Antony’s Life Blog

Today (August 17) is the independence day of my home country, Indonesia. It was 62 years ago when our founding fathers, Soekarno and Hatta, declared our independence.

My teacher at school told us that Indonesia was colonized by Dutch for 350 years and then Japanese for 3.5 years. During the colonial period, the Dutch monopolized the sources of nutmeg, cloves, pepper, etc. They even established Dutch East India Company (VOC) to control the trading. Anyway, I don’t remember all the details of our history. In fact, I didn’t like history subject when I was in the high school.

I left the country around 7 years ago because of political and economic crisis. Although I still miss my home country, but it was a good decision for my future. The country is still struggling with political and economic problems until today.

Happy Independence Day to Indonesia!!!
(Picture is courtesy of hartanto.)

After coming back from my vacation to Europe, I submitted my vote for the New 7 Wonders of the world. For those who don’t know, we are currently selecting the new 7 wonders of the world. There are 21 finalists right now. If you haven’t voted yet, this is your last minutes chance. There only 34 days left to vote. You can do it online!

Just for your information, during my trip to Europe, I visited three of the candidates, i.e.:

• Colosseum in Rome, Italy.
• Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
• Neuschwanstein castle in Schwangau, Germany.

Congratulations to all of us who have made Web 2.0 a great success in man’s history. We are all chosen by TIME to be Person of the Year….