My First English Course

On February 18^th 2011, I had my first English course with Mr. Marsigit. Caused by English lesson changed to 1 pm, so I had free at about 2 hours. After Pancasila lesson, I planned to go to University Library. But the library was closed because it was time to pray  Jum’at. Finally, my friends and I went to Education Museum. I have been studying in Yogyakarta State University for one semester, but I had never entered to this museum. After finished saw things, we sat on the floor in front of museum.

My friends and I felt hungry, but we was living thrifty at that time. Fortunately, one of my friends brought enough snacks for us. What a hot day that was. We decided moving to Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science. We listened to the music there and then pray Dhuhur. After that my friend and I planned to buy breads for lunch. On the way, we met our classmates, they would enter to wrong class. Fortunately, they came out immediately.

Almost of my classmates waited in the next of Mushola FMIPA. Our public relations said that we had no class for study and Mr. Marsigit’s handphone was not active. Waited for about 30 minutes, My friends and I decided to attend Kopma’s Meeting at Student Center.  On the way to Student Center, one of my friends called my handphone and informed that Mr. Marsigit came. So we moved to old building at 107 classroom. In this classroom, there were no AC, so it was very hot.

What happened with Mr. Marsigit’s neck? That was my  first question appear when I saw Mr. Marsigit. I respected to him, although he had sickness, but he still teached us. Like another lecturer, he presented us one by one and asked us where we from. Mr. Marsigit was a friendly and humorous person. He ordered us to change our chairs around his chairs. There were no taut at first meeting, and I hope for the next meeting. I rather surprised for the task, especially for blog because I was not writting something commonly.  Mr. Marsigit gave us motivation and also suggest to study english by ourself.

Kembalikan Pajak Film untuk Film Indonesia!

Kebijakan Direktorat Jenderal Bea Cukai yang memberlakukan beban bea masuk atas hak distribusi film impor hingga Hollywood ogah tayangkan filmnya di Indonesia dipandang sinis. Namun itu tidak terlalu masalah, asalkan alokasi pajak tersebut jelas.

Hal itu dikatakan Sutradara 'Ayat-ayat Cinta' Hanung Bramantyo saat dihubungi detikhot via ponselnya, Sabtu (19/2/2011).

"Kalau buat saya, okay bayar pajak nggak masalah. Toh di Amerika pendapatan pajak nomor satu adalah film. Tapi pajak itu tolong dikembalikan kembali ke orang film untuk perkembangan film Indonesia," kata Hanung.

Pengembaliannya itu dalam bentuk nyata. Misalnya saja dibangun sekolah film, studio editing, laboratorium film, perpusatakaan film dan lain-lain. Jadi kalaupun sineas Indonesia ataupun film luar yang bayar pajak, menjadi tidak bertanya-tanya ke mana larinya pajak film?

"Sehingga kita bayar pajak itu ada hasilnya. Cuma ketika saya bayar pajak, ini larinya ke mana? Kok selama ini film Indonesia semakin nggak disupport," jelasnya.

Hanung menggambarkan kondisi jika sineas lokal ingin membuat film. Pertama, di Indonesia cuma ada satu sekolah film, yaitu Institut Kesenian Jakarta.

"Tidak ada studio editing. Jadi kalau kita mau masuk studio harus ke luar negeri. Itu akan menambah biaya, kan kalau bawa barang ke Indonesia kena pajak lagi," ungkap Hanung.(klikunic.com)