Sehun EXO Profile

Sehun (세훈) was born on April 12, 1994, in Seoul, South Korea. Sehun is the member of Korean Idol Group 'EXO' and the member of subgroup 'EXO-K'. He is in charge of dance in EXO. Initially, Sehun was scouted by a casting agent on the streets when he was twelve, and he was finally cast into S.M. Entertainment in 2008. On January 10, 2012, he was introduced as the fifth member of Exo. Sehun's superpower concept in group is wind. Sehun is a maknae in EXO and the tall one in his group.

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D.O. EXO Profile (Do Kyung Soo Profile)

D.O. (디오) is the member of EXO and member of subgroup EXO-K. He is in charge of main vocalist for Exo-K, and known for his singing skill. He was born on January 12, 1993 in Goyang,Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. In 2010, he was recommended to audition for S.M. Entertainment after winning at a local singing festival. He subsequently became an S.M. Entertainment trainee during his last two years of high school.

Ujung Kulon, A Beautiful Gem Hidden in Banten

Have you ever heard about Ujung Kulon?

What comes first to your mind when you heard "Ujung Kulon"? Is it rhinoceros, National Park, or Wildlife Reserve? Well, those things are right. But there are more things that you can explore from Ujung Kulon. Let’s explore it now!

Ujung Kulon National Park (locally known as Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon) is located in Banten, precisely in Tatar Pasundan, that is the most western part of Java Island, Indonesia. Ujung Kulon National Park became the first national park which was established in Indonesia, and also one of the World Heritage protected by UNESCO in 1991. This National Park Area naturally is a place to conserve the nature and wildlife. However, more than that, there are many islands located in this National Park which are really good not only as conservation place but also as the tourism place. 

First, you can visit Peucang Island. To be able to get to this island, you must depart by ship from the mainland. The author herself first departed from “Dermaga Sumur”, that is the first mainland before went to the island. The author went by using a big ship and it took three hours to get there. When you arrived in Peucang Island, you will be directly greeted by the white sand beach that is spread out in front of you. Besides enjoying the white sand beach, you also can enjoy the great view that is created from the water of the beach. The water in that beach is really blue that you can even see what’s inside the water. In this beach area, you can swim, snorkeling, and even diving. Then, if you get into the island, you can see the natural beauty of the Peucang Island. The island itself is shaped like forest and there are many wild animals that live there, such as wild boar, monkeys and deer. But do not worry the animals will not bother us if we do not do things that disrupt their lives. Peucang Island is the site in Ujung Kulon that is most visited by visitors from both home and abroad. That Island has already been equipped with facilities and infrastructure as well as a variety of natural attractions that can be visited by Travellers. The facilities available in Peucang Island include lodging, the Information Center, Dock, and so forth.

Picture 1: Peucang Island, Peucang White Sand Beach

Second, you can cross from Peucang Island to Cidaon. It just took around 15 minutes to cross there by boat. In Cidaon you can observe wildlife attractions of many animals. At that time, author only happened to see the bulls. There are many bulls so that don’t make a noise that can disrupt them.  In addition we can also see the historical site of Dutch colonial heritage in the form of “Tanjung Layar Lighthouse” (Mercusuar Tanjung Layar).

Picture 2: Cidaon, Wildlife Conservation Site

Third, you can visit Handeleum Island. Handeleum Island can be reached by ship. If we departed from Peucang Island, it will take around two until three hours to arrive in Handeleum Island. In this island you can enjoy the beautiful mangrove forest because the island itself is surrounded by mangrove forests. To enter into this island, you have to go by walk down through the forest. There is lodging facility in this Island so this island is also the alternative if you want to spend your night in Ujung Kulon. Other interesting thing that can be done on this island is the canoeing. You’ll be able to canoeing along Cigenter River while looking at the tropical rain forest along the river. 

 

Picture 3: Sunset in Handeleum Island

Picture 4: Canoeing along Cigenter River

The Last But Not Least, you can visit the Oar Island. This Island is really beautiful that make you won’t have a chance to close your eyes. The clear blue water combined with the warm sunlight is the great scenery that will spoil your eye. You can do swimming and snorkeling in the beach area of Oar Island.  You can also just have fun enjoying the scenery and taking some photos in there. 

Picture 5: Oar Island

Book Review: 세종한국어 1

Today i'm going to share a book review to all of you. The book that i will review is a book for Korean Language Student, especially for a beginner level student who want to study Korean language. The title of this book  is written in Korea, that is "세종한국어 1", which means Korean Language Sejong 1 in English. For your information, Sejong here means King Sejong. He was a Korean King who created the Korean Alphabet, mostly known as Hangul. He was really an honorable king who is very concerned with his people. Actually i'm also interested to write about King Sejong, but maybe i will write it in another post.

Okay, get back to the topic, "세종한국어 1" (Read: Sejong Hangugeo 1)  is a book to study Korean Language in a beginner level. It is published by The National Institute of The Korean Language. In this book there are 12 chapters. I use this book in my Korean Language Class (You can read it in my previous post) and i used to learn one chapter for each class meeting. What i really like from this book is in each chapter there is always a new theme with new grammar to be learned and new vocabularies for each theme. For example when i learn chapter 7. Chapter 7 entitled "날씨"(Read: Nal ssi). 날씨 means weather. So, i will learn all about weather vocabularies in chapter 7 and a new grammar as well. Chapter 8 entitled "시간" (Read: Si Gan). 시간 means time. So in chapter 8 we will learn a grammar which is related about how a time should be represented in a sentence and we also will learn about another vocabularies related with time.

This book content in each chapter contains speaking, listening, reading, and writing, which i think the full package to study language. For listening itself, we will also get a CD inside the book for all listening materials. Besides, what i also like from this book is this book is full color with many pictures inside which make me interested to open each page and not feeling like study but having fun.

In Indonesia, i don't know whether there is a bookstore which sell this book or not. But what i know is we can get this book Online and this book will directly imported from Korea. I myself got this book from buying it Online in Yes24 Online Store.

Hope you will have fun learn Korea with this book. Happy study :)

Korean Cultural Center Indonesia

Hello all.

Today i want to share about Korean Cultural Center Indonesia.

"Korean Cultural Center Indonesia", from its name i think all of you will know what place it is.

Yap, this is the Korean Cultural Center which is built by Korean Government to introduce and spread Korean Culture in Indonesia. Besides, in this place, we can build a friendship between Korea and Indonesia through the exchange of culture.

This Korean Cultural Center Indonesia (abbreviated as KCCI) is located in Jakarta. The exact position is in 17th floor of Equity Tower. Equity Tower itself located in front of Pacific Place, in SCBD (Sudirman Central Business District Indonesia) Area. If you want to come to KCCI just mention the address that I've mentioned, that was the easy direction that i can tell, hehe. 

KCCI is located in this building

In Korean Cultural Center Indonesia, there are many facilities that you will meet:

1. Class Room 

Korean Cultural Center has four classrooms that will be used as Korean language course classroom and other cultural courses. This classroom is the facility that i mostly use because i am the Korean Language Student in KCCI. The classroom is really wide, comfortable, and clean. I think this is the comfortable classroom to learn and study. There is one fixed rule in this classroom, that is you are not allowed to eat the food in class. I think this rule that make our class clean. 

Classroom in KCCI

2. Library

This library has many collection of books in English and Korean as well. Moreover it also has DVD movies and dramas, music CDs, and others. It also provide one-stop service for anyone who wants to know Korea such as tourism, education and others. What i really like from this library is we are allowed to borrow the books and DVD or CD that is provided in this library. We can borrow it and bring it to home within the 10 days. The condition to borrow is first we must be registered as KCCI member and after that we have to register our self to the library staff as the library member. 

3. IT Show Room

IT Show Room is a room to feel the sophistication of Korea modern technology. In IT Show Room, there is a large TV to watch the live broadcast of Korea as well as a 3D TV to witness the appearance of the Hallyu superstar in 3 dimensions and 3 pieces large monitor for a PC equipped with Korean online games. So that we can feel the progress of Korea information technology. What i really like from this room is we can watch many Korean TV programs here and we also can surf the internet from the PC that is provided. 

4. Multifunction Hall

Multifunction hall named Han In Sil is a place to hold a Korea-Indonesia cultural events. With an area of 200 square meters, this room with a capacity of ± 180 seats can be used for exhibitions and performances throughout the year. For those who want to hold cultural events related to the Korea-Indonesia, this room can be rented free of charge. (* in accordance with applicable regulations).

Besides the facilities that i've mentioned above, there are some other facilities too in KCCI. You can check it out by coming to KCCI. It's open from Monday to Friday, and especially open in Saturday (when there is a Korean Language Class schedule). If you really like Korea or even still new to Korea, i highly recommend this place. Hope you will like this place and hope you will learn Korean culture from this place. :) 

All picture source: By KCCI site.