The Legend of Sangkuriang

Once upon a time, lived a beautiful woman named Dayang Sumbi. One day, she was knitting in her front yard. Her thread kept on falling down, she kept taking it back until a point where she felt tired of it. “I will marry anyone who can take that thread back to me,” said Dayang Sumbi.

Out of nowhere, a dog came and brought the thread to her. She was bound to her words and married the dog. The dog’s name was Tumang, he was actually God in disguise. They lived happily and had one son named Sangkuriang. Dayang Sumbi did not tell him that the dog in their house was his father.

One day, Sangkuriang promised his mother that he will bring her some meat from his hunt. Dayang Sumbi felt so happy hearing that. Sangkuriang went to the forest with Tumang. But, he couldn’t catch anything. He did not want to disappoint his mother, he had to bring meat to her. He decided to bring Tumang’s meat. He killed the dog and brought back the meat.

Dayang Sumbi was happy with the meat. But then she realized something. “Where is Tumang?” asked her.

“The meat we have just eaten was Tumang’s meat, Mother.” Replied Sangkuriang.

Dayang Sumbi was furious upon hearing it. She hit Sangkuriang’s head with an iron spoon. It made his head bleed. Feeling disappointed with his mother’s act, he left their house. After he left, Dayang Sumbi regretted the thing she had done to her son. She prayed and prayed to God as often as she could to let her see her son again before she died. The God felt sorry for her and grant her eternal youth so that her son could still remember her.

Years later, Sangkuriang arrived to a village which happened to be his old village. He met a beautiful woman and fell in love with her. The woman was actually Dayang Sumbi. Sangkuriang did not remember his mother’s face anymore and Dayang Sumbi did not know her son’s face because he had turned into from a boy into a man. Sangkuriang asked her to marry him and Dayang Sumbi said yes to his proposal.

When Dayang Sumbi was helping Sangkuriang to fix his head scarf, she noticed a mark on his head.  She asked him the history of his mark. He told her that her mother hit him with a spoon. Hearing that story shocked her and made her realize the truth about the man she was about to marry. She couldn’t tell Sangkuriang the truth because he would not believe it and yet it was impossible for her to marry her own son.

She finally told him she wanted the wedding to be cancelled. Sangkuriang ignored her and kept on preparing for their wedding. Dayang Sumbi came up with another idea.

“I will wed you if you can prove your love to me.” Said her.

“Tell me what you want?” Replied Sangkuriang.

“I want you to create a lake and build a huge ship to sail across it. I want it to be done within one night!” Requested Dayang sumbi.

“Fine. I will show you my love first thing in the morning,” said Sangkuriang.

During his journey, Sangkuriang had made friend with Spirits and Genies. He asked them to come and help him. With their help, everything can be easily done.

Dayang Sumbi saw that her request was almost finished. She coulnd’t let that happen. She prayed to God to make the sun set earlier than before. God granted her pray and made the sun came out before her usual time. The chicken started singing their morning song.

Sangkuriang was bewildered. He knew the sun should not come out yet. He knew he had been tricked. Out of anger, he kicked the ship to the forest and landed on the ground in upside-down position. Feeling that she had once again disappointed her son, Dayang Sumbi decided to kill herself by jumping into the lake.   Legend said that Sangkuriang also killed himself in that lake.

Amazing Structure (Monas)

Monas or Monumen Nasional (National Monument) is an icon of the city. Located in the center of the city, became a Attraction and educational center that appeals to people in Jakarta and surrounding areas. Monument was established in 1959 and unveiled two years later in 1961.

Monas began construction in August 1959 Overall monument building designed by the architect Indonesia, Sudarsono, Frederich Silaban and Ir. Rooseno. On August 17, 1961, the monument was inaugurated by President Soekarno. And was opened to the public since July 12, 1975.

While the area of ​​urban forest parks around the monument formerly known as Field Gambir. Then had changed its name several times into Field Ikada, Merdeka Square, National Monument, and then into Monument Park.

1. Size and The Content of Monas
Monas constructed at 132 meters and shaped yoni. The entire building is covered by marble.

2. Lidah Api
At the top, there is a cup on which there is a tongue of fire from bronze with a height of 17 meters and 6 meters in diameter and weighs 14.5 tons. This flame coated gold weighing 45 kg. Monas flame consists of 77 sections together.

3. Pelataran Puncak
Top court breadth of 11x11 m. To reach the top court, visitors can use the elevator to travel about 3 minutes long. All around there is a stair lift emergency. From the top of Monas, visitors can see skyscraper buildings in the city. Even if the air is clear, visitors can see Mount Salak in West Java and the Java Sea to the Thousand Islands.

4. Pelataran Bawah
Under the court of the extent of 45x45 m. Height from the bottom of Monas to the court below that is 17 meters. In this section visitors can see Monument Park which is a beautiful city forest.

5. Museum Sejarah Perjuangan Nasional
At the bottom of Monas there is a large room which is the National Museum. Height is 8 feet. The museum displays the history of the struggle of the Indonesian nation. The area of ​​this museum is 80x80 m. On the fourth side of the museum there are 12 dioramas (show window) that displays the history of Indonesia from the era of kingdoms Indonesian nation ancestors until G30S PKI.

Matswapati

  Matswapati is a culture festival that held in Lapangan Bali, Bandung, Indonesia on Saturday, 27 September 2014. Every class had their unique traditional costumes and their own stands at Lapangan Bali. In that day, the students in my class wear same traditional costumes. The boys wear pangsi (an traditional costume in Bandung) and the girls wear kebaya (an traditional costume too). In that day we must gather at seven o’clock in front of our stands. Then we parade around Bandung with our unique traditional costumes. I think it was fun moments when we parade around Bandung, because when we is about to across the street, the cars and the motorcycle must wait and they keep sound their horn to us to go hurry. Meanwhile we enjoy the parade with walk slowly and shouted our yells. After the parade was done, we go back to our own stands and look after the stands while offering traditional goods on display in our stands. Then me and my friends when to eat near the stands. Maybe that’s all from me, because after eat we decided to go for futsal. Thank you for reading my story, I hope it will add your to knowledge.

Unforgettable Moment

                               

Last year at the month of my birthday (May), My beloved grandfather died at Pertamina Hospital. In that day, when I told that my grandfather was gone, it’s sounds like a dream to me, because the day before that day, I still can spoke to him. But in that day I really confused and I don’t believe it. Okay then, I think I may tell you the story before that day. Eight month before that day, my family had been told by the doctor that my grandfather had an very aggressive cancer and only survive for six month, since that day me, my mom, grandmother, and sometimes my brothers went to accompany my grandfather to took a chemo in Singapore. Almarhum had been chemo for five times, and I think chemo is a painful treatment, because ten days after chemo, my grandfather always vomiting. I can’t bear to see him like that. And almarhum mostly at my house in Jakarta with an oxygen tube. Then unpredictable day had come. In that day I really-really sad and cry while starring at almarhum face. It was a nightmare for me, because when almarhum alive, I really closed to him. Even when I typing this story, I shed a tear. After that day my mom really-really hard about Islam, because she say that  “we live on earth just a very briefly, and in the end, there will be a live that more lasting, and ‘Eyang Kung’ have preceded us”. Even now, my mom sometimes cry for almarhum. By the way almarhum was buried at Tanah Kusir. Well finally my sadness moment is done. Don’t let us being a slave by the Earth, because our live is never long in this world.

My New Friend

Well, in my new class I got a new friend too. He’s name is Teuku Ismail Fahmi, or everybody called him Teuku. He live at Gerlong Residence A8, Bandung with her mom. He’s from 12 Junior High School. Now, he’s my classmate in X Acceleration B. In my first time go to my new class, I sit beside him, and I didn’t much talk with him. But day after day we become a friend and do a lot of jokes. Sometimes we talked and make a joke while the others are listening seriously, like when our friends did a presentation, we make a little joke about the presentation. I think that me and he is wired because sometimes, we speak a same word and I don’t know is it lucky or we’re connected or something else. By the way he’s the youngest son and he have brother, his brother name is Teuku Ismail Fadhil. He want to be a physicist. He’s hobby is playing computer games, playing basketball, and listening to music. But, he’s bad at playing a music instrument. Well I think I really don’t know him well, maybe you know him more then me.

This Is Muhammad Rio Indiratama

                                         

Hello there!  my name is Muhammad Rio Indiratama, my friends call me Rio. I was born on 14th of May 1999 at Yogyakarta. My hobby is playing, because I really can’t always studying hard, and I like refreshing things. I have three little brothers, my first little brother is Muhammad Adika Zainatha, my second brother is Muhammad Rakha Dizionario, and my last brother is Muhammad Raja Besdalovaro. When I was a boy, I live at Banjarmasin. I finished my playgroup there.

After finished my playgroup at Banjarmasin, I moved to Bintaro and start my elementary school at Al-Azhar 17 Bintaro. The firs time I go to school, I was scared because I never go for long without my mom, so I cried in the class and I go outside to see my mom. A month later, I seems enjoy my one elementary school, but my friends always remember the moment my first school and cried in the class, so I was embarrassed. I was famous in Al-Azhar 17 Bintaro, because everybody that like futsal know me, but I don’t know them. Since 4 elementary school, I stop playing futsal, and my friends always ask me why? , I tell them because I there is something that I like more than futsal, that thing is playing game online.

Since 6 elementary school I became naughty boy, because after school I flee to the nearest “warnet” from school. In the end, I caught by my mom and dad. Since that day, my mom and dad give me my own computer for studying and playing (mostly). After I finished my elementary school, I move Al-Azhar BSD Junior High School and live at The Green Cluster Banyan Ville Blok H-10 No.9. I was no one in that school, but I had a lot of friends there. That include a gangster, genius boy, gamers, and many more. In the end I finished my school there with proudly, because I was accepted at 3 Senior High school. 

In 3 Senior High School, I one by one make a friend. First time, I got into X IPA 9 Class. In that class, I study normally and sometimes laughing in the class. Sometime, we’re not listening seriously to the teacher, because we always have fun in the class. Even when the test come, we ask the teacher to delay the test. Now, I got to  X Acceleration B class.

That's all about me, I hope you enjoy it. :)