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Written by Ivan Arista
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 |
NTUST-ISA 2010-2011 President Candidates First Candidate:
Joni Welman Simatupang
(PhD. Student, Electronic Engineering Dept.) 
Vision: "GOING FORWARD TOGETHER FOR BELOVED INDONESIA"
Missions: - Promoting cooperation in developing NTUST-ISA member’s potencies optimally in various aspects, now and in the future.
- Involving all members, especially active members to participate actively in all NTUST-ISA activities.
- Maintaining nationalism and proud to the beloved nation through Indonesian culture promotion toward the academic community in NTUST specifically and Taiwanese community generally.
- Building stable networks among active members and alumni members or honorary members gradually and continuously for every members’ importance in the future (E.g.: Career development)
Second Candidate:
Hening Marlistya Citraningrum
(PhD. Student, Chemical Engineering Dept.) Vision: “NTUST ISA: KEEN STUDENTS, GOOD FRIENDS, GREAT FAMILY”
Missions:
- Developing internal activities, covering various aspects which are arranged in balance in order to achieve the vision, not only to be a competent student, but also to be a skilled and experienced person: caring and household, academic, information and communication, talent and interest, art and culture, and additional skills (e.g.: public speaking, academic writing, Mandarin course, open discussions, and group gathering)
- Developing external partnership with internal university organizations (e.g.: Office of International Affairs, Association of International Affairs, Vietnamese Student Association) as well as external university institutions (various association, Regional/ Taiwan Indonesian Student Association) through academic discussion, site visitation, home stay, and cultural exchange/ performances.
Let's support NTUST ISA President Election!
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Written by Marlistya Citraningrum
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Tuesday, 06 April 2010 |
Annually, Indonesian Student Association of NTUST (NTUST-ISA) holds a special event to introduce Indonesia to Taiwanese people and preferably to NTUST local students. This even is what so called Indonesian Culture Exhibition (ICE). NTUST itself always shows positive response and full support to this event, considering that the number of Indonesian students in NTUST is the largest among all universities in Taiwan. Taking tagline The Hidden Treasure of Indonesia; ICE 2010, held on March 11 and 12, tried to give more information about cultures, natural resources, and Indonesian handicrafts making barely introduced before. ICE 2010 comprised of a full-day exhibition of Indonesian classic artifacts; such as Indonesian traditional house models and ethnic clothes; workshops to make Indonesian traditional basket (called bakul) using paper and make Indonesian fruit salad (known as rujak); and art performance night on the second day. Lots of visitors (mainly NTUST local students) were interested to join the workshops. Kevin Lin, Kane Zhen, Tony Wang, and Claire Wang, NTUST students of Chemical Engineering Department said they love the rujak sauce because it is sweet and delicious. They even asked the recipe so they can make it by themselves at home. Visitors also could play several Indonesian traditional games, e.g. bakiak racing (bakiak is a long slipper made from wood, used by 3-5 people), putting pencil into the bottle, sack racing, and cipai (Taiwanese fried chicken pie) competition. Some Vietnamese and Russian students joined the games, and they all were having fun! This year, in accordance to the election of New 7 Wonders of the World (Nature category) in which Indonesia’s Komodo Island becomes one of the finalists; ICE 2010 provided a spot designed for the purpose Vote for Komodo, where visitors can vote for their seven favorite finalists, including Komodo Island. This activity was fully supported by the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism. ICE 2010 logo also bears the Komodo as a part of introducing Komodo as one of Indonesian assets and an important animal to be protected since its number is decreasing as time goes. In the end of March 12, an art performance night was held. The concept was a story in which Indonesian student in NTUST guided his friends, a Taiwanese and a Bangladeshi when they were visiting Indonesia. In the story, Heri Prasetyo, Kevin Lin, and Shakil visited Indonesia starting from Sumatra Island to Papua Island. Traditional dances from each island were performed well by Indonesian students in NTUST. Among the dances were Bedhayan Dance, Dayak Dance, Tifa Dance, Pendet, and Papua Dance. Moreover, Indonesian Overseas Chinese Association (IOCA) also performed classic dance Kicir-kicir and famous Indonesian song Cucak Rawa. Some Indonesian students also sang several folk songs in medley format. Professor Jhy-Chern Liu of Chemical Engineering Department watched the performance till it finished, and said that every dance performed was awesome. He traveled to Indonesia a lot and really likes Indonesian culture, and even more always tries to visit ICE each year. In his speech, NTUST President Professor Shi-Shuenn Chen delivered his greatest appreciation toward Indonesian students in NTUST for giving ‘colors’ in part of NTUST internationalization. Recently, NTUST’s international students come from more than 30 countries in the world, with Indonesia as the largest international students’ population in campus. President Chen also hopes that in the next coming year, a similar event can be held to encourage cultural change between Indonesia and Taiwan. The Head of Indonesian Economic and Trade Office to Taipei, Mr. Suhartono also delivered a similar speech. He underlined the point that maintaining a good relationship between Indonesia and Taiwan really helps in the improvement of research and development. Audiences gave great applauses along the performance night. This year, in order to present an unforgettable performance, ICE 2010 committee invited Mr. Danang Pamungkas and Ms. Dewi Galuh Sinta Sari to train all the dancers. They both are professional dancers. With their training, no wonder most of the audiences like the performance a lot. Totally, around 900 visitors came to the two-day exhibition and the performance night. They are NTUST local students, international students, staff and professors, and also some students from universities around Taipei.
See you again in Indonesian Culture Exhibition 2011! --Citraningrum (credit pictures: Erly Bahsan dan Ervin Nurhayati) |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 April 2010 )
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Written by Marlistya Citraningrum
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Monday, 28 December 2009 |
Now that the Angklung Team of NTUST ISA has performed well in several occasions, another invitation to perform in NTUST's  Mr. and Ms. University Pageant came along. This year, NTUST held a pageant to choose a couple of students who will be NTUST's spokepersons, and Angklung Team of NTUST ISA was kindly invited to become a part of the grand final night on November 20, 2009. Performing "Angels" (originally sung by Robbie Williams), NTUST ISA's Angklung Team tried to present new song for the audiences. Still with the organ player and also the composer, Tirza Naftali; along with Ramon, Yonathan, Elisa, Lisa, Ivonne, Louise, Christa, Panji, Erzalina, Pram, Tomas, and Erwin in the Angklung Team, and Citraningrum as the singer, once again Angklung Team of NTUST ISA performed very well in front of NTUST students in Mr. and Ms. University Pageant 2009. The video is available here . Roughly a month later, again the Angklung Team of NTUST ISA was kindly invited to perform at MBA Christmas Party on  December 16. Playing "White Christmas", a classic Christmas song, this time sung by Tirza Naftali with her wonderful voice. The team consisted of Indonesian students and Taiwanese students; who are Lisa, Ery, Ivonne, Christa, Eddie, Citra, Pram, Chloe, Julie, and Christine. The spirit of Christmas felt so warm by listening to the song, nicely played using both angklung guitar, by Wili. Following the very-well performance in the 4th Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Source (APECS) held by the Department of Chemical Engineering, once again, Angklung Team of NTUST ISA was asked to give some performance in the opening ceremony of Hydrogen Energy Conference. The conference was held on December 18-19, 2009. This time, NTUST ISA’s Angklung Team performed  Angels and White Christmas altogether. Citra sang Angels, while Tirza sang White Christmas, and with Wili on guitar, also Tiffany, Joni, Ivonne, Louise, Julis, Finie, Christa, Panji, Tomas, and Sulistio on angklung. It was a great night and performance, resulting in lots of applause from the attendants of the conference opening ceremony. The video can be seen in this link . It was a very great chance and opportunity to be able to introduce Indonesian traditional music instrument in various occasions. NTUST ISA would also like to thank NTUST for every invitation to perform in several NTUST events and very nice appreciation on every Indonesian cultural performance and events.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 28 December 2009 )
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