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Annyeonghaseyo! Kabar gembira untuk kita semua, kulit mang.....ehh??!!!#@#%$#%jkg^!!!

Maaf, kesalahan tulis. Hehehe. Maksudnya ada info menarik nih buat yang pengen banget menangin holiday alias travel gratis ke Korea. Buat yang mungkin sedih karena Asian On Air Program sudah tidak ada lagi, jangan galau ya. Soalnya sekarang ini KTO memang lagi nyebar-nyebar kertas yang tulisannya "WIN TRIP TO KOREA!". Hohoho

Ada banyak sekali contest yang dibuat KTO, baik dari lucky draw alias undian, sampai dengan yang berbentuk kontes yang artinya harus menyingkirkan banyak pesaing. Kalau soal  lucky draw, kita memang mesti bisa nyogok dewa keberuntungan. hahaha. Karena yang ikut dari segala penjuru dunia. Tapi kalau kontes, paling enggak kita udah nyoba yang terbaik. Kalau dapet berarti kamu bisa memenangkan sebuah kontes dengan bakat kamu, kalau nggak dapet silakan dicoba lain kali, yang pentingkan pengalaman. ;)

Kali ini KTO melalui website Imagine Your Korea mengadakan kontes dengan banyak hadiah menarik. Kamu cukup membuat sebuah video tentang Korea, join di website-nya, dan tunggu hasilnya!
Adilnya, kontes ini tidak hanya berlaku untuk yang udah pernah pergi ke korea saja, tapi juga buat yang BELUM PERNAH dan PENGEN BANGET dan GILA BANGET buat ke KOREA!

Jadi, Apa kamu siap untuk berbagi cerita Korea-mu kepada dunia?

Bagi pandanganmu tentang pesona Korea melalui sebuah video. Video yang kamu buat dan upload harus bisa menjadi panduan luar biasa untuk orang-orang yang ingin mengenal lebih jauh tentang Korea.








Buruan berkreasi dengan videomu dan segara gabung dengan kontesnya.Buat ikutan, langsung aja gabung di kontes ini!

Ok, I'm still shocking right now. It's almost midnight and I can't sleep. Why? Because I WIN! OH MY GOD - MY ALMIGHTY AND MERCIFUL GOD, ALLAH SWT - I win the event, The Asian On Air Program 2013 Event. I've already jump, scream, and almost cry. It is my dream, to go to South Korea. And this is the second chance that Allah gives to me. For someone who always been told that is impossible for someone like me to reach my dream, to go to overseas. But look, just God that have a right to say that, and I really win.

Happy? of course! Confuse?? Yap. That's why I make this post title as 'Victory Is Not A Happy Ending Story'. You can't get a big thing with an easy way. When you want to get a better thing, you must have a great effort too. And became a winner doesn't guarantee that you can definitely get the prize. Why? Because I have yet to get a visa. For normal days, I just need maybe a week to make it, and it's not really a big deal according to people who already made a visa. Yah, for a normal days.

But, for these days, with APEC event that held in Bali and Idul Adha that will celebrate in 15th October, The visa is something like my new challenge to get my real prize.

I got this news in the Korean Embassy website, "Sehubungan dengan diadakannya APEC SUMMIT 2013 di Bali Pada Tanggal 3 Oktober hingga tangga 9 Oktober 2013, Maka proses visa akan terhambat.Jika anda ingin berkunjung ke Korea dengan berbagai tujuan diharapkan untuk mempertimbangkan dan mengatur jadwal keberangkatan sehubungan dengan acara APEC SUMMIT 2013."

"In relation with the holding of APEC SUMMIT 2013 in Bali On October 3 to October 9, 2013, then the visa process will be hampered. If you would like to visit Korea with various objectives are expected to consider and arrange in connection with this event".

Ok, they didn't say that I can't process my Visa but this was mean that I'm not getting the easy way. I think God gives me a challenge to test, how I deserve this prize. So, wish me luck guys.




Can you see my name in that announcement? I've got number six.wkwkwkwk. If I recall the moment I read that, I still feel flying. Haha. Where there is a will, there is a way. Haha. Thanks a lot for Korean Air Southeast Asia and Korean Tour Organization that let me win this event. Thank you so much!!!

"M y mom tells me a story,
that Heaven is really beautiful,
a place that we never seen before,
a place that only give happiness and peace.
Maybe, God gives us one micrometer of heaven into this world.
And I think, one of that little piece is Bali...

I've never traveled out of my country before - although I really want it and I have passport that I never used - So, I will tell you a story about my wonderful-local-travelling days in one of beautiful islands in the world, in Indonesia, Bali.

As a romantic person, Kuta beach occupies the first position on my wishlist - the wishlist of places where I must go. So, when finally my class decided to tour to Bali, I was the first one who put my own name in the registration paper.

Even though it was not my first time I went to bali, my heart was pounding as if it wants to burst - it makes sense since my last experience in Bali when I was five years old. The only thing that I can remember was eating ice cream wherever I go. Romantic memories?? I do not even understand the meaning of 'romantic' at the time.Haha X)

Back to the story. My friends and I flight at 6 a.m. from Banjarmasin - our hometown - to Surabaya. Then, we took a big tour bus that lead us to Bali. We prefer to take the bus because the cost is cheaper. Another reason was because we want to enjoy the scenery on the road. After going through so many challenges, like starving, vomiting friends, fainting, and almost grazed a truck, we finally reached Ketapang-Gilimanuk port - a port that connects Java island and Bali island with a large ferry boat.

Currently, the moon was hanging in the night sky and we all sat on the deck of the ferry, withstand the cold of the sea breeze and sleepiness. It's just that sleep isn't in our vocabularly if it means we have lost a lot of amazing memories, like a beautiful night on the sea.

The ferry docked at dawn, when the sun is preparing to reveal its mane. We quickly headed for the Sanur Beach, and prepare to meet the day's sun.




As soon as we enjoy the new born sun, we headed to a simple but very comfortable hotel. We just need a few times before getting back to explore the island of the Gods.




Unconsciously, we have demonstrated stomachs. However, a plate of Sate Lilit and a cup of tea can relieved our hungry and angry stomachs. Enough to fill our energy to explore Bali.

For two days in a row, we explored some of bali island, and of course it wasn't enough. Starting to felt the cool morning air in Bedugul, when the dew is still hanging in the air. The shades of beautiful and peaceful of Bedugul, as if it bit us in the magical serenity.

We also boarded a speed boat whose floor has been replaced with glass, allowed us to be able to see the underwater scenery as we headed to Tanjung Benoa, The Turtle breeding places.

We also went to a unique place where five of worship places of five different religions stand in one area. There are Agung Ibnu Batutah mosque, Paroki Maria Bunda Segala Bangsa Catholic Church, Buddha Guna vihara, GKPB Jemaat Bukit Dua Protestant church, and Jagatnatha temple. They are standing like a symbol of inter-religious harmony. Bring the peace and love among us.

During that short-two days, we visited silversmith and bought some souvenirs, cheap shopped at Sukawati market, played Banana Boat and parasailing in Tanjung Benoa, and for the last, we spent the evening at Kuta Beach - my favorite moment.

Spent the evening with walk around on barefoot in the soft sand. Jogged chasing waves that never tired to dance. Until we finally sat down and bowled together, staring at the sun that slowly sucked into the sea.

And just for me, I felt happines and incredible God's blessings, as if I had just reunited with my long-lost-soulmate, Kuta.

And to recall that sweet memories, I made a slide show for my old friends, wherever they go now, for my friends who I really want to shared, for my new friends who really want to know a little piece of Bali, and for me to always remember and feel that peacefulness again.

I wrote this post to join Asian On-Air Program 2013 event. If you want to participate, you can write your own travel story and become a friend with Korean Air Southeast Asia facebook. I knew that others write some overseas tour story, but maybe this is a chance for me to introduce my own country. So please, enjoy the story.