Rabu, 05 November 2014

The Legend Of Toba Lake

Hai Everyone! now i will tell you a story from Indonesia:))

Once upon a time there was a prosperous village in a far away island called Sumatra. In northern part of the island, lived a farmer whose name was Toba. He lived alone in a hut by a small forest. He worked on his farmland to grow rice and vegetables that he sells to local market. Once day he wanted to catch some fish so he went to a river and fished there. He was very surprised when he got a big fish. The fish was as big as human being. Soon he went home and put the fish in his kitchen. He planned to cook the fish for his dinner that night. When he got to his house that afternoon he took a bath. Then as he walked into his bedroom after taking a bath Toba was very shocked. Do you want to know what happened?

There stood in his living room a very beautiful girl. The girl greeted him nicely. For a moment Toba was speechless. When he could control his emotion he asked her.

‘Who are you? What’s your name? Why suddenly you are here in my house?’

‘Pardon me if I surprised you Mr. Toba, but you took me here. I was the fish that you caught in the river. Now that I become a human being again, I would like to thank you and I will be your servant to express my thankfulness’

‘Were you the fish?’

‘Yes, I was the fish. Look at your kitchen’.

Toba immediately rushed to his kitchen and the fish was nowhere to be seen. He saw some gold coins instead.

‘Whose coins are these? Why there are some coins here?’

‘Those coins are mine. As I changed into human being my scales changed into gold coins’

‘Ok you can live here and work for me. Your room is over there’

‘Thank you very much Mr. Toba’
Since that day the beautiful girl lived in Toba’s house. Since she was very beautiful Toba fell in love with her and not long after that they got married. The girl married to Toba on one condition that he would never tell anybody about her past. Toba agreed to the condition. Several months later Toba’s wife delivered to a baby boy. Their son was healthy. Soon he grew up into a handsome boy. Toba named him Samosir. Unfortunately Samosir was a lazy boy. He did not want to work at all. When his father worked hard in his rice field and farm, Samosir just slept. When he was awake he talked a lot and he ate a lot. Toba was very disappointed with his son’s nature. He hoped that one day Samosir would change into a diligent boy. Day in and day out but Samosir never changed.

Toba used to go to his farm and rice field early in the morning. Then at midday his wife would bring him food. They used to eat lunch at their farm. As he was a teenager Toba and his wife tried to change his behavior. They ordered Samosir to bring food for his father for lunch while her mother stayed at home to do household chores. But Samosir never did his duty well. He always woke up very late. He woke up after midday. Then one day his mother forced him to bring the food.

‘Sam, wake up. Go to the farm and bring the food for your father. He must be very tired and hungry now’.

But Mom, I am tired and hungry too’

‘What makes you tired? You just wake up. Go now. You father needs the food’

Toba reluctantly went to the farm. But he did not go to the farm immediately. He stopped somewhere in the street and ate the food. It was already late afternoon when he got to the farm. His father was disappointed. Then he was angry as he realized that his son had eaten his food. He said sarcastically.

‘O, you are stupid lazy boy. You are son of a fish!’
Samosir was hurt. He went home right away and as he got home he told his mother about his father’s words. Samosir’s mother was shocked. She was also deeply hurt.

‘O Toba. You break your promise so I cannot live with you here anymore. Now you have to accept to consequence of what you did. Samosir, now go to the hill, find the tallest tree and climb it’

‘Why mom? What will happen?’

‘Just do it, never ask any question. Good bye’


As soon as she finished saying that suddenly the weather changed. Sunny day suddenly turned into cloudy day. Not long after that the rain poured heavily. The rain last for several days. Consequently the area was flooded. The whole area became a big lake. Then it was called Lake Toba and in the middle of the lake there is an island called Samosir Island. Meanwhile Toba’s wife disappeared.

Toba Lake
Samosir Island from the top

Kamis, 09 Oktober 2014

MATSWAPATI? Know your culture, love your country!

27 September 2014, Located at Lapangan Bali….

3 Senior High School proudly present “MATSWAPATI”

Matswapati is a festival, “MATSWAPATI” is one of wayang names in Indonesia, what makes Matswapati different from other festival? Matswapati  is a festival that concerned West Java Culture.
This event also purpose to celebrate anniversary of Bandung city, so this event  supported by our Mayor, Ridwan Kamil. Mr. Ridwan Kamil opened the event with a short welcome speech.

Every Grade 10 in our school, must to decorate their own stand, that was make MATSWAPATI more interesting. At our stand, we sell a traditional fan. Sadly:( there was no people that bought our traditional fan, maybe they thought we only display it:((((

MY STAND
The event was very amazing. At the first Mr. Ridwan Kamil gave 6 Trans Studio Bandung ticket FREEE!!!!, there was also an exciting perform from CEPOT AND GARENG, they are brothers. Cepot and Gareng is Wayang too, like MATSWAPATI. Also. There were a perform from drama club SMA 3 called “TISTI”, angklung perform by “KPA 3”, MK, KV and many more:))
THE GUEST STAR IS…….


Glen At MATSWAPATI

Yeah the guest star is Indonesian Top Singer “GLEN FREDLY”. Glen Sang many songs, but I really excited when he sang “KISAH ROMANTIS” I really like that song, so I sang too, and jumped over the stage:))

Guys, I have interview one of my old friend, when I was still at IPA 7, before I joined Acceleration class.

"Oren"
Her name is Florencia Ananda Rossa, she also an event organizer of this event, are you curious?  Check it out!!

ME : “in your opinion, What is MATSWAPATI?”

Floren : “I think MTASWAPATI is cultural event, that event try to remind us that we still have culture that not beaten by western culture, we also have to keep it and maintain its sustainability. One of the way to keep it, is make an event like this”

ME : “why you want to be the event organizer, and why you choose Decoration division?”

Floren : “because I want to be a part of successor this school program, I choose decoration division because I think I can donate my idea and creativity to Decoration division”

ME : “what is the defferent of MATSWAPATI with the others?”

Floren : “the different is MATSWAPATI was opened by our mayor, Ridwan Kamil. Also, the theme is cultural, while others performing arts prefer choose westernized theme, which of course makes us forget that we still have a culture that is as good as western culture”

ME : “how about the lack of this event?”

Floren : “I think, the promotion of this event and seriousness in making this event”

ME : “At last, say something for MATSWAPATI!?”

Floren : “MATSWAPATI, KNOW YOUR CULTURE, LOVE YOUR COUNTRY”

OKAY, that’s all my live interview with one of the event organizer of MATSWAPATI and that interview also end my posting.


Thanks for being a good reader:)) say “hai”:))

Selasa, 07 Oktober 2014

Amazing Structures

Allright guys, i will describe about one of my favorite building -->> Colosseum

The Colosseum, (the Flavian Amphitheatre) is one of Rome's most famous buildings and enduring monuments to the culture of the ancient Romans. Construction was initiated by the Emperor Vespasian around 72 AD. His son Titus reigned over its completion and the official opening ceremonies, about 8 years later, in 80 AD. It was built near the site of Nero's Domus Aurea "Golden House". This is significant in that his successor, Vespasian wanted to erase the memory of Nero's extravagant reign from the minds of Romans. It got its popular name, the Colosseum, because of Nero's colossus (120 ft. high) statue of himself, which was nearby.
The huge theater was originally built encompassing four floors. The first three had arched entrances, while the fourth floor utilized rectangular doorways. The floors each measured between 10,5-13,9 meters (32-42 feet) in height. The total height of the construction was approximately 48 meters (144 feet). The arena measured 79 x 45 meters (237-135 feet), and consisted of wood and sand. (The word "arena" is derived from the Latin arena, which means "sand.") Nets along the sides protected the audience.


The Colosseum had a total spectator capacity of 45,000-55,000. The Amphitheater is built of travertine outside, and of tufa and brick in the interior. The main pedestals were built of marble blocks weighing 5 metric tons (11,000 pounds.) Initially the huge marble blocks were held together by metal-pins. However, the pins were soon carried off by thieves, and had to be replaced by mortar. The total amount of marble needed for the construction measured approximately 100,000 cubic meters. It was carried by 200 ox-pulled carts, which supplied a sufficient flow of needed materials.
inside Colloseum
There were no less than 76 numbered entrances and 4 additional entrances reserved for the Emperor, other VIP's and the gladiators. The Colosseum was designed for easy crowd dispersal; the entire audience could exit the building in five minutes. The interior was divided into three parts: the arena, the podium, and the cavea. Now more than two-thirds of the original building has been removed and the rows of the seats in the cavea are missing. It is very similar to other amphitheaters except this one is much bigger.

The audience, upon entering, climbed sloping ramps to their seats, according to gender and social class. Obviously, the higher one's social status, the better their seating arrangement would be. For example, women (excepting spouses and perhaps imperial family) and the poor, stood or sat on wooden benches in the fourth tier. For inclement or very hot weather conditions, an enormous, colored awning (velarium) could be stretched overhead to protect the crowd.
Colosseum at night
A wooden floor covered subterranean chambers where the gladiators and animals were kept waiting to perform. There is some debate over the idea that the Colosseum was occasionally flooded for mock naval battles. There were canals in place that could have been used for this purpose but the brick used in construction was not the same type of material that they normally used in water resistant materials.

The Colosseum was the Empire's primary stage for gladiatorial combat for nearly 4 centuries. In a show of Rome's wealth and extravagance, during the opening ceremonies in 80 AD, 100 days of the games were held.



Yeah that's all guys:)) see you later! say "hai":))

Selasa, 16 September 2014

Unforgettable Moment

Last year I and my family went to Kaliurang….

Kaliurang is a recreation place, its about 28 km from north of Yogyakarta

I went to Kaliurang because I read on the internet there is an amazing off-road  trip. At that time I and my family was on vacation at grandma's house which is located in Yogyakarta, so I asked to my parents to go there, my parents agreed with me and we went to Kaliurang at the next day.
I went to Kaliurang at the morning, Located 900 meters above sea level, its makes the air cool and fresh. The temperature ranges from 20 until 25 degrees Celsius, the weather is very cold, so we must to wear our jacket. The entrance fee to the Kaliurang are Rp 2,000 for adults and Rp 1,000 for children. On holidays Rp 3000 to Rp 1500 for adults and children. For vehicles are also charged an entrance fee of Rp. 500 for the motorcycle, Rp. 2000 for the car and 3000 for bus or truck. At that time we went by a car.

Like I was said before, there is an amazing off-road trip, named “Lava Tour”. Lava Tour entertain visitors with a view after the eruption of Merapi in the affected region, Kali Kuning, bunker at Kaliadem, people house affected “Wedhus Gembel” is then converted into a museum, Kinahrejo village (village of Mbah Maridjan). We got around this place with offroad car because the terrain is very steep, muddy, and the way is too narrow.

The journey started, after about 5 minutes we stopped at “Museum Sisa Hartaku”, when I entered. I was really shock because there is so many goods, even the animals skeleton that melt, because off Mount Merapi’s lava. I was really sad at that time:(. After that we continued our journey to the bunker, the bunker should be used to protect people who’s inside the bunker from the lava, but because the eruption is too strong, the lava got inside the bunker, and all people at the bunker died, may they rest in peace.
































At the end of the trip, we stopped at unique stone, why I say that stone is unique? Because the stone shape is different with other stone at that place. According local people information, the stone was thrown from the crater of Mount Merapi, when it was eruption. After that our journey was finally ended. I really enjoyed that trip, so do my family
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I think it is unforgettable moment for me, wish I have more experience and I can share to you again


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Senin, 08 September 2014

About My New Friend

Welcome back reader!:)

Now I will describe my new friend, he is a boy, named “Auzan Amanatullah Agnar”, you can just call him “Auzan”, remember not “Fauzan” but “A U Z A N”, at the first time I saw his name, I thought that was  a mistake on writing his name, but actually his name is Auzan. He was born on 1 december 1999, at Bandung. His parents are from Palembang and Boyolali. And he has 1 sister, named “Athira Azalika Ayu” his sister is alumni of 3 Senior High School Bandung, now she is studying at “Institut Tekhnologi Bandung”. Auzan is from 7 Junior High School Bandung.

Auzan is the man who's wearing a glasses
First time I met him, was when we were in group together during the school orientation, after that we were a classmate at XIPA7, after 1 month passed in XIPA7, we get an invitation to attend an acceleration school program, at the first we very confused about that, because we afraid we can’t do anything in the acceleration class, because the students inside acceleration class is very smart, even genius, but finally after many change of decisions, we decide to take the invitation and join acceleration class. Fortunately we’re being a classmate again, I’m very happy because there were 10 students from XIPA7 include Auzan. And at that moment, I officially would be his classmate until we graduated from 3 Senior High School Bandung.

Now let’s talk about Auzan’s favorite Animals..

He’s really love animals especially animal with fur like cat, rabbit etc. in his house, he has 4 cats, one of them is their mother and the others are kids. . The mother are mixbreed of persian and angoran while it kids or which can we call kitten are mixbreed of their mother and a local cats. Auzan thinks they are really cute and fluffy, it’s makes he want to squeeze them and hug them. But now, there were 2 cats had died, so sad:(

Last, I want to tell you about Auzan dreams. Once, Auzan told me, he want to be a programmer because he thinks it’s fun to make a games or anything like that. I admit he’s good at IT and that was the right choose for Auzan to be a programmer. Now he has to study hard to achieve his dream, and hope that he can continue his study to ITB and take STEI majors.

Well that’s all about my new friend.

Thank you for always reading my blog, say “hai” :)

My Biography

Hi everyone, welcome to my blog! My name is Riansyah Widisaputra, many people call me “rian”, so do you. Now, I’m studying at 3 Senior High School Bandung. I was born at Purworejo, it is about 1 hour from Yogyakarta, and I was born on 16 august 1998. I have 1 brother, and I’m the youngest. My father is Betawi (people who’s born at Jakarta) and my mother is Javanese. Maybe it’s just a little bit of my biography.

Now let me introduce my self further….
yeah, that's me
Like I was said before, I have 1 brother, he’s name is Randyasta Adipratama you can call him “Randy”. He was born on 23 june 1997, yeah he’s only 14 months older than me. Now I’m at grade X and he’s at XI, he’s studying at 7 Senior High School, I could be at the same grade as him, because I take an acceleration program in my school, so I can graduate from senior high school just for 2 years. My father was born on 28 september 1973 and my mother was on 24 december 1973. My father’s name is Susetyo Adi, he’s a BUMN employee and my mother is Herny Widiyasih, she’s work at “Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan RI” . I often spend my time with my lovely family, if I can’t meet them, I usually phone them and ask about everything that i can ask to them. I have so many hobby, such as playing football, reading a book, drawing something.., chatting with everyone, lost a pen, eat all food at dining room, and many more, well, that’s only a small part of my strange hobby. 

I love animal, but most of them was died because of many reason, but I still have one lovely pet, it’s arowana, I really love him, I take care of him since he was little until now. Now he’s different, he is getting bigger and have sharp teeth, and the food was different, now he can eat frog or fish, even he’s grow bigger and being scary, I still love him because he can being my friend when I was alone.

About my dream, I want to be an architect that was my dream when I was at grade 4. Why must an architect? Because, I love drawing and designing. I know, if you want to be an architect, you must to study mathematic hard, you must to be very carefully in calculating, and know about everything related with building construction. I think that‘s a challenge for me, not an obstacles to be an architect. Because I have a mindset, “if there is something that you think it’s very hard, and you can’t do, why don’t you think it’s a little things that you can learn and you can do it easily. So don’t be negative thinking and do it with pleasure”

so i want to continue my study to ITB and take SAPPK majors

I think that’s all of my biography, thanks for being a good reader! say “hai”:)