Oleh Oleh Medan

Kalau ke Medan, jangan lupa singgah ke Simalem, disana ada Resort yang mempunyai pemandangan yang sangat cantik, melihat danau Toba dari atas bukit. dikbukit itu juga ada beberapa venue yang sangat menarik, misalnya pertanian dengan bahan-bahan organik sehingga bisa memperoleh hasil pertanian yang berpola organik seperti kopi simalem, teh hijau, dan variasi pangan lainnya.


Kalau memang punya uang banyak dan maksudnya emang jalan-jalan. Mampirlah ke Danau Toba dan Pulau Samosir. Meskipun sudah ada tanda-tanda degradasi alam karena perubahan iklim dan ulah manusia. Kita, sebagai turis lokal, punya kewajiban untuk datang kesana turut mendukung dan mencintai warisan bangsa ini. Karena kita orang datangnya untuk ikut training of trainer, yaa jadinya datang dengan mencuri-curi waktu untuk memperoleh kesempatan menikmati medan.

Sebagai aktivis goweser jakarta... saya tidak melihat adanya ruang publik yang luas bagi komunitas bersepeda, bike to work dan sebagainya. Mungkin gak kelihatan kali... karena seharian di hotel mulu :) Tapi suer deh... kota ini tampaknya gak punya ruang yang cukup untuk pedestrian (pejalan kaki) dan (lagi) sepeda ! Yang ada adalah macet sampai malam. Dan mungkin ini dampak dari peradaban "Barat". Mall tutup jam 21.30 WIB. berarti toko-toko lain bisa buka sekitar sampai jam 22.00 WIB.

Pulangnya mampir ke Brastagi, disana ada buah-buah unik yang cuma ada di sana. Di Pasar Brastagi bisa diperoleh kaos, ulos, dan kerajinan tangan lainnya.

Beberapa oleh-oleh yang bisa kita beli kalau mau ke Medan adalah:
1. Teri Medan, bisa dipesan di oleholehmedan.com
2. Bolu durian
3. Pancake Durian
4. Bolu Meranti.
5. Sirup Markisa Pohon Pinang atau kalau yang lebih maknyus adalah merek Black Label.

Jangan lupa singgah di DURIAN UCOK, disana bisa beli durian medan yang murah (dibandingkan di jakarta, he he!). always available 24 jam, sepanjang tahun, sepanjang musim. Durian yang besar hanya 25 ribu rupiah.

Gak lengkap rasanya kalau ke Medan tanpa mampir ke Durian Ucok. Terima kasih Pak Paidi sebagai tuan rumah yang baik yang membawa kami mengenal kota Medan dan duriannya, terima kasih ya atas traktirannya

day four at medan

finally i can reach medan, a biggest city at sumatera island that characterized as metropolitan city. a friend from unipa surabaya told me that it size is not so different with surabaya. in this time, i can say that a lot of people with chinese ethnicity in front of my face. may be because my step here just so short. from polonia airport, aryaduta hotel and palladium plaza. a big mall for urban people at medan city.

I came here by invitation from CEE. A non profit organization funded by donation from united states of america people. We do a Module B Seminar guided by two faculties from economic experts from USA's university, Jane Lopus and Steve Cobb. For initial days here i adapt with condition, habit, foods, and drinks available at the hotel. Could be said that employers in aryaduta give better services that people here.

My module taught about micro economic. we talk about market structure, monopoly, oligopoly, market competition, etcetra. We did some simulation about the lectures guided by jane and steve. meanwhile svetlana and nindy managed our accomodation assisted by rizki and lukman. we have lita and anggi as interpreter.

At 4th day i miss internet connection. so i seek information about it from my colleagues. aryaduta hotel medan give a better services than aryaduta jakarta. here we get a free access for internet in our room. thanks aryaduta! i try to download a software from softpedia and add a writing to my blog (this writing) and it so easy to publish.

I feel so excited for tomorrow. We will get a half day class and we have a plan to go together to brastagi. see danau toba from far away and buy some food for dinner

happy new year 2011

happy new year means that you are growing older and older. Your age reduced by Allah second by second. what thats means ! It means that you have bigger duty and responsibility to take care your family. Get ready for new year planning.

Making passport at immigration office at your city, get medical check up and get a visa from china embassy at kuningan district at jakarta. My kid had been get a circumcision at his one year old age.

Next time I will do a tasyakurran at my parent house at cipongkor,bandung barat, wet java. a kind of ceremony to thanks God for all fortunes and thankgiving and also make a prayer for good future for my nuclear family, my big family and all of muslim all over the world.

Last thing I will do here is to attend a training held by NCEE in Medan. This training is very important to me to get a new horison or perspective about teaching economics with a contextual method namely experimental economy in classroom practice