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Individual Assignment:Eka Rambe

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“Weekend” Getaway


“Absolutely breathtaking!” I screamed every time we visited a new beach in Lampung. My husband and

I decided to go to Lampung for my school term break holiday. I had a two week break for Term 3;

October 2-16, 2015. At first I was skeptical that we could go on any holidays as Emma, my daughter was

not on her school holiday. Despite all that, we initially agreed on going there for a weekend gateway.

So, off we went to Merak seaport on Friday night on October 9. We arrived in Bakauheni at 2 AM where

we stayed at my aunt’s house.

The next morning we woke up at 6 o’clock. We only slept for 4 hours; yet we were just excited of going

to any beaches. “When can we go to the beach mom?” asked my daughter constantly. “After we finish

cooking so we can bring some food to eat there,” I answered. At 1 o’clock we went to Minang Rua

beach. It took us 30 minutes to go there by car. The road was pretty adventurous as we went up and

down through steep hills and cliffs everywhere. But the view was simply mind-blowing! The white sand

beach with coconut trees lining up the shore was tremendously wonderful. And it’s free. Unlike Ancol

beach in Jakarta where you have to pay for

playing in the not-so-clean-beach, Minang Rua beach is a clean and ticket-free beach. My daughter with her

cousin, Vani just stormed to the beach as soon as they changed their swim suits. My husband kept guard of

them. Lindang, my cousin, was straight away brought her twin daughters into the beach too. Her husband

attended their first son, Joshua, who was too excited with getting wet. My aunt and Uli, my cousin, went

beachcombing looking for pumice stones. She said she needed those to clean up her charred pots and pans. I

was busy taking photos of the views and them playing. Only when I thought I had enough photos then I jumped

in to the waves. We stayed there for 4 hours. We noticed there were not any facilities for us to take shower.

Luckily Lindang’s husband knew someone who lives there; so we had our bath at their house.

The second day of our stay we went to two places; Menara Siger and Banding Beach. At 6 o’clock off we went to

Menara Siger. This time there were only my husbnd, Emma, Vani, Shelsy, my cousin, and I. Menara Siger is

situated not far from Bakauheni seaport. It is a landmark for Lampung province. The tower ‘wears’ a tiara-like

shape on its top with 9 points which resembles 9 languages in Lampung. It is 110m above the sea level which

gives us an overwhelming view. We could see some of the smaller island on tip of Sumatera island with ferries

coming in to Bakauheni seaport or coming out of the port going to Merak to Java island. The kids had some food

for breakfast. My husband and I just had coffee. After that we went back home so we could prepare for our next

trip to another beach.

The second beach we visited is called Banding beach. We left home at 1 o’clock and arrived there

around 2:30. The trip took one and half hours. The road was not as adventurous as the Minang Rua

beach as it is closer to the city. Instead of steep cliffs, we passed a market, government offices and

schools. Banding beach is in Kalianda, South Lampung. It is as remarkable as the first beach. What more

interesting was there is a fresh water spring amongst those black gigantic rocks by the beach. It looked

as clear as a whistle. My aunt still insisted in going to those ticket-free beaches. “I live near the sea why

would I pay money for a swim in the beach? To me, that just doesn’t make sense!” she explained. Well,

she got some points though. So we chose the ticket-free spot. This time the beach doesn’t have white

sand. It has black sand! I could totally picture the huge wave of Tsunami just hit the beach in 1883 after

the explosion of Krakatoa mountain. Could that be the reason why the sand is black? The kids just

jumped into the sea and played with the friendly waves. They brought a ball along so they could play

ball in the sea. How daring! While we were busy swimming, a dog came to our picnic spot and ate some

snacks. So I hurriedly went back and put the snacks into some containers. Apparently the kids, Emma,

Vani and Joshua didn’t put their snacks back to its container. They just left it on the mat. My aunt joined

us swimming. Uli couldn’t join us this time because she had to go back to her dormitory. She goes to a

catholic school where she stays in the dormitory with strict rules. Lindang’s husband didn’t come with

us because of work. So Shelsy was helping Lindang with the twins. I was attending Joshua. He was in

trouble because of the ball. He got tantrums which only led him another trouble. Oh well, he needs to

learn to share anyway. Most of us enjoyed our swim today. We only spent couple of hours in Banding

beach. We arrived home at 7 o’clock.

The third morning we didn’t have our morning walk to Siger. We walked just to buy breakfast, instead.

We had nasi uduk called Nasi Uduk Pak Aceng. It’s pretty popular in the area and I could see many

people actually came and bought the food. So my husband thought, let’s just buy that for breakfast. We

did. The taste was not as I expected. It was not even near the taste of the real nasi uduk. We were kind

of a bit disappointed. They should just let the Betawi people cook nasi uduk.

The third beach was Wartawan Beach. We heard there was a hot water spring in the beach so we

thought we could give it a go. This time there were only my husband, Emma, Vani, my aunt, Shelsy and

I. The travel took one and a half hours too like the trip to Banding beach. Apparently the location is not

too far from the Banding beach. We didn’t go through the same route though. We went through a

banana farm! Yup, there were whole lots of banana trees everywhere. It was a winding road which we

enjoyed it too. After the ups and the downs, we then reached a flat road with white beaches on our left

side and picturesque hills on our right side. How could anyone resist living in a place where you can see

the beach from your veranda and stunning hills from your kitchen? But when I saw the Tsunami

warning signs everywhere near the beach, I guess I could see why. We finally arrived in Wartawan

beach. It looked abandoned. No one was there. We could see there used to be a playground spot for

children. Now all the equipment was gone, rusty and broken. We checked the beach but there were too

many corals and it was just too deep for kids to play. We decided not to swim at the beach. We still

couldn’t locate the hot water spring. We climbed up a hill near the beach. We thought maybe the hot

water spring is on top of the hill. Half of the trek we stopped. My husband said he would go up to check.

There we could see the bluish sea with rocky corals. If I were a good swimmer I would have jumped into

the ocean right there. “There was nothing on the top. Maybe the hot water spring is not on this beach,”

said my husband. So we went down. My aunt was still curious because she was so sure that the hot

water spring is in this beach. She walked around the hill. We followed her but the kids were already

whining. I told them to be patient. My aunt was right. She found the hot water spring! They were hiding

under the rocky corals. We could see the bubbling hot water literally! Wow! Another striking view was

just right in front of us. The smoky steam flying from a small cave amongst the corals caught our

attention. We felt a bit terrified in an instance knowing there is an active volcano somewhere beneath

our feet. Gosh! I took lots of photos there. After we had enough exploring the hot water, we moved to a

different beach.

The fourth beach was Canti Beach. It’s actually quite near the Wartawan beach. But another

disappointment came to us. The beach was very deep. There was even a sign that said “Only

good swimmers can jump in.” Oh no! Because of that so we went back to Banding Beach. We

swam there until sun set. We witnessed that glorious, magnificent sun setting before our eyes.

Simply splendid. How grateful we were to be able to see that with our loved ones. We left the

Banding beach when it was already dark.

The fourth day we went to Belebuk Beach. As usual we left home at 1 o’clock because we

waited Vani and Shelsy to arrive from their schools. My aunt said the beach was just behind

our home, just behind that hill. She said it like it was really near. She said, “It is only 6

kilometers. You guys can just walk. It’s a nice weather and you could exercise along the way,

right?” she described. We went there by ojek instead. The ojek drivers asked for Rp. 20.000 per

trip. I asked them if they could come back and pick us up. They agreed. So off we went to the

beach. The journey was just unbelievably dangerous. Not only was it a bumpy, rough and

potholed road but also damaged. Big rocks just scattered on those coarse road. But the view!

Wow! I could even see a perfectly-shaped hill that looked like a pyramid in Egypt

I took a lot of selfies. Emma and Vani decided to collect sea shells so they went beachcombing.

They found various sea shells. We had our snacks whenever we felt tired. Emma and Vani

practiced their swimming. My husband taught Shelsy how to dive. Me? I was taking their photos

and had a little bit of swimming. We only spent couple of hours there. At 5 o’clock we got ready

to be picked up by our ojek drivers. We gave them extra in the end because the hard journey

they had to take and the precautions they made to keep us safe.

On public holiday, October 14 we were then on board in Prima Nusantara ferry heading to

Merak. We felt absolutely ecstatic for our holiday. It was supposed to be our weekend gateway,

we spent four days instead. We waved goodbye to the beautiful Menara Siger on our ferry.

We’ll see you again for sure.


• “Absolutely breathtaking!” I screamed every time we visited a new beach in Lampung. My husband and I decided to go to Lampung for my school term break holiday. I had a two week break for Term 3; October 2-16, 2015. At first I was skeptical that we could go on any holidays as Emma, my daughter was not on her school holiday. Despite all that, we initially agreed on going there for a weekend gateway. So, off we went to Merak seaport on Friday night on October 9. We arrived in Bakauheni at 2 AM where we stayed at my aunt’s house.

Orientation

Questions for Orientation

1. Who was on their holiday?2. Where did they decide to go?3. When did they go there?4. How did they go there?

• The next morning we woke up at 6 o’clock. We only slept for 4 hours; yet we were just

excited of going to any beaches. “When can we go to the beach mom?” asked my

daughter constantly. “After we finish cooking so we can bring some food to eat there,” I

answered. At 1 o’clock we went to Minang Rua beach. It took us 30 minutes to go there by

car. The road was pretty adventurous as we went up and down through steep hills and

cliffs everywhere. But the view was simply mind-blowing! The white sand beach with

coconut trees lining up the shore was tremendously wonderful. And it’s free. Unlike Ancol

beach in Jakarta where you have to pay for playing in the not-so-clean-beach, Minang

Rua beach is a clean and ticket-free beach. My daughter with her cousin, Vani just

stormed to the beach as soon as they changed their swim suits. My husband kept guard

of them. Lindang, my cousin, was straight away brought her twin daughters into the

beach too. Her husband attended their first son, Joshua, who was too excited with getting

wet.

Event 1

Questions for Event 1

My aunt and Uli, my cousin, went beachcombing looking for pumice stones. She said she needed

those to clean up her charred pots and pans. I was busy taking photos of the views and them

playing. Only when I thought I had enough photos then I jumped in to the waves. We stayed there for

4 hours. We noticed there were not any facilities for us to take shower. Luckily Lindang’s husband

knew someone who lives there; so we had our bath at their house.

1. How long did they sleep?2. Where did they go at 1 o’clock?3. Who went there?4. How was the journey?5. Why her aunt didn’t swim?6. Why did they take the shower at someone’s house?

Event 2• The second day of our stay we went to two places; Menara Siger and Banding Beach. At 6 o’clock off

we went to Menara Siger. This time there were only my husband, Emma, Vani, Shelsy, my cousin, and I.

Menara Siger is situated not far from Bakauheni seaport. It is a landmark for Lampung province. The

tower ‘wears’ a tiara-like shape on its top with 9 points which resembles 9 languages in Lampung. It is

110m above the sea level which gives us an overwhelming view. We could see some of the smaller

island on tip of Sumatera island with ferries coming in to Bakauheni seaport or coming out of the port

going to Merak to Java island. The kids had some food for breakfast. My husband and I just had coffee.

After that we went back home so we could prepare for our next trip to another beach.

Questions for Event21. Who went to Menara Siger?

2. What is Menara Siger?

3. How was the view?

Event 3

• The second beach we visited is called Banding beach. We left home at 1 o’clock and arrived

there around 2:30. The trip took one and half hours. The road was not as adventurous as the

Minang Rua beach as it is closer to the city. Instead of steep cliffs, we passed a market,

government offices and schools. Banding beach is in Kalianda, South Lampung. It is as

remarkable as the first beach. What more interesting was there is a fresh water spring amongst

those black gigantic rocks by the beach. It looked as clear as a whistle. My aunt still insisted in

going to those ticket-free beaches. “I live near the sea why would I pay money for a swim in the

beach? To me, that just doesn’t make sense!” she explained. Well, she got some points though.

So we chose the ticket-free spot. This time the beach doesn’t have white sand. It has black sand!

I could totally picture the huge wave of Tsunami just hit the beach in 1883 after the explosion of

Krakatoa mountain

Questions for Event 31. What was the second beach they visited?

2. How was the journey?

3. Why her aunt did not want to pay for any beaches?

4. Why did a dog come to their mat?


7. Why did Joshua get in trouble?

Could that be the reason why the sand is black? The kids just jumped into the sea and played with

the friendly waves. They brought a ball along so they could play ball in the sea. How daring! While

we were busy swimming, a dog came to our picnic spot and ate some snacks. So I hurriedly went

back and put the snacks into some containers. Apparently the kids, Emma, Vani and Joshua didn’t

put their snacks back to its container. They just left it on the mat. My aunt joined us swimming. Uli

couldn’t join us this time because she had to go back to her dormitory. She goes to a catholic school

where she stays in the dormitory with strict rules. Lindang’s husband didn’t come with us because of

work. So Shelsy was helping Lindang with the twins. I was attending Joshua. He was in trouble

because of the ball. He got tantrums which only led him another trouble. Oh well, he needs to learn to

share anyway. Most of us enjoyed our swim today. We only spent couple of hours in Banding beach.

We arrived home at 7 o’clock.

Event 4

• The third morning we didn’t have our morning walk to Siger. We walked just to buy breakfast,

instead. We had nasi uduk called Nasi Uduk Pak Aceng. It’s pretty popular in the area and I could

see many people actually came and bought the food. So my husband thought, let’s just buy that

for breakfast. We did. The taste was not as I expected. It was not even near the taste of the real

nasi uduk. We were kind of a bit disappointed. They should just let the Betawi people cook nasi

uduk.

Questions for Event 41. What did they have for breakfast?

2. Why did they buy it?

3. How was the taste?

4. Why did the author think They should just let the Betawi people cook nasi uduk ?

Event 5The third beach was Wartawan Beach. We heard there was a hot water spring

in the beach so we thought we could give it a go. This time there were only my husband, Emma, Vani, my

aunt, Shelsy and I. The travel took one and a half hours too like the trip to Banding beach. Apparently the

location is not too far from the Banding beach. We didn’t go through the same route though. We went

through a banana farm! Yup, there were whole lots of banana trees everywhere. It was a winding road which

we enjoyed it too. After the ups and the downs, we then reached a flat road with white beaches on our left

side and picturesque hills on our right side. How could anyone resist living in a place where you can see

the beach from your veranda and stunning hills from your kitchen? But when I saw the Tsunami warning

signs everywhere near the beach, I guess I could see why. We finally arrived in Wartawan beach. It looked

abandoned. No one was there. We could see there used to be a playground spot for children. Now all the

equipment was gone, rusty and broken. We checked the beach but there were too many corals and it was

just too deep for kids to play. We decided not to swim at the beach. We still couldn’t locate the hot water

spring. We climbed up a hill near the beach. We thought maybe the hot water spring is on top of the hill.

Half of the trek we stopped. My husband said he would go up to check. There we could see the bluish sea

with rocky corals.

Questions for Event 51. What is the name of the beach they swam?

2. What is the third beach they visited?

3. Did they find the hot water spring?


5. Do you think there is a volcano underneath?

6. Will the author choose to live in that kind of place?

If I were a good swimmer I would have jumped into the ocean right there. “There was nothing on the top.

Maybe the hot water spring is not on this beach,” said my husband. So we went down. My aunt was still

curious because she was so sure that the hot water spring is in this beach. She walked around the hill. We

followed her but the kids were already whining. I told them to be patient. My aunt was right. She found the hot

water spring! They were hiding under the rocky corals. We could see the bubbling hot water literally! Wow!

Another striking view was just right in front of us. The smoky steam flying from a small cave amongst the

corals caught our attention. We felt a bit terrified in an instance knowing there is an active volcano somewhere

beneath our feet. Gosh! I took lots of photos there. After we had enough exploring the hot water, we moved to

a different beach.

Event 6

• The fourth beach was Canti Beach. It’s actually quite near the Wartawan beach. But another

disappointment came to us. The beach was very deep. There was even a sign that said “Only good

swimmers can jump in.” Oh no! Because of that so we went back to Banding Beach. We swam there

until sun set. We witnessed that glorious, magnificent sun setting before our eyes. Simply splendid.

How grateful we were to be able to see that with our loved ones. We left the Banding beach when it was

already dark.

Questions for Event 61. What was the fourth beach?

2. Why they couldn’t swim there?

3. Where did they swim?


5. How did the author feel?

Event 7

• The fourth day we went to Belebuk Beach. As usual we left home at 1 o’clock because we waited Vani

and Shelsy to arrive from their schools. My aunt said the beach was just behind our home, just behind

that hill. She said it like it was really near. She said, “It is only 6 kilometers. You guys can just walk. It’s

a nice weather and you could exercise along the way, right?” she described. We went there by ojek

instead. The ojek drivers asked for Rp. 20.000 per trip. I asked them if they could come back and pick

us up. They agreed. So off we went to the beach. The journey was just unbelievably dangerous. Not

only was it a bumpy, rough and potholed road but also damaged. Big rocks just scattered on those

coarse road. But the view! Wow! I could even see a perfectly-shaped hill that looked like a pyramid in

Egypt. I was just wondering it that hill could be like the Padang Mountain, a megalithic site in Cianjur.

After the long and bumpy road, we arrived at the Belebuk Beach. It was like our own beach. No one

was around. Only us!

Questions for Event 71. Where did they swim this time?

2. who went there?

3. How did they go there?

4. Why did they feel like it was a private beach?

5. why do you think there was no one else around?

6. What is beachcombing?

7. How was the journey?

8. What was her auntie suggestion?

The beach had white clear sands with small waves which were perfect for us. I took a lot of selfies. Emma

and Vani decided to collect sea shells so they went beachcombing. They found various sea shells. We had

our snacks whenever we felt tired. Emma and Vani practiced their swimming. My husband taught Shelsy

how to dive. Me? I was taking their photos and had a little bit of swimming. We only spent couple of hours

there. At 5 o’clock we got ready to be picked up by our ojek drivers. We gave them extra in the end because

the hard journey they had to take and the precautions they made to keep us safe.

Event 8

• On a public holiday, October 14 we were then on board in Prima Nusantara ferry heading to Merak. We

felt absolutely ecstatic for our holiday. It was supposed to be our weekend getaway, we spent four days

instead. We waved goodbye to the beautiful Menara Siger on our ferry. We’ll see you again for sure.

Questions for Event 81. On which day they went back home?

2. How did they go home?

3. Why did they feel ecstatic?

4. Do you think they will come back? Why?

5. Did the holiday run as they planned?

6. How many beaches did they actually visit?

7. How many beaches did the y swim?

Education

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