Indonesian course? Learn Indonesian with Bahasa Corner!

First meet Wiro Sableng, a famous Indonesian swordsman who dares say cynically to anybody wanting to learn Indonesian language, "Apa? Ingin belajar bahasa Indonesia?" "Excuse me? You want to learn bahasa?... Over my dead body!"

Forget about that intermezzo.

Okay, even Wiro Sableng born somewhere fictitiously in Indonesia has to speak bahasa to communicate with other. The Indonesian name for the language is Bahasa Indonesia (literally "the language of Indonesia"). This term is sometimes found in English. Indonesian is sometimes called "Bahasa" by English speakers, though this literally just means "language".

As to why people on TV need to speak bahasa, that's because Indonesian, the national language of the country also has a great deal of regional languages including Javanese, Sundanese and Madurese and more which are commonly used at home and within the local community. Most formal education, as well as nearly all national media and other forms of communication, are conducted in Indonesian.

Through this forum I would like to invite you all--anybody who cares about bahasa Indonesia, to learn online on Bahasa-Corner.com or subscribe to it. I believe this site provides what you need to improve your language skill. Especially if you happen to work around Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia and thereabouts like Bekasi, Cibitung and Cikarang, my recommendation is a worth try.

Cellulite, a tickling story?

I'm free from cellulite!

It's not just overweight people (especially women) that suffer from cellulite, according to Fitness magazine reports, nearly 90 percent of all women have cellulite. Only one person on earth who doesn't have cellulite problem as he is everlasting protected: Robocop! That's the tickling story about. Lol

Cellulite is not a tickling incident happening to people who don't care about their body. It's the bumpy, crumpled skin that shows up most commonly on the thighs and rear. Though there's no real cure for cellulite, there are several ways to make it temporarily disappear.

Here is the tickling story how cellulite develops…Beneath the surface of our skins, there are inner beauty which usually cries out every morning: "mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most prettiest woman on earth?" If you believe so, you can skip reading this article, but if you're serious to know more about cellulite and want to get rid of cellulite in you, just go on ...

Beneath the surface of our skins, `we have a fatty tissue that sits on a firm layer of collagen connective tissue. Before cellulite shows up, the outer surface of the skin is smooth and supple (no bumps and no ridges). The fatty tissue beneath the skin is also smooth which causes no bumps to show. The fatty layer just below your skin is (and remains) smooth and flexible as long as the fat cells remain strong, healthy and elastic inside.

The dimply, bumpy texture we call cellulite begins to occur when the structure of the fat cells begin to weaken. When the cell walls weaken, the cells begin to "sag" and this "sagging" is what accounts for the "orange peel" look of cellulite to develop. The weaker the cells become, the worse the sagging and the worse the cellulite looks.

How to make cellulite disappear..

Losing weight doesn't make cellulite vanish, but building muscle in the right places can make it look that way. When you’re working out, add strength training to your workout, and look for exercises that build muscle in areas where you have cellulite. Adding muscle in those spots will make your skin look tighter and firmer.

Creams containing caffeine are known to make cellulite vanish for a few hours. Caffeine tightens your skin, while the strong rubbing you use to apply it increases blood flow to minimize lumps and bumps. Unfortunately this is a short term fix so you will need to reapply the cream later in the day if you want to keep cellulite hidden for the evening.

Your skin will respond better to cellulite treatments if you exfoliate first, it is important that dead skin cells do not get in the way of ingredients trying to enter cellulite-prone areas. Though you can use a scrub, a natural-bristle brush is very good as it allows you to rub vigorously over the cellulite-dimpled areas of your skin before your shower.

This deep-tissue massage makes cellulite temporarily disappear. It does this by breaking up the lumpy sections of fat into a smoother mass. It is said that increased circulation makes cellulite less noticeable. By doing deep knee-to-chest stretches three times a week you can help reduce cellulite lumps.

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Titanic, Leonardo Di Caprio and Jack Dawson

Here is a tickling story about Titanic. No, it's not about RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. It's a tickling story about Titanic, a girl of twenties which is never covered by the media all over the world.

Surely, it's not funny, blogger!

There's no such a thing called a tickling story related to Leonardo DiCaprio or Jack Dawson as he played that role in the movie. Titanic only said it's a start of the story, as she has successfully rescued a man from downing in the sea and according to her it's tickling.

We're not going back to the ficititous 1912, where a17-year-old first class passenger Rose boards "Titanic" in Southampton with her fiancé Cal and her mother Ruth DeWitt Bukater. Ruth stresses the importance of Rose's engagement, as the marriage would solve the DeWitt Bukaters' secret financial problems. This has nothing to do with that.

Wanna have Leonardo DiCaprio's biography?

We are just curious of how no newsmen were curious about Titanic I've mentioned above; none of them will unveil what she meant by a tickling story. However Titanic kept saying it's a tickling story. And while she seemed to think about what to say to the world later, the man she's just saved who's lying under the tree suddenly roused and cried out, "Hey, you screwed up the script!' And this half fish half girl creature, to her surprise, yelled angrily, "It's not the time, Jack Dawson. It's not funny!"

Weird names? Celebrities?

Below are 10 weird names taken after the celebrities, also those spelled mistakenly; not recommended at all to name your new-born baby after them. (Sorry, mostly in Indonesian sense)

1. Bread Pete, instead of Brad Pitt
2. Johnny Depth or Johnny Death or Johnny Deep Inside My heart, instead of Johnny Depp.
3. Mike Tissue, instead of Mike Tyson.
4. Katy Perish, instead of Katy Perry.
5, Mak Dona, instead of Madonna (Indonesian: Mak means Madam)
6. Justin Bibir or Justin Bebek instead of Justin Bieber.(Indonesian: Bibir means lips, bebek means duck)
7. Arnold Suasanaseger instead of Arnold Schwarzenegger (Indonesian: Suasana seger means fresh atmosphere)

Am I a handsome Bread Pete?

8. Lady Gagap instead of Lady Gaga (Indonesian gagap means stutter)
9. Robert Parkingson instead of Robert Pattinson
10. Leonardo Di Cappuccino instead of Leonardo Di Caprio.

You want to add to this list, be my guest!

Indonesia tourism, any untold stories?

Talking about Indonesia's tourism, Bali would probably be more popular than Indonesia itself. Bali has become one of the favorite tourist destination areas, visited more by tourists either domestic or globally than any other regions in Indonesia. Why Bali? You see the uniqueness of this island; not only it is inhibited by the predominantly Hindu population with its rich traditional and religious culture, but it has a great deal of enchanting views and places of interest.

Bali has attracted all walks of life including those of world celebrities like Julia Robert, Tina Arena, Madonna, Goldie Hawn and daughter Kate Hudson, Yoko Ono and Mick Jagger, David Beckam, wife Victoria and their three children and many more.

Central Java Province, the second option, as one of the Indonesia tourist destination areas, offers various kinds of tourist attractions whether natural, cultural, or man made features. As it is located nearby Bali it is easily reached by land or sea.

So, what the untold stories? Wait, Indonesia is too large just to mention of those two provinces. See the map below. One of the untold stories is I have never gone to any other parts of Indonesia but Bali, Java and Sumatera. Another is I'm longing for you readers to take me there someday either as a tour guide or as the one to be ready to tickle your fancy on the way. Lol.

Jokowi

Jokowi is a new name to rank itself on Google Search Engine. According to a Google Adword keyword survey, Jokowi was searched on the Internet during August 2012 as many as 49,500.times

Who is Jokowi? If we look a little closer to his picture he just looks like President Obama. It is only for a joke that recently Jokowi was resembled Obama and Fawzi Bowo (Jakarta's governor) was Hittler, and the video of this "Jokowi VS Fawzi Bowo" has been spread sensationally and funnily on Youtube, drives many to view.

Joko Widodo (born in Surakarta, June 21, 1961), better known by his nickname Jokowi, is the current mayor of Surakarta, Indonesia. His second term is due to end in 2015. His vice mayor is F.X. Hadi Rudyatmo. Recently he has been nominated by his party, Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle, to run in the 2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election.

The result of the first round election to put Jokowi above Fawzi Bowo that seemingly made such a video written above. Of his humble personality, down-to-earth nature, most of Jakarta people may presume Jokowi can outdo Fawzi Bowo later at the second round of the election

However, Jokowi's road to success is not smooth anyway. Issues of religious discrimination towards Jokowi is one of the barriers which makes him even stronger and this triggers supports from a large number of people, espeically those of the underdogs.

We, Indonesians, just wait and see whether Jokowi will become "Obama of Jakarta" or "Enemy of Jakarta"