"Refrain"
By: Winna Effendi


No friendship is perfect in this world, only people who are trying their best to maintain it.

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This could be an ordinary love story. About friend since childhood, who then falls in love with his best friend alone. Unfortunately, in every love must one was hurt.

It's probably just a simple love story. About three friends who feel each other although secretly injure each other.

This is a story of hope is almost lost. A story about love that was almost perfect, except the pain of friendship itself.


This novel is very great. I feel very jealous with Niki's character in this novel. Niki who has a friend named Nata. They were friends since childhood. Friendship is more than anything else.
Starting from their friendship since childhood, Nata and Niki had passed their days together. Niki is Childish and Nata who do not care about anything, met with Analise, moving girl in their school. They were friends. Until one day everything changed. When Nata realizes there is another sense in him to Niki. Nata loves Niki. While Niki was happy with a perfect boy. And Analise secretly fell in love with Nata. Then the situation becomes rigid. But true friendship will definitely return

Malin including a bright child but a bit naughty. Ia sering mengejar ayam dan memukulnya dengan sapu. He often chasing chickens and hit him with a broom. Suatu hari ketika Malin sedang mengejar ayam, ia tersandung batu dan lengan kanannya luka terkena batu. One day, when Malin was chasing chickens, she tripped over a stone and a stone hit her right arm injury. Luka tersebut menjadi berbekas dilengannya dan tidak bisa hilang. Injury has become a trace dilengannya and can not be lost.


Feeling sorry for his mother who slam the bones for a living to raise themselves. Malin decided to go wander in order to become wealthy after returning to my hometown someday.

Initially Ms. Malin Kundang less agree, considering her husband also never returned after going to wander but Malin insisted that eventually he'd be willing to go wander off Malin with a boat ride on the ship saudagar.Selama, Malin Kundang lot to learn about seamanship on the crew that have been experienced.


Along the way, suddenly climbed Malin Kundang ships were attacked by pirates. All merchandise traders who were on the ship seized by pirates. Even most of the crew and people on the ship were killed by the pirates. Malin Kundang lucky, he was hiding in a small space enclosed by the timber so as not to be killed by the pirates.

Malin Kundang float amid sea, until finally the host ship stranded on a beach. With the remaining force, Malin Kundang walked to the nearest village from the beach. Malin village where villagers stranded is very fertile.With tenacity and perseverance in work, over time Malin had become a very rich. Ia memiliki banyak kapal dagang dengan anak buah yang jumlahnya lebih dari 100 orang. He has many fruit merchant ships with the children of more than 100 people. After becoming rich, Malin Kundang marry a girl to become his wife.


News Malin Kundang who has become rich and have been married to the mother also Malin Kundang. Mother Malin Kundang feel grateful and so happy her son has been successful. Since then, the mother of Malin every day go to the dock, waiting for her son who may return to his hometown.

After a long marriage, Malin and his wife make the voyage with the crew and a lot of bodyguards.
Malin's mother who saw the arrival of the ship to the dock to see there are two people who were standing on the deck of a ship. IHe believes that it is her son standing with his wife Malin Kundang.

Mother Malin was heading toward the ship. Once close enough, his mother saw right dilengan dozen injured person, the more convinced his mother that he was approached Malin Kundang. "Malin Kundang, my son, why did you go so long without sending you?", He said, hugging Malin Kundang. But to see an old woman dressed in tattered and dirty hugged Malin Kundang became angry even though he knows that the old lady is her mother, because she was embarrassed when it is known by his wife and also his subordinates.

Get treated like that of his son's mother is very angry Malin Kundang. He did not expect him to be rebellious child. Because anger is mounting, Malin's mother swore her son "Oh God, if he my son, I sumpahi he became a stone."


Tidak berapa lama kemudian Malin Kundang kembali pergi berlayar dan di tengah perjalanan datang badai dahsyat menghancurkan kapal Malin Kundang. Not long after Malin Kundang again go sailing and on the way coming storm destroyed the ship master Kundang. Setelah itu tubuh Malin Kundang perlahan menjadi kaku dan lama-kelamaan akhirnya berbentuk menjadi sebuah batu karang. After that Malin Kundang body slowly becomes rigid and in time they finally shaped into a rock. Sampai saat ini Batu Malin Kundang masih dapat dilihat di sebuah pantai bernama pantai Aia Manih, di selatan kota Padang, Sumatera Barat. Until now Batu Malin Kundang can still be seen at a beach called Aia Manih coast, south of the city of Padang, West Sumatra.


In ancient times in a village in North Sumatra,there lived a farmer named Toba are alone in a valley of sloping and fertile. The farmer was working on the farm for the purpose of his life.
Besides working on his farm, he sometimes went fishing to the river which was not far from his home. Each time he was fishing, it's easy because the fish got in the clear river was a lot of fish.Pancingannya he cooked the fish for food.
On one afternoon, after returning from the field he went straight to the river for fishing. But it is already long enough he did not provoke even a iakan gets. Events like that, never experienced before.Because usually fish in the river he was easy fishing. Because already too long no one takes the bait pole, he gets upset and decides to just quit fishing. But when he was about to pull pole, fishing rod suddenly was struck by the fish pulled the fishing rod away ketengah river. His heart was already annoyed that turned into a happy, Because he knows that the fish grabbed the pole it is a big fish.
After a while he let the pole pulled to and fro, then hook it disentakkannya, and behold a great fish and flounder depending on the end of the rope-gelepar pole. With the fish quickly pulled to the ground so as not to loose. Smiling, happy eyes off her pole from the mouth of the fish. By the time he was releasing the hook, the fish looked at him meaningfully. Then, after the fish were placed into one place he went into the river to bathe. Feeling very happy because he never got that big fish. He smiled as he imagined how good will the fish meat when it's baked. When leaving the river to return to his house it was already dusk.
Arriving home, he immediately brought a big fish pancingannya results into the kitchen. When he was about to light a fire for grilling fish, it turns out firewood in her home kitchen has run out. He immediately came out to take firewood from under the gutter of his house. Then, carrying a few pieces of firewood she climbed back into the house and went straight to the kitchen.
By the time he arrived in the kitchen, she was surprised at all because the big fish that is not there anymore. But where the fish was placed seemed splayed some gold coins. Because of shock and surprise experienced a strange situation, he left the kitchen and entered the room.
When the man opened the door, suddenly tersirap blood because in the room stood a woman with long and curly hair. The woman was combing her hair as she stood facing the mirror hanging on the bedroom wall. A moment later the woman suddenly turned around and looked at the man that stood bewildered at the mouth of the bedroom door. The man became very fascinated by that woman's face standing in front of extraordinary beautiful. He had never seen a woman as beautiful as it is already far though before he wandered into many lands.
Because it was night, she asked that the lights on. After he turned on the lights, he invited her to accompany him kedapur because he wanted to cook rice for them. While waiting for the rice to cook, told by her that she is the incarnation of the great fish that had gained him when fishing in a river. Then explained also that several pieces of gold which is located in the kitchen that is incarnate scales. After several weeks she states willing to accept his proposal on condition that he must swear that the rest of his life he will never bring upthe origin of her incarnate myang of fish. After he was sworn Thus, kawinlah them.
A year later, they were blessed with a son they named Samosir. The boy was pampered sngat which resulted in the boy's mother is less good tempered andlazy .
Once big enough, the boy told his mother accompany rice every day for his father who worked in the fields. However, he often refused to work on that task so that her mother was forced to deliver rice to the fields.
One day, the boy told his mother again to deliver rice to the fields for his father. At first he refused. However, because of continued forced her mother, with kesl he went to deliver the rice. On the way, most of the rice and side dishes pauknya he eats. Arriving in the fields, the rest of the rice that only a few he gave to his father. When received, the father was feeling very hungry because the rice was delivered late. Therefore, it is the father became very angry when he saw the rice given to him were the remnants. Growing anger when his son confessed that he who takes up most of that rice. Patience is the father is lost and he was at his son, saying: "Son of insolent. Do not know diuntung. You really the offspring of women who come from the fish! "
Weeping, the boy ran home to meet his mother at home. To his mother he complained that he was beaten his father. All the words uttered slur his father told him in anyway. Listening to his son, the mother was so sad, especially because her husband has violated his oath to slur words he spoke to his son.The mother told her to immediately go up the hill which is located not so far from their house and climb the highest tree located at the top of the hill.Without asking again, the child's mother immediately take command. He ran toward the hill and climb it.
When it appears by the mother her son had nearly reached the top of the climb a tree on the hill, he ran towards the river is not so far away from their homes.When he arrived on the banks of the river was accompanied by thunder, lightning is megelegar. A moment later he jumped into the river and suddenly turned into a big fish. At the same time, the river was a big flood and fell too heavy downpours. Some time later, the river water is already overflowing everywhere and tergenanglah valley where the river flows. Mr. Toba can not save himself, he was drowned by the inundation of water. Over time, a pool of water was more extensive and turned into a huge lake that later called the Lake Toba. Being a small island in the middle is named Samosir Island.

Gendruwa

Genderuwa (in the Java language pronunciation: "Genderuwo") is a Java myth about a kind of jinn or evil spirits that the human form of large-bodied ape-like and stocky with dark reddish skin color, his body covered with thick hair that grows in the whole body. Genderuwa most widely known in society on the iwasland of Java, Indonesia. Sundanese people call it "gandaruwo" and the Javanese are generally called "devils". Genderuwa is a male. Habitat occupancy watery passion is rock, old buildings, large trees that shaded or damp corners of the quiet and dark. According to myth, this creature is believed residency center located in forest areas such as Teak Forest Nature Reserve Danalaya, Slogohimo district, about 60 km east of Wonogiri, and in the Weak White, Purwosari, Girimulyo in Kulon Progo, about 60 km to the west of Yogyakarta.

Genderuwa believed to communicate and make direct contact with humans. Genderuwa believed to be a figure of fun and lewd creatures, because of his penchant tempt humans especially women and children. Genderuwa sometimes happy slapped ass woman, stroking the female body while sleeping, even to move in women's clothes to another person. Sometimes genderuwa came in the shape of small furry creatures that can grow larger in an instant, genderuwa also fond of throwing stones at the house of the gravel at night.


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Pocong

Pocong is the most famous ghost in Indonesia. Pocong actually identical with the Muslims. Because the Muslims when it was dead, would be pocong. The point is that person's body will be wrapped with a white shroud. The image below is the form of Pocong:
Indonesian people believe, if the person who died has not released the rope that binds the body, his life will be roaming. Roaming in figure of pocong. Pocong is very creepy. Described Pocong running jump and cause a very tense situation.

















Yogyakarta Special Region (or Jogja, Yogya, Jogjakarta, Jogjakarta and often abbreviated DIY) is a province of Indonesia which is located in the southern part of Java Island and bordering Central Java province in the north. Geographically located on the island of Java, Yogyakarta, Central part
Yogyakarta is famous for Javanese culture. Because the province is form of the kingdom, headed by a king. Yogyakarta people call him "The Sultan. " Javanese tradition here is still frequently used by the community. Often carried out in their big celebration, like Sekaten, Grebek Large, Javanese Wedding Ceremony, and others. That which makes it interesting. Many domestic and foreign tourists come each yea
Here you can learn about the culture of Java. Eating a delicious culinary, learn a new gesture, witnessed the arts such as puppets, traditional dance, or listen to music from a typical Javanese instruments. Yogyakarta is also famous for its batik. Original Batik Indonesia not from another country.
Not far from Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta province, you can visit the famous Borobudur temple. Temple had become one of the seven wonders of the world is only about 40 km from Yogyakarta. This temple was founded by the followers of Mahayana Buddhism around the year 800 AD during the reign of the dynasty dynasty. In the ethnic Chinese, this temple is also called 婆罗 浮屠 (Hanyu Pinyin: po luo fu tu) in Mandarin. Borobudur is very beautiful.There is another temple in Yogyakarta, it is Roro Jonggrang Tample is also beautiful. Rara Jonggrang Tample or Lara Jonggrang  located in the Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple complex in Indonesia. This temple was built in around the year 850 AD by one of these two, namely: Rakai Pikatan, the second king of Mataram dynasty I or Balitung Maha Sambu, during the Sanjaya dynasty. Not long after the construction, the temple was abandoned and crumbling. You can enjoy the uniqueness of the building and reliefs carved on the walls.





2. Bunaken

  Bunaken is an area of ​​8.08 km ² island in the Bay of Manado, located in the northern island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This island is part of the city of Manado, the provincial capital of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Bunaken Island can be achieved by speed boat (speed boat) or a rented boat with about 30 minutes journey from the port city of Manado. Around the island there Bunaken Bunaken marine park which is part of the Bunaken National Park. This marine park has a marine biodiversity one of the highest in the world. People say that Bunaken is a paradise of divers. 

Within the Bunaken Marine Park, visitors can see various strange and colourful marine life along its sea bed. To reach this park, you can take a motorboat. The journey from Manado takes around 40 minutes.  Entrance fee is 25,000 rupiahs per person per visit.

The translucent waters of the Bunaken seas enable people to clearly view numerous sea biota. There are 13 species of coral reefs in this park, dominated by edge ridges and block ridges of rocks. The most attractive view is the steep vertical sloppy coral reef that plunges down as deep as 25-50 meters.

Feast your eyes on 91 types of fish found in the Bunaken National Park, amongst which are the locally known gusimi horse fish (Hippocampus), the white oci (Seriola rivoliana), yellow-tailed lolosi (Lutjanus kasmira), goropa (Ephinephelus spilotoceps and Pseudanthias hypselosoma), ila gasi (Scolopsis bilineatus) and others.

Divers may also meet mollusk like the giant kima (Tridacna gigas), goat head (Cassis cornuta), nautilus (Nautilus pompillius) and tunikates/ascidian.

For those who enjoy scuba diving, this is a great place to be. With about 20 dive spots to choose from, divers will have the chance to swim below the sea, and frolic joyfully while admiring the sea creatures.
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