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Dynasty Hotel Bangkok

Dynasty Hotel Bangkok it's our first Hotel. Dynasty Hotel Bangkok is a 3 starts hotel. Dynasty Hotel Bangkok is located at Ramkhamhaeng, Bangkok, Thailand. The Dynasty Htel Bangkok is a short stroll from The Mall and Big C Departement Store. So this hotel it's very strategic for tourist that love shopping or shoppaholic.  Just a few minute from the hotel, we can find entertainment complex, cinema, restaurant and walking street.

Dynasty Hotel Bangkok fasilities is, swimming pool, sauna, live music, cafe and beer garden, smoking zone,business center and souvenir shop. and Dynasty Hotel Bangkok have an other fasilities likes, secure car parking, 24 hours reception, wifi for rooms, wifi for public area, laundry, babysitting service, currency exchange and safe deposit boxes.

In Dynasty Hotel Bangkok, there is some fasilities that the tourist mush pay. Like soft drink, laundry, tv cabel, etc. But for breakfast free for all guest. The Dynasty Hotel Bangkok for me is the accomodation that really cozy with the best view of the Bangkok City. I can see the river out of my window room. I really love this place. Cause in here i've got slept so really tight. Haha.

PUTERI PARK HOTEL

On the Fourth night of our trip, we are stay overnight at 3 stars hotel, Puteri Park Hotel. It’s location on Jalan Raja Laut, Chowkit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This hotel is the one ideal hotel to explore Kuala Lumpur City. From here, guests can enjoy the easy access to all that can be found in this city. All Facilities feature thoughtful amenities to ensure an guest comfort.  The total rooms in

this hotel is 247 rooms. This hotel equipped with facilities  such us  Free Wifi, Parking Area, Gym, Laundry, Ballroom, Lift, Dry Cleaning, Coffee Shop, and Restaurant. I think Putri Park is the best accomodation during our tripputri hotel’s rooms offer private bathrooms with hair dryers. Radio and TV are also available inthe rooms. Some rooms also have a seating area. Putri Park Hotel offers spacious, air conditioned rooms are comfortable and equipped with tea or coffee maker and minibar. The one unique thing in this hotel is provided a bell in every room, so u don’t need to knock the door. 24 hours front desk service offer safe. If you want to enjoy local and international cuisine, you can visit Putri Cafe to get a delicious meal.

Gusti Inn

Location

The location of this hostel is not too far from the MRT / LRT and bus stops, to get to the bus stop can walk about 5-10 minutes to the bus stop and MRT / LRT can be taken approximately 15 minutes by foot. We can also find the store "Seven Eleven" exactly right next to the hostel and some stalls selling food that is not too far from the location. The hostel is also fairly close to Little India, stayed about a 30-40 minute walk or bus ride if you do not want sore foot. If friends that the Indonesian miss eating rice and want to enjoy the specialties of Indian and Arabic could be headed to Little India with ease from this hostel. The location of this hostel as a whole was fairly quiet and away from the crowds so quite convenient for walking and resting.

Facilities and service

I also really liked the appearance of this hostel. Really impressed vintage and edgy from the outside. Do not hope that we will find a large entrance directly overlooking the lobby at this hostel, due to enter into a hostel we had to go through a small door which I myself was a little difficult to make sure the door when I first came, who knew I was wrong door, heheh. How to gain access to the entry is quite unique, we have to press the button next to the door to speak with the receptionist. If we have an order we can directly mention our names, then the door will open automatically. For those who have difficulty speaking English need not worry because the employee was friendly hostel quite familiar with Indonesian.

Hostel consists of three floors and no elevator or escalator is available only stairs only. The reception area and the room for breakfast is on the first floor. If friends carry a lot and do not want to bother then can book a room on the first floor, cuman the third floor is the floor of my favorites, because in addition to decorating the room is more eye catching, the atmosphere was calmer, on the third floor there is also a relaxing space for watching television, so you can relax in the room while watching some movies. friends can also bring their own DVDs to watch and ride on the third floor. 

Services at this hostel is friendly enough for the size of the budget hostel, we can also ask for the facilities, such as change of bed linen and blankets if dirty, also borrowed stop contact alias 'plugs' for plugs in Singapore is using the 3rd hole is quite different with Indonesia. Friends had to ask and ask for services not hope everything will be directly served automatically tub-star hotel for a budget hostel is not a five-star hotel so we really demanded to be independent and also know yourself here. This self knows such means, turn off the water and electricity when not in use, lift the suitcase itself and its own bath, hehe. Although this hostel consists of three floors and facilities on every floor is different, we can still have access to every floor. For example, we got a room on the third floor that there is no refrigerator, we could use the refrigerator on the second floor and one. We can also ask about travel recommendations in Singapore at the reception hostel, they are also selling tickets to various tourist rides in Singapore with a friendly price, so we do not need the hassle of booking or waiting in line to buy tickets.

If the friends took some valuables friends can rent a locker, but if friends bring their own locker lock the locker facilities can be used free of charge without having to rent it. One of the perks I like about this hostel is, this hostel provides soap and shampoo for free which has been available in the bathroom and there is a place to hang wet towels, really homey yet. hehe. Not only this, but in this hostel also features a kitchen that can be used to make your own meals and laundry services, cuman my advice as much as possible not to me-laundry clothes if really not trapped because the charge that if in exchange it into rupiah enough expensive

Breakfast is available from 7:00 AM until 11:00 AM, there is no quota of how much food and drink would be taken but there is no other option for breakfast other than bread, several choices of jam, coffee and tea. I most like to come in early for breakfast about 8 hours before bathing in the morning, because if it was already daylight it will be a little messy kitchen because of the many residents who have used the kitchen to make breakfast. If you come early, the condition of the kitchen is much more tidy and clean and still no place in the lobby to sit and enjoy breakfast while watching television. Remember!! breakfast at this hostel should be our own, because this is not a five-star hotel a budget hostel so do not expect we can immediately eat breakfast which was available like hotels.

Kopi Khas wong Jombang

Liburan ku kali ini kuhabiskan di kota santri, Jombang. kota yang dikenal sebagai tanah kelahiran Presiden Indonesia yang ke 4 ini juga memiliki satu keunikan tersendiri buatku. Ya, Kopi. Banyak ilmu yang kudapat dari sibiji hitam ini, mulai dari proses pembuatannya hingga cara menikmatinya. Untuk sistem pembuatannya, masih dibilang cukup sederhana. Budeku menggunakan kayu bakar sebagai pengganti kompor. Mengapa? Jawabannya cukup simple, karena wangi yang dihasilkan sangat berbeda dari penggunaan kompor. Wangi dari penggunaan kayu bakar dinilai lebih pekat dan alami. Bukan hanya penggunaan bahan bakarnya saja yang sederhana, melainkan juga penggunaan wadah sangrainya. Biasa kami sebut Wajan Wingko, bentuknya hampir mirip seperti wajan biasa yang ada di dapur-dapur tapi berbahan tanah liat.

Nah, untuk pembuatannya, pertama siapkan bahan utamanya yaitu biji kopi dan kelapa tua. Mungkin diantara kalian ada yang bertanya “Kenapa harus kelapa?”. Well, kelapa disini berfungsi untuk pencipta rasa gurih dari kopi itu sendiri gengs. Next, potong kelapa tipis-tipis menyerupai dadu lalu sangrai hingga kecoklatan. Setelah kecoklatan, masukkan biji kopi dan sangrai bersamaan hingga wangi. Angkat, dan diangin-anginkan hingga dingin. Setelah itu baru di haluskan hingga menjadi bubuk. Jadi deh! It’s so simple, right?

Untuk cara menikmatinya, biasanya akan dihidangkan 1 cangkir kopi dan piring kecil (aku sih nyebutnya “Lepek”). Nah kopi di cangkir itu biasanya di seduh ke lepek, ditunggu hingga hangat dan barulah diminum. Belum ada jawaban yang pas sih saat aku bertanya soal hal itu, yang jelas itu hanya kebiasaan saja. Tapi pandanganku berbeda, menurutku ini kebiasaan unik tapi berkualitas, karena setauku hembusan udara yang kita hasilkan saat kita meniup kopi itu merupakan bagian dari zat karbon dioksida atau CO2. Jika uap air dan karbon dioksida bertemu, maka akan membentuk senyawa asam karbonat atau H2CO3 yang berbahaya bagi tubuh. Gitu gengs. Well, bagi kalian yang akan mengunjungi kota jombang dalam waktu dekat, aku saranin untuk cobain kopi-kopi lokal dari sana. Untuk rasa? Nggak kalah deh sama lapak sebelah. Haha…

Jabar Overland ArtVenture and Colorfull

It’s start from 12 january until 15 January. First at 03:00 AM we gather at campus, every member to call the roll and get baggage tag as proof of ownership. At 04:00 AM, we were depart through Tol Cipularang. The first object that we visit is Museum Asia Afrika, The first conference start from 18 April 1955 until 24 April 1955 exactly at 09:00 AM. The conference consist of 29 countries, divided into 23 countries

 from Asia and 6 countries from Africa that lead by Ruslan Abdulgani as general secretary. Here we can also watch the short film of Asia Africa Conference. This museum consist of 2 building, such us Merdeka Building and Asia Africa Museum Building that can’t rechange or reupdate because it’s the number one historical building. If any something happened with this building, the government must rebuild the same building like before located in Jl. Asia Afrika No. 65, Bandung, West Java Province, Indonesia. This museum depict the historical of Asian African Conference to discuss the problem of independence country. The museum inaugurated by the second president, Mr. Soeharto on 24 April 1980 to reminder the 25^th of Asian African conference.

At 10:00 AM, we were continue our tour to the next destination, it’s Sasana Budaya Ganesha (Sabuga) located in the area of Jl. Tamansari No 73 West Java Province, Indonesia. Sabuga is the largest convention center in Bandung, consist of 4 floors. In the first floor usually used for kind of event (usually used for ITB’s Graduation), the second and third floor used for meeting or conference and the fourth floor used for dome theatre and science gallery. The capacity of parking area is 700 vehicles. 

At 01:00 PM we were arrived in the Nuarte Sculpture Park, location in Jl. Setraduta Raya No. L6, Bandung. Nuarte sculpture Park was first ope to public in 2000. Built entirely from Bali born sculpture Nyoman Nuarta’s private founding the park is now one of the largest sculpture park in Indonesia. Showcasing more than 200 artworks from Nyoman Nuarta

(ranging from the beginning of his career until his latest artworks). The sculpture park is also an ideal destination for visitors to delve deep into art and cultural experiences with regular performances from both traditional and contemporary artist.  Along with education in art, nature, culture, literature, and many more. The popular art that he creat is Garuda wisnu Kencana (GWK) in Bali. The height of this statue is 70 m and a width of 60 m, consist of copper and steel weighing of 4 million tons. It is devoted to the Hindu God, Wisnu and his maint, Garuda, the mythical bird who become his companion. When it’s completed, it  will be higher than Liberty statue in USA and become the largest statue in the world.

At 03:20 PM we were arrived in the next Destination, Saung Angklung Udjo. The location of this place in the area of Jl. Padasuka No. 18 Cibeunying Kidul, Bandung. When we walked into this place, we were given a necklace shaped angklung and welcome drink.

Saung Angklung Udjo

We can choose one of mineral water or ice cream as welcome drink. Saung Angklung Udjo is one stop cultural workshop, consist of performance venue, Bamboo handcraft center and Bamboo instrument workshop. Saung Angklung Udjo was built in 1966 by Udjo Ngelagena. Art show open daily at 15:30 until 17:30. Here we can see Wayang Golek Demonstartion, Helaran, Mask Dance, And Angklung Instrument. You can also learn how to play angklung and for you who want to buy some souvenir, this place also sell interesting souvenir, such us wayang, Angklung, keychain, congklak (traditional games), necklace, and many more.

After pray maghrib, we were decided to overnight in Malabar Villa. At 10:00 PM we arrived at Bosscha House that located in the near of our villa.the road that we through is winding and foggy, so the vehicle speed is reduced. The average temperature here is 16-26^o C, so don’t forget to bring thick

jacket if you want to visit this place.  When we arrived at Bosscha house, we served Bandrek (drink made from red ginger and milk), corn, beans, and potatoes. This dish can make your body gets warm. After that, we can rest in each home. 1 house consist of 5 people. The facilities in this villa is complete enough, such as Tv, sofa, kitchen, shower, dresser, bathtub and many more. This villa is relics from Mr. Karel Albert Rudolf Bosscha.

He is a Dutchman who care about the welfare of indigenous peoples at the time the Dutch East Indies and also an observer of science education aspecially astronomy. He also built Malabar tea plantation, observatorium and Technische Hoogeschool Te Bandung (Bandung Institute of Technology). we can also see a view of the entire Malabar Tea Plantation from this villa.

In the second day, we were visit Malabar Tea Factory in Pangalengan. The distance from Bandung to this factory is approximately 40 km with the heights of 1.550

above the sea level. Here we can see how to produce tea from picking until processing up to be a good tea that can be exported to china. Tea divided into 3 types, such as Green Tea, Black Tea and White Tea. White tea is the most expensive type of tea with prices reached 2 million per kilograms. It’s because the process is not

easy. Farmers must take the pistil in the morning (before at 5:00 AM) and pray before picking it. To make the good quality tea, the tea must be dried and filtered in multiple times. More finer the powder tea, is more better the quality. Here we can also buy tea with flavors at a price of Rp 16.000 per box.

Next destination is Palayangan River, in Cileunca. The length of this river is 4,5 km with a width of 5-10 m.  We were rafting while enjoy the beautiful forest.  First we have to join some briefing from instructors and wore the buoys and helm. Then we were going to Situ

Cileunca by car. A team consist of 5 peoples. My team is Bang Miko, Savana, Male and Kang Wendy. The landscape is very interesting but I feel disappointed because a lot of garbage floating in the river. Rafting ends after 2 hours. After rafting, rain falls very swift. The atmosphere is very cold and we also served bandrek, fried bananas, and bakwan as body warmers. After that we were changing clothes and lunch together.

At 03:00 PM we decided to overnight in Cipanas, Garut. I love this homestay, because we can enjoy hotspring as long as we want. Haha! In that night my all friends play poker together but I don’t, couse I have to finish my report. When I woke up in the morning, Euis told me to saw the landscape outside. Oh my god!! I saw the beauty of Mount Guntur and sunrise. It’s like a surprise from Mr. Cecep, couse I don’t saw anything in the night. It’s like a magic and BAM!! Hoho, I can’t say anything.

At 08:00 AM we were continue our trip to Kampung Naga. It’s location in the area of Neglasari Village, Selawu District, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java province. The distance of this place is about 30 km from Tasikmalaya and 26 km from Garut. The location of this village is not  far from the main road that connects to the city of Garut and Tasikmalaya.

Kampung Naga is a village which is inhabited by a community in very strong tradition of holding the remainder ancestor. The differences are visible when compered with other communities outside Kampung Naga. The community are living in the framework of an atmosphere in a traditional simplicity and environmental wisdom. To reach this village, we have to through 439 stairs. This village consist of 113 village and 300 peoples. This village always made the tradition or event every six time a year. Ir’s Muharam as the Islamic new year, Jumadil Akhir, Sya’ban, Maulid Nabi, Idul fitri and Idul Adha. All foundation of the house were taken from nature. The condition in this village make me uncomfortable because many chickens there, because I’m an alektrophobia. Thanks to Riri Rodi’ah, Ayueetaniya Tommy Andika, Iffatunisa and Avia who has been cast out of chicken for me. Haha..

After lunch we devided to overnight at Surya Pesona Beach Hotel, Pangandaran. This hotel provides facilities like another standart hotel, such as swimming pool, Air conditioner, bathtub, Balcon with a good view, refrigerator, Tv and many more. After changing clothes, me, Riri, Mrs. Andi Dewi, Euis and Ada decide to swim together. Thanks to Mrs. Andi Dewi who teach us to swim.

At 09:30 we start to continue our tour to Batu Karas Beach. I enjoy the beautiful view while drinking coconut, haha. It make me miss my hometown, Balikpapan. This beach is perfect for beginners who learn to surf. The location of this place is approximately 30 minutes from Surya Pesona Beach hotel. here can see the beautiful view, play water games, and definitely take a selfie. Hahaha…

After lunch and pray Jumat, we were continue our tour to Green Canyon. First, I think this is the best object in this trip. The location of this place is about 1 hour from Batu

Green Canyon

Karas Beach. Owh, I’m so excited to stalakkit and stalakmit in there. But suddenly Mr. Cecep tell us if we cant body rafting there because of float and increased water discharge. So we cant body rafting but can still enjoy the view there by boat. And then another trouble comes, we cant continue our trip further and the water becomes yellow. I’m so disappointed with this situation. Maybe my all friends also feeling what I feel because jo wandi tried to swam. Mr. cecep banned because the water unstable circumstances that may harm. Finally I have to headen my disappointed.

At 03:00 PM we were back to Jakarta. As long as the journey, many funny story happened on the bus, like Jowandi reveal his feel to Ayu, dance poco-poco together, joking with Alfonso and Ada, etc. this is my best trip that I ever had! Thanks to Mr. cecep who teach us about how to be a nice guide and give me the best experiences. Thanks to Mr. Asep who accompany us during the trip. Thanks to Mrs. Andi Dewi who teach us about how to make package tour and teach me to swim. And Thank you so much for UPW 2015 who always help me in every condition. I wish we can be more compact and care with each other. See you in the next trip!

Kampung Naga In General

West Java (Indonesian: Jawa Barat, abbreviated as "Jabar", Sundanese: Jawa Kulon) is a province of Indonesia. It is located in the western part of the island of Java and its capital and largest urban center is Bandung, although much of its population in the northwest corner of the province live in areas suburban to the even larger urban area of Jakarta, even though that city itself lies outside the administrative province. The province's population is 46.3 million (in 2014) and it is the most populous and most densely populated of Indonesia's provinces.

Since the creation of West Bandung Regency in 2008, the Province of West Java has been subdivided into 9 cities and 17 regencies. These 26 cities and regencies are divided into 620 districts, which comprise 1,576 urban villages and 4,301 rural villages. An 18th regency was formed in October 2012 - Pangandaran Regency - from the southern half of Ciamis Regency; and on 25 October 2013 the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) began reviewing draft laws on the establishment of 57 prospective regencies (and 8 new provinces), including a further three regencies in West Java - South Garut (Garut Selatan), North Sukabumi (Sukabumi Utara) and West Bogor (Bogor Barat) - but none of these three new regencies are shown separately on the map below, nor in the following table.

Garut Regency is a Regency in the West Java province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 3,074.07 km² (1,186.91 mi²). Geographically, it lies between 6°57′34″ – 7°44′57″ South latitude and 107°24′34″ – 108°7′34″ East longitude. The population at the 2010 Census was 2,404,121, the latest official estimate (as at January 2014) was 2,585,423. The capital is the city of Garut.

It is bordered by:

Eastern side: Tasikmalaya Regency

Western side: Cianjur Regency and Bandung Regency

Northern side: Sumedang Regency

Southern side: Indian Ocean

In general, Garut has a cool but tropical climate, with an average temperature of 24 °C (76 °F). Average annual rainfall is 2,590 mm (102 inches). This area includes valley territory surrounded by volcanoes (Mount Karacak: 1,838 m, Mount Cikuray: 2,821 m, Mount Guntur: 2,249 m, Mount Papandayan: 2,622 m) on the northern side, with average heights of 700–750 m above sea level. Streams of solidified lava are present on their slopes.

Land fertility varies greatly because of influence by mountains, rivers and coastal lowlands. As a result, agricultural businesses are primarily plantation-based, as well as subsistence farming and animal husbandry, followed by forest resources.

Some known products from Garut are, Garut Orange fruits (Jeruk Garut),  Mangdogars Handycraft "Mang Dogar" as Garut Icon (likes ornamen, dolls, souvenir, clothes), Garut Lamb (Domba Garut), Dodol Garut (a snack), Vetiver Root Oil (Andropogon zizanioides), Batik Tulis Garutan (hand painted clothes), Silk clothes, Gemstones, Leather crafts, Bamboo crafts.

Garut is known as Swiss van Java. It has so many tourist attractions divided into several tourism zone units (Indonesian: Satuan Kawasan Wisata (SKW)), one of them is Kampung Naga.

Kampung Naga is a hamlet located in the area of Neglasari Village, Salawu District, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia.

Kampung Naga is a village which is inhabited by a community in a very strong tradition of holding the remainder ancestors. The differences are visible when compared with other communities outside Kampung Naga. The community are living in the framework of an atmosphere in a traditional simplicity and environmental wisdom.

Kampung Naga is located not far from the main road that connects with the city of Garut Tasikmalaya. Villages are located in a fertile valley, with the boundaries, in the West Village by Naga forest. The forest is sacred because it is located in the ancestral cemetery. In the south is the rice fields, and in the north and east are surrounded by river Ciwulan, which the source of water comes from Mount Cikuray in Garut. The distance from the town of Tasikmalaya to Kampung Naga is approximately 30 kilometers, while the distance from the city of Garut is 26 kilometers. To reach Kampung Naga from Garut, Tasikmalaya, people must climb down the ladder in the wall (Sunda: sengked) to the bank of the river Ciwulan with the slope about 45 degrees with a distance of approximately 500 meters. Then through the paths into Kampung Naga. The settlement is easier to visit than the most ancient Sundanese village in Baduy.

According to the data from Neglasari village, the surface soil of Kampung Naga hills with those used for land productivity can be fertile. Area of land in Kampung Naga is one of half a hectare, mostly used for housing, yards, ponds, and the rest is used for agriculture rice harvested twice a year.

The preservation of the village has been supported by national government beginning during the Suharto presidency, and it has been described as part of the "public face of regulation in Suharto's Indonesia". The government provided concrete steps which connected the village to the outside world and battery powered radios as gifts for the village; tour guides were government-trained and reiterated the Naga people's desire for: self-sufficiency; the continuation of their traditions; and their desire to be model citizens.

Dayak People

Dayak people or Daya or Dyak are the indigenous people of Borneo Island, Indonesia. They live in groups in mountains, outbacks and they are such a terrestrial group, a group who live in land, not in marine zone. Dayak people are divided into some sub-ethnics that have different language and even different way of living. Shortly, Dayak is referred to the 6 tribes of Dayak, they are Kenyah Kayan Bahau, Ot Danum, Iban, Murut, Klemantan and Punan. Those six clusters were subdivided into approximately 405 sub-clusters. Although devided into hundreds of sub-clusters, Dayak group have similar cultural, traits in particular ways. These characteristics become the deciding factor if a sub-tribe in Borneo which can be incoperated into the group of Dayak.

Dates back to the history, in the year 1977-1978, the Asian continent and the island of Borneo, which is part of the archipelago are still together, allowing the mongoloid races of the Asian mainland to wander through and up through the mountains of Borneo to the mountains which is now called “Muller-Schwaner Mountain”. Dayak people was true the Borneo indigenous. However, after the Malays from Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula came, they increasingly retreated back inside. Moreover arrival of the Bugis, Makassar and Javanese in time of Majapahit Empire. Dayak people was living scattered through out the territory of Kalimantan in the span of time, they have spread through the rivers to downstream and then in habit the coast of Borneo Island.

It was analyzed that Dayak people had to build

 an empire. In the oral tradition of dayak, often called “Nansarunai Uak Jawa” which means, A kingdom of dayak Nansarunai was destroyed by Majapahit. This was occur between the years 1309-1369. The incident resulted the Dayaks get inurgency and dispersed, some of them was get into the hinterland. The next big flows occur when the influenced of islam that originated from the kingdom of Demak, with the influx of traders Melayu around 1608. 

In the past the Dayak people were the tribe who practicing th ancient tradition of headhunting. After conversion to Islam or Christianity and unheadhunting legislation by the colonial powers, the practice was banned and disappeared. Nevertheless, some said that Dayak people practicing canibalsmonly when the war is occur and their life is in danger. In other word, practicing canibalsm is not the term of the way of living or part of culture, but it is just the consequences that Dayak people have for someone’s disturbance within their groups.

Dayak people have various types of weapon which commonly used for hunting and war in ancient time, or for everyday use such as in the fields. For example blowpipe(sipet), Saber, Lonjo (spear), Shield (Telawang ) and Spurs. Originally, the main icon from Dayak wapon is Sumpitan and Mandau. Mandau was being used to cup the enemies head in ancient time, when the war was occur. While sumpitan is still exist until present time, and there is no antidote from the poison in sumpitan. Sumpitan is such a bamboo wooden stick along the 1,9 meters to 2,1 meters. Sumpitan should be made of hard wood such us ironwoo, tampang, lanan, etc.

More about Dayak people, they also use tattoo in their culture.

Tattoo for dayak people is referred to religion, social status in society, as well as appreciation for a person. Therefore, the tattoo can not be made arbitrarily. There are certain rules in making a Tattoo or Parung, good selection of pictures, the social structure of the tattooed and the tattoo placemen. The belief that the meaning of making tattoo is used to be a torch when the death occur. The more they have tattoo, the more they are lighten when they die. Still making a tattoo can not be made as much in vain, because it must comply with customs rules. This culture have existed long ago. Tattoos for the Dayak community is not just decoration, but it has very deep meaning. Because tattoos for the Dayak community should be made at will because it’s a party of tradition, a persons social status in society, as well as the appreciation rate on the ability of a person. there are certain rules In making a good tattoo picture choice, social structure someone wearing tattoos and tattoo placement.

For the Dayak tribes who lived around Borneo and Sarawak in Malaysia, the tattoo around the fingers indicate the person who likes to help the tribe as healers. The more tattoos on his arms showing him more and more help and more wise in the science of medicine. For the Dayak Kayan in Kenya and East Kalimantan, many people describe the tattoo is already strong wender. Each village has a different motif tattoo, tattoo indicating the numberof owners have visited many villages.

For everyday living, Dayak people nowadays are depend their life in agricultural things like planting the rice field, plnting bananas or palm oil. Following the modernity that come up nowadays, Dayak people are more to be modern society, but still hold the heritage to be the real dayak.

Some women at dayak tribe also have tradition unique. Having long ear. Much longer than woman’s ear generally. Having long ear is one of characteristics of Dayak Tribe. At ancient time, centuries ago having long ear is not only done by women, but men too. But now only some dayak women that have it. Process to make long ear take time for years. To make ear long, the ear must be give burden. The burden is bracelet from metal, usually copper.the burden will be always added every year as ear accessories. That’s why the ear become long. Much longer.

Long ear is symbol beauty of Dayak Woman. More longer the ear, more beautiful the woman. Long ear also symbolizes social status of woman.only certain women that can have  acccessories from copper that expensive enough. Besides long ear is symbol that the woman is not slave because of lost the war or can not pay deb. Long ear with the accessories also sign how old a Dayak Woman. We can know a Dayak woman’s age by counting total accessories in her ear. If total accessories are 60, it means she is 60 years old. It can be understood because plercing was done when she was baby. Then baby’s ear is given bead as accessories. Then a bead is added every year. After rather adult, accessories that added havier from copper.

Unfortunately, dayak women start to leave the tradition. Only less defend the tradition. Their age rate more than 50 years old. They usually live in Rurai Kalimantan. Even the women that have long ear before cut their ear because of shy. And the young doesn’t want to do it. They assume that having long ear us out of date.

Wonderful Indonesia

Indonesia is the largest country in the world consists of 13.466 islands, with the total population about 237 million souls. Indonesia consists of various tribes nation, language and religion but remain united with the motto “Bhineka Tunggal Ika”, it means although different but still one. The capital of this country is Jakarta that formerly known as Jayakarta or Sunda Kelapa. Indonesia has 746 traditional language, but official languages are always in use is Bahasa Indonesia. And the currency is Rupiah. 1 USD it means 14.000 rupias. The symbol of this country is Garuda Pancasila and proclaimed on 17 August 1945.

East Kalimantan Province is a province in Indonesia. It’s territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo. It has population about 3 million and it’s the second least densely populated in Kalimantan. The total area is about 245,238 km² and the capital is Samarinda. More than 80% or over 17 million hectares is covered by forest. This is where the black orchid and many other orchid grow within the sheltered confines of the nature reserves. East Kalimantan consist of 10 regencies and 4 cities. But now 3 districts and 1 city is separated into its own province of the North Kalimantan Province. North Kalimantan Province formally legimated on October 25^th 2012, but stand fully beginning in 2015.

East Kalimantan Province, consist of : 

1.       Balikpapan City

2.       Samarinda City

3.       Bontang City

4.       Paser Regency

5.       North Penajam Paser Regency

6.       West Kutai Regency

7.       Kutai Kertanegara Regency

8.       East Kutai Regency

9.       Berau regency

And the North Kalimantan Province are :

1. Bulungan Regency

2. Malinau Regency

3. Nunukan Regency

4. Tarakan City

Balikpapan City is the one city in East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The total area is about 503,3 Km² and the total population is about 684,334 souls. Balikpapan city is the gateway to other city in east Kalimantan province, such as Samarinda, Bontang, Tenggarong, Tarakan, Penajam, Berauand also connection to South Kalimantan by land. From Balikpapan, we can also go to Singapore, Brunai Darussalam, Kuala Lumpur and others. Balikpapan is bordered by the following:

1.       Kutai Kertanegara Regency, to the north

2.       Makassar Strait, to the south and east

3.    North Penajam Paser Regency to the west

Balikpapan is devided into 5 districts, namely:

1.       East Balikpapan District

2.       North Balikpapan District

3.       West Balikpapan District

4.       South Balikpapan District

5.       Cetral Balikpapan District

The logo of the city is often nicknamed “the city of oil”. The city’s economy relies on industrial sectors dominated by oil and gas industry, commerce and services. Some multinational corporations conduct business activites in East Kalimantan Province, ssuch as, Total S.A, Chevron Taxaco, Sclumberger, Bakerhuges, Halliburton and Thiess Indonesia Contractors us Balikpapan for their base of operations in the region.

Balikpapan Has the biggest oil industrial, its Oil Refinery Balikpapan. This object is not open for public. Oil Refinery Balikpapan is located in the edge of Balikpapan bay. Covering an area of 2,5 km² and consist of unit 1 and unit refinery Balikpapan Balikpapan Refinery II. An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is refined into more useful petroleum products. Such us, gasoline, kerosene, heating oil, asphalt base, dissel fuel, and liquevied petroleum gas. It’s all started when J.H Menten and Mr. Adam from Firman Samuel and COconducting research and ultimately finding oil content quite large, it’s name is Mathilda. Drilling first performed on 10 February 1897 which is also designated as the birth of this city. Currently the production of oil refinery Balikpapan reach 86 million barrels per years. 

Ordik STP Sahid 2015

Yeayyyy. Finally predikat 'MABA' bisa gue tembus juga. Awalnya gue mah bingung, plengak-plengok. Yang lain sibuk nyiapin buku putih, tapi gue malah nyantai. (Ini dikarenakan gue baru dapet info Diterima pas H-3 ordik. Jadi gue nggak tau soal apa aja rulesnya). Dan gilaknya gue musti ngejar deadline buku putih hanya dalam waktu 1 hari! Oh my god!  Disuruh nyanyi, disuruh hafalin nama anggota BEM, lari sana-sini, ah smua udah gue lakuin. Dan ini jadi tantangan tersendiri buat gue.

Gue masuk di Kelompok 1. Awalnya gue masih bingung plus malu malu. Tapi mereka welcome banget ke gue. Syukur banget bisa satu kelompok bareng mereka! Di kelompok ini kami dibina oleh seorang mentor yang BAIK banget, namanya Bang Jefri. Dia nggak pernah ngambek, apalagi Bentak. Dan yang jelas dia friendly banget!

Banyak momment gokil yang gue lewatin bareng kelompok 1. Mulai dari di hukum bareng, makan bareng, ketawa bareng sampe nangis bareng. Ada 1 abang komdis yang paling gue inget. Namanya Bang Jio. Dia paling galak diantara senior lainnya. Awalnya gue takut banget sama tu orang . Eh tapi lama kelamaan Bang Jio jadi asik gitu. Suka ngebanyol.

Hari demi hari akhirnya terlewati. 4 hari Ordik jadi nggak berasa. Di Hari terakhir, smua berjalan tanpa terasa. Nggak tau kenapa, tumben banget gue kagak ngerasa ngantuk di hari itu. Sampai di jam 07.00 Bang Lemboy buat semacem renungan gitu. Bang Jeffri udah pernah bilang sebelumnya kalau hari terakhir bakal ada momment nangis-nangisan, jadi gue udah siapin tissue dari kosan *lol. Sebelum acara dimulai, kita dilarang bicara ke peserta lain (kecuali penting banget). Lagu 'Bunda-Melly G.' Pun terdengar. Air mata gue pun netes tanpa di komando.
"Shit! Kenapa musti dibikin nangis lagi sih? Gue udah kuat!" Batin gue.
Air mata ngucur deras. Gue teflashback waktu mama genggam tangan gue pas di bandara. Gue nangis dalam diam. Tiba tiba Kak Dina datang meluk gue sambil bilang "Adek sayang mama kan?"
"Banget kak" jawab gue
"Sabar ya dek" dia ngusap bahu gue dan berlalu.

Nggak lama Bang Jeff dateng meluk gue sambil ngusap bahu gue.
"Indah Kangen mama Bang" kata gue sambil terisak.
Disitu BangJeff nenangin gue. Aseleh salut gue sama Bang Jeff. Disaat yang lain udah bisa ketawa, gue mah masih nangis. Mata gue bengkak. Disaat itu gue berjanji 'Gue Bakal capai IPK terbaik buat mama'.

Thank's for Bang Jeff as THE BEST MENTOR THAT I EVER HAD!
Thanks for Group one, yang udah mau nerima gue.
Thanks for Abang/kaka komdis yang udah ngajarin gue tentang arti hidup ini *tjackep*
And thanks for Sahid Institute of Tourism yang telah memberikan saya kesempatan untuk melanjutkan pendidikan saya disana. ♥