Thursday, December 26, 2013

Awesome Holiday in Amsterdam

            Amsterdam is an awesome city to visit. I have three reason why I said that. The first is because of its nightlife, the second is about its museums and the last is because of the festival which are held in the city every year.
            The night life in Amsterdam is so great. There are venues, dance festivals and club night that match with every taste and usually led by Dj. The Djs (Disc Jockey) usually keep the crowd dance wildly by playing the music in every genre, it could be techno, dubstep, hiphop, r n b, funk and also house music. This is suitable for someone who is really interested in dance music. Looking for the night club in Amsterdam is very easy because of the incredible popularity of the nightlife in the city. They are literally everywhere, and there are very many of them. Anywhere you walk in Amsterdam, you will most likely be able to find a nightclub. If you are not interested in clubbing, walking around the city is not a bad idea to spend your night. By walking along the river or the bridge, your eyes will be satisfied by the beauty of the light at night. The lights which decorate the canals will show such a various color and make a great combination of lights. Spending the night in the hotel is also a great idea for whom don’t like to hang out in the club. You can read books beside the pool with the cold beer nearby, have good foods in the hotel’s restaurant or just sit down and relax in front of our room is also an interesting thing to do.
            Amsterdam makes sure that it keeps every single things which come from the past and also the unique things. It’s like in every country in the world, the city keeps the historical or unique things in the museum. It has over 50 museums which keep historical things and become popular places to visit among the visitors. The Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Anne Frank House and the Stedelijk Museum are the most popular choices, but there are many interesting small museums which are also nice to visit. Beside the ancient things, you'll find exciting modern art, press, film, theatre and photography museums and some unique Dutch treats like the Heineken, Ajax Arena Tours and the Houseboat museum. And Amsterdam wouldn't be a “real” Amsterdam without the interest of the Sex, Erotic, Hash or Torture museums. There is also a museum that is dedicated to the kids. It’s called NEMO, a hands-on science and technology museum housed in the unique, boat-shaped building. It has many fun things and lots of kid sections.
            Amsterdam is well known as the leading cultural center of Europe. The city holds many festivals every year. It could be music, dance, fashion, food or cultural festival. Amsterdam offers an impressive total of 90 festivals every year. Most of them are unique and attract many visitors. The “dance music” thing is a most wanted festival every year in Amsterdam. The city provides the dance music festivals from the beginning of summer through the end of autumn. With the world best Djs, Amsterdam dance music festivals will make you sure to have bouncy beats. Some of the festivals are free to see yet there are some that not free. Generally, we have to pay around 85€-200€. It covers the entrance ticket, festival’s facilities or even foods during the event. Sometimes we think that the ticket price is very expensive but if we compare with the experiences we get, the price is nothing.

            Visiting Amsterdam is my dream because this city provides everything I want to do. I can spend my night luxuriously in the high-class way by hanging out in the club, visiting ancient and unique museums and enjoying so many best festivals in the city. 


Wednesday, December 4, 2013

The Only One Canteen


Canteen Seru is the one and only canteen in kampus bawah which provides some kinds of food and drink and also we can see various activities of the people during the weekdays. When we come to canteen seru, we’ll see the kitchen tools, food and drink which were served there and also the people’s activities. They have various snacks, crackers, breads, noodles and mixed rice as the main course. For the drink, they have some kinds of hot and cold drink such as coffee, tea, milk, ice tea, orange juice and the other kinds of ices. Not only food and drink, they also have kitchen tools like stove, bowls, spoons, forks, spatula, knives, pots, plates, frying pan and glasses to support the activities there. In canteen seru we also can see the sellers do some activities like preparing the foods, serving the buyer or cleaning the dishes. While waiting for the food, the buyers can have chat with their friends or have some snacks. There are 2 sellers who in charge in canteen seru. They’ll help us to have what we want. They are flexible, it means that they can be cashier nor waiter. We just need to order the food and we can wait while the sellers prepare the food for them. After eating, make sure that we already pay our food in cashier. The food and drink have different taste. And sure they all are delicious. If you want to have them into your favorite taste, you can ask them to make it more spicy, salty, sweet or crispy. The delicious smell of the food sometimes disturb us while we are studying. It can makes us hardly struggling against the time. It often makes the student want to escape from the class. The smell of burning food, delicious, and spicy is like the devil that can disturb students’ concentration. And also, the smell of fragrant drink makes the students cannot endure their thirsty feeling. Canteen Seru is exactly the place to feed the students’ hunger but sometimes it disturbs the students’ concentration to study during the class.