Sing-Sing So

Ini adalah salah satu lagu daerah terbaik dari Indonesia, Sing-Sing So dari provinsi Sumatera Utara. Saya selalu antusias untuk mengetahui banyak lagu daerah dan mencari arti dibalik arti lagu tersebut, karena dengan mengerti arti lagunya, saya bisa merasakan sensai dari lagu itu: bagaimana suasana daerahnya, budaya lagunya, bahkan cerita dibalik lagu tersebut, yang kadang baitnya hanya sedikit ternyata menyimpan arti yang sangat dalam.

Contoh lagu daerah yang memiliki arti sangat dalam tersebut menurut saya diantaranya adalah...(Hmm..mungkin saya akan membahasnya lebih rinci di postingan berikutnya)

+ Dayuang Palinggam, Sumatera Barat.
yang berisi tentang amanat untuk anak yang merantau.

+ Ati Raja, Sulawesi Selatan.
yang berisi tentang ke-esa-an Tuhan.
(Gokil ga lagu daerah bisa sesyahdu ini ternyata artinya)

dan lain-lain, mungkin lebih lengkapnya nanti saya akan cerita lebih lanjut.
And so here it is the osng of Sing-Sing So, with its meaning...

Sing-Sing Sofolk song of North Sumatera

Sing Sing So Ueeeeeeelugahon au da parauuuu
(oh boat please take me go)
Ullusson au da alogooooo
(oh wind please blows my boat)
Tu huta ni da tulangiiiiiiiii
(to the village of my uncle=the father of his girlfriend)

(Refrain)

Sotung manimbil roham da hasian
( My sweetheart please dont cheat=please keep your heart for me only)
Paima so ro si rongkap ni tondim
(Until I come to you)
iur do tong-tong langka ni baoadi
(I will come to you safely=to ensure that they will meet)
Tarsongon parbinsar ni mataniari da ueeeeeee
(As rising of the sun)

the enchanting lake Toba,
North Sumatera.

Nice, huh?

National University Games (POMNAS) 2009

>The past weekdays was a quite busy days for me, I had to study for the final exam for next week, got to prepare for ‘the selection’, and the most exciting part of the week is I was on the committee of the National University Games that held at Palembang. This National University Games is the 9^th event that has been held, almost the entire province in Indonesia sent their best university students who also their best athletes. There are 14 sports such as athletics, swimming, karate, tae kwon do, wrestling, and I forget the rest of it.

I was worked as somekind of delegates’ manager there, each of the committee was responsible for one province, and I got Papua! Wow, I was so excited knowing that news, since I have never ever have Papuan friends at all, so in this event I guess I would finally do, and it was right.

at the karate match.
with Vanderi of West Papua and Inda of Papua.

The opening ceremony was held at the Bumi Sriwijaya Stadion, lots of student from junior high to university student came to see the opening ceremony. All of the delegates did the parade of the athletes, but the most interesting was the traditional costume that a pair of each delegate wore. The choir sang the medley of Indonesian folksongs and it added the feel of nationality at that time.

My task was picked them up at the airport, accompanied them to the hotel, drived them to the location of the match, guide them to the local place, and tell them what does the Palembang has. My friends had to work more than I since I never could leave my class at campus. That is why I don’t get the payment as same as them, but it’s no matter at all, the other things that matter for me are experience, new friends, and I could wathced several great matches

.

Me and Alex, an athletic athlet, at the Griya Agung,

I also attend the Farewell night at the Griya Agung (Governor's house), here i met the friends not only the delegates of National University Games, but also the friends from other countries because there was also International Thriathlon and Aquathlon at Palembang, i met some people from US, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Russia, and others.

Thankyuuuuu to Mr. Andre Saputra for invited me to join at this event. This National University Games (or POMNAS/Pekan Olahraga Mahasiswa Nasional) is really an interesting time! Ohya, by the way, this money payment that I get could save me to continue my final stage at the English course, Thankyuu GOD, You do help me :) love you.

ONE WEEK OF IED MUBARAK HOLIDAY

So here I am at the end of my one week Ied Mubarak holiday, although it is a very short time to relax, but somehow it stills a blessing that makes me being thankful to God. I learned a lot of things from small and simple thing that I saw, hear, and feel. So it might be unimportant things to you but these small details really brought me lots of inspiration.

ONE. The smile that others gave to me really showed me that the song of What a Wonderful World is based on a true story.

I went home at the day of Idul Fitri, my friends and parents are worried about my feeling, but I did not felt that at all. My flight is on 11.00 am but I have had already there on 9.00 and I’d love to wait there. My waiting time was fun, I could see others who spend the day at the airport and they were all seems very happy, smile is the best present that other people gave to me, everybody smile friendly at me. The greatest smile that made me happy was the smile of the officer there, start with the officer who politely asked my permission before his hands checked me, until the smile of the ticketing officer and the flight attendant.
It is so simple, right? But I learned that somehow our smile is happiness for others and it does bring me inspiration to be a nice person who full of smile :)

TWO. Even the simple stuffs like people’s fashion and the restaurant in the street side really could made me stay alert to reach my goal.

I went to Bandung for unhappy reason, so I only spend a little time visiting Jalan Dago and Jalan Riau which has many fashion store there. I was amazed by the people there, seemed that they are all so confidence with their outfit, and somehow it makes me thing that they have the confidence. The business and restaurants there also made me spirited away to have the courage to make my own money by entrepreneurship. Ohya, last but not least, I’d love the wheater, I always woke up early in the morning and took a bath after it, quite cold but where else I could get this kind of cold water sensation?
It is so simple, right? But I learned that somehow the way you dressed really affect the way others treat you, and also I learned that creativity plus hard work could really brings money. Inspired me to have a great sense of fashion and to be a rich young man.

went shopping on several nice distro
at the jalan riau and jalan dago.

THREE. Sometimes I am too busy having fun with my friends while in fact I actually have a great giant trees.

This short holiday is the time of family or I called as “My Giant Trees”. Of course I gathered with my beloved parents, grandmother, and others. The greatest thing is that I could have a special time to have fun with my siblings. In Bandung, I met my cousins who totally freaking funny, we laughed a lot every time. Then, I went to Mall Artha Gading to hang out with Hendy Dwi Putranto and Aprita Nur Anggraini, the brother and sister that has been with me from my childhood. Just several hours ago, I also had lunch with my other brothers, Abang and Adek (they are both identical twin) at Rice Bowl, Mall Kalibata, and congratulations for you guys for your new education steps, Adek is now on majoring Geology Engineering while Abang is my future colleague as he now is in the faculty of medicine, both of them on the Gajah Mada University, what a great brother.
It is so simple, right? But I learned that somehow I do have a great family, great in the way they showed me good respect and also great in their quality, I do belive my Giant Trees will shine.

FOUR. Instead of money and position, what I really want for my father are two things. The first is the gene of patient, and the gene of perseverance.
I spend most of this time in my Mom’s house than Dad’s (just one single day in Daddy’s house), and I feel kinda guilty for that. Fell guilty because I had to delayed to eat sate kambing together (which is our favorite food), unable to accompany my grandma to the eye treatment, and unable to bring my dad to doctor to do his first check up, since it is so important knowing that I am sure that he has COPD now (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, a disorder in respiratory system).
Dad: “jadi kamu bener udah mau pulang sekarang ini?”
Son: “iya, Yah.”
Dad: “Wah, padahal Ayah rencananya mau ngajak kamu ke Sate Kambing paling enak siang ini”
Son: “…”
Dad: “mm..tapi gapapa lah”
Son: “…”
The last sentence that he said still inside of my mind, include his sound, tone, and emotion. He did not expressed the feeling of sadness, in fact he expressed that it would be just fine, he patient enough to wait for the next time I’ll back home.
And for this point, I don’t know what to say about learning and inspiration. I just feel sad a little bit.

ask donation with an interesting way.
what a creativity.

FIVE. Once again, To prevent is always lot more better that to cure.
Last night, I slept in my 82-years-old-blind grandmother’s bedroom, because she is too afraid of being alone in her everything-dark-world, and she is always loved to accompany by me most of the time. When we have already woke up and sat in our family room, she suddenly asked me, “Where are you live now?” and this one really made me shocked, “Who is your parent’s name?”, Oh dear God, I don’t know how come she becoming like that, I hope she was just confusing instead of getting Alzheimer.
I learned a lot for this situation, from how to being patient to care a patient, knowing the psychology condition of an elderly sick person, and evenmore, how to make the rest of my family still health. It inspired me to become a very good doctor, because soon, their health is on my hand.

So tomorrow I am going back to a city of dream, where I will pursuit for my success which am going to built myself, my family, friends, religion, and also my lovely Indonesia. Give me a prayer, dear friends :) ciao!!!

Superwoman

Last night, a bestfriend of mine, Deedee called me while i was on praying, then she text message me that Encu, one of my bestfriend also, just lost his father. I was shocked. I did not call Deedee back or even replied her message until now. It's not that i don't want to or not care about it, but i am speechless and dont know even a word to say.

Encu is a senior high school friend of mine, we were together in the student body organization. She did not took college but she decided to took a training on one of famous spa majesty in Indonesia. She worked several times in some Indonesian spa, but in the past two years she has been worked in Malaysia.

Then she had to face the fact that her mother is sick. No simple disease, but a kidney failure. As we know that kidney failure does need haemodialysis which is not cheap. I believe that the major reason she work in Malaysia is to help and support her mother medical fee instead thinking for her own sake.

God took her mother not so long from the time she got the kidney failure, and last night God also took the soul of her father.

Inalillahi wa inalillahi rojiun.
Allah creates every single thing, and it would be back to Allah after all.

This post is not a pity writing to her, but a prayer and compliment about a girl that deserved to called as a superwoman for her strength, patient, and also courage.

Dear Encu, I prayed for your mother, father, your brother, and for you. May God always be with
you.

We love you, we really do.

Kota Termahal di Dunia

Biaya yang dibutuhkan untuk hidup atau cost of living di setiap kota dan negara sangatlah beragam. Dimulai dari perbedaan ongkos makan, biaya sekolah, biaya transportasi, fasilitas-fasilitas, dan tentunya biaya tempat tinggal. Tak perlu membandingkan kota antar negara lain dulu, bahkan di negara kita terdapat perbedaan biaya hidup antara Jakarta dan Yogyakarta, naah apalagi perbandingan biaya hidup antara kota di berbagai pelosok dunia.

Mercer Human Resource Consulting dan Economist Intelligence Unit telah menetapkan peringkat kota-kota termahal di dunia. Hmm, kira-kira ibukota negara kita ada di peringkat berapa ya?

So, Here are the result in order of rank:


1. TOKYO, Japan.

2. OSAKA, Japan.



3. Moscow, Russia.



4. Geneva, Switzerland.



5. Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.



6. Zurich, Switzerland.



7. Copenhagen, Denmark.


8. New York City, USA.


9. Beijing, People's Republic of China.


10. Singapore.




Itulah sepuluh kota paling mahal yang ada di dunia. Sedangkan ibukota negara kita, Jakarta, ternyata adalah kota paling mahal ke-106 di dunia. Sedangkan ibukota negara tetangga kita, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, berada terpaut sepuluh posisi dari posisi Jakarta yakni di posisi 96. Hmmm, walau terkadang tinggal di Jakarta dapat menyebabkan kita stress akan keruwetannya, polusinya, dan teriknya, tetapi bagaimanapun saya dan kita semua tetap cinta Jakarta, bukan?

106. (WE LOVE) JAKARTA, INDONESIA :)



see you people in my next post.
I have a class to catch and it's about to begin :)

Baju Adat Sumatera Selatan

Hmm..setiap provinsi di Indonesia memiliki baju adat khas daerahnya masing-masing, termasuk Sumatera Selatan, bahkan Sumatera Selatan yang terdiri dari 11 Kabupaten dan 4 Kota memiliki baju daerah yang berbeda-beda di tiap kabupaten/kota tersebut. Hmm, kalau di satu provinsi aja keberagamannya sudah seindah itu, kebayang kan bagaimana beragamnya budaya di satu Indonesia ini?

That's why we called our nation as Unity in Diversity :) Enjoy this pictures people!

Baju adat Kabupaten Banyuasin.

Baju adat Kabupaten Empat Lawang.



Baju adat Kabupaten Lahat.



Baju adat Kota Lubuk Linggau.



Baju adat Kabupaten Musi Rawas.



Baju adat Kabupaten Muara Enim.



Baju adat Kabupaten Musi Banyuasin.



Baju adat Kabupaten Ogan Ilir.



Baju adat Kabputen Ogan Komering Ilir.



Baju adat Kabupaten Ogan Komering Ulu.



Baju adat Kabupaten Ogan Komering Ulu Timur.



Baju adat Kabupaten Ogan Komering Ulu Selatan.



Baju adat Kota Pagaralam.



Baju adat Kota Palembang I.



Baju adat Kota Palemabang II.



Baju adat Kota Prabumulih.

don't you fall in love deeper with our I-N-D-O-N-E-S-I-A ?

Bandara di Indonesia

Kemajuan suatu kota salah satunya dinilai dari bandara yang ada di kota tersebut. Sebuah bandara mencerminkan bagaimana sebuah kota dapat memperlakukan dan memberi kesan pertama bagi setiap tamu yang datang ke suatu kota. Nah, inilah sedikit gambaran bagaimana bentuk bandara yang ada di beberapa kota di Indonesia.

Makasar, Sulawesi Selatan : HASANUDIN


Bandar udara Hasanudin merupakan salah satu bandara internasional. Arsitekturnya merupakan salah satu yang paling modern diantara yang lain. Bandara ini dirancang oleh orang Indonesia asli loh, tanpa campur tangan asing. Wow, cukup bangga yah?

Denpasar , Bali : NGURAH RAI



Wah, kalau yangs atu ini sih ga perlu ditanya lagi. Dari dulu bandara ini udah menjadi cerminan baik pariwisata negara kita. Gaya arsitekturkhas Bali yang ada di bandara ini udah pasti bisa bikin suatu kesan unik buat turis asing yang datang.

Padang, Sumatera Barat : MINANGKABAU


Dengan bandara yang berbentuk seperti rumah khas Sumatera Barat, bandar udara Minangkabau juga pasti bakal bisa menawan, dengan hanya sekali liatnya, bandara ini pasti bakal terus ada di benak pengunjung.

Palembang, Sumatera Selatan : SULTAN MAHMUD BADARUDIN II


Apa yang khas dari Sumatera Selatan dan Palembang tentu saja dicerminkan dari bandara ini. Tapi jelas bukan pempeknya, tapi jembatan Amperanya. Di halaman bandara yang diambil dari nama pahlawan nasional asal Sumsel ini, replika jembatan pembelah sungai Musi ini berdiri tegak.

Cengkareng, Banten : SOEKARNO HATTA



Sebagai ibukota negara, bandara soekarno hatta udah harus sempurna untuk memenuhi semua kualitas yang baik untuk dibilang bandara internasional. Bedanya dengan bandara lain, bandara Soekarno Hatta bukan menonjolkan wilayah dia berada (Jakarta atau Banten), tapi harus bisa mencerminkan Indonesia secara umum. Jadilah arsitektur Bali yang dipakai disini untuk mewakilinya.

Abepura, Papua : SENTANI


Ini pertama kalinya ngeliat foto bandar udara sentani, and it was amazing. Keunikannya dipancarkan dari rumah tradisional rakyat Papua yakni rumah Honai. Dan lebihnya lagi, liat dh di belakang bandara ada pegunungan yang menulang tinggi. Emang Tuhan Maha Adil, walaupun ga dibuat modern seperti bandara yang lain tadi, bandar udara Sentani emang udah diciptakan secara indah sama Tuhan.



Itulah cermin dari beberapa bandara yang ada di Indonesia, unik yah tiap daerah punya cirinya masing-masing. TAPI tau ga bandara kita, Soekarno Hatta masuk peringkat berapa diantara negara-negara lain di seluruh dunia? Kita ada di peringkat sepuluh dari bawah!
ini gambar Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Kita kan lebih kaya dan lebih pintar, jadi pasti kita bisa kejar :)

Yamko Rambe Yamko.

SIAPA ga tau lagu ini?

Yamko Rambe Yamko dari daerah Papua. I'm pretty sure since elementary we are all know and can sing this kinda upbeat folk song. Dari dulu gw juga hafal baik nadanya maupun liriknya, tapi dari kecil gw nanya sama bokap, nyokap, dan guru ga ada satupun yang tau arti lagu ini, sama nasibnya seperti lagu-lagu daerah lainnya contohnya gw hafal lagu apuse, cublak-cublak suweng, si patokaan, tapi ga tau apa artinya.

I'm over and over searching on the google to find the meaning behind the folksongs, but it was quite hard, terutama lagu yamko rambe yamko ini. Akhirnya kemaren gw minjem buku lagu wajib dari claudia dan ternyata isinya ada lagu daerahnya juga. And guess whaat? It has the meaning of the song!!! and i said: w o w, haha.

To remind you first, this is the lyric.

YAMKO RAMBE YAMKO

He yamko rambe yamko aronawa kombe
Te mino kibi kubano ko bombeko
Yumano bungo awe ade.

Hongke, hongke, hongke riro
Hongke jombe, jombe riro

and this is the MEANING of the song!

Hai jalan yang dicari, sayang perjanjian
Sungguh pembunuhan di dalam negeri

Bunga bangsa, bunga bangsa
Bunga bertaburan
Bunga tumbuh di taman pahlawan.

hmmm, tapi sebenernya gw ga begitu ngerti "Apaa yaah kira-kira berarti maksud lagu ini?". Pembunuhan dalam negeri? Bunga bertaburan? Apakah ini tentang suatu perang? kalo iyaa perang apaa yaah?
hehe...after knowing the meaning of the song, suddenly it comes again with a lot of more guestion.

fyuh..jadi inget dosen gw bilang pas kuliah tentang filsafat dan filosopi. Katanya... kalau semakin kita belajar sesuatu, kita bukan semakin banyak tahu tapi justru semakin banyak ga tahu karena kita akan semakin bertanya-tanya tentang hal tersebut.

ohya.
Happy Birthday to Lukman, a nice classmate originally from Malaysia.
Have a nice life!!!

!!Happy Birthdaay Ayaaah!!

dear God.

Thanks for giving me a perfect person in my life, the one i called as AYAH.

Thank you Ayah, for being the best place for me to take a shelter in my whole lifetime and days, the good days and the bad ones.

There's my Ayah, he struggling along the way for my needs more than his need. He always went worked at seven in the morning and went back home at nine in the night. He was already old with the gray hair on your head. He did not go to work by car, he take a walk and a public bus for hours before arrive at his office.

There's my Ayah. Both of us have a lot of similarity. Thanks for givin me the genetics of easy going and simple way of thinking, it is really helpful to have a trait like this, it really made us happy to enjoy life, isnt it Dad?

There's my Ayah. He does know about music and movies especially at his era. It makes me know a lot about vintage stuff. He teach me about Beatles, the Bee Gees, Rolling Stones, Koes Bersaudara, and others. While in my teenage i was listened to boyzone, spice girls, and christina, can you imagine what he used to listen? He was a fans of Linkin Park, M2M, Korn and Limp Bizkit. ahahahaha, how ridiculous am i.

There's my Ayah. While my Bunda don't like movies at all. My Ayah loves it, especially the war movies and action. Every time i go back home, we always watch movies until late at night.


There's my Ayah. He is my best teacher for social sciences a.k.a IPS (Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial). He knows a lot about geography, countries, culture and tradition, history of world and indonesian. He used to ask me about IPS stuff and when i didnt know the answer, he said "eei, bodoh itu namanya, itu kan pelajaran kelas 4 itu". hihihi, that words would still in my mind forever.

There's my Ayah. My best place to talk about anything without any doubts. I'd love to talk about anything, about my school, my days, my loveliving, my dreams, movies, history, and others. He's my conversation-bestfriend. Our best time to talks are in the dining-table and along the road to somewhere.

There's my Ayah. He doesnt always complete all my money needs. But more than that, he gave a faith in me that i can reach my dream as high as i would.

He is a very easy going but i giggles a lot and touched when i knew from my mom that at the first time i moved to Palembang, he didn't want to went to the Soekarno-Hatta just because he didn't have the heart to go there. ahihihi, i never thought he could be so sentimental like that.

Thank God for givin me my dad.
The person named Raden Bambang Kustadi Poernomo Ajie, the angel that i called.. "AYAH".

Happy Birthday Ayahku :)
i love you, i always do.

Film Perang Terbaik.

Ayah saya adalah seorang yang gila akan filmfilm berbau perang. Setiap mencari dvd, pasti yang dicarinya filmfilm perang. Engga heran makanya, Dia cadas banget kalo ditanya tentang sejarah perang. Di kamar, mungkin udah ada seratusan judul-judul film perang punya ayah.
Mulai dari yang award-winning, yang jamandulu banget, yang serial, bahkan yang ga pernah keluar dimanamana.

Kalau saya sih, palingan nonton film punya Ayah yang betul-betul terkenal atau yang direkomendasikan sama Ayah.

Nah, berikut ini film-film perang yang paling bagus menurut saya:


5. The Downfall (Dier Undergank)

cerita tentang masa-masa sebelum dan saat kejatuhan Hitler.










4. Windtalkers

cerita tentang perjuangan seorang letnan dan seorang indian di perang Vietnam.









3. Saving Private Ryan

cerita tentang pencarian seorang prajurit bernama Ryan untuk dipulangkan karna semua anak ibunya telah gugur.









2. Letters from Iwojima

(film asing terbaik golden globe 2006)
cerita bagaimana Jepang mempertahankan pulau miliknya dari serbuan Amerika.








1. Platoon

(film terbaik oscar 1986)
cerita tentang persahabatan dan kehidupan tentara Amerika saat perang Vietnam.
Jadi, Platoon adalah film perang terbaik menurut saya. Filmnya menyentuh banget, sampai-sampai saya rasanya mau nangis nontonnya. huehue






Melalui menonton film perang, kadang kita bisa ngeliat bagaimana seorang manusia bisa jadi ga punya nurani seperti binatang dan bagaimana seorang manusia diperlakukan selayaknya binatang.
huah, semoga ga ada lagi dh perang apapun.

World peace :) amen