Unity in Diversity

The title represents Indonesia's motto which in Sanskrit is Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. I'd like to correlate the term in foortbal, since last night i watched one of the great match of two big teams, Netherlands vs Brazil. And since i hate Brazil with their superiority among other teams for years, i think it's time for Dutch now. And God hear my pray, Dutch won over Brazilian.
Nice thing about unity in diversity is during this World Cup people put their big screen TV in their terrace, and laid a mat so that many people can watch together. In warungs and security guard post people sit and stand around the TV, they don't ask each other name, they don't ask what's each other business, they don't bother why they stand near to the TV screen just because they have the same thing in common: the football match.
i was experiencing my first outdoor giant screen football match live in Taman Bungkul Surabaya yesterday when i realized that what i saw was just beautiful. Hundreds of people gathered, and all eyes focused on the screen. Though we don't support the same team but everything looked great, we didn't even yell at the lose team supporter.
The gathering, the same common, the differences of economy background, status, job, interests, political party, sex, skin color, were just magnificent.
The big question is: if my fellow Indonesian (represented by Surabaya people in the park last night) are just so united in the name of football match, why can't they become more tightly bound in unity in the name of "peace"? Same question to all people in this world. I bet that everyone chose peace above football. If we glorify football so much then why don't we glorify peace much more?
Can we change?

Survival of The Fittest

2 July 2010
I'd like to share about my experience in using public transportation (read:bus). Every Monday morning and usually on Wednesday morning i take a bus to go to Surabaya from my hometown, Mojokerto. It is just an ordinary day when dozens of people are waiting for the bus in the bus shelter inside the bus station.
when the bus come, prepare to fight to get into the crowded bus. And stand up for 20 minutes (if i am lucky enough) or get the seat just 15 min before the hitting place (still lucky, coz sometimes i stand until the destination).
There are things that supposed to be noticed by the bus-taker:
1st, when the bus is crowded, try to get into the middle (inner) part of the bust do not just stand near the exit/entrance door.
2nd, give opportunity for others to find space though it means they might step a bit on your feet.
3rd, tolerate!!
4th, if you sit give space beside your seat so that the "stander" can lean on their arms or back a bit on your seat. (so if you don't want others to lean on your seat, don't sit near the gangway.
5th, be a gentleman (if you're a man), give your seat to the lady, if there are few ladies next to you, give it to the oldest one.
I met a neat, good looking gentleman in the bus and he stood just like i did, but when someone left the seat and get out of the bus, the man took the seat while i was standing next to him. CRUEL!! He's not a real gentleman.
So what law rules the bus passengers? Survival of the Fittest-the nature law