Sunday, February 27, 2005

a time to remember...

Mid November 2004.
Venue: COP’s stall in Petra

nheni : Ugh, why don’t you join us to the Project on Opportunities and Challenges of the Cyber World for Youth Development International Conference 2004 in Hong Kong??
boNN: Hmm…

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Late November 2004
Venue: D Building Petra University

boNN, please meet Emma, Shinta, Yenny, and Mr. Daniel..

Okay! We are ready to go to Hong Kong! The presentation has been ready to be sent to Bell..
What about the tickets? Hmm.. that is the problem!! No tickets available for Dec 26-30..

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Early December 2004
Venue: C Building Petra University

boNN: I’m going to Hong Kong!
maRa : What a nice! Ugh, you can call my friend.. He can help you to have a research for your thesis also! He is an architect over there.. his name is Gary.

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December 23rd, 2004
Venue: Living room

“Garuda Indonesia, how about the tickets of QZTZ8L, QZU8MQ, and QHYNZL?”
“Still no seats available.. I am very sorry..”

Gees.. 2 more days to go and we still don’t have seats!!

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December 24th, 2004
Venue: My bed

‘Seats is available already but returning time is January 4th, 2005. Please do confirmation immediately. Thank You.’ Sender: hartonoGARUDA +628185007** 12:07:15

Yippie!! Finally, we are going to Hong Kong!!!

SUB – CGK GA 301M 26DEC 0600 OK
CGK – HKG GA 858L 26DEC 0835 OK
HKG – CGK GA 863L 04JAN 1550 OK
CGK – SUB GA 328M 04JAN 2115 OK

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December 25th, 2004
Venue: Surabaya

f.a.r.e.w.e.l.l.

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December 26th, 2004

Time : 05:00
Venue: Home
Oh my God! I just done packing!!! I will be late !!

Time : 05:15
Venue: Main Entrance of Juanda International Airport, Surabaya
“boNN, where are you? It’s time to check in !!! We are late!!”
“calm down Emma, I’m on the entrance gate now! I’ll be there in a minutes!”
“just be quick!!”

Time : 10:15
Venue: Departure Gate Changi International Airport, Singapore


Hmm. Welcome back to Singapore boNN !!! Just remember we slept in this airport for 5 hours last year!!!

Time : 11:00
Venue: Gate 46, Changi International Airport, Singapore

Time to go to Hong Kong !!!

Time : 16:05
Venue: Runaway, Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong
Bienvenue! Man, I’m in Hong Kong !!! Hmm.. what a nice place.. but, it looks like a desert.. nothing like in TVs.. anyway, we’ll see..

Time : 16:15
Venue: Toilet..
Nhen: I need to POO !!!!!!

Time : 16:30
Venue: Immigration Check Out
“Hi.. are you Indonesian Students who study in Hong Kong?”
“Um.. Nope. Why?”
“I’m back packing here.. and seems I don’t know how I can reach a place named Nathan Road”
“Based on my Lonely Planets, it seems located in Kowloon side.. you can take bus number A21”
“I see.. thank’s a lot!”
“You’re welcome.. Anyway, what’s your name? I’m bonnie!”
“Ben, nice to meet you !”

Time : 17:00
Venue: Arrival Terminal, Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong
“Hi!! Indonesian Delegation? I’m Bell Fung.. We already had a contacts before.. Please meet Angel and Billy, they are official helpers for Indonesian Delegation.”
“Hello, I’m Billy”
“Hi, I’m bonnie!”
“Sorry? Buhny?”
“No.. bonnie! Like bow-knee..”
“oh, boNNie!”
“Hi.. I’m Angel”
“Hi Angel.. nice name..”
“ugh, this is Ben, he need to know how to reach Nathan Road from here!”
“hmm.. why don’t you just go with us and we’ll take you to the nearest MTR station, the subway, that can take you to Nathan Road!”
“okay then.. thank you!”

Time : 17:45
Venue: The Bus!
Farewell Ben!! See you later on New Year Eve!! We can spend the Countdown together!!

Time : 18:15
Venue: Jockey Club Sai Kung Outdoor Training Camp

http://www.hkfyg.org.hk/camp/ ( Chinese only)
“Ugh.. it’s cooollddddd!! Is it now 16°C??”
“Seems to be? But no, it’s colder!! Probably 14°C.. I don’t know why it’s colder..”

Time : 20:30
Venue: Conference Room
“Hi I’m Anita, the project leader.. It’s time to have rehearsal for the presentation.. so we can see if something doesn’t work.. maybe the first time is Indonesia.. are you ready?”
“Huh? Hm.. We don’t think so!”
“Okay, Let Korean starts.. “
“Okay, Indonesian next!”

Time : around 22:00
Venue: Dormitory – Living Room
“Hi, you are from Singapore right? What’s your name??”
“Hus”
“I’m bonnie, from Indonesia.. Can you speak Malay?”
“Sure..”

Time : around 22:00
Venue: Dormitory - Room 402
“Hi.. I’m Michael”
“I’m Tony”
“Snow”
“Router”
“Hi! Nice to meet you all.. I’m bonnie! From Indonesia. Where are you all coming from?”
“We are all from Shen Zhen, mainland China. I heard about earthquake happened in Indonesia”
“Really? I’d better check tomorrow!”

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December 27th, 2004
Venue : Jockey Club Sai Kung Outdoor Training Camp – Gym
08:30 Breakfast
09:30 Arrival of local delegates
10:00 Warm up games
11:00 Activity 1 : Creating Healthy Cyber Products
- To discuss and decide what elements on the Internet are helpful to the healthy development of young people
- To design and create a product with these elements
- To work out a 2-minute introduction for the product for the auction
12:30 Lunch
13:45 Warm up games
14:00 Activity 2: Auction of “Cyber Vitamins for Youth Development”
16:00 Preparation for Cultural Night
- Welcoming speech
- Games and Performance
18:00 Dinner
19:00 Cultural Night
We are group 10, performing a traditional dance from Aceh, Indonesia.. the region that destroyed by tsunami.. with a mix song between Indonesian and Cantonese..
‘potong bebek angsa / masak di kuali / nona minta dansa / dansa empat kali / sorong ke kiri / sorong ke kanan / la..la..la..la..la..la..la..la..la..la..la’
‘sai kai can sai siu siu siu / siu dta’ can kei miu miu miu / sat coi can hai sai sai kai / kiu siu yi miu chiu’

Time : around 22:00
Venue: Room 402
“bonnie, have you heard about the earthquake and tsunami that happened in your country? It seems so bad! ”
“Yes but I still don’t know the details.. let me check in the internet..”
“Yes.. you should!”

Time : around 23:00
Venue: Computer Room
Oh my God! It’s so bad!! How’s Ghufran?! Ghufran is my best friend from my former exchange program.. he lives in Aceh..
I’m trying to reach Ghufran by phone.. but seems the telecommunication is broken..

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December 28th, 2004
The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong

Time : 09:30-12:30
Venue: Room 401

International Youth Conference

Time : 12:30-14:00
Venue: Café de Coral, Hennesy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong


Black Pepper Beef and Rice.. HKD 22.00 .. also Ice Chocolate milk!
Ugh, very big portion!! Hong Kong People eats a lot !!!

Time : 14:15
Back to the Conference Room !!

Time : 14:30
Venue: Room 405
Panel Discussion (1) Proper Use of the Internet
- Mr. Lento Yip, Vice Chairman, Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association
- Mr. Frank Yam, Chairperson, Information Security Specialist Group, Hong Kong Computer Society
- Presentation of the Indonesia, Korea and Beijing Projects and response of local young people

Time : 17:00
Returning to the camp site

Time : 18:15
Venue: Jockey Club Sai Kung Outdoor Training Camp – Gym

Dinner and Farewell Party
Indonesia Delegation danced Poco-Poco and for respecting the victims of tsunami in Aceh, we also danced small part of Saman dance, traditional dance from Aceh

Time : 21:00
Farewell to local delegates..!!! I will miss you all!!!

Time : 22:00
Moving to the new camp site.. We are all cold!! I only wear short and sandal of my traditional costume.. in 10°C!!! so we just sing to warm us up!!! You are my sunshine.. my only sunshine.. you make me happy.. when skies is grey..

Time : 24:00
Venue: Yard of #8 Building, Po Leung Kuk Pak Tam Chung Holiday Camp
http://www.poleungkuk.org.hk/en_webpage/services_mailholi.htm
Smoking Time after arrival !! With Hus (Singapore), Martin and Irene (The Netherlands), also Eliza, Katie and Natasha (Australia).

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December 29th, 2004

Time : 01:00
Venue: Room 801C
Truth or Dare ??????????

Time : 03:00
Venue: Room 901A

Sleeping time!! But do a little chat with Single, Ray, and Lucky, Guang Zhou’s delegation before..

Time : 10:00
Venue: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Agency visit to the Department of Information Engineering and the Department of Computer Science & Engineering..
Wow, it’s been so nice to see they can make online game that can be access through mobile phones all over the world!!
Also the 3D stuffs are so cool!!! I just know that to make 3D images you just only need 2 lenses when you’re taking the picture! So you can make your own 3D images!! I want to try it!!
And finally we learn about how hackers steal your money!! So, starting now, beware!!!

Time : 14:00
Venue: Ocean Park , Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Time to have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Time : 19:00
Venue: Chinese Restaurant in Admiralty
Last dinner!! And Tony show me the Chinese tradition for dinner.. and I just know that in Guang Dong Province we have to wash our cutlery before use it with your first tea!!
What a dinner!!!!

Time : 20:00
Venue: Cityplaza, Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong
Well, we have our guide for shopping!! And I have Miko.. seems that she knows every inches of the shopping mall!! I just buy David my online pal in Indonesia Ayumi Hamasaki’s DVD.. or he’ll be crying back therein Indonesia!!!
Ugh, still remember Gary? Mara’s architect friend? I meet him just now!! After what, 5 days? But.. it’s really nice to meet you Gary!!

Time : 22:00
Venue: 4 rows in the backside of the bus!
Had a traditional Egg Pies as dessert while I had a really interesting conversation with Tony.. What about? Politic! Something that I don’t really interested in before.. but talking about the connection and relationship between Hong Kong – People Republic of China – Taiwan really turn me on !! I’m kinda like politics now!! At least I’m trying to have the answer about all my questions in politics now!! Good moves boNN !!!

Time : midnight
Venue: #8 Building
Our farewell.. it’s too bad!! We are all sad.. so we decide to have party all night long!!! Plenty of never ever.. 007 bang!.. Watermelons.. Cokes.. Malibu.. and Vodka!!!

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December 30th, 2004
Time : 05:00
The Singaporean Delegation have to go back!! Okay, Hus.. see you later in Singapore or visit me in Indonesia someday!!! We’ll go searching for your racing jacket!!

Time : 06:00
Venue: Window of room 801C, smoking and drink the last Coke..
Kind of deep conversation of the sobers which is Katie and me!! Haha ;P
Again we’ll talk about politics!! Now the topics is Indonesia – East Timor – Australia.. hmm.. sounds interesting right? Yeah it’s been very interesting knowing Australian perspective about the case.. I’m waiting for our next conversation, Katie!! Come to Indonesia soon!

Time : 07:00
Venue: Back to my room in 901A
Packing time!! You should know how much I hate packing!!!
Meanwhile Mr. Daniel has done packing!!

Time : 09:00
Venue: Main yard of Po Leung Kuk Pak Tam Chung Holiday Camp
Farewell friends.. it’s really nice knowing you all and have new connection with you all!!! Promise me to keep in touch!!!

So the wild journey just begin!!!

Venue: Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups office, G/F Bedford Road, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong


First stop of the journey!! It’s only Indonesian, The Netherlands, Australian and Shanghai people left!! We’re in Bell’s desk.. imagine her replying our emails and we also see her beautiful moments in COP..

Venue: Pak Tak Hostel, 8th floor of Hyde Park Building, Paterson street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Our place!! It’s small but comfy! I like it in the first sight!! HKD100 per bed.. they say it’s very cheap in Hong Kong!! Well, it’s quite cheap converting to Rupiahs also!!
Suddenly, there’s a creepy man appears in anger!! But Bell face it!! Wow, Bell, you’re the one!!!

Venue: Hong Kong Garden
Next stop is the Peak.. how to go there?

By tram !! so, here we are in the tram!! HKD2.20 for one ride.. interesting!!
To go to the Peak’s Tram Terminal we have to pass Hong Kong garden..

wow.. it’s a very beautiful garden..

and seems to be favorite place to have a wedding portrait session too!!

Venue: The Peak
What a long walk!! It’s hard for people that has no time to sleep like us!! But who’s that??

Jackie Chan!! Ni Hao, Sir? Hahaha;P
Ugh, can’t stand anymore…

Finally we’re sitting!!

In the tram!! Beautiful scenery!!

And also beautiful the Peak !!



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Venue: Mong Kok

Time to shop!! In the Amazing Mongkok!!

Farewell Australians!! Hope to meet you soon!!!
Another picture time!!! HKD40 for sticker photos?? Hmm.. come to Indonesia!! It’s half priced!!

Venue: Mong Kok MTR station
Farewell the Netherlands!!!!!!! It’s been so precious to have connection with all of you now!!
Ugh, you know whom I meet in Ladies market?? Check this out!!

Venue: Room 903 Pak Tak Hostel 24:00
Soo… tired!! Time to sleep.. Good bye Billy and Fiona!! Thank you for all of your help and kindness..

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Day 6 December 31st, 2004

Venue: Room 903 Pak Tak Hostel, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Time : 13:00

Uhuuaammmm…. Feels like my bones broken!! Being alone again, without the big group make me feel the tiredness back.. and wake me up at 13:00.. shitt!

We missed half the day for nothing! Okay.. plan something! Because Angel and Siu Man cannot accompany us! Well, it looks like we’ll have Indonesian night in Hong Kong!!!

Beep..beep..
Angel invite us to join the Pun Choi ceremony somewhere in the Buddhist temple on January 2nd.. It’s gonna be great!!

Hmm.. I’m hungry.. but I’m still tired!! Let the girls find the foods!! Haha;P
Sorry girls but I really can’t make it without sleeping first!!

The food is coming!! The girls found some Indonesian Restaurant near here!! Great!! Probably we can go there for dinner tonight.. and I’m curious about the restaurant..

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Time : 16:00
Venue: Toko Madiun, the Indonesian Restaurant

Woowww… so many people speak Indonesian!! Well, it seems to be Indonesian Workers’ (TKI) meeting point during their day off!! Interesting!! Let me check what do they sell..

I find Indonesian porn book !!!!!!

Ugh. There’s Indonesian bank also in the same building!

Nice.. this is the bank where Lyly, ma sis’ working at in my town..

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Time : 17:00
Venue: Internet Rental, Hong Kong Mansion, Causeway Bay

Finally we find Internet! We just plan to have this session only for an hour!! Let’s check if I can meet some of my friends.. Nana, Dody, and David are there.. on the messenger!! Davis is so happy when I said I’ve got his Ayumi Hamasaki’s CD.. But where’s Danang?
He just online 5 minutes before an hour!! Sorry bro’ .. got to go!

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Time : 18:00
Venue: SOGO Causeway Bay

Hmm.. Let’s plan the entire night! Where to go?? SoHo?? Lan Kwai Fong?? Ugh, WinterFest sounds good!! Let’s meet Santa Claus!!

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Time : 19:00
Venue: WinterFest, Central, Hong Kong



Wooowwwww… Merry Christmas everyone!!!

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Time : 21:00
Venue: Star Ferry, Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong

We decide to spend the countdown in Kowloon side! In Tsim Sha Sui..

So we have to cross the strait.. with a very nice night scenery of Hong Kong..

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Time : 21:25
Venue: Tsim Sha Sui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

It’s cooollllddd!!!! I’m gonna find any gloves in the store!!! So here we are.. another shopping time!!! The girls are totally shopping freaks..!!

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Time : 23:59
Venue: Harbour City, Tsim Sha Sui, Kowloon


Five.. four.. three.. two..one..
HHAAAPYYYYY NEWWWWWW YYEAARRRRRRRRR !!!!!!
Dear all, Happy New Year! Hope we’ll have tons of fortune in the year 2005..

But half an hour after…
Fu**!!! They turn the light off !! What a fu**!! Mann, it’s only first half an hour in 2005!! Seems to be Harbour City’s management don’t celebrate International New Year!!!

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Day 7 January 1st, 2005

Time : 01:00
Venue: Canton Road

First hour of 2005!! Shinta freaks us because she can’t find Angel, her friend in COP.. we just walk along the street.. until we stop the idea of meeting Angel..
But, hey! Hard Rock Café!! Let’s ROCK THE NIGHT!!!

Time : 02:00
Venue: Hard Rock Café, Canton Rd, Kowloon



The cover charge is HKD 180.. fu** off !! We already missed the countdown here.. so, what’s the point to pay!
So, the destination is the souvenir shop.. while searching..

I hear somebody speaks Indonesian.. well, well, another Indonesian in Hong Kong..
His name is Dayat.. Bataknese but studying in Pelita Harapan University, Jakarta.. if anyone know him.. could you please give me his contact number?

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Time : 02:30
Venue: Tsim Sha Sui MTR station, Kowloon

We have to run!! Catch the last train!!!

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Time : 03:00
Venue: Room 903, Pak Tak Hostel, Causeway Bay

Good night.. Have a nice dream..

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Time : 11:00
Venue: still in the room..


Another over sleep…

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Time : 17:00
Venue: the streets around Causeway Bay


Time to explore Hong Kong again!! Get some food first!! And what about the rest of the night??
Of course MONG KOK !!!!!!

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Day 8 January 2nd, 2005

Venue: Room 903, Pak Tak Hostel, Causeway Bay
Time : 10:00

Just wake up.. Oh my Gosh!! It’s only an hour left to go to the Pun Choi! We will be late!!! But Angel said it’s okay for being late.. she thought!
Okay, we’ll catch Angel in Kowloon Tong Station.. then we’ll continue by KCR (Kowloon-Canton Railway) to Tai Wo.. where the Tai Wo Cheung Ha temple’s located..

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Time : 13:50
Venue: Tai Wo river

‘Wai.. where are you Percy?’
‘I’m on the bridge.. where are you?’
‘On the bridge!’



Hmm… How come we are all in the bridge but we can’t see each other??

‘Wai.. which bridge?’
‘The bridge near the Station.. Where are you?’
‘The bridge near the secondary School..’

Got it ! There are too many bridge on that river !!
But, finally we made it!! We just meet each other!!

Let’s go to the temple!

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Time : 14:00
Venue: Tai Wo Cheung Ha Temple, New Territories, Hong Kong

Arrived in the temple.. But the first round is over.. So we have to wait for the next round!
The groups are the Indonesian, Angel, Rita, Percy, Thomas, and Connie.

So we just take our time to feel the beauty of Hong Kong..

.. and the beauty of the temple ..

The next hour is our time to have lunch!! It’s time for the Pun Choi.. the Vegetarian Pun Choi! What is Pun Choi? Pun Choi is plenty of foods that put in a big bowl and you have to eat it all !!
So, here it is.. Fake duck, fake chicken, fake shrimp.. hmm, I still don’t get the point of why people become a vegetarian but still eat those fake meat !!

In the middle of the lunch, there’s something interesting.. the organizer make a fund raising for donation to the tsunami’s victim including Indonesia!
They sell Chinese traditional candy for only HKD 10 and the money is for charity..
How many that we buy? A big box!!

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Time : 15:00
Venue: Tai Po Market Railway Museum, Tai Po, New Territories

After the ceremony, we still have time to walk around the town.. So, we go to the Railway Museum near by..



While enjoying Tai Po Market Railway Museum, I keep in touch with Gary, and he said he’ll take me to something interesting in Fanling near from Tai Po.. it’s just one more stop after Tai Po to the north.

Because those shopping freak want to go to Mong Kok again, so I decide to go to Fanling just alone.. hmm.. that’s the real journey! Exploring new place that you can’t speak the language.. ALONE !!

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Time : 17:00
Venue: Fanling KCR Station, Fanling, New Territories


I meet Gary in the station, but the place of the interesting object is closed already, it’s Gary’s installation for children in Fanling Library.. Too bad I couldn’t see it !!

And I take a look on my Lonely Planet’s map.. from Fanling is only about 15 minutes to go to Shen Zhen.. mainland China!!

Can I go there? I need Visa though.. well, probably I can make the Visa on Arrival but the risk is too big.. and maybe expensive too..
Gary try to find me the information but the China Immigration office is closed already!! Fu** 5 PM !!

I’m totally regretting why I didn’t make Visa to go to China before depart here.. Shit!!
I’m just almost in the border of Shen Zhen but I couldn’t go!! Sorry my ‘Shen Zhenese‘ friends..

But there’s always be NEXT TIME !!

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Venue: Mong Kok, Kowloon
Time : 18:00

In the train Gary told me about the newest mall in Hong Kong that is so beautiful.. of course in Architectural way.. so we decide to go there !!

But before, I still want to explore another side of Hong Kong.. not as a tourist, but as a young man!

‘Gary, do you know where I can find sex shop in here?’

We went to many shopping center.. but there’s no SEX SHOP.. Even in porn DVD market.. It seems like Hong Kong is a conservative place inside its modernity..
And finally we find ONE tiny sex shop in the very closed corner of one shopping center.

What’s next? ARMY STORE!!! I need to find one army printed brief!! The only army fashion item that I don’t have.. but I couldn’t find it!

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Time : 19:30
Venue: Langham Place’s yard

Forget about the army brief.. it’s time to go to the mall that we’re talking about in the KCR..

And my first impression is.. AWESOME !!! what a place!! Just imagine that we have this mall in Surabaya.. well, for sure I’ll go there everyday!!

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Time : 20:00
Venue: inside of Langham Place

After dinner, Gary needs to go to his Mom’s house.. but we’ll gonna meet again at night to upload my pictures in his studio..
So, I’m continuing my trip in this mall..

One of my objective to have extended trip in Hong Kong is to do some research to gain information resources for my thesis about filming facility.. so I’m looking for the cinema to make that as inspiration..

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Time : 22:00
Venue: Causeway bay

Back to my hostel… take a little break to rest my foot!

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Time : 23:30
Venue: EDIT Design Ltd, Tin Hau, Hong Kong

Gary has done with his family’s thingy.. so we take the MTR to go to his studio..
I’m uploading my pictures.. Nheni is checking her emails, Shinta is wondering around and Gary is doing his job..

Some talk too.. about his thesis.. about his installations.. and about the Shu Uemura’s project!! Well done, Gary!!

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Day 9 January 3rd, 2005

‘beep..beep..’
‘I’m gonna take you to the movie museum, but I need to finish my meeting first’
‘Great! Where else I can go before we meet related to my thesis?’
‘Try to go to Hong Kong Art Center in Wan Chai’
‘Okay, see you in the station!’

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‘beep..beep..’
‘Don’t forget our farewell tonight with all COP’s member!’
‘Where at?’
‘Umm, Mong Kok?’
‘Can we just make it in Central, we want to see the long escalators..’
‘We can just go there first.. to SoHo and Lan Kwai Fong before we go to Mong Kok to have dinner!!’
‘Great!’

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Time : 14:00
Venue: IKEA, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong


After big rest during the afternoon and have a simple lunch in the room, we go to IKEA to shop again!! This time is not a fashion shopping anyway.. Hmm.. IKEA makes me crazy!!! Feels like I want to buy everything inside!!!

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Time : 15:15
Venue: Wan Chai, Hong Kong


Jump off from the MTR and find The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center!! That’s the main idea to find Hong Kong Art Center and Hong Kong Academy of Performing Art.. because it’s so close each other!

‘beep..beep..’
‘Where are you Bonnie?’
‘Still in Wan Chai’
‘What time you will go to the Museum?’
‘In a minutes.. Where I should go?’
‘Just take the MTR and jump off in Sai Wan Ho Station’
‘find me there’
‘okay! See you!’

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Time : 16:30
Venue: the MTR

‘beep..beep..’
‘I’m in the train already’
‘Can you wait for 15 minutes?’
‘Sure!’

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Time : 17:00
Venue: Sai Wan Ho MTR Station, Hong Kong

Try to learn how to get to the museum! Well, there’s a map! Easy!! It’s more fun to be independent!

‘beep..beep’
‘Gary, I think I know where’s the place. I’m going there alone’
‘Okay, I’ll meet you there!’

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Time : 17:30 – 18:30
Venue: Hong Kong Film Archive


Wow!!!! Got what I want and what I need to support my thesis!!

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Time : 19:00
Venue: Central MTR Station

‘boNN, Bell will pick you up and we start walking the long escalator in SoHo..!! and we can go to Lan Kwai Fong the hippest place to club!!’

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Time : 21:00
Venue: Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong

We’ll get some food for dinner first and then we can go walk around Temple street market..

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Time : 23:00
Venue: Prince Edward, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Geez.. really.. Hong Kong people eat a lot!! Hahaha;P they still have a plan to get some dessert.. so we go to the small dessert shop!! Yumie!!

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Time : 24:00
Venue: Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong


Time to leave guys.. so long.. farewell!! I will miss you all!! Gary, Siu Man, Marksman, Sing, Joanne, Pineapple, Crystal.. I’ll see you again in the future years..

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Venue: Pak Tak Hostel, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Farewell Bell .. Thank you for everything!! Thank you for inviting and bring lots of fun for us!! Foe Wallace, see you in Kuala Lumpur!!!

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Day 10 January 4th, 2005

Venue: Pak Tak Hostel, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
It’s all about packing!! We have to check out at 11.30.. Bell already arrange transportation to go to the airport..

I’m hungry! Let’s have lunch!!

‘beep..beep..’
‘wai..’
‘boNNie, the car is number 06, it will be parked in front of the door..’
‘okay! Tao Cie..!! Thank you Bell!’
‘if there’s something wrong, don’t hesitate to call me!!’

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Time: 14:00
Venue: Gate F, counter 29, Hong Kong International Airport

Oh my God!! My luggage is 32 kgs.. it’s way overload!!

‘You already overweight!! But I wont charge you..’
‘Thank You!!’

Hey.. Connie from HKFYG, also Angel and Joanne from COP are coming! Thank you girls.. see you soon !!

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Time: 15:50
Venue: The Plane

Time to take off !!! Goodbye Hong Kong!!

…and we continue sleeping!!

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Day 1

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Day 1 December 26th, 2004

Time : 05:00
Venue: Home
Oh my God! I just done packing!!! I will be late !!

Time : 05:15
Venue: Main Entrance of Juanda International Airport, Surabaya
“boNN, where are you? It’s time to check in !!! We are late!!”
“calm down Emma, I’m on the entrance gate now! I’ll be there in a minutes!”
“just be quick!!”

Time : 10:15
Venue: Departure Gate Changi International Airport, Singapore


Hmm. Welcome back to Singapore boNN !!! Just remember we slept in this airport for 5 hours last year!!!

Time : 11:00
Venue: Gate 46, Changi International Airport, Singapore

Time to go to Hong Kong !!!

Time : 16:05
Venue: Runaway, Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong
Bienvenue! Man, I’m in Hong Kong !!! Hmm.. what a nice place.. but, it looks like a desert.. nothing like in TVs.. anyway, we’ll see..

Time : 16:15
Venue: Toilet..
Nhen: I need to POO !!!!!!

Time : 16:30
Venue: Immigration Check Out
“Hi.. are you Indonesian Students who study in Hong Kong?”
“Um.. Nope. Why?”
“I’m back packing here.. and seems I don’t know how I can reach a place named Nathan Road”
“Based on my Lonely Planets, it seems located in Kowloon side.. you can take bus number A21”
“I see.. thank’s a lot!”
“You’re welcome.. Anyway, what’s your name? I’m bonnie!”
“Ben, nice to meet you !”

Time : 17:00
Venue: Arrival Terminal, Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong
“Hi!! Indonesian Delegation? I’m Bell Fung.. We already had a contacts before.. Please meet Angel and Billy, they are official helpers for Indonesian Delegation.”
“Hello, I’m Billy”
“Hi, I’m bonnie!”
“Sorry? Buhny?”
“No.. bonnie! Like bow-knee..”
“oh, boNNie!”
“Hi.. I’m Angel
“Hi Angel.. nice name..”
“ugh, this is Ben, he need to know how to reach Nathan Road from here!”
“hmm.. why don’t you just go with us and we’ll take you to the nearest MTR station, the subway, that can take you to Nathan Road!”
“okay then.. thank you!”



Time : 20:30
Venue: Conference Room
“Hi I’m Anita, the project leader.. It’s time to have rehearsal for the presentation.. so we can see if something doesn’t work.. maybe the first time is Indonesia.. are you ready?”
“Huh? Hm.. We don’t think so!”
“Okay, Let Korean starts.. “
“Okay, Indonesian next!”

Time : around 22:00
Venue: Dormitory – Living Room
“Hi, you are from Singapore right? What’s your name??”
“Hus”
“I’m bonnie, from Indonesia.. Can you speak Malay?”
“Sure..”

Time : around 22:00
Venue: Dormitory - Room 402
“Hi.. I’m Michael”
“I’m Tony”
“Snow”
“Router”
“Hi! Nice to meet you all.. I’m bonnie! From Indonesia. Where are you all coming from?”
“We are all from Shen Zhen, mainland China. I heard about earthquake happened in Indonesia”
“Really? I’d better check tomorrow!”

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Day 2

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Day 2 December 27th, 2004
Venue : Jockey Club Sai Kung Outdoor Training Camp – Gym
08:30 Breakfast
09:30 Arrival of local delegates
10:00 Warm up games
11:00 Activity 1 : Creating Healthy Cyber Products
- To discuss and decide what elements on the Internet are helpful to the healthy development of young people
- To design and create a product with these elements
- To work out a 2-minute introduction for the product for the auction
12:30 Lunch
13:45 Warm up games
14:00 Activity 2: Auction of “Cyber Vitamins for Youth Development”
16:00 Preparation for Cultural Night
- Welcoming speech
- Games and Performance
18:00 Dinner
19:00 Cultural Night
We are group 10, performing a traditional dance from Aceh, Indonesia.. the region that destroyed by tsunami.. with a mix song between Indonesian and Cantonese..
‘potong bebek angsa / masak di kuali / nona minta dansa / dansa empat kali / sorong ke kiri / sorong ke kanan / la..la..la..la..la..la..la..la..la..la..la’
‘sai kai can sai siu siu siu / siu dta’ can kei miu miu miu / sat coi can hai sai sai kai / kiu siu yi miu chiu’

Time : around 22:00
Venue: Room 402
“bonnie, have you heard about the earthquake and tsunami that happened in your country? It seems so bad! ”
“Yes but I still don’t know the details.. let me check in the internet..”
“Yes.. you should!”

Venue: Internet room

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oh my God!! how i use this kind of stuffs!! all in Chinese!!!

Time : around 23:00
Venue: Computer Room

Found the tsunamy thingy!!

Oh my God! It’s so bad!! How’s Ghufran?! Ghufran is my best friend from my former exchange program.. he lives in Aceh..
I’m trying to reach Ghufran by phone.. but seems the telecommunication is broken..

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Day 3

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Day 3 December 28th, 2004
The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong

Time : 09:30-12:30
Venue: Room 401


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International Youth Conference

Time : 12:30-14:00
Venue: Café de Coral, Hennesy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong


Black Pepper Beef and Rice.. HKD 22.00 .. also Ice Chocolate milk!
Ugh, very big portion!! Hong Kong People eats a lot !!!

Time : 14:15

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Back to the Conference Room !!

Time : 14:30
Venue: Room 405
Panel Discussion (1) Proper Use of the Internet
- Mr. Lento Yip, Vice Chairman, Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association
- Mr. Frank Yam, Chairperson, Information Security Specialist Group, Hong Kong Computer Society
- Presentation of the Indonesia, Korea and Beijing Projects and response of local young people

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Time : 17:00
Returning to the camp site

Time : 18:15
Venue: Jockey Club Sai Kung Outdoor Training Camp – Gym

Dinner and Farewell Party
Indonesia Delegation danced Poco-Poco and for respecting the victims of tsunami in Aceh, we also danced small part of Saman dance, traditional dance from Aceh

Time : 21:00
Farewell to local delegates..!!! I will miss you all!!!

Time : 22:00
Moving to the new camp site.. We are all cold!! I only wear short and sandal of my traditional costume.. in 10°C!!! so we just sing to warm us up

Day 4

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Day 4 December 29th, 2004

Time : 01:00
Venue: Room 801C
Truth or Dare ??????????

Time : 03:00
Venue: Room 901A

Sleeping time!! But do a little chat with Single, Ray, and Lucky, Guang Zhou’s delegation before..

Time : 10:00
Venue: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Agency visit to the Department of Information Engineering and the Department of Computer Science & Engineering..
Wow, it’s been so nice to see they can make online game that can be access through mobile phones all over the world!!

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Also the 3D stuffs are so cool!!! I just know that to make 3D images you just only need 2 lenses when you’re taking the picture! So you can make your own 3D images!! I want to try it!!
And finally we learn about how hackers steal your money!! So, starting now, beware!!!

Time : 14:00
Venue: Ocean Park , Aberdeen, Hong Kong

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Time to have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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We even meet the Panda!! the real Pandaa!!!

Time : 19:00
Venue: Chinese Restaurant in Admiralty

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Last dinner!! And Tony show me the Chinese tradition for dinner.. and I just know that in Guang Dong Province we have to wash our cutlery before use it with your first tea!!
What a dinner!!!!

Time : 20:00
Venue: Cityplaza, Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong

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Well, we have our guide for shopping!!

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And I have Miko.. seems that she knows every inches of the shopping mall!! I just buy David my online pal in Indonesia Ayumi Hamasaki’s DVD.. or he’ll be crying back therein Indonesia!!!

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Ugh, still remember Gary? Mara’s architect friend? I meet him just now!! After what, 5 days? But.. it’s really nice to meet you Gary!!

Time : 22:00
Venue: 4 rows in the backside of the bus!

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Had a traditional Egg Pies as dessert while I had a really interesting conversation with Tony.. What about? Politic! Something that I don’t really interested in before.. but talking about the connection and relationship between Hong Kong – People Republic of China – Taiwan really turn me on !! I’m kinda like politics now!! At least I’m trying to have the answer about all my questions in politics now!! Good moves boNN !!!

Time : midnight
Venue: #8 Building
Our farewell.. it’s too bad!! We are all sad.. so we decide to have party all night long!!! Plenty of never ever.. 007 bang!.. Watermelons.. Cokes.. Malibu.. and Vodka!!!

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