Flying from Singapore to Indonesia?

Disclaimer: Data presented was taken from Airframes.org. It may not be accurate to date. Any discrepancies please let me know by leaving comment. Pictures of the aircraft and logos were taken from various source.

Ronn
7 July 2008

Singapore and Indonesia Super Series 2008 Wrap Up

Turnamen Singapore Open dan Indonesia Open Super Series 2008 baru saja berakhir... Kedua turnamen ini sedikit kehilangan bobotnya karena absennya para pemain utama dari China, Korea Selatan, Indonesia, dan Malaysia. Namun satu ke-asyikan sendiri dalam mengamati kedua turnamen ini ialah kemunculan para pemain muda usia. Mereka memberikan peringatan awal bahwa mereka eksis dan di tahun-tahun mendatang akan menjadi bintang. Berikut adalah beberapa pemain Indonesia yang patut kita perhatikan:

1. Adrianti Firdasari

Firdasari adalah salah satu produk sukses dari Tim Uber Indonesia 2008. Saya melihat dia sebagai Susi Susanti Part II; dengan postur yang cukup tinggi dan jangkauan yang panjang membuat dia meng-cover lapangan dengan baik.... Buktinya? Firdasari berhasil menyingkirkan unggulan pertama Singapore Open 2008 Pi Hongyan dari Perancis... Sayang kiprahnya di Indonesia Open terhenti di babak pertama oleh Hwang Hye Youn dari Korea Selatan.

2. Pia Zebadiah Bernadet

Pia, yang adalah adik kandung pemain ganda putra kita Markis Kido, mengingatkan saya kepada Mia Audina. Posturnya yang agak kecil diimbangi dengan kelenturannya dalam menerima bola. Satu hal yang saya amati ialah kecerdikan dia menempatkan bola melalui pukulan-pukulan tipuan. Kecerdikannya inipun sempat dipuji oleh Susi Susanti, legenda bulutangkis Indonesia. Di Singapore Open 2008, Pia hampir saja memberikan kejutan dengan menundukkan unggulan ketiga Wnag Chen dari Hongkong.

3. Maria Kristin Yulianti

Membicarakan tunggal putri Indonesia tentu saja tidak lengkap tanpa menyebutkan Maria Kristin Yulianti. Kenapa? Di Indonesia Open, Maria berhasil menembus babak final dengan menundukkan Zhang Ning asal China. Di Final pun, dia memaksa unggulan pertama Lin Zhu bermain rubber-set. Jikalau saja lutut dia tidak bermasalah, bukan tak mungkin gelar Indonesia Open 2008 akan jatuh ke tanggan-nya.

4. Maria Febe Kusumastuti

Febe adalah pemain muda asal Klub Djarum. Dia sempat menjadi buah bibir di forum Badminton Central. Sempat memberikan perlawanan ketat, bahkan unggul 20-18 di set ketiga, Febe akhirnya harus mengakui keunggulan Pi Hongyan. Hampir saja Febe menambah mimpi buruk Pi akan pemain Indonesia. Saya percaya Maria Febe adalah salah satu tunggal putri masa depan Indonesia...

5. Vita Marisa / Lilyana Natsir

Vita dan Lili barangkali lebih ternama di nomor ganda campuran. Lilyana Natsir dengan Nova Widianto saat ini menempati posisi nomor 1 di dunia, sedangkan Vita Marissa bersama Flandy Limpele menduduki peringkat ke 4 dunia. Vita/Lili mengejutkan dunia dengan menundukkan ganda nomor 3 dunia Zhang Yawen/Wei Yili dari China di semifinal Indonesia Open sebelum akhirnya memastikan gelar juara dengan menundukkan Miyuki Maeda/Satoko Suetsuna dari Jepang. Hasil positif yang mudah-mudahan memberikan dorongan motivasi untuk ber-prestasi baik di Olimpiade Beijing 2008.

6. Greysia Polii / Jo Novita

Ganda Greysia Polii dan Jo Novita dikenal sebagai pasangan kecil-kecil cabe rawit. Dengan postur yang tidak cukup besar, hampir seluruh lapangan bisa di-cover dengan baik. Peringkat 16 dunia ini diharapkan bisa menjadi kejutan di masa yang akan datang.

7. Shendy Puspa Irawati / Meilina Jauhari

Pasangan ini memberikan kejuta besar di Indonesia Open 2008. Mereka menundukkan unggulan kedua Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota asal Jepang di babak kedua, lalu mengalahkan unggulan kedelapan Ha Jung Eun/Kim Min Jung asal Korea Selatan sebelum akhirnya terhenti di babak semifinal oleh ganda Jepang Miyuki Maeda/Satoko Suetsuna. Hasil yang fantastis mengingat mereka hanya menempati posisi ke-27 dunia. Pasangan ini dideskripsikan di Badminton Central sebagai pasangan yang penuh dengan energy. Modal awal untuk meraih kesuksesan.

8. Sony Dwi Kuncoro / Simon Santoso

Dua pemain tunggal Indonesia ini sudah membuktikan diri bahwa mereka patut diperhitungkan, bukan saja dibawah bayang-bayang Taufik Hidayat. Sony keluar sebagai juara Indonesia Open sedangkan Simon menjadi runner up baik di Singapore maupun Indonesia Open. Bukan tidak mungkin apabila akhirnya PBSI memutuskan mengirimkan Sony dan Simon ke Olimpiade Beijing (Simon menggantikan Taufik yang belakangan ini kehilangan form terbaiknya).

Ronn (23 Juni 2008)

Sumber foto dan data:
- Mas Wawan
- Zhang Qi
- Badminton Central
- Badminton World Federation
- Tournament Software

Group Pictures with Player and Official

Singapore Open 2008 Men Singles Runner-Up Simon Santoso


One-Half of Singapore Open 2008 Mixed Double Winner Lilyana Natsir


Indonesian Thomas Cup 2002 Legend and Simon Santoso's Coach : Hendrawan

Simon Mollyhaus and Anthony Hanssen from Denmark

FPI = Pengacau Keamanan

Beberapa hari yang lalu terjadi kerusuhan di Monas, Jakarta. Massa Aliansi Kebangsaan untuk Kebebasan Beragama and Berkeyakinan (AKK-BB) yang sedang mengadakan aksi mereka diserbu oleh massa FPI. Puluhan korban jatuh, mulai dari luka lecet, dagu yang sobek, sampai geger otak. Terlepas dari isu yang dipermasalahkan oleh FPI, saya sungguh tidak melihat hak apa yang memperbolehkan mereka melakukan tindakan anarkis tersebut. Salah seorang FPI bahkan menyatakan mereka tidak perlu meminta izin dari polisi untuk membubarkan massa AKK-BB.

Hal ini membawa ingatan saya ke bulan Ramadhan. Bulan suci bagi kaum Muslim ini dirusak ke-khusyukan-nya oleh massa FPI yang melakukan sweeping ke tempat-tempat hiburan. Atas nama agama mereka melakukan perusakkan properti, rakyat sipil pun banyak yang menjadi korban. Pertanyaan sama yang akan saya tanyakan ialah apa hak mereka?

Apakah mereka tidak mengetahui Indonesia adalah negara hokum yang berasaskan Pancasila? Apakah mereka tidak mengetahui bahwa fungsi keamanan sipil adalah tanggung jawab dari POLRI? Apakah FPI tidak mengetahui bagaimana cara manusia yang ber-adab menyelesaikan konflik dan masalah: dengan kayu dan batu, ataukan dengan dialog yang membangun? Pertanyaan berikut apakah hal-hal tersebut patut dilakukan oleh orang yang mengaku dirinya beragama?

Menurut saya pribadi, apa yang dilakukan FPI sudah mempermalukan Indonesia dan Islam. Citra Indonesia sebagai negara demokrasi yang terbesar di dunia menjadi tercoreng. Hal ini tentu saja memperburuk stabilitas keamanan dan ekonomi. Di satu pihak kita ingin menciptakan iklim yang kondusif untuk pembangunan, di lain pihak hal-hal yang dilakukan oleh FPI mengirimkan sinyal mengenai lemahnya rule of law di Indonesia. Di sisi yang lain, citra Indonesia sebagai negara berpenduduk Muslim terbanyak di dunia juga tercoreng. Apakah ini Islam yang diajarkan oleh Nabi Muhammad SAW? Saya terus terang lebih menghormati Islam dari Muhammadiyah dan ICMI yang menekankan pendekatan scholar daripada yang katanya Pembela Islam tapi geradak-geruduk mengacaukan keamanan?

Apa Solusinya? Saya pikir hanya satu solusi. POLRI harus menindak tegas massa FPI, tangkap semua yang terlibat dalam kerusuhan Monas. Para “jagoan” jalanan itu harus diberi pelajaran yang setimpal dengan perbuatannya. Saya setuju dengan Sdri Eva Sundari dari komisi III DPR yang menyatakan FPI harus dibubarkan. Lepaskan isu agama, saya pikir`teman-teman Muslim akan juga bertanya, apa hak mereka membawa nama Islam?

Ronn

June 2^nd 2008

Environmentally Friendly Day

Thomas and Uber Cup

It has been 1 week plus since Thomas and Uber Cup Campaign 2008. As predicted, China re-claim both trophies. They beat Korea 3-1 in Thomas Final and Indonesia 3-0 in Uber Final. I must say that they do deserved the title. We can see a quality different, especially by their Uber team.

Anyway, in this post I would like to extend my congratulation to Indonesian Uber Cup Team, coming as 5th seeded, left as runner-up. Superb courage and determination shown by entire team. I watched the final match against China, two thumbs up should be shown to womens pair Lilyana Natsir/Vita Marissa. They play superbly on the third set, forces the Chinese pair to play 15-15 after trailing 2-12 earlier in the game. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was there in the final match up. He shown support to Maria Kristin and team. The presence of Susi Susanti, 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist, has boost the moral of the team. Friendship and togetherness as the team can be seen throughout the campaign.

Indonesia's Thomas Cup team did well until the semifinal round. Korean youngster team has made the history to go through to final for the first time since 1949.

Indonesian supporter has also done their best to transform Istora Senayan to the host's heaven. Support, yell was given throughout the campaign.

Enough saying, below is the picture collage (with pictures taken from many sources) of TEAM INDONESIA:

INDONESIA, Runner-Up UBER CUP 2008

INDONESIA, Semifinalist THOMAS CUP 2008

Hope for Indonesia

Lion Air Has Made Indonesian Proud

I used to have a very bad impression toward Lion Air, all the delay and inconvenience associated with it. But not anymore....

For the past two days, one of the Indonesian student forum was discussing cheap airfare from Singapore to Jakarta and of course we mentioned Lion Air, the largest budget carrier in South East Asia. Lion Air transporting more than million passengers yearly.

While aircraft and airline industry in Indonesia wasn't their best for the past few years: Accidents, the closure of Adam Air, banning of Indonesian airlines from landing in EU, and lastly downsizing of PT Dirgantara Indonesia, Indonesia's own aircraft manufacturing company. LION AIR HAS MADE INDONESIA PROUD as launching partner of Boeing 737-900ER, the newest series of single aisle passenger plane. Lion has ordered 60 planes to be deployed in connecting Jakarta, capital of Indonesia with various other big cities in the region.

What I'll say is.... WELL DONE LION AIR!!!.... what a great relief after so many unfortunate events.... More info click here

Recycling Do's and Dont's

Following materials was adopted from NEA leaflet titled Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.

Acceptable for recycling:

1. Paper : Newspaper, computer printouts, writing paper, envelopes, brochures/pamplets, magazines, directories, books, cereal boxes, carton boxes, drink cartoons.

2. Can: Beverage cans (e.g. soft drink cans, soft drink bottles, beer cans) and steel cans (e.g. food cans)

3. Plastic: Mineral water bottles, soft drink bottles, juice bottles, detergent/milk containers

4. Glass: Glassware - jars, bottles, cups, bowls, containers

5. Clothes: All type of clothes

Not Acceptable for Recycling:

1. Paper: Paper contaminated by food waste, used tissue paper, sweet wrappers

2. Plastics: Used styrofoam and disposable plastic cups/containers

3. Glass: Light bulbs and window glass


When we don't recycle, we are wasting precious resources. But when we do, its amazing what they can be made into.

Remember: waste is not waste, waste is just misplaced resources...

Psalm 150

Praise the Lord
Praise God in this sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens

Praise him for his acts of power;
praise him for his surpassing greatness

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,
praise him with tambourine and dancing,
praise him with the strings and flute,
praise him with the clash of cymbals.

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord

Why Have You Chosen Me by Roger Strader

Why have You chosen me out of millions Your child to be

You know all the wrongs that I have done

Oh how could You pardon me, forgive my iniquities

To save me give Jesus Your son



Reff:
But Lord help me be what You want me to be

Your word I will strive to obey

My life I now give, for You I will live

And walk by Your side all the way



I am amazed to know that a God so great could love me so

Is willing and wanting to bless

His love is so wonderful, His mercy so bountiful

I can't understand it I confess

Badminton Update

It has been quite a while when I updated this blog.....

so here we are... badminton update...

On the latest rank issue by BWF.... Indonesia shuttlers secured no 1 spot in men double and mixed double. Although both Markis/Hendra and Nova/Lili failed to win All England and Swiss super series... points they got from both tournament is enough for them to got number 1 position in the ranks....

Below are the ranks taken from BWF Website

1. Mixed Double


















2. Men Doubles


















3. Men Singles












4. Women Doubles


















5. Women Singles

KKR Pemuda dan Remaja GRII Singapore 2008

Following post are meant to Indonesian due to the language used.

Teman-teman, pernakah kita berfikir kenapa manusia harus exist di dunia ini? Kenapa manusia harus diciptakan? Apakah dosa itu? Kenapa manusia harus jatuh dalam dosa dan binasa didalamnya? Masih adakah pengharapan di jaman yang semakin kacau ini???



Ingin tahu lebih banyak? Hadirilah:





























Minggu, 3 Februari 2008 di True Way Prebysterian Church, di sebelah Queenstown MRT.

Ronn

Malaysia Open Super Series 2008 Results

Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan cliched their 3rd concecutive super series title after defeating Denmark's Lars Paaske / Jonas Rasmussen in rubber set 21-10 20-22 and 21-18. This title ensure them world's number 1 in the BWF Men Doubles World Ranking following poor result got by current world no. 1 Koo/Tan from Malaysia.

Other semifinalist from Indonesia is world no.4 Chandra Wijaya/Tony Gunawan who were eleminated by Markis/Hendra.

Congrats!!

Full results.

All England 1990

Whole browsing You Tube I found this interesting clip of All England 1990 Woman Singles Final between Indonesia's Susi Susanti VS Huang Hua from China.

I found the match pretty entertaining especially those acrobatic moves performed by Susi Susanti....

Enjoy!!!







Ronn
~looking forward to Malaysia Super Series, next week....
*hope Indonesia's next Susi Susanti will be born soon..!!

A Little Step Toward Better Environment (2)

Happy New Year Guys!!!

Let us start this new year with new commitment toward better environment. This time is taken from a website about healthy lifestyle.

Lets save water and energy for the future generation by following these trip:

1. Time your shower. Keep it under 5 minutes.

2. Make it a habit not to leave the tap water running while you brush your teeth, wash your hands or even shaving.

3. Don’t run the hose while washing your car. Use a bucket of water and a quick hose rinse at the end.

4. Reduce the quantity of water flushed by your toilet.

Washing Vegetables

5. Wash vegetables and fruits in a bowl rather than under a running tap. Use the leftover water for watering house plants.

6. Always check that you have turned the faucets off tightly after each use.

7. Check for leaks and get them fixed immediately. Dripping taps can waste up to 4 litres of water a day.

8. Turn the water off while you shampoo and condition your hair.

9. When buying new appliances, look for efficient appliances that use as little water and energy as possible.

10. Sweep down the driveway to clean it instead of hosing it down.

Open Windows For Natural Light

11. During the day, make full use of natural lighting. Open curtains and shades.

12. Remember to clean or replace air filters, as clogged ones cause the units to run longer, hence using more energy.

13. When cooking, put a lid on the saucepan or pot so the contents heat quicker and you use less energy.

14. Opt for energy saving bulbs instead of ordinary ones.

15. Smaller is better. Cooking with small appliances use less energy. For example, think toaster oven over electric oven.

16. Run your washing machine on a full load. It saves more water and energy than running two half loads.

17. Switch off appliances such as TVs, stereos and computers when not in use, instead of leaving them on standby.

18. Avoid leaving the refrigerator door open. Each minute the door is open, it takes three minutes of energy to cool down again.

Primates of Indonesia

Wanna to know more about Siamang, Orangutan, or Macaques?

This is the right video for you:



Toward the end of the video, the narrator mentioned about how deforestation and medical research are proven to be harmful to these wonderful creatures... what should we do to protect them?

Stop deforestation could be one way, besides its effect of greenhouse gases emission and global warming, to stop deforestation could mean to conserved wildlife. The best if we can do reforestation. Salute goes to to Indonesia's Ministry of Environment for its reforestation program.... Thanks Mr. Witoelar (Indonesian Minister for Environment and the current chairperson of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) for the initiative.

I wish I can do something more than to spread the awareness...

Ronn
28 Dec 2007

Visit Indonesia Year 2008

Got this from youtube (posted by user maftuhin). I think this is a very good clip showcasing various tourism destination in Indonesia...

Here is another review by Anthony Bourdain from travel channel (consist of 5 parts):











Nice Video, isn't it?

So what are you waiting for? Visit our Ministry of Culture and Tourism website and find which kind of activities or attraction that fit you best, be it nature, sports, culinary, or culture.... you just choose and enjoy. I bet you wont regret it....

ENJOY INDONESIA, emerald of the equator!!!!

~in conjuction with Visit Indonesia Year 2008~
Ronn Goei
28 Dec 2007

Global Warming.... Do your part to prevent it!!

Save Environment...

Cheers Youth International 2007

Indonesian junior badminton players earn 11 finalist places and bring home four title from Cheers Youth International held in Singapore 17-22 December 2007.

Out of 15 events, four golds come from Ruseli Hartawan (Girl Single U-11), Jason Koeswondo/Ade Santoso (Boys Double U13), Ade Santoso (Boy Single U-13) and Nandang Saputra (Boy SIngle U-19).

Well Done Team Indonesia!!! Expect to see more of you in the coming years.


Full Results click here

Clean Sheet!!!

Great News!!!!

Indonesian Badminton Team did a great job in this Sea Games!! 7 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze... and that means clean sheet....

Indonesia's Womens Team especially made us proud by creating all-Indonesian Final both in women single and double match.

Full results taken from http://www.2007seagames.com.










Overall medals standing, Indonesia still stuck in rank 4 with 53 gold, 62 silver and 82 bronze medals... Hope last day can made a different...

Well Done Team Indonesia....!!!!

Stop Global Warming

Let us help stop Global Warming now and make sure that the world we live in stays alive!

Visit http://www.warmingsign.org to sign up and get facts on Global Warming.

Help us spread the word by forwarding this message to your contacts and friends.

Ronn

Badminton Update....

Indonesia get nothing in Russian Open Gold Grand Prix, however good results shown by Andre K. Tedjono (seeded no 8) as runner up. Other semifinalists from Indonesia are Fransisca Ratnasari in women singles, Alamsyah Yunus in men singles and Rian Sukmawan/Yonathan Dasuki in men double. Full results here

Good news also come from Sea Games Korat 2007, Indonesia secured first two gold medal from badminton for Men Team and Women Team. Indonesian Men Team lead by Taufik Hidayat and world's number 2 Markis/Hendra beat Singapore 3-0 in the final. Indonesian women team overcome Singapore team 3-2 to claim the gold medal. Full results here.

Ronn
10 Dec 07

HONGKONG SUPER SERIES RESULTS

Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan
(Pictures taken by Tengku Bahar / AFP)

Just one week after China Super Series, Mens Double Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan as well as Mixed Double Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir, clinched the Hong Kong Super Series Title.

Good Results also shown by Mens Doubles Chandra Wijaya/Tony Gunawan as runner up of the tournament. Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa and Luluk/Alvent both came as semifinalist.

Well done Indonesian Team....! Next Stop Russia International Tournament

Full Results


nb. Indonesian U-23 Soccer team beat Cambodia U-23 in Sea Games opening match today. Goal scored by Ian Kabes, Emannuel Wanggai and Ardan Aras..

Next match will be played against Myanmar and Host Thailand.