Proud to Be Indonesian

PROUD TO BE INDONESIAN Indonesia. What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘Indonesia’? Indonesia is the one and only country in the universe that has so many islands, languages, tribes, traditional dishes, culture or should I say cultures – because the Indonesian people them selves can not count the culture that they have in Indonesia – different dialects, the variety of skin tones and so many variety that we can not count. If we ask foreigners what the first thing that pops up when they heard Indonesia is, maybe they will answer about the food, the nice people around them, awesome nature that Indonesia could ever has. But when we ask the citezen of Indonesia, they will anser with traffic jam, flood, the less orderly system of government, crimes, and the word that is so familar among Indonesian people, corruption. It is more likely an ugly truth that most of Indonesian people can not appreciate the beauty of Indonesia. It seems so hard to appreciate our very own country, especially country like Indonesia. If we see it in political perspective, there are so many system lacking in the government system that give people bad impact such as unemployments, which also makes big impacts in environment. People who is unemployed and is having economic difficulties will be asking for money and food in the streets and traffic lights. Many slum neighbourhood will be built nearby the river, that will make Indonesia seems dirty. Also, will make number of murder and crime in Indonesia will raise because human tends to kill do something illegal to get what they want. Politicians only care about them selves without thinking of the people of Indonesia. They make them selves very rich, but the people is getting poorer and poorer every single time. What about the governer? The right answer for this question is four letters one word – same – yes, same indeed. They talk about prosperity, security, and more empty promises when they are doing their campaign. But when they are selected