A week of blessing!

Hey, peeps.. How's your day?  It's already a week after Idul Fitri. Sorry for the late saying, but Taqoballahu Minna Wa Minkum. Taqobal ya Kariim. Mohon Maaf Lahir dan Batin yaa.

We're started from 0-0 again, okay? :p

I'm going to post some about my recent activities in this Ramadhan 1435 H. Well, actually I wasn't doing so much things, Me and my family only stayed at Surabaya this year, because of my grammy just got sick for a month, so all of my mother's siblings asked my family to not go anywhere. Hehehe, maaf curhat. So, to kill the boredom, my family just looked for something refreshing near Surabaya. We were going out to have a dinner, or going out to try new highway, or having a windows shopping at mall, or simply just watching television and get my house cleaned together. I think, after all, it was still perfectly fun to be stay at home for almost 2 months, as long as there're the loved ones. hahaha i'm totally that type of a-home-person

Here, I give you hints of my Ramadhan's activities back then, yeay X)

After praying Eid

Alhamdulillah, this year I could follow praying Eid with my complete family. Actually we planned to pray outside of our neighborhood, but sadly, just like what we guess, we could not wake up earlier that day =)) So at the end, my family decided to pray in mosque near my house.. wkwk. After praying, some of my neighbor came to house, and we did Halal Bi Halal. Also there were some of our relatives too.. And this year, fortunately, whoaa I still got THR nih.. hehe.. :p 

Trying new highway

I think the new highway which already opened in gate Gempol-Pandaan, it is supposed as the part of Surabaya-Mojokerto Highway, was good enough. I was amazed while crossing it. They were many crossing line, between one and another one direction. We could also see some tunnels in every some mile. WIKA seemly used new method that earlier used in developed countries such us Japan and America in building a highway in this project, which utilizing the free-vertical-area construction. Maybe, it is not as beautiful as Bali Mandara Highway, but I think it deserves for two thumbs up! :) 

In my perspective, the government of Indonesia should, very needed, and MUST held many construction in this field. Infrastructure was a very important point to increase the living's point in a country. By a good infrastructure there will be a massive movement that can be done by the population, include to make a living or to transport thing for one place to another place. By a good infrastructure, especially the transportation, i believe, the rest development (like building, home, entertainment's place) will also follows to growth. 

Fingers crossed aja lah for the new government that will start to work in the next three months!

Okay, next!

Pick and do groceries with mom and gramma

Company mom and grammom to have groceries means having a tiring day. Since I am as the youngest person there, I have the responsibility to carry and take care of the goods as long as we're shopping, hahaha. Running here and running there with some plastic bag in my hand at a really crowded place.. was another kind of physical exercise's times for me.. :') KURUS KURUS KURUS!!! wkwkwk

do cooking! :p

The next activity is do cooking! Lately, I almost always being left by my mom and daddy and it's ended by me get starving alone at home, huhuhu. So when the Magribh came up, I waited for my mom and dad to come home and brought me some food.. either I would not have eaten at all. Because of that, I prepared myself some easy and instant ingredients to cook at home, such as this spaghetti teheee. So I do not need to worry again, whether my parents will come home late or not :p It was a good time with stove, pan, and spatula. ❤ That's I provide you the tutorial :p :p :p And this below one is how it turned out! Awwweeee, come to mama food! X)

Hmm delicious spaghetti ala Chef Rizka ~ yeeah

Ramadhan 1435 H may ends, but the challenge of being a better person actually just started. So, let's do better in worshiping Allah ya.. Semoga Allah terus bimbing kita di jalan yang benar. Bismillahirohmanirohim. Semoga masih bisa berjumpa dalam Ramadhan berikut-berikutnya.. lengkap dengan orang yang kita sayang ya. Aamiin. Selamat beraktivitas kembali X)

Flood Problem in Jakarta

img source: google.com

Today, I'm going to talk about recent hot issue in most of Indonesia's news shows, flood problem that happens in Indonesia, mostly at Jakarta. Nowadays, flood in Jakarta happens annually, even, it's getting worse and worse - every year, who should to be blame on? Let's take a look first on what factor cause this happened, in my point of view.. 

1. Excess of Population -> too many construction -> green area decrease

As the capital city of Indonesia, where all forms of activities centered here, Jakarta become a city with the most society numbers. with total area: 664,01 km2 Jakarta has patch 9.809.857 society, and has a big differences numbers of society with another cities in Indonesia, and now Jakarta is already classified as  a megapolitan city. 

With these numbers, absolutely Jakarta should grown with many buildings to support the human's activities. Places to work, residential, Mall, stadium, apartments, etc. Which make its green area, trees, plants, forest, reduced year by year along with the increase of the population. Whereas, green areas with plants and trees in there are important place for nature balance. With the presence of trees, whenever the rainy season's coming, it could help soak the water that falling, and decrease the chance for flood disaster.

Now, the green area that available in Jakarta is only 10% of its total area, which ideally it should be 30% .

2. Disposal system 

With those high numbers of society sure it will produce massive garbage in Jakarta. With no good disposal system, it could make a worse condition for Jakarta. Garbage maybe an unimportant things in human's life, it's something that can't be used anymore, it's stink, dirty.. then people throw it away~~pew~~ anywhere, in road, in school, in river, in canal~~ without thinking what may coming up next~~ especially, in rainy season.

Government should provide a good disposal system in Jakarta. They should find most effective and quickest way to anticipate the amount of litter from the society. Government should provide numbers of trash can in ways for every some meters. in crowded place. So, society have more will to throw them in the right place. 

3. Geographical location + bad drainage system

The geographical location is one of largest cause why Jakarta gets a flood every year. Placed after Bogor which in higher level from Jakarta makes Jakarta got its descendant water flows. The bad news is, Jakarta already in bad condition with factors i earlier said. 

Actually it won't really impact to Jakarta if only Jakarta already has a good drainage systems. Every year, with the increase of population, the width of drainage canals are getting smaller and smaller while the water capacity that come's getting higher.. Plus if the drainage system in there nearly broken by ages factor, it will make the condition worse.


What should we do?
It's kind of hard question to solve. Since, we all know, how big matters that made Jakarta having this flood attack every year. We can't blame the high rain intensity, we shouldn't be, because rain is Allah's giving.. So if it becomes a disaster, who else to blame? It's ourself.. as human, who actually caused this. Jakarta already broken the nature being in there until it isn't balance anymore. Too many deforestation. Too many green area used for buildings. Not only that, I get a lil bit disappointed every time I watch a television program that reporting Flood in Jakarta, and the host said..
"Wish the Jakarta's Government could quickly overcome this problem.." 

Wait a minute. So you just hoping the Government is the one who should take an action here? and you wish this problem will be finished? How much time you wish it would take, if you're hoping like that?

Let's counting, how many Government's people that can take action? And how many Jakarta's residents that can take action? It won't ever make sense when you're wishing just The Government that should take an action to overcome this problem and the society not. You're all living in that area together. You produce the garbage, you used the land for making home, you keep coming there with hope that you'll get a better economy, life, etc and when the problem comes up..you're just hoping the Government will finished it...

We all can start helping by doing little things.. Like, don't ever throw garbage anywhere. throw it at the trash can. Or maybe reuse it for something useful again. It's only a simple thing :) 
Maybe we don't notice it, when we throw a piece of plastic in a canal.. and we think, 
"ah it's not a big thing. nothing will happen"
But, how if you keep doing it once every 5 days, multiply it into a month, and a year, and 9.809.857 head. Is it still won't make big thing happen again? 

For bigger solutions.. there're must be a lot. but i believe, most of them will take times. because, the problems're in huge scale. 

1. Do transmigration -> equalization of population -> equalization development
Indonesia is a big country. It contains of..many region. Java, Borneo, Papua, Sumatera, Sulawesi. But, all the society mostly concentrated in Java. Why? Because, the development in this country's uneven. Imagine, if every region in this country, happening an equal development's grade.. The society's numbers. The economy's growth numbers. The resources exploration rate.
Not only the flood matter that will be solved, but also the others problems, such as reduce the unemployment numbers, reduce the traffic jam in high ways, and so many else in the future.

2. Do the vertical's direct construction
One of my college's teacher, in Transportation Building major, ever told me.. as the society growth and the need of massive public facilities's getting higher. We should take an advantage of the vertical's direct construction. vertical's direct is unlimited space that we can used. Like, in developed country, as Japan, American already did. it will surely take times until Indonesia can become like this below.. but.. hey, nothing's impossible ;)
*)P.S: if you don't understand what I mean, these're the examples of vertical's direct construction

japan's highway (img src: google.com)

Dubai Marina Real Estate Apartment (img src: google.com)

Los Angeles's Highway (img src: google.com)

3. Repair/rebuild, and keep maintenance the drainage system

Since, the drainage system like, water pump, flood gate, is still human's production. Slowly, they could get broken by the time. So, people should take a serious maintenance of it. Every 3 month, every 6 month, or every year, maybe. It sure will take cost, but prevention is better than repressive, isn't it?

Compared with the cost that should spend for the maintenance, i'm sure it will less than the cost for keeping back the city condition. less than resident's properties that broken by the flood.

Last but not least.. let's wishing all the best for our brothers and sisters out there.. which was hit by the flood, may you all blessed in Allah's shelter and kindness.. let's save our environment since now.. we are the ones who can prevent ourself from bad things. May Every incident is in Allah's will. but we must make an effort. Take the lesson..and learn from that.. bismillahirohmanirohim.. :)