Rabu, 17 Juni 2015
Problem from the blogspot
I'm so sorry, really really sorry. I had some troubles with this blog, I tried to post the Dewa Athena and Tur Budaya articles yeseterday but I only could post the Merdeka Building Article. So, I just post it today. Thank you.
Dewa Athena
Dewa Athena is a kind of annual sport competition in 3 Bandung Senior High School. The activities of this events are matches, a class vs the other class. There are many kind of sports in Dewa Athena. The kind of sport that I remember are dodgeball for girls, dodgeball for boys, estafet run for girls, estafet run for boys, football for girls, football for boys, tarik tambang for girls, tarik tambang for boys, marathon run, basketball matches, badminton matches, table tennis matches, and many more. I didn't really know about Dewa Athena because I didn't have any pastime. Actually, I really wanted to join and participate this amazing event, but I had to go courses, there were also team works, sks, lintas minat, the assignments and home works left, so I couldn't participate this event. It's really hard to handle everything on when we have a really full schedule. I'm so sorry, but I will tell you what I know about Dewa Athena.
I think, Dewa Athena is a good event. We can explore our talents, ability, and play. But, I have to mark this, in my opinion Dewa Athena was not a very interesting event for us to join, especially for us who don't really like sport and don't have any pastime. Maybe, if Dewa Athena was a bit more interesting, we would try hard to look for a short time to join the matches, as long as we had enough time.
Dewa Athena was not that bad, Dewa Athena was great if we really knew and update about the matches. I think, my classmates were enjoy the matches. Some cases, all of the students of my class didn't have time to participate the event so we were disqualified for some matches. Although I didn't attend any match of Dewa Athena, I noticed the announcement of Dewa Athena Event im Line. There were some informations about the date of the match, the time of the match, the rival of the match, and the winner of the match.
My class got 2nd rank for Girls Football and 3rd rank for Boys Dodgeball. Wow it was not bad, because we rarely can attend the event but we still got those two position. Dewa Athena for this year is my last Dewa Athena in SMA 3. Next year, we won't join Dewa Athena, because 12 grader have to focus to our study, so we will miss the cool events such Dewa Athena.
Tur Budaya
1st day
Departure
Based on the schedule, my class was grouped in Group 1. Group 1 members were XI IPA 1, XI IPA 2, XI IPA 3, XI IPA 4, and XI IPA 5. While Group 2 members were XI IPA 6, XI IPA 7, XI IPA 8, XI IPA 9, XI IPS, and XII Akselerasi. I had attended in the Kebon Kawung Station at 5.00 p.m. and we entered the train at 6.30 p.m. We used Turangga Train, it was an executive train. While Group 2 had already in vacation at 3.45 p.m. and they used Mutiara Train, it was a business train. Our train started to move at 7.00 p.m. I sat with Thariq, it was set based on the absent number. But after ticket checker had checked our tickets we could move to another seat and sat down next to whoever we wanted. I chose to sit with Yaritsa. She was so sleepy at that night, so I only played games in my iPad. At 8.00 p.m. the restoration servant in the train, gave us foods. We ate the food hungrily. It was a joyful night, almost all of my friends didn’t fall asleep till midnight, we talked and took a photos of the sleeping ones. LOL. I went to the bathroom accompanied by Hillma. Wow, it was the first time I used a bathroom in a train. I thought, it was a little bit awkward, because the train motion was not stable. After we had used the bathroom, Hillma and I looked outside from the window of the train’s door. In 30 minutes we went back to the cabin and fell asleep.
2nd day
Arrival in Surabaya
In the morning, we prepared for the arrival. I washed my face and brushed teeth, we couldn’t take a bath because of the limited time and water there. At 5.30 a.m. the servants gave us foods for breakfast. I ate the foods lazily. At 8.00 a.m. we had already in Surabaya Station. The tour leader led us to the bus. I entered Bus 5, for XI IPA 5’s students. I chose the 4th line of the seat in that bus. I sat next to Yaritsa. The tour leader gave us bottles of mineral water then we went to RM Bromo Asri for taking a bath and having a lunch.
RM Bromo Asri
It was so far from the station, so we arrived in RM Bromo Asri at 1.00 p.m. The tour leader said if it was the only restaurant in Surabaya which could handle hundred of persons. We ate the lunch but we couldn’t take a bath there because at 2.00 p.m. we had to enter the bus. The foods were not so special, but we ate the foods together so it was unforgettable. The location of this restaurant was designed well, there were many seats, bathrooms, gazebos, wide park lot, and it was green enough, full of plants.
RM Grafika Banyuwangi
At 7.00 p.m. we attended RM Grafika Banyuwangi. The bathroom was so dirty and the doors had to be repaired. The location had a beautiful sunset view, but when we looked down from the building we found so many rubbishes there, oh my God. The food was plain usual. At 8.00 p.m. we entered the bus.
Katapang Port
We continue the trip, then we arrived in Katapang Port at 8.15 p.m. because it was not far from RM Grafika Banyuwangi. At Katapang Port, we waited for about 45 minutes, we couldn’t cross the sea because of the bad weather at that time. At 9.00 p.m. we entered the ship, and at 9.15 p.m. the ship started to move. It was the first time I cross the sea by ship. We looked the night view of ocean. We were having so much fun, we also took pictures.
Gilimanuk Port
We reached Gilimanuk Port at 10.30 p.m. We continued the trip to the hotel.
3rd day
Nirmala Hotel
We reached the hotel at 00.30 a.m. The name of the hotel is Nirmala Hotel. It was rated as a three star hotel. We had given the room list since we were in Bandung. We could choose our roommate. My roommates are Yaritsa, Lia, and Hillma. Lia took the key from the tour leader, then we went to the room in 4th floor. We entered the elevator and brought our travel bags. We entered our room then took a bath. We felt so hungry at that time, so Hillma, Yaritsa, and I went outside the hotel at 2.00 a.m. we wanted to look for foods. We walked, walked, and walked. Wow it was too far from the hotel, but there were no minimarket there. Suddenly, there were dog‘s voices, but sounds like wolves. I was very scary, I ran to the hotel as fast as I could, Yaritsa and Hillma also ran behind me. It was very tiring, we didn’t get any food but we ran and walk so far.
Breakfast Time
At 6.30 a.m. we went to the restaurant of the hotel, of course after had taken a bath and prepared everything for that day’s activities. We had a breakfast.
Tanjung Benoa
We went to Tanjung Benoa water sport at 7.30 a.m., then arrived at 8.30 a.m. There were many water sports that we could choose. There are parasailing, banana boat, donut boat, jetski, flying fish, snorkeling, diving, and a trip to Turtle Island. Actually, I wanted to play jetski, parasailing, and flying fish, but I looked the bathrooms were too dirty for me to take a bath, because we would get wet after those activities. I chose a trip to Turtle Island. We went by a boat, in the middle of the sea we fed the fishes with slices of bread, the fishes came close to our boat, wow that was wonderful. At the turtle island, the guide welcomed us and guided our trip there. We looked and take pictures with turtles, I was too scary to lift up the big turtles, so I was just took a picture close to them. I also took pictures with flamingo, iguana, eagle, and I forgot the rest. We went back and we waited for our friends who didn’t finish their activities yet. We also had a lunch in that place, wow it was quite amazing.
Pandawa Beach
We reached Pandawa Beach at 2.30 p.m. It was the most beautiful beach that I have visited! It was quite clean, beautiful view, no rubbish, oh my God it was like an earth paradise. There were some volley competitions for the boys of each class. I didn’t watch the competition, I was sat with Quin, Fia, Hillma, Yaritsa, and some other girls in a café. I didn’t buy anything, because the prices of the foods were too high I thought. We only accompanied Hillma who ate pop mie and Quin who drank coconut water.
Garuda Wisnu kencana
We went to Garuda Wisnu Kencana at 4.00 p.m. then reached the location at 4.30 p.m. We went up stair and walked, we took pictures of the very big statue. It was a statue of the important character for Hindu’s followers. At 6.00 we watched Kecak Dance, it was a little bit bored performance I thought, but it’s okay it was also the first time I watched Kecak Dance in real life. There were photo sessions, we took pictures with all of 3’2016 students. It was great!
Jimbaran Bay
We reached jimbaran at 7.30 p.m. and had a dinner. There were also jimbaran performance, a girl who dance a traditional dance called “pendet dance”. There were also surprises for the ones whose birthday was that day, they were given cakes birthday and presents. We had a dinner with a seafood menus, like big shrimps, grilled fishes, oysters, and many more. After that, every class was given a lampion. We gained the lampion to fly. It was beautiful, I didn’t join to gain the lampion because I made a video of that beautiful moment.
Went Back to Nirmala Hotel
At 9.30 p.m. we went back to Nirmala Hotel, we reached the hotel at 10.30 p.m. I was very sleepy, I had felt asleep on a sofa before took a bath. But I woke up again after 30 minutes sleeping. I took a bath at 00.30 a.m. it was a very cold bath haha. But it was not bad, clean body, clean mind, no home works, no assignments, I really enjoy the days.
I’m sorry I think it is too long if I tell you till we went back to Bandung. Next time, I will tell you till the last day of our vacation. But I will give you the photos. Thank you ^_^
Here they are!
Departure
Based on the schedule, my class was grouped in Group 1. Group 1 members were XI IPA 1, XI IPA 2, XI IPA 3, XI IPA 4, and XI IPA 5. While Group 2 members were XI IPA 6, XI IPA 7, XI IPA 8, XI IPA 9, XI IPS, and XII Akselerasi. I had attended in the Kebon Kawung Station at 5.00 p.m. and we entered the train at 6.30 p.m. We used Turangga Train, it was an executive train. While Group 2 had already in vacation at 3.45 p.m. and they used Mutiara Train, it was a business train. Our train started to move at 7.00 p.m. I sat with Thariq, it was set based on the absent number. But after ticket checker had checked our tickets we could move to another seat and sat down next to whoever we wanted. I chose to sit with Yaritsa. She was so sleepy at that night, so I only played games in my iPad. At 8.00 p.m. the restoration servant in the train, gave us foods. We ate the food hungrily. It was a joyful night, almost all of my friends didn’t fall asleep till midnight, we talked and took a photos of the sleeping ones. LOL. I went to the bathroom accompanied by Hillma. Wow, it was the first time I used a bathroom in a train. I thought, it was a little bit awkward, because the train motion was not stable. After we had used the bathroom, Hillma and I looked outside from the window of the train’s door. In 30 minutes we went back to the cabin and fell asleep.
2nd day
Arrival in Surabaya
In the morning, we prepared for the arrival. I washed my face and brushed teeth, we couldn’t take a bath because of the limited time and water there. At 5.30 a.m. the servants gave us foods for breakfast. I ate the foods lazily. At 8.00 a.m. we had already in Surabaya Station. The tour leader led us to the bus. I entered Bus 5, for XI IPA 5’s students. I chose the 4th line of the seat in that bus. I sat next to Yaritsa. The tour leader gave us bottles of mineral water then we went to RM Bromo Asri for taking a bath and having a lunch.
RM Bromo Asri
It was so far from the station, so we arrived in RM Bromo Asri at 1.00 p.m. The tour leader said if it was the only restaurant in Surabaya which could handle hundred of persons. We ate the lunch but we couldn’t take a bath there because at 2.00 p.m. we had to enter the bus. The foods were not so special, but we ate the foods together so it was unforgettable. The location of this restaurant was designed well, there were many seats, bathrooms, gazebos, wide park lot, and it was green enough, full of plants.
RM Grafika Banyuwangi
At 7.00 p.m. we attended RM Grafika Banyuwangi. The bathroom was so dirty and the doors had to be repaired. The location had a beautiful sunset view, but when we looked down from the building we found so many rubbishes there, oh my God. The food was plain usual. At 8.00 p.m. we entered the bus.
Katapang Port
We continue the trip, then we arrived in Katapang Port at 8.15 p.m. because it was not far from RM Grafika Banyuwangi. At Katapang Port, we waited for about 45 minutes, we couldn’t cross the sea because of the bad weather at that time. At 9.00 p.m. we entered the ship, and at 9.15 p.m. the ship started to move. It was the first time I cross the sea by ship. We looked the night view of ocean. We were having so much fun, we also took pictures.
Gilimanuk Port
We reached Gilimanuk Port at 10.30 p.m. We continued the trip to the hotel.
3rd day
Nirmala Hotel
We reached the hotel at 00.30 a.m. The name of the hotel is Nirmala Hotel. It was rated as a three star hotel. We had given the room list since we were in Bandung. We could choose our roommate. My roommates are Yaritsa, Lia, and Hillma. Lia took the key from the tour leader, then we went to the room in 4th floor. We entered the elevator and brought our travel bags. We entered our room then took a bath. We felt so hungry at that time, so Hillma, Yaritsa, and I went outside the hotel at 2.00 a.m. we wanted to look for foods. We walked, walked, and walked. Wow it was too far from the hotel, but there were no minimarket there. Suddenly, there were dog‘s voices, but sounds like wolves. I was very scary, I ran to the hotel as fast as I could, Yaritsa and Hillma also ran behind me. It was very tiring, we didn’t get any food but we ran and walk so far.
Breakfast Time
At 6.30 a.m. we went to the restaurant of the hotel, of course after had taken a bath and prepared everything for that day’s activities. We had a breakfast.
Tanjung Benoa
We went to Tanjung Benoa water sport at 7.30 a.m., then arrived at 8.30 a.m. There were many water sports that we could choose. There are parasailing, banana boat, donut boat, jetski, flying fish, snorkeling, diving, and a trip to Turtle Island. Actually, I wanted to play jetski, parasailing, and flying fish, but I looked the bathrooms were too dirty for me to take a bath, because we would get wet after those activities. I chose a trip to Turtle Island. We went by a boat, in the middle of the sea we fed the fishes with slices of bread, the fishes came close to our boat, wow that was wonderful. At the turtle island, the guide welcomed us and guided our trip there. We looked and take pictures with turtles, I was too scary to lift up the big turtles, so I was just took a picture close to them. I also took pictures with flamingo, iguana, eagle, and I forgot the rest. We went back and we waited for our friends who didn’t finish their activities yet. We also had a lunch in that place, wow it was quite amazing.
Pandawa Beach
We reached Pandawa Beach at 2.30 p.m. It was the most beautiful beach that I have visited! It was quite clean, beautiful view, no rubbish, oh my God it was like an earth paradise. There were some volley competitions for the boys of each class. I didn’t watch the competition, I was sat with Quin, Fia, Hillma, Yaritsa, and some other girls in a café. I didn’t buy anything, because the prices of the foods were too high I thought. We only accompanied Hillma who ate pop mie and Quin who drank coconut water.
Garuda Wisnu kencana
We went to Garuda Wisnu Kencana at 4.00 p.m. then reached the location at 4.30 p.m. We went up stair and walked, we took pictures of the very big statue. It was a statue of the important character for Hindu’s followers. At 6.00 we watched Kecak Dance, it was a little bit bored performance I thought, but it’s okay it was also the first time I watched Kecak Dance in real life. There were photo sessions, we took pictures with all of 3’2016 students. It was great!
Jimbaran Bay
We reached jimbaran at 7.30 p.m. and had a dinner. There were also jimbaran performance, a girl who dance a traditional dance called “pendet dance”. There were also surprises for the ones whose birthday was that day, they were given cakes birthday and presents. We had a dinner with a seafood menus, like big shrimps, grilled fishes, oysters, and many more. After that, every class was given a lampion. We gained the lampion to fly. It was beautiful, I didn’t join to gain the lampion because I made a video of that beautiful moment.
Went Back to Nirmala Hotel
At 9.30 p.m. we went back to Nirmala Hotel, we reached the hotel at 10.30 p.m. I was very sleepy, I had felt asleep on a sofa before took a bath. But I woke up again after 30 minutes sleeping. I took a bath at 00.30 a.m. it was a very cold bath haha. But it was not bad, clean body, clean mind, no home works, no assignments, I really enjoy the days.
I’m sorry I think it is too long if I tell you till we went back to Bandung. Next time, I will tell you till the last day of our vacation. But I will give you the photos. Thank you ^_^
Here they are!
Selasa, 16 Juni 2015
Bandung Spot - Gedung Merdeka
Merdeka Building or Gedung Merdeka is an art-deco building in Jalan Asia-Afrika, Bandung, Indonesia. Today it serves as a museum displaying
collections and photographs of the Asian-African Conference, the first Non-Aligned Movement that was held there in 1955.
The last time I went to Gedung Merdeka was
last week. There were so many beautiful decorations there. Gedung Merdeka had
touched well on Ridwan Kamil’s hand. He changed people’s perspective of Gedung
Merdeka. “Gedung Merdeka was only a historical building” no, you are totally
wrong. Now, we can walk around, take a photo, selfie, or just spend time with
family and friends near Gedung Merdeka.
After Asia-Africa Conference or Konfrensi
Asia Afrika (KAA), we can enjoy more beauty of Gedung Merdeka and Asia-Afrika
Street. There are the stone balls with flags of countries which participate
KAA, flowers in a hanging pot on the trees, the beautiful street lamps, the
classic seats, cikapundung waterfalls, sculpture of figures, and the very tidy
as well as clean along the street. It is not only historical, but also a
beautiful place to explore in Asia-Afrika Street, Bandung. You have to come to
Gedung Merdeka when you are in Bandung!
The present building was designed in 1926 in art deco style by Van Galen and C. P. Wolff Schoemaker, both professors at Technische Hogeschool (today ITB) and famous architects of that
time. The 7500 m² building had Italian marble floors, some saloon and
rooms in cikenhout wooden finishing, and was adorned with crystal lamps
on the ceilings.
Gedung Merdeka
has changed its function many times in its 110 years. It was first used as a
coffe shop. Then, in 1928, it was remodelled by two Dutch architects and
converted into a social hall for the Dutch community of Bandung, called
Societeit Concordia.
Later, in 1955,
when Bandung was chosen to host the Asia-Africa Conference, Indonesia first
President, Ir. Soekarno, changed the old building’s name from
SocieteitConcordia to Gedung Merdeka, the “Freedom Building” and the name has
stuck ever since.
Before it was
converted into a museum, Gedung Merdeka was used as a conference hall and as
the office for various high state instutions. As the 25th anniversary of the
first Asia Africa Conference approached, it was proposed that the building be
established as the Asia-Africa Conference Museum, and as the peak of the 25th
anniversary commemoration, Indonesia’s second President, Soeharto, inaugurated
the Asia-Africa Conference Museum on the site.
The museum’s
collection deals mainly with the conference held fifty years ago: Photographs,
books, and a diorama portraying Soekarno giving his openingspeech at the
conference, with the Vice President and five sponsoring Prime Ministers in the
background.
The 1955
Asia-Africa Conference had a significantimpact on world events. Around 79
Countries achieved independencein the years following the conference. The
indicates that the conference resolution, the Bandung Principles, was more than
mere words on paper.
This evening, Bandung has just been
drenched with rain. An elegant old building stands on one corner of Jalan Asia
Africa. The glow from the streetlights around the building gives the building a
majestic feel. The old building is ready to welcome her guests, who will give
thanks for the conference held here fifty years ago that helped their nations
to breathe the air of freedom.
The first building on the site at the
intersection of Braga Street and Jalan Asia-Africa was constructed in 1895 for the
Sociëteit Concordia. In 1926 it was rebuilt by Wolff Schoemacher, Albert Aalbers and Van Gallen. The Sociëteit Concordia was the dance hall, entertainment and
social gathering venue for rich people in Bandung and its vicinity. That
included plantation owners or employees, officers, officials, and wealthy
businessman. During weekends, the building was filled with people enjoying art
performances, social dances and dinner.
During the Japanese occupation of Indonesia, the
building was renamed Dai Toa Kaman
and served as cultural centre.
After the Indonesian proclamation of
Independence on 17 August 1945, the building was used as headquarters of
Indonesian independence fighters against Japanese troops.
After the recognition of Indonesian
Independence by The Netherlands in 1949, and the formation of federal
government of Negara Pasundan, Concordia building was once again used as public
gathering hall, for art performances, parties, dances, and gala dinner.
In 1954, the government of Indonesia
appointed Bandung as the host of Asian African Conference, the Concordia building chosen as the
venue of this International conference. At that time Concordia was the largest
and grandest hall in Bandung, with strategic location near Savoy Homann Hotel and Preanger Hotel in the city
centre. In early 1955, the building was renovated to meet international
conference requirements by Ir. R. Srigati Santoso, and renamed Gedung Merdeka (independence building). The building also served as Indonesian House of Representatives (MPR)
convention building.
In 1965 the Gedung Merdeka was the
venue for the Asian-African Islamic Conference. In 1971 all of the House of
Representatives meetings and activities were moved to Jakarta. In
March 1980 the building hosted the 25th anniversary of the Asian-African
Conference, and the Asian-African Conference Museum was inaugurated by
president Soeharto.
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