A Maturation Process

Dear valued readers,

If some people can forget about a history which is a part of their life in the past, I may not be able to do that. Because no matter what kind of event has occurred in the past, it could always be a reference to make a better improvement or in particular as a maturation process. Though not every past history is preserved.

When a history becomes a dark shadow in our life, it will take a courage to make a change for a new history being more beautifully created in the future life. Even though, to make it real we have to sometimes sacrifice the best part the history itself.

But , the maturation process is not always done based on bad things from the past , as basically it does not permanently to be a real transition from the dark phase to the bright phase. I’d rather interpret it as a form of improvement or as it is commonly said “ move to the next grade”.

It is not easy for me to decide that this December edition of The Flag magazine will be the last edition to be published until an unspecified time.

As honestly, I do not see a bad history in the journey of The Flag in its last five years of ‘life’.

However, when I am faced with a choice to move to the next grade, then I have to be able to create a phase in the history by making a maturation process. And if the process affects the contentment of the parties involved, I deeply and sincerely ask

for an apology along with prayers that whatever we will embrace in the future , it will be a better renewal from an astounding history in the past. Or even it may be larger than just a success of a magazine.

There are many reports from the events of the final season in this last year of The Flag , which every party is ready to take the maturation process with a different vision and mission to reach a new enlightenment in 2011.

A new enlightenment has occurred in the European Tour championship where at the final series at Dubai World Championship in the United Arab Emirates , a fresh air of success has been blown around the golf industry in Europe through the triumph of Swede Robert Karlsson as its winner , or the German Martin Kaymer who is the new ‘ruler’ of Race To Dubai and the world no.3rd player. And the most phenomenal is the rising of the world new ‘ruler’ from Europe, Lee Westwood.

And it happened as well at LPGA Tour where the maturation process that had been completed by the Asian players last season , harvesting a real success; 5 of 7 world best players this year are from Asia.

We hope that Kariza’s 24th anniversary which was celebrated on December 1, 2010, would be a perfect turning point from a maturation process to a new enlightenment era in the future.

My deepest gratitude to all the parties who have been faithful in giving a complete trust to the existence of The Flag till today.

Never will be a wonderful word to express a goodbye. However, through a hard work in taking the process to be mature , I believe that a more solid collaboration will be re-established in a more qualified atmosphere of success in the future.

Finally , on behalf of The Flag, I extend a heartfelt appreciation to all our loyal readers and related golf industry , along with a deep apology for all things that have never been intended to happen on purpose.

 

Happy reading.

Ria Prawiro
Publisher/Managing Director