U L U W A T U - B A L I

When you'd love to find both romanticism and gorgeous scenery of flowers, rocks and beaches, here is the

place...

When you'd love to enjoy the wind breezing, playing your hair, so calming...

Quite far..but so worthy..

Purple on the sea

Need friends or enemy to play with.. There are many monkeys there..

Watch your glasses, hats, even camera out.. They also like to play with them..

Do not forget to bring some food or nuts in order to distract their attention, somehow to your belongings..

Unless you won't share with them, never show off.. :)

Monkey's silhouette 

People usually like to have a wedding ceremony in this place..

Located in a quite hilly place, next to the sea as well.. must be a perfect wedding venue..

if it is possible and affordable..

Will not regret spending loads of money to have your once in a life time moment here.. :)

Temple on the edge

Uluwatu - 1207

The Potential of ASEAN Regional Integration

In few aspects, the regional integration between EU and ASEAN is comparable. They have large number of population with different characteristic of people and different competences among the member states. This might be a challenge for building up a regional integration, for each member states may have its own national interest.

In other hand, ASEAN and EU have several different backgrounds to bridge more advanced relationship. ASEAN was inagurated based on the basic politic integration, while the EU was based on regional economic integration. The objectives of ASEAN member states tend to look outside the border for some big countries, like East Timur countries, China, even Russia and U.S. to cooperate. ASEAN has also initiated summits with several big states to increase the international bargaining to get more regional integration in Asian regional. However, ASEAN has not been strongly integrated within the member states itself. A point of view from EU mentioned that most institutions in ASEAN do not sufficiently cover the  basic of technology, rule of law, lack of coordination so that it is unreliable still[1]. Nevertheless, EU has been ASEAN oldest partner to talk about maintaining regional integration and share knowledge of institutionalism. In contrast, EU has highly considered on deepening integration process among the member states regionally.

In order to have a strong regional institutionalisation, each member state should assist each other to lessen the gap in between. In the aspect of economy, ASEAN’s big number of population led a bigger market for EU. Most of its member states have not yet been in the same vision of promoting regional integration in order to collect more possibility to be a bigger world actor. As it is stated before that ASEAN member states are too busy dealing with their own national interest other than working altogether. Almost all of its member states are developing countries, so that they compete each other to get the market interests. I believe that in order to have a deep regional integration, each countries should have domestically prepared first so that they might have trusted each other having the same projection in advance.

ASEAN has played important role in establishing regional integration among East Asia countries to promote peace, stability and prosperity since its inception 15 years ago[2]. Having China, South Korea, and Japan, even though it is only a talkshop still, will be fruitful to build a balancing power to the western. However, the main important thing is that the integration among ASEAN member states which may lead into a bigger and tough regional integration. Thus, efforts and strategy are salient to promote the value of regional integration to the people so that they will be prepared and have mutual understanding and benefits of each member states.

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[1] Bersick, Sebastian, Dr. Presenting “Asia in the Eyes of Europe-Images of a rising giant” in Public Briefing: “Perception of the EU in Asia” on June 6th, 2012 in Singapore, a professor of Assoc. Prof. School of International Relations and Public Affairs (SIRPA), Fudan University,&, Associate Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).

[2] The Third Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) Plus Three in Jakarta, 31 May 2012. Cited from ASEAN Secretariat website: www.asean.org

TODAY..

25 Ramadhan 1433 H...
Four days to go to Idul Fitr,
the day of victory after the a whole month fasting..

Today is 14 August 2012..
It is a Scout Day!

Today,,
I was warned and reminded by HIM
I learnt that sometimes, I look up too high..
I realised that HE always has many ways to protect human beings..

this morning..
my mom had already asked me not to go anywhere..
yet, after she has gone to the school,
I was thinking to help my cousin
thus I went to ride her out..

however, there is no such a coincidence..
we should not too much rely on something other than HIM..
we should not think that we've already been good enough for others..
we should not be careless, wherever and whenever we go out..
we should always thank HIM for everything HE gave,
both happiness and displeasure to face..
I should always love and thank the people around..

Today, I lost my beloved phone, which is smart and very helpful..