Nation Building Beswan Djarum 29

Ya this post is kinda too late. Too damn late! But whatever, I really need to post this because it's such a once-in-a-lifetime-experience!

Well, like I said on my last post, I'm a part of Beswan Djarum 29 and am going to have some events held by Djarum Foundation. And the first is Nation Building! Fyi, the name of the foundation is Djarum Foundation, name of the scholarship program is Djarum Beasiswa Plus and the scholars who get this scholarship program called Beswan Djarum :D

This event was held at Semarang, at PRPP Hall to be exact, on November, 7-12th 2013. Nation Building is like a gathering with other Beswan from all over Indonesia. There, we will enlarge our knowledge about Indonesia by making a performance, a great performance, kinda theatrical, taught by professional team.

I went there with other Beswan Bali, 10 of us. Actually, there are 12 Beswan Bali but another 1 couldn't join us because of college stuffs (poor him) and another 1 was already on her way because she was the main talent for our perfomance. We went there by plane to Surabaya. Why Surabaya? Because Bali is in the regional of Surabaya. Fyi, regions of Beswan Djarum were divided into 4; Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang and Surabaya. Surabaya region is the biggest region of all because it consists of some part of Borneo and to the east of Indonesia, they're all Surabaya's.

It was a very short but thrilling flight! Short because it only took 45 minutes, but thrilling because there were sooo many turbulence! Oh God I felt like riding a roller coaster. The turbulence was.....depressing...

And finally we arrived at Juanda International Airport, Surabaya! Then we direct to Djarum Surabaya Regional Office and met other Beswan from other districts. I met friends from Malang, Jember, Papua, Banjarmasin, Pontianak, Surabaya itself, and many many mooreee!!!

Once we arrived at Djarum Surabaya Regional Office

Ah ya! We decided to wear colorful Barong shirt because we wanted to show other Beswan that we're from Bali! B)

Beswan Djarum 29 Surabaya Region! New big family :)

At the office, we got technical info about Nation Building. We were divided into 2 hotels to stay; Grand Candi Hotel and Ciputra Hotel. Then, we were also divided into several buses for going to Semarang. Ya, we'll depart to Semarang by bus! How funnn!!!

After a long road trip, we finally arrived at hotel that we stay. I got Grand Candi Hotel. All 9 Beswan Bali were in Grand Candi Hotel and the other 2 were in Ciputra Hotel. Around 2am, I arrived at my room and I saw my roommate for the next 7 days were already there, sleeping zzz...

The next day, I started making new friends with my roommate. They are Citra from Semarang and Ute from Bogor. I was so happy to know them. They are so kind, but crazy and silly also. I feel comfort with them.

Ute - Citra - Me

Then, our days was filled with practicing and practicing. What? Practicing? Ya! We had to practice for our grand show on the last night. We would deliver a theatrical show about Borneo! And all Beswan Djarum were divided into 2 groups; choir and theater. I was in choir group for soprano. Psst... Dionisius Agung was the main talent for our show :p

Pardon my face :p

Break during practice

But, our activity wasn't only practicing. We also had talkshow with Rosiana Silalahi at 186 Conference Building. The talkshow was on November, 10th so it talked about National Hero!

Beswan Bali and Beswan Makassar!

Talkshow was ended by the performance from Andra and the Backbone. But I didn't take a photo of them. Not really a fan :p

Besides talkshow, we also had a cultural visit to Kudus. There, we visited Djarum Factory and learned about making traditional cigga using very traditional tools.

Me :p

The ciggas! :O

Da workersss!

Actually, I recorded a video of myself making a cigga but unfortunately, there is something error with that so the sound won't come out, like muted, and I don't know why. So I think it's better that I don't post it -__-

Then, I also had a chance to made a Batik. Yes, Batik! Batik is a traditional textile from Indonesia. It's so unique. Batik has several different motives and each motives tell where that Batik come from because Batik is widely spread in all over Indonesia. The Batik that I made is from Borneo and it has jar motive.

Tools used for making Batik: Kompor, Malam and Canting

Mine :(

Ya, there it goes! The first pic of the Batik is Kompor, Malam and Canang. They are the tools used for making Batik. Canting is the one that I held in that picture. That canting is used to drip Malam little by little, used just like writing with a pen. And Malam is that orange-browny liquid. It is used like an ink to write or draw following the motive of the Batik. Kompor is the small silver crock, used to keep the Malam warm so that it won't be dry.

How is it making Batik? Well, it's simple, literally. It's just like writing on a textile. Canting is the pen and Malam is the ink. Use Canting like you usually use a pen. Looks simple, huh? But seriously, it's a big NO. It's not simple at all. It ain't that simple. Can you imagine that Malam is sooo liquid so once you drop a drip of Malam, it will like scatter around your textile and destroy your motive. Besides, Malam is also soo hot. Can you imagine that when you drip Malam to the textile, it will penetrate to the other side of the textile which where your hand is? It is so hot :( And at that moment, I started realizing how great all Batik artists are! They can make such great Batik, sooo much! Oh man I love Indonesia!

Oh ya, it's not the Batik when it's done. There was still another step; drying the Batik. Sadly, I didn't do that part. The committee would finish it and give the Batik to me on the next event of Djarum Beasiswa Plus.

Okay, after those amazing trips and activity, there I came to the D-day! The name of our performance is Malam Dharma Puruhita. It was sooo amazing and cool.

Performing Rancak Beswan

End of the show!

The first pic is Beswan performing Rancak Beswan. Rancak Beswan is a dance for us, Beswan, and we do it altogether like doing flashmob. So much fun! And the second pic is the end of the show. Ello is on da stage baby!

After all that show, I felt sad. Why? Because it mean that Nation Building is over! I just can't :( I took pic with my friends, exchanged contacts each other, and promised will meet again!

But, it's not the last. There was still another surprise for us. When we exited the hall to go back to bus, we saw a stage on the parking lot. Oh man, that was the surprise! We had another closing party, with special performance of Ello! Aaaahhhhh, seriously, it was sooo undescribable knowing we still could have some times together, going crazy and anything! I didn't take too much photos on that moment because I prefer enjoying the q-time with Beswan than taking photos :p

Crazy moment with crazy people

After that, Nation Building really really had to be over. We went back to hotel, packed our stuffs, and the next morning, we flew back to our places. So sad :(

Ah ya, Nation Building was in many press media. These are some of 'em. So happy. Pardon my pride :p

So after this, there are still some other events of Djarum Beasiswa Plus. The next one is Character Building. The post is coming ;)