Few months ago I went to Ujung Genteng to see a sea turtle laying her eggs. The turtle came from the Indian ocean. It's a vast ocean that borders Indonesia on the south. Its waves is well known among surfers.
Before seeing the turtle my group and I released 2 baby turtles to the sea. Their sizes were half of my palm. After 30 years the baby turtles, that we released, will come back to the same shore to lay their eggs.
To see the mother turtle we had to walked 600 meters one way. Walking on the sand at 1 am was tiring and it was dark also. Our guide warned us not to point our flashlights to the sea because the sea turtles eyes were sensitive to light and they would feel threaten if they saw us going near to their nests.
Some minutes later we arrived at the nest of a turtle. The guide held us for few minutes for the turtle to have her some privacy. The turtle was huge. Twice times my size wide. The female turtle, that I saw that night, was 90 years old and very grumpy. She swung her flippers if we swarmed too close to her.
At that night there were also few groups beside mine. All of us were so eager to see the turtle closely. Flash light from our camera didn't stop taking her picture. The more eager we were, the grumpier the turtle became. I pity the turtle because some people pointed their flashy camera right to her eyes.
I couldn't stay long taking the turtle picture because I got dizzy looking at the flashy camera light. I could imagine how dizzy the turtle was.
Indonesia sea turtles are protected one of the endangered animals. Let's preserve and protect them.
Watching Sea Turtle
Passive Sentence in Daily Indonesian Conversation
The basic word order of Indonesian is Subject Verb Object (SVO). However, I notice in daily conversation, my friends and I never speak SVO word order. We often use passive voice or Object Verb Subject (OVS) word oder. We also often omit the Subject in our conversation. Thus the word order becomes Object Verb (OV).
I think the reason, why we never use active sentence in daily life, is because active voice is more formal than the passive one. Even I speak in passive sentence to my parents and other older persons than myself. To add the level of politeness I choose polite words and combine it with passive form. I'll show you the examples below.
Situation 1:
My friend is reading a book but she keeps the TV on. I tell her to turn the TV off. I will say, "TVnya kalo ga ditonton dimatiin donk". The literal English translation is, "The TV if not watched, is turned off". The idiomatic translation is, "Turn the TV off if you're not watching it".
Situation 2:
I'm in my boss' room to ask him to sign a paper that have to be sent right away. I will say, "Pak tolong sekarang kertasnya ditandatangani karena harus secepatnya dikirimkan ke klien". The literal translation is, "Sir, please now the paper to be signed because it has to be sent to the client immediately". The idiomatic translation is, "Sir, please sign the paper now because it has to be sent to the client immediately". To add politeness I use the word "tolong". It's equal as "please" in this context.
My advice to Indonesian learners is to learn more passive sentences to sound more like the native. It's helpful in daily conversation because you're not talking too formal and it banishes the barrier of native and non-native speakers. Enjoy learning!
Trip to Pangandaran
The trip took on long weekend on last month. The trip was a bit disappointing because all the participants came late to the meeting point. It was no one at the meeting point when I arrived there on time. I waited for 2 hours, in bored, to see 29 other participants coming one by one. When it was about time to go, the coordinator & the drivers had a little meeting to discuss which route we should take. I felt like this trip was half planned by the coordinator. We were 30 minutes behind schedule and were trapped in traffic.
Our first destination was the White Crater. It's the remnant of an inactive volcano. Its last eruption took place in 11th-12th century. For several centuries the crater and its surrounding remained untouched because the locals thought the location was eerie. In 18th century a Dutch scientist observed the crater. Since then the crater becomes tourists attraction.
The crater emits strong smelled sulfur smoke from the center of the crater. No birds or other animals are living around because of the toxic smoke. Only plants are able to live. Besides going to the crater tourist can go to strawberry farms to pick the fruits which are plenty around. the famous snack is strawberries satay. It's strawberries in stick covered with colorful sweets.
On the second day we took boats to see nature crafted sea rocks. The ocean, where our boats were sailing, is Indian ocean. The wave was so high and kept splashing our boats. I took the pictures of the rocks but they were blurry. I didn't retake the pictures because I was afraid of falling to the scary sea. After that we went to see caves. Inside one of the caves we saw hedgehogs while outside we saw deers and monkeys.
In the afternoon we went to a rocky beach called "Batu Hiu" (Rock Shark). It's named this way because in the sea there lies a rock in the shape of a shark opening its mouth. Too bad after tsunami hit the beach the rock was broken and now it doesn't look like a shark at all. Surfers were doing surfing on another beach. I saw many surfers around from various countries. They blended with local surfers.
Along the sea shore near our hostel are where clubs and restaurants located. One of the clubs is "Silent Club". It's called this way because the owner is mute. Eventhough he is mute, he is a creative person. He created the club concept, a club with candle light, by himself. Even he created a toilet next to his club while other clubs rely on public toilet. I went to this club to enjoy full moon under the light of candles. I saw many couples in the club. I was the only one without a partner. In midnight bonfire was set to entertain the clubbers.
In the morning we went to a souvenir shop. In front of the shop I saw a traditional candy maker. He was kind to let me taking his picture. in the noon we headed back to Jakarta.
Watching Sea Turtle
Few months ago I went to Ujung Genteng to see a sea turtle laying her eggs. The turtle came from the Indian ocean. It's a vast ocean that borders Indonesia on the south. Its waves is well known among surfers.
Before seeing the turtle my group and I released 2 baby turtles to the sea. Their sizes were half of my palm. After 30 years the baby turtles, that we released, will come back to the same shore to lay their eggs.
To see the mother turtle we had to walked 600 meters one way. Walking on the sand at 1 am was tiring and it was dark also. Our guide warned us not to point our flashlights to the sea because the sea turtles eyes were sensitive to light and they would feel threaten if they saw us going near to their nests.
Some minutes later we arrived at the nest of a turtle. The guide held us for few minutes for the turtle to have her some privacy. The turtle was huge. Twice times my size wide. The female turtle, that I saw that night, was 90 years old and very grumpy. She swung her flippers if we swarmed too close to her.
At that night there were also few groups beside mine. All of us were so eager to see the turtle closely. Flash light from our camera didn't stop taking her picture. The more eager we were, the grumpier the turtle became. I pity the turtle because some people pointed their flashy camera right to her eyes.
I couldn't stay long taking the turtle picture because I got dizzy looking at the flashy camera light. I could imagine how dizzy the turtle was.
Indonesia sea turtles are protected one of the endangered animals. Let's preserve and protect them.
Celebrity Sex Video
These days Indonesia has been struck by 3 sex videos of a male celebrity that involves 2 female celebs. These celebs aren't just ordinary ones. They are the A listers!
One of the females, a socialite and a gossip show host, on the video is married and has a son. She made the video after she married and before she bore her son. So rumor says it could be not her husband's. her wedding ring is visible on the video. WOW!!! what a scandal!
The other celeb is a model. She is a brand ambassador of a well known soap brand franchise and a life show TV host. She is the current girlfriend of the male celeb. Both of them are exclusively contracted to star the couple version of the TV commercial. Now the commercial is terminated from TV. The female host is kicked from her show!
As for the male celeb he is a vocalist of a rock band. Well known for his love adventure! He made the video when he was married to a woman. He and this woman were ex couple actually. He married this woman just because at that time she was having his baby!!
Now the rumor has it that there are other 20 videos to be leaked after the vocalist's laptop was stolen. I can't wait to see other videos. I collect them LOL!!!
I can't stop thinking why they are so freaking idiot recording their intimate moment like that. There were soooo many lessons to learn in the past. Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson, and the list continues.
NEVER EVER RECORD your sex scene because it will be leaked when you least expect it!