Holiday Trip to Pangalengan - Part 3 - Monday, 28 December 2015

We kept moving until we saw PLTA Cikalong, this is the first time i realized about the power source here. I also saw one of my favourite plant it was the bladygrass (ilalang), the flower looks like a cotton, after some time we started to going more further and the atmosphere also become more serene.

We started to pass through a lot of small shops, and the houses were not so many now. Then we started to see gardens and i'm also surprised at how many government owned gardens here, we also saw a giant pipe which supply water from the mountain, initially i want to go home but my uncle said that we should at least try the route to Rancabuaya.

I agreed and we soon went that route, but before we venture further we decided to stop at an alfamart. After a while we decided to continue our journey, then we passed one situ where it used to be a rafting place, it's usually very full at this time of the year but due to the severe drought the water there was so little that even small ships shipwrecked and can't move

Then after that we saw a sign written Rancabuaya 76 KM that's when we decided to return since now is 1 PM and going to Rancabuaya would need a lot of money, so we decided to go home, but before we go home my uncle decided to ask a shop about plastic rain coat since the rain coat at that shop is thicker than the usual one

Thanks For Reading :)

-The Awesome One

Holiday Trip to Pangalengan - Part 1 - Monday, 28 December 2015

Holiday Trip to Pangalengan - Part 1
Monday, 28 December 2015

Yooyooyoo what's up everyone, first of all i want to say sorry to the readers because last time i promised to write 6 part special didn't i? well unfortunately because of my laziness :v I only managed to wrote 5 part of it, i initially want to make the epilogue of it but it seems that the epilogue will be so long and i didn't have much time to write everything else so i'll write it later when i have more time (Which seems unlikely) well without further notice let's start.

The day started with me bored at home, after my visit to Gedung Sate yesterday i want more adventure today. Unfortunately my bicycle still hasn't fixed yet and of course i almost can't go anywhere due to my bike is the main transportation of mine, so as usual.. SMACKDOWN TIME!! (Ooo yeahhh!!) after played for a while i saw my uncle, then an idea sparks to my mind "What about going with my uncle?" so i asked him, and he accepted.

After that at 09.00 me and my uncle prepared to go somewhere, at that time i didn't even know where will we go. The only thing i knew that we will not go to upper places such as Dago because of the traffic jam due to holiday visitors. When we reached BKR he turned left. Which i immediately recognize as the route to Majalaya. I often go to Majalaya through that route, so that route was really familiar for me.

We keep moving using his motorcycle through the streets to Moh. Toha Street when we saw a great number of visitors that was having a holiday in Bandung. B plate, Z plate, F plate they were everywhere, usually on normal days D plate was the most dominant but on holidays a lot of people came to Bandung. The toll gate was packed with people with cars, which will make my holiday plan with my family a bit harder.

Then we arrived at the industrial area, oh man the road was full of giant trucks, trailers, and cars, not only with vehicles but it was also full of dust and smoke (Arghh..) it's unpleasant breathing them, but not only that but they also making my eyes turned red, we then rested at 3rd Siliwangi Command Base, there we drink some water then continue our journey, when we arrived near Majalaya the traffic is absolutely madness, there was no traffic lights.

Not long after that we passed a bridge and saw a sign, i obviously screamed to my uncle to turn right as i liked to go to Pangalengan, so he turned right, the traffic is worser than before though, and the hot weather didn't help at all. Then we reached Banjaran and passed through another industrial area, thankfully it's not as dusty as the first one, then i saw a peculiar car you wouldn't see at Bandung.

Exploration Of Gedung Sate - Part 5 - 27 December 2015

Exploration Of Gedung Sate - Part 5

27 December 2015

While i walked to the mosque i saw something interesting there, the sidewalk was designed to show instruments of West Java, it's so interesting for me. There is also another thing on the sideblock, some of them was designed to reveal some grass, the grass create a pattern like a music sheet, i really want to know which song that it creates, but unfortunately i can't decipher it. As soon as i reached the mosque i immediately took my shoes and decided to go to Gedung Sate to check if the inauguration has been done yet.

When suddenly, it rains. The rain was so heavy it soaked my shirt, that i rushed as quick as i can to Gedung Sate's main building. When i arrived there, i saw the Governor of West Java Ahmad Heryawan was being interviewed by some journalists, behind him stands the Regent of Karawang, her vice, and also my dad who've just finished attending the ceremony, after almost all of the attendees went home, my dad asked me if i have finished yet exploring Gedung Sate, i said no then he said that he will be waiting for me while chatting with his friends.

The wooden stairs i found earlier still bogging my mind, i then decided to ask permission to my dad so i can reach the higher level using lift, he then jokingly said that i may go, if i'm not scared. I immediately took it as a yes so i went to the highest floor (4th Floor) using the lift, the lift looks very nice it also has a carpet on it. As soon as i reached 4th floor, i immediately felt that something was off so i read ayat kursi before i enter the room. when i was there i saw a dark room full with exhibits in fact it was the exhibit room.

The exhibits was so interesting to me that i almost lost the track of time (hehe,, :) ) , there were a lot things that piqued my curiosity. In the middle of my sightseeing i found an opened door, after entering it i immediately knew where it was. It was the creepy door that i didn't have the courage to enter earlier, looks like the wooden stairs was used long before the lift was available. After that i returned to my sightseeing earlier, and when i am exploring i found a stairway going up, i then chose to go up.

When i arrived upstairs, a beautiful sight already awaits me. Unfortunately that's not the only thing that greeted me, accompanying the beautiful sight came the dready soaked because of the bad water sewage system of upstairs of the rooftop i decided to sightseeing once more, when....

I managed to found another staircase upwards :v. The staircase led me to a meeting room that was also used to watch big events at Bandung, there the chairs was so comfortable, and the walls were made from glass, there was also a fountain that now has stopped functioning. 

When i looked at back of the room there was a much beautiful scenery than the one earlier, the problem is the door was locked. So i have no choice but did something Daredevil-ish thing which was dangling over the wall from outside (The place where the neon light is)  so i could photograph the scenery, it's hard though but i managed to do it. I then walked really happily (more similiar to waltzing though) to the lift, i also did my signature victory dance on the lift (hehe :v). When i realized at the main entrance that i did something really wrong up there.

When i arrived at the main entrance, i found that my dad was calling me about 7 times but i didn't answer it due to me putting the phone on airplane mode. For the reason, the security told me that the 4th floor is the most notorious floor because of people lost, passed out, and mysteriously possessed at that floor (Oh My, and i waltzed happily on that floor, i hope i didn't offend "them" -_-), and one more thing that there was a rumor that there will be something on the lift that will disturb the visitor after 17.00 (Yes and i did my victory dance at around 17.20 -_-). I then went home with my dad.

P.S : I would NEVER, EVER, EVER repeat what i did earlier at the 4th floor period -_-

Thanks For Reading :)

- The Awesome One 

 

Exploration Of Gedung Sate - Part 4 - 27 December 2015

Exploration Of Gedung Sate - Part 4

27 December 2015

The mosque at gedung sate isn't designed like the other mosque, it was a former West Java Assembly building and so the function of the building was for accommodating assemblyman not for accommodating peoples who want to pray. And therefore the building was renovated to change the architecture and items as much as needed. That's why the mosque currently closed and the place to pray was moved to outside the mosque. Fortunately although the entry should've been denied, but one of the workers there let me to see the renovation of the mosque.

 I enter through the second floor of the mosque, there i saw a lot of work they did, they painted the wall, they changed the ceramic, they also cutted the immovable table of the assembly. Not wanting to disturb them though i quickly went down to the bathroom to wash my feet, the bathroom was very big (Of course it was a former assembly building). fter i finshed washing my foot, i open my phone to see all the messages i received. But i also saw that my battery's power has already go down to 4%, i quickly went to the free charging outlet near the mosque, but the size didn't fit my phone.Of course i panicked since i haven't yet toured the entire building, i decided to hasten up my tour.

I went to the third floor of the mosque next, it's kinda dark and creepy unlike the other two floors below it, it's currently used for storage, there were only three rooms on the third floor. Then i decided to went down and leave the mosque, but before i left i accidentally saw a hallway on the second floor. f course, it piqued my curiosity and i think "Hmmm.. Why Not?" then i decided to travel the hallway.At first i saw a lot of mosque staff's offices, the head, the finance and etc. But after a while i saw a sign written "Biro Keuangan", when i saw that i immedieatly thought "Something's not right" but i continue my travel. I made a lot of turns and going down through some stairs, i personally thought it was very fun. ut of course my suspicion proved right, it was not a part of the mosque anymore, i realized it after i saw a writing on the wall that said "Ruang Rapat Patuha".

I then try to leave the building back to the mosque but i've forgotten the turns and obviously i'm lost. On my exploration of the exit i accidentally accessed a room, at first sight it looked like a storage but after close inspection i realized it was the archives room, and it's not an ordinary archives that was stored either, monetary budget, different kinds of project, and other important archives was stored there, the i heard some footsteps coming out from the room, i was so scared that i ran away upstairs. I later decided to follow the evacuation route signs since i knew that it will lead me to an exit. After following them i saw a bright light, i saw a garden, suddenly i realized something "Wait, isn't this is the garden i saw through the main building's bathroom?". And sure i was right, the receptionist nearby immideatly said to me that it was the main building's back entranc. I'm ashamed because i didn't wear my shoes since i went through the mosque.

Well that's it for now

Thanks For Reading

- The Awesome One

Exploration Of Gedung Sate - Part 3 - 27 December 2015

Exploration Of Gedung Sate - Part 3

27 December 2015

Well since my dad's busy, i can't disturrb him, so i ended up exploring Gedung Sate from the outside by myself, i started from the usual ceremonial yard it's on the front of Gedung Sate, you can easily see the fountain from the road outside Gedung Sate next i continue to the West where i saw building B apparently it was the office for Telkom Foundation. Honestly i wanted to enter the building but since it was Sunday, obviously no employee of Telkom Foundation was there so it was locked

I continue my walk until i reached the Tennis Court, it was usually used for guests and employees to work out, i can't try the Tennis Court since i'm using leather shoes and only rubber shoes is permitted. After that i saw the door leading to the basement of Gedung Sate's main building (Building A), unfortunately it was also locked and the inauguration must not be disturbed by all cost so i decided to give up entering the building for a while.

I later managed to find an interesting path though, there was another ladder i saw near the motorcycle parking a lot, so i tried going down and sightsee. Immediately from the stairs you can see Bank Jabar it's not only the ATM though, there was also a branch office down there, next i kept walking through the hallway. There was some offices down here (I'm really surprised that some of the people worked in this area) after the hallway you can see the canteen, usually it's crowded down here but during my visit only one shop opened.

I later decided to leave the Canteen, but before that i saw an interesting item. It was a free charging outlet, i decided to try it later on when my battery is dying. I later chose to sightsee the garden, the first thing that piqued my interest is a writing that says "Taman Gedung Sate Bandung" it was made from bushes but not only that, there was also a symbol of West Java made from bushes, the one make it did a great job, next i saw some solar panel but after some closer inspections i realized it's not only a solar panel it's also a composter.

When i tried to leave the area i smelled a foul stench, it was coming from a barn near the solar panel, it was full of garbages (Yuckkk :((( ) i guess their inorganic waste management is not as good as i thought . I later finished the walk by going to the security post and finally the Volleyball Court, there was one thing confusing me though there was a sign that forbade is from stepping the grass but there was no path to the Volleyball Court without stepping the grass, later i went to the mosque.

Well that concludes part three

Thank for your attention :)

- The Awesome One 

Exploration Of Gedung Sate - Part 2 - 27 December 2015

Exploration Of Gedung Sate - Part 2

27 December 2015

It's 14.30 i have arrived home, when i got home my dad is tidying up himself with his new shirt and 
my mom currently ironing my dad's suit in preparation for the inauguration of the Karawang Regent, as the head of Politic Affairs division of Kesbanglinmas West Java, my dad was invited to
join the inauguration (well more kind of an order) and so i decided to tag along with him.

When we arrived at Gedung Sate, my dad immediately went to have a chat with the head of his office at the parking lot, well i'm not interested in the conversation so i just listened to some music by Lionel Richie and ate a chewing gum at the car, 15 minutes later the rain started to fall down, so my dad decided to enter Gedung Sate. My dad went straight to the inauguration hall but he found out that the Karawang Regent and West Java Govenor hasn't yet arrived, so he went and socialized with his friends, while i was told to explore Gedung Sate by my own, well that's great i haven't found some time to explore Gedung Sate by myself so i started exploring.

Initially i want to explore the basement tunnel but it's a bit scary down there so after i explored the tunnel for a bit i went to the 3rd floor, at the 3rd floor i can see the Vice Governor of West Java (Deddy Mizwar)'s office and other staffs and byrocratic officer's office.. I actually want to enter the door but there was a key code that was needed to open the door so i gave up, near the door i saw a message say "Selamat Hari Ibu" i initially thought that it was a picture but after a closer inspection i realized that it was a television screen with a frame attached on it -_-

When i was about to went downstairs, i saw a door opened with a wooden stairs going up. The place is really scary though not to mention the scary bridge without a handle in the middle part which led to a dark room (Yikes!) , well it's kind of creepy but i managed to reached the top, at the top there was an opened door, well maybe it's just my imagination but the door emitting a scary aura through it, and so i was discouraged to keep moving forward and decided to return downstairs. The incident at the wooden stairs scares me so i decided to go to the bathroom next, there i accidentally found a good view of Gedung Sate.

After that i went down and saw Mr. Ahmad Heryawan, The Governor of West Java. I tried to take a picture of him but he walked really fast so the picture i took is very blurry. But even though he came already the guards still standing on the front door, it seems that the Regent haven't arrived yet. Later my dad told me if i want to explore i should get out since when the inauguration starts i can't go through the lift and the basement become off limits. So i went out as quickly as possible before the Regent's inauguration ceremony started.

Well that sums out part 2, i'll see you next time

Thanks For Reading :)

- The Awesome One
 

Exploration Of Gedung Sate - Part 1 (Prologue) - 27 December 2015

Exploration Of Gedung Sate - Part 1 (Prologue)

27 December 2015

The day starts with me waking up at around 4.50, not surprising since i slept at 00.12 at the same day (Blame the Three Kingdom Heroes game for that). I then washed my face, then went to do subuh prayer, after that i went to make a tea for myself. I like tea since i'm four years old, since then i was always an avid fan of tea. I later played Three Kingdom Heroes to finish the "Christmas Santa Character Event"

I finished playing at around 06.00 when my aunt called me to have some breakfast, me and my brother ate some chicken fillet with rice to fill our stomach, after that i went back to my phone to continue playing (Not a good example, don't follow it), i took a bath around 09.00, when i finished i just chat with my friends through line.

Then i realized something, i supposed to come to the gathering of japanese community "Kirukaze" at 10.00 am but i thought "Hmm.. i think they will come late i'll just come at 11.00 then" Yepp.. but that's only in my mind, i came later at 11.20 after slacking off. There wasn't a lot of member who come to the gathering... But hey it's still enjoyable.

I started by greeting my old friend Tsaaqib who already came way before me, we have a friendly conversation started with me calling him Dugong and he calling me Catfish (Oh the old days :'( ). When i talked with him i realized how long that we haven't met each other, we talked about the change on our life, he still haven't changed yet.. he still chat with other people's ex - girlfriend (Pfft wkwkwk)

I later talked with my other friends,, such as Gabriel Azhar, Briyan, and Kaykay (Safira Kayyisa) i had a great time talking with them, not only that but Rizal also came with her girlfriend P (Physics wkwk) we talked and played basketball together, then i realized it's already 13.49 and i have to prepare to go with my father to Gedung Sate, so i went home at that time and immediately prepare my outfit.

Well That's the prologue (Just the prologue..) Don't worry i'll tell you about my adventure earlier as soon as possible

Thanks For Reading :)

- The Awesome One

Begin Again

Begin Again

27 Desember 2015

Yoo Everyone it's been awhile since i wrote last time, this time is SUPER DUPER UBER SPECIAL six part worth of blog writing but before that let me tell you all something.

Honestly, just 2 hours ago today at around 19.00 i've realized what's wrong with my life, i usually live my life as i need it to be, but there's something missing about it. Money? Nope, Family? Nope, Friends? Nope, Love Interest? Not that either. My life should've been happy enough all this time but what's wrong then?? At 19.00 i saw my old photo when i was 13 years old, i remembered what i'm used to be earlier in my life.

"The red haired boy, with overwhelming sense of curiosity, ambition, and bravery even though he knows his life will be tough, the boy who never backs down from a challenge, the idealist boy who always try his best although he knew it's almost impossible to make it, a boy that have no fear of doing something new, the boy who always laugh even in hard times"  

I realized then... All of those quality of mine has faded away with time, they all faded for different reasons.. Bullying, hanging out with wrong friends, spending time useless, gaming, and etc. Why don't i realized it sooner?? If i had realized it sooner i won't end up like this... Why??  But still i got to change, even though that's hard, even though it's almost impossible, i'll try. I rather try rather than ending up as a man who always obey other without caring about what he wants, well with that i can finally announce that on 27 December 2015:

"The Awesome One Has Reborned"

Okayyy.. Now let's start the special :v