Friday 23 July 2010

Kites Festival 2010

Here we go again.

Today I’m going to share my experience last Sunday, July 18 2010. I got information from Twitter saying that on Sunday there would be Kite Festival held at Tega Lega Square, Bandung. So, I asked my friend (who owns DSLR) to come with me, and she agreed.

As usually, in Sunday, people go outside to get fresh air, gather with their family somewhere, and Tega Lega Square is one of places where people like to go on the day. It was so crowded there; you can find various people with their job – sellers and buyers, bummers and scavengers, objects and photographers =).

Okay, Tega Lega is a sort of ‘pasar kaget’, it is a kind of market where people sell many stuffs there only on a particular day.

As I got there and parked my motorcycle, I saw a long line of kites in the sky. Yes, an amount of kites connected on a single string. Seems to me like a stairway of kite to heaven. Beautiful.




I went to another spot of the square and found a kite-flyer trying to fly his full-color connected-kites (I’m sorry if that is a grammatical error noun phrase, hehe). And an old man came to the place we were, oh yes he is the owner of kites I saw first. His name is Abdul Hamid.





Man Behind the String

Let me briefly tell you about this Mr. Hamid. He is a pioneer of kite-flyer movement in Indonesia and also the chief of West Java kite-flyer community. I don’t have any idea about how old he is, but he is old. He loves kite since he was a kid. He wondered why kite was always that shape,

so he invented many shapes of kite. One day, he flied his kite in Bali and met other kite-flyers from various countries. He has flied kite and brought name of Indonesia abroad, from Alaska to European countries. He has been in this business for 82 years now, wow! He dedicates his life for kites. As long as wind still blows, he will be there, fly his kites.



That day was so inspiring. We have to focus on what we can do and put passion on it. Just like Mr. Hamid, he made it. Kites brought him traveling the world. Do you believe that? Even loving kite makes you can be able to visit other countries you have been dreaming of. Oh yes Mr. Hamid, you ROCK!

Saturday 17 July 2010

Go-Blog!

Yes, here I am, in another network!
Long after reading friends' blogs and (finally) getting inspired, I've decided to create my own blog. I'll tell you up front that actually I'm not good at writing so maybe in the future, my posts will be not worth reading or just another crap, and my English is not that good like my teachers. But, I don't really give a damn! I take this stuff as a kind of learning writing, sharing my daily experiences and information to anybody around the world.

Actually, I have a Tumblr account, but I don't consider it as a blog because I rarely write on it (just quotes and poems), so I guess this is the right place to write =).

I believe that someday, this blog will get many visitors and people are like "who the hell person behind this fuckin' blog????" hahaha...so here I give you my brief information about who actually I am.

My name is Citra Dewi Saraswati. You can call me Kachiew, Kachaw, Cidera, Dewi, or any names you like to call me, but the easiest is that...just call me Citra, okay =D.
I am currently studying English Language and Literature in Indonesia University of Education, the best university of education in Indonesia! I live with my parent in the most beautiful city in Indonesia, Bandung. A cool place to stay, relax, and have fun!
I love everything related to art. I love photography, literature, music, and aesthetic stuffs. I also like reading, drawing, and writing poems.

Sort of much, huh??!!

Enough of crapping around, LET'S GO-BLOG*!

*sorry for the grammatical error, but this is kind of wordplay, in Bahasa Indonesia, Goblog means fool or dumb =).