Enjoying Hard Rock Festival

I and Dorina at the Hard Rock Festival
Photo taken by: Theo

GREAT! Yesterday nite was my very first time enjoying hard rock music!

I actually had not really serious intention to watch the festival. I just wanted to invite my friends: Dorina, Sina, and Matias who come from Germany, to watch BHRF XIV. I planned myself to pick them up to Borneo Tribune office with my friends, then carried them up to the venue of BHRF. But the schedule was changed since Dorina sent me sms, told me that they were gonna have a meeting, and then they would go to Auditorium Untan straight away after the meeting. Thanks God, I said in heart. I was really exhausted, so much tired yesterday since I just had less than 3 hours sleeping to conduct another event which my lecture *Mr. Albert Rufinus, who is now my Supervisor of my thesis* believed me to handle: Akeelah and the Bee, Book Launch and Spelling Bee Competition.

But that nite was so wonderful. Besides accompanying Dorina, Sina, and Matias, and also Kak Dwi from Borneo Tribune, I had my memory back in BHRF last nite. When I was the first semester student of English Study Program in Tanjungpura University, I was requested to be the MC of BHRF 2005. I, surely, then accepted the offering from my senior, bang Tan Hardimansyah. Sincerely being the MC at that moment, but really I couldn’t enjoy the hard rock music as much as I enjoyed it last nite! Yesterday was my very first time to enjoy the music after seeing the second contestant showed their performance!

One thing that I really wonder is: the voice of the hard rock band vocalist. It seems that most of them have almost the same character of voice. They have good voice(s?), and I think their ways in screaming *maybe not scream, but since the genre of music that they sing is hard rock so I think they are screaming* is really same which makes me think: their voice is equal. Sure, theirs are not.

The other thing that I also just knew is the way for enjoying hard rock music. I knew it from my new friend, Bang Abun. He sat besides me, then we made friend at that very nice moment last nite. I was curious why he closed his ears when watching one of the finalists performed. He explained me that it is the way to enjoy every single harmony of the music: how the bass is played, how the guitarist explore the instrument, as well the pronunciation of the vocalist. I got one new friend and a little musical information which I had no idea before, last nite! Really wonderful Saturday nite :).

Kura-Kura Beach

Feels like a model :p

Cape, tapi seneng juga. Saya barusan pulang dari survey lokasi untuk ESA On Tour, kegiatan kampus. Skalian juga, survey ini saya jadikan ajang untuk observasi dan laporan untuk terbit di halaman English Day on Tribune sabtu ini. Begini laporan saya:

Just need to count down couple of days after today, we’re going to have long holiday enough to spend. One more wonderful place is recommended to you for spending your precious holiday. It’s Kura-Kura Beach.

When noticing the name of the beach, you may think that you will find turtle loitering around the beach. Well, actually it should be so. The manager of the beach, Charlie Robertson and Siska Robertson claimed that the beach is named Kura-Kura since turtles stopped over the beach, and then they laid eggs there. Anyway, when we observed the beach on Thursday (27/11), we found no turtles there. So, we suggest you to change your primary purpose if your want to come to the beach just to look for the turtles or merely play with them.

One side of Kura-Kura Beach

There are many stones in Kura-Kura Beach

It seems that the beach is less of touch of decoration. But that’s the thing which make the beach doesn’t lose the feel of its natural atmosphere. The beauty of the beach is the most important thing to make it fascinating to visit by local and foreign tourist. People are still able to feel the environment ‘virgin’ of the beach which is located in Tanjung Gundul, Bengkayang Regency. However, if you maybe want to spend days and night at the beach, you still need to bring, at least, your own sleeping bag or your tent because there is no inn or hotel near the beach. No need to worry about the security. Ibu Iin and his husband who live close to the beach and take care for catering for their costumers who usually spend holiday in the beach said that Kura-Kura Beach is secure enough as one of camping destination. “The security is okay here."

Can’t wait to go there? Get your car or motorcycle now! It just takes 3 hours to reach the beach. From Pontianak to Tanjung Gundul, we will travel for about 110 kilometers. If you start your travel from Singkawang, it just takes 15 kilometers to go to the beach. You maybe will have a bit difficulty to find the gate to come in to the beach. The sign for you for not missing the place is the sign “Pantai Alam Indah” in front of the beach. After that, go through your way 3 kilometers more to reach the beach which is located behind the small hill. Have a nice vacation! (dhz)

Meeting canceled! (again)

I wonder how to utter my feeling on this: again and again, the meeting was canceled, because of some other executive board members couldn't make the meeting, and they gave no confirmation!

Do you know, people, that I made my day special for the meeting?

Do you know, people, that I let myself free for this half day to conduct the meeting?

Do you know, people, that I let myself spend my money for having my lunch outside out of my daily lunch-budget with my so-called bestfriend for having ontime meeting?

Why should it be canceled, and replaced to another day? Again, and again! I do hate this much!

I realize, and very notice that I am not the person in charge for the organization. I am merely ordinary member, who maybe never that important for the organization. I maybe was and even am still considered as the main board member of the organization who has not much contribution for the organization, well let's say so, though I've tried to hold an event name English Pintar. But the cancellation of the meeting *it is Pleno Meeting* for the improvement of the organization shouldn't be anymore! I was totally annoyed about this.

I have made my friend, the operator of Volare -bang Pandy-, spent his day on being the operator for the program I conduct every Tuesday, English Teletalk. The program is actually a program which I broadcast for the organization, for the fame of the organization. But considering that the pleno meeting is much more important than 'merely' having the broadcasting which people in the board may will think that I am so much egoist for making my broadcasting time as the priority, then I prefer to have the program recorded, then asked bang Pandy to handle the operation. It's been so many times I made him spend his time for my own sake of the organization!

Really, I have no other idea what to say more about this. Pending, and pending, and always pending. Seems to be there's no more commitment inside the member, but saying it is also an underestimating action for the other who didn't come. Confusing.