tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40528299467345273642024-03-14T00:54:17.300+07:00Kardoman TumanggerDare to live until the very last.
Dare to live forget about the past.
Dare to live giving something of yourself to others, even when it seems there's nothing more left to give.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15810272520652295411noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052829946734527364.post-56930082954056757282014-11-10T15:11:00.000+07:002014-11-19T13:16:57.328+07:00Macau: Asia's Las Vegas (3 Countries in 3 Days Part 3)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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spelled Macao, is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the People's
Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong. Macau lies on the western side of
the Pearl River Delta across from Hong Kong, which is about 64 kilometers to
the east, and it is also bordered by Guangdong Province to the north and the
South China Sea to the east and south.</span></span></div>
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A former Portuguese colony, Macau
was administered by Portugal from the mid-16th century until late 1999, when it
was the last remaining European colony in Asia. Portuguese traders first
settled in Macau in the 1550s. In 1557, Macau was rented to Portugal by the
Ming Dynasty as a trading port. The Portuguese administered the city under
Chinese authority and sovereignty until 1887, when Macau became a colony of the
Portuguese empire. Sovereignty over Macau was transferred back to China on 20
December 1999. The Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of Macau
stipulate that Macau operate with a high degree of autonomy until at least
2049, fifty years after the transfer.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">Under the policy of "one country, two
systems", the PRC's Central People's Government is responsible for the
territory's defense and foreign affairs, while Macau maintains its own legal
system, police force, monetary system, customs policy, and immigration policy.
Macau participates in many international organizations and events that do not
require members to possess national sovereignty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Interesting Facts about Macau:</span></span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">With
an estimated population of around 624,000 living in an area of 31.3 km2 (12.1
sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Macau is one of the world's richest cities, with the highest GDP per capita by purchasing power parity as of 2013, according to the World Bank.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It become the world's largest gambilng centre in 2006, with the economy heavily dependent on gambling and tourism, as well as manufacturing.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">According to The World Factbook, Macau has the second highest life expentancy in the world. Moreover, it is one of only a few regions in Asia with a "Very High Human Development Index", rangking 25th as of 2011.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">From Hong Kong to Macau we use TurboJET, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;">the recognized leader in the Hong
Kong-Macau high-speed passenger transportation industry. For ticket price, you can check on <a href="http://www.turbojet.com.hk/en/" target="_blank">TurboJET website</a>. It took 2 hours to reach Macau. Our first destination was <b>The Macau Fisherman's Wharf</b>, located at Freguesia da Sé in Macau Peninsula, near the Hong
Kong-Macau Ferry Pier. Visitor attractions: Tang Dynasty Fortress, East Meets West (Vulcania, Aladdin's Fort, Aqua Romanis, Roman Amphitheatre "Colloseum"), Legend Wharf "Vasco da Gama Waterworld".</span></span></span></div>
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Our next destination is <b>Macau Tower</b>. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
tower measures 338 m (1,109 ft) in height from ground level to the highest
point. An observation deck with panoramic views, restaurants, theaters, shopping
malls and the Skywalk X, a thrilling walking tour around the outer rim. It
offers the best view of Macau and in recent years has been used for a variety
of adventurous activities. At 233 meters, the Macau Tower's tethered
"skyjump" and Bungee jump by AJ Hackett from the tower's outer rim,
is the second highest commercial skyjump in the world, after Vegas' Stratosphere
skyjump at 260 meters. The tower was created by the architecture firm of Craig
Craig Moller. Besides being used for observation and entertainment, the tower is
also used for telecommunications and broadcasting.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Then we moved to the <b>Ruins of St. Paul</b>, one of Macau;s best kown landmarks. The ruins <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;">including of what was originally
St. Paul's College and the Cathedral of St. Paul also known as "Mater
Dei", a 17th-century Portuguese cathedral dedicated to Saint Paul the
Apostle. Built from 1602 to 1640 by the Jesuits, the cathedral was
one of the largest Catholic churches in Asia at the time, and the royalty of Europe
vied with each other to bestow upon the cathedral the best gifts. With the
decline in importance of Macau, which was overtaken as the main port for the
Pearl River Delta by Hong Kong, the cathedral's fortunes similarly ebbed, and
it was destroyed by a fire during a typhoon on the 26 January 1835. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;">Unfortunately, we don't have enough time to visit The Venetian and Largo do Senado (Senado Square) because we need to go back to Hong Kong before 3pm. We still have something to do in Hong Kong, in our last night there. Ladies Market! Yes, it <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">is one
of the most well-known street markets in Hong Kong, where various kinds of
products are available for cheap prices (not just for women, as its name
suggests). We're looking for marchandise as a gift for our friends in Indonesia.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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We don't spent much time at Sentosa Island, we have to go back to the airport. Our next flight was at 2pm so we need to get hurry before it's too late. We took MTR to the airport, check in and then took a lunch. It was wonderful, we still have a lot of time at the Burger King. And then we entered the boarding room. Here was the problem started. The airport officer ask us to weigh our hand baggage. And my baggage is 13 kg, over 3kg. I was trying to dispose some of my stuffs and then try again from the other entrance gate. Unfortunately, my baggage still 13kg and the officer mad on me because her colleague has put sign on my boarding pass. She said that I must pay the over baggage about 90 Singapore Dollar. Wtf!!! I was trying to argue but she didn't listen and I gave up. Finally, I have to disposed more of my stuff and then she let me go. Damn!!</div>
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Flight from Singapore to HK took 4 hours. After landed at Hong Kong International Airport, we took bus and it took about 1 hours to reach our hostel, Manila Hotel at Chung King Mansion. This building located at 36-44 Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Shui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The building is well known to tourists as nearly the cheapest accomodation in Hong Kong. Chung King Mansions contains the largest number of guest house in one building, with 1980 rooms in total. Since it offers some of the cheapest rates in town, it has become a legendary haunt for backapckers and budget travellers like us.</div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ngong Ping Cable Car is a 5.7-kilometre (3.5 mi) long bi-cable gondola lift</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> system (referred to by its operators as a "cable car") linking between Tung Chung </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">(where it connects the MTR Tung Chung station</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">and Ngong Ping</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">(where the Polin Monastery and Tian Tian Buddha </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">are located). Between the two terminals at Tung Chung and Ngong Ping, the lift system runs across the southern shore of the Hong Kong International Airport Island and Nei Lak Shan</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, with eight towers including the stations. Five of the towers are located within the country park.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The cable car journet offers a 25 minutes alternative to the current one-hour journey by Thung Chung Road, allowing visitors to glide across Tung Cgung Bay and up to Lantau Island towards Ngong Ping Plateau. During the 25 minute journey, travellers can see panoramic views over the North Lantau Country Park, the South China Sea, Hong Kong International Airport, the Thung Chung Valley, Ngong Ping Plateu and sorrounding terrain and waterways. As visitors approach Ngong Ping, they can see The Big Buddha and the Po Lin Monastery.</span></span></div>
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Our next destination after Ngong Ping 360 was Disneyland Hong Kong. Despite my friend ever told me that visiting Disneyland HK is nort worth to see compare to the price we have to pay, but visiting HK will not completed yet without Disneyland. Well nothing was attract my attention while in Disneyland, I even did not enjoyed that time. Maybe for kids, Disneyland is amazing, but for adult people like me, hell no..</div>
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With over 100 incredibly life-like wax figures, Madame Tussauds Hong Kong delivers a fun and interactive celebrity experience in which everyone can either become a star, or just compare themselves to the real thing.</div>
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<span style="color: black;">Located in The Peak Tower, guests can gawk at some of the world’s most famous faces in ten themed areas: Hong Kong Glamour, Royal Family, Historical and National Heroes, TV Studio, World Premiere, SCREAM, The Champions, Authentic History, Music Icons and Fantasy Kingdom. They can learn martial arts from Jackie Chan, practice Wing Chun with Donnie Yen, pose with Barack Obama, live the glitz and glamour of the red carpet with Angelina Jolie, enjoy an elegant breakfast date with Audrey Hepburn, shoot hoops with Yao Ming, dance with Lady Gaga, perform some fancy footwork with Cristiano Ronaldo, feel Andy Lau’s heartbeat and meet Marvel superheroes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">SCREAM is Hong Kong’s first permanent scary attraction, and its name is well and truly justified. Set against a chilling backdrop of an abandoned asylum, it promises to stir up humanity’s deepest and darkest fears using a mix of live performers and wax monsters. When journeying through the dark corridors, daring and brave guests will need to escape an asylum choked with rampaging psychopaths on the loose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">With commemorative plaques, celebrity handprints, descriptive milestones, movie memorabilia, a life-size statue of <em>kung fu</em> action hero Bruce Lee and a bronze rendering of popular cartoon character McDull, the Avenue of Stars fittingly sets the glamour of Hong Kong’s film industry against the captivating dazzle of Victoria Harbour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The atmosphere here is always lively, with around 30 performances, including music, drama and dance, organised each month. This is also the perfect vantage point to catch the <em><a href="http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/highlight-attractions/harbour-view/a-symphony-of-lights.jsp"><span style="color: blue;">A Symphony of Lights</span></a></em> multimedia show.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Singapore, 21st August 2014</h4>
It's been 3 months since my last post. I'm kinda lazy to write a new post because I got no idea what to write or something interesting to tell you. But now, I'm trying to write a post about my travel to three countries. I'm sorry if you find my English is not perfect or not good at all. I'm still learning.<br />
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So, here is the story. Me and my friends plan to travel abroad together about six months ago, and we agreed to visit Hong Kong. Since I never been to Singapore, I beg them to transit one day in Singapore and travel around and fortunately, they didn't mind. So we start with Singapore, then Hong Kong and Macau. We flew to Singapore from Surabaya on August 20 at 1.50 pm and arrived in Singapore at 5.20 pm. We supposed to fly at 8.40 pm but as you know, T*gerAir is not one of the best airlines, they often change the time or even canceled the flight with or without compensation. Sorry but that's the truth.</div>
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After arrived at Changi International Airport of Singapore, the best airport in the world by Skytrax, me, Ivon & Febri contact Mas Adi, Ivonne's friend who work in Singapore. We asked him to let us sleep on his apartment that night and he welcome us. Thanks to Mas Adi. We slept like only 3 hours and the morning come so fast. We prepare to travel around Singapore before our next flight at 2pm. </div>
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Our first destination is Merlion Park, a landmark of Singapore. Merlion Park is a major tourist attraction with more than 1 milion visitors per year, located at Fullerton One, Singapore, near the Central Business District. The Merlion in Merlion Park has been erected as a symbol to welcome all visitors to Singapore. It was formally installed at a ceremony on 15th September 1972 by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, the Prime Minister. The statue was made from November 1971 to August 1972 by the late Singapore sculptor, Mr. Lim Nang Seng, it measures 8.6 metres high and weighs 70 tons. </div>
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Our second destination is Universal Studio Singapore in Resort World Sentosa on Sentosa Island. It's the second Universal Studio theme park to open in Asia (Japan being the first) and the first in Southeast Asia. Actually we didn't enter the studios, just walking around and taking some pictures in the Universal Globe. Besides we don't have enough time, the entrance ticket also expensive. </div>
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For further information about Singapore tourism, <a href="http://www.yoursingapore.com/" target="_blank">please click here</a>.</h4>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">After 26 years of my life, finally I
have a chance to travel abroad. My first destination is Shanghai, China. Many of
my friends was questioning my choice. The only reason was because I have a friend
there, his name is Emil Dela Cruz. We have been becoming friend for 3 years since
April 2011. I ever made a promise to visit him in Manila (he is Filipino) and
for some reasons I couldn’t make it. Then he asked me again to visit him in Shanghai (he work there) then I prepared everything for my first travel abroad. Thanks to Emil who couraging me to travel so far. </span></span></o:p></span></b><br />
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11.30 am (GMT+7), with AirAsia QZ200 Airbus A320, I flew to Kuala Lumpur in 2
hours. After 5 hours transit in KLIA 2, AirAsia D7330 Airbus A330-300 brought
me to Pudong International Airport in Shanghai.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Shanghai is the largest Chinese
city by population and the largest city proper by population in the world. It
is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities, with a population of more
than 24 million as of 2013. It is a global financial center, and a transport
hub with the world's busiest container port. Located in the Yangtze River Delta
in East China, Shanghai sits at the mouth of the Yangtze in the middle portion
of the Chinese coast. The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and
Zhejiang to the north, south and west, and is bounded to the east by the East
China Sea.</span></span><br />
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tourist destination renowned for its historical landmarks such as The Bund,
City God Temple and Yu Garden as well as the extensive Lujiazui skyline and
major museums including the Shanghai Museum and the China Art Museum. It has
been described as the "showpiece" of the booming economy of mainland
China.</span></div>
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and attractions that I visited in Shanghai. I hope this information will help
you if you plan to visit Shanghai. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yu Garden is the finest
example of traditional Chinese Garden in Shanghai. The Garden is situated in
the old city and spread over 5 acres. It’s a heaven of peace and tranquility,
featuring rockeries, ponds pavilions, tower and lotus pool.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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more than 400 years ago by Pan Yunduan who spent 20 years building the garden
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Luwa
Road, Pudong, Shanghai, China.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yuyuan
Garden Metro Station exit 1 (Line 10).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Opening times: 8.30 am –
5.30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1st
April – 30th June; 1st Sep – 30th Nov: 40 RMB<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1st
July – 31 Aug; 1 Dec – 31st March: 30 RMB<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Overview</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
Shanghai Old Town is known as Yuyuan. It used to be sorrounded by a defensive
wall and remains of its circular shape still can be seen. Notable features
include the City God Temple which located in the old city and is connected to
the Yuyuan Garden. Today, most of the walls have been replaced by broad
circular avenues – the Renmin Lu to the North and Zhonghua Lu to the South.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
city wall (parts of which remain to this day) was built in 1554 in order to
protectthe town from raids by Japanese pirates. At the time it measured 10m
high and 5km in circumference.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Luwa
Road, Pudong, Shanghai, China.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yuyuan
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yuyuan
Market, also called Yuyuan Bazaar has been re-established, taking visitors back
100 years. The Old Street has re-created the lost trades, such as the coins
banks, mahogany furniture shops, pawnshops, old style teahouses, old wine
shops, and embroidery shops to name a few. There’s also such as steamed
ravioli, vegetarians buns, wine and meat dumplings and radish-shred cakes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">100
years ago, the earliest native banks, gold stores, silverware shops, pubs,
teahoueses, theatres and almost all the traditional industries opened on
Shanghai Old Street.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">218
Anren Street, Huangpu, Shanghai<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yuyuan
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">LUJIAZUI AREA</span></span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Oriental Pearl Tower</span></b></span></span></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
Oriental Pearl Tower is perhaps Shanghai’s most distintintive building, rising
468 metres (top floor is 350 metres) above the Huangpu River. The tower is
widely known to be a television antenna, but only the top 118 metres are used
for broadcasting. The rest of the tower consists of observation deck, a
restaurant and a hotel. The observation deck provide fantastic views over
Shanghai.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Interesting
Facts</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It was completed in 1994 becoming China’s
tallest building, until 2007 when the title was taken by its close neighbour,
the Shanghai World Financial Centre.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The design of building is based on a Tan
dynasty poem about the haunting sound made by a lute.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Phone
(021) 5879-1888<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2
Lujiazui Ring Road, Pudong, Shanghai.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Lujiazui
Metro Station exit 1 & 2 (Line 2)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Visitor
Info</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Opening
times: 8am – 9.30pm every day<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Price
: From 135 RMB</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Overview</span></b></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
88-stories Jin Mao Tower was completed in 1999. It is 420.5 meters (almost 1380
feet) tall and covers an area of 2.3 hectares (5.68 acres). The building
includes modern offices, a deluxe 5-star hotel – the Grand Hyatt Shanghai,
exhibition halls, banquet halls, an oberservation deck and entertainment
facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Interesting
Facts</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">·</span><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The building’s proportion revolve around the
number 8, associated with prosperity in Chinese culture.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The tower is designed to withstand an
earthquake of 6 on the Richter scale and the strongest level of typhoon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Two direct elevators run at the speed of 9.1
m per second – from the groundto the top just takes 45 seconds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Contact</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Phone
(021) 5047-5101<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">88
Century Avenue, Pudong, Shanghai<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Lujiazui
Metro Station exit 5 (Line 2)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Visitor
Info</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Opening
times: 8am – 9.30pm every day<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Price
: adult/student/child : RMB 120/90/60<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Free
entry to the 88th floor observation deck with your BBT (Big Bus Tour) ticket<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b>Shanghai World Financial
Centre (SWFC)</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
Financial Centre includes a shopping centre (IFC Mall), restaurants, a hotel (Park
Hyatt Hotel) and offices. On the 100th floor, view across city from one of the
world’s highest observation deck can be enjoyed (in 2009, SFWC observatory was
awarded by Guinnes Book of Record as the highest observation deck). For those
with a head for geights, the observation deck’s glass floor gives a unique
perspective as you gaze 1,555ft (474m) down to streets below.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Facts</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>It was intended to be tallest building in the
world when designed in 1997 (492m), but by the time construction started in
2003, the 508m Taipei 101 in Taiwan had already surpassed it. Plans were
revisited but the tower couldn’t be build any higher as the foundations had
already been laid.</li>
<li>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>To protect building from fierce winds, the
building holds two tuned mass dampers below its observation floors, which move
to counteract the building’s sway during windstorms and earthquake (8 on the
Richter scale).</li>
<li>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>The building is informally referred to as The
Bottle Opener.</li>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Phone
(021) 3867-2008<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">100
Century Avenue, Pudong, Shanghai<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">DongChang
Rd Metro Station exit 4 or Lujiazui Metro Station exit 6<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Visitor
Info</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Opening
times: 8am – 11pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">floors 100, 97 & 94: 180 RMB,
senior/student: 120 RMB, child: 90 RMB<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">floor 94: 120, senior/student: 80 RMB, Child:
60 RMB<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Exclusive tour: 300 RMB<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b>Shanghai Ocean Aquarium</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
Shanghai Ocean Aquarium is the largest and most varied in China and home to
some 10,000 varieties of sea creatures, with a collection of more than 450 species
of aquatic animals from 5 continents and 4 oceans.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Phone
(021) 5877-9988<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">188
Lujiazui Ring Rd, Pudong Shanghai, China<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Lujiazui
Metro Station exit 1<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Visitor
Info</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Opening
times: 9am-6pm every day (extended to 9 pm during holidays)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Price:
above 1.4m: 160RMB, between 1m & 4m: 110 RMB, senior: 90RMB<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
Bund is Shanghai’s world famous waterfront that stretches for 1 mile along the
western bank of the Huangpu River. A stroll along the riverside provides
gorgeous views of the historic buildings on the Bund and accros the river to
the modern financial district of Pudong.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">·</span><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The ornate art-deco buildings along the Bund
reflect the wide range of foreign connections that establish Shanghai as an
international trading port. They take architectural influence from Britain, the
United States, Russia, Japan, France, Germany, Belgium, and Holland and act as
a reminder of Shanghai’s international heritage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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embanked quay.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Take
Metro Line 2 or Line 10 to East Nanjing Road Station. Then walk about 10
minutes toward the Huangpu River.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Nanjing
Road is one of the world’s busiest shopping streets. It’s a must see
metropolitan destination, attracting thousand of fashion seeking shoppers from
all over the world. It’s regarded as the city’s principal shopping street.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Nanjing Road stretches 5.5km from the Bund in
the east to the junction of Jing’an temple and Yan’an West Street in the west,
with Shanghai’s centre point People’s Square in the middle. Nanjing Road is the
world’s longest shopping district at 3.4 miles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The road can traced back to 1845, when it was
called Park Lane. After two road extensions, it was named formally as Nanking
Road in 1862 by the Municipal Council, which administered the International
Settlement. In Chinese it was usually referred as the Main Road.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In 1943 the International Settlement was
annuled and after World War II, the Government changed the name to Nanjing
Road.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">People
Square is the largest public square in the city, located in the centre of
Shanghai and it was the demarcation point of East and West Nanjing Road.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
area was once a horse racecourse reputed to be one of the most profitable
industries during 1930s. After gambling and horse racing were banned by the new
Communist government, a part of the race course became People’s Square, which
included a large avenue and spectator stands for use during parades.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Shanghai Museum<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
Shanghai Museum houses ancient Chinese art and holds a collection of 120,000
precious works.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">China was one of the first countries to use
coins as currency. The museum has a collection of over 7000 pieces of Chinese coins
signifying the economic exchange and development of China with other foreign
countries.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The museum was designed to resemble a Chinese
cooking pot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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(021) 6372-3500<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">201
Ren Min Da Dao, Shanghai 200003<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Take
Metro Line 1, 2 or 8 and get off at People's Square Station. Get out of the
station from Exit 1and walk south.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
Grand Theatre has one of the largest and best equipped automatic stages in the
world. It has become the stage for world class opera, ballet and symphony
performances, international art activities and education.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Phone
(021) 6372-8701<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">300
Renmin Avenue, Huangpu, Shanghai<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Shanghai Art Museum</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
Shanghai Art Museum showcases artwork in its 12 exhibit halls, ranging from
modern traditional oils to recent pop canvases. The building is also worth
seeing in its own right, due to the meticulously restored wood and marble
interior of this 5 story, neoclassical landmark.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Interesting
Facts</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The building was constructed in 1933 as the
clubhouse for the Shanghai Race Club racecourse.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The building has one of the most noticeable
clock towers in the city. However, the clock was persistenly inaccurate. It was
finally renovated in 2006 and has been displaying the correct time ever since.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Phone
(021) 6327-2829<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">325
West Nanjing Road, People’s Park, Huangpu, Shanghai<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Opening
times: 9am - 5pm every day<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Price:
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Shanghai Urban Planning
Exhibition Centre<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Centre displays the latest information or
urban development and shows Shanghai citizen’s cultural and artistic
cultivation. The star of the show is the large scale model of urban Shanghai in
its entirety, showing current buildings as well as approved future buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Phone
(021) 6318-4477<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">100
Renmin Avenue, Huangpu, Shanghai<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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info</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Opening
times: Tuesday-Sunday, 9am – 5pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Price:
Adult: 30 RMB, Student: 15 RMB, Chiild (under 1.2m): Free</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">PUTOU, JING'AN & HUANGPU AREA</span></span></h3>
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<b>Jade Buddha Temple</b></h4>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
Jade Buddha Temple is an active place of worship with 70 resident monks. The
two precious jade statues are rare cultural relics. Both the Sitting Buddha and
the Recumbent Buddha are carved with jade.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Interesting
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
Jade Buddha Temple was founded in 1882 when the two Buddha statues were
imported from Burma.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Phone
(021) 6266-3668<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">170
Anyuan Road, Putou, Shanghai, 200060<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Changshou
Rd Metro Station exit 5 (Line 7)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Opening
times: 8am – 3.30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Price:
20 RMB<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Jing’an Temple</h4>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
Jing’an Temple is the most famous landmark in the Jing’an District. The small,
brightly</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">decorated temple is a very
popular atrraction and often busy with visitors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Interesting
Facts</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">·</span><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It’s the oldest landmark in the city, its
origin dating back to 247 AD. This means it was built more than 1000 years
before the official establishment of Shanghai in 1292.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Originally located beside Suzhou Creek and
named the Hudu Chongyuan Temple, it was relocated to its current site in 1216
during the Song dynasty (960-1279 AD).</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A famous calligrapher renamed is’s Jing’an
Temple in 1945. Unfortunately, the temple was burnt down to ruins in 1972. Reconstruction
only began in 1984 and the whole temple was finally reopen to the public in
1990.</span></span></li>
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tranquility”.</span></span></li>
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(021) 6256-6366<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1686
West Nanjing Rd, Jing’an District, Shanghai<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Temple Metro Station (Line 2 & 7)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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times: 7.30 am – 5pm every day<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Price:
30 RMB<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Nanpu Bridge</h4>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
Nanpu Bridge is one of the largest bridges in the world and spans the Huangpu
River, connecting the Puxi and Pudong Districts. With 10 lanes and 150m towers,
the Nanpu Bridge is a very impressive structures and dominate the river.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">·</span><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To accomodate the large ships that travel up
and down the Huangpu River, the bridges central span is 423m wide and 46m high. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It’s probably most famous for spiral approach
on the Puxi side of the river, where over 1 km of 10 lanes highway winds up
into the sky.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Nanpu
Bridge Metro Station (Line 4)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The 2010 Shanghai World Expo</span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Expo
2010, officially Expo 2010 Shanghai China was held on both banks of the Huangpu
River in Shanghai, China, from 1 May to 31 October 2010. It was a major World
Expo in the tradition of international fairs and expositions, the first since
1992. The theme of the exposition was "Better City – Better Life" and
signifies Shanghai's new status in the 21st century as the "next great world
city". The Expo emblem features the Chinese character </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">世</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">
('world', Chinese "shì") modified to represent three people together
with the 2010 date. It had the largest number of countries participating (192
countries) and was the most expensive Expo in the history of the world's fairs.
The Shanghai World Expo was also the largest World's Fair site ever at 5.28
square km. By the end of the expo, over 73 million people had visited – a
record attendance – and 246 countries and international organizations had
participated. On 16 October 2010, the expo set a single-day record of over 1.03
million visitors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Expo Axis<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
main building - called "Expo Axis" – has the world's largest membrane
construction and was built by SBA (architects) and Knippers Helbig (structural
engineers). The building consists of some steel-glass funnels with a 1,000 m
long membrane construction. The main construction was completed at the end of
2009.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
China pavilion at Expo 2010 (Chinese: </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">中国国家</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: MingLiU;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">馆</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">; pinyin: Zhōngguó guójiā guǎn) in
Shanghai, China, colloquially known as the Oriental Crown (Chinese: </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: MingLiU;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">东方之冠</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">; pinyin: Dōngfāng zhī
Guān), was the largest national pavilion at the Shanghai Expo and the largest
display in the history of the World Expo. It was also the most expensive
pavilion at the Shanghai Expo costing an estimated US$220 million. The pavilion
showcased China’s civilisation and modern achievements by combining traditional
and modern elements in its architecture, landscaping and exhibits. After the
end of the Expo 2010, the building was converted to a museum. On October 1,
2012, it was reopened as the China Art Museum, the largest art museum in Asia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mercedes-Benz Arena<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
Mercedes-Benz Arena (Chinese: </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">梅</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">赛德斯</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">奔</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">驰文化中心</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">; pinyin: Méisàidésī-bēnchí Wénhuà Zhōngxīn), formerly
known as the Shanghai World Expo Cultural Center, is an indoor arena located on
the former grounds of Expo 2010 in Pudong, Shanghai, China. It is owned and
operated by the AEG-OPG joint venture. The arena is sponsored in a ten-year
deal by Mercedes-Benz and was officially renamed the Mercedes-Benz Arena on
January 15, 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
facility seats 18,000 people and includes a smaller venue, The Mixing Room
& Muse, which is a more intimate live-music venue. The arena hosted the
opening ceremony for the Expo 2010, during which it was known as the Expo
Cultural Center.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
arena was opened for concerts since late 2010. Notable concerts: Usher, James
Blunt, Akon, Maroon 5, Elton John, Jennifer Lopez, Adam Lambert, Simple Plan,
Metallica, Owl City, Pitbull, Tony Bennet, Justin Bieber, Alicia Keys, Avril
Lavigne, Bruno Mars, The Rolling Stone, Taylor Swift, and many more.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15810272520652295411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052829946734527364.post-11704240274627957122014-04-26T13:26:00.000+07:002014-07-26T14:29:25.515+07:00Raja Ampat - The Richest Coral Reef on Earth & Indonesia’s Top Liveaboard Diving Destination<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Well.. this is probably the most anticipated post. And this is gonna be the greatest trip I ever had in my entire life. I'm so excited and antusiastic to tell you about amazing Raja Ampat, West Papua.</span><br />
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Perhaps Indonesian people quite familiar with Raja Ampat, an archipelago in western Papua with beautiful beaches, unique cultural and rich of coral reef. But now let me give a detil information about this amazing place that I summarized from many sources on internet. Check it out guys!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Home to more than ten times the number of hard coral species found in the Caribbean, Raja Ampat is legendary among experienced scuba divers as one of the top liveboard dive destinations in the entire world. And there is so much more to learn about Raja Ampat (which when translated in English means "The Four Kings"). The first comprehensive scientific survey of the area was only conducted in 2001, a record-breaking census with found nearly 1,000 tropical fish species-many of the species discovered had been preveiously unknown.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Raja Ampat archipelago, part of Coral Triangle, located at the northwest corner of Indonesia's West Papua province, encompassing 40,000 km2 of land and sea and including a series of more than 1,500 islands which sorround the main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo. Raja Ampat Regency is a new regency which separated from
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Located at the intersection of the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, Raja Ampat has been described as a "species factory". Powerful deep-sea currents funnel nutrients into Raja Ampat's delicate fringing coral reefs, blue water drop-offs, mangrove flats, and sea-grass beds to form the foundation of the food chain which feeds a spectaculer diversity of marine life.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The name of Raja Ampat comes from local mythology that tells
about a woman who finds seven eggs. Four of the seven eggs hatch and become
kings that occupy four of Raja Ampat biggest islands whilst the other three
become a ghost, a woman, and a stone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">History shows that Raja Ampat was once a part of Sultanate
of Tidore, an influential kingdom from Maluku. Yet, after the Dutch invaded
Maluku, it was shortly claimed by the Netherlands. The main occupation for
people around this area is fishing since the area is dominated by the sea. They
live in a small colony of tribes that spreads around the area. Although
traditional culture still strongly exists, they are very welcoming to visitors.
Their religion is dominantly Christian.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Confirmed - Raja Ampat Islands Contain World's Richest Coral
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of the world's most experienced tropical marine scientists, led by The Nature
Conservancy, completed a 3 week expedition to the Indonesian islands of Raja
Ampat, where they confirmed that the area contains the richest coral reefs in
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The scientists found that the number of reef fish and coral
species in the area is even greater than previously expected. At least 465
coral species were recorded, with at least 20 species defying identification
and under further study. This brings the total confirmed corals from the Raja
Ampat islands to 505 species, which is an incredible 64% of all known coral
species in the world.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></div>
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(including 4 new to Indonesia) and raising the known total for Raja Ampat to
1,065 species - amongst the highest diversity in the world. A new personal
record of 284 fish species on 1 single dive in Raja Ampat was set by Dr. Gerry
Allen at Kofiau Island. When lab results on marine samples are completed, the
scientists expect to find species of fish and coral that are new to science.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The spectacular Wayag Islands are without a doubt the
subject of the most commonly seen photographs of Raja Ampat and are the number
one item on most visitors' lists of things to see, but very similar iconic
views can be more easily had elsewhere.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The conical karst island seascape of Pulau Wayag is Raja
Ampat's poster child. You won't see a tourism promotion or magazine article
about Raja Ampat that doesn't feature the islands and their surrounding
sapphire seas, but Wayag is not easy to get to and is quite expensive to visit.
Lying to the north west of Waigeo, Wayag is a round trip of over 300km (~200
miles) from Waisai. There's no accommodation in the Wayag group, so if you want
to visit you'll be up for a long day trip from wherever you are staying.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In October 2013 Wayag's traditional owners closed public
access to the islands. Although some travellers still manage to make the
journey, visiting Wayag has remained difficult ever since.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Wayag's traditional owners live on Kawe and have seen little
of the money being spent by tourists visiting Wayag. Tour operators bypass Kawe
on the way to Wayag and none of the money being charged to visit Wayag is paid
to the islands' traditional owners. Kawe has also seen little of the
development assistance provided to some of Raja Ampat's other island
communities. Kawe islanders are consequently justifiably upset by the fact that
their traditional lands form one of Raja Ampat's biggest tourist drawcards but
their community receives no benefit from the income being generated by their
asset. Their decision to restrict access to Wayag was made in an attempt to
force stakeholders to the negotiating table.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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about which family groups have priority claims in the negotiations.</span></span></div>
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spectacular scenery and two locations in particular provide panoramas extremely
like those of the Wayag Islands. Both of these are much closer to Waisai than
Wayag and both have the additional benefit of there being homestays available
so you can stay in these island wonderlands.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Piaynemo is the correct local spelling of the name of the
island marked on most maps of Raja Ampat as "Penemu". Penemu is about
60km (~40 miles) west of Waisai and has a karst island seascape almost
indistinguishable from that of Wayag. In Piaynemo we can see a lot of baby sharks closely even we can feed them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Piaynemo can be reached by 15HP longboat in about 90 minutes. Half that if you
want to pay for a speedboat. Check out </span><a href="http://www.stayrajaampat.com/accommodation/piaynemo-homestay" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Piaynemo Homestay's page</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> if you'd like
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Working in the remote area give me more time and opportunity to explore more interesting places. And this time, I want to use my 1 week off day plus 1 day annual leave to travel around Papua (Jayapura and Raja Ampat). My company provide me a free ticket from Sorong to Jakarta once in 2 weeks. Usually my routes is from Sorong to Jakarta via Makassar. But this time, I want to try new route. With the same prices, my company allowed me to reroute my flight from Sorong to Jakarta via Jayapura. This time I'm going to tell you about Jayapura, next post I'm going to tell you about Raja Ampat.<br />
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Before I tell you more about my trip to Jayapura, let me give you a short explanation about this beuatiful city that I summarized from many sources. Jayapura is the provincial
capital of Papua, Indonesia. It is situated on the island of New Guinea. It is
situated on Yos Sudarso Bay (formerly known as Humboldt Bay). Jayapura is the
largest city, boasting a small but active tourism industry; it is built on a
slope overlooking the bay. <a href="http://jayapurakota.bps.go.id/9471/index.php" target="_blank">Its approximate population in 2012 was 273.928</a>, about 60% of its population are Christians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From 1910 to 1962, the city was known as
Hollandia and was the capital of a district of the same name in the northeast
of West New Guinea. It was briefly called Kota Baru and Sukarnapura before
assuming its present name in 1968. The literal meaning of Jayapura, as of
Jaipur in Rajasthan, India, is 'City of Victory', Sanskrit jaya:
"victory"; pura: "city"). The reason for that name is that
Suharto wanted to mention his victories while fighting Operation Trikora
against the Netherlands. The last battle was fought in Jayapura during 14
August 1962 till 15 August 1962. Nowadays the Humbold bay native called the
city as "Port Numbay". Jayapura is the home of the Persipura, a professional football club that has produced many famous Papuan-Indonesian footballers.</div>
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Ok, that's enough! And now let me give you some best sights in Jayapura.</div>
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Base G Beach is nearly 3km long, sandy, clean and lined with
wooden picnic platforms. The best beach easily accessible from Jayapura, it is
usually near empty, except on Sunday when locals come in droves for a bathe and
a walk. Beware the many rocks in the water. Base G was the American forces'
administrative HQ in 1944. Frequent ‘Base G’ taksi (2000Rp) start from Jl Sam
Ratulangi for the 5km trip; the beach is a 10-minute walk downhill from the
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MacArthur Monument on Gunung Ifar. This was where General Douglas MacArthur set
up his headquarters after his US forces took Jayapura (then called Hollandia) in
April 1944. Today the site is occupied by a small monument and a room with
displays on the American and Japanese participation in the fighting. The 6km road up to the monument starts 700m east of Jl
Airport in Sentani. Charter a taksi , or take an ojek (40,000Rp round trip)
from the bottom of the access road. Halfway up, you must show your surat jalan
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Cenderawasih University’s cultural museum contains a
fascinating range of Papuan artefacts between 80 and 300 years old, including
the best collection of Asmat carvings and ‘devil-dance’ costumes outside Agats,
plus fine crafts from several other areas, historical photos and musical
instruments. With luck you’ll be guided round by an English-speaking staff
member and learn a lot about Papuan culture. The museum is next to the large
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Because I didn't have enough time to explore Jayapura (include 3 tourism objects above), so I ask the driver to ride me to the Jayapura city, this is the best spot the see Jayapura from high. If you want to take some photos, you better come in the morning, but if you want to see Jayapura in th night, you better come in the evening. Jayapura city is located in Polimak 1, Jayapura. Formerly,
Jayapura city known for national TV transmitter tower, TVRI,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and closed for public. But, in recent days,
because more people come often then TVRI allowed people to enter this peak
point. You can take angkot (public transportation) and stop in the front of
Public Junior High School. You may take “ojek” and in 10 minutes, you will
arrive at Jayapura city. Hmm, you better see some of my pictures because a picture means a thousand words. Hehehe...</div>
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A few weeks ago, I have a chance to visit Yefasim Island, a small island in Seget District, Sorong Regency, western part of West Papua Province. Actually I've been lived across the island, in Kasim, for more than 4 months, but, that time was my first time went to this small island. Yefasim Island located in the southwestern part of Sorong city, about 90 km from the city and only 2 km from Kasim Marine Terminal (KMT).<br />
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To be honest, there is no such interested things in this tiny island. But, I'm so excited to explore the new place. So, here is the story. Let me introduce you Pak RPA, Senior Supervisor Security in my office. He asked me if I've ever visited Yefasim Island and I said never, then he planned to visit this tiny island with me after office hours and I agreed. After office hours, we went to KMT, actually KMT is a container terminal, but they also served people who want to across to Yesafim by small boat and we need to pay for one way about IDR 3000/person. It took approximately 10 minutes to arrive at the island.<br />
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It only took a few hours to travel around this island. We said hi to people there while taking some pictures and took a few minutes rest. I love their hospitality. A woman who walked with us told us that only in Papua, where Christians and Moslems living together in harmony. It's totally true because I saw there where mosque is next to the church. After we went back to our dormitory in Pertamina Refinery Unit VII, suddenly I remembered Lorde's song "Team":<br />
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<i>We live in cities you'll never see on screen</i><br />
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<i>Living in ruins of a palace within my dreams</i><br />
<i>And you know, we're on each other's team</i><br />
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Absolutely true that all the people in this island live in a place that no one will see on screen. And also this island not very pretty or not pretty at all, but they sure know how to run things. The lived in harmony because they'are on each other's team.<br />
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Dear readers, from now on till the next post on this blog, I'll try to write down in English. I really sorry if you find many grammar errors in my post or even it's getting hard to understand what I mean. Please inform me if you find one so I can fix it. Thank you before.</div>
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First, I will tell you about my trip to Sorong. Let me give you a brief information about Sorong that I collected from many sources. Sorong is a chartered coastal city in the eastern Indonesian
province of West Papua. Its only land borders are with Sorong Regency. It is
the gateway to Indonesia's Raja Ampat Islands, species rich coral reef islands
in an area considered the heart of the world's coral reef biodiversity. It also
is the logistics hub for Indonesia's thriving eastern oil and gas frontier.
Sorong has experienced exponential growth in the last five years, and further
growth is anticipated as Sorong becomes linked by road to other frontier towns
in Papua's Bird's Head Peninsula. The city has a population of 125,535. It is
served by the Sorong Airport (also known as Domine Edward Osok Airport or "DEO")<span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">.</span></span></div>
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From Jakarta, there are several airlines that will carry you to this city. They are Express Air, Pelita Air Service, Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Lion Air and Sriwijaya Air. Express Air serves direct flight from Jakarta without any stop, it only takes 4 hours. The closest and comfort hotel from the airport is JE Meridien. But if you want to see the red district or feel night's life in Sorong, please book Memberano Hotel. Hahaha, but be careful and "play" safely..</div>
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Actually, I came to Sorong not for holiday. A few weeks before, my boss placed me in Pertamina Refinery Unit VII in Kasim. Since as Pertamina's employee, I worked in Head Office in Jakarta. Kasim is about 100km of the southern part Sorong and it takes at least two hour to get there. It's located in the middle of forest, so the nearest resident is about 15km (our driver's information). My plane departed at 1 a.m Indonesia Western Time and arrived at 7.20 a.m Indonesia Eastern Time. So, here are some of pictures that was taken during my trip to Sorong.</div>
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Pertamina Refinery Unit VII - Kasim<br />
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Bicycle use as transportation<br />
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Kasim beach (no fishing or swimming)<br />
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Ambon from above view..<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4d4101; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Rediscover The Papandayan, and experience all this vibrant city has to offer. Now a stylish and trendsetting boutique style hotel combining intimate service with a personal touch and a warm ambience, where we are committed to delivering the promise of magic moments during every stay. Strategically located in the centre of the business hub and next to the city’s renowned shopping and nightlife, it is set away from the congested one-way thoroughfares, offering many avenues of accessibility to the property.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Penulis berkesempatan menginap selama 2 malam di hotel ini karena adanya urusan dinas dari kantor. Penulis mendapat kamar The Ambassador Club di lantai 4. Fasilitasnya cukup bagus dan modern serta tidak terkesan kuno (meskipun hotel ini termasuk hotel tua). Terdapat poolbar, restaurant and bar, spa, fitness centre and beauty salon.</span></div>
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Sudah sejak lama saya ingin terjun di dunia <i>volunteering</i>, tepatnya sejak nonton film series Korea: "Love Story in Harvard" (upsss, ketahuan deh suka nonton Korea, wkwkwk). Secara ringkas, film ini menceritakan seorang cewek cantik dan pinter (mahasiswi Harvard Medical School) yang berasal dari keluarga Korea miskin di Boston. Ayahnya bekerja di pertanian di luar kota sedangkan dia tinggal berdua dengan rekan sekampus (<i>flat sharing</i>) dekat kampus Harvard. Untuk menunjang biaya kuliah, dia bekerja keras termasuk diantaranya memberikan privat ke salah satu mahasiswa baru di Harvard Law School, yang kemudian menjadi pacarnya. Ditengah-tengah kesibukan belajar dan bekerja, dia juga terlibat sebagai relawan orang-orang yang terkena penyakit HIV/AIDS. Pokoknya keren banget dah..<br />
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Wah, ngelantur jauh banget ya?? Tapi, itulah mengapa aku ingin sekali ikut dalam <i>volunteering</i>. Awalnya pengen ikutan terjun langsung tetapi karena sudah bekerja, waktu yang tersisa sangat sedikit. Akhirnya saya memutuskan menjadi donatur ke salah satu gerakan yang didirikan rekan saya untuk memberikan beasiswa ke anak pintar kurang mampu di daerah Sumatera Utara, yaitu gerakan Recehan Uang untuk Pendidikan Siswa Indonesia (RUPSI). Tapi ternyata, jiwa saya masih belum merasa puas. Saya pernah menulis di status <i>socmed</i> saya: "Jadilah inspirasi bagi banyak orang. Kalau tidak setidak-tidaknya bagi sedikit orang. Kalau tidak bisa setidak-tidaknya jadilah inspirasi bagi diri Anda sendiri." Jadi, menginspirasi adalah panggilan hidup saya, hanya saja saya tidak tahu bagaimana cara paling efektif. Beberapa inspirasi telah saya coba tuangkan dalam blog ini (yang sebagian adalah kehidupan nyata saya).<br />
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Sekitar sebulan yang lalu, rekan saya mengirimkan e-mail tentang Kelas Inspirasi (KI). Saya sangat tertarik dan mencoba mendaftar. Awalnya merasa agak ribet karena harus mengisi formulir online yang panjang. Tapi kemudian saya berpikir bahwa Panitia KI juga tidak mau merekrut sembarang orang. Setalah mendaftar, saya menunggu hasil pendaftarannya. Dan saya diterima.... Yey.... Yeah...... Yeah.......... Seneng banget..... Hahaha..... *lebay mode on!<br />
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Sesuai dengan pengumuman, saya masuk kelompok 6 dan diminta menghadiri <i>briefing</i> pada hari Sabtu, 31 Agustus 2013 di Aula PGN Bogor. Karena saya jarang ke Bogor dan kurang familiar, maka saya bener-bener membaca petunjuk menuju lokasi. Saya KRL dari St. Gondangdia ke St. Bogor. Dari sana karena sudah agak terlambat, saya naik ojek dan harus merogoh kocek sebanyak 15ribu yang ternyata sangat dekat. Nyesel naik ojek. Hahahahaha...</div>
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Pada saat <i>briefing</i>, yang dijelaskan adalah modul Kelas Inspirasi serta beberapa tips dan trik dari mantan Pengajar Muda di Indonesia Mengajar dalam mengelola kelas selama kegiatan mengajar berlangsung. Awalnya saya merasa kesepian, tidak ada orang yang saya kenal, dan rekan-rekan kelompok 6 kelihatannya pendiam. Kemudian dalam waktu 2 jam kami harus sudah merencanakan sesuatu karena menjelang hari H tinggal 10 hari lagi. Komunikasi kami putuskan lewat <i>Whatsapp</i>. Dengan kerelaan beberapa teman untuk melakukan persiapan dan <i>survey</i> (saya tidak bisa ikut karena sedang berada di luar kota), maka menjelang hari H semua kelihatannya sudah beres.<br />
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Pada hari H, semuanya sepertinya sudah beres. Bahan-bahan sudah saya dan temen-temen persiapkan. Akan tetapi masih ada kesulitan teknis yaitu ada inspirator yang mengundurkan diri. Yang paling pusing sih kabag kurikulum kita untuk menyusun jadwal menginsipirasi. Hehehe, saya mah anteng2 aja, siapa ditempatkan dimana saja dan berapa sesi pun.<br />
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Pk. 04.00 saya terbangun karena adanya telpon dari taxi yang saya pesan (bayangkan jam 4 sudah bangun, OH BIG NO....). Kemudian saya bersiap-siap dan 20 menit kemudian sudah memasuki taxi. Saya putuskan naik taxi karena memang tidak ada jadwal KRL sepagi itu menuju Bogor. Taxi melaju di jalanan Jakarta yang sangat sepi, menjemput rekan saya di Kawasan Semanggi (sebelumnya belum pernah bertemu) dan di Kawasan Pancoran, kemudian dilanjutkan melintasi Tol Jagorawi dan mengantar kami dengan selamat di Bogor dengan argo mencapai Rp250rb. OMG!!</div>
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Sesampainya di SDN 2 Katulampa Bogor, kami menemui Kepala Sekolah dan guru-guru. Acara dimulai dengan upacara pembukaan: menyanyikan lagu Indonesia Raya! Wah, rasanya sudah lama sekali saya tidak menyanyikan lagu kebangsaan, hahahaha Kemudian dilanjutkan acara perkenalan dan sambutan dari sekolah. Kemudian, satu persatu, para inspirator memasuki kelas. Saya mendapat kesempatan menginspirasi di kelas 4 dan 6 (seharusnya kelas 2 juga tapi karena miskomunikasi, kelas 2-nya dah pulang, huahahaha)..</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inspirator menjelaskan tentang profesi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inspirator Membangun Mimpi Anak Indonesia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Salam Semangat: Asek Asek Wosh..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detik-detik Menempelkan Cita-cita ke balon gas</td></tr>
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Setelah kelas selesai, acara ditutup dengan menempelkan cita-cita ke balon gas. Mengendalikan ratusan anak2 yang melihat balon gas bukanlah pekerjaan mudah. Jiwa BATAK saya langsung keluar, mengambil alih mic dan mengendalikan keadaan sehingga semua tertib. Sesudah itu, balon diterbangkan sambil memanjatkan doa agar cita-cita anak2 SD N 2 Katulampa tercapai. Balon kemudian terus naik, tinggi menembus angkasa. Saya sampaikan sebuah peribahasa yang sangat bagus untuk anak2 disana: "Gantungkanlah cita-citamu setinggi bintang di langit dan rendahkanlah hatimu serendah mutiara di dasar laut." Peribahasa ini dulunya sangat populer, tetapi anak2 zaman sekarang bahkan sudah tidak familiar dengan peribahasa ini.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15810272520652295411noreply@blogger.com0Katulampa, East Bogor, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia-6.61443 106.8266873-6.677522 106.7460063 -6.5513379999999994 106.9073683tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052829946734527364.post-87728436056721339142013-09-18T15:38:00.000+07:002013-09-18T15:47:19.900+07:00Apo Kabar Palembang "Kota Internasional"???<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Suasana Jakarta benar-benar membuat saya merasa bosan. Nggak tahu kenapa, pokoknya saya perlu ke suatu tempat baru, melihat yang baru dengan suasana baru. Saya sudah memutuskan alternatif yaitu ke daerah yang bisa ditempuh dengan bis, biaya murah, yang penting meninggalkan kebosanan pada Jakarta. Alternatif pertama adalah Lampung, saya sudah hubungi teman lama disana agar bersedia menampung saya. Tapi saya tidak melihat ada tempat menarik. Alternatif berikutnya Banten, saya kontak temen sekantor yang memiliki rumah disana, tapi katanya rumahnya sedang direnovasi sehingga sangat tidak tepat untuk kesana.</div>
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Kemudian saya menerima e-mail panggilan mengikuti HSSE Training ke Palembang! Gotcha! Saya ajukan ke assisten manajer yang sekaligus jadi manajer, di approve! Saya pun bersiap sedia petualangan baru ke Palembang. Sempat terjadi masalah kecil, Surat Perjalanan Dinas saya belum ditandatangani sampai siang. Tapi syukurlah, setelah Jumatan, bos besar menandatangani. Saya urus tiket dan ready to go! Eitss, jangan senang dulu. Ternyata manajer saya meminta untuk menunda. Tapi saya mohon untuk tidak ditunda dengan alasan tiket sudah dibeli (alasan sebenarnya ya itu yang diatas). Akhirnya diizinkan.</div>
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Pesawat Garuda yang kutumpangi mendarat mulus di Bandara Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Palembang sekitar jam 8 pagi setelah membelah angkasa selama 1 jam. Keanehan pertama yang saya alami adalah, begitu memasuki bandara, saya mencium bau yang sangat menyengat: AMONIA! Tapi saya melihat orang lain santai-santai saja, kemudian saya cegat taxi minta diantar ke Komperta Plaju. Saya menanyakan sopir taxi apakah mencium bau amonia yang sangat menyengat, dan beliau bilang tidak. Wah, mungkin orang Palembang sudah terbiasa dengan bau tersebut. Dan hal ini saya buktikan sendiri, setelah seminggu di Palembang, saya tidak mampu mencium bau amonia lagi. Semua terasa normal, wkwkwkwkwk...</div>
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Sekitar 1 jam lebih perjalanan, akhirnya saya tiba di Plaju. Saya disambut teman saya, dipersilakan sarapan, kemudian dia menanyakan kemana tujuan saya. PULAU KEMARO! Ya, hanya itu yang saya ketahui objek wisata di Palembang. Kami cegat angkot yang mengantar kami ke Jembatan Ampera, kemudia tawar menawar pun terjadi ke pemilik speedboat untuk mengantarkan kami ke Pulau Kemaro! Setelah lama tawar menawar, akhirnya disepakati harga Rp200rb (sebelumnya Rp400rb).</div>
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Jembatan Ampera & Sungai Musi</h4>
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Perjalanan menuju Pulau Kemaro ditempuh sekitar 15-20 menit melintasi sungai Musi yang sangat terkenal. Sungai Musi adalah sungai terbesar dan terpanjang di Pulau Sumatera dengan panjang 750km dan membelah kota Palembang menjadi 2 bagian kawasan. Sejak zaman Kerajaan Sriwijaya hingga sekarang, sungai ini
terkenal sebagai sarana transportasi utama bagi masyarakat. Mata airnya bersumber di daerah Kepahiang, Bengkulu.</div>
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Sungai
Musi disebut juga Batanghari Sembilan yang berarti sembilan sungai besar,
pengertian sembilan sungai besar adalah Sungai Musi beserta delapan sungai
besar yang bermuara di sungai Musi. Adapun delapan sungai tersebut adalah Sungai
Komering, Sungai
Rawas, Sungai
Leko, Sungai
Lakitan, Sungai
Kelingi, Sungai Lematang, Sungai
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Pulau Kemaro</h4>
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Pulau Kemaro, merupakan sebuah delta kecil di Sungai Musi,
terletak sekitar 6 km dari Jembatan Ampera. Pulau Kemaro terletak di daerah
industri,yaitu di antara Pabrik Pupuk Sriwijaya dan Pertamina Plaju dan Sungai
Gerong. Pulau Kemaro adalah
tempat rekreasi yg terkenal di Sungai Musi. Di tempat ini terdapat sebuah
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Di Pulau Kemaro ini juga terdapat kuil
Buddha yang sering dikunjungi umat Buddha untuk berdoa atau berziarah ke makam.
Di sana juga sering diadakan acara Cap Go Meh setiap Tahun Baru Imlek. Selainnya tidak ada yang terlalu istimewa di Pulau Kemaro selain dari pada legendanya. Silahkan disimak legendanya yang ditulis diatas batu dalam gambar berikut ini.</div>
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Museum Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II</h4>
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Sekembalinya dari Pulau Kemaro, perut terasa lapar. Setelah mencari-cari tempat makan yang mantap, akhirnya dapat rekomendasi di Riverside yaitu restoran terapung diatas Sungai Musi. Tetapi sebelum mengisi perut dengan makanan khas Palembang, kami menyempatkan waktu berkunjung ke Museum Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II (SMBD II) yang terletak di pinggir sungai Musi. SMBD II adalah Sultan di Kesultanan Palembang Darussalam. Ada banyak hal yang bisa dilihat disana selain dari pada tentang SMBD II, yaitu Prasasti Kedukan Bukit, Prasasti Boom Baru, dan Prasasti Talang Tuo yang semuanya dulu pernah saya pelajari di bangku sekolah.</div>
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Pempek</h4>
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Sesudah itu kami menyusuri tepian sungai Musi melintasi Benteng Kuto Besak hingga tiba di Riverside. Kami memutuskan memesan pindang. Selanjutnya mengelilingi Kota Palembang (sempat keliling di Palembang Square) kemudian menyantap makanan paling terkenal di Palembang, "PEMPEK". Hahaha, akhirnya bisa merasakan makanan legendaris itu. Kami memutuskan menikmati pempek VICO di Jl. Letkol Iskandar (seberang Palembang Indah Mall). Selain pempek, makanan yang wajib dicoba disini adalah es kacang merah dan ta' wan. Dan agenda terakhir adalah pijat refleksi setelah kaki serasa copot karena jalan seharian. Hmmmm...</div>
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HSSE Training</h4>
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Hampir lupa ngapain ke Palembang! Wkwkwkw, baiklah saya cerita sedikit saja ya karena memang training ini sama aja dengan training pada umumnya. Ada 3 hari classroom dan satu sessi praktek pemadaman kebakaran menggunakan Alat Pemadam Api Ringan (APAR). Tidak ada yang terlalu istimewa, kami menginap di dormitory yang disediakan, makan sehat setiap hari, menggunakan sepeda dari satu lokasi ke lokasi lainnya (bahkan dari dormitory ke tempat makan dan ke tempat training). Seneng sih, tapi pantat langsung sakit karena keseringan naik sepeda.</div>
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Terima kasih kepada guru-guru pengajar HSSE khususnya Pak AY yang super gokil, selalu berhasil mengusir kantuk dan kebosanan. Thank you so much juga untuk rekan-rekan di Palembang yang telah meluangkan waktu untuk berburu durian di Pasar Kuto dan nongkrong sampai tengah malam. Special thanks to Dyna! You're the best! </div>
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Oh iya, hampir lupa! Bertiga (penulis, kak Ivon dan Neyni) juga berkunjung ke Jakabaring Sport City. Kami menumpang Trans Musi dari Palembang Square. Tidak ada yang terlalu menarik disana. Hanya 30 menit kami disana dan langsung pulang menuju Kenten, ke rumah kak Lomi. Setelah dijamu dengan makanan khas Batak (ikan arsik, panggang, ikan teri sambal goreng, dll), kami diantar ke bandara. <span style="text-align: justify;">Thanks untuk Neyni dan Kak Lomi yang telah meluangkan waktu mengantarkan kami ke bandara. Hehehe, akhirnya saya kembali ke Jakarta dengan semangat baru!!</span></div>
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Fun Day - Kamis, 08 Agustus 2013</h4>
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Hari keempat termasuk hari yang sibuk juga. Hari ini ada beberapa acara penting yang harus dikerjakan, yaitu ziarah ke makam ayah, kebaktian pengucapan syukur, games, sesi kesehatan mengenai bahaya merokok dan pembagian hadiah serta beberapa testimoni.</div>
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Ziarah</h4>
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Karena ziarah sebelumnya, belum semua anggota keluarga hadir, maka kali ini bagi anggota keluarga yang belum melakukan ziarah, maka saat fajar menyingsing kami melakukan ziarah ke makam ayah, mertua, kakek, abang atau kakak ipar (menurut tutur masing-masing anggota keluarga, hehehe). Ayah karen kami beberapa anak-anaknya ikut, mertua karena beberapa menantu ikut, kakek karena beberapa cucunya ikut, abang karena salah satu adik ayahku ikut, kakak ipar karena adik ibuku juga ikut.</div>
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Kebaktian Pengucapan Syukur</h4>
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Kami sekeluarga memang patut bersyukur. Hingga hari terakhir reuni keluarga semua berjala dengan baik. Ucapan syukur ini merupakan rasa terima kasih kepada Tuhan karena saya telah menyelesaikan kuliah hingga memperoleh gelar Sarjana Hukum (klik <a href="http://kardomantumangger.blogspot.com/2012/07/sebuah-surat-untuk-mama.html" target="_blank">cerita pahit saja menjadi sarjana</a>). Selain itu juga mensyukuri renovasi rumah tua kami. Pokoknya semua harus disyukuri, termasuk acara reuni yang sungguh dahsyat ini.</div>
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Games</h4>
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Games atau permainan adalah salah satu acara yang sangat penting dalam menghilangkan kebosanan dan stress. Games menjadi sangat penting dalam suatu kegiatan karena juga dapat meningkatkan kompetisi, kerja sama, jiwa sportif, baik untuk kesehatan dan masih banyak manfaat lainnya. Games diadakan di lapangan SMA Negeri 2 Sidikalang. Dalam acara reuni keluarga ini, saya mengadakan beberapa games, yaitu:</div>
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<li>Lomba Menggendong Istri dan Make Up untuk Pasutri</li>
<li>Lomba Membawa Balon di Perut untuk Pasutri</li>
<li>Lomba Balap Karung Remaja dan Dewasa</li>
<li>Lomba Menjujung Botol untuk Wanita</li>
<li>Lomba Membawa Kelereng dengan Sendok untuk Anak-Anak</li>
<li>Lomba Makan Kerupuk untuk Anak-Anak</li>
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Tapi sayangnya foto-foto kegiatan tidak ada karena semuanya direkam video. Tapi acara ini sangat seru..</div>
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Sesudah pulang games, kami sempat berfoto-foto di depan rumah. Cekidot nyak...</div>
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Pada malam harinya, ada sesi kesehatan tentang bahaya merokok. Ini adalah tantangan besar kepada saya mengingat semua laki-laki di keluarga saya adalah perokok berat. Akan tetapi saya tetap memberanikan diri untuk memberangus kebiasaan buruk di keluarga saya ini. Sesudah itu dilanjutkan dengan pembagian hadiah dan sesi testimoni. Ini adalah akhir dari acara reuni keluarga besar saya.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15810272520652295411noreply@blogger.com0Sidikalang, Dairi, North Sumatra, Indonesia2.7389382 98.3197946000000232.6120537 98.158433100000025 2.8658227000000003 98.481156100000021tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052829946734527364.post-52282912549738171232013-08-29T14:09:00.000+07:002013-08-29T15:20:29.579+07:00My Big Family Reunion - 3rd Day<h4>
Hari Menanam Pohon (Rabu, 07 Agustus 2013)</h4>
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Pembaca: Mengapa dalam acara reuni keluarga ada menanam pohon? Apalagi di daerah Sidikalang yang masih terbilang dingin, sejuk, dan jauh dari polusi? Mengapa harus menanam pohon?</div>
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Penulis: Suka-suka gue dong, emang ini kan reuni keluarga gue, masalah buat loh? Terus salah gue, salah keluarga gue, salah temen-temen gue? *Apa sih???</div>
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Hahaha, sabar..sabar.. Tarik napas dan tahan di perut, jangan sampai keluar dari "lobang" lain. Wkwkwkw... Memang salah satu dari kegiatan yang saya rencanakan dalam reuni keluarga besar saya adalah menamam pohon. Slogan menanam pohon selamatkan bumi hanya akan menjadi kalimat belaka apabila kita tidak mengambil bagian. Oleh karena itu, jauh-jauh hari sebelum acara reuni ini dilaksanakan, saya sudah meminta semua anggota keluarga membawa bibit pohon, terutama pohon pinang, kemiri, alpukat dan durian. Pohon pinang adalah salah satu pohon favorit saya karena itu saya minta bibit pohon pinang dalam jumlah banyak.</div>
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Setelah tertunda sehari dari rencana menamam pohon (direncanakan diadakan pada hari kedua mengingat bibit pohon yang dibawa tidak mampu bertahan hidup lebih lama apabila tidak segera ditanam), maka pada hari ketiga seluruh anggota keluarga dikerahkan ke lokasi penanamam pohon. Lokasi berada di ladang kami seluas 1 ha yang sudah ditumbuhi oleh semak belukar. Pada saat kami membeli tanah tersebut, sekelilingnya masih hutan lebat. Saya masih ingat sewaktu saya kecil. Sekarang semua lahan disana sudah dijual oleh pemilik tanah dan telah berubah menjadi ladang dan kebun (kebanyakan kopi dan jeruk).</div>
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Semua anggota keluarga ambil bagian dalam acara ini. Kelompok pria dewasa melakukan upaya perintisan sedangkan kelompok wanita dewasa melakukan penanaman, adapun anak-anak tidak mau ketinggalan. Mereka turut menanam dan menyiram pohon yang telah ditanam. Sementara saya sendiri lebih banyak mengabadikan kegiatan melalui foto dan rekaman video. Keceriaan dan rasa kekeluargaan sangat terasa. Namun malangnya saya, ditengah acara menanam pohon, tangan saya terluka dan mengeluarkan banyak darah sehingga penanaman terhenti sejenak. Saya yang tidak tahan melihat darah mengucur langsung merasa lemas.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kakak dan kakak iparku mesra menanam pohon</td></tr>
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Setelah terhenti sejenak, acara kami lanjutkan. Saya diwajibkan lebih berhati-hati. Hehehe, katanya mereka semua maklum. Saya sekarang sudah jarang bekerja di ladang makanya kulitnya lebih sensitif.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15810272520652295411noreply@blogger.com2Sidikalang, Dairi, North Sumatra, Indonesia2.7389382 98.3197946000000232.6120537 98.158433100000025 2.8658227000000003 98.481156100000021tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052829946734527364.post-59650820835442707132013-08-27T15:17:00.000+07:002013-09-20T14:11:43.933+07:00My Big Family Reunion - 2nd Day<h4>
Tour Bersama ke Taman Wisata Iman Sitinjo (Selasa, 06 Agustus 2013)</h4>
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Hari kedua acara reuni sesungguhnya baru dimulai. Para peserta yang hadir juga sudah mencapai 95%. Hari kedua ini terdapat 2 tambahan acara yang membuat hari kedua sibuk luar biasa. Pagi hari kami harus belanja untuk 2 acara pada sore dan malam hari nanti. Pada sore hari nanti, saya dan beberapa anggota keluarga akan mengantarkan makanan ke rumah orang yang paling berjasa pada awal saya berangkat kuliah. Mengantarkan makanan ini dimaksud sebagai ucapan terima kasih kepada beliau. Sedangkan pada malam harinya akan ada acara adat kecil dari Tulang (saudara laki-laki ibuku) kepada kami Bere-nya (anak-anak Ibuku) dan dari kami Bere kepada Tulang. Oleh karena itu, kami harus membeli 1 ekor lomok-lomok (babi yang masih kecil) dan beberapa kilo ikan mas serta bumbu-bumbu yang diperlukan.</div>
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Sekembalinya dari pasar, segera kami bersiap-siap meluncur untuk melaksanakan tour bersama ke Taman Wisata Iman (TWI) Sitinjo, sekitar 14 km dari pusat kota Sidikalang. Sebenarnya acara tour ini dianggap sebagai acara hiburan dan sedianya akan diadakan pada puncak acara reuni. Berhubung Tulang dan Nantulang kami akan segera kembali, maka mereka meminta agar acara tour yang diadakan pertama sekali karena keinginan mereka melihat keindahan TWI yang pernah dijanjikan oleh ayah saya almarhum untuk membawa mereka kesana. Kami menyewa 2 angkot dan membawa kami ke TWI.</div>
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Sesampainya disana, beberapa penjual makanan dan suvenir disana bertanya-tanya apakah kami ini suatu rombongan dan berasal dari mana karena kami menggunakan seragam biru. Jawaban kami yang menjelaskan kami adalah sebuah keluarga besar membuat mereka geleng-geleng kepala. Hal pertama yang kami lakukan adalah berfoto bersama.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15810272520652295411noreply@blogger.com0Sidikalang, Dairi, North Sumatra, Indonesia2.7389382 98.3197946000000232.7389382 98.319794600000023 2.7389382 98.319794600000023tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052829946734527364.post-47422525806029474612013-08-27T14:39:00.000+07:002013-08-29T15:20:03.661+07:00My Big Family Reunion - 1st Day<h4>
Jakarta - Medan - Sidikalang (Minggu, 04 Agustus 2013)</h4>
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Setelah semua barang-barang dipacking (yang pasti melebihi kapasitas bagasi gratis), akhirnya Taxi Express yang mengantarku ke Bandara Internasional Soekarno-Hatta (SHIA) melaju dari Pejambon melewati jalan tol. Setelah check-in dan menunggu sejenak, aku pun boarding to the aircraft dan pesawat Citilink yang kutumpangi mengudara dalam hitungan 2 jam 15 menit. Pukul delapan pagi, pesawat yang kutumpangi mendarat dengan mulus di Bandara Internasional Kuala Namu, Medan (KNIA).</div>
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Eitss.. cerita KNIA sudah dulu ya, udah terlalu panjang, hehehe. Setelah saya mendarat, saya benar2 kagum dengan melihat bandara yang sangat megah dan modern, lebih bagus dari Bandara Sultan Hasanuddin di Makassar. Uppss, tunggu dulu. Begitu memasuki terminal, kekecewaan pun terjadi. Lantai bandara kurang bersih, banyak debu. Tidak berhenti sampai disana, di tempat baggage claim, kehebohan lebih besar terjadi. Tidak ada kejelasan bagasi akan lewat dari baggage carousel atau conveyor system yang mana. Setelah berkali-kali pindah, belum ada kejelasan juga. Selain itu, baggage carousel-nya juga bermasalah sehingga semua bagasi yang lewat tumpah ke lantai. Petugas bandara juga hanya 1 orang dan hanya berdiri tidak tahu hendak berbuat apa. Setelah lebih dari 30 menit menunggu bagasi, akhirnya aku menarik koper-ku yang besar dan keluar. </div>
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Adikku, Urlina, sudah lama menanti di pintu kedatangan. Kami pun langsung menunggu Damri yang baru berangkat pukul 10. Jadi, sesampainya di bandara sampai Damri berangkat butuh waktu 2 jam. Huh.. Damri berhenti di Plaza Medan Fair dan kami langsung makan siang. Sesudah makan siang, langsung meluncur ke Stasiun PAS (catt: stasiun disini bukan stasiun kereta, melainkan pool kendaraan elf untuk luar kota). Berangkat pukul 2 dan sampai di Sidikalang pukul 6 sore hari. Benar-benar hari yang melelahkan.</div>
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My Big Family Reunion - 1st Day (Senin, 05 Agustus 2013)</h4>
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Setelah bertemu dengan beberapa anggota keluarga yang sudah hadir, makan malam dan silaturahmi sejenak, saatnya tidur. Saya lupa, Sidikalang is totally different with Jakarta. Saya benar-benar menggigil kedinginan da tidak bisa tidur nyenyak. Saya berharap pagi segera datang...</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15810272520652295411noreply@blogger.com0Sidikalang, Dairi, North Sumatra, Indonesia2.7389382 98.3197946000000232.6120537 98.158433100000025 2.8658227000000003 98.481156100000021tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052829946734527364.post-54786504056141855842013-08-02T08:57:00.000+07:002013-08-02T09:13:30.560+07:00Mudik ke Sidikalang: My First Family Reunion<i>Dear readers</i>,<br />
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Hari ini ,Jumat, 02 Agustus 2013, adalah terakhir masuk kerja. <i>TGIF</i>. Nggak terasa, besok sudah libur panjang <i>due to</i> Libur Lebaran. Tepat setahun yang lalu saya mengunjungi <i>my lovely town</i>, Sidikalang dan saatnya saya berkunjung kembali kesana. Istilah kerennya sih "mudik" yaitu suatu kebiasaan bangsa Indonesia (mungkin hanya ada di Indonesia), mengunjungi kampung halaman bertemu keluarga dan silaturahmi setahun sekali. Fenomena ini mengakibatkan kota-kota besar khususnya Jakarta akan menjadi sepi. Penduduk Jakarta akan sangat bersyukur terhindar dari hingar bingar dan kemacetan ibu kota.</div>
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Apa yang membuatku kali ini sangat excited adalah karena saya akan mengumpulkan semua keluarga besar. Idealnya sih bagi kami suku Batak dan Kristen, mudik yang tepat itu adalah ketika Natal & Tahun Baru, akan tetapi mengingat libur Natal dan Tahun Baru sangat singkat, <i>so I decided</i> untuk mudik pada saat Lebaran saja. Nah, pada kesempatan ini, <i>there will be my first family reunion</i>. Saya sebut yang pertama karena pada umumnya reuni secara terencana belum pernah kami lakukan, pasti ada satu dua hal yang menyebabkan kami berkumpul (biasanya karena ada peristiwa duka atau upacara perkawinan) dan biasanya tidak semua dapat hadir. Selain disebabkan oleh kesibukan anggota keluarga, kemampuan finansial juga merupakan salah satu alasan sehingga kami tidak pernah merencanakan <i>family reunion</i> secara khusus. </div>
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<i>Readers</i>, Minggu, 4 Agustus 2013 saya akan terbang dari Bandara Soekarno Hatta Jakarta ke Bandara Kualanamu Medan menumpang Citilink. Mohon doanya ya dan nantikan cerita saya selanjutnya. <i>By the way busway</i>, Kardoman Tumangger & family mengucapkan: Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri, mohon maaf lahir dan bathin... Hehehehe......</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15810272520652295411noreply@blogger.com0Jalan Medan Merdeka Timur, Gambir, Central Jakarta City, Jakarta 10110, Republic of Indonesia-6.1769457 106.83217439999999-6.1808922 106.82713189999998 -6.1729992000000005 106.83721689999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052829946734527364.post-25839256034808644162013-06-24T09:12:00.000+07:002013-06-24T09:22:14.439+07:00Jappa-Jappa (Jalan-Jalan) ke Makassar<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Setelah menunggu sekian lama, akhirnya Doman terbang juga ke Makassar (beli tiket November 2012 terbang 14 Juni 2013). Menunggu hampir setahun tetapi tidak sia-sia dan tidak mengecewakan. Makassar adalah kota terjauh yang pernah saya tempuh, yaitu 1413 km dari Jakarta atau 2 jam 15 menit naik pesawat (rekor sebelumnya adalah Medan-Jakarta yaitu 1402 km). Rasanya senang sekali akhirnya menambah list pulau yang telah saya jalani di Indonesia (sekarang sudah menjalani Sumatra, Jawa, Madura, Bali, Kalimantan dan Sulawesi).</div>
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Saya akan bercerita sedikit perjalanan dari Jakarta. Take off dari Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Pk. 21.35 WIB dan mendarat di Sultan Hasanuddin Intenational Airport Pk. 00.55 WITA. Sengaja mengambil penerbangan malam dengan tujuan dapat memanfaatkan waktu yang cuma 2 hari (Sabtu-Minggu) agar dapat memaksimalkan kunjungan ke Makassar. Sesampainya di bandara, kami langsung dijemput oleh driver yang telah kami sewa untuk mengantarkan kami ke Tanjung Bira.<br />
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Mengapa ke Tanjung Bira? Pantai Tanjung Bira merupakan pantai berpasir putih yang sangat terkenal di ujung selatan Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan. Terletak di Kecamatan Bonto Bahari, Kabupaten Bulukumba, berjarak sekitar 200km dari Makassar atau 40 km dari Bulukumba. Normalnya ditempuh 5-6 jam dari Makassar, akan tetapi karena kami berangkat dini hari dan supirnya sangat handal, maka perjalanan cukup 3,5 jam pake acara tidur 30 menit di pinggir jalan. Hahaha....</div>
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<b>Snorkeling di Pulau Liukang Loe</b></div>
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Saya tidak cukup puas dengan bermain-main di pantai. Saya ingin mencoba sesuatu yang baru, yaitu snorkeling. Oleh karena itu, saya sudah pesan ke rekan-rekan di Makassar agar menyusun rencana snorkeling ke Pulau Liukang Loe. Pulau ini terletak di seberang Tanjung Bira, dapat ditempuh dengan kapal motor nelayan sekitar 20menit. Pemandangan bawah lautnya sungguh indah, ada banyak terumbu karang dan ikan nemo dan ikan-ikan kecil lainnya yang berwarna-warni. Ini pengalaman snorkeling pertama saya dan saya berencana untuk mengulanginya (ketagihan).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Menuju Pulau Liukang Loe, siap-siap snorkeling</td></tr>
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Setelah dijamu makan sore oleh pak Umar (sopir motorboat ke Pulau Liukang) dengan ikan segar langsung dari laut di Pantai Bira, akhirnya rombongan pulang ke Makassar. Setelah 4 jam perjalanan, akhirnya tiba di Makassar dan kita langsung makan malam Mie Titi (sejenis dengan Ifumie yang disajikan dengan kuah kental berisi irisan udang, hati, ayam, jamur, bakso, dan cumi serta beragam sayuran) di Jl Irian, Panakkukang. Kemudian langsung istirahat untuk petualangan esok pagi.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rombongan berfoto di Bantimurung</td></tr>
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Kami terbangun agak siangan, jam 10an. Kemudian kami sarapan Es Pisang Ijo di Jalan Andalas. Karena ini memang makanan khas kota Anging Mamiri ini jadi wajib dicoba. Setelah itu perjalanan dilanjutkan ke Bantimurung, Maros dan ditempuh hanya 45 menit dari Makassar. Disini adalah tempat penangkaran kupu-kupu, rangkaian bukit karst dan gua batu (900 m dari pemandian). Selain itu terdapat juga air terjun dan tempat pemandian yang sangat luas. Pada saat kami kesini, suasana sangat ramai.<br />
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Sekembalinya dari Bantimurung, perjalanan dilanjutkan dengan menyantap Konro (saya pesen sup Konro) di Karebosi. Karena ini makanan khas Makassar jadi wajib di coba juga. Hehehehe...<br />
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Setelah makan sup Konro, perjalanan dilanjutkan menyusuri Pantai Losari, Fort Rotterdam dan berhenti menikmati sunset di Kampung Popsa. Tak terasa malam telah menjemput, kami pun pulang ke kosan. Pukul 2 dini hari, saya dan satu orang rekan berangkat ke Bandara. Pk. 04.30 WITA, take off dari Bandara Sultan Hasanuddin dan landing di Bandara Soekarno-Hatta Pk. 05.30 WIB.<br />
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Satu hal yang menarik menurut saya selama perjalan dari Makassar ke Tanjung Bira adalah beberapa kota yang dilewati sangat bersih dan rapi, khususnya Bantaeng yang sangat berbeda dengan kondisi kota-kota di Jawa, Sumatra maupun Kalimantan (kecuali Balikpapan).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset di Kampung Popsa, Pantai Losari</td></tr>
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Perjalanan ke Makassar ini memang sangat melelahkan dan membuat rekan saya tumbang (sakit) dan harus dirawat beberapa hari, akan tetapi saya sungguh menikmatinya. Special thanks buat rekan-rekan rombongan: Malik, Dinda, Merlin, Riswan, Mas Alis, dll atas keramahan dan kebaikan kalian selama kami disana.Sampai ketemu di acara jalan-jalan berikutnya.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15810272520652295411noreply@blogger.com0Makassar, South Sulawesi, Republic of Indonesia-5.1333332999999994 119.41666669999995-5.3863777999999991 119.09394319999996 -4.8802888 119.73939019999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052829946734527364.post-71198399937336387472013-05-21T21:34:00.000+07:002013-06-24T09:23:28.930+07:00Padma Hotel Bandung: Experience Nature in Total Comfort<span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.padmahotelbandung.com/" target="_blank">Padma Hotel Bandung</a> boasts a spectacular hill view, elegant
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centre. Padma Hotel Bandung located in </span><o:p style="text-align: justify;"></o:p><span style="text-align: justify;">Jl. Ranca Bentang 56-58 Ciumbuleuit, Bandung 40142,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hotel Padma Bandung</td></tr>
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Penulis berkesempatan menginap selama 4 malam disini (15-18 Mei 2013). Padma Hotel Bandung merupakan hotel bintang 5 terbaik di kota Bandung. Memang sih kalau ukuran kamar dan fasilitasnya kurang dibandingkan hotel bintang 5 lainnya di Bandung (Hilton, Sheraton, Transhotel), akan tetapi view yang ditawarkan sungguh luar biasa. Nikmati sensasi sunrise di restoran Padma, sungguh luar biasa. Tarif untuk kamar deluxe disini mulai dari Rp1.100.000,00/night (weekday) dan Rp1.400.000,00/night untuk weekend.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Champaca Wedding Chapel @ Hotel Padma Bandung</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Restoran Hotel Padma Bandung</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise @ Hotel Padma Bandung</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Experience Nature @ Hotel Padma Bandung</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15810272520652295411noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052829946734527364.post-48243650083511541522013-05-21T20:45:00.001+07:002013-05-21T21:37:39.555+07:00Sensa Hotel @ Cihampelas Walk BandungPenulis mempunyai kesempatan untuk menginap di <a href="http://www.sensahotel.com/" target="_blank">Sensa Hotel</a> @ Cihampelas Walk Bandung. Hotel bintang 4 ini memang sudah lama Penulis incar (sejak kuliah) untuk merasakan menginap di hotel di tengah-tengah pusat perbelanjaan paling eksotik di Bandung. Nah, kali ini Penulis berkesempatan menginap 2 malam disini. Penulis mendapat kamar Twin Bed Deluxe di Lantai 9 dengan tarif Rp 980.000,00/night. Cekidot yuk penampakannya.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15810272520652295411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052829946734527364.post-9677326455784206492013-05-09T21:43:00.000+07:002013-05-09T22:06:28.090+07:00Antara Film “9 Summers 10 Autumns” dan Kisah Hidupku<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">Novel yang berjudul “9 Summers 10
Autumns: Dari Kota Apel ke The Big Apple” karya Iwan Setyawan setelah menjadi
National Best Seller akhirnya diangkat menjadi film. Film “9 Summer 10 Autumns”
yang disutradarai oleh </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Ifa Isfansyah</span><span style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">
</span><span style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">sudah ditayangkan secara
serentak di bioskop seluruh Indonesia mulai 25 April 2013. Film ini dibintangi Ihsan
Tarore sebagai Iwan (“Bayek”), Alex Komang, Dira Sugandi dan Dewi Irawan.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 150%;">Film ini bercerita
kisah hidup Iwan Setyawan, anak sopir angkutan umum asal Batu, Malang. Keterbatasan
ekonomi tak menyurutkan niat Iwan meraih pendidikan tinggi. Ia berjuang keras
untuk bersekolah hingga kuliah jurusan statistik di Institut Pertanian Bogor
(IPB). Hidup di rumah kecil tanpa memiliki kamar, memotivasinya untuk memiliki
kamar sendiri. Usai menuntaskan pendidikan tinggi di IPB sebagai lulusan
terbaik, ia bekerja selama 3 tahun di Jakarta. Anak lelaki dari lima bersaudara
ini berhasil mencapai puncak karir sebagai Director, Internal Client Management
di Nielsen Consumer Research di New York. Namun, ia justru memilih kembali ke
kampung halaman di Batu.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: inherit;">Penulis akhirnya
menonton film ini tanggal 07 Mei 2013 di XXI Pondok Indah Mall. Bersama dua
rekan Penulis yang bersama-sama sedang mengikuti pelatihan di Pertamina
Learning Center Simprug, kami menyempatkan diri menonton film ini. Sudah lama
sebenarnya Penulis ingin menonton film ini setelah membaca novel Iwan yang
berjudul “Ibuk”, atas rekomendasi teman dari Surabaya yang mengatakan cerita
novel ini hampir mirip dengan cerita hidup Penulis. Merasa penasaran, akhirnya
novel tersebut selesai penulis baca.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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memang perjalanan hidup Iwan sama dengan Penulis, lahir dan besar di keluarga
miskin dan harus berjuang keras untuk mencapai
cita-cita. Sebenarnya Ibu Penulis jauh lebih hebat, melahirkan dan membesarkan
10 orang anak. Pendidikan bapak dan ibu Penulis yang tidak lulus SD membuat
tidak ada pilihan dalam mencari kerja selain sebagai buruh tani. Namun, ditengah
keterbatasan tersebut, Penulis tidak mau patah semangat dan menyerah dalam
mengejar cita-cita. Demikian juga dengan didikan Bapak (Alm) yang agak keras,
sehingga Penulis menjadi lebih dekat dengan Ibu. Penulis juga dibesarkan bersama
dengan 4 saudara perempuan (kebetulan 5 saudara lainnya telah menikah atau merantau)
dan sulit berteman dengan anak laki-laki lainnya. Dengan perjuangan yang luar
biasa dari bapak dan ibu serta seluruh saudara Penulis, serta para donatur
akhirnya Penulis lulus sebagai lulusan terbaik dari Fakultas Hukum Universitas
Padjadjaran pada tahun 2010. Cerita mengenai perjuangan Penulis dalam mencapai
ini telah dituangkan dalam tulisan <a href="http://kardomantumangger.blogspot.com/2012/07/sebuah-surat-untuk-mama.html" target="_blank">Surat untuk Mama</a>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: inherit;">Pada saat
menonton film ini atau membaca novel sebelumnya, Penulis sering menitikkan air
mata karena merasakan hal yang sama dengan isi novel/film tersebut. Penulis merasa
seperti ada flashback ke kehidupan lampau. Hanya saja satu hal yang Penulis
sayangkan, bapak telah dipanggil Tuhan ketika Penulis hendak menyelesaikan
pendidikan tinggi. Semua jerih payah bapak belum pernah Penulis balas hingga
akhir hidupnya. Kisah ini sedikit berbeda dengan kisah Iwan, dimana dia masih
sempat membahagiakan bapak dan ibunya. Dan satu perbedaan lagi antara kisah
Penulis dengan kisah Iwan adalah, Iwan telah menginjakkan kaki di New York dan
bahkan bekerja selama 10 tahun disana setelah bekerja 3 tahun di Jakarta. Inilah
yang masih menjadi cita-cita Penulis, tinggal atau bekerja di New York, kota
impian, untuk jangka waktu beberapa tahun. Semoga dapat dicapai. Amin..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Bahwa kemiskinan dan keterbatasan bukanlah
alasan untuk tidak mau mencapai cita-cita. Ada sebuah kalimat yang sangat luar
biasa dari <b>Donald Trump</b>, seorang pengusaha sukses asal Amerika, ia berkata
“<i style="font-weight: bold;">Lahir miskin bukan salah anda, tapi mati miskin itu kesalahan anda”. </i>Kalimat
ini membuat saya berkata dalam hati “saya tidak mau mati dalam keadaan miskin
meskipun saya terlahir miskin“. Semoga kisah Iwan maupun kisah Penulis dapat
menginspirasi banyak orang Indonesia.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15810272520652295411noreply@blogger.com0Pejambon, Kota Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia-6.1743027 106.83292989999995-6.1782492 106.82788739999995 -6.1703562000000005 106.83797239999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052829946734527364.post-16267606583304221642013-04-24T09:25:00.002+07:002013-04-24T10:12:26.524+07:00My Weekend in Balikpapan<div style="text-align: justify;">
Kali ini, saya memiliki kesempatan untuk mengunjungi kembali Balikpapan. Rencananya sih untuk merayakan ulang tahun teman baikku yang seharusnya dirayakan 1 minggu sebelumnya (meskipun perayaan tidak jadi). Jadi aku anggap ini kunjungan kasih saja. Hehehe.. Menumpang pesawat Citilink dengan tiket promo Rp 412ribu pp sudah termasuk asuransi penerbangan, Jumat, 19 April 2013 saya terbang dari Soekarno-Hatta, Jakarta pada Pk. 17.00 WIB dan mendarat dengan selamat setelah penerbangan dengan penuh turbulensi di Sepinggan, Balikpapan pada Pk. 20.30 WITA. Saya dijemput brother Fransco dan sister Nina dan langsung meluncur ke perumahan Pertamina di daerah Parikesit (dekat ke Stadion Persiba). Let's travel around Balikpapan.</div>
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Apa yang Anda
pikirkan ketika mendengar kata Balikpapan? Pasti jawabannya berbeda-beda ketika
ditanyakan kepada orang dengan latar belakang yang berbeda-beda. Kalau ditanyakan
kepada pengamat perkotaan, mereka pasti menjawab Balikpapan adalah kota yang bersih,
rapi dan teratur. Balikpapan dengan jumlah penduduk pada tahun 2012 sebanyak
637.488 jiwa adalah Kota Adipura. Adipura, adalah sebuah penghargaan bagi kota
di Indonesia yang berhasil dalam kebersihan serta pengelolaan lingkungan
perkotaan.<br />
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telah meraih Piala Adipura sebanyak 16 kali dan sembilan diantaranya diraih
secara berturut turut dengan rincian sebagai berikut:<br />
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<li>Tahun 1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998:
meraih Piala Adipura di kategori <b>Kota Sedang </b>(jumlah penduduk<b> </b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">100.001 - 500.000 jiwa</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">)</span></li>
<li>Tahun 1999,2000,2001: Penilaian
Adipura ditiadakan</li>
<li>Tahun 2002,2003: Piala
Adipura Gagal diraih</li>
<li>Tahun 2004,2005,2006,2007:
meraih Piala Adipura di kategori <b>Kota
Besar </b>(jumlah penduduk <span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">500.001 -
1.000.000 jiwa</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">)</span></li>
<li>Tahun 2008: Piala Adipura
Gagal diraih (ada bencana di Balikpapan)</li>
<li><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span>Tahun 2009,2010: kembali
meraih Piala Adipura di kategori <b>Kota
Besar</b></li>
<li>Tahun 2011: Piala Adipura
Gagal diraih, tetapi di tahun yang sama kota Balikpapan berhasil meraih
penghargaan sebagai kota Bersih kategori "CLEAN LAND" peringkat ke-2
tingkat ASEAN setelah kota Singapura.</li>
<li>Tahun 2012: kembali
meraih Piala Adipura di kategori <b>Kota
Besar</b></li>
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pertanyaan yang sama ditanyakan kepada orang-orang yang bergerak di bidang
perminyakan, geologi, energy, maka Balikpapan adalah Kota Minyak (Banua Patra).
Ya, tidak berlebihan juga mengatakan demikian. Selain terdapat Kilang minyak
Pertamina (Refinery Unit V) yang kapasitas produksi mencapai 260MBSD atau
sekitar 25% dari kebutuhan minyak nasional, hari jadi kota ini tanggal 10
February 1897, diambil dari hari pengeboran minyak pertama (Mathilda) di Kota
ini, atau terpaut sekitar 38 tahun setelah pengeboran minyak bumi komersial
pertama di dunia ketika Edwin L. Drake dengan perusahaannya Senca Oil Company
menemukan minyak di Titusville Amerika. Di kota ini
juga banyak terdapat penanda kota minyak misalnya Monumen Mathilda, Taman
Bekapai, dan Tugu Kilang Minyak. Di kota ini juga ada banyak perusahaan-perusahan minyak dan services bermarkas yaitu Pertamina, Total EP, Chevron, Inpex, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, Titis Sampurna, Elnusa, Thiess dan Bukaka.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kilang Minyak Pertamina di Teluk Balikpapan</td></tr>
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<b>Bumi Manuntung</b></div>
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yang sama ditanyakan kepada pengamat flora dan fauna, maka Balikpapan adalah Bumi
Manuntung. Manuntung adalah beruang madu, fauna khas Balikpapan yang sekarang
sudah mulai di ambang kepunahan. Untuk melindungi beruang madu dari kepunahan,
maka dibuat suatu Kawasan Wisata Pendidikan Lingkungan Hidup (KWPLH) yang terletak
di Km. 23 Jalan Raya Balikpapan-Samarinda. Kawasan ini merupakan kawasan
konservasi Beruang Madu atau yang dikenal dengan nama ilmiah “Helarctos
Malayanus” . Hewan ini tergolong salah satu satwa yang dilindungi di dunia. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gerbang Masuk Bukit Bangkirai</td></tr>
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Untuk menikmati
hutan hujan tropis yang masih alami, silahkan berkunjung ke Bukit Bangkirai. Wisata
alam Bukit Bangkirai merupakan wisata petualangan yang berada di dalam kawasan
hutan primer bukit Bangkirai, dapat ditempuh 90 menit atau 58 km dari Kota
Balikpapan. Jika anda berangkat dari Balikpapan, pada Km. 38 anda harus
berbelok kekiri menyusur jalan beraspal hotmix yang mulus. Setelah ber mobil 10
km, anda akan bertemu pertigaan jalan. Arah ke kanan menuju Sepaku dan yang ke
kiri ke Bukit Bangkirai. Jalan masuk ke lokasi sedikit agak rusak. Dan setelah
menempuh jarak 8 km anda akan sampai di lokasi.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canopy Bridge dengan ketinggian 30 m di Bukit Bangkirai</td></tr>
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Kawasan ini
merupakan bagian dari kawasan hutan-hutan tropis yang ada di Kalimantan Timur
seluas hampir 15 juta ha. Dalam kawasan ini selain keasrian hutan alamnya juga
terdapat jembatan tajuk atau jembatan gantung (canopy bridge). Canopy Bridge
ini dibangun pada bulan Januari 1998 oleh 6 orang dari canopy construction
associated dari Amerika dibantu oleh 3 orang setempat. Seluruh matrerial asli
dari Amerika kecuali kayunya. Pembangunannya hanya butuh waktu satu bulan.
Jembatan gantung ini sanggup bertahan
selama 15-20 tahun sesuai dengan usia pohon Bangkirai yang dihubungkannya. Menapaki
tangga naik ke canopy bridge kita akan melewati 14 tangga yang berputar naik
membentuk segi empat mengelilingi sebuah pohon Bangkirai yang berdiri
ditengah-tengah tangga. Masing-masing tangga memiliki 8 buah anak tangga, jadi
untuk mencapai platform kita akan menapaki sekitar 150-an anak tangga. Ketinggian jembatan gantung tersebut adalah
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bersantai di shelter canopy bridge</td></tr>
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Di gerbang masuk canopy bridge tertulis kalimat yang
mengajak kita peduli pada lingkungan, yaitu:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bersama brother Fransco di Bukit Bangkirai</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Disini juga
terdapat beberapa jenis burung surga (<i>drongos</i>) dan burung enggang (<i>richoneros</i>)
yang sangat langka. Tempat ini juga untuk kepentingan riset dan ovservasi alam
lainnya serta dilengkapi dengan fasilitas akomodasi berupa cottage yang dapat
disewa oleh pengunjung dengan menghubungi PT. Inhutani Balikpapan telp (0542)
736066 – 734644.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Minggu, 21 April 2013 adalah hari terakhir di Balikpapan. Bangun agak terlambat, kemudian mencari sarapan dan berangkat ke gereja Bethany English Service (BES) di Balikpapan Superblock. Setelah itu, menghabiskan waktu dengan menonton film horror di rumah brother Fransco dan tak terasa sore sudah datang. Sekitar jam 7 malam kami keluar dari rumah dan menuju Bandara Sepinggan. Pk. 20.30 WITA, Citilink yang kutumpangi melaju meninggalkan Balikpan, melintasi Laut Jawa dan mendarat di Jakarta.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15810272520652295411noreply@blogger.com1Balikpapan, Indonesia-1.2635389 116.82788329999994-1.5175448999999999 116.50515979999994 -1.0095329 117.15060679999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052829946734527364.post-47009365813034545112012-12-18T13:10:00.000+07:002014-10-20T11:48:37.493+07:00Pertamina Energy TowerMasyarakat Jakarta dan Indonesia akan berbangga dengan ikon baru ibu kota yang rencananya akan dibangun pada tahun 2013 oleh BUMN Energi, PERTAMINA. Gedung baru tersebut akan diberi nama Pertamina Energy Tower dan akan menjadi menara tertinggi di Indonesia dengan ketinggian 440 meter (akhirnya direvisi menjadi 530 meter) dengan 80 lantai (kemudian direvisi menjadi 99 lantai) dan luas 240.000 m2. Kapasitas menara ini adalah 18.000 orang yang merupakan tempat bekerja para pekerja Pertamina dan seluruh anak perusahaan. Biaya pembangunan mencapai 1,15 Billion USD dengan fasilitas terdiri dari Masjid kapasitas 6000 orang, Concert Hall kapasitas 2000 orang, Exhibition Hall kapasitas 2000 orang, Parkir untuk 4000 lot, Bank, Retail, Sport Centre, Cafetaria, Gallery dan Perpustakaan. Menara ini dirancang oleh arsitek terbaik dunia SOM (Skidmore, Owings, Merril LLP) yang juga merupakan arsitek Burj Khalifa, Dubai dan <span class="mw-headline" id="One_World_Trade_Center">One World Trade Center, New York, US.</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span class="mw-headline">Pertamina Energy Tower diambil dari konsep dua buah daun yang melindungi ekosistem vertikal. Dalam bentuknya, orientasinya, dan pengenaannya, menara ini merespons terhadap pemanasan iklim dan penyinaran oleh matahari, menciptakan kenyamanan, hemat cahaya dan lingkungan kantor dengan penggunaan energi yang efisien. </span><br />
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<span id="result_box" lang="id"><span class="hps">Kekompakan</span> <span class="hps">bentuk</span> <span class="hps">rencana</span> <span class="hps">bangunan,</span> "<span class="hps">angle"</span> <span class="hps">wajah</span> <span class="hps">luas</span> <span class="hps">jauh dari</span> <span class="hps">timur</span> <span class="hps">dan barat</span> <span class="hps">matahari</span> <span class="hps">yang keras</span>, <span class="hps">dan</span> <span class="hps">shading</span> <span class="hps">yang disediakan oleh</span> dua <span class="hps">daun </span><span class="hps">kembar</span><span class="hps">nya</span> <span class="hps">bekerja sama</span> <span class="hps">untuk memotong</span> <span class="hps">beban pendinginan</span> <span class="hps">puncak</span> <span class="hps">dan</span> <span class="hps">mengurangi</span> <span class="hps">beban pendinginan</span> <span class="hps">tahunan sampai</span> <span class="hps">sepertiga</span>. <span class="hps">Hasilnya</span> <span class="hps">adalah kampus <span class="hps">vertikal </span>dengan </span><span class="hps">konsolidasi</span> <span class="hps">berkinerja tinggi</span> <span class="hps">yang</span> <span class="hps">mencakup</span> <span class="hps">baik</span> <span class="hps">ambisi maupun</span> <span class="hps">tanggung jawab</span> <span class="hps">misi</span> <span class="hps">Pertamina</span>.</span><br />
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<span lang="id"></span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15810272520652295411noreply@blogger.com0Jalan Medan Merdeka Timur, Jakarta, Indonesia-6.1751716 106.83070620000001-6.1830650999999994 106.8206212 -6.1672781 106.84079120000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052829946734527364.post-40233757042902370992012-12-07T11:30:00.000+07:002012-12-17T16:39:33.816+07:00Apakah Menepati Janji itu Penting?<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Suatu hari, saya dan teman saya
berjanji akan pergi ke luar negeri. Karena tempat yang dituju jauh dan membutuhkan
biaya besar, maka kami akan lakukan sejumlah persiapan. Diantaranya hunting
tiket, hunting penginapan dan aku harus berhemat selama beberapa bulan untuk
menuju tempat yang akan kami kunjungi. Karena dia sudah berpengalaman
berpetualang luar negeri, maka aku sangat bergantung padanya dan dia berjanji
akan membawaku kesana. Setelah beberapa bulan berlalu, berkali-kali aku
tanyakan melalui pesan singkat kepadanya bagaimana tentang rencana kami yang
dulu dan janjinya untuk membawaku kesana. Tapi tidak pernah ada respon. Akhirnya
kubicarakan secara empat mata, dan dia mengatakan tidak memiliki cukup dana
untuk itu. Semudah itukah? Tanpa perlu minta maaf? Sementara aku begitu
berharap!</div>
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Bagi sebagian orang, mengucapkan
janji semudah meneguk air putih. Setelah meminumnya, dia merasa puas pada saat itu dan lupa
akan konsekuensinya yaitu kewajiban bersyukur karena air putih itu bisa
menghilangkan dahaganya. Demikian juga berjanji, orang akan merasa puas pada saat itu karena
bisa memenuhi keinginan orang lain. Akan tetapi lupa akan konsekuensinya yaitu
kewajiban memenuhi janji tersebut. Sebenarnya seberapa pentingkah menepati
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Dalam Islam, janji dianalogikan
sebagai sebuah <i><b>hutang</b></i>. Konsep <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">al-wa’du
dainun</i> (janji adalah hutang) menjadi penting sebab hutang harus ditunaikan
(dilunasi). Sedangkan orang yang mengingkari janji, dalam sebuah hadis termasuk
dalam kategori orang munafik. Beberapa ciri orang munafik: pendusta, pengingkar
janji, dan pengkhianat. Perintah menunaikan janji, Allah berfirman, ”<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sesungguhnya Allah menyuruh kamu
menyampaikan amanah kepada yang berhak menerimanya</i>...” (QS. An-Nisaa’: 58).
Atau dalam hadis, ”<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tidak ada iman bagi
orang yang tidak memiliki amanah dan tidak ada agama bagi orang yang tidak
memegang janji</i>.” (HR. Ahmad dan Al-Bazzaar). Orang yang ingkar janji adalah
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Dalam Kekristenan, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">seseorang yang telah berjanji tidak boleh
mengingkari janjinya<b>. </b></span>Bilangan 30-2: "<i>Apabila seorang
laki-laki bernazar atau bersumpah kepada TUHAN, sehingga ia mengikat dirinya
kepada suatu janji, maka janganlah ia melanggar perkataannya itu; haruslah ia
berbuat tepat seperti yang diucapkannya.</i>" Mereka yang sudah dengan
kehendak bebasnya berjanji melakukan sesuatu, harus memegang janjinya!</div>
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<i><b>Mengingkari Janji adalah Dosa
dan akan Dihukum oleh Tuhan. Tuhan Menghukum yang Jahat!</b></i></div>
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Imamat 5:4-5: "Atau apabila
seseorang bersumpah teledor dengan bibirnya hendak berbuat yang buruk atau yang
baik, sumpah apapun juga yang diucapkan orang dengan teledor, tanpa menyadari
hal itu, tetapi kemudian ia mengetahuinya, maka ia bersalah dalam salah satu
perkara itu. Jadi apabila ia bersalah dalam salah satu perkara itu, haruslah ia
mengakui dosa yang telah diperbuatnya itu,"</div>
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Tuhan mengharuskan orang Kristen
untuk memegang janjinya betapa pun tidak nyamannya atau menyenangkannya hal
itu. Kata "ya" cukup mengikat kita di hadapan Tuhan sebagai janji
kepada seseorang. Satu-satunya janji yang tidak harus kita pegang adalah
janji-janji yang berdosa. Sering kali, janji melibatkan pengorbanan di luar
zona nyaman. Jika Anda menjanjikan sesuatu, Tuhan mengharapkan Anda untuk
menepati janji itu dengan kemampuan terbaik Anda, seolah-olah Anda melakukannya
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Kita tidak bisa mengakui dosa
kita karena telah mengingkari janji dan kemudian berpikir bahwa kita sudah
bebas dan tidak lagi bertanggung jawab. Selama Anda masih bisa menepati janji
Anda (meski Anda merasa tidak nyaman dan tidak ingin melakukannya), Anda harus
menemui orang itu, mengakui dosa Anda dan memperbaikinya dengan menepati janji
Anda. Dapatkan Anda datang ke hadirat Tuhan sementara Anda secara sadar menolak
menepati janji Anda? Hubungan seperti apa yang dapat Anda miliki dengan Tuhan
jika Anda mampu atau tidak mampu menepati janji Anda?</div>
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<i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mengapa penting untuk menepati janji?</b></i></div>
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<li><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Arti penting memegang janji adalah masalah
<i><b>integritas</b></i>! </span>Seseorang memiliki martabat karakter yang sejati saat dia
memiliki integritas yang tinggi!<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></li>
<li>Integritas berarti <i><b>kehormatan</b></i>. Amsal
19:1: "Lebih baik seorang miskin yang bersih kelakuannya dari pada seorang
yang serong bibirnya lagi bebal."<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span> </li>
<li>Kebohongan itu memperdaya. Jika kita percaya pada Tuhan bahwa Dia akan memegang janji-Nya,
bisakah orang lain memercayai kita bahwa kita akan memegang janji kita?<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"></span>Sekali kita memberi janji, kita tidak boleh mengubahnya! Tak peduli betapa sulitnya,
memalukannya, dan beratnya, kita masih harus menepati janji kita dengan
kemampuan terbaik kita.<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"></span>Kata-kata
menunjukkan pada dunia dan pada Tuhan seberapa <i><b>jujur</b></i> kita. Jika Anda sudah
menjanjikan sesuatu dan kemudian mengingkarinya, maka akan ada <i><b>luka</b></i> yang dalam.<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-size: small;">Apabila sudah terluka, perlu disembuhkan dan pasti akan meninggalkan bekas.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Tuhan tidak pernah ingkar janji dan Dia tidak
pernah memberi kita hak untuk mengingkari janji.</span> </li>
<li>Tuhan
senang dengan orang-orang yang memegang janjinya. Amsal 12:22: "Orang yang
dusta bibirnya adalah kekejian bagi TUHAN, tetapi orang yang berlaku setia
dikenan- Nya."<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span>Hanya
dengan mengatakan bahwa anda "akan" melakukan sesuatu, anda sudah
"berjanji". Selalulah berkata-kata dengan benar dan menganggap serius
kata-kata Anda! Integritas dan kehormatan adalah hadiah dari menepati janji. </li>
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Sumber:</div>
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1.<a href="http://www.republika.co.id/berita/dunia-islam/hikmah/12/07/10/m5g17d-tiga-musuh-allah-di-hari-akhir" target="_blank">Republika Online</a></div>
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2.<a href="http://lead.sabda.org/apakah_menepati_janji_itu_penting" target="_blank">Sabda</a></div>
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