Dalton Tanonaka : metro tv news anchorman

This morning I wake up early to go to college, It was chilly you know. Due to the mild temperature in bandung. On the way to campus I usually bought The jakarta post morning newspaper in the shop I passed by. I like to read jakarta post due to its simple english structure. Fortunately today the jakarta post also provide free magazine named “the weekender”, its contains all about live and lifestyle. It was a good magazine I think

when I read the magazine there is something that put my interest, there was an article made by Dalton tanonaka. I am sure you know him, right? he’s the news anchor at metro tv news. I watch his program on tv several times. And I had to say that he is good in conveying the news.

in the article he explained the enjoyment of something small that brought pure happiness to us. But there is something real funny in the article, here is the excerpt.

The luxury store opening in Jakarta’s newest megamall had all the glamour of a Hollywood movie premiere. As I stood trying to coolly observe the landscape, a young lady approached me with a smile and introduced herself as being from one of the city’s upscale social-scene magazines
“Hi, I’m Christine. What’s your name?”
“My name is Dalton,” I replied
“And where do you work?”
“Metro”
“Ah Metro Department Store. which one?” she asked with all sincerity
My burst of laughter reinforced the beliefs that I’ve followed all my life…..

did you now understand what I mean? there are still many people in Indonesia that do not know who Dalton Tanonaka is. the news anchorman at metro tv. so I decided to email dalton tanonaka about his article with the following letter

from    Yakob cool :yakob.matrix@gmail.com
to    dalton@metrotvnews.com,
date    Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:53 AM
subject    the big joy you’ve got
Hi dalton, I’ve read about your article in the weekender. Well, it’s a funny thing for people not knowing who you are. . But I surely know you. I did watch your program in metro tv. my advice to you is that Just give other people sometime to get to know you. people in indonesia still learning english you
know.

keep up the good work.
best regards
yakob

the good news is that Dalton did reply my email with the following
from    Dalton Tanonaka dalton@metrotvnews.com
to    Yakob cool <yakob.matrix@gmail.com
cc    bruce@thejakartapost.com,
date    Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:29 AM
subject    RE: the big joy you’ve got

Reply
Hello Yakob
Thank you for your comments and suggestion.  I hope people in Indonesia are getting to know me through my writing and my television program.
Best regards,
Dalton

I think he is a nice man, And I truly enjoy watching him at tv. I hope you all could do that. There is nothing better to learn english than to hear the news in english.
ps: you can watch the program exclusively at every saturday 7 am in metro tv channel