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Bandung Sea of Fire

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After attending Telkom's (Indonesian state's phone company) blogging happy hours in Landmark Building, Bandung, West Java [pictures], I and Kuncoro spent some minutes in Braga City Walk for dinner. They had music and dance for visitors inside, but we were not so interested.

We left and saw Braga Street was crowded with pupils from various high schools bringing fire in parade. That Friday evening, 23 March, was special for Bandung to celebrate moment of National Revolution. Quoted from Wikipedia – where I found English translation, "Sea of Fire",

An ultimatum was given by the British commander in Bandung for the Indonesian combatants in Bandung to leave the city. In response, the southern part of Bandung was deliberately burned down in an act of defiance as they left on March 24th 1946; an event which came to be known as Bandung Lautan Api (or Bandung Sea of Fire). The revolutionary song "Halo-halo Bandung" was sung by hundreds of Indonesian nationalists in Bandung.

So, happy "Halo-halo Bandung!"

Rain Fell Yesterday Afternoon, originally uploaded by Ikhlasul Amal.

Today I read announcement from Flickr that they have set "blog this photo" up for Vox. Vox Team also reported.

I am invited by Rendy Maulana to come and join Blog Fun Day that will be held tomorrow, 2 Dec., in Sasana Budaya Ganesa, Bandung, Indonesia. Rendy and his start up hosting company, Qwords, joins together with Telkom Speedy, a major ISP for cable connection, and other two sponsors, arrange two days hosting and Internet connection promotion to bloggers around Bandung.

In a sequence after Rendy and Kuncoro, I would like to talk about blog, its atmosphere, and various motivations for audience to join with. I hope it will be done in fun situation and each talks to others.

The promotion itself was done by Rendy in some manners: one of my Yahoo! 360°'s friends greets me for this event. Perhaps she read Rendy's Yahoo! Messenger's status or his blog entry.

See you tomorrow.