Jejaring Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia (PPI) Eropa
(European Network of Indonesian Students)
Where Have All the Brotherly Love Gone?
(European Network of Indonesian Students)
Where Have All the Brotherly Love Gone?
Why we are where we are now?
Malaysian and Indonesian history are so intertwined and our future are so closely linked that we are either hang together or hang separately.
Weren't we both used to be part of the glorious kingdom of Srivijaya and Majapahit? Wasn't the founder of Malacca Sultanate, Pramesyara, a runaway prince from Palembang ? Wasn't Dipati Unus from Jepara lead sizable troops to get rid of Portuguese from Malacca not once but twice? Weren't our past royalties intermarried for too many times to precisely counted. Weren't we quick to get over the Konfrontasi and start building Asean together?
Wasn't Indonesian and professors left the comfort of homes in the past to reach the in classrooms in Malaysia half a generation ago? Aren't Indonesian students these days filled Malaysian Universities instead? Aren't the economic prosperity in Malaysia could and already benefited from Indonesia workers with our proximity and cultural and linguistic links
Not only our languages are from the same roots and only slightly differentiable, our aspirations are one. We both want to be a prosperous and harmonious country, respected among the world's brotherhood of nation
We are brothers and will always be brother.
However, we can choose to live with brotherly love or without it. Some say that family feud is the worst kind of feud, but it doesn't have to be that way.
Family don't hurt each other
Assigned prized, bounty hunter like, is no way to treat family member. Search without warrant should be ceased and let's return the entire jurisdiction over illegal immigrant from non-state body and to police and immigration officer. Indonesia should put the utmost effort to reduce forest fire which cloud reach Malaysia while Malaysia should tighten the Kalimantan border over illegal logging from Indonesia.
Family protect each other
Let Indonesian workers in Malaysia have a right organized themselves in labor union. Despite all the goodwill of Malaysian government, some companies are bound to be overeager in their quest for profit and union is one of the best ways for protection. Let us revised our Labor MoU and no longer allowed the company to keep the workers passport.
Family share heritage
Our long share history sometime makes it hard to distinguish the origin of culturally related product. Lets put a memoratiorum on patenting any of them and establish a join commission to study the true origin of any particular product before going to patent office and discuss a revenue sharing for joint patent when it is more appropriate.
Family visit each other
It has been too long the Indonesian embassy in Malaysia to stand without an ambassador. The Indonesian government and parliament need to immediately send a trusted liaison, more than any other time, to mend our ties and deepen our relation.
As the sound of bedug in lebaran still faintly heard and the scent of Eid Mubarrak is still in the air let us both acknowledge our past mistakes and vow to renew our bond.
Let the subsequent lyrics be a thing that unite us rather than divide us. May we could savor the sweet taste of brotherhood once again. This time, let it linger.
Kalau ada sumur di ladang, Boleh kita menumpang mandi
Kalau ada umurku panjang, Boleh kita berjumpa lagi
Rasa sayange rasa sayang sayange
Eeee lihat dari jauh rasa sayang sayange
Arsono Arsono
PPI Leuven - Belgum
Malaysian and Indonesian history are so intertwined and our future are so closely linked that we are either hang together or hang separately.
Weren't we both used to be part of the glorious kingdom of Srivijaya and Majapahit? Wasn't the founder of Malacca Sultanate, Pramesyara, a runaway prince from Palembang ? Wasn't Dipati Unus from Jepara lead sizable troops to get rid of Portuguese from Malacca not once but twice? Weren't our past royalties intermarried for too many times to precisely counted. Weren't we quick to get over the Konfrontasi and start building Asean together?
Wasn't Indonesian and professors left the comfort of homes in the past to reach the in classrooms in Malaysia half a generation ago? Aren't Indonesian students these days filled Malaysian Universities instead? Aren't the economic prosperity in Malaysia could and already benefited from Indonesia workers with our proximity and cultural and linguistic links
Not only our languages are from the same roots and only slightly differentiable, our aspirations are one. We both want to be a prosperous and harmonious country, respected among the world's brotherhood of nation
We are brothers and will always be brother.
However, we can choose to live with brotherly love or without it. Some say that family feud is the worst kind of feud, but it doesn't have to be that way.
Family don't hurt each other
Assigned prized, bounty hunter like, is no way to treat family member. Search without warrant should be ceased and let's return the entire jurisdiction over illegal immigrant from non-state body and to police and immigration officer. Indonesia should put the utmost effort to reduce forest fire which cloud reach Malaysia while Malaysia should tighten the Kalimantan border over illegal logging from Indonesia.
Family protect each other
Let Indonesian workers in Malaysia have a right organized themselves in labor union. Despite all the goodwill of Malaysian government, some companies are bound to be overeager in their quest for profit and union is one of the best ways for protection. Let us revised our Labor MoU and no longer allowed the company to keep the workers passport.
Family share heritage
Our long share history sometime makes it hard to distinguish the origin of culturally related product. Lets put a memoratiorum on patenting any of them and establish a join commission to study the true origin of any particular product before going to patent office and discuss a revenue sharing for joint patent when it is more appropriate.
Family visit each other
It has been too long the Indonesian embassy in Malaysia to stand without an ambassador. The Indonesian government and parliament need to immediately send a trusted liaison, more than any other time, to mend our ties and deepen our relation.
As the sound of bedug in lebaran still faintly heard and the scent of Eid Mubarrak is still in the air let us both acknowledge our past mistakes and vow to renew our bond.
Let the subsequent lyrics be a thing that unite us rather than divide us. May we could savor the sweet taste of brotherhood once again. This time, let it linger.
Kalau ada sumur di ladang, Boleh kita menumpang mandi
Kalau ada umurku panjang, Boleh kita berjumpa lagi
Rasa sayange rasa sayang sayange
Eeee lihat dari jauh rasa sayang sayange
Arsono Arsono
PPI Leuven - Belgum
Edy Hermawan
PPI Finland
PPI Finland
Mahmud Syaltout
PPI France
PPI France
Achmad Aditya
PPI Germany
PPI Germany
Henny Saptatia Sujai
Indonesia Russia Study Club
Berly Martawardaya
PPI Italy
Christian Santoso
PPI Netherlands
Ari Warokka
PPI Spain
Juliansyah S. Pratomo
PPI Switzerland
Ahmad Makintha
Berly Martawardaya
PPI Italy
Christian Santoso
PPI Netherlands
Ari Warokka
PPI Spain
Juliansyah S. Pratomo
PPI Switzerland
Ahmad Makintha
PPI Trondheim - Norway
Viza Ramadhani
PPI United Kingdom
PPI United Kingdom
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