Interview: Aqiyasa Adiba

Adli        : Hi, Yasa. How are you?

Yasa       : I’m good

Adli        : How does your school in SMA 3?

Yasa       : I think not too good, because I am difficult to adapt

Adli        : Then, why did you go in school 3?

Yasa       : Actually my aim since elementary school is SMA 3. Suddenly, I want to enter SMA 8 when   I’m in 9 grades. But, because my path towards SMA 8 often jammed and my mom wish I enter to the SMA 3, so I try  to choose SMA 3. I tried to encourage myself with the value of  37,45, can't or not. Yeah, maybe that’s my destiny.

Adli        : You follow 'JEPRET'extracurricular, isn't it? What is the reason you get in 'JEPRET' extracurricular?

Yasa       : Of course because I love photography. A pleasure to perpetuate what is seen in the photograph and became a memory.

Adli        : Do you feel to be famous in instagram? Because you were quite a lot of followers.

Yasa       : Ah, no. That may be because I have had  instagram very old.

Adli        : But I know the results of your picture is good, that’s the reason you have a lot of followers.

Yasa       : Haha, such a joy to see people happy with my shoot results. Thank you.

Adli        : What do you want to do in high school?

Yasa       : My aim is only one, I want to make my parents happy.

Adli        : Yes, of course. Thank you for your time Yasa, happy to talk with you.

Yasa       : Yes, you are welcome

Bandung City Tour: Stone Garden

Stone Garden is a brand-new recommended place for photography that located in Kampung Giri Mulya, Desa Gunung Masigit, Kecamatan Cipatat, Kabupaten Bandung Barat. This location is above 700 mdpl.

Friday, 1th May 2015, my family and I went to Stone Garden. We were out at 8 am, and arrived at 10.30. From Gegerkalong, we come through Surya Sumantri, Pasteur Highway, and using exit toll Padalarang. We passed Kota Baru Parahyangan, and turned left to Bandung-Cianjur route. When we were passing Tagog, the traffic were little bit awful because there were traditional market in there.

In this trip, I saw many rock craftsmen selling marble, limestone, onyx, and many of these. Stone is a livelihood in there. I found Bandung’s traditional foods and handicrafts stores in Jalan Cipatat.

Rock Craftsmen

This picture is a signpost to the Stone Garden, and it is not as big as another sign so if you want to go there, you must open your eyes widely or you’ll miss it.

The First Signpost

After following the sign, we through country road, and it broke my back. Even this is a stone garden, but maybe we don’t have to through stony road too. In this awful trip, we found another sign to turn right and after that we moved forward. We can using car, motorcycle, or bike. But, if you want to walk and only using your foot, no one will hold up among you.

The Second Signpost

Finally, we arrived in the gate of Stone Garden. We bought ticket for parking, and for car it took Rp5.000. We parked our car, and felt the atmosphere of geological site. My broken back was healed by the fresh air in this place. But my mood felt down, because we should walk to the garden from the car because the place is huge, and we cannot using our car. After my back, this is my foot turn. 

Parking Ticket

In the garden, we can hired a tour guide who will tell you from A to Z about this place. Or maybe we can walk alone in this place, it’s up to you. 300 meters from the parking area, walking along the hill, and you’ll see a rest area, which there are toilet, kiosks, but there is no prayer room in there.

Toilet

Rest Area

Before entering the ‘really’ stone garden, you have to buy the ticket and fill the guest book first. It’s only Rp4000/person. And after we arrived the ticketing booth, we have to walk forward to the top of the hill. Exhausted.

Ticketing Booth

Visiting Hours

Well, at the end we arrived at the actual stone garden, without any track we should take. But, amazing scenery will make your body and your mind healthier. You can relief all your problem in this beautifulness. Amazing place that teach us history, geology, and selfie with family and friends.

And now, I want to tell you about the ancient story about this place. This Pasir Pawon Geopark is a place with various size of rock, little to huge rock. And archeologist said that they found many artefact and fossil of sea creatures.

Bassed on research, the KRBC (Kelompok Riset Cekungan Bandung) or a team of researcher of Bandung Geological structure conclude that this area was an ocean 30 million years ago, and after the ebb this area became a village of prehistoric man. And now, this researcher lab became a tourist place with a ‘back to nature’ atmosphere.

This place is a birth of our beloved city, Bandung. This is a cluster of lakeside that made ancient Bandung Lake because the explosion of ancient Sunda mount.

There is an ancient cemetery of ancient figure who called “Eyang Ibu Doro Rangga Manik” and that grave have a powerful mystic things who people in there believe.

Ancient Cemetery

Ancient Cemetary

Me and My Mom at Stone Garden 

CAMPRT

“CAMPRT”, is an annual scout camping that made for all 10^th graders of SMA Negeri 3 Bandung. In this year, it held on 24^th March 2015 in Curug Layung, Kabupaten Bandung and took two days and one night.

A day before the camp, there was a technical meeting for talking about what we should do, what we should not do, what we should bring, and we were grouped by several team. The team is called ‘Sangga’ and there were about forty of girls and boys Sangga.

In that morning, my beloved friends and I gathered in our beloved school. We were attending opening ceremony and after that we entry Angkot and went to Curug Layung. I was the last one in the line for getting transport. Unfortunately, when everybody was leaving I should waiting for Angkot because we running out of it.  From school to the camp site is take one hour. It’s on a middle of forest and the trip was awful.

Finally, we arrived on the camp site. Even we were on the middle of nowhere, but that atmosphere, that scenery, we would never find it in any city. After we got off the car, we took our carriers, tent, and another things we bring. We must walk to our point with heavier things, and I was really exhausted.

Several tent were ready to use, and several team were get into it. But, my team haven’t do anything because the tent was with me and I left behind of them. We built the tent immediately and we’ve got free time before next activity.

The first thing I’ve got is first aid stuff. I learnt how learnt about bandage, learnt about how to treat people, and everything about what can I do as teenager in an accident. In the afternoon, there was a race about first aid, emergency stretchers, and another things. It was simulate of an accident. After that we were enjoying dinner, even we were doing all of it as long as we can but it’s yummy.

In the night, there was a campfire and we enjoyed that night. Every class gave their performance, such as sing a song, drama, a poem. We ended that day with a full of happiness.

The second day, we had nuggets and cornet for our breakfast. After that, we were going to explore the forest. Every each of group had a paper of code, and we should finish that. When we were trying to solve it, the rain comes and everybody using their raincoats. We walked along the track, and the route is so far.

We haven’t end the game, but the times up and we should back to home. We back to campsite and packing our belongings. After that, we were attending closing ceremony, and we get angkot and go home.