My first weekend in dormitory. None of the boys stayed on weekends. Well, after dropping three boys from another dorm, I pampered myself with a 1-hour foot massage in front of the Serpong Gold and Sports Club. Twins Adi and Ari, and Noel accompanied Ricky, the birthday boy turning 16 today, in the swimming pool. Only 16,000 rupiahs (50% discount until July 31st for those below 17 years old).
Well, finally, we strolled in Karawaci Supermall, and after light dinner, Ricky bought his friends in his year 11 dorm some Holland cakes. Mm ... yummy must be! ;)
When I returned to my dorm, thank God, the furnitures and other facilities have completed the year 10 dorm, such as 14 sets of tables and chairs, a big compo (double-deck tape and CD) as well as the permanent TV antenna. Mmm ... a surprise for the dorm boys!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Touching sharing in a book launching in Bandung!
Today, I could not help holding my teardrops. 2007/2008 SMAK 1 Bandung principal, Mr. Iwan, launched his autobiography, and shared a lot of memorable experience, both joy and sorrow. Mr. Iwan succesfully charmed everybody with his sincere and dynamic voice.
Never would I have realized the profession of a teacher or a principal could mesmerized the audience's feeling. Threat from a few students, and challenges in basketball competition, and some government policies in education were just some of the unforgettable parts of life of Mr. Iwan. His loyalty for 40 years of teaching and becoming Principal of SMAK 2 and SMAK 3, and finally since 1988 as Principal of SMAK 1 Bandung has moved my emotion. Who am I compared to one Iwan.
This moment came after a 2-hour sharing in Grand Ballroom of Papandayan hotel, Bandung, with current principal Ms. Boniwidiarti, and her staff's explanation on academic (e-learning info), and student affairs, came a break and a moment of waiting for the maestro Iwan.
Never would I have realized the profession of a teacher or a principal could mesmerized the audience's feeling. Threat from a few students, and challenges in basketball competition, and some government policies in education were just some of the unforgettable parts of life of Mr. Iwan. His loyalty for 40 years of teaching and becoming Principal of SMAK 2 and SMAK 3, and finally since 1988 as Principal of SMAK 1 Bandung has moved my emotion. Who am I compared to one Iwan.
This moment came after a 2-hour sharing in Grand Ballroom of Papandayan hotel, Bandung, with current principal Ms. Boniwidiarti, and her staff's explanation on academic (e-learning info), and student affairs, came a break and a moment of waiting for the maestro Iwan.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Food hunting on return trip Bali, Jogja, Bandung
Well, well, just a bit sharing on the wonderfully tasty and exotic food/cuisine in Bali island during my holiday there:
A. On the way to Bali: Bromo Asri, Probolinggo city, East Java
Spring roll (risoles) with salty brown sauce and fried round cake filled with seaweed.
B. In Bali island:
1. NAGA (Dragon), a Chinese resto in Kuta road: round table dinner with
sapo taufu seafood (beancurd) and fried squid as two of six menu items.
2. A JOY noodle (4 chain food stalls), two are at Teuku Umar road and Tiara Dewata.
Taste fried chicken noodle, special red fried rice, and chopped fried chicken
with sweet sauce. A Joy is also my cousin, ehm!
3. Titiles store:
very famous store selling minched meat (abon): shrimp, pork, chicken, and beef.
Also famous for having 4 tigers and lions and a big snake.
4. ANDA Jawa Timur resto:
East Javanese menu with special beef soup (rawon), Chinese dish with two pieces of
chicken (red and yellow sauce), rice (lontong) called Lontong Cap Go Meh.
I ate red-buttered chicken (ayam bumbu rujak) and tasted the Lontong Cap Go Meh.
Oh, try the "melinjo" crackers. Mm ...
5. TIARA DEWATA food court:
A supermarket famous for its more than 20 food stalls.
Try big noodle (kwetiau) also from A Joy noodle (see point 2), small Chinese dishes,
(dim sum) like minched chicken meat (siew mai), pork satay, and exotic juices.
A must-try menu: cakes, such as glutinous rice with tasty powder made of soybean
(ketan bubuk) and cassave cake (sawut). Bought 4. Ha ha ...
C. In Jogja (returning from Bali to Bandung):
Malioboro Mall foodcourt --> spring roll with salad (risoles salad). Yummy!
A. On the way to Bali: Bromo Asri, Probolinggo city, East Java
Spring roll (risoles) with salty brown sauce and fried round cake filled with seaweed.
B. In Bali island:
1. NAGA (Dragon), a Chinese resto in Kuta road: round table dinner with
sapo taufu seafood (beancurd) and fried squid as two of six menu items.
2. A JOY noodle (4 chain food stalls), two are at Teuku Umar road and Tiara Dewata.
Taste fried chicken noodle, special red fried rice, and chopped fried chicken
with sweet sauce. A Joy is also my cousin, ehm!
3. Titiles store:
very famous store selling minched meat (abon): shrimp, pork, chicken, and beef.
Also famous for having 4 tigers and lions and a big snake.
4. ANDA Jawa Timur resto:
East Javanese menu with special beef soup (rawon), Chinese dish with two pieces of
chicken (red and yellow sauce), rice (lontong) called Lontong Cap Go Meh.
I ate red-buttered chicken (ayam bumbu rujak) and tasted the Lontong Cap Go Meh.
Oh, try the "melinjo" crackers. Mm ...
5. TIARA DEWATA food court:
A supermarket famous for its more than 20 food stalls.
Try big noodle (kwetiau) also from A Joy noodle (see point 2), small Chinese dishes,
(dim sum) like minched chicken meat (siew mai), pork satay, and exotic juices.
A must-try menu: cakes, such as glutinous rice with tasty powder made of soybean
(ketan bubuk) and cassave cake (sawut). Bought 4. Ha ha ...
C. In Jogja (returning from Bali to Bandung):
Malioboro Mall foodcourt --> spring roll with salad (risoles salad). Yummy!
Saturday, July 05, 2008
2 photos: Malioboro Mall and Jimbaran beach
Kungfu Panda 2 new star!! Acting in Malioboro Mall, Jogja.
Me (far right), Nando, Andri, David, Suwanto (SMAK 2 Bdg.) in Jimbaran Beach after dinner
Me (far right), Nando, Andri, David, Suwanto (SMAK 2 Bdg.) in Jimbaran Beach after dinner
Friday, July 04, 2008
Day 7: Bali-Jogja
Well, the end of the 7-day tour! Here I am now in Jogja, a cultural and educational city. Just arrived, taking turns in taking a bath after having a quick breakfast in still-being-renovated Ramayana - Grage hotel. Mmm ... 10 guys in one room with one bathroom. Better blogging first, ha ha ...
Anyway, planned to take a foot massage (reflexology) on Malioboro road, then have lunch, and return to Bandung. Itinerary: 11p.m. in Bandung, impossible. Luckily, I asked my BPK PENABUR Jakarta office last week to take a leave tomorrow (Saturday) as it will take me 2.5 hours to return to Jakarta from Bandung at dawn! Wow ....
2 unforgettable events:
1. Back to Bali, Day 5, I had a small dispute regarding paying 5,000 rupiahs (+/- US 45cents; normally only 1,000 rupiahs/ 9 cents) for a quick use in DREAMLAND's restroom. At first I complimented the cleanliness and the availability of toiletries, yet it turned out the notice note of charging 5,000 rupiahs was put at the top of the mirror. When I complained that it could have had something to do with taking a bath, the woman in duty said bathing was charged 10,000. Well, one comment for son of former president, Tommy Soeharto, who was said to have invested in this Dreamland: what a good way to raise fund to manage the not-finished-yet surfing heaven and facilities! Sigh.
2. Still on the same day, we have a wonderful dinner in Jimbaran: Blue Merlin resto.
Dinner was served on the shore, just 10m. away from the sea wave, under the clear sky with stars, and added with Cultural dance on small stage, the LEGONG dance. Wow! We had grilled fish, prawns, and shells. Delicious. It was, however, the atmosphere in the air that mattered. Everybody cheered, took pictures and had a wonderful dine in Jimbaran. Thanks, SMAK 2 Bandung, for this exquisite experience!
Anyway, planned to take a foot massage (reflexology) on Malioboro road, then have lunch, and return to Bandung. Itinerary: 11p.m. in Bandung, impossible. Luckily, I asked my BPK PENABUR Jakarta office last week to take a leave tomorrow (Saturday) as it will take me 2.5 hours to return to Jakarta from Bandung at dawn! Wow ....
2 unforgettable events:
1. Back to Bali, Day 5, I had a small dispute regarding paying 5,000 rupiahs (+/- US 45cents; normally only 1,000 rupiahs/ 9 cents) for a quick use in DREAMLAND's restroom. At first I complimented the cleanliness and the availability of toiletries, yet it turned out the notice note of charging 5,000 rupiahs was put at the top of the mirror. When I complained that it could have had something to do with taking a bath, the woman in duty said bathing was charged 10,000. Well, one comment for son of former president, Tommy Soeharto, who was said to have invested in this Dreamland: what a good way to raise fund to manage the not-finished-yet surfing heaven and facilities! Sigh.
2. Still on the same day, we have a wonderful dinner in Jimbaran: Blue Merlin resto.
Dinner was served on the shore, just 10m. away from the sea wave, under the clear sky with stars, and added with Cultural dance on small stage, the LEGONG dance. Wow! We had grilled fish, prawns, and shells. Delicious. It was, however, the atmosphere in the air that mattered. Everybody cheered, took pictures and had a wonderful dine in Jimbaran. Thanks, SMAK 2 Bandung, for this exquisite experience!
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
BALI Holidays!
Another Bali holiday! With SMAK 2 BPK PENABUR Bandung teachers and staff, I am now in Bali islands for a 7-day tour, with stopping by Jogja on Day 7. Now Day 4. Leisure time, swimming in hotel, not joining the Kintamani tour. Then, I am now able to write you a blog, mm ...
After 34-hour travel by bus from Bandung city to Denpasar city, we have visited Bedugul with its breath-taking Brantan Lake, ancient and exotic Tanah Lot (Hindu temple), dined in several exotic restos, such as Bedugul resto (Balinese) and Naga in Kuta (Chinese). My friends were crazy for shopping at Puteri Galuh Batik (traditional clothes) and a silverware shop on the way to Sangeh, kingdom of apes.
We are staying in Denpasar at Nikki hotel, which has its international hotel school at www.nikki-international.com. Just had a swim. Alone ;) Everybody went to Sukowati market to buy "oleh2", or gifts, for relatives/friends in Jakarta. I bought "Rahayu" peanuts, "sale salak" (preserved sweet snakefruit) and "brem"/ distilled (wine) drink as ordered. Time for internet surfing, pizza at noon and strolling with cousins in Bali (again) for this day 4.
Unforgettable events:
On bus : Laughters, jokes, karaoke/ singing
On sites: Breathtaking sunset view from top of cliffs across from Tanah Lot (temple) by the sea, tranquil Brantan Lake (Bedugul) with parasailing and jet ski. I wish I had had the courage to try them all ha ha ...
In restos: At least four dishes each meal, with fried chicken everywhere, some fish, bean curd, noodle of course, hotplat "kangkong" (vegetables) with tasty sauce, or satay. Yummy!! In a minute, I would love to have pizza hut, special offer, 50% from 2-5 p.m. just in Bali (a 2-minute walk from the Nikki hotel). Tonite, a cousin of mine, a chef, promised to send me his specialized delicious Chinese noodles. Ordered 3, sharing with close friends. Mmm ... Got to go asap. Don't be jealous, guys. Be in Bali next holiday, for sure!
Would love to share you my other unforgettable events in this island of God (Day 5) soon
right after I am home in Jakarta this Saturday. Phew!
A joke: In Brantan Lake, Bedugul,
it costs one a Rp. 75,000 to do parasailing, and Rp. 50,000 for water-skiing. If I had taken the parasailing, I may have gotten back my Rp. 25,000 as the parachute could not have lifted me, and I may have ended doing water-skiing with the parachute trailing me back! Ha ha ... don't get it? Well, my friends called me the "Kungfu Panda" with heavy body. That's why.
After 34-hour travel by bus from Bandung city to Denpasar city, we have visited Bedugul with its breath-taking Brantan Lake, ancient and exotic Tanah Lot (Hindu temple), dined in several exotic restos, such as Bedugul resto (Balinese) and Naga in Kuta (Chinese). My friends were crazy for shopping at Puteri Galuh Batik (traditional clothes) and a silverware shop on the way to Sangeh, kingdom of apes.
We are staying in Denpasar at Nikki hotel, which has its international hotel school at www.nikki-international.com. Just had a swim. Alone ;) Everybody went to Sukowati market to buy "oleh2", or gifts, for relatives/friends in Jakarta. I bought "Rahayu" peanuts, "sale salak" (preserved sweet snakefruit) and "brem"/ distilled (wine) drink as ordered. Time for internet surfing, pizza at noon and strolling with cousins in Bali (again) for this day 4.
Unforgettable events:
On bus : Laughters, jokes, karaoke/ singing
On sites: Breathtaking sunset view from top of cliffs across from Tanah Lot (temple) by the sea, tranquil Brantan Lake (Bedugul) with parasailing and jet ski. I wish I had had the courage to try them all ha ha ...
In restos: At least four dishes each meal, with fried chicken everywhere, some fish, bean curd, noodle of course, hotplat "kangkong" (vegetables) with tasty sauce, or satay. Yummy!! In a minute, I would love to have pizza hut, special offer, 50% from 2-5 p.m. just in Bali (a 2-minute walk from the Nikki hotel). Tonite, a cousin of mine, a chef, promised to send me his specialized delicious Chinese noodles. Ordered 3, sharing with close friends. Mmm ... Got to go asap. Don't be jealous, guys. Be in Bali next holiday, for sure!
Would love to share you my other unforgettable events in this island of God (Day 5) soon
right after I am home in Jakarta this Saturday. Phew!
A joke: In Brantan Lake, Bedugul,
it costs one a Rp. 75,000 to do parasailing, and Rp. 50,000 for water-skiing. If I had taken the parasailing, I may have gotten back my Rp. 25,000 as the parachute could not have lifted me, and I may have ended doing water-skiing with the parachute trailing me back! Ha ha ... don't get it? Well, my friends called me the "Kungfu Panda" with heavy body. That's why.
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