BANDUNG SISTER CITY : HAMAMATSU CITY, SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE JAPAN

Sister city,what is that?

Last time I read.. Sister city is a program between two cities that has similarity in one or two aspects, the program build in the form of an agreement between that cities to help each other, more over to promote their city.

Bandung, my home town have an agreement in the form of sister city with several cities such as Cebu (Philippines), Fort Worth (United States), Suwon (South Korea), Bari (Italy), Hangzhou, Liuzhou and Yingkou (People's Republic of China), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Braunschweig (Germany), Kuantan, Petaling Jaya, and Seremban (Malaysia), and Pekanbaru (Indonesia).

Eh??? There is no Hamamatsu City isn’t there? But how can I write that as a tittle?

Well, I will say you.

Bandung City - Indonesia

Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan

Bandung-Hamamatsu Festival

Long time ago in 2009, I ever atended a Japanese festival in Cihampelas Walk. And the tittle is Bandung-Hamamatsu Festival. My friend, Andra (she’s a Bandung Institute of Technology student at back then) becomes MC because she’s fluent both in English and Japanese.

The festival held in the end of 2009, there’s so many dresser (cosplayer) that wear Japanese Anime Character, Japanese Style and Japanese Traditional clothing. I did. I wear a dress. it’s a gothic-lolita style.

Me. The back only. LOL

OK, now you can recognise where is the weird author there.

And we have guests from Hamamatsu, they performed a traditional Dance (odori) from Hamamatsu. Then the Japanese also opened many stand for Japanese food such as Takoyaki booth (Takoyaki – octopus ball cake that grilled), Okonamiyaki (snack in the form of cake that made from flour and vegetables that mayonaised and special sauced), and also cotton candy stand. I love them all!!! xD

The guy with white shirt. I thought he's a Japanese from Hamamtsu (if I didn't wrong)

Cotton Candy Stand!!

Sister City?

Ok, back to sister city, Umm.. about the event, I don’t know about that event, but someone told me if Bandung-Hamamatsu has a sister city agreement. I got it at that time so this is the event to celebrate their sister city. Ironically, I'd just ever read if sister city agreement just made in 2011. Eh??? I didn’t know about that. So what’s the festival that held in 2009 back then? Then I just thought maybe that festival is one of the ways when this both cities starting to probe each other to create that sister city agreement.

The similarity between Hamamatsu and Bandung claimed as the city which becomes industry center, there’re so many factories in Hamamatsu so do with Bandung, Hamamatsu becomes destination for workers so do with Bandung, Hamamatsu has festival traditional or various events so do with Bandung. So maybe that’s the similarity. 

OMG I forgot, how can I forgot the location, Hamamatsu city is the part of Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, whilst Bandung city is the capital city of West Java, Indonesia. From the topography Hamamatsu and Bandung maybe have similarity, from it’s contur, and the situation of the city (maybe). 

In 2011 Hamamatsu even ever helped Bandung for an environmental event. So in this 2014, idk if Hamamatsu still becomes Bandung Sister City or not, but I thought it’s still. Well I don’t know, but I glad if Bandung has lot of sister cities that can help for Bandung’s promotion, moreover, I love if there’s a city in Japan that becomes Bandung Sister City. :)

Ok, you can search the information of those cities by your self. Here are :

Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia 

Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan 

EXPLORING THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM, BANDUNG

Hi, It’s me again... Um... where should I start?

Um... OK. Here I go..

This is starting after we fulfilled our hungry passion for lunch. OK I exaggerated. I mean, I and my classmates went to Ramen Shop for eating Ramen for lunch. That post could be read here : Jigoku Ramen

After that we still wanna hang out around our lovely Bandung. And it has been decided if we will go to Taman Lansia (Lansia Park), a city park near Gedung Sate (Iconic Building for West Java Government).

We are. Youngster that reckless and stubborn. To reach our destination (Taman Lansia) from Ramen Shop, we ride motorcycle. We only have 2 people that have motorcycle, so we’re splitted. Ugun+Wati, Wimal+Adel+Me. Can you imagined how that condition was?? We really abandoned police’s rule, moreover the passenger, the girls (not the driver) ride that without helmet! OMG please don’t follow our bad act.T_T

Fortunately we are follow the little street for avoid the main street, but there’s a bad news, wanna or not, we have to riding on next main street to reach our destination. And we’re panicking when we saw a police in that road. Finally, the passenger ride down and we are, the girls walk away, just for safety and we don’t want to be a bad guys.. *cough*angel imitated here*cough* 

When we’re dicussing about how to reach our desination withour riding motorcycles then I suggest Adel+ Wati to use commute, it’s because I’m the real commuter, so I’m OK with that thing. I said if the route will passed Geology Museum which is infront of the Taman Lansia, but then suddenly Adel said we are better go to Museum than to the Park. OK. It decided, we agreed!! We communicate the boys via wh*tsapp to change destination, the boys agree and they will buy the ticket if they arrive there at first.

And somehow we’re remembering Septa, another girls in the class. She isn’t with us because she has a TOEFL exam schedule, unfortunately when we said this sudden plan to Septa, she  already went home... Auw.. Next time we should go together then.. :( 

After a while.. there we are!!! A museum? Ticket were bought by us for IDR.2000,-/person.

A ticket for entering Geology Museum Bandung

I couldn’t believe it, finally I step my feet again on here after years skipped. 

Last time I visited this museum when I was a Junior High.

We are,um.. I mean.. me.. I am really excited!!!

First we enter museum, we cursed ourselves which visited this museum on the Saturday when the visitor arised in great numbers, mostly junior high and we arrive at 12.30 that mean we only have 1.30 hours before the museum closed at 2.00.

Geology Museum (c) on photo

But it was OK. I don’t wanna lose this chance. And here we go again, we explore this museum. First we heading to 2nd floor where it’s about mineral knowledge and natural disaster explanation that caused by geological thing. In the part about Mineral and Mining we could see various of gemstones!! So beautiful! ruby, saphire, jade etc.. OMG I wan’t it all!! Can I have them all??? LOL

Then we learn (sounds like a class) about hydrocarbon (oil) and another mineral, we know about the various stone that used along in the history, accessories from the past, various ores etc. In the Natural Disaster section we learn about mount eruption, tsunami even earthquake!!

A little interesting story about earthquake, there’s a simulator for earthquake based on measurement of its earthquake scale. I dont know how the Richter was, it just written model 1 and model 2. We are (the girls) esp Adel want to try that, but the queue is long, all of ‘em is the jr.high. Ow please I’m an adult how can I fight with the kids so I can use that tool, but in the other side maybe I can used this seniority to expelled them away? *smirk* ahahaha I’m joking of course we didn’t do that. 

Fortunately there’s anouncement if the Jr students have to go to 1st floor. Yeay!!! Finally we tried that simulator with model 2, and it success make us dizzy. The shake was strong enough.

Therefor, we go down to 1st floor, there are many specimens of fossil. Mammoth, Dinosaur, something like Buffalo, and primordial man were there, even we could see clams shell, and fossil of trees. It’s amazing!

But you know what is the more amazing?

Yes! Exactly! We took our photos almost in front of the specimen that we thought it is cool xD. We saw a father who posed in front of mammoth with weird pose, we laugh at him, but we imitated him in the end. LOL.

Full members in Geology Museum Expedition in front of Mammoth Fossil, Meet the team : Ugun-Adel-Wati-that girl-Wimal

This ‘taking-a-picture’ time continuing even until we exit from the museum, because in the outside of the museum we still found the interesting objects (rock/stone, sarcophagus etc) and even the beauty of that museum it self is an elegant object. It’s because Geology Museum’s building architechture is made from the Netherland Era in Indonesia, it has an Europe Style :)

We only consist of 5 people, so if we wanna our members complete in a photo, we asked a stranger to take the picture for us. Whatsoever because it was FUN!!

see the back? it isn't only us who's taking a picture xD

guys... don't hugging like that, it's only stone! it shown if we're the real LDR victim :(

nice Europe Style building

meet my another friend he is T. from Tyranosaurus Rex

it's lovely T again :*

And we share our pics on group (in order to save the complete pic by ourselves) but it made Kang Suryo (another classmate) shocked. He said we’re strange younger in this era for liking to hang out to the Museum.LOL.

We are hippies?? Um.. ofcourse not!! We are not that kind of oldies!! xD

Once again whatever... people might be think person who visit museum is nerd. But I don’t care, we’re found it interesting anyway!

Another museum??? We aren't hesitate to discover it later!!!

Bye~ Bye~

that girl is this weird author. I didn't close with her tbh. note : she imitated the weird father's pose before

More info about Geology Museum, Bandung. Here :

History of Geology Museum Bandung 

One of Review of Geology Museum, Bandung 

PS with love :

Warning !!!

Please notice, English wasn’t my first language! I’m Indonesian, but idk, somehow I just comfort to write in English eventhough it was this messy, just like this post. OK there.. see yaa :)

JIGOKU RAMEN - BANDUNG A WORTH MENU FOR CHEAP PRICES

Ramen??

What is the thing that flying on our head when heard or read or see or even write that word? Japan Noodles? Yesss!!! That’s correct because I did that too.

The reason why I write this story because I’d just hang out with my classmates on past Saturday 24/05/2014 for eating Ramen. In the end of our class, we felt really bored (actually during the class, we were just talking about this ramen in socmed –whats*pp- when lecture explained the lessons --*cough*rebel*cough*)

In the end, we are going to go to this Ramen Shop. Though at first we doubted if there’s a resto that has opened in 10 AM for lunch. Lol.

Fortunatelly we reach this Ramen Shop at 11, it’s JIGOKU RAMEN. Gladly the resto has opened and almost full, but we still have another space for us without waiting list! Yeay! So, the rumour about this resto that really wellknown with its price and numerous waiting lists it was true! We saw it by ourselves.

This Ramen Shop -JIGOKU RAMEN- is Adel’s reccomendation, we agree to follow Adels as we curious about it. Actually my another friend El/Elis has told to me about this JIGOKU RAMEN before Adel was, but unfortunatelly I just have time when I was with this classmates.

 (P/S Hey I write JIGOKU RAMEN several times, more over this post about it. I should get the fee for this advertising! Lol).

Anyway, should I mention my classmates that hangout in this ramen shop? OK. There’re Mbak Era, Ugun (Gunawan), Wimal (The Chairman), Wati, Adel and me.

We ordered our own choices, too bad I can’t remember those various menu except Adel’s Jigoku taste (sort of taste), Ugun and Wimal with their Jumbo Ramen, and ofcourse mine with my Katsu Ramen.

My Chicken Katsu Ramen

For beverages I forgot again what were ordered by my friends except me and Ugun with our own Lime Ice, Wimal with his (weird) Thai Tea (not means that tea is weird, but I just don’t like Thai tea, because it similar with Indonesian milktea and I don’t really like it) and mbak Era’s green tea (ow~ I do love green tea ever <3). 

Review : 

1.       The picture that displayed in the Book’s Menu really similar with the meal that we received!! I amazed of that, and the portion is perfect.  

2.       I definitely loved original ramens, but eventhough this ramen has been improved so it has lot of taste, rich with seasoning which has been adapted for Indonesian taste, but it didn’t bad at all, more over it was DELICIOUS! And I admitted if Jigoku Taste (ramen flavourous with something like citrus leaf make it perfect). It DELICIOUS. Ah, I forgot 2 Best Taste for dressing based on Adels were Ultimate, and Jigoku. But I choosed Soyu because I loved original Japan taste even more. 

3.       And about the spicy. You can choose your own level, 1,3,5 is free, higher than that, spicy sauce will be charged per level. I don’t like to be spicy so I just choose level 1 because I’ve to be careful on spicy, Ugun choosed level 5, I tasted it and it definitely crazy for me :-|

4.       The portion is perfect, jumbo was perfect for guy, because it’s hugeee. And normal for female like me, but tbh, when I choosed Katsu Ramen, that Chicken Katsu only (without its ramen and dressing) already make me full at that time.

5.       The beverages that showed in display really similar with the beverages that we drink. I reccomend Lime Ice. It’s Fresh, Sweet, Sour and more ever delicious. Auwww I LOVEEDD that really.

6.       The last but not the least of course the PRICE!!! How can I believed if my Ramen + Beverage below Rp. 25000,-??? It is cheaper than another ramen shop!! But trust me it worth!!! Really!!

Notes :

• Remember with the waiting list rumour.It’s true because we couldn’t stay longer just for taking chit and chat after we ate, and stand by at 11 AM if you wanna safe and get the space.
• I heard if this Resto has theme each day, such as horror movie for Friday night or candle light dinner for Saturday night. GREAT IDEAS.
• This ramen has various menus with average price but it really worthed. This ramen shop around University of Widyatama Bandung. If you wanna know the route with commute or private vehicle just ask me. More over you can search it by yourselves
• About this Ramen Shop, Visit Here : Facebook Jigoku Ramen and Official Twitter Jigoku Ramen
• Once again. I didn’t even remember how many times I write JIGOKU RAMEN and I tend to recommend this Ramen Shop. It COUNTLESS you know!!! Ow maaaammm~~~ I should got fee for this advertising xD 

PS with love : 

Warning !!! Please notice, English wasn’t my first language! I’m Indonesian, but idk, somehow I just comfort to write in English eventhough it was this messy, just like this post. OK there.. see yaa :)