Usually this green painted house is always closed and only opened when it is cleaned or if there are visitors. Visitors usually are interested in history, story about people who ever lived in this house. The owner of this house was HOS (Haji Oemar Said) Cokroaminoto, Indonesian hero, and the founder of Sarekat Islam. The house size is approximately 9 m x 13meters, he lived with his wife RA Suharsikin, located at Jalan Peneleh VII/29-31, Surabaya.

HOS Cokroaminoto was born in Bakur village, Madiun, East Java on August 16th 1883. He moved with his wife to Surabaya on 1905. He worked in a trading company and also continued his study as Hoogere Burgelijks School (HBS). This house was initially owned by Chinese. As the proprietor traveled a lot to trade, the house then purchased by an Arabian. But the new proprietor was busy as well that the house was abandoned. And the house was sold again. But this time, the buyer was the second son of Mas Cokroamiseno, HOS Cokroaminoto. The small house was used to live and also as kost for Indonesian students in HBS.

The house was also used as small moslem boarding school and to share political idea to be free from Dutch colonial. HOS Cokroaminoto was preparing for estaphet to younger generation to struggle against Dutch colonial. Indonesian figures stayed in this house were Sukarno,Sekarmaji Marijan Kartosuwiryo, TanMalaka, Semaun, Muso Alimin. HOS Cokroaminoto even arranged marriege his daughter Siti Utari Cokroaminoto with his favourite student, Sukarno in 1921, but the marriage ended in 1923. Different background of ideologies and self-interpretation caused conflict among Cokroaminoto’s students around teachings. Soekarno became Nationalist, Kartosoewiryo became Islam Conservative, Semaun-Darsono became Socialist and MUso-Alimin became Communist. The house became dumb witness on bid event in long history record of Indonesian people struggle motorized by Cokroaminoto, Sarikat Islam. Sarekat Dagang Islam had metamorphosis-ed to Partai Sarekat Islam Indonesia in 1912. The house is preserved by Surabaya govt.

THE BIRTH OF A SPELEOLOGY

If in the 17^th  and 18^th century  caves were explored by adventure, officially Speleology was born in the 19^th century for the work of science by Eduard –Alfred Martel. In 1866, his father, a paleontologist took him to Hahn Cave in Belgium when he was 7 years. The impact of the visit to the beautiful cave was very strong that he was wiling to make cave and its environment as study object for his future carrier. He visited caves in Pyrenes, Suis, Italy in vacation and he was graduated his geography study from university in 1877 as the best graduate.

Without no one guiding him, he created discipline and tidy method and changed method to explore cave. After experimenting for 5 years , since 1888, trying various method and equipments, he held Caving campaign. On every summer, he would go with his fellas, two carts of equipments and logistics, and camera. Villagers passed by them thought that they were circus troupe. Later when they knew that they went to explore cave, they became amazed and call them as Satan conqueror.

When they faced sinks, his fellas assisted him systematically setting stakes of iron and tied rope around the hole, that no one pass this and fall to the sink.Pulleys are set. They wear uniform that they designed with many pockets in a model of coverall (workpack) resembled pilot or mechanic. He put various tools in the pockets such as whistle, 6 big candles, magnesium rod, lighter, flint, hammer, 2 knives, measurer, 2 thermometers, pencils, compass, notebook, first aid kit box, chocolate candies, a bottle of rum, and French soldier telephone her carried on his back. He used rope safety system. He tied rope on his body to descend or ascend stairs and this method is still used as basic principle.

He stepped on Rabanel sink, 233 meters,  nearby Marseille, France. For 45 minutes he was hung on 90 meters height and spinning in the darkness, his fellas assisted him to fix the problem immediately.

To measure the depth of a sink he should count the difference barometric pressure between the bottom and the upper part. Horizontal distance was measured using tape measure. He made sketch on cave he visited. He did smart measurement to measure cave ceiling height. He made a paper balloon, and he attached sponge containing alcohol. Sponge then lit. The hot air inside the balloon lift balloon that is attached with rope. When balloon reached the ceiling, he measured the rope to know the height from floor accurately.

Speleology base as a science are mapping and measure the size of cave. In the modern era this could be done by compass, clinometers (to measure degree of floor flatness and ceiling height), barometer and metal measure tape. Using teodolit is possible but this tool can not be used optimally in dark situation, moreover if one should measure very low , winding , watery and narrow tunnel. The more modern way is using cave radio, a transmitter and receiver tool. Speleologists have certain system to record data in cave, natural formations as stalactite, stalagmite, river and then parse those data into speleologic cave map.

carbonic acid substances and oxygen are measured in a specific tool. Acidity of water is determined on Ph meter. Those are needed as additional data for studying life in cave.  Complex taking picture method using double lighting used to record cave visual. Geiger counter is used to record radioactive contains inside the cave. Sampling method is used to analyze minerals, sediment, organism and water.

Method to track water using rhodamin, flourescin, isotop, Lycopodium spora,  to determine the direction of river stream to analyze hydrology. Water tracking method often shows clue on unknown caves. Seismic method can determine underground chamber. Radiometric and isotopic analysis on stalactite and stalagmite can be used to determine climate in the past (until 300.000 years ago).

More than 80 minerals discovered in carst cave. Calsit, gypsum, aragonite, geothit and birnesit are often found.

Guano is bat’s, swallow’s feces living in cave and the best natural fertilizer. Insects digested by birds or bats consist of chitin that can no be digested that is rich of phosphor. Bat’s urine is rich of nitrogen. Fresh guano of bats contains 12% nitrogen and 2%phosphor.

Decomposition of guano created various minerals and final results of guano reaction with Calsit mineral is phosphate.
If we learn stalactite and stalagmite in cave, we would consider how long it took to grow 1 cm. The answer is not easy as one region to another stalactite-stalagmite growth depends on annual climate cycle. In tropical region, where rainfall is high and soil on carst contains CO2 in the form of humus, that the growth rapid is faster than desert which has less rainfall, and shortage of organic material as CO2 source. Stalactite and stalagmite consist of carst sediment CaCO3 precipitated by rainfall carries the carst sediment. The sediment then dissolved as rain contains carbonic acid in organic matters (humus contains roots, decaying leaves, dead animals and so on) that are passed creating Carbonate Acid (H2CO3). This carbonate acid dissolve carst, CaCO3, as demonstrated in lab. Even marble, the hardest Calcsit mineral can be dissolved by this carbonate acid. And then created CaHCO3. Inside the cave this solution releases (diffusion) CO2 into the cave, while water will drop to the tunnel tat sometimes the humidity can reach up to 100%. The precipitated material CaCO3 creates stalactite, stalagmite and various cave decorations. According to research, stalactite-stalagmite grow less than 2 mm a year and sometimes only 1/10 mm, when there is no rainfall. We can imagine how many years it takes to grow 1 cm of stalactite-stalagmite.

Scientists make research on animals living in cave. Since 19^th century, biologists study wide range of animals to determine genus, species and name the animals, analysis their life cycle, behavior, food cycle. And as the anatomy of animals in cave are distinct than on surface,  scientist are also interested to study the evolution of them, Cave is an ideal evolution lab. Anatomic differences are adapted to different function as the dark environment. Eye degeneration yields in more sensitive features on sense of touch.  Scientists use electron microscope to study the structures. They also undertake genetic s biology and molecular biology to the animals.

Speleogenesis is theory of the formation of cave. Cave is formed from various process:

1. Lava Cave: formed by lava flow
2. Littoral Cave : formed by water flow
3. Fissure Cave : formed by cracking rock
4. Salt Cave : formed inside salt layer
5. Tallus CaveL
6. Sand Stone Cave
7. Glacier Cave
8. Carst Cave is the most studied cave.

International  speleologists who are popular are Davis (1930), Daviss(1860), Grund(1903), Swinnerton(1932), Bogli (1970). They raced to convey their theories.

1. There is no cave that is formed in simple way through a uniform process. Every cave always contains of components formed in different ways.
2. Initially cave was formed by carst dissolving mechanism by carbonate acid under water surface, This process is known as chemistry erosion or also called as corrosion , that created phreatic tunnels full on water.
3. The next process is the decline of water surface and then water from surface enters phreatic tunnel that starts to be empty. Surface water blends with sand, mud, gravel widen the cracks and phreatic tunnel mechanically. This is called as Corrasion process.
4. Combination of corrosion and corrassion continue cave forming as the surface water descends until phreatic tunnel is dry, empty. This tunnel is called a fossil tunnel. That is how stalactite and stalagmite grow.

HISTORY OF CAVING
There is no official written record about when people start to explore cave. From old remains, and food remains, human bones and painting on cave wall, which can be found in Europe, Africa and America, can be concluded that human has been familiar to cave, and cave was even used to protect themselves, to settle, and used as shrine since thousand years ago. Primitive human, Pithecanthropus had been recognized cave.

Mythology from counties tells that several gods, saints, and heroes live in cave. Zeus, Greek god was born in cave. Amatarasu, god of sun from Japan hid in a cave to create darkness on earth. People thought that cave is where ghost, dwarf, dragon, snake, flying horse, tuyul, golden goat and gendruwo live.

Eternal darkness of cave is full of unknown danger, chamber with weird shapes as never seen, anf it is more spooky and strange by moving torch light, sound of eternal quietness, the drop of water and river in distance, echoes of falling stones, rumble of invisible waterfall, sound of bats that fly in a sudden, and wide floor that ends to a valley, tunnel that gets narrower suddenly, creating strong emotions to every cave explorer.

Caving is recorded as an activity in the 17th century, by John Beaumont, a surgeon from Somerset, England, that later became mining expert and amateur geologist. In 1674, he was recorded as the first who did potholing, when he was with 6 miners, equipped with candles went down to 20 meters vertical cave and found 80 m X 3 m and 10 m height. He reported this discovery to Royal Society. Beaumont crawled into the tunnel depth for 100 meters. He stopped at an edge of a very deep and wide valley that candle could not lit up the bottom, ceiling or even the walls of the valley. His companions were afraid to go down. Beaumont asked them to be released downward after he tied his body with rope. Few meters from the mouth, the cave wall he stepped on was collapsed. He was hanging on the air and the rope was twisting, that he asked the rope to be released to the botoom. He reached the bottom , safely, but dizzy, 25 meters from the mouth. The diameter of the chamber was 40 meters, the height was 40 meters and he found abundant of plumbum.

Baron Johann Valsavor from Slovenia was the most meritorious person in describing caves between 1670 to 1680. He had visited 70 caves, made elaborate writing about what he had seen, completed with sketch, map, comment and finally published in 4 edition with 2.800 pages. Though he made the length longer for he did not measure with tool, but he estimated the distance, that the tunnel that he reported for 6 miles was actually only ½ mile, his book is easy to understand and very valuable. For his service, he was rewarded as the Fellow of Royal Society London.

Joseph Nagel, a mathematician, was ordered by palace in 1747 to explore and map cave system of big caves in Austro-Hungary kingdom. For his service he was rewarded to be palace Mathematician with his main duty was to watch scientific collections of the palace and the promoted as physician in Vienna University.

The first cave explored recorded was in 1818 when Caesar Hababurg Francis I from Austria visited Adelsberg Cave (currently the name became Postojna cave located in Yogoslavia). After the Caesar visit, a businessman Josip Jersinovic, local official, made the cave more accessible with lighting and visitors could buy ticket to enter the cave. Bridge, stairs and better walkway of 4 km deeper in the cave drew thousands of visitors.

Jersinovic knew the danger of vandalism by visitors that would damage the cave for decoration. Therefore he formed committee to manage every aspect of cave management. Gate with a lock was built. Torch emitted smoke is shifted to candle and oil lamp as cleaner light source. Visitors should fill guest book, buy ticket and should be accompanied by guide.

In 1897, the committee of the cave built railway inside the cave. Small train with two seats initially should be pushed by cave guide. The commercialization of the cave received criticism in 1881 in The New York Times, that the beauty of nature was over used for profit.

The first cave guide who was meritorious in developing speleology was Stephen Bishop. He was a mulatto slave. In the age of 17 he was employed by Franklin Gorin, a lawyer who bought a land nearby Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA. Now mammoth is including in the World Heritage for the effort of International Union of Speleology in 1981-1983.

In that period, only a bit parts of the cave known. Stephen Bishop was an ideal guide. He was brave, enthusiast for his job, dedicated, persistent and diligent. He could explain about geography, history, literature, Greek mythology and geology. A visitor wrote that none of the visitors of Mammoth could forget the personality of Bishop who knows every single part of the cave elaborately. Hen Bishop has spare time, he explored parts of the cave he had not known. Bishop found styx. In the first year as a guide, he lengthened the distance exploration. Publication on new findings about the cave drew visitors more and more. Gorin was getting richer and two other slaves were employed after trained by Bishop. With raft, Styx was able to be sailed by visitors.

But Stephen as the guide became the main attraction for visitors. Firstly, because as they could not imagine how could a slave could be so smart, intelligent, and charming. His stamina is something that can not be separated from Mammoth cave. He carried a visitor who was exhausted for 6 miles, looked for a visitor who was lost, hit his head on a rock and then faint for 43 hours. Within a year, visitors came in large amount. Wooden small inns were built by Gorin. Finally Gorin sold his land, cave, inns, and slaves to a rich doctor from Louisville in 1839.

In 1850, Mammoth cave became the rival of Niagara Fall in its popularity, when 226 giant tunnels, 47 high domes, 23 wells, 2 rivers (Styx and Echo) and 8 waterfalls. 4 buildings were built for hotel and 16 bungalows. In 1857 Stephen died, one year after he was freed from slavery, in the age of 36. Franklin Gorin, his first master remembered him as a self learner, a genius, a humorous, knows Latin, Greek, geology, but the most prominent was his ability to get along and know human soul.

Handbook of Himpunan Kegiatan Speleologi Indonesia

Mbatik: From Ngisen and Computational Iteration Stage to Generative Art

Modern science and technology development has taken us to generation where we do simulation to imitate process (whether natural, physic, biologic, and even movement of price and social interaction process) computationally. From various science approaches found abundant natural and social phenomenon that may look complex, random, chaotic,that is basically derive from something that are very simple.

Arithmetically, chaotic and looks not-deterministic mathematical and dynamic patterns could be created from something that is very simple and deterministic. This can be done for computer technology to record dynamic iteratively.
How about form and complex patterns in nature such as cloud, smoke, coastline, that look random and complex visually?
Computation technology as applied to study simple arithmetic that yield chaos and also can be applied to see simple geometric that created fractal. The effort to see this fractal phenomenon on batik has broaden treasure and high appreciation opportunity on batik.

The 21st century celebrates the development of computer technology. Art works start to do technology acquisition to broaden coverage area and limitation of imagination and human creativity. One of its aspect is comprehension of generative arts. Modern visual generative arts are initiated by making iterative visualization, visualizing simple forms that finally creates complex patterns. This art pattern is based on repertoire of patterns and forms that are similar on a medium- an art works, pioneered by G Escher. Iterative patterns will create fractal forms as simple arithmetic repertoire that creates chaos pattern.

Shell pigmentation, pattern of shell, complex formation of snow flower, cancer growth, and even few pattern of stock statistic and economy index show fractal patterns. By making repertoire computationally, with various computational system, we find out how complex patterns created in universe and our social society. This kind of analysis is known as analysis according to generative science and various aesthetic objects creating it is called as generative computational arts. In computation study, and fractal geometric science, those such as cellular automatic, Mandelbrot and Julia Set, System-L, peano curve, and the like are used as references.

Uniqueness of Batik
Batik is a textile work that is very familiar to Indonesian and even used as symbol of Indonesian. Batik is closely related to Javanese ethnic culture in Indonesia since the era of Raden Wijaya from Majapahit Kingdom (1294-1309). But beside of textile with batik motives in Java, there are islands outside Java having batik motives such as in Sumatera, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. Batik was initially used to give motive to decoration, sarong, kopiah, blouse, and even head scarf. The interesting about it is that batik is not a simple concept at all, even from its etymology. Batik represents unique and elaborate ornament in its colors, motives, geometric shape. But the most important is that batik represents a process from motives and ornaments making shown.

Batik process, in verb is called as mbatik, is not a simple thing to so. Multiperspective is shown from its ornament as the result of a process and stages of interesting pseudo-algorithmic. According The Impact of Time and Environment by H Santosa Doellah as published by Danar Hadi, there are at least 3 stages in batik ornament process :
1. Klowongan: Is a process of drawing and creating basic elements of batik design generally.
2. Isen-isen : Is a process filling certain parts of ornament pattern. There are various patterns that are used traditionally, such as cecek, sawut, cecek sawut and sisik melik motive.
3. Harmony Ornamentation : Putting various background of design entirely that creating harmony holistically. Patterns used usually are ukel, galur, gringsing and several arrangements to create modifications of isen pattern, such as sekar sedhah, rembyang, sekar pacar.

Fractal : Geometric of Batik
One thing that makes batik interesting is that batik is a process created from a cognitive system and depiction of nature and environment. Batik is created through mapping of objects of the batik painter, cognition articulation, and psychomotoric aspects in batik works.
Though batik can not be seen by releasing its context and making process, motive and ornament of batik have interesting high complexity.
From geometric shapes, we tend to relate this to geometric of Western Aristotelian, which sees geometric dimension as natural numbers. 1 Dimension as lines, 2 Dimension as planes and 3 Dimension as solids. But the world is not as simple as that. The long history of science takes us to reality of science. In the history of science philosophy, science reacts positive to reality, science is unlimited, reductionism finally took us to main and fundamental explanation, and so on.
Weird things happened is considered as random, Science is veri confident that eventually meta-mathematics starts to question arithmetic (Kurt Godel), Philosophy starts to discuss about paradox and the validity of deduction (Bertrand Russel), Sociology starts to talk about postmodernism (Jean Francois Lyotard), waves of multi-perspective such as dadaism in painting, psycodelic in music, and many more in other parts of science and modern arts, including questions about length of coast line and that geometric starts to acquainted with fractal concept (BEnoit Mandelbrot). Philosophy of science comes to realize that there is a matter in seeing how we see the world. Reductionism of science philosophy is questioned when finally, generally we aware that ‘the holistic is bigger than the amounts of its parts’.
The world is not linear, and current science should aware of that. Even philosophically, current science should not stand alone with tradition and conventionalism. Inter-discipline approach becomes important. The reality of how high the complexity of the universe and social environment are, finally creating biophysics, Computational Chemistry, Econophysics, Computational Sociology, Cognitive Science, Revolutionary economic, and more that picture how science should cross here and there beyond its development.
Modern science is based elementary on how human see the world, where classic geometry is its foundation. Science history is finally aware that fractal sees the world better and more accurately. Fractal nature based study aware of the imperfectness of general model and one of them is shown with science of dimension in non integers number but fractions.

Reality that batik has fractal nature as it shows that there is a hidden wisdom in delineating world which in unlike Aristotelian geometric that we know. It is very implicit in batik works. If arts and culture and modern science have interacted as we know now, then it is obvious batik works culture has interacted with people living in Indonesian archipelago. If fractal has inspired change and become source of science creativity and progressiveness in various facets in the form of interdisciplinary, it is possible that batik can inspire and used as source of creativity for better point of view about the universe.

Probably Indonesian language for interdisciplinary is gotong royong as geometric of Indonesia people is batik. Invention of fractal in batik (as in other old and classic arts and culture aspects that was not yet influenced strongly by Greek and Rome such as China, India and Arab) gives us a warning that we should change our point of view about tradition and cultural heritage. Enjoying batik is unlike enjoying perspective  painting. Solving problems in mono-discipline way we is never same with using interdisciplinary way.

Fractal reality in batik becomes very important, as visual cultural aspect is closely related to Indonesian culture and civilization.

Source: Fisika Batik by Tim Peneliti Bandung Fe Institute Hokky Situngkir & Rolan Dahlan

In wayang story, Arjuna is famous for his handsome appearance, his power and wisdom. He is the knight who loves to meditate. This third son of Pandu is invincible. His master is Resi Dorna for martial arts and war science. Arjuna is the Adipati (Regent) of Madukara. He has two wives, Sumbadra and Srikandi. He is an example of a knight who always loyal, modest, and who never gives up. He is very helpful to others, and sees people equally. Kurawa family likes to make him suffer but he is always receive those without resentment. His mesmerizing appearance makes beautiful princess adore him, but he never uses that. He is very faithful to hold on moral values. If he does mistake he would surrender to be punished and even punish himself. But there is difference between Arjuna as good example also Ajuna who is a playboy, has many wives and kids. He is not only considered as a macho man in character and behavior that he is entitled as Lelananging Jagat or Male of the World or maybe Mr World, but also as he is macho biologically that usually a man who is nice looking and is playboy is mocked as Arjuna. In wayang story Arjuna has other figures, one of them is Damar Wulan, a story that already recognized by Indonesian before Hindu came, according to Amir Hamzah.  In other word, Mahabharata characters were already recognized in Indonesia. IN Mahabharata version, Arjuna is different than the Javanese version. Though he has many wives, he only falls in love with Sumbadra. And other wives were awarded to him for his services. Indonesia has its own version of story which exist since thousand of years before the advent of Hindu.

There was a believe related to fertility of farmland which was main matter in life. When Hindu arrived in Indonesia, Indonesian Hindu worship Lingga and Yoni. Lingga is the symbol of male genital and Yoni is the symbol of female’s. Lingga and Yoni are believed to bring fertility in farming. In wayang Lingga is symbilized as Arjuna character and Yoni is symbolizes as princess, and according to old literature princess or putri is the symbol of True Taste.

That makes Arjuna known as playboy. But there is a prove that Arjuna is not a playboy, in Duryudana Rabi (the Marriage of Duryudana), Duryudana marries Banowati, daughter of Salya from Mandaraka. When Duryudana proposes Banowati, she asks a sensitive request that is impossible to be fulfilled. The request are :

1. She wants to be showered by a handsome man, who is more handsome than men in Mandaraka and Astina.

2. She wants to be put make up by the handsome man.

3. On the first night she should sleep with the handsome man.

If those requests are rejected then Duryudana’s proposal will be rejected as well. So who is the handsome man that she means? He is Arjuna as Banowati has fallen in love with him. The request is like a difficult decision for Duryudana. If he fulfill her requests, this would be a nightmare as her beloved girl will sleep with other man first, but he he does not fulfill, marrying her will be just a dream. Finally Duryudana makes a decision that He lets her does as her requests only she should keep her virginity. Arjuna showered her and slept with her, but before that Arjuna has prepared himself to be strong. When he sleeps with Banowati, he uses sirep magic (sleeping magic) that makes Banowati sleeps. Arjuna left the room and call Duryudana to replace him to sleep next to her.

Speculation around Hitler’s death in Surabaya has been a trending topic in forums and blogs such as in kaskus, vivanews. Among informations about the death of Hitler, there is no certain info the cause of death and his body was not found anywhere else. As in wikipedia, Hitler married Eva Braun, his long mistress, and two days later committed suicide when Russia bombarded Berlin. Hitler took cyanide pill and shot himslef and Eva died beside him by ingesting cyanide. . As per Hitler’s instruction, their body were carried upstairs through the bunker’s emergency exit and set alight outside the bunker. Soviet troop seized the remains and captured the bunker, but what happened later has been a mystery and speculation.

According to Russian archives, the remains had been kept by SMERSH, Russian Intelligence Organization, an acronym for Death to Spies. Soldiers buried and dug up the remains at least 3 times in 1945-1946 as the army moved around Germany. In 1970 Russian gont ordered the remains to be dug up.

Hitler’s jaw was found in 1945 and used as evidence of Hitler’s death, said Sergei Mironenko, head of Russia’s State Archive. While Hitler’s skull fragment was found in 1946, when Soviet secret police did a further investigation, prompted by rumors that Hitler had survived. They dug up again the ditch outside bunker and found the fragment and later carried to Moscow. Russia announced about the skull fragment in 1993, but some western experts argued it was not Hitler’s body buried. So far there is no conclusive evidence, and Alexander Kalganov from FSB’s archives Dept said that he had not seen any documents providing evidence that the skull was Hitler’s.

Western experts demonstrated that the skull fragment preserved by Soviet intelligence belonged to female under 40 years old, whose identity is unknown. University of Connecticut held a research on the DNA. According to bone specialist Nich Bellatoni said that the bone was very thin and male bone tended to be more robust. He added that the skull seemed to correspond to someone under 40 while in April 1945 Hitler turned 56.The skull could not belong to Eva, as there was no report that Eva shot herself.

Some claim that Hitler escaped to Argentina, Spain, Brazil and Indonesia. In Indonesia Hitler speculation claims as the apprearance of dr Poch, a German doctor in Sumbawa Besar as reported by dr Sosrohusodo.

Dr Poch is described as a doctor who had no medical knowledge at all, and He drove on his open cap car well, though in that period road in Sumbawa Besar was not developed well, he even only used one finger to drive.

How could Hitler traveled to Indonesia? How he became Indonesian and worked as dictor in Sumbawa Besar Hospital?

dr Sosrohusodo met dr Poch in Sumbawa Besar. Hitler could escaped from Berlin and in 1954 until 1970 he hid in Indonesia, he used Poch as his name.  He initially lived in Dompu, then moved to Bima and the  to Sumbawa Besar and worked in Sumbawa Besar Hospital.  Locals called him ‘dokter Jerman’ (German Doctor).

According to source, Poch died in 15 January 1970, in Surabaya, and he left a notebook 9x 16 cm. The book had addresses of his colleagues and friends as in European history. And the handwriting is identical to that of Hitler. Dr Poch was reported to marry Sundanese woman, Sulaesih who traveled to Sumbawa Besar and  proposed by Poch.

Poch converted Islam and witnessed by Sumbawa Besar Head of Religion Dept, (Sulaesih forgot his name) and dr Poch changed his name to Abdul Kohar. In 1965, Poch married her.

One of witness who ever met Poch was Aries Zulkarnaen. He said that Poch usually gave name of medicine by words and when asked what the medicine was, Poch always said ‘ I said that already’ (You heard me). He was angry when patient speak about the sickness they had, Poch asked them angrily ‘ Are you doctor?’ Poch was known as a humorous person as well by locals. He was energetic that locals assumed he was an ex NAZI.

In Pikiran Rakyat newspaper, in 1983, there was an article about Hitler written by dr Sosrohusodo, who was graduated from Indonesia University and ever worked in Hope Hospital in Sumbawa Besar.  He reported his experience meeting an old German doctor, Poch, in Sumbawa Besar in 1960. Poch was the head of that biggest hospital in Sumbawa Besar Island, and it is assumed that he was Hitler. Sosrohusodo claimed that Poch walked like limp and dragged his left leg while walking. The left hand of Poch always shaked, he had a thick mustache as Charlie Chaplin and bald head. This resembled as the description of The Fuhrer in his old age in his biography. In 1960, when Sosrohusodo met him, he was 71 years old. According to Sosrohusodo, this German doctor was very mysterious and he had no doctor lisence, and he did not even have medical expertise. Sosro ever checked Poch left hand which was always shaking and then he asked Poch about his hand. Poch asked his wife about Sosro question. Poch’s wife  answered that ‘ It was since German lost in a battle nearby Moscow .That was when Goebbels told you that you hit table over and over again.’

Goebbels mentioned by Poch’s wife was assumed to be  Joseph Goebbe, one of ministers loyal to Hitler.

Hitler’s death  is still mystery until today.

Westerner who did research about Hitler’s death in Indonesia is Peter Levenda who elaborates details of evidence that Adolf Hitler faked his death and the scenario is unreal, forensically and medically. His theory is that Hitler and Eva Braun fled from Germany through plan that Nazi war criminals spirited out of the country by hiding them at monasteries and giving them fake documents.  Hitler fled first to Argentina where Nazi’s follower escaped, but it was too dangerous of his notoriety. Levenda theorized that then went to Indonesia where Nazi’s  sympathy was high, but Hitler was not well known in Indonesia in that period. Levenda assumed that the identities of Austians Georg Anton and Hella Poch who came to Indonesia as the war end were Hitler and Braun. According to him, Pochs’ escape to Indonesia was very suspicious as they were not wanted by the Allies and Hella abandoned her highly successful career as an anthropologist to live in Indonesia. There was a fact that Hella Poch left Indonesia for Europe the same year when Braun’s father was sick and died. When he visited Poch’s grave, Ngagel Cemetery Surabaya, the man who brought him to the grave whispered “Hitler”, while Levenda did not tell his true propose visiting the grave.

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Surabaya Urban Culture Festival (SUCF) 2012 was held for the first time on Monday, 27 May 2012 along Tunjungan Street. This event began at 15.00 till 23.00, and promoted Surabaya culture.

This event was held to enlived Jalan Tunjungan which has historical value for Surabayan. Surabaya Urban Culture Festival was one of series of event to celebrate the 719th  Anniversary of Surabaya that involved Surabaya municipality and police.

Surabaya Urban Culture Festival was filled with REMO Dancer Make Up Contest which involved 1000 participants and then followed by Flash MOB, Remo Dance along Tunjungan St, also other contests such as Ludruk, Patrol Music and Parikan Contest, as mentioned by Irma Widya Budianti, the head organizer of this event. Majapahit  Hotel became a screen of visual show after the sun set. There were 6 projectors which covered Majapahit Hotel with 3 dimension visualization about Surabaya Tempo Dulu or Old Surabaya.

There were various interesting and entertaining attraction last light such as BMX, Capoeira, Break Dance, Dancer and Jazz on the Street. Along Tunjungan Street, were full of enthusiasts, so crowded. Visitors enjoyed walking and tasting various specific of Surabaya food, such as Rujak Cingur, Semanggi, Es Puter, Nasi Goreng, Ice Cream and more.

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Teluk Hijau or Green Bay is located in Rajegwesi, Sarongan, Banyuwangi. Usually this bay is visited tourists who also visit Sukamade beach as it is located halfway.  Or locals also visit Teluk Hijau during weekend. Usually locals reach this spot on foot as it is located just approximately 30 minutes walk, and sometimes by motorcycle. The road from Rajegwesi to Teluk Hijau is considered as very bumpy. And for visitors who stop by on the way to Sukamade usually ride on 4 WD.

Just stop at Teluk Damai (Peaceful Bay), that is where you can see nice blue green sea water on the southern ocean. It looks very beautiful, refreshing and peaceful as its name. Visitors can take nice shots from the side of the road. To reach Teluk Hijau, ones should trekk down from the road passing forest. Trekk to Teluk Damai will take round 30 minutes. That is where one find stones of various shapes fringe the ocean. The wave is very massive that swimming is not recommended here. Sometimes there is a fisherman boat sailing here and there for fish on this bay. Along the other side of the bay is also fringed by stones, creating fence on the beach, that when wave come and goes creating rumble sound.

To reach Teluk Hijau, visitor should trek by the shoreline through stones. It takes about 30 minutes from Teluk Damai, passing shoreline and coast forest. Watch out for strong waves that come in sudden. It is recommended to wear short pants, long pants is very risky to get wet here.  From here the sound of stone falls down after waves hit is heard more clearly. On the way sometimes you will meet big lizards and various birds, but they are afraid of human presence that they hide and fly when they sense human. After reaching the dead end turn right for few meters ahead, viola! A Mesmerizing secluded beach is in front of your eyes.

Teluk Hijau, or Green Bay as its name has unique green color. And fascinating white fine grains of sands. The sand and water color creating an interesting contrast landscape. On the west side there is a wall of green hill. There is a small island of rock located in the middle of water creating more exotic feel. Unfortunately the wave is also powerful in this bay that swimming is not recommended at all.(dw)

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Maya is a dark light to subtle anything, the existence is non existence. The non existence actually exists. Maya or Ismaya is a dark light, or Semar means camouflaged. In Wayang story Semar is the son of Sang Hyang Wisesa, we was blessed with mustika manik astagina which has 5 virtue: Never feel hungry, never feel sleepy, never fall in love, never feel sad, never feel tired, never be sick, never feel heat, never feel cold. Those 8 virtues are tied to his hair on his crest. Semar or Ismaya was awarded with various title such as Batara Semar, Batara Ismaya, Batara Iswara, Batara Samara, Sanghyang Jagad Wungku, Sanghyang Jatiwasesa, Sanghyang Suryakanta. He is ordered to reign realm of Sunyaruri, or empty realm, and he was not allowed to reign the world.
In Sunyaruri realm, Batara Semar was arranged marriage with Dewi Sanggani, daughter of Sang Hyang Hening. They have 10 children : Batara Wungkuam or Sanghyang Bonkokan, Batara Siwah, Batara Wrahaspati, Batara Yamadipati, Batara Surya, Batara Candra, Batara Kwera, Batara Tamburu, Batara Kamajaya and Dewi Sarmanasiti. His first son, Batara Wungkuam or Sanghyang Bongkokan has a son who is a midget and has black skin, named as Semarasantha and he is ordered to go down to the earth and stay in Pujangkara. Semarasanta was obliged to serve Resi Kanumanasa in Saptaarga hermitage.

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Semarasanta comes to Saptaarga hermitage when he is chased by 2 tigers, and he run to Saptaarga and is helped by Resi Kanumanasa. The two tigers are purified and become beautiful goddess, named as Dewi Kanestren and Dewi Retnawati become the wife of Kanumanasa. From that moment on, Semarasanta serves Saptaarga and is known as Janggan Semarsanta.

As the guardian, Janggan Semarasanta is very loyal to his master. He always suggests to live humble, pray, sleep less and meditate to reach glory. As there are abundant advises and suggestions from him, only ascetics or Resi, Priest or Ksatria or knights who have spirit, low profile, and good behavior who are persistent under Janggan Semarasanta guard. Janggan Semarasanta is just like hidden gift. Whoever follow him, their life will be succeed and live in happiness. In wayang story, there are 7 persons who are very persistent under his surveillance, Resi Manumanasa and his 6 descendants, Sakri, Sekutrem, Palarasa, Abiyasa, Pandudewanata and Arjuna.

If he is angry with gods, he will be possesed by his grandfather Batara Semar. Physically, Semarasanta is an ugly human, dark, but beyond that he has a god character as Batara Semar or Batara Ismaya.

As Batara Semar is not allowed to reigned the world realm directly, he used Janggan Semarasanta body, and eventually Semarasanta is rarely used and he is known as Semar. As written above, Semar or Ismaya is described as something subtle or camouflage. Though Semarasanta is the one visible, actually he is not existent. The one exist is Batara Semar, only he is in the body of a midget, Semarasanta. He is Samarasanta but whatever he does is not the deed of Semarasanta. Therefore Semar is a subtle figure.

Semar is a mystery, the secret of The Creator. That secret is hidden from selfish, greedy and arrogant people and open to patient, sincere and good people. And people who are blessed with The Secret or Semar   will reach happiness and true glory.

Semar & Revelation

As mentioned before Batara Semar or Batara Ismaya, who lives in Sunyaruri often goes down to the world and become incarnate in Janggan Semarasanta, the guardian of Saptaarga. Batara Ismaya and Janggan Semarasanta unite as Semar, and Semar character is translated as the present of divine in real world in a camouflaged.

Phisically this character is unpredictable. His face is a man. But his body is very curvy, big breasts as female. He has white hair and wrinkle in on his face shows that he was mature, but his hair is cut like crest just like a child. His has smiley lips but his eyes are always watery. He wears kawung motive sarong, just like what servant or guardian wears. But isn’t he Batara Ismaya or Batara Semar, a god, a son of Sang Hyang Wisesa?

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In detail of his appearance, Semar is mysterious figure, and symbol of a perfect life.  Semar has the character of a woman, of a man, of child, mature, happiness expression, sorrow expression in a mixture. Semar character perfectness is completed with an amulet , Mustika Manik Astagina, given by Sang Hyang Wasesa that is kept in his crest. The amulet has 8 virtues as mentioned earlier, to show that though he looks like human but he is more than just human. He is the symbol of life mystery and also the life itself.

Life is a bless from The Creator, The Supreme Life, then Semar is bless from The Supreme Life to the real life. Character followed by Semar is a real description that the character always guarding, loving, living life itself, life given byThe Supreme Life. If life is taken care of, maintained and loved then the life will evolve to its climax and unite to The Source of Life, manunggaling kawula gusti. In the effort to reach manunggaling kawula gusti, Semar becomes very important. As per meaning symbolized and contained in Semar character, that only through Semar, together with Semar and inside Semar, human can develop their life into perfection and unite with their God.

Beside as symbol of a life process that can bring back someone’s life and unite with The Source of Life, Semar becomes a sign of God bless. This is symbolized by the complete name of Semar, Badranaya. Badra means moon or a splendid luck. Naya means wise behavior. Semar Badranaya means in a wise behavior, there is a splendid luck as someone who is blessed with a moon (receives a revelation).

In Wayang story which tells about Wahyu, Semar Badranaya was contested by kings as it is positive whoever has Semar Badranaya then revelation will be on his side.

There are two point of views, when knights, kings or priests contested Semar Badranaya to receive wahyu or revelation. The first point of view is that putting Semar Badranaya as physical mean to reach a target. They believe that bringing Semar, a revelation will follow them that revelation will be received. This point of view is adhered by Kurawa group, group who like shortcuts. Their goal is just revelation without doing complicated and hard conditions. The second point of view put Semar Badranaya as spiritual mean for a process. The consequence is that they should first open Semar Badranaya’s heart to get him in, to stay and being with them that a process to get revelation id achieved. This view is adhered by the descendant of Saptaarga. From both views there is a conflict in achieving revelation. And this ends with the Saptaarga victory.

Why revelation always received by Saptaarga? Because Saptaarga descendant always teach wisdom, since Rsi Manumasa to Arjuna. In Saptaarga family, there is a strong and consistent heritage tradition in life. The tradition is about being low profile, helpful, not being greedy, meditate, eat less, sleep less and the like. As for those traditions, Saptaarga descendants are persistent to be guarded by Semar Badranaya.

The appearance of Semar Badranaya in every life delineates the present of The Creator in daily life. And the nature of divine appear in the form of revelation, vision. Deservedly, divine grace of vision is living inside. For whatever is hidden in the character of Semar is revelation. Revelation hidden for greedy people and open to whoever wise people such as Saptaarga family.

Bocah Bajang and Semar

Bocah Bajang nggiring angin anawu banyu segara ngon-ingone kebo dhungkul sa sisih sapi gumarang. The text describes that Bocah Bajang is child that can never grow bigger and older. This lyric is sung in wayang show when Semar present in goro-goro (comedy) scene. This is not a coincidence but a creative expression to convey an important meaning, through song of Bocah Bajang and Semar character.

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Semar and Dewa Ruci, are picture of perfection living in weak and imperfect human. Semar has double personalities. He is a god, Batara Ismaya who become incarnate in a midget person, Ki Semarasanta. The wayang or puppet shape is made in double character: his head is like male, his breasts are liek female and also his butt. His hair is as child’s but his hair is white. His lips are smiling shows happiness but his eyes are always wet as he is sad. Therefore Semar is considered as god and as human concomitantly. He is a man, a woman, an old mature person, a child, a sad and a happy person. Therefore this character is names as Semar derives from samar (subtle), unclear.

As a prediction, Semar character in wayang story is the manifestation of human longing in their journey to reach into divine God. Because of The Perfect God is invisible, untouchable, unlimited, that it He is hard to describe. For the shortage, weakness, human is inable to describe God. Then emerging Semar character, as a non perfect character, as a concept of modesty, self-realization, and personal openness for his weakness, shortage. As with those manner could make The Perfect God presents. Other characters to present perfection are Sang Hyang Pada Wenang and Dewa Ruci.

To affirm the present of Semar or Ki Semarasanta, midget with double personalities, song of Bocah Bajang carrying his double character pets. He pet is a stupid bull, delineates human weakness and a cow, Sapi Gumarang which is smart, and has sharp horn delineates human sharpness to divine mystery.

From the description above, Semar character is expressed in a form of wayang or puppet and bocah bajang character expressed in a song or jineman with same meaning. Both describe that inside human who has weakness and shortage and stigma, present The All-Perfect.

In the effort to harmonize the nature of shortage, weakness and stigma and other perfect nature of human, someone would need a long struggle, along human life. Just as Bocah Bajang nggiring angin (herd the wind) and nawu segara (dry the ocean).

Semar, Gareng, Petruk, Bagong

In the next development, Semar presents as the guardian of Saptaarga family was not alone. He is accompanied by his three sons, Gareng, Petruk, Bagong. Semar and his three sons are called as Punakawan. On every story of wayang show there will be a knight of Saptaarga who is followed by Semar, Gareng, Petruk, Bagong. In any story, those four characters are having important role. After receiving various suggestion, advises from Sang Begawan, The Ascetic,  they go down the mountain to apply knowledge they get, and tapa ngrame (helping without no strings attached).

The journey of the knight and his four guardians (servant) enter a forest. This pictures that the knight starts to enter the life that he has never known before, known for its darkness, full of bushes, many wild animals, and evil creatures are on their way, and if they are careless in a second their life is in danger.  But finally the knight, Semar, Petruk, Gareng, Bagong can reach victory by conquering a giant and get out of the forest safely.

After the forest there are still many obstacles. For the service of Semar and his sons, the knight can finish those obstacles, and danger.

Wayang Story in Yogyakarta and Surakarta are known for their Punakawan characters. Puna means understanding, comprehending matters and able to give solution. Kawan or sekawan means four, or also means friends. They are Semar, and his sons Gareng, Petruk and Bagong respectively.

The main call of Punakawan is to accompany and guard and take care of knight character to reach his goal of life. Punakawana and Ksatria have a flexible relationship. Sometimes they are like masters and his servants, serve and to be served. Sometimes they are like king and his people, or gusti and kawula. But sometimes they are like friends when communicating, interacting and discussing matters. They asah (sharpening character and mind), asih (love) and asuh (caring) to each other.

Knight character success depends of Punakawan. If knight is modest and create harmony relationship with Punakawan, and open his heart to listen to characters of punokawan, then he would be succeed. And if the opposite, failure will come. For the dominance role of punakawan there is a big riddle. Who punokawan really are?

Semar and his sons are very important for the victory of a life. Semar is the manifestation of God in real life. To emphasize Semar role, then Semar character is completed with three other characters, his sons. Punokawan is symbol of creativity, sense, initiative and work. Semar has prominent features of the white crest. A white tuft on the head is a symbol of the mind, a clear idea or creativity. Gareng has prominent feature of squint-eyed, typical hand and lame leg. Those three defects symbolize a sense of physical disability.Squint eyes, is a sense of alertness, the hand is a sense of thoroughness and limp leg is a sense of prudence. Petruk is a symbol of the will, desire, intention described by hands. If he moves his hands, they will make a good cooperation, as two people co-op with each other. His one hand is pointing, choosing what he desire and his other hand is holding tight whatever he has chosen. Works can be seen from Bagong character and his hands are all have open-wide fingers, means he always works hard. Cipta (Initiative), Rasa (Sense) and Karya (Works) are one unit and can not be divided, and located in an area called personality or identity of human, symbolized in Ksatria or Knight character. Ideal person is pictured as a person who has cipta, rasa , karsa and karya and each has its own position harmonically, and later move together for a goal. Therefore it is obvious that Ksatria and Punokawan have significant relation. Knight character will succeed in his life and reach ideal goals based on clean open mind (cipta), sincerity (sense) or rasa, desire, strong determination (karsa) and hard work (karya).

Ksatria and his four servants symbolize as ‘ngelmu’ or knowledge sedulur papat lima pancer. Sedulur papat (four brothers)  means punakawan and lima pancer (five, the axis) is the Ksatria, the Knight. Pancer or axis is located in the middle of two older brothers (kakang mbarep , kakang kawah) and two younger brothers (adi ari-ari , adi wuragil). The value of sedulur papat lima pancer was born from a concept of realization of the initial how human was created and the last goal of human life or sangkan paraning dumadi. Human was created since before he/she was born. Before baby is born (baby, in this context means pancer), the first appearance is the mother’s anxiety. This anxiety is called as Kakang mbarep or the first child or the first brother. After baby is born, amniotic fluid secreted. This fluid or banyu kawah (crater water)  is called as Kakang Kawah (brother crater). After the baby is born then followed by ari ari or placenta and blood. Ari-ari and blood is Adi wuragil or youngest brother.

Sedulur papat lima pancer philosophy gives strong stress that human is not born alone in this world. There are four brothers that accompany them. pancer is the real soul (Suksma) and sedulur papat is the real body (Raga) . The union of Suksma and Raga create life.

The relation between pancer and sedulur in life is pictured in a coachman controls a carriage drawn by four horses of red, black, yellow and white. The coachman is the manifestation of freedom to decide to do something. The red horse symbolizes energy, spirit. The black horse symbolizes biological need. The yellow horse symbolizes spiritual need and the white horse symbolizes purity. As coachman, he should control those four horses which have different characters and needs. If coachman can control and co-op with the horses in balance, then carriage will run well until the destination, Sangkan paraning Dumadi.

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