PALE BLUE DOT

THE ONLY HOME WE'VE EVER KNOWN

Pada 5 September 1977, NASA meluncurkan spacecraft Voyager 1, dengan tujuan tidak diketahui. Muatannya hanya berupa kumpulan rekaman yang dipilih oleh ahli astronomi US Carl Sagan.

Kumpulan rekaman ini dirancang untuk bertahan selama milyaran tahun dan berpotensi memberikan sekilas gambaran tentang umat manusia kepada makhluk hidup di luar planet bumi.

Rekaman-rekaman itu dicetak dalam piringan emas dari tembaga agar tidak mengalami korosi, yang berisi antara lain:

·         Musik Internasional (Termasuk di dalamnya musik dari Indonesia berjudul "Puspawarna" karangan Mangkunegara IV, yang dipersembahkan oleh Gamelan Pura Paku Alaman, arahan K.R.T. Wasitodipuro)

·         Ucapan salam dalam 55 bahasa (termasuk Bahasa Indonesia, yang disuarakan oleh Ilyas Harun, dengan kalimat: “Selamat malam hadirin sekalian, selamat berpisah dan sampai bertemu lagi dilain waktu”)

·         Bunyi gunung berapi, gempa bumi, guntur, lumpur mendidih

·         Bunyi hujan, hempasan ombak samudera, tiupan angin yang melalui pohon ek.

·         Bunyi suara ikan paus, burung-burung, jangkrik, kodok, gajah, simpanse, hyena, anjing liar

·         Bunyi kereta, traktor, bis, mobil

·         Bunyi suara tertawa, detak jantung manusia, langkah kaki

·         Bunyi suara kecupan/ciuman

·         Kumpulan gambar rincian kehidupan manusia di bumi termasuk diantaranya adalah gambar ibu yang menyusui, demonstrasi tindakan makan, minum, menjilat, gambar taj mahal, tembok besar cina, para wanita dari pegunungan andes, hingga penari bali.

·         Kumpulan gambar yang mengindikasikan skala waktu, ukuran atau massa, komposisi kimiawi dan sebagainya.

Pada 27 September 2013, pukul 12.15PM Central Standard Time, setelah 36 tahun melakukan perjalanan angkasa, Voyager 1 akhirnya keluar dari Sistem Tata Surya kita dan masuk dalam wilayah yang belum terpetakan.

Namun sebelum meninggalkan Tata Surya kita, pada 14 Februari 1990, Voyager 1 mengambil foto Planet Bumi dari Kejauhan 6 milyar kilometer. Ya, titik biru pudar itu adalah kita. The Pale Blue Dot is our home. Mari kita pelihara dan hargai Planet Bumi kita, the only home we’re ever known.

Salam, MK-MyScribbleDiary

A SHORT TRIP TO BANDUNG

A few weeks ago, on one lousy Sunday in Jakarta, I decided to pay Ibeth (my BFF – Best Friend Forever) a visit in Bandung – West Java. I took 2-ish Argo Gede train from Gambir in the arvo. The train arrived 30 minutes late – like always *hmpp. So I rushed to catch a cab to Ibeth’s, as we wanted to attend 6.30p Mass at Gereja Pandu on 4 Pandu Street – Pajajaran Street area. Gereja Pandu reminds me not only of a nice quite leafy area, with 20s-50s like ducth colonial bungalow, but it will also and always remind me of some real tasty food selling around the area.

The one that I love the most is Nasi Kuning, sold just exactly at Pandu Street entry, if you come from Pajajaran Street. What makes this Nasi Kuning very appetizing is its super hot Sambel Oncom (Oncom Chili Sauce). You might as well want to mix it with Sambel Terasi (Dried Shrimp Chili Sauce), if you love everything and anything spicy. Hmm.. tasty!! Bet you can’t help yourself to imagine how scrumptious Nasi Kuning Pandu is. You gotta come early, but. Say around 6-ish in the morning, because if you come at 10... I’m pretty sure, no more Nasi Kuning Pandu left for you.

Of coz i didn’t get my Nasi Kuning after the 6.30p Mass. But I still get a chance to have a fine delectable dinner and a quick handy evening shopping at PVJ Mall – Paris Van Java Mall. OH... MY... GOD!! It was one of my finest and coolest shopping nights since I am back to Indo. Me and Ibeth took a Lembang – St.Hall “angkot” (one of the most popular public transportations in Bandung and in some provinces in Indonesia. It’s sort of like small van or family car). It sure cheaper than taxi. It costed us Rp. 1000,- per person from Istana Plaza to PVJ Mall. Some say angkot is not safety and is incovenience for tourist, but if you’re into adventure and looking for exciting experience, then by all means you should try angkot! The official Angkot Routes are listed here: http://www.bandung.go.id/.

Paris Van Java Mall is on 137 – 139 Sukajadi Street. Offers you the quite attractive atmosphere, a mix and match setting between outdoor and indoor mall. First stop was Sagoo Kitchen. An old-fashioned chinese-betawi style of design theme restaurant. The restaurant is decorated with replicating goods and food from 50s – early 80s or “the-hard-to-find stuff” and those that sold only at the traditional market e.g. rattan and bamboo storage baskets, krupuk (flavored crackers), coklat ayam (ayam brand chocolate milk), alba patilles candy, and other retro and old time candies, snacks and drinks.

The furnitures and tablewares are also designed with the old timey style. Even the menus are written with the old indonesian spelling, e.g. nasi goreng roewet (ruwet fried rice, rodjak malaysia (malaysian fruit and vegetable salad dish), mee & bee hon (noodle and rice vermicelli), mee djawa (javanese noodle), mee krioek (hot plate noodle), es/jus katjang ijo (mung bean juice), es kelapa djeroek (coconut and lime ice), and teh djahe (ginger tea).

We had mee djawa and jus katjang ijo, we also had anchovies fried rice take-away, which was really good. After dinner, we walked around the mall and found a bamboo handbags stall not far from MNG boutique. I bought a small bamboo satchel bag with yellow plait leather handles for my sister. We hung out and shopped a bit at Sogo and Rumah Bagus stall before heading home.

The next day, we came back and had lunch at QUA-LI, UG floor A-39. The food was great but a bit pricey plus the portion was a bit too small. I had nasi goreng sapi lada hitam (black pepper beef fried rice) and Ibeth had kwetiaw goreng (fried kwetiaw), said as one of the most favorite dishes of QUA-LI. We chilled out at Starbucks for an hour. I had soy caramel mocca, she had mocca frappuccino on skim. Smart choice!! I took 4.15 Argo Gede back to Jakarta. My Bandung weekend trip was awesome and fun!! Will be back again in a couple of weeks for sure. Hmmm really had a blast that weekend ^_^