EYECATCHING GARBAGE BIN

Every person loves an artistic things. It gives comfortable, happiness and other good feeling to our soul. It is also affect our actifity in a positif way. The more artistic our environment the more spirit we got. Thats why peoples always try to design house, office, room, desk or even garbage bin as cozy as they want, so they can enjoy and smile on it.

What’s on your mind when you heard the word ‘garbage bin’ ? ughh.. stink, dirty and we don’t want to get closer on it. Yeah, that’s right but it will be defferent when it’s designed very attractive, delightfull and interesting (eyecathing). May be you’ll say, Wow.. beautifull. We do agree that everything will be more beautifull if we put art on it.

I believe you can find so many eyecatching garbage bin everywhere but i will show you some of them.

(At Kuala Namu Airport, North Sumatra, Indonesia)

(At Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf, Taiwan)

(At Orchard RD, Singapore)

(At Agrowisata Gunung Mas, West Java, Indonesia)

‘TEMPE’ TRADITIONAL FOOD FROM INDONESIA

Source of picture : wikipedia

Tempe is one of Indonesian traditional food which made from soybean. Originally it comes from Java Island, then spread all over Indonesia. Tempe produced by natural fermentation process and wrapped in plastic or wrapped in banana leaves. Its became one of a favourite menu in every breakfast, lunch and dinner for Indonesian people, while the other menu is tofu. Whether they eat chicken, meat or fish, they always looking for tempe and tofu to complete their eating time. It seem there’s something left if there’s no tempe in the menu. Therefore, no doubt, tempe has its own place in the heart of every Indonesian.

When heard the name of ‘tempe’, its sounds very Indonesian. If we look back to the origin of tempe, we will found that the history of tempe cannot separated from the history of Indonesia, itself. Tempe was founded during dutch colonialization in Indonesia. At that time, Dutch implemented Cultivation system or culturstelsel for the inlanders or locals. Dutch consume chicken, meat, and fish but on the other side inlanders or locals consume cheap food derived from cassava and soybean, of which tempe is made. Since that time until now, tempe became popular in Indonesia.

Eventhough tempe is a cheap food but doesn’t mean it has no nutritions. tempe also popular for its rich nutrition such as protein and vitamin B. Tempe is good for your health. There’s so many types of tempe such as tempe mendoan, tempe bacem, plain-fried tempe, sambel tempe, tempe crackers, tempe oncom, tempe gembus, sate tempe, tempe oncom and etc. You can find those easily with a low price in every Indonesian market.

Tempe not only popular in Indonesia but it is also popular in Japan, Europe and America. The good taste of tempe and its nutrition make this food more popular in other country. The bad news is Japan already registered the patent rights for tempe. The government should pay more attention to
protect Indonesian heritage, tradition and culture.

Tradition and culture is an identity of nation. Indonesia should be proud for having tempe. i like tempe. So, how about you ? 

TAIWAN ‘SEED’

TAIWAN. This country is quite familiar for me since i was a child. My parents is a teachers but they do farming too. Sometimes, after school or in holiday, they took me to the field, see and help them cultivating the land or harvesting the crops. So my memory of the word ‘Taiwan’ start here.

When i helped my parents to plant some vegetables and fruits i saw that the seed is made in Taiwan. At that time, i ask why we use this?, what is Taiwan? a sincere question from a child. The my parents answered me, They said, this a good quality seed, we can multiply the crops using this seed and Taiwan is a country who invented this seed. Oh, i see. I replied it.

It reminds me again, when i visited Taiwan Last year, i saw they have a good quality of seed, strong farm association (there’s several farm association), great support from government such as give technical support and amount of fund for farmers. The association provide the market for the farmers product and they have a bank, so the farmers can loan the money and use it to develop their farming business. What a good system that we should learn.

The other interesting is they also develop agricultural tourism. So, people can learn about their agriculture and in the same time also can enjoy the view. Wonderful..

NEW STAGE OF MY LIFE

“So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” (Matthew 19 : 6)

Holy Matrimony
Putri Vera Hutapea & Monang Afriando Sitanggang
20th September 2014
Gereja Kristen Pasundan
Bekasi, Indonesia

From This Moment On
By Shania Twain

(I do swear that I'll always be there. I'd give anythingand everything and I will always care. Through weaknessand strength, happiness and sorrow, for better, for worse,I will love you with every beat of my heart.)

From this moment life has begunFrom this moment you are the oneRight beside you is where I belongFrom this moment on

From this moment I have been blessedI live only for your happinessAnd for your love I'd give my last breathFrom this moment on

I give my hand to you with all my heartCan't wait to live my life with you, can't wait to startYou and I will never be apartMy dreams came true because of you

From this moment as long as I liveI will love you, I promise you thisThere is nothing I wouldn't giveFrom this moment on

You're the reason I believe in loveAnd you're the answer to my prayers from up aboveAll we need is just the two of usMy dreams came true because of you

From this moment as long as I liveI will love you, I promise you thisThere is nothing I wouldn't giveFrom this momentI will love you as long as I liveFrom this moment on

“Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.” (Revelation 2 : 10b)

The story of getting lost

I would like to share my experience, a memorable experience for me. Everytime i remember this story i will smile and laugh spontaneos.

Last year, i attended the short course at Taiwan. I departured from soeta airport with two others participant from Indonesia at thursday morning and arrived at taoyuan at thursday afternoon. The opening ceremony held on friday and then we have leisure time at the weekend. So, we decided to walking around on saturday, and most of the participant from about 30 countries joined this trip.

Our first destination is Taipei zoo, we really want to see Panda. To get there we using MRT. And the story of getting lost started here. One of our friends lost at taipei main station, we found difficulties to find her because, the station are very crowded. We are yelling her name, where are you ? Finally, we can find her then.

The other getting lost also happen after we arrived at taipei zoo, we make an appoinment to meet up with all friends at 2 o clock at the exit gate. But, at 2 o'clock the two friends were not show their face, may be they are to busy to see the animal. May be because they didn't have it in their countries. Again, we finally find them then.

The last getting lost is when we go back to the center.. there's 2 friends lost in taoyuan station, not really big station, but also crowded. Can you guest who are them? yeah, one of them is me.. who completed that day as a day of getting lost. Because i'm tired during the day so i lost my focus to follow my friends. Fortunatelly, and Thank God my friends can find me.

Tips for you who travel in group :
Please stay close to the group, and tell friend if you want to stop or looking something. In case you are getting lost, dont panic, stay on the place you lost, hopefully your group will come to find you.

Dutch influence in Indonesia

Indonesia and Netherland had a very long history which connected one to another. Indonesia was one of the dutch colony so-called Dutch East Indies beside Antilles islands, Aruba and Suriname. I remembered when i was in the school, my teachers taught the student that Dutch occupied Indonesia for about 350 years (but that period of time is now became debatable, some historian said it less than 350 years). Then Indonesia declare its independence on 17th august 1945. To got recognition from Netherland, Indonesia have to had long way negotiation and diplomacy such as Linggarjati agreement, Renville agreement, Roem-van Roijen agreement, and Dutch-Indonesian round table conference. Finally, Netherland recognize Indonesia sovereignity on 27th december 1949.  

No one country in this world wants to colonized by other country. No one people in this world wants to become slave for other country. But, lets look it in a positive way. Having colonized by dutch for a long time, Indonesia got impact in so many aspect. Dutch influence exist at all over Indonesia. We can see some of them until now. So, here it is.  

1. Some Indonesian law adopted from Dutch law.
Burgerlijk wetboek, wetboek van koophandel, wetboek van strafrecht, het herziene Indonesisch reglemet are regulation made by the Dutch and it is still exist with some modification depend on Indonesian needs.

2. Old building.
Most of Indonesian old buildings  are the rest of dutch colonial such as gedung sate, istana bogor, istana merdeka, lawang sewu, gedung merdeka bandung, fatahillah museum and etc.  

3. Dutch technology.
Dutch is very famous for its hi-tech construction. In Indonesia we can see katoelampa dam, pacal dam, daendels road, saka lima belas (sakalibel bridge), sugar factory and etc.  

4. Plantation In the Dutch colonial era, they implemented Cultivation system or culturstelsel for the indigenous people. At that time, Dutch bring some plantation and sell  its product in the Europe market such as coffee, tobacco, tea, orange, sugar cane and etc.  

5. Foods Some Indonesian foods originally comes from Netherland such as parkedel (fracadel), lapis legit (spekkoek), kue batang keju (kaastengels), and klappertaart.  

Experience is the best teacher. We can learn from our history and we should remember our history. Indonesian founding father, Ir. Soekarno said that Never leave history (Jas Merah).

Foods you should try when travelling abroad

One of the most memorable moment when travelling abroad is eating the local foods. Enjoying the trip and eating the local foods in the same time is perfect. Every country has its own unique foods. It is almost totally different between one and another country. One country has spicy foods but another country may be not. One country has cheese in each of their menu but another country may be not. One country has rice as their main foods but another country has potatoes. Since it is different one to another, it is interesting to find out the taste and compare to our local foods what is the difference and similarity.  

I'm so exited to find the popular local foods from each countries. Beside tasting something new, we need foods for life continuity during the trip. Therefore, i try to collect datas by reading some articles on the web, listening friends experiences and sharing my experiences. Then i found list of foods you should try when travelling abroad. I classify it based on the destination countries. Here it is.  

1. Es potong singapore
This is quite familiar in Singapore. You can find this ice cream at orchard road. The price is 1 dollar singapore, vey cheap.  

2. Dumpling
You can find this in all over china, china mainland, china taipei and Hongkong. It is very delicious.  

3. Sushi, okonomiyaki
The origin of this food come from Japan. oishii ne.  

4. Kimchi
South korea offers you this food. Kimchi is a traditional fermented dish made of vegetables with a variety of seasonings.  

5. Kebab
Kebab is in middle east. Dish of pieces of meat, fish or vegetables roasted or grilled on a skewer.  

6. Empanada
The origin of this food come from spain. Empanada are made by folding bread arround stuffing which usually consis varietyt of meat, cheese, vegetables,or fruit. An empanada also called pastel. It was carried to Brazil and Indonesia by portugese colonizers.  

7. Spaghetti
The place of origin of this food is in Italy. Spaghetti is a long, thin, cylindrical pasta. There is spaghetti alla carbonara, or garlic and oil, spaghetti with tomato sauce, meat and other sauces.  

So, when you travelling to another country don't forget to eat their local food. :)

THINGS TO DO BEFORE TRAVELLING ABROAD

Most of people love travelling, not only domestic trips but also international trips. Visiting new places, Tasting new foods / cuisines, Observing new culture / tradition, Interacting with local peoples, Enjoying beautiful scenery, playing exhilarate local game, Trying local transportation, Seeing picturesque area and many more.

This time, i would like to write about things to do before travelling abroad. It is important because if you do not prepare it very well, it will end as a horrible trips. Can you imagine, going to another country but you don’t know where the tourist destination and how to get there, what their culture, when their special festival, how to communicate with local peoples, etc. So, Here’s Things to do before travelling abroad.

1. Travel Documents
Make sure that your Passport, Visa, and Airplane tickets contain a correct personal data such as the name, place of birth, and date of birth. Check the expire date your Passport and Visa, it must be active. Always bring your Passport and Visa with you during the trips, it is important in case you have a trouble there.

2. Budget estimation
You should estimate the cost that you might spend there. You can googling how much the cost of accommodation, meals, transportation, entry ticket for special festival, souvenir, etc. Then you can go to the money changer for changing Rupiah (Rp) to currency of the destination country. If you out of cash, you can take the money from ATM with Visa and Mastercard logos.

3. Vaccine
You need vaccines to enter some country with a risk of deseases. The aims is to minimize your risks of becoming seriously ill and to protect your health when traveling abroad, remember your health is very important.

4. Search the latest information about the country
When you plan to visit one country, you should search a comprehensive information about
the weather – to know what clothes to bring,
Special festival – to know when is the perfect time to go there,
Local customs – to know what the polite things should do and the rude things shouldn’t do,
Rules – so you can manage your act and react to obey the rules,
Transportation – so you know what kind of transportation and where to buy the tickets,
Local language – so you know a little how to communicate with local people.

5. Maps
You really need maps to explore the city, you can get so many information from the maps such as MRT Station, Bus station, cab stand, and etc. Since you new at that place, do not hesitate to ask direction to the local people in case you lost. Remember do not panic when you get lost, just go to the nearest tourist information.

6. Personal stuff
Don’t forget to bring your personal stuff such as backpack, hair dryer, worship equipment, favourite foods, personal medicine, inverter, and etc. Beside that, i recommend you to buy Local phone number, to minimize the call charges.

Let’s make ourself well prepared before travelling abroad, so we can enjoy the trips and do not trouble other people.

5 Places To Visit in Malaysia

Malaysia located at the southeast Asia with Kuala Lumpur as a capital city and Putrajaya as a capital federal administrative. This country has 3 main ethnic groups that is Malay, Chinese and Indian. Those ethnic groups influence each others, what a colourful Malaysia. They have slogan “1 Malaysia (One Malaysia)” to emphasize about ethnic harmony. 1 Malaysia designed by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Rajak on 16 September 2010. That slogan similar to Indonesia’s slogan “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” means unity in diversity. It is inscribed in the Indonesian national symbol and is mentioned specifically in article 36A of the Constitution of Indonesia. Actually, Malaysia and Indonesia have similarity in so many things. But, I’m not going to talk deeper about this, because it is very sensitive for both Malaysia and Indonesia.

Ok, lets get back to the topic. I think every tropical countries in the world are beautiful. Malaysia is one of the tropical country, as do all countries at southeast Asia. Malaysia also has a good facilities and infrastructures to support tourism needs. Beside that, most of local people can speak English very well, so it’s easier for foreigners to communicate with them. I went to Malaysia 3 years ago and I found it was a nice country, they also had a delicious food, I also can communicate well because Indonesia and Malaysia had similar language. But, one thing that I dislike during the trip was unkind of local people, especially to Indonesian tourist. I guess may be it is because a bad tension between Indonesia and Malaysia at that time. Actually, they are a good people, I just came not in a right time. Now, The relation between Indonesia and Malaysia are getting better. Pretty job from both countries.

Talking about tourist destination in Malaysia, there’s 5 places to visit that is Petronas Twin Tower, Genting Highlands, Batu Caves, Istana Negara (King’s palace)and Sungei Wang.

1. Petronas Twin Tower

The Petronas Twin Tower also known as Twin Tower are skyscrapers buildings in Kuala Lumpur. The Tower Located at Ampang street, Kuala Lumpur. it is become an icon of Malaysia and landmark of Malaysia. The Tower designed by Argentine American architect César Pelli with post-modern architecture style. Based on The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)’s official definition and ranking, Twin Tower were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004. Then, Taipei 101 (Taiwan) surpassed it from 2004 to 2010. After that, Burj Khalifa (Dubai) is the tallest building in the world since 2010 until now.

Twin tower made from high quality steel and glass. Each Tower has 88 floors and connected by a skybridge at level 41 and 42. State of the art buildings. If you look inside the building, there is Suria KLCC shopping mall, Petronas Business center Office, Dewan Filharmonik Petronas, Restaurants observation deck and gift shop.

2. Genting Highlands

Genting Highlands also known as Resort World Genting is a hill resort in Malaysia with temperatures around 16 - 24 degree. You can get there by using car or using cable car called genting skyway. Genting skyway system provides 3.38 kolimetres transport to the hilltop. I prefer to choose genting skyway than car because I found that it is interesting to see and enjoy the mountain view during the journey.

Genting Highlands offers huge entertainment and fun. Everybody can enjoy amusement parks which consist of an oudoor park, an indoor park and water park. Genting Highlands also famous for its casino, this is the place that you can find the legal land-based casino.

You also can find several hotels there. The most popular hotel is the First World Hotel which holds the Guinness World of Records as the largest hotel in the world from 2006 until 2008 with a total of 6,118 rooms.

3. Batu Caves

Batu caves located at the Gombak district, 13 kilometres in the north of Kuala Lumpur. It is a limestone hill that has a series of caves and caves temples. Batu caves is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India, dedicated to Lord Murugan. There is also a statue of Lord Murugan at the entrance of Batu Caves. The height of the statue is 42.7 metres. Lord Murugun statue is the tallest statue of Hindu deity in Malaysia and the second tallest statue of Hindu deity in the world, after Kailashnath Mahadev Statue in Nepal. When i went there, I’m very surprised seeing that statue. It is really big.

Batu caves area consist of three main caves. The biggest has a very high ceiling and features ornate Hindu shrines. If you want to go there, you must climb a steep of 272 steps.

4. Istana Negara (Royal Museum)

Istana Negara located at a commanding position on the slope of a hill of Bukit Petaling overlooking the Klang River, along Syed Putra Street. Istana Negara was the official residence of the Supreme King of Malaysia. It has total area of 50.000 M2. It was replaced by a new palace as the official residence of the King in 2011. Then, in 2013 it was converted into Royal Museum.

The interesting thing about this place is the guards who are wearing Malay traditional attire and they stand by at the main gateway. The aim is to preserve tradition of the Malay Sultanate. It is also success attracting tourist attention.


5. Sungei Wang
In most of my articles I always remember to write about Shopping places because I know for some of us, we have tradition to buy souvenir or gift for family and friends. So, if you plan to go to Malaysia, you can stop by here, Sungei Wang. Sungei means river, Wang means money, so everyday money flows like a river here, The guide told me that.

Sungei Wang is the most popular shopping place in Kuala Lumpur. You will find goods with international and local brands. There’s also ATM and money changer here.


Have a nice trip traveller!

Beautiful Sunset at Rock Bar, Bali

Hello world… I would like to tell you about my journey which taking place in Bali again.. Yeah.. For me, Talking about Bali and its beauty is like talking a never ending topic. I admire it so much. I’ve been here two times and I can say I really enjoy every moment I have here. Bali has everything to fulfill the visitor needs. The beautiful nature and culture is saturated with the local hospitality in one package. Wonderful!!..

Everybody loves sunset, and for me it is interested to take a look how sun disappear slowly then night comes, especially when there’s a beach as its background. It seems like sun sink in to the water. So many people spend their money and/or time to see it, they don’t want to miss it. I have an experience seeing beautiful sunset at Rock Bar, Bali and I believe you will love it, that was amazing.

As I have ever write before in one of the previous article, Bali is a part of Republic Indonesia. Geographically, the province of Bali is located on 8°3'40" - 8°50'48" south latitude and 114°25'53" - 115°42'40" east longitude with the following boundary limit :
• North : Bali Sea
• East : Lombok Strait ( the province of West Nusa Tenggara)
• South : Indonesian ocean
• West : Bali Straits (the province of East Java)

The Rock Bar is located along the 1,3 kilometers coast line of Ayana Resort and Spa Bali, a 77-hectare property that features 78 private villas and a 290-room hotel. Ayana Resort is just 10 kilometers from Ngurah Rai International Airport (Bali Airport). The Rock Bar has been heralded as one of the world’s best bar by authoritative source including CNN and The New York Times, and in 2011 was voted Bali’s best sunset venue in the Yak magazine readers’ awards. You can check their website at : www.ayanaresort.com/rockbarbali/wp/ and find several offers there.

Rock Bar is very famous for its beautiful sunset, that’s why so many people come to this place to see it. I would like to inform you that, there is often a queue at the inclinator, so it is better to come earlier. But for In-house guests of Ayana enjoy VIP service with priority acces to skip the queue.

So, prepare your time and of course your money to visit Rock Bar.
It is worth it.
For you guys who loves travelling all over the world to find the beautiful, relaxing and memorable place, you should stop by here.

Interesting Place in Singapore

Who didn’t know Singapore? For Asian people, Singapore was very familiar to them. Singapore located in Southeast Asia, a small country with total area 710 Km2 and population about 5 million people. Singapore separated from Malaysia by the strait of Johor in the north and separated from Indonesia by the Singapore Strait in the south. Even though Singapore was a small country, we should not look at it with one eye. Because the fact is Singapore leading in all aspect, including tourism and its facilities.

Talking about tourism in Singapore sounds interesting and it is true. I’ve been there two times. The first time, I went there at 2011, spent a day and then continued to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) for the next day. And the second, I went there at 2012, spent 3 days and it was really enjoyable moment and of course gave me enough time to explore Singapore. From those experiences, I would like to suggest for travellers some interesting place in Singapore.

1. Universal Studios Singapore (USS)

Universal Studios Singapore theme park located on Sentosa island with total areal 20 hectares. It is the second Universal Studios theme park in Asia, after Japan. The park consist of 7 themed zones such as Hollywood, New York, Sci-Fi City, Ancient Egypt, The lost world, Far far away and Madagascar. In the Hollywood themed zone, there’s special character appearances from Po Kung Fu Panda, Frankenstein’s Monster, Woody Woodpecker, Winnie Woodpecker, Marilyin Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Beetlejuice and Betty Boop.

The most interesting attraction for me is The pair of dueling roller coasters, Battlestar Galactica : Human Vs Cylon at the Sci Fi City themed zone. This is a high speed roller coasters. The height is 42.7 metres. Human (red track) is seated roller coasters, and Cylon (blue track) is inverted roller coasters. I’ve tried both of them, and I think Cylon is crazy! I felt my heart stop beating for a few second, then continued to breath again. it’s Challenging the adrenaline.

Universal Studios Singapore theme park is really comfortable place. It has so many restaurants and souvenir shops located around the park. It is also give easiness to get the ticket for people who want to visit there. We can purchase it from its website http://www.rwsentosa.com/Homepage/Attractions/UniversalStudiosSingapore . So, it will save the time because we don’t need to queue when we arrive there. The price of the One Day Pass ticket for adult is 74 Dollars Singapore.

2. Merlion Park

Merlion park located on One Fullerton, near the Central Business District (CDB) area of Singapore. Merlion statue is well known as the icon of Singapore. The height is 8.6 metres and the weight is 70 tons. The head of merlion is a lion and the body is a fish. The lion head represents Singapore’s original name (In Malay language, lion means singa). The fish body represents Singapore’s origin as a fishing village. The park was first designed at 1964 and officially opened at 15 September 1972 by The Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew.

So many tourist who set this place as the first destination when they arrived at Singapore. My tourist guide at that time said to me that Merlion statue also became a symbol of welcoming the visitor to Singapore. At this place, we can see the modern and well arranged city of Singapore. It shows us how powerful Singapore, the lion city.

3. Orchard Road

The length of this road is 2.2 kilometre boulevard. This place simply known as orchard. Orchard is the most famous shopping area in Singapore. This is also the center of retail and entertainment in Singapore. There’s a lot of international brands outlets along this road such as Zara and etc. Many shopping lover will choose Orchard for hunting goods than any other city in Southeast Asia. You also can spend your time here walking arround to enjoy the oriental/mandarin city.

4. Mustafa Department Store

Mustafa Department Store located on Syed Alwi Road in Little India. They offer so many variety of golds, jewellery and accessoris at this place. Beside that, For travellers who have limited budget and you have to buy something for your family and friends, i recommend u to go to this place. You can find a cheap chocolate, T-Shirt and many variety of souvenirs here.

Have a nice trip there guys.

Jakarta Car Free Day

Jakarta Located on the northwest coast of java with total area : 650 square kilometres. Jakarta is the capital city of Republic Indonesia. it is also the country’s economic, culture, and political centre. Jakarta has grown rapidly and it is the most populated city in Indonesia and in Southeast Asia, and is the thirteenth most populated city in the world. Total population is 9.6 million at nights, 12 million during the day.

Every big city in the world has its own problem. it depends on how the government manage that problem to make it better. In Jakarta, we can see traffic jam during work hours and air pollution covered the city. Based on the Jakarta condition’s, perhaps Jakarta needs more an open space area for social activity, sport, creativity and etc. That’s the beginning of the ‘Car Free Day’ idea in Jakarta.

Car Free Day held by so many cities and countries all over the world, such Bogota, France and etc. September 22^th is World Car Free Day. Jakarta Car Free Day has started since 2005. The Standard Operational Procedure of Jakarta Car Free Day regulated by local act No.2/2005.  At the beginning, the event was conducted every month, then became twice a month, and now there’s Car Free Day every week, on Sunday from 6 am - 11 am.

The Car Free Day coordinators closed the streets of the city from cars and invited local pedestrian to exercise and having their activities on the streets that normally full of cars and traffic. You can see Car Free Day location below :

·   Province level                          : Jl. Sudirman - Jl. MH Thamrin;

·   East Jakarta municipality          : Jl. Pemuda;

·   North Jakarta municipality       : Jl. Danau Sunter Selatan;

·   Central Jakarta municipality     : Jl. Letjend Soeprapto;

·   South Jakarta municipality       : Jl. Sisingamangaraja;

·   West Jakarta municipality        : Kota Tua area.

From all the location which mentioned above, I recommend Jl. Sudirman - Jl. MH Thamrin than the others. we can easily find the access to get to this road because its location in the center of Jakarta. We can get there by using public transportation, Transjakarta was operated at the Car Free Day event. Along the road from Jl. Sudirman to Jl. MH Thamrin, there’s the icon of Jakarta such as Gelora Bung Karno Stadion, Patung Selamat Datang Bunderan HI and Monumen Nasional (Monas).

Car Free Day programme has aims to reduce air pollution, sport promotion for healthy life, and education in efficiency of car usage in to public transportation, ride a bicycle or walk. People usually come to do sport like running, jogging, cycling and etc. Beside that, people also come to enjoy live music, festival, art show, social event and etc.

Seeing the success of Car Free Day in Jakarta, Car Free Day programme was adopted by so many city in Indonesia such Solo, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Medan and Bogor. 

The Incredible Underwater World of Lombok

   For someone who loves the underwater world, Lombok island might become one of the good option to be considered. Lombok has an incredible underwater world while the other islands in Indonesia or in the world may not have it. It’s very natural and diverse underwater world. So, that’s why, Lombok become one of the favourite and the famous tourist destination in Indonesia.

                Lombok island located in west nusa tenggara province, with the Lombok strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas strait between it and Sumbawa to the east. Total area of Lombok is about 5.435 Km². The indigenous people in Lombok is sasak tribe. Literally, the word ‘Lombok’ means chili. Lombok also popular for it’s traditional transportation called cidomo, the carriage drawn by horse. Is there anybody know why they close the horse’s eyes ? Tourist guide asked it and then answered it by himself. He said, ‘horse cannot control itself when seeing girl, so that’s why they close the horse’s eyes, then horse won’t run if there’s a girl’. Visitors laughed spontaneously. Before getting in to the underwater world destination, cidomo commonly used as an access to and from tourist destination.

                There is several underwater world destination which is very famous and frequently visited by local and international visitors such as senggigi beach located in the west coast of Lombok island and 3 exotic Gili (Gili means island) that is Gili trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili air, located in the west beach area of Lombok.    

                Senggigi beach offers many activities to entertain the visitors such as diving, snorkeling, surfing, jet sky and etc. This beach also has a complete facilities like hotel, restaurant, café, mini market, transportation and those will give more easiness to the visitors. Enjoying the beautiful underwater world by snorkeling is recommended.  Beside that, the natural view of the beach will definitely give new energy to the visitors.

                Gili trawangan is the biggest island and the most visited among the other gili (gili means island). Every year, there’s so many visitors come to this place, no longer this place become more crowded. Supporting the needs of the visitor, they provide good facilities and even the five-star hotel already exist there. You can enjoy and experience underwater world by diving or snorkeling. But if you want to enjoy it without getting wet, you can explore 3 gili (gili trawangan, gili meno and gili air) by boat which its bottom made of transparent glass, so you can see clearly the view of underwater world. The coral reefs and the colorful fish will be seen through the journey.

                Gili meno located between gili trawangan and gili air. This place is very quiet, so it’s suit for someone who loves quietness. Enjoy sunbathing face to the beach with music plays on your ears will relax and refresh your mind. Gili air is not too crowded and it’s also not too quiet, I think it’s medium. Gili air has a complete facilities, so no need to worry. The best moment here is play at the beach, you can see a beautiful sand and colorful layers of water that is dark blue, light blue and dark green.

                The visitors can enjoy the beautiful view since they step on the beach, then explore the incredible underwater world of Lombok. They will be amazed because of what they can see, then will express thanks to God for His great creation. Usually, they decide to come and visit Lombok again in another good day.