WBA Super World featherweight title - Chris John UD 12 Fernando David Saucedo

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WBA featherweight champion from Indonesia, Chris John, extending his title after being declared unanimous decision victory over the 15th rank from Argentina, Fernando Saucedo, the 12-round bout at the Closed Tennis Stadium Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Sunday, December 5th. Three judges gave points 119-109, 119-109, and 120-108 for Chris john's victory.

With this victory Chris John match record up to 44 wins (22 by knockout), two draws, and never lost.

In a match that was witnessed by about 1,000 spectators, Chris John was aggressive and somewhat emotional. This is due to his opponent continues to keep a distance and stick with a tight double cover. This makes difficult for Chris John to cast an effective blow at a distance. Many Chris John's blow didn't hit the target because his opponent has moved backwards.

Sheikh Puji sentenced to 4 Years Prison

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After repeated trials which took a long time, defendant breach the Child Protection Act, Pujiono Cahyo Widianto (or known as Sheikh Puji) was sentenced to four years in prison and a fine of 60 million rupiah subsidiary of four months in prison, by the Ungaran District Court judge, Semarang regency, Central Java, on Wednesday (November 24, 2010).

Sheikh Puji sentencing hearing lasted nearly 6 hours, starting at 09.30 am until 15:30 pm, with a tight guard of police officers. In the trial, Sheikh Puji accompanied by his lawyer, OC Kaligis. The judges said Sheikh Puji has been proven to have violated Article 81 of Law No.23 Year 2002 on Child Protection, intentionally commit violence or threats of violence, forcing children to perform sexual intercourse with him or anyone else. Sheikh Puji is also presumed to wedge right of the child for having married Lutviana Ulfa, which on August 8, 2008 was only 12 years old.

Chris 'The Dragon' John

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Name: Yohannes Christian John
Birthplace:  Jakarta
Birth:  September 14, 1979
Nick: The Dragon, Indonesian Thin man
Division: Featherweight
Pro debut: 1998 (vs Firman Kanda)
Title: WBA Featherweight Champion (2003-...)
Record: 45 - won 44 (KO 22) + lost 0 + drawn 2

Chris John is an Indonesian best boxer. He is listed as the 3rd Indonesian boxer who won the world title, after Ellyas Pical and Nico Thomas. He was trained by his father, Johan Tjahjadi, who was a former amateur boxer since age 5 years. latr he recruited by a boxing trainer Sutan Rambing.

Mentawai Islands

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Mentawai Islands are part of a series of non-volcanic islands located at 150 km off the west coast of Sumatra Island. This regency consists of four islands: Siberut, Sipora, Pagai Utara (North Pagai) and Pagai Selatan (South Pagai) island, inhabited by a majority of the people of Mentawai tribe. There are several other small islands (total of 213 Islands), mostly uninhabited.

Mentawai has several endemic species that are protected. Four of them are primates, namely Simakobu or pig tail monkey (Simias concolor), Bilou or dwarf siamang (Hylobates klossii), Joja or Mentawai langur (Presbytis potenziani), and Bokkoi or Mentawai monkey (Macaca Siberut).

Mentawai Islands is a tourist destination. Besides the existence of unexploited rainforests on the islands, the main potential of the Mentawai Islands are the waves are rolling and well suited to be a place of surfing. Its location directly overlooking the Indian Ocean, provide a consistent waves the Mentawai Islands throughout the year.

Mbah Maridjan

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Birthplace: Kinahrejo dukuh, Umbulharjo, Sleman
Birth: 1927
Died: October 26, 2010
Wife: Ponirah
Children: Panut Utomo, Sutrisno, Lestari, Sulastri, Widodo.

Mbah Maridjan (Mas Penewu Suraksohargo) is a gatekeeper of Merapi volcano, which is mandate from Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX. He started as a gatekeeper deputy in 1970, and got his position as a gatekeeper since 1982. Every time Mount Merapi rumored to be erupting, the locals are always waiting for him command to flee.

His popularity surged in 2006, when Mount Merapi rumored to be erupted and he refused to evacuate. Since that incident, one of the sports drinks manufacturers even chose him to be the star of their product advertising.

Tugu Khatulistiwa

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Tugu Khatulistiwa (Equator Monument) is a monument built to mark the Pontianak as a city that passed through the equator.This monument located on the Jalan Khatulistiwa, Siantan, North Pontianak, West Kalimantan Province, and became one of the icons of Pontianak.

The main attraction of this monument is at the time of culmination, when the sun was right on the equator. At that time the shadow of the monument 'disappeared' for a few seconds, even if exposed to sunlight. The event of sun culmination occur twice a year, between March 21-23 and September 21-23.

Panjat Pinang (Nut Tree Climbing)

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Panjat Pinang is one of the traditional games, which are often held at the time of Indonesia's independence day celebration. In this game, slippery nut tree smeared with oil or fat, while various prizes hung on top. The rules are fairly simple. Participants consisted of several groups, consisting of several people (about 4-6).Since the trunk is slippery, the participant often fall. They who successfully climbed to the top were declared as the winner, and may take the prizes.

Panjat Pinang comes from Dutch colonial era. In those days, Londo (dutch people) have this game, where the participants are all native people. While the natives trying desperately to retrieve a variety of gifts of food or clothing, the Londo just enjoy laughing their desperate efforts.

Despite this game is a legacy of the colonial era, Panjat Pinang has a positive side as well. This game requires hard work and good cooperation. For spectators, the effort of the participants, their failure and success, are entertaining.

Munir

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Birthplace: Malang, East Java
Birth: Deceber 8, 1965
Died: September 7, 2004 (age 38)
Wife: Suciwati
Children: Sultan Alif Allende and Diva

 Munir Said Thalib SH, known as Munir, was an Indonesian human right activist.His last position was Executive Director of the Lembaga Pemantau Hak Asasi Manusia Indonesia Imparsial (Institute of Indonesia Imparsial Human Rights Watch). 

While serving as coordinator for Kontras (Komisi untuk Orang Hilang dan Korban Tindak Kekerasan = Commission for Missing People and Victims of Violence), his name soared as a fighter for missing persons who were kidnapped. He defended the activists who are victims of kidnappings from the Special Forces Mawar (Rose) team. After Soeharto's fall, the kidnapping was the reason for removal Danjen Kopassus Prabowo Subianto and trial for mawar team members.

Dana Island

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Dana (also called Ndana) is a small, uninhabited island located in the south of Rote Island, East Nusa Tenggara Province. It's about thirty kilometers Southwest of Rai Jua. With an area of 14 km2, this island is the southernmost island of Indonesia. Along with some other nearby small islands, such as Ndao, it forms the regency of Roti Ndao.

Base on Savunese tradition, no one is allowed to visit Dana for any purpose, except for the annual ritual ceremony. Savunese believe that when they die, their spirit reside on Dana.

Local history says that nobody is living there because the entire population was killed during a revenge attack in the 17th century. The small lake on the island was red of all the blood from the victims. Today the island is inhabited only by deer, a large number of bird species and turtles who come to lay their eggs.

Dana Island is one of the Indonesia's outer islands vulnerable to controlled by neighboring countries. Allegedly, this island was several times visited by the Australian Navy. It's also said, that the island with natural beauty and is suitable for surfing, has long been coveted by the Australian

To maintain security in the southernmost island of Indonesia, since 2006, the Army and the Marine Unit of the Navy has made the guard station on the Dana island.

Bekantan (Proboscis Monkey)

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Bekantan (Nasalis larvatus), also known as long-nosed monkey or proboscis monkey is an endemic animal from Kalimantan (Borneo). Bekantan is a monkey that has a special feature of the big long nose and reddish brown hair. Because of its nose, bekantan also known as 'kera Belanda' (Dutch monkey. This long and large nose only found in males. Females prefer males with big nose as their partner.

Bekantan consisting of two subspecies, namely Nasalis larvatus larvatus and Nasalis larvatus orientalist. Orientalis only found in the northeastern part of Borneo Island.

The males are larger than females. They also have a large belly, as a result of the habit of consuming food. Bekantan eats variety of leaves, which produce more gas when digested. This resulted in side effects that create a bulging stomach. A female has around 5-6 months of gestation period, and just gave birth to single pups in a single pregnancy. Bekantan childs will be with their mother until adulthood (age 4-5 years).

Kopi Luwak (Civet coffee)

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Kopi Luwak (Civet coffee) is coffee made from the beans which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Civets. This coffee is produced in Indonesia Archipelago, particularly in Sumatra (well-known for its excellent coffee), Java, Bali and Sulawesi. It also produced in the Philippines, East Timor and Vietnam. Civet coffee is also known as the world's most expensive coffee.

The civets forage on only the ripest and sweetest berries as their food. Civet eats the raw red coffee as part of its usual diet. It does not digest the inner beans, instead excreting them still covered in some inner layers of the cherry. It is believed that enzymes in the stomach of the civet add to the coffee's flavour through fermentation of some type. Then they are gathered, thoroughly washed, sun dried and given a light roast.

Komodo Island

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Komodo island is located at Komodo district, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Since 1980, this area was used as an National Park by the Government of Indonesia, then recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1986. Komodo Island is known as a habitat for native animals 'Komodo dragon'. This island is also the Komodo National Park which is managed by the Central Government.

Komodo dragons live and breed well in the Komodo island. Until August 2009, there are about 1,300 Komodo dragons in this island. Coupled with the other islands, such as Rinca and Gili Motang, there are about 2500 Komodoes.

Sangiran Site

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Sangiran is an archaeological site located in Central Java, 15 kilometers north of Surakarta, in Solo River valley, at the foot of Mount Lawu. The area comprises about 48 km². In 1977, Sangiran determined by the Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia as a cultural heritage, and in 1996 the site was listed in UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Sangiran Early Man Site is one of the key sites for the study of human evolution. A second occurence of 'Java Man' was discovered here (first discovered in 1891 at Trinil by Dutchman Dubois).

Candi Mendut (Mendut Temple)

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Mendut is one of the Buddhist temple in Indonesia. This temple is located in the village Mendut, Mungkid district, Magelang regency, Central Java, only 3 kilometers to the east from Borobudur temple. Mendut is older than Borobudur.

Mendut founded during the reign of King Indra from Syailendra dynasty. Based on Karangtengah inscription (824 AD), it mentioned that the king Indra has built a shrine called Wenuwana (bamboo forest). Inside Mendut, there are three big statue. Sakyamuni (who turns the wheel of Dharma), Avalokitesvara (the Bodhisatwa who helps mankind), and Maitreya (the future Buddha)

Gesang, the Maestro

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Name: Gesang Martohartono
Birthplace:  Solo, Central of Java
Birth:  Oktober 1, 1917
Died: May 20, 2010 (age 93)
Songs: Bengawan Solo, Pamitan, Caping Gunung, Jembatan Merah, Saputangan, Si Piatu, Roda Dunia, Dunia Berdamai, Tirtonadi, Pemuda Dewasa, Luntur, Bumi Emas Tanah Airku, Dongengan, Sebelum Aku Mati, Aja Lamis.
Albums: Swasana Desa (1939), Pandanwangi (1949), Urung (1970), Tembok Besar (1963), Borobudur (1965), Seto Ohashi (1988)

Gesang Martohartono, or known as Gesang, was born in the Surakarta (Solo), on October 1, 1917. Known as the 'maestro keroncong', he was a singer and the creator of the Javanese song. One of his most famous song is Bengawan Solo (Solo River), that took himself around Asia.