Showing posts with label Experience. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Experience. Show all posts

Friday, July 19, 2013

Yu Orait? - Perjalanan ke Papua Niugini



Papua Niugini (Papau New Guinea)

Selamat datang di Papua Niugini, the land of the unexpected. Hari ini saya akan bercerita tentang hari pertama saya di PNG. Kebetulan numpang liburan ketika ayah saya sedang bertugas disini, yaa sambil nunggu wisuda, pekerjaan masih lenggang, kenapa ga liburan aja sekalian jalan-jalan ke tempat baru :)

Sebenarnya saya suka sekali pergi ke tempat yang baru, apalagi kalo harus naik pesawat, wuiih senengnya minta ampuun karena salah satu transportasi yang menyediakan makanan enak minimal sekali selama perjalanan (yang jauh ya) itu hanya di dalam pesawat hehehe. Alasan yang lain seneng naik pesawat itu karena bandaranya. Ya, semenjak pertama kali datang di bandara Schipol, saya jadi seneng window shopping (cuci mata ke barang dan manusia cakep hehehe). Apalagi pas lagi transit di bandara Changi, buseet mall aja udah kalah tuh, lebih lengkap didalam Duty Free-nya. Berpergian antar terminal juga memakai Skytrain saking jauhnya. 

Okey back to PNG, saya tiba di bandara Jackson International Airport dengan pesawat Air Niugini pada pukul 7.30 waktu setempat. Perjalanan dari Jakarta-Port Moresby total mencapai kurang lebih 12 jam – wow, dengan transit di Singapore dulu. Ketika memasuki pesawat Air Niugini dari bandara Changi, sudah terasa hawa-hawa khasnya, karena yang boarding kebanyakan orang-orang berkulit hitam. Tuhan itu adil, membuat orang kulit hitam mempunyai senyuman yang manis dan ramah, sehingga para pramugari pesawat Air Niugini membuat nyaman para penumpang. Bandara di Port Moresby tidak sekeren di Soetta, banyak pula penduduk lokal yang menjemput temannya dengan menyeker, bukan karena dia tidak punya sepatu tapi itu sudah menjadi hal yang biasa disini.



Perjalanan dari bandara ketempat penginapan memakan waktu kira-kira 15 menit dan selama perjalanan berbincang dengan warga Indonesia yang menjemput kami ada banyak hal yang saya temukan aneh. Coba lihat poin-poin berikut ini:

1.       Kejahatan disini masih tinggi. Warga Indonesia yang tinggal di Port Moresby berwanti-wanti agar jangan jalan-jalan sendirian di jalan raya, apalagi kalo tempatnya sepi. Kalo bisa naik mobil saja. Naik taxi terlalu riskan, bisa-bisa diculik dan dibawa kabur hiii.. Di kota seperti ini sih saya kayanya ga akan betah, kemana-mana dikawal, pulang ada jadwalnya, ga boleh pergi sendirian, trus mau ngapain di dalam rumah? Asalkan ada internet super cepat dan kerjaan via online sih tak masalah hahahah. 

2.       Kenapa kejahatan tinggi? Mungkin salah satu faktornya adalah pabrik bir di tengah kota, dimana anak kecil saja sudah mulai minum. Kadar alkoholnya pun lebih tinggi dari pada bir2 yag ada di indonesia. Banyak pula billboard dan ILM tentang “Drinking and driving” yaaa maklum lulusan DKV jadi bisa ketauan deh masalah yang paling utama di kota ini apa :p 

3.       Jam malam itu jam 8, toko sudah pada tutup dari jam 4 dan aktifitas pun sudah berhenti ketika malam tiba. Jadi kejadian setelah makan malam itu penyakit, langsung ngantuuk.. 

4.       Soal makanan sih don’t worry, masih banyak produk tanah air yang dijual di supermarket sampe rendang pun ada di restoran Asia. Saya bertanya makanan yang khas disini apa? Saya mendapat jawaban kalo disini tidak ada makanan khas, cuma lidah orang-orang sini itu anti pedas. Warga Indonesia yang disini, kebetulan orang Padang, WAJIB membeli dan membawa botol sambal disetiap resto. Lucu juga sih ngeliatnya, aneh heheh. 
Oh ya dan makanan disini tuh porsinya jumbo-jumbo. Yaa buat yang pengen program menggemukkan badan silahkan kesini saja. Kalo saya sih bahayaaa hehehe, untung cuma sebentar disininya.
Buka puasa pertama disini kami makan di resto Asia, makanannya ga jauh-jauh deh dari makanan kita yang di indonesia tapi porsinya itu loh yang ga tanggung-tanggung.


Nasi Lemak (isinya telor setengah matang, ayam goreng, ikan teri dan kacang dengan sambalnya) 
Chicken Curry Rice (ini nih kari ayam yang enak, bumbunya enak trus ayamnya 2 potong lagi muahahaha)
Hainan Rice - ini kalo ga salah makanan khas Cina apa Singapur yaa?? 
Ice Kacang - (hehehe lucu yaa ini es kacang tapi rasanya kaya es doger, cuma isinya pake jagung segala sama jenis kacang yang lain-lain)

5.       Yang harus disiapkan mental disini adalah harga barang. Muahal muahaaal pemirsah. Berbelanja di supermarket itu mentalnya jangan liat harga dalam mata uang Kina trus di kalikan menjadi rupiah, soalnya kalo begitu sakit hati donk. Masa indomie aja harganya bisa 4 kali lipat. Tutup mata saja dan bayar haha. Btw 1 Kina sama dengan kira-kira Rp. 4000. Pngalaman  beli sendal jepit biasa aja 32 Kina, buseet bawa sendal Swallow tau gitu sih hahaha (tuh kan mentalnya). 


Mata uang Kina. Uang yang ada bolongannya di tengah itu 1 Kina, kira2 Rp.4000


6.       Kotanya belum begitu berkembang, untuk kalian yang suka entertainment disini ada mall yang isinya itu itu saja seperti biasa. Tapi g akan bisa nemu KFC atau Starbucks dll, kebanyakan produk lokal sih kalo yang begitu. 

7.       Sistem lalu lintas disini tidak banyak lampu lalu lintas, jalanan sudah diaspal dan lancar. Menyetir sama yang di Indonesia, menggunakan jalan sebelah kiri dan selalu memprioritaskan kendaraan yang datang dari sebelah kanan. Sebenarnya kalo kota ini aman enak loh buat jalan-jalan. Banyak taman yang luas, walaupun agak gersang, dan banyak playground untuk anak-anak disetiap tikungan jalan. 
Polisi lalin tidak kelihatan kecuali kalo ada orang penting yang datang baru deh pada siaga berjaga di pinggir jalan. 


Enak kan tempatnya kalo buat lari-lari gitu, tapi sayangnya belum aman.
Belum banyak iklan-iklan yang terpampang dijalan, jadi masih bersih, dan iklannya juga paling iklan provider seluler, iklan bir sama iklan layanan masyarakat. 

Udaranya hampir sama kaya di Bandung, sejuk-sejuk tapi kalo siang panas.

8.       Masalah bahasa, mereka menggunakan bahasa Inggris dan bahasa asli Pidgin English dan Hiri Motu. Lucu sih kalimat “Yu Orait?” yang berarti apa kabar, diambil dari bahasa Inggrisnya “Are you all right?” hehehe.  Tips jitu belajar bahasa asing itu yang penting tau bahasa setempatnya YA ato TIDAK dan tetap percaya diri. Walaupun salah jangan malu, wong lagi belajar ko takut salah. 

9.       Hal yang terakhir susah itu internet, smartphone saya tidak berguna itu tanpa paket internet. Kesian banget sih jadi ga update. Paling update kalo udah numpang wifi gratis hahaha – numpang mulu kerjaannya hahaha -__-

Ya sekian cerita untuk hari ini. Baru hari pertama dan udah ada 9 point yang menggejutkan saya. Semoga 2 bulan kedepan bisa menemukan hal-hal yang baru lagi. Saya sih menunggu ada touring ke luar kota dimana atraksi alam masih terlihat asri. Because I'm going on an adventure *dengan logat Bilbo Baggins. 



Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Mishapocalypse - April's Fools

What's up with tumblr and twitter this 1st of April??
It's happening.. all those crashing attempts by posting and reblogging the epic face of Misha Collins on April's Fools day is accomplished. It's MISHAPOCALYPSE!!

A lot of people in tumblr claimed to have their post limits for reblogging too much of Misha's face. For the record, here's the glorious picture that started it and went viral...

I participated too on twitter and got the post limit on tumblr :p so I decided to move it here hahaha. Believe me, I've never had that many activity interaction on twitter.. I was so happy.

Below I'm going to show you guys how the tumblr people is on crack this Mishapocalypse day. By clicking on the picture goes the link for the source.. There were many great ones, but I couldn't retrieve some of them because the dashboard is going to fast and I've lost them!! But overall today was a great day :) April's Fools !!

I thought I’d contribute..
too much yet?

seriously I have found more funnier posts.. I just couldn't find them.. grrrrr

you see if you wanna know about it more, you should check out the hastag #mishapocalypse on twitter,
it may look like this..

Meanwhile, the real Misha Collins changed his profile pic into this...

I think it all worked out and we all were having fun, no harm intended. We all made friends with the other mishamigos and we'll keep bringing love to the world all of this because of Misha Collins. We love you. <3 p="">
Let's see what the real Misha has to say about it.. :D





Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Why I love travelling part 3 - Time Travelling

National Museum of Indonesia (Museum Gajah)


At some point travelling to an old place or historical place makes you think that life has changed a lot. Imagining how civilization were at that time or the places that might have been uncrowded for a while. For me it's important that I visit those old and historical places, it's just another evidence that people before us lived with rules, ethics and philosophy that still is a part of our lives in the present. It helps us remember that we are damaging what has been build for hundreds of years. Those places are the landmark of the city, a "time machine" it is. :D

The Borobudur Temple
Hell of a tourist I am hahaha

The sidewalk of Braga Street, Bandung


I would love visit more places in Indonesia... it feels like I travel less inside my own country, I should be proud of the landmarks they posses. Still I feel Indonesia (government) is corrupted, I just hope that they wont destroy the "time machines" they have.

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Why I love travelling part 2 - Miraflores


Sometimes in life, when you want to find who you really are, you try new stuff, go to new places, watch movies for references, listen to different kinds of music, dress-up, or just lie in the bed thinking about yourself. Well, I kinda do those stuffs LOL. But I really prefer going out to a new place and making it into my favorite is what I like doing. In Peru, I have one place that is still stuck in my mind, Miraflores. It's a district on the city of Lima, near the ocean. In Spanish "Mira" means "look" and "flores" means "flowers", so it's kinda like "look at the flowers", that city concept doesn't lie. They provided parks with colorful flowers and sometimes they decorate
it so that if you look from above, it will be like the lines of Nazca, cool.
As I am a tree person, I like hanging out in the parks. Normally about 4p.m I take my brother to the skatepark meanwhile I run some laps in the park. It was nice, and after that I would buy some snacks or coffee and go home. Too bad, in Bandung I couldn't find a nice park to relax and hang out ... (thus it makes me fat xD)

It's a falcon and yeas I'm scared of it. It took me a while to get that close to the bird. Before the sun sets, people come to this place and the falcon guy just put up a show :D

Parque Kennedy, in the heart of Miraflores where they put up shows of live music, sometimes exhibits work of art, sells churros, coffees, butifarra (yum ;p) and much more. This is a touristic spot where everything shows up for the people such as good expensive restaurants, dark cozy cafes, bars, starbucks, a departement store, merchandise and sourvenirs store and of course a meeting point. and not to mention the antique building of shops and cafes they have. Kinda of a nice but buzy park right there.. a lot of stuff going on.


Larcomar,
A mall by the sea it is.. how cool is that??! I love it here, and it's the place I hang out most with my friends, we usually hang out here to watch the surfers.. hot surfers passing by the surf shop hahaha... girls right xD. The have all those normal malls would have not so big, but enjoyable.. it's a semi-outdoor mall plus they have bowling in here :D



So, as many places as you've been, there will be a particular place where you have left your mind and heart in it. So good to have nostalgia... and I'm glad I've been there. Now, it's your turn...
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Why I love travelling

It's visiting a new place with different kinds of streets, buildings, transportation and people which makes me feel that there's always something new to explore in this life. Recently I have been looking up old pictures of mine in my hard-drive and found out those pictures where in one time of my life, I feel fulfilled, happy, and exited of doing, which is travelling.
I have lived in Peru for over 3 years and by the lasts years of my staying, I realized that "Life is just one shot, read a book, make mistakes and travel". Well actually I didn't start the idea that I have to travel somewhere, but somehow there will be always "some" force that drags me to those places. With that, the eagerness will continue as I crave for more places to find. (Seriously, I don't know what am I talking about) Well here are the pictures I would like to share to you fellow blog-readers while travelling around Peru.


Macchupicchu, Jun 2007
The most memorable trip in Peru. Maybe because it's the furthest city (Cuzco) I've ever visited and have to take car, train, bus and on foot to reach to the Lost city. Or maybe it's the effect of the Lost City itself which I considered magical, yeah like a city on the peak of a mountain.. how in the world people at those times carried a tons of gigantic rocks to build a city. It's a magical place, too bad I wasn't listening good on the tour-guide, I bet Macchupicchu has a great story to live by.

Ayacucho, Nov 2007
My mother told I could use some help in playing the "angklung" in the group because they lack of members. And so we went on a show out of town and he we are in the mountains. It was a cold night though but we spent only a short time there, I couldn't see more place in there...but in the day, the place looked like a dessert IT WAS HOT AS HELL.. I'm a tree person, so I may not enjoy this part of the country. yeah, an ice cream would help.


Paracas, May 2008
An rocky island full with penguins and sealions, that's all what fascinates me. It's one of the preserving point in Peru with all these animals in the island. I don't recall much of the place but one thing I was interested was in that picture behind my cute head lies a sand-circle (oh, crop-circle sounds way better).. yeah they say some mythical creatures did it or some aliens which made it possible interesting to look at. here's the image shown below.



Punta Mar, 2008
My brother's school driver took us for a visit in this place. She said this place used to be the main point for the Peruvian Navy. Yeah, now that I recall it the place used to look like those on sailor's movie.. or those old war movies where the Navy set ships to fight in a war. It was a hot day too, and of course ice cream helped a lot ;D


Hmm.. that's it for now.. I'll post more later.. i just need a bath and it's raining outside which makes me feel cold and don't want to take a bath -____-
Stepping out. Over.

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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

3 a.m and awake


Still working or playing game?? huh?
I'm gonna sleep for a few hours before my class starts at 8..

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