Reflective Journal #FifthWeek

Liana Riani Ramli
Reflective Journal
March 3rd, 2017

Hello everyone. This weekly journal is going to be my 30th blog I've posted. Thank you very much keep reading my blog. This time I wrote about Indonesia, our lovely and beloved country. For your information, the second country I love the most is Japan, I already posted about Japan two weeks ago, on the third week. Don't forget to read and give comments, okay?

About Indonesia, I actually don't really know about Indonesia, even though it's my own country. It's a quite shameful fact about me, but I can't help it. I chose this topic because I wanted to know more about Indonesia, so I could be motivated to finish this assignment. I think the common things about Indonesia are batik, traditional food, beaches, and spices. I wanted to write about something uncommon, but there is no way someone uploaded something in Internet would not become popular. So, I tried to use something is common but not really popular. Just like mosques, rainforest, and local languages. The most difficult part is local languages. I know there are so many local languages in Indonesia, but I didn't think it would be more than 100. I've tried to search about the differences, but it was hard search about it. Just like what I said before, I wanted to write about something unpopular, but how could I write about it if I couldn't find any single clue even it is in the Internet? There is no way I would learn the languages from all areas around Indonesia directly, at least for now, I couldn't. If you think my writing about local languages is messy, please accept my apologize. I really should learn more about Indonesia.

What Makes Tropical Rainforest Different

Liana Riani Ramli
Daily Journal
March 3rd, 2017

Tropical rainforest has special characteristics which distinguishes it from other forests. Tropical rainforest has tall stems. It's leafy too, because every year the rainforest gets sunlight that makes the trees can grow optimally. High and consistent rainfall every year are the reason why the land of the tropical rainforest saves more water reverses than the other forests. The evaporating of the water of the leafs to the atmosphere makes the level of air humidity increase. Provided that the tropical rainforest is too leafy, the sunlight can not reach the bottom of the forest. The water on the ground do not evaporate. The moist ground makes many mosses and fungi grow rapidly. Tropical rainforest can regenerate trees by themselves. If a tree has blown up by a wind, it will make some space for sunlight to reach the bottom of the rainforest. This condition causes the growing of bushes and sapling, becoming a tall tree in the future. All those special phenomenon can be found only in the tropical rain forest.


Source:
http://ilmugeografi.com/ilmu-bumi/hutan/ciri-ciri-hutan-hujan-tropis

Different Places, Different Languages, Different Accents

Liana Riani Ramli
Daily Journal
March 2nd, 2017

90% of Indonesian people understand Bahasa Indonesia, but mostly Indonesian people use one of 748 local languages as their first language, and every langauge has an accent. For examples, in Java, there are more than ten local languages are used by Javanese. Province of Central Java, Yogyakarta and East Java use Javanese language as their mother tongue. But, every city has different accent too, just like Surabaya and Banyumas. They have different dialects in speaking Javanese language, as well as Yogyakarta and Cirebon. They are speaking in Javanese language, but they are using different accents.Some areas in West Java use Javanese langauge as their first language too. Another case with Nusa Tenggara Islands. Even though Nusa Tenggara Islands are only small islands in Indonesia, they have almost 80 local languages! The commonest langauge in Nusa Tenggara is Bali language. About 3,300,000 people use Bali language as their first language. In West Nusa Tenggara, Dompu language is used in Dompu and Bada. But in Bada, people use Dompu language in different accent and even in different words. In Sumatran, there are 35 local languages, in Sulawesi there are 144 local languages, and in Papua there are 300 local langauges! Overall, Indonesian people likely use local languages as their first language.


Source:
https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daftar_bahasa_di_Indonesia
http://blog.anashir.com/2012/11/bahasa-daerah-dengan-penutur-terbanyak.htmls
https://plus.google.com/+FarhanPerdana/posts/fgp4QU1z6Ab

Traditional Food Goes International

Liana Riani Ramli
Daily Journal
March 1st, 2017

Indonesian traditional food has been famous around the world. In Japan, soto ayam, a yellow and clear chicken soup, is really saleable there. The warm and tasty soto ayam makes Japanese people like to eat soto ayam when the rainy season. Tempe is also favorite Indonesia traditional food in Japan. Some Indonesian people sell tempe in Japan, it makes tempe Japanese people more familiar in that country. Another traditional food has attracted Spaniard is sop buntut. It was introduced by a Chef from Indonesia in Madrid, Spain. Getting positive responds, sop buntut becomes more famous in there. The other famous traditional food is rendang. Rendang is included in the 50 Most Delicious Foods in the world list. These are famous Indonesia traditional food in the world.



Source:
http://www.asliindonesia.net/2015/04/7-makanan-khas-indonesia-yang-mendunia.html

The attractiveness of Mosque

Liana Riani Ramli
Daily Journal
February 28th, 2017

A mosque, a place that provided for the Muslims to pray, should have an attractiveness and beauty so it makes pilgrims will be comfortable in praying there. For example Dian Al Mahri Mosque or Kubah Emas Depok Mosque in Depok, West Java. It is one of the mosques in the world with a dome made of gold. The mosque, which were made by Hajj Dian Djuriah Maimun Al Rasyid, were built started from 2001 and finished on 2006. With total area is 50 hectare, the mosque building use the area about 60 x 120 meter and can accommodate about 20,000 pilgrims at once. Agung An Nur Mosque is a little bit older from Dian Al Mahri Mosque. It's located in Pekanbaru, Riau. Agung An Nur is one of the most magnificent mosques in Indonesia. The building, which the construction finished in 1968, got much influence with Malay, Turkish, Arab, and India architectural styles. Indeed, a mosque should be attractive and beautiful.



Source:
http://dimaszon.blogspot.co.id/2012/12/10-masjid-terindah-indonesia.html

The Beauty of Anambas Islands

Liana Riani Ramli
Daily Journal
February 27th, 2017

There are many beautiful islands and beaches you can enjoy in Anambas Islands, Riau Islands, Indonesia. The most popular is Bawah Island, in South Siantan district. This island is the prettiest island in Asia. You must visit Arung Hijau Beach in Bawah Island, because you can find the perfect sunset there.You can see the beautifu scenery of  Arung Hijau Beach from the land or the sea. The other one is Pasir Busung Island, which only a small sand island. What makes this island interesting is you can't always find this island. Because Pasing Busung Island only show up when the sea is receding. If you're lucky, you can play and swim on its beach. Kusik Beaches in Jemaja Island is recommended place to visit, too. The atmosphere in there is really peaceful. The waves are calm, the local residents are friendly, and the surrounding islands are lovely. You can relax yourself there. In short, you can come to islands and beaches in Anambas Islands and enjoy them!


Source :
http://travelingyuk.com/traveling-yuk-ke-10-tempat-wisata-terpopuler-di-kepulauan-anambas/15469/