Koran by Heart

       How amazing to see this video! (>ㅂ<)/~ It is Allah permission to keep the content of Al-Quran (so all Muslim in the world recite the same Quran) and make it easy to memorize (even the children who can't speak Arabic).

Hari Kemerdekaan Korea (광복절, 15 Agustus)

       Hari ini di Korea tanggalan merah! Hari ini 15 Agustus, hari kemerdekaan Korea atau disebut juga dengan Gwangbokjol (광복절). Ya, Hari kemerdekaan Korea hanya berbeda 2 hari dari kemerdekaan Indonesia, 17 Agustus 1945, karena sama seperti Indonesia, hari ini mereka memperingati kebebasan terlepas dari penjajahan Jepang. Kata 'Gwangbok' artinya adalah 'kembali menemukan cahaya' yang berarti mendapatkan kembali hak sebagai negara yang sempat hilang karena penjajahan Jepang.


    Dulu waktu aku baru datang ke Korea, menjelang hari kemerdekaan Korea, aku penasaran sekali bagaimana mereka akan merayakannya, festival atau perayaan seperti apa yang akan mereka adakan, mengingat 17-Agustusan di Indonesia yang sangat semarak sekali. Aku juga penasaran apa di Korea mereka juga mengadakan upacara 15-Agustusan di sekolah-sekolah seperti di Indonesia. Namun aku sedikit merasa aneh dan kecewa, bahwa ternyata tidak ada acara khusus untuk merayakan hari kemerdekaan di Korea. Mereka hanya memasang bendera Taegukgi (bendera negara Korea) di rumah atau di jalan-jalan dan melakukan upacara di lembaga-lembaga pemerintahan (juga dengan mengundang perwakilan-perwakilan negara lain). Orang korea pada umumnya manfaatkan tanggal merah ini untuk beristirahat di rumah.
    Dua hari lagi hari peringatan kemerdekaan Indonesia. Aku jadi merasa rindu suasana Indonesia dan ramainya acara tujuhbelas Agustusan. :")

[WSK] Design beautiful mirror using Hanji

[World Student Korea] Launching of 5th batch

       World Student Korea (WSK) is an international bloggers program fun by Korean government of Presidental Council on Nation Branding (국가브랜드위원회). It means to promote cultural exchange and to strengthen ties between Korea and the blogger's home country. They also provide the member with the opportunity to experience Korea with a lot's of activities such as visiting touristic site in Korea, making or taste Korean traditional food, and other relevant events. I like writing blogs about my experience in Korea, I like travelling and love to meet other international friends, so I thought it will be nice to join the program :")

       This Friday (August 12th 2011) I attended the WSK award ceremony for the 4th batch and 5th batch launching in Korea House (한국의 집, close to 충무로역 exit no 3), Seoul. I was really glad to meet other WSK Indonesian fellows and other international friends. The event was:
1. Hear the opening speech from the chairwoman of Presidential Council on Nation Branding, Bae Yong Lee
2. The announcement of 4th batch winner
3. 5th batch launching and photo session
4. The presentation of the 4th batch winner
5. Presentation of famous Korean blogger who promote his country while during his stay in New York, Woosung Kang
6. Experience of make a beautiful mirror using Hanji, Korean traditional paper.

       I would like to attached the photos of the event. (Specially for WSK member fellow, you are welcome take your photos from my blog ^__^)

















"We are the member of table no 7~! Nyahahahaha~" *gapenting*


WSK Indonesian fellows who came to the event (minus Mas Jaya). Mbak Ai Meilani, Mbak Tanesia Cindy, and Mbak Dita Utomo.




       For international friends I met there (specially, 신 지애, Deng Ding, 레이레이몬, Hoang Phuong, Mohammad Aimien, Veronica Lopez, and Cheng Long), I really glad to meet you and hope to see you again~~ (>ㅂ<)/~

Igidae, beautiful and refreshing landscape

       Igidae (이기대) is one of beautiful beach in Busan, South Korea, with beautifull cliff and hiking tracks. Quite similar to famous touristic site Taejeondae, but I prefer Igidae because it offers you a nice scenery of Gwangan bridge, Haeundae beach, Nurimaru APEC house and Oryuk-do (five-six islands) from a far away. The location is easy to find and well facilitated. You can find a big map of the site near the parking lot of Igidae.

      The origin name of Igidae is come from the time of Japanese invanded in late 16th century. When Japanese conquered Suyeongseong Fortress and held a feast to celebrate their victory at a open spot that have a pleasant scenery, two Korean gisaeng (female professional entertainers) were taken to the feast. They seized a drunken Japanese commander and jumped into the sea as a reprisal against the Japanese invasion of their homeland. Therefore, the name Igidae, which means two gisaeng was given to this place.







       In Igidae we can enjoy the natural melody of wave, breeze wind of sea, hiking track, green mountain, foot message track, iron bridge, cave between the cliff, some poem sculptured on a stone and many more. Igidae also one of place where the famous Korean film 'Haeundae' took a scene.





       In Igidae, you can see a lot of stone piles. You may wonder what it is. That's represent people hope. They put a stone in a pile and pray their wish to become true.


How to get there:

Take bus no 22, 27 or 39 (from 경성대학교●부경대학교 Kyungsung Univ●Pukyong Nat'l Univ subway station) then stop at 이기대입구(Igidae gate).

Must try! : Live Octopus

       My sister came to visit me to Busan. I was very happy and prepared a plan for her so she can taste 'the real Korea', and one of the plan was trying live octopus! I thought after she saw it still moving on the plate, she would refuse to try it, but huhuhaha I was so relieved that she like it!!! :")
       Yes, I always recommend this food to my friend who come to visit Korea, specially Busan which famous of its seafood and raw fish. The seafood is very delicious but the price gets higher on summer because it is harder for the shop to keep the food fresh. If you order the set menu usually they give Meunthang (Spicy seafood soup) for free. Also you should try to eat them by covering them with vegetable such as sesame leaf or lettuce. So tasty~
       The best place to taste them in Busan is in Jagalchi fish market. They have a lot of variety and the price is quite cheaper than in other places. But because we lacked of time, my sister and I just ate them close to my campus, but it wasn't bad though.

Recommended! Really!!! :")