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Election

Halo, selamat malam untuk semua teman-teman, saudara-saudara yang menyempatkan untuk membacar blog saya. I know i promised to post regulary every week on my previous post but i am really really sorry for breaking it (again). Quick update about my recent activities: draft untuk sidang proposal penelitianku sudah masuk dan tanggal 13 Juni 2014 akan sidang. Mohon doanya untuk semuanya. 

So, lets get started with this post, shall we? 

Election! Yep, Pemilu 2014 tinggal menghitung hari. I am excited, super excited as you can see that i'm writing this special post about it. It's my first time getting involved in this election dan jika dirasa-rasa, it is amazing how my voice will determine Indonesian's future leader. I may sound exaggerating for some of you, tapi buatku, untuk kita, yan range umurnya diantara 17-21, this is our first time doing something real for our nation which is choosing our leader so yep, we should be excited about it, and lets get excited about it, shall we? 

So, we all know that there are two solid candidates for this 2014 election. This post is not going to be one of those posts which feature the candidates' profile. Dalam post ini, i am trying to write some tips for us to choose the right leader, and be a smart voter. I know i am no way an expert, but this is what i do, hal-hal yang akan aku tulis adalah hal-hal yang aku lakukan supaya nantinya aku jadi smart voter :)

1. Get excited about the election itself.

Bagiku pribadi, fenomena yang terjadi di kalangan anak-anak muda yang sudah boleh memilih (17 tahun ke atas) sekarang adalah, apathetic atau apatisme. Remaja jaman sekarang kurang excited dengan pemilu itu sendiri, mungkin dengan anggapan "ah siapapun juga ga akan ngaruh deh buat gue". But lets see it this way, saat nanti ada sesuatu terjadi tidak sesuai dengan keinginan kita, we will scream, hujat sana sini, kritik sana sini. So yeah, siapapun yang terpilih nanti, akan berpengaruh untuk kita. Some of us may lose the excitement by assuming that only one vote from me will not effect the result. Mungkin kalau prespektifnya adalah satu suara dari kita gak akan membuat calon yang kita mau jadi menang, yes, one vote will not effect the result. Tapi secara konsep demokrasi, menurutku, dengan banyaknya yang memilih, means that we do care about who will be our leader, and it also means that lebih banyak yang "doing democracy". We, the young generation, selalu teriak-teriak tentang demokrasi. This is it, this is the time when democracy is being done in our country, shall we do something about it? Yes. Should we be excited about it? Yes. So, yes, lets get excited about it!

2. Know the candidates

This is so important. I have been reading lots of comments about each candidate in ask.fm. We have to know the candidates. Ini emang agak malesin, karena it relates to kita yang harus sering baca koran ataupun berita. But, this is important, when we vote, secara tidak langsung, we choose a candidate yang kita percaya. How can we believe someone if we dont know him? Menurutku, we have to put some thoughts when we vote for someone. Kita harus berpikir dulu sebelum memilih, kita harus benar-benar tau siapa yang kita pilih. Kandidat untuk Pemilu 2014, keduanya punya berita-berita simpang siur yang berkembang. Each of them, i repeat. And it is us, who has to find out about those news. Bagaimana caranya? For me, i prefer Google than watching news on TV (karena jaman sekarang, media sudah dijadikan media kampanye juga, hingga akan sulit). Google them. Trust me, when you google something, you will end up linking everything. You can also watch a debate program on TV, i know by watching one debate, you can not decide their capabilities, and if you do so, you can do the number 3.

3. Be active

This point will be kind of optional. Maksudnya "be active" adalah, literally jumping in to the campaigns. Selalu ada kampanye di tiap kota, if you feel that you cant get enough infos about the candidates atau masih belum ada banyangan, kita bisa datang langsung ke tempat kampanye untuk melihat langsung kandidat-kandidat berorasi. I believe you will be able to decide who will get your vote.

4. Vote

Yep, vote. Hanya dengan coblos, dan lipat. 

Yap, empat poin tersebut adalah hal-hal yang aku lakukan sejauh ini menjelang Pemilu. I am super excited and that was the third time i said that i was excited, so you should be too. We are the future generations, in case you guys dont notice, kandidat-kandidat tersebut pasti fokus kepada kita-kita yang baru mau milih, we are their hopes. We are our nation's hope. So be the hope it needs :)

Thank you for reading this post, mohon maaf kalau ada selisih pendapat dengan teman-teman yang membaca. And I am so sorry about the languange, I am more comfortable by doing this multi-languange post somehow.

Comments below about what you think, and I'll be happy to know :)