Surabaya Tourism Destination

November 4th 2012, our hospitality department had a field trip around Surabaya. We were visiting some of the unique tourism destination. It is important to introduce Surabaya to travel and tourism world. We went to Monjaya (Monumen Jalesveva Jayamahe) which is a monument built for the maritime army, Tugu Pahlawan, Fishermen Village in Kenjeran, and Sanggar Agung Temple.

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 The Statue of Jalesveva Jayamahe. This statue is facing the ocean which represent the freedom and broad view of the world.

 "Kyai Tentrem" Gong in front of the monument. Claimed as the biggest gong in the world.

 Say hi to Mr. Jalesveva Jayamahe!

 View from top of the monument.

 Quayside.

This diving equipment kinda reminds me of a monster in Scooby-Doo movie.

 The entrance of Tugu Pahlawan.

 Mr. Soekarno and Moh. Hatta, Indonesia first president and vice president.

 Tugu Pahlawan.

 Bung Tomo's (Surabaya's hero) car. It is old-style OPEL. Given by his son.

Statue of the heroes inside the Tugu Pahlawan monument.

Indonesia's proclamation diorama.

 Fishermen's boat at Fishermen village, Kenjeran.

Shrimp Paste and i don't really know what that is. Really stinks but this is a great experience though! 

 The women from the village. It's hard to get their photo!

 A boy patching his house's roof made from iron sheeting.

 The kids are watching us! They seems so excited to have a guest.

Sanggar Agung Temple. Above, is the photo of Buddhist God, Guanyin along with her guard. Below, The replica of Thailand's four face Buddha.

"Because with you, my dreams seem really close"

Officialy 19 since yesterday. Time goes by really fast isn't it? Seems like it was just yesterday when i celebrated my 15th birthday in junior high school. Then my 17th, when finally people start to call you "woman" instead of "girl". Next year i'll be 20th, 1/5 of century. Am i that old already?

I have no other intention for this year forward except to be grateful. Grateful for what i have in this life. Try to look down instead of always look up.

I still the same person until now, and i feel blessed to have so many people around me. Well, i might not now how much they care about me but i can say that they make my dreams seem really close! They make me even more believe that i can be what i want to be all this time. I can reach the unreachable.. like what Guy Sebastian sang in his song "Taller Stronger Better"

So, here they are some wishes they wrote for me. Thanks a lot guys! That's a really nice of you all!
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Fei-fei, She sent me this early in the morning :*

 One of the greatest wish, Thanks ce Gebe! :D

Jajjan~ even the most quiet person in my class! Proud of you IP! :D

 Should i call it wish? LOL. Thank you anyway egyjelek! 

 Your wishes are gonna be paid one day! So thank you :*

 EPIC Daniel!

 From twitter, thank you everyone! :*

And, special thanks for Candy, Nila, Devi and Daniel for the "Surprise"; Jojo who sent me such a nice present, i miss you so much!!! Thanks for the "Key's pick"; Stella who called me far far away from Taiwan, aaaaw! See you soon! :*

Thank you everyone! You mean a lot to me :'D

At the end, i once regret being such a really pitiful dreamer, but i realize that it is great to dream big! I know what i want to achieve and i'm planning to have a very well future ahead. Let's wish that this year would be amazing!

Merry Late Christmas and Stuffs.

First of all, Merry Christmas for all the people in the universe. It must be heartwarming watching all those red-green stuffs everywhere with big-fat-white beard man wearing red suit, Santa Claus. Do you have a great one?

I was excited about this Christmas. The same feeling every year. I was wondering if Santa come in the midnight, creeping into my living room to put some gift under the Christmas tree. HELLO PEOPLE! THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, AFTER 8 YEARS CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS WITHOUT CHRISTMAS TREE! I know i'm almost 19 years old, yet i still believe those stuffs. 

Anyway, there's nothing special happen this Christmas. I actually felt quite guilty since *I ADMIT IT GOD, I'M SO SORRY* I didn't go to church for almost a month? more? I didn't join the 4 weeks of advents, and i just came right away on Christmas Mass. Such a sinner..

Maybe i lost the meaning of Christmas. It didn't happen to be the time where we supposed to gather around with our family. Both my parents are off to work, well they have no day-offs. Me? i spent this Christmas by watching Running Man. In my room. Alone. Like a lonely kitty watching the gleams of Christmas light outside, inside i'm quite empty.. Miaow!

But it's good then if you had a great Christmas back then!

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28th December! *drum rolls*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THIS GUY BELOW!

It's been 4 years. LIKE WOW. How do you do? I do miss your blog and your vlog. Your goofy-ness and dorky-ness? You still the same guy who captured my heart just by listening to your voice. I never forget the day you sang "Stand by Me" and "Love Me Tender" on American Idol Top 4 performance, and i just melted right away.

I also can't forget every competition i took just to win you autographed photo, books, or any kind of stuffs about you. The most unforgettable one was the day you finally came to Indonesia and i was spending my time home crying since i let my chance gone away to see you. If i were there back to that day, maybe i've already took a picture with you, telling you how much you meant to me, show my support to you, AND I BUY EVERY SINGLE ALBUM YOU LAUNCHED. ALL ORIGINAL! You have to know that this is my very first time collecting such a huge number of album from the same singer.

Yet i won't regret it, because i know i have a better chance to meet you soon enough. Soon enough after you're back. 2014? I'll wait. Whenever it is, as long as i could meet you. As long as i could tell you that i've never ever been such a fan like this before and as long as you know how you are means a lot to my dreams and hopes.

Happy birthday David, I can't say much but i love you!

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Still 29th December..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SUPER DUPER MEGA KPOP BESTIES "STEFANA KARENILA" and her twin Stefani Karenita! Stay awesome and fantastic baby!

Let's go to Seoul together soon enough! Let's finish our ASP Project! Let's watch KPOP concert live soon enough! Let's meet our bias (You go to TOP and BigBang, I go to Key and SHINee) 

우리 둘이 같이 가자! 서울!! 우릴 위해 기다려주세요 :D

And so it goes

I know he's just national soccer player, he was like following and retweeting everybody. 

BUT THIS IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT TWITTER!!

Am i just lucky enough to be followed?

Or maybe lucky enough to get retweeted?

Though i'm not a big fan, but.. 

AMAZING KIMKIM I'M GOING NUTS!!♥

Once upon a december

Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan is super HOT. HOT HOT HOT. Not because Surabaya is getting hotter and hotter everyday, but he's SUPER HOT.

Ho-ho-ho JACKPOT!! XD

Hey i just met you and this is crazy, but here's my number so call me maybe..

He came to my campus today as a guest star in Ethics Tutorial Class last meeting. I never expect that he would be soooooo mesmerizing. HEY! I AM JUST A NORMAL GIRL. And he is really nice and sweet-scented with the freckles on his face which is super cute! I thank to him after taking a photo and only with a "Yes" word him already made my day. 

Girls..

I expect everyone whose name contains word "Kim" always good looking. Just take a look, Kim Kurniawan, Kim Kibum, Kim Jonghyun, Kimbum.. Kimkim?

Thanks to Nila who helped me to took a picture with him. This is why i love December! ♥