TAMAN SARI: Best Place to feel 'them'

Happy Holiday!

it is Sunday today, what activity do you have today??

well, when you are in Jogja now, you should have time to visit Taman Sari. It is actually a complex of Yogyakarta Palace which contains of some buildings there. Inside the buildings, you will find a pool. some years ago, it was used as bathing pool for the princess, and now, you are restricted to touch the water and play the water. the buildings looks so old, you can see from the walls and the woods which has already been peel and porous. But, those are the things which make Taman Sari beautiful and ancient.

Taman Sari is next to Kraton Ngayogyakarta, and it is about 500m from the famous Malioboro Street and Bringharjo Market. You only need to pay about Rp 3.000,- to enter the building. hmmm....so cheap right?? Yeah, you may also take best pictures there because every corner of Taman Sari has a uniqueness. check my photos here....

Welcome to Taman Sari

the old door

the pool can be seen from here...

what a beautiful ancient place to take a picture!

 

nah, those are just few pictures I took with my friends inside Taman Sari. Although it was raining at the time, the visitors kept walking around this area. I met some foreigners who were really interested to know this place. With an umbrella, they were seriously paying attention to the guide. My friend and I actually wanted to know more about this place by listening to the guide's explanation too (hee...lumayan....free guide service! hoho).

You know what, I got some information about this place. Actually, it was so often here that people surrounding Taman Sari heard mysterious voices in the night. Sometimes they heard Gamelan Sound (Javanese Traditional music), or sometimes heard a cart and the horses. whuuuu.....made me feel scared suddenly. moreover when I passed the dark alley inside this place. hiiiiyyy...I didn't want to pass it alone! Btw, I myself never hear about it before, but I can feel 'something' here. Yeah, the place gave me different and cold atmosphere, so silent here, just made me comfort and fresh, it wasn't noisy like the other tourism place.

FYI, outside Taman Sari, you can visit the other ancient building near Taman Sari. This building is not complete anymore, it was because of the time and might be the earthquake happened in Jogja before. anyway, here you can see the view from the top of the building. But, be careful, the wind was so strong (not appropriate for thin person! haha....no). But, last time I went there, we were banned to go up to the top because the doors were locked. I thought it was dangerous anymore for us to go up further.

hey, it's the building! can you see it??

just till as this high...

before restricted, you can go up higher

all in all, Taman Sari is still becoming an appropriate tourism place to visit in Jogja. this place contains of a pure Jogjanese historical buildings. The societies are pure Jogjanese people. the combination between the place and the societies show us the real Jogja. It's comfort, natural, friendly, fresh, and clean. this place has  ever been the location for making some movies. So, don't be confused anymore to visit this place guys!

The Most Wanted Person in the World!

"...Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya Chaiyya...."

that is just few lyrics coming from one of the most famous songs of Bollywood, India.
I am sure not all of people in this world know this song well, but now it has been just being the most famous song in Indonesia defeating the songs coming from Indonesia itself.
so, why do this song becomes famous in Indonesia??
well, I think Indian people must give thank to Briptu Norman Camaru, a police from Gorontalo, for bringing up that Indian song becomes OUTSTANDING in Indonesia!!

Briptu Norman Camaru

yeah! Briptu Norman is not only the man who makes this song FAMOUS, but he also becomes THE MOST FAMOUS person in Indonesia right now!
that was because of the video he uploaded in YouTube.com which shows him singing lip-sync of chaiya chaiya. with his attractive move singing this song, doing it just like Shah Rukh Khan do, Briptu Norman is like an actor of Bollywood movie who is be able to sing and dance Indian well! hwaaaa......you can't imagine the way he imitated Shah Rukh Khan dances in the video of Chaiya Chaiya. you know guys, his lip-sync and body language were so PERFECT!, just like he knows the meaning of the song itself! can you do that guys??? well, I think only the man with the great devotion who can do like him...
Briptu Norman's Lip-sync video


ouch! I think I will never be bored watching his video!

I just like the way he sings that song, moreover he was wearing police uniform when he was singing that song! it was really ridiculous in Indonesia because that situation never happened in Indonesia before!

now, Briptu Norman are so busy performing in every TV channel in Indonesia. before he went to Jakarta, he was invited by the Governor of Gorontalo to sing Indian songs in front of him. In fact, some people thought that Briptu Norman would be punished by his boss for doing it and uploading it in YouTube.com, but actually his boss just punished him to amuse in front of his friends in the police. yeah! truly, he has been becoming local artist in Gorontalo before he becomes famous in Indonesia, so no wonder, his friends were not really surprised of his act.

Life is unpredictable...
who would have thought that he would become the influential people in Indonesia. he brings the police's image becomes good and accepted by the societies. he shows that a police is just like the other people, having idol or creativity, and so on.

I just hope that he will always have modesty, friendly, and simplicity in his life though his life will be different from his before...

so, TETEP SEMANGAT BRIPTU NORMAN!
keep being yourself!

REALITY-BASED EDUCATION = IS BASED EDUCATION?

If taken literally, reality-based education is education that refers to the fact that occur within the scope of such education. This means that anything that is available in it, would be better if utilized to the fullest. "Whatever" here of course includes many things, like the education process that can not be separated from the educational components that include the subject of education, educational objects, as well as facilities and infrastructure?

Let's examine one by one. Given a little about the state of education in Indonesia, we will find at least a lot of schools and universities that are competing to add some facilities to support their teaching and learning process. Finally, the school would not hesitate to burden the student by adding fees to them. The device is the school thinking that this is normal, look at other schools, even they think that increasing the amount of administrative costs is not the worst compared with the other. Meanwhile, on the part of students, school fees are passed over onto them is quite expensive. From here we can also very common for a lot of Indonesian people who are not educated to the fullest. If you have this, what would their response about the rumors that said that "education is only for people with money", or "education is a business"?

Now we continue with a question. Is the growing number of school administrative costs, the quality of the teaching staff will also be increasing? In a teaching-learning process, teachers or teacher plays a very important for the achievement of the educational process. The teachers are really qualified would have a precise strategy to deal with students who have the talent and level of intelligence that is different. Submission of material without practice is like the Adam without the Eve. Zero! Material less, practice more. With practice, students will experience, and through all five senses experience they will work optimally. This ensures they are to keep in mind the core material from which they had learned earlier. "Experience is the best teacher." Agree?

After discussing some issues on education, would be better if we link between expectations and reality of the education process in Indonesia. Has the reality of our education in line with expectations? The best answer may not be, because indeed our hope is for the purpose of education can be achieved. And when examined more deeply, the main purpose of education is that students are actively developing the potential for him to have the spiritual power of religion, self-control, personality, intelligence, noble character, and the skills needed themselves and society. When viewed from the aim, the educational process will not be separated from the synergy between schools, families, and society. So far, the three elements is not running correctly. This was proved by still many students who drowned in drugs, sex, and the brawl at a great cost.

Talking about the problems of education in Indonesia is not going to be endless. But need to remember is that we do not have to chase success in other schools if it is still a lot of resources not fully utilized in the school itself. Comparative studies are necessary, but more important is to focus on the object of education is the students themselves. The name of a school or university is not judged by the magnificent school buildings, nor of the high cost of administration, or any number of students, but visits from the school and the university's ability to print a graduate of a strong faith, morals, and excellent performance that is ready to plunge in the community.

DAFTAR PUSTAKA

Suryabrata, Sumadi. Psikologi Pendidikan. Jakarta: PT RajaGrafindo Persada, 1995.

Monroe, W. S. The theory of educational measurement. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928.

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