Top Ten Blogger Indonesian 2006 Award

Maybe, and i'm really sure, i'm one of the new-comer in blogsphere who is influenced by the author of Blogger Indonesia A. Fatif Syuhud Weblog. It was also because of him i started blogging. I met him 2 years ago at the first time i joined the Indonesian Student Association in New Delhi where he is one of the member also. I hardly knew him.

Once time, when i were in a internet cafe near my place, i met him there. I just said hello, and kept silent. Because i didn't want to disturb him. From my friend, who was also there, i knew that he just came for a visit the day after. Then i continued my work on net.

He approached me after a few minutes by asking what i were doing, then i said, chatting with my friends in Indonesia. Then, our conversation began. After a friendly conversation, i tried to ask him about what he was doing also. He said, blogging. What was it? It was my first time to heard that word. I asked further about it. He explained it in a very simple way. Maybe, it was because he didn't want to make me confuse or something other. Then, after two hours i left the internet cafe to take a pray. I said good-bye.

At that time, i didn't realise that it was the starting moment for me to start my blogging activity. I just thought that i didn't clever enought to go further, it was so 'higt-tech' for me who only knew chatting. Really, i wasn't so familiar with net and others, even with the computer.

In the evening on the same day, he invited me and other Indonesian students who lived near by to have dinner at his friend's house for the shake of his coming. Because he wasn't a 'usual-comer' to our place. At that dinner time, our conversation continued about blogging, and this time, it was not only me who was being introduced about blogsphere, but also others. This time he gave a complete explaination, from how to start blogging, what it was for, what kind of positive values we could get, etc. For i myself, what he explained to us really attracted me, and because of that, i dared to ask him to teach me about it from the beginning. And he said he would teach all of us. There were five of us, not including him. Then, the next day we all started blogging in the same internet cafe.

In my point of view, he is one of the most inspiring figure for the Indonesian student here to start blogging. The Indonesian student and residence blogger list on his side proofs it. As far as i know, in every occasions, when he joined us, because he was not always be in New Delhi, he always tried to ask people to star blogging, particularly in English. He wanted every outsiders knew about Indonesia by Indonesian origin, and he also wanted every Indonesian to be the 'ambassador' for Indonesia, not others.

After we started blogging, in some accasion when we all met him, there was always a blogging discussion around us. We asked so many questions. Then, when he asked why some of us didn't start to blog in English, we began reasoning. There was always a same reason that some of us didn't want to write/blog in English, including me also. It was because we all 'sure' that our English was very bad, and it made us lost our confidence. But, he kept encouraged us to start it, because he said: "How you can be so sure that your English is bad, whereas you never start to write in English? So, write it first, then you can find it out!!"

Throught time, it can be seen that he continues to inspire other Indonesia blogger to blog in English. His special coloum "Blogger of The Week", is one of his efforts to encourage Indonesian bloggers to write in English. I always read this coloum, even i'm not one of them, but i'm sure someday i will.

At the end of 2006, again he gave an appreciation to Indonesian Blogger, Top Ten Blogger Indonesia 2006, whose candidates was being chosen from Blogger of the Week with some criteria that can be read here.

I read this article as well as comments given by other readers, and some of them were the Top Ten Blogger Indonesia. From some comments, there was a same statement that the author of the web itself to be at the top list, including Jennie S. Bev who is at the top ten. I also have the same opinion. It is because he already made a lot efforts to inspire, encourage, influence, etc. others with his noble purpose. I think he deserves it.

As my last word, congratulation to all the Top Ten Blogger Indonesia. And for the web owner, keep supporting us and guide us. Thank you very much for all you had done for us, particularly me. Maybe, it is the only thing that I can do, just say thank you very much.