Apa yang paling berkesan dari perayaan 17an?
Lomba2nya dan hadiah2nya?
Kumpul2nya?
Makan kerupuknya?
Panjat pinangnya?
Atau hiburannya?
Hiburan terbuka "Panggung Gembira" yang diadakan oleh KJRI (Konsulat Jenderal Republik Indonesia) di Hong Kong hari Minggu lalu, 18 Agustus 2013 berlangsung seru...
Hari Minggu biasa aja Victoria Park selalu ramai. Taman ini biasa digunakan sebagai basis berkumpul rekan2 BMI (Buruh Migran Indonesia) yang sebagian besar bekerja sebagai 'domestic helper' di Hong Kong.
Nah... ngebayang kalau hari Minggu ditambah ada hiburan "Panggung Gembira" di taman ini, yaaa tambah ramai lagi...
Padahal cuaca hari itu panas dan lembab... Tetep aja penonton yang hampir 99% cewek ini kagak ada matinye... mereka stand-by dari mulai jam 10 pagi...
Pengisi acaranya sebagian datang dari Jakarta lho.... sebagian dari mereka adalah Wulan "KDI", Benigno dan Purwa Caraka...
Sumbangan tari2 tradisional juga ada...
Acara seriusnya juga ada... apa ayo, tebak? Mmm... pendaftaran Pemilu dan Sosialisasi Pemilu 2014!
Beneran nih, kayaknya Hong Kong haus hiburan... Ada band Indonesia yang lagi top banget, yang pernah show di Hong Kong tahun lalu tapi ngak hadir di Panggung Gembira ini, tetep aja fansnya "eksis"...
Salam Merdeka Indonesiaku!
Indonesian Traveler and Blogger who landed in Amsterdam. Still, her love to home town, Jakarta, remains. Ho Chi Minh City, as her first experience living outside the comfort zone, has always been in her heart. Even though she got lost there. Hong Kong is a very vibrant city where her searching mode made her grown up. Amsterdam, a new chapter to begin.
Amsterdam view from Amsterdam Tower
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Friday, August 16, 2013
Linkin Park in Hong Kong
“Living Things World Tour 2013” was held just last night…
As expected, AsiaWorld-Expo Arena was absolutely full! Standing area in front of the stage was crowded.
It could be 14,000 people were there which is equal with the maximum capacity
of the Arena.
I want to heal, I want to feel, Like I'm close to something real
I want to find something I've wanted all along, Somewhere I belong....
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes...
When the 15th song started, a young girl came and looked for her seat -J Kemana aja dari tadi?
I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you!
As for fun, I counted how many songs they sang. When it came to the 18th song (more or less as I stopped counting), they stopped and went inside the stage…
Unfortunately, I could not wait until “In the End”
Urbtix/Cityline: http://urbtix.cityline.com.hk/internet/action/index.do
Two days before their concert, severe typhoon Utor (signal T8 level or
Typhoon 8) hit Hong Kong. T8 was downgraded to T3 a day later and finally downgraded
again to T1. The show went on Thursday 15 August 2013.
The door was opened at 7.45pm |
Around 8.35pm the loud music started! Crowd at the end part of standing
area pushed those at the front making the area to be more packed … The whole
Arena was shaking…
Crowd at the front Arena, it was before light switched off |
One of my favorite songs:
I want to heal, I want to feel,
What I thought was never real, I
want to let go of the pain I felt so long I want to heal, I want to feel, Like I'm close to something real
I want to find something I've wanted all along, Somewhere I belong....
Also the next one:
So give me reason
To prove me wrongTo wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes...
While everyone was jumping all around me, especially the tall guy on my
left seat – which seat he hardly used -J
- I looked around my surrounding with Linkin Park music as background... Do I feel being “Victimized”?
The crowd is not only teenager and adult, some young teenagers were
also there with their parents. Everyone enjoyed the show. Except when the guy
in front of you is taller so you could hardly see the stage…
Anyway I think she was still lucky ‘cause the next song was one of the
best performances. Everyone rocked the Arena since the first song, but when
this first sentence started: …. I'm tired
of being what you want me to be..…
I've become so numb, I can't feel
you there.
Become so tired, so much more
aware. I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you!
As for fun, I counted how many songs they sang. When it came to the 18th song (more or less as I stopped counting), they stopped and went inside the stage…
Linkin Park,.. Linkin Park,... Linkin Park…. No one left the Arena…
… as the best way to leave the
Arena is to leave slightly earlier than the rest of the 14,000 spectators. Some
people had the same thinking. There was quite a number of people in the Airport
Express heading back to Hong Kong station.
I tried so hard and got so far...
But in the end it doesn't even
matter....
References
AsiaWord-Expo, Arena
http://www.asiaworld-expo.com/html/en/FacilityInfo/ArenaEvents.html
Transportation to AsiaWorld-Expo
http://www.asiaworld-expo.com.hk/html/en/UsefulInfo/Transportation.html
Events in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Ticketing: http://www.hkticketing.com/eng/Urbtix/Cityline: http://urbtix.cityline.com.hk/internet/action/index.do
Friday, August 9, 2013
Eid ul-Fitr (Idul Fitri) Celebration in Hong Kong
Eid ul-Fitr or Idul Fitri or Lebaran is one of the major national
holiday in Indonesia and other Moslem countries. If it is in Jakarta, the
capital city of Indonesia, it is identical with 1) a week holiday, 2) domestic
helper is away, 3) busy activities in the malls/supermarkets, and 4) the fact
that Jakarta becomes very quiet as most of its residents are away…
The prayer started at 8.30 am by two speeches and followed by the
prayer. By 9.03 am, prayer was done. The Imam’s speech followed afterward and
finished before 10 am… It was 32 ° Celsius and “very hot” warning in force by
HKO…
This year in Hong Kong
How is it the fasting month of Ramadhan and Idul Fitri celebration in
Hong Kong? Nothing. Unlike in Jakarta, where most shopping malls and hotels are
decorated beautifully for this festive season. Days gone by as they never
exist.
Even though Ramadhan and Idul Fitri are quiet in Hong Kong, the big
Indonesian community here did welcome this festive month with joy. Some friends
got together organizing their own “Bukber” (Buka Bareng) or break the fast
gathering. The most convenient place is to have it at the Indonesian
Restaurant, as they are familiar with this event and food matches! Also, every
Friday during Ramadhan, crowds gathered at the Indonesian Consulate to meet
with each other and to break their fast.
It was not only because of food they gathered, some friends collected
donation and organized food for the domestic helper shelters. As we might be
aware, there are 150,000 Indonesian Migrant Workers in Hong Kong. What was also
sweet on this activity, donation was also provided by some non-Moslem friends…
Last year?
I have just moved to Hong Kong and was busy with all of the moving
things; finding a new apartment including its furniture while I was having flu
and skin irritation due to allergic, and when things were about to be settled I
broke my left toe!
Two years ago?
I moved from Jakarta to Ho Chi Minh City: Eid ul-Fitr celebration in Vietnam
So going back again to this year’s story...
Idul Fitri prayer was held by the Indonesian Consulate
General of Republic Indonesia on Friday 9 August 2013 at the Victoria Park,
Causeway Bay. I guessed there were 800-1,000 people attended. I was told that
last year it was attended by 1,500 people. As last year Idul Fitri was on
Sunday which is the day off for the migrant worker.
Eid Prayer @ Victoria Park, 9 August 2013 |
Idul Fitri, the end of Ramadhan, means becoming holy again...
Wishing you the best of Eid ul-Fitr – Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri –
Mohon Maaf Lahir dan Batin.
Lebaran di Kampung Orang Lain (Again?)
English version is available on
next posting "Eid ul-Fitr Celebration in Hong Kong"
Puncak rangkaian kegiatan Ramadhan pastinya Shalat Ied diadakan hari
Jumat, 9 Agustus 2013 di Victoria Park. Taman ini adalah lapangan terbuka untuk
umum, di daerah Causeway Bay, di beberapa bagian di tempat ini sering dibikin
pameran juga. Yang bikin terkenal sih, karena lapangan ini penuh sesak setiap
hari Minggu. Kenapa? Karena itu hari liburnya BMI dan mereka pasti ngumpul
disana.
Setelah itu, seperti dimana2, yang ditunggu2 adalah acara Open
House… Makanya gue juga jalan kaki dari Victoria Park ke KJRI untuk silaturahmi
dengan teman2 yang ‘stay’ di HK ngak mudik Lebaran.
Dua tahun lalu saya merayakan Lebaran di kampung orang, tepatnya di Ho
Chi Minh City -Vietnam.
Tahun lalu di Hong Kong, karena baru pindahan dari Ho Chi Minh City:
heboh cari tempat tinggal baru dan perabotannya, stres sama pindahan dan kota
baru jadi sempat flu dan alergi gatel2 karena obat, begitu keadaan sepertinya
lumayan alias udah dapet tempat tinggal dan beres2, jempol kaki gue retak
ketiban meja setrikaan! Jadi kesannya Lebaran lewat begitu aja…
Tahun ini jadinya excited menyambut Ramadhan, apalagi udah banyak punya
temen disini jadi bisa buka puasa bareng. Tapi selain ngomongin Bukber, temen2
berinisiasi mengumpulkan sumbangan, koordinasi dengan shelter Buruh Migran dan
memberikan snack box buka puasa. Yang bikin terharu, inisiatif ini juga
didukung oleh rekan2 non-muslim. Sebagai informasi, terdapat kurang lebih
150,000 Buruh Migran Indonesia (BMI) bekerja sebagai domestic helper di Hong
Kong. Mereka kerja mencari nafkah jauh dari keluarga di tanah air.
Satu lagi yang bikin excited.. Ternyata Konsulat Jenderal Republik Indonesia
(KJRI) di Hong Kong punya acara buka puasa. Jadi pada suatu buka puasa di hari
Jumat, dimana dihadiri oleh pejabat2 KJRI, kita satu gank hadir disana. Seru karena
ketemu teman2 lainnya....
Buka puasa dimulai dengan teh manis dan martabak manis, lalu disambung
dengan soto ayam, makanan utamanya ada ikan asam manis, ayam dimasak apa gitu,
hehehe.... Ternyata menu buka puasa hari itu adalah sponsor dari perusahaan
BUMN yang ada di Hong Kong, makasih ya.....
Shalat Idul Fitri - Victoria Park, Jumat 9 Agustus 2013 |
Sebelum Shalat Ied dimulai, jalan menuju Victoria Park sudah ramai. Seramai
hari Minggu! Suhu udara 32 ° Celsius atau yang menurut BMG-nya Hong Kong “very
hot” ini beneran panas… Kelihatan banyak yang mengeluarkan perlengkapan
payung, kacamata item, kipas… -J
Kalau diperhatikan lebih dari 500 orang yang hadir atau bias jadi sampai 1,000
orang! Tahun lalu jumlah peserta Shalat sekitar 1,500 orang (karena tahun lalu
Lebaran jatuh pada hari Minggu, hari libur BMI).
Acara yang diadakan oleh KJRI ini dimulai sekitar 8.30 pagi. Dimulai
dengan dua sambutan, dilanjutkan dengan Shalat Ied s/d jam 9.03 pagi, langsung disambut dengan khotbah. Sebelum jam 10 pagi acara selesai... Pesan sponsor panitia acara: “Tolong dibersihkan
sampah2nya, semua diangkat dan tempat bersih seperti semula, supaya tahun depan
kita bisa sewa tempat ini lagi…” Siap!!!
Khotbah Idul Fitri |
Ehem… hidden agenda gue tercapai – cari ketupat! Ngak ada
ketupat di HK, karena ngak ada daun kelapanya, jadi disini adanya lontong
karena ada daun pisang. Beda tipis… Teman2nya lontong? Opor ayam, rendang
daging, sambal goreng kentang ati, telor balado, kerupuk… Makanan pembukanya:
lupis, batagor, es belewah campur nata de coco, pudding…
Bagi rekan2 BMI, KJRI juga membagikan snack box. Syaratnya cuma sabar antri, karena panjang banget antriannya sampe belok ke jalan lain, wakakak… Tapi mereka yang sudah tinggal di HK pasti tahu tatakrama antri dan pastinya tertib.
Anyway, seperti artinya Idul Fitri yaitu kembali ke fitrah, gue ucapin Selamat
Hari Raya Idul Fitri, Mohon Maaf Lahir dan Batin!
ps: Kalo iseng mau baca cerita dua tahun lalu, monggo klik.. Hari raya di kampung orang lain (Eid al-Fitr in Vietnam)
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