[Global WOW KOREA Event] KOREA 내 사랑

Just like the other days, I scrolled my fb and twitter timeline and I found this.

Whew, actually I never participated in those kinda event. First timer but here we go! 

Why I definitely want to visit Korea.

I’ve been into Korea things since 2010’s. My friends and family have already knew that I love all about it. There’s no definite words I can describe about Korea ❤

For me, I got drawn into this *unconsciously* because of K-drama. K-drama slyly promotes about Korea’s beautifulness and yes, the place for shooting the popular drama always end up becoming tourist destinations. Why I said slyly? That’s because there’s always a shoot about scenery that captured perfectly and I can’t help being ‘aawww’ (my expression to show how amazing that thing is xD).

 ofc you can't miss the famous Winter Sonata set at Nami Island!

Hanok Village! Place for shooting Moonlight Drawn by the Clouds

 Petite France (My Love From The Star set and Running Man) [cr. KTO]

Then I started to learn about Korean culture and other things too so I decided to become a writer in one of online portal sites about Korea in Indonesia (salamkorea.com *shamelessly promoting) and from that, I can experience many events by becoming reporter for K-events in Indonesia,gaining a lot of friends domestic and internationally that share same interest about Korea (God is good *amen).

Thankfully tho, being a writer means you will always searching searching and searching to find topics about Han Style or other topics that what you want to write. Voila, now I’m more and more into Korea and have a big dream to visit there.

A lot of places that I'd like to feel the experience:

Han River!
Yes, the simple(st) place but have a big impact, right?

Jeju Island and Busan
'Hawaii of Korea' Jeju with their oranges and the second biggest city Busan!

Namsan Park

Namsan Park is a very popular nonetheless as a resting and historical site. And want to see the landscape of Seoul at Seoul Tower especially at night. I bet it will be amazingly beautiful. Love-lock? Should try it, no words need for that ☺

Gyeongbukguk palace - Gwanghwamun - Deoksugung Doldam-gil (덕수궁 돌담길) and the surrounding area

Absolutely will feel the traditional culture!

Seoul Central Masjid

I want to see how big it is as the first masjid in Korea and the symbol of the preservation of tolerance and harmony between moslems and citizens in Korea.

Heaven of shopping places and foodies!

Myeongdong the famous street of course! And the modern-indie-youthful feel one in Ewha and Hongdae street. Live music in Hongdae by the young Korean is famous internationally tho. Namdaemun and Samcheon traditional market and some mall like COEX or Time’s Square.

For food, there’s no doubt for food in Korea especially for the street-snacks! Gimbap with tteokbokki and eomuk, twigim even kkochi or the sweet and warm like hoppang, hotteok or bungeoppang. I really want to taste dried squid too because I can’t find it in my country *hiks

Halal-restaurants around Itaewon attract me so much and variety kind of foods by delivery xD 

Korean music shows

Definitely can't miss Kpop (세봉들!) so I want to try to watch live recording from music shows in 3 national TV (KBS, SBS, MBC), but cable tv channel now has music shows too. Literally, have a chance everyday to watch if I’m in Korea…

I really want to explore Korea if I get a chance to visit there. I believe every places give a certain meaning and lessons about Korean culture. I hope I can experience all or couple of those things at least once in my life and Korea definitely is my first destination outside from my country.

And the travel dates from WOW Korea will happen on my birthday (guess it?) too so I wish I can spent my birthday in a country that I adore!

Visit my photograph for k-events (mostly kpop concerts) in Indonesia ⇒ myfondue (*shamelessly promoting again) although I haven't uploaded for SWC V in Jakarta yet.

Hoping for my best luck!

WHY.

My old laptop is broken.
I haven't backed up all my photos.
Ohh Jin Goo in ITA Awards, Saranghaeyo Festival, fanmeeting Joo Won-Hye So, Kim Woo Bin, 2PM-Exo-SS6-SS5 concert, KIFF Kwangsoo, SJ-M and other events since 2012 😢😢😢
OOHHH MYYYY PHOTOSSS  

Drawn into Bolbbalgan4 (볼빨간 사춘기)

came accross instiz to look up for daily chart. 
Awalnya ga pernah ngeh sama Bolbbalgan4 (볼빨간 사춘기), karena liat MMA 2016 kemarin mereka menang kategori Best-Indie dan lumayan lama ada di top chart bersaing sama 'TT', runtuhlah ego 'ga mau dengerin selain grup kesukaan'. Setelah didengerin lagunya dan OHHH MYYY kemana saja diriku. Tipe musik indie nae style ini 🙌🙌
*Turn ON CC-nya buat liat translationnya.

Their music is so easy listening and their lyric kinda youth-feeling in 20's. The vocalist, Ji Young (지영) has unique vocal tho.
Akhirnya streaming lagu di album mereka dan searching tentang mereka yang infonya masih sangat-sangat sedikit *hiks. Selain lagu diatas yang judulnya Galaxy (우주를 줄게), kepincut juga dengan lagu
Grumpy (심술) di album yang sama.
I won't put it in here cause there's no official MV or audio yet, you can search it by yourself :) Tapi ini liriknya (eng ver) diambil dari sini:

Yellow hair, flushing red cheeks
skinny, tied up hair
but a girl with bobbed hair
I out on my shoes and walk around
Cuz I’m lonely

Liking you
is what I do best
gnawing, pinching, biting
and following you without you knowing
with red sunglass

Hey Miss short skirt lady
would you remove your stained handkerchief
Hey, long-haired girl
wow, eye contacts
stop flirting and get your hands off

You fluttered your tangled hair
and came to me
I melted a little
I dropped the ice cream
when people stare
how should I look at you
I’ve been running towards
your patient hands

You’re really cute
really handsome
so women are always
sticking to you
what’s this, what’s that
Or you have a girl friend

I don’t like you
you pinch my cheeks
my heart turns red
I hate it when you tease me
you’re being mean

Lucu banget liriknya kan. AAHHH, I will always cherish them!

Suddenly

Hal yang jarang gue liat *bahkan hampir ga pernah* adalah melihat kunang-kunang berseliweran di depan mata gue. Dan itu bener-bener terjadi malam kemarin di kosan. Pertama-tama gue kira itu setan melayang di depan kamar gue...

ketua DPRD Sumut tewas

KETUA DPRD SUMUT TEWAS.

Wahaha..1^st headline news in a 1^st newspaper that I read in the early morning. Wuihii..pagi-pagi udah ada berita begituan. Begitu cerita sama kakak, dibilang ketinggalan zaman. “Udah dari kemaren, dek..diberitain di tv. Ga nonton?” Gw cuma bisa bengong dan ngebatin “Oya di tv udah ada?” Gw bukan tipe orang yang dapet berita dari tv tapi lewat koran. Yah walaupun sejak di jatinangor ga pernah kaya gitu lagi tapi kalau di rumah kebiasaan teteuup jalan. Di rumah tiap pagi bikin roti, susu, siap semuanya terus duduk di teras rumah sambil baca koran pagi. Kalau mama lagi lewat langsung dibilang “Dek..dek. Kayak kakek-kakek tau. Minum kopi aja sekalian!” Mom, this is how I’m enjoying my morning. Baca koran sambil ngemil roti, nyeruput susu, and breath the real fresh air yang belum kena polusi apa-apa *ahay..so relaxing*. Just try it!

Ok, back to the topic!

Ketua DPRD -Abdul Aziz Angkat- tewas! Kok bisa? Karena massa? Demo anarkis. Hmm..terulang lagi dan lagi. Indonesia-Indonesia, mau mengkritik tapi ini negara saya! Tanah air saya, hidup dan mati saya *tuh, sampai pakai saya bukan gue*. Bukan salah negaranya sih tapi SDM nya aja pada ga bener. Gampang dihasut, provokasi, EQ nya mungkin belum bagus. Jadi kaya gitu. Tapi miris juga keadaannya kalau demo kaya gitu bisa bikin orang tewas. Segitu marahkah orang-orang? Apa mereka semua itu orang Tapanuli yang membela pembentukan provinsinya? Ga habis pikir.

Menurut saya, orang Indonesia belum siap masuk ke tahap demokrasi. Yang ditangkap dari demokrasi itu ya demonya saja, unjuk rasanya. Memang dari arti demokrasi itu sendiri pengaturan ada di tangan rakyat tetapi tetap harus ada batasan-batasan tertentu. Kalau semua hal selalu mengatasnamakan demokrasi ya itu bukan demokrasi namanya. Unjuk rasa menuju anarkis ditertibkan paksa oleh polisi dibilang melanggar demokrasi. Kalau nantinya pengrusakan fasilitas umum dibilang melanggar demokrasi, ga terima. Ga sadar kalau fasilitas umum itu dananya dari rakyat-rakyat juga. Kalau dirusak yang rugi rakyat juga, disia-siakan uang mereka begitu saja. Media juga turut berperan. Walaupun menganut prinsip netralitas terkadang menyudutkan pihak sana dan sini bahkan bisa menyudutkan kedua pihak *apa itu netralitas?*.

Balik ke Sumut! Apa yang diharapkan warga dari ketua DPRD yang baru menjabat selama dua bulan? Dari hasil jabatan sesingkat itu pasti belum ada progress yang signifikan. Menurut saya *lagi* ada dua jenis orang yang duduk di pemerintahan. Pertama, orang yang pada awalnya memperjuangkan keinginan rakyat tetapi karena sudah ‘enak’ menduduki kursi pemerintahan menjadi lupa tujuan awalnya. Ataupun yang kedua, dari awal beliau memperjuangkan keinginan rakyat dan ketika menduduki kursi beliau terus memperjuangkannya tetapi menemui banyak hambatan dan rintangan. Tidak memandang orang-orang tersebut berpendidikan tinggi atau rendah, organisasi atau bukan, bahkan orang yang paling maju di barisan depan saat unjuk rasa *no offense*.

Dilihat dari sisi lain, mungkin warga dan mahasiswa yang berunjuk rasa tersebut sudah mengajukan pembentukan provinsi *melewati anggota DPRD tentunya* itu sejak lama dan belum direspon oleh pemerintah setempat. Kesabaran sudah memuncak dan jadilah unjuk rasa sampai ribuan orang tersebut.

Indonesia-Indonesia. Tanya kenapa?

Hmm..pikiran udah mulai berat, otak udah mulai berat..tuh-tuh buktinya duduk gue udah sampe miring sebelah *???*. Mungkin dari tulisan gue kelihatannya pro-pemerintah tetapi ini beneran menulis dari sisi kemanusiaan yang diketuk ketika membaca berita ini. Mungkin ada pihak-pihak tertentu yang tersinggung, mohon maaf lho. Kelebihan hanya milik Allah SWT dan kekhilafan dan kekurangan itu milik manusia *loh..bunda dorce*

I’m out! See ya!