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Cirebon

"Mar, kayaknya aku bakal ke tempatmu Senin depan, deh."

"Mar, I think I will come to your place on next Monday."

"Ayo, ayo!"
"Let's go, then!"

That's a very short conversation about my unplanned trip to Cirebon - since my holiday is full of unproductive days. Cirebon means City of Shrimp. Cirebon is a seashore city in the North Java which is one of greatest terasi (Indonesian traditional seasoning made from fermented shrimp) manufacturers. The temperature when I got there was more than 32 celcius degree plus intense sunlight. Almost died because of dehydration, omg. Don't ever forget to bring sunglasses.

I'm really enjoy being a traveller nowadays. Walk into the place I've never walk before. Eat foods I've never ate before. And Cirebon's culinary experience is just perfect in my tongue so far. If you're in Cirebon, you have to try nasi jamblang (jamblang rice). It's a small-served rice as a default on jamblang leaf, with other dishes you can choose as much as you want - of course with different price. Honesty I spent IDK 5k only. Never imagined the price would be that cheap! other must-try foods are: mie keriting singkawang (singkawang noodle), tapel, and nasi lengko (lengko rice). Besides of many varieties of food, Cirebon has Kejaksaan Square - a mosque area with big field in front of it. Since it's a Ramadhan when I came there, this place is crowded. Wasn't an easy way to get in and get out. Make sure all of your belongings are still in your sight.

Special pictures for you. Enjoy as always!

S.A

Summer in Wuhan Part 2

Conquer holiday's laziness is accomplished!

This post is still about my Wuhan experience due to summer school. I didn't waste my time by only stayed in the hotel when the class was over. I choosed to go around Wuhan.. many times by myself, which is crazy enough. There was always a chance for me to get lost there. Most of Wuhan (or Chinese) people don't speak English. Such a great combination of disaster. And the fact was.. every people I met there considered me as local resident based on my face for sure. So unfair I guess, when I can't speak Chinese at all.

Okay, back to the topic.

Inia's friend invited us to go to heritage area (too bad I forget the name) in Wuhan. Actually, it was one of our agenda besides went to church that's still in the same area. This place is full of old buildings, most of them was built in 60's, and now the buildings are used as shops. They sold postcards, handmade accesories (bags, necklaces, bracelets, etc.), paintings (yelled by old lady here because I supposted to be not took any picture here), and of course.. foods. The place was so crowded on weekend like typical tourist attraction. One thing I put my attention for: These buildings are well maintained. I can see the goverment's concern on keep their heritage for generations.

In the next route, we went to the street-market area. This place is MORE crowded than the heritage area. Never saw foods as much as this for the rest of my life. The pork-stick captivated me at first. But I choosed something more refreshing because I started to feel thirsty after a long walk. Yes, finally grabbed a fruit-bowl on my hands. It included slice of cherries, grape-like fruits (?). dragon fruits, green grapes, watermelons, strawberries, etc., with milk on the top. Yum!

On the other day, I went to Optics Valley Square by train. Thank God I didn't get lost and got back to the hotel safely. And another good news was I can read Hanzi (Chinese Letter) right! In this place, there are a lot of shopping malls with many variations of price. What a true reliever for girls! I successfully walked around 3 malls in a day, of course with the comfiest footwear I have (re. flip flops). With (not really) satisfied feeling, I have to return because the last train is only until 11 P.M.

The point is, people life in the modern world without forget where they came from. What a great pleasure to know you, Wuhan.

Enjoy the pictures!

S.A

Happy Birthday Indonesia

Never give up hope on you, to be a better nation.
Someday.. somehow.

S.A

Bandung Adventure Part 1

I wish you have a great Sunday! Sun shines bright today (Honestly in middle of year like this, Indonesia get not enough rainfall. So almost everyday the weather is too sunny.. No wonder many areas take serious droughts)

Back to the story. Last Friday me and my high school friends went to Ritech Expo 2012. It's an annual event in order to commemorate The Day of National Technology.
Ritech was held on Sasana Budaya Ganesa (again). Feels like coming home.
There are a lot of booths there, from one offered crispy banana chips to one that succeed to invent free emission car. You have to know all products here are local brand. I'm incredibly proud as Indonesian.

p.s : stay tuned for the next part!

S.A

Don't Know How to Act

See this on today's national newspaper? Maybe who watched the match last night know exactly what I mean. The umpire from South Korea, stopped the game after 76 minutes because the supporters in Gelora Bung Karno acted really embarrasing, even "President of Indonesia leaved the location when the game was stopped." as the words below the headline say . They throwed the Bahrain team with empty mineral bottle and fireworks when they made the 2nd goal. Luckily, the game started again with a requirement that the supporters must keep their behaviors. I am want to say deep sorry as Indonesian to all of you who feel harmed.

S.A

We are Red, We are White, We are Indonesia

Maybe I can't say I'm a football mania. But today the national team of Indonesia called 'timnas' will has a match with Bahrain in order to find the best Asian team for World Cup Brazil 2014, and I guess now is the time to show solidarity and spirit not only for the team, but for all Indonesian.
You must know Indonesia haven't had many appreciation in football, and we always lose, lose and lose. But I belive if we try, nothing impossible for be a winner. If we still failed, next time we must make sure we won't do the same mistake again.
And tonight I will talk much about football on my twitter !