Exploring the "Underground" of LAWANG SEWU

Assalamualaikum WarahmatullahiWabarakatuh

Nice to see you today , you look so beautiful , you look so handsome , you look so excellent my pals. How are you today????? 

Have you ever visited Lawang Sewu? 

If you have ever visited it , I'll ask you again : Have you ever explored the underground of LAWANG SEWU? If yes , what's your first impression when you were in? Afraid/ Excited/ Happy/ Sad????

My heart, my soul and my mind *okay my language is so "lebay" , wkkwkw*  felt so excited and happy when I had a chance to explore the underground of Lawang Sewu. lalalayeyeylallayeyey . This awesome experience began when my beloved friends and I visited Lawang Sewu. 

my beloved friends
 ( from the left :Tanti, Rayinda, Uni, Dyah, Idha,Fita, Me, Winda)

This was my second time to say hello to Lawang Sewu. For the first time I just explored the uniqueness architecture of it without exploring the underground. Then this second time, I must be in the Lawang Sewu's underground. Finally, I made it, uuyeaahhh

For the information, the ticket fee was Rp 10.000/ person  to enter Lawang Sewu , and you had to pay Rp 30.000 for the LW' guide. The guide would explain about the history of LW. I suggested you to visit LW in a group because it could save the money for paying the guide. 

Furthermore, we followed the guide's explanation , and the guide also answered our questions excitedly. Besides, he also became our photographer and we acted as proffesional models .hehehhee  . Then, we arrived in a room that had an access to get in the underground. Only 6 of us who decided to explore it. We had to pay Rp 10.000 /person to rent the boots ,and we should give additional tip (it's about Rp 20.000) for the guide to explore the underground. 

we posed first before entering the underground 

As you can see in this left picture, we worn the boots. We must wear the boots because there's water in the underground. Moreover, we were also given some flashlight to light our way in exploring the underground , since there's no enough light in. Personally, I was so curious about the underground condition.Was the atmosphere creepy? Could I see "something"? These kind of questions emerged in my mind before I started to go in. 

the downstair as a access to the underground 

The picture in your left side, the downstairs was an access to go to the underground. We had to walk one by one. The first impression when we started the exploration, I smelt the rancid aroma and quiet musty. The guide warned us to walk slowly and be baned to shout. The guide started to explained the history of the underground. Let me sum up the guide's explanation. So , the underground of Lawang Sewu established in 1904 (the same as the Lawang Sewu building was built). The first function of the underground was for the water system (in Dutch' colonization) . However, In Japan's colonization , it was used for different function as the underground prison. The prisoners were executed in this prison , then their corpse were threw away in the river next to the Lawang Sewu building.Can you imagine how cruelity of Japanese colonizer at that time?. 

This picture below was the shape of the prison. The square shape below was the Squat Prison (Penjara Jongkok) and the size was 1x1 metre. One squat prison was for 5 person.Therefore, the prisoners must squat in the prison and there was water in. Besides, the prison was closed by the iron framework. They were not given food. They were in the prisons until they dead.When I saw the sorrounding of this prison , I didn't see "something" that I wanted to see, hehehhehehe. However, I sensed different atmosphere here. No wonder , this was superb historical place which many slaughter happened in this place. 

The picture below was the second type of the prison , named the standing prison (Penjara Berdiri) . As you can see the shape of it, these prison were also filled by 5 person , and they were in till they dead. Did you see the small spot in the dark part of this photo? It was called "orbs" , i.e. something in the shape of a sphere. There was 2 orbs behind me . As far as I knew , the orbs indicated that there were astral things around.



 Furthermore, my friends' smile in the above photos  was a fake smile , hahahahah . Actually they felt afraid,they didn't want to be in the back , and they wanted to be in the front part. So , I was in the back  bacause I was brave enough , hahahhahahah  . After we were captured , we continued the journey. In the middle of the journey , I smelt the fragrant aroma of the jasmine. Whoaaa , what was the sign of it??? When I asked my friends , they didn't smell anything. Maybe, one of the astral spirit would communicate with me or say hello to me via the aroma.Then, I got goosebumps. 

Yeap , we were in the corridor of the Lawang Sewu underground. In this area, I didn't smell the fragrant aroma anymore. However , I felt the slightly different atmosphere when I was in the outside and I was in the underground. I could feel the sadness atmosphere in.

 Finally, we ended the exploration of the underground . Before leaving this awesome underground , we posed again. As usual , I was the last person because yaapp you knew lah  ,,they were a little bit afraid .

All in all , exploring the underground of Lawang Sewu was so superb . I learned the history again. I could feel the different atmosphere. I also got welcoming greeting from one of the astral spirit eventhough it was only the fragrant aroma of jasmine. Thanks a million for my pals who invited me to visit Lawang Sewu . I hope I can visit Lawang Sewu again and I can explore the underground at night. I believe there will be slightly different atmosphere if I am in Lawang Sewu in the evening or at night. 

Thanks a bunch for reading my experience. See you

Wassalamualaikum WarahmatullahiWabarakatuh 

Rainbow Smile

I'm not trained to be a "cute" girl

BUT I'm trained to be a  "rigid" girl

I'm not trained to be a "sad" girl

BUT I'm trained to be a "happy" girl

                                  

I smile in my sadness

I cry in my happiness

Happiness of my sadness

Sadness of my happiness

Don't let the sorrowful clouds cover the bright happy sky

Let the joyful sun shines the heart, soul, and mind

And the truly rainbow smile appear to colour my life 

Relung Kalbu

Menyatu dalam hati

Mendua dalam jiwa

Menyatu dalam rasa

Mendua dalam asa

Menyatu dalam kalbu

Mendua dalam sendu

Menyatu dalam dua

Mendua dalam satu

Satukan yang mendua

Duakan yang menyatu

Terduakankah penyatu?

Tersatukankan pendua?

Satukanlah Penyatu di tengah Pendua yang Mendua

Persatukan Dua dalam Satu 

Sendu

Kekhilafan dulu  bersama

Kesalahan terbesar 

Di kala yang lain telah mengingatkan

Kekhilafan dulu bersama

Tersakiti akan pengkhianatan

Terobati akan kesabaran dan kebenaran

Yang lalu biarlah berlalu

Kebahagiaan menyapa setelah lepas darinya

Kebahagiaan akan kebenaran dari mereka

Tertoreh tinta dusta di kertas kepercayaan

Tuk berikan sebuah pesan

Akan betapa pentingnya sebuah kejujuran 

My "Children", My Inspirations

Assalamualaikum WarahmatullahiWabarakatuh 

How's your life my lovely pals? I hope all of you are always in an awesome condition, aamiin 

What's on your mind when you hear the word "Children"?  Are they cute? Are they annoying? Are they inspiring?  Have you had children? . I , my self have already had "children" , I have so many children, hhhehe , maybe some of you will say " whoaa , are you serious ? coz you haven't married yet. Yeap , I haven't married yet but I have many "children" , These are my children :

They are all my awesome students. I see them not only as my students but also as my "children" . They inspire me to be an inspirative teacher. Personally , I love teaching English to young learners because they are so creative and want to know more about English. I do not say that the others are not creative. Furthermore, teaching English to  young learners are so challenging. I must be more patient in teaching them. I also have to be creative in teaching, so that my children will not feel bored in the classroom activities. I need to provide interesting AVA (Audio Visual Aids) to support my teaching. Yeap, I learn a lot from them, how to be a good "mother" , a great " sister" , an awesome "teacher" . All in all , they are all my inspiration. I love them so much :*

Thanks a bunch, Wassalamualaikum WarahmatullahiWabarakatuh 

Say Hello to My Graduate Study and My colleges ^__^

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh ,

Hello pals , how's your life? I hope all of you is in a great condition, aamiin 

       Long time no share my story in this beloved site. You know , I am so blessed ,because I have chance to continue my study . I will use this awesome chance seriously. I will do and give my best in this study. This post is not to " show-off" to the others , but this post is my motivation to do my best in my graduate study. I take my graduate study in State Semarang University (UNNES) majoring Magister of English Education. In my opinion , the graduate program in UNNES is good , why is it so? because it has good quality , and supported by qualified lecturers. The condition and situation of the UNNES environmnet also support to the success of teaching and learning activities. 

         Furthermore , my colleges are very awesome. As you can see in the following pictures, they are my beloved friends. All of them have inspired me to be a better person. They come from different places in Indonesia , such as Soe, Lampung, Cirebon, Batang, Pekalongan, Semarang, Demak, Kudus, Rembang, Solo, Purwokerto, Magelang, Purwodadi, and Ngawi. Therefore, it is so exciting when they share about the uniqueness of their hometowns , their stories , their previous educational backgrounds , and etc. Moreover, I view them not only as  my friends but also as my families. It is like I get my new families. Now , I have so many sisters and brothers. I love them so much :)

       On the other hand , those pictures above were not complete yet. Some of my friends did not join to take picture together because they had already gone home when we took the pictures. Those pictures were taken in the studium generale in my beloved campuss. 

 Yapzz , I remember I have another pictures of my colleges , check it out : 

Although they have different characters and cultures in interacting or communicating, I feel that all of them are awesome friends. From them, I learn how to behave , how to communicate , how to understand each other. In sum , I learn how to socialize with the others who have different characters. Thanks a bunch my beloved friends . Hopefully, our friendship will be forever,aamiin 

Let's talk about the SUBJECTS 

Talking about graduate study , it cannot be separated from the subject of the study. In the first semester , there are 6 subject which should be learned. Those are Advance Writing, Research in Education, Systemic Functional Grammar, Research in English Language Teaching, Foundation of Education, and Theories of Language Teaching and Learning. All of those subject are lectured by Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious lecturers . I believe if I do my best , I will get the best result also , wish me luck ! 

Okay , my beloved pals in Rombel 1 (Rombongan Belajar ). Let's struggle to beat all of the subjects till the end. Let's graduate together , and Let's reach our dream and vision. 

I'm going to make it happen , I'll graduate in 2015 , aamiin ^_^ ( Hopefully, Allah still gives chance for me to live in this world , aamiin) , see you my pals . 

Thanks a million , Wassalmualaikum Warahmatullai Wabarakatuh :)

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