Washington, October 26, 2005
Beautiful Day. I can’t believe today is really great day just because it was sunny day. Today was the second sunny day since I arrive here on last Saturday. Beautiful with the leafs turning to be brown or yellow. It was just great.
Today we went to IMF. After tight security screening we entered IMF building and Marlene Thorn, Human Resource Department gave session about the third culture in the IMF. It’s simply about the culture from around the world are melted in the IMF enviromental work. The discussed more about how they managed their human resource to have different experience from one department to another department or to have the cross-cultural experiences. I didn’t have any question here just because there’s no substantial discussion to ask. Even I have a question about the IMF policy toward Indonesian economy in which I think IMF should change, I believe that Thorn is not in the position to answer that. Some of other questions dealing with topics out of the human resource were not able to answer by her. So I just was being a good listener. By the way, as she confessed that World Bank is IMF’s sister.
Then we went to Brookings Institution. This is a non-profit institution as a research institution. It’s interesting about the presentation today. This session much discussed about what Brookings does for research for varied topics. McNeal discussed more about the rising Chinese and energy. What I learned from here is that there are a lot research institutions like Brookings, Heritage Foundation, Meridian, CSIS, Cato Institute and more. When I discussed this to Tashi working for research institution in Bhutan, there was a point we agreed on. It’s about the independence of the kind of institution. We agreed that as long as the institution earns its funding resources from government, we don’t believe that the institution is pure independent. These research institutions become “think tanks” of the policy making by United States government and Legislature. Secondly, we know that in our countries in which are still under developed we need that kind of this institutions more. We found that this kind of institution is not as many as needed to form a policy. I’m kind of interesting to find this kind research independent.
And I think Mc Neal is right that we need to build network here. We need to meet and to talk to many people as many as possible here.
Then we went to have lunch at DuPont Circle in which we stay in. I gave telephone to Yuran and I found that she needs help for finance reports as CA needs that. I’m a kind of confused too and I don’t have any direction at all to her. Well.., again, it’s not easy to give any guidelines as I’m out of the LPAM-Nias matter these days and it’s hard for me to just mention what should be done. Besides, I told her many times to do weekly report but never done except couple times when I really forced her to make the report. Now, we found that we are really not in good situation for financial matter report. Hmm.. Let me think about it.
Then we went to House of Representative building meeting Eni F. H. Faleomavaega, the representative of American Samoa in congress. He serves for 9 terms or 18 years already. He’s a kind of humble man. He’s from Democrat Party. He deals with Asia Pacific issue. This man is just really good. As an old politician, he must have a lot political experiences of the United States. And again, this is confirmation of what happens in United States. He is right when he said that united States in some aspects are just great for economy, power and things like that. But at the same time he admits that they also have beggar on the street, a lot domestic problems here. This is a fair and wise view to see itself I mean to see United States. This wise perspective recommended us to get what the good sides and to bring it home. That’s perfect. I like that kind of wisdom. He also talked about Hawaiian in which he said that the American people here thinks that the native Hawaiian no exist anymore in which in fact it’s not true at all. Yes, native Hawaiian is in their struggle now for a better life.
Then we went to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The representative of Republican Party presented by Keith Luse and Democratic Party was presented by Frank Jannuzi.
But here what I figure out about EWC and the link with the politician here in Washington. I think EWC has a closed connection with the Washington’s politician here. And I think EWC is more closed with Democrat Party. Well,.. As you know that Eni Faleomavaega and the Democratic Party committee Frank attended the meeting with EWC alumni. For me myself, that’s okay. I mean, I will be regret of course if I found that EWC has closed relationship with Republican Party or with Bush administration in which I think suck. And the way of democrat party people thinks are really just cool without any intention to put the superiority of US as a main part of the way of their thinking.
Beautiful Day. I can’t believe today is really great day just because it was sunny day. Today was the second sunny day since I arrive here on last Saturday. Beautiful with the leafs turning to be brown or yellow. It was just great.
Today we went to IMF. After tight security screening we entered IMF building and Marlene Thorn, Human Resource Department gave session about the third culture in the IMF. It’s simply about the culture from around the world are melted in the IMF enviromental work. The discussed more about how they managed their human resource to have different experience from one department to another department or to have the cross-cultural experiences. I didn’t have any question here just because there’s no substantial discussion to ask. Even I have a question about the IMF policy toward Indonesian economy in which I think IMF should change, I believe that Thorn is not in the position to answer that. Some of other questions dealing with topics out of the human resource were not able to answer by her. So I just was being a good listener. By the way, as she confessed that World Bank is IMF’s sister.
Then we went to Brookings Institution. This is a non-profit institution as a research institution. It’s interesting about the presentation today. This session much discussed about what Brookings does for research for varied topics. McNeal discussed more about the rising Chinese and energy. What I learned from here is that there are a lot research institutions like Brookings, Heritage Foundation, Meridian, CSIS, Cato Institute and more. When I discussed this to Tashi working for research institution in Bhutan, there was a point we agreed on. It’s about the independence of the kind of institution. We agreed that as long as the institution earns its funding resources from government, we don’t believe that the institution is pure independent. These research institutions become “think tanks” of the policy making by United States government and Legislature. Secondly, we know that in our countries in which are still under developed we need that kind of this institutions more. We found that this kind of institution is not as many as needed to form a policy. I’m kind of interesting to find this kind research independent.
And I think Mc Neal is right that we need to build network here. We need to meet and to talk to many people as many as possible here.
Then we went to have lunch at DuPont Circle in which we stay in. I gave telephone to Yuran and I found that she needs help for finance reports as CA needs that. I’m a kind of confused too and I don’t have any direction at all to her. Well.., again, it’s not easy to give any guidelines as I’m out of the LPAM-Nias matter these days and it’s hard for me to just mention what should be done. Besides, I told her many times to do weekly report but never done except couple times when I really forced her to make the report. Now, we found that we are really not in good situation for financial matter report. Hmm.. Let me think about it.
Then we went to House of Representative building meeting Eni F. H. Faleomavaega, the representative of American Samoa in congress. He serves for 9 terms or 18 years already. He’s a kind of humble man. He’s from Democrat Party. He deals with Asia Pacific issue. This man is just really good. As an old politician, he must have a lot political experiences of the United States. And again, this is confirmation of what happens in United States. He is right when he said that united States in some aspects are just great for economy, power and things like that. But at the same time he admits that they also have beggar on the street, a lot domestic problems here. This is a fair and wise view to see itself I mean to see United States. This wise perspective recommended us to get what the good sides and to bring it home. That’s perfect. I like that kind of wisdom. He also talked about Hawaiian in which he said that the American people here thinks that the native Hawaiian no exist anymore in which in fact it’s not true at all. Yes, native Hawaiian is in their struggle now for a better life.
Then we went to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The representative of Republican Party presented by Keith Luse and Democratic Party was presented by Frank Jannuzi.
But here what I figure out about EWC and the link with the politician here in Washington. I think EWC has a closed connection with the Washington’s politician here. And I think EWC is more closed with Democrat Party. Well,.. As you know that Eni Faleomavaega and the Democratic Party committee Frank attended the meeting with EWC alumni. For me myself, that’s okay. I mean, I will be regret of course if I found that EWC has closed relationship with Republican Party or with Bush administration in which I think suck. And the way of democrat party people thinks are really just cool without any intention to put the superiority of US as a main part of the way of their thinking.
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