Matswapati

Matswapati was an event that was held by SMAN 3 Bandung on Saturday,  27th September 2014. The event took place at Lapangan Bali. based on what i searched on google, Matswapati was a name of a king in wayang. This was the first art and cultural event after seven years.

Rundown of Matswapati

Before the event started at 10 o'clock, im actually had to attend a parade, but i didn't come on time because i woke up at 8 o'clock that day. After i prepared myself, i went to Lapangan Bali with my friends to se what was going on there.

At Matswapati, i saw a lot of stands with various themes, such as Arjuna, Abimanyu, Hanoman, etc., the themes was taken from the characters from wayang. Each stand sold and offered different things, there was a stand who rent a Play Station, and there was a stand who challanged you to solve a puzzle, but i think the most unique stand was a stand which offered a place for cool off, i saw a fan and a portable air conditioner there.

At 1 O'clock i went home because i was sleepy, i was very tired because stayed up late on the last night. I woke up at 3 O'clock and did ashar prayer, after that i went to Lapangan Bali again. I saw that the field is getting crowded with people, most of them were waiting for Glenn Fredly i thought. after that i saw alot of performances, such as T'sT, KV3, Barsena, and Glenn Fredly as a closing performance.

Ts'T

KV3

Barsena

Glenn Fredly

I was very tired yet happy because i think it's the first time i've ever went to an art and cultural event with my friends.

Timun Mas (The Golden Cucumber)

Once upon a time, not far from a jungle, lived a husband and a wife. They were diligent farmers and always worked hard in the paddy fields. They had been married for many years and were childless. Every day they prayed for a child.

One night, while they were praying, a giant passed by their home. The giant heard them pray and said:

“Don’t worry. I can help you. But you must return the child to me on her 17th birthday.”

They were so happy that they did not think about the risk of losing their child later and agreed to every condition set by the giant. The giant gave them a few of cucumber seeds. The farmers took utmost care in planting and tenting the seeds.

Soon enough, the cucumber plants grew and a big golden cucumber grew in the plants. The farmers plucked the ripened cucumber and cut it open. They were astonished to see a beautiful child inside the cucumber. They adopted the child as their own daughter and named her Timun Mas (Golden Cucumber). Timun Mas grew into a beautiful girl under her parents’ loving care.

On her 17th birthday, Timun’s parents remembered their promise and became very sad. They knew they had to keep their promise to the giant but they also did not want to lose their beloved daughter. They called Timun Mas aside and said:

“My daughter, take this bag. It can save you from the giant,” said the father.

“What giant? What do you mean, Father? I don’t understand,” said Timun Mas. The farmers narrated the story of her birth to Timun Mas.

Right then, the giant entered their house.

“Run Timun Mas. Save your life!” said the mother.

The giant grew angry when he heard this. Timun Mas had started running. He ran after her. Timun Mas looked behind and saw that the giant was getting closer and closer.

She opened the bag and threw a handful of salt at him. It became a sea. The giant had to swim to cross the sea. When she saw that the giant was nearing her again, she opened the bag and threw some chilly in his path. The chillies grew and formed a jungle blocking his way. The sharp thorns on the trees hurt the giant.

He cut away the trees and continued chasing Timun Mas. Timun Mas took her third magic stuff. It was cucumber seeds. She threw them and they turned into a cucumber field. The giant’s legs were tangled in the cucumber creepers and he kept falling down.

Still the giant managed to escape and continued running after Timun Mas. Timun searched her bag again. She had one last magic stuff in the bag. It was a shrimp paste, terasi. She threw it at him and the terasi turned into a big swamp.

The giant tried to swim across the swamp. But he was very tired by now and drowned in the swamp and died. Seeing that the giant had met his end, Timun Mas was happy and went back home. Timun’s parents were happy to see their daughter return and the family was finally together again.

Source: http://mythologystories.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/indonesia-5/

My Unforgettable Moment

My unforgettable moment is when I had my Farwell Outdoor with my friends at Tidung and Pari Island at Kepulauan Seribu. I went there on 10^th of June until 13^rd June.

Here is some information about Tidung Island from Wikipedia.

Tidung Island is one of the islands in the Thousand Islands. This island consists of two regions, named ‘Tidung Besar’ and ‘Tidung Kecil’, which is connected by a bridge. There is no one living in ‘Tidung Kecil’, so ‘Tidung Kecil’ still looks natural and be one of the favorite tourism spot. There are 4.250 people live in Tidung Island, majority of them are Moslem.

The width of Tidung Island is 200 meters and the length is approximately 5.000 meters. The beaches surrounded Tidung Island has a white beautiful sand. We can see  small fish swimming around the beach because the sea water is still clean. The beach surrounded Tidung Island has no big waves that enable us to swim. Tourists are also able to enjoy beautiful scenery of Tidung Island by biking.

Some social facilites and services have been settled in Tidung Island are: police office, village office, school, and Ocean Research Center by Marine Department. Besides, we can also find some stalls offering snacks, foods, drinks, and souvenirs. People lived in Tidung Island are known as friendly.

Beside snorkeling, diving, and other water sports and activities, one favorite spot is ‘Jembatan Cinta‘ (Love Bridge) which connects two regions of Tidung Island. In ‘Jembatan Cinta’, we can enjoy the beautiful and exotic view of sunrise and sunset, and we also can jump from the bridge to the sea, testing your bravery and nerves.

Fyi, I jumped from jembatan cinta atleast five times, I think It was an exciting experience for me. I did some watersport games too.

After that we went to Pari Island. Pari Island has a beautiful white sand beach called Virgin Beach or Pantai Perawan. You can rent some kayak, play volleyball, buy some coconut, or you can just enjoy the beautiful view of the beach.

 It was a very exciting experience to went there with my friends. It made me realize that indonesia is such a wonderful country with a lot of beautiful place to visit.

dovan's biography

His name is Dovan Fakhradyan. He was born on the 2^nd of may 1999 in Bandung. He has one sister and one brother. His sister’s name is Devina. His sister in now in university and his brother is still in kindergarten. He went to Taruna Bakti Elementary School, and then he went to Taruna Bakti Junior Highschool. In Junior High, he won a couple of competition which he is very proud of. The 9^th grade was one of his busiest years for him, because he attended a lot of lessons and tests for preparing the national exam. But he thinks that it is all worthed, because he got a good grades. Because of his good grades, he can enter the best Senior High School in Indonesia, which is SMAN 3 Bandung.

His hobby is cycling, he loves to go out and ride his bike. He also likes photography. He loves to play music. He plays guitar and piano. He used to practice at least one hour a day, but now it is kind of impossible because he has a lot of homework. He loves to play games in his spare time. He thinks that playing video games is good to reduce stress, but it is not good if you play too much video games.

                

He has a Rabbit since he was in Elementary School. He used to have a lot of cats, but right now he doesn’t own them anymore.

He is very happy knowing that now he is studying in one of the best Senior High School in Indonesia. He hopes to get a good grads in SMAN 3 so that he can enter to a university easier. But right now he is  still unsure of what university he want to go someday. He also hopes that he will not get too stressed in his Senior High School. 

My Autobiography -English Task-

Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.

             

Let me introduce myself. My name is Abdul Halim. My friends usually call me Halim. I was born in Jakarta, 28^th of September 1998. I live at Jl. Oto Iskandar Dinata No. 1. My bloodtype is A. My Father’s name is Ahmad, and my Mother’s name is Netty Prasetiyani. I am the fourth child of my parents, and I have 5 siblings, they are consist of two older brothers, one older sister, one younger sister, and one younger brother. Their names in sequence are Khobbab, Salman, Khodijah, Shofia, and the last one is Hadi.

             

I went to TKIT Iqra when I was at kindergarten, and then I went to SDIT Iqra. But it was not last very long, after my first year at SDIT Iqra, I moved to Madina Islamic School at Jakarta. I Studied there for only two years. After that I moved again to SD Mutiara Bunda at Bandung. After that i went to SMP Mutiara Bunda as my Junior High School. After that, I decided to choose SMAN 3 and SMAN 5 consecutively as my first and second choice at PPDB system as my Senior High School. And here I am right now, officially accepted as a SMAN 3 student.

I do sports a lot. I usually play futsal with my friends. Recently  I’d like to go biking, I usually go biking to Lembang, Dago pakar, and a lot of beautiful places at Bandung. I was lucky enough to live Bandung, because there are so many beautiful place that you can visit with your bicycle. I can play tennis too, I usually play tennis with my brother, and I play table tennis as well. I used to play baseball when I was in elementary and junior high school. Nevertheless, My favourite sports are futsal and biking, because I play futsal and go biking regularly.

                

When I was in Junior High School, I participated in atleast three math contests, however, the luck was not on my side, I never got through to the next stage. My best achievement in a contest so far is when I won the second place of social science contest at Pribadi High School.