My First Ten Years

Yes I am a magazine lover. My very first magazine was Bobo, I was 5 years old that time. I remember the price was only Rp 700,- (ketahuan deh, umurku, hehe :p). My favorites were Juwita and Si Sirik, the story of Bobo family, Cerita dari Negeri Dongeng (fairy tales with Okky and Nirmala), also the short story. In short, I read every page of Bobo for years. Besides Bobo, My dad subscribed for me, Aku Anak Saleh seri TK and seri SD. Those were good magazines. I read story about Islamic history, Moslem scientists, articles about nature and its behavior. Then, I learned knowledge of prayer, adab (some say ethics, but IMHO, adab is beyond ethics), fiqih for beginner, tafsir Al Quran and Hadits (in language and way that a 7 years old child can understand). I don’t know whether those magazines still publish nowadays. But, I do hope so.

At 9 years old, I regularly asked my mom to buy Album Ganesha for me… Album Ganesha was edutainment comics mag that explained school subjects, such as Mathematics, History, Science, and English in fun and more understandable method. The history of Airlangga and Kerajaan Kediri, short biography of Yos Sudarso, Kartini, Pangeran Diponegoro; arithmetic and geometric lessons were few examples comics that I enjoyed from Album Ganesha. Read the rest of this entry »