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Welcome back to Music Corner, a musical segment which introduces you to Indonesian music, either traditional or modern one. In today’s edition, I will present Indonesian Malay song. The heartbreaking song tells the story of someone receives the beloved's wedding invitation. Despite broken he/she always pray for the lover to live happily.  A song entitled “Tirai Sulam Emas” is not much different from the previous song, this song also tells sad story of love.  The music of this song also melancholic with the sad lyrics repeated. 

Boy Shandy is quite productive, since he has produced dozens of albums. The song entitled “Bimbang Menanggung Rindu” composed by Hendra Yuke. This song tells about someone's longing and doubtness for the lover. due to the deep enough gap between them. 

This is RRI World Service VOI with Let’s Learn Bahasa Indonesia.  A lesson in Bahasa  Indonesia or the Indonesian language on the radio,  introducing    some  Indonesian vocabulary and  guiding   you to use them in a conversation.

Let's Learn Bahasa  Indonesia is a collaboration between  Voice Of Indonesia, RRI Foreign Broadcasting Station and the Agency for Language Development, the  Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia.

Today’s topic is " SAYA MAHASISWA"  or in English,  “I’m a college student”

Next is an example of a conversation on “Saya Mahasiswa” (I’m a college student).

In Joko’s family room, Tony and Endah are talking about job. Tony wants to know what Endah does.

Tony  :Kamu kerja di mana?

Endah :Aku masih kuliah

Tony   :  Oh, kamu mahasiswa. Jurusan apa?

Endah:   Jurusan Geografi

I’ll introduce some phrases and vocabulary related to today’s topic which is “Saya mahasiswa” (2x) or “I’m a college student”. I’ll say every sentence 2 times and you can repeat after me.

When Endah is asked by Tony about her job, she answers, “Aku masih kuliah” (2x) Which means “Im still at college”. Ususally, when somebody in Indonesia says he is a college student, he would  say:

“Saya mahasiswa Jurusan ekonomi” (2x) Which means I’m a student majoring in Economics.  ……………

- “Saya mahasiswa Universitas Indonesia” (2x) Which means “I’m a University of Indonesia student.”

If he says he studies at a University or college the phrase used is  : “Saya kuliah di………” (2x) Which means “I study at ….” Ten mention the name of university or college.

Example: ”Saya kuliah di ITB”  (2x) Which means “I study at ITB.” 

If you are asked about your job, while you don’t work nor study, you can answer ”Saya tidak bekerja” (2x dalam bahasa Indonesia) Which means  “I don’t work” or “I have no job”. Or if you have just graduated, you can say,“Saya baru lulus kuliah dan sekarang sedang mencari pekerjaan.” (2x) Which means “I have just graduated and now  is looking for a job.”

If you are a student the usual questions are:

-      “Kamu kuliah di mana?” (2x) Which means “Where do you study?”

-      “Jurusan apa?” (2x) Which means  “Whatr major?”

-      “Semester berapa?” (2x) Which means  “What semester?”

Example to describe your study:, “Saya mahasiswa Jurusan Hubungan Internasional, tingkat dua, semester tiga di Universitas Bali.” (2x) Which means  “I’m a student of International Relations , second year, third semester  at Bali University.” 

Before ending LLBI today, let’s listen to the conversation once again.

Tony  : Kamu kerja di mana?

Endah :Aku masih kuliah

Tony    :  Oh, kamu mahasiswa. Jurusan apa?

Endah :    Jurusan Geografi

That was today’s edition of Let's Speak Bahasa  Indonesia. Hopefully it  can be useful for those of you who want to know more about  Bahasa Indonesia. Let's meet  again tomorrow with a different topic.

Sampai berjumpa lagi. (Till we meet again).

Today In History start with July 17, 1994 Brazil made history as a four-time soccer world champion.

Brazil made history in the world of football by becoming the first country to win the World Cup for the fourth time in the World Cup event in the United States. At the final in Los Angeles July 17, 1994, with the first penalty shoot-out in the World Cup final, Brazil managed to beat Italy 3-2. After a 2 x 45 minute match and an additional 2 x 15 minutes remain 0-0.

Turning to July 17, 1998 the occurrence of giant Tsunami in Papua New Guinea. After being rocked by two powerful earthquakes measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale on July 17, 1998, a big Tsunami hit the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. Three large waves over 10 meters high were the effects of the quake, drowning around seven coastal villages and killing more than 2,000 people. As a result of the disaster more than 6,000 people lost their homes.

I’ll end Today in history with July 17, 2000, Bashar al-Assad is sworn in as president of Syria.

Bashar al-Assad became president of Syria succeeding  Hafez al-Assad who was none other than his own father who died on June 10, 2000 after 30 years in power. The rise of Bashar al-Assad to be President can not be separated from constitutional changes in Syria. Immediately after the death of Hafez al-Assad, the Syrian Parliament set a minimum age for the president no longer 40 years, but 34 years. This change allowed Hafez al-Assad's son, Bashar al-Assad, then aged 34, to be elected president so he ran for president without a competitor // Bashar al-Assad was formally inaugurated on 17 July 2000 for 7 years.

That was Today history of RRI World Service in Jakarta.

Here are the Headlines of several national newspapers published today, June 28, 2018.

We begin with Kompas entitled, "More Matured Democracy."

The simultaneous regional election on Wednesday (27/6) indicated that democracy in Indonesia got more matured. This was seen from the post-voting situation which was relatively secure; as well as the results in some regions which showed that voters considered more the capability and track record of the candidates, instead of their political relation. Still, some issues happened in the 2018 Regional Election. From 171 regions, two failed to have election for regent due to security issues, namely Nduga and Painai, both in Papua Province. The two regencies’ General Election Commission (KPU) will hold voting later. Issues also happened in other places, yet not that massive. For instance, voting in 10 polling stations across Morowali, Central Sulawesi was hampered by flood.

Besides that, some other surprises happened. From the quick count, incumbent candidate Agung Syahri Mulyo got more votes in Tulungagung, East Java despite he is currently being held by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for some infrastructure project corruption cases. However at the same time, from 16 single candidate pairs in this year's regional election, one was defeated by empty box in Makassar city, South Sulawesi. They are Munafri Arifudin & Andi Rahmatika Dewi. On that, Indonesian Institutes of Science (LIPI) senior researcher Syamsudin Haris in Jakarta, Wednesday (27/6) said, the voters got more critical; they used common sense and got more autonomous in deciding. This condition, according to Haris, was a good sign for democracy in Indonesia.

Moving on to Tempo entitled, "Figure Strength Decides."

More than half of this country's citizens had chosen their regional leaders yesterday. Quick count results by various institutions showed that figure decides the voting, instead of political parties. Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) Executive Director Kuskrido Ambardi yesterday (27/6) said, political parties with dominant votes in several regions were proven losing. Ridwan Kamil in West Java for example, defeated his competitors which was supported by Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) - the most voted party during 2014 Legislative Election in the province. The PDIP voters chosen Ridwan Kamil instead of Tubagus Hasanuddin.

Executive Director of Indonesian pollster Indikator Politik Indonesia, Burhanuddin Muhtadi had similar opinion with Kuskrido Ambardi. Burhanuddin said, three big parties namely National Awakening Party (PKB), PDIP, and Gerindra Party failed to make Saufulah Yusuf & Puti Guntur Soekarno as governor and deputy governor of East Java. Meanwhile, Emil Dardak - former Trenggalek regent, who accompanied governor candidate Khofifah Indar Parawansa, was seen more experienced to manage the region instead of Puti - member of House of Representatives. As deputy governor, Emil Dardak is a better vote-maker than Puti. PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristianto also did not deny the figure factor in regional election.

We end the Headlines with Bisnis Indonesia entitled, "Strong Capital Maintains Economy."

Contestation onregional election without problem is expected to return national business climate and investment spirit which temporarily stopped due to wait and see move of the businesspeople and investors. Despite waiting for the poll recapitulation by General Election Commission KPU, quick counts by some survey institutions were enough to describe the winning map of the candidate pairs. Regional Autonomy Watch (KPPOD) Executive Director Robert Endi Jaweng said, realizing a peaceful, safe, and smooth regional election was not easy. Therefore, the success in having the simultaneous democratic festivitymust be appreciated, because it showed that the development of our democracy was more mature. Compared to the previous regional election, Robert said, Indonesia had leveled up, because the political elites and the people became more matured in voting.