Showing posts with label Holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holiday. Show all posts

Friday, July 30, 2010

I Miss Them

Sooner or later, I would definitely miss a lot of things. I just realize that I miss them. This morning, I had a dream that I goes home to Indonesia, only to spend a weekend (sounds crazy, but hey, it's only a dream), there I saw my father, my friends such as Hans, ManDik, Chris, Ivan, etc. I just realize that I miss them so much.

What I miss right now:
-My family.
-My choir
-My church
-My Lector Family
-The ambience when speaking in the church
-bunch of Indonesian food
-XXI/Blitz

and last but not least for now, my friends. I shouldn't name each of them should I?

No matter how good here in US, no matter how comfortable here, there's no place better than my home, surrounded by my family and friends.

Monday, July 20, 2009

Looking Back the Holiday

Well, the long 'wait' is about to end, tomorrow, every student of SMAK IPEKA will be back to their 'lovely dearest' schools.

Tomorrow, schools will start with another flag ceremony, and others. The good thing is, there are some possibilities of school won't start to teach immediately, well, like meet and greet with new teachers and so on.

Before stepping into the hell of school, let's see what usually happened back in every holiday.

1. Insomnia
It happened to almost, every student or people who have long holiday (minimum 3 weeks). This usually happened because they sleep late everyday, and they have nothing to do especially in the afternoon, so they take naps, which lead their eyes wide open at night. To prevent this, make sure you have things to do during day, and sleep less at daytime and sleep early during night.

2. Bored at Home
For those who is unable to manage their time , or even make a plan well, this certainly will happened. People (especially students) are used to do lots of homework, are having jet lag, because usually they have less to do during holiday. To prevent this, make sure you have lots of holiday plan with family or friends, and maximize your friend to do activity!

3. Checkmate Overseas
What does it mean? It similar with the 2nd point, but it happened in other country, meaning you experience it when you're traveling. Is that possible? Of course, especially if you end up 2-3 weeks in small country such as Singapore.

4. Food Viesta!
You eat lots of food, when having breakfast, lunch, dinner, or even when you're doing things such as watching movie (with pop-corns), or reading novel (with chocolate or crackers). That simply able increase one's weight, drastically. To prevent this? I don't think there are any, but to prevent weight from increasing, simply by doing exercise, swimming, playing sports with your friends (it also help you solve problem no.2).

5. Wallet Exploded
This usually happened to a lower mid-class society who make friends with higher mid-class society. The higher mid-class (make it shorter: HMC) society usually spend more money than their friend, the lower mid-class society (LMC), and when they are hanging out, the HMC simply hangs the LMC's budget. For example a LMC hanging out with other LMC, they prefer cheaper lunch (rate: Rp.10k-20k), but a HMC, usually spend about Rp 30-40k (minimum!). So, the LMC's wallet, is potentially explode!

And that's all folks for holiday. And we're facing a brand new begining, another year, another class, another homeworks, another torturement, another hell. Oh man..

By the way, this is the day, when Manchester United used to attend, and having a friendly match with ISL Allstar. And now it's just a dream yet to be true. Thanks to the fucking terrorist. My perfect way to end this holiday simply vanished, along with Friday's Black Smoke.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Camping OMK Area 1 & 2

Untuk kesekian kalinya, dalam bahasa Indonesia.

Well, ini bukan pertama kalinya gw mengikuti acara mudika atau OMK (Orang Muda Katolik), tapi yang kali ini punya kesan tersendiri.

Why? karena acara ini, yang baru gw ikuti dalam 3 hari terakhir sangatlah mengasyikan dan macam-macam!

What? Acaranya apa? Acaranya adalah "Summer Camp" yang diadakan di Batu Tapak Camping Ground di Cidahu, Sukabumi. Benar-benar dekat dengan alam!

What's inside? Ngapain saja? Melakukan banyak hal! Antara lain hiking, basah-basahan,misa alam, dll, dsb, dst.

The Story?

Here's the story.
Day One - Yang pertama, kita berangkat sekitar pukul 5.00 pagi dari halaman gereja St.Matias Rasul Kosambi (kepagian?), dan hebatnya kita tidak naik bus, melainkan truk TNI (hell yeah, Truk TNI!). Mau tahu rasanya naik truk TNI? Jangan sekali-kali duduk di bagian paling depan dari containernya! Dinginnya luar biasa! Beberapa jam kemudian sampai, dan sudah diajak mendaki gunung, ke tempat perkemahan, dan toiletnya? Kira-kira 100-300 meter dari tempat perkemahan, menurun dan jalan yang melewati berbagai cobaan (maaf, lebay). Acaranya sih, seru ya, ada game per kelompok dll dsb. Kenal dengan sebagian besar dari peserta lelaki dari acara ini, mereka gila juga! oh, malam-malam? Dinginnnya luar biasa.

Day Two - Bangun pagi-pagi buta, SKJ geblek dilaksanakan, dilanjutkan dengan sarapan. Lalu, hiking! Melihat air terjun di daerah ini, dan, ok, kita semua basah. Siangnya Rm.Didit, romo paroki kami datang, dan betapa terkejutnya aku, dia membawa ransel besar yang isinya kamera Canon EOS D50, lengkap dengan lensa 17-85mm dan 70-200mmnya (2-2nya sudah ada IS!). Harga barang bawaannya tersebut? Kira-kira Rp 35,000,000.00! Dan dia sudah lihai memotret dalam mode M (manual). Malamnya, berbagai acara, terutama game malam hari. Ini baru seru. Dilanjutkan dengan api unggun yang cukup menghangatkan.

EOS 50D, oh ya, lengkap dengan 2 lensa, monopod,blitz external, dan hand grips!
Gara-gara ini, jadi sering pegang-pegang dan coba-coba. Sampai-sampai seorang teman berkata, "Do, lw udah kayak ketemu emas!"

Oh, air terjunnya bagus loh! Benar-benar spot yang bagus, entah buat hiking, outbond, camping, maupun hunting foto. Pacaran juga boleh....di tengah hutan sih..

Day 3 - Nah, aktivitas dimulai pukul 12.00 pagi, intinya gw setengah bergadang, begitupula panitia acara. Alhasil? Banyak di antara mereka yang tepar. Gw juga tidur hanya sebentar. Acara hari ini biasa saja, hanya evaluasi, dan Misa alam, oh well, gw harus jadi lektor (pembaca kitab suci di depan umat) dadakan. Lanjut dengan foto-foto narsis bin girang. Dan, hampir sebagian besar peserta sudah cukup gw kenal. Pulang naik truk lagi.

By the way, di sini gw ketemu 1 ekor cewek, yang bisa dibilang masih bocah (masih SMP sih). Dan dia, ganas luar biasa! Sampai-sampai dalam hati berkata, "wow,dia mah tinggal dikasih tanduk dan ekor, jadi iblis deh!", hehe. Yang jelas, dari acara ini, gw jadi mengenal mudika wilayah sendiri yang tadi nya I-care-not banget. Nampaknya, mulai sekarang, kalau ada acara-acara mudika, ikutan ah.

Peace, Cheers, and Smile! xD
Foto bisa menyusul.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

SK again, the "Hot Spot"

Alright, back to SK. Well, now about the hot spot of South Korea. Well, the next will be in Indonesian.

Dari sekian tempat yang ada di bawah ini, sebagian besar telah kukunjungi, dan beberapa yang lain berasal dari sumber yang cukup, meyakinkan.

Ok, inilah list 5 hot spot yang OK di South Korea. Disusun secara descending.

5. Everland.

Everland adalah sebuah taman bermain, yang cukup besar dan cukup bagus. Secara overall, permainannya cukup bagus, dan beberapa atraksi yang harus didatangi adalah Zoo-Topia. Di Zoo-Topia tersebut terdapat Liger yang hanya ada beberapa jumlahnya di dunia, serta hewan-hewan buas nan lucu. Lalu ada atraksi 4D yang bagus untuk anak-anak, serta beberapa tempat foto-foto yang bagus seperti Rose Garden dan Insect Garden. Oh, yang harus dinaiki: JET COASTERnya! Itu mantap!
T-Express, Jet Coaster terbesar se-Asia, dan lintasannya terbuat dari kayu!

Salah satu beruang yang buas, lucu nan pintar.

Everland, rasanya seperti Disneyland wannabe

4. Deongseon, Daegu

Daegu itu naman provinsinya. Deongseon itu, istilahnya kalau di Jakarta itu sama dengan Pasar Barunya, bedanya Deongseon jauh lebih branded, bersih, rapi dan mahal. Barang-barangnya sih tidak 100% fresh new karena sumber dari barang-barangnya dari Seoul. Ok, isinya butik-butik, dari Adidas, Nike, Giordano, dll. Banyak orang muda yang datang ke sini, entah sepulang kerja atau sepulang sekolah dan itu membuat Deongseon sebagai tempat yang tepat untuk "cuci mata", bukan untuk belanja. So, it can be considered as the hot spot!


Situasi di Deongseon menjelang senja

3. Cheongsam-dong

Ini, bisa dibilang fashion dan art streetnya Korea Selatan, dan tempat ini terletak di Seoul. Isinya? Berbagai macam galeri dan butik dari merk-merk ternama dunia (Chanel, Louis Vutton, Gucci, dll, dsb, dst) dan berbagai macam restoran fusion. Konon harga barang-barang yang ada di sini sangat mahal, sekitar 3-4 X lipat harga pasaran biasa. Kenapa ini Hot-spot? Karena, di sinilah tempat dengan kemungkinan terbesar untuk bertemu artis Korea.


Tertarik datang?

2. Myeongdong.

Hampir sama dengan Deongseon, bedanya, ini terletak di Seoul dan gengsinya lebih besar. Isinya hampir sama terdapat berbagai toko bertaraf internasional seperti Adidas, Nike, Giordano, The Face Shop, dan sebagainya. Terdapat pula 4 Department Store besar yang salah satu diantaranya berisikan produk-produk kelas atas (ok, Gucci, LV, Prada, etc.). Oh, di bawah daerah ini, di penyeberangan bawah tanahnya terdapat berbagai macam toko. Bagi yang berminat dalam hal filateli (kolektor perangko) dan numismatist atau kolektor koin dapat mengunjungi toko di bawah ini. Di beberapa toko menjual souvenir koin atau perangko dari berbagai even yang dihelat di Korea, contohnya World Cup 2002. Selain itu, banyak "pemandangan" yang menyegarkan mata di sini dan membuat tempat ini menjadi tempat hot-spot yang amat sangat baik (bagi mata, tidak bagi dompet).

Hampir sama dengan Deongseon? Ya, pastinya lebih baik!

1. Nami Island.

Nami Island terkenal setelah menjadi lokasi syuting dari film drama korea, Winter Sonata. Perlu diakui tempat ini amat sangatlah bagus untuk berbagai hal , antara lain: pacaran, berolahraga, rekreasi keluarga, dan juga hunting foto. Nami Island juga merupakan tempat dimana UNICEF mengadakan berbagai kegiatan yang berhubungan dengan kegiatannya. Ini adalah hot spot terbaik dalam berbagai hal seperti fotografi karena banyaknya objek yang bagus di sini, maupun cewek-cewek yang cakep nan menyegarkan.

Foto paling umum dari Nami Island, di musim apapun tetap bagus!

Sudut lain dari Nami Island

Well, itulah tempat-tempat yang cukup menarik, yang imbang, baik untuk kaum wanita dan kaum lelaki. Sebagai catatan, untuk para wanita, barang-barang bermerk seperti Channel, dll, dsb, dst dapat didapati dengan harga yang lebih murah di Seoul dibandingkan dengan tempat-tempat lain di dunia, sedangkan untuk para pria, wanita muda Korea, sangat menyegarkan mata...xp

Cheers!

Monday, June 29, 2009

13 Fun Fact About South Korea

First of all, I prefer to write these in Indonesian, to avoid something or anything inconvenience.
Pernah dengar film Stop-motion? Ada yang bagus loh. Judulnya Coraline. Directornya sama dengan director Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Bagi yang tertarik atau suka sama animasi, ini wajib nonton, dan reviewnya sudah ada di account Flixster-ku.

Oke, ini main topicnya.

13 Fakta unik yang kudapat mengenai Korea Selatan:

1. Restoran Korea cenderung murah hati. Mau bukti? Cobalah mampir ke salah satu restoran, minta tambah nasi? Gratis! Air Minum? Gratis! Udong?
bayar lhaa..

2. Setelah dilihat-lihat, mobil pabrikan Jepang sangat jarang! Hyundai, Kia dimana-mana.
3. Toilet-toiletnya? Luar biasa bersih!


Bersih?

4. Kalau datang ke restoran, sangat jarang ditemukan makanan yang berminyak dan bermicin.
5. Ok, di post sebelumnya, sudah disinggung bagaimana cintanya mereka pada bahasa budaya dan lain-lain yang berasal dari Korea. Hasilnya? Lihat poin nomor 2.

6. Sekitar 30% manusia yang ada di sana bernama depan (marga) Kim. Jadi kalau bertemu dengan orang Korea, mulailah dengan menanyakan apakah dia Mr./Ms.Kim. kalau bukan, cobalah dengan nama lain (Lee, dll, dsb,dst, sksd nih!).

7. Ginseng ada dimana-mana! Ada di krim, masker, pil, obat, makanan, minuman (bir ama susu), di hasil defekasi(!). Nanti sekalian ada ada dimana lagi ya?


8. Oke, ini sudah sangat umum. Kimchi ada dimana-mana dan merupakan menu wajib!

Macam-macam Kimchi

9. Punya bau khusus yang sangat "Korea". Baunya seperti bau-bauan amis khas Nori (rumput laut). Contohnya Green Tea Korea, rasanya yah...Sangat Korea!

10. Seperti yang dituangkan dalam postingan sebelumnya, sekitar 60-70% dari cewek Korea yang berusia di bawah 24 berwajah cantik/cakep!

Rata-rata tidak secakep ini sih, tapi buat pembanding boleh lha.

11. Seperti ada seseorang yang bilang: banyak cowok Korea terkesan sangat feminin! Mau bukti?

Pegang tas dan ala wanita

12. Konon, dengan adanya teknologi 3G, para pria Korea akan semakin sulit kelayapan pada malam hari, karena para Istri dapat memonitor mereka dengan mudah, baik dengan Video Call maupun mengetahui lokasi mereka dengan GPS!


Oke, di Korea tidak ada Vodafone! Cuma lambang buat 3G doang!

13. Ada kasus dimana seorang nenek usia 78 (kalau tidak salah) yang menggugat cerai suaminya setelah anaknya dewasa dan menikah. Alasannya? Dia tidak tahan dengan suaminya! (Korea
masih sangat kuno pemikirannya!)

More about South Korea is still waiting. Next I think it will be Food and Beverages. Cheers! xD

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Holiday Review: South Korea

This is the review of my holiday in SK, it reflect many important aspect, and ...well, just read it.


Ambiance: Peaceful and Quite Fabulous
Food: Not juicy, but tasty!
Transportation: Good
Airport: Currently on the top list (No.1 in the world)
Sanitary: At decent level
Love of their culture? So Much!
English Availability: Beyond Average
The Girls: Prettiful! (Okay, pretty, most of them are)
The Boys: Bweh!

The Review:

Well, South Korea provide peace for those who seek it, and it is available in it's country side; for those who love crowd, they'll love the ambiance of Seoul. The transportation there is considered advance (compared to other Asian), and the Airport, Incheon, currently, is the best in the world. About the sanitary, it's beyond expectation, it's not as dirty as I thought, I thought that it was similar to China, but it's lot lot better than China. Oh, Korean really proud of their country, culture, etc. and as a result, not much of them can speak English. About the girls, they're so refreshing! The girls is female who is under 24. The boys? Bweh.

7 Must in South Korea

1. Must Visit: Myong (Myung?) Dae Mon, Jeju Island, Nami Island


Le-Ri: Nami Island, Jeju Island
For Myong Dae Mon, image is unavailable, sorry!

2. Must See: Korean Girls, Everland's Liger, Jeju Island


Le-Ri: Girls, Liger, Jeju Island
3. Must Try: Jeong Seon Rail Bike

Don't try this on winter!

4. Must Buy: Korean Ginseng

Look like a man is it?

5. Must Eat: Korean Udong, Duck BBQ


Le-Ri: Udong; Duck BBQ
7. Must Drink: Korean Ginseng's Milk, Korean Ginseng's Wine, Apple Wine

Sorry, Image is unavailable


8. Must Wear: Traditional Clothing

Note: Korean loves their culture, language, etc, so much, and we, as Indonesian have to love Indonesia as well, almost in every part of it, so for next post, I will use Indonesian a lot. Thanks. English version is also available.

Cheers! Kansamnida !

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Back Home

Wew, finally, I made it home.

About one week in South Korea simply cut lots of information to my world (such as music, internet, movies, etc.), but at least I did know that Michael Jackson passed away 2 days ago, and also, Farrah Fawcett yesterday.

For Michael Jackson, I'm not his fans, but I love one of his song "Heal The World". That song clearly has ability to heal the world, but unfortunately it's not enough to heal himself, and make the world a better place.

May they rest in peace.

Well, I have lots to tell. Lots to share, but how? And to who? This question is all over my head for several days.

From now on (for a week I guess), I'll post something about South Korea.

Kansamnida, Daehan-Mingu!

Here's some pictures from my holiday (I'm not in these photo though xp).

Mount Sorak
Korea's Traditional Market Situation
Kids are eating Ice Cream in Everland
Dong Dae Mon - One of Korea's Hotspot
Morning Seoul!



More post about Korea will be posted A.S.A.P.
Cheers! xD

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Korea..<3

Well, a quick post.
Almost everybody know where I'm going to.
yeah! I'm going to Korea, well, in a 'few' hour, well, not few actually, because I'll arrive there tomorrow morning, darn it!

Map of Korea, I'll be there for a week!

Anyway, thank God I have passed this year, I mean it, Thank YOU GOD!

Well, guys, smell ya later!
You need anything? Just text me (for those who know my number)!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Farewell Science 2 and Freedom!

Song of freedom is on my lips, today, today yeah!
Today IS the last day of my final exams, and it started with hell, and finished with i-care-not subject such as Indonesian and Chinese Language! Well, I guess it is the end of everything.

From today, I think, my class, XI-Science 2 is officially ended, well it end de facto.
It's sad to face that truth, for I remember that I used to hate this class. But as time goes by, I enjoy, yet love it. For XI-Science 2, thanks for everything.

Now, speaking of freedom, it means HOLIDAY!
Let's see my summer plan:

June 12: Star Trek + Audrey's Celebration
June 13: Beti's 17th Party
June 15: Play futsal with Science 2
June 17: Having barbecue party with class, Science 2 ended de jure this day.
June 20: Report! 한국, 내가 간다!
June 28: I'm going home~ To Jakarta, enjoy Jakarta!

Yeah-yeah..I think that's all. Again Science 2. We're all crazy yet amazing. Thank You.