Angklung For The World

Hello everybody! How are you doing? I hope you are in the great condition. Ahem. Guys, I’m shaking of excitement right now while typing this!  Can you guess why? If your answer is because i’m the part of the world record “Angklung harmony for the world” then you deserve a virtual high five from me! Yes! I still can’t believe that I was the part of that amazing-legendary-touching event! If you think that i’m overacting. I agree with you. Totally a hundred percent agree with you. *Just so you know that i’m rolling my eyes at this very moment” Really. Please just read my story so maybe you will understand how i could be like this.

April 23rd 2015, me and my friends wait in line for about 2 hours to get a t-shirt, snacks and of course an angklung, the key of this great event. I got an Angklung named Bali or F tone. We just sitting while waiting for everything necessary to be ready. When everything’s ready. We practiced by playing Halo-halo Bandung, Manuk Dadali, Satu Nusa Satu Bangsa and We Are the World. Because you know Practice makes perfect *wink*. After that, the crew told us to take a break. Saung Angklung Udjo performing while we had our break. Me and my friends enjoy the break under umbrellas, because the sun are too hot for us. Like please sun show us some mercy. 

Siliwangis gate

We gather for a good reason i swear, in case you’re wondering when you saw us from above. When the break is over. The crew of Angklung Harmony for the World (or Burma) told us to make a line so they can count each of us the participant. After they finished counting, we play WE Are the World to break World Record and Muri. That was the most beautiful moment of my life. Like when you hear all the “kring” sound from 20.000 angklungs. Let’s take a moment of silence. I won’t trade it for anything in this world. After all wrapped up, Muri gave us some kind of certificate for breaking the record of the most Angklung player in a place together. The goals of this event. But we have to wait for breaking world record. Because the crew of Guinness World Book of Record have to make sure that every aspect was “checked” from the specification list. 

The world record breaker

image source :

https://twitter.com/clickbandung/status/591168294167556098

thanks to ragaluh for the picture

Bandung spot "Reading Lights"

Bandung is one of the cities in Indonesia which has a wide variety of places, ranging from cafes, factory outlets, malls, and other tourist attractions. Bandung also has a very cozy reading books. This place is called reading lights.

Reading Lights is located at 16 Jalan Siliwangi Bandung. Reading Lights is a  bookstore which sells some second-hand books in english language. Their books mostly imported from countries such as Britain, France, the Netherlands, Japan, etc.

For those of you who come to this bookstore is not to buy, don't worry because in there we were allowed only to read them without having to buy the book. The room decor is very unique in Reading Lights, visitors made comfortable by homey decorations. In each wall there are a paintings and unique lamps. There are sofa chairs, regular chairs and there is also a special children reading zone. The sofa is so comfortable,  I could sit there for as long as i can. Additionally, they provide room for smoking area. On the second floor there is also a toilet and a mosque.

me in their comfortable sofa

Books are sell at Reading Lights fairly complete starting from fiction novel or non-fiction, history, travel guide, classic and literature, biography / auto-biography, magazines, and books in English for children.

reading architecture book

In addition, Reading Lights also provide a coffee corner. Their have a delicious pancake and caramel coffee late. And that is all about Bandung spot from me. Bye, see you in another post from me.

Interview

Me and Vina

Hello! I’m back. I recently talked with Vina Nur’aeni Nadhifah, the one of my talented best friend, she was born at Bandung in 27^th august 1999. Now she studied at 3 senior school bandung in acceleration class. I was curious about what competitions she ever won because I don’t know much about that. So in this interview I was asked her about that. She said, “I don’t know, that is too much competition that I ever won” haha she is so funny, I know Vina always joking with me when we were chatting. And I said “Oh, come on”. So she told me what kind of competitions that she ever won. First when she was in the elementary school she got the 1^st place, 2^nd place, and also 3^rd place for paskibra competition and she did not just win paskibra with her team but she also win as  the best Danton⁽¹⁾, she also won a competition of art that is making up story in Sundanese language, Sundanese language is traditional language of West Java, Indonesia. Her elementary school is SDN Pertiwi. Her achievements in paskibra continue until she was in junior high school and her junior high school is Bandung 1 JHS, she and her team got 3^rd place and also she got the best Danton again.  And for that all competition she and her team workout every once at week in Friday because that is time for extracurricular in Bandung 1 JHS. And when the competition come closer she and her team workout everyday. When one day again towards the competition they always held a rehealsal. But now in senior high school she doesn't continue her paskibra because she want to focus more for her academy. Actually she had much more competition she ever won.

p.s :

⁽¹⁾ commander of the paskibra troops

"Never Say You Can't"

Hello, come back again with me. Now i want to tell you about "never say you can't" by Bruno Mars."Never Say You Can't" is a tribute song by pop singer Bruno Mars, released in 1999 from the album "Point of Interest". The song is dedicated in memory of his father Glen Hernandez, who died of prostate cancer in 1998.  FYI I know this song from my sister. So, this is the lyric.

Oh [4x]

When I was just a little boy
Barely strong enough to stand
I could always count on him
Oh

He thought me everything I know
And 'till this day it shows
He was more than just a friend (Ah ah ah)

There were so many times I would doubt myself
But his words were always there to help

How would it be?
Where I am?
If my father didn't tell me
To never say I can't

He'd carry me
And never let me fall
Oh and the only thing he asked
Right before he passed
Was to never say you can't

Oh
Never say you can't
Oh oh oh Oh

So when last rain begins to fall
And you're out there on your own
And you can't see a thing
No no no

Just find a voice that understands
For me it was my old man
Taught me to say the words I can
Oh

There were so many times I would doubt myself
But his words were always there to help

How would it be?
Where I am?
If my father didn't tell me
To never say I can't

He'd carry me
And never let me fall
Oh and the only thing he asked
Right before he passed
Was to never say you can't

Everything he taught me would stay with me forever
No I won't forget a thing
Oh because of dad I now know myself better
And I hope I can do for him what he did for me

How would it be?
Where I am?
If my father didn't tell me
To never say I can't

He'd carry me
And never let me fall
Oh and the only thing he asked
Right before he passed
Was to never say you can't

Oh
Never say you can't
Oh
Never say you can't

Yeah, that is the lyric. At first I listen to it i felt a little sad because the tone of the song when i hear the lyric i felt so sad because this song tells about the love of a father to his son. The song features the inspirational words given by him during Bruno's childhood and how it taught him to be how he grew up to be over the years. So, from this song we have learned that we must love our father. Because dad will not stop loving their children even until he died. 

source :

http://classicvideos.wikia.com/wiki/Never_Say_You_Can%27t

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/brunomars/neversayucant.html

Slogan That Inspire Me

This quotes is so inspire me because the quotes motivating me to be realistic for this life. Maybe for some people they just wait and find what really they are  but  in real life we must creating our self. 

And this is some history from George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland on July 26th,1856. He was an Irish playwright, socialist, and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama. Over the course of his life he wrote more than 60 plays. Nearly all his plays address prevailing social problems, but each also includes a vein of comedy that makes their stark themes more palatable. In these works Shaw examined education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege.

An ardent socialist, Shaw was angered by what he perceived to be the exploitation of the working class. He wrote many brochures and speeches for the Fabian Society. He became an accomplished orator in the furtherance of its causes, which included gaining equal rights for men and women, alleviating abuses of the working class, rescinding private ownership of productive land, and promoting healthy lifestyles. For a short time he was active in local politics, serving on the London County Council.

In 1898, Shaw married Charlotte Payne-Townshend, a fellow Fabian, whom he survived. They settled in Ayot St. Lawrence in a house now called Shaw's Corner.

He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) and an Oscar (1938). The former for his contributions to literature and the latter for his work on the film "Pygmalion" (adaptation of his play of the same name). Shaw wanted to refuse his Nobel Prize outright, as he had no desire for public honours, but he accepted it at his wife's behest. She considered it a tribute to Ireland. He did reject the monetary award, requesting it be used to finance translation of Swedish books to English.

Shaw died at Shaw's Corner, aged 94, from chronic health problems exacerbated by injuries incurred by falling.

That all about slogan that inspire me and the author. Thank you

source :

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5217.George_Bernard_Shaw

http://www.txconferenceforwomen.org/inspirations/inspirations1/

DEWA ATHENA VII

Hello guys...

Welcome back! This time i will tell you about an event in my school which is you already know, 3 senior high school Bandung. That event called DEWA ATHENA, DEWA ATHENA already been held for 7 times. This event is about sport competition and the participant of this event is class 10^th and  11^th include the acceleration class. The sport that being competed is basket ball, dodge ball,badminton which is divide to men’s singles,women’s singles, and mixed doubles, relay race, and many more. But at the pra-event the committee from DEWA ATHENA was held logo class competition. And this is the logo of my class.

On 21^st  February the opening of DEWA ATHENA VII is held at Bali’s field. The opening was opened by Nissa Febriani as the chief executive of DEWA ATHENA VII, M. Yasyril Mumtaz as chairman of the student council, and Mr. Encang as the principal of 3 senior high school. After the event was officially opened, we did the colour run. Well,  the mini color run actually and it was started from Jl. Bali - Jl. Belitung - Jl. Sumatera - Jl. Aceh - Saparua - Jl. Ambon - Jl. Banda - Jl. Belitung - and back to bali’s field.

And boom the color was being  “given” to us when we were arrived in bali’s field. Me and my friend did some selfie too.

On that day my class was scheduled to participate in the competition of girls soccer , girls dodgeball, and badminton ( mixed doubles). But unfortunately my class was lost in the competition of girls soccer from XI IPA 5 and girls dodgeball from X IPA 7.  Thanks God, in the badminton our class was won from X IPA 5, the player of mixed double is Ghina and Halim, they are so great i’m so proud of both of them. And that all about opening of DEWA ATHENA. Bye... see you later in my next upload.

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