Tuesday 22 January 2013

Bloody Bench


Tema: Heritage and Culture




Salah satu yang menarik tentang "culture and heritage" adalah bagaimana yang terlihat mungkin mempunyai makna yang berbeda dari yang ada sekarang. Bangku di Templo Mayor ini contohnya. Mungkin bagi kita terlihat seperti bangku batu biasa, tidak bernilai. Tapi di jaman Aztec, bangku ini merupakan tempat pemujaan berlangsung. For Aztec, offerings include a lot of bloods, as they even took your heart when it's still beating. Gory goryy yes, but they got wicked culture, beyond imagination.


Saturday 19 January 2013

A glimpse of Cagayan de Oro

It's been a while since I wrote my last post. I don't think I have goos enough excuse, I've been to lazy to write and I know this will happen. I am trying to fight all the no-writing-better-laying feelings.
My first post in january will be about Cagayan de Oro. I visited CDO last October (believe me, I have so many pending stories). CDO is quite different with the other two provinces that I visited previously: Davao and Surigao del Sur. A place that somehow reminds you of Indonesia. CDO is a lively small city, if you stay in the central area near Xavier University, everything that you need is in walking distance. Something that I really enjoyed. A home for Xavier Ateneo de Manila and some other university, a lot of youth come to CDO to pursue their education. First time I arrived here, I have difficulties pronouncing 'Xavier', so when I told the taxi guy to take me to Xavier, he responded with 'oo' (which means in Tagalog and drove me all the way to the port. I was so confused but then I understand that he actually hear "Sa Pier" (means to Pier/Port) Blah! Me and my accent!
Traveller usually come to CDO to do white water rafting and or hiking in Bukidnon. As for me. I did not have that privilege since I was there for working. nonetheless, I still like CDO a small but lively city. Just like any other 'student' city in Indonesia. I love walking on the street during the market day on friday and saturday. They have everything from live music, food, clothes, phone accessories, and so forth. Sunday is a super laid back day here, not so many stores open maybe because they spend it with their family and of course you need a day break after working for a week. A trip to CDO make me love Mindanao even more, despite the fact that I got dengue there lol...