Education and Culture Ministries Library

The education and culture ministries library is located at A 1^st floor building of education and culture ministry, Jend. Sudirman Kav 4-5, Central Jakarta. There is a community called Britzone which stands for British Zone. Britzone is an English community which held to help people whoever they are, to improve their English skills. To join the community is not difficult, I could say it’s quite easy because we just need to come to that place and join the class. The class is held every Tuesday (07.30pm – 08.00pm), Wednesday (06.30pm – 08.00pm), and Saturday (11.00am – 01.00pm). And it is free to join the class.

There are so many different and interesting topics in every meeting. We can meet new friends from different ages and places, they are also nice and friendly to us even we can’t speak English fluently. They will teach us how to interact to others in order to make our English conversation be better.  There are also native speakers who will share about their experience that related to the topic itself.

So, for those who want to join the community, just come and see!

Netherlands and Japanese Cave

Netherlands and Japanese Cave is a historical relic. Both caves are located in Park Ir.H.Djuanda, Dago, Bandung. Netherlands cave built during the Dutch colonial period. Cave was once used by the Dutch to the hideout and resting place of the Dutch soldiers. Japanese Cave was the same as Netherlands cave, Japanese cave was used for hiding and resting place. Japanese cave built there during the Japanese occupation.

Distance between Japanese and the Netherlands caves are not too far apart, probably about 1 km away. Netherlands cave possessed only one aisle, so that from one end of the hall to the other end of the hall can be seen. Although only having 1 hall, Netherlands cave in the hallway it has many branches and inside is very dark and quite creepy. In the Netherlands cave, the weather was cold. Netherlands cave from the beginning until now undergoing changes, so now looks well and neat. And about the Japanese cave, it has a lot of hallway about 4 corridors. From each aisle has several branches and each branch of it combines to-4 cave passage Japan. The temperature inside the Japanese cave was pretty cool. If we compared with the Netherlands cave, Japanese cave, which has a smaller magnitude compared to Netherlands cave. But the atmosphere inside Japanese cave is Darker than Netherlands cave.

Both caves are situated in the middle of the forest outside the cave so the view is very beautiful. There are many tall trees and a green leafy, so it looks so beautiful. To enter the second cave, we had to bring typesetter lamps for lighting, because inside the cave there is no lighting at all. But if it does not bring a flashlight, no need to worry about could not get into the cave, because in each of the halls of the cave are available leasing space flashlight.
Netherlands and Japanese cave have historical value which important enough to know by all Indonesian people, because at the time of construction the second cave Indonesian people who built it. They are employed by force without any wages at all. First, life is full of suffering people of Indonesia as with the invaders. In the darkness of Netherlands and Japanese caves, there is a puzzle. It is said, according to the surrounding communities in both the cave in it had collected the bodies of the people of Indonesia and the Netherlands. But until now, the rooms were used for hoarding unknown corps. According to the people around the room has been closed by the Dutch soldiers, so it becomes a puzzle.