Quality assurance

Quality assurance, or QA for short, refers to planned and systematic production processes that provide confidence in a product's suitability for its intended purpose. Refer to the definition by Merriam-Webster for further information [1]. It is a set of activities intended to ensure that products (goods and/or services) satisfy customer requirements in a systematic, reliable fashion. QA cannot absolutely guarantee the production of quality products, unfortunately, but makes this more likely.

Two key principles characterise QA: "fit for purpose" (the product should be suitable for the intended purpose) and "right first time" (mistakes should be eliminated). QA includes regulation of the quality of raw materials, assemblies, products and components; services related to production; and management, production and inspection processes.

It is important to realize also that quality is determined by the intended users, clients or customers, not by society in general: it is not the same as 'expensive' or 'high quality'. Even goods with low prices can be considered quality items if they meet a market need.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_assurance

more then 80000 tata nano will be produced on 2009-2010

The cheapest car in the world, Tata Nano, will be available next February. Tata motor corp plan to produced 80.000 units during 2009-2010. 70 thousands unit will be finished on March, while the next 80 thousands unit will be done in the next year. Hope this car will also available for Indonesian market, just like other auto corps like Bajaj which has succeed bring Pulsar, and TVS Motor which has bring Apache RTR160. Just wait … (Ref. Kompas)

Daihatsu Motor

Daihatsu Motor announce that they will release a new MPV at the end of February. The new MPV will have 120 until 130 million rupiahs. Offcourse it will be a new alternative in the range, besides Xenia, Grand Max and Avanza which has already proven loved by Indonesian customers.

The new MPV is not a Grand Max any more, it completely new, and the name for the new MPV is Luxio, that’s it! It also known by baby Alphard by many offline publisher. What will the New MPV be?,… let’s wait ..

International sport manufacturer

International sport manufacturer, Porsche, will introduce it’s Panamera to Indonesian market tomorrow. It’s a art of their program to penetrate south east asia market. The Porsche Panamera (Type number 970) is a four-door, four-seat luxury sedan, which was launched in 2009. It is front-engined with rear wheel drive, with a four-wheel drive version also available.

The Porsche Panamera production model was unveiled at the 13th Auto Shanghai International Automobile Show in Shanghai, China on April 2009. The V8 normal-aspiration versions of the Panamera have rear-wheel drive as standard, while the Turbo version includes standard all-wheel drive with PTM (Porsche Traction Management). Currently, trim levels include the base model Panamera S, Panamera 4S and Panamera Turbo. US models include an engine start/stop system, and the Turbo version uses active aerodynamics with a multi-stage, adjustable rear spoiler.

toyota crown majesta indonesian cabinet new cars

As we know that SBY, the president of Indonesia, just announced his new cabinet. Several days after, local media reporting that this new cabinet will be facilitated with new car, names Toyota Crown Majesta. Well, we may difficult to find this car at local dealers. But, let see the details of this car from it’s home country, Japan.
The Toyota Crown comes in different models including a hybrid and the high-end Century and Majesta, and in its home market it is considered on par with cars the likes of the BMW 7-Series or the Mercedes-Benz S-Class in terms of technology at least.

This year, Toyota has introduced a modified Majesta, the first repeat of the car and considered the safest and most comfortable ever. Power under the hood for the Majesta is provided by a 4.6-liter V8 unit coupled to an 8-speed automatic transmission. The AWD variant that is available comes with the 6-speed automatic transmission only. The main revisions on the retiring model is a wheelbase that is 75mm longer and a number of safety elements including the latest Front-side Pre-crash safety system, Pre-crash seatbacks and a rear-seat center airbag.

Standard addition on the car is an electronically controlled air suspension which currently works in combination with Toyota’s Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management (VDIM) stability system. Also coming with the car is a pedestrian detection system that is equipped with night vision setting. In the interior, the car is fitted with wood trim on the steering wheel, shift knob and ornament panel, together with multiple LCD display panels in the front dashboard and a hard drive satellite navigation system. At the rear compartment passengers are treated with a large 9 inch roof-mounted LCD panel and audio is supplied by a 19-channel amplifier and a 20 speaker stereo system.

Honda ATV Technical Illustration by Khulsey.Com

This Honda ATV concept technical illustration come from Jim Hatch Illustration - in Khulsey.Com. Khulsey.com is a site which serve you with high quality Cutaway, Ghosting, Section View & Exploded View Technical Illustration, Infographics, Automotive Stock Images. You can see the detail of each component layout from this clear illustration.

Google's New Navigation Features in Motorola Droid

NEW YORK - Motorola again shows kemesraannya with Google in presenting phone presented by technology from Google. After Cliq, Motorola presents Droid pinned with brand-new navigation features besutan Google.

In addition, the Droid is also certain to use Google's operating system that most newer, which is Android 2.0. With the launch on November 6, through its partners certainly Verizon's Android OS, which has another name Donut, the first time present in Droid Motorola.

Chief Marketing Officer John Stratton Verizon Wireless revealed that the presence Droid will add new maps to tackle competition iPhone, which is known by his revolutionary innovation through the development of Apple. Thus the reported Reuters on Thursday (29/10/2009).

"Droid are already using Android 2.0 will include the Google Maps Naivigation with accuracy levels of more real-time," explained a Google spokesperson.

Physically, Droid adopted the technology with a sliding Qwerty keyboard, including touch screen technology. Another additional feature is the camera with a resolution of 5 megapixels. "This is a very dynamic evolution of the Android," said Nokia Chief Executive Sanjay Jha.

Just as Cliq, Droid expected to enhance Motorola's profits plummeted in the past two years, and as they promise to be faithful to Android. (tyo)

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Can Listen Live Songs from Google Search

A new music features has been issued by Google Inc.. Wednesday (28/10), which will bring searcher from the U.S., with just one click can listen to full songs. A simple design of Google Search with 4 track to the top of search results. Once the song is clicked, the songs will be played in a pop-up player from MySpace or Lala. The search results are also equipped with the album and links to music sites like Pandora, imeem, and Rhapsody.

Internet users can search by artist, album, or song titles, and even access to a song by typing in the lyrics. Appear also other results, such as the home page of the artist and fan sites, is also Google Inc. while reducing. call the so-called 'search time', which in this case how many clicks does it take to listen to a song.

Meanwhile, according to Google, for music recording companies have to support Google's efforts to put the legitimacy of the source music, before this feature was made.

Latitude XT2 Tablet PC XFR, Sturdy and Unique

Dell Tablet PC is very small 12-inch now been released. Tablet PC with a multitouch display XFR Latitude XT2, unique and designed specifically for the military, police, factories, and the ambulance, and so on. Latitude XT2 Tablet PC will add family XFR Rugged Mobility Solution, which previously had been released laptop XFR Latitude E6400 and Latitude E6400 ATG.

The main features of the tablet PC XFR Latitude XT2, such as a 1.5 inch thick (38.1mm), weighs 5.4 pounds, 4 cell battery and SSD. In addition, the tablet PC has a door input / output, LCD, keyboard, provides a level of Ingress Protection IP54 or dust and moisture resistant. XFR Latitude XT2 can be used for police or an ambulance in which important information can be achieved quickly.

XFR Latitude XT2 features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor with DDR3 memory 5GB 1066MHz. Still added QuadCool temperature regulation system to create excellent performance, even in extreme temperatures from -10 degrees to 140 degrees Fahreinheit. Security features including ControlVault Dell and Dell ControlPoint, for encryption and disk drives SSD. 12.1-inch screen, no glare when under the sun, supported by GPS and webcam. Expansion ports including RJ11 input and serial connectivity options in the form of wireless LAN 802.11 a / g / n, Bluetooth 2.1 and mobile broadband.

Latitude XT2 Tablet PC XFR will be present in the U.S., Canada, France, Spain, England, Germany and Intalia with $ 3,712 price range (dell.com / xfr).

The release D3s Nikon Rumors

A growing rumors about the emergence of new products Full Frame DSLR from Nikon. This product comes with a single digit Nikon D3s series.

As quoted from the BJP-KabarIT online, Full Frame camera has a very high level of sensitivity in low light conditions with ISO reach 12,800 (the lowest ISO 200). D3s also has reached 102.400 boost mode. An innovation in a world of unexpected photography during the last 20 years.

This camera uses the speed of 12 megapixels and 720p 24 frames per second and HD video mode. For pricing issues, expected D3s sold for 4200 pounds (approximately U.S. $ 6685) in England.

Competition between Canon cameras and Nikon have happened a long time. Last Canon had led from the Nikon with a series EOS 5D Mark II. But with the emergence of this D3s Nikon will shift the Canon ratings. Login

Bunaken National Park

Bunaken is part of the Bunaken National Marine Park, which has some of the highest levels of marine biodiversity in the world. Scuba diving attracts many visitors to the island. Bunaken is located at the north of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It belongs administratively to the municipality of Manado.

The Bunaken National Marine Park was formally established in 1991 and is among the first of Indonesia's growing system of marine parks. The park covers a total surface area of 890.65 km², 97% of which is overlain by sparkling clear, warm tropical water. The remaining 3% of the park is terrestrial, including the five islands of Bunaken, Manado Tua, Mantehage, Nain and Siladen. Although each of these islands has a special character, it is the aquatic ecosystem that attracts most naturalists.

The waters of Bunaken National Marine Park are extremely deep (1566 m in Manado Bay), clear (up to 35-40 m visibility), refreshing in temperature (27 to 29 °C) Pick any of group of interest - corals, fish, echinoderms or sponges - and the number of families, genera or species is bound to be astonishingly high. For example, 7 of the 8 species of giant clams that occur in the world, occur in Bunaken. The park has around 70 genera of corals; compare this to a mere 10 in Hawaii. Although the exact number of fish species is unknown, it may be slightly higher than in the Philippines, where 2,500 species, or nearly 70% of all fish species known to the Indo-western Pacific, are found.
Other sides of Bunaken.

Oceanic currents may explain, in part, why Bunaken National Marine Park is such a treasure trove of biodiversity. Northeasternly currents generally sweep through the park but abundant counter currents and gyros related to lunar cycles are believed to be a trap for free swimming larvae. This is particularly true on the south side of the crescent-shaped Bunaken Island, lying in the heart of the park. A snorkler or diver in the vicinity of Lekuan or Fukui may spot over 33 species of butterfly fish and numerous types of groupers, damsels, wrasses and gobies. The gobies, smallish fish with bulging eyes and modified fins that allow them to attach to hard surfaces, are the most diverse but least known group of fish in the park.

Biologists believe that the abundance of hard corals is crucial in maintaining the high levels of diversity in the park. Hard corals are the architects of the reefs, without them, numerous marine organisms would be homeless and hungry. Many species of fish are closely associated with particular types of corals (folious, branching, massives, etc.) for shelter and egg-laying. Others, like the enormous Bumphead Parrotfish, Balbometopon muricatum, are "coralivores" and depend on hard corals for their sustenance. Bony mouth parts fused into an impressive "beak" allow these gregarious fish to crunch corals like roasted peanuts.

Some 20,000 people live on the natural resources of Bunaken National Marine Park. Although there are inevitable conflicts between resource protection and use by people, the Indonesian government is taking a fairly unusual and pragmatic approach to park management. The idea is to promote wise resource use while preventing overexploitation. Local communities, government officials, dive resort operators, local nature groups, tourists and scientists have played an active role in developing exclusive zones for diving, wood collection, fishing and other forms of utilization. Bunaken Marine Park has become an important example of how Sulawesi, and the rest of Indonesia, can work to protect its natural resources.

WiMax Support to Products Nokia N-Series

Nokia Corp. plans additional Internet tablet WiMAX connectivity N-series in 2008.

WiMax is a technology wide-area networking which offers faster download speeds than 3G mobile networks (third-generation) and has a wider range than Wi-Fi. Adding WiMax support to the Internet tablets will allow users to surf the Web or make long distance calls using Skype Ltd.. which are outside the reach of hot spots Wi-Fi.

Internet tablet Nokia's new output currently, the N800, has a wide screen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The device comes with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0. N800 also supports mobile networks, although Bluetooth can be used to connect a cell phone.

Nokia's Internet tablets, which runs on Linux operating system, will use the Broad Peak WiMax chipset from Intel Corp.. The same chip will be used in Centrino laptops future that support WiMax.

Until the second quarter of 2008, Centrino laptops with WiMax support will be manufactured by Asustek Computer Inc.., Acer Inc.., Lenovo Group Ltd.., Toshiba Corp.. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.., which sells laptops under the Panasonic brand.

Nokia said Internet tablets with WiMax will be circulated in the United States and can be used with Sprint Nextel Corp. network. While it has not obtained certain information if Nokia also plans to sell WiMax devices outside the U.S. territory.

Social Networking Google

Most of us may never be separated from Social Networking application. Call it a successful facebook admiration of millions of people in the world. At the same time we also never missed just Google.Dari search engine that has evolved into a machine on the Internet with various features. But what if Google was in the end have a Social Networking application. Will google really rule the web-based applications with advanced interactivity between the application?

Not long ago there was an echo Google's developed Wave, was launched today from KabarIT searchengineland.com, Google is developing a Social Networking application in iGoogle integrated,

Such a web application has indirectly represent plus Facebook and Twitter plus Google's wealth of applications with the advantages of integration with the other one of course. Application status updates, chat and send any comments available.

If you are a Gmail user, never misses from Google, and hobby use Goggle maps, docs, Blogger, Adsense and so on. Social Networking iGoogle as possible will make you fall in love and leave Facebook and Twitter slowly.

Gold Nokia 8800 Arte, Mobile 18-Karat Gold Layer

Nokia Arte Mobile series that looked lux now have a new member, the Nokia 8800 Arte Gold, a device that is equipped with a casing of gold (gold) and 18-carat white cover of the skin. Regardless of the color and materials used in the making, the Nokia 8800 Arte Gold is the same as Arte mobile phone, such as the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte. Gold is also shaped silder Arte, which support a tri-band GSM 2100 and WCDMA technologies for browsing and download speeds. Gold Nokia 8800 Arte has a 2 inch OLED display 240x320 px QVGA, 16M color and 3.2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom. Consumer can store music data, pictures, videos, contact and so forth into the memory storage of 4GB. However, for the issue price, there is no immediate details from Nokia.

The main features of mobile phones Nokia 8800 Arte Gold:

* Tri-band GSM (900 / 1800 / 1900) and WCDMA 2100 connectivity
* A 2 inch OLED display with 240 x 320 pixels and 16 million colors
* Series 40 5th Edition interface, Feature Pack 1
* Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
* Opera Mini
* A 3.2MP camera with autofocus
* USB 2.0
* 4GB of internal memory;
* 150 grams
* 109 x 45.6 x 14.6 mm

Full Spesification Gold Nokia 8800 Arte:

* Developer Platform Series 40 5th Edition, Feature Pack 1 Operating System Nokia OS Resolution 240 x 320 Notes
* Main display: 109 x 45.6 x 14.6 mm, resolution 240 x 320 Color Depth 24 bit
* Weight: 150 g
* Data:
o Grid Key Mat 1800 GSM Frequency Band
o GSM 900/1900
o WCDMA 2100
o EGPRS
o GPRS
o HSCSD
* Features:
o Flight Mode
o Handsfree Speaker
o MP3 Ringtones
o Still Image Editor
o SyncML
Themes o GPS
* APIs:
o Java Technology CLDC 1.1
o JSR 135 Mobile Media API
o JSR 172 Web Services API
o JSR 177 Security and Trust Services API
o JSR 184 Mobile 3D Graphics API
o JSR 205 Wireless Messaging API
o JSR 211 Content Handler API
o JSR 226 Scalable 2D Vector Graphics API
o JSR 234 Advanced Multimedia Supplements
o JSR 248 Mobile Service Architecture for CLDC
o JSR 75 FileConnection and PIM API
o JSR 82 Bluetooth API
o MIDP 2.1
o Nokia UI API Java API Access Permissions
* Browser & Flash
* Browser HTML over TCP / IP
* Opera Mini
* WAP 2.0
* XHTML over TCP / IP Flash Lite Flash Lite 2.1 Flash Lite Screensaver Feature
* Wall Paper Notes
* Multimedia
* Camera Resolution: 2048 x 1536
* Digital Zoom: 8 x Optical Zoom
* Sensor: CMOS 3.2 megapixel
* Format JPEG / Exif Camera Auto Focus Features
* Full Screen Viewfinder, Image Stabilization
* Self Timer
* Video Resolution: 640 x 480
* Video Frame Rate: 15 fps
* Video Zoom: 8 x
* Video Formats H.263, H.264/AVC Secondary Secondary Camera Resolution Camera Digital Zoom Camera Optical Zoom Secondary Secondary Secondary Sensor Camera Camera Camera focal length F-Stop/Aperture Secondary Secondary Secondary Focus range Camera Image Format Camera Camera Camera Features Secondary Secondary Secondary Camera Video Resolution Camera Video Frame Rate Secondary Secondary Zoom Camera Video Camera Video Format Video Features Video Player
* Video Recorder
* Video Ringtones
* Video Stabilization
* Video Streaming Video Formats 3GPP formats (H.263), H.264/AVC, MPEG-4
* Local Video Playback Graphics Formats BMP, GIF87a, GIF89a, JPEG, PNG, WBMP Audio Features Audio Equalizer
* Audio Recorder AMR
* Audio Streaming
* Music Player Audio Formats AAC, AAC +, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, eAAC +, MIDI Tones (poly 64), Mobile XMF, MP3, MP4, SP-MIDI, True tones, WMA Notes --
* Max User Storage 4 GB NAND Memory
* Connectivity
* Local Connectivity Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
* Bluetooth Stereo Audio
* Micro USB
* Nokia microUSB Cable CA-101
* USB 2.0
* USB OTG support WLAN Bluetooth Profiles A2DP, AVRCP, DUN, FTP, GAP, GAVDP, GOEP, HFP, HSP, OPP, PBAP, SAP, SDAP, SPP Notes --
* Messaging
* Messaging IM
* MMS + SMIL
* SMS Email Protocol IMAP4
* POP3
* SMTP Email Solution OMA E-mail Notification Feature Messaging v1.0 OMA Multimedia Messaging Service v1.2.1 Notes Document Formats --
Power Management
* Power Management USB Charging Battery BL-4U 3.7V 1000 mAh
* Maximum Talk Time GSM Talk Time 3.3 hours
* WCDMA Talk Time 2.75 hours
* Maximum VoIP Talk Time Standby Time
* GSM Standby Time 300 hours
* WCDMA Standby Time 300 hours
* Max Video Recording Time 4.1 hours

Honda Mobility Devices, Advanced Motion Tools

Asimo humanoid robot made by Honda has recently been an inspiration to researchers at Honda to create the tools to move to humans. This idea is based on the ability of Asimo motion that can be used for humans move.

Quoted from green.autoblog, researchers at Honda's Fundamental Technology Research Center looked at some mobility problems are not just driving. Common human mobility such as walking has several problems such as fatigue problems in the move. From this point the researchers make beberpa tool that can be used to solve the problem.


The first is the UX-3, the tool is like a small bicycle with one wheel. This tool can balance themselves and move on the slope set by the driver. The tool is designed for mobility in an office with narrow streets. There are several motors that can move this equipment to the front and sideways.

Next is a tool that helps the motion of human muscles. By using this tool a tool mounted on the hip until the human thigh. This tool uses a pair of motors at the hips to help move the human foot, so that someone menguragi out padasaat power walking or moving. You can feel the effort it takes less time to move up the stairs or slopes.

Honda also makes a device that looks quite strange with a saddle that can be occupied but still moving and resting on your legs. The basic idea of this tool is to assist in sustaining leg weight. With this tool users can save energy around 20% for walking.

These tools are also planned to use to help the disabled. But Honda seems to have not planned to sell this tool for free at the time dekat.MaSuk

Onno W. Purbo People Digital Community

Onno W. Purbo get Indigo Digital Award for a Community Fellow at Telkom Indonesia held. Onno penghrgaan deserve it, because the contribution of IT Onno in the world is no doubt in building IT community in Indonesia.

Indigo Fellow award in 2009 is given TELKOM-Group, in cooperation with the Warta Ekonomi magazine, the character creator, business leaders, support leaders, and prominent academics who could be an example in developing the digital creative industry in Indonesia. The purpose of this award is to increase public awareness of creativity in the digital creative industry in Indonesia and also provide the stimulus to the public about the creativity and achievements in the digital creative industry in Indonesia. The program is expected to be one benchmark for the growing spirit of entrepreneurship and creativity to shape the digital creative industry with a reliable.

Several other leaders received an award from telecom yaknih; Save Dwi Nuryanto who was awarded the DEA Inventor Digital, Ardian Elkana who awarded Digitalpreneur, Ir. Cahyana Ahmadjayadi, who won MH Digital Promoter, Prof.. Dr.Ir. H Supangkat reached Suhono Digital Academic and Kendro Hendra who reached Achievement in Digital Technology.

Best Hotel Indonesia 2009

National Geographic Traveler survey conducted best hotel in Indonesia that took place online over the last 1 month. The result, no fewer than 500 participants come to vote (voting) to the hotel choices on our site.

This data acquisition encouraging, because it can be known a variety of reasons, interests and how the respondents (consumers) in choosing accommodations. Clearly, the need or reason to stay at the hotel are also diverse, such as business trip (work) or on vacation. This effect on the results.

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If business, will be selected hotels near downtown or central business. Jimmy Kapoh example, respondents from Banjarmasin who choose Hotel Borobudur Jakarta. The reason, "Apart from a very elegant hotel, was also felt very comfortable and safe in this hotel."

While on vacation, will find the atmosphere far from the crowds, like Eko Nugroho Setyo from Bekasi, who dropped to Amanjiwo voting. The reason, "Strong Java and architectural nuances and great scenery. Seemed to be at home. "

The profile of respondents is, the largest in the age range from 25 to 29 years (34%), followed by the age of 30 - 34 years (24.1%). On average, consumers 32-year-old hotel, with the percentage of men filling the survey reached 76.5% and 23.5% female, with long stay average, 1 - 3 days (64.6%) and 4 - 7 days (25 , 6%). Almost all of them chose to stay at the hotel (90.2%), followed by villas (14.4%), cottage (13.8%) and resorts (12.3%). Was the need to stay on business or office tasks ranked top (49.6%) and only slightly above adrift overnight demand for travel (42.6%).

Uniquely, though almost every hotel has an online booking facility, consumers prefer to call for room messages, and even directly to the location without calling first, and some are using vouchers (coupons) purchased from a travel agency. Reservations via the Internet was just getting the lowest ratings (6.1%).

On average, the ideal hotel responsen restaurant must have a facility that provides food to taste, equipped with swimming pool and a Wi-Fi networks. Landscape and architecture are also a good building. There are 10 hotels selected criteria respondents and we attach a list of the top three in the following box. Complete list, please refer to National Geographic Traveler September 2009 edition.

HOTEL Favorite
Amanjiwo (Magelang) Score 4.23
Hotel Majapahit (Surabaya) Score 4.20
Borobudur Hotel (Jakarta) Score 4.18

BEST ROOMS
Amanjiwo (Magelang) Score 4.50
Shangri-La (Jakarta) Score 4.29
Borobudur Hotel (Jakarta) Score 4.22

SECURITY AND SAFETY THE BEST
Borobudur Hotel (Jakarta) Score 4.33
Tugu Malang Hotel (Malang) Score 4.29
Majapahit Hotel (Surabaya) Score 4.29

BEST AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Majapahit Hotel (Surabaya) Score 4.70
Amanjiwo (Magelang) Score 4.65
Borobudur Hotel (Jakarta) Score 4.48

Hospitality SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
Amanjiwo (Magelang) Score 4.82
Santika Hotel (Yogyakarta) Score 4.60
Majapahit Hotel (Surabaya) Score 4.50

SATISFACTION THAN MUCH
Amanjiwo (Magelang) Score 4.82
Santika Hotel (Yogyakarta) Score 4.60
Majapahit Hotel (Surabaya) Score 4.50

Build Your Business by Building Relationships

People do business with people that they know and trust. As a solo entrepreneur, your goals will be to make yourself known to your target market and then elevate the relationship to the trust level. This process of building relationships can take many forms. Take a few minutes to review what is working for you in this area. Then consider these ideas to add to your relationship building toolkit.

30 Second Introduction

Have you upgraded your 30 second introduction lately? If you haven’t revised it in the past year chances are the impact may be stale. A new introduction can spark your own energy which will show when you introduce yourself. Consider the use of powerful action words such as create, design, compose, organize, generate, solve, produce, and supply. Deliver it in front of a mirror and see what others see.

What do you have to give?

We often think of what we want to get from relationships. Things like a request for proposal, a new resource, a potential alliance, or a business contact or sale. Flip this over and consider what you are willing to GIVE to your network of potential customers. Do you offer sample products or trial services? Do you have free information that your target market can use? Can you provide a free evaluation of your client’s current service provider? Keep in mind that building relationships is a two way flow that begins with you. Approaching these relationships in a giving, proactive mode is a terrific beginning.

Follow up, Follow up

The simple act of following up with individuals that you meet for the first time will make you stand out. Very few people use a consistent follow up method over a period of time. You must have contact information in order to implement this step. Successful follow up actions include handwritten notes (they stand out), e-zines, newsletters, holiday or birthday cards, an article of interest, and invitations to an event. Choose several actions that fit your personal style and do them consistently. Watch your network grow as you demonstrate an interest in building the relationship.

Tracking System

Consistency in building relationships will be difficult to maintain without a method to capture and maintain contact information in a practical way. This means being accessible and easily updated for changes. Contact software such as ACT, Goldmine, and Outlook were created for this purpose. Other options include business card files, Rolodex, Palm Pilots, and planner systems such as Day-timer or Franklin. Choose the system that fits your work style and schedule time for communication with your contacts and maintenance of the database. This nut and bolts step is an important part of building relationships over time.

Plant a Seed

Think of building relationships in the same way as planting seeds. In order for the seeds to grow, they need water, food, and sunlight over time. For relationships to grow, you provide opportunities for your network to get to know you, what you provide, and ultimately trust you with their business.

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10 Essential Business Leadership Skills

Are you a leader?

Truth be told, not everyone is a leader. It’s just not meant for everyone. And that’s OK.

But more people are leaders than they realize. Leadership takes on many different faces; it’s just a question of understanding how you lead and why.

Here are 10 key business leadership skills you’ll need to succeed as a leader:

1. Lead By Example. You can’t be an aloof leader, someone that’s never around and incapable of getting your hands dirty. One of the best ways to lead is by example – pitching in where needed, lending a helping hand, and making sure that the work you do is clearly understood by your team.
2. Passion. A leader without passion isn’t a leader. He’s a paper pusher. Or a taskmaster. Or a government employee… Passion drives a lot, and you can inspire so much in others through your own passion and enthusiasm. That doesn’t mean you have to be constantly cheery, it means you’ve got to believe in what you’re doing and what your company is doing.
3. Be Organized. A disorganized leader isn’t leading, he’s chasing his own tail. Disorganization breeds nothing but more disorganization. If you’re frazzled and messy, your team will be too. When you’re organized you’ll be much more productive and so will everyone else.
4. Delegate. You can’t do everything. A great leader needs to be able to delegate effectively. The key to delegating successfully is giving employees ownership of the work you assign them. They can’t just feel like they own the work, they really have to.
5. Take Ownership and Responsibility. Although you’ve just delegated work and truly given your team ownership, you also have to take ownership and responsibility at all times. Your team has to know you’ll be there for them through the good and the bad times. That doesn’t mean you absolve people from making mistakes or ignore crappy work/effort, but it does mean you take responsibility for the big picture.
6. Communicate Effectively. Duh. Everyone knows great leaders have to be great communicators. But there are certain points of communication that many people forget. For example, it’s critical that you communicate to employees how their work matters in the bigger picture. Are they a cog, or does their work truly make a difference?

Communicating success is also something leaders forget to do. People need affirmation. They want to know they did a good job. You just have to tell them.

And be precise. Insecure leaders will often ramble; uninterested leaders cut things off to quickly. Whether you’re giving praise, providing constructive criticism, or defining goals and to-dos, you have to figure out how much to say and in what order. Be precise, specific and concise. Get to the point.
7. Be Brave and Honest. Cowardly leaders will shy away from any number of situations that crop up regularly when running a team. The project your team has worked on for 6 months just got shelved. Now what? Or you have to talk to someone about their lack of effort recently. Do you ignore the problem? Or maybe it’s time to take your product into a new market. Do you hobble forward, scared and nervous, or do you grab the market by the throat?

Leaders are brave.

And honest. Tell it like it is. Don’t sugarcoat, don’t obfuscate. Don’t be a jerk either. You have to learn how to present things to your team in an honest but balanced manner.
8. Great Listener. A huge part of being a great communicator is being a great listener. If all you want to do is talk, you’re not a leader. Keeping people motivated means listening to them, asking them questions, understanding their issues. When you listen more, you can respond more effectively and get to the heart of things much faster.
9. Know Your People. You have to know your people. You don’t have to be best friends or even socialize outside work, but you do have to know what makes them tick. You need to know something about their personal lives because their lives outside work matter. Their lives outside work drive a great deal of their success (or lack of) at work. Keep track of simple things: birthdays, marriages, children, etc. The more you know your people the more common ground you’re likely to find, the more you’ll be able to connect.
10. Be a Follower. Benjamin Disraeli said, “I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?” That sums up many of the other points so beautifully. Great leaders are followers too. If you’re a leader without following, you’re a dictator. And as fun as that sounds… Being a leader-follower means finding value in your team, getting inspired by your team, encouraging your team to communicate, brainstorm and be open.

Very few people are great leaders overnight. It takes time and practice. As long as you’re open about learning along the way and working with your team on leadership versus dictating to them, most people will be happy to go on the journey with you.

And without getting too mushy, here are some great quotes on leadership:

“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” – George S. Patton

“Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.” – Robert Half

“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.” – Theodore M. Hesburgh

Business Management Skills

Business management skills need to be developed to their full potential if a manager, and therefore an organization, is to be successful.
mong the most important business skills you can possess is ‘rare sense’ – in other words, the ability to think straight and develop the fact-based insight which produces business breakthroughs. Another attribute which all business managers should strive to develop and deploy is ‘effectiveness’.

The famous management guru Peter Drucker made the vital distinction between ‘efficient’ and ‘effective’ business skills. Performing an activity swiftly and economically is efficient, while doing the right thing well is effective. The wrong thing, however, is ineffective by definition. Good business management skills guide you towards the right goals, and achievement of those will be highly effective. But if you’re doing the wrong thing, your apparent efficiency will be in vain.
How can you improve your business management skill? Use a rigorous and disciplined process for setting an agenda that concentrates on the important, rather than the urgent. Also make sure you structure the meetings to produce real decisions, and concentrate on your business management strategy.

http://www.thinkingmanagers.com/business-management/business-management-skills.php

21 Business Skills Needed To Succeed

The greatest people in business have certain attributes in common. Several personal qualities are important, like a thirst for continuous education, personal drive and motivation, strong goals and ambition, clear vision, and always a great deal of passion.

Beyond those personal qualities though, what makes a successful business person stand out from the crowd? Here are 21 business skills you need if you want to get ahead:

Communication

• 1. Written - Most people in business spend a lot of time communicating in writing. While the inter-office memo and the fax are old hat, you will spend a good few hours a day fighting your inbox. Add to this reports, white papers, proposals and resumes, it's certain you will need to sharpen your word power to succeed.
• 2. Social Networking - We are not all social gadflys, some of us struggle to make small talk. It is a key skill to learn though, it is true what they say, sometimes it is more who you know than what!
• 3. Speaking - Public speaking ranks high amongst the worlds most popular fears. You must overcome it and the best way is to practice. It might feel more comfortable working from the safety of your desk but at some point you are going to have to present. Better to have some experience under your belt before being forced to perform unprepared when it really counts.
• 4. Sales - You might think you do not need to sell but we all sell every day. From even before your first day you will be selling, starting at your interview all the way to asking the boss for a raise. In normal life we sell, persuading your partner that you really need that new purchase, getting out of that parking ticket ... persuasion skills can come in very handy indeed.
• 5. Negotiation - If you can't sell perhaps you can negotiate. A lot of the skills are the same but you will find people who have been in business for a while can drive a hard bargain. If you do not have the skills you will lose out each and every time.

Planning

• 1. Strategic - A business that lurches from one crisis to another is not going to stay around very long. Obviously if you are in charge then you have to set the marching orders. Can you clearly see the road ahead?
• 2. Project - I know many people in business who see their role as the hot headed maverick that shoots from the hip and flies from the seat of their pants. Unfortunately most of them eventually crash and burn. Project management makes your life and that of your team less stressful and gets things done on time and on budget. It might not be the white knuckle ride that some enjoy but at least you will be able to clock off at a reasonable hour!
• 3. Financial - The top reason why businesses go out of business is bad financial planning. All the cash flows in the wrong direction. Having worked through the dotcom boom and bust I have seen first hand what too big a budget in the wrong hands can do. Someone needs a firm grip on the numbers and it had better be you otherwise someone might just take a trip to a tropical island at your expense.
• 4. Risk - I'm a natural worrier which though it annoys my wife, does have the advantage in business that I tend to see the potential potholes and bear traps in any plan. If you can imagine a risk you can set about to mitigate it.
• 5. Logistics - Money is just one resource you need. Any business has inputs and outputs. You need to have the right people in the right jobs with what they need when they need it to get their work done. Logistics might not put you on the cover of Time magazine but it could make you a hero in your office.

Productivity

• 1. Time management - I once had a boss who could never get to a single meeting on time. He would always turn up ten minutes late, red-faced, unprepared, looking like he had slept in a bush. He had a growing collection of speeding tickets and a bigger collection of excuses and apologies. Time management reduces stress and increases your respect.
• 2. Meeting management - Most of us hate meeting but they are a fact of business life. There are always the few who love them as a way to avoid real work. There are many tricks from firmly sticking to the agenda through to holding meetings standing up just before lunch. Whatever works for you if you can get meetings to be productive and under control you will get ahead.
• 3. Leadership - In the Dilbert universe leadership might be something you step in, but in business it really helps to be able to take the lead. Can you get people to follow you? Are you able to get people to do things they don't want to do for the good of the team?
• 4. Systems - If you are repeatedly re-inventing the wheel there is something seriously wrong. Effective systems bring consistency, efficiency and reduced costs. Learning how to create and implement both human and automated systems can go a long way to being more competitive.
• 5. Personal Productivity - What are your rhythms, when are you more sociable, detail-oriented, creative or lacking energy? Where do you excel and which areas are a struggle? Before you can lead anyone else you need to work out how to get the best out of yourself.
• Creativity
• 1. Imagination - Many people neglect their creative side feeling that it is better to be all about the logic, but in fact some of the most successful business people are also the most imaginative.
• 2. Inventiveness - If you can imagine it you can create it, and if you create it then you can sell it! Look around you, think of the things you buy and use, someone had to have the idea before it was built and sold to you. You might be surprised how few mad inventors there are, more products are invented in a marketing office than a garage.
• 3. Problem Solving - A big part of surviving in business is about solving problems fast and effectively. An employee who is good at keeping their head in a crisis while fighting fires is a worthwhile asset to any business.
• 4. Brainstorming - Some people think brainstorming is all about having stupid ideas while ridiculing the contributions of everyone else while drinking coffee, eating cookies and flirting with the secretary from floor 2. Perhaps this is why brainstorms get a bad name? If you can brainstorm great ideas, fast then you will be one step ahead.
• 5. Making connections - Some of the best ideas have simply been about connecting two otherwise unconnected ideas together. Could you invent the next iPhone?

I am sure the sharp-eyed amongst you have noticed there are only 20 points in this list। What is number 21? Perhaps the most important skill of all; the ability to switch off! It is so easy for the stresses and strains of business life to burn people out so you must develop the ability to relax and unwind.
http://www.businessschooledge.com/21-business-skills-to-succeed

Internet Making Cognitive Function The Developing Brain

A study from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), found that new Internet users between the ages of 55 to 78 years old, have high scores when tested with a series of complex tests and related decision-making after 7 days online on the Internet. Team researchers considered that surfing the web seem to be able to stimulate nerve activity and increase cognitive function in the initiation using the Internet.

"These results show that searching online can be a form of special exercises for the brain to improve cognitive abilities in old age or an adult. By using the Internet it can boost brain function when the brain is less able to work up, especially in old age. However, users who started using the Internet, then the impact to cognitive function and change the way the brain to translate the new information. "Said Teena D. Moody, a senior researcher at UCLA.

At the beginning of the program, volunteers will be scanned with MRI. Then they will make searching online at home using the Internet for 1 hour per day for 7 days in a period of 2 weeks. After two weeks, MRI scans will record changes in their brain circuitry for a second time. The results showed that volunteers have little Internet experience has increased the area of the brain that control memory and decision making.

"We found that old age with minimal experience, just by using the Internet in a short period can alter patterns of brain activity and increase in function." Added Gary Small, professor at UCLA. UCLA has been tested from the age of 24 adults, half the participants were in their everyday Internet users, and the other half have only very little online experience on the Internet.

Uruguay Government Distributes Laptops for Elementary School Students

A revolution in education by distributing Uruguayan government laptops to primary school students. The division of this laptop is a government program to menjebatani world pendiidkan with the digital world.

"This is not just handing out laptops or educational programs. This is a program that seeks to reduce the gap between the digital world and the world of knowledge, "said Miguel Brechner, president of Technology Laboratory of Uruguay and is responsible for the project. (Cited KabarIT from BBC)

The project named "Plan Ceibal" (Education Connect) is expected to also allow the family can connect to the internet world for the first time. The project, which is actually a scheme of "One Laptop Per Child" which comes from an organization founded by Internet pioneer Nicholas Negroponte in Uruguay. In this program makes the scheme Nicholas laptop with a price of $ 100 per child, but the Uruguayan government had spent even more because it also includes the maintenance budget of $ 260.

This program uses the model using the XO laptop opensource linux user interface with the name Sugar. This was also criticism from some parties who said the children would be unfamiliar with the operating system that is widely used as Windows XP.

Also it is not easy to make a revolution in education by using this project.

"We have a woman who had been teaching for 30 years and when the government gives us the computers and training, he was asked to leave because he did not want anything to do with this program. Then he changed his mind and now the computer has changed the way he taught. "Lourdes Bardino, principal of the school in Las Piedras 173.

But the Uruguayan government seems optimistic with this program that can improve education and make it easier for people connected with the information on the Internet.

Dior phone Layer Pearl

Another luxury phone claim results from Christian Dior. The phone's most luxurious second generation will be released in December 2009. Christian Dior mobile phone this time will be covered with gold plate and black PVD plus pieces of sapphire crystal, for $ 6,500.00. PVD alone can increase the performance of mobile phone components and more cost-saving production.

In addition, there are two diamond-plated mobile phone model named Zelie with bandages red casing and a cell phone with white Zenaide. Both models will be dibandrol very expensive price of about $ 7,900.00 and $ 13,400.00, and the two special only pre-orders through the website Dior.com (diorcouture.com / Dior-phone.html).

While the model has a casing covered with nacre pearls worth $ 8,700.00. There's also a Bluetooth headset sapphire in color, black and white pearls for $ 470.00, was released last September. In addition, Dior also offers mini-phone that can be used as a Bluetooth phone or within 15 meters.

Nook E-Book Reader, Wi-Fi and Support BlackBerry

Barnes & Noble Inc. has officially launched the e-reader device called the Nook, Tuesday (20/10) and the funds planned to be sold at the end of November with a price range of $ 259, plus the facility via a wireless network and AT & T Wi-Fi. Nook will support Android mobile operating system version 1.5, dual-screen display, with E Ink display smaller Vizplex, plus the facility to replace the touchscreen virtual keyboard.

Meanwhile, according to Gartner analyst, Allen Weiner gave the name of this device in the form of 'game changer' for the book market, and probably will compete with the Amazon Kindle. E-Reader Nook has a 11.2 oz weight, dimensions 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches, and is equipped with an electronic paper display with a level of gray levels to 16 diagonal screen for 6-inch, color LCD display as below 3.5 inch size.

E-reader Nook is the first device where the user can 'lend' their e-book for 14 days. LendMe technology, an e-book will be shared to iPhone, iPod Touch, some BlackBerry smartphones, and may also Cliq-based Motorola's Android system, as well as desktop and laptop PCs. Users also can listen to songs that are uploaded through the computer to Nook as auidobook and podcasts using standard headphones.

Nook hardware uses a replaceable battery, which is not in the Kindle 2, including touchscreen and a microSD card slot for storing berkapsitas 16GB eBook 17.500. Barnes & Noble also adds support open reading format known as "e.pub" from the International Digital Publishing Forum and. Pdf, where the Kindle is only support for PDF files and formats. Azw.

The Story of Tengger (Bromo Mountain)

Folklore from East Java

Hundreds years ago, during the reign of the last king of Majapahit, Brawijaya, the situation was so uncertain due to the expanding new religion, Islam. At the time, the queen gave birth a baby girl and named her Roro Anteng, later the princess married Joko Seger, a Brahma Caste.

Since the influences of the new religion was so strong that it created chaos. The king and his followers were forced to back off to the east, some of them reached Bali and some of them reached a volcano.

The new married couple, Roro Anteng and Joko Seger were also found among the fugitives who went to the volcano. Later they ruled the volcano area and named it Tengger. The word Tengger was derived from Roro Anteng and Joko Seger. Then he surnamed himself the riffle of Purba Wasesa Mangkurat Ing Tengger which means the righteous ruler of Tengger.

Years after year as the region flourished in prosperity, the King and Queen felt unhappy for they had no children to succeed their throne. On their desperation, they decided to climb the top of the volcano to pray and beseech before God, the Almighty. Deeply, impressed by the faith of their meditation affected the murmuring sound of the crater lifted up miraculously followed by a golden lightning that made the surrounding locked so scintillating. Their prayer were heard the God and would give them children, but they should sacrifice their last child as return. It was a promising future that could not be denied.

Not long after, the first baby boy was born and Roro Anteng named him Tumenggung Klewung. Child after child was born during the years and it reached 25 in number to whom she gave the named Kesuma for the last child.

Roro Anteng and Joko Seger were very happy ever since, love and affection were imparted among their children. Happiness lingered on years after years, but a dull and sad feeling still haunted them for their promise would be claimed one day. They realized that they could not run from the fact, a bitter disappointment of losing a child shot through their brains. The day came, the God reminded them of their promise which could not be avoided.

As they felt how cruel it was to sacrifice their beloved child, they decided to break their promise by not offering him to the God. They brought away their children in order to save their last child from the offering. They tried to find a place to hide, however, they could not find away.

All of by sudden, the dreadful eruption of the volcano followed to where they went and miraculously Kesuma, the last beloved child was swallowed into the crater. At the same time when Kesuma disappeared from their sight, turbulent brawl diminished and strange silence for a while but a sudden voice echoed: Hi, my beloved brothers and sisters. It was sacrificed to appear before God Hyang Widi Wasa to save all of you. And what I expect be in a peace and live prosperously. Don't forget to set mutual assistance among you and to worship God constantly to arrange an offering ceremony annually on 14th of Kasada (the twelfth month of Tenggerese calendar) by full moon. For the sake of your God. Hyang Widi Wasa.

Kesuma's Brothers and sisters held the offering ceremony annually just like what Kesuma advised and it was held from generation to generation up to now.


Source : http://folklore-lover.blogspot.com/2002/03/legend-of-tengger-bromo.html

The Legend Of Banyuwangi

Folklore from East Java

Patih sidapaksa lived in a land called East Java. He was a patih from Blambangan kingdom. Patih Sidapaksa felt in love with Sri Tanjung, a beautiful girl from a village. Sidapaksa’s mother did not agree with his son’s lover. Apparently, his mother hated her because Sri Tanjung was not an aristocrat. It is a very important status in her society. But love is love, isn’t it? Nothing can’t stand its way. Sidapaksa did not care about his future wife status and married her. A couple months after the marriage, the wife got pregnant. They were very happy waiting for the childbirth.

One day in the morning, the king called patih Sidapaksa. He ordered his patih to get a flower at Mount Ijen for his queen. The flower was believed could make younger the person who bathed with it. Therefore, Sidapaksa went to Mount Ijen, left his wife and his mother for couple of months.

Meanwhile the baby’s birth was getting closer. Sri Tanjung stayed with her mother in law. When the baby boy was born, her mother in law helped her took care the baby. The reason she did that was not that she cared about her grandson. Instead, she wanted to get rid of the child and his mother.

And that night must be a very misfortune night from all Sri Tanjung’s nights. She went to a bath and left the baby in the room. Her mother in law entered the room. When she saw the baby slept, her evil’s mind was working. Slowly and carefully, she took the baby and brought him to the river. Without thinking any further, at the edge of the river, she threw the baby. The crying of the baby did not change her mind. The water was so fast. It drowned the baby and made his voice silent just in a few second.

When Sri Tanjung finished her bath, she was shocked knowing her baby was gone. She look for everywhere for the baby but she could not find him. She felt powerless in her room thinking about her baby. When her mother in law came home, the mother pretended knew nothing about it.

Sidapaksa came home from his long journey. In front of his house, his mother was standing. When she saw Sidapaksa arrived, she ran to him and cried. She said, “Oh my son, I am sorry. I am useless. I couldn’t stop your wife killing the baby.”
“What? Why she did that?” Sidapaksa yelled.
“She was afraid that you found out that the baby was not your son,” she explained.
Sidapaksa was very angry. He felt like got a stroke by lightning in the middle of the day. He went to the house looking for his wife. When he entered his room, he saw his wife was sleeping. He woke her up and dragged her out the room. Sri Tanjung was surprised knowing her husband came home with anger. “What’s going on?” she asked.
“You’re having affair and killed the baby.” Sidapaksa accused her. His hand pointed his keris to his wife.
“For the sake of Gods, I did not having affair and killed the baby.” She argued.
“I don’t believe you,” Sidapaksa said. He dragged her wife to the river and said, “You threw him to the river”.
“I did not do those things,” Sri Tanjung kept her argue. But it seemed she could not persuade her husband anymore. So she said” if you don’t believe me, you can kill me and throw my body to the river. If the water smells fragrant, it means I am innocent. Let Gods be my witnesses”.

Sidapaksa stabbed his keris to her chest until she died then he threw her body to the river. But strangely, the water did not turn to red and smell fishy when her blood got in to it. Instead, the blood cleaned the river and smelt fragrant. Sidapaksa was shocked and yelled like a crazy person” Wangi.. banyu.. wangi.. banyu.. wangi..”. It means “fragrant.. water.. fragrant.. water.. fragrant..”. Suddenly in the middle of river, two flowers showed up, the big ones and the small ones. The big flower was incarnation of Sri Tanjung and the small flower was incarnation of her baby. Then the small one talked to Sidapaksa” Father, I am your son. My mother was innocent. Grandmother drowned me to this river”. Sidapaksa felt stood. He realized he had made a huge mistake. However, his wife and his child would never live again. And he could only cry and regret.

After the incident, the area around the river called banyuwangi. In Javanese language, banyuwangi means fragrant water.


Source : http://xastory.blogspot.com/2008/01/legend-of-banyuwangi.html

Mount of Tangkuban Perahu

Folklore from West Java

If you go to West Java, Indonesia, in the north of Bandung city, you will see a mountain that reminds you with a boat that turned up side down. The mountain called Mount Tangkuban Perahu. It has a very famous story.

It began when King Sungging Purbangkara went for hunting in the jungle with his men. He could not hold his bladder control and urinated under the coconut tree. His urine was accidentally accommodated in a piece of coconut shell.

Just a few meters from the place, a female pig was looking for water to drink. When she saw king’s urine in the coconut shell, she drank it. Apparently, the pig was not just a pig. She was reincarnation of a goddess called Wayungyang that being accursed. Then something magic was happened. The pig got pregnant. I know, it’s weird. That’s why I said “magic”. In tales, everything can happen, you know.

Therefore, after couple of months, Wayungyang gave birth to a baby girl. The baby was a human. Feeling could not foster the baby, she took her to place where King Sungging Purbangkara used to hunt.

When she heard the sound of horse's trot, she put the baby in the grass, covered her with a blanket and moved back slowly. The baby was crying when the troops was getting closer. When they saw a baby in the grass, they slowed down. Then the King got down from his horse. He took the baby. His eyes were looking around to find person who put this baby. However, neither he nor his men knew whose the baby was.

King Sungging Purbangkara decided to adopt the baby. He took the baby to palace and named her Dayang Sumbi. Dayang Sumbi grew up in to a beautiful girl. She was very good in embroidery and weaving. Her beauty and skills were known through neighboring kingdom. Many kings from another kingdom asked her to be their wife. They fought each other for her. The king then isolated his daughter to forest. He built a house and a weaving stage for her.
One day, Dayang Sumbi was weaving. Accidentally, she dropped teropong (tool for thread made by bamboo). The teropong was rolling around then falling from stage. Dayang Sumbi tried to pick the teropong but her hand could not reach it. She looked around for help but there was no one there. Then she said, “If there’s a man can help me, I will take him to be my husband and if a woman, I will take her to be my sister.”

That time, she didn’t know there was a dog under the stage. The dog picked the teropong and gave it to Dayang Sumbi. Dayang Sumbi was shocked. She remembered her words. She could not cancel the words. And since the dog was male, so Dayang Sumbi had to marry the dog. Well, an honor person has to keep his/her words, right?

The dog then called Tumang. Tumang and Dayang Sumbi had a son called Sangkuriang. Don’t ask me how that happened. Sangkuriang grew up to be a smart and cheerful kid. The kid liked hunting. He and Tumang always went for hunting. They went for couple of days and got home with deer or pig meat in his hands.

In one morning, like always, Sangkuriang and Tumang went for hunting. When he saw a pig, he ordered Tumang to chase the pig. Tumang knew the pig was Wayungyang. He got scared so he was just circling around Sangkuriang’s feet and made him felt. When he got up, the pig was already gone. Sangkuriang was very angry. Tumang made him lost his meat target. So he stretched his arch and pointed it to Tumang. Sangkuriang killed Tumang. When he realized what he did, it was too late to feel sorry. Tumang was already dead. Sangkuriang then disemboweled Tumang and took its heart. He wrapped it with banana leave and put it inside his bag. He buried Tumang then he got home.

In the house, he gave the heart to his mother. He said it was a deer heart. Dayang Sumbi cooked the heart and served it with hot rice. They then ate together. When Dayang Sumbi did not see Tumang, she asked his son “where is Tumang?”

His son did not answer anything. He just stood up and kept silent his mouth. Dayang Sumbi felt something was wrong. Her eyes looked his son sharply then asked him carefully “whose heart is that?” Her hand pointed to the food that she cooked.

Sangkuriang looked his mother and said frightened “it’s Tumang’s heart”. Suddenly her legs became so week and could not hold her body. Dayang Sumbi was shocked and furious. She griped a ladle and hit Sangkuriang with it. Sangkuriang’s head was bleeding. He was afraid with his mother. He ran to the forest. He ran and ran and did not stop until his leg got stack on a root. Sangkuriang lost his balance and felt to the ground. His head hit the ground and made him fade out.

When Sangkuriang woke up, he did not recognize his surrounding. He could not even remember his name or his house. Apparently, the hitting was very hard and made him lost his memory. Sangkuriang then continued walking with a confused mind.

Dayang Sumbi regretted for evicting her son. She hoped Sangkuriang would come home. But he never came home. Dayang Sumbi prayed to Gods. She did penance and only ate leaves for years. And that made her face looked always young and beautiful.

One day there was a man passed by at Dayang Sumbi’s house. When he saw a beautiful woman came out from the house, he could not take his eyes of her. He felt in love with Dayang Sumbi in his first sight. Dayang Sumbi felt familiar with the man’s face but she could not remember whose face was.

The next day, the man came to Dayang Sumbi’s house again. Also the next day, and the day after. He always had reasons to visit her. One day, he could not hold his willing to marry Dayang Sumbi. Dayang Sumbi who also had feeling for him agreed to marry him.

One day Dayang Sumbi accidentally saw a scar on the man’s head. She looked surprised knowing the scar was alike her son’s scar. She asked her fiance “who are you? How did you get that scar?”

“I don’t remember my real name. I also don’t remember how I got this scar. I guessed it happened when I was a child. All I remember I was in the middle of jungle, my head was bleeding and then I met a company of thieves and their leader adopted me as his son. Why?” the man asked.

Dayang Sumbi was surprised. Her eyes opened wide. She felt like got a shock from thousands volt of electricity. “You are my son. You are Sangkuriang.” She said tremble.

“That’s rubbish. You are too young to be my mother” the man did not believe.

“I looked young because my food and my penance. I’m the person who made that scar. I hit you with a ladle because you killed Tumang, your father” Dayang Sumbi explanted.

“That’s a lie. I don’t believe you. You said it because you don’t want to marry me” the man argued. “You will marry me, Dayang Sumbi” the man said with an angry and threaten face.

Dayang Sumbi couldn’t argue anymore. She was afraid with him but she couldn’t marry her own son. Her brain looked for a way to cancel the marriage. She said to the man “alright, I will marry you. But I have conditions for you”.

“What are they?” the man asked.

“I want you to dam up Citarum River and build a lake. Also, build a boat for me. All of them have to finish in one night before the rooster crowed in the morning” Dayang Sumbi gave her conditions.

“Alright.” Sangkuriang accepted the challenges. He then gathered all his genie friends, asked them for a help to dam up the river. Their number was hundreds. They worked hard to dam the river, some of them made boat. And before sunrise, the work was almost done.

Sangkuriang was glad to see his friends work. He smiled remembering Dayang Sumbi was going to be his wife in a few hours.

Dayang Sumbi watched the work from a distance. She was panic knowing the boat was almost done. She was looking for an idea to fail it.

She thought about an idea. She stretched a white cloth and waved it around the roosters. The roosters thought it was a sunrise. They started to crow. When the villagers heard the crow, they thought morning had come. They went to their barn and started to pound the rice. The crow and the pounding of rice came one to another. The voice was so noise. Sangkuriang and his genie friends heard the noise, they also thought the morning had arrived. His genie friends left the place. Sangkuriang was very disappointed. The work just need a little more. Sangkuriang was angry. He kicked the boat. The boat flung and turned up side down. Then the boat became a mountain. That’s why the mountain is called Tangkuban Perahu.

Source : http://xastory.blogspot.com/2008/01/mount-of-tangkuban-perahu.html

Lutung Kasarung

Folklore from West Java

In a kingdom of heaven, Guruminda son of Sunan Ambu plunged in thought. He was thinking about his mother. The thought drove him crazy. He thought her not as a mother but as a woman. That was very brash. He was shy to his mother because of the thought. He could not imagine his mother’s anger if she knew about it.

But a mother always has a sharp feeling about her children. That’s why you cannot tell lie to your mother because she always knows.

That is why Sunan Ambu knew her son’s problem. So she ordered Guruminda to come. “Guruminda, I know what in your mind and I know it’s wrong. So I’ve been thinking that you have to go to earth to have some lessons. And you will go down there as a monkey.”

Guruminda stood up, his lips sealed. He accepted the order as a punishment because of his effrontery. He was transformed as a black long tailed monkey called Lutung Kasarung, went to the earth and lived in a forest.

Meanwhile in the kingdom of Pasir Batang, in the earth, King Tapa Agung felt the time had come to put his crown to his heir but he could not decide the person. King Tapa Agung had seven daughters and no son. The oldest was Princes Purbararang. The crown should be hers because she was the oldest but King Tapa Agung felt hard to give the crown to her. People knew Princess Purbararang as an arrogant princess. She never cared about her people. On the other hand, her youngest sister, Princess Purbasari was a dear for all her folks.

King Tapa Agung did penance to get divine inspiration from his Gods. So after a while, king Tapa Agung decided to give the crown to Princess Purbasari. Princess Purbararang was very disappointed with king’s decision. She had a plan to evict Purbasari. She could not stand see other person held a power.

Princess Purbararang visited a witch and asked her for a poison. The witched gave her a small bottle of a poison. Princess Purbararang went home with a poison in her hand.

In the night, when Purbasari slept, Purbararang walked slowly into Purbasari’s room. She sprayed the poison to Purbasari’s body. In a second, the beautiful Purbasari turned to be the ugly black Purbasari. People could not recognize her face again. Purbasari was evicted from her palace. Purbararang then became a queen of Pasir Batang kingdom.

People were afraid of Purbasari’s look so she isolated herself in the forest. A kingdom advisor, Batara Lengser, built a simple house in the forest for Purbasari. He asked Purbasari to be patient facing a life test.

Since Purbararang ruled Pasir Batang, she became more arrogant. She always gave punishment to people if they did not make her happy. People were afraid of her. There was also no hope from her fiancé, prince Indrajaya. He did not care what Purbararang did. All he cared was dressed up.

One day, Purbararang held a ceremony. She ordered a man to get a fresh animal. He had to get it or his head would replace the animal head. The man went hunting. After couple of hours, he met a black long tail monkey. The monkey jumped from one tree to other tree. He was surprised saw the unusual monkey. He chased the monkey and tied it with a rope. He brought the monkey to the palace as a ritual offering. He tied the monkey in the middle of field where the ceremony was held. When queen Purbararang entered the field with Batara Lengser, the monkey struggled, released his tied and jumped all over the place, hit the soldiers with their spears and almost injured the queen. The monkey became so wild and unable to be approached. When Batara Lengser tried to approach the monkey, suddenly the monkey became quite. The monkey obeyed Batara Lengser.

Queen Purbararang then had an idea for the monkey. She ordered Batara Lengser to give the monkey to Purbasari. She thought the wild monkey could hurt and killed Purbasari. So Purbararang didn’t have to worry anymore about her crown.

Batara Lengser brought the monkey to Purbasari. He ordered the monkey not to hurt Purbasari. The monkey nodded his head like a person who understand the order.

In the forest, at Purbasari place, she and the monkey became friends. The monkey known as
Lutung Kasarung always made Purbasari laughed. They played together. She also made friend with animals around her house.

One day, Lutung Kasarung did penance. He asked his mother to help him built a bathing place for Purbasari. His mother then sent some of her man to build a bathing place near Purbasari’s house. The bathing place was beautiful. The shower was made from gold and the floor was made from marble. The water flew from the clear waterfall. Sunan Ambu also ordered her tailor to make a cloth from clouds and rainbow for Purbasari.

When Purbasari entered the bathing place, her eyes opened wide. She amazed the architecture of the shower. The walls and the floors were so glossy. The bathing tub was very wide like a natural pool and the water was so clear.

“How this happened, Lutung?” Purbasari asked.

“You are a kindhearted person, Purbasari. That’s why heaven loves you,” Lutung said. “Now, take a bath and wear this cloth “Lutung said to Purbasari while its hand gave her the cloud cloth.

“It’s so soft and beautiful” Purbasari stroke the cloth. Purbasari got into the bathing tub. The water made her black body cleaned. Her skin became soft again and it made her more beautiful then ever. When she wore the cloth, she felt so light. Purbasari looked beautiful. Lutung spellbound. Purbasari was looked different than he knew. She captivated.

The news about a beautiful bathing place in the middle of forest was heard into the palace. Queen Purbararang thought there were people from Pasir Batang built the bathing place for Purbasari. Queen Purbararang was very angry. She needed reason to kill Purbasari. Then she made a contest for Purbasari. She challenged Purbasari to make a huma, a clear land for cultivation. It had to finish before the sunrise. If Purbasari failed, she would die by hanging.

When Batara Lengser went to Purbasari’s place to tell her about the contest, Queen Purbararang ordered hundreds of her soldiers to clear land near Purbasari’s place for cultivation. She thought Purbasari and her men would not be able to finish it before the sunrise.

Purbasari was confused how to clear the land in one night. She did not have men to do that. Lutung Kasarung then helped her. He asked his mother in the heaven to send him soldiers to clear the land. Sunan Ambu sent her soldiers to earth to help Purbasari.

The next day, after the sunrise, Purbararang, prince Indrajaya and her men went to the forest. She was surprised saw a huma next to hers. There were Batara Lengser and Lutung Kasarung standing there.

Purbararang was angry and disappointed. She still challenged Purbasari to contest their beauty. Purbararang thought Purbasari was still a black ugly girl. She ordered Purbasari to come out from her house. Purbasari then came out from the house. She turned to be a beautiful girl. She was more beautiful then Purbararang. There was no dirt in her skin. Purbararang was shocked but she still had plan. She challenged Purbasari’s fiance.

“People, I challenge Purbasari’s fiancé to fight with my fiancé, prince Indrajaya. Where is your fiancé, Purbasari ?” asked Purbararang. Prince Indrajaya came forward and smiled mocking Purbasari. Purbasari turned her head to Lutung Kasarung.

“A monkey, Purbasari?” asked Purbararang laughing.
Lutung Kasarung came forward and sat with legs crossed in the ground. His put his hands together in front his chest. Then Lutung Kasarung transformed into a handsome youngman. He turned to be Guruminda. People were shocked, especially prince Indrajaya. His face became pale. He was afraid to fight with Guruminda. Then he put his hands together and hung his head, asked mercy for him.

Purbararang lost her contest. She gave her crown to Purbasari. Purbasari and Guruminda rode to the palace. They ruled the Pasir Batang kingdom. Citizens were happy. They lived safe and wealthy. Purbararang and her fiancé were punished for they did.

Source : http://xastory.blogspot.com/2008/01/in-kingdom-of-heaven-guruminda-son-of.html

Jaka Tarub

Folklore from East Java and Central Java

Once upon a time there was a young man lived alone in a village. He didn't have anything except his flute that never left his side.

Jaka Tarub, what everyone called him. Everybody in the village love Jaka Tarub because he is such a good man.

As always, Jaka Tarub likes walking around the village to forget his loneliness. When he was going for a walk while engrossed in playing his flute, he didn't realize that he arrived in the middle of a deserted forest. He just knew it when the night came. Now Jaka Tarub was in the middle of bushes trees and he did not see a single person around it. He only heard the cricket voice and the frog that echoing each other.

"Where am I? I think I got lost," he told himself. But Jaka Tarub didn't worry at all. He kept on walking until he got tired and fell asleep.

In his sleep, Jaka Tarub dreamt seeing a very beautiful butterfly. It color was white reddish. Jaka Tarub tempted to catch the butterfly, but when his hands almost got it, the butterfly flew away. When he woke up, he stared at the sky. At that moment, he saw the butterfly again. It was just like the butterfly in his dream. Jaka Tarub slapped his own face. "Auww," he yelled painfully. This meant that he didn't dream. He felt so hungry and his body was shaking, yet he still awoke thought he didn't believe what he just saw. He blinked his eyes so many times.
Actually, the butterfly was seven fairies who were getting near the earth. Their smells differently. Smell that didn't belong in earth and only the fairies who have it. The looked like humans but their beauty were so different.

Jaka Tarub couldn't stop looking at them. But there was something peculiar in the seventh fairy. Her beauty didn't like the other six. "Maybe this is the youngest fairy," thought Jaka Tarub. He then kept on staring at the last fairy who descended in the earth without blinking his eyes. The more he stared, he became more astonished. For the first time in his life, Jaka Tarub fell in love!
Upon reaching the earth, the fairies went straight to the lake in the middle of the jungle. They opened their clothes and put them in the trees. "What are they doing?" asked Jaka Tarub.
"Wait! Don't you feel happy yet," yelled the youngest sweet voice. "Take this splash!"
"You won't splash us, Adinda Nawang Wulan!" yelled her sisters. "Give it up!"
Jaka Tarub kept on watching them behind the trees. "So, her name is Nawang Wulan. I am right, she's the youngest," whispered Jaka Tarub fondly. But he knew this meeting was only temporary. His world wouldn't meet their world. However, he was in love.
"No matter how, I have to get Nawang Wulan!" promised Jaka Tarub to himself. He then acted quickly. He took Nawang Wulan's cloth.
The sky became darker, it was time for the seven fairies to get back to their castle, "Adinda Nawang Wulan, hurry and get dressed. Play time is over!" yelled her sisters.
"Why don't you go first, Kanda. I'll be right behind you," said Nawang Wulan. "But wait Kakanda, where is my cloth?!"
"Maybe someone took your cloth?"
"Maybe your cloth was taken mistakenly by the other sister?"
"Dear Kanda, I really don't know where my cloth is," worried Nawang Wulan. However, her sisters couldn't wait any longer. They had to go back, no matter what. "Adinda Nawang Wulan, be brave," yelled her six sisters while flying away. They separated eventually.
Now Nawang Wulan was all alone. What if night come? where can I get help? asked herself. This fairy kept on crying.
Jaka Tarub heard her crying, he then walked to her and asked, "Dear beautiful girl, why are you crying? How come you in this jungle?"
Nawang Wulan told him her problem, Then didn't know how, the fairy felt so comfortable telling him about herself.
They then introduced themselves. Jaka Tarub
invited Nawang Wulan to his house. At the house Jaka Tarub gave her some girl village clothes and asked her to dressed. Nawang Wulan didn't have any suspicions at all toward him. She was taught back home to trust other people, so that was what she did: trust him.
Not long aftet that, Jaka Tarub proposed Nawang Wulan. She said yes with one condition: Jaka Tarub was forbidden to aske her how she did her daily chores. "Okay," said Jaka Tarub.
From that day, they became a happily husband and wife. They became happier with the arrival of their beautiful baby named Nawangsih.
At first Jaka Tarub had his doubt. He worried Nawang Wulan cou;dn't do his duty as a good wife and mother, because she was a fairy and her life must have been so much different from a normal human. But surprisingly she was soo good at finishing her daily chores.
Beside that, Jaka Tarub had been asking himself about her. Why? From washing clothes, cooking rice and caring for her child, Nawang Wulan had done it perfectly. All the works must have been affecting her appearance, but no. She still remained beautiful as a fairy.
Jaka Tarub became more and more curious. How did my wife do all the house chores perfectly? And why did her appearance remain the same? How did she do it? So Jaka Tarub decided to find out himself. Until one day, he broke his promise to Nawang Wulan unintentionally.
When night came as usual he watched her wife preparing plates, spoons complete with the dishes. When Jaka Tarub wanted to get the rice, he was so shocked to find an uncooked rice! The plate should've been full of rice.
Since then, Nawang Wulan's life was changed. She no longer could rest. Tiredness was beginning to show in her face. Her beauty as fairy slowly began to fade.
Nawang Wulan couldn't take it any more. "Nawangsih, my child, forgive me because I have to leave you," Nawang Wulan was so sad.
Beside the granary, Nawang Wulan lay weakly. No one could help her. Only Nawangsih, her daughter who was sitting close by her side.
Suddenly, Nawang Wulan smelled something good in the granary. The smell she was familiar with. The smell brightened her spirit She instantly looked for the source of the smell.
It turned out the smell came from her used to be missing clothes. "This is my missing fairy clothes. But why did my husband hide it?" asked Nawang Wulan curiously.
Nawang Wulan immediately wore the clothes. She felt reborn again. It was magic! At that moment Nawang Wulan felt like she was used to be, a fairy again.
Jaka Tarub was so shocked knowing that. But then they realized if human and fairy's world could were different. But Nawang Wulan promised that she never left him and their daughter, Nawangsih. She also promised if Jaka Tarub or Nawangsih need help, the help would come.
Years later..
Jaka Tarub and his daughter lived happily. They never lacked of anything All Jaka Tarub dan her daughter's wishes always came true easily. It mean Nawang Wulan kept her promise.
The Moral:
Whe should always work hard to fulfill our dreams. But we have to fulfill it in the right ways. If we get it the wrong way, the result will be bad too.
Source : http://yayajanuary.multiply.com/journal/item/151/Jaka_Tarub_English_Version_

Telaga Warna

Folklore from West Java

Long long ago there was a kingdom in West Java. The kingdom was ruled by a king. People called their king His Majesty Prabu. Prabu was a kind and wise king. No wonder if that country was prosperous. There's no hunger in this kingdom.

It was a very happy condition. But it was a pity that Prabu and his queen hadn't got any children. It made the royal couple very very sad. Some old men and women who was respected by Prabu suggested the king to adopt a child. But Prabu and the queen didn't agree. "No, thank you. But for us, our own daughter or son is better than adopted children."

The queen was very sad. She often cried. That was why Prabu decided to go. He went to the jungle. There he prayed to God. Everyday he begged for a child. His dream come true. A few months later, the queen got fregnant. All people in the kingdom felt happy. They sent many presents to the palace to express their happiness.

Nine months later a princess was born. People sent their presents again as a gift to a little princess. This baby grew as a beautiful teenager then.

Prabu and Queen loved their daughter so much. They gave what ever she wanted. It made Princess a very spoiled girl. When her wish couldn't be realized, she became very angry. She even said bad things often. A true princess wouldn't do that. Eventhough the princess behaved badly, her parents loved her, so did the people in that kingdom.

Day by day, the princess grew more beautiful. No girls couldn't compare with her. In a few days, Princess would be 17 years old. So, people of that kingdom went to palace. They brought many presents for her. Their presents gift were very beautiful. Prabu collected the presents. There were really many presents. Then Prabu stored them in a building. Some times he could take them to give to his people.

Prabu only took some gold and jewels. Then she brought them to the goldsmith. "Please make a beautiful necklace for my daughter," said Prabu. "My pleasure, Your Majesty," the goldsmith replied. The goldsmith worked with all his heart and his ability. He wanted to create the most beautiful necklace in the world because he loved his princess.

The birthday came. People gathered in the palace field. When Prabu and queen appeared, people welcomed them happily. Prabu and his wife waved to their beloved people.

Cheers were louder and louder when the princess appeared with her fabulous pretty face. Everybody admired her beauty. Prabu got up from his chair. A lady gave him a small and glamourous pillow. A wonderful necklace was on it. Prabu took that necklace. "My beloved daughter, today I give this necklace to you. This necklace is a gift from people in this country. They love you so much. They presented it for you to express their happiness, because you have growing to a woman. Please, wear this necklace," said Prabu.

Princess accepted the necklace. She looked at the necklace in a glance. "I don't want to accepted it! It's ugly!" shouted the princess. Then she threw the necklace. The beautiful necklace was broken. The gold and jewels were spread out on the floor

Everybody couldn't say anything. They never thought that their beloved princess would did that cruel thing. Nobody spoke. In their silence people heard the queen crying. Every woman felt sad and began crying too. Then everybody was crying.

Then there was a miracle. Earth was crying. Suddenly, from the under ground, a spring emerged. It made a pool of water. The palce was getting full. Soon the place became a big lake. The lake sank all of the kingdom.

Nowadays the water on that lake is not as full as before. There is only a small lake now. People called the lake "Talaga Warna". It is mean "Lake of Colour". It's located in Puncak, West Java. On a bright day, the lake is full of colour. So beautiful and amazing. These colors come from shadows of forest, plants, flowers, and sky arround the lake. But some people said that the colours are from the princess's necklace, which spreads at the bottom of the lake.

Source : http://www.geocities.com/kesumawijaya/ceritarakyat/westjava1.html

The Legend of Danau Toba

Folklore from North Sumatra

Once upon a time, there was a fisherman lived in a North Sumatra. When he was fishing in a river, a big fish was nailed. This fish had gold color all over its body. It was beautiful. The fisherman was very excited. He imagined a delicious dinner in his head. He put the fish in his basket and went home happily.

When he got home, he put the fish in a sink. He grabbed a knife to kill the fish. But when he almost killed it, he saw the fish eyes and felt pity. He took the knife away and put the fish in washbasin and added water in it. “Don’t worry, I wouldn’t kill you” the fisherman said.

The fisherman went fishing again. But this time he couldn’t get any fish. He went home with nothing in his hand. His stomach started to sing. He walked home slouching. He was surprised when he saw smoke came out from his kitchen.

“Who cooked in my kitchen?” he confused.

He took a peep and surprised when he saw a beautiful girl cooked in his house. “Why there’s a girl in my kitchen?” he confused.

The fisherman entered the room. “Who are you?” he asked the girl.

“I’m the fish.” The girl said.

The fisherman looked the washbasin and saw nothing in it. “The fish?” he asked incredulous.

“Yes. You didn’t kill me and I’m very thankful. I will return your kindness.” The girl said.

“That’s ok. I didn’t ask any return” the fisherman said.

“But I have to.”The girl insisted.

“Well, I lived alone. I don’t have family. If you want to be my wife, I will be very happy.” The fisherman asked the girl.

The girl smiled and said “I’d love to but you have to promise me that if we have kid you can’t tell him about me.”

And so, the fisherman and the fish girl were married. And then they had a child called Samo. Samo was very naughty. He couldn’t be advisable. He always played and never helped his parents.

One day Samo was asked to deliver lunch to his father. On his way, he met his friends and forgot to deliver his father’s lunch. Samo played with his friends. When he was tired and hungry, he was resting under a tree and ate his father lunch. Meanwhile his father waited him in starve and tired. His father went home and saw Samo played. “Where is my lunch?” he asked.

“Mmm…mm.. I ate it” Samo said afraid.

“Why you ate it?” his father asked.

“Mmm..mm.. I was hungry after playing with my friend” Samo said.

“You were told to deliver my lunch but you didn’t listen.” his father was very furious. “I can’t handle you anymore. You are very naughty. Go away from me. Don’t come home anymore.” His father yelled and evicted Samo from his house.

And this what happened if you can’t control your mouth when you angry. His father said the words that he wouldn’t suppose to say. “You… fish’s son.”

Suddenly, the sky was getting dark. The storm was breaking the ears. The rain felt from the sky like giant hose sprayed water all over the place. And then the water came out from the land and getting harder.

Sumo’s mother was very sad. “I told you don’t tell him about me” she said to her husband. “Now I’m going back to be fish again. Good by” the mother was transformed magically to be gold fish again and disappear through the water. The water was getting higher and drown the village and formed a lake.

Meanwhile, sumo run to the hill and stayed there. The hill then was surrounded by the lake.

Now the lake was known as Toba Lake. Toba came from Tuba word means no mercy. And the hill in the middle called Samosir Island. Samosir means ‘Samo di usir’ or in English : Samo have been evicted.
This is just a legend, there were so many versions of the name’s story. You can’t tell which one is really true. But I heard this version since I was a little girl.

Source : http://xastory.blogspot.com/2008/09/legend-of-toba-lake.html