Berastagi

Berastagi (meaning "rice store") is a town in Karo Regency situated on crossroads on the main route linking the Karo highlands of Northern Sumatra to the coastal city of Medan. 

The village rose to significance when Dutch settlers in Sumatra opened a boarding school there in the 1920s.

The main economic activities in Berastagi, centre on the colourful fruit and vegetable market and on tourism.

The main attractions of the town are the two active volcanoes; Gunung Sibayak, with its hot springs, and Gunung Sinabung.

The town is also a stop on the way to Lake Toba. The dominant ethnic and linguisitic group is Karo Batak

PAKAR INFO: Hasil Quick Count Pilkada Karo 2010

PAKAR INFO: Hasil Quick Count Pilkada Karo 2010: "Hasil Quick Count Pilkada Karo 2010 : Pilkada Kabupaten Karo Sumatera Utara yang digelar hari ini (27/10/2010) diikuti oleh 10 calon pasanga..."

PAKAR INFO: Fakta Unik tentang Gunung Merapi

PAKAR INFO: Fakta Unik tentang Gunung Merapi: "Fakta Unik tentang Gunung Merapi : Merapi merupakan gunung teraktif di dunia. Tiap kali akan Meletus Gunung Merapi selalu mengeluarkan awan ..."

Hasil Sementara Pilkada Karo

Perhitungan sementara hasil Pilkada Karo yang diikuti 10 pasangan calon bupati/wakil bupati Karo periode 2010-2015, Rabu (27/10), pasangan calon bupati nomor 1, Siti Aminah Br Perangin-angin SE-Sumihar Sagala SE jauh mengungguli 9 pasangan calon lainnya.Perhitungan sementara diperoleh SIB dari hasil laporan petugas saksi-saksi dari PDI P di 586 TPS ke kantor DPC PDI P Tanah Karo pukul 17.30 wib (sementara) bahwa, dari 32.496 suara sah, calon nomor 1 memperoleh rangking pertama dengan memperoleh 6.579 suara (20,25 persen). Disusul rangking 2 calon bupati nomor 9 dengan perolehan suara 4.913 suara (15,2 persen). Rangking 3 calon bupati nomor 7 memperoleh 4.534 suara (13,95 persen). Rangking 4 calon bupati nomor 3 memperoleh 3.424 suara (10,54 persen) dan rangking 5 calon bupati nomor 2 memperoleh 3.307 suara (10,18 persen).

Pasangan calon bupati Karo nomor 1, Siti Aminah Br Perangin-angin SE-Sumihar Sagala, SE yang dikonfirmasi SIB, Rabu (27/10) pukul 18.15 di kantornya, mengatakan, perolehan suara sementara pasangannya telah mencapai 34,15 persen. Hasil perhitungan sementara, umumnya di berbagai TPS di Tanah Karo, pasangan nomor 1 unggul dari suara 9 pasangan calon lainnya. “Memang, ada beberapa lokasi dan TPS, suara calon nomor 1 tidak seperti yang diharapkan, tapi perhitungan secara total untuk sementara, masih unggul,” ujar Siti Aminah.

Demikian hasil sementara diperoleh SIB untuk Kecamatan Kabanjahe dari petugas lapangan PPK, pasangan calon nomor 1 ungguli calon lainnya dengan perolehan suara sementara, 5.589 suara. Diikuti suara calon nomor 9 dengan suara sementara 2.767 suara. Calon nomor 7 memperoleh 2.075 suara, calon nomor 3 memperoleh 1.697 suara dan calon nomor 2 memperoleh 1.561 suara.

Ketua KPU Karo, Benyamin Pinem, ST yang dikonfirmasi SIB, tentang perolehan suara sementara hasil Pilkada Karo 27 Oktober 2010 mengatakan belum dapat dirinci. Katanya, petugasnya masih di lapangan menjemput hasil suara, C1 di lapangan. “Kemungkinan, pukul 20.00 nanti baru bisa kita rekap,” ujar Pinem.
Siti Aminah unggul di TPS-nya Tigapanah.

Perhitungan suara hasil Pemilukada Karo, Rabu (27/10) di TPS II, Tigapanah, tempat calon bupati Karo nomor 1, Siti Aminah Br Perangin-angin SE memilih, jauh lebih unggul dari 9 calon bupati lainnya. Dari 302 suara sah, Siti Aminah memperoleh 138 suara disusul 30 suara calon bupati nomor 6, 27 suara calon nomor 7, 21 suara calon nomor 4, 28 suara calon nomor 8 dan nomor 9, 15 suara calon nomor 2 dan 7 suara masing-masing calon nomor 3 dan 10.

Informasi diperoleh SIB dari petugas TPS setempat bahwa, sebanyak 503 daftar pemilih tetap (DPT) di TPS tersebua, hadir 307 hadir dan pemilih dan 5 batal. Sedangkan laporan sejumlah masyarakat kepada SIB, banyak warga gagal memilih karena tidak terdaftar di DPT. Padahal, sensus yang dilakukan sekitar bulan Mei dan Juni 2010 silam, warga-warga tersebut mengaku sudah didata. Namun akhirnya tidak terdaftar di DPT.
Sejumlah petugas sensus yang dikonfirmasi SIB di lokasi TPS tersebut, membenarkan pihaknya Mei dan Juni silam melakukan sensus terhadap 750 kk dan jumlah pemilih diperoleh sebanyak 1800-an diserahkan ke PPS. Ternyata akhirnya hanya terdaftar 1552 DPT di 3 TPS, ujar Tarigan dan Bangun petugas sensus itu terus terang.

Sementara itu, Kapolres Karo AKBP Drs Ig Agung Prasetyoko, SH, MH yang dikonfirmasi SIB, Rabu (27/10) mengatakan pihaknya bersama Dandim 0205/TK, Letkol Kav Meyer Putong melakukan pemantauan ke pelosok-pelosok desa. Umumnya semua berjalan lancar dan aman kecuali ada beberapa kejadian yang masalahnya telah kita serahkan ke Panwas Karo, ujar Agung melalui telepon selulernya.

Dear God

Well, I don't really know what I wanna tell You right now. It's kind of dilema for me. Honestly, I thank You for I've lived my life in happiness so far. But the biggest problems in man's life haven't got answers in mine.

Since You created me, I've realized that You put a 'will' inside me. This 'thing' has lifted my feet up on walking the sreets, opened my eyes in staring strange stuffs, reacted my lungs on breathing the air. This crazy 'thing' even has brought me somewhere I haven't even realized yet. Now I find myself sinked deeply in this 'thing' I'm used to thanking You.

As a matter of fact, I need Your help, as I always do. Really need a big one this time. Everyone in my life told me that You know better what i do need than I do myself. I consider this is true as You are my Creator. I believe it as I believe You own my whole life for sure.

Today's the biggest fight and the greatest struggle I've ever made in my life. Crawling and kneeing, I come begging Your help. I'm knocking Your door. You know what I wannna ask. You know what I ask You 'to do' for me. Give me if I'm deserved to accept. Strengthen me if I'm not. That's all I wanna tell You.

Well, God ... You bring me here.

Whatever happens You're the one who gets the glory.

Whatever happens I will praise You in every way possible.

Amen.

Living More 'n More Wonderful Life

To Give makes us Richer
To Smile makes us more More Beautiful
To Bless makes us Happier
To Pray makes us More in Peace
To Be Near To God makes our life More Perfect

Many people say that life is not easy to live in. So why do we add to the burden in our thoughts and feelings which make life uncomfortable. Let us create a beautiful life by giving more and always be closed to God!

The principle of 'giving better than receiving' was very influential in my life. Who is able to give?
Yes ... indeed the rich are able to give.
But do not wait to be rich to give yours!
Let us give, then this makes us, at least to feel, become richer than we are actually. 
By giving, then we believe that we are already rich even richer.


Try to give your smile to someone else, then he will reward back. Giving is also evidence of our love for one another. Well this is clearly what makes us happy and make life beautiful.


Besides the principle of 'give', then our closeness with God, among others, by praying and reading the Bible, will make us always thank God so that we become full of peace and joy. 
Closeness with God brings us be better human beings. His commandments and His love that wonderful feeling. All these things make our livesbecome more perfect, isn't it?

Generosity

Mahatma Gandhi went from city to city, village to village collecting funds for the Charkha Sangh. During one of his tours he addressed a meeting in Orissa. 

After his speech a poor old woman got up. She was bent with age, her hair was grey and her clothes were in tatters. The volunteers tried to stop her, but she fought her way to the place where Gandhi was sitting. 

"I must see him," she insisted and going up to Gandhi touched his feet. 

Then from the folds of her sari she brought out a copper coin and placed it at his feet. Gandhi picked up the copper coin and put it away carefully. 

The Charkha Sangh funds were under the charge of Jamnalal Bajaj. He asked Gandhi for the coin but Gandhi refused. 

"I keep cheques worth thousands of rupees for the Charkha Sangh," Jamnalal Bajaj said laughingly "yet you won't trust me with a copper coin." 

"This copper coin is worth much more than those thousands," Gandhi said. 

"If a man has several lakhs and he gives away a thousand or two, it doesn't mean much. But this coin was perhaps all that the poor woman possessed. She gave me all she had. That was very generous of her. What a great sacrifice she made. That is why I value this copper coin more than a crore of rupees."