Day 2: What a Great Museum!

19 March 2011

Btw, don't be bored guys, cause about a few days later I'll talk and share about my experience and knowledge when I was in Malaysia...

well, we arrive to the second day on ICGGS (www.icggs.co.cc) in Penang, Malaysia. last night, I was told by Mr. Yatno that today we will have some tour to USM museum, (waoo...ada museumnya jg yaa...), yeah, I just never stop to admire this university. It's not a duty for us actually, but everything happen and hold here will become a great chance for us, yeah, we are in Malaysia, so just like Justin Bieber says in his song: never say "never"! and yes off course we didn't take this tour in vain.

then, with some participants who have already been here, we were picked by USM bus to go to the Museum. I was definitely curious what's on this museum. but actually, this museum is just like the others which shows us many ancient things (namanya juga museum...). it's just the contents which makes this museum different from the others. But this is the differences, "The conceptual premise of the Muzium & Galeri Tuanku USM is the emphasis on the promotion of a balanced symbiosis between heritage, modern and contemporary art, history of science and technology and the challenges of securing a sustainable development for the future."

Welcome to the Museum of Universiti Sains Malaysia

In front of the Museum...

So, what's the content??
well, we, especially the participants coming from Indonesia, were shocked that Malaysia has the really same arts with Indonesia. Inside this museum, we were shown by the existence of 'wayang kulit' that didn't has any difference to Indonesia. There was also gamelan, even the javanese music also. ning nong ning glong ning nong ning glong....huhuhu.

we also saw many uniqueness inside. I saw the Malaysian traditional game (congklak cuyy...)

hash...I've told you, it has many similarity to Indonesia...hoho, what do you think guys??
alright, I won't tell further about the contents of this Museum, you can visit: mgtf.usm.my for more information. But, I think these pictures below can make you imagine about what's on the Museum. cekidot!

Mbak Dwi Titi is trying to play congklak, alone??

ouch...yaahh...emang banyak kesamaan siihh...

Introducing....Nyi Dalang Husni....
ada kaligrafi juga....

hmm...ada perpustakaan kecilnya juga lhoo...

permainan menghancurkan rokok dengan melambaikan tangan...cool!

anyway, after feeling satisfied walking around the museum, we went to Dewan Budaya by foot. tired, but fun. We would see the 72 hours-non stop of reading poems. everybody could join to read, the committees also prepared many poems in Melayu and English to read. But, because of the bus had came to pick us back, so we only had few minutes seeing this events. In fact, some participants had already chosen the poem that they wanted to read...

well, that's all for today, I have many more stories to tell.
just wait and see.......