Tiger appearances : An ecological message

Rakyat Bengkulu, leading local newspaper, yesterday (27/05/11) reported that during the last one month the villagers in the sub-district Padang Bane, Municipality of Lebong, have caught insight the appearance of Sumatera Tiger (Panthera tigris Sumatrae) as many as three appearances around the sub-district.  It was on Wednesday, May 25, 2001,  Suarnardi and his wife were extremely shocked when they open their door around 07.00 a.m. and surprisingly found a tiger of 2.5 m length and 1.25 m height  was sitting lousily in their veranda.  The tiger left the house then, went back to the forest and ignored the crowd of the villagers. 

Car free day at Pantai Panjang

Every Sunday morning at Pantai Panjang, the beautiful beach in the city of Bengkulu, from 05.30 - 09.30 a.m is assigned to be a car free day. The car free zone spans from the intersection Horizon hotel to the corner of Bengkulu Indah Mall, takes about two kilo meters in length. This area covers the sport center areas, where many sport facilities are presented, such volley ball, tennis, soccer, futsal, basket, takraw, jogging tracks, etc. Many people enjoy this policy to safely take opportunity doing sports. Some people prefer to take a walk with their family along the road, or along the jogging track, or along the beach.  Some others play their favorite sports with friends, while others kill their time by cycling.  Visitors admit that this session is a very good policy and expect that there will be more coverage of car free day areas, or car free time in this city.

Words of the day : 'Happiness'

Happiness does not depend on what we have, but it does depend on how we feel toward what we have. We can be happy with little, and miserable with much (W.D. Hoard).

Kebahagiaan tidak ditentukan oleh apa yang kita miliki, tetapi oleh bagaimana kita menikmati apa yang kita miliki. Kita bisa bahagia dengan memiliki sedikit, dan kita bisa sengsara dengan memiliki banyak.

Happiness is a concious choice, not an automatic response (Mildred Barthel).

Kebahagiaan adalah pilihan hidup yang sengaja kita pilih dengan kesadaran untuk bahagia (proaktif), bukan merupakan respon yang spontan (reaktif).

Tapi yang pasti bahwa "kebahagiaan merupakan perjalanan menuju kebahagiaan, bukan tujuan akhir"

Curup : cool n cozy upland town

You might have heard about a small town named Curup, an upland town in the province of Bengkulu. Curup is the capital town of Rejang Lebong Municipality and located along the Bukit Barisan mountain, at the altitude from 650 meters to 2000 meters above sea level (3°27'35"S 102°31'11"E) . 

Pengumuman SNMPTN Jalur Undangan 2011

Lulusan SMA/SMK yang baru saja lulus Ujian Nasional dan Ujian Sekolah yang telah mendaftarkan diri untuk ikut SNMPTN jalur Undangan akan dapat melihat pengumuman hasil SNMPTN 2011 jalur undangan secara lengkap dapat dilihat di laman SNMPTN (http://www.snmptn.ac.id)

Mudah-mudahan anda semuanya sukses...

Bencoolen

Bencoolen? does it mean something?  At the present time, the word of Bencoolen is well known as Bengkulu. If the word of Bencoolen was an English-like word, this word must have referred to something. It is speculated that the word of 'Bencoolen' was originally an abbreviation for  a 'land' that had so many 'coal' in a 'bent' areas. 'Bent' explained that the topographic of Bengkulu, which  is dominantly classified as hilly topography. So, people in the past simply marked this area as a 'bent coal land', which was later accidentally abbreviated Bencoolen'. Does it really make sense? Well, at least this article try to explain something.  

Pantai Panjang: The most beautiful beach in Bengkulu

zie, 2011

Pantai Panjang, means 'long beach' is the most beautiful beach in the Province of Bengkulu. It lies almost 7 km along the city beach facing the blue Indian Ocean. You will be impressed with the white sand, blue skies, white waves as well as the nice pine trees grown along the beach. This beach is also equipped with many affordable hotels, shopping center, sport facilities and beautiful scenery of sunset. 

UniB Share the Earth

That is the vision of Universitas Bengkulu (UniB) Composting  Unit, the 29^th World University ranking  (UI Greenmetric). Rector UniB officially launched the establishment of this  strategic unit on Friday , May 7^th 2011. This launching was also attended by the Governor of Province of Bengkulu, and other relevant important stakeholders.  The existence of this unit is in line with the UniB’s  commitment to implement the  zero waste concept in this green campus by composting all organic wastes, including paper and plant parts (leaves and twigs) in order to produce organic fertilizers.This unit also will recycle the paper wastes to reuse the paper for envelopes and paper bags.

Rice paddy along the Ketahun River

zie, 2011

This is a rice paddy along the Ketahun river in The Municipality of  Lebong. Lebong rice used to be very popular in the past. Since the last five years, the local government have tried to bring back its status as one of leading rice producers in the province. The local government encourages the farmers (which I prefer to say planters) to plant the rice twice a year.   

Bencoolen Street

zie, 2011

You don’t need to get confused, this is not a street in Singapore, it is a street in the city Bengkulu instead. This is a four km street  in the city of Bengkulu, connecting  Tapak Padri  to Sungai Hitam via Pasar Bengkulu, stretching along the beach, facing the Indian Ocean.  Don’t ask why Singapore has similar name  of Bencoolen for its street.  In the past, The British made an exchange with The Dutch. They handed over the area of Bencoolen, later known as Bengkulu,  to The Dutch to get the  island of Singapore.  Cruel huh..? I meant  .. cool huh..?. They simply exchanged  the people, the nature and everything in these two areas, just  like two kids make a toy exchange.

Ecology: Concepts and Applications

This a book for everyone, not necessary for students studying natural science. It presents the concept of ecology using very easy and concise ways to understand. I would say that this book is not only particularly useful for the students and the educators, but also for policy makers.  The  readers will have better perspectives to properly manage the natural resources.

The population of Sumatra Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is less than 100?

That number represents the estimated population of Sumatra tiger in the Bukit Barisan Rejang Selatan, portion of Bukit Barisan National Park in the province of Bengkulu.  Today, Bengkulu Ekspress, local leading newspaper, reports that a survey conducted by the Wildlife Conservation Society of Indonesia since 2007 revealed that the number of Sumatra tiger in that area is estimated to be less than 100 tigers.

Pekal : an ethnic group in Bengkulu

I believe very few people realize that there is another ethnic group who live in the Province of Bengkulu, i.e. the people of Pekal.  This ethnic group, accounts approximately 30.000 people (2000 cencus), mainly lives along the river of Ketahun, in the Municipality of North Bengkulu, along the border with the province of Jambi and the province West Sumatera.

Environmental Science : Toward a Sustainable Future

If you want to love this planet even more than you do, you must read this book. The global environmental issues are presented in a very easy way to understand with coloring pictures.  This eleventh edition is really a book for everyone, makes everyone to think more about our lovely planet, the earth, and, each in your way , you will know better what you can do to strengthen a peaceful future for human being.

Environmental Science

Book of inspiration to encourage critical thinking. Provide you better knowledge of how member of ecosystems should properly played their individual roles. Readers are expected to have better strategies to maintain the ecosystem's equilibrium and in the long term will  sustain the natural resources. This book is very good for the students  as it has been been updated with new learning tools, the latest content, and an enhanced art program.