I know it's 3 in the morning. I've lost the motivation to study about 5 hours ago. That's when I started the process of renovating my blog. Blog renovation, a day before an assignment due date, it just doesn't add up. It doesn't make any sense. Unless you're an Indonesian. I've been thinking a lot about Indonesia in the last few days. Actually every time I get a phonecall from Jakarta, it opens a gate inside my head, and all this random memories and thoughts occupies my mind for the rest of the day.
I was looking at Wikipedia's Indonesian page (yes, they have an Indonesian Wikipedia), and I was looking through the profiles of the current cabinet. I was surprised that most of them have university degrees. Considering the country's history with military domination in the government, you don't expect to see university-educated men running the cabinet.
However, that's not the point. What am trying to say here is that not all university graduates are qualified to run a country. University degrees tells you nothing.
I'm doing a double degree at Melbourne University, the 21st best university in the world, and I'm as dumb as a rock. That's right. I'm a douchebag. I'm a socially inept, dimwitted less-than-average joe that somehow got his way into Melbourne University. I don't know how.
Look, a sheet of paper or sheepskin saying that you graduated from Wharton doesn't mean that you can be Indonesia's minister of, I don't know, Divisi-Memperbaiki-Negara. Hamzah Haz has an online degree diploma. Ok, let me rephrase that. Online. Degree. Dip.. See where I'm getting at here?
How do you make it in politics?
First, you should have evidences that you have some sort of education. As long as it sounds cool. My double degree sounds fucking awesome, so let's do that.
Putra Sadikin, B.GeomE/B.Sc (Geo) [this stands for Bachelor of Geomatic Engineering and Bachelor of Science, majoring in geology]
Now, let's say I do a business school course after I graduate.
Putra Sadikin, B.GeomE/B.Sc (Melb.), MBA (Wharton)
And for fun, let's say I apply for a doctorate in I don't know, agricultural economy or some shit. And manage to get my PhD minutes before I was sworn in as the country's president. Hmm.
Dr. rer. pol. Putra Sadikin, B.GeomE/B.Sc (Melb.), MBA (Wharton)
Now I'm starting to look and sound like a badass. Ok, now I get into politics, and work my way to the top of the food chain. And by work, I mean, bullshitting all the way to the top. Much like student politics.
What is a politician? Poli-tikus. Poly-rats.
Rats. A lot of rats.
I don't understand how we get to put so much trust into people who are expert at the art of bullshitting and sleeping during meetings. It's like trusting that Indonesian guy sleeping at the back of a lecture theatre to be your student association's president. Oh. Oops. Too close to the truth?
I was looking at Wikipedia's Indonesian page (yes, they have an Indonesian Wikipedia), and I was looking through the profiles of the current cabinet. I was surprised that most of them have university degrees. Considering the country's history with military domination in the government, you don't expect to see university-educated men running the cabinet.
However, that's not the point. What am trying to say here is that not all university graduates are qualified to run a country. University degrees tells you nothing.
I'm doing a double degree at Melbourne University, the 21st best university in the world, and I'm as dumb as a rock. That's right. I'm a douchebag. I'm a socially inept, dimwitted less-than-average joe that somehow got his way into Melbourne University. I don't know how.
Look, a sheet of paper or sheepskin saying that you graduated from Wharton doesn't mean that you can be Indonesia's minister of, I don't know, Divisi-Memperbaiki-Negara. Hamzah Haz has an online degree diploma. Ok, let me rephrase that. Online. Degree. Dip.. See where I'm getting at here?
How do you make it in politics?
First, you should have evidences that you have some sort of education. As long as it sounds cool. My double degree sounds fucking awesome, so let's do that.
Putra Sadikin, B.GeomE/B.Sc (Geo) [this stands for Bachelor of Geomatic Engineering and Bachelor of Science, majoring in geology]
Now, let's say I do a business school course after I graduate.
Putra Sadikin, B.GeomE/B.Sc (Melb.), MBA (Wharton)
And for fun, let's say I apply for a doctorate in I don't know, agricultural economy or some shit. And manage to get my PhD minutes before I was sworn in as the country's president. Hmm.
Dr. rer. pol. Putra Sadikin, B.GeomE/B.Sc (Melb.), MBA (Wharton)
Now I'm starting to look and sound like a badass. Ok, now I get into politics, and work my way to the top of the food chain. And by work, I mean, bullshitting all the way to the top. Much like student politics.
What is a politician? Poli-tikus. Poly-rats.
Rats. A lot of rats.
I don't understand how we get to put so much trust into people who are expert at the art of bullshitting and sleeping during meetings. It's like trusting that Indonesian guy sleeping at the back of a lecture theatre to be your student association's president. Oh. Oops. Too close to the truth?
3 comments:
*laughing out loud*
but really.. i think a person who wants to be a president, or a minister, or a congressman in our forsaken country only does it for the fame & the fortune. i mean, what kind of person wants to run this mad country??? (unless he/she is also mad, of course)..
god bless our country... lord knows we need it. a lot.
You seem to be a little hard on yourself. You should be careful of what you teach your subconscious to believe about yourself.
eherm,, certain ppl do want to rectify, repair, reconstruct, rebuild this country,, seriously they do,, but doing this is not as easy as you can think of,, because you must face hard pressures from others who have more power,, even to those who have less,,they will joint together to topple you down,,unfortunately those who have good intent are screwed,, fcukd and stucked in the middle,, if u try to think harder,,these 'certain ppl' are hero,,but everybody ignores the guy,, since the magnitude of a bad news always greater than a good news,, when indonesia paid off its debt from IMF it doesnt come up in a head line with 27 times new roman font,, or when indonesia sent 40 corruptors to jail and save billion of dollars.. bad news always in the head line,, well those news make more money,,
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