first in Java and then in Holland as Door Duisternis tot Licht: Gedachten Over en Voor Het Javanese Volk ("From Darkness to Light: Thoughts about and on Behalf of the Javanese People"). The book was then translated into several languages, including French, Arabic, and Russian, and in 1920 was translated by Agnes Louis Symmers into English as Letters of a Javanese Princess. In 1922 Armijn Pane finally translated the book into the Javanese language under the title Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang ("After Darkness, Light Is Born"), which he based on a verse found in both the Bible and the Qur'an in which God calls people out of the darkness and into the light. More recently, Kartini's granddaughter, Professor Haryati Soebadio, re-translated the letters and published them as Dari Gelap Menuju Cahaya, meaning "From Darkness into Light."

Kartini's letters spurred her nation's enthusiasm for nationalism and garnered sympathy abroad for the plight of Javanese women. Syrian writer Aleyech Thouk translated From Darkness into Light into Arabic for use in her country, and in her native Java Kartini's writings were used by a group trying to gain support for the country's Ethical Policy movement, which had been losing popularity. Many of Kartini's admirers established a string of "Kartini schools" across the island of Java, the schools funded through private contributions.

Kartini's beliefs and letters inspired many women and effected actual change in her native Java. Taking their example, women from other islands in the archipelago, such as Sumatra, also were inspired to push for change in their regions. The 1945 Constitution establishing the Republic of Indonesia guaranteed women the same rights as men in the areas of education, voting rights, and economy. Today, women are welcome at all levels of education and have a broad choice of careers. Kartini's contributions to Indonesian society are remembered in her hometown of Jepara at the Museum Kartini di Jepara and in Rembang, where she spent her brief married life, at the Museum Kartini di Rembang.

Kartini Day Declared National Holiday

In Indonesia, April 21, Kartini's birthday, is a national holiday that recognizes her as a pioneer for women's rights and emancipation. During the holiday women and girls don traditional clothing to symbolize their unity and participate in costume contests, cook-offs, and flower arrangement competitions. Mothers are allowed the day off as husbands and fathers do the cooking and housework. Schools host lectures, parades are held, and the women's organization Dharma Wanita specially marks the holiday.

In more recent years criticism has arisen regarding the superficial observance of Kartini Day. Many now chose not to commemorate it, and it has increasingly been eliminated from school calendars. What saddens historians and activists is that Kartini has become a forgotten figure for the younger generation, who cannot relate to the achievements she wrought in a repressive society that is now almost forgotten. Historians have also debated the role Kartini herself played in promoting women's emancipation. Other than her letters, some have argued that she was a submissive daughter, feminine but not necessarily a feminist.

Kartini Song

Ibu Kita Kartini

Ibu kita Kartini, putri sejati
Putri Indonesia, harum namanya

Wahai Ibu kita Kartini, putri yang mulia
Sungguh besar cita-citanya bagi Indonesia

Ibu kita Kartini, pendekar bangsa
Pendekar kaumnya untuk merdeka

Wahai Ibu kita Kartini, putri yang mulia
Sungguh besar cita-citanya bagi Indonesia

A Legacy in Film

The film biography R. A. Kartini was produced to highlight her efforts to promote women's emancipation and education. Based on her published letters as well as memoirs written by friends, the film presents the two aspects of Kartini's life: her brief public life which had minimal effect, and her letters which, after her death, had profound influence on women all over the world. The film, written and directed by Indonesian filmmaker Sjuman Djaya, recreates Kartini's family life, ambitions, and the historical context of life under Dutch colonialism. Kartini is also remembered through businesses inspired by her vision. Kartini International, based in Ontario, Canada, advocates for women's education and rights, and won the 2000 Canadian International Award for Gender Equality Achievement for its work.

Books

Kartini, R. A., Letters from Kartini: An Indonesian Feminist, 1900-1904, Monash Asia Institute, 1994.

- , On Feminism and Nationalism: Kartini's Letters to Stella Zeehandelaar, 1899-1903, Monash Asia Institute, 1995.

Palmier, Leslie, Indonesia, Walker & Co., 1965.

have a nice day. :D

thanks,

Nila -MJ-

Source: Copas dari website tetangga

Tempat Tinggal di Nijmegen

hallo teman2 PPIN,

udah lama nih blog Pipin tidak mengeluarkan posting baru...:D

nah...sekarang Pipin mau bagi-bagi informasi untuk teman-teman Nijmegenerz tentang tempat tinggal di Nijmegen. Sebenarnya banyak pilihan tempat tinggal di Nijmegen. Antara lain:

• Teman2 bisa menyewa kamar di salah satu rumah dari keluarga yang tinggal di Nijmegen
• Menyewa kamar yang disediakan oleh student house association di Nijmegen (SSHN).
• Menyewa studio atau rumah
• Selain pilihan itu, teman2 juga bisa stay di Hotel Radboud.

Kesempatan juga terbuka lebar untuk teman2 yang ingin menyewa kamar salah satu teman2 pipin jika mereka menawarkan kamarnya.

Jadi mencari tempat tinggal di Nijmegen bukan merupakan hal yang sulit. Banyak cara dan jalan untuk tempat tinggal di Nijmegen, sekarang keputusan ada di tangan teman2. ^^

Have a nice day :D

thanks,

Nila -MJ-

winter wonderland?

This winter has started early and is accompanied by generous snow shower and snowstorm lately. Today I was out of my room and found out that the virgin snow is at least 20cm thick! It was beautiful, really! And I saw some children playing on sleds. I might want to make a snowman later ;) However on the dark side, the bus lines has stopped for today and the thickness of the snow (and if the snow melts; the slippery ice) has made biking difficult. Not to mention, the cold!

vossendijk, nijmegen. as captured by eugin on 19 December 2010, 21:30.

weather forecast as seen on weer.nl. Hoping for a friendlier winter, no?

take care, everyone!
-bella

Netherland Trivia 2 (belanja ala student)

Edisi yang baru nih…Kali ini mengenai tempat2 buat beli kebutuhan sehari-hari di Nijmegen… Nah ini sekilas infonya…Enjoy ;)
(blue texts are links to relevant websites)

Supermarket disini menurutku agak berbeda dengan yang di Indonesia yang serba ada (alias semua barang dijual), dari kebutuhan untuk ujung rambut sampai ujung kaki haha…Nah disini lebih diatur sedikit lah…
Beberapa toko memiliki merek untuk produk tertentu…Contohnya aja merek “markant” dari supermarket EM-TE, “Euro shopper” dari Albert Heijn, dll…Kita lihat lebih lanjutnya….

Kalau kalian mencari sesuatu untuk mengisi perut…Nah carinya disini nih…Ini aku urut dari yang menurut kami paling murah ke yang paling lumayan menguras kantong… Aldi dan Lidl, 2 supermarket chain dari Jerman, barang2nya relatif murah, tapi variasi terbatas. Untuk supermarket lainnya, mereka menawarkan variasi dan kualitas yg lebih OK, jadi harga2 cenderung lebih mahal. Kalian bisa search di website masing2 untuk alamat2 supermarket di dekat rumah kalian (cari dan klik di tulisan Winkels or cari di google map)…

1. Aldi


2. lidl

3. C1000
Kalo yg senang daging, C1000 tempat yang cocok, soalnya daging2nya relatif murah dan kualitasnya baik, sering ada diskon pula ;)
Sint Jacobslaan 500, 6533 VZ Nijmegen, Netherlands‎ -024 3593710‎



4. EMTE Hatertseweg 835, 6535 ZT Nijmegen, Netherlands‎ -024 3527320‎

5. Super de boer
Steenbokstraat 36, 6531 TH Nijmegen, Netherlands‎ -024 3550602

6. Albert Heijn
Albert Heijn bisa ditemukan dengan mudah, salah satu supermarket Belanda yang hampir ada di mana-mana. Walaupun barang-barang di Albert Heijn bisa dibilang 'menguras kantong', tapi kualitasnya memang bagus. Dan jangan kecele dulu, Albert Heijn sebenarnya juga menawarkan merk Euro Shopper, dengan harga yang miring tentunya :D Sint Jacobslaan 61, 6533 BP Nijmegen, Netherlands‎ -024 3558422‎

Nanti kalian bisa lihat kalau ada yang murah dan mahal, padahal jenis barangnya sama

Nah pentingnya sering melihat website itu karena setiap minggu masing2 supermarket bisa memberi diskon tertentu...Meskipun kita juga bisa lihat di selebaran yang disediakan di dalam supermarket itu...Kalau kalian melihat tulisan "aanbiedingen" atau “prijsverlagingen” atau “goedkoper” atau “acties” itu saatnya SERBUUUU....haha karena itu artinya lagi diskon or potongan harga, biasanya bisa murah sekali. But don’t forget to compare it with other supermarket... Beberapa dari kami yang ada disini kalau belanja lihat di website dahulu mana yang lagi diskon Karena bedanya lumayan, maklum mahasiswa maunya irit. Hem...Mengenai kualitas, kualitas daging di c1000 dan emte terkenal lumayan baik, apalagi kalau em-te lagi diskon, jadi murah karena itu ditunggu2. Kalau Super de boer dan Albert heijn...Yah gak usah dibilang lagi karena tergolong mahal, kualitas memang baik....

Selain supermarket2 itu ada juga toko2 turki, Indonesia, Asia, India, dll. Mereka juga ada yang jual sayur,dan buah...Menurutku lumayan segar2...Paling banyak variasi kalau kalian ke centrum...
Contoh toko Indonesia dan toko Asia:

1. Rinus
Steenbokstraat 18-20
Nijmegen
Gelderland
6531 TG
Nederland

Disini selain menjual bahan makanan juga menjual makanan jadi...Nah kalau kalian mencari petai, tempe, daun jeruk purut...haha di supermarket yang diatas tidak ada...Kalian carinya harus di toko-toko Indonesia atau internasional lainnnya...

2. Palee (di centrum, dekat terminal bus Plein1944)
Houtstraat Nijmegen

3. Weuro (di centrum, seberang HEMA)
Augustijnen 6511 KA Nijmegen

Selain toko2 diatas masih ada beberapa yang lain yang bisa kalian temukan…Sekian untuk bahan makanannya…Kita beralih untuk kebutuhan yang lain…Kalau kalian butuh obat2an (yang ringan2), vitamin, shampoo, sabun, make-up, snack ringan, coklat…
Kalian bisa ke kruidvat… Butuh barang2 rumah tangga, seperti blender, strikaan, pel, bantal, baterai, dll...
Blokker lah tempatnya...


Atau kalian bisa ke HEMA (kalian kalau mencari pakaian dalam ada disini. juga tersedia alat-alat tulis dgn harga relatif murah, alat-alat perlengkapan sepeda, make-up.. macam-macam lah pokoknya )

Etos
Semua toko2 diatas jam buka dan tutupnya tidak sama seperti di Indonesia loh…So make sure that you check it before you go…Cari di dan klik di tulisan openingstijden…
Rata2 mereka buka jam 8.30 pagi sampai jam 6an petang…. Disini toko2 tutup kalau minggu, hanya hari2 tertentu yang minggu buka (namanya koopzondag) hanya 1x sebulan, jadwal koop zondag kalian bisa lihat disini http://www.koopzondagen.net/koopzondag/Nijmegen.html.
Tiap kamis semua toko buka sampai malam, namanya koopavond. Untuk supermarket di centrum (kota) dan stasiun, mereka biasanya buka sampai malam tiap hari, tetapi dengan konsekuensi harga yang jauh lebih mahal.

Selain itu di Nijmegen ada yang namanya Pasar Terbuka (Open Market)

Open market terdapat di sepanjang jalan Grotemarkt, Burchtstraat sampai kelfkenbos (Centrum). Grote Markt (Open Market) adalah pasar terbuka yang digelar di Centrum 2 kali seminggu, yaitu hari Senin dan Sabtu. Pada pagi hari (08.00-14.00), Kalian bisa menemukan sayur-sayuran, buah-buahan, ikan, telur, dan tanaman. Jangan lupa makanan khas Netherland...HARING...If you don’t try it then you haven’t gone to Netherland Kebutuhan sehari-hari (gembok, shampo, baju, tas, baterai, kain, dll) digelar siang hingga sore hari (10.00-17.00). Selain itu ada juga Flea market setiap hari Senin jam 08.00-12.00 di St. Stevenskerk.

Sekian dulu buat keterangan tentang supermarketnya…Semoga bisa membantu kalian semua…Kalau masih ada yang kurang jelas kalian bisa bertanya pada PPIN tentunya…

Cheers,
Stella (The Student Affairs Department)
NB: Sorry if there are mistyped and wrong informations. Namanya juga manusia =p
16Maret 2010. Sampai jumpa di edisi lainnya…

Netherlands Trivia I (must-visit-place-adam-rodam-denhaag)

Buat teman2 yang ingin tahu tempat2 wisata di Belanda…Ini berdasarkan pengalaman kami yang disini…Kalian bisa cek langsung ke websitenya…Selamat menikmati =p
(texts in blue are links to relevant websites)

Amsterdam

1. Volendam

(dermaga laut/pelabuhan dan tempat kita bisa foto dengan baju khas belanda dan jalan2 naik kapal keliling2)

Dari central stasiun Amsterdam naik bus arriva jurusan Edam, berhenti di Volendam. Bus nomor 110 atau 116 atau 118. Harga tiket 6euro perorang (harga 2009/2010), ini tiket pulang pergi pakai tiket 6euro itu.

2. Red Light district

Tempat yang harus dikunjungi, karena Belanda terkenal dengan free prostitution, free drugs, and old building =)

Kalian bisa lihat “dagangan” mereka, kalau lagi jualan, warna lampunya merah (namanya juga red light district)…Jauh berbeda dengan di Indonesia tentunya…Hanya hati2 saja dengan pencopet…Kalian akan bisa ditawari drugs dijalan haha…So beware >_<

Cara kesana dari stasiun Amsterdam central tinggal jalan...Ini juga dekat dengan china town dan gay street (tempat mayoritas gay berkumpul)…

3. Museum yang terkenal...

Van Gogh Museum

Famous painter from Netherland =)

Paulus Potterstraat 7
1071 CX Amsterdam, Netherlands
020 5705200

Anne Frank Museum

Kalian yang suka sejarah pasti tahu tempat ini…Museum ini selalu dipenuhi pengunjung, kadang bisa antri sampai 2 jam sebelum masuk =( Tapi worthed kok…

Prinsengracht 267 Amsterdam 1016 GV The Netherlands

Museum lilin (Madame Tussaud)

Dam 20, 1012 NP Amsterdam. Dari stasiun amsterdam central kalian bisa jalan ke tempat museumnya...

Den Haag

1. Madurodam

By train
Take the train to The Hague and travel by tram or bus.
Madurodam can be reached from Den Haag Central Station: tram 9 or bus 22, in direction Scheveningen, stop in Madurodam

2. Tong-tong Fair

19 to 30 May 2010 in The Hague (Ini buka tiap tahun, bulan nya sekitar Mei)

Buat yang kangen sama Indonesia, disini ada banyak kuliner, batik, bahan makanan dan minuman khas Indonesia…Tapi ada juga dari tempat lain seperti India, Malasia (Mayoritas dari Indo tapi ada negara2 Asia lain)… Address: Malieveld, Den Haag

3. Pantai Scheveningen

Dari Den Haag Central Station: tram 9 or bus 22, ke jurusan Scheveningen…

Belanda itu Negara yang tidak punya gunung…Jadi berbanggalah kita di Indonesia yang punya banyak gunung =p Tetapi mereka punya pantai2 yang bersih loh…Salah satunya ini…

4. Kaeukenhof (tulip)

Opening times 2010: (Ini buka tiap tahun sekitar bulan Maret sampai April)
18 March to 16 May (inclusive)

Daily from 08:00 – 19:30.
(Ticket office closes at 18:00).
Adress: Stationsweg 166a
2161 AM LISSE
The Netherlands

Letaknya antara Amterdam dan Den Haag…

Rotterdam

1. Kinderdijk

banyak kincir angin yang terkenal di belanda, kita lihatnya menggunakan kapal kecil menyusuri sungai

Nederwaard 1, 2961 AS Kinderdijk

By public transportation.
In the Netherlands, take the train to either Rotterdam Centraal or Utrecht Centraal. In Rotterdam, take the subway to Rotterdam-Zuid and take the bus. From Utrecht Centraal you can hop on a bus right at the station.

2. Deeltapark Neeltjejans

Belanda terkenal dengan bendungannya…disini kalian bisa lihat langsung dengan menggunakan kapal ferry besar…Ini juga merupakan themepark, kalau di Indo ini mirip seaworld, Ancol… Ada teater 3D nya, museum kerang, prosotan air besar, whale museum, dll…

Deltapark Neeltje Jans
Eiland Neeltje Jans
Faelweg 5
4354 RB VROUWENPOLDER

Masih banyak tempat2 lain yang bisa kalian kunjungi selain tempat2 diatas, ini cuma sebagian aja...

So welcome in Netherland friends, selamat mencari yang ingin kalian cari and have fun… Feel free to ask us. Kita akan senang hati membantu semampu kita =)

Cheers,

Stella (The Student Affairs Department)

NB: Sorry if there are mistyped and wrong informations. Namanya juga manusia =p

15Maret 2010. Tunggu edisi lainnya…