English Assignment 1, Images of Indonesia

Images of Indonesia

The aim of this report is to present what is popular in Indonesia and people(my friends and family) opinion about them. I interviewed 5 of my friends and all the people in my family by person and phone. The question concerned movie, music, gadget, and public transportation.

Movie:

All the people I had interviewed answered differently. But mostly chose comedy, drama, and action as their favourite movie genre. Others answered romance, horror, and biography. Most of people I had asked, usually watch movie only few times a week for their entertainment. They all agreed that foreign movies are better than Indonesian because Indonesia had produced many movies with porn and horror genre which is rather pointless and doesn’t contain any useful morale. That’s why many of them are against the new tax policy which restrained the distribution of foreign movies.

Music:

All of my friends chose foreign music as their favourite music over Indonesian. More than three-fourth like jazz and most of them like pop as their favourite music genre. Three-fourth always listens to the music when they have nothing to do in their free time. They agreed that listening to music could make people feel relaxed, which is why a quarter of people I had asked love to listen to music when they are studying.

Gadget:

The majority of people I had interviewed chose BlackBerry(cellphone) as their favourite gadget and  the other few chose palmtop and iPad as theirs. The most useful facility of gadget for most of them is BlackBerry Messenger and music. They all agreed that they can’t ‘live’ without gadget. They also agreed that Indonesia has the potential to produce their own local gadget.

Public Transportation:

All the people I had interviewed agreed that Indonesian Public Transportation facility is relatively bad. Most of them rarely used the public transportation and only a quarter used it (regularly or not). The majority chose Trans-Jakarta as their best choice of public transportation while the other chose bus. The positive of using public transportation is having a role to the decrement of global emission. On the other hand, the  negative aspect is the lack of comfort and privacy for the passenger.

This report shows that each people has different opinion of things. I also agree that Indonesia have to focus more on plot and morale to guarantee the success of  movies in Indonesia and for the future of Indonesian morale; like Laskar Pelangi teach us that we need to do our best  to make our dream come true, Merah Putih teach us to respect heroes for they have worked hard for our country sake, etc.  The most surprising aspect of this report for me is that all people I had interviewed can’t ‘live’ without gadget or technology. It shows how much people depends on technology nowadays.

BY: Andina Zahra Nabilla(6) XB