Garut City On Holy Day

Hiiii friends!! last thursday on 25th december 2014 I went to Garut city located in West Java, Indonesia. That coincide with Chirstmas holiday, so that's how I call it "holy day" for christians. Okay by the way I went there with my small-white family car, There are my father who drove the car, my mother sat beside my father in front row, and in the back row me and my sister who always slept all the way. hihihihihihii I think she do not get too excited like me :)))

It was sunny day, not like the city of Bandung city, West Java, Indonesia (my hometown) which sometimes rain in the afternoon. Garut city continues illuminated by the sun until make the air outside is very hot, but because it looks beautiful skyline of Garut city. As you can see, I took picture of road to Garut city. Luckily I didn't get traffic jam, but the road to the Tasikmalaya city congested, my father said many people who will go to Pangandaran beach and one of the way through that city.

Actually we visited the Garut city to feel the natural hot springs in the area Cipanas, Garut city. and we decided Tirtagangga hotel & resort as our destination. My father recommended this place, he said in this place there's very hot water.

 

This is photo of me before I swim

 

After a swim and soak in hot water I feel very sleepy so wanted to sleep. Maybe I should be sleeping in this hotel hahaha but I had to continue the journey back to the city of Bandung. oh yeah by the way the ticket to entered this place is 25 thousand rupiah, affordable enough right?

 

Then I had to continued the journey to go back to Bandung city we stopped at a mosque for Dhuhr prayers. I think this mosque nice and unique. there is also wide parking area and a superb view of the Guntur mountain, it's amazing but unfortunately this mosque looks deserted.

 

 The view of Guntur Mountain, it's amazing right ?

After I had Dhuhr pray, we went to Asep Stroberi. It is outdoor restorant who sell traditional food of West Java. We ordered "nasi liwet ayam komplit" and it's very dellicious *thumbs up*. Then after we had lunch I with my mother took boat ride and row it alone, I told you it's very fun and exhausting. By the way we pay 10 thousand rupiah for each person.

Photo of my mom and my dad on the lake

   I told you it's not easy to directing the boat *wkwkwkw*

And the last I before returning to Bandung city I passed a good tunnel and the tunnel is inspired from mina tunnel in the city of Mecca.

 so this is my stories of my holiday, thank you for reading! bye bye!!! ;)

My Dream, My Goal and My Future

Hello guys, a long time I never post any story again. This time I will share about my dreams, my goal and my future so here we go!

Everybody wants to be success in his/her life right? And now I'm going to tell you about my goal to enter the best college in Indonesia is Institut Teknologi Bandung.

By the way ITB is located in Tamansari, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It's located in one city with my hometown. I always dreaming about study in this college because there's many people who became successful because their went to school in the ITB. But ITB students dominated by smart people so that the best that could only attend this campus.

 

I actually wanted to be an architect because I had to learn it in SAPPK, and what it SAPPK?

In bahasa SAPPK is the form word from "Sekolah Arsitektur, Perencanaan dan Pengembangan Kebijakan." or in english "School Of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development." 

The School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development encompasses five main professional disciplines: architecture, regional and city planning, urban design, transportation, development studies, defense studies, and tourism planning.

The School aims to produce professionals in the sustainable built environment who are skilled in investigation, analysis, problem solving and communication, and are motivated to contribute significantly to professional and community life.

Advances in scientific knowledge is systematically integrated into roadmaps of 8 research divisions, comprising domains of policy development, planning and design of sustainable built environment, addressing institutional, infrastructure and spatial aspects at regional, rural, urban, human settlement and building scales.

So I hope that I can go to study here after I graduated from SMAN 3 Bandung, because no success came suddenly, just hard work that determines the result.

Don't forget to check out the official website of ITB and SAPPK :

http://www.itb.ac.id/

http://sappk.itb.ac.id/

The Ugly Duckling

This story was made by Hans Christian Andersen in November 11, 1843. It's been a long time ago right ? so I will share you  a one of classic story in the world, enjoy reading! :))

Once upon a time down on an old farm, lived a duck family, and Mother Duck had been sitting on a clutch of new eggs. One nice morning, the eggs hatched and out popped six chirpy ducklings. But one egg was bigger than the rest, and it didn't hatch. Mother Duck couldn't recall laying that seventh egg. How did it get there? TOCK! TOCK! The little prisoner was pecking inside his shell.

"Did I count the eggs wrongly?" Mother Duck wondered. But before she had time to think about it, the last egg finally hatched. A strange looking duckling with gray feathers that should have been yellow gazed at a worried mother. The ducklings grew quickly, but Mother Duck had a secret worry.

 "I can't understand how this ugly duckling can be one of mine!" she said to herself, shaking her head as she looked at her last born. Well, the gray duckling certainly wasn't pretty, and since he ate far more than his brothers, he was outgrowing them. As the days went by, the poor ugly duckling became more and more unhappy. His brothers didn't want to play with him, he was so clumsy,  and all the farmyard folks simply laughed at him. He felt sad and lonely, while Mother Duck did her best to console him.

 "Poor little ugly duckling!" she would say. "Why are you so different from the others?" And the ugly duckling felt worse than ever. He secretly wept at night. He felt nobody wanted him."Nobody loves me, they all tease me! Why am I different from my brothers?"

 

Then one day, at sunrise, he ran away from the farmyard. He stopped at a pond and began to question all the other birds. "Do you know of any ducklings with gray feathers like mine?" But everyone shook their heads in scorn.

"We don't know anyone as ugly as you." The ugly duckling did not lose heart, however, and kept on making inquiries. He went to another pond, where a pair of large geese gave him the same answer to his question. What's more, they warned him: "Don't stay here! Go away! It's dangerous. There are men with guns around here!" The duckling was sorry he had ever left the farmyard.

 Then one day, his travels took him near an old countrywoman's cottage. Thinking he was a stray goose, she caught him.

"I'll put this in a hutch. I hope it's a female and lays plenty of eggs!" said the old woman, whose eyesight was poor. But the ugly duckling laid not a single egg. The hen kept frightening him.

"Just wait! If you don't lay eggs, the old woman will wring your neck and pop you into the pot!" And the cat chipped in: "Hee! Hee! I hope the woman cooks you, then I can gnaw at your bones!" The poor ugly duckling was so scared that he lost his appetite, though the old woman kept stuffing him with food and grumbling: "If you won't lay eggs, at least hurry up and  get plump!"

"Oh, dear me!" moaned the now terrified duckling. "I'll die of fright first! And I did so hope someone would love me!"

Then one night, finding the hutch door ajar, he escaped. Once again he was all alone. He fled as far away as he could, and at dawn, he found himself in a thick bed of reeds. "If nobody wants me, I'll hid here forever." There was plenty a food, and the duckling began to feel a little happier, though he was lonely. One day at sunrise, he saw a flight of beautiful birds wing overhead. White, with long slender necks, yellow beaks and large wings, they were migrating south.

 "If only I could look like them, just for a day!" said the duckling, admiringly. Winter came and the water in the reed bed froze. The poor duckling left home to seek food in the snow. He dropped exhausted to the ground.

However, by springtime and when the duckling saw himself mirrored in the water.

"Goodness! How I've changed! I hardly recognize myself!" The flight of swans winged north again and glided on to the pond. When the duckling saw them, he realized he was one of their kind, and soon made friends."We're swans like you!" they said, warmly. "Where have you been hiding?"

 

"It's a long story," replied the young swan, still astounded. Now, he swam majestically with his fellow swans. 


One day, he heard children on the river bank exclaim: "Look at that young swan! He's the finest of them all!" And he almost burst with happiness.

                                                     - THE END -

Amazing Structure

Hello! I'm gonna tell you about the one of seven wonders in the world, it's Eiffel Tower!! I think almost everyone knows this building, so I just explains a little bit and the beauty of it.

The Eiffel Tower (French: La tour Eiffel) is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. It was named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticized by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.98 million people ascended it in 2011.The tower received its 250 millionth visitor in 2010.

The tower received some criticism from the public when it was built, calling it disturbing eyes. Daily newspapers are filled with angry letters from the arts community of Paris. One of them entered the United States Government Printing Office William Watson Paris Universal Exposition: Civil Engineering, Public Works, and Architecture 1892 "And during twenty years we shall see, stretching over the entire city, still lived by the genius of the centuries , we shall see stretching out like a black shadow of the odious column built up of riveted iron plates. " Signers of this letter included Messonier, Gounod, Garnier, Gerome, Bougeureau, and Dumas.

This pictures of the Eiffel Tower structure during construction

 7 December 1887: Construction of the legs with scaffolding.

20 March 1888: Completion of 1st level.

15 May 1888: Start of construction of second stage.

21 August 1888: Completion to 2nd level

 26 December 1888: Construction of upper stage

 15 March 1889: Construction of cupola

I very love this tower, and I hope someday that I can go to this place with my family while traveling around europe.Aamiin.

source : 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower